Chris' Retro-Life Page

10/20/2026

Loved Billy’s Style! He was a phenomenal musician on piano and Organ!

October 19, 1974 --
Billy Preston's "Nothing From Nothing" hits #1.

10/20/2026

Inspirational Design Ideas

10/17/2026

Vinyl Spin - Now Playing Donny Hathaway released by Rhino Records in 2024.
Play List
A1 The Ghetto (Part 1)
A2 Giving Up
A3 A Song For You
A4 Little Ghetto Boy
A5 Jealous Guy (Live)
B1 Where Is The Love
Featuring – Roberta Flack
B2 You've Got A Friend
Featuring – Roberta Flack
B3 Someday We'll Be Free
B4 I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know
B5 Love, Love, Love

10/15/2026

10/03/2026

I usually post what Album I'm playing but today I'm Starting out my day with Coffee and 45's. Recently, I was told by a dear friend how I got many of these Records. They were given to me when I was about 4 years old. I was a kid obsessed with Music, Piano and records. One of my earliest treasured gifts was a kid's record player. I have no idea what it was but it resembled an old Victrola and was Orange and White. I was given a bunch of records that were discards from a Radio Station in the early 60's., These records were well played, and I played them many times as a child on my little player and the Family Motorola Record player so they are not in the best of shape. Quality turntables and record care was not a consideration as a kid. I'm not even sure if they were available in area. Thankfully I've learned a few things over the years and have some great Albums but this morning I'm starting the long process of going thru these and logging them on Discogs. I'm cleaning them, playing them, and reminiscing. The oldest one I've come across so far is 1954. Lot's of Scratch and Surface noise but surprisingly, no skips so far. Most of the records are Promo's. I'm posting my journey for documentation and thought individuals may have had a similar journey growing up with 45's. I collected/Played them them pretty much through High School (1970's) before evolving to 8 tracks, Cassettes and then Cd's for my Car. The last few years I purchased an Audio-Technica System, and have accumulated several Albums from different genres. It's been a Sentimental Journey for sure.

09/26/2026

TheVinyl Spin This morning….Forrest Gump Soundtrack. I remember thinking this movie had used terrific songs when I first saw it.  Great Compilation of songs for the era of the movie. I came across this one on clearance and it does not disappoint! Great artists and songs that quickly sent me down memory lane and in the words of Forrest , “that’s all I got to say about that….”
Record 1/Side A
1. Elvis Presley/Hound Dog
2. Duane Eddie/Rebel Rouser
3. Clarence “Frogman” Henry/I don’t know why but I do.
4. The rooftop singers/Walk right in.
5. Wilson Pickett/Land of 1000 dances.
6. Joan Baez/blowin’in the wind.
7. Creedence Clearwater Revival/Fortunate Son.
8. The Four Tops/I can’t help myself.
9. Aretha Franklin/Respect.
Side B
1. Bob Dylan/Rainy Day Women
2. The Beach Boys/Sloop John B
3. The mamas and the Papas/California dreamin’
4. Buffalo Springsteen/For what it’s worth.
5. Jackie de Shannon/What the World needs now is Love
6. The doors/break on through
7. Simon & Garfunkel/Mrs. Robinson
8. Jefferson Airplane/Volunteers.
Record 2/side C
1. The Youngbloods/let’s get together.
2. Scott McKenzie/San Francisco.
3. The byrds/turn turn turn
4. The fifth dimension/medley; Aquarius/let the sunshine in.
5. Harry Nilsson/everybody’s talkin’
6. Three Dog Night/joy to the world.
7. The Supremes/Stoned Love.
8. BJ Thomas/raindrops keep falling on my head.
9. Randy Newman/Mr. President.(have pity on this working man.)
Side D
1. Lynn Lynyrd Skynyrd/Sweet home, Alabama.
2. The Doobie Brothers/it keeps on runnin
3. Gladys Knight and the pips/I’ve got to use my imagination.
4. Willie Nelson/on the road again.
5. Bob Seger and the Silver bullet band/Against the wind
6. Alan Sylvestri/Forrest Gump suite.

09/18/2026

Just got “Best of Dolly” Album. We certainly enjoyed this one. So many memories growing up in Tennessee and all those smoky Mountain trips, Dixie stampede, and Dollywood! She certainly is an icon especially for those that grew up in the south!

09/05/2026

Listening to Gladys Knight and the Pips This morning. Imagination was released in 1973 on Buddha Records and has two of my very favorite songs, “Midnight train to Georgia”, written by Jim Weatherly was originally written as Midnight plane to Houston (according to a video I saw this week of Gladys). I had never heard that before. This album also has “Best thing that ever happened to me” also written by Jim Weatherly. I’ve been a fan of Gladys Knight through every phase of her recordings. Especially loved when she teamed up with Patti LaBelle and Dionne Warwick. They did some great songs together. I had already noticed she was not doing well in videos I had seen before the news broke about her health.  I know we can’t believe everything we hear in the news, but it is obvious there are problems. I hope she can get the rest she needs and enjoy the rest of her life. Thankful for the years she has shared her talent and recordings with us.