Obama's Secret Record Collection

[porcy62]

When Barack Obama moved into the White House on January 20th, he gained access to five chefs, a private bowling alley — and a killer collection of classic LPs. Stored in the basement of the executive mansion is the official White House Record Library: several hundred LPs that include landmark albums in rock (Led Zeppelin IV, the Rolling Stones' Let It Bleed), punk (the Ramones' Rocket to Russia, the Sex Pistols' Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols), cult classics (Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica, the Flying Burrito Brothers' The Gilded Palace of Sin) and disco. Not to mention records by Santana, Neil Young, Talking Heads, Isaac Hayes, Elton John, the Cars and Barry Manilow.

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/255...cord_collection

Edited January 29, 2009 by porcy62

[Teasing the Korean]

I would advise him to bring the Captain Beefhart, Isaac Hayes, and the first three Talking Heads albums upstairs - and then promptly re-seal the box!

Edited January 29, 2009 by Teasing the Korean

[Hot Ptah]

Here's a story line for a novel--an older, unhip President discovers the collection, pulls out "Trout Mask Replica", is unfamiliar with it but puts it on the turntable, and becomes obsessed with it. He cannot stop listening to it, every waking moment. He has the sound system moved into the Oval Office so that he can listen to it non-stop all the time. He insists on having it play over speakers in the Situation Room during international crises. The effect of so much listening to "Trout Mask Replica" is that the President.....

[Chuck Nessa]

There is a copy of my Air record in that collection. Received a letter from John Hammond requesting it.

[paul secor]

  Chuck Nessa said:

There is a copy of my Air record in that collection. Received a letter from John Hammond requesting it.

Amazing! - At least given the other titles that were listed. And surprising (to me) that John Hammond would request it. Maybe I don't give him enough credit.

[Hot Ptah]

  Chuck Nessa said:

There is a copy of my Air record in that collection. Received a letter from John Hammond requesting it.

I wonder if it has ever been played.

As these albums are in sleeves containing the Presidential seal, imagine what they would bring if they suddenly starting popping up on ebay.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

  Hot Ptah said:

  Chuck Nessa said:

There is a copy of my Air record in that collection. Received a letter from John Hammond requesting it.

I wonder if it has ever been played.

I bet W was down there every other day, listening to this, saying, over and over, "They hate our freedom! They hate our freedom!"

MG

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

So THAT'S what happened to the Buddy Bolden cylinder!!!

MG

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

  Teasing the Korean said:

I would advise him to bring the Captain Beefhart, Isaac Hayes, and the first three Talking Heads albums upstairs - and then promptly re-seal the box!

Bet he's got those Ike Hayes albums in his own collection. And he don't need the Beefheart & Talking Heads. No one does

MG

[sidewinder]

I wonder if he has a Hank Mobley stick-insect original Blue Note?

[Tom Storer]

  Hot Ptah said:

As these albums are in sleeves containing the Presidential seal, imagine what they would bring if they suddenly starting popping up on ebay.

One way to reduce the deficit.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

you guys is this for reals? where else in Us history has this been mentoined besides this thread? chuck nessa knew about it? ive never heard aboyt this.....is there more info on the net?

[Teasing the Korean]

Were these Trisha Nixon's or Amy Carter's albums?

[Free For All]

[Guest Bill Barton]

  Free For All said:

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Is that Pearl Bailey?

MG

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Sorry, I should have said, "who's that with Pearl Bailey?"

MG

[clarke68]

  Chuck Nessa said:

There is a copy of my Air record in that collection. Received a letter from John Hammond requesting it.

Did he pay for it?

[Chuck Nessa]

  clarke68 said:

  Chuck Nessa said:

There is a copy of my Air record in that collection. Received a letter from John Hammond requesting it.

Did he pay for it?

Nope. This was supposed to be a gift from the "music industry".

[A Lark Ascending]

The cellar of 10 Downing Street is rumoured to have...

A contemporary Scottish band is currently recording a suite called 'The Economy Reels'.

Edited February 20, 2009 by Bev Stapleton

[sidewinder]

I hear that 10 Downing Street ditched their copy of the Beatles 'Dear Prudence'.

or maybe the version by Siouxsie and the Banshees?

They kept the 45rpm Jilted John 'Gordon Is A Moron' though..

Edited February 21, 2009 by sidewinder

[A Lark Ascending]

  sidewinder said:

I hear that 10 Downing Street ditched their copy of the Beatles 'Dear Prudence'.

or maybe the version by Siouxsie and the Banshees?

They kept the 45rpm Jilted John 'Gordon Is A Moron' though..

I think we should help cheer him up. The adjective is used in the old fashioned sense:

  Quote

The Gay Gordons

Formation: couples around the room facing anti-clockwise, ladies on the right.

Music: 2/4 or 4/4 march. E.g. "Scotland the Brave", "The Gay Gordons".

Bars: Description

1-2: Right hands joined over lady's shoulder (man's arm behind her back) and left hands joined in front, walk forward for four steps, starting on the right foot.

3-4: Still moving in the same direction, and without letting go, pivot on the spot (so left hand is behind lady and right hand is in front) and take four steps backwards.

5-8: Repeat in the opposite direction.

9-12: Drop left hands, raise right hands above lady's head. Lady pivots on the spot. (The man may set).

13-16: Joining hands in ballroom hold, polka round the room.

Repeat ad lib.

For scottish country dancers, the grip in the first eight bars is allemande hold.

Maybe when Gordon and Barack have their first high level meeting?

[Joe]

  Hot Ptah said:

  Chuck Nessa said:

There is a copy of my Air record in that collection. Received a letter from John Hammond requesting it.

I wonder if it has ever been played.

As these albums are in sleeves containing the Presidential seal, imagine what they would bring if they suddenly starting popping up on ebay.

Carter loved his be-bop, Clinton his greazze. But I could see both or either being invested enough in jazz to give AIR TIME a spin.