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Pubic Blogs Are Being Taken Down 2 Aug 2013 | 11:24 am
Beginning today music blogs open to the public are once again suddenly being shut down without warning by Google/Blogger. Easy listening blogs ACM2, Only Instrumentals, Entre Musica and Rei do Disco ...
Last But Not Least 30 Jul 2013 | 07:28 am
Here is my last posting, another great promotional album from Zenith. There have been over 1,600 downloads of just the albums I've posted here in the past three weeks, but only eight different peopl....
For Those Who Dare... 28 Jul 2013 | 09:22 am
There were a number of great record labels producing terrific albums during the latter half of the 20th century - Capitol, Columbia, Mercury and RCA just to name a few. But I think my favorite lab...
Border Picnic 28 Jul 2013 | 04:07 am
Complete with a menu for your picnic and quotes reputedly from the Colonel, you have to reflect on the abilities of an unknown salesman who talked KFC into this promo. From Mark 56 records, they made ...
Get Amped Up on Coffee and Shake Your Maracas 26 Jul 2013 | 04:19 am
Since there is no specific purveyor of coffee or a coffee related product named on the album cover I'm assuming this was some sort of self-promotion released by Columbia Records to market it's Special...
Chill Out with Placydil and Percy Faith 24 Jul 2013 | 07:31 am
Ah, the 1950s! The popularity of hi-fi and stereophonic music, and the equipment to play it, took off like a rocket as post-war household incomes increased in America. And social pressures rose alon...
Music For Drink Mixing 23 Jul 2013 | 12:15 am
The folks at Mr. Boston figured that if you were buying their spirits and mixers, you'd like to listen to some music while imbibing. Columbia provides 10 well selected tracks for that cocktail lounge ...
Singers from Singer 22 Jul 2013 | 07:52 pm
Here's another promotional album; this time from Singer, the sewing machine company. One assumes you could obtain a copy for free or at minimal cost by stopping by your local Singer sewing center and...
Around the World in Less than 80 Days 22 Jul 2013 | 04:02 am
Zenith, one time leader in consumer electronics for the modern American home, college dorm rooms and frat houses everywhere, takes you on a musical journey around the globe. Who knows how many of the...
Ready to Entertain You 20 Jul 2013 | 09:21 am
Magnavox (Latin for "great voice") is a US electronics company founded by Edwin Pridham and Peter L. Jensen, who invented the moving-coil loudspeaker in 1915. They formed Magnavox in 1917 in order to...
