I’m still not quite satisfied with the layout but I feel that I must press on. I don’t want to fall too far behind and yet i don’t want to do do too much just in case I end up starting over. At the moment, we are still in the period known as The Scratchy 45 Days where the source of our musical discovery lies in the large but still limited collection of mom’s 45’s. She really did have a lot of records and from what I have always felt a wide variety of artists and styles. The time window here is a fuzzy late 1960’s to late 1970’s. I say fuzzy because the entrance was when I was 3 to 4 years old and very difficult to remember with any clarity. afterall I couldn’t read at that time including clocks and calendars. The end of the period is also fuzzy but mainly because of a long overlapping of era’s as mom’s collection faded out and my own began with The KISS Age.
I’ve spent a good deal of time looking through my media library and trying to pick out the songs that fall belong to The Scratchy 45 Days. There really are a lot. It is difficult to put into words the musical explosion that took place at that time. I hope that you don’t find The Scratchy 45 Days boring as I spin these stacks of 7. I’m only trying to be thorough. So lets get to it.
Del Shannon – Runaway This was a favorite of my mother’s.
Doris Day – Que Sera, Sera
The Murmaids – Popsicles, Icicles
The Turtles – Happy Together
Zager & Evans – In The Year 2525
The Flamingos – I Only Have Eyes For You
Bobby Darrin – Dream Lover