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Today, the Vinyl Voyage went live for a period of time, playing tracks from 1979-1982.  Those were the years of junior high for me.  Probably the worst years of my life; who ever liked junior high, anyway?  Even so, this period of time provided the foundation to my musical tastes and as my allowance increased, so did my record-buying. For about an hour and a half today, I spun tracks from that period of time in my life.  Currently, many of these songs can now be heard on the Vinyl Voyage: Cars---Gary Numan Loverboy---Turn Me Loose Billy Squier---My Kinda Lover Stevie Nicks---Edge of Seventeen Rush---Limelight Journey---Escape Pat Benatar---Fire and Ice Quarterflash---Harden My Heart Shooting Star---Flesh and Blood Styx---Babe Pete Townshend---Let My Love Open the Door John Cougar---Ain't Even Done With the Night John Lennon---Watching the Wheels Pretenders---Brass in Pocket Sniff 'n' the Tears---Driver's Seat Journey---Still They Ride I had a lit...

This is Benny Mardones I know nothing about Benny Mardones. Nothing. I don't know any albums. I don't know if he still makes music. I don't know if he ever was a member of a band. Until recently, I had no idea what he looks like. And I don't know any of his songs. Except, that is, for one. That song is "Into the Night." It originally came out in 1980 but was rereleased in 1989. Both times it made the charts; one of the few times a single song had made the charts for the same recording. It happened with the Righteous Brothers and their song "Unchained Melody" and also Chubby Checkers made the charts twice with "The Twist." So this is quite a feat for Mr. Mardones. I first heard "Into the Night" sometime in the early 80s. And the thing that I remember about hearing the song for the first time was that I thought it was Steve Perry. At that time, I was a huge Journey fan (and, frankly, still like the band an awful lot. Old Jour...

Each month on the Vinyl Voyage , we highlight a rare and often strange oddity from the world of vinyl. This month, it is Leonard Nimoy's debut album (yes, he had more) from 1967, Mr. Spock's Music from Outer Space .  Riding on the popularity of Star Trek at the time, the album features instrumentals, poetry and songs---all with a space theme. There was even a single from the album released.  It contained the strange reading, "A Visit to a Sad Planet" with the "Theme from Star Trek" on the B side. Excerpt:  " A Visit to a Sad Planet " Excerpt:  " Theme from Star Trek " There are some very sixties-type instrumentals, such as "Music to Watch Space Girls By" and a spaced-out version of "Mission Impossible."  Also, Leonard Nimoy takes his turn  singing with "Where is Love?" from the musical Oliver and a sad tune entitled "Lost in the Stars" Leonard Nimoy had five releases from Dot records, the...

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