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Episode 24 – 11.19.24

Show notes:
60 mins classic jazz.
40 mins doo-wop & vocal groups.
20 mins blues.
The jazz hour consisted mainly of the usual suspects: Horace Silver, Julie London, Miles Davis, Gene Harris, Sinatra, Charlie Parker, Dinah Washington, Ramsey Lewis Trio, Kenny Dorham, Nina Simone, and more.
40 minutes of doo-wop and vocal group tracks followed and included The Ink Spots, Sarah Vaughan, The Penguins, The Mad Lads, The Cadillacs, The Rays, The Clovers, The Teddy Bears, The Dubs, The Silhouettes, The Ronettes, The Impressions, and more.
Unfortunately omitted from the Spotify playlist is the song that kicked off the final Blues Block of tracks – Larry Coryell’s “The Opening.”

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here:

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

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Episode 25 – 11.26.24

Show notes:
60 mins classic jazz (including one Sinatra song that is not jazz, but I squeezed it in there anyway).
40 mins soul (some tracks aren’t available on Spotify).
20 mins blues.
I did experience some technical difficulties (so most of my tracks played a little out of order) during the jazz hour which consisted of: Count Basie, Donald Byrd, The Three Sounds, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Sinatra, and more.
40 minutes of soul followed and included Etta James, The Impressions, Irma Thomas, Benny Spellman, Dee Dee Sharp, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Mad Lads, David Ruffin, and more.
Also included in the soul block (but unavailable on Spotify) are the tracks:
Busted
If I Had it My Way
Nobody
Who Could be Loving You?

The last 20 mins, a Blues Block, included tracks by: Fats Domino, T-Bone Walker, John Lee Hooker, Roy Milton, and B.B. King.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here:

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

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Episode 26 – 12.3.24

Show notes:
60 mins classic jazz.
40 mins soul.
20 mins 21st century tracks.
The jazz hour consisted mainly of the usual suspects: Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins, Thelonious, Louis Armstrong, Lester Young, Oscar Peterson, Johnny Hodges, Sonny Clark, Nat King Cole, Julie London, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Sinatra, Keely Smith, and more.
40 minutes of soul followed and included Ray Charles, The Charmels, Aretha, Bill Withers, Mable John, Bobby Hutcherson, James Brown, Jean Knight, Captain Beefheart, and more.
Unfortunately omitted from the Spotify playlist is the song that kicked off the soul hour – “Where Can I Go?” by Ray Charles.

The final block of 21st century tracks included Ramsay Midwood, Karate, and Nina Nastasia.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here:

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

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Upcoming theme shows:

Episode 29 -12.24.24 – There will be Jazz + Soul Christmas songs.
Episode 30 – 12.31.24 – I’m actually not sure yet, but I’ll cook up some kind of theme for NYE.
Episode 36 – 2.11.25 – One hour of heartbreak / one hour of romantic elation.
Episode 39 – 3.4.25 – Fat Tuesday. All New Orleans music (not specifically Mardi Gras, but New Orleans tracks nonetheless).

Stay tuned.

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I seriously hurt my knee in March.
The Fourth of July rolled around and my knee was still injured.
So I began rehabbing it in our local pools.
I also occasionally took some 35mm photos.

Episode 19 – 10.15.24

Show notes:
The jazz hour consisted mainly of the usual suspects: Sonny Clark, Louis Prima, Sinatra, Dizzy Gillespie, Dinah Washington, Kenny Dorham, Don Shirley, Hoagy Carmichael, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Duke Ellington, and more.
The soul, R&B, and funk hour included tracks by Same Cooke, Nina Simone, Ray Charles, James Brown, Solomon Burke, The Coasters, Betty LaVette, Bill Withers, Otis Redding, The Persuaders, and more.
The final 20 minutes was a grab bag of country, blues, folk, alt-country, etc. What some may label as a WASP block of sorts. This block included tracks by Richard Hell, Bob McFadden, Paul McCartney, The Walkmen, and Lucero.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here:

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

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Episode 20 – 10.22.24

Show notes:
The jazz hour consisted mainly of the usual suspects: Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Johnny Hodges, Sinatra, Dean Martin, Errol Garner, Louis Prima, Miles Davis, Hoagy Carmichael, Artie Shaw, and more.
The soul, R&B, and funk hour included tracks by Billy Ward & The Dominoes, Eddie Bo, The Clovers, Lee Tillman, Sam & Dave, Bill Withers, James Brown, Isaac Hayes, B.T. Express, and more.
The final 20 minutes was a dedication to Elliott Smith who passed on 10/21/2003.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here:

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

I normally chop off what songs don’t make the broadcast, but for this instance, the songs that didn’t make the airwaves are Elliott Smith tracks and I figure I’ll keep them on the chance anyone is interested.

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Episode 21 – 10.29.24

Show notes:
The jazz hour consisted mainly of the usual suspects: Ahmad Jamal, Blossom Dearie, Johnny Hodges & Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Bennie Moten, Hoagy Carmichael, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Coleman Hawkins, Sinatra, Hank Mobley, and more.
The soul, R&B, and funk hour included tracks by The Impressions, Andre Williams, Eddie Snow, Sam Cooke, The Jaynetts, Marvin Gaye with Tammi Terrell, The Young-Holt Unlimited, Ruth Brown, Rosco Gordon, Nina Simone, Isaac Hayes, Bobby Womack, Bill Withers, and more.
The final 20 minutes was a grab bag of country, blues, folk, alt-country, etc that some are referring to as the WASP Block. That block consisted of a tribute to Kris Kristofferson as well as a closing track by The Deslondes.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here:

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

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KLKT Stand In — Two-Five-One — 11.5.24

Show notes:
On this election night, I sat in for DJ Russet Burbank and decided to turn the two hours before Rick’s Canteen into a “Best Of” Rick’s Canteen’s classic jazz hour.
There were some technical difficulties that I had to work through so the broadcast recording has a few shaky moments that did eventually get worked out. And with Quincy Jones’s recent passing, I made an effort to play tracks that he helped shape.
The two-hour program consisted mainly of the usual suspects: Quincy Jones productions, Sinatra & Count Basie, Ramsey Lewis Trio, Don Shirley Trio, Keely Smith, Nat King Cole, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Bryant, Louis Armstrong, Dean Martin, Billie Holiday, Wynton Marsalis, Louis Prima, and more.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here:

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

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Episode 22 – 11.5.24

Show notes:
Having filled in for DJ Russet Burbank for the previous two hours on this election night, I slightly changed gears and made this particular episode have a “politically/socially conscious” theme.
The jazz hour consisted mainly of the usual suspects: Mingus, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Wynton Marsalis, Mose Allison, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, and more.
The soul and funk blocks included tracks by The Temptations, Gil Scott-Heron, The J.B.’s, Curtis Mayfield, War, and more.
The final WASP Block included tracks by Blaze Foley, Randy Newman, Ani Difranco, Tom Waits, Hurray for the Riff Raff, and Big Bill Broonzy.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here:

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

*I normally chop off the tracks that don’t make the airwaves, but I figured I’d leave in the few that didn’t make it.

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Episode 23 – 11.12.24

Show notes:
Because this week is KLKT’s first ever Membership Drive, this episode has far more chatter than normal. Even still, the jazz hour consisted mainly of the usual suspects: Miles Davis, Duke, Monk, Dinah Washington, Count Basie, Sinatra, Ramsey Lewis Trio, Sinatra, Bix Beiderbecke, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, and more.
We turned the 9 o’clock hour for this Membership Drive week into a Doo Wop and Vocal Group hour and included tracks by The Toppers, The Five Satins, The Crystals, The Ink Spots, The Butterflys, The Moonglows, The Jive Bombers, The Ad Libs, The Cleftones, The Ronettes, The Flamingos, and more.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here:

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

*Most of these Rick Canteen playlists exceed two hours, but since we this Membership Drive required so much chatter, this playlist came in around 90 mins.

What is Sandlot?

Due to a lengthy delay, these write ups are a little on the light side.
October did bring the Drag three games though.
Below are a few words + pics.

10.5.24 – Austin Red Onions vs. Austin Drag – Govalle – 7pm

Instagram post about the game.

The Drag bats were alive and kicking all game long. Katy, Tyler, Braden, and others had multi-hit games. The defense was, for the most part, pretty darn clean. Hyndshaw went the distance on the mound.
The Red Onions brought energy and good spirit to the ballpark.
Looking forward to next season.

Perhaps a not-so-quick aside.
As we all know, sandlot is incredibly inclusive (from World Series winners to folks that are brand new to the game). The Drag collectively has a wide breadth of experience and we’re all still working on our fundamentals and such, so – these types of links recently floated around the group chat.
There’s a chance that other folks brand new to baseball may benefit.
I’m no good at putting on a Coachy McCoachFace, but these fellas aren’t so bad.

If you don’t speak Canadian, here’s another video.
In short, throw like Mo…

…not like Curtis.

Of course, every good turn deserves another.
So, for every link shared, there must be another.

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10.11.24 – San Francisco Pelicans vs. Austin Drag – Govalle – 7pm

Instagram post about the game.

These birds flew all the way in from the Bay Area for the weekend and they definitely got in a ton of baseball across Central Texas. Unfortunately, not enough on this particular evening though (more on that later).
The game was tight; very close the entire way through. Sharp defense and challenging pitching made runs difficult to come by for both squads.

Considering these Pelicans don’t usually use modern-day sporting goods while playing baseball, this game had an additional wrinkle. They normally adhere to 1861 rules, so playing with gloves and bats manufactured by Wilson, Rawlings, and Louisville Slugger and the like is a bit unusual for them.
I’m sure someone out there who doesn’t insist on shooting 35mm photography when plenty of technological advances in photography have been made may ask, “Why would anyone choose to do that?” But I get keeping things nineteenth century.

Anyhow, Luke Woody came through with a huge knock.
Steven Carrizales grinded though inning after inning on the hill.
Only trouble is, as we closed in towards 10pm, The Man in Blue (TMiB), got a little tired and ended things a bit on the awkward side.

With the Drag up by two, one out and a runner on second (no runner on first, no force in play) for the Pels in the top of the 9th (Drag = home team), a Pelican sent a sharply-hit ball to third that Justin LaPrairie (3B) speared. The runner on second aggressively broke for third, LaPrairie waved his glove at the runner, it didn’t seem like a tag was applied, but LaPrairie was able to fire to first for the sure out.

Claiming that the runner went outside the basepath, TMiB decided it was a game-ending doubleplay.
There was a brief conversation between the teams and the ump. The ump was determined to be done for the night as he made his way off the field.
At this point, we were just about seven minutes from the lights turning off, and the game just ended on a flat, downer note. For all levels (and most occupations), there are some folks not interested staying on the job any longer than they have to.

Older sandlot photos (album link here).

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10.27.24 – Austin Drag vs. Meat City Smoke – The Wishing Well (Lockhart, Texas) – 11am

Instagram post about the game.

This game was… rough on us.
Baseball is better than not baseball, but we donked this one.
We donked all day.

The Smoke played a significantly better game than us.
That acknowledged, we were collectively fighting demons of our own making.
Like a child, I stupidly left home without my cleats.
Two Dragsters arrived straight from a Galveston wedding that took place the night before.
On this particular Sunday morning, many players on both sides were gracelessly wearing our weekends.
Throw in the fact that, though this season hasn’t included any rainouts, this drought is murdering our baseball fields.

Enough complaining. We got to play baseball.
For that, we are thankful. But, daggum, this was a tough one for the Dragsters.
On a positive note – Mel made an incredible catch in right to kill a rally. Katy continued crushing the ball. Lockhart BBQ is still delicious. And a martini bar just happened to host their grand opening on this lovely evening.

Final score —
Drag = got smoked.
Smoke = smokin’ meats, smokin’ base paths, smokin’ Dragsters.

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Here are some recent odds and ends sandlot pics.

Older sandlot photos (album link here).

Episode 18 – 10.8.24

Show notes:
The jazz hour consisted mainly of the usual suspects: Ramsey Lewis Trio, Sinatra, Bix Beiderbecke, Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, and more.
The soul and “mixed bag” hour included tracks by Nat King Cole, Nina Simone, The Supremes, Solomon Burke, Dee Dee Sharp, Ray Charles, Irma Thomas, and more.
The final 20 minutes was a grab bag of country, blues, folk, alt-country, etc.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here:

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

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KLKT Stand In — Study Hall — 10.4.24

Show notes:
Two hours of straight soul!
I pulled many tracks from these compilation records: Feelin’ Right Saturday Night, Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974, and the majority of the other tracks were from the artists I collect – James Brown, Ray Charles, Temptations, Bill Withers, Bo Diddley, etc.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here:

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

Episode 16 – 9.24.24

Show notes:
The jazz hour consisted mainly of the usual suspects: Miles Davis, Nat King Cole, Sinatra, Ramsey Lewis Trio, Grant Green, Hank Jones, and more.
The soul and “mixed bag” hour included tracks by Ted Hawkins, Ernie K-Doe, Doris Duke, Bo Diddley, Slim Harpo, Irma Thomas, The Temptations, Lou Rawls, and more.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here–

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

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Episode 17 – 10.1.24

Show notes:
The jazz hour consisted mainly of the usual suspects: Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Keely Smith + Louis Prima, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Grant Green, and more.
Due to a few factors, the 9 o’clock hour became the Funk Hour and included tracks by The Temptations, The J.B.’s, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, Bobby Womack, and more.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here–

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than the above WordPress player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

What is Sandlot?

Due to a lengthy delay, these write ups are a little on the light side. September did bring the Drag back-to-back weekends against the Tallboys and Ramblers. Below are a few words + pics.

9.21.24 – East Austin Ramblers vs. Austin Drag – Govalle – 3pm

Instagram post about the game.

Limongelli made the move to the top of the order and came through with four hits, Grady pitched well for the Ramblers, and the weather couldn’t have been a better.

All in all, an outstanding day at the ballpark.

Final score —
Ramblers = full possum
Drag = full spliff

Post-game photos below.
Older sandlot photos (album link here).

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Took these pics (below) after our 3pm game and before the 7pm game.

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9.14.24 – Texas Tallboys vs. Austin Drag – Govalle – 7pm

Due to a wedding (and some other obligations), the Tallboys were missing many of their primetime players. Both teams came through though and played an excellent game.
Keith went eight innings, allowing only three runs. Stillman hit a three-run dinger.
Definitely a nice night at Govalle.

Final score —
Tallboys = weddings, work, other stuff
Drag = puff puff pass

Post-game photos below.
Older sandlot photos (album link here).

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9.25.24 – Ramblers vs. Cobras – Wednesday Night Scrimmage + Hope’s Birthday – Govalle – 7pm

9.17.24

Show notes:
The jazz hour consisted mainly of the usual suspects: Duke Ellington, Keely Smith + Louis Prima, Thelonious, Sinatra, Count Basie, Nat King Cole, Sonny Rollins, and Miles Davis. Sandwiched in there are two lesser known (to some) artists – the incredible Hank Jones and the lovely Lorez Alexandria.
The soul and “mixed bag” hour included tracks by James Carr, Ike Turner, Ray Charles, Barbara Mason, The Drifters, James Brown, Allen Toussaint, Bill Withers, Bo Diddley, Little Walter, Brook Benton, and more.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here–

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than WordPress’s above player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

What is Sandlot?

The Drag got to play three fresh, fresh teams in an eight-day stretch.
All three teams bring a fun group to sandlot and we’re all happy to have them aboard.
Recaps below.

9.8.24 – Austin Drag vs. White Rock Mudbugs – Norbuck Park – 11am

Instagram post about the game.

Baseball is always better than “not baseball.” And the White Rock Mudbugs made baseball happen on this beautiful day. But, as we learned, Dallas sandlot, for the most part, is largely unofficiated.
I’ve previously written before that, be it pickup basketball, volleyball, or even the many years I played ultimate frisbee – self-officiated sports aren’t foreign to me. But baseball is different.

Regardless, we played ball. We had a great time. Norbuck Park was pretty darn nice. The Mudbugs were were good hosts and the weather couldn’t have been better.

The Mudbugs cycled through a series of pitchers all with their different styles and that made for unique looks each time up to bat.

The Drag took a nine-player skeleton crew up to Dallas and that allowed many of our Dragsters who aren’t accustomed to playing all nine innings, to gaming the entire way. And you know what? They were incredible. Tyler and Driver made an impact both offensively and defensively and it was exciting seeing them excel.

Final score —
Drag = beers
Mudbugs = pizza

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9.7.24 – Austin Drag vs. Dallas Sheeple – Churchill Park – 11am

Instagram post about the game.

This game was something.
Most of the Dragsters leisurely arrived coming direct from Austin that morning between 10:15am-10:40am. The Sheeple were able to find one of the Sheeple’s fathers to call balls and strikes for the game and, for that, we were grateful. As one of our catchers has phrased it, “Hell no, I don’t want to ump and catch at the same time. This is a recreational day off for me, I don’t to deal with both teams giving me shit.”

With a Sheeple dad as the man in blue, the game proceeded.
Keith was on the hill. Braden made plays at short. The lineup chugged and churned though.

Around the sixth, the Sheeple offered us some outstanding beers during our warmups and, coincidentally or not, the Sheeple mounted a good rally or two after that.

As it was, both teams had a good time. The weather couldn’t have been better and the post-game was even more fun as most of the Sheeple and Drag went to The Libertine and eventually a tiki joint.

Final score —
Drag = steak sandwiches
Sheeple = tiki drinks

Shout out to Brian Morris for leading the post-game hang.
Way to make Libertine, Swizzle, and Lakewood Landing happen.
We had a blast!

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8.31.24 – Red Bluff Cruiser vs. Austin Drag @ Govalle – 7pm

Instagram post about the game.

Right around his birthday, Keith was determined to go the distance on the hill and prove to Father Time that he aint done yet. He consistently threw strikes and only ran into a whiff of trouble a few times.
Our lineup kept the order moving and the defense, for the most part, was fairly sharp.

The Cruisers are a good group that are definitely finding their form, they bring the energy, and have talent for days.

Final score —
Drag = whiskey whiskey whiskey
Cruisers = bikes and bikes and bikes

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Quick observations that aren’t really that important, but hell, they’re worth having a conversation about. Having just completed three consecutive games vs. “fresh” teams – the Sheeple and Mudbugs are in their second season, the Cruisers are in their first – here are some friendly points.

Many new teams (and sometimes not-so-new-teams) often have an infielder or two who, while playing defense, will stand on or near the bag regardless of whether or not there’s a chance that they’ll be involved in the play. This can turn running the bases into a goofy American Ninja Warrior-like obstacle course (especially if the defender has some size to them).

Watch any instructional video on baserunning (or any real games) and you’ll hear terms like, “catch the inside part of the bag” while making your turns. Regardless if it’s inside the bag or right on top of the dang thing, it’s hard running the bases when there’s a position player just kind of meandering on top of, or very near, the base.

Not a big deal. Moving on.
I previously wrote about dekes and fake tags.
We saw a few of them over the past few weekends.
They are legal at the college and pro-level. And depending on how/when they’re implemented, they sometimes come with the penalty of “baseball justice” (being thrown at). For safety reasons, they are generally illegal in high-school (or lower-level) competition and ruled as interference.

Nothing contentious took place across the past three games – just some simple notes to point out to newcomers. Can’t wait to play these teams again.

August 27, 2024 – My first week off from Rick’s Canteen.
Paul Arndt filled in and played a great show.
Info on Episodes 13 and 14 found below.

Episode 14 – 9.10.24

Show notes:
A request was made for more ladies, so this was my first attempt at a Rick’s Canteen Ladies’ Night. Other than a few man + woman duets, female vocalists dominated the show.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here–

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than WordPress’s above player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).

The Spotify playlist is below.

Episode 13 – 9.3.24

Show notes:
The focus of this show was “albums not available on streaming.” And in many cases, these LPs never found any post-vinyl format (8-track, cassette, cd, etc).
Back in 2009, long before I watched this incredible vimeo video about Paul C. Mawhinney’s life’s work entitled The Archive, I knew I wanted to collect vinyl. Considering that records create such an onerous task when transporting, I knew I wouldn’t be able to start a collection in earnest until I, more or less, settled (which kind of happened around 2014).

There are many, many reasons to collect vinyl. One reason often overlooked is the fact that so many recordings weren’t converted to a post-vinyl format (8-track, cassette, cd, mp3, etc). In the above video, Mawhinney claims that the Library of Congress estimates that, of his collection (over 1 million LPs and 1.5 million 45s), and, specifically with recordings made between 1948-1966, only 17% of that music was converted into a digital format.

This doesn’t just apply to artists that were overlooked in their time or for the stars whose fame lost its shine over time, but also includes artists still considered important who jumped across different labels (resulting in contract disputes) or whose estate decided to not allow certain records to be reproduced for whatever reason (resulting in other contract disputes). Not to be forgotten are the countless compilations pressed on vinyl over the years that never got digitally converted.
You don’t have to collect long before you come across records & 45s by artists like Ray Charles, Dee Clark, The Ink Spots, and so on before you realize even if you wanted to purchase a particular album in another format, you couldn’t. They don’t exist.

Regardless, I’m of the opinion that the music that commercially failed (and succeeded) in the middle of the 20th century is far, FAR better than our contemporary music. So, that’s where the search for that 83% comes from. And who’s to say how much of the 83% that was never converted is still in good shape, available, and not degrading in some landfill?

Side note: While in Dallas, I went to a highly-rated record store and found it didn’t have a used section (nor were used records mixed in with the sealed records). Every single records was a new pressing. So, the point I just made about finding music that had never been digitally reproduced, a strong motivation for some collectors, was moot in that store. That’s a rare occurrence. Dallas, I tell ya.

Anyhow, to get back to the actual “show notes” –
We focused on many records (the images of a few selections are found below) that you can’t find online.

A recording of the broadcast is available for you here –

Provided your device’s media player treats you better than WordPress’s above player, the Rick’s Canteen google folder has been updated (this is always the first thing to be updated).
Because you can’t find them on streaming, there isn’t a spotify playlist for this show.

See you next week.