As I add 45s to our inventory, I pick select 45s to highlight with mp3 "snippets" so you can hear the music yourself. I only record "snippets" of tunes I particularly like, ones I think have been under-played and under-appreciated, or ones that are so rare and wonderful I'll never hear them otherwise. For myself, I keep an iTunes playlist of these "snippets," and that playlist is one I listen to most often. These pages chronicle the mp3 "snippets" I've added to our online "jukebox" in reverse chronological order. You can browse the pages to see what was added and when. Click on the blue "Play" button to play the snippet, or click on a song's title to load the page. Many of these 45 records are still for sale, though just as many have been sold. I hope you enjoy perusing these pages as much as I have enjoyed putting them together!
07/31/10
Johnny Cash
1958, Sun 22
Genre: Country
"Big River" is one of Cash's very best songs, IMHO. It was the B side of "Ballad of a Teenage Queen."
07/18/10
Peter Gabriel
1977, Atco 7079
Genre: Modern Rock
Dave Marsh was right-on when pinning this rock classic at #159 on his list of the 1,001 greatest singles of Rock'n'Soul.
07/15/10
Mary-Chapin Carpenter
1991, Columbia 73838
Genre: Country Rock
This great Cajun-style single was Carpenter's first Top 10 hit.
07/14/10
The Guess Who
1969, RCA 0195
Genre: Power Pop
Here, the A side ("Laughing") was the Top 10 hit, but this B side is nearly as famous. "Undun" features both lyrics and music by Bachman, and shows him waxing philosophic in his tale of a "fallen" woman. The arrangement is reminiscent of what Todd Argent had been doing with the Zombies, and in particular echoes their Spring 1969 hit, "Time of the Season."
07/12/10
Frank Zappa
1982, Barking Pumpkin 02972
Genre: Novelty
Frank's daughter Moon does the incredibly funny Valley Girl thing. Not to be missed!
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Midnight Train To Georgia by Gladys Knight and the Pips
San Francisco is A Lonely Town/ It's Hard To Get Along by Joe Simon
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