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I’m Chuck. I am retired as of December 31, 2023. I like playing guitar, listening to music, recording music, reading books and comic books, portrait and toy photography, writing and playing Pokemon Go. I don’t miss work at all.
Tag Archives: vinyl
2025 Vinyl Soundtrack Tag for 2025
Another Vinyl Tag that lists 13 questions you answer using your vinyl record collection. Here is my response.
2025 Vinyl Tag
It’s time for the 2025 Vinyl Tag, a little early. This video answers 20 questions put forth to the Vinyl Community with regards to their vinyl collection. Enjoy.
10 Records or Songs That Changed My Life
Pretty bold statement that 10 records (12 inch or 7 inch) or songs could change a persons life. So I wouldn’t say changed…. maybe influenced is a better term. These are in somewhat of a chronological order: 1 Gimme Dat … Continue reading
Posted in Album of the month, Life in General, Music
Tagged ...and then there were three..., Album, Album of the month, album-reviews, Alive!, american pie, andrew lloyd webber, Deep Purple, don mcclean, Genesis, gimme dat ding, hard-rock, I Think I Love You, ian gillan, jesus christ superstar, KISS, led zeppelin, Music, partridge family, rock, stranglehold, ted nugent, the pipkins, tim rice, vinyl, Wind and Wuthering
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Album of the Month – Alive! by KISS
I remember buying KISS Alive! while living in Puerto Rico. It was my second KISS album purchased, Dressed to Kill being the first. After listening to Dressed to Kill, I was hooked. I was a KISS fan, and I sought … Continue reading
Posted in Album of the month, Music
Tagged ace frehley, Album of the month, Alive!, Creem, Dressed to Kill, hotter than hell, KISS, kiss inserts, Music, paul stanley, puerto rico, vinyl
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Album of the Month – Damned, Damned, Damned by The Damned
As I’ve said before, there were only two punk bands that I listened back in the Jurassic Era (1979-1982 for you kids). The Sex Pistols and The Damned. Damned, Damned, Damned was The Damned‘s first album, released in 1977 during … Continue reading
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Tagged Album of the month, Alice cooper, Biloxi Bunch, Biloxi circle, cassette player, cassette tape, chevy, damned damned damned, feel the pain, fort hood, Monza, Music, neat neat neat, Nick Lowe, punk, punk rock, rock, stab your back, texas, the damned, vinyl
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Album of the Month – Josie and the Pussycats Soundtrack
Why is the soundtrack from the motion picture Josie and the Pussycats the Album of the Month? What’s the story? No story, I just love this soundtrack and the movie. I LOVE this movie, I can, and have, watched into … Continue reading
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Tagged Album of the month, CD, here and now, josie and the pussycats, kay hanley, letters to cleo, movie, movies, Music, Rachael Leigh cook, record album, records, Soundtrack, vinyl
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Music Memory – Renaissance Records
Wow, I found an old picture of the record store, Renaissance Records, in Killeen Texas I would go and get records from when the Post Exchange (PX) on Fort Hood didn’t have any good stuff. A used record store. I … Continue reading
Vinyl of the Month – Secret Treaties by Blue Oyster Cult
This month’s Vinyl of the Month is Blue Oyster Cult‘s 3rd album, Secret Treaties. There is a good story behind why I chose this album to be Vinyl of the Month. That story is captured on my YouTube channel – … Continue reading
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Tagged Album of the month, blue oyster cult, retirement, retirement ain't easy, secret treaties, vinyl, youtube
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Vinyl of the Month – Wind and Wuthering by Genesis
Wind and Wuthering by Genesis was featured 4 years ago here but I had since rediscussed this album for my YouTube channel. Go check it out. Subscribe for more stuff.
Vinyl of the Month – Mother’s Finest Live by Mother’s Finest
Pretty sure you’ve never heard of Mother’s Finest. If you have please comment. I had never heard of them until I was scouting for a gift for my best friend Bill in 1979. As I’ve mentioned before, Bill and I … Continue reading
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