10.15 Saturday Night: “Da plane, da plane!”
If it was 10:15 on a Saturday night in 1978, I know what I was doing: “Theme From Fantasy Island” (Lawrence Rosenthal) Fantasy Island Yes, there’s a reason you don’t see Fantasy Island and The Love...
View ArticleThe Lost Boys: Hard-To-Find ’80s LPs (“Born Yesterday” By The Everly Brothers)
“The Lost Boys: Hard-To-Find ’80s LPs” gives you exactly what the title implies: a rare or out-of-print album or EP from the ’80s in its entirety. Some will be from CD, but most will have been lovingly...
View ArticleBillboard Top 5: July 13, 1974
July 13, 1974: my seventh birthday. I don’t recall the details of the day, but if I had to guess I would bet that my parents took me to Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour at Valley View Mall in North Dallas....
View ArticleOne Is The Loneliest Number: Charlie Dore
The Analog Kid’s iTunes music folder contains over 82,000 songs, but even a collection that large has some true one-hit wonders and/or obscurities. In this continuing series, I will feature an artist...
View ArticleOne Is The Loneliest Number: Peter McCann
The Analog Kid’s iTunes music folder contains over 97,000 songs, so you may think that I own everything by everybody. Not so fast, my friends– even a collection that large is bound to have some true...
View ArticleGroovy Tuesday: Maxine Nightingale’s “Right Back Where We Started From”
Every Tuesday, the Analog Kid blog goes back in time and features some of the best groovy R&B/soul songs from the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s. Sometimes you’ll hear songs from individual artists or from a...
View ArticleGroovy Tuesday: Carl Douglas’“Kung Fu Fighting And Other Great Love Songs”
Every Tuesday, the Analog Kid blog goes back in time and features some of the best groovy R&B/soul songs from the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s. Sometimes you’ll hear songs from individual artists or from a...
View ArticleThe Lost Boys: Hard-To-Find ’80s Albums (Cowboy Junkies’“Whites Off Earth...
“The Lost Boys: Hard-To-Find ’80s Albums” gives you exactly what the title implies: a rare or out-of-print album from the ’80s in its entirety. Some will be from CD, but most will have been lovingly...
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