Appearing In The Motel Lounge

Welcome to the lounge! What's your poison? If there are copyright issues or a problem with any post, just contact me and I will make corrections. I'm here to have fun and hope you will share in my process of discovery!

Friday, March 7, 2025

Party Punch with The Ackerman Orchestra

King Of The Road Party Punch With The Ackerman Orchestra Production and Engineering: R. Heineke Photography by Unity Photo S...

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

You Asked For It - The Great Imposters

You Asked For It You Asked For It The Great Imposters Doyle De Bolt, Bob Field, Kenny Malone, Harry Lyons & Nick Henschi...

Friday, February 21, 2025

Potpourri - Keith Pierce

Bacharach Medley Potpourri Keith Pierce At The Hammond Concorde Organ Lemco 74111 From the back cover: One thing 15 years in...

Take Me Along - Friendship

Take Me Along Take Me Along Friendship Produced by Billy Strange Engineers: Dave McKinley, Rex Collier, Neil Wilburn Photogr...

Monday, February 10, 2025

Everything Nice - Spice

Rock Flight Can I Stay Everything Nice Spice Ecips Records SO 16040 Rock Flight Musical Interlude Gotta Get...

Friday, January 31, 2025

Portrait Of The Graduates Very Much Alive!

Summertime Pieces Of April Portrait Of The Graduates Very Much Alive! Cover Design by Noel Gouveia Recorded a...

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Johnny Lester Trio Plus One

Johnny Lester Trio Johnny Lester Trio Plus One RK Records - Chicago, Illinois 16802-LP San Antonio Rose Home Coming Waltz You...

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About Me

By Mark Betcher: My blogs are all about sharing obscure and sometimes odd recordings. My three blogs feature introductions to vintage & unique gospel recordings, atomic age pop and lounge/strange music.

My gospel blog, The Good, Bad & Ugly Gospel Record Barn features Cincinnati, Ohio and Northern Kentucky area artists who recorded on local labels such as Jewel, Rite and Queen City Album.

I post only sample tracks from LPs and not entire albums. What I have to share is offered here. For a long list of reasons I do not share files by any other method.

I realize relatives and friends may find posts featuring people they knew or know. I hope you will be pleased with what you read.

The worst fate for an artist, I believe, is to be completely forgotten. I do not blog many of the albums I find because the recordings fail to share a personal vision or a special energy. Liking or disregarding art is relative to your experience, but I think that it is better to be remembered for something crazy, than for nothing at all.

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