Matt Parish of Ho-Ag: “Five favorite records I got at my grandparents’ house in West Virginia this year”
By MATT PARISH | August 21, 2007
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Matt Parish of Ho-Ag: “Five favorite records I got at my grandparents’ house in West Virginia this year”
1_Jerry Lee Lewis, Touching Home
2_Percy Faith, Themes for Young Lovers
3_Huey Lewis & The News, Sports
4_The Platters, Encore of Golden Hits
5_Wendy Carlos, The Well-Tempered Synthesizer
Ho-Ag play O’Brien’s this Wednesday, August 29
Edited by Will Spitz
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