I found two copies (!!!) of the below 45 at the thrift store yesterday. I had never heard of Dorothy Norwood, but I noticed the interesting label, GRC, one that I was unfamiliar with. I thought there might be a chance it was a rare soul gem so I looked it up and noticed Dorothy … Continue reading Let Your Feet Down Easy
I couldn’t sleep on Monday evening and was scrolling through Facebook market and saw someone selling seven records for $30. What caught my eye was a copy of George Michael’s Faith LP that looked super clean. I have a strange sentimental attachment to Faith and figured why not, the seller lives a few miles from … Continue reading Cracked Rear View
My father was a pastor and we grew up going to church…a lot. The usual church schedule in a given week would be two to three hours each Sunday morning, again for an hour long service on Sunday evening and if that wasn’t enough, again on Wednesday evening. That means we sang a lot of … Continue reading How Great Thou Art
Due to some nasty weather in our area on Saturday, I didn’t get a chance to hit up my usual thrift stores. Thankfully it was beautiful on Sunday so I ventured out to see if I could find anything. My usual two thrift stores offered some small finds, nothing too exciting, but on my drive … Continue reading Antique Store Album Scores
Whoa…I stumbled on this song by Trevor Dandy while driving into work this morning thanks to the great Numero compilation, Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal. According to Numero’s site, the song “has since gone on to be sampled by a plethora of artists, including Kid Cudi, Ghostface Killah, Monsters of Folk, and Common.” I … Continue reading Is There Any Love
How could I pass up an album with a cover jam packed of smiling gentlemen like this? Released in 1974, It’s Time by The Mighty Clouds of Joy actually “crossed over” into the mainstream market and it’s all thanks to this great track featuring the same name as the group! What I love most about … Continue reading Mighty Clouds of Joy
I’m still on my gospel soul kick and I found this copy of The Soul Stirrers, Strength, Power and Love, released on Jewel Records in 1973. Here’s the good news, you can stream this album in its entirety on streaming services! Apple Music YouTube Spotify As I mentioned in my last post about the Soul … Continue reading Strength, Power and Love
I did a lot of record shopping over the holidays and whenever we travel, I always try to hit up thrift stores to see if they have a better selection than I find when shopping at home. This trip I found a lot of great records in thrift stores but this was by far my … Continue reading More Songs About Buildings and Food
Yesterday I organized the 1,000 45s I bought alphabetically. It took a couple of hours but once I got it started, it went pretty fast. Most the 45s are going to need at least two cleanings as they have some surface noise. The cleaning is what is probably going to take the most time. So … Continue reading Funky Nassau
Happy new year. I’m celebrating by going through these 9 boxes of 45s I bought yesterday for $50. A lady listed these on Facebook market and I drove out to her house to look through and was happy to see they weren’t all country or classical 45s. They were also in fairly good condition. I … Continue reading One Thousand 45s…
Aaron Hartley 