#1513 – BACK IN BLACK – AC/DC - 1/15/2020

My first exposure to this record after it’s release in 1980 was during my time at the University of Colorado. My floormates & I jammed to this album many a weekend in our Bill’s Vill dorms.

Shakespeare. Not quite. Seriously raucous rock & roll. Bet yer ass.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoMLhnvV-yM

1980

#1284 – COME GO WITH ME - The Del-Vikings - 12/22/2019

The Del-Vikings were formed in 1955 by members of the United States Air Force stationed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This will make my friend Dolph Conrads happy, being a proud native son. This song became a Top 5 hit in 1957 and also figured prominently in the film American Graffiti.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDeXORHInL4

1957

LINUS & LUCY – Vince Guaraldi Trio

#1318 – LINUS & LUCY – 12/9/2019

“A Charlie Brown Christmas” first aired on CBS 54 years ago today.

A little known fact: LINUS & LUCY was composed for a proposed 1964 TV special on Charles M. Schulz’s  Peanuts comic strip. The special in question never aired, but a Peanuts Christmas special was created the next year and the rest is history. The soundtrack album went on to be certified quadruple-platinum sales status (over 4 million copies sold), ranking it in the Top 10 total sales of all Holiday album releases.

I cannot help but recall my first year at CU in the fall of 1980. I bought the LP originally at the old Rocky Mountain Records & Tapes store on the Pearl St Mall in Boulder. It became a favorite for my floor-mates at the Williams’ Village dorm 5^th floor. What an amazing 4 months with an amazing cross-section of humanity, some of whom I am fortunate enough to still count among my friends all these years later.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00gXEn1ehDg&t=95s

1965