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Vinyl Lounge thumbnail - Starry text over an evening backgroundVinyl 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.

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A Preview of Upcoming Sessions on Vinyl Lounge

Vinyl Lounge Playlist July 2026

July 4, 2026 – Session 27

Take 1: Franck Pourcel and His Orchestra: Brazil; Petite fleur; Sing as if you were to die tomorrow; Don’t Cry For Me, Argentina; I Love You

Take 2: Percy Faith and His Orchestra: A Summer Place; I Could Have Danced All Night; Some Enchanted Evening; Laura: and Never On Sunday.

Take 3: The Hollyridge Strings conducted by Stu Philips: Theme from “Love Story; Imagine: It’s Impossible; The from “Summer of ‘42”; and Bridge Over Troubled Waters

 

July 11, 2026 – Session 28

Take 1: The Hollyridge Strings conducted by Stu Philips: Hits of The Beach Boys – I Get Around; Don’t Worry, Baby; She Knows Me Too Well; Fun, Fun, Fun; and Surfin’ USA  

Take 2: The Hollyridge Strings conducted by Stu Philips: Hits of The Four Seasons –Dawn (Go Away); Rag Doll; Candy Girl; Ronnie; Save It For Me; and Big Girls Don’t Cry

Take 3: The Hollyridge Strings conducted by Stu Philips: Hits of Simon and Garfunkel – Mrs. Robinson; Scarborough Fair/Canticle; The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy); Homeward Bound; The Sound of Silence; and I Am A Rock

 

July 18, 2026 – Session 29

Take 1: Beautiful Music Mix I: Arthur’s Theme with Ronnie Aldrich and His Orchestra; I’ve Got You Under My Skin with The Geoff Love Singers; Body and Soul with Dutch band leader Woot Steenhuis; Only Yesterday with John Fox and His Orchestra, and James Last and His Orchestra in Barcarolle

Take 2: Beautiful Music Mix II: I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face; In Between The Heartaches with The Anita Kerr Singers; It Goes Like It Goes with Mantovani and His Orchestra; and Taking a Chance On Love with Norman Candler and His Orchestra

Take 3: Beautiful Music Mix III: Gone With The Wind with John Fox and His Orchestra; Solace with guitarist Tony Mottola; John Gregory and His Orchestra playing Angie Baby; Angel Of The Morning with Ronnie Aldrich and His Orchestra; I’ve Got It Bad And It Ain’t Good with the Leon Young String Chorale; and In The Still Of The Night with Manuel and The Music of The Mountains

 

July 25, 2026 – Session 30

Take 1: Beautiful Music Mix I: Arthur’s Theme with Ronnie Aldrich and His Orchestra; Allez Vous En with The SRP Orchestra; Body and Soul with Dutch band leader Woot Steenhuis; Misty with Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra, Johnny Douglas and His Orchestra in Feels So Good, and We Just Couldn’t Say Goodbye with Johnny Douglas and His Orchestra

Take 2: Beautiful Music Mix II: The Alshire Singers in Follow Me; Paul Muriat and Le Grande Orchestre in The Last Waltz; Smile with Bert Weedon and His Orchestra; Behind Closed Doors with Lenny Dee; Norman Percival and His Orchestra in Friendly Persuasion; and Won’t Somebody Dance With Me with Alan Tew and His Orchestra

Take 3: Beautiful Music Mix III: Ronnie Aldrich and His Orchestra in There’s No Getting Over Me; Goodbye with The Hank Levine Chorus; John Fox and His Orchestra in Mean To Me; legendary guitarist Tony Mottola featured in Here I Am; and the one and only 101 Strings in Go Away Little Girl ©