Friday, April 08, 2016

LAS VEGAS DAMMIT! Six Disks That Sing of Sin

don't have to say much about this stupendous, endlessly entertaining collection of audio celebrating Sin City because it's compiler Don-O, the cat who previously slipped us the "Xanadu" tribute comps, has spilled plenty of virtual ink his own self. Take it away, Don-O: 

The Las Vegas story (for track listings, liner notes, artwork, etc)

Take heed! Apart from the nonstop cavalcade of music from all eras and genres, and the comedy/spoken word tracks, there are numerous vintage radio and tv spots recorded off the Vegas airwaves years ago by Don-O himself. Bravo, sir, and thanks for preserving true Vegas, before djs spinning top 40 replaced the tuxedo-clad lounge entertainers, before dining and shopping surpassed gambling as Vegas' top earner (making what is now essentially Rodeo Drive East a helluva lot more expensive), before the ruthless, criminal, but fun-loving mob were replaced by giant soulless corporations, before...


LAS VEGAS DAMMIT! vol1
LAS VEGAS DAMMIT! vol2
LAS VEGAS DAMMIT! vol3
LAS VEGAS DAMMIT! vol4
LAS VEGAS DAMMIT! vol5
LAS VEGAS DAMMIT! vol6

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

no track titles or artists listed anywhere? pretty please....

Mr Fab said...

sorry, click where it says "The Las Vegas Story" for the whole story (updated the post to make that more clear).

Anonymous said...

Man, I hope to find the entire USA series one day. Any clues you can provide would be hugely appreciated. Cheers!

-Xtm

Mr Fab said...

Been meaning to repost USA. Will get to it soon (I hope).

Anonymous said...

Looking forward to that! Thanks!

-Xtm

Konrad Useo said...

I am having a large hoot & a holler with these. Thanks much for the post. Nicely detailed track info from the links. Fun to reference while playing.

Muff Diver said...

Whoo Hoo!

Las Vegas and Sin in 6 easy installments? Where do I sign up?!?

Thank you for this roadmap to perdition, Mr Fab!