Liner NotesCowboy songs and sagas How are we only on record five of this great seven record set? Because I continue to find gold in this box set filled with legendary songs about the old west. Each record, or in this case each side of this collection had its own...

Liner NotesOrchestra with wordless vocals We once again pull out the most popular orchestra leader in my dad’s collection. This is a follow-up album to a popular record my dad does not have. Both titles reference the Ira and George Gershwin tune S’Wonderful from the...

Liner NotesBuckeyes are Champions Congratulations to the Ohio State Buckeye football team for winning their ninth national championship. If you grew up in Ohio, especially in the 1960s and 70s, you were probably an OSU fan no matter where you ended up going to college...

Liner NotesPolitical comedy that hits home My dad seemed to have an album for every occasion. I can’t tell you how appropriate the timing is to play this record for you. Oh wait…yes I can…and will. This is truly in the vein of “the more things change the more they...

Liner NotesEasy Listening Latin Music I’ve mentioned this a few times on this show. The Latin beat was extremely popular when my dad was a teenager and beyond. This record is a combination of taking that Latin beat, this time from a specific country, and arranging it...

Liner NotesWelcome to season five. We start out 2025 with a trumpet player you’ve heard twice before. This is the last of his records in my dad’s collection. When I first came across him, 165 episodes ago, I realized quickly that I had been missing out on listening to...

Liner NotesWelcome to the last episode of season 4. You know you can get close to new years eve and NOT have to listen to Guy Lombardo. WE are going to finish out 2024 on a really upbeat note. In fact, there’s nothing like that two-beat music to send us out dancing....

Liner Notes'Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, well, except for my dad who was putting together the air hockey game, or large electronic toy crane, or other present that would be one of ours the next morning. I...

Liner NotesHere’s a fun find from this collection. My father really loved his country music too besides all that jazz, pop and classical. This is the kind of country and western music that was kind of between the fiddle-led twang of early country and the days of...

Liner NotesWe pull out the second record from this seven disk box set. This one is filled with an incredible performance of a long piece of music from an incredible composer. The Reader’s Digest liner notes for this seven record box set starts off "the nineteenth...