Liner Notes78 RPM shellac record collecting It’s a 78 RPM Sunday. These episodes should probably more appropriately be labelled spinning my dad’s dad’s shellac. In the old days of records coming on 10” disks with one song per side, it made collections rather large. So...

Liner NotesTeen Idol Bobby Sherman Happy mothers day. This one’s for my mother who we lost ten years ago this month. As we go through this large record collection, I can tell which records my mom might have picked out. This is one of them. It’s a self-titled debut...

Liner NotesBeethoven's Biggest Hit We now pull out the third record from this seven disk box set. A record that features a relatively unknown work AND probably one of the most famous works in music history. Talk about a dichotomy. This is music from the immortal...

Liner NotesKing of Bourbon Street Here’s a trumpet player we’ve heard from before. He was a favorite of my dad’s. He’s also a favorite of mine. He’s loud and powerful. He plays at just below a blatting level, but keeps in control with some of the most intricate music....

Liner NotesRed Headed Stranger We’re going to have a little extra fun with this episode. In fact, you might say I have high hopes for it. One of my dad’s, and my, favorite artists is Willie Nelson. One of my favorite holidays is the day this episode drops, and I’m not...

Liner NotesSmooth Jazz Voices We haven’t reached into the great Franklin Mint section of my dad’s collection for a while. Most of the episodes featuring the Greatest Jazz Recordings of All Time often get blocked by YouTube. But I’ve really grown attached to this...

Liner NotesMovie Magic We now pull out yet another one of the seven Henry Mancini albums my dad had. He’s one of my favorites too. This one is a follow up to Mancini Plays The Great Academy Award Songs, the album you heard in Volume 43: Mancini and the Oscar Winners....

Liner NotesHistoric Concert Appearance I attended the Wednesday, March 26, 2025 Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass concert at the Goodyear Theater in Akron, Ohio. Yes, Herb is still touring at 89 years old. Yes, I was excited to see him again. Obviously, I can’t can’t...

Liner NotesThe Versatile Twist This is going to be an extra fun episode. Many of the tunes have melodies you already know. Some tunes were created for this album. The trumpet player leading the band was part of some great music history in the form of some famous big...

Liner NotesRed Hot Ragtime Gee, imagine that! Another album featuring a trumpet player from my dad's collection. And a trumpet player we've heard from before. This time, we get to hear some great ragtime. This artist not only fronted his own band, but got his pedigree...