A sample of some obscure - and maybe not obscure - tunes from my strange and off-the-wall collection.

Today's selection: Marshall Tucker Band - "See You One More Time" 1980

Marshall Tucker Band was one of the highlight bands of the "Southern rock" genre of the mid/late 70s. They released their first album in 1973. The original band had dissipated by 1984. The co-founder and bassist had died in a car accident and the band never regained the success of the 70s. A band under the same name still exists with one remaining original member of the band.

This cut is taken from the last album released by the original line-up, recorded in 1980.

Recent personal events led me to put this cut up more or less as a prayer to a few that have passed on.
Guess I'm getting on to that stage of my life ...

My favorite cut by the band is "Fire On The Mountain" which will probably show up on some Tunesday in the future.

A sample of some obscure - and maybe not obscure - tunes from my strange and off-the-wall collection.

Today's selection: Tune Over Time - "Blue Moon" 1934

Written in 1933 by Rodgers & Hart for a movie - Hollywood Party - with Jean Harlow as the singer, the movie was released without Harlow or the song. Tweaked a bit, it was cut from another movie in 1934. Tweaked yet again, it was finally recorded as the theme song for a 1934 radio program with Muzzy Marcellino on vocals. It was a number one song in 1935. It also ended up in seven movies between 1939 (Marx Bros) to 1964 (Elvis Presley)

Also recorded by Bunny Berigan ("Chicken and Waffles") in 1934, that is the version presented here. A jazz trumpeter, he played with Tommy Dorsey, Rudy Vallee, and Benny Goodman. He died an alcoholic in 1942 at age 33.


Heavily covered, it was a major hit for the Marcels in 1961. Awarded a gold record, it is listed among the top rock & roll recordings.

The last version presented is by Chris Isaak, recorded in 1994 on the "It's Now Or Never" Elvis Presley tribute album.

A sample of some obscure - and maybe not obscure - tunes from my strange and off-the-wall collection.

Today's selection: PropellerHeads - "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" 1997

Sacrilege - neither Sean Connery or Roger Moore: A version of the soundtrack to my favorite James Bond movie. With the exception of Telly Savalas as Blofeld.

PropellerHeads was an English electronic music duo who developed this piece for "The David Arnold James Bond Project"

A bit off the wall but I like it.
Or I wouldn't have posted it. :)

A sample of some obscure - and maybe not obscure - tunes from my strange and off-the-wall collection.

Today's selection: Planet P - "Why Me?" 1983

In acknowledgement of the current moon mission.

Planet P was a project by Tony Carey, the former keyboardist for Ritchie Blackmore's "Rainbow"; Blackmore being the former Deep Purple guitarist. The name Planet P was taken from Heinlein's "Starship Troopers"

A sample of some obscure - and maybe not obscure - tunes from my strange and off-the-wall collection.

Today's selection: Caamp - "By and By" 2019

Caamp is a band from near Columbus, Ohio. This cut is the title song of their 2nd album, released in 2019