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Each place I go, only the lonely goSome little small cafeThe songs I know, only the lonely knowEach melody recalls a love that used to be. Look, for the purposes of this post, let’s just stipulate that there’s no way I’ve heard every single Frank Sinatra album, and therefore I cannot really justify having an anointed favorite Frank Sinatra album, OK? Let’s just talk about my favorite Frank Sinatra album: Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely. This album is a masterpiece of mood. It starts with that cover. There’s no cheerful Frank Sinatra with his crisp suit and hisDown the rabbit hole….

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So years ago I had a short-lived posting series called “Exploring the CD Collection”, in which I wrote about entire albums I had in my collection. I’ve been thinking about revisiting that series, but expanding it beyond the limits of my personal CD collection, because after all, these days thanks to streaming services we have a lot more access to complete albums than we once did. Since the focus won’t entirely be my CD collection, it seems odd to call the series “Exploring the CD Collection” anymore. I thought about “The Record Shelf”, since records are an even older tech thanDown the rabbit hole….