They told me in the record store that they had just put this out the same day that I found it. Good thing that I came along when I did. It might not have been there later that day.
I may have told this story here previously. I first heard Otis Redding on 1960's, AM-radio and his song: "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay." The radio DJ would say by the "Late Great Otis Redding." Being only ten or eleven years old at the time, I certainly understood that he just might be "great" but initially had no idea what the word "late" used in that way meant.
The song that was my introduction to his talent, while not on this record, is still a favorite to this day and can still often be heard being played on the radio. His voice is among the greatest ever!!
From starting out listening to my parents records to staying up late at night listening to the radio to being introduced to album collecting as a teenager to making mix-tapes and into the present, it seems that I've always been searching for and listening to music of widely varied genres. Here's an idea of what I've been hearing along the way ....
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Revolver
In the cd player. 'Revolver' by The Beatles. A 2009 remastered version. I rarely listened to their records until ten or fifteen year...
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The Kenny Drew Trio - 'If You Could See Me Now' From 1976 on vinyl. Piano jazz. Browsing the bins today and came across this. The gu...
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"Hecla and Griper" by Songs: Ohia which is a singer/songwriter named Jason Molina who also recorded under both his name and Ma...
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"Wisdom of Elders" by Shabaka and the Ancestors. Just discovered. Ever since I heard "The Eraser" by Christian Scot...

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