Record Keeping of Records
A few weeks ago, I won the four Frankie Laine Standard Program Library records on eBay. These recordings consist of several of Frankie Laine’s early recordings created exclusively to be [...]
The Splendid Beginnings of a Laine Collection
Rub-a-dub-dub By the time I was in my 20s, I had already amassed a fairly large Frankie Laine audio collection. Most of my collection at that time consisted of 78 [...]
Special Delivery
Something New I was thinking the other day about what is was that made Frankie Laine so unique during his long career. It’s true, and I’ve written this before, that [...]
Laine Collection: Missing Shows Merit Inclusion
TV Shows I am always trying to find those elusive pieces that I am missing from my Frankie Laine library. Frankie Laine was a guest on several television shows throughout [...]
The Fischer Girls
Carl Carl T. Fischer was not only Frankie Laine’s friend, but he was Frankie’s piano accompanist, musical director, and song-writing partner. Carl and Frankie were a team when Frankie first [...]
Analog Anguish
Collection Storage I’m sitting here on this cold, snowy Iowa day, wondering what I should write about. Then I got to thinking, once again, about my Frankie Laine collection of [...]
A Story of Beautiful
Reflecting With a new year upon us, many of us find ourselves pondering our lives. As I reflected on my life, I was reminded of the 1947 Mercury recording by [...]
Christmas, the Laine Way
A Christmas Recording With the anniversary of the beginning of World War II, I began to ponder a special song Frankie Laine recorded pertaining to another war—the Korean War. That [...]
A Tie, Chopsticks, and a Memory Box
Mementos November always reminds me of the first time I met Frankie Laine in person on November 20, 1985. This was a magical day for me. In my last two [...]
Re-collecting a Collection
Three Years This post marks the third year I’ve been writing these blogs for Team Frankie Laine. I consider myself both blessed and humbled since having been asked to be [...]
A Collection Exposed
Labor Day Woes It’s strange how an unfortunate event can sometimes cause one to ponder the more enjoyable aspects of life. Because of a recent incident, I rediscovered my coveted [...]
A Laine Study in Irony
This July, we Iowans lost our beloved former governor, Robert Ray. Ray was governor from 1969 to 1983. He was very popular among the people of Iowa. I work at [...]