This: My music collection is relatively small compared to the collections of some people I know. I don’t need a whole room in my house to hold it. And what I collect, I intend to play. I’ve never been the guy who wants original pressings of, say, Elvis Presley’s Sun singles to keep under glass in a locked case. Some people approach music collecting differently, though. Take the owner of a collection currently up for auction on eBay. He’s acquired over 1.5 million 45s, over a million albums, 3oo thousand CDs, plus 78s, cassettes, and eight-tracks. He’s got Elvis’s Sun singles, along with the first CD ever made, and the first flat phonograph record. He’ll even throw in the shelving to put it on. Starting bid: three million dollars, which strikes me as cheap for what you’d be getting.
That: John from Situation Rocks checked in via e-mail with the latest episode of Grace Potter and the Nocturnals’ video podcast, featuring excerpts of “Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley” with the Meters and an acoustic “Ain’t No Time.” (If the taste of “Sneakin’ Sally” on the video made you hungry for the whole thing—like it did me—see below.) Also, check out Grace’s Top 5 protest songs, and a couple of photos that have made me very, very happy.
The Other: It’s Elton John’s birthday today, which I’d have missed entirely were it not for the mention at Solar Prestige a Gammon, a blog that has discussed nearly every song in Elton’s 1969-1977 catalog. I welcome the excuse to plug that site, and to post an Elton rarity. Elton landed on American shores with a fabled stand at the Troubadour in Los Angeles in August 1970, and he embarked on a brief American tour that fall. On November 12, 1970, about two weeks before “Your Song” charted in the States, he opened a four-night stand at the Fillmore West in San Francisco on a bill with the Kinks. “Honky Tonk Women” was part of the setlist, and while Elton’s version won’t make anybody forget the Stones, it’s worth a listen.
“Honky Tonk Women”/Elton John (bootleg)
“Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley”/Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (bootleg; thanks to Carry You Away)
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Doesn’t Joel Whitburn have the largest record collection in the world? (every charted record ever!) But this one’s still pretty impressive.
There is also a press picture of the band on their official website with Grace in a plaid, flannel shirt and she even looks great wearing that.
Man I really like Grace Potter and the Nocturnals.
That record “collection” is actually a store. Used to lend records to the Library of Congress, since he is the only place to find most of this stuff. Guy wants to retire, but can’t get a serious offer.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19174564
https://recordrama.sslpowered.com/index.html