Vinyl Therapy: 1950s - 1980s

A variety of recent acquisitions...

LPs, 7 inch and 12 inch singles from 

eBay, thrift stores and the odd estate sale.

Vintage Vinyl Therapy: "Not Without My Wife, You Don't!" (1966)

"Listen, Daddy, baby... 

You can have my bread and my gravy... 

Crazy baby, crazy...

BUT NOT WITH MY WIFE, YOU DON'T!"

A zany, kooky, madcap Swingin' Sixties romp deserves a fittingly festive soundtrack and sleeve.  

God bless 1966 and albums like this one.  Perfection from start to finish.

We Go Way Back: Dionne & Me

Only in the past ten years have I begun to collect and really listen to the 1960s pop music masterpieces that were orchestrated around the honey-smooth voice of Miss Dionne Warwick.  Upon beginning to do so, however, I realized that her voice had been a part of my backdrop for a long time.  Since childhood, though I couldn't really name it, there was a particular voice that always grabbed my attention over the AM and FM stations that my grandparents listened to.  It was nothing like the rest of my growing pop-rock-punk-funk-R&B-alternative sensibilities, but it felt immediately welcoming, familiar, wise and (oddly) lighter than air.

I am glad to report that from these black vinyl platters, it sounds richer than ever to my seasoned ears.

 Thank you, Dionne... Then, now and always.