Two Pop 1 T 206's

Two population 1s with none higher from the famous T206 set.

1933 Goudey Sport Kings-- Ty and the Babe

The first two cards from the 1933 Goudey Sport Kings Set. The Cobb was bumped upon review.

Top Songs of All Time 1125-1150

1126 Hang on Sloopy                                      McCoys
1127 Bohemian Rhapsody                               Queen
1128 Sweet Love                                            Commodores
1129 Telephone Line                                       Electric Light Orchestra
1130 Lithium                                                   Nirvana
1131 Fernando                                                Abba
1132 Questions 67 and 68                               Chicago
1133 Candy                                                    Cameo
1134 I Got a Name                                         Jim Croce
1135 I Know a Place                                      Petula Clark
1136 Turn the Beat Around                             Vicki Sue Robinson
1137 Ride Captain Ride                                  Grand Funk Railroad
1138 Undun                                                    Guess Who
1139 Sultans of Swing                                     Dire Straits
1140 Strangers in the Night                             Frank Sinatra
1141 Barbara Ann                                          Beach Boys
1142 Knock Three Times                               Tony Orlando and Dawn
1143 Listen People                                         Hermans Hermits
1144 Mack the Knife                                      Bobby Darin 
1145 98.6                                                      Keith
1146 Family Tradition                                    Hank Williams
1147 Man in the Mirror                                 Michal Jackson
1148 Nowhere Man                                      Beatles
1149 Mockingbird                                        James Taylor and Carly Simon
1150 Miss You                                             Rolling Stones

Chicago-what a band. I saw them in Las Vegas in 2001 and again this summer at the New Jersey Arts Center and with one exception was the exact same band. Still 3 original members and still a great band through the years. This is 1st of 12 Chicago songs on my list.
"You're giving me a heart attack but its the kind of like""--there are not many funk bands better than Cameo although they only show up twice in my countdown. This hit in 1986-- the band was perhaps the best funk band I've seen since that great band from Dayton Ohio--the Ohio Players.
Both the Beatles and Stones pop up here--both place 12 songs on my list--good but not the most by far.
Michael Jackson who I am a huge music fan of hits 7 times alone, 6 with the Jackson 5. His best song--Billy Jean--which is way up the charts.

                               

1939 Play Ball--The Waner Brothers

Top Songs of All Time 1151-1175

1151 The Warrior                                       Scandal Featuring Patty Smyth
1152 Be Near Me                                       ABC
1153 You've Got a Friend                           James Taylor
1154 Young Americans                               David Bowie
1155 Can't You Her My Heartbeat             Hermans Hermits
1156 I Got the Feelin'                                  Neal Diamond
1157 I Get Around                                      Beach Boys
1158 We Can Work It Out                          Beatles
1159 Bargain                                               Who
1160 Over and Over                                   The Dave Clark Five
1161 Walk of Life                                        Dire Straits
1162 Don't Mess with Bill                            Marvelettes
1163 Together Forever                                Rick Astley
1164 P.I.M.P.                                             Fifty Cent
1165 I Want Your Love                              Chic
1166 For What Its Worth                            Buffalo Springfield
1167 You Were Made for Me                    Freddie & the Dreamers
1168 Words                                                Bee Gees
1169 My Back Pages                                  Byrds
1170 Ride My Seesaw                                Moody Blues
1171 Rock Steady                                       Whispers
1172 Absolutely Right                                   Five Man Electrical Band
1173 5D                                                       Byrds
1174 Come Sail Away                                  Styx
1175 Bon Temps Roulet                               Brother Joscephus and the Love Revival Revolution

Well, I have to start with  the most righteous Brother Joscephus and his 12 person band. Whether you call it New Orleans soul or secular gospel or just good time party music I have never seen a band like Brother Joscephus and the Love Revival Revolution. I was up at Stratton Mountain in Vermont for the fourth of July this past year and this band was playing outside I never heard of. My son was also there and he realized he had seen them in a club in Amagansett, Long Island a month ago. I have never seen a band I liked so much immediately. Their music was great, they write there own stuff(although they did do a couple of covers) and Brother Joscephus is a showman. I bought their cd there and I play it all the time in my car. My daughter and I sing one song together at the top of our lungs but that is another story. Bon Temps Roulez(Let the Good Times Roll) is a great song. It is on You Tube and their website(Brother Joscephus.com). You don't believe me--check them out tomorrow night in the city at the City Winery or New Years Eve at Stratton Mountain . This is the first of 3 songs by the righteous brother on my top 1230.

The rest of this group of 25 has a large number of British Invasion bands from the 60s--Beatles, Hermans Hermits, Dave Clark Five and Freddie and the Dreamers which is when I started putting together my top 20 every week which later turned into my top 40 and it continued until I went to college. Just couldn't get Casey Kasim every week up at St. Lawrence University. I did see Peter Noone (Herman) playing outside not too many years (maybe 7-8) ago and he has aged well. Alas, Freddie Garrity died recently as did Mike Smith--the voice of the Dave Clark Five. Why didn't Dave Clark ever do any revival concerts?

Ride My Seesaw is the first of 10 Moody Blues songs on the top 1230. I did not like them at all at college but I have come to love them as an adult. They are great live and my wife and I saw them at the NJ Performing Arts Centr about 4 years ago




        

Just finished another baseball set in psa 8 or better

As most of you know who know me, I am an avid card collector. Primarily I collect baseball, football and basketball cards but also hockey, other sports and even non-sports. I also like to collect them in graded condition. The grading company I use is PSA and I strive to get every card in every set in psa 8(near mint to mint) or better. I have collected cards for about 25 years and graded cards for most of that time period.

My collection has grown significantly over the years and I now have 105 sets complete with each card in psa 8 or better condition. The 105th that I just completed today is a 25-card set called the East Hills Pirates and was named after the East Hills Shopping Center outside of Pittsburgh where the cards were distributed. The set contains Hall of Famers Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell and Bill Mazeroski.

Tom and Julie at the Crimson Moon 12/9/10

The last two thursdays we have made the trip to see Tom and Julie at the Crimson Moon in Dahlonega, Georgia. For anyone who likes live music, stop in on any Thursday evening for dinner and a great show.

Tom and Julie are married and a duet which a repertoire of 1000 songs or more. They specialize in soft rock from the 70s, folk music and country but as you can see below they play a lot of different styles. Both have strong voices and they harmonize well together. I have seen them about 10 times. This time I was there with my wife, daughter, sister-in-law and her two children. My wife often requests Dan Fogleberg or James Taylor. I mix it up more. They played 3 and a half hours last night. Here is there play list from last evening:

Please Come to Boston-Dave Loggins
The House That Built Me-Miranda Lambert
Your Mama Don't Dance-Loggins and Massena
Christmas for Cowboys-John Denver
I Take My Chances-Mary Chapin Carpenter
Baby Girl-Sugarland
Better Than a Hallelujah-Amy Grant
Christmas in trhe Trenches-John McCutcheon
Calling All You Angels-Train
In the Arms of an Angel-Sarah McLaughlin
Wagon Wheel-Old Crow Medicine Show
Sister Golden Hair-America
Walkin in Memphis-Marc Cohn
Illinois-Dan Fogleberg
Another Auld Lang Zyne-Dan Fogleberg
No Sugar Tonight-Guess Who
Do the Walls Come Down?-Carly Simon
After the Gold Rush-Neil Young
Someday Soon-Judy Collins
Departee(Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)
Fire and Rain-James Taylor
Breakfast at Tiffany's-Deep Blue Something
Whiskey Lullaby-Brad Paisley and Allison Krauss
Ventura Highway-America
Thats the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be-Carly Simon
Into the Mystic-Van Morrison
Copperhead Road-Steve Earle
Judy Blue Eyes-CSN&Y
Mother-Pink Floyd
Hand-Jewel
Friend of the Devil-Grateful Dead
Keep on Rockin in the Free World-Neil Young
Shower the People-Neil Young
Pancho and Lefty-Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard
Sandman-America
If You Could Read My Mind-Gordon Lightfoot
City of New Orleans-Arlo Guthrie
Love the One You're With-Stephen Stills
Landslide-Fleetwood Mac
Leavin on a Jet Plane-Peter, Paul and Mary

Plus 2 songs I did not know--great show!

Top Songs of All Time 1176-1200

1176  I Heard a Rumor                                          Bananarama
1177 Don't Knock My Love                                  Wilson Pickett
1178 A Must to Avoid                                            Hermans Hermits
1179 Are You My Woman?                                    Chi Lites
1180 In the Midnight Hour                                      Wilson Pickett
1181 Comeback Song                                             Darius Rucker
1182 At the Hop                                                     Danny and the Juniors
1183 Private Eyes                                                    Hall and Oates
1184 Touch of Gray                                                 Grateful Dead
1185 Time                                                               Culture Club
1186 Easy to be Hard                                              Three Dog Night
1187 Love Story                                                      Taylor Swift
1188 Mr. Jones and Me                                           Counting Crows
1189 Livin a Little Laughin a Little                            Spinners
1190 Save Tonight                                                  Eagle Eye Cherry
1191 I am Woman                                                   Helen Reddy
1192 Come As You Are                                          Nirvana
1193 Amie                                                              Pure Prarie League
1194 Go Away Little Girl                                         Happenings
1195 Babe                                                               Styx
1196 Can I Changte My Mind                                  Tyrone Davis
1197 Tell Her No                                                     Zombies
1198 Heart of Glass                                                  Blondie
1199 People are Strange                                           Doors
1200 Baby Now That I,ve Found You                      Foundations


This 25 once again goes from the 1950s with At the Hop which I first saw performed by Sha Na Na in 1972 to  Comeback Song by one of my favorite "country" artists Darius Rucker--former lead singer of Hootie and the Blowfish. Included is thr first of eight songs by Three Dog Night who I first saw in concert at MSG in 1971 where Stevie Wonder was the warmup act. It also has the first of seven songs by the Spinners which through most of their most popular period featured Phillippe Wynne who in my opinion was one of the great r&b performers of his era but whose life ended tragically at a young age. The Chi-Lites led by the late great Eugene Record will show up four more time in the countdown as will the Grateful Dead and Herman's Hermits.

1201-1230

1201 One of Us                                        Joan Osborne
1202  Midnight Man                                 James Gang
1203  Freeze Frame                                 J. Geils Band
1204  Don't Bring Me Down                    Electric Light Orchestra
1205  Baby Got Back                              Sir Mix-a-Lot
1206  Night Shift                                      Commodores
1207  I Hate Myself for Lovin' You           Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
1208  Delta Dawn                                     Helen Reddy
1209  The Best of Times                            Styx
1210  I'm a Midnight Mover                      Wilson Pickett
1211  I'm Alive                                          Electric Light Orchestra
1212  Who's Cryin' Now                           Journey
1213  Opus 17                                          Four Seasons
1214  I Want It That Way                          Backstreet Boys
1215  Two Princes                                     Spin Doctors
1216  Want To                                          Sugarland
1217  Badd                                               Ying Yang Twins featuring Mike Jones
1218  Take Me Down to the Little White Church Little Big Town
1219  Baby Girl                                          Sugarland
1220  Help                                                  Beatles
1221  The Logical Song                               Supertramp
1222  Me, Myself and I                               De La Soul
1223  Cover Me                                          Bruce Springsteen
1224  OPP                                                  Naughty by Nature
1225  A World of Our Own                        New Seekers
1226  Folsom Prison Blues                          Johnny Cash 
1227  I Wonder Why                                  Dion and the Belmonts
1228  Pray                                                  MC Hammer
1229  Heart Full of Soul                               Yardbirds
1230  Bennie and the Jets                             Elton John   

My Top 1230 Songs of All Time (In Order)

Four years ago, I made a list of my top 750 songs of all time, in order. This was at the urging of my two children, who said they were tired of hearing me exclaim, "This is one of my favorite 500 songs of all-time!" Four years later, I have finished five versions, and the list now includes 1230 songs. The list encompasses songs from the 1950s to the present. I will start counting down from number 1230(at about 25 at a time), and continue posting until I reach #1. Any and all comments are welcome.