Last weekend we were looking for something to do so we headed toward the Half Priced Bookstore in Plano and I plopped down toward the floor and spent another hour of my life digging through the clearance section. Using my wife’s 10% off educator card (that she gets for being a home school mom), I was able to pick up the below CDs for $0.90 each.
| # | Artist | Album | Date Listened | Again? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1148 | Melissa Etheridge | Melissa Etheridge | 4/1/2013 | Yes |
| 1149 | Various Artists | Mission Impossible Soundtrack | 4/1/2013 | Yes |
| 1150 | James Taylor | Never Die Young | 4/1/2013 | Yes |
| 1151 | Rod Stewart | Out Of Order | 4/1/2013 | Yes |
| 1152 | UB40 | Promises And Lies | 4/2/2013 | Yes |
| 1153 | Jimmy Buffett | Songs You Know by Heart | 4/2/2013 | Yes |
| 1154 | Basia | The Sweetest Illusion | 4/2/2013 | Yes |
| 1155 | The Fold | This Too Shall Pass | 4/2/2013 | Yes |
| 1156 | Rod Stewart | Vagabond Heart | 4/3/2013 | Yes |
| 1157 | Leann Rimes | What A Wonderful World Disc 1 | 4/4/2013 | Yes |
| 1158 | Leann Rimes | What A Wonderful World Disc 2 | 4/4/2013 | No |
| 1159 | KJ-52 | The Yearbook | 4/4/2013 | Yes |
- Melissa Etheridge “Melissa Etheridge”: With this purchase, I now have Melissa Etheridge’s first 6 CDs. Excellent stuff.
- Various Artists “Mission Impossible Soundtrack”: I bought this solely on the fact that the bass player and drummer for U2 are the artists that perform the Mission Impossible theme. I did notice that Bjork also had a track on this disc so that was a bonus.
- Rod Stewart “Out of Order” & “Vagabond Heart”: It is amazing how many songs that I know off these 2 CDs. The only other Rod Stewart CDs I have are from his Great American Songbook series.
- UB40 “Promises And Lies”: I can see myself becoming a UB40 fan. They are still putting CDs out I guess and this is only my 2nd one that I have found on the clearance racks. This one has their big hit “I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You” (an Elvis Presley song originally).
- Jimmy Buffet “Songs You Know by Heart”: I am not sure what universe you have to be in where a best of Jimmy Buffet CD finds its way to the dollar rack but I am happy and sad at the same time to be in it.
- Basia “The Sweetest Illusion”: I will admit to have never heard of this artist before (or I thought it might be a band). I bought it solely on the album cover art and release date (mid 90’s). It turns out that Basia is a Polish jazz singer and this CD contains her only big hit for the US (ironically a dance song). I actually deal with co-workers from Poland on a semi-regular basis so I will need to remember to ask them if she is still popular there.
- LeAnn Rimes “What A Wonderful World”: This 2 CD release has a lot of Japanese (I think) writing on the back of it. I can find no existence of a 2 CD version of this album by LeAnn Rimes so this has to be some sort of bootleg / pirated thing. Disc 1 has the 11 songs from the normal release of this CD and then 10 or so more songs from Miss Rimes that I recognize from other releases (You Light Up My Life- Inspirational Songs, Unchained Melody - The Early Years and I Need You) so this disc was worth the purchase price. The 2nd disc contains 20+ Christmas songs that are definitely NOT by Miss Rimes. Some are in Japanese (I think) and others are sung in English by Japanese (I think) artists (I suppose it could be another accent from the east). Hearing Frosty The Snowman and others in Japanese (I think) was a novelty that I will not likely want to hear again.
As I crawl towards my 1200th CD I think most of these are good additions to my collection.
Jon
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