So there are probably better places to search for records than a Goodwill, but today on a whim I decided to go see what they had cookin’ over there. Pretty much all their LP’s were classical or crap (I found probably like 30 Laserdiscs mixed in), but when I got to the 45’s I started to find some seriously fun stuff. Below is the list of things I grabbed….probably the strangest assortment anyone could have dreamed up, but it’s making for a fun night thus far…
1982 - Culture Club - “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me”/”You Know I’m Not Crazy”
1980 - Hank Williams Jr. - “Old Habits”/”Won’t It Be Nice”
1982 - Alabama - “Take Me Down”/”Lovin’ You Is Killin’ Me”
1972 - Sammy Davis Jr. - “The Candy Man”/”I Want to Be Happy”
- yes “The Candy Man” is the one heard in Willy Wonka…awesome
1978 - Donna Summer - “Mac Arthur Park”/”Once Upon a Time”
- some seriously kickin’ disco tunes…also her first #1
1972 - Billy Preston - “Outa-Space”/”I Wrote a Simple Song”
1977 - Santana - “She’s Not There”/”Zulu”
- I don’t normally dig Santana, but this cover of the Zombies is fantastic, the guitar solos are out of this world
1970 - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - “Something’s Burning”/”Mamma’s Waiting”
- KR before the Gambler and the Botox…wait for it to pick up…don’t be fooled by the beginning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu2LUOMJ9Lk
- and this one…it’s one of my all time favorite songs…why did he ever become a solo country star!?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCNORo_tmKs&feature=related
1981 - Alabama - “Feels So Right”/”See the Embers/Feel the Flame”
1981 - The Oak Ridge Boys - “Bobbie Sue”/”Live in Love”
Well….thats all of them from this first batch. I didn’t think I’d end up with so much country…at least its good stuff. I’m getting pumped to keep doing this. I also just purchased Born to Run on eBay, and I should be getting it next week. That will be a pretty awesome day. Check out some of those tunes…fantastic stuff.
