 | The Popular Recordings (1938-1942) by Glenn Miller
Buy used from: $1.42 IF YOU DON'T FIND SAINT PETER LISTENING TO GLENN MILLER'S, "MOONLIGHT SERENADE" WHEN YOU GET TO THE PEARLY GATES, THEN THAT AIN'T SAINT PETER AND THOSE AIN'T THE GATES TO HEAVEN. RUN AWAY!! RUN AWAY!!
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 | Letter from Home by Pat Metheny Group
Buy used from: $1.66 LISTEN WHILE DRIVING : THAT IS THE SECRET TO LEARNING HOW TO FULLY APPRECIATE THE PAT METHENY GROUP'S MAGIC. SOME CINEMATIC QUALITY IN THIS MUSIC LENDS ITSELF TO MOTION. ODDLY, WHATEVER YOU SEE....
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 | Still Life (Talking) by Pat Metheny Group
Buy used from: $2.62 ....THROUGH YOUR WINDSHIELD WILL SEEM TO BE THE IDEAL VISUAL ACCOMPANIMENT TO THE MUSIC THAT YOU ARE HEARING AT ALL TIMES! THE P.M.G. IS THE PERFECT SOUNDTRACK FOR EVERY ROAD TRIP, REGARDLESS OF....
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 | First Circle by Pat Metheny Group
Buy used from: $2.98 ....WHETHER THAT TRIP TAKES YOU THROUGH CITYSCAPES OR COUNTRYSIDE. A ROAD TRIP WITHOUT "THE PAT METHENY GROUP" IS UNIMAGINABLE - EVEN IF THAT ROAD IS ONLY TAKING ME TO THE MARKET FOR MORE ICE CREAM!
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 | Secret Story by Pat Metheny
Buy used from: $1.99 TRACKS #1 & #4 TAKE A LITTLE GETTING USED TO, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS JUST SHEER BEAUTY. "THE TRUTH WILL ALWAYS BE" IS THE MAJESTIC LIGHT OF SPIRITUAL GLORY TRANSCRIBED INTO MUSICAL NOTES! SHINE ON!!
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 | Singles 1969-1981 by The Carpenters
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $7.30 KAREN CARPENTER HAD THE MOST FABULOUS VOICE THAT GOD EVER DISHED OUT. EVEN THE ANGELS IN HEAVEN STOP SINGING AND JUST LISTEN WHEN THIS LADY STEPS UP TO THE MIC. OOOOH! MMMMM! SHIVERS MY SOUL!
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 | Complete Live Oblivion by Brian Auger's Oblivion Express
Buy used from: $31.90 THE FUNKIEST VERSION OF "BUMPIN' ON SUNSET." I HEARD IT ON MY CAR RADIO ONE DAY IN 1978, SHORTLY AFTER CROSSING SUNSET BLVD. THE D.J. ANNOUNCED THE ARTIST, AND THAT STARTED MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH JAZZ!
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 | The Heart of Saturday Night by Tom Waits
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.94 BOOZEY 'N' BLUESY. "SAN DIEGO SERENADE" HAS THE BEST LYRICS EVER PENNED. THE HEART OF A TRUE POET HIDING BEHIND A SCROUNGY, STREET DOG MASQUERADE. DON'T TELL ST. PETER THAT I SLIPPED TOM PAST HIM!
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 | Endless Summer by The Beach Boys
Buy used from: $6.00 "HOLY HARMONIZING, BATMAN!" THESE BOYS COULD REALLY SING! HERE'S HOPING THAT WE MAY ALL FEEL "GOOD VIBRATIONS" AND "THE WARMTH OF THE SUN" "ALL SUMMER LONG."
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 | Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (20-Bit Master) by Ben Webster With Oscar Peterson
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $6.98 NOTHING SOUNDS SO SENSUAL AS BEN WEBSTER BLOWING A BREATHY BALLAD THROUGH THAT SENSITIVE TENOR SAXOPHONE OF HIS. THIS IS LATE-NIGHT, LOW-LIGHT MUSIC AT ITS VERY, VERY BEST!
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 | Breakfast At Tiffany's: Music From The Motion Picture Score
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $3.45 THE MOVIE WAS JUST O.K., BUT THE MUSIC - NOW THAT'S ANOTHER STORY! "SALLY'S TOMATO"; "BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S"; AND "HOLLY" ARE DIVINE...BUT THEY EVOKE MEMORIES OF A PARADISE LOST.
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 | Waylon Jennings - Greatest Hits by Waylon Jennings
Buy used from: $34.34 THE FUNNIEST, MOST CHARISMATIC PERFORMER I EVER SAW ON A STAGE. I KNOW THAT WAYLON WENT TO HEAVEN BECAUSE SATAN IS SCARED TO DEATH OF HIM! THIS IS WESTERN MUSIC AT ITS LOWDOWN, HONKY-TONKIN' TOUGHEST!
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 | Hymns to the Silence by Van Morrison
Buy used from: $21.00 HERE WE FIND VAN THE MAN FRONTING A VANTASTIC BAND AND DELIVERING SOME OF HIS MOST INSPIRED AND SPIRIT-FILLED WORK. HIS MOST OVERTLY RELIGIOUS RECORDING - IT'S BOTH MEDITATIVE AND SWINGING, AND I PLAY IT EVERY "ALL SAINTS DAY" (NOVEMBER 1ST).
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 | Up-Up And Away: The Definitive Collection by The 5th Dimension
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $9.98 "UP, UP AND AWAY" IS JUST HEAVENLY. THE EXQUISITE VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS ON THIS COLLECTION TAKE ME BACK TO THE PSYCHEDELIC, DAY-GLO PAINT AND BLACK-LIGHT POSTER DAZE OF MY YOUTH. SOME GREAT SONGS HERE!!
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 | 16 Most Requested Songs by Benny Goodman
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $0.09 HOKEY-SMOKES & HOO-WEE, COULD THIS BAND PLAY!! BOTH SWEET AND POWERFUL MUSIC! THIS LIVE VERSION OF "SING, SING, SING" COMBINES THE ENERGY OF PUNK ROCK WITH THE MUSICIANSHIP OF REAL MUSICIANS!
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 | Bossa Nova for Lovers by Various Artists
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $3.99 See my 5-Star review on the Product Page.
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 | Nova Bossa: Red Hot on Verve by Various Artists
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $3.34 See my 5-Star review on the Product Page.
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 | Rock On 1970 by Various Artists
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $0.77 FOR 2 GREAT REASONS: "SPIRIT IN THE SKY" BY NORMAN GREENBAUM (My favorite One-Hit Wonder) AND "HE AIN'T HEAVY, HE'S MY BROTHER" BY THE HOLLIES. TWO "SPIRIT"-UAL "HEAVY"-WEIGHTS THAT I DEARLY LOVE!
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 | Good Hands by Danny Caron
Buy used from: $12.95 A MORE SOULFUL AND BLUESY ALBUM YOU'LL NEVER FIND! THE MOST UNDERRATED ALBUM IN MY COLLECTION; THAT IT'S UNKNOWN IS A SIN! (Click on the title & read my full-length review called, "BONE-DEEP BLUES!")
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 | The Best of War and More by War
Buy new: $8.97 / Used from: $1.91 I'm from Los Angeles where LOW RIDER is the official city song; where SUMMER is the official holiday when ALL DAY, MUSIC plays at Venice Beach; and where Rodney King asked, WHY CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS?
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 | The Best of Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $7.00 NOTHING SAYS "CHRISTMAS" TO ME LIKE LEROY ANDERSON'S ORIGINAL, 1948 INSTRUMENTAL, "SLEIGH RIDE." BELIEVE IT OR NOT, HE COMPOSED IT DURING A JULY HEAT WAVE. I AIN'T LEAVING THIS EARTH WITHOUT IT!
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 | Merry Christmas by Johnny Mathis
Buy used from: $0.52 NO SINGER HANDLES CHRISTMAS STANDARDS BETTER THAN JOHNNY MATHIS. JUST A FEW NOTES INTO "WINTER WONDERLAND" AND I'M A KID ALL OVER AGAIN! THIS ONE IS CONSIDERED A TRUE HOLIDAY CLASSIC AROUND MY HOUSE.
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 | Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $4.10 NO QUESTION ABOUT IT, THIS IS A WORK OF GENIUS. GO TO: http://stephentmccarthysstuffs.blogspot.com/2008/05/highway-zimmerman-revisited.html -------
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 | 16 Most Requested Songs by Mahalia Jackson
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $3.96 THE QUEEN OF GOSPEL MUSIC. GO TO: http://stephentmccarthysstuffs.blogspot.com/2008/07/hell-hath-no-fury-like-mahalia-in.html -------
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 | Travels by Pat Metheny Group
Buy new: $32.49 / Used from: $19.99 This concludes the list of music I'll take with me to Heaven. So, now I'll pose the same question to you that Pat Metheny opened this great 2-disc live album with: "ARE YOU GOING WITH ME?"
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