Ah, gentle reader. This weekend offers many temptations for Brian J. to spend more money than he should. Springfield is hosting a festival celebrating 100 years of Route 66 downtown. Walnut Street has its annual Artsfest, which we’ve gone to on occasion. It’s Free Comic Book day. ABC Books had a book signing. And it was half price day at the Friends of the Library book sale. Which is where I went.
We got there at a little after 10am, and volunteers were helping people to park, which made it seem like it should have been busier than it was–however, I guess there were other events going on at the fairgrounds, so although the lots were full, the book sale itself was not crowded at all.
I really only browsed the dollar (half off: Fifty cents) records and got 25.
I got:
- Jarreau by Al Jarreau. I have a copy already, but I think it skips.
- The Love Hours, a Jackie Gleason record. I already have it, I’m pretty sure, but this cover is in very nice condition.
- The Hollywood Musicals by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mathis.
- Desiderata by Les Crane. A collection of poetry, perhaps. With a poster intact.
- Standards in Silhouette by Stan Kenton.
- Here Where There Is Love by Dionne Warwick.
- Solid by Ashford & Simpson. Did I already have it? Apparently not; I got Is It Still Good To Ya? in 2021 and Send It in 2023. So I am pleased to discover I did not.
- The King of Swing Volume 1 by Benny Goodman.
- Friends in Love by Dionne Warwick.
- Eddie Haywood at the Piano.
- Capitol Jazz Classics Volume 2: Stan Kenton and His Orchestra: Artistry in Jazz.
- Dionne! by Dionne Warwick.
- The In Crowd by the Ramsey Lewis Trio. I just picked up Reunion in March.
- Let the Music Play by Shannon [Brenda Greene].
- The Three Suns Play Midnight Time. A bunch of fox trots, it seems. Presumably with squeeze box somewhere in them.
- Bobby Hackett Plays the Great Music of Henry Mancini. I thought it was a team-up like The Hollywood Musicals (above), but I see now the smaller text says Hackett is playing the music and Mancini was just cashing the check.
- Warm and Tender by the Three Suns. Looking at their Discogs entry, I see that accordion is one of their primary instruments. I am not crazy to mention it.
- Dancing on a Cloud by the Three Suns.
- The Best of Jackie Gleason.
- Four Centuries of Music for the Harp, a Nonesuch Records title. I will buy all the fifty cent Nonesuch records I find.
- Born to Love by Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack.
- Melba by Melba Moore.
- Brotherly Love by Daniel Williams.
- For the Young at Heart by Perry Como.
- All I Want For Christmas by Jackie Gleason. A two record set. And because I play all platters before shelving them, we’ll be listening to some Christmas music here presently.
Cost of records: $12.50. Total spend: $75, roughly, if you add in the lunch at Five Guys, a tradition that the boys favor–they both came along and were pleasantly surprised that I only browsed the cheap records and did not look through videos, audio books, or actual books–and I didn’t even go into the Better Books section. I have enough to read, ainna? Enough to listen to as well, so only the one stop and only a little more than a sawbuck.
Hopefully, I have room for them in the shelving.
