YouTube update

A new update on my YouTube list. The #1 has now broken 1,500 views so I thought I'd do this again, since it will be a little different. Parentheses indicate the rank at the previous update.

1. H.R. Pufnstuf theme song (same)

2. Kathy Dalton - I Need You Tonight (same)

3. H.R. Pufnstuf theme song reprise (same)

4. H.R. Pufnstuf - Ice Cold Lemonade (same)

5. H.R. Pufnstuf - End of the Road (same)

6. H.R. Pufnstuf - Pronouns (same)

7. The song of a chuck-will's-widow (previously not in the top 10)

8. H.R. Pufnstuf - Oranges, Smoranges (same)

9. Kathy Dalton - Pour Your Wine (previously #7)

10. H.R. Pufnstuf - I'm So Happy to Be Here (previously not in the top 10)

Fallen out of the top 10 are:

Kathy Dalton - Ride Ride Ride (previously #10, now #11)

First Quest: The Music Begins (previously #9, now #13; #12 is Kathy Dalton - Justine)

It's nice to see that my recording of the chuck-will's-widow is moving up the list. I've been hearing some barred owls lately and I hope to get a decent recording before too long.

YouTube update

My first-ever upload to YouTube, the H.R. Pufnstuf theme song, has now broken 1,000 views. So I thought it would be a good time to list my top 10 YouTube uploads again. Actually I think I only did the top 5 last time but I'll go ahead and do 10.

1. H.R. Pufnstuf theme song - 1,006

The first upload and the clear winner by a huge margin.

2. Kathy Dalton - I Need You Tonight - 351

Holding a solid second place for a long time now. This one has the most "likes" (with 4).

3. H.R. Pufnstuf theme song (reprise) - 245

The shorter, ending theme version of the song. This and the following two were neck-and-neck-and-neck for a long time, sometimes switching places in the list until they seem to have conclusively sorted themselves out a couple of weeks ago.

4. H.R. Pufnstuf - Ice Cold Lemonade - 205

5. H.R. Pufnstuf - End of the Road - 190

6. H.R. Pufnstuf - Pronouns - 130

7. Kathy Dalton - Pour Your Wine - 109

This one seems to be "trending" upward and should slowly move up the list.

8. H.R. Pufnstuf - Oranges, Smoranges - 97

9. First Quest: The Music - The Quest Begins - 90

I guess this one is moving up the list because everyone wants to hear something from this album, so they pick the first track. After they hear it, they don't want to hear any more.

10. Kathy Dalton - Ride Ride Ride - 84

I've noticed that some of my uploads just won't appear in YouTube searches. If I ever figure out why and can fix it, I expect this list to change quite drastically.

Chuck-will's-widow

We heard this tonight at about 8:30 when we came back home from Cub Scouts. I remarked that I wish I had some way to record it. My daughter said that my mp3 player could record. I told her yes, but it probably wouldn't be a very good recording. I must say I am amazed and pleased at how good it turned out. If you listen carefully you can hear my son and me whispering in a couple of places.



P.S. In my opinion, this completely blows away the sample sound at Wikipedia.

"The Gates of Hell"

Side 2, track 4 of First Quest: The Music.

Currently in progress

My wife came home with this record from a yard sale last Saturday, and "requested" that I convert it to CD for her so she can play it in her car. It's in better shape than most yard sale records I have come across; it's taking some work, but so far when I finish with a track it sounds pretty good.

Marty Robbins sings the old standard "Misty." By the way, this is one of my favorite songs, regardless of artist.



NOTE: After uploading this, I found that this album is still in print. So I've deleted the full version of this track and uploaded a partial edit in its place. I tried uploading it straight to Blogger rather than use YouTube for this edit, but it just would not upload.

The River of Souls

This is one that I actually kind of like the music enough that I could include it on a favorites list, if I had enough pieces to make a list of funereal electronic instrumentals.

First Quest: The Music - Hobgoblins

Featuring a slideshow of goblinesque creatures from across the internet.

First Quest: The Music - Gnomes

I made a whimsical slide show out of it this time so it wouldn't just be a static album cover the whole time.

Kathy Dalton - "Justine"

This popped up on my mp3 player today and I thought, hey, that one is kinda nice, too. So here you go.

Eureka

Many moons ago, when I worked at a place that had high speed service, I used to watch videos at this hilarious though weird website until they cut off our outside access.

Tonight, I remembered that site. It's not there anymore, but the guy who made it has moved to YouTube.

So I just want to take this opportunity to point you to Joe Cartoon.

Highway to Hell jugband version.

There should be something similar to Rule 34, the variation being: if it exists, there is a parody of it.

The Jaye Consort - Ductia

The Song of the Ass

Three more tracks from First Quest: The Music

Here are three that I completed while waiting for my new service. Tracks 2, 3 and 4.

SPEEEEEED!!!!

The new internet service is a GO! New video upload:

Ever'body I met seemed to be a rank stranger...

I'm still waiting to hear something from GVEC. Tomorrow, I hope.

I have been watching my YouTube traffic and am finding it interesting. The vast majority of hits come from YouTube searches. Here are the top five.

H.R. Pufnstuf (theme song) -- The first one I uploaded and it's a runaway winner, currently at 99 views.

Kathy Dalton "I Need You Tonight" -- This one languished in obscurity for the first several days, then suddenly began shooting up the chart and currently has 66 views. There is another Kathy Dalton singer who may be getting confused with this one. Not sure. I'm going to upload at least one more from this record if I ever get the chance, another love ballad called "Pour Your Wine."

H.R. Pufnstuf "Ice Cold Lemonade" -- Currently with 43 views and this one has me puzzled. I didn't think it would be near the top of the chart.

H.R. Pufnstuf (theme song, reprise) -- This held #2 for quite a while but has slipped. Currently at 39 views.

H.R. Pufnstuf "End of the Road" -- At 30 views. I expect the Pufnstuf tracks to slip down and some of the other ones to come up and replace them. Currently working their way up are Mark Mothersbaugh "My Home Town" at 27 views and Thomas Jefferson "If I Could Be With You" at 25.

One other note: I received a message from one of the guys in Terra Incognita thanking me for posting their song "Rank Stranger" from the Potatoes album. You can download a free mp3 of "Rank Stranger" from his website, Max Carmichael.

I have also discovered that there is nothing by The Jaye Consort on YouTube, so I think I will also post some from their out of print Medieval Music album, if possible, in future.

The Quest Begins

Side 1, track 1.

I am having a devil of a time trying to scan & stitch the inner cover.

New video

Here's another track from the Thomas Jefferson album: a Dixieland version of "Blueberry Hill." My next project will be to upload some tracks from that album First Quest: The Music. That's the one with electronic music that's D&D themed. I've read many remarks about it here and there, always someone wanting to hear some of it, and it seems that nothing from it is yet on YouTube, strangely enough. So I think that will be a good one to try next.

Novus ordo seclorum

I would like to announce my first ever upload to YouTube.



Now I can have my own channel! And I think this calls for a new category of blog posts.