Poll Results

Here are the results of the recent poll to find out which potential "Midnight Special" albums people would be most interested in. 

ELO                                       XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Faces                                      XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Byrds / Roger McGuinn        XXXXXXXXXXXX
Golden Earring                      XXXXXXXXXX
Guess Who                            XXXXXXXXXX
Randy Newman                     XXXXXXXXX
Todd Rundgren                      XXXXXXXXX    
Leon Russell                          XXXXXXXX
Paul Williams                        XXXXXXXX    
Bill Withers                           XXXXXXXX    
Steve Miller Band                 XXXXXXX
Ray Charles                           XXXXXX
Bee Gees                               XXXXXX
Curtis Mayfield                     XXXXXX
B.B. King                              XXXXX
Jerry Lee Lewis                     XXXXX
Earth, Wind & Fire                XXXXX
Bobby Womack                     XXXXX
Wilson Pickett                       XXXX
Billy Preston                         XXXX
Spinners                                XXXX    
Ike & Tina Turner                 XXXX    
Neil Sedaka                           XXXX
Linda Ronstadt                      XXXX
Hoyt Axton                            XXX
Joan Baez                              XXX
Blood, Sweat & Tears           XXX
James Brown                         XXX
Canned Heat                          XXX
Fats Domino                          XXX
Dr. Hook                                XXX
Little Anthony & Imperials   XXX
Ohio Players                          XXX
Rufus / Chaka Khan              XXX
Pointer Sisters                       XXX    
Chuck Berry                          XX
Jose Feliciano                        XX
Four Tops                              XX
Waylon Jennings                   XX
Edgar Winter Group              XX    
Seals & Crofts                       XX
Olivia Newton-John              XX
Frankie Valli & 4 Seasons     X
Barry White                           X    
Stylistics                                X
Righteous Brothers                X
Smokey Robinson                 X
Helen Reddy                          X
Paul Anka            
Leo Sayer            
Marty Robbins            
Anne Murray            
Mac Davis            

Keep in mind that I'm not necessarily going to post all the albums from these musical acts above a certain cut off point, as I have done in earlier polls. I just did this to see where the demand was. For instance, the most surprising result of this poll for me was how high Paul Williams ended up. I thought he was considered very "uncool," like Paul Anka and Mac Davis, both of whom got zero votes. But Williams made it into the top ten. So I'll have to post an album by him, when I previously almost certainly wouldn't have. I was also particularly surprised how high Golden Earring ended up. And I was surprised by how few votes some acts got, especially Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and Smokey Robinson, both with just one vote.

To be honest, I really like this Midnight Special material, so I imagine I'll end up posting albums from the vast majority of these musical acts by and by. But I'll try to prioritize the ones that got the most votes sooner rather than later. Thanks again for your feedback.

Gloria Estefan - PBS Soundstage, WTTW Studios, Chicago, IL, 8-16-1993

Here's an episode of Gloria Estefan performing for the great "PBS Soundstage" TV show.

Gloria Estefan's music isn't my cup of tea. But her record sales exceed over 100 million, making her one of the best selling musical acts of all time. And she's even won a Gershwin Prize. So I figure I should post her episode for the people who want it.

(By the way, note that this episode took place in the one year the show was called "Center Stage." But I'm just calling it "Soundstage" for consistency with all the other episodes I'm posting.) 

This was one of those episodes where, unfortunately, the producers tried to spice things up with more than just music from the concert, for instance interviews. I cut that extra stuff one. In a few cases, there was some overdubbed talking related to that extra stuff that went over the actual music. So I used the UVR5 audio editing program to get rid of the talking. That's why three songs have "[Edit]" in their titles.

This concert took place a couple of months after the release of her studio album "Mi Tierra," which was one of her best selling albums. It also was her first all-Spanish-language album. However, all but a couple of songs here are sung in English.

This unreleased album is 54 minutes long.

01 Rhythm Is Gonna Get You (Gloria Estefan)
02 talk (Gloria Estefan)
03 Words Get in the Way (Gloria Estefan)
04 talk (Gloria Estefan)
05 Here We Are [Toda Pra Voce] [Edit] (Gloria Estefan)
06 Live for Loving You (Gloria Estefan)
07 Can't Stay Away from You (Gloria Estefan)
08 Don't Wanna Lose You (Gloria Estefan)
09 talk (Gloria Estefan)
10 Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me (Gloria Estefan)
11 Oye Mi Canto (Gloria Estefan)
12 talk (Gloria Estefan)
13 Anything for You [Edit] (Gloria Estefan)
14 Coming Out of the Dark [Edit] (Gloria Estefan)
15 Conga (Gloria Estefan)
16 talk (Gloria Estefan)
17 Always Tomorrow (Gloria Estefan)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/P1MvNm58

alternate: 

https://bestfile.io/en/xAEwvI5LAKRWXBr/file

The cover image is from an appearance on the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno," on June 21, 1993.