Post #208393 by ikitnrev on Wed, Jan 18, 2006 5:46 AM

I have a few records that fit in this category - although most of them are LPs of lounge acts, which happened to recorded at a nearby lounge or hotel restaurant. My favorites are the LPs that are personally autographed by the artists themselves.

A few years ago I created a personal compilation of the best songs from these LPs, and titled it 'Hammond and Drum Machines.' The results were quite good.

• Larry Rivera singing a fast 'Tiny Bubbles',
• a husband and wife duo singing 'More' with a drum track that keeps speeding up,
• a different husband wife duo singing their praises of South Dakota (recorded on green vinyl!),
• a German trio performing 'Hello Mary Lou', sung in German of course,
• a teen prodigy playing an almost Esquivel-ish 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da' on multiple keyboards
• a reggae version of 'Shaft',
• a neat jazzy version of 'White Rabbit',
• two teenage brothers (organ and drums) playing the themne from the western 'Hang Em High',
• 3 different versions of 'Ode to Billy Joe.'

My favorite song though, is an act named Tony and Kathy Rich, performing their 'Love Medley' live from the Poconos - the back of the LP includes of a photo of a heart-shaped bathtub. The song is quite moving, almost a like a K-Tel record of favorite love songs with the audience bursting into applause as each song is introduced (never mind the fact that if you listen closely, you realize that the applause was dubbed in afterwards)

....and many more! Did I mention that all of the above Lps were autographed too!

Vern