album – Auction Finds

Posted in Music, Performers, and Records

I first fell for the Temptations’ “Silent Night” like a woman in love. I couldn’t get enough of hearing Dennis Edward’s stirring lyrics and Melvin Franklin’s deep barrel of a voice. And who was that…

February 6, 2013

sherry

1963 March on Washington record album

Posted in Beauty Products, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Music

I hadn’t seen much on the auction house website to entice me, but I went to the auction anyway, not expecting to find anything I’d want to take home. The bidding had gotten started when…

December 21, 2011

sherry

Wild Man Steve, raunchy comedy & juke joints

Posted in Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Performers

When I saw the album cover on the auction table, it brought back some long-forgotten memories: The Wagon Wheel, a small nightclub at the end of a long moonlit country road in the heart of…

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