Good morning Wednesday warriors and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today we celebrate Grand Funk Railroad bassist, Mel Schacher, as he celebrates his 62nd Birthday. Happy Birthday Mel ! To commemorate this great date, we spotlight their 5th studio album, E Pluribus Funk. E Pluribus Funk was released in November of 1971 on the Capitol label and produced by Terry Knight. It peaked at #11 in Australia, #10 in Canada, and #5 on the Billboard 200. The singles we heard…

Good Tuesday morning to you all and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we joyfully celebrate the 72nd Birthday of guitarist, vocalist, and producer, John Oates, known as one half of the blue eyed soul duo, Hall & Oates. Happy Birthday John. To start the day we spotlight their 10th studio album, Private Eyes. The LP was released September 1, 1981 on the RCA label and produced by Neil Kernon with Hall & Oates. It peaked at #9 in New Zealand, #8 in…

Good Monday morning gang and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember punk rocker and actress, Wendy O. Williams, best known as the frontwoman of the Plasmatics, on this the 22nd anniversary of her death. She took her own life in 1998, via gunshot. She was 48 years old. With her in mind, we spotlight the soundtrack to the 1986 Tom DeSimone directed film, Reform School Girls. Reform School Girls (the movie) stars Linda Carol, Wendy O. Williams, Pat Ast, Sybil Danning and…

Twenty six years ago today, a troubled man entered his garage with a

shotgun. Three days later his body was found. His death was eventually

ruled as suicide. Nirvana arguably, the biggest band on earth, at the

time, had lost the driving force , behind their music.

Guitarist/vocalist Kurt Cobain, the reluctant rockstar dead at the age

of 27. Songs like, Smells Like Teen Spirit, All Apologies, In Bloom and

Polly, already anthems for a angst ridden…

Good morning Sunday survivors and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today our musical leanings lean towards English vocalist, Allan Clarke, as he celebrates his 78th Birthday. Happy Birthday Allan ! Alan was the original vocalist and founding member of the beloved Rock And Roll Hall of Famers, The Hollies and their 1973 greatest hits compilation, conveniently called  The Hollies' Greatest Hits is turning on our table. The LP was released in April of '73 on the Epic label and produced…

Good morning gang and welcome back to Saturday Singles, the Number Ones Edition. From deep inside the Stuck In The Vinyl Again Coronavirus Quarantine Bunker in Central Florida, we bring you two tunes that took the top spot on this day, in their respective years. First up, under the needle is the #1 hit song "Billie Jean" by Michael  Jackson. "Billie Jean" was released January 2, 1983 on the Epic label and produced by the white gloved wonder himself, along with Quincy Jones. It hailed from…

Good morning recluses, shut ins, hermits, and so forth. We welcome you to the Friday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today we find ourselves celebrating the 59th Birthday of comedian, actor, and musician, Eddie Murphy. Happy Birthday Eddie! To mark the occasion, we spotlight the Soundtrack to Beverly Hills Cop II. The LP was released in 1982 on MCA Records and produced by Don Simpson,

Jerry Bruckheimer, André Cymone,Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey, George Michael, Harold…

Good Thursday morning faithful readers, and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today we joyfully celebrate the 73rd Birthday of Emmylou Harris. Happy Birthday Emmylou ! With her in mind we spotlight her first live album , Last Date. Last Date was released October of 1982 on the Warner Brothers label and produced by Brian Ahern. It peaked at #9 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and #65 on the Billboard Hot 200. The title track, a Floyd Kramer cover, reached #1 on the country…

Good morning Wednesday warriors and welcome back to April Fool's Day edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. We regret to inform you that today will be last Stuck In The Vinyl Again post ......... featuring Men At Work, unless we buy another of their records....

It was on this day 37 years ago, in 1983, that Australian new wave band, Men At Work, released their second album, Cargo, in America. The LP was released on the Columbia label and peaked at #1 in Australia, #2 in New Zealand, #3…

Good morning to you Tuesday people and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we joyfully celebrate the 85th Birthday of jazz great Herb Alpert . Happy Birthday Herb ! To commemorate the date, we spotlight the fifth studio album by Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass, Going Places. Going Places was released on the A&M label in October of 1965. It reached #1 on both the Billboard 200 and the Australian Kent Music Report. It was produced by Alpert and Jerry Moss, who are the A and M…

Good Monday morning gang, and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we gleefully celebrate the 75th Birthday of English guitarist/vocalist Eric Clapton. Happy Birthday Eric ! With him in mind, we spotlight this double album from the Yardbirds. The Compleat Collection was released in 1984 on the Compleat label and produced by Horst Lippman. The first LP collects various Yardbirds tunes while the second one sees the band teaming with Sonny Boy Williamson.

A1 Boom Boom…

Good morning Sunday vinyl revelers and welcome to the daily internet phenomenon known as Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we don our funny faces and smile about the fact that Eric Idle, English comedian, actor, musician, and author, is celebrating his 73rd Birthday. Happy Birthday Eric ! In tribute we spin Monty Python's 6th album, The Album Of The Soundtrack Of The Trailer Of The Film Of Monty Python And The Holy Grail. The comedy LP was released on July 21, 1975 on the…

Good morning homebodies and welcome to the return of Saturday's Singles, a Birthday edition. First up on the calendar is Chuck Portz, original bassist for The Turtles, who is celebrating his 75th Birthday today. Happy Birthday Chuck ! The single we spin in his honor, is "You Baby", the title track to the group's second album. The tune, released in 1966 on the White Whale label, reached #20 on the Hot 100, #17 on the Cash Box, and #11 in Canada. It was written by P.F. Sloan and Steve…

Good morning Friday people and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. We hope you all are well in health and high in spirits. Today we travel back to this date in 1986 when vocalist Sammy Hagar played his first gig with Van Halen in Louisiana . In lieu of a live recording of that performance or even Hagar's first album with them (5150 was released 2 days prior to this gig) we bring you The Red Rocker with some other guys. Those other guys being lead guitarist Neal Schon (Journey), bassist…

Good morning vinyl junkies and welcome back to the Thursday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we celebrate Steven Tyler, the multi-instrumentalist, singer--songwriter and actor, who fronts the Boston based rock band Aerosmith, is turning 72 today. Happy Birthday Steven ! To start things off, we feature the group's sixth studio album, Night In The Ruts. Night In The Ruts was released November of 1979 on the Columbia label. It was co-produced by the band and Gary Lyons,  David Krebs,…

Good morning Wednesday warriors and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we joyfully celebrate the 73rd Birthday of English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer, Sir Elton John. Happy Birthday Elton ! To commemorate the date, we spotlight his  ninth studio album, Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy. The LP was released May 19, 1975 on the MCA label and produced by Gus Dudgeon. It sot to #31 in Australia, Canada, France, Denmark, New Zealand, and America and has been…

Good morning, morning people, ,and welcome to the Tuesday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. It was on this day in 2001, that Macon, Georgia designated a stretch of highway, "Duane Allman Boulevard", near where the 24 guitarist lost his life in a motorcycle accident.  With him in mind, we spotlight the double album anthology, appropriately titled An Anthology. An Anthology was released in November of 1972 on the Mercury label. It peaked at #28 on the Billboard 200 and has been…

Good Monday morning gang and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember actress and singer, Martha Wright, on what would have been her 97th Birthday. The Broadway actress who replaced Mary Martin, in both South Pacific and The Sound Of Music, passed away in 2016, age 92. To mark the occasion, we spotlight the 1957 Columbia Masterworks release, South Pacific (With Original Broadway Cast) by Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza, Richard Rodgers, and Oscar Hammerstein II.

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Good morning fellow shut ins and vinyl lovers of the world. Today we welcome you to the Sunday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. It was on this day in 1978 that ABC television aired the mockumentary style Beatles parody film, All You Need Is Cash by The Rutles. The Rutles, a fictional musical spoof of The Beatles,  were created and formed by Eric Idle (of Monty Python) and Neil Innes (of  the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band). The film starred Idle and Innes as the parody versions of Paul and…

Good morning gang and welcome to the return of Saturday's Singles. Today we turn the dial back to this dayy in 1981, when  Champaign, Illinois based rock band, REO Speedwagon scored their first #1 hit with the "Keep On Loving You" (#7 UK) . The power ballad saw it's origins on their 9th studio album, High Infidelity , released on Epic Records. It's reign at the top was however short lived, lasting only one week before being replaced by Blondie's "Rapture". The…