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[Sgt.Pepsi]

 

[Go Giants]

Great sound and music on this lp. These Command lp's usually sound very nice.



My first exposure to George Benson....circa 1974. On the CTI label mastered by Rudy Van Gelder. Great version of Take Five. I don't think George ever sounded better. Kenny Baron chips in with a nice solo on electric piano.

Before going to CTI he recorded on the Verve label in the 60's.



A few years later...this time on WB. A stellar version of Valdez in the Country.

 

[Sgt.Pepsi]

 

[OnTheBlitz]

 

[JRhoBurton]

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Tell me about it! Almost wrecked my entire summer working.

Nice pick.

Blue Cheer, S/T, side 2
Philips PHS-600-333

 

[Encyc Brown]

Congrats to both of you for working hard and eventually getting out from the stress.
Read a book several years ago interviewing end of life hospice nurses and one of the top 3 things they said they hear from their patients is "I wish I wouldn't have worked so much and spent more time doing the things i liked"
It had an impact on me as well as altered my attitude after a decade of 60-80hr weeks for the "man".
Not even the satisfaction of it being my own business creation.
Bullocks on that, life is indeed too short for it.

This topic makes me feel actually happy ATT Surplus my job in July 2017 after 20 years with the company. I, too, know the ins and outs of salary and putting in 60+ hours every week. Less stress is worth the drop in pay. To me anyway. I don't have a wife and children so I can probably take the hit a bit more. I know how to adjust to things on my own...............

 

[432HzBob]

Black Label Society. Zakk Wylde could be a good reference how a rocker dresses.
Wish I had his guns to pull off the vest with no shirt look.. And his guitar skills, imo, one of the best out there today.

 

[MAC TED]

@MAC TED
The thread peaked then tanked.

Pardon my ignorance, but huh?

 

[Sgt.Pepsi]

Nice pick.

Blue Cheer, S/T, side 2
Philips PHS-600-333

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Awesome!!
Have never seen Blue Cheer records out in the wild.

 

[Sgt.Pepsi]

 

[JRhoBurton]

Awesome!!
Have never seen Blue Cheer records out in the wild.

Blue Cheer in the air, white cheer in the lap.

 

[432HzBob]

This topic makes me feel actually happy ATT Surplus my job in July 2017 after 20 years with the company. I, too, know the ins and outs of salary and putting in 60+ hours every week. Less stress is worth the drop in pay. To me anyway. I don't have a wife and children so I can probably take the hit a bit more. I know how to adjust to things on my own...............

Yea I dealt with that "You have no kids so you can work more" thing too.
Nope, with all respect, because I don;t have kids doesn;t mean I somehow appreciate my free time less.
I know how corporate America works. Give em your soul and still get kicked to the curb when the SHTF.
I'll give the Man an honest day but slavery ended in 1866.
And salary? Texting co-workers at 10pm every night? Feeling you need to be around every minute to monitor things?
My brother has it good. Hourly. Only gets paid when the Hobbs meter is running from push off the gate to the next gate as a commercial pilot.
Tosses the keys to the next 2 pilots and heads home.\\
I will not participate in the encroaching work insanity afflicting America.
This is not 1840's Dickensonian England.

 

[KevinJS]

Mozart Piano Concertos

Naxos 8.550434

 

[Dusty Ol'Man]

Hey Blitz. Did you ever get that rig setup?

 

[jgannon]

 

[Encyc Brown]

Blue Cheer in the air, white cheer in the lap.

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good combo, what a cutie!

 

[Sgt.Pepsi]

 

[432HzBob]

How ironic, the band we had on the beach today opened with that song.
We heard the warmup while breaking down the stage from last nights Luau fire show and thought(hoped) it might be Jimi until they busted out with Santana.. Either way you couldn;t go wrong!!

 

[Encyc Brown]

I was at one of my many (lately) appointments with an eye "specialist" that requires a 3 hour drive each way. I was talking about the stresses of balancing a forced work transition in life and getting back into the things I love. I showed her a picture of my music room. She is a specialist, a doctor, no doubt making the killer bucks. She looked at the pictures and them at me with a bit of envy and stated "you are lucky to have a passion and to have such a place to retreat to at the end of the day" . I count my blessings that I can pursue my love of music my way. Others may think it a bit odd, but................................... too bad.........................................

 

[Delmarva]

My Dad was "appointed" by IBM in Huntsville to "entertain" German Rocket Scientists during the 60's, probably due to our name being Von Braun before Great Grandpa Heinrich Americanized it to Brown. (Dad also "booked" the talents for the yearly IBM shing dig they would have. He booked the Oak Ridge Boys one year. LOL.) They wanted to know what American Families were like and we were a family of 5 kids. They came over for dinner on occasion. One hung out with us kids in the den while watching Baseball. He was fascinated by the sport but got confused with all the parameters as my older brother (little league star) tried to explain the sport to him. When he left the room my brother laughed and said "rocket scientists, they can put man in space but can't understand baseball". Upon leaving our house one Sunday, they all repeatedly thanked my Mom for the dinner with an emphasis on how much they liked the cake for dessert. After they left, my Mom got her little "jab" in as she proudly stated that they all just loved "my Jewish Bunt Cake" . That was my Mom's sense of humor no doubt. It is 5 years this week since her passing, she is still missed no doubt. I will be playing her Piano I inherited quite a bit this week so may not post so much (give ya all a break) The Germans? ya, looking back, probably had some ex-Nazi's at the house in the 60's. One thing for sure, they all had handfuls of speeding tickets in the 60's American V8's they drove, always complaining "American's drive too slow" Here is a pic of my Mom in about 1944 when she was 18 years old and a Bell South Operator in Wilkes - Barre PA. She also worked summers in the Pocono Mountains of PA. Miss ya Mom! Hard to believe 5 years ago this week since I talked to ya last!

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This was a very cool story.
One thing though. I could be wrong, but I don't think she could have worked for BellSouth in Pennsylvania in 1944 as BellSouth didn't exist until 1983 when AT&T divested local telephone service to the newly formed regional Bell companies.

BellSouth operated in the deep South. Alabama, Georgia, Florida, The Carolina's.

Bell of Pennsylvania fell into the Mid-Atlantic regional company which was called Bell Atlantic comprised of Bell of Pennsylvania. The C&P Telephone Co, which operated in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Diamond State Bell which controlled Delaware were the operating companies. So I think she would have worked for Bell of Pennsylvania at that time.