Best of the Blogs - Big 10-Inch Record

[Ojai Sam]

Name: "Big 10-Inch Record" (big10inchrecord.blogspot.com)

Host: Buster

Year started: 2008

Focus: With this name you would expect risque R&B, but Buster presents long out-of-print albums from the late 40's through the mid-50's with an emphasis on pop vocals, Broadway and classical. Each post offers a through discussion of the artist complete with visual ephemera.

 

[Ojai Sam]

Al Jolson & Oscar Levant - Al Jolson With Oscar Levant At The Piano (rec. 1947-49)

After the success of his eponymous bio pic revived Al Jolson's career, Decca released a series of LP's containing his recordings on the "Kraft Music Hall" radio program. The inclusion of between-song banter between these two sharp wits gives us a hint of why Jolie was so successful.