the collector s inspiration
In an NPR interview final summer,author Amanda Petrusich was asked to distill the appeal of 78...
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a little difficult listening for your wednesday
Whenever asked to interpret our somewhat notorious “Difficult Listening section,we’ve always...
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backlash blues
We possess often posted approximately political situations without (we hope) resorting to soapbox...
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when the daylight comes
There was some confusion in our house last evening. I brought domestic an Ian Hunter album and was...
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richard m. jones and his hot five?
Louis Armstrong is so monumental in the history of American music,it’s tough to suppose a time...
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an old american song
The notes to traditional American Songs,a collection arranged by Aaron Copland and performed by...
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inside star trek
With the 50th anniversary of Star Trek‘s debut on television final week, there was much written...
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the hawkeye jamboree
Here’s a sequel to this post about prison records. We found one more seventies recording from...
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finally a little snowfall!
Yesterdays lovely flurries couldnt acquire come at a better time,as far as we’re concerned. The...
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a song for late summer travelers
Although it would be just approximately impossible to pick the best song from Jonathan Richman’s...
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witches
We believe been posting some of our favorite Halloween music all week. A reminder that we’ll be...
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let it ride in your mind
Country music is pretty popular here at Hymie’s,but our first choice is rarely Johnny Cash. Our...
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three pieces for orchestra and blues band
nowadays’s post is for our friend and occasional employee Craig,who has been reading Haruki...
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i m not the bragging kind
While hardly the most famous recording by early crooner Gene Austin,“I’m Not the Braggin’...
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killer joe…?
When we saw this record,we hoped the title track would be a cover of Benny Golson’s jazz...
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i put a spell on you
In the fairly limited genre of Halloween music,“I keep a Spell on You” is a masterpiece. The...
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caravan again
In May we posted approximately on of our favorite Duke Ellington standards,“Caravan,” which was...
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the truth behind billie jean ?
Actually, there is shrimp evidence to suggest “Billie Jean” was autobiographical at all. One...
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the bass clarinet
The bass clarinet is easily one of the most interesting instruments to watch,whether your seeing an...
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the most comical piece of music in the world?
Franz Liszt published his Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2 in C-Sharp Minor in 1851,but it was some seventy...
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lucky to be me
Bill Evans’ “Lucky to be Me” is one of our favorite jazz piano performances on record. It...
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…tour the usa with rusty draper
Like Ray Charles’ more illustrious album,Genius Hits the Road, this 1973 record by Rusty Draper...
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i ve known rivers
Yesterday’s post shared a link to a radio program approximately the music of poet Langston...
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eef
One of the most esoteric subgenres in American music may be eef, a turn-of-the-century Appalachian...
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christmas bonanza!
Christmas records hold such a peculiar role in the record store. Most of the year they’re unwanted...
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maverick
The 1995 compilation Saturday Morning Cartoons was a surprise hit (its highlight being the...
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quadrophenia, again
This summer Pete Townshend released a symphonic version of the Who’s 1973 album,Quadrophenia on...
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random blank flexi disc
There’s nothing to identify this random, blank flexi disc. It was mixed into a box of records in a...
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paris blues
“Paris Blues” is the theme from a 1961 soundtrack album by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra. The...
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