Brian's Music Musings

Well, the new Oscar McLollie page is now on-line and available for viewing. As mentioned last week, I have a bunch of his records, but not all. You can get some light history and hear some of the great sounds of Oscar Mclollie - with and without the Honey Jumpers.

There will be a few updates for the week ahead. I have a mickey and Sylvia Stereo 45 on RCA, One of the two Paris 78's by the G Clefs, and a release on Quality by the Buffalo Rebels. Also, I own the Devotions first record on the Delta label, and I should be getting the first release on Roulette, so I can add it to my first and second pressings page.

I'm working towards a tribute to the "Three Stars" on my Feb. 3rd radio show next Saturday. I think I will include a lot of their music, but play other recordings as well. I love totally focused shows, but I also like variety. It should be fun and i will announce it on the air this evening.

Hopefully next month I will get a couple of additional shows over to Rockitradio. be watching their site for those. I always enjoy recording those shows, even though they don't have the feel of live radio. The audience is potentially bigger, and it can be done at leisure.

I may not have any new additions to my website for a while. I have some other Internet related things that I need to focus my energy on. I know, "What am I thinking?" Anyway, a few updates will always be in order, but no additional artist pages for a time.

The Glen Glenn show was really good. He is quite a character, and still sings well. He's 72, and still loves the stage. The back-up group, Sticky Vicky and the Pine Cones were excellent. They had a guest guitar player by the name of Albert lee. He has won many awards, and it shows. After one particularly blazing song with an amazing guitar solo, the regular guitar guy said to the audience pointing to Lee, "That's what I meant to play". They actually had so much firepower when Glen came out, he just stopped playing his guitar. Still, A great show. I think he will be in Green Bay for the annual rock and roll show that fine city puts on.

How much would you pay for 4 Chordettes 45's? They are all near mint or better.....They all have stamped dead wax numbers..... Seems you can buy them now on Ebay for 150.00. Check out the blurry photo and decide. I was thinking a package price of about 7 bucks would be about right. If the bidding got wild and crazy, it could close at 9.50. Even worse, he has a lot more records for sale.

I have not purchased any real exciting records of late. I should have a G Clefs Paris label 78 on my site soon. I was actually thinking of doing a page of what groups are not the Pixies three, and there were many groups called the Pixies. I did buy a Johnny Flamingo 78 on Caddy. "So Long" is probably the most common one out there.

Pookie Hudson passed away last week. He was the lead for the Spaniels. While everyone else was naming their groups after birds, they picked a dog! They also picked a huge hit in Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight. They had many other great records, and I featured a mini set on tonights radio show.

I'm working on another page! This time I will tell you what it is, just in case you are interested. Oscar McLollie. As with most of my pages, I don't have everything, but i have enough of a selection to make it really worthwhile. There are a ton of audio files, so it will take some time, but I am shooting for the end of the month.

Fred wrote to me and took me to task on Last Kiss by J. Frank Wilson. He was right. I re-listened to my Josie label version and the Tamara, and they were different takes. That famous "vocal failing" you hear on the hit, is not present on the Tamara label. There are a few other differences also. Further, the Le Cam version is different still. The first 3 seconds are whacked off and it does not have that vocal falter either. Interesting.

Around Christmas, i was doing some research on a Johnny Lee (no relation) that sang a song called Santa's Ride on the Diva label. i also have it on the Little Apples label, which also mentions Diva. Both labels are from Chicago, and the latter is Johnny Vanelli. Same guy. Speeded up version. Anyway, I found John in Missouri who had a cassette tape that was made from the radio, and it had the tune on it. i offered to send him a CD of it. In return, he sent me a Christmas CD that had a great mixture of old and new Christmas songs. These were not your run of the mill, tired, ho-hum songs, but some rather unusual and refreshing recordings that I rather enjoyed. One cut in particular took me right to the Spector "Wall Of Sound". problem is the recording is just o year old. Lisa Mychols with "Listen To The Bells Ring ", is a great waxing. Check it out if you get the chance.

The Orioles 78 of It's Too Soon To Know in VG condition, is now down to 189.00 if you buy it now. When it started, I think it was about twice the price. Must be a fire sale that i didn't know about!

I am hoping to catch Glen Glenn in concert here in the foothills. An RAB hall of famer, he sure has his roots. I have certainly seen more than one picture of him with Elvis, back in the day. Should be a great show. I just need to go get a ticket before they are sold out.

This weekend, I will be updating my Crescendos page. What more could I possibly put on it? Al the records are accounted for in one form or another. That is actually the key - "One form or another". I have a U.K. London 78 and a London Australia 78. I figured they were made, but now I have them so you can take a look.

I will also be adding the Eternals, part one. The group made only 3 records, but the first one came out in at least 7 variations, six of which are shown. I only have the first record listed until I get similar copies of the second one. I briefly teased you about this next page last month, and it should be up by tomorrow. A great sounding group, the Eternals had a few bad breaks. I will add to the page with more pictures and stories during the new year.

A few odd updates this weekend include the missing Galaxy label record for the Sevilles. It's a promo on black wax. I have seen green wax Galaxy promos, and I think they exist for the Sevilles. What a fun group they were to listen to. I once got an email from someone claiming to be the real "Charlena" they sung about, but she declined to expand any further.

An upcoming update will be the Buffalo Rebels on Quality. I am amazed at how much was released for the group in Canada. I never knew this one was produced on Quality until I bought it.

No amazing deals on Ebay have been spotted lately. I am constantly amazed and the wide range of prices for the same item in comparable condition. Many factors can certainly affect it, but to see an LP be listed for$20 and 150$ is wild. Not only should you do some research, but you have to understand a little bit about asking prices on Ebay. Then throw it all out the window when somebody breaks the unwritten rules!