Wednesday, June 11, 2025

The Beach Boys - The Pet Sounds Sessions (4 disc set)

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R.I.P. to the great Brian Wilson... a true visionary, innovator and musical genius who with his group The Beach Boys, in my opinion, saved A...
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Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Various Artists - Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol (Unofficial Soundtrack)

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[ I've been writing this doggone post off and on for over two years now... could never seem to find a time to finish it before the hol...
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Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Various Artists - The Year Without A Santa Claus (Unofficial Soundtrack)

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  Can you BELIEVE this TV Christmas special is FIFTY YEARS OLD today?  Out of all the holiday specials released by producers Arthur Rankin, ...
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Saturday, November 2, 2024

The Grateful Dead - American Beauty: The Angel's Share

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  Since I did this during last year's Day Of The Dead, I suppose I'll try to make this an annual thing now, and continue posting som...
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Thursday, October 31, 2024

Disney - Chilling, Thrilling Sounds Of The Haunted House (1964 & 1979)

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    A few memories and vignettes from past Halloweens in my life: ********* ...When I was ten, my younger sister and I were walking back hom...
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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

More Mary Hansen (Stereolab) Obscurities

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I was in the casino last weekend to play a little poker and make a couple of bets on the NFL playoff games scheduled for that weekend. The ...
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Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas (Super Deluxe Edition)

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A Charlie Brown Christmas - what else need be said about this beloved perennial holiday favorite?  I mentioned in an earlier post what an ...
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Thursday, November 2, 2023

The Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead: The Angel's Share

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  This being the Day Of The Dead, I figured why not commemorate the day by posting some Grateful Dead?  I don't have any especial love f...
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Saturday, October 28, 2023

Various Artists - No Alternative

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  Holy smokes - this seminal compilation is THIRTY YEARS OLD this week! To understand why this disc is so essential, and so celebrated, I di...
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Thursday, October 26, 2023

Vince Guaraldi - It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: Music From The Soundtrack

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In the early 1960s, Charles Schulz's comic strip Peanuts was entering into a long period of enormous international popularity, which ot...
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