Oops, I did it again.
I had thought that I might not even make it to the sale this autumn given that we have a cross-country meet two hours away in the middle of the day (if it does not storm) which probably means that the Friends of the Christian County Library book sale in Sparta either, but…. Around 2pm on Friday, I was tired of moving around Jira tickets and asked my beautiful wife if she would like to go. And she did. So we did. Even though it was not half price day, I divided totals by two and then multiplied by two to get the real amount spent.
I got several albums.
I got:
- Several Jackie Gleason records, most of which were new to me (but some might be duplicate copies). They include The Last Dance for Lovers Only, Movie Themes, Night Winds, and Today’s Romantic Hits (which I am pretty sure I already have). Between this and the estate sale two weeks ago, I have many, many new fine Jackie Gleason records to listen to.
- Several Mancini records, most or all of which are new to me: Mr. Lucky, This Is Henry Mancini Vol 2, Hangin’ Out With Henry Mancini, and Mancini Concert.
- Several Les and/or Larry Elgart records: Designs for Dancing, The Dancing Sound, Les Elgart on Tour, and The New Elgart Touch.
- Three Evie records: Never the Same, Evie, and Gentle Moments. I will probably listen to them once (but will probably listen to Come On, Ring Those Bells every Christmas).
- The Lord’s Prayer by Perry Como. Probably already have it, but someday, Perry Como records will disappear from the marketplace. Until my estate sale, which will glut the market.
- My Heart Sings by Polly Bergen. PWoC.
- On the Sunny Side of the Street by Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra.
- Spellbound by Joe Sample. A former radio station copy. I need an acronym for Black Artist/Artists On Cover, Might Be R&B (BAOCMBRB?) since I do make buying judgments based on this as well.
- Triumph by Philip Bailey. BAOC. I hope it’s not really a Triumph album called Philip Bailey (nope; he’s one of the guys from Earth, Wind, & Fire, so it’s probably what I hoped for).
- Don’t Give Up by Andrae Crouch. BAOC.
- Make It Easy On Yourself by Burt Bacharach. Did the Austion Powers cameo revitalize his career? Why should it have even required revitalization/rediscovery in the first place? Because we are a fallen society.
- Get Swingin’ by Earl Grant. PWoC.
- As Requested by Billy Vaughn. Two PWoC (or one by a reflection), but bought because it’s Billy Vaughn.
- The Best of Acker Bilk. A clarinet man who is not Pete Fountains or Artie Shaw.
- Charlie Barnett presents A Tribute to Harry James. Presumably trumpet music.
- Two Hugo Winterhalter records: Hugo Winterhalter Goes South of the Border and Wish You Were Here.
- The Art of the Baroque Trumpet. A Nonesuch label record.
- Contrasts by David Carroll and His Orchestra. PWoC.
- The Best of the Three Suns which I might already have.
- Ace’s Back to Back, a two record set by Ace Cannon, saxophonist.
- Unsere Schönsten Kinderlieder by Der Knabenchor Des Norddeutschen Rundfunks. Wait a minute. It has kinder in it. THIS IS A CHILDREN’S RECORD. I HAVE BEEN DUPED. But it’s in German, so no one will have to know when I play it.
That’s, what, 33 or 35 records? It’s about as many as the current Nogglestead record shelving can hold, for sure. I’d better take it easy when Christmas shopping at antique malls.
I also got some printed material:
Which includes:
- A second printing of John D. MacDonald’s The Turquoise Lament. For $2. Which means they didn’t know what they had or that the market has forgotten John D. MacDonald.
- Thirteen issues of Ideals magazine, including nine issues for Mother’s Day (including one duplicate). These were sold in bundles of 2, in bundles of 4, and individually, and I bought all they had. Of course. Did I just say “And any Ideals magazines themselves that I can spot in the wild, which is not that many these days and in southwest Missouri.”? Yes, yes, I did. And the fates have fancifully smote me with this abundance.
- The Teaching Company / The Great Courses From Jesus to Constantine: A History of Early Christianity. On audiocassette. Which I can still listen to in my car.
- Two copies of Wingéd Lion, the Missouri Southern State College (now University) literary magazine from the 1970s. Coincidentally, MSSU is where the cross country meet is tomorrow if it’s not cancelled on account of weather.
- A Collection of Fun, Fact and Fiction by Nina Hatchett Duffield, a chapbook. Which looks to be loaded with Found Bookmarks when the time comes.
- An Ozark Tapestry and Moor by Marjorie Shackleford McCune. The name sounded familiar because I’ve already read this book in 2020 where I bought it in a bundle at the same book sale five years ago.
- Weight by Loren Broaddus, a chapbook ca 2009 or 2010 (no copyright date).
- Plucking Weeds by Michelle Nimmo. Circa 2013; the poet is a local poetry slam champ (the back cover says).
- The End of September by Brian Sol White. Circa 2011. A timely read, ainna?
- Snowflake by J. Nichols. Circa 1989 out of Kansas City.
- The Genesis, the literary magazine of Lewis and Clark College circa 1965.
- Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard by Thomas Gray. Some sort self-published cheapy that only has printing on the left side of each page and looks like it was built from a scan of a 1965 book in the University of Toronto library.
- Push: Dreams Vs Reality, a flat-spined collection by Lakiah Wells circa 2022. Looks to be poetry + prose.
All in all, a good haul. The Ideals magazines are stacked for reading before bed. The McDonald will go into the stacks while I seriously consider a mylar cover for it. The others will be added to the stacks for that “I need a quick read” time towards the end of a year when I want to pad my numbers. And two books for the free book cart at church.
My beautiful wife also bought a stack of self-helpish books; strangely enough, because she bought them in the Better Books section whereas I went nuts in the dollar section, I only outspent her about 2:1. And when it comes to timely consumption of the purchases, it might take me decades longer to get through my records, magazines, and chapbooks than it takes her to get through her six books.
Note, though: No DVDs. I have enough for now (until, maybe, Sparta).
