Year: 2012

The first 2 volumes of LPR! were somewhat premeditated. I grabbed all the records first and kind of got them in order. This time I just grabbed the first record (Whipped Cream and other Delights by Herb Alpert), picked the song (initially “A Taste of Honey” but it skipped so I flipped the disk over and chose “Love Potion No. 9”), then kept going. So enjoy the swing, rockabilly, country, mixed with a tiny dash of new wave or punk.

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This weeks’ kind of hovers around the lat 80’s early 90’s with a few others’ thrown in for good measure. Sorry about the dirty Jody Watley record; it was a little dusty.

1. Vikki Car – The First Time
2. Billy Ocean – Suddenly
3. Milly Vanilli – Blame it on the Rain
4. Jody Watley – Don’t You Want Me
5. DeBarge – Rhythm of the Night
6. Prince and the Revolution – New Position
7. Ready for the World – Oh Sheila
8. Sheena Easton – Sugar Walls (Red Mix)
9. Sheila E – Love Bizzare
10. De La Soul – Keeping the Faith
11. George Michael – Father Figure
12. Keith Sweat – I Want Her
13. Bobby Brown – Don’t Be Cruel
14. Johnny Kemp – Just Got Paid (12″ Mix)
15. Sweet Tea and Jazzy Joyce  –  It’s my Beat

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Ok, so here is an idea I came up with for a weekly (I’ll try) post.

I will play records from my collection for an hour and record and post it. There may be a theme, there may not. It will be whatever I decide to play. All vinyl for about an hour.

Here is my first attempt, enjoy!

1. Tangerine Dream – Guido the Killer Pimp – Risky Business OST
2. Gary Numan – Cars – The Pleasure Principal
3. Andre Previn – Executive Party Dance – Rollerball OST
4. Yello – Vicious Games – Stella
5. Ultravox – Western Promise/Vienna – Vienna
6. Jon and Vangelis – Back to School – The Friends of Mr. Cairo
7. Sparks – I Predict – K-Tel The Beat, Sound Wave of the 80’s
8. Queen – In the Space Capsule (The Love Theme) – Flash Gordon OST
9. Laurie Anderson – Credit Racket – Home of the Brave
10. Walter Carlos – Air on a G String – Switched-On Bach
11. Giorgio Moroder – Palm Springs Drive – American Gigolo
12. Donna Summer – I Feel Love – I Remember Yesterday
13. Rodway – X-Ray Eyes – Horizontal Hold
14. Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygene (Part IV) – Oxygene
15. Harold Faltermeyer – Axel F – Beverly Hills Cop

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