Fab Sounds for the fab-savvy!

In the event you're wondering, my favorites from this batch are the Mike Curb Congregation's Come Together/Hey Jude, Lana Cantrell's The Fool on the Hill, The Ray Charles Singers' Hey Jude, and Jose Feliciano's excellent Help! cover.

I like just about any version of The Long and Winding Road, though Wayne's doesn't quite hit the spot.


The Long and Winding Road--Wayne Newton, 1970.

Yellow Submarine--The Richard Wolfe Children's Chorus, 1969.

Yesterday--Sergio Franchi, 1967 .

I Want to Hold Your Hand--Si Zentner, 1965.

Come Together/Hey Jude--Mike Curb Congregation, 1970.

Yesterday--Brenda Lee, 1966.

All You Need Is Love--Anita Kerr Singers, 1968.

Something--101 Strings.

With a Little Help from My Friends--Peter Knight Orch., 1967.

The Fool on the Hill--Lana Cantrell, 1968.

Rain--Petula Clark, 1966.

Hey Jude--The Ray Charles Singers, 1969.

And I Love Her--David Rose Orch., 1965.

Eleanor Rigby--Tony Bennett, 1969.

Help!--Jose Feliciano, 1966.

Yikes! Two of these (Brenda Lee and Peter Nero) are repeats from June 6. Newly declicked, no less.

Oh, well, it's a wonder I don't duplicate my work more often!



Lee

Fab sounds for Monday morning!

As I type this, the LP jackets are drying out nicely in the studio. I refer to the wet jackets (with records in them) that I bought Saturday at the Licking County Aging Program flea market.

I think I've rescued them from a bacteria-chow fate. Just barely, though.

And I just received a notice from Amazon.com that my copy of The Outer Limits Companion was shipped today (this is Sunday!). Do they mean the one I received last week? What's going on here? Not that I mind getting two copies, just so long as I don't have to pay twice.

First, Box.net disappears on me. Then I get a notice that a book I've already received is on its way, shipped on a Sunday. I feel like I'm in The Lee Zone. (Doo-doo-doo-doo, etc.)
















And, yes, Box.net is back. On my browser, anyway--everyone else in the world had it. All it took was replugging-in our DSL box and router. But connectivity was good, overall, so it just didn't occur to me to do that. However, because this is The Lee Zone, it looks like I'll have to periodically reboot the DSL connection to keep Box up.

And I've always wanted to type, "Perodically reboot the DSL, etc."

To the fab sounds:

Come Together--Charlie Barnet and His Orch., 1970.

The Fool on the Hill--Joe Resiman and His Orch., 1970.

A Hard Day's Night--Charlie Barnet and His Orch., 1970.

A World Without Love--Bill Walker, His Orch. and Chorus, 1970.

If I Fell--Perry Botkin, Jr. and His Orch., 1970.

Hey Jude--Joe Resiman and His Orch., 1970.

Looking at my folder of fab sounds, I see that I've yet to put up a cover of Something. I'll have to make up for that. It's only one of the most-covered Beatles songs.


Lee

Sunday morning gospel--Billy Byrd, Toney Brothers, Blackwood Brothers, Blue Ridge Quartet, Lenny Dee!

So... Box is back. It had never gone, apparently. (I'm sure Box.net is happy to hear that.)

I did every kind of checking and troubleshooting I could think of--running a virus and spyware scan, checking the "connectivity" (apparently, fine), making sure my updates were all updated, and rebooting. But Box wouldn't come up.

So, I unplugged the DSL box and the router, waited a few minutes, and plugged them back in. I went to my browser, clicked on my Box link, and... there it was. As if it had never gone.

It's weird. If the connectivity was the issue, how come everything but Box was reachable? I ask you, why? (Those words will echo, for centuries to come, in the dusty and under-lit passages of the Hall of Unanswered Questions.)

Meanwhile, we've got some great gospel to aurally behold. Guitarist Billy Byrd--read all about him here--and The Toney Brothers showed up today in a box of vinyl at the Licking County Again Program's flea market--a box that had been left out in yesterday's rain, I might add. The jackets are airing out in the studio right now, and I did emergency sink-washing of the discs themselves--looks like I got to them in time. Mildew in its formative stages is much easier to deal with, of course, than the been-there-a-while kind.

The Blackwood Brothers and Blue Ridge Quartet tracks--these I'd had for some time. I finally got tired of their cries of "Put us up!" so here they are. If they resent sharing space with newbie vinyl rips, then that's too bad. Life's tough for everyone.

And now to welcome myself back to Box.net. ("Welcome back to Box.net."--Me.) Who said that?

Power in the Blood--Billy Byrd.

Old Rugged Cross--Billy Byrd, The Rangers.

Life's Railway to Heaven--Billy Byrd.

Brighten the Corner (Ogdon-Gabriel)--Billy Byrd.

I Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now--Toney Brothers.

The Love of God (Ellis)--Toney Brothers.

Far Above the Starry Sky (T. Sisk)--Toney Brothers.

Jonah (R. Toney)--Toney Brothers.

You Gotta Live Like Jesus (H. Lister)--Toney Brothers.

I'll Pray for You (Hanks)--Toney Brothers.

This Ole House (Stuart Hamblen)--Lenny Dee.

Mighty Clouds of Joy (Blue-Nix)--Blackwood Brothers Quartet, 1972.

That Resurrection Morn (Wm. J. and G. Gaither)--Blackwood Brothers Quartet, 1972.

I'll Fly Away (Brumley)--Blackwood Brothers Quartet, 1972.

What the World Needs Now Is Love (Bacharach-David)--Blackwood Brothers Quartet, 1972.

There'll Be Shouting--Blue Ridge Quartet.

Angel Band--Blue Ridge Quartet.

No, Not One--Blue Ridge Quartet.




Lee