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Been wanting to do this for a long…what with our 5,000+ LP and 1,000 45 vinyl collection its time to actually re-listen to the stuff and some for first rime while making it available to listen to some samples of under-radar stuff while encouraging people to go vinyl and discover some of this great overlooked 50s and 60s on most -listenable vinyl, some in golden two track STEREO!
Plus, we will try to include links where you can still buy some of this music on vinyl for me and perhaps some of our 20,000 followers In Facebbook.com/OldiesCoun try and Facebook.com/RockandRollHeaven. Maybe at same time get more people, like myself ,back to vinyl, while concentrating on my fave obsession of early 2-channel STEREO LPs from late 50s-60s. So come along as we go back in time with a little help from modern technology!
NOTE Most or many of the songs are not the complete versions as we want to promote the artists so that you, hopefully, will purchase their still available recordings.
From Twangy Guitar- Silky Strings (RCA LPM 2576)
Duane Eddy – Unchained Melody as only he could give it that instrumental twang from Twangy Guitar Silky Strings 1962 RCA LPM 2576 > https://youtube.com/watch?v=TuDEELcC1Is&si=3brU6S4ar62bbgXE
The old standard, originally by Al Hibbler, Unchained Melody was the big standout for us on this LP of MOR classics. It came out even before the Righteous Brothers hit version , but didn’t chart for Eddy. Thus , we review it here as a would-be hit. Unfortunately, this is the mono version but we will keep our eyes out for the stereo SLP2576.
Of course, we just lost Eddy in May, 2024. He was said to be the pioneering rock and roll instrumentalist with 27 top 40 hits, even before Dick Dale and the Ventures Eddy developed a style playing mostly bass notes and using the whammy bar for a wavering effect that became synonomous with surf music. By adding primitive echo and reverb Eddy was really playing surf music in 1958, a year or two before it was popularized by Dale, the Ventures and many others in on the west coast
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DREAM HOUSE was another of those under-the -radar songs that probably should have been a hit. It only appeared on record-on numerous re-issues-after Belvin died in a -perhaps suspicious- car crash in 1959 The version we have is from a budget Crown LP not even with Belvins picture o the cover the the better known Brook Benton, who shared half the album
BELVIN was an upcoming star from Los Angeles , already with two hits, Guess Who and Goodnight My Love when he perished . Etta James called Belvin the best of them all, including Sam Cooke.
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From the STEREO 1964 LP ‘Gene Pitney’s Big Sixteen,’ Keep Telling Yourself was NOT a big hit – not a hit at all in America, but probably should have been . It’s one of the few songs on this compilation of big hits that should be better recognized. It was written by the great Ellie Greenwich and others and arranged and conducted by Pitney’s best, Gary Sherman . Add this uncommon STEREO version of the song and you’ve got another resurrected gem you may not have heard before. The would-be hits keep coming- and Gene Pitney had a lot of them.
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