{"id":35157,"date":"2026-05-02T14:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T19:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=35157"},"modified":"2026-05-02T14:14:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T19:14:00","slug":"good-album-hunting-may-2-2026-friends-of-the-springfield-greene-county-library-book-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/02\/good-album-hunting-may-2-2026-friends-of-the-springfield-greene-county-library-book-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Album Hunting, May 2, 2026: Friends of the Springfield-Greene County Library Book Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;ve gone to on occasion.  It&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8211;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.<\/p>\n<p>I really only browsed the dollar (half off: Fifty cents) records and got 25.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/bsgfx\/gah05022026.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>I got:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Jarreau<\/em> by Al Jarreau.  I have a copy already, but I think it skips.<\/li>\n<li><em>The Love Hours<\/em>, a Jackie Gleason record.  I already have it, I&#8217;m pretty sure, but this cover is in very nice condition.<\/li>\n<li><em>The Hollywood Musicals<\/em> by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mathis.<\/li>\n<li><em>Desiderata<\/em> by Les Crane.  A collection of poetry, perhaps.  With a poster intact.<\/li>\n<li><em>Standards in Silhouette<\/em> by Stan Kenton.<\/li>\n<li><em>Here Where There Is Love<\/em> by Dionne Warwick.<\/li>\n<li><em>Solid<\/em> by Ashford &#038; Simpson.  Did I already have it?  Apparently not; I got <em>Is It Still Good To Ya?<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/02\/good-album-hunting-may-1-2021-the-friends-of-the-springfield-greene-county-library-book-sale\/\" target=\"_new\">in 2021<\/a> and <em>Send It<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/03\/good-album-hunting-march-2-2023-stick-it-in-your-ear-records\/\" target=\"_new\">in 2023<\/a>.  So I am pleased to discover I did not.<\/li>\n<li><em>The King of Swing Volume 1<\/em> by Benny Goodman.<\/li>\n<li><em>Friends in Love<\/em> by Dionne Warwick.<\/li>\n<li><em>Eddie Haywood at the Piano<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><em>Capitol Jazz Classics Volume 2: Stan Kenton and His Orchestra: Artistry in Jazz<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><em>Dionne!<\/em> by Dionne Warwick.  <\/li>\n<li><em>The In Crowd<\/em> by the Ramsey Lewis Trio.  I just picked up <em>Reunion<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/10\/good-album-hunting-monday-march-9-2026-relics-antique-mall\/\" target=\"_new\">in March<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><em>Let the Music Play<\/em> by Shannon [Brenda Greene].<\/li>\n<li><em>The Three Suns Play Midnight Time<\/em>.  A bunch of fox trots, it seems.  Presumably with squeeze box somewhere in them.<\/li>\n<li><em>Bobby Hackett Plays the Great Music of Henry Mancini<\/em>.  I thought it was a team-up like <em>The Hollywood Musicals<\/em> (above), but I see now the smaller text says Hackett is playing the music and Mancini was just cashing the check.<\/li>\n<li><em>Warm and Tender<\/em> by the Three Suns.  Looking at their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/192029-The-Three-Suns\" target=\"_new\">Discogs<\/a> entry, I see that accordion is one of their primary instruments.  I am not crazy to mention it.<\/li>\n<li><em>Dancing on a Cloud<\/em> by the Three Suns.<\/li>\n<li><em>The Best of Jackie Gleason<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><em>Four Centuries of Music for the Harp<\/em>, a Nonesuch Records title.  I will buy all the fifty cent Nonesuch records I find.<\/li>\n<li><em>Born to Love<\/em> by Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack.<\/li>\n<li><em>Melba<\/em> by Melba Moore.  <\/li>\n<li><em>Brotherly Love<\/em> by Daniel Williams.<\/li>\n<li><em>For the Young at Heart<\/em> by Perry Como.<\/li>\n<li><em>All I Want For Christmas<\/em> by Jackie Gleason.  A two record set.  And because I play all platters before shelving them, we&#8217;ll be listening to some Christmas music here presently.<\/li>\n<p><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cost of records: $12.50.  Total spend: $75, roughly, if you add in the lunch at Five Guys, a tradition that the boys favor&#8211;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&#8211;and I didn&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, I have room for them in the shelving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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