Record Collection of the Week
February 19, 2008
Gary alerted me to this auction on ebay. The Record-Rama Sound Archives - 3,000,000 records, 300,000 CDs, and “many eight tracks.” There’s no reserve, but bidding opens at $3,000,000 (so far there are no bids). Hurry, the auction ends Thursday. If it’s just the price that’s stopping you, maybe this will help:
Record Cover of the Week
February 17, 2008
Stanley Wilson: Pagan Love
Classic 1950’s exotica. Television and movie composer Stanley Wilson originally conceived the pieces on this album as the score for The Mating Urge, a 1958 documentary about “primitive” courting rituals in the south seas, Africa and Asia. The front cover reminds me of amateur Sasquatch footage (if the Sasquatch was a naked white woman with a Betty Page haircut). The back cover has some fun line art (click the image below to see it up close and read the informative liner notes).
The Week In Thrift
February 9, 2008
An overeager donor turned the donation station into a drive-thru.
mother & child
Bobby Hull Hockey
Record Cover of the Week
February 2, 2008
Burl Ives: Favorites
These aren’t my favorite songs of his, but Burl’s avuncular face on a record cover is often all I need to convince me to buy it. And because it’s never too early to start planning your costume, I’ve turned this cover into a life-sized Halloween mask - just click on the thumbnail below.
