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Vinyl sharity - soundtracks, lounge, exotica, easy-listening, celebrity vocals, and all sorts of groovy sounds from my personal collection!

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Wayne King - Our Language of Love (1965)

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If you like to ballroom dance, or would like to learn how, then any album by Wayne King should be in your collection. It seems that his albu...
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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Jon Hall - Jon Hall Brings Music from Hawaii

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Here's another album from my Hawaiian category and celebrity category. It's in my celebrity category because Jon Hall was an actor -...
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Sunday, January 23, 2011

Jackie Gleason - Music to Change Her Mind (1956)

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Here's another of my Jackie Gleason albums. As always, it's very pleasing mood music and the songs are all familiar. Add Bobby Hacke...
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

The Fantastic Strings of Felix Slatkin - Paradise Found (1960)

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It's cold here in Dallas and I just don't do well in cold weather (my hats off to those of you who live in really cold climates!). ...
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Sunday, January 16, 2011

Vincent Edwards - Sings (1962)

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Here's a record from my celebrity genre, which I found in the HPB bargain bin for only 50 cents. Vince Edwards recorded this during the...
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Cliff Deegan and His Western Riders - Cowboy Favorites

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I love, love, LOVE this album cover! That is really the main reason I bought this album. I want a cowgirl outfit like the girl on the cover!...
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Sunday, January 09, 2011

The Ray Charles Singers - Something Special for Young Lovers (1964)

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Here's one of my favorite choral groups - the Ray Charles Singers. Lately I just haven't been able to get enough of the different ch...
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Thursday, January 06, 2011

Herschel Bernardi - Sings Fiddler On the Roof (1966)

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"Fiddler On the Roof" is one of my favorite musicals. I have the movie (on VHS - need to burn it to DVD) and the movie soundtrack ...
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Monday, January 03, 2011

Steve Allen - Around the World (1959)

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Happy New Year, everyone! Here's wishing you a happy, prosperous, and healthy 2011! One of my New Year resolutions is to get back to pos...
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Sunday, December 19, 2010

Cool Yule Tunes 2010 - A Stax o' Wax Compilation

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Have you all finished your Christmas shopping yet? Have you started? ;-) I braved the crowds this last weekend before Christmas and did ...
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Boots Randolph - Boots and Stockings (1969)

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I got this one from the HPB bargain bin either last year or the year before. I loved the title, "Boots and Stockings", and I also...
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Sunday, December 12, 2010

Gisele MacKenzie - Christmas with Gisele (1959)

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I found this little gem last year at my favorite little resale store nearby. I bought it because I just loved the cover. I have never heard...
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Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Percy Faith - Music of Christmas (1959)

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Christmas just would not be Christmas without listening to one of my mom's Christmas albums. My mother was an elementary school teacher...
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Sunday, December 05, 2010

Bert Kaempfert - Christmas Wonderland (1963)

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Today's Christmas album is a thrift store find, bought for 50 cents at my favorite little resale/thrift store down the street. I think ...
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Wednesday, December 01, 2010

The Ray Charles Singers - Winter Wonderland (1956)

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The second Christmas album offering this year is an album I found in the HPB bargain bin earlier this year - for only 50 cents! I bought it...
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Sunday, November 28, 2010

Andy Williams - Christmas Present (1974)

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Hi, all! Took a little hiatus due to my work schedule, but I started a new job (hoping for NO or very little overtime) and I'm ready to ...
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Sunday, October 03, 2010

The Arthur Murray TV Dance Orchestra - Arthur Murray's Music for Dancing (1958)

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Here's another record that I bought back during my ballroom dancing days. It's got some really great songs for dancing fox trots, wa...
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Sunday, September 26, 2010

Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Fool on the Hill (1968)

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I was listening to "When Summer Turns to Snow" the other day (now that summer is over and winter looms ahead), so I thought I'...
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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Mantovani - Mantovani Film Encores Volume 1 (1957)

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This is one of my mom's albums that I listened to many a Saturday when growing up. My mom loved to play her records on her General Elect...
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Sunday, September 19, 2010

Arthur Lyman - Yellow Bird (1960)

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It's a beautiful, lazy Sunday in Dallas, Texas, and this is the perfect album to go with it! So easy to listen to, to read by, to just s...
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