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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Manos Hadjidakis, ‘Aliki-My Love’

By James Stafford on May 26, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Eddie Lund, ‘Tahiti Dances’

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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Richard Hayman, ‘Havana in Hi-Fi’

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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Ray Conniff, ‘S Awful Nice’

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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: ‘Jackie Gleason Presents Music for the Love Hours’

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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Ohio Players, ‘Skin Tight’

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4. My Dark Confession

By James Stafford on November 13, 2010 • ( 5 Comments )

I was hoping to never think about this, much less write about it. This is such a dark corner of my past that I’ve done my best to expurgate it from my […]

3. When Am I Gonna Come Down?

By James Stafford on November 13, 2010 • ( 7 Comments )

The Montgomery Ward Bargain Basement was a frequent destination in my early childhood. My father was a repairman for Wards at the time – one of those guys who drove a van, […]

2. School’s Out Forever

By James Stafford on November 13, 2010 • ( 8 Comments )

Not all of the flotsam from my father’s childhood drifted into my grandfather’s fireplace. When he was a boy growing up in his small mountain town, he struck a deal with the […]

1. The Mamas, The Papas, and The Grandpas

By James Stafford on November 13, 2010 • ( 15 Comments )

My grandfather participated in the liberation of Mauthausen concentration camp. I don’t know much more about this than what I’ve gleaned from a briefcase full of faded photographs that surfaced after he […]

The End of Music

By James Stafford on November 13, 2010 • ( Leave a comment )

I have been turning this question over in my mind for years: How can the music industry be dead? I don’t want to bother with the details — there are Google-a-plenty details […]

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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Manos Hadjidakis, ‘Aliki-My Love’

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Eddie Lund, ‘Tahiti Dances’

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Richard Hayman, ‘Havana in Hi-Fi’

From the Stacks »

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Arthur Fiedler, ‘Gaite Parisienne’

From The Stacks: The Mamas and the Papas, ‘The Papas and the Mamas’

From The Stacks: ‘David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev’s Peter And The Wolf’ (Green Vinyl)

Album Covers »

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Ray Conniff, ‘S Awful Nice’

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: ‘Jackie Gleason Presents Music for the Love Hours’

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Ohio Players, ‘Skin Tight’

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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: ‘Adam Stag Party Record Number 2’

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Conga Squad, “I’m Hot For You”

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