Bob Harrington - Bob's Marriage Repair Kit

Bob Harrington - Bob's Marriage Repair Kit

released on LP

The marriage repair kit is the record (i.e. the mp3s included in the file). The "Chaplain of Bourbon Street" dispenses advice about how people should preserve their marriages. He also offers advice on whether people are ready to be married. I'm not sure I want marriage advice from someone who ended up getting divorced sometime after this LP was recorded because the guy engaged in some adultery. What this LP has going for it is a cool-looking cover and some interesting advice.

While some of Bob's advice offers suggestions for men in how to conduct their lives regarding their marriages, most of Bob's advice focuses on women. For example, Bob says that women should keep up their looks by continuously visiting the beauty parlors because according to Bob, this is God's will. Bob mentions his wife visits the beauty parlors at least twice a week. Perhaps why Bob gave in to temptation from other women who were interested in Bob because he was a celebrity was that maybe Bob's wife quit visiting the beauty parlors.

Too bad that Bob was more interested in himself at the height of his fame and he didn't bother to listen to his own record. He could have ended up saving his own marriage.

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1.  Bob's Marriage Repair Kit  {22:34}

Side 2

1.  Bob's Marriage Repair Kit [continued]  {22:25}

Music Effects

[uncredited artists] - Music Effects

released on LP in 1982

This is one of those LPs that is full of music cues for use in film, television or other types of productions. These could also possibly used for samples too. The tracks are grouped under categories such as moods, textures, tempos, etc. The track names are self-descriptive. I can't come up with anything else to say, so enjoy.

Tracklisting:

Side 1

OPENS AND ENDS

1.  Open with Cymbal Crash  {0:10}

2.  Open: Building Chords  {0:12}

3.  Open Same: Drums Only  {0:12}

4.  Open Same: Bass and Piano Only  {0:12}

5.  Drum Roll and Fade  {0:09}

6.  Big Show Opening  {0:07}

7.  Easy Ending with Bass, Piano, Drums  {0:09}

8.  Same with Horns  {0:09}

9.  Up Tempo Ending  {0:07}

10. Open: Scary or Weird  {0:17}

11. End: Scary or Weird  {0:20}

STINGS

12. Bass and Drums  {0:07}

13. Up Tempo  {0:05}

TEXTURES

14. Ominous  {0:30}

15. Cue 14: Bass and Horns Only  {0:24}

16. City Syncopated  {0:27}

17. City Syncopated with Bass and Horns Only  {0:26}

18. City Chase  {0:22}

19. Action Pattern: Drums Only  {0:27}

20. Action Pattern: Drums and Bass  {0:26}

21. Movement  {0:25}

22. Movement with Horns  {0:25}

23. City Life: Version 1  {0:37}

24. City Life: Version 2  {0:25}

25. City Life: Version 3  {0:26}

SOLO HORNS

26. Wah-Wah Horns  {0:26}

27. Wah-Wah Horns (underwater)  {0:26}

28. Start of Horse Race  {0:16}

29. Horn with Mute  {0:21}

30. Fanfare  {0:10}

TEMPOS

31. Samba  {0:22}

32. Disco  {0:48}

33. Disco: Drums Only  {0:47}

34. Waltz  {0:57}

35. Syncopation  {0:32}

36. Tango  {0:37}

37. Tango with Horns  {1:10}

38. Hora  {1:01}

39. Rhumba  {0:56}

40. March  {0:48}

41. Polka  {0:30}

Side 2

MOODS

1.  Cocktail Bar  {0:44}

2.  Cocktail Bar: Drums and Bass Only  {0:42}

3.  Swing  {0:28}

4.  Dread  {1:05}

5.  Bright Activity  {0:26}

6.  Oriental  {1:08}

7.  Oriental #2  {0:39}

8.  Lullaby  {0:27}

9.  Lullaby: Electric Piano Only  {0:25}

10. Silent Movie Pursuit  {0:52}

11. Jazz Moods: Rag  {1:13}

12. Jazz Moods: Boogie  {0:56}

13. Jazz Moods: Boogie Bass and Drums  {0:54}

14. Jazz Moods: Swing  {0:30}

15. Jazz Moods: Bebop  {0:27}

16. Jazz Moods: Progressive  {0:58}

17. Military  {0:33}

BASS AND DRUMS

18. Walking  {0:54}

19. Up Tempo  {0:51}

20. Slow  {1:08}

ELECTRIC PIANO

21. Runs Up the Scale (twice)  {0:13}

22. Run Up the Scale (slower)  {0:13}

BRIDGES

23. Trumpet and Sax (alto) Blues Riff  {0:21}

24. Jazz Bridge #1  {0:17}

25. Cue 19 with Drums and Bass Only  {0:16}

26. Jazz Bridge #2  {0:32}

27. Cue 21 with Drums and Bass Only  {0:31}

28. Horns: Sultry Trumpet, Mute/Sax  {0:40}

29. Cue 23: Full Group  {0:39}

Earl Nightingale - 20 Minutes That Can Change Your Life

Earl Nightingale - 20 Minutes That Can Change Your Life

released on LP in 1966

I spent 20 minutes of my life listening to this and I must say that those 20 minutes could indeed change my life. Sure I listened to a numerous amount of success-motivation life-improvement records in my life. However, I haven't felt as transformed into a new man as much as I have from listening to Earl Nightingale's 20 minutes. Good thing too as I cannot ever have those 20 minutes back.

Like many other humans, I have wondered why some people were successful in life while many more were not. Earl Nightingale certainly wondered about the same thing. From those 20 minutes, it becomes clear to me that I seem like such a loser in life because I have not been concerned with focusing my efforts towards obtaining more income and to be worth a lot of money by age 65. I have been wasting my time trying to contribute knowledge to society and helping people find information through my work in real life and in some ways my in my virtual life. I have tried to make the world a better place through education and enrichment. Alas, it turns out that I have been living life in the wrong manner.

Thanks to the smooth voice of Earl, I have righted the course of my life. From now on, I will strive to increase my income and therefore increase my wealth. I will be worth millions by age 65. I will have to put off my goal of becoming a professional librarian since professional librarians are underpaid therefore I will end up being worth only thousands by age 65 if I'm lucky. I suppose that I'll have to go get an MBA (Master's of Business Administration). That will be difficult because I can't afford to pay for more classes. Most of my paycheck is going towards paying student loans that were used for getting the Master of Library Science degree.

Then I remembered Earl talking about attitude on side 2. I need to change my attitude and emulate the attitude and personality of a person I want to be like. The person that Earl has in mind is someone who already has a high income and is projected to be worth a lot of dough at age 65. Gosh, there's no one like that in my chosen profession. Perhaps I need to read Fortune or Forbes to find a 1%er to emulate and admire. I'm sure the 1%ers have the right attitude while the rest of the people, who are being used to make more money for the 1%ers, seem to lack the right attitude.

Earl recommends coming up with at least 5 ideas per day on how to increase one's income. Earl says that one doesn't have to come up with any ideas on the weekend. He says that 25 ideas per week presents opportunities for achieving the goal of increasing income. He says some ideas are worthless while a few could be excellent. The point is to have a positive attitude and keep coming up with ideas to increase wealth, forget the rest of society, most of them are losers anyway who have a poor attitude. Earl says that the more one contributes to his efforts, the more rewards there will be for his efforts. It is implied that one must work more hours to get more money. BTW, the record is targeted at males meaning that the women are there to provide support for their men to increase their income while keeping the house clean and fixing meals. Another implication is that women don't need to increase their income. The top rungs of society must agree as they're still paying women less than men in the same jobs. Geez, if only those women weren't so darn uppity, they could go back to keeping house and serving the men in their quest for more income instead of striving for equality.

So, here are 20 minutes that too can change your life (or not you loser). At least, you get to hear the smooth voice of Earl.

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1.  20 Minutes That Can Change Your Life  {9:38}

Side 2

1.  20 Minutes That Can Change Your Life [continued]  {11:02}

Audio Fidelity Records - Live Mechanical Sound Effects In Stereo

Audio Fidelity Records - Live Mechanical Sound Effects In Stereo

released on LP in 1971

After rummaging through all of the few piles of records available at some thrift store, I came up with this one and some other record. I can't recall which one it was at the moment. It doesn't matter anyway. This record presented in this post is the prize find at that time. Most of the other records were the usual easy-listening popular performers that no one seems to want and the top-40 pop records by the likes of Barbara Streisand, Neil Diamond, Barry Manilow that seems to refuse to quit showing up at these places. I did enjoy eavesdropping on a conversation between two women in their 20s where they were making fun of the record covers although they were very familiar with Neil Diamond and some of the other pop records.

As you can already figure out, I prefer the sounds of machinery, jet engines, lawnmowers, pinball machines, electric pumps, and other mechanical devices over the sounds of Streisand, Diamond, and Manilow. The audio quality of these recordings is excellent. If like me, you enjoy this sort of thing, no doubt you'll enjoy this LP too.

Tracklisting:

Side A

1.  DC 8 Jet Taking Off  {0:29}

2.  Teletype Machines, Newsroom  {0:50}

3.  Car Crashing, Screaming Tires  {0:12}

4.  Electric Pump  {0:47}

5.  Racing Cars (Starting, Racing)  {0:50}

6.  Airplane Interior, Start Engines  {0:34}

7.  Diesel Engine (long train)  {0:43}

8.  Heavy-Duty Motors with Circuit Breakers  {0:26}

9.  Police Car Passing  {0:59}

10. Packaging Machine, Collator  {0:35}

11. Roller Coaster, Girls Screaming  {0:54}

12. Pinball Machine  {0:57}

13. Elevated Train  {0:30}

14. Airplane Interior, Taking Off  {0:56}

15. Lawnmower  {0:45}

16. Escalator Ride  {0:45}

17. Motorcycle: starts, circles, stops (squeal & skid)  {0:31}

18. Telephone Receiver, dial tone, dialing, ringing  {0:43}

19. New York Subway  {0:54}

Side B

1.  Clothes Dryer  {0:37}

2.  Cars and Trucks on Highway  {0:35}

3.  Elevator with Gate  {0:51}

4.  Bulldozer  {0:58}

5.  Adding Machine  {0:29}

6.  Stock Cars in Race: passing, turning, shifting  {0:43}

7.  Electrocardiograph  {1:37}

8.  Fire Engine  {0:35}

9.  Electric Mixer  {0:51}

10. Slot Machine  {0:23}

11. Freight Elevator  {0:21}

12. Packaging Machine: Shrink-wrapper  {0:32}

13. Electric Can-Opener  {0:14}

14. Turnstiles  {1:00}

15. Washing Machine: start, fill, wash  {1:26}

16. Auto Body Crusher  {0:29}

17. Small Cement-Mixer  {0:47}

18. Mechanical Toy  {0:34}

19. Chain-Drive, Overhead Door  {0:25}

[U.S. Navy] - Someone Special

[U.S. Navy] - Someone Special

released on LP [no date given]

This is one of those records that were intended for use by radio stations for airing recruiting pitches for the U.S. Navy or what are called public service messages. I'll make an educational guess that this was produced sometime during the 1970s.
The intended recipients include smart folks being encouraged to enter into training programs for advanced electronics and nuclear energy, those who don't want to serve all the time being offered training in Naval Reserves, and former Navy personnel being courted to come back to the Navy. National and local versions of these messages are on opposite sides of the LP. Side 2 of the LP includes instrumental versions of the music used. The music is played in various styles such as Latin, soul, rock, and country. From what I can tell, the different musical styles were supposed to be used for targeting various demographic segments throughout the U.S. It's too bad that there's not more music as I rather enjoyed it especially the Latin versions. It sounds a lot better than the shit music being used nowadays in public service announcement/recruiting pitches for the military.

Telling from the condition of the vinyl and the jacket, it seems to have been used quite a bit or people could have mishandled the record. Someone thought this record was worth a quarter when he or she tried to sell this copy. (I paid $1 for it at a thrift store.) Whoever priced this 25 cents didn't do a good job of covering up the torn part. I'll bet that someone else tried to sell this earlier and put a price tag on it. Then either the person who priced this 25 cents or someone else attempted to peel off the original price tag and ended up tearing a portion of the cover.
I'm sure this record is not special in the collectors' market, but that doesn't mean that whoever listens or comes in possession of it is any less special.

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1.  Advanced Electronics Field/Nuclear Field training programs: Announcer V/O instrumental [national version]  {0:56}

2.  Advanced Electronics Field/Nuclear Field training programs: Announcer V/O instrumental [national version]  {0:27}

3.  Advanced Electronics Field/Nuclear Field training programs: Vocal with recorded national insert  {0:58}

4.  Naval Reserve 2x6 program: Announcer V/O instrumental [national version]  {1:00}

5.  Naval Reserve 2x6 program: Announcer V/O instrumental [national version]  {0:31}

6.  Naval Reserve 2x6 program: Vocal with recorded national insert  {1:01}

7.  Re-enlistment: Announcer V/O instrumental [national version]  {1:00}

8.  Re-enlistment: Announcer V/O instrumental [national version]  {0:32}

9.  Re-enlistment: Vocal with recorded national insert  {1:01}

10. Where Do I Go from Here?  {2:23}

Side 2

1.  Advanced Electronics Field/Nuclear Field training programs: Announcer V/O instrumental [local version]  {1:00}

2.  Advanced Electronics Field/Nuclear Field training programs: Announcer V/O instrumental [local version]  {0:30}

3.  Naval Reserve 2x6 program: Announcer V/O instrumental [local version]  {1:00}

4.  Naval Reserve 2x6 program: Announcer V/O instrumental [local version]  {0:32}

5.  Re-enlistment: Announcer V/O instrumental [local version]  {1:01}

6.  Re-enlistment: Announcer V/O instrumental [local version]  {0:31}

7.  Instrumental Version: Latin Ritmo Ochoa  {1:00}

8.  Instrumental Version: Latin Ritmo Ochoa  {0:31}

9.  Instrumental Version: Latin Gourdiente  {1:00}

10. Instrumental Version: Latin Gourdiente  {0:31}

11. Instrumental Version: Medium Rock  {0:32}

12. Instrumental Version: Folk Rock  {0:30}

13. Instrumental Version: Soul  {0:31}

14. Instrumental Version: Country and Western  {0:31}

J. B. Barlow and W. A. Peacock - Auscultation of the Heart

J. B. Barlow and W. A. Peacock - Auscultation of the Heart

released on LP

Commentator: Stephen O'Reilly

The front cover says "provided as a service to medical students as a part of the Medical School Program of Warner-Chilcott Laboratories".

An album full of heart sounds and those sounds being explained with a clinical British accent sounds good to me. Now, I have a desire to find former medical students and ask if they still have their record collections that I can dig through.

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1.  Auscultation of the Heart  {25:46}
First Sound, Second Sound, Third Sound, Fourth Sound, Systolic Clicks

Side 2

1.  Ausculation of the Heart (continued)  {27:14}
Systolic Murmurs, Diastolic Murmurs, Continuous Murmurs

Jack Van Impe - The Great Escape!

Jack Van Impe - The Great Escape!

released on LP

Well, it is December 21, 2012 at my current location and the world is still here after all. I was starting to feel bad I didn't get this other Jack Van Impe record posted as I promised in the last post. 

On that note, we all get to celebrate that wonderful tradition X-mas. Of course, all of y'all are already celebrating it, right, as it starts usually from the evening of Thanksgiving to sometime in the early part of January. Also, the war on X-mas is over and X-mas won. All them darn secular socialists who don't like the baby Jesus are retreating into hiding while cowering their heads in shame.

Or so we thought the forces of good won the war on X-mas. Apparently, most of the media are wrong. The fantastic, full-of-integrity, fair and balanced news organization Fox News has uncovered evidence that the forces of bad are still at it and are winning. We here at the Basement, just like that knowledgeable and upstanding journalist Bill O'Reilly, loves X-mas and feel everyone should too because it's just so right. You'll never see "Happy H*******" in this blog. [See as you can tell, the word cannot be mentioned.]

There was no way in heck the world was ending on December 21, 2012. Only one person knows when the world is ending and that is none other than Mr. Van Impe. It can be pointed out that Van Impe hardly mentions a date (at least not on the records I've heard or his TV show) and therefore does not really know. He does tend to say dates every once in a blue moon and it never happens. 

Anyway on this record, Van Impe says there's a way that people do not really have to suffer through the end. He says there's a way to escape all the horrible stuff that's about to happen during the tribulation whenever that is. All one has to do is believe the same stuff that he does (and buy his movies and give money to his ministry). Okay, I was kidding about the last half of the prior sentence though I'm sure that doing those things will get one on the most likely to be raptured list if Jack Van Impe has a lot of that social capital with the Holy One.

On this record, there is no mention of the evils of this world such as movies featuring naked people, rock 'n' roll, horse racing, lesbianism, and other nice things in life. They're all discussed in the record in the last post and a few of his other records. This record offers only hard core theology Revelations style. I have little doubt that none of those things will be present in the special place people go to when they get raptured. Also there probably will not be any of those secular progressive socialist people who feel a need to declare a war on Xmas. That place where people go to get raptured will be full of Xmas trees, Xmas decorations, and Xmas parties and no one will ever utter the dreaded words "Happy H******". Only reruns of Fox and Friends along with other fine Fox News programming will be shown.

So if one wants to be saved and be on the list to be taken to the special place, one should play this record (and give money to Jack Van Impe). (Those facelifts and other forms of cosmetic surgery to keep Rexella looking radiant aren't cheap.)

Tracklisting:

Side One

1.  The Great Escape! [part one]  {24:00}

Side Two

1.  The Great Escape! [part two]  {21:32}

Jack Van Impe - Shocking Signs and the End of the Age

Jack Van Impe - Shocking Signs and the End of the Age

released on LP

The end of the world is supposedly only a few days from now. In honor of that occasion, I thought it was about time that I came back here and posted something. What could be more fitting than writing a post featuring the expert on "the end", Jack Van Impe. That prediction was not really one Jack made. They couldn't possibly be right if Jack didn't make that prediction, but I don't want to take any chances just in case those who misinterpreted the Mayan calendar, erm I mean the Mayans happen to be right.

By my count, this will be the 5th Jack Van Impe record on this blog. I guess that's a good thing I already posted 4 other of his records since the end is so close. It makes me sad that I'll never fulfill my dream of collecting all Jack Van Impe records (along with my other dreams of making lots of money, having park benches and stadiums named after me, and owning 4 mansions, 8 luxury cars, and a politician or two to write laws to help fatten my pockets and increase my power).

Sometime while I was away from this blog doing other stuff concerning real life, I learned that Jack Van Impe has a Twitter account. This makes Jack Van Impe as cool as Charlie Sheen and that dude that records shit his dad says. You can read his words of wisdom here.
Oops, I think I made a mistake. That's some other Jack Van Impe. This is the right Twitter account (I think). I'm happy that Jack Van Impe has a Twitter account before the end arrives. I'm happy that Twitter exists before it all ends. How did humankind as a civilization ever get by without Twitter?

I have another Jack Van Impe record. If you're lucky, I can have it posted before the end is here. In the meantime, enjoy this oh so uplifting record about those shocking signs Jack sees including plagues, swinging couples, witches, wizards and necromancers in Germany, horse racing, topless waitresses, LSD and meditation cults, and more.

Tracklisting:

Side One

1.  Shocking Signs and the End of the Age [part one]  {18:45}

Side Two

1.  Shocking Signs and the End of the Age [part two]  {20:11}

 

B. H. Clendennen - One Nation Under God

released on LP sometime in the late 1960s or early 1970s

Today, the U.S.A. celebrates its birthday. How do the people of this great nation celebrate this holiday? It's by indulging on beef fat, casings in the shape of tubes containing parts of farm animals that are not suitable for most meals, and greasy potato chips with a helping of watered down beer followed by watching bombs blow up in the sky displaying bright colors and emitting loud booming sounds with the Russian tune "1812 Overture" playing in the background. Maybe some people watch a parade before or after indulging in the items I mentioned.

On this record, preacher B. H. Clendennen is worried about the future of America. He believes America is declining because people are disrespecting the American flag by burning it or using it as an armband or as something to blow one's nose or something like that. Not only are people burning the flag as an act of protest (which they do have a right to do), they are out marching in the streets protesting war. I was able to guess the period this message was recorded by Clendennen's references to Vietnam and the "blessed" president Richard Nixon. Clendennen seems about to get in a rage over the mere thought of doing anything to/with the American flag. I'm not sure if there is anything about the flag in the Bible. He is also upset that them dirty, long-haired hippies are protesting America sending troops to Vietnam when the future is at stake. Apparently North Vietnam was a big threat to take away America's freedoms. Clendennen still thought America could win in Vietnam supposedly by the power of prayer and the belief that the one being favors America.

Clendennen also believes that morals were declining and he thinks that "taking God out of the schools" was one of the primary causes. What is meant by "taking God out of the schools" is that the Supreme Court ruled in 1962 and 1963 that organized prayer or state-sponsored prayer and Bible readings were in violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the Constitution. (It so happens that the youth of America could still pray in school if they like.) I guess that if the public schools cannot conduct religious indoctrination then the morals of the populace would decline and everyone would be questioning authority. By the way, in contrast to the mantra "question authority", Clendennen asks the listeners to pray for those in authority.

Have a wonderful 4th of July everyone, and try not to hurt yourself when playing with firecrackers.

Tracklisting:

Side One

1.  One Nation Under God part 1  {19:19}

Side Two

1.  One Nation Under God part 2  {14:41}

Freddie Gage - Drugs and Youth

Freddie Gage - Drugs and Youth

released on LP, no date given

Freddie Gage is a Southern Baptist preacher who seems mostly known for the cover of his album All My Friends are Dead. I have yet to see that LP in the real world. However, I did find this "gem". Back then, Freddie tried to sound hip to attract people to his way of thinking about the world. As the back cover says, Freddie is a "turned-on" preacher who is "out of sight" and "on the in to what's happening."

The reason Freddie tried to act like he was cool was because he focused on America's youth. From looking at the back cover again, apparently the public schools didn't have any problem letting Freddie (and probably others of the same ilk) come and preach at school assemblies (i.e. indoctrinate a captive audience of teenagers). The sermon on this album was recorded during a school assembly consisting of an audience of over 3,000 high school students (according to the album cover) in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Freddie preaches against the evils of LSD, pot, other drugs, and hippies, tells a few jokes that are surprising funny, and tells a few anecdotes about kids whose drug experiences end up in tragedy. Freddie is in hysteria mode most of the time as Freddie emphasizes that America's youth is in danger of becoming a bunch of junkies and by implication a bunch of smelly rebellious hippies. While not being explicit, Freddie's take-home point is that the youth of America can find peace and be upstanding citizens by not doing drugs and having the same beliefs as the "turned-on" Freddie. Like out of sight, man.

Can anyone tell me the name of the tune that the school band plays at the beginning? It's familiar, but I can't remember the title and who originally performed it.


Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Drugs and Youth [side 1] {14:35}

Side 2

1. Drugs and Youth [side 2] {13:53}

Irma Glen - A Bridge to Higher Consciousness

Irma Glen - A Bridge to Higher Consciousness

released on LP

About over a month ago, I picked up several records at a new (to me) local flea market. I was browsing at one of the record vendors who has priced most of the records at $1 each. Most of these $1 records were definitely not in mint condition or even very good condition as probably expected. I came upon this one. Her name was familiar to me as I recall downloading her new age ecology record several years ago. It's been a long while since I've heard it. It didn't seem to make much of an impression on me. So, I wasn't sure about getting this one I've found in the flea market although the title sounds impressive.
I looked on the back cover and noticed a few blurbs on the top. One of those blurbs was by one of my favorite people, Dr. Joseph Murphy, who is quoted as saying "I have never before heard such music coming from an organ." After reading that quote and thinking "wow", right then I needed this record. It is some serene meditative organ music. I'm sure this will enable people to reach that higher consciousness.

I was surprised that there is not much info about Irma Glen on the Internet. Here's a bit of info about Irma Glen from the liner notes:

Irma Glen contributes to her New-Age Music Therapy all the skill and musicianship of one of America's top-flight organist-composers, combined with the insight of an experienced minister. She holds doctorates in both music and religion, and has recently returned from a world tour during which she spoke and played in such far flung places as Tokyo, Jerusalem, and Pondicherry, India.

Dr. Glen began her musical career at the age of fourteen when she made her concert debut as a young pianist. At age fifteen she was America's youngest orchestra leader, so widely known that she was engaged for five weeks at the Teatro Empire in Buenos Aires. Next, Irma and her mother toured Europe. Back in Chicago, she became feature organist at a large theatre and from this stepped up to a position as staff organist for N.B.C. [National Broadcasting Company] During the next twelve years, Irma Glen appeared in as many as twenty three broadcasts a week and was regarded by her fans as the nation's top woman organist.

In her programs of Prayer-Music Therapy, Irma Glen has reached a peak in an outstanding career. The programs have been tested and acclaimed by vast audiences, and the music is now being offered for the first time on this recording in response to popular demand. The record consists entirely of Irma Glen's original compositions, and presents a new approach to the Power of Prayer ... through Music.

The liner notes also say that there is a companion record available called "Music-Prayer Therapy" which is a spoken-word mediation. I'll post it here whenever I can find it.

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Man of God {2:10}

2. Contemplation {2:15}

3. Communion {2:12}

4. Isis {2:39}

5. Covenant {3:15}

6. Devic Joy {3:59}

7. Rose of God {2:33}

Side 2

1. Meditation {4:17}

2. Dionysian Hymn {4:40}

3. So is He {2:11}

4. Constancy {3:57}

5. Listening {3:31}

Zenith Radio Corporation - Getting Through: A Guide to Better Understanding of the Hard of Hearing

Zenith Radio Corporation - Getting Through: A Guide to Better Understanding of the Hard of Hearing

LP released in 1971

Cool, Just what I needed, a record for people who have problems hearing. The record includes demonstrations on how difficult it is to hear when certain frequencies are not present, guidance for helping people with hearing problems along with "an unfair hearing test" which a form comes included with the record for people to write their answers. Perhaps the previous owner(s) of this LP didn't need a hearing test as my form is unfilled and appears to be in the same condition as it was when this record was released. Gosh, I hope my visitors do not have hearing issues as I do not want anyone to miss out on the educational and entertaining offerings this blog provides. Just in case there are hearing problems, the record provides guidance on selecting a hearing aid. Come to think of it, I'll be needing this record soon as for quite a long time I have been constantly listening to loud music at a higher-than-normal volume level especially that noise stuff from the likes of Merzbow and Wolf Eyes.

Now for some words from Aram Glorig, M.D.:

The ear is truly a marvelous instrument. It can hear sounds which are but a tiny fraction of the sound generated by a dropped pin. And yet it can also cope with sounds which are a million million times louder, and infinitely more complex.The record you are about to hear is an unusual experiment in the field of sound and hearing. It has been made possible by steady progress in a number of fields. In otology, the branch of medicine that deals with the ear. In audiology, the science of hearing. In audiometry, the measurement of hearing. And in electronics, which today permits the precise reproduction of sound.
This material has been prepared for the layman: the hard of hearing, their families and friends. We have used simple language and simple demonstrations to make our points.
We believe that anyone working with the hearing impaired will also find the material useful and informative. In the interest of simplicity of presentation, we have purposely avoided the use of technical terms.



Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Introduction {1:41}

2. Frequency Range {3:06}

3. Filtered Speech {3:00}

4. An Unfair Hearing Test {5:00}

Side 2

1. How a Hearing Aid Can Help {2:45}

2. Difficult Listening Situations {2:42}

3. Getting Through {4:39}

4. How to Select a Hearing Aid {1:19}

Dr. Robert Parrish - Listen and Lose

Dr. Robert Parrish - Listen and Lose

released on LP in 1972

From looking at the album's title, you would probably think that I'm trying to turn you into a loser, you know being contrary to the pro-winning attitude championed constantly on this blog because this is a blog for winners. You could not be more wrong. In fact, the "lose" part refers to losing weight. That's what this record is all about. Yes, we here at the Basement (actually meaning my lonely self and that stray cat that keeps hanging around the porch trying to mooch food off of me) do encourage you people out there to lose some pounds if there are too many pounds.

This LP promises that you can lose weight not by going on a diet (which I always doubted would work), but by imagining yourself to be slim and trim. I think the liner notes explains this quite adequately:

All you have to do to begin this weight loss system is to listen to a recording. The recording teaches you how to relax - and then it teaches you some eating habits. You learn these new ideas quickly, simply because you are so relaxed and therefore receptive to fresh ideas. ... There is a conflict between your will power and your preconceived ideas. When you resolve this conflict, you can begin to lose weight. "Listen and Lose" doesn't give you new will power. "Listen and Lose" gives you new imagination - a new image, if you will, of yourself and a system to help you achieve this image. ... [The record] can really help you. It can open the way for you to turn the imagined image into the real image of you. All you have to do is listen.

The back cover also provides Parrish's background and credentials:

The author of "Listen and Lose", Dr. Robert E. Parrish, is eminently qualified to write about the psychological aspects of becoming slender. Through his professional experiences as a University professor and a practicing psychologist he has developed a deep sensitivity to the problems and struggles of individuals who are desirous of a change in their personal lives but who are without positive goals and a realistic workable plan.
Since 1960 he has been researching and developing procedures for relaxation, utilizing effectively the laws of suggestions, visualizing procedures, and goal setting for learning and personal development.
Dr. Parrish received his Bachelors degree, Masters degree and in 1962 his Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma.


Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Introduction {13:25}

Side 2

1. Procedure {20:07}

Stu Phillips - Jud [soundtrack]

Stu Phillips - Jud [soundtrack]

released on LP in 1971 (no date given on LP, but I found the release year of the film online)

I found a copy of this promo LP in some thrift store a few weeks ago. I've never heard of the film, but I'm familiar with Stu Phillips with having heard his music over the years thanks to various generous sharity blogs and sharity sites. He's composed music for biker flicks and that Buck Rogers TV show that was on the air seemingly centuries ago among other film and TV projects. Still, I was a bit hesitant at first whether I should purchase this copy. I didn't know anything about the quality of the music on this album. Since the asking price was $1.20, I figured it would be worth taking a chance on. I'm glad I did obtain this record. I find the all instrumental side 2 to be awesome (I think that's what I kind of expected and hoped for anyway). (Yeah, it's wild and groovy at times.) Side 1 has rock/pop songs with performers I've never heard of. If you're familiar with early 70s rock/pop, that's what it sounds like, music of the period. I enjoy the Crow song (track 4) the most from side 1, but I couldn't really get into the rest of the songs.

From what I read on the web, Jud is about a soldier who returns home from serving in Vietnam and tries to get his life back together. Instead, he ends up in some difficult situations and his life goes downhill from there. I read some review that said that it had potential to have been a really good movie, but turned out to be more of an exploitation film instead. I lost the link to that review so you'll have to take my word for it at the moment. Anyways, it sounds like a flick I want to check out.

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. One Too Many Mornings [with John Hartford] {2:58}

2. Solitary Sanctuary [with American Breed] {1:59}

3. Comin' Down Easy [with Mason Proffit] {2:25}

4. Something In Your Blood [with Crow] {2:34}

5. Come to Me, Anytime [with Barbara Robison] {3:01}

Side 2

1. Solitary Sanctuary {1:57}

2. Jud Escapes {2:15}

3. Bill Flips {2:02}

4. Retrospection {1:49}

5. Comin' Back {3:52}

Dr. Eugene G. Weinberg - A Child's Cry: A Clue to Diagnosis

Dr. Eugene G. Weinberg - A Child's Cry: A Clue to Diagnosis

released on LP in 1971

This is one of the weirdest records I've ever heard. It certainly is among the top 1% of the weirdest, most frightening and most awesome LPs in my collection. As one can figure out, this is a collection of recorded sounds of children (mainly infants) crying. The cries differ by the various illnesses and diseases that the children are afflicted with. I'm not sure this is something that would be played during parties, gatherings of friends and family, or romantic moments, but then again you never know. I'm sure this record has been helpful to other pediatricians and medical professionals. Why else would something like have been released, right?

This was put out by Phizer which is one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies or to be more specific Phizer Laboratories Division. The image below this paragraph is actually the back cover which is advertising one of its products which very likely has nothing to do with treating the children recorded.

Here's the liner notes I read that sealed the deal for me to pick up a copy of this LP:

Dr. Eugene G. Weinberg of the Department of Pediatrics, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa, has recorded characteristic sounds made by normal children and by those presenting with illnesses or defects. Here are the cries, coughs and sounds of infants and children - each cry or sound associated with either a normal state, a specific illness or a genetic defect. The physician who realizes the importance of his ability to recognize these and other pediatric sounds possesses an extra diagnostic tool of importance.

Now this is the part where I say enjoy.

Tracklisting:

Side I

1. The Cry of a Normal Newborn Baby {1:29}

2. The Cry of a Premature Infant {0:33}

3. The Normal Cries of Hunger, Pain and Contentment {0:55}

4. The Grunting Respiration of an Infant with Hyaline Membrane Disease {1:01}

5. The Sound of Stridor or Croup {0:48}

6. The Cry and Cough of Cystic Fibrosis {1:03}

7. The Soft Cry of an Infant with a Vascular Ring {0:44}

8. The Wheezing, Bronchospastic Sound of Bronchial Asthma {0:24}

9. The Grunting Sound of Severe Pneumonia {0:35}

10. The Cat-Like Cry of Cri-du-Chat or Cat-Cry Syndrome {0:34}

11. The High-Pitched, Laughing Cry of aChild with Microcephaly {0:46}

12. The High-Pitched Cry of a Child with Hydraencephaly {1:08}

13. The Weak Cry of Downs Syndrome or Mongolism {1:05}

14. The Characteristic Sound of Whooping Cough {0:36}

15. The Tremendous Cry of Kwashiorkor {0:42}

Side II

1. The Hoarse Cry of Congenital Hypothyroidism {1:14}

2. The Sound of an Infant with Snuffles {0:44}

3. The Forced, Artificial Psychogenic Cough {1:11}

4. The Persistent Spasmodic Cough of Bronchiolitis {1:36}

5. The Immature Growling Cry of the deLange Syndrome {1:19}

6. The Sea Gull-Like Cry of an Infant with Trisomy-E Syndrome {1:23}

7. The Hoarse, Whispered Voice due to Lipoid Proteinosis {1:21}

8. The Deep Sighing Respiration of Metabolic Acidosis {1:12}

9. The Mature Masculine Voice of Precocious Puberty {2:19}

Denby Brandon - Power for Your Purpose/The Secrets of Leadership

Denby Brandon - Power for Your Purpose/The Secrets of Leadership

released on LP

I suppose that winning sales contests or selling the most of whatever product or service in your company qualifies one to put out records like this one. Denby Brandon certainly qualified himself to put out a record. His Memphis office won first place in a sales contest that took place during one month in 1961 that was initiated by Pan-American Life Insurance company. Not only did Denby run an insurance office that somehow convinced lots and lots of people to buy life insurance, Denby also hosted some TV program called Your Future Unlimited. I think the show was about self-improvement. Denby dispenses tips on this LP on how to get power and keep power, inspiring advice for business leaders and leadership advice.

I sure learned a lot from this LP. Not only that, I feel inspired to gain power over others and create my own destiny and destiny for others. I'm sure glad my copy of this LP was sitting among the flea market racks for only one dollar. Who knew that the way to success could be so cheap?


Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Power for Your Purpose {20:05}

Side 2

1. The Secrets of Leadership {19:32}

Art Wilson - The Religious Ecumenical Movement in Bible Prophecy

Art Wilson - The Religious Ecumenical Movement in Bible Prophecy

released on LP

I found a copy of this in one of the local flea markets a few months ago. I think the coolest thing about this copy is that the vinyl is red. I'm one of those people that still think colored vinyl is cool. Maybe it's because I don't often find colored vinyl in the field. I'm still trying to figure out what the cover has to do with the topic. Heck, I'm still trying to figure out what he's talking about. I think it's something about the Bible or the Book of Revelations predicting the various denominations of Christianity coming together which in turn leads to the end of the world with the Antichrist's arrival. Art Wilson seems to attempt to delve deep in what is called biblical scholarship. He never uses any pop culture references of the day or make any dumb outlandish statements about other people to make his points.

My new best friend, Bing, doesn't seem to know anything about Art Wilson. I tried my former best friend and nothing turned up. According to the back cover, Art Wilson has been the pastor at the Wichita Baptist Tabernacle for over 26 years at the time this record was released. The back cover also mentions that Art Wilson has spent many years in study of Bible prophecy and that he speaks about "Great Bible Prophecies" including the ecumenical movement or "one-world church theme". That is all I know.

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. The Religious Ecumenical Movement in Bible Prophecy side 1 {22:03}

Side 2

1. The Religious Ecumenical Movement in Bible Prophecy side 2 {23:01}

Kenneth McFarland - Are We Raising the Red Flag Over Ourselves?

Kenneth McFarland - Are We Raising the Red Flag Over Ourselves?

LP probably released in 1963 (no date given); McFarland references having spent time at some hotel bar in New York during the Cuban Missle Crisis

What he means by the title of the LP is that he believes the United States of America could end up becoming a socialist/communist nation just like the Soviet Union because of many things including the enactment of the New Deal to help the United States recover from the Depression (i.e. creating jobs for the millions of unemployed people and to help restart the economy) and of something called progressive education. Basically, progressive education focuses on the individual abilities of the child or student and that each individual has his or her own learning style. A key component of progressive education is diversity.

Before Kenneth McFarland embarked on a career of public speaking in front of rich businesspeople and recording many records like this one, he was a superintendent of the Topeka, Kansas school system which was the school system in the Brown v. Board of Education case during Mr. McFarland's tenure. I guess I know why he's bitter towards progressive education. McFarland is also not happy that schools no longer post all the students' grades on all students' report cards. McFarland advocates that everybody should live life in competition everyday including children. I guess that it doesn't matter that students may or may not actually learn anything despite getting A's and B's. It's all about getting better grades than one's classmates. It's not really about measuring how well students are learning. I always thought that letter grades are kind of pointless anyway and I made mostly A's and B's.

McFarland advocates that people should succeed on their own, that is by competing against others. He thinks that those who are rich are the most successful and they should be treated better than anyone else. I guess that anyone born into a rich family is automatically a winner in life. He gripes that the rich pay more in taxes than anyone below them in the economic ladder. This is another way that the U.S. was supposedly headed towards becoming a socialist/communist country. The American way is competition and what he thinks of as "free enterprise" which really means no government regulation of business. McFarland is mistaking economic regulation by the government as control of industries.

On this record, McFarland speaks in front of a group of hospital and healthcare executives somewhere in southern California. It takes McFarland about 11 minutes to get into the topics mentioned already in this post. McFarland implies that the premier of the Soviet Union at the time, Nikita Krushchev, laughed in an evil way at the Americans are becoming a bunch of commies for progressive taxation and progressive education. Okay, Khrushchev didn't really laugh in an evil way at the U.S. (maybe he really did), but McFarland mentioned that Khrushchev said in a speech that the U.S. would someday raise the red flag (communism) over themselves. I can imagine McFarland boiling into some rage and his blood pressure rising at the mere thought of Khrushchev's speech and the fact that not every American shared McFarland's points of view on life. I'm sure everyone knows what happened after this LP was released. You can say that the opposite took place instead.


Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Are We Raising the Red Flag Over Ourselves? side 1 {27:32}

Side 2

1. Are We Raising the Red Flag Over Ourselves? side 2 part 1 {19:43}

2. Are We Raising the Red Flag Over Ourselves? side 2 part 2 {6:03}

Note: side 2 is broken into two parts because at one point the needle gets stuck in a groove; the stuck part lasted well over a minute and I had to gently nudge the needle forward

Cecil Todd - Wake Up America!

Cecil Todd - Wake Up America!

released on LP in 1975 or 1976

Like Jack Van Impe and his album in the last post, America in Prophecy, which was released around the same time as this LP, Cecil Todd is predicting doom and gloom for the USA. Unlike Van Impe, Cecil Todd does not mention anything about prophecy or hope in the end.

The album's cover and back cover says that this was recorded at a patriotic rally. Cecil preached at this rally about America's possible downfall because like 19 other nations or empires that once were mighty, America will fall because of all of the decadence that is taking place. Alcoholism, gambling, wife swapping, prostitution, and other similar enjoyable activities are increasing. Cecil emphatically claims that no one cares that these activities are on the rise. Also, Cecil tries to tie these in with illegal activities which he claims are increasing too. It sounds like the things that are legal to a degree (drinking, gambling, wife swapping) should be classified as illegal in the same group as murder and robbery.

Interestingly on side 1, Cecil does not blame these things on atheists, communists, or secular socialists. He hardly mentions them on side 1. On side 2, Cecil does talk about atheists. He says that they were successful in taking religious indoctrination out of taxpayer-funded public schools. At one point, he goes into a rant because Madalyn Murray O'Hair (perhaps the most notable atheist ever) was not too happy that some astronaut read from the Bible while in outer space. He points out that those commie nations and in general foreign nations won't cause America to fall, the downfall of America is coming from within (which I do seriously agree that the downfall of America will come from within). He thinks some people "want to take God out of America" and is afraid they'll succeed. Cecil never explicitly makes the connection between atheists and those fun things like gambling, drinking, promiscuous sex, but it seems to be implied I suppose.

Because of those immoral activities and atheism, Cecil says that America will lose its freedoms. I'm not sure how American freedom would be preserved by not allowing people to do things that could be interpreted as immoral but still legal or things that preachers don't like people to do. Is that what happens in other countries that do not have freedom where people are not allowed to do certain things or participate in activities because the rulers or governments say so? I'm not exactly getting the impression that Cecil Todd really understands the principles that make America a nice place to live (compared to most other countries) then again he is another guy that thinks that the founding fathers say that America is a Christian only nation.

The end of the album has a performance of Gospel music by The Gospel Lads.



Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Wake Up America! side 1 {16:31}

Side 2

1. Wake Up America! side 2 {16:43}

Jack Van Impe - America in Prophecy

Jack Van Impe - America in Prophecy

released on LP

The first share on this blog was an album by Jack Van Impe. I thought it would be fitting if year #4 of the Basement starts out with something by Jack Van Impe.

On this album released probably in 1976 (notably America's bicentennial year), Jack tries to make the case that America was predicted as a political Babylon in the Bible although America is not explicitly mentioned (just as Hilton Sutton claimed that the Bible predicted important biblical events involving America). Back then, things were not so great. According to Jack, there was a rise in crimes, drug use, gambling, pornography and other immoral behavior and a decline in moral values. Naturally, the blame was placed on folks such as athiests, intellectuals, the public school system for no longer teaching religion including the Christian version of the creation story, those who create and implement sex education classes in schools, anyone who is pro-choice, anyone who accepts evolution as fact, homosexuals, and just about anyone else who doesn't agree with Jack's line of thought. Most of the time, Jack talks about how these people allegedly have contributed to America's decline.

Then comes the part that America is supposed to be in decline after all because it's predicted in the Bible. That's what Jack says. The state of the world is awful, but instead of trying to come up with ways to make the world a better place, all one has to do is wait for the Rapture. It could happen any moment now where a lot of people will be magically transported from this world full of problems to Heaven. I guess it was already supposed to happen in the 1970s if Jack's sermon is any indication. It's 2011, 35 years later, things are still not so great and still no Rapture. But it still could occur, right. I guess we have to be patient.

When the Rapture does take place, that is when the Antichrist will start to take over America and the rest of the world and rule with an iron fist for seven years. Then Christ is supposed to come back by defeating the Antichrist and his evil forces. Afterwards, the world that we know will become a blissful wonderful place free of problems such as robberies, gambling, drug use, sex education classes, etc. and likely free of those intellectuals, secular socialists, Darwinists (i.e. those who accept evolution), homos, and other undesirables. So does anyone who was raptured get to come back to Earth when Christ returns? America sounds like a depressing place to be when one listens to Jack's sermon. It sounds worse than it actually was (or is). Yet, Jack tries to be reassuring that if you're a good person, you won't have to be around when shit gets worse. Thanks Jack for another moment of terror and comfort at the same time.


Tracklisting:

Side One

1. America in Prophecy side one {24:33}

Side Two

1. America in Prophecy side two {23:50}