Still from the Third Rail’s 1967 “Run, Run, Run” music video.

New York Stock Exchange:: Heart Attacks:↑ 2 3/4 || Mental Illness: SPLIT 3/1 || Ulcers:↑ 1 || General Chaos:↑ 1/4 || Great Society:↓ 5

Set List:

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The Lonely Ones
Miserlou
Diggin’ Out
20 Surf Blasts with the: Illusions, Vistas, GoldTones, Avengers VI, Chevells, Lonely Ones, Gestics and more!
12″ LP Comp (Mr. Manicotti) MM329
http://www.instromania.net/ALB/ALB_D/Diggin%20Out.php

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Los Holy’s
Hawaii Five-O
Sueño Sicodelico
10″ LP (Electro Harmonix) [South America] EH 021
http://www.munster-records.com/archivos/holys/holys_ing.htm

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Los Grimm
Viaje en la Alfombra Magica
Viaje en la Alfombra Magica
(Maximun Freakbeat From Spain 1965/1969)
10″ LP (Electro Harmonix) [South America]
http://www.munster-records.com/archivos/grimm/grimm_ing.htm

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The Strangeloves
Night Time
Nuggets
Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968
12″ LP Comp (Elektra) 7E 2006
http://www.rhino.com/store/productdetail.lasso?number=75466

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The Shadows of Knight
Shake
The Best of the 1910 Fruitgum Co. and other Bubblegum Smashes
The Shadows of Knight vs. The Archies
12″ LP Comp (Rhino Teen Magazine) RNLP 060
Special Edition Number Two
http://shadowsofknight.com/
http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&q=RNLP+060+Best+of+the+1910+Fruitgum

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Gert Wilden & Orchestra
Follow Me
Schulmädchen
Schoolgirl Report & Other Music from Sexy German Films (1968-1972)
12″ LP Comp [Nudie Picture Disc]
(Crippled Dick Hot Wax) [Germany]
http://www.crippled.com/

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The Jaggerz
The Rapper
The Best of the 1910 Fruitgum Co. and other Bubblegum Smashes
12″ LP Comp (Rhino Teen Magazine) RNLP 060
http://www.jaggerz.com

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The Third Rail
Run, Run, Run
Nuggets
Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968
12″ LP Comp (Elektra) 7E 2006
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rvhcT-5_Rg
From the liner notes:

Artie Resnick likes to tell the tale of how he wrote the Young Rascals’ “Good Lovin’ ” in twenty minutes. Here, with his wife and Joey Levine, he went into the studio and constructed a group called the Third Rail, which had a hit record named “Run Run Run” that never let its social significance get in the way of good solid humor. A winner from the summer of 1967, and when, pray tell, else?

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Canned Heat
Change My Ways
The Very Best of Canned Heat
12″ LP (United Artists) UA-LA431-E
http://www.cannedheatmusic.com/

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Norman Greenbaum
Junior Cadillac
Spirit in the Sky
12″ LP (Reprise) RS 6365
http://www.spiritinthesky.com/

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John Berberian and the Rock East Ensemble
The Oud & The Fuzz
Middle Eastern Rock
12″ LP (Verve Forecast) [Special Disc Jockey Record] FTS3073
http://www.johnberberian.com/

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The T-Bones
Hole in the Wall
No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach’s In)
12″ LP (Liberty) LST-7439
http://www.amazon.com/Matter-What-Shape-Your-Stomachs/dp/B0000008ZZ

Close-up of Džo Maračić Maki’s Vraćam Se Kući LP cover, photograph by Dragutin Jajac

It should be rad enough that I present to you here the “Waylon Jennings of Yugoslavia,” but I hope you’ll find what has prompted me to make this lengthy (if not epic) post to be especially interesting.

Ja Se Opet Vraćam Kući [3:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (255)

I might possibly be the only one who’s given this album air-time on American radio, at least in the past couple decades. I’ve included it in several sets on KBGA, and even gave it a spin at a live DJ outing recently. Not long after posting the recording of that set [Z!080318RE2 - No Good Woman], being at the top of limited google results for the album, I was contacted by one James Jajac, whose father photographed the album cover.

Close-up of back cover of Vraćam Se Kući LP, photograph by Dragutin Jajac

My father was living in Astoria at the time and he used to shoot pictures of his friends band “Time.” He was friends with the guitarists Boris and Ernest. There were a lot of Yugoslavians immigrating to Astoria at the time and so venues began to spring up to meet the need. One such bar, on 44th street and Broadway, called “Turn Hall” was where a lot of Yugoslavian bands would play. Many of these musicians were the older singers of Jugoton records. My father says that Maki was the opening act (and/or host) for many of these established singers, and this is how he got noticed and eventually landed his record deal. He says that there was a lot of buzz about his Jugoton contract; apparently it must have been quite a good one. Jugoton at the time was looking for some new blood, and this was an album that, I suppose, was meant to appeal to both the immigrated Yugoslavians and the people back home. The title of the album translates to “I am coming back home.”

The album cover was trying to convey life in America and, going along with the title, some sort of transport (though to my knowledge the subway doesn’t stop in Croatia). The cowboy costume may have had a tongue-in-cheek aspect to it, or maybe not, but the image of a cowboy is still very much a symbol of America. They shot pictures of Maki as a cowboy, in central park with some horse carriages, and with corvettes, but the shots of him on the subway and on the train tracks created a more unified concept: the NYC skyline with the United Nations in the background, the cowboy, the subway covered in graffiti, and this immigrated singer laid out on the train tracks with a Jugoton contract under his belt. I suppose it is a success story. He came to America to escape oppression, maybe poverty, and now he is coming back home!

Another note: My father accidentally left his camera case in the cover shot! You can spot the small black case behind Maki’s legs. Thankfully it is hardly noticeable. He says he did so because it wasn’t the safest neighborhood at the time and he wanted to keep all of his equipment together, but he forgot to move it out of the way once they began shooting.

My father worked for United Press International (UPI), shooting pictures, but mostly color printing. After working for many photo labs fixing and repairing equipment, he eventually came to co-manage his own photo lab in NYC at (the second coming of) Larson color labs. He was well known for the quality of his prints and was chosen specifically by many photographers to print the images for their gallery shows. He took great pride in the quality of his work and fortunately that did not go unnoticed. Thats my father, Dragutin Jajac. Most people know him as DRAGO.

Džo Maračić Maki : Vraćam Se Kući LP, with sleeve from Jerry’s Records in Pittsburgh.

This record came into my possession about a year ago. I was working at Record Heaven in Missoula when a Mr. Brian McDermot interviewed me for an article about record collecting in Montana. The Vintage Vinyl Revival radio show ended up being featured in that article. Learning of my eclectic taste, Brian promised to score me a couple of oddball records when he was back home in Pittsburgh. He was looking forward to hitting up Jerry’s Records in particular. This Yugoslavian import is one of the records he brought back for me.

Jerry’s hand-scrawled description pokes a little lighthearted fun, likening this foreigner to Waylon Jennings – decked out in his best “American Cowboy” getup, complete with chaps, sheriff’s badge and “pistol.” I called up Jerry at his record store to see if the name “Waylon Jennasovic” rang a bell with him.

Oh I just made that up! Yeah, that was just a joke, like here’s the Waylon Jennings of Yugoslavia. It’s just a joke I made up, and it’s not very funny either. (laughs) I do that sometimes. If there’s a bunch of little Chinese girls, or oriental girls, singing in a choir, and there’s no English at all on the album, I’ll draw an arrow and say, “Yoko Ono’s first album.”

As is often the case, what begins as sheer novelty, ends up growing on me and results in profound admiration. Even though I still get a chuckle out of Džo’s cowboy costume, stylistically I think the album art is right on the money, and on second thought, incredibly nostalgic. The strange imported sounds of the album have really grown on me as well, especially the title track.

Džo might be relatively unknown in these parts, but apparently he has no shortage of fans, as Youtube gives proof to.

Upon learning a bit of the back-story, thanks to James and Drago Jajac, I’m all the more intrigued by Jugoton Records, and this phenomenon of cross-cultural East-European music. I spent a little bit of time in Eastern Europe a few years ago, and remember hearing nothing but mainstream American music, mostly weathered and worn-out tunes from the 60’s and 70’s. It’s interesting to think how American pop-culture has influenced the far corners of the music, not to mention film, industry.

Wikipedia has some interesting things to add about Jugoton Records:

Jugoton was especially popular among the youths behind the Iron Curtain who couldn’t travel to western countries and rarely had access to western music. One of the solutions to obtaining western music was to go shopping in Socialist Yugoslavia which was not an Eastern Bloc country, but a member of the Non-Aligned Movement largely opened to western influences. Thus the Yugoslav records gained a cult status in Eastern Europe and became a sort of symbol of the western popular culture. […]
With the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991, the name of the company became Croatia Records.

Croatia Records official site:
http://www.crorec.hr

Džo Maračić Maki : Vraćam Se Kući LP : Jugoton Label

Stereo LSY 61295
1976 Jugoton Records
Poduzeće Za Izradu Gramofonskih Ploća Zagreb-Dubrava
Made in Yugoslavia

Producent: Djordje Novković
Urednik: Vojno Kundić
Photo: Dragutin Jajac
Design: Ivan Ivezić

Strana 1

1. Ja Se Opet Vraćam Kući
2. Ptica Leti Jatu Svom
3. Ide Džo U Meksiko
4. Opet Su Kratka Tvoja Pisma
5. Čekaj Da Se Sjetim
6. Romantična Ulica

Strana 2

1. Srce Ti Je Kamen
2. To Je Bila Priča Oca Mog
3. Moja Obala
4. Nikad Više
5. Ti Si Žena Koju Volim
6. Sanja

These little tune-totes must have been a short-lived trend in the hey-day of 45rpm singles. I was pretty excited to come across this one in an antique store, especially considering it still has what must be the collection of the original owner. The name & address sticker of one Sheryl Johnson plastered on each of the records clued me in. I like to imagine a teenage Sheryl showing off her tune-tote to her friends, or sitting by herself listening to “Johnny Angel” and longing after her latest crush.

While I might never know who you really were, I thank you Sheryl Johnson for the time capsule of music. By the way, I’m keeping your nostalgic collection in it’s rightful place in the tune-tote.

Set List:

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The Cadillacs
Woe is Me
45-798 7″ 45rpm Single (Josie)
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Cadillacs/dp/B0000032SG
http://www.amazon.com/Spotlite-On-Josie-Records-(Series)/e/B000APHSG4

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The Fabulons
Smoke From Your Cigarette
E-1069 7″ 45rpm Single (Ember)

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Johnny Duncan
Freddy and his Go-Cart
L-812 7″ 45rpm Single (Leader)

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Leroy Vandyke
I Fell in Love With a Pony Tail
Auctioneer
45-15503 7″ 45rpm Single (Dot)
http://www.leroyvandyke.com/

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LaVern Baker
St. Louis Blues
45-1163 7″ 45rpm Single (Atlantic)
http://www.oldies.com/product-view/62312.html

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Bob Denton
Playboy
45-15833 7″ 45rpm Single (Dot)
http://www.last.fm/music/Bob+Denton

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The Everly Brothers
Wake Up Little Susie
1337 7″ 45rpm Single (Cadence)
http://www.amazon.com/All-Time-Original-Hits-Everly-Brothers/dp/B00002MZ3A

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Laurie Loman
Johnny Angel
45-10,108 7″ 45rpm Single (ABC-Paramount)
http://www.doowopshoobop.com/girl.html#sb101

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Reed Sherman
Don’t Call Me, I’ll Call You
FF-1600 7″ 45rpm Single (Demon)

Verne Langdon’s Music for Magicians

Electric Lemon, original vinyl LP
Stereo PLP 1913

If you want to hear what this album sounds like, you’ll have to first pay the corporate music industry its proper dues.

The other morning I received a phone call from Verne Langdon himself, requesting that I remove his music from this site (on my most popular post so far, a halloween mix: How to Invoke Spirits, Demons, & Unseen Forces). Apparently he did not appreciate the free publicity. I believe his words were, “I don’t need your help.” I should have known better, I mean, show of hands, who hasn’t heard of Verne Langdon? He did ask very nicely, however, and I am more than happy to oblige.

The main purpose of this site is to spread the appreciation of music to be found on vintage records, and to turn people on to some good old, if not odd & rare music they may not have otherwise considered. I aim to provide a service, and do not wish to be of a disservice to anyone, nor to hinder any musicians from earning an honest living. I was very pleased, in fact honored, to speak with Mr. Langdon personally, and the conversation we had has me thinking about how to improve my services.

In the posts to come I will continue to strive to introduce people to interesting and enjoyable tunes, especially that which may not be available by other means. For any music that is still in print, I will do my best to provide links and direct traffic to official sources. If that effort is still not appreciated, then I will be glad to remove content from any record labels who don’t appreciate free advertising, or artists who do not want people listening to their music.

Electric Lemon Record Co. and Dejavu Record Company CDs and MP3 downloads can be purchased from Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, CDNOW, CD Universe, Best Buy, Borders, eMusic, iTunes (US, Japan, Canada, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom), MSN Music, Real/Rhapsody, Sony Connect, Napster (US, UK, CAN), MusicNet (US, UK), Yahoo Music Unlimited, Musicstrands.com, Virgin Digital, FYE, Musicmatch, Peer Impact/Wurld Media, Buymusic, Audio Lunchbox, Cdigix, AB-CD.com, Pure Tracks, Music.com, Pressplay, RealNetworks, MyMPO, Bollyvista, AOL MusicNow, Ruckus, Karmadownload, Titan Tunes, and Snocap via the Artist’s Music MySpace!

(You can also find Electric Lemon and Dejavu CD’s on eBay!)

I encourage you and your website visitors to purchase and enjoy our products!

Many Thanks,

- Verne Langdon

www.dejavu-record-co.com
www.electriclemon.com

Visit The World Of Verne Langdon at http://www.vernelangdon.com

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It still doesn’t quite fit my mood – at the moment women don’t seem entirely evil – but for some of you, perhaps they do. As promised, remixed set #2 from the recent live session at the Palace Billiards DJ Lounge:

Set List:

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Bob Taylor
After Hours
Las Vegas Grind!
Sleazey, Cheesey, Bad
A Steamin’ Traipse Thru Tropical Exotica
12″ LP Comp (Strip) 001

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Vince Murphy and the Catalinas
Evil Eye
Kicksville! Raw Rockabilly Acetates
Volume 4
12″ LP Comp (Norton) ED 320

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Medallions
Carachi
Jungle Exotica
12″ LP Comp (Strip) 005

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The Music of David Seville
Don’t Whistle At Me Baby
F-55132 reverse: Witch Doctor
7″ 45rpm Single (Liberty) LB-835

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Ray Stevens
Further More
1,837 Seconds of Humor
12″ LP Album (Mercury) MG 20732

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Rockin’ Sydney
No Good Woman
Oldies A Go Go
Volume 3
12″ LP Comp (Somerset) MI-24100

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Clyde Mcphatter
Raining In My Heart
Golden Blues Hits
12″ LP Album (Mercury) MG 20655

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Fats Domino
Tired of Crying
Rock and Rollin’ With Fats Domino
12″ LP Album (Imperial) 9004

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The Ventures
Harlem Nocturne
The Ventures
12″ LP Album (Dolton) BLP-2004

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Džo Maračić Maki
Ja Se Opet Vraćam Kući
Vraćam Se Kući
12″ LP Album (Jugoton) LSY 61295 [Made in Yugoslavia]

Batman and Robin

Back cover album photo from Nelson Riddle’s Original Television Soundtrack Album.

From the recent live session at the Palace Billiards DJ Lounge, I remixed the original recording into two sets, which have a little better flow and unity. I’m not quite in the mood for the heart-break sounds that make up remix #2, so enjoy this more upbeat set for now.

Set List:

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The Sensational Guitars of Dan & Dale
Penguin’s Umbrella
Batman and Robin
12″ LP Album (Tifton) 1966

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The Super Dupers
March of Tarzan
The Super Record of Super Heros
12″ LP Album (Happy Time)

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The Astronauts
Banzai Pipeline
Surfin’ with the Astronauts
12″ LP Album (RCA-Victor)

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Joe Houston
Haleiwa
Surf Rockin’
12″ LP Album (Crown)

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Lloyd Price
Jimmie Lee
Lloyd Price
His original recordings of Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Mailman Blues, Oh, Oh, Oh, Wish Your Picture Was You, plus ten others.
12″ LP Album (Specialty)

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The T-Bones
Fever
No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach’s In)
12″ LP Album (Liberty)

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Nelson Riddle, Conducting
Holy-Hole-in-the-Doughnut
(Robin, You’ve Done it Again)
BATMAN
Exclusive Original Television Soundtrack Album
Hear the Actual Television Voices of Batman and Robin plus Guest Villains: The Penguin, Zelda the Great, Mr. Freeze, The Riddler
12″ LP Album (20th Century Fox)

While the site continues to collect hits, I’m somewhat ashamed of the stagnant content. So until I have a little freedom to post some new mixes and album art, I encourage all the local supporters to make their way out to the Palace DJ Lounge this Tuesday, for the rare return of the Vintage Vinyl Revival to the live local scene. This will amount to a small solo session (of which the online audience can look forward to the recording), but for the most part I look forward to
ROUND 2 of
INK MATHEMATICS VS. THE VINTAGE VINYL REVIVAL.
After our respective solo sets, Collin and I will be tossing the tables back and forth for a dynamic duo session of raw gritty greasy grimy old-school audio to shoot pool and slug whiskey to.

Thanks for stopping by, and thanks for listening. I appreciate the comments, and hope to continue to see them come in.

Scene from Dick Clark’s American Bandstand.

Set List:

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The Deacons
The Baldy Stomp
9001
7″ 45 RPM Single (Re-Car)

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Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps
I Got It
F-3839
7″ 45 RPM Single (Capitol)

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Don Dell and the Monterays
Honey Doll
Kicksville! Raw Rockabilly Acetates
Volume 2
12″ LP Compilation (Norton)

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The Crickets
I’m Lookin’ for Someone to Love
9-55009
7″ 45 RPM Single (Brunswick)

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Brenda Lee
Sweet Nothings
Dick Clark
20 Years of Rock and Roll
12″ LP Compilation (Buddah)

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Elvis Presley
Treat Me Nice
7035
7″ 45 RPM Single (RCA Victor)

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The Swinging Blue Jeans
Shaking Feeling
Hippy Hippy Shake
12″ LP Album (Imperial)

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The Browns
featuring the Three Bells
Dream On (She’ll Break Your Heart)
Sweet Sounds by the Browns
12″ LP Album (RCA Victor)

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Thurston Harris
Little Bitty Pretty One
3398
7″ 45 RPM Single (Aladdin)

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Clyde Gary and his Orchestra
Cherry Pie
7010
7″ 45 RPM Single (Brent)

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The Diamonds
For You Alone
The Diamonds
America’s No. 1 Song Stylists
12″ LP Album (Mercury)

Buzz Martin, the Singing Logger

Stereo R-8117
Ranwood Records

Buzz Martin is the real deal, and once the novelty of a singing logger wears off, what you have is the most genuine folk singer you’ll ever find. Buzz had a pure, authentic and downright enjoyable hillbilly sound, and being a logger by trade, he delivered an honest, poetic and usually comedic portrayal of the common working man of the western hills.

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Back cover album photo from Kentucky Country LP : Original 1927-1937 Recordings

Set List:

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The Browns featuring the Three Bells
Only the Lonely
Sweet Sounds by the Browns
12″ LP Album (RCA Victor)

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Jean Schilling
Banks of the Ohio
Old Traditions
Traditional Southern Appalachian Mountain Music Played on the Dulcimer
12″ LP Album (Tradition Records) 1974

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Bill Davis and his Singing Dulcimer with Marianne Phelps
Golden Slippers
Sounds of the Smokies
12″ LP Album (Old Tradition)

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Aaltje Van Denburg
No Wood Fire
Down in the Valley
12″ LP Album (Van-Ayr) [autographed]

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The Carter Family
My Clinch Mountain Home
The Famous Carter Family
12″ LP Album (Harmony)

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Baker
John Henry
Folk Songs and Instrumental Music of the Southern Mountains
12″ LP Compilation (Murray Hill)

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Appalachia Vagabond (Hayes Shepherd)
Peddlar and his Wife
Kentucky Country
Old Time Music from Kentucky
Original 1927-1937 Recordings
12″ LP Compilation (Rounder)

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Dry Branch String Band
Down by the Willow Garden
Dry Branch String Band
12″ LP Album (Postmark Records)

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Paul Clayton
Zeb Turney’s Girl
Wanted For Murder
American Folksongs of Outlaws and Desperados
12″ LP Album (Riverside Folklore Series)

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Rosalie Sorrels
Christine LeRoy
The Lonesome Roving Wolves
Songs & Ballads of the West
12″ LP Album (Green Linnet)