Not very long after my boyfriend and I moved in together, I was sorting out what had quickly become “our” collective mess of LPs laying on the floor in George’s man-cave.
Man-cave, music room, whatever. He’s a musician and needs a place to keep his guitars and small recording setup and microphone. And LPs. Tons and tons of LPs. Vinyl. Albums. And a record player. A “phonograph”, if you will. Or as a friend of mine in Texas has called it, “The Way-Back Machine”.
Groovy.
And yes, we both have plenty of albums. He is a music fan, I worked in a record store and got a pretty deep discount, and we both (still to this day) troll the used record/cut out bins for vinyl nuggets of cultural significance. These days I lean towards anything instrumental that may sound like Mantovani and his orchestra (horrifically delicious), or exotica (think Martin Denny), or something samba/mambo-ish, a la Perez Prado. But sometimes you stumble across that thing that’s far too craptastic to pass up, and it has to go in your collection.
Bear with me, it’s coming.
So I was alphabetizing my records and sorting them into the “my pile” vs. the “his pile”, and I saw…this one record…and inserted it in the proper place in my pile. Then a minute or two later I thought…huh…isn’t that funny, I thought I’d already put…this one record…away, but I shrugged it off and considered myself mistaken and went to the section of the alphabet where…this one record…belonged.
Only there were two.
[wait for it…]
[wait for it…]
No, your eyes do not deceive you.
That’s right. We both own a copy of Cybill Shepherd’s “Cybill does it…to Cole Porter”.
This is how I knew he’d be able to manage my weirdo love for exotica and mambo and Mantovani.
This is how I knew we were meant to be together.
This post is for the D! Challenge by Frizztext
Because I love a good alphabet challenge.
I am impressed with the excellent condition of the covers. Good on you both for the care given towards your vinyl collections!… and Cybil is HOT!
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Oh, Burt, you know how we are about our stuff. LOL And yes, Cybill is quite the dish…
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thank you for your DOUBLE LP decision love story!
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found your LP on youtube too!
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also inspiring:
(beside the video, where she appeared in a talk show dressed in a towel):
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Once you start looking it’s difficult to stop…Thanks for the videos! 🙂
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I love the story behind these photographs. 🙂 Kindreds indeed!
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Thanks! It was crazy, I stood there goggle-eyed for like five straight minutes. LOL So glad you enjoyed it.
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Ha, why does this not surprise me at all! Lulz!
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It shouldn’t. 🙂
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WOW – if that’s not a sign from the universe, I don’t know what is!
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Seriously! I stood there in stunned amazement for what seems like an hour in my memory (even though it was probably a mere two minutes). I almost want to get them framed side-by-side and hang it up, but…that’s a lot of Cybill to have staring at you.
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There’s NEVER enough Cybill!!!!! I think that is a faboo idea!!!!!
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