Bill Oddie – Nothing Better To Do / Traffic Island

This one took me awhile to figure out. I am categorizing this as a test pressing or it could be a very early promo..it is obviously not a stock copy with removed labels.  The labels have a faint backwards type that identified The Defenders Island of Love on Parkway..which it clearly is not. I tried shazam and nothing. So how did I figure it out...I have another 45 I picked up with this one that had the same labels but a different Parkway release that it was not.  I did shazam for that one and it turned out to be Cherry from the Velvet Satins which I confirmed. Since both runouts had G/A I looked at the discography and there was good ole Bill. Discogs shows that Traffic Island was the A side. I pulled out the ole sleeve tub as I knew I had a General American sleeve. How cool is that!

Spiritualized- So Long You Pretty Thing

 I have a pile of gospel 45s to record but I did not get to them yesterday. I did not run around that much yesterday but did have to cut some tree branches and that took time away from play time. But I do have this album cut that fits so it is deep album Sunday morning. I love me some Spiritualized. I purchased this brand new and was it really in 2012?...wow, time does fly. There is something so hypnotic and wonderful and this is one of my favorites. My wife does not like Spiritualized and I don't understand that. My friend Craig turned me on to Spaceman 3 and Spiritualized back in the day...I guess I did not initially appreciate Spiritualized then as I do now. 

The Jason Garfield -A Picture Of Lilli / Where Did I Lose My Way

 I found a spot a week ago Friday and picked up some pretty cool 45s. I plan on going back today. I have feeling that they have more they have not put out. Hoping for good results

Mister "T" Saving My Love For You

The heating/air unit is toast. The tech opened it up and the was a rusted hole in the heat exchanger.....we purchased it 11/5/2002 so it gave us nearly 22 years of service. Glad it happened now and not in December...but oh this is not an expense I wanted. I pity the fool who likes to sleep with it 50 degrees in the house (did you like that reference to Mr. T...although this is a different Mr. T.)

Debbie Dean - Don't Let Him Shop Around / A New Girl

 The cold has returned. I turned on our thermostat Tuesday night and we were nice and toasty. Last night, nothing...Our unit is 22+ years old..If it is an expensive fix looks like it is time for a new unit. I don't really need to shop around...we have a dependable company that has serviced our units for the last 30 years.

Rodriquez - Sugar Man/Jane's Pity

Wednesday album spotlight- a clear cut banger (and oh how that term is so overused but I think I can can qualify this release as one!) A few years ago my wife and I were watching some movie or TV show and Jane's pity was featured. I loved the song and found it was on this LP. I looked up the LP and was like, "holy crap"...it is pricey and out of my budget. A few weeks after that I was going through the tubs of LP's I bought at that auction and look what I find...amazing! I had the thing for at least a year with no clue. 

Buddy Knox with the Rhythm Orchids - C'Mon Baby / Somebody Touched Me

Tuesday Rockabilly. Love those early Roulette sleeves