I've been meaning to post the details of my Father's Day shopping spree but kept forgetting. Here's the whole enchilada, in no particular order:

SOULFUL SUGAR/ HONEY CONE

Itchy Twitchy Feeling / Bobby Hendricks

For Collectors Only / The Heartbeats/Shep & The Limelites

Gold Stars 1992-2002: The Juliana Hatfield Collection / Juliana Hatfield

GREATEST GOLDEN HITS/ HAPPENINGS

Ultimate Collection / Johnny Gill

GOLDEN CLASSICS OF/ GENTRY,BOBBIE

PLAYBOY: BEST OF GENE & DEBBE/ GENE & DEBBE

Loudmouth: Best Of / The Boomtown Rats

Version 2.0 / Garbage

Breaking All The Rules / Peter Frampton

VERY BEST/ FOX,SAMANTHA

Fotomaker / Fotomaker

Transfer Station / Fotomaker

Vis-A-Vis / Fotomaker

Oh So Fine: The Very Best Of The Fiestas (Ace) * / The Fiestas

Best Of The Dubs / The Dubs

Furious Angels [Limited] / Rob Dougan

The Complete Hits Of Vic Dana * / Vic Dana

GREATEST HITS (RMST)/ JONES,LINDA

The Best Of Etta Jones: The Prestige Singles / Etta Jones

Marvelous Marv Johnson/More Marvelous Johnson / Marv Johnson

Diary Of A Mad Band / Jodeci

The Show, The After-Party, The Hotel / Jodeci

Apache/Many Guitars Of Jorgen Ingmann / Jorgen Ingmann

16 MOST REQUESTED/ DAMONE,VIC

GREATEST HITS/ CYNTHIA

Runaway Love * / Linda Clifford

The Very Best Of / Eugene Church

DREAMIN: VERY BEST OF/ BURNETTE,JOHNNY

The Heat / Toni Braxton

Legends Of Swamp Pop / Cookie & The Cupcakes

EYE TO EYE / SHAKESPEARE STOLE MY BABY/ EYE TO EYE

Classic Masters / Joe South

Forever / Spice Girls

BEST OF/ STANDELLS

Best Of Sparks / Sparks

GISH/ SMASHING PUMPKINS

GREATEST HITS/ SILVER CONVENTION

CASUAL LOOK/ SIX TEENS

40TH ANNIVERSARY/ SEARCHERS

Best Of Santo & Johnny / Santo & Johnny

Brothers / Santana Brothers

Snakes And Arrows / Rush

PERFECT ANGEL / ADVENTURES IN PARADISE (ENG)/ RIPERTON,MINNIE

Golden Classics * / The Pentagons

Pebbles / Pebbles

LEGENDARY (AUS)/ PARTON,DOLLY

& OTHER BITS OF MATERIAL (BONUS TRACKS)/ PAPER LACE

Singles / The Osmonds

Winchester Cathedral / The New Vaudeville Band

SON OF SCHMILSSON (BONUS TRACKS) (RMST) / NILSSON,HARRY

The Very Best Of The Newbeats / The Newbeats

Singles / The New Seekers

RALPH TRESVANT/ TRESVANT,RALPH

Blind Man's Zoo / 10,000 Maniacs

Stills/Illegal Stills/Thoroughfare Gap (3on2) (2CD)/ Stills

ONE MORE TIME (CHESS YEARS)/ STEWART,BILLY

Very Best Of / Stars On 45

TRACK OF THE CAT (RMST)/ WARWICK,DIONNE

Looking Through (The Ultimate Collection) / Gene Pitney

The Soul Of O. V. Wright / O.V. Wright

I Remember Chuck Willis/The King Of The Stroll / Chuck Willis (R&B)

Very Best Of Vol.1, The (The World Of David Whitfield) / David Whitfield

Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich [Remaster] / Warrant

Cherry Pie [PA] [Remaster] / Warrant

The Voice: The Best Of / Ultravox

Windows Of The World, The/Valley Of The Dolls / Dionne Warwick

Promises Promises/I'll Never Fall In Love Again / Dionne Warwick

Dionne / Dionne Warwick

Just Being Myself / Dionne Warwick

Then Came You / Dionne Warwick

APPRENTICE/ LOGGINS,DAVE

SO FINE/ LOGGINS & MESSINA

FINALE/ LOGGINS & MESSINA

Keep A Knockin / Little Richard

Just Sings / Jerry Lewis

Collectors Gold Series * / Bobby Lewis (Rock 'N' Roll)

GREATEST HITS/ LEE,JOHNNY

Pretty Little Angel Eyes / Curtis Lee

ON THE LOOSE/TRAPPED BY A THING CALLE/ LA SALLE,DENISE

GREATEST HITS/ KOOL MOE DEE

Greatest Hits / La Bouche

Carnival Of Souls: The Final Sessions / Kiss

The Very Best Of The Kingsmen / The Kingsmen (Rock)

Best of/ KING, DIANA

16 Original Classics / Claude King

WHAT'CHA GONNA DO FOR ME (GER)/ KHAN,CHAKA

R. Kelly / R. Kelly

Singles / Kayak

Decca Years 1959-1964, The / Anthony Newley

LET THERE BE DRUMS / DRUMS ARE MY BEAT/ NELSON,SANDY

Very Thought Of You/Spotlight On Rick / Rick Nelson

Ultimate Collection / Michael Martin Murphey

THIS IS IT: BEST OF/ MOORE,MELBA

VERY BEST OF/ MILLS,FRANK

Ophelia / Natalie Merchant

20TH CENTURY MASTERS: MILLENNIUM COLLECTION (RMST)/ MCGOVERN,MAUREEN

VERY B.O./ MC LYTE

Run Devil Run / Paul McCartney


Total damage: $993. Whew! Good thing I just got a pay increase.

Nearly a grand in one go! I've never come close to that...I spread it around...

Lotsa best-of comps in there--I see you're pursuit of every Top 40 hit continues unabated!

Ven!

Glad you chose to show some restraint and keep the bill under $1000.

I've asked my wife to check with you for Father's Day hints next year!

wow! Knock yourself out brother! Enjoy.

Nice to see so many oldies on your list! David Whitfield? Anthony Newlay? You don't get more English than that.

Yeah, it's a pretty wide spread. I could probably start my own Jack station.

And Jimbo -- I've gone beyond the Top 40. My goal now: every single to hit the pop charts, 1890-2000. Between CDs and...um...songs that have inexplicably appeared on my hard drive from the internet ( ), I'm well on my way!

Ven: "Honey, I've found an online CD shop with some really great prices. I've created a shopping basket...mind if I place an order?"

Kristin (Ven's wife, who knows Ven very well): "How much?"

Ven: "Well, it's under a thousand...."

Kristin: ..."Happy Father's Day."

Ven: