Fred Lowery - Abide with Me

Fred Lowery - Abide with Me

I don't care what anyone may think, Fred Lowery is an inspiration. Having to endure the difficulties in his daily life, Fred Lowery possesses an amazing talent to whistle. Jeebus, I can't whistle worth a shit. Not only can Fred Lowery whistle tunes with precision and in pitch, he can imitate bird calls to the point where they sound like the real thing! If it was Fred Lowery only imitating bird calls on this LP, I could pretend that this is one of my nature sounds posts on my other blog and no one would know the difference. More about Fred Lowery below.

From the liner notes:

Fred Lowery is blind, but he knows the beauty of the world he lives in. Through his amazing ability to whistle, he presents this beauty for you in a unique way. Making sounds as clear as a dewy spring morning and mellow as dusk in October, Fred Lowery helps you paint pictures of God's handiwork. What he cannot see, he knows exists and he deftly generates within you a panorama of scenes.
Fred Lowery is an artist in his own right. Few people can create the sounds and moods that have been captured on this album. Every familiar hymn he whistles seems to contain a fresh new message of praise.
This "King of Whistlers" is inimitable. He has, through years of practice and performance, developed techniques and methods that have put him far above the class of the ordinary and made him known around the world. He has performed with the great entertainers of our day and for several years was on the Horace Heidt Show.
On this recording Fred Lowery displays his abilities as a whistling artist. Some selections are his expression of assurance, others are of his faith, some are exciting, all are rich and alive.
Many of the selections are sparked with birdcalls recorded by Lowery. They seem to give you a sense of peace and a feeling that all is well. It's like another breath of fresh air in the midst of summer.
Whether you hear him whistle two notes at once, imitate a bird call or trill a note, you know he's a true artist. His style and manner carry you from one scene of beauty to another, as you renew again your interest in the world you may have taken for granted.


Tracklisting:  (link will be back soon)

Side 1

1. Abide with Me {2:30}

2. Bringing in the Sheaves {0:45}

3. I Love to Tell the Story {1:23}

4. No Night There {2:35}

5. Where Shall I Run {1:54}

6. Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior {1:59}

Side 2

1. The Lord's Prayer {2:05}

2. What a Friend We Have in Jesus {2:08}

3. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot {1:22}

4. My Faith Looks up to Thee {1:47}

5. Work for the Night is Coming {1:16}

6. Rock of Ages {1:42}

7. Goin' Home {1:54}

Cecil Todd - Blueprint for Slavery

Cecil Todd - Blueprint for Slavery [book]

Cecil says that sex, sports and not sharing his beliefs in God is all part of a master plan to cause people in America and all over the world to become slaves to atheist communists. Despite people becoming more obsessed with sex and sports, the evil atheist commies have become nearly extinct over time and freedom prevails (or does it). The remaining commies are probably hiding in a cave somewhere with Osama Bin Laden. At least, Cecil's paranoid fantasies make for some interesting reading.

This message in the book is also available on LP. I don't have this LP since I'm not as cool as I think I am. Someday I promise to have the LP to share with you. This LP is advertised on the back of the booklet. The same description of the LP also applies to this book.

It contains the God-less "blueprint" of the communists to enslave America and the world - the naked truth of who is behind the race riots, demonstrations, civil disorders, labor strikes, revolutions, the "God-Is-Dead" movement, etc!!!!!!!

Thousands have flocked to hear this message in rallies from Phoenix, Arizona, all the way to Savannah, Georgia. Now -here it is, for the first time on record!!! IT WILL JAR YOU TO YOUR TOES! You'll find out why atheist Madalyn Murray didn't like it!

Order it for church services, class meetings, missionary meetings, freedom academies, radio broadcasts, and your own personal use. Order extra copies for your friends.

the book  (link may be back soon)

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 - America was Born on Her Knees page 1

Chapter 2 - The Slave Chain of "Get God Out" page 9

Chapter 3 - The Slave Chain of "Giving People a Twisted View of Sex" page 12

Chapter 4 - The Slave Chain of "Getting People's Minds on Sports and Athletics page 15

20 pages total

Vince Hatfield - George Bush for Our USA

Vince Hatfield - George Bush for Our USA [single track]

Today is the big day. A new era begins. The often misunderestimated George "Dubya" Bush is no longer the president. I'm sure that today will be a sad day for a lot of people especially for those here in Oklahoma and the few other states that voted for Sarah Palin. Since Sarah Palin lost, oops I mean John McCain lost the election, God will no longer have a place in the Oval Office. The White House also will no longer be occupied by a regular guy with whom you want to have a beer with. Now America will look forward to having communism/socialism, devil worship, free love, and worst of all, intellectualism ushered in the consciousness of American society.

I was going to post the Bushisms collection that is a compilation of audio clips where former President GWB articulates his ideas and policies on various topics, but it's not on my laptop. I'm out of town at the moment. However, I did find this gem on my laptop. Vince Hatfield's song was found somewhere on the webs several years ago. Vince wrote this song in 2000 while driving from home to his oil producing business. Sometime after God's president was given the keys to the White House, Vince performed the song at Bush's going away party in Midland, Texas. As Vince sings, indeed Bush has made the world proud of the USA. While listening to this tune, people can look back fondly on the last eight years as Bush has brought back morality and families. Surely, the wonderful man of values and character would not lie about engaging in war of aggression against another country much less committing the act of attacking another country in the first place and putting America into a massive deficit as a result. Now tears will flow because George Bush will no longer lead on.

George Bush for Our USA {3:27}

George Burns - George Burns Sings

George Burns - George Burns Sings

I think that there's an unwritten rule that you have to include a celebrity who attempts singing when you do one of these wacky/weird/oddball/novelty type of sites. The celebrity is supposed to be someone who not only specializes in an area of entertainment other than music, but who has achieved some kind of success in that area. For example, I'm sure you already know about actors William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy who thought for some reason they also had musical talent where they recorded and released a few albums for public consumption. Sometimes the celebrities' attempts are downright entertaining despite the lack of talent (e.g. Shatner and Nimoy). Actually it seems that the less talent there is, the more entertaining the results are.
Before I get back to posting the usual assortment of preachers, hypnotists, self-improvement gurus and other visionaries, here's my celebrity contribution, Mr. George Burns. He is most famous for the George Burns and Gracie Allen Show on radio and TV. That was around before my time and no reruns of that show ever appeared in my area. So to me, he is most famous as God in the movie Oh God! and its two sequels.


From the liner notes by producer Lewis Merenstein:

After all the kidding about George Burns' singing, I was surprised when Neil Bogart, head of Buddah Records asked me to produce an album with George. Neil and Scott Shukat, head of the William Morris office, felt an album by the multitalented Burns, would be fantastic.
Off to California to produce the album. With me, Larry Fallon, arranger extraordinaire.

POOLSIDE

George: Here is a script I worked up with my writers-
let's run through it.
Me: ???????????
Larry: ???????????
George: What do you think?
Me: No! no! no!!!!
Larry: ??????????
Me: George, let's just do an album with you singing! You've got a wonderful vocal quality, warm feeling, Larry is a contemporary arranger-composer, I'll select the tunes, etc. etc.
George: ???????
Larry: ?????????
George: I have never finished singing a song in my life! and, I've never sung a ballad.
Me: You can do it!
George: How about a little comedy between the tunes?
Me: Let's do the album first!!!

As the great pro would, George breezed through the album, and sang every note of the way - he finished every song, and if anyone thinks he can't sing a ballad, listen to AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'. After MR. BO JANGLES, the musicians applauded him. The album came out so great, we decided not to fit the comedy bits in!
Fallon's tasty arrangements set the many moods of this album; the lightness of WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS, 1941, YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU medley, the George Burns favorites; I'LL BUY THE RING and GRIZZLEY BEAR, and the very sad, but meaningful OLD FOLKS.
George Burns is a great talent, a wonderful man, it was an honor and a pleasure to produce this album. I am sure, as the last song in the album states: "The sun will always shine on his street."

Tracklisting:  (link will be back soon)

Side A

1. In the Beginning {0:38}

2. With a Little Help from My Friends {2:19}

3. Mr. Bo Jangles {4:28}

4. Medley {4:32}
(a) King of the Road; (b) 59th Street Bridge Song; (c) I Kissed Her on the Back Porch; (d) Satisfaction

5. Ain't Misbehavin' {3:15}

6. Your Mother Should Know/I'll Buy the Ring {2:44}

Side B

1. Medley {2:48}
(a) It All Depends on You; (b) You Made Me Love You

2. 1941 {2:21}

3. Grizzley Bear {1:41}

4. Old Folks {5:04}

5. The Sun Shines on My Street {2:01}

Barrie Konicov - Subliminal Insomnia

Barrie Konicov - Subliminal Insomnia

Usually I don't try to put my visitors to sleep on this blog. I hope that everything or at least just about everything I post is exciting and engaging on some level. However with this post, I'm going in a different direction. Maybe one of you is having trouble going to sleep. After listening to this tape, that should not be a problem. You'll never need sleeping pills again. Yes, the intention of this tape is to aid people in going to sleep. But, speaking from personal experience, there are other reasons people can fall asleep easily when listening or hearing this tape.

Barrie Konicov, who regularly releases tapes all containing subliminal messages pertaining to different subjects and who was featured in a previous post, this time attempts to help the listener sleep. As with the previous post, side 1 of the tape has new agey music with sounds of the ocean in the background. The music is actually a little better on this tape than on the Stop Smoking tape. Then on side 2, Barrie does his thing.

The listener is supposed to hear subliminal messages while listening to the music on side 1. I don't hear any messages, but about seven minutes into it, I'm knocked out cold. About side 2, actually I never made it all the way through. I think I'm usually asleep half way into Barrie's message. It may be his voice that does the job. I also get the impression that Barrie may be a bore. He seems to be someone who keeps droning on about whatever he is talking about. Barrie doesn't really need to try to offer suggestions for relieving insomnia. Barrie could talk about anything such as how mortgage rates are calculated or what wine to match with which meat or something interesting like the Dadaist movement for example and the listener could still be asleep in no time from having to listen to Barrie.

(yawn) I think I'm getting sleepy from writing this post. If you need to get some sleep, give this tape a try. I guarantee it will work. (falling on the keyboard zzzzzzzzzzzz)

Tracklisting:

side 1

1. Subliminal Series {35:19}

side 2

1. Health Series {33:52}

Dr. Frank Garlock - The Morality of Music

Dr. Frank Garlock - The Morality of Music

Recently, fellow Basement dweller, The Basement Rug, left me a comment letting me know that he posted minister Frank Garlock's LP The Big Beat: A Rock Blast. Overall, Garlock tells us that rock 'n' roll is evil. I suppose that he arrived at his conclusion since he has claimed to have listened to more than 2000 rock songs in a single week. I do wonder if Garlock has a personal struggle with himself in that deep down he really loves rock 'n' roll, but he can't fully accept himself maybe because he had a strict religious upbringing. He feels that he must suppress his love of rock 'n' roll because he fears being ostracized from God and his fellow fundamental Christians.

A year after The Big Beat was posted, The Basement Rug posted a mix called the Frank Garlock Remix Project that features snippets from The Big Beat and some notable rock 'n' roll songs that involve spiritual themes.

Recently, Dr. Frank Garlock (yup, he's a doctor now) has returned to lecturing about that evil music. Obviously, he still has trouble accepting himself. Dr. Garlock had a two-part (two-day) lecture called "The Morality of Music" at Bob Jones University, the place where interracial dating, dancing and smooching is still not allowed. Dr. Frank has learned that evil rock music has planted itself in Christian culture in the form of CCM (Contemporary Christian Music). This lecture is available on some website, but you have to give your e-mail address before you can download anything. You'll be receiving e-mail often from the folks behind that website. I'm sure that you have to deal with plenty of unwanted e-mail everyday such as for penis enlargement and from people in foreign countries asking if you can hold their money in your bank account. Since I'm a nice guy, I'll save you the burden of dealing with additional unwanted e-mail and provide a separate link for Dr. Frank's important lecture. The files are low quality as that is how they were posted, but you should be grateful anyway that you can save yourself from CCM.

Tracklisting:

1. What Kind of Music Does God Want Us to Have (The Morality of Music part 1) {30:46}

2. Proving What is Acceptable Unto the Lord (The Morality of Music part 2) {29:53}

Mona Ling - How to Get Appointments by Telephone

Mona Ling - How to Get Appointments by Telephone

I should point out that it's not actually Mona Ling who does the lecturing on this LP. It is some tool instead and Success Motivation Institute (SMI) did not bother to give his name or credit him. I paid only a dollar for this used record at one of the flea markets in Oklahoma City, but I still somehow feel ripped off as I was expecting a woman's voice (i.e. Mona Ling) to do the narration. With a name like Mona, there could be expectations of hearing a sexy woman's voice. That's what I was hoping for as I have no doubt that Ms. Mona Ling has a very pleasant voice and I am more likely to learn how to make appointments and sell stuff by telephone. Why is Mona absent from the record? Was Mona not allowed to speak? Was she really timid and afraid to have her self recorded? With her credentials that is plastered all over the back cover, I would think that Mona spoke somewhere on the record.

Some of her credentials include:

Dr. G. Herbert True, Special Consultant and former Professor of Marketing at Notre Dame wrote of the author, "I have found few people with as daring, with as revolutionary, and with as helpful ideas as Mona Ling!"

Miss Ling enjoys a well-deserved national reputation as an outstanding Telephone Sales Consultant. Her training courses have been presented to thousands of salesmen across the continent. She has worked with virtually every type of sales organization.

She is a prolific writer and contributes articles regularly to such national publications as: Insurance Field, Rough Notes, Health Insurance Underwriter, Insurance News and Canadian Insurance.

Hugh S. Bell, General Agent of Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa and author of "Championship Selling" and "How to Be a Winner at Selling" said, "In our agency we have used Mona Ling's record album. The men have been very much impressed and feel that sales may be increased by more intelligent and systematic use of the telephone, especially in prospecting. Miss Ling's suggestions are very practical and inspirational."

Edwin O. Carlson, General Agent of Occidental Life, San Jose, California said, "In today's market, only the professional sales approach gets to first base in producing business. Mona Ling's expertly developed technique is professional and produces immediate results. It would be impossible to recommend this program too highly."

My copy came with a booklet that has the script of the narration, the best times to call for different professions, instructions for breathing exercises and voice work, a self-analysis chart for telephone sales approach, etc. The booklet is supposed to be used as an aid as one can listen to the record and read the script at the same time. This is called the double sensory impact as the message is firmly implanted in the mind of the listener/reader. This is supposed to enable people to become more successful according to SMI. Keep in mind that some used copies of SMI records are missing these booklets as I have a few of their other records without booklets.

Lucky for you, you can learn how to better sell stuff by phone with the booklet available. Even better, thanks to cell phones, you can do this anywhere such as the coffee shop, the grocery store, while driving in traffic, at the park, etc. So what if other people around you become irritated at having to hear you talk. You probably gab on your cell phone in public anyway when talking to your friends or lovers. The important thing is that you're on your way to success.

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. How to Control Time and Production {4:48}
Wasted time costs YOU money! Learn how to tighten your schedule and eliminate wasted time.

2. How to Write a Telephone Presentation {5:15}
Learn to use the same techniques that pay off for authors of each season's hit plays!

3. How to Deliver a Telephone Presentation {5:06}
Smile as you Dial! There are secrets to using your voice to sell yourself and your product.

4. How to Listen Effectively {2:46}
The art of telephoning works two ways, and a salesman can frequently "listen himself" into more appointments than he can talk himself into!

5. Guides for Telephone Approaches {4:06}
Seven steps to success in securing appointments by telephone!

Side 2

1. How to Overcome Objections {4:23}
Learn how Master Salesmen turn objections into opportunities to close!

2. Answers to Common Objections {5:39}
Fifteen common objections, dramatized and answered with time tested and proven methods.

3. Telephone Presentations {5:38}
Practical and effective presentations, recorded in interesting dramatizations that are easy to follow, to learn, and to apply.

4. How to Handle Different Types of Buyers {5:22}
Everyone is different, yet all fit into specific categories. Learn how to judge your prospect and how to appeal to him personally.

5. How to Be a Successful Salesman {4:54}
Learn how to develop and employ all the qualities and abilities available to you ... this is the secret of successful salesmanship.

A Basement of Curiosities is a year old

One year and one day ago, January 3, 2008 to be exact, A Basement of Curiosities was given life in this world. Even I am a little surprised that it has made it this far considering that, according to my educated estimate based upon my expertise of blogs, somewhere around 60% of blogs don't even make it 3/4 of a year. These wannabe bloggers eventually learn that constantly updating posts does take a little bit of effort and time after all. These people come to realize that having a life is more important than writing (or copying and pasting stuff) for blog posts. It is too much trouble and not worthwhile as hardly any of the bloggers' few readers bothers to write a comment just to say "good job man, keep up the good work." Perhaps some people do not have what it takes to blog. I think it takes a special kind of person to not only keep updating their blog(s), but to do this for quite a long time. I don't mean to sound arrogant just because I also have another blog that is over 2 years old. Okay, I am arrogant, but as you can figure out I also really do not have much of a life after all.

Seriously, this blog was created as a place to post stuff that would not be a good fit on my other blog. I thought that the records and other stuff already featured here deserve their own place (i.e. as far away from all that is good as possible). This is where I admit my love for apocalyptic and overly moralistic religious sermon records, success-motivation records, and just about anything "out there."

A lot of noteworthy events has taken place during this blog's first year of existence. For instance, there was a presidential election in the USA that had repercussions on not only the state of the nation, but of the world, as well, where for the first time ever, an African-American person will be the leader of America. Also, gas prices went skyrocketing high then suddenly they dropped to their lowest prices in 5 or 6 years. A swimmer named Michael Phelps (representing the USA of course) has won a record 8 gold medals in the Olympics. One of the county commissioners of Oklahoma County, Brent Rinehart, tried to win re-election with a comic book about Satan and his evil minions who happen to be gay who are trying to stop Brent from doing whatever county commissioners are supposed to do. He failed miserably to win his party's nomination.

Most important of all, my hometown of Oklahoma City got its first-ever professional major-league or big-league (the phrase preferred by the locals) sports team, the NBA (National Basketball Association) team, formerly the Seattle Supersonics now renamed the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder is wowing everyone with an impressive record of 4 wins and 30 losses (as of this writing). That doesn't really matter now as Oklahoma City is a "big league city." For his efforts, chief owner of the OKC Thunder, Clay Bennett, has been named Oklahoman of the Year by Oklahoma Today magazine, the magazine I think that is read by all Oklahomans. Stealing, er I mean relocating a team with 41 years of tradition and that has brought Seattle its only championship and bringing said team to OKC is Mr. Bennett's accomplishment that won him Oklahoman of the Year. Great work, Clay. Gotta love those uniforms too.

I've made some new year's resolutions. I vow to improve myself in all facets of life. Thank goodness, I have a role model in Clay Bennett to look up to as he is a highly successful individual as you should already know. I'll also attempt to post more often in this blog. I know that it's really pointless to make new year's resolutions as I'll likely forget about them in a week. And I will do that. But one resolution that I won't disregard is the one where I say I'll post more. In fact, I'll resume regular or rather irregular posting with a new post tomorrow.