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  Boston Blackie: Murder at the...

  Jack Boyle

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  A movie star is shot while in a trunk, but no bullet went through the trunk and the bullet wasn't inside the trunk either. 
   The commercials for Champagne Velver beer heard on this program and the others following were not part of the original network broadcast, nor even an integral part of the Ziv syndication discs. The commercials were found on separate discs, intended for use during SOME of the Boston Blackie programs in SOME of the areas in which the program was heard. There is no indication of which commercials were heard on which programs in which areas. The commercials were added to these programs at random. 
   Blackie has been asked by a famous movie making company to advise them on a few scenes of safe cracking. Mary wants him to do it so he agrees. During one of the scenes, the leading lady is shot…

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  The Six Shooter - Volume 9 - A...

  Frank Burt

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  The American West has always provided larger than life characters, righting wrongs to make the world a better place and all set in a mythic landscape.   
   
  In ‘The Six-Shooter’ James Stewart starred as Britt Ponset, a drifting cowboy in the sunset years of the wild west. Episodes ranged from straight western drama to light and sentimental comedy.  Stewart being one of the reigning stars of Hollywood at the time also brought his own touches to bear. His use of whispered narration during tense scenes created a heightened sense of drama and then relief when the situation was resolved. 
   
  The American West that radio, movies and TV portrayed is the stuff of legends; a fictional concoction usually far from the truth but ‘The Six-Shooter’ did something that few others radio shows could provide; entertainment that captivated the listener.

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  Muscle Shoals Sound Studio - How...

  Carla Jean Whitley

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  An estimated four hundred gold records have been recorded in the Muscle Shoals area. Many of those are thanks to Muscle Shoals Sound Studio and the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, dubbed "the Swampers."Some of the greatest names in rock, R&B and blues laid tracks in the original, iconic concrete-block building—the likes of Cher, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Rolling Stones, and the Black Keys. The National Register of Historic Places now recognizes that building, where Lynyrd Skynyrd recorded the original version of "Free Bird" and the Rolling Stones wrote "Brown Sugar" and "Wild Horses." By combing through decades of articles and music reviews related to Muscle Shoals Sound, music writer Carla Jean Whitley reconstructs the fascinating history of how the Alabama studio created a sound that reverberates across generations.

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  Zuber - Two Centuries of...

  Brian Coleman

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  Since its founding, Zuber & Cie wallpapers’ fame has spread far and wide, from King Louis Philippe awarding Jean Zuber the Legion of Honor to Jackie Kennedy installing “Vues de l'Amérique du Nord” in the White House. Gorgeous displays of friezes, borders, ceiling roses, and architectural trompe l’oeil are displayed in the U.S., France, and the U.K.

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  David Baker - A Legacy in Music

  Monika Herzig

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  A Living Jazz Legend, musician and composer David Baker has made a distinctive mark on the world of music in his nearly 60-year career—as player (chiefly on trombone and cello), composer, and educator. In this richly illustrated volume, Monika Herzig explores Baker's artistic legacy, from his days as a jazz musician in Indianapolis to his long-term gig as Distinguished Professor and Chairman of the Jazz Studies department at Indiana University. Baker's credits are striking: in the 1960s he was a member of George Russell's "out there" sextet and orchestra; by the 1980s he was in the jazz educator's hall of fame. His compositions have been recorded by performers as diverse as Dexter Gordon and Janos Starker, the Beaux Arts Trio, the Composer's String Quartet and the Czech Philharmonic. Featuring enlightening interviews with Baker and a CD of unreleased recordings and Baker compositions, this book brings a jazz legend into clear view.

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  Tim Russell - Man of a Thousand...

  Garrison Keillor, Tom Keith

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  Fans of A Prairie Home Companion know him as Garrison Keillor’s grumbling sidekick Dusty “The Lives of the Cowboys,” an array of wise-cracking wise-guys from the mean streets of “Guy Noir, Private Eye,” or Jim, the beleaguered husband from A Prairie Home Companion’s famously catchup-deprived midlife couple. One minute he’s George Bush or Julia Child, Barack Obama or Arnold Schwarzenegger. So here’s the fearless Tim Russell in 19 hilarious performances from A Prairie Home Companion, embracing every hairpin turn, crazy curve, or unexpected plot twist a live radio show heard by millions each week can possibly throw at the man of a thousand voices.

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