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post, I mentioned about the easy-availability of Johnny Horton’s album, “Johnny
Horton’s Greatest Hits”. In fact, that was the only Johnny Horton’s title that
I have collected since 2006. I thought he is only known for several battle
ballads but not the rest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Sunday at end October 2012, I went to the usual Sunday market to hunt for
LPs. As soon I reached there, I headed straight to my favourite store and
started flipping through the albums. I was so pleasantly surprised to find a
Johnny Horton’s LP of the title, “Johnny Horton Makes History”. Wow, I thought
I wouldn’t have any chance of getting another Johnny Horton’s album since I
bought “Johnny Horton’s Greatest Hits” in 2006! The cover and the vinyl were also
in extremely good conditions. My surprise didn’t end there because when I
flipped through the stack of records further, another Johnny Horton’s album,
“The Fantastic Johnny Horton”, appeared in front of my very own eyes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There weren’t any scratches on the vinyl surfaces
of both albums and the covers were as good as new. I think the previous owner
must be a meticulous LP collector. Anyway, that made my day!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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particular day, I decided to cut short the visit and head straight home after I
paid the vendor. I was so eager to listen to several other Johnny Horton’s songs
that I have never heard of. The catches have made my day!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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driving back home, I was humming “North to Alaska” all the way. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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2 albums that I bought, the songs in “Johnny Horton Makes History” are quite similar
to “Johnny Horton’s Greatest Hits. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“The
Fantastic Johnny Horton” contains mostly Johnny Horton’s early recordings
between 1952 and 1955. This was the period when Johnny Horton’s narrative ballads
of American history still hadn’t make inroad into his music.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I noticed
that Johnny Horton singing style is somewhat influenced by Hank Williams. “Two Red Lips and a Warm Red Wine” is like a song written by Hank Williams. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
then, “Broken Hearted Gypsy”, “SS Lureline” and “All for the Love of a Girl” are
so uniquely Johnny Horton. And these are the songs that I enjoyed listening very
much.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Hearted Gypsy, First Train Headin’ South, Move Down the Line, The SS Lureline,
The Child’s Side of Life, All For the Love of a Girl<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Mansion You Stole, The Train with a Rhumba Beat, Two Red Lips and a Warm Red
Wine, Ridin’ the Sunshine Special, Big Wheels Rolling, Devil Made a Masterpiece</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Johnny <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Horton (April
30, 1925 – November 5, 1960) was a great country singer. In Tex Ritter’s 1961
country song, “</span><a href="http://www.vinylmylove.blogspot.com/2009/09/song-i-dreamed-of-hillbilly-heaven.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I
Dreamed of a Hillbilly Heaven</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">”, he sang about Hank Williams and Johnny Horton
standing side-by-side smiling at him in the heaven. This shows the status of
Johnny Horton in the world of country music. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Johnny Horton’s
remarkable singing and story-telling skill help him to open up a whole new
world of music – the narrative ballads of American battle history. In fact,
Johnny Horton’s best-selling song, “The Battle of New Orleans”, was sold 2.5
million copies. The song was also won the Grammy Award for Best C&W
Recording in 1960. I think Johnny Horton must be a pioneer in championing the
Blue Ocean Strategy! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I first knew about Johnny Horton when I heard the song,
“North to Alaska” on radio when I was in my early twenties. Whenever I liked a
song and wanted a copy of the lyrics, there was no Internet for me to google, copy,
paste and print the lyrics. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember I
had to record “North to Alaska” to a cassette tape when it came on air. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I then jotted the lyrics down by listening to
the song from my cassette player repeatedly. I think “North to Alaska” was the
only song of Johnny Horton I knew before I owned his CD. I finally bought his
CD, “Johnny Horton’s Greatest Hits” when I started working in late 80s. That
was the sole Johnny Horton CD that I own.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this album, there are several typical ballads of American
battle history such as “Johnny Reb”, “The Battle of New Orleans”, “Sink the
Bismarck”, etc. There are also beautiful ballads such as “Whispering Pines” and
“All for the Love of a Girl”. And there is “North to Alaska”, the first Johnny
Horton’s song that I know. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Johnny Horton’s
Greatest Hits” LP is an easily available LP in the market. After I bought this
LP in October 2006, I have seen this LP for countless times. However, I don’t
understand why there wasn’t any other LPs of Johnny Horton surfacing in the
market ever since I bought this LP. Every time I came across a Johnny Horton’s
album, it was definitely be this album.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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was killed in a road accident in 1960. It was a great loss to his music fans. </span><br />
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album was released in 1961.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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You Stole, “I’m Ready, If You are Willing”, When It’s Springtime in Alaska<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Love of a Girl, Sink the Bismarck, Commanche, Jim Bridger, Johnny Freedom</span></span>Teohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15380975571984044612noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047188668898088169.post-92067928053134186612013-01-20T00:10:00.000+08:002013-01-20T00:10:00.123+08:00Pete Seeger - Freight Train<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">In my previous
post, I mentioned about a folk group named The Weavers. The Weavers was formed
by Pete Seeger, </span>Ronnie Gilbert, Lee Hays and Fred Hellerman. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I learned about Pete Seeger from my search on Internet about
the song, “On Top of Old Smokey”. Pete Seeger was born in 1919. He is a ardent
folk singer and an accomplished old-fashioned long-neck, five-string banjo
picker.<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span lang="EN">Pete Seeger is best known as the
author/co-author of "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" and "If I
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The note at the back of this album describes that “Pete Seeger
learned to play banjo the hard way. In order to learn more about banjo picking,
Pete Seeger went hitch-hiking with his banjo over his shoulder, looking for the
old-time great instrumentalists. He hitched his way through the Appalachians,
staying all nights in barns. When he found a fellow banjo picker or a housewife
who sang the old ballads he would swap songs and watch and learn.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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called the Almanac. In late 40s, The Almanac Singers was re-shuffled as The Weavers.
When The Weavers was disbanded subsequently, Pete Seeger went solo to continue his
folk singing career. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Seeger demonstrated that he could play the simple “Red River Valley” at ease
and also the dazzling “Old Maid Song” skillfully. Most of the songs are accompanied
by one or two musical instruments, the main one being a banjo picked by Pete
Seeger himself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Blues, Dollar Ain’t a Dollar Any More, Careless Love, Bank of Marble, Cayote,
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in the first year of my secondary education, besides recess and physical education
class, my most enjoyable time in the school was during music class. Although I
did not sing well, I really enjoyed the harmonious sound when the classmates
sang together.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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about the event, I have forgotten why there was a music class for secondary
school? It was most probably a noble effort by our form teacher who tried to
instill us with interests to learn and improve our English. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I remember
most of the songs we sang then were campfire songs and folk songs. There was
one particular song that left a lasting impression in me. The song is “On Top
of Old Smokey”. I liked this song because it sounded so good when the class
sang together. I didn’t care much for the lyrics though. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I started to
collect records, I had a wish list of songs and singers to collect. “On top of
Old Smokey” was one of the songs in my wish list. My first collection of the
song was Harry Belafonte’s blues version followed by Mitch Miller’s sing-along
version. I also have Slim Whitman “Down in the Valley” and “Birmingham Jail”.
These 2 songs adopt the music of “On Top of Old Smokey” but with different
lyrics. I was delighted to add this “Folk Songs” album that has “On Top of Old
Smokey” to my LP collection.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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this album is not just about this song. It comprises songs from many great folk
singers/groups of the 50s and 60s. Two songs from The Weavers are featured. In
fact, The Weavers recorded 2 of their biggest hits “Goodnight, Irene” and “On
Top of Old Smokey” during the 50s. Another folk singer appeared in this album
is Terry Gilkyson. Terry Gilkyson co-wrote “Memories Are Made of This” which
was also sung by Jim Reeves and Dean Martin in the 60s. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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also contains 2 songs that I like very much, “Wreck of Old Number 9” and
“Colorado Trail”. These 2 songs were recorded by many country and western
singers in the 50s and 60s too. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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was released in 1964. However, I notice many of the songs were recorded in the
50s. It is an enjoyable folk song album.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Top of Old Smokey (The Weavers), Black Eyed Susie (Terry Gilkyson), Hey Young
Rider (The Ivy League Trio), I Never Will Marry (Tompall and the Glaser
Brothers), Greensleeves (Richard Dyer-Benett), Candy Mountain Land (The Gateway
Singers)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Wreck of Old Number 9 (Tompall and the Glaser Brothers), Sweet Betsy from Pike
(Oscar Brand), Colorado Trail (The Gateway Singers), Deep Blue Sea (The Ivy
League Trio), Billy Boy (Terry Gilkyson), When the Saints Go Marching In (The
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<br />Teohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15380975571984044612noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047188668898088169.post-23580766222515287062010-06-04T23:31:00.002+08:002012-10-14T00:23:44.652+08:00150 Best-Loved Melodies<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: arial;">When I was studying in <st1:country -region="-region" st="on"><st1:place st="on">Singapore</st1:place></st1:country> in early 1980s, I had 5 very good friends in my class. They were K. Kamalanathan, Bikar Singh, Surinder Singh, Yu Huat and Wei Keong. We were so close that we had breakfast and lunch, studied, talked nonsense together almost daily. We even spent many Saturdays staying overnight at various parks, sea sides, river sides and off-shore island together.</span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: arial;">We always pooled our brains by studying together, even on some Saturdays. However, in most study sessions, we usually ended up arguing and debating on all kinds of nonsensical issues.</span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: arial;">During one study session, we ended up discussing classical music. Bikar Singh was the one who talked the most that day. He brought up a series of names like Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, their styles of music, names of their masterpieces, etc. The rest of us were dumbfounded and listened with full admiration as we had so little knowledge on the subject. Bikar Singh was our hero of the day.</span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: arial;">A few weeks later, five of us went to Bikar Singh’s hostel to play football. After our football session, we went to Bikar’s room to take shower. In his room, some of us requested Bikar Singh to show us his grand collection of classical music. Bikar searched through his cassette tapes and coyly pulled out one miserable cassette tape with the title “Hooked on Classics” and declared that it was his one and only classical music collection. Needless to say, Bikar Singh was verbally bashed by us for the rest of that day.</span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: arial;">When I listened to music on CD in late 80s, 90s and 2000s, the only classical music CD that I ever purchased was “Hooked on Classics” too. </span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: arial;">When I started to collect LPs, I noticed that there were many classical music LPs but they never attracted my attention. During one LP hunting session in October 2008, the glossy-finished cover of a classical music box-set attracted me. The title of the box-set was “150 Best Loved melodies”. Reader Digest produced that box-set in 1981. It contained 8 LPs. Each side of an LP contained classical music of a certain theme. After close inspection, I found that the all the LPs were in mint condition. So I bought the box-set.</span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: arial;">As the condition of all the LPs was so good and the music selection was equally great, I enjoyed listening to the classical music in this box-set very much. Subsequently I bought another 3 classical music box-sets. </span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: arial;">If I ever have chance to meet Bikar Singh again, I will declare proudly to him that I know who is Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Chopin and many more now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">This my friends is an old Spanish lullaby.<br />And it's been handed down from generation to generation.<br />And in it, a father is singing to his baby son.<br />And he's telling him, "Close you eyes little one and sleep.<br />And dream while the angels watch over you.<br />I will hold your hand.<br />And when you wake with the morning, I'll still be here."<br /><br />Cierras ya tus ojitos.<br />Duermete sin temor.<br />Sueña con angelitos<br />Parecidos a ti.<br />Y te agarrare tu mano.<br />Duermete sin temor.<br />Cuando tu despiertes,<br />Yo estare aqui.<br /><br />Da, da... da, da... da... da, da... da...<br />Da, da... da, da... da, da...<br />Da, da... da, da... da... da, da... da...<br />Da, da... da, da... da, da...<br /><br />Y te agarrare tu mano.<br />Dueremete sin temor.<br />Cuando tu despiertes,<br />Yo estare aqui.<br /><br />* * *<br /><br />“Spanish Lullaby” is collected in Marty Robbins’ LP album, “Tonight Carmen”, another Marty Robbins’ album that I own. From the song’s title, lyrics (I presume that part of lyrics is in Spanish) and musical instruments, this song is Spanish from head to toe,<br /><br />This is a lullaby sang by a father to baby song. The song is filled with fatherly love and the music is so warm and delightful. I fell for this song right from the very first moment I listened to i</span>tTeohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15380975571984044612noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047188668898088169.post-35558647271400400632010-05-20T23:08:00.001+08:002010-05-21T01:12:16.281+08:00Marty Robbins - More Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBhBFLgSVg_Ud7dO15faifuq74MVyvLKIbCrTiNOiosSvTbr_fFK2RZ6kDgUkFBpQ_X7KiMSyvwXNSDGA75PWBvj4oLtWy7IPo8-VxGHgFw6Yvkev0SoJeUXfL4ddutkvXba8epP8KZGo/s1600/IMG_5820.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBhBFLgSVg_Ud7dO15faifuq74MVyvLKIbCrTiNOiosSvTbr_fFK2RZ6kDgUkFBpQ_X7KiMSyvwXNSDGA75PWBvj4oLtWy7IPo8-VxGHgFw6Yvkev0SoJeUXfL4ddutkvXba8epP8KZGo/s400/IMG_5820.jpg" /></a><br /></div><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">I bought my first Marty Robbins’ LP, “Best Loved Hits”, in October 2006. The songs in the LP did not excite me at all. I bought my second Marty Robbins’ LP , “Gun Fighter Ballads & Trail Songs” in December 2006. Two songs in that LP, “<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">El Paso</st1:place></st1:city>” and “A Hundred and Sixty Acres” thrilled me so much and got me started to search the Internet for more information on this singer.</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />I got my third Marty Robbins’ LP, “More Gun Fighter Ballads and Trail Songs in January 2007. Marty Robbins music is quite different from most of country and western singers. I personally classify Marty Robbins as “cowboy songs” as he sang many songs on the stories of good men, bandits and gunfights. And I am always cherished by these types of stories and songs. The note at the back of one of Marty Robbins’ album aptly describes my liking for cowboy songs. The note goes like this:</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />“The man of the west is one of the most cherished figures in <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Americana</st1:place></st1:city>, a rugged symbol of the making of the country, of a hard life and of elemental existence. The lonely life of the cowboy and the gunfighter is reflected in their ballads, which are melancholy even when the tune itself is lively. There were lost families, lost sweethearts, lost friends, and around the men of the west those endless plains, magnifying the solitude. And there was work to be done, hard work herding cattle and sheep, building the railroads, and guarding them all from the bad men.”</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />This album was released in 1960. </span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Song List:</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Side A - <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">San Angelo</st1:city></st1:place>, Prairie Fire, Streets Of Laredo, Song Of The Bandit, I've Got No Use For The Women</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Side B - Five Brothers, Little Joe The Wrangler, Ride Cowboy Ride, This Peaceful Sod, She Was Young And She Was Pretty, My Love</span></p><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"></a></div>Teohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15380975571984044612noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047188668898088169.post-87339136571207784142010-05-09T19:55:00.002+08:002010-05-09T20:01:29.329+08:00Marty Robbins - Gunfight Ballads and Trail Songs<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE27ffKIxHQdl4WdpQURl9ZUexJGLJIJ9yC64llGP-Vs8ZyTdy_oPOaW8oZQu-pus4idhky-tnOd2piVA6hs9FiIRaDJYRPuQSPzrWF3GX3lgCtAqN1GfV9dKJXC53AgVCo-X3jApYTN4/s1600/IMG_5606.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE27ffKIxHQdl4WdpQURl9ZUexJGLJIJ9yC64llGP-Vs8ZyTdy_oPOaW8oZQu-pus4idhky-tnOd2piVA6hs9FiIRaDJYRPuQSPzrWF3GX3lgCtAqN1GfV9dKJXC53AgVCo-X3jApYTN4/s400/IMG_5606.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">I was always fascinated by cowboy shows on TV when I was a kid. Clint Eastwood's "Man with No Name" series etched very deeply in my mind. I must have watched the series 3 to 4 times. I guess that is the reason why I own so many country and western albums in my LP collection. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />When I went hunting for LPs and saw a country and western LP album which I have not owned, I rarely let go the chance to own the LP. This album, Marty Robbins' "Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Song" was pickup by me in this manner too.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Marty Robbins (1925 - 1982) is not strictly a country and western singer. He released country and western, pop, rock-and-roll and even Hawaiian songs in his entire recoding career. I owned several C&W and pop albums of Marty Robbins. However, I still prefer his C&W music than others. There was a presence of Latin guitar (I guess so as I am a really a novice in musical instruments) in quite a number of his songs and that made his music quite unique.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />This album contains Marty Robbins' signature song "<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">El Paso</st1:place></st1:city>". This song reached number 1 position in Billboard's country singles and pop singles charts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />This album was released in 1959.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Song List:</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Side A - Big Iron, Cool Water, Billy the Kid, Hundred and Sixty Acres, They're Hanging Me Tonight, Strawberry Roan</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><br />Side B - El Paso, In the Valley, The Master's Call, Running Gun, Down in the Little Valley, Utah Carol</span></p>Teohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15380975571984044612noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047188668898088169.post-49342393236174899562010-04-24T23:35:00.000+08:002010-04-25T02:34:01.617+08:00Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxec6PFbhVNpbhqRADhCuzLepXxi0qBYZyll87_rmXk9W7nEZLtho4gsBQx0hpy8SI1j9qFIxkh-uYW94mpF2FSCeDcEtLl9B-U3nS2m9fntWdaSfT3iL6j8fAzys64MbvMFLF51n6jeY/s1600/IMG_5604.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxec6PFbhVNpbhqRADhCuzLepXxi0qBYZyll87_rmXk9W7nEZLtho4gsBQx0hpy8SI1j9qFIxkh-uYW94mpF2FSCeDcEtLl9B-U3nS2m9fntWdaSfT3iL6j8fAzys64MbvMFLF51n6jeY/s400/IMG_5604.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">My youngest brother, Boon Hooi, loves music. As far as CD collection is concerned, he thrashes me. I think he has more than 2,000 CDs in his collection. In fact, he introduced many singers to me. Tammy Wynette is one of the singers that I got to know from him.<br /><br />He bought Tammy Wynette's CD, "Higher Ground", way back in late 1990s. During one of trips back to my hometown, he played that CD to me. After listening to just 2 or 3 songs of that CD, I simply fell for the Tammy Wynette's music. I also told him that I would look for more CDs of Tammy. </span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><span style="font-family:arial;">Subsequently, I did saw Tammy Wynette's CDs on music shops. However, all these CDs were having those few songs that I already owned. I was disappointed and thought I I would never have chance to listen to more songs of Tammy.</span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><span style="font-family:arial;">However, the situation changed when I started to collect LPs. Every now and then, an LP of Tammy surfaced and I just grabbed it. I have already owned 8 LPs of Tammy today.</span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><span style="font-family:arial;">This album, "Stand By Your Man" contains Tammy Wynette's greatest hit of the same name.</span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><span style="font-family:arial;">Song List:</span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><span style="font-family:arial;">Side A : (You Make Me Want To Be) A Mother, Another Lonely Song, Kids Say the Darnest Things, Love's The Answer, Bedtime Story, Stand By Your Man</span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Side B : Good Lovin' (Makes It Right), Reach Out Your Hand, Please Come to Boston, 'Til I Get It Right, My Man (Understand), There Goes That Old Steel Guitar, Help Me Make It Through The Night</span></div>Teohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15380975571984044612noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047188668898088169.post-85057559476764445362010-04-14T11:29:00.002+08:002010-04-15T01:41:32.176+08:00Tammy Wynette - The First Lady<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGzc2DoWrdADepGcauxZGrxJF9pUmTjcxZQBvc6nuFnAO3s-uWNk876i2Ethbym7x6uiSMA1hFb5PFZ7zakj68Wo-CHIZZ737Y7KMDTcGxOgEn1GS3jVTsbkJ4DwB5KN8P4FUmKeoH2-4/s1600/IMG_0405.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGzc2DoWrdADepGcauxZGrxJF9pUmTjcxZQBvc6nuFnAO3s-uWNk876i2Ethbym7x6uiSMA1hFb5PFZ7zakj68Wo-CHIZZ737Y7KMDTcGxOgEn1GS3jVTsbkJ4DwB5KN8P4FUmKeoH2-4/s400/IMG_0405.jpg" /></a> </div><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;">In the country and western (C&W) music world in the 50s and earlier, it was practically a man’s world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Male C&W singers completely outnumbered female singers. I could only utter the names of just 2 female C&W singers of that era, Patsy Montana of the 30s and Kitty Wells of the 50s.</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />In the 60s, the C&W music world was still dominated by male singers. However, there were more and more female singers that broke into the scene. In late 60s, there came a very successful one. Her name was Tammy Wynette.</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Tammy Wynette (1942 - 1998) released her first singles, “Apartment No 9/I’m Not Mine to Give” in 1966. She scored her number 1 hit, “My Elusive Dreams”, in 1967. During the late 60s and early 70s, Tammy Wynette scored 17 number one hits on Billboard Country Chart. Due to her success in C&W music, she was accorded the title of “The First Lady of Country Music”. </span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Tammy Wynette has a coarse voice, a voice that could easily pluck the sentimental cords of our hearts. That was why she sang many songs of stormy relationship, failed marriage and loneliness. </span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />This LP, “The First Lady”, was released in 1970. </span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Song List (I was unable to find this LP as it was hidden somewhere in my LP collection. When I find the LP again, I will amend the song list below if there is any mistake):</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Side A - Run Woman Run, I Wish I Had A Mommy Like You, True And Lasting Love, I Never Once Stopped Loving You, Safe In These Lovin' Arms Of Mine, Sally Trash</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Side B - My Daddy Doll, The Lovin' Kind, He's Still My Man, Buy Me A Daddy, Playin' Around With Love</span></p><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"></a></div>Teohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15380975571984044612noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047188668898088169.post-58309744476107584282010-04-06T23:07:00.003+08:002010-04-07T01:12:42.619+08:00Hank Thompson - Hank !<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMmWLZMawfmrr8Hb8Az7gxbFRI3UcsQ8UawLRT_7JqSQKXWeX8tWQGLGfCVP98oPjLRMNT1NYI7D4r_njJaK3T5MnDs5ybFym_DPkJzA1aAwD_uwv8S4UkL5048CbXSY2Pr-ejHELTjGU/s1600/IMG_5548.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMmWLZMawfmrr8Hb8Az7gxbFRI3UcsQ8UawLRT_7JqSQKXWeX8tWQGLGfCVP98oPjLRMNT1NYI7D4r_njJaK3T5MnDs5ybFym_DPkJzA1aAwD_uwv8S4UkL5048CbXSY2Pr-ejHELTjGU/s400/IMG_5548.jpg" /></a><br /></div><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">As I like to listen to oldies in general and classic country and western songs in particular, I spend a quite a bit of time listening to songs on YouTube. Whenever I found a singer or songs I liked, I would note down the name of singer or the title of the song in my little notebook. These notes became very helpful whenever I came across some unfamiliar singers when I went searching for LPs. Hank Thompson (1925 – 2007) is a country and western singer I first came across on YouTube.</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;font-family:arial;" ></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">Wikipeida describes Hank Thompson as “<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">an American country music entertainer whose career spanned seven decades. He sold more than 60 million records worldwide. Thompson's musical style, characterized as <a title="Honky tonk" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honky_tonk">honky tonk</a> <a title="Western swing" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_swing"><span style="color:#800080;">Western swing</span></a>, was a mixture of fiddles, electric guitar and <a title="Steel guitar" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_guitar">steel guitar</a> that featured his distinctive, smooth baritone vocals. His backing band, The Brazos Valley Boys, was voted the top Country Western Band for 14 years in a row by <a title="Billboard Magazine" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Magazine"><i>Billboard</i></a>.”<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">Hank Thompson released his first singles in 1946 and his first LP in 1952. This album was released in 1957. </span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Song List:</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Side A - Hang Your Head in Shame, String of Pearls, The Gypsy, You'll Be the One, Don't Be That Way, Ole Napoleon</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Side B - <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>I Don't Want To Know, Prosperity Special, Someone Can Steal You from Me, Don't Look Now, Across the Alley from the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place st="on">Alamo</st1:place>, Don't Get Around Much Anymore</span></p><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"></a></div>Teohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15380975571984044612noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047188668898088169.post-15518371857927175592010-03-31T21:34:00.000+08:002010-04-01T23:39:19.995+08:00Song - Senja Di Kuala Lumpur<span style="font-family:arial;">(Sung by Broery)<br /><br />Ku cuba akan mengubah<br />cerita dalam lagu<br />kenangan ku yang indah bersama mu<br />ku menyusuri jalan<br />di kota mu yang megah<br />tak sedar siang telah menjelma senja<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">kan ku ingat...kan ku kenang<br />senja indah senja di Kuala Lumpur<br />kan ku bawa...kan ku simpan<br />senja indah senja di Kuala Lumpur<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">di bawah sinar bulan<br />cinta kita berpadu<br />berjanji akan sehidup semati<br />tiba saat berpisah<br />ku terima bisikan mu<br />berjanji menunggu kembali<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">kan ku ingat...kan ku kenang<br />senja indah senja di Kuala Lumpur<br />kan ku bawa...kan ku simpan<br />senja indah senja di Kuala Lumpur<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">setahun telah berlalu<br />tadi tiba surat mu<br />ku genggam dalam pernikahan mu </span>Teohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15380975571984044612noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047188668898088169.post-1743923981790749092010-03-30T23:06:00.000+08:002010-04-01T23:10:12.226+08:00Broery - Senja Di Kuala Lumpur<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj40U6Pz_VIkKQPRWKDcR7KnJ2z2YjP-yBrLCuiYOOIThTeM_Hcr2hifOm9OXNjH-HWu-FeNw8wptDkpNc0Uy-sJTB2KaOhZR8ETMgVZu0vQa5WID-xErqgu_tAdm77Y5gaHzlgi1im-2Q/s1600/IMG_0887.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj40U6Pz_VIkKQPRWKDcR7KnJ2z2YjP-yBrLCuiYOOIThTeM_Hcr2hifOm9OXNjH-HWu-FeNw8wptDkpNc0Uy-sJTB2KaOhZR8ETMgVZu0vQa5WID-xErqgu_tAdm77Y5gaHzlgi1im-2Q/s400/IMG_0887.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;">Back in late 1990s, I worked in KL and left my wife and kids in my home town, Sungai Petani. So for several years, I had to travel back to my home town to be with them on weekends. </span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Since I drove back to my home town and returned to KL alone then, my car radio became my best companion. During those journeys, I usually tuned in to a radio station that played oldies and light music. One day, the radio station broadcasted a Malay song. The singer sang that melodious song with his silky-like and soulful <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>voice. I fell for the song immediately. At the end of the song, I paid extra attention to what the DJ said and quickly jotted down the name of the singer, Broery, and the title of the song, “Senja Di Kuala Lumpur”.</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">For several years, my monotonous journey to and back from my hometown would become more enriching whenever this song was played over the radio station.</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">When I started my LP collection hobby in June 2006, this record naturally went into my earliest must-buy list. At the end of June 2006, I found Broery LP, “Senja Di Kuala Lumpur” and bought it right away.</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This is the third LP that go into my collection. I still listen to this LP regularly nowadays. </span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;">Song List:</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Side A - <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>Senja Di Kuala Lumpur, Seandainya Aku Ni Raja, Mira, Setulus Cinta, Berdisko</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Side B – Lahirnya Seorang Seniman, Din Teksi, Titiwangsa, Sepuluh Budak Hitam, Hey! (Dengarkanlah Bisikan Hatiku)</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></o:p></p></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"></a></div>Teohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15380975571984044612noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047188668898088169.post-65152370056152313862010-01-31T23:27:00.004+08:002010-02-01T01:55:31.286+08:00Bob Wills - Plays The Greatest String Band Hits<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGyab-G5xboamLDJZlmauuKZVqCrzEeH5BE3JQM2tNkVqnYztnkHlxKJ8kRm_5o2VEVY3XOCcP22bNhiKWrCVOBWv20b7X6H9ui1aSwfYGt_vWLrXx65dg497yUROQrbFDtFcMReJL0sk/s1600-h/IMG_1994.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGyab-G5xboamLDJZlmauuKZVqCrzEeH5BE3JQM2tNkVqnYztnkHlxKJ8kRm_5o2VEVY3XOCcP22bNhiKWrCVOBWv20b7X6H9ui1aSwfYGt_vWLrXx65dg497yUROQrbFDtFcMReJL0sk/s400/IMG_1994.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">In September 2009, I posted a 2-part article (<a href="http://vinylmylove.blogspot.com/2009/09/wagon-wheels-legendary-songs-of-old.html">part 1</a> and <a href="http://vinylmylove.blogspot.com/2009/09/wagon-wheels-legendary-songs-of-old_05.html">part 2</a>) about the mother of all country and western albums, "Wagon Wheels - Legendary Songs of the Old West". The album is still my most treasured album to date. In that album, I got to know so many legendary country and western singers of the 20s, 30s and 40s. One of the singers was Bob Wills (1905 - 1975).<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />There is only one Bob Wills' song in that album. The title of the song is "Cherokee Maiden". This song was in Bob Wills' singles released in 1941. I was quite amused by the funny sound made by Bob Wills in that song. I subsequently I looked up Wikipedia for Bob Wills and learned that the funny sound was termed by Wikipedia as "hollering and wisecracking". I don’t know whether the hollering and wisecracking enhance or spoil the songs but I know for sure that they add the uniqueness of Bob Wills to his songs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Here's what Wikipedia describes about Bob Wills hollering and wisecracking, "<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">Wills was known for his hollering and wisecracking. One source for this was when, as a very young boy, he would hear his father, grandfather, and cowboys give out loud cries when the music moved them. When asked if his wisecracking and talking on the bandstand came from his medicine show experience, he said it did not. Rather, he said that it came directly from playing and living close to Negroes, and that he never did it necessarily as show, but more as a way to express his feelings".<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN;font-family:arial;" lang="EN" ><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-family:arial;"><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><br />Bob Wills was a pioneer in American Western swing music. The note at the back cover of this album describes western swing music "enriches the country music field", "is rich in blue" and "provides a rich repertoire for dance engagements at countless auditoriums and dance halls". I find that the songs and music in this album are so easy going and I tend to tap my hands along when listening to the songs. </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><br />Bob Wills was a great fiddle player and band leader of The Texas Playboys. The album contains songs and music performed by Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. </span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Song List:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Side A - Milk Cow Blues, Slow Poke, Song of the Wanderer (Where Shall I Go?), My Mary, Whose Heart are you Breaking now?, San Antonio Rose<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Side B - Talkin' Bout You, Shame on You, No Letter Today, Pan Handle Rag, Brown Skin Gal <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"></a></div>Teohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15380975571984044612noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047188668898088169.post-77841555248393434182010-01-24T23:53:00.000+08:002010-01-25T02:58:19.324+08:00Rick Nelson - Singles 1963 - 1974 Album<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwhiLNe-fOilB94h33qZLvPsy5GxaudAmwB8rnQSXPInFqI6atEr9QzJQFWrcnRH_Y1Oskwd-DoUZPzIOhtKAVnJNmil0CE9Mhf7_6YbKGb1tHCXf8xj6xvdZADalmVajji7QrwbvqX_8/s1600-h/IMG_0894.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwhiLNe-fOilB94h33qZLvPsy5GxaudAmwB8rnQSXPInFqI6atEr9QzJQFWrcnRH_Y1Oskwd-DoUZPzIOhtKAVnJNmil0CE9Mhf7_6YbKGb1tHCXf8xj6xvdZADalmVajji7QrwbvqX_8/s400/IMG_0894.jpg" /></a><br /></div><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;">A few months ago, Andy Young of <a href="http://singapore60smusic.blogspot.com/">"Singapore 60s Andy's Pop Music Influence"</a> posted an article on popular songs of late 50s in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">Singapore</st1:country-region></st1:place>. As I like to listen to oldies, I checked out all the songs listed by Andy on You Tube. I enjoyed listening to many of the songs and I liked 2 particular songs, namely Rick Nelson’s “Poor Little Fool” and David Seville’s “Witch Doctor”. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><br />“Garden Party” was the song that I remembered by heart when I was in secondary school. However, I did not Rick Nelson was the singer of this song until I checked it out on You Tube then. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><br />I found an album of Rick Nelson just a few weeks after Andy Young’s post. The album, “The Rick Nelson Singles 1963-1974 Album” contains 16 tracks. I think all the songs can be classified as pop/rock. There are 3 songs that I like in particular, “Gypsy Woman”, “Take a City Bride” and “Garden Party”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><br />Song List:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><br />Side A – You Don’t Love me Anymore, I Got a Woman, String Along, Gypsy Woman, Fools Rush In, For You, The Very Thought of You, There’s Nothing I Can Say<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><br />Side B – A Happy Guy, Mean Old World, Take a City Bride, She Belongs to me, Easy to be Free, Garden Party, Palace Guard, One Night Stand<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" align="center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"></a></div>Teohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15380975571984044612noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047188668898088169.post-31276779584004841762010-01-13T23:52:00.004+08:002010-01-14T02:42:25.630+08:00Rolf Harris - Rolf on Saturday o.k?<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidHVAXG65DwwOmOV6FoALVG00twtKykiz8kadqy1w6MsnEk_DN1-NAYMMpThJKIkNWqQIVd92zBGR5ilBcRP7meuNyTyyT3PkXMFLG1e7bZNXb2okz2XYmhMVnNdb1Ib57MbyLKp-wAjU/s1600-h/rolf+harris.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidHVAXG65DwwOmOV6FoALVG00twtKykiz8kadqy1w6MsnEk_DN1-NAYMMpThJKIkNWqQIVd92zBGR5ilBcRP7meuNyTyyT3PkXMFLG1e7bZNXb2okz2XYmhMVnNdb1Ib57MbyLKp-wAjU/s400/rolf+harris.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><span style="font-family:arial;">When I posted an Australian singer Slim Dusty's album on 4<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> October 2009, my friend Andy Young of "Singapore 60s Andy's Pop Music Influence" mentioned another famous Australian artist, Rolf Harris, to me.</span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />The name, Rolf Harris, brought my memory back to the 70s. During that period, The Malaysian TV station <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">broadcasted</span> "The Rolf Harris Show" on weekly basis. The Rolf Harris Show has all the entertaining <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">elements</span> such as dancing, singing, stories/jokes telling and even painting in it. Rolf Harris was a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">skillful</span> and creative that he painted with all sizes all paint brushes. More interestingly, he sang or told <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">stories</span>/jokes and painted at the same time. And by the time he finished his a song, he also completed his painting. I love the show very much.</span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Back to October 2009, I told <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">myself</span> that I would like to get a Rolf Harris LP or two. My lucky star was <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">definitely</span> shinning on me because a week later, I found this album of Rolf Harris, "Rolf on Saturday o.k?"</span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Rolf Harris ran his "Rolf on Saturday o.k?" in school halls all round England. I presume all the songs in this album were recorded live. This is a highly entertaining LP.</span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Song List:</span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Side A - Sig: It's a Saturday, ok?, Boiled Beef and Carrots, The Gasman Cometh, Turkey in the Straw, Papillon, On Ilkla' Moor Bah'at, A Windmill in Old Amsterdam, Best Foot Forward</span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Side B - The Laughing Policeman, Herrin's Head, Hole in the Ground, Portsmouth, Sunday by the Sea, The Tailor & The Mouse, Sig: It's Saturday ok?</span></div>Teohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15380975571984044612noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047188668898088169.post-40988651496608803782010-01-05T23:32:00.000+08:002010-01-06T01:27:14.753+08:00Charley Pride - In Person<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYY4PonSiC4B014uHt3Si2iugxJngUPoxb1hYRSyPAEbxXiH_wKzCTYmanTGAs2JuYf0J-QcndGXNgquYbnO1-Wskx1CxP5moWh6pGr1pgHHyZTxEFLYyCV5kS4Cjc3TBjXlpwawWkTw/s1600-h/IMG_0733.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYY4PonSiC4B014uHt3Si2iugxJngUPoxb1hYRSyPAEbxXiH_wKzCTYmanTGAs2JuYf0J-QcndGXNgquYbnO1-Wskx1CxP5moWh6pGr1pgHHyZTxEFLYyCV5kS4Cjc3TBjXlpwawWkTw/s400/IMG_0733.jpg" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;">When I bought records crazily in 2006, a vendor even sorted out all his newly acquired country and western albums and let me previewed and bought them on Saturday, which is one day before he put them up for sale on Sunday.</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />During one of our meetings on one Saturday morning in October 2006, he introduced Charley Pride to me. I was very surprise when I heard that Charley Pride was a black country and western singer because I had the impression that there were only white cowboys around.</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />I bought Charley Pride’s record with a few other country and western records on that day. When I spun the record on my record player, I was pleasantly surprised by his voice because he sounded just like other country and western singers. In fact, he even sounded a bit like Hank Williams. Needless to say, I fell for Charley Pride</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />This LP was recorded live in Panther Hall, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Fort Worth</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">Texas</st1:state></st1:place> in 1969. In this concert, Charley Pride even joked about how he sounded. He drew a lot of laughter when he mentioned that many people asked him why he didn’t sound like he’s supposed to sound. And Charley Pride’s answer was, “Well it is a little unique I admit but I have been singing country music since I was about 5 years old and that’s why I sound like I sound”.</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Charley Pride was born in 1938. A check on Internet indicates that he is still performing in <st1:country-region st="on">USA</st1:country-region> and <st1:place st="on">Europe</st1:place> today. Charley Pride’s greatest achievement is having 36 number 1 hits on Billboard Country Chart. His first singles “Snakes Crawl at Night” was released in 1965.</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;">This record was released in 1969.</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Song List:</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Side A - <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>Intro by Bob Powell, The Last Thing on My Mind, Just between You and Me, I Know One, Lovesick Blues, The Image of Me, Kaw-liga</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:SimSun;font-size:12;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Side B - Shutters and Boards, Six Days On The Road, Streets Of <st1:city st="on">Baltimore</st1:city>, Got Leavin' On Her Mind, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Crystal</st1:city></st1:place> Chandeliers, Cotton Fields</span></span><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"></a></div>Teohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15380975571984044612noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047188668898088169.post-25551847507448957092009-12-25T22:42:00.001+08:002009-12-26T00:46:24.093+08:00Belafonte - To Wish You a Merry Christmas<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrMHnbRYGQFG2MSwZ_ppkfoyYWjnfVqIXmCxIkefSuNOjEB8QN4DSTyw0x1S38axCftwmoY2Xwm9rBxz79V1mhMS6fsehjq9ghGHFzFb3_Fyqd_rd17bbjTwX9RYIabd4RUTSME_rLBwk/s1600-h/Harry+Belanfonte+-+A+Merry+Christmas.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrMHnbRYGQFG2MSwZ_ppkfoyYWjnfVqIXmCxIkefSuNOjEB8QN4DSTyw0x1S38axCftwmoY2Xwm9rBxz79V1mhMS6fsehjq9ghGHFzFb3_Fyqd_rd17bbjTwX9RYIabd4RUTSME_rLBwk/s400/Harry+Belanfonte+-+A+Merry+Christmas.jpg" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;">Here’s the last Christmas album for the year. Nothing much to say because still enjoying my long holiday break. </span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Song List:</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Side A - A<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"> Star In The East, The Gifts They Gave, The Son of Mary, The Twelve Day of Christmas, Where The Little Jesus Sleeps, “Medley : TheJoys of Christmas; Oh Little Town of Bethlehem; Deck The Halls; The First Noel”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Side B – Mary’s Boy Child, Silent Night, Christmas is Coming, Mary Mary, Jehovah The Lord Will Provide, “Medley : We Wish You A Merry Christmas; ‘God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen’; O Come All Ye Faithful; Joy to the World", I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"></a></div>Teohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15380975571984044612noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047188668898088169.post-7375650344345818022009-12-17T00:57:00.003+08:002009-12-17T01:01:09.310+08:00Emmylou Harris - Light in the Stable<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9SQ7nfwE2JSxM3DX1aqBijfpcM6Ne-3gHl7TXIsT7YR-Ac_b5iTZ086wykIRcCsGuG-SxpkcHsErYTiI7YAnwp66dqUkZ48sr7yapMmqqjOlt0OIhgLKN66xQxvkR40XQxptWHNGVbM/s1600-h/IMG_1321.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9SQ7nfwE2JSxM3DX1aqBijfpcM6Ne-3gHl7TXIsT7YR-Ac_b5iTZ086wykIRcCsGuG-SxpkcHsErYTiI7YAnwp66dqUkZ48sr7yapMmqqjOlt0OIhgLKN66xQxvkR40XQxptWHNGVbM/s400/IMG_1321.jpg" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;">Emmylou Harris is a country and western singer as well as a song writer. I came to know her through the song, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>“The Boxer” in the early 80s. I have collected several LPs of Emmylou Harris since I started my LP collection hobby 3 1/2 years ago.</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />In this album, Emmylou Harris sang the Christmas songs with her usual crystal clear voice. I particularly like the second song on side B, “Little Drummer Boy” because she really sang the song with her unique Emmylou Harris’ style.</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />This album was released in 1980.</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Song List : </span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Side 1 – Christmas Time’s A-Coming, O Little Town of Bethlehem, Away in a Manger, Angel Eyes, The First Noel</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Side 2 – Beautiful Star of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Bethlehem</st1:place></st1:city>, Little Drummer Boy, Golden Cradle, Silent Night, Light of the Stable</span> </span></p><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"></a></div>Teohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15380975571984044612noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047188668898088169.post-82233369555448081252009-12-13T11:25:00.002+08:002009-12-14T03:29:12.294+08:00John Denver - Rocky Mountain Christmas<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrkx4w5K2Hqk1_d777Iv4HSbZ1S5EPmQw5eyfym4kn0Hi0X-QBi2S2wQsYRC0tjozFJTxgJ_r8-414_RBMLbrL4wPDGBlJHIM_met7oxGsGTUZOT487lan1Rkp-toc6-BG_P37bC8nr3E/s1600-h/IMG_1319.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrkx4w5K2Hqk1_d777Iv4HSbZ1S5EPmQw5eyfym4kn0Hi0X-QBi2S2wQsYRC0tjozFJTxgJ_r8-414_RBMLbrL4wPDGBlJHIM_met7oxGsGTUZOT487lan1Rkp-toc6-BG_P37bC8nr3E/s400/IMG_1319.jpg" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;">I think John Denver was the first country singer that I knew. During the cartridge era on the 70s, there was already a John Denver’s “Greatest Hits 1” album in my house. I liked “Take me <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on">Home Country Road</st1:address></st1:street>” so much that I memorized that song by heart and could sing the entire song along when I played that song on cartridge. My second John Denver album was “John Denver’s Greatest Hits 3” CD which I bought in the 80s. O was again mesmerized by several songs namely “Some Days Are Diamonds”, Seasons of My Heart”, Shanghai Breezes” and “Perhaps Love”, in that album.<br /></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;">“<st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><br />Rocky</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Mountain</st1:placetype></st1:place> Christmas” was my first John Denver LP. I bought this LP in April 2007. When I replay this LP, I feel that John Denver is reciting poems and telling Christmas tales rather than singing songs. This is one of the albums that could keep me sitting on the sofa and listen with total relaxation.<br /></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;">Jim Reeves’ “12 Songs of Christmas”, Pat Boone’s “White Christmas” and this album are the 3 Christmas albums that I listen most often this year.</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Song List:</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Side 1 - Aspenglow, The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire), Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, Silver Bells, Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas), Christmas For Cowboys<span class="green"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></o:p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Side 2 - Away In A Manger, What Child Is This, Coventry Carol, O Holy Night, Silent Night Holy Night, A Baby Just Like You. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span></span></p></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"></a></div>Teohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15380975571984044612noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047188668898088169.post-37852423118570455242009-12-09T00:08:00.002+08:002009-12-09T00:38:36.775+08:00Slim Whitman - The Christmas Album<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXxsbjiLwT_5p5A-Df61QXIXrHExi9Otw-qF1JzZmkA3fpZJaOB_uMEoqG21xTGygjizNcCYU59xJdswJx9H4czaUCLsdfsIeCgmjnVBKVzzXr91STKDq9R8ZxmIOoH9AjZCyA8JDPzWY/s1600-h/IMG_1316.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXxsbjiLwT_5p5A-Df61QXIXrHExi9Otw-qF1JzZmkA3fpZJaOB_uMEoqG21xTGygjizNcCYU59xJdswJx9H4czaUCLsdfsIeCgmjnVBKVzzXr91STKDq9R8ZxmIOoH9AjZCyA8JDPzWY/s400/IMG_1316.jpg" /></a></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">I have been listening to Slim Whitman's songs for many years. In fact my brother told me that my father owned one LP of Slim Whitman during the 60s. However, I could not remember which LP did my father own that time. </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">I like to listen to Slim Whitman because he was a very good yodeler. his unique voice and the steel guitar which was the essential part of his music. However, the organ took over the place of his steel guitar as the main muical instrument in this album. </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><span style="font-family:arial;">This album was released in 1969.<br /><br />Song List: </span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><span style="font-family:arial;">Side 1 - Joy to The World, There's a Song in The Air, Long Ago There Was Born, The Bethlehem Star, The Silver Star</span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Side 2 - The Joy Bells Are Ringing, The Song of The Desert, Silent Night, Christmas, Oh Little Town of Bethlehem, O Holy Night </span></div>Teohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15380975571984044612noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047188668898088169.post-507515791270450842009-12-06T18:52:00.009+08:002009-12-06T19:04:42.025+08:00Song - An Old Christmas Card<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Sung by Jim Reeves</span></span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />(It's the mem'ry of an old Christmas card)<br />There's an old Christmas card in an old dusty trunk<br />And it brings back sweet mem'ries dear to me<br />Though it's faded and worn it's as precious as the morn<br />When I found it ‘neath our first Christmas tree<br />I thrill with every word every line guess I'm always sentimental round this time<br />Pardon me if a tear falls among my Christmas cheer<br />It's the mem'ry of an old Christmas card<br /><br />You know I don't know why I get to feeling sentimental about this time every year<br />But every time I see a Christmas card I somehow can't help reminiscing<br />About the very first Christmas that you and I spent together<br />What a beautiful Christmas card you gave me that year<br />Why I know you must have looked through thousands of cards<br />To find that wonderful poem that still brings a tear to my eye<br style="mso-special-character: line-break"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break"></p><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I thrill with every word every line guess I'm always sentimental round this time<br />Pardon me if a tear falls among my Christmas cheer<br />It's the mem'ry of an old Christmas card<br style="mso-special-character: line-break"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10;"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"></span></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">* * *<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10;"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"></span></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">This song is collected in Jim Reeves’ Twelve Songs of Christmas album. Personally I think this is more of a love song than a Christmas song.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>However, it stands out from the rest of Christmas songs in this album. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>Teohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15380975571984044612noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047188668898088169.post-42254591505130278802009-12-05T15:28:00.010+08:002012-02-21T01:48:36.105+08:00Jim Reeves - Twelve Songs of Christmas<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh41t4X7i9HPLvWtE4tdE3uClYV8UIm3HbmEEPUFEzpKgSiFvK3aZ8BY8BouIfjAc4jY0VopRv_lUtBELmCqvIslFC_PJatQAbLBk03lAJgZxTmCJ1YnQvCKGqXIEzNdWhDQOXnYwhIij8/s1600-h/IMG_1317.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh41t4X7i9HPLvWtE4tdE3uClYV8UIm3HbmEEPUFEzpKgSiFvK3aZ8BY8BouIfjAc4jY0VopRv_lUtBELmCqvIslFC_PJatQAbLBk03lAJgZxTmCJ1YnQvCKGqXIEzNdWhDQOXnYwhIij8/s400/IMG_1317.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><span style="font-family:arial;">In an early post, <a href="http://vinylmylove.blogspot.com/2009/09/patti-page-honey-come-back.html">here</a>, I mentioned about my neighbour, Ah Beng, and the numerous weekends I spent with him to listen to English songs. I think Ah Beng’s family was the only Christian family in our neighbourhood. Ah Beng’s Christmas party was one event I was looking forward to attending every year in late 60s.<br /><br />For several years during Christmas eves in the late 60s, my childhood friends like Su Bee, Su Kien, Su Long, Su Lee, Wei Lun, Wei Kien, my brothers and sister, Kien Huat (I think so) and some other kids were invited to his house. Although we didn’t understand the significance of Christmas but we were all thrilled by the festive mode, the games, the foods, the drinks and the presents. But the biggest thrill of all was the boys got to spend the night sleeping by the twinkling Christmas tree at Ah Beng’s house. We also got to hang our socks at the best spots on the Christmas tree. Ah Beng would then lead us to lie down and pretend to sleep. I can still remember vividly that when the REAL Santa Claus appeared, we held our breath quietly to wait for the Santa Claus to stuff some little presents into our socks. When the Santa Claus left, Ah Beng would then switched on the lights and we would continue jollying until early morning.<br /><br />This fond childhood memory still lives in my mind till today. So when December comes, I never fail to retrieve my CDs and LPs on Christmas songs and replay them.<br /><br />One of the CDs and LPs that I listen more often is Jim Reeves’ Twelve Songs of Christmas. This album contains many of the traditional Christmas songs that many are familiar with. With Jim Reeves’ smooth and silky voice, he has that little magic touch that brings out the Christmas mood in my heart.<br /><br />How nice if Ah Beng were to organize a Christmas party for all the childhood friends once more…<br /><br />Song List:<br /><br />Side 1- Jingle Bells, Blue Christmas, Senor Santa Claus, An Old Christmas Card, The Merry Christmas Polka, White Christmas<br /><br />Side 2 – Silver Bells, C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S, O Little Town of Bethlehem, Mary’s Little Boy Child, Oh Come All Ye Faithful, Silent Night </span><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"></a></div>Teohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15380975571984044612noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047188668898088169.post-85727003385911562122009-11-27T00:30:00.001+08:002009-12-02T01:10:45.611+08:00Harry Belafonte - Streets I Haved Walked<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZzwAWMGabq5oNJSxyRU4IATdChPPXNb5AxV6ZIY_59ybd_bAuZtfPGhx9eWYrE01a4u5mVnabTrWQO9xWatzsqZ-G7yHPZ_J6nIl53tJuHkr1J-Vv8XxnXWm7qZdYAGO9kRScEa9DsA/s1600/IMG_1011.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZzwAWMGabq5oNJSxyRU4IATdChPPXNb5AxV6ZIY_59ybd_bAuZtfPGhx9eWYrE01a4u5mVnabTrWQO9xWatzsqZ-G7yHPZ_J6nIl53tJuHkr1J-Vv8XxnXWm7qZdYAGO9kRScEa9DsA/s400/IMG_1011.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:arial;">This is an album where Harry <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Belafonte</span> sang mostly traditional songs from several parts of the world. He even sang the traditional Japanese court song, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Sakura</span>, in Japanese language. Joining him in the recording of this album was the choir of Springfield Gardens Junior High School No. 59.<br /><br />This album was released in 1963.<br /><br />Side 1:<br />Sit Down – Early Negro Spiritual<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Erev</span> Shel <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Shoshanim</span> - Israeli<br />Waltzing Matilda – Australian<br />My Old Paint – American West<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Mangwene</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Mpulele</span> – South African<br />This Land Is Your Land – American<br /><br />Side 2:<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Tunga</span> – Portuguese<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Sakura</span> – Japanese court song<br />Amen – Negro Spiritual<br />The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Borning</span> Day – West Indian<br />This Wicked Race – Spiritual in Gospel Tradition<br />Come Away Melinda – A song for all children everywhere</span><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"></a></div>Teohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15380975571984044612noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047188668898088169.post-19314843504894825912009-11-23T23:17:00.001+08:002009-11-24T00:36:27.601+08:00Harry Belafonte - Belafonte At Carnegie Hall<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFDiHRcD4mOVfiXCJTlTtYkOvRy6GVrESLI0hqgGAFzNr5mp2Wt-LtBIiLmJc22Cn0mCrisWKuduqz-oTrVzvzsxjSVMQNycTEDZu_AJSIl9-AgdQQYRRwJPBOUpP2EOAb7yyJtqLwcGY/s1600/IMG_0890.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFDiHRcD4mOVfiXCJTlTtYkOvRy6GVrESLI0hqgGAFzNr5mp2Wt-LtBIiLmJc22Cn0mCrisWKuduqz-oTrVzvzsxjSVMQNycTEDZu_AJSIl9-AgdQQYRRwJPBOUpP2EOAb7yyJtqLwcGY/s400/IMG_0890.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:arial;">In 1990, I was working in Singapore. At the time, I stayed with a few friends in a rented flat at Bukit Batok. During that time, one of my housemates, TC Loh, was an addict to watching video tapes movies. He rented a tape almost everyday. Normally after our dinner, we would watch the 8:30pm Singapore Broadcasting Corporation’s variety show on TV. Immediately after the variety show, TC would start to watch a video tape movie. On most occasions, I sat on sofa in front of the TV but I hardly watched the video tape movies as I preferred to read newspapers or computer magazines.<br /><br />One evening, TC was watching movie while I was reading newspapers. I was suddenly attracted by some unique music from the movie. The movie was “Beetle Juice”, a horror/comedy show that adopted 2 Harry Belafonte’s songs, “Banana Boat Song” and “Jump in the Line”. I still remember that TC and I were greatly amused by the 2 songs. TC was definitely impressed because he continued to sing “Banana Boat Song” in Belafonte’s style for many months. I subsequently bought a CD of Harry Belafonte and I have been keeping that CD until today.<br /><br />Harry Belafonte (1927 - ) was born in New York. His father was a Jamaican. His released his first album in 1954. Wikipedia listed that his album, “Calypso”, was the first album to surpassed 1 million mark in 1956. (Bing Crosby’s “white Christmas” and Tenessee Ernie Ford’s Sixteen Tons,” both singles had previously surpassed the 1 million mark.<br /><br />Personally, I find that the sound of the album is superb. Moreover, Belafonte was so at ease in front of the audience. He cracked jokes, recounted his childhood days in Jamaica, talked about how did the British song “The Marching Saints” ended as a funeral song in Jamaica. The audience was simply captivated by Belafonte as the entire hall was dead silent when Belafonte when he spoke. I am captivated too!<br /><br />To sum up how great is this LP album, AllMusic.com’s commented that “A digitally remastered but truncated single-disc CD reissue of the classic 1959 performance by Harry Belafonte was issued upon its 30th anniversary in 1989. Inexplicably, all of Belafonte's between-song patter and four songs were eliminated, no doubt in an attempt to fit the whole concert on one disc. The editing was done with a machete, and the concert loses all of its spontaneity and pacing. For those who are familiar with the original, magnificent double-LP set, the edits will make you cringe. For the record, the excised songs are "Take My Mother Home," "Man Piaba," "All My Trials," and "Merci Bon Dieu." Save your turntables and get the records. ~ Cary Ginell, All Music Guide”<br /><br />Song List:<br /><br />Side 1 – Introduction/Darlin’ Cora, Sylvie, Cotton Fields, John Henry, Take My Mother Home<br /><br />Side 2 – The Marching Saints, The Banana Boat Song (Day-O), Jamaica Farewell, Man Piaba, All My Trials<br /><br />Side 3 – Mama Look a Boo Boo, Come Back Liza, Man Smart (Woman Smarter), Hava Nagila, Danny Boy, Merci Bon Dieu</span></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Side 4 – Cucurrucucu Paloma, Shenandoah, Matilda</span></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"></a></div>Teohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15380975571984044612noreply@blogger.com6