The Dawn Patrol: Vinyl Call

The Dawn Patrol: Vinyl Call

Reflecting her changed priorities, Dawn Eden is looking for a buyer for her "entire pop, rock, and comedy record and CD collection," with proceeds to help finance her doctorate in theology and her aim of teaching the subject at a Catholic university. The prolific liner-notes writer estimates "500 45s, 250 LPs, and 400 CDs" in the collection, predominantly from 1965 to 1968.

Although I suspect I'd be tempted by a separate sale of the comedy collection, I don't have the cash or the requisite love of "obscure sunshine pop" to bid on the whole kaboodle. (Now, if Rich Kienzle -- the Dawn Eden of western swing and classic country music -- suddenly had the urge to swap his record collection for an extensive library of evangelical Protestant theology and church history, we might be able to work a deal.)

(Common thread -- both Eden and Kienzle have written liner notes for recordings involving guitarist and producer Tommy Allsup. And it's kind of amazing how many Tulsa musicians were a part of Gary Lewis and the Playboys at one time or another.)