Good morning record enthusiasts and welcome back to the Friday and New Year's Eve 2021 edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we spin our last album of the year,  while we remember  New Jersey born  bass singer, songwriter, and bass guitarist,  Nick Massi, best known for his work with The Four Seasons. He passed away on Christmas Eve in the year 2000, age 73, from cancer. To mark the occasion, we spotlight this double compilation called Stories. Stories was released in 1975 on…

Good morning, morning people and welcome back to the Thursday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. A week ago today (12/23/21)  Washington, D.C. born vocalist/guitarist Jorma Kaukonen, best known for his work in Jefferson Airplane and it's offshoot side project Hot Tuna, celebrated his 81st Birthday. Happy belated Birthday Jorma ! With him in mind we spotlight the third studio album from Hot Tuna, Burgers. Burgers was released in February of 1972 on the Grunt label and produced by Jorma…

Good morning Wednesday warriors and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today we remember English singer and songwriter Joe Cocker who passed away 7 years ago on December 22, 2014, age 70, from lung cancer. We honor his legacy by spinning the double live album, Mad Dogs & Englishmen. The LP was recorded March 27–28, 1970 at the  Fillmore East, in New York City, and then released in August of that same year. It was produced by Denny Cordell and Leon Russell. It peaked at #20 in…

Good Monday morning gang and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today we remember Walden Robert Cassotto, East Harlem born singer, musician, and actor, known the world over as Bobby Darin.  He died 48 years ago on December 20,1973, age 37, after multiple heart surgeries. What a shame. We honor his legacy by spinning his sophomore record, That's All. That's All was released March 1959 on the Atco label and was produced by brothers Ahmet and Nesuhi Ertegun,  along with…

Good Sunday morning gang and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. We hope your Christmas was a great one. Every year when we start the Christmas selections we miss people and occasions that occur during that time, so we thought it would be nice to catch up on some of those this week.  First up is West Virginia born country music singer and songwriter, Little Jimmy Dickens, who would have celebrated his 101st Birthday last Sunday (12/19/21). He passed away in 2015, age 94, a few days…

Good morning gang and welcome to the return of the Christmas edition of Saturday's Singles. Yes Virginia, this is a Christmas and it is today ! We get the festivities started with this double shot of  singer, actor and television personality, Perry Como. We have these two cool Extended Play 45s that come in cardboard sleeves that look like ornaments, that you can actually hang on the tree. They were released in 1953 on the RCA Victor label and were the nucleus of his Christmas album, "All…

Good morning gang and welcome to the Christmas Eve edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. With Friday finally here and Christmas just a few hours away, we find ourselves spinning Mariah Carey's classic Merry Christmas. The original LP was released October 28, 1994 on the Columbia label and produced by Carey, Walter Afanasieff, and Loris Holland. It is her first Christmas album and overall fourth studio album.  The record reached #5 in Estonia, #4 in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Iceland, Norway,…

Good morning record enthusiasts and welcome back to the Thursday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again's Christmas Classics Countdown. We're looking at just two more days to Christmas and thought it was time to break out Lee Greenwood's Christmas album, Christmas To Christmas. The LP was released on September 26, 1985 on the MCA label and produced by Steve Day and Ernie Winfrey. It reached #29 on the Top Country Albums chart. On it, the patriotic performer, best known for his song "God Bless…

Good morning Wednesday warriors and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again's Christmas Classics Countdown. With just 3 more days to go, we find ourselves spinning this two record set, All I Want For Christmas, by actor, comedian, writer, composer, and conductor, Jackie Gleason. The LPs were released in 1969 on Capital Records and peaked at #13 on the Billboard 200. Yesterday was a all day rain event for us and we listened to this album last night. It was the prefect way to end our day with…

Good morning to you all and welcome back to the Tuesday edition of our Christmas Classics Countdown. With just 4 more days to go, we find ourselves spinning this 1979 Disneyland Records release, Disney's Christmas Favorites. The disc collects 13 tracks by Larry Groce, The Mike Sammes Singers* And The Disneyland Children's Sing-along Chorus, which is directed by Betty Joyce. The LP is chocked full nostalgia and guaranteed to put a seasonal smile on your…

Good morning, morning people and welcome back to the Monday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. With five more days to go until the holy day, we offer up this Columbia Special Products  compilation album from 1969, A Very Merry Christmas. The LP collects yuletide hits from Robert Goulet, the Percy Faith Orchestra, Johnny Mathis, Jim Nabors, Cary Grant, and more. 

A1 Robert Goulet– Do You Hear What I Hear

A2 Leslie Uggams– It's Beginning To Look A…

Good morning gang and welcome back to the Sunday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. We are pleased to have you here as we kick off our week of Christmas Classics counting down the days until the BIG day. First up we have this 1968  4 Corners Of The World release, Merry Christmas, by Raymond Lefevre And His Orchestra. The LP collects some of the nicest arrangements we've heard and has a great cover to boot.

 Raymond Lefevre was a French orchestra leader, arranger and…

Good morning gang and welcome to the return of Saturday's Singles, a Birthday edition. First up on our calendar of cake is original Animals bassist, Chas Chandler. The English musician, record producer and manager of Slade and Jimi Hendrix was born December 18, 1938 and joined the Alan Price Trio in 1962 and that Trio became The Animals. He was a member until 1966, leaving to pursue other interests and disillusioned by the lack of financial success. He passed away on July 17, 1996, age 57…

Good morning Friday people and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Our record of choice today is Motorcycle Mama, by Southern /Country Rock band, Sailcat. The LP was released in May 1972 on Elektra Records and produced by the group's two guitarists, John Wyker and  Pete Carr. The record reached #46 in Canada and #38 on the Billboard 200. It's singles were the title track (#64 Australia, #14 Canada, #12 Hot 100), "She Showed Me" (#115 Hot 100) and "Baby Ruth" (did not chart). The…

Good morning faithful readers and welcome back to the Thursday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we find ourselves spinning the second record of Fort Worth born blues and rock singer, guitarist and songwriter, Mason Ruffner. The LP was released in 1987 on the CBS and Epic labels. Our copy is a promotional copy released on CBS Associated Records and produced by Dave Edmunds. It peaked at #80 on the Billboard 200 and the title track reached #11 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks…

Good morning Wednesday warriors and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we joyfully celebrate the 75th Birthday of Brooklyn born drummer and percussionist, Carmine Appice, best known for his work in  Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, Beck, Bogert & Appice, Rod Stewart,  King Kobra,  and Blue Murder. It's his work on Cactus' third record that is our interest today. Restrictions was released October 18, 1971 on the ATCO label and produced by Geoffrey Haslam. It peaked at #155 on the…

Good Tuesday morning to you all and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we celebrate the 53rd Birthday of Compton, California born rapper, King T (real name Roger McBride).  Happy Birthday King T ! He is considered an early pioneer of West Coast Hip Hop and a influence on  The Notorious B.I.G. . To mark the occasion, we shine a light on his debut album, Act A Fool. The LP was released  November 15, 1988 on Capitol Records and produced by Tim Devine, DJ Pooh, and King…

Good Monday morning gang and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today we ecstatically wish  Redford, Michigan born singer, songwriter, guitarist and activist, Ted Nugent a very Happy 73rd Birthday. Happy Birthday Uncle Ted ! With him in mind, we spotlight his second live album, Intensities In 10 Cities. The LP was recorded between August and September 1980  in the last ten cities on Nugent's tour. He would play two or three new and previously unreleased songs each night…

Good morning Sunday people and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we joyfully celebrate the 69th Birthday of Long Beach, California born actress, speaker, and former artistic gymnast. Happy Birthday Cathy ! She's an interesting lady. She participated in the 1968 Summer Olympics and is credited with helping popularize gymnastics in America. she was a national champion in 1970 and '72 and was the first women to win a medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.…

Good morning gang and welcome to the return of Saturday's Singles. In the last month, we've seen a lot of deaths in the music world including Graeme Edge from the Moody Blues, Philip Margo from The Tokens, Keith Allison from Paul Revere & The Raiders, Billy Hinsche from Dino, Desi, And Billy, Melvin Parker from James Brown, country music performer Stonewall Jackson, UK guitarist John Miles, Ralph Tavares from Tavares, Robbie Shakespeare from Sly And Robbie, Gil Bridges from Rare…