Showing posts with label vinyl LP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vinyl LP. Show all posts

October 3, 2026

Camille O'Grady @ the Ambush

 
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photo by Glenda Hydler 
 

On October 1, 2026, I had the pleasure of attending a book signing/record release event held at the Et AI Gallery on mission Street in San Francisco.      
 
I was proud to have been an integral part of a project to transfer from reel-to-reel tape to vinyl LP a performance by Camille O'Grady I had recorded at the Ambush Bar at 1351 Harrison Street on March 3rd, 1979, in San Francisco.       
 
Phillip Zimmerman and Aaron Harbour were there early and were busy setting up for the big event. Master of Ceremonies was record producer Josh Cheon.   
 
 
Phillip Zimmerman - Saturday, October 1, 2026 
Et AI Gallery, San Francisco 
photo by Styrous® 
 
 
 
Aaron Harbour - Saturday, October 1, 2026
 
 
Master of Ceremonies - Josh Cheon 
Et AI Gallery, San Francisco 
Saturday, October 1, 2026 
 photo by Styrous® 
 
 
A short ride on BART from the West Oakland station . . .        
 
 
 
 
 
 . . .  to the 24th Street station . . . 

 

 

. . . got me to the gallery just across the street . . .  
 
 
 
 
 
Tom, of course, was in virtual attendance as well.       




 
 

 
 
  
 




 
  

Behind the store is the performance space where the event was held. 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
There are many items of/by and relating to O'Grady on display; jewelry she wore, art work she created, videos of performances and music she sang, etc.        
 
       
 
 
 
 
 
 



 
 




 

 
 
 The Event was attended by Leather Men & Women who lived in O'Grady's time. 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 Speakers and Readers
 
 
Will Roscoe of VORTEX zine 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 Cornelius O 

 
 
 
 
 
Brendan McHugh 


 
 . . . and of course, items for sale . . .  
 
 



. . . The Book . . .  

 

 
. . . and last but not least, The album . . . 
 
 
 
. . . which can be obtained 
through Bandcamp (link below). 
 
        
Et AI Gallery, a San Francisco–based exhibition space founded in 2013 with a commitment to collaboration, experimentation, and cross-disciplinary dialogue. 
 
Directed by Jackie Im and Aaron Harbour, the gallery emerged from a curatorial practice rooted in close engagement with artists, writers, performers, photographers and publishers. Et al established itself as a thoughtful and rigorous platform for contemporary art, favoring intimacy, critical exchange, and material curiosity over spectacle. Its evolution reflects a belief in art as an ongoing conversation rather than a fixed product.         
        
        
        
        
        
        
Viewfinder links:                   
 
Josh Cheon       
Camille O'Grady         
Tom White         

 
 
 
Net links:                    
         
All About Photo ~ Et AI Gallery      
Bandcamp: Camille O'Grady ~ Terminal Fascination        
Bluf ~ The Ambush        
brankobrand ~ Ambush (SF Gay Leather Bar/1973-1986)       
Josh Cheon           
Found San Francisco ~.     
           Folsom St Gulch 1970s    
           Folsom Street: The Miracle Mile        
           Leather Renaissance Ends         
Jackie Im          
VORTEX zine            
Tom White         


YouTube links:                   




        
        
        
        
Styrous® ~ Friday, October 3, 2026         
        
 
 
 
 
 
 

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September 30, 2026

Julie Andrews & The Boy Friend

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vinyl LP front cover
photo of cover by Styrous® 
 

 
Seventy-two years ago, on Thursday, September 30, 1954, Julie Andrews made her Broadway debut in The Boy Friend. I've written about the show with complete information previously (link below).        

Viewfinder links:        
 
 
 
 
Net links:         
 
 
 
 
YouTube links:         
 
The Boy Friend      
The Boy Friend (1972) (live)        
       
       
       
        
       
Styrous® ~ Wednesday, September 30, 2026   
 
 
    



















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April 2, 2026

20,000 vinyl LPs 410: Federico Fellini ~ Fellini's Casanova

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vinyl LP front cover 
 cover photo by 
photo of album cover by Styrous®
 
 
On April 2, 1725, Giacomo Casanova was born in the Republic of Venice, Italy       
 
The Casanova by Federico Fellini is a 1976 Italian film directed by Federico Fellini from a screenplay he co-wrote with Bernardino Zapponi, adapted from the autobiography of 18th-century Venetian adventurer and writer Giacomo Casanova, played by Donald Sutherland and a score by the brilliant composer Nino Rota.  The film depicts Casanova's life as a journey into sexual abandonment, and his relationship with the "love of his life" Henriette (played by Tina Aumont). The narrative presents Casanova's adventures in a detached, methodical fashion, as the respect for which he yearns is constantly undermined by his more basic urges.  
 
There have been dozens of films on Casanova     
     


 




 
 
 

 
 
 
 





   
Tracklist:
       
Side 1:
        
A1 - O Venezia, Venaga, Venusia - 3:42
A2 - L'Uccello Magico - 2:07
A3 - A Pranzo Dalla Marchesa Durfe' - 1:50
A4 - The Great Mouna - 2:00
A5 - Canto Della Buranella - 1:23
A6 - L'Uccello Magico A Parigi - 1:36
A7 - L'Intermezzo Della "Mantide Religiosa" - 3:40
       
Side 2:
       
B1 - Pin Penin - 3:05
B2 - L'Uccello Magico A Dresda - 1:24
B3 - Ricordo Di Henriette - 2:02
B4 - L'Uccello Magico A Roma - 1:50
B5 - Il Duca Di Wuttenberg - 4:26
B6 - La Poupee' Automate - 1:47
       
Companies, etc.
       
    Distributed By – RCA S.p.A.
    Manufactured By – RCA S.p.A.
    Pressed By – RCA Records Factory, Italy
    Printed By – Campi Grafica
    Published By – Edizioni Musicali CAM
    Published By – Edizioni Eureka
       
Credits:
       
    Conductor [Orchestra] – Carlo Savina
    Written By – K. A. Wolken (tracks: B2, B5)
    Written-By – A. Zanzotto* (tracks: A5), A. Amurri* (tracks: A7), N. Rota* (tracks: A5, A7, B2, B5)
       
Notes:
       
12-76 on back cover.
       
Barcode and Other Identifiers
 
    Matrix / Runout (Side A, label): FKAY 29399
    Matrix / Runout (Side B, label): FKAY 29400
    Matrix / Runout (Side A, runout, stamped): FKAY 29399 1S 1A 8 P
    Matrix / Runout (Side B, runout, stamped): FKAY 29400 1S 1A 4 15 P
    Rights Society: SIAE 
 
Nino Rota – Il Casanova Di Federico Fellini
Label: Cam – SAG 9075
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Italy
Released: Dec 1976
Genre: Stage & Screen
Style: Soundtrack

         
Viewfinder links:        
         
Giacomo Casanova           
Federico Fellini         
        
Nino Rota             
        
Net links:        
        
         
        
        
         
        
        
YouTube links:        
        
Fellini's Casanova (complete soundtrack)         
        
        
         
        
        
        
Styrous® ~ Sunday, July 19, 2020       
       
 
 














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March 1, 2026

20,000 vinyl LPs 409: Jimmy Page ~ Death Wish II soundtrack

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vinyl LP front cover 
 cover illustration by R. Graves 
photo of album cover by Styrous®


On Monday, March 1, 1982, the first solo LP by guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page was released.         
 
That year, Page collaborated with director Michael Winner to record the Death Wish II soundtrack. This and several subsequent Page recordings, including the Death Wish III soundtrack, were recorded and produced at his recording studio, The Sol in Cookham, which he had purchased from Gus Dudgeon in the early 1980s.         
 


vinyl LP front cover details 
cover illustration by R. Graves 
detail photos of album cover by Styrous®



Death Wish II is a 1982 American vigilante action-thriller film directed and co-edited by Michael Winner and produced by Cannon Films. It is the sequel to the 1974 film Death Wish. It is the second installment in the Death Wish film series. The sequel makes a complete breakaway from the Brian Garfield novels Death Wish and Death Sentence, redefining the Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) character. It was succeeded by Death Wish 3. All three films starred Charles Bronson.               


 
vinyl LP back cover 
photo of album back cover by Styrous®
 
 
The actions of the Bronson character are dictated by the inability of the police to prevent crime, the preoccupation of the courts with technical rather than real justice, and the cancerous climate of fear in which we find ourselves today. Paul Kersey is no hero. In his pursuit of vengeance he loses the only emotional relationship of his life and by story's end has become as much a victim of crime as the thugs he leaves dead in his wake".             
 

 
 
vinyl LP back cover details 
detail photos of album back cover by Styrous®
 




vinyl LP record sleeve 
photo by Styrous®
 

vinyl LP record sleeve back 
photo by Styrous®











 
 
vinyl LP record side 1 
photos by Styrous®
 
 
 

 
 
vinyl LP record side 2 
photos by Styrous®
 

   
Tracklist:
       
Side 1:
        
A1 - Who's To Blame - 2:38
A2 - The Chase - 5:45
A3 - City Sirens - 1:57
A4 - Jam Sandwich - 2:35
A5 - Carole's Theme - 2:48
A6 - The Release - 2:32
       
Side 2:
       
B1 - Hotel Rats And Photostats - 2:36
B2 - Shadow In The City - 4:00
B3 - Jill's Theme - 3:59
B4 - Prelude - 2:18
B5 - Big Band, Sax, And Violence - 2:48
B6 - Hypnotizing Ways (Oh Mamma) - 2:45
       
Companies, etc.
       
    Distributed By – Atlantic Recording Corporation
    Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Atlantic Recording Corporation
    Copyright © – Swan Song Inc.
    Pressed By – Allied Record Company
    Pressed By – Europadisk
    Published By – Flames Of Albion Music Inc.
    Mixed At – The Sol Studio
    Mastered At – Strawberry Mastering
       
Credits:
       
    Drums – Dave Mattacks
    Electric Piano – Gordon Edwards (2)
    Engineer, Mixed By – Stuart Epps
    Producer, Written-By, Electric Guitar, Bass – Jimmy Page
    Vocals – Chris Farlowe
    Written-By – Gordon Edwards (2) (tracks: A3)
       
Notes:
       
"AR" in matrix number denotes an Allied Record Company pressing.

Soundtrack to Michael Winner's 'Death Wish II' (1982).

Matrix Info:
Sides A/B: "EDP" is in an oval.
Side A: The "4" in "824887" is a "4" etched over an "8"
Side A: "++" is two plus signs, with a dot in each quadrant (8 dots total).
       
Barcode and Other Identifiers
        
    Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): ST SS 824887 AR
    Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): ST SS 824888 AR
    Matrix / Runout: + ++ △1198 ST-SS 824887-B (2) B-16558-B EDP MISFI SM1 STRAWBERRY
    Matrix / Runout: + △1198-X ST-SS-824888-B (2) B-16558-B EDP MISFI SM1 STRAWBERRY
    Matrix / Runout (Sides A/B - stamped): EDP
    Matrix / Runout (Sides A/B - stamped): STRAWBERRY
    Rights Society: ASCAP
 
Jimmy Page – Death Wish II (The Original Soundtrack)
Label: Swan Song – SS 8511
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, AR - Allied Pressing
Country: US
Released: Mar 1982
Genre: Electronic, Rock, Stage & Screen
Style: Soundtrack, Classic Rock, Synth-pop, Symphonic Rock

         
Viewfinder links:        
        
Charles Bronson        
Gus Dudgeon         
Jimmy Page        
Michael Winner        
        
Net links:        
        
         
        
        
         
        
        
YouTube links:        
        
Jimmy Page ~ Death Wish II complete soundtrack links         
        
        
         
        
        
        
Styrous® ~ Sunday, March 1, 2026        
       
 
 















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