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Introduction to “Tell It Like It Was”

Introduction to “Tell It Like It Was”

Excitations and good vibrations about the music of the ’60s
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Neal Umphred
Introduction to “The Toppermost of the Poppermost”

Introduction to “The Toppermost of the Poppermost”

All about all of the articles about all of the #1 records of the ‘60s
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Neal Umphred
The Frank Daniels “Rare Record Scarcity Index”

The Frank Daniels “Rare Record Scarcity Index”

An index to indicate the relative rarity of records
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Neal Umphred
There Are No Truths Outside the Gates of Eden

There Are No Truths Outside the Gates of Eden

A preview of “Outside the Gates of Eden,” Lew Shiner’s new novel on the music and times that we call “the Sixties”
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Neal Umphred
Million Selling Records from 1900 to 1980

Million Selling Records from 1900 to 1980

A review of Joseph Murrells’ illustrated directory to most of the best selling records of all time
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Neal Umphred
“Albums $3 each or 3 for $10”

“Albums $3 each or 3 for $10”

The great mispriced record sale experiment of 1980 failed to take the Napa Valley Flea Market by storm
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Neal Umphred
Someone’s Feeding on Your Anger and You’ve Seen His Face Before

Someone’s Feeding on Your Anger and You’ve Seen His Face Before

Sheryl Crow’s “Out of Our Heads” rekindles the Spirit of the Sixties (well, at least in me it does)
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Neal Umphred
Jack Sperling, King of the Big-Band Drummers

Jack Sperling, King of the Big-Band Drummers

From Bunny Berigan to the NBC Orchestra
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Lewis Shiner
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