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[profh0011]

I've been telling people there's so many comics at this site, I could find enought to read and never have to BUY a new comic for the rest of my life. 

But with radio (as my Dad always said), I can do something else WHILE listening! And have begun doing so.   

[profh0011]

Listened to the PHILIP MARLOW episode "The King In Red" today.  Previously saw the Powers Booth TV episode of this.  Fun bit: while Marlowe is played by Van Heflin, the murder victim in this one is played by Gerald Mohr!

[josemas]

Recent CDs listened to-

Doris Day- Bewitched- 25 Favourite Songs

Fiddling Buck Ryan with Don Reno & Red Smiley  (20 tracks)

Country Hit Parade 1950  (25 tracks)

Sixty Minute Man: The Madison Records Story 1958-1961  (2 discs  40 tracks)

Johnny Cash Vol 2- Five Classic Albums plus Bonus Singles  (4 discs  66 tracks)

Best

Joe

[josemas]

More recent CDs listened to-

Maurice Chevalier- Early Movie Hits  (14 tracks)

I Dig 'Em All- The Swan Records Story 1957-1962   (2 discs  50 tracks)

Great Songs of 1951   (26 tracks)

Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers- The Doo Wop Collection 1956-1962 plus Lewis Lymon and the Teenchords   (4 discs  81 tracks)

The Essential Artie Shaw   (2 discs  38 tracks)

[Morgus]

LITTLE RICHARD GREATEST HITS LIVE Okeh records. The 1967 re-re-re-release of his 50's hits. Larry Williams and Johnny 'Guitar' Watson are along for the ride. Recorded 'live'...but really in studio with a yelling audience...amazing set. You can nearly feel the sweat and Little Richard is full of strange, nearly mystical asides between songs.  He slams through his songs in something like 35 min even includes a Jimmy Reed number. Oh, my soul.

[josemas]

Lots of CDs listened to the last couple of weeks-

Bethany & Rufus- 900 Miles (10 tracks)

Go Go's- Greatest Hits  (14 tracks)

Essential Rockabilly- The Capitol Story (2 discs  40 tracks)

Elvis: The King of Rock 'N' Roll- The Complete 50's Masters  (5 discs  140 tracks)

The Best of Marvin Gaye Vol 2- The '70s  (11 tracks)

Running Scared- The Monument Records Story 1958-1962  (2 discs 40 tracks)

The Maddox Brothers and Rose- Live- on the Radio  (38 tracks)

Tony Bennett- Playin' with My Friends-Bennett Sings the Blues  (16 tracks)

Blue Grass- Hit Festival (10 discs  200 tracks)

Let's Stick Together- The Fury Records Story- 1957-1962  (2 discs  50 tracks)

Sam Cooke- 8 Classic Albums plus Bonus Singles (4 discs  98 tracks)

Ding Dong Presents Vol 1- Rabbit Action & Rock-A-Billy Blues  (2 discs  28 tracks)

Ding Dong Presents Vol 2- Rock Bop Boogie & Rock and Roll Pills  (2 discs  27 tracks)

Great Songs of 1953  (27 tracks)

[elGiron]

I listened to "The Third Reich 'n' Roll" by The Residents yesterday. It simply never gets old. You have never heard covers of Classic 60's hits quite like this. The album consists of 2 long tracks. Highly recommended to adventurous music listeners.

Fun fact: For any Hip Hop fans out there, this album is said to have one of the first known James Brown samples ever on record. Mr. Brown is probably the most sampled artist ever.  🎧

[elGiron]

Right now I'm listening to The Sundays though. 😍

[paw broon]

New to me, elGiron and I'll give your suggestions a try.  Unfortunately, I seriously dislike hip hop, so I'm not going anywhere near that.
Don't know if this will appeal but as a huge Pretty Things fan, I've been enjoying this track, especially as the excellent Pete Tolson is on guitar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAldg0D2N8o

[elGiron]

You're very welcome, sir. No worries about Hip Hop. I'm not talking about what's on the radio, btw 😎 I've heard of The Pretty Things, but never any of their stuff.Thanks for the link! Right now I'm listening to a group called The Van Dykes. All you need is some "Confidence".

[mr_goldenage]

Me? I'm listening and CD'ing (burning) the NWoBHM bands as we speak. Just love that stuff.

Mr_Goldenage

[Morgus]

Miles Daivs SKETCHES OF SPAIN

[josemas]

Recent CDs listened to-

The Boxcars  (13 tracks)

Goldfinger:James Bond Themes-John Cacavas/London Symphony Orchestra (10 tracks)

The Best of Ray Charles Live   (10 tracks)

The Sullivan Years:Rhythm & Blues Revue   (13 tracks)

A Proper Introduction to Maddox Brothers and Rose: That'll Learn Ya Durn Ya  (30 tracks)   

Jimmy Swan- Honky Tonkin' in Mississippi   (30 tracks)

The Platters: The Magic Touch-An Anthology   (2 discs  50 tracks)

Elvis as Recorded at Madison Square Garden   (22 tracks)

[bowers]

Been listening to some old NW garage and club bands on YouTube. Found a lot of my old favorites such as  The Surprise Package, Viceroys, Don and the Goodtimes, The Sonics, The Wailers (not Bob Marley), Merilee and the Turnabouts, and a whole lot more. I'm really surprised so much of this obscure stuff is available. Cheers, Bowers

[Captain Audio]

After recently watching "Monty Walsh" for the first time in many years I began looking up old Mama cass recordings.
I saw Mama Cass at the very first full scale modern music concert at Stokely Athletic Center in Knoxville Tennessee many many many years ago.
It was only by chance that Mama Cass showed up, the concert was Leon Russel's Circus album concert. Mama Cass's airliner had made a stop over in Knoxville and she had a few hours to kill when the flight was delayed. she heard of this ground breaking concert and showed up unannounced and strolled over and sat on Leon Russel's lap , which had to have been a shock for Leon. They did a couple of impromptu numbers.
When she strolled in she reminded me of a Spanish galleon under full sail.

"the Good Times Are Coming" is a great song.

[josemas]

Some more CDs recently listened to-

Jessie Matthews- A Centenary Celebration   (2 discs  56 tracks)

Alice Faye- On Screen & Radio 1932-43   (23 tracks)

Alice Faye- Got My Mind on Music   (2 discs  62 tracks)

Dressed to Impress- Roots of R & B   (22 tracks)

Keep a Dollar in Your Pocket- More Roots of R & B   (22 tracks)

Irish Favorites Volume Two   (10 tracks)

The Best of John Denver   (10 tracks)

Hit Parade 1961  ( 25 tracks)

Hit Parade 1962   (25 tracks)

[paw broon]

While I was ironing my shirts this afternoon, musical accompaniment was Jay and the Americans Greatest Hits.  Starting with the sad, "She Cried", I ironed on through Only in America; Come a Little Bit Closer; Sunday & Me; the amazing Cara Mia; Walkin' in the Rain; Let's Lock the Door; This Magic moment.  Then I enjoyed them all over again.  The problem with this cd is that it doesn't include Living Above Your Head, which I think is one of their best - up there with Cara Mia.  Living Above Your Head was covered in the UK by The Walker Brothers, who had a hit with it.  Oddly, they were Americans but had a career here.  Their version is available on youtube:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-CXkhik9iI
I've now heard Jay Black's version of the Roy Orbison big builder, Runnin' Scared, and it's awfy good.

[josemas]

More recently listened to CDS-

Mills Brothers- Boog-It  (19 tracks)

James Brown- Number 1's   (19 tracks)

Salamander Crossing- Bottleneck Dreams   (12 tracks)

Judy Garland- Over the Rainbow  (17 tracks)

Judy Garland- Collector's Gems From MGM Films  (2 discs  46 tracks)

Constant Sorrow- Bluegrass From Root to Flower   (3 discs  76 tracks)

Big Boss Man- The Vee-Jay Story 1953-1961  (2 discs  50 tracks)

[bowers]

The wife and I had to drive over to the coast last week, so we burned several mysteries to take along. They sure come in handy when driving through mountain passes with no radio reception. The most memorable were "Sorry, Wrong Number" ( the wife had never heard it before) and "Three Skeleton Key" (the wife never wants to hear it again!). As the announcer said, "You probably don't know Three Skeleton Key by this name- it's usually just called "the one about the rats"." Vincent Price was chilling. Cheers, Bowers

[josemas]

Some classic OTR there, Bowers.  I have heard various versions of Three Skeleton Key over the years. It must have been very popular with audiences for them to keep redoing it.

I've been working on several projects around the house this long weekend thanks to some storm damage this past week that sent a neighbor's shed hurtling through the air where it ripped off part of my carport roof and then jammed between the carport and our rear cottage.  I won't even mention to the damage to the fence (which I just started addressing yesterday).

Anyway I've had plenty of time to listen to a ton of tunes while working so here's some of the CDs I've played-

Keely Smith-Vegas '58-Today   (20 tracks)

B. B. King- Live in Cook County Jail   (8 tracks)

B. B. King- Live at the Regal   (10 tracks)

Chicas!-Spanish Female Singers 1962-1974   (24 tracks)

Flower Power- Groovin'   (2 discs  34 tracks)

The 5 Royals' The Complete Singles 1952-1962   (4 discs  99 tracks)

Wynonie Harris-Jump My Blues-The Definitive Collection   (2 discs  50 tracks)

Jez Lowe & the Bad Pennies-Briefly on the Street   (12 tracks)

The Sisters Anthology   (2 discs  38 tracks)

The Yardbirds- Smokestack Lightning   (2 discs  40 tracks)

Judy Garland- The Absolutely Essential Collection   (3 discs  60 tracks)

Country Gals- The Absolutely Essential Collection   (3 discs  60 tracks)

Country Guys- The Absolutely Essential Collection   (3 discs  60 tracks)

Rockin' Bones- Red Hot Rockabilly   (3 discs  75 tracks)

[profh0011]

There seems to be a problem with SAM SPADE #149-- 2 different episodes seem to be inter-spliced together on this.  It starts out with the previous episode, then jumps to the current one, then back and forth again.

[Captain Audio]

some public domain radio plays and audio books on youtube.
Just finished "Who Goes There" the radio play being a bit more like the 1982 "the Thing" movie than like the original published story.

Also "at the Mountains of Madness" in a very faithful audiobook reading.
Others I listened to recently were "the Wendigo" audio book, Forbidden Planet caltrex radio play, "Earth Abides" radio play which unfortunately was missing the ending, and several lesser but enjoyable thrillers from the radio mystery theatre.

Also cleaned up an old belt mount tape cassette player I found in the store room and got it running, and dug out my collection of "the Shadow" radio plays to test it.
The tape player had been discarded twenty plus years ago when it began to drag and run down its batteries too fast. I cleaned the spindles with 90% rubbing alcohol and it now plays fine. To avoid using up expensive batteries I am using a set of rechargeable AA batteries I bought with charger many years ago but never got around to using till now.

[profh0011]

Just the other week, I finally saw HORROR EXPRESS (1972), which, surprisingly, was an adaptation of "Who Goes There?", which I believe was much closer to the source material than any of the other movies based on the same story... in spite of the setting and era being completely different!

[josemas]

Latest CDs listened to-

Sister Rosetta Tharpe- Eight Classic Albums   (4 discs  86 tracks)

Frankie Lane- I Believe   (2 discs  34 tracks)

Jackie Wilson- Heroes Collection (2 discs  50 tracks)

Reel Big Fish- Why Do They Rock So Hard? (16 tracks)

Spade Cooley- The Essential Recordings (2 discs  40 tracks)

Frank Sinatra- The Legend  (6 discs  150 tracks)

Then- 1955   (28 tracks)

Diana Krall- Live in Paris  (12 tracks)

The Grand Ole Opry Story  (4 discs  100 tracks)

The Wranglers with Jimmie Dale Gilmore- Heirloom Music  14 tracks)

[betaraybdw]

couple of homemade Metal/Hard rock Mix CDs -

Amon Amarth
Metallica
Devildriver
Judas Priest
Five Finger Death Punch
Black Sabbath (Heaven & Hell w/ Dio & w/ Ozzy)
Drowning Pool
Iron Maiden
Pantera
Blanche Deveraux (Local Band, Ohio)
Led Zeppelin
Def Leppard
Dio
Jimi Hendrix
Red Hot Rebellion (Local band, Ohio)
Motorhead
Scorpions
Sea of Souls (Local band, Virginia)
The Metal by Tenacious D (Jack Black)
Triumph
Immigrant Song Cover by Trent Reznor/Karen O from Girl with the Dragon Tattoo soundtrack
Trivium
"In Time" from The Punisher soundtrack

This gives you a Idea of my internal "soundtrack" in my head it's usually Metal/Hard rock or TV/Movie theme music