Some Local Loser: February 2012

Monday, February 20, 2012

Gilmar set

Here are 4 different extended play singles (26 songs), put out by the Gilmar budget label. All are covers of popular lover songs of the day. I know many of you are going through hard economic times, so grab that cardboard cut-out of a girlfriend from your closet, a $5 bottle of merlot, light some candles and have a low-budget evening with these tunes.

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Friday, February 17, 2012

ARA C&W compiliation

I went to Cheapo Records in Minneapolis a while back and was browsing through their country music compilation section. There were a lot of companies who repackaged a lot of material at budget prices in the 60 and 70s. They often omitted information about the music, and it was common to just list the name of the song and leave it at that. I suppose you shouldn't expect much for late-night t.v. mail-order record sets. This set is 3 12'' discs. I don't know if there were more discs in the set, because there wasn't a sleave. Consequently, the guy at Cheapo gave me the discs for free when I asked about them. I took them home and found many songs I had not heard before. I have successfully identified some of the singers on the tunes, by comparing them to songs I already own in my iTunes.

I ask you all to download this set and listen to these songs, and if you can help me fill in any of the song info, I'd appreciate it. Here are a couple of the choice cuts by unknown artists. There are 30 tracks in all, of which I have identified 12. One of the real gems is "Sing Me A Song I Can Cry To", which I think is sung by High Pockets Busse & The Frontiersmen. I hope someone out there can either confirm or deny this. Here is a great documentary on Hi "pockets" Busse made by New Mexico public television when he was still alive

Sing Me A Song I Can Cry To (Hi Busse & The Frontiersmen???)

I'm Just A Drifting Dreamer (unknown artist)

Paper Love Affair (unknown artist)

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