Ok then, My Father's Lps have been excavated and inventoried. This IS a big deal. 

The inventory list, by Artist, is below.  It's time to rehome these treasures.  We're referring to this effort as "Dave&Julianne's Free Record Store" since good buddy house guest (Also crazy smart music geek, which is obviously helpful) Dave Shipman is lending the assist, and also because we intend to give all these records away to fellow music fans in a thoughtful fashion and maybe with some hoopla. Took me long enough to get here, might as well make a big deal about it.  Throughout the process, we've been listening and reviewing the albums, and I'll be posting those reviews for posterity as well.

Quick Recap of the background - My Dad was a crazy Jazz fan.  He treasured his LP collection far more than anything else, except maybe flying super fast planes in the name of defending democracy via killing bad guys.  Oh yeah, he was a Marine Corps fighter pilot, in case you're wondering how he managed that.  Treasured this collection certainly more than he treasured the 3 crazy women that comprised his family.  It's possible deafeningly loud jazz is the only way a human could tolerate my Mother, my sister and I in a house together.  Anyhoo - the collection has been wasting away in my Mom's house for years and I've just now had a chance to excavate and inventory.  All I'm asking for anything is that it gets played, hopefully at ear-shattering volume, and someone gets a kick out of it, because you know - that's what he'd have wanted.  

The list is by Artist only and doesn't reflect title(s), quantity (some Artists have 8 releases in here, some just the 1) or condition. All 12" 33.3. Took me frikkin 10 years to get the LPs out of Mom's house, and 2 days so far sorting them out. 

The "Negotiable" list is stuff I intend to keep but if any serious collector or DJ is missing something they desperately need or can't find anywhere else and is going to love that LP more than life itself, then OK - I'll hand it off.  That list section just means I need an extra good reason to give it away.  Special considerations for sure for DJ's. WinkWink.

Get in touch with us if you need more information or if there's something really important you need to share with us.  

EJA’s LP Collection by Artist

Available for the taking :

{Depending on availability}

Cannonball Adderly

Laurindo Almeida

Anita (O’Day)

Australian Jazz Quartet

Joan Baez

Chet Baker

Dave Barry

Count Baise

Les Baxter

Belefonte

Tony Bennett

Shelly Berman

Blood, Sweat & Tears

Ruby Braff

Les Brown

Dave Brubeck

Jack Burger

Charlie Byrd

Barbara Carrol

Diahann Carroll

Benny Carter

Serge Chaloff Sextet

June Christy

Petula Clark

Rosemary Clooney/Hi-Lo’s

Chris Conner

Chris Craft

Miles Davis (Soundtrack from Porgy & Bess)

Wild Bill Davison

Doris Day

Martin Denny

Duke Ellington

Ray Ellis

Percy Faith

Fats Waller

Francis Faye

Pete Fountain

Four Freshman

Stan Freberg

Errol Garner

Stan Getz

Benny Goodman

Eydie Gorme

Connol Graves Trio

Jose Greco

Bennie Green

Chico Hamilton Quintent

Lionel Hampton

Hampton Hawes Trio

Woody Herman

Hi-Lo’s

Lena Horne

Mahlia Jackson

Ahmad Jamal

Jackie & Roy

Harry James Trio

JJ Johnson/Kai Winding

Antonio Carlos Jobin

Tom Jones

Jack Jones

Jo Jones

Alex Kallio

Mary Kaye Trio

Stan Kenton

Barney Kessel

Kingston Trio

Frankie Laine

Peggy Lee

Ramsey Lewis

Miriam Makebo

Shelly Manne

Johnny Mathis

Les McCann

Carmen McRae

Patty McGovern

Rod McKeun

Glen Miller

Modern Jazz Quartet

Wes Montgomery

Yves Montand

Gerry Mulligan

Red Norvo

Peter, Paul & Mary

Bud Powel

Andre Previn

Shorty Rogers

Richard Roquemore

60 French Girls

Sandpipers

Mort Saul

Sauter-Finegan Orchestra

Doc Severinsen

George Shearing

Don Shirley

Dinah Shore

Singing Rambos

Johnny Smith Quartet

Signatures

Pat Suzuki

Dakota Stanton

Swingers

Swingle Singers

Gabor Szabo

Art Tatum

Cal Tjader

Lily Tomlin

Upper Classmen

Peter Ustinov

Charlie Ventura Septet

Roger Williams

Zoot Sims

Soundtracks:

The King and I (Piano Solos by Carmen Cavallaro)

The King and I

The Flower Drum Song (Jazz Interpretation by the Masterminds)

High Society

Bell, Book & Candle

Porgy & Bess (Lawrence Tibbet & Helen Jepson)

Porgy & Bess (Buddy Collete)

Picnic

Around the World in 80 Days (Victor Young)

Pal Joey

Music Man (Thomas M Davis & Hans Hagan)

Lil’ Abner

Baby Doll

Band Wagon

Giant (Ray Heindorf & Warner Bros Orchestra)

Fire Down Below

Cowboy

Camelot

Carousel

Brigadoon (Gene Kelly & Van Johnson)

My Fair Lady  x 2 Copies

South Pacific (Varsity Singers)

South Pacific  x 2 copies

Most Happy Fella

Compilations:

Jazz Studio 1

Jazz Studio 2 From Hollywood

Jazz Studio 3 John Graas

Jazz West Coast

Jazz West Coast Volume 5

Jazztime USA

Jazztime USA Volume 2

Jazztime USA Volume 3

Pacific Jazz 1226 - Flute & Oboe w/Bud Shank & Bob Cooper

Pacific Jazz 1205 - Bud Shank, Bill Perkins, Hampton Hawes, Red Mitchell, Mel Lewis

West Coast Jazz – Stan Getz, Shelly Mann, Leroy Vinnegar, Lou Levy, Conte Candoli

Fantasy for Girl & Orchestra

Contemporary 3509 Lighthouse at Laguna – Barney Kessel, Hampton Hawes Trio,   Shelly man

Contemporary 3504 Lighthouse All-Stars Volume 6

Leis of Jazz – Arthur Lyman

TV Action Jazz – Mundell Lowe and his all-stars x 2 copies

Jazz in the Space Age – George Russel and his orchestra, Bill Evans

Four Horns and a Lush Life

Improvisations to music – Mike Nichols, Elaine May

Jazz City Workshop

The Swing’s to TV – Bud Shank, Bob Cooper

Winners’ Circle

Unforgettable Hits of Hollywood and Broadway

Negotiable Availability:

*These are lp’s I intend to hold onto, but if there’s a serious collector or DJ out there that can make a case for letting it go – I’ll probably be game.

Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass

Carpenters

Crosby, Stills & Nash

Sammy Davis, Jr.

Ella Fitzgerald

Judy Garland

Peggy Lee

Julie London

Henry Mancini

Sergio Mendes & the Brasil 66

Diana Ross & The Supremes

Simon & Garfunkel

Frank Sinatra

Nancy Sinatra

Barbara Streisand

Who, What, Where, When & Why...

My Father, Lt. Col. E.J. Andersen was, first and foremost, a Marine Corps fighter pilot. That is what defined him. He died in 1995 after a long battle with a tedious and unjust disease commonly referred to as "Lou Gehrig's Disease", aka "A.L.S.". There was no glory or grace to it, just a grinding pace of his slow deterioration. I feel as if it was a truly unrighteous end to a hero, my hero. My name is Julianne Andersen, and I am part of my Father's legacy, as is my mother and my sister. We're a small family, but we make a lot of noise. Mostly my sister. My father left us with well planned and organized financial affairs, a house in Bellevue, WA, an assortment of Marine Corps memorabilia, a collection of 'Time Life' book series, and his records. Slowly but methodically my Mother's unburdened herself of the Time-Life series. But, the records, the records remain. Largely untouched, gathering dust, and taking up space. Had it occurred to him, I suspect he would've taken the records with him.

These 500 (give or take) albums have long needed to be sorted, cataloged, and dispatched to a better place. If this were an easy task, I would've done it a long time ago, but it's a physically and emotionally large project. And, I haven't had the room. But, as of 2010, 15 years after this collection of vinyl was abandoned, I have cleared the physical space in my house to get this done. Emotionally, well, it's been long enough. My intent is to do these records justice, and by extension, pay tribute to my Father. As I play through this, I will catalog the records and anything that does not appeal to me, my own person at this point, I'm more than happy to adopt out to any good homes.