Vinyl Lounge with Curt Timmons presents an hour to Take It Easy! Let those tuner tubes warm up, lay some cool vinyl on the turntable, sit back and let the stereo speakers make the music happen! Join Curt to catch some Space Age Pop, Exotica, a bit of Easy Listening, and other Cool Music each Saturday at 8 p.m. on KUCO.
A Preview of Upcoming Sessions on Vinyl Lounge
Vinyl Lounge Playlist June 2026
June 6, 2026 – Session 23
Take 1: Les Baxter and His Orchestra: Congo Train; Elephant Trail; Banana Boy; Safari; Mombasa After Midnight; and Rain (1959 Capitol LP)
Take 2: Film Noir Mix: Evening Café; Taxi Driver; and Love Theme from Chinatown
Take 3: East Side/West Side TV Soundtrack: East Side/West Side (title track); Holland Tunnel; Central Park West; Stick Ball; Neil’s Night Out; Traffic Jam; and Sutton Lights – Composer Kenyon Hopkins leading a studio orchestra (1964 Columbia LP)
June 13, 2026 – Session 24
Take 1: Beautiful Music Mix I: The Thrill Is Gone (LeRoy Holmes and His Orchestra): My Foolish Heart (Enoch Light and The Light Brigade); The Good Life; God Bless The Child (Ronny Aldrich and His Orchestra); Cara Mia (Norrie Paramor and His Orchestra); Hearts (with Tony Mottola, guitar)
Take 2: Beautiful Music Mix II: When I Need You (Norrie Paramor and His Orchestra); Still (Encore Singers and Orchestra); Heartbreaker (Mantovani and His Orchestra); The Face I Love (Antonio Carlos Jobim); Windmills Of Your Mind (Briarcliff Strings conducted by Eric Lars)
Take 3: Beautiful Music Mix III: If I Could Read Your Mind (Gunter Noris and His Orchestra); Can’t Help Falling In Love (Norman Candler and His Orchestra); Disney Girls 1957 (Ferrante & Teicher); Did You Ever See A Dream Walking & She (Geoff Love and His Singers); My Kind Of Girl
June 20, 2026 – Session 25
Take 1: Briarcliff Strings – Academy Awards Hits: Call Me Irresponsible; Be My Love; Moon River; Chim Chim Cher-ree; Alfie; and More (Theme from “Mondo Cane”) (1965 Columbia Harmony LP)
Take 2: Briarcliff Strings – Great Hits of Today: Strangers In The Night; Wives and Lovers; I Want To Hold Your Hand; Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars; A Walk In The Black Forest; Michell; and Downtown (1967 Columbia Harmony LP)
Take 3: Briarcliff Strings – Music from the Movies: The Sound of Silence; If Ever I Would Leave You; Theme from A Man and A Woman; and Scarborough Fair (1968 Columbia Harmony LP)
June 27, 2026 – Session 26
Take 1: The Hollyridge Strings – Hits from The Beatles Songbook: From Me To You; I Saw Her Standing There; Please, Please Me; P.S. I Love You; Love Me Do; and I Want To Hold our Hand (1964 Capitol LP)
Take 2: The Hollyridge Strings – The Nat King Cole Songbook: Unforgettable; It’s Only A Paper Moon; Somewhere Along The Way; The Christmas Song; Ramblin’ Rose; and Pretend (1965 Capitol LP)
Take 3: The Hollyridge Strings – Oldies But Goldies: Blue Velvet; Our Day Will Come; Let It Be Me; One Fine Day; Sealed With A Kiss; I Will Follow Him; and Venus