My LP Collection

Some many years ago, boxes of assorted vinyls were passed onto me. It was mix of Gramophones, Hugophones, Graphophone 80, 10inch 33 1/3 & 78 and 7inch 45's. I'm not an owner of a turntable of any sort, so I never had the opportunity to play them. Some of the labels on the 7" & one of the 10" have stirred my interest, being stamped...Sample Record - Not For Sale, Release Date, "Audition Record" and also having a signed label. I am totally clueless when it comes to music & vinyls, I've searched many hours on the net, resulting in very little insight on what I have in my procession. This is why I have created this blog to display my collection and hoping an expert will give their honest opinion...good or bad. And hopefully in the progress, I'll become more savvy in this area and having me searching opportunity shops & garage sales to help bring sort after LP's to collector's hands.

Over time, I will upload the 100+ LP's.

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Kelly Gordon

A PHONOGRAPH RECORD

I'LL NEVER BE FREE

KELLY GORDON

Information on Kelly Gordon is difficult to locate on the web. Images are few.

Herman Finck

Melodious Memories - Part 3

Melodious Memories - Part 4

Graphophone 80

Herman Finck

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Finck

BIRTH NAME: Hermann Van Der Vinck

BIRTH & DEATH: November 4, 1872 - April 21, 1939

NATIONALITY: British

TYPE OF PERFORMER/ARTIST: Composer

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Lucrezia Bori

Si mi chiamano Mimi

Un di al tempio

Lucrezia Bori

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucrezia_Bori

BIRTH NAME: Lucrecia Borja y González de Riancho

BIRTH & DEATH: 24 December 1887 – 14 May 1960

NATIONALITY: Spanish

FIRST PERFORMIST: made her debut at the Teatro Adriano in Rome as Micaëla in Bizet's Carmen in 1908

TYPE OF PERFORMER/ARTIST: Soprano Operatic singer

Monday, September 26, 2011

The Electras

Boo Babe

The Stomp

Label marked 'AUDITION'

The Fleetwoods Ska Light Ska Bright

The Fleetwoods

Ten Times Blue

Ska Light, Ska Bright

This Label is marked 'AUDITION RECORD'

http://www.thefleetwoods.us/biographies.html

The Fleetwoods

The Fleetwoods were one of America's most popular doo-wop groups in the late '50s. The original members of the group, Gary Troxel, Gretchen Christopher, and Barbara Ellis, met when they were seniors at Olympia High School in Olympia, Washington. Originally a female duo, they initially recruited Gary to play trumpet. The girls had composed a song while, independently, Gary had written a hook that went “n-do-be-do dum dum-dum do dum.” They put them together and Come Softly To Me was born.

Ten Times Blue by The Fleetwoods with Lyrics

Saturday, September 24, 2011

The Temptations

THE GIRL'S ALRIGHT WITH ME

I'LL BE IN TROUBLE

LP is maked 'Sample Record Not for Sale'

"The Girl's Alright with Me" is a 1964 song recorded by The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label. The B-side to their Top 40 hit "I'll Be in Trouble", the song was also able to chart on its own, peaking at number 102 on Billboard Pop Charts. It was written by Eddie Kendricks, Norman Whitfield, and Eddie Holland, but produced by Smokey Robinson and Whitfield.

The Temptations are an American vocal group that achieved fame as one of the most successful acts to record for Motown Records.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Temptations

I'll be in trouble - The Temptations - HQ

Amelita Galli-Curci - Tito Schipa

Side 1. - Son geloso del zeffiro errante

http://www.allmusic.com/performance/la-sonnambula-opera--ison-geloso-del-zefiro-errante-i-f982014

Side 2. - Al talor del tou pensiero

Amelita Galli-Curci

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/amelita-galli-curci-q25006

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelita_Galli-Curci

BIRTH NAME: Amelita Galli

BIRTH & DEATH: 18 November 1882 – 26 November 1963

NATIONALITY: Italian and Spanish

CHILDHOOD UP BRINGING: Born into an upper-middle class family in Milan, Italy. She was inspired to sing by her grandmother. Operatic composer Petro Mascagni

FIRST PERFORMIST: Galli-Curci made her operatic debut in 1906 at Trani

TYPE OF PERFORMER/ARTIST: An Italian Operatic Soprano

Tito Schipa

http://www.titoschipa.it/biosrengl.htm

http://www.todotango.com/english/biblioteca/cronicas/schipa.html

BIRTH NAME: Raffaele Attilio Amedeo Schipa

(only later he will be given the nickname "Tito", which in local dialect means "tiny short man")

BIRTH & DEATH: 27 December 1888 – 16 December 1965

A family created website states: Born in Lecce in the very last days of 1888

(his birthday was recorded as January 2, 1889 for military conscription purposes)

NATIONALITY: Italian

CHILDHOOD UP BRINGING: Fourth child in a modest family (his father Luigi is a custom officer) in the working-class neighbourhood called Le Scalze

FIRST PERFORMIST: February 4 1909: in a foggy night in Vercelli, the young Tito Schipa made his "debutto" in La Traviata, paying 50 Lira for the chance.

TYPE OF PERFORMER/ARTIST: An Italian Tenor

Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra B-1566

Side 1 - TAKE THE "A" TRAIN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWpbqQn43qo

Side 2 - PERDIDO

Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington Biography - Biography.com

BIRTH NAME: Edward Kennedy Ellington

BIRTH & DEATH: April 29, 1899, Washington, D.C., U.S.—died May 24, 1974, New York, N.Y.

NATIONALITY: African-American

CHILDHOOD UP BRINGING: Ellington grew up in a secure middle-class family in Washington, D.C. His family encouraged his interests in the fine arts, and he began studying piano at age seven.

FIRST PERFORMIST: He began to perform professionally at age 17.

TYPE OF PERFORMER/ARTIST: Pianist who was the greatest jazz composer and bandleader.

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