I am crying hearing your stories, Melinda! I am just so grateful for you being you! Personally, the one album I will say that has changed my life the most is Van Morrison’s “Poetic Champions Compose “…He was on such a spiritual plane at the time, and everything from the moody “Spanish Steps” to the ethereal “Celtic Excavation” to the beautiful “Someone Like You”, along with the meditative road anthem, “Alan Watts Blues” and the incredibly transformative “Did Ye Get Healed?” has influenced me in one way or another throughout my life…I remember being in a record shop crate digging and this record came on…The young folks that were in the shop were digging it, the old guys with white ponytails were digging it, the clerks were digging it and I was digging it…It’s almost as if everyone in the shop was having a moment at the same time…I can’t ever recall there being such a universal album that resonated with everybody quite like that one, so that’s my pick! Plus, it’s the one album I can listen to over and over again and never get tired of hearing it!
Wow! You can still remember that moment and what everybody looked like in that record store. The power of music still surprises me. Thank you for sharing. ♥️🤗
What an absolute touching video! You may have shared 10 Lp’s here that changed your life, but more so, to tell the stories about each, and show your own emotional feelings with your subscribers was truly heartfelt. I honestly thought you were going to start crying at one point when you talked about your father. I can relate to your feelings about your dad, because I too experienced the exact same situation growing up. I can easily name ten Lp’s that changed my life. I can also name songs that when I hear today, bring about tears with my mother’s passing in 2003. If your viewers did not already know that you are such a kind and caring individual before this video, they definitely have to realize it now. I applaud you for all that you’ve shared here over the years, and now today, I admire you more for what I already knew! Thank you Melinda! You are a rockstar in so many ways! 👏💯🏆👍🥇🙃
Thank you for such a sweet and touching comment. It is hard to talk about my dad and I'm sure my voice cracked a couple of times. Music is truly magical and those records mean the world to me. I'm sorry for the loss of your precious mom. ♥️ Take care.
Dark Side of the Moon is the album that changed the way I listened to music. Alan Parsons is the man who authored the quad mix. 11 years ago today I got to meet Alan Parsons, and the one thing I said to the man who's been a lifelong idol was that his quad mix of Dark Side was the cleanest, clearest thing I'd ever heard. He was so gracious and said he was happy to hear that!
Oh wow! What an amazing experience. 🤗♥️The quad mix is very clean. I can hear the words much clearer on it than any other copy. Thank you and take care.
I was 13 years old when my grandma for Christmas in my stuffing stockers purchased 3 bands on cassette. They were ratt out of the cellar, Def Leppard pyromania and of course 1984! My grandma was the best!
That was an emotional video!! My first memories of records was my sister playing "Shake your Booty" Rhinstone Cowboy" "Beth" Every Christmas eve she would put on the Christmas album until I went to sleep. She passed in 2013. Thanks for sharing
I'm so sorry for your loss. It's great to still have the special memories of your sister. It sounds like she was a very caring person. ♥️🤗 Thank you and take care.
,,,,,.....p.s.,,,,,,Dear mrss Melinda...,,,tnx for telling me your past,,,..you are not the only one😮,,.music is all we have to share,.....i hear it in your voice,,( so honest),,..,,i too have a great 45 rpm record collection,,..love the paper covers,..the compilation albums are fantastic as well.....,,,,,,but first and foremost,,RADIO is where it all began,,..and i still strive,and educate how important it is,and would be to create a song to be played on the radio,❤,,...tnx for your work here,,,..it makes my week complete,.....,,take care,..pat,,,land o' lakes,wi.
I really appreciate you sharing the tough moments of your life with us, Melinda - and also how the music helped you through them. You bring a personal side to the vinyl community that most don’t.
Thank you so much! Music is very nostalgic and I love hearing wonderful stories about why a certain album is so special. Take care and enjoy your weekend. ♥️🤗
I can only share what comments stated before me. You´re such a wonderful person, who brings a lot of joy into my world! And telling us about difficult moments in your life and it´s relation to the music you love, makes you a very strong character! Thanks a lot for you being exactly you!!
I don't care what anyone else says about KTel Records, they'll always have a special place in my heart as well 😊. I'm very moved by your video, and God bless you. I feel so privileged, and thank you, Melinda.
I loved this video Melinda. What an incredible story about your parents. The part about your father and The Bee Gees was really emotional. Music is the universal language.
Off The Wall is the greatest pop of all time. imo. Love Thriller as well. Bee Gees are a little too amazing. How Deep is Your Love is hard for me to hear it just once. I usually play it 3 or 4 times in a row. So cool you got to share thier music with your Father. A total special moment to have that moment before he passed away. ELO was the first band I got into along with Kansas. very special band for me. I flew to Oakland to see them. You know how much I love Van Halen with Roth. I did not have that K Tell album. But I had a few others as a kid. One had Hard Luck Woman. All those K Tell albums are so special. Another awesome video,, Melinda! Take care.
Thank you Ralph. The 70's were an incredible time to grow up and the music was so special. It's sad to think that kids today will never have the carefree childhood we got to have. These bands/ artists were truly special. I hope your parents are doing well. ♥️ Take care.
Hi Melinda my name is Clint I love watching your videos everyday classic rock music makes me so happy I appreciate everything you do you are an amazing woman
Thanks Melinda for bringing back such wonderful memories. I was also a kid in the 70s and a teen in the 80s. Our music collections are very similar. I still have most of my records and cassettes that I purchased from the money that I earned delivering papers when I was age 10 through 13. I just recently repaired one of my old Nakamichi cassette decks and popped in a 45 year old cassette yesterday of Hotel California that I received from the Colombia House record and tape club and it still worked. Listening to that old cassette brought back wonderful memories of my childhood home and neighborhood in Santa Fe NM. It's amazing that music can bring back such fond and emotional memories. Take care Melinda I can't wait for your next video!
Oh wow! What an incredible thing to do. It's cool that you brought an old cassette and cassette deck back to life. ♥️ I'm sure the room was full of nostalgia. Thank you and take care. 🤗
Very emotional Melinda great that you have such deep connections to your family through music. All I can remember is my mum shouting up the stairs "Turn that racket down! "
Another lovely and nice video. Lots of great titles, 1984, Off the Wall, Pink Floyd and ELO. Can’t go wrong there! And the stories. Thank you Melinda 😊
Wonderful video! I was very touched by the stories of your dad - especially the small detail about the flowers. I also remember "Miracles" by Jefferson Starship as one of the first songs on the radio that caught my ear in my formidable years - every time I hear it, I'm immediately brought back to that magical year of 1975.
Hi Melinda, Great video. Loved the stories you shared about your Mom and Dad and the great memories from the albums you shared with them. Most of your albums are from when you were growing up and it got me thinking. This is really going to date me. I’m a lot older than you but here it goes. In the sixties I could only afford to buy 45’s which I did whenever I had extra money. So I have favorites that were played from cousins or neighborhood kids. Of course I own everyone of them today. First up - Blue Hawaii, Elvis, Meet the Beatles which changed everything for me. The Wonderful World of Sonny and Cher ‘66, I started buying now by 68. The Turtles Greatest, The Rascals Greatest, Mamas and Papas 16 Greatest, The Stones - Darkly through the Past, Favorite of all time Abbey Road, Jackson Five 3rd Album and Tapestry, Carol King. They bring back the great memories. Thanks for making me think about it.
Those records are fantastic. You grew up in an incredible time. ♥️ My mom didn't have a lot of money so we bought a lot of 45's as well. 🤗 Thank you and take care.
Melinda, you touched many of us here with your stories about your parents because many of us can relate. I know I can. Growing up, my dad and I were frequently at odds. But, later on, much later on when I was out on my own, we reconciled in a silent sort of way. We didn't talk about the past, we just focused on the present, and it felt good knowing that he felt proud of me as opposed to my teen years when he wasn't so proud because I didn't meet his expectations in certain areas. So, thanks for sharing. You're obviously a sensitive person.
I'm glad you were able to have a relationship with your father later in life. I know for me, it brings a sense of peace to my life. It sounds like you have found that peace as well. Thank you and take care. 🤗♥️
I absolutely love your story about your Dad and the flowers. My Dad left flowers on my Mom's grave every week. I would go with him sometimes and it helped us bond and also broke my heart at the same time. Thanks for reminding me of those times. Thanks for giving K-Tel records some cred too.
It meant a lot to me to know that my dad still thought enough of my mom to do that after she died. ♥️ No doubt your dad felt that way about your mom as well. It's so hard to lose our parents. K-Tel put out some great compilation albums back then. I remember them fondly. Thank you so much. Take care. ♥️🤗
Having my own "dad" issues, it's so nice to hear you were able to have a moment or two with yours while he was still alive. I was also able to re-connect with my dad before he passed. It didn't repair or heal all the damage, but it did provide some closure even though I never could get him to talk openly about his regrets. I've heard people of German heritage aren't good at expressing their inner thoughts. Not sure if it's true, but I've felt it too.
I'm sorry you had a hard time with your dad. I agree that there is no way to make up for what's lost when growing up without a dad. I'm glad we are both at a certain level of peace though. Thank you for sharing. Thank you and take care. ♥️🤗
To me, the studio version of "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" is the very best thing Michael Jackson ever did. Nothing else comes close. That's perhaps the main reason why I prefer "Off the Wall" over "Thriller". Words aren't enough to describe what I felt the first time I heard Kiss' "Alive!". That album and AC/DC's "Back in Black" are perhaps my biggest lifechangers. "The Challengers at the Teenage Fair" is an album that I played countless times when I was a kid. It's an extremely special part of the soundtrack of my life. Wonderful video!
The humanity and emotion you exude Melinda is beyond superb. I've always loved Suzanne Vega... espcially her song 'Small Blue Thing'. Last year (after sending her a letter) she allowed me to do her portrait at a soundcheck before one of her world tour concerts. I got a photograph of her in the very seat I sat in first seeing her play in '87 then a close-up shot of her actually playing 'Small Blue Thing'. Music really does create memories. Sorry to ramble on, but my illness has taken my speech and I can go on 'ramble' for sure. Love your channel.
You are undoubtedly one amazing human. This content was so brilliant in the emotions it evoked in what I assume was (and looked like) an extemporaneous narrative. Could have been one hell of a TED talk! Too good for YT, for sure. 🙏👍
Wonderful story about your dad. My mom and I never agreed on anything, even music, but she loved My Life by Billy Joel, so when I got my first keyboard, not knowing a note, I i spent 2 months learning to play that for her. 40 years later, I still impress people when I play it, until they say, "What else do you know?", and I i say, "Not much..."
That's so cool. I bet your mom was so proud of you for learning that song for her. 🤗♥️ At least you can play one song. That's more than I can say. Thank you and take care.
It is amazing how music conjures up memories from our lives. You have a great way of explaining this to us. We all have recollections of good and bad memories when we go back to the music we have experienced in our lives. Some of the bad memories show us that God knew best for us and in retrospect we realize that these experiences were for the best. The good memories are always welcome and put smiles on our faces. Life lessons are deeply rooted in the music from our past. The experiences are always worth the journey.
I agree completely. I don't mind listening to music that reminds me of the hard times because it reminds me of how far I have come. ♥️🤗 Thank you and take care.
Thanks for sharing your personal experiences Melinda! You are such a great story teller. It’s incredible how we can hear an album or song, and can transport right back to our fondest memories. My dad used to have a small convertible sports car, and I remember he used to play cassettes like Born in the USA, and Wild Planet by the B-52s(which sounded a lot cooler back then lol)
I’ll say one quick thing about Off the Wall. I owned it in my original vinyl collection. But like a lot of dummies my age I gave away most of my vinyl in the mid nineties. Been back into vinyl the last 7 years and very recently bought a used copy of off the wall on eBay. So it’s been on my mind for many a year. Sweet Melissa is awesome and a fairly easy song to play on the guitar. No one sings it like Gregg. Great video Melinda and a touching story as well. 💗
I'm glad to hear that Off the Wall is back in your collection. Everyone was selling their vinyl at that time including my mom. Thank you and take care. 🤗♥️
Great video ! My 10 albums are: I was a teenager for most of these.. Sgt. Pepper - The Beatles The White Album - The Beatles Disraeli Gears - Cream Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix Experience Aftermath - The Stones Between the Buttons - The Stones Odessa - The Bee Gees Let it Bleed - The Stones Everybody Knows this is Nowhere - Neil Young Green Ricer - CCR Thanks.
Very nice and emotional video. Music can really take us in a journey through time, fellings and images. I watch your videos every time i open up RUclips, Don't worry about your real audience, we're here. Regards from México.
Enjoyable video. I'll share some of my albums. When I was a very young child. Around 5, my mom was in a 5 and dime type store and saw this album she thought would be cool. This was 1960 and the album was only a dollar (probably 99 cents). She gave me two Franklin half dollars and said she was gonna let me pay it at the checkout. When we got home, she put the records on our Muntz console TV stereo. The sounds that came out of the speakers mesmerized me. It was a lush tropical (exotica) album called, "The Sounds of Exotic Island" filled with tropical instruments, bird and surf sounds with occasional female wordless vocals. The gorgeous album cover and even the "Stereo Fidelity" Somerset label completes a tropical feel. It took me til 1999 to find another near mint copy. When I joined The Army in 1973, My first album purchase was "Tubular Bells", that album is still my favorite instrumental album. Some other I helped me become an avid Hi-Fi fan are Rick Wakeman's Six Wives of Henry VIII, The Best of Bread, ELO's Eldorado, The James Gang Rides Again, Pink Floyd's Ummagumma, Kraftwerk's Autobahn and Rare Earth's Ecology.
Hi Melinda, I really enjoed this video and I must say that Sonny And Cher album means a lot to me. when I was a kid and I had that album I used to play it all the time and I absolutely Loved it and I really feel that Sonny's best vocal performance is You Better Sit Down Kids. I wore out my first copy of that album and so I bought a new copy a few years ago. And Yes, K-tel Records Did not sound as good cause they crammed so many songs in a album but I Loved them and I have many of them in my collection. Nothing wrong with having K-Tel records as they were without a doubt a big part of music history.
That Sonny and Cher album is definitely worth buying and wearing out. ♥️🤗 The music is so nostalgic for me. I loved Sonny and Cher together. K-Tel records are still cool. Thank you and take care.
When I was 9, in 1966, we moved to Birmingham (UK), and Bev Bevan, then Move later ELO drummer, lived on my road. I did a home town bands video recently, focussing mostly on bands from the area around Moseley in south Birmingham. Amazing the number of well-known bands who came from there. Great video, Melinda. I love these deeply personal musical memories. I also saw Pete's video, which inspired me to do one, but I settled on 15 albums that soundtracked my musical journey and my love life! If you get a chance, take a look? Cheers. Andy
You really passionate about the sound qualities and the music effects. You have audiophile ears. I love listening yours. God already blessed you a lot.
I was given the first two Beatles albums by my uncle when I was just 8 years old (1968). That started my musical journey and I started buying my own records right away. The first record I bought myself was CCR - Pendulum, what a fantastic record! Next up was Cream - Disraeli Gears and then ELP - WBMFTTSTNE...However the record that really blew me away was Black Sabbath - Paranoid. It changed everything for me and really got me delving deep into hard rock. I was fortunate to have a hippie mom who had such music as Ten Years After, Savoy Brown, QSMS, Zappa and much more!
It's great to have such a wonderful range when it comes to musical tastes. Van Halen did for me what Black Sabbath did for you when it comes to hard rock. I certainly appreciate Black Sabbath as an adult. Their name scared me when I was a kid. Lol. Thank you and take care. 🤗♥️
Melinda, that was such a great video. You have an amazing gift for storytelling. I don’t know how old you are but when you mentioned the Sonny & Cher show it brought back memories of when I was a child and I too used to love watching it. Not to mention Charlie’s Angels, I could only catch the reruns in the summer because during school session it was on right at the start of my bedtime. Thank you for sharing your stories and memories. Great music choices as well. 😊
We must be very similar in age. I'm 53. My mom had a rule that I had to go to bed a half an hour earlier on Tuesday night so I could stay up until 9 to watch Charlie's Angels on Wednesday night. Lol. Great memories. ♥️ Thank you and take care.
A wonderful post. Thank you so much. Such touching moments about your parents. Thanks for sharing. Love your posts. This could be the best yet. Much love.
I remember you mentioning the "Alternative Side of the Moon" in one of your videos. While at my weekly visit to the record store I picked it up. What a great recording. I don't think the gate guard announcement was as pronounced but the running back and forth was in "On the Run". Thanks for mentioning it.
I'm watching your video and it's nearly the end so i'm thinking like there is no way that this video is gonna finish without Van Halen (YEEEESS) and then there you go :) hehehe Thank you for sharing your stories with us. I saw my dad twice as a kid and that was long time ago. Never again. Thank you!
I think everyone can feel your emotion and how music is the soundtrack to all the little moments and big moments that pass through a person's life. This is why we all love music. Thank you for sharing.
Great video Melinda. The Bee Gees greatest is on my list also, and Van Halens Diver Down, Bee Gees with Spirits having flown, Dr Hook with Sometimes you win ( from my mother) and Smokie greatest hits (from my father), Kiss Alive and Alive 2 and Dynasty, Michael Jackson Thriller, Iron Maidens debut, AC/DC with Back in black, Toto with Hydra and Nazareth with ´snaz are som of my most important records.
Wow.. I just discovered your channel. I definitely. agree with you on the power of music, and the memories it can bring back. I have very similar taste in music that you do, and I have many of those same records. I do have a few that are more sentimental... "Born Free" by Andy Williams. It was one my grandparents had.. So every time I hear it, I am back at their house as a VERY young kid... Great memories! I am looking forward to checking out more of your videos! Thank you so much!
What a wonderful memory. The Andy Williams Christmas album (red cover) is my most sentimental Christmas record. ♥️ Williams was wonderful and had such a pure voice. I love that his music puts you back in your grandparents house. Thank you for sharing that. To me that's what music is all about. Thank you and take care. ♥️🤗
@@MelindaMurphy Thanks! Yes, that red cover Christmas Album is fantastic! while I mostly listen to classic rock, I do love Andy Williams. Now I am listening to a fair amount of Japanese rock bands.. something new, but with a bit of that classic 70's-80's rock sound. No matter what you like, music is a fun adventure! Your videos are great! I now need some new stereo gear!
Oh, Melinda, I am happy to see a new video from you every time, but especially today. I'm sick as a dog eating grass, if you know about that. Stomach problems, been pretty miserable for a few days now. You made me cry with your stories about your parents. Mine are both gone, too, about a year apart, 15 and 14 years ago. I can see that we have similar tastes in music, so any time you show an album I haven't heard, I know to go check it out. It's probably something I will enjoy. I know the Allman Brothers music, the basics at least, but I never bought their albums beyond a greatest hits CD. That's about to change. Anyway, I love your show. Just wanted to say thanks for what you do.
Beautiful and emotional stories and recollections, Melinda! Lovely to listen through! 🫶👍 By the way... I still have my " The Making of Thriller" VHS Tape! (and still watch it, every few years or so!) 😆😄
Great video Melinda. Thank you for sharing your story about your father with us. My friend Melissa was also named after the song because her mom was a big Allman Brothers fan. I also had a friend in High School named Jessica after their instrumental. I love The Allman Brothers Band. For the album that had the most impact on me when I was a kid, it has to be Black Sabbath's first album. That got me into Hard Rock and Heavy Metal. I will never forget the first time I listened to the song " Black Sabbath" with the headphones on when I was a kid. It scared me! haha! Best wishes always to you and family. Love your channel! 😃🤘♥
The Allman Brothers, Eat A Peach, has a special memory for me. I was a teenager at the time the album was released. My parents went out for the evening and my girlfriend came over to the house. My parents came home early, Eat A Peach was blasting away, ... let's just say they were not happy we were only wearing smiles. Excellent video!
another video to watch and relax ,made it good ,i´m more informed now because everything you show ,where i live i wouldn´t dream of it, editions , special editions, some from artists i really like and if it wasn´t for you i wouldn´t know they existed,as an example i already know where to order those special editions of old albums i never had seen before
This is one of the most interesting videos you have made. Interesting stories behind each choice and deeply personal. You had me booked until the end. Thank you.
I agree. They definitely opened the door to many artists for me as well. I remember hearing Marvin Gaye, Kiss and Elton John all on Music Machine. It had so many great songs on it. Thank you and take care. 🤗♥️
Thanks Melinda. This is such a personal video. I watched Pete's video a couple of days ago and loved it, and it started me thinking about my music turning points.
Aloha Melinda Such a beautiful touching video of your memories on why these record albums mean so much to you. You had me in tears 😢 on some of your memories & laughing at others. Your K-tel record, your correct not Audiophile quality, but special memories that will last a lifetime when listening to it. That Sonny & Cher record album, we had that same one in the house either it was my sister's or sister in-laws that became my favorite Sonny & Cher record album of theirs. Your ELO record brings back memories for me too. In 1977 I was blessed to see ELO in concert here in Honolulu Hawaii, the wholesale rep, gave employees in the record shop I was working at, free tickets to that Tour, then the following week I was blessed again with tickets from the A&M rep.,to see STYX on there GRAND ILLUSION TOUR show. 1977 was a great year for free concerts for me lol.... On my RUclips channel, I have a video of me working in that record shop, again in 1977 , that was used to promote A local record album. Thank you again Melinda for sharing your memories & helping me remember mine. Always looking forward to watching your next video. Mahalo Ed
Wow! You were able to see some amazing concerts. I wish I had been able to see those bands back in the day. I will have to look up your channel. 🤗♥️ Thank you and take care.
Great video Melinda. I loved hearing your stories. Very touching. You had me a bit choked up there for a minute. Agreed on ELO. I had that compilation. The sound quality of it, inspired me to start seeking out their original studio albums. I’ve gotten 5 so far and they are amazing. 1984 was a Huge one for me as well. I too have that Quiex II pressing, an original pressing and the 2010 remaster. And it will be my first One Step when it Finally comes out. I feel like that won’t be til next year, lol. Perhaps that will be my final time buying the album. But I spin that record At Least once a month. Thanks again and have a great day
Thank you for the kind words. 🤗♥️ The album 1984 gets a lot of play at my house too. I am looking forward to the One Step but it will be a long wait. Thank you and enjoy the rest of your week. ♥️
Hello Melinda, your story about naming your daughter was so touching. Honestly there is no one album or ten that I listen to that really changed my life. But there are song that really have impacted me in my life. I just love how you have such great memories that are connected to songs. I think sometimes we forget the emotional impact certain songs have on our lives.. This is why I am such a fan of your channel.
Thank you so much for the kind words. I definitely feel a huge connection to music. Music was always playing in the background of my life. I'm grateful my mom turned on the radio every day. Take care. 🤗♥️
I have enjoyed several of your "video's" in the past but today was your best. You clearly shared some very personal, sensitive times from the formative years in you life. It takes a brave soul to do this and you did it with dignity. Well done Melinda.....keep on rockin' in the free world
What a great video. Thank you for sharing some of your memories with us. There are some albums that are very special to me. Electric Warrior by T.Rex is what got me into music in a big way when I was about 11 and I still listen to it now 50 plus years later. The Temperance Movement self titled album introduced me to this wonderful British band and it's lead singer Phil Campbell who has to be my favourite male vocalist. How Dare You by 10cc reminds me of going to my best friend's house after school and singing along to it. There are so many songs that hold precious memories of my mum and dad, my daughter and grandchildren but there's not room here to list them all. Thank you for the reminder that life is made of the little moments.
Thanks for sharing your heart and glad you made that connection with your dad. For me there are a few albums but I will share two. The first was Dire Straits - Love over Gold. I had just gotten my first job and wanted to get some music. It was a number one album and when I picked it up I thought 5 songs, I’m getting ripped off so I held onto my money. I did end up buying and for me is one of those albums you play from start to finish. It’s probably one of my most played albums. The other is Bat out of Hell by Meatloaf. When I left school to join the Air Force I had completed two out of three of my school terms and my quote I left on our year wall was Two out of three ain’t bad. Such a shame the recording is lacking.
Hi Melinda through the years of Collecting and listening to music I have to go back to my first record . I remember it was around Christmas and I was 15 years old and I was laying in bed . My parents went Christmas shopping and I heard them say record and my ears perked up knowing from my parents records well it had my name all over it. So I couldn't contain myself. I had to wait until they went out . I was a Naughty kid a bit of a rebel. I knew it was in side closet. I quietly opened the door and there it was. THE BEATLES - RUBBER SOUL. That cover just shook me . They were so cool looking. Couldn't stop thinking about. So I had to wait for a week until that music then and even today that record opened the Door for me and to this day that was the one that started it all. I also got my first record player. I think my parents knew I was poking around . Lol. But thats my first album. Rubber Soul really started it all . It was the stepping stone to Revolver. Rubber Soul today brings a smile to my face.
Thank you for sharing such personal stories, especially about your mom & dad. I bet you miss them both. Being 53 myself and having lost mine long ago, on top of having to let go of my wife 5,5 years ago, after a 10-year struggle with cancer, the only thing that has always kept me upright was music. Lately, however, even that seems to be failing on me. I’m not giving up, though, music had always been my savior. Thanks again, Melissa! Btw, you look a lot like my sister. Do you have any Eastern-European blood running thru you?
I'm so sorry to hear about everything you have been through, especially the loss of your wife and cancer battle. I truly wish you all the best. 🤗♥️ You are correct. I am part German. My last name was Gehlhausen. Thank you and take care.
Thanks for this video! I'm so glad you got some reconnection and a bit of closure with your father. As for those life changing records... Beatles Red and Blue albums that my uncle had is #1. Asia from 1982 is another. It made me want to be in a band and write songs, and soon after that I was off and running. The Smiths - Meat Is Murder got me more into "indie/modern rock". At the Drive In - Relationship of Command - I had been out of bands and just writing music on my own for awhile when I saw them on David Letterman and thought to myself I HAVE to get in a band again... I did and met most of the friends I have now thanks to that random event... Thanks again! Looking forward to the next one.
Thank you for the kind words. I'm glad that I am able to have peace with where my dad and I left things. I know he loved me in his own way. ♥️ I need to pick up that Smith's album. 🔥 Very cool. Thank you and take care.
I am crying hearing your stories, Melinda! I am just so grateful for you being you! Personally, the one album I will say that has changed my life the most is Van Morrison’s “Poetic Champions Compose “…He was on such a spiritual plane at the time, and everything from the moody “Spanish Steps” to the ethereal “Celtic Excavation” to the beautiful “Someone Like You”, along with the meditative road anthem, “Alan Watts Blues” and the incredibly transformative “Did Ye Get Healed?” has influenced me in one way or another throughout my life…I remember being in a record shop crate digging and this record came on…The young folks that were in the shop were digging it, the old guys with white ponytails were digging it, the clerks were digging it and I was digging it…It’s almost as if everyone in the shop was having a moment at the same time…I can’t ever recall there being such a universal album that resonated with everybody quite like that one, so that’s my pick! Plus, it’s the one album I can listen to over and over again and never get tired of hearing it!
Wow! You can still remember that moment and what everybody looked like in that record store. The power of music still surprises me. Thank you for sharing. ♥️🤗
I loved hearing your stories behind the music. It's amazing how music touches our souls. "Team Sonny" 😊
Lol. I loved Sonny & Cher so much. I always wished they had gotten back together. ♥️ Thank you and take care.
Your discussion of your relationship with your parents was truly a beautiful thing, Melinda. It made my eyes tear up.
Thank you very much! ♥️🤗 It was definitely an emotional video but that's the impact music can have for all of us. Take care.
What an absolute touching video! You may have shared 10 Lp’s here that changed your life, but more so, to tell the stories about each, and show your own emotional feelings with your subscribers was truly heartfelt. I honestly thought you were going to start crying at one point when you talked about your father. I can relate to your feelings about your dad, because I too experienced the exact same situation growing up. I can easily name ten Lp’s that changed my life. I can also name songs that when I hear today, bring about tears with my mother’s passing in 2003. If your viewers did not already know that you are such a kind and caring individual before this video, they definitely have to realize it now. I applaud you for all that you’ve shared here over the years, and now today, I admire you more for what I already knew! Thank you Melinda! You are a rockstar in so many ways! 👏💯🏆👍🥇🙃
Thank you for such a sweet and touching comment. It is hard to talk about my dad and I'm sure my voice cracked a couple of times. Music is truly magical and those records mean the world to me. I'm sorry for the loss of your precious mom. ♥️ Take care.
Dark Side of the Moon is the album that changed the way I listened to music. Alan Parsons is the man who authored the quad mix. 11 years ago today I got to meet Alan Parsons, and the one thing I said to the man who's been a lifelong idol was that his quad mix of Dark Side was the cleanest, clearest thing I'd ever heard. He was so gracious and said he was happy to hear that!
Oh wow! What an amazing experience. 🤗♥️The quad mix is very clean. I can hear the words much clearer on it than any other copy. Thank you and take care.
No Beatles????@@MelindaMurphy
Bless you, how sweet your memories are. How about doing your top 10 jazz records you own.
@@juliosanchez95 Probably in her Top 20.
I was 13 years old when my grandma for Christmas in my stuffing stockers purchased 3 bands on cassette. They were ratt out of the cellar, Def Leppard pyromania and of course 1984! My grandma was the best!
You sure did have a very cool Grandma. ♥️🤗 What a cool memory. Thank you and take care.
uhhhhaha you said stuffing stockers, totally different thing. lol
I think most of us in that age group got those for Christmas 😂💯 I did too!
That was an emotional video!! My first memories of records was my sister playing "Shake your Booty" Rhinstone Cowboy" "Beth"
Every Christmas eve she would put on the Christmas album until I went to sleep. She passed in 2013. Thanks for sharing
I'm so sorry for your loss. It's great to still have the special memories of your sister. It sounds like she was a very caring person. ♥️🤗 Thank you and take care.
,,,,,.....p.s.,,,,,,Dear mrss Melinda...,,,tnx for telling me your past,,,..you are not the only one😮,,.music is all we have to share,.....i hear it in your voice,,( so honest),,..,,i too have a great 45 rpm record collection,,..love the paper covers,..the compilation albums are fantastic as well.....,,,,,,but first and foremost,,RADIO is where it all began,,..and i still strive,and educate how important it is,and would be to create a song to be played on the radio,❤,,...tnx for your work here,,,..it makes my week complete,.....,,take care,..pat,,,land o' lakes,wi.
Thank you so much for the kind words. I love that music can bring back so many memories. ♥️ Have a wonderful weekend.
A story beautifully told. My respect for you has no ends. Thank you for all your videos Melinda.
Thank you so much! That means so much to me. 🤗♥️ Take care.
I enjoyed this video very much. I grew up in the 70s and early 80s which was the greatest music era! Thanks for sharing.
It was a very special era. Thank you very much. 🤗♥️
I really appreciate you sharing the tough moments of your life with us, Melinda - and also how the music helped you through them. You bring a personal side to the vinyl community that most don’t.
Thank you so much! Music is very nostalgic and I love hearing wonderful stories about why a certain album is so special. Take care and enjoy your weekend. ♥️🤗
I can only share what comments stated before me. You´re such a wonderful person, who brings a lot of joy into my world! And telling us about difficult moments in your life and it´s relation to the music you love, makes you a very strong character! Thanks a lot for you being exactly you!!
Awww! Thank you so much! Enjoy your weekend. ♥️🤗
You went deep here M! Great stuff! Thanks for sharing!
I sure did. 😳 Lol. Thank you and take care.
I don't care what anyone else says about KTel Records, they'll always have a special place in my heart as well 😊. I'm very moved by your video, and God bless you. I feel so privileged, and thank you, Melinda.
The K-Tel records are very special to me as well. Thank you so much for the kind words. That really means a lot. 🤗♥️ May the Lord bless you too.
I loved this video Melinda. What an incredible story about your parents. The part about your father and The Bee Gees was really emotional. Music is the universal language.
Thank you! I'm glad to have a band that represents a moment I had with my dad. 🤗♥️ Have a great weekend.
@@MelindaMurphy You’re welcome! You’ll always cherish those memories. You are loved. Have a wonderful weekend ❤️🤗
Music is pretty powerful....enough to take you back decades and remember your exact feelings.
Thanks Melinda
Definitely! Thank you so much! ♥️🤗
Making me tear up at work😢 great video. Loved this. It’s beautiful how much impact music can have on our lives and relationships
Music brings back so many memories - good and bad. Thank you for your kind words. 🤗♥️ Have a fun weekend.
Off The Wall is the greatest pop of all time. imo. Love Thriller as well. Bee Gees are a little too amazing. How Deep is Your Love is hard for me to hear it just once. I usually play it 3 or 4 times in a row. So cool you got to share thier music with your Father. A total special moment to have that moment before he passed away. ELO was the first band I got into along with Kansas. very special band for me. I flew to Oakland to see them. You know how much I love Van Halen with Roth. I did not have that K Tell album. But I had a few others as a kid. One had Hard Luck Woman. All those K Tell albums are so special. Another awesome video,, Melinda! Take care.
Thank you Ralph. The 70's were an incredible time to grow up and the music was so special. It's sad to think that kids today will never have the carefree childhood we got to have. These bands/ artists were truly special. I hope your parents are doing well. ♥️ Take care.
As much as Thriller was epic, I think I like Off The Wall more.
Thank you for sharing, not only the soundtrack to your early life but your personal story as well.
Thank you very much! 🤗♥️ Have a great Saturday.
Hi Melinda my name is Clint I love watching your videos everyday classic rock music makes me so happy I appreciate everything you do you are an amazing woman
Wow! Thank you so much for the kind words. I really appreciate it. 🤗♥️
Thanks Melinda for bringing back such wonderful memories. I was also a kid in the 70s and a teen in the 80s. Our music collections are very similar. I still have most of my records and cassettes that I purchased from the money that I earned delivering papers when I was age 10 through 13. I just recently repaired one of my old Nakamichi cassette decks and popped in a 45 year old cassette yesterday of Hotel California that I received from the Colombia House record and tape club and it still worked. Listening to that old cassette brought back wonderful memories of my childhood home and neighborhood in Santa Fe NM. It's amazing that music can bring back such fond and emotional memories. Take care Melinda I can't wait for your next video!
Oh wow! What an incredible thing to do. It's cool that you brought an old cassette and cassette deck back to life. ♥️ I'm sure the room was full of nostalgia. Thank you and take care. 🤗
VC video of the year. Wow. Heartfelt and honest. Well done.
Thank you very much for such a sweet comment. ♥️🤗 Take care.
Very emotional Melinda great that you have such deep connections to your family through music.
All I can remember is my mum shouting up the stairs "Turn that racket down! "
Lol. I heard that phrase a lot too. ♥️🤗 Thank you and take care.
Thank you for sharing your heartfelt stories. ❤❤❤❤
Thank you very much! ♥️🤗
Thanks for sharing Melinda. That’s all
Thank you! 🤗♥️
Another lovely and nice video. Lots of great titles, 1984, Off the Wall, Pink Floyd and ELO. Can’t go wrong there! And the stories. Thank you Melinda 😊
Thank you very much! ♥️🤗
Wonderful video! I was very touched by the stories of your dad - especially the small detail about the flowers. I also remember "Miracles" by Jefferson Starship as one of the first songs on the radio that caught my ear in my formidable years - every time I hear it, I'm immediately brought back to that magical year of 1975.
Yes, that song is so nostalgic. It just sounds like the perfect 70's song. I love it. Thank you and take care. ♥️🤗
Hi Melinda, Great video. Loved the stories you shared about your Mom and Dad and the great memories from the albums you shared with them. Most of your albums are from when you were growing up and it got me thinking. This is really going to date me. I’m a lot older than you but here it goes. In the sixties I could only afford to buy 45’s which I did whenever I had extra money. So I have favorites that were played from cousins or neighborhood kids. Of course I own everyone of them today.
First up - Blue Hawaii, Elvis, Meet the Beatles which changed everything for me. The Wonderful World of Sonny and Cher ‘66, I started buying now by 68. The Turtles Greatest, The Rascals Greatest, Mamas and Papas 16 Greatest, The Stones - Darkly through the Past, Favorite of all time Abbey Road, Jackson Five 3rd Album and Tapestry, Carol King. They bring back the great memories. Thanks for making me think about it.
Those records are fantastic. You grew up in an incredible time. ♥️ My mom didn't have a lot of money so we bought a lot of 45's as well. 🤗 Thank you and take care.
Melinda, you touched many of us here with your stories about your parents because many of us can relate. I know I can. Growing up, my dad and I were frequently at odds. But, later on, much later on when I was out on my own, we reconciled in a silent sort of way. We didn't talk about the past, we just focused on the present, and it felt good knowing that he felt proud of me as opposed to my teen years when he wasn't so proud because I didn't meet his expectations in certain areas. So, thanks for sharing. You're obviously a sensitive person.
I'm glad you were able to have a relationship with your father later in life. I know for me, it brings a sense of peace to my life. It sounds like you have found that peace as well. Thank you and take care. 🤗♥️
I absolutely love your story about your Dad and the flowers. My Dad left flowers on my Mom's grave every week. I would go with him sometimes and it helped us bond and also broke my heart at the same time. Thanks for reminding me of those times. Thanks for giving K-Tel records some cred too.
It meant a lot to me to know that my dad still thought enough of my mom to do that after she died. ♥️ No doubt your dad felt that way about your mom as well. It's so hard to lose our parents.
K-Tel put out some great compilation albums back then. I remember them fondly. Thank you so much. Take care. ♥️🤗
I loved this video and am really enjoying hanging out with your channel! Thanks so much for this (some months late)!
Wow! Thank you so much. I really appreciate the encouragement. 🤗♥️ Take care.
Having my own "dad" issues, it's so nice to hear you were able to have a moment or two with yours while he was still alive. I was also able to re-connect with my dad before he passed. It didn't repair or heal all the damage, but it did provide some closure even though I never could get him to talk openly about his regrets. I've heard people of German heritage aren't good at expressing their inner thoughts. Not sure if it's true, but I've felt it too.
I'm sorry you had a hard time with your dad. I agree that there is no way to make up for what's lost when growing up without a dad. I'm glad we are both at a certain level of peace though. Thank you for sharing. Thank you and take care. ♥️🤗
You are such a kind person. Your experience really touched me. Thanks for sharing.
To me, the studio version of "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" is the very best thing Michael Jackson ever did. Nothing else comes close. That's perhaps the main reason why I prefer "Off the Wall" over "Thriller".
Words aren't enough to describe what I felt the first time I heard Kiss' "Alive!". That album and AC/DC's "Back in Black" are perhaps my biggest lifechangers.
"The Challengers at the Teenage Fair" is an album that I played countless times when I was a kid. It's an extremely special part of the soundtrack of my life.
Wonderful video!
Alive was a ground breaking album for so many. ♥️ I enjoy Back in Black as well. I love that era of music. Thank you and take care.
Brilliant video as always, Melinda. Wonderful choices and such emotional and sincere back stories.
Thank you so much! ♥️🤗
Great video Melinda. Good to see a video where the actual relevance to someone of their vinyl records is highlighted.
Thank you very much! 🤗♥️
The humanity and emotion you exude Melinda is beyond superb. I've always loved Suzanne Vega... espcially her song 'Small Blue Thing'. Last year (after sending her a letter) she allowed me to do her portrait at a soundcheck before one of her world tour concerts. I got a photograph of her in the very seat I sat in first seeing her play in '87 then a close-up shot of her actually playing 'Small Blue Thing'. Music really does create memories.
Sorry to ramble on, but my illness has taken my speech and I can go on 'ramble' for sure.
Love your channel.
Thank you for the kind words. ♥️🤗 What an amazing story. It sounds like she is a sweet lady. Good for you. Take care.
@@MelindaMurphy it's generally advised that a person should never meet their heroes. But she was gracious and lovely.
You are undoubtedly one amazing human. This content was so brilliant in the emotions it evoked in what I assume was (and looked like) an extemporaneous narrative. Could have been one hell of a TED talk! Too good for YT, for sure. 🙏👍
I'm so honored. Thank you so much for the kind words. ♥️🤗 Take care.
Wonderful story about your dad. My mom and I never agreed on anything, even music, but she loved My Life by Billy Joel, so when I got my first keyboard, not knowing a note, I i spent 2 months learning to play that for her. 40 years later, I still impress people when I play it, until they say, "What else do you know?", and I i say, "Not much..."
That's so cool. I bet your mom was so proud of you for learning that song for her. 🤗♥️ At least you can play one song. That's more than I can say. Thank you and take care.
It is amazing how music conjures up memories from our lives. You have a great way of explaining this to us.
We all have recollections of good and bad memories when we go back to the music we have experienced in our lives. Some of the bad memories show us that God knew best for us and in retrospect we realize that these experiences were for the best. The good memories are always welcome and put smiles on our faces.
Life lessons are deeply rooted in the music from our past. The experiences are always worth the journey.
I agree completely. I don't mind listening to music that reminds me of the hard times because it reminds me of how far I have come. ♥️🤗 Thank you and take care.
Thanks for sharing your personal experiences Melinda! You are such a great story teller. It’s incredible how we can hear an album or song, and can transport right back to our fondest memories. My dad used to have a small convertible sports car, and I remember he used to play cassettes like Born in the USA, and Wild Planet by the B-52s(which sounded a lot cooler back then lol)
Oh wow! It must have been very cool riding in that convertible to those cool songs. 😃♥️ Thank you and take care.
Now I see why you're Team Sonny. I had that Cher doll too, in that pink outfit she came with. I gave her a stylish bob. Very enjoyable video!
I loved that Cher doll. I would love to find one still in her box. ♥️ I think mine had to have a haircut as well. 😳 Thank you and take care.
,,,,,,,......... OH ! .......,,,,,,,so you were on the Sonny & Cher train also !!!!😮❤
Definitely! ♥️ I still am. ♥️🤗 Thank you and enjoy your weekend.
I’ll say one quick thing about Off the Wall. I owned it in my original vinyl collection. But like a lot of dummies my age I gave away most of my vinyl in the mid nineties. Been back into vinyl the last 7 years and very recently bought a used copy of off the wall on eBay. So it’s been on my mind for many a year. Sweet Melissa is awesome and a fairly easy song to play on the guitar. No one sings it like Gregg.
Great video Melinda and a touching story as well.
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I'm glad to hear that Off the Wall is back in your collection. Everyone was selling their vinyl at that time including my mom. Thank you and take care. 🤗♥️
Nice video. And it's nice that music makes your life better. I can't imagine not having music in my life. Keep up the great videos!
I agree. Life would have been a lot less enjoyable without music. Thank you and take care. 🤗♥️
Great video ! My 10 albums are: I was a teenager for most of these..
Sgt. Pepper - The Beatles
The White Album - The Beatles
Disraeli Gears - Cream
Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix Experience
Aftermath - The Stones
Between the Buttons - The Stones
Odessa - The Bee Gees
Let it Bleed - The Stones
Everybody Knows this is Nowhere - Neil Young
Green Ricer - CCR
Thanks.
All of those records are so incredible. You grew up in such an amazing time. ❤️🤗 Thank you for sharing. Take care.
What a truly wonderful video. I was so affected by your story. I’m glad you had some good times with your dad.
Thank you very much. ♥️🤗 Take care.
Very nice and emotional video. Music can really take us in a journey through time, fellings and images.
I watch your videos every time i open up RUclips, Don't worry about your real audience, we're here. Regards from México.
Thank you! I love that I have viewers in Mexico. I'm so honored. Take care. ♥️🤗
Great video… our records definitely are the soundtrack of our lives.
Definitely. ♥️🤗 Thank you and take care.
Enjoyable video. I'll share some of my albums. When I was a very young child. Around 5, my mom was in a 5 and dime type store and saw this album she thought would be cool. This was 1960 and the album was only a dollar (probably 99 cents). She gave me two Franklin half dollars and said she was gonna let me pay it at the checkout. When we got home, she put the records on our Muntz console TV stereo. The sounds that came out of the speakers mesmerized me. It was a lush tropical (exotica) album called, "The Sounds of Exotic Island" filled with tropical instruments, bird and surf sounds with occasional female wordless vocals. The gorgeous album cover and even the "Stereo Fidelity" Somerset label completes a tropical feel. It took me til 1999 to find another near mint copy. When I joined The Army in 1973, My first album purchase was "Tubular Bells", that album is still my favorite instrumental album. Some other I helped me become an avid Hi-Fi fan are Rick Wakeman's Six Wives of Henry VIII, The Best of Bread, ELO's Eldorado, The James Gang Rides Again, Pink Floyd's Ummagumma, Kraftwerk's Autobahn and Rare Earth's Ecology.
What great memories. I'm glad you found a near mint copy. ♥️🤗 I also love that you mentioned Bread. They were great. Thank you and take care.
Melinda, WOW what a truly beautiful video. So deeply personal.
Thank you. Regards Dave.
Thank you very much. 🤗♥️
Hi Melinda, I really enjoed this video and I must say that Sonny And Cher album means a lot to me. when I was a kid and I had that album I used to play it all the time and I absolutely Loved it and I really feel that Sonny's best vocal performance is You Better Sit Down Kids. I wore out my first copy of that album and so I bought a new copy a few years ago. And Yes, K-tel Records Did not sound as good cause they crammed so many songs in a album but I Loved them and I have many of them in my collection. Nothing wrong with having K-Tel records as they were without a doubt a big part of music history.
That Sonny and Cher album is definitely worth buying and wearing out. ♥️🤗 The music is so nostalgic for me. I loved Sonny and Cher together. K-Tel records are still cool. Thank you and take care.
Wonderful video, Melinda. Really wonderful!
Thank you so much. ♥️🤗
I just have to say that it's videos like this that help me discover new music that might be of interest to me... Thanks for the great content! ✌️
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. ♥️🤗
Thank you for the video. Very emotional, very warm hearted.
Thank you very much! ♥️🤗
When I was 9, in 1966, we moved to Birmingham (UK), and Bev Bevan, then Move later ELO drummer, lived on my road. I did a home town bands video recently, focussing mostly on bands from the area around Moseley in south Birmingham. Amazing the number of well-known bands who came from there. Great video, Melinda. I love these deeply personal musical memories. I also saw Pete's video, which inspired me to do one, but I settled on 15 albums that soundtracked my musical journey and my love life! If you get a chance, take a look? Cheers. Andy
Thank you very much and what a cool story. ELO was fantastic. 🤗♥️ Take care.
I'll look up your video. Thank you!
Thank you, Melinda. Cheers 🤘❤
You really passionate about the sound qualities and the music effects. You have audiophile ears. I love listening yours. God already blessed you a lot.
Thank you very much. 🤗♥️ Take care.
You are an amazing woman Melinda Beautiful inside and out
Thank you. 🤗
Beautiful share with genuine emotion. Love the content.
Thank you so much! ♥️🤗
Great video, Melinda! Thank you.
Thank you very much. 🤗♥️
Loved this intimate connection video with music. Music seeps through the superficial and penetrates the soul. ...no matter the style of music.
Totally agree! Thank you very much! ❤️🤗
I was given the first two Beatles albums by my uncle when I was just 8 years old (1968). That started my musical journey and I started buying my own records right away. The first record I bought myself was CCR - Pendulum, what a fantastic record! Next up was Cream - Disraeli Gears and then ELP - WBMFTTSTNE...However the record that really blew me away was Black Sabbath - Paranoid. It changed everything for me and really got me delving deep into hard rock. I was fortunate to have a hippie mom who had such music as Ten Years After, Savoy Brown, QSMS, Zappa and much more!
It's great to have such a wonderful range when it comes to musical tastes. Van Halen did for me what Black Sabbath did for you when it comes to hard rock. I certainly appreciate Black Sabbath as an adult. Their name scared me when I was a kid. Lol. Thank you and take care. 🤗♥️
Melinda, that was such a great video. You have an amazing gift for storytelling. I don’t know how old you are but when you mentioned the Sonny & Cher show it brought back memories of when I was a child and I too used to love watching it. Not to mention Charlie’s Angels, I could only catch the reruns in the summer because during school session it was on right at the start of my bedtime. Thank you for sharing your stories and memories. Great music choices as well. 😊
We must be very similar in age. I'm 53. My mom had a rule that I had to go to bed a half an hour earlier on Tuesday night so I could stay up until 9 to watch Charlie's Angels on Wednesday night. Lol. Great memories. ♥️ Thank you and take care.
@@MelindaMurphy I’m 55. 9pm was my bedtime, that’s the time Charlie’ Angels aired in my time zone
Love this video!! Excellent albums and great stories. Wonderful as always! Thank you.
Thank you very much! ♥️🤗
A wonderful post. Thank you so much. Such touching moments about your parents. Thanks for sharing. Love your posts. This could be the best yet. Much love.
Thank you so much! ♥️🤗
I remember you mentioning the "Alternative Side of the Moon" in one of your videos. While at my weekly visit to the record store I picked it up. What a great recording. I don't think the gate guard announcement was as pronounced but the running back and forth was in "On the Run". Thanks for mentioning it.
Thanks for sharing! ♥️🤗
I'm watching your video and it's nearly the end so i'm thinking like there is no way that this video is gonna finish without Van Halen (YEEEESS) and then there you go :) hehehe
Thank you for sharing your stories with us. I saw my dad twice as a kid and that was long time ago. Never again. Thank you!
Yes. I can be predictable. The album 1984 is so sentimental for me. I had to include it. 🤗♥️ Thank you and take care.
I think everyone can feel your emotion and how music is the soundtrack to all the little moments and big moments that pass through a person's life. This is why we all love music. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much for the kind words. 🤗♥️ Take care.
Melinda you are a joy to watch. Thank you for all the work you put into your videos. Stay well,safe and happy. Chris and Dave
Thank you very much! ♥️🤗
Great video Melinda. The Bee Gees greatest is on my list also, and Van Halens Diver Down, Bee Gees with Spirits having flown, Dr Hook with Sometimes you win ( from my mother) and Smokie greatest hits (from my father), Kiss Alive and Alive 2 and Dynasty, Michael Jackson Thriller, Iron Maidens debut, AC/DC with Back in black, Toto with Hydra and Nazareth with ´snaz are som of my most important records.
I love your choices and it's so great to see Toto get mentioned. I love that album. ♥️🤗 Thank you and take care.
Wow.. I just discovered your channel. I definitely. agree with you on the power of music, and the memories it can bring back. I have very similar taste in music that you do, and I have many of those same records. I do have a few that are more sentimental... "Born Free" by Andy Williams. It was one my grandparents had.. So every time I hear it, I am back at their house as a VERY young kid... Great memories! I am looking forward to checking out more of your videos! Thank you so much!
What a wonderful memory. The Andy Williams Christmas album (red cover) is my most sentimental Christmas record. ♥️ Williams was wonderful and had such a pure voice. I love that his music puts you back in your grandparents house. Thank you for sharing that. To me that's what music is all about. Thank you and take care. ♥️🤗
@@MelindaMurphy Thanks! Yes, that red cover Christmas Album is fantastic! while I mostly listen to classic rock, I do love Andy Williams. Now I am listening to a fair amount of Japanese rock bands.. something new, but with a bit of that classic 70's-80's rock sound. No matter what you like, music is a fun adventure! Your videos are great! I now need some new stereo gear!
Fantastic stories many of which I can relate. Music forever!
Thank you very much. 🤗♥️
Oh, Melinda, I am happy to see a new video from you every time, but especially today. I'm sick as a dog eating grass, if you know about that. Stomach problems, been pretty miserable for a few days now. You made me cry with your stories about your parents. Mine are both gone, too, about a year apart, 15 and 14 years ago.
I can see that we have similar tastes in music, so any time you show an album I haven't heard, I know to go check it out. It's probably something I will enjoy. I know the Allman Brothers music, the basics at least, but I never bought their albums beyond a greatest hits CD. That's about to change. Anyway, I love your show. Just wanted to say thanks for what you do.
I'm very sorry for your loss and I hope you are feeling better soon. Thank you so much for the kind words. Take care. 🤗♥️
Thanks for sharing the moving personal story of the Sonny and Cher album and your dad.
It's a powerful memory. Thank you and take care. ♥️🤗
K-TEL , do not worry about people , i still have my 25 Rock Revival Greats , so much nostalgia
Now i will subscribe
That's awesome! Long live K-Tel. ♥️ Thank you very much. 🤗
Beautiful and emotional stories and recollections, Melinda! Lovely to listen through! 🫶👍
By the way... I still have my " The Making of Thriller" VHS Tape! (and still watch it, every few years or so!) 😆😄
It's great that you still have that VHS tape. I probably watched it a hundred times. Lol. Thank you and take care.
Great video Melinda. Thank you for sharing your story about your father with us. My friend Melissa was also named after the song because her mom was a big Allman Brothers fan. I also had a friend in High School named Jessica after their instrumental. I love The Allman Brothers Band. For the album that had the most impact on me when I was a kid, it has to be Black Sabbath's first album. That got me into Hard Rock and Heavy Metal. I will never forget the first time I listened to the song " Black Sabbath" with the headphones on when I was a kid. It scared me! haha! Best wishes always to you and family. Love your channel! 😃🤘♥
The Allman Brothers were great. ♥️ The first Black Sabbath album was the start of something great. 🔥 Thank you and take care.
The Allman Brothers, Eat A Peach, has a special memory for me. I was a teenager at the time the album was released. My parents went out for the evening and my girlfriend came over to the house. My parents came home early, Eat A Peach was blasting away, ... let's just say they were not happy we were only wearing smiles. Excellent video!
Lol. Oh my!!!! I'm sure your parents never forgot that either. 😀😀😀
another video to watch and relax ,made it good ,i´m more informed now because everything you show ,where i live i wouldn´t dream of it, editions , special editions, some from artists i really like and if it wasn´t for you i wouldn´t know they existed,as an example i already know where to order those special editions of old albums i never had seen before
Thank you so much! I appreciate the kind words. Take care. ♥️🤗
Good personal choices - amazing how music can take you right back to people and places of the past
Music is very powerful. ♥️ Thank you and take care.
Wonderful personal memories. Thank you.
Thank you very much! ♥️🤗
This is one of the most interesting videos you have made. Interesting stories behind each choice and deeply personal. You had me booked until the end. Thank you.
Thank you so much! ♥️🤗
Music Machine was my first record that I can remember owning! K-tel gets a bad wrap, it was a perfect introduction to music for me at a young age.
I agree. They definitely opened the door to many artists for me as well. I remember hearing Marvin Gaye, Kiss and Elton John all on Music Machine. It had so many great songs on it. Thank you and take care. 🤗♥️
Thanks for sharing your memories and heartfelt connection to the music you love. I’m going to look for that Sonny & Cher record! 😊
It's a fantastic album that brings back so many memories. Thank you and take care. ♥️🤗
Thanks Melinda. This is such a personal video.
I watched Pete's video a couple of days ago and loved it, and it started me thinking about my music turning points.
Pete did a great job. Thank you and take care. ♥️😀
Aloha Melinda
Such a beautiful touching video of your memories on why these record albums mean so much to you.
You had me in tears 😢 on some of your memories & laughing at others.
Your K-tel record,
your correct not Audiophile quality, but special memories that will last a lifetime when listening to it.
That Sonny & Cher record album, we had that same one in the house either it was my sister's or sister
in-laws that became my favorite Sonny & Cher record album of theirs.
Your ELO record brings back memories for me too.
In 1977 I was blessed to see ELO in concert here in Honolulu Hawaii, the wholesale rep,
gave employees in the record shop I was working at,
free tickets to that Tour, then the following week I was blessed again with tickets from the A&M rep.,to see STYX on there GRAND ILLUSION TOUR show. 1977 was a great year for free concerts for me lol....
On my RUclips channel, I have a video of me working in that record shop, again in 1977 , that was used to promote A local record album.
Thank you again Melinda for sharing your memories & helping me remember mine.
Always looking forward to watching your next video.
Mahalo Ed
Wow! You were able to see some amazing concerts. I wish I had been able to see those bands back in the day. I will have to look up your channel. 🤗♥️ Thank you and take care.
Great video Melinda. I loved hearing your stories. Very touching. You had me a bit choked up there for a minute. Agreed on ELO. I had that compilation. The sound quality of it, inspired me to start seeking out their original studio albums. I’ve gotten 5 so far and they are amazing. 1984 was a Huge one for me as well. I too have that Quiex II pressing, an original pressing and the 2010 remaster. And it will be my first One Step when it Finally comes out. I feel like that won’t be til next year, lol. Perhaps that will be my final time buying the album. But I spin that record At Least once a month. Thanks again and have a great day
Thank you for the kind words. 🤗♥️ The album 1984 gets a lot of play at my house too. I am looking forward to the One Step but it will be a long wait. Thank you and enjoy the rest of your week. ♥️
Hello Melinda, your story about naming your daughter was so touching. Honestly there is no one album or ten that I listen to that really changed my life. But there are song that really have impacted me in my life. I just love how you have such great memories that are connected to songs. I think sometimes we forget the emotional impact certain songs have on our lives.. This is why I am such a fan of your channel.
Thank you so much for the kind words. I definitely feel a huge connection to music. Music was always playing in the background of my life. I'm grateful my mom turned on the radio every day. Take care. 🤗♥️
Thanks for sharing. Great video.
Thank you so much! 😀♥️
I have enjoyed several of your "video's" in the past but today was your best. You clearly shared some very personal, sensitive times from the formative years in you life. It takes a brave soul to do this and you did it with dignity.
Well done Melinda.....keep on rockin' in the free world
Thank you so much for the kind words. 🤗♥️ Take care.
Loved the video and hearing your story and the music connection! Yeah and love the Ktel records they always take me back!
Those old compilation records were a lot of fun. 🤗♥️ Thank you and take care.
What a great video. Thank you for sharing some of your memories with us. There are some albums that are very special to me. Electric Warrior by T.Rex is what got me into music in a big way when I was about 11 and I still listen to it now 50 plus years later. The Temperance Movement self titled album introduced me to this wonderful British band and it's lead singer Phil Campbell who has to be my favourite male vocalist. How Dare You by 10cc reminds me of going to my best friend's house after school and singing along to it. There are so many songs that hold precious memories of my mum and dad, my daughter and grandchildren but there's not room here to list them all. Thank you for the reminder that life is made of the little moments.
Thank you for sharing. Electric Warrior is an excellent album. ♥️🤗 Take care.
Thanks for sharing your heart and glad you made that connection with your dad. For me there are a few albums but I will share two. The first was Dire Straits - Love over Gold. I had just gotten my first job and wanted to get some music. It was a number one album and when I picked it up I thought 5 songs, I’m getting ripped off so I held onto my money. I did end up buying and for me is one of those albums you play from start to finish. It’s probably one of my most played albums. The other is Bat out of Hell by Meatloaf. When I left school to join the Air Force I had completed two out of three of my school terms and my quote I left on our year wall was Two out of three ain’t bad. Such a shame the recording is lacking.
What a great quote and song. 🤗♥️ Love Over Gold is a beautiful record. Thank you and take care.
What a great video. Thanks for sharing. Br, Claus
Thank you very much! ♥️🤗
Hi Melinda through the years of Collecting and listening to music I have to go back to my first record . I remember it was around Christmas and I was 15 years old and I was laying in bed . My parents went Christmas shopping and I heard them say record and my ears perked up knowing from my parents records well it had my name all over it.
So I couldn't contain myself. I had to wait until they went out .
I was a Naughty kid a bit of a rebel. I knew it was in side closet. I quietly opened the door and there it was.
THE BEATLES - RUBBER SOUL.
That cover just shook me .
They were so cool looking.
Couldn't stop thinking about.
So I had to wait for a week until that music then and even today that record opened the Door for me and to this day that was the one that started it all. I also got my first record player. I think my parents knew
I was poking around . Lol.
But thats my first album.
Rubber Soul really started it all .
It was the stepping stone to Revolver. Rubber Soul today brings a smile to my face.
Awww! What an incredible memory and the excitement of seeing that record is priceless. ♥️🤗 Thank you so much for sharing. Take care.
Thank you for sharing such personal stories, especially about your mom & dad. I bet you miss them both. Being 53 myself and having lost mine long ago, on top of having to let go of my wife 5,5 years ago, after a 10-year struggle with cancer, the only thing that has always kept me upright was music. Lately, however, even that seems to be failing on me. I’m not giving up, though, music had always been my savior. Thanks again, Melissa! Btw, you look a lot like my sister. Do you have any Eastern-European blood running thru you?
I'm so sorry to hear about everything you have been through, especially the loss of your wife and cancer battle. I truly wish you all the best. 🤗♥️
You are correct. I am part German. My last name was Gehlhausen. Thank you and take care.
Wow Melinda, it’s amazing how I have very similar connections to the same albums you do.
I love your channel.
Very cool! Thank you so much! 🤗♥️
Melinda , you made me cry.
I'm sorry. I had a very happy childhood so hopefully some of that showed in this video as well. ♥️🤗 Thank you and take care.
Some great records. Thank you for sharing a personal story.
Thank you very much! ♥️🤗
@@MelindaMurphy I think you are a wonderful person. I truly believe you father did too. Life gets complicated at times as you know.
Thanks for this video! I'm so glad you got some reconnection and a bit of closure with your father. As for those life changing records... Beatles Red and Blue albums that my uncle had is #1. Asia from 1982 is another. It made me want to be in a band and write songs, and soon after that I was off and running. The Smiths - Meat Is Murder got me more into "indie/modern rock". At the Drive In - Relationship of Command - I had been out of bands and just writing music on my own for awhile when I saw them on David Letterman and thought to myself I HAVE to get in a band again... I did and met most of the friends I have now thanks to that random event... Thanks again! Looking forward to the next one.
Thank you for the kind words. I'm glad that I am able to have peace with where my dad and I left things. I know he loved me in his own way. ♥️
I need to pick up that Smith's album. 🔥 Very cool. Thank you and take care.
Another great video my friend
Thank you very much! ♥️🤗