The Classic Rhythm + Blues Collection is another set of Time-Life CDs. I’m listening to the 1964-1967 volume because those were the years that I was inseparable from my transistor radio. And these were the songs I was listening to hour after hour.

Most of the songs on these CDs were Motown hits. The Four Tops, Jimmy Ruffin, The Supremes, The Miracles, The Temptations were all wonderful Motown acts who produced hit record after hit record for a decade.

Sprinkled in with with the Motown songs are some R&B classics like Percy Sledge’s “When A Man Loves a Woman” and Lou Rawls’ “Love is a Hurtin’ Thing.”

Back in the day, I knew the words to all of these songs–after all, I heard them a hundred times! Just listening to this music takes me back to my teenage years which seemed much more hopeful than the Present. Do you remember these songs? Any favorites here? GRADE: A

TRACK LIST:

1-1	Four Tops–	I Can’t Help Myself Written-By – Brian Holland, Edward Holland, Jr., Lamont Dozier
1-2	Percy Sledge–	When A Man Loves A Woman Written-By – Andrew Wright (4), Calvin Lewis
1-3	Jimmy Ruffin–	What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted Written-By – James Dean (3), Paul Riser, William Weatherspoon
1-4	The Supremes–	You Can’t Hurry Love Written-By – Brian Holland, Edward Holland, Jr., Lamont Dozier
1-5	The Miracles–	The Tracks Of My Tears Written-By – Marvin Tarplin, William “Smokey” Robinson*, Warren Moore
1-6	Fontella Bass–	Rescue Me Written-By – Carl William Smith*, Raynard Miner
1-7	The Impressions–	People Get Ready Written-By – Curtis Mayfield
1-8	The Supremes–	Where Did Our Love Go Written-By – Brian Holland, Edward Holland, Jr., Lamont Dozier
1-9	Martha Reeves & The Vandellas–	Dancing In The Street Written-By – Ivy Jo Hunter, Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson
1-10	The Temptations–	My Girl Written-By – Ronald White, William “Smokey” Robinson*
1-11	James Brown–	Papa’s Got A Grand New Bag Written-By – James Brown
1-12	Otis Redding–	I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) Written-By – Jerry Butler, Otis Redding
1-13	The Supremes–	Back In My Arms Again Written-By – Brian Holland, Edward Holland, Jr., Lamont Dozier
1-14	The Temptations–	Beauty Is Only Skin Deep Written-By – Edward Holland, Jr., Norman Whitfield
1-15	The Ramsey Lewis Trio–	The “In” Crowd Written-By – Billy Page
2-1	Eddie Floyd–	Knock On Wood Written-By – Eddie Floyd, Stephen Cropper*
2-2	Mary Wells–	My Guy Written-By – William “Smokey” Robinson*
2-3	Lou Rawls–	Love Is A Hurtin’ Thing Written-By – Ben Raleigh, Dave Linden*
2-4	Four Tops–	Reach Out, I’ll Be There Written-By – Brian Holland, Edward Holland, Jr., Lamont Dozier
2-5	Marvin Gaye–	I’ll Be Doggone Written-By – Marvin Tarplin, William “Smokey” Robinson*, Warren Moore
2-6	Stevie Wonder–	Uptight (Everything’s Alright) Written-By – Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy
2-7	Wilson Pickett–	634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.) Written-By – Eddie Floyd, Stephen Cropper*
2-8	Junior Walker & The All Stars–	Shotgun Written-By – Autry DeWalt
2-9	James Brown–	I Got You (I Feel Good) Written-By – James Brown
2-10	Joe Tex–	Hold What You’ve Got Written-By – Joe Tex
2-11	Sam & Dave–	Hold On! I’m Comin’ Written-By – David Porter, Isaac Hayes
2-12	The Temptations–	Ain’t Too Proud To Beg Written-By – Edward Holland, Jr., Norman Whitfield
2-13	Little Milton–	We’re Gonna Make It Written-By – Billy Davis (2), Carl William Smith*, Gene Barge, Raynard Miner
2-14	The Isley Brothers–	This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You) Written-By – Brian Holland, Edward Holland, Jr., Lamont Dozier
2-15	Wilson Pickett–	In The Midnight Hour Written-By – Stephen Cropper*, Wilson Pickett

I enjoyed Gou Tanabe’s graphic adaptations of Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness (you can read my review here) and THE CALL OF CTHULHU (you can read my review here) so I ordered Tanabe’s H. P. Lovecraft’s The Shadow Over Innsmouth (2023).

“The Shadow Over Innsmouth” is one of Lovecraft’s most iconic stories. It has all the dread and horror you could ask for in Cthulhu Mythos story. A narrator tells of a town in Massachusetts that embodies the word “creepy.” As the story unfolds, more and more details about the weird residents and the threat Innsmouth presents becomes apparent.

“The investigation ultimately concluded with the arrest and detention of many of the town’s residents in concentration camps as well as a submarine torpedoing nearby Devil Reef, which the press falsely reported as Prohibition liquor raids.” (Wikipedia) Lovecraft slowly ratchets up the suspense (and chilling aspects) as the secrets of Innsmouth are revealed.

Once again, Gou Tanabe’s wonderful artwork illuminates Lovecraft’s tale. GRADE: A

I liked The Old Guard from 2020 (you can read my review here) but this sequel is dull and tedious. The opening scene features  Charlize Theron (playing Andy, the former Immortal) kicking off The Old Guard 2 by storming an Italian mansion where secretive arms dealers with impressive weapons wait for a rumble.

As a distraction, Andy dispatches Joe (Marwan Kenzari) and Nicky (Luca Marinelli)–the franchise’s adorable queer couple–to lure some of the minions into a wild car chase. James Copley (Chiwetel Ejiofor), Andy’s former adversary turned teammate, raids the mansion with her. Lots of shooting…and sword-play (very silly in my estimation)!

The plot of Immortal vs. Immortal didn’t grab me. The fight scenes interrupt an interminable, meandering series of dialogues about the Meaning of Life and the Purpose of Existence. Yawn.

Uma Thurman is wasted as an Immortal with a complicated plan. There’s a lot of blah, blah, blah punctuated by some routine action scenes. Don’t waste your time with this sequel. GRADE: D (for dud)

Katie and Patrick laugh at me when I buy music CDs. They listen to 100% of their music on streaming services like Spotify, iTunes, and Pandora. Diane and I do listen to Sirius/XM Radio when were driving around but at home, we’re CD listeners.

Liz Pelly’s informative Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist (2025) tells the story of how a tiny, obscure Swedish music streaming service became one of the dominate music platforms in the world. Music streaming has become the norm for millions of listeners with playlists, personalized, and autoplayed services.

“In 2021, a couple of executives form the in-house Warner Music Group data science team explained, in a video, that the comp was then processing information about its roughly 4.5 billion streams per day, all of which power insights to ‘help inform where we’re going to invest in new Artis and content types…’ In other words, the major label was collecting an obscene amount of date every day, and then using it to presumably power algorithms that would tell it what artists to sign in the future.” (p. 90-91).

Of course Spotify, iTunes, and Sirius/XM Radio were doing the same thing. Even back in 2013 when Spotify made its big investment into producing in-house playlists, the effect was the ability of Spotify (and other streaming services) to change the way people listen. “It was not long just about providing all the music in the world, but about purporting to know what you anted to listen to, when you wanted to listen to it, to provide the perfect playlist at the perfect moment.” (p. 92)

The most shocking chapter in Mood Machine is “The First .0035 Is the Hardest.” .0035 of one cent is the royalty Spotify pays singers and groups to play their song. Needless to say, Spotify is paying a pittance for this music while making billions in profit. Studies show the median musician earned between $20,000 and $25,000. You could make more money working at McDonalds.

Liz Pelly, who has covered the music industry for over a decade, shows how a small group of music streaming services controls what millions of subscribers listen to and which singers and artists are shut out. This is a chilling book. Do you listen to music streaming services? GRADE: A

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Introduction — vii

The Bureau of Piracy — 1

“Saving” the music industry — 11

Selling lean-back listening — 24

The conquest of chill — 39

Ghost artists for hire — 57

The background music makers — 68

Streambait pop — 79

Listen to yourself — 92

Self-driving music — 106

Fandom as data — 117

Sounds for self-optimization — 125

Streaming as surveillance — 137

The first .0035 is the hardest — 149

An App for a boss — 151

Indie vibes — 172

This is… Payola? — 185

The lobbyists — 197

The new music labor movement — 204

Conclusion –217

A Note on Sources — 237

Acknowledgements — 239

Notes — 243

Index — 267

Our 10 year old GE dehumidifier stopped working so we ordered a Frigidaire 35 Pint Dehumidifier with Wi-Fi (Energy Star) FHDD3534W1 from HOME DEPOT. A few days later, Diane received a text that said the dehumidifier arrived. We picked it up (38 pounds!) and brought it home.

I read the instructions, unpacked the unit, and plugged it in. A very quiet motor started and 24 hours later, I dumped 35 pints of water into my sump. Our large basement holds a lot of humidity so it takes two Frigidaire dehumidifiers to handle it. Last year we bought our first Frigidaire dehumidifier (you can read my review here) and it worked so well, we bought another one. Do you use a dehumidifier? Do you have a favorite? (GRADE: too soon to tell, but our other Frigidaire dehumidifier is a solid B+)

I grew up listening to Phil Spector’s music. At one point in his career, he was the most influential record producer in the business. Spector produced The Beatles’ last album.

“Phil Spector is renowned for his groundbreaking “Wall of Sound” production technique and his work with numerous iconic artists. Some of his biggest hits include “Be My Baby” by The Ronettes, “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin'” by The Righteous Brothers, and “He’s a Rebel” by The Crystals. He also produced hits like “Da Doo Ron Ron” by The Crystals, “Then He Kissed Me” by The Crystals, and “Unchained Melody” by The Righteous Brothers, among others.”

 But Phil Spector had a Dark Side. He had a hot temper and he loved guns. Those two flaws led to Phil Spector being charged with the shooting death of Lana Clarkson.

On the morning of February 3, 2003, American actress Lana Clarkson was found shot dead inside the Pyrenees Castle, the Alhambra, California, mansion of record producer Phil Spector. The movie, Phil Spector, written and directed by David Mamet, presents the lawyers who defended Spector in this case. It stars Al Pacino as Phil Spector, Helen Mirren as defense attorney Linda Kenney Baden, and Jeffrey Tambor as defense attorney Bruce Cutler.

The movie focuses primarily on the relationship between Spector and Linda Kenney Baden, his defense attorney in 2007 during the first of his two murder trials for the 2003 death of Lana Clarkson in his California mansion, and is billed as “an exploration of the client–attorney relationship” between Spector and Kenney Baden.

“The film is controversial for fictionalizing aspects of the case and for neglecting significant evidence that was presented by the real life prosecution, leading to accusations that the movie was created as an advocacy piece in Spector’s favor. Spector was not involved with the film, and disputed its historical accuracy. Although it is based on real people and an actual event, it opens with an unusually worded disclaimer that states: This is a work of fiction. It’s not ‘based on a true story.’ It is a drama inspired by actual persons on a trial, but it is neither an attempt to depict the actual persons, nor to comment upon the trial or its outcome.”

I’ll watch anything with Helen Mirren in it. Al Pacino creates a believable Phil Spector. GRADE: B

The relentless Sun cooked Western NY last week. Fortunately, we’ve backed off the 90 degree temps and are hovering around the 80s. Time for some refreshing Summer songs like the ones on Cool Rock.

Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes’ “Up Where We Belong” always pleases me. Same with the Thompson Twins’ “Hold Me Now.” I remember when Rosette’s “It Must Have Been Love” got heavy airplay on the radio (and on MTV).

Where would Summer music be without Ambrosia’ “Biggest Part of Me” and Toto’s “Africa”? They are mainstays in Hot Weather each year.

I’m a fan of Chris DeBurgh’s “Lady in Red” and Dan Hartman’s “I Can Dream About You.” Many of these compilation CDs include filler in the form of One-Hit Wonders or obscure songs. But Cool Rock consists of readily identifiable songs with a Summer vibe. How many of these songs do you remember? Any favorites here? GRADE: B+

TRACK LIST:

1-1	Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes–	Up Where We Belong	3:55
1-2	Naked Eyes–	Always Something There To Remind Me	3:41
1-3	Club Nouveau–	Lean On Me	3:58
1-4	Thompson Twins–	Hold Me Now	4:42
1-5	Glass Tiger–	Don’t Forget Me (When I’m Gone)	4:05
1-6	Teddy Pendergrass–	Love T.K.O.	5:00
1-7	Kool And The Gang*–	Joanna	4:22
1-8	Christopher Cross–	Think Of Laura	3:22
1-9	Tiffany–	I Think We’re Alone Now	3:47
1-10	Joey Scarbury–	Believe It Or Not (Theme From Greatest American Hero)	3:11
1-11	Roxette–	It Must Have Been Love	3:51
1-12	Culture Club–	Time (Clock Of The Heart)	3:42
1-13	The Motels–	Suddenly Last Summer	3:38
1-14	The Tubes–	She’s A Beauty	3:58
1-15	Ashford & Simpson–	Solid	5:07
1-16	Sergio Mendes*–	Never Gonna Let You Go	4:15
1-17	Wilson Phillips–	Hold On	4:24
1-18	Ambrosia (2)–	Biggest Part Of Me	4:09
2-1	Toto–	Africa	5:01
2-2	REO Speedwagon–	Can’t Fight This Feeling	4:10
2-3	Chris DeBurgh*–	Lady In Red	4:16
2-4	Tina Turner–	Private Dancer	4:00
2-5	Cutting Crew–	(I Just) Died In Your Arms	4:34
2-6	John Waite–	Missing You	4:27
2-7	Little River Band–	Cool Change	5:14
2-8	Corey Hart–	Never Surrender	4:55
2-9	Blondie–	Call Me	3:32
2-10	Spandau Ballet–	True	5:35
2-11	Marty Balin–	Atlanta Lady (Something About You)	3:27
2-12	Mr. Mister–	Broken Wings	4:45
2-13	Vangelis–	Chariots Of Fire	3:29
2-14	Dan Hartman–	I Can Dream About You	4:09
2-15	Taylor Dayne–	Love Will Lead You Back	4:37
2-16	James Ingram & Patti Austin–	Baby, Come To Me	3:35
2-17	Al Green–	Let’s Stay Together	3:18

I’ve been reading “Alfred Hitchcock” mystery anthologies for decades (check out the list below). Alfred Hitchcock’s Daring Detectives (1969) includes an excellent blend of stories. I particularly enjoyed Stuart Palmer’s “Green Ice,” a Hildegarde Withers gem. The police struggle to find the thief of a value green diamond. Miss Withers shows them the way to solve the crime.

Also fun is Erle Stanley Gardner’s “Adventures of the Irate Witness” where Perry Mason fakes out the Prosecution. And, I’m a fan of August Derleth’s Solar Pons series. “Adventures of the Grice-Paterson Curse” involves a series of mysterious deaths. Solar Pons sees the pattern that no one else does.

Who doesn’t like a good spy story? Michael Gilbert’s “The Headmaster” involves the murder of a British agent and it’s up to Calder and Behrens to even the score. I’ve read a lot of Ellery Queen but somehow missed “The Adventure of the Seven Black Cats.” An infirm woman fears someone is trying to murder her so she buys a series of black cats–even though she hates cats. Ellery Queen becomes intrigued and investigates.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Daring Detectives is one of the best mystery anthologies I’ve read lately. How many Alfred Hitchcock anthologies have you read? GRADE: A-

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

• “The Day the Children Vanished”: by High Pentecost — 3
• “Through a Dead Man’s Eye”: by Cornell Woolrich — 30
• “The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim”: by Agatha Christie — 57
• “Green Ice”: by Stuart Palmer — 71
• “The Grave Grass Quivers”: by MacKinlay Kantor — 88
• “The Case of the Irate Witness”: by Erle Stanley Gardner — 104
• “Adventures of the Grice-Paterson Curse”: by August Derleth — 120
• “The Headmaster”: by Michael Gilbert — 140
• “The Adventure of the Seven Black Cats”: by Ellery Queen — 153
• “The Wicked Cousin”: by Leslie Charteris — 174
• “The Footprint in the Sky”: by John Dickson Carr — 193

Hitchcock fiction anthologies chronology

A chronological list of Hitchcock fiction anthologies.

In general, only the first new edition of each American and British title is listed. The country, format (paperback or hardback/hardcover) and date of publication is shown in parentheses.

1940s

• The Pocket Book of Great Detectives (USA, PBK,1941)
• Suspense Stories: Collected by Alfred Hitchcock (USA, PBK, 1945)
• Bar the Doors! Terror Stories (USA, PBK, 1946)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Hold Your Breath (USA, PBK, 1947)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Fireside Book of Suspense Stories (USA, HBK, 1947)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Fear and Trembling (USA, PBK, 1948)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s a Baker’s Dozen of Suspense Stories (USA, PBK, 1949)

1950s

• Stories They Wouldn’t Let Me Do on TV (USA, HBK, 1957)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 12 Stories They Wouldn’t Let Me Do on TV (USA, PBK, June 1958)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: My Favorites in Suspense (USA, HBK, 1959)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 13 More Stories They Wouldn’t Let Me Do on TV (USA, PBK, April 1959)

1960s

• A Bouquet of Clean Crimes and Neat Murders (USA, PBK, 1960)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 14 of My Favorites in Suspense (USA, PBK, December 1960)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories for Late at Night (USA, HBK, 1961)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: More of My Favorites in Suspense (USA, PBK, May 1961)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Haunted Houseful (USA, HBK, May 1961)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 12 Stories for Late at Night (USA, PBK, 1962)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: More Stories for Late at Night (USA, PBK, 1962)
• Alfred Hitchcock: My Favourites in Suspense – Part One (UK, PBK, 1962)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Ghostly Gallery (USA, HBK, 1962)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Bar the Doors (USA, PBK, 1962)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s A Hangman’s Dozen (USA, PBK, December 1962)
• Alfred Hitchcock: My Favourites in Suspense – Part One (UK, PBK, 1963)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Solve-Them-Yourself Mysteries (USA, HBK, 1963)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories My Mother Never Told Me (USA, HBK, 1963)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 16 Skeletons from My Closet (USA, PBK, March 1963)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s 14 Suspense Stories to Play Russian Roulette By (USA, PBK, 1964)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories for Late at Night – Part 1 (UK, PBK, 1964)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Once Upon a Dreadful Time (USA, PBK, August 1964)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Monster Museum (USA, HBK, 1965)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Solve-Them-Yourself Mysteries (UK, HBK, 1965)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories for Late at Night – Part 2 (UK, PBK, 1965)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories Not for the Nervous (USA, HBK, 1965)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories My Mother Never Told Me (USA, PBK, March 1965)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Witches’ Brew (USA, PBK, April 1965)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Haunted Houseful (UK, PBK, October 1965)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Anti-Social Register (USA, PBK, October 1965)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: More Stories My Mother Never Told Me (USA, PBK, November 1965)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Sinister Spies (USA, HBK, 1966)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Ghostly Gallery (UK, HBK, 1966)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories Not for the Nervous (USA, PBK, 1966)
• Guaranteed Rest in Peace: Alfred Hitchcock (UK, PBK, 1966)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Ghostly Gallery (UK, PBK 1966)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Noose Report (USA, PBK, August 1966)
• This Day’s Evil: Alfred Hitchcock (UK, PBK, 1967)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: More Stories Not for the Nervous (USA, PBK, 1967)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories That Scared Even Me (USA, HBK, 1967)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Spellbinders in Suspense (USA, HBK, 1967)
• Alfred Hitchcock: Behind the Locked Door (UK, PBK, March 1967)
• Alfred Hitchcock: Meet Death at Night (UK, PBK, May 1967)
• Alfred Hitchcock: Anyone for Murder? (UK, PBK, October 1967)
• Alfred Hitchcock: The Late Unlamented (UK, PBK, November 1967)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s a Hard Day at the Scaffold (USA, PBK, December 1967)
• Alfred Hitchcock: Stories That Scared Even Me (UK, HBK, 1968)
• Alfred Hitchcock: Stories not for the Nervous – Book One (UK, PBK, 1968)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Coffin Corner (USA, PBK, 1968)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Games Killers Play (USA, PBK, April 1968)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Skull Session (USA, PBK, October 1968)
• Alfred Hitchcock: The Graveyard Man (UK, PBK, October 1968)
• Alfred Hitchcock: Stories not for the Nervous – Book Two (UK, PBK, 1969)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Month of Mystery (USA, HBK, 1969)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Daring Detectives (USA, HBK, 1969)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Death Bag (USA, PBK, January 1969)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Happiness is a Warm Corpse (USA, PBK, May 1969)
• Alfred Hitchcock: Murders I Fell in Love With (USA, PBK, September 1969)

1970s

• Alfred Hitchcock’s Murder on the Half-Skull (USA, PBK, April 1970)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Get Me to the Wake On Time (USA, PBK, September 1970)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Scream Along With Me (USA, PBK, December 1970)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: This One Will Kill You (USA, PBK, 1971)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Stay Awake By (USA, HBK, 1971)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Slay Ride (USA, PBK, February 1971)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: I Am Curious (Bloody) (USA, PBK, March 1971)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Down by the Old Bloodstream (USA, PBK, June 1971)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Rolling Gravestones (USA, PBK, August 1971)
• This One Will Kill You (UK, PBK, 1972)
• Alfred Hitchcock: A Month of Mystery – Book One (UK, PBK, 1972)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Dates With Death (USA, PBK, January 1972)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Terror Time (USA, PBK, February 1972)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Death Can Be Beautiful (May 1972)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Happy Deathday! (USA, PBK, June 1972)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s a Hearse of a Different Color (USA, PBK, November 1972)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s The Best of Fiends (USA, PBK, December 1972)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Be Read With the Lights On (USA, HBK, 1973)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Supernatural Tales of Terror and Suspense (USA, HBK, 1973)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Death-Mate (USA, PBK, May 1973)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Let It All Bleed Out (USA, PBK, June 1973)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Stay Awake By (USA, PBK, September 1973)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: More Stories to Stay Awake By (USA, PBK, October 1973)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Get Me to the Wake On Time (UK, PBK, 1974)
• Alfred Hitchcock: Stories to Stay Awake By – Part One (UK, PBK, 1974)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Boys and Ghouls Together (USA, PBK, January 1974)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Coffin Break (USA, PBK, May 1974)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Bleeding Hearts (USA, PBK, August 1974)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Behind the Death Ball (USA, PBK, November 1974)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Be Read With the Door Locked (USA, HBK, 1975)
• Alfred Hitchcock: Stories to Stay Awake By – Part Two (UK, PBK, 1975)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Grave Business (USA, PBK, February 1975)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Murderers’ Row (USA, PBK, May 1975)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Murder Racquet (USA, PBK, July 1975)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Speak of the Devil (USA, PBK, December 1975)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Tales to Keep You Spellbound (1976)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Be Read With the Lights On – Volume One (USA, PBK, March 1976)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Be Read With the Lights On – Volume Two (USA, PBK, April 1976)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Don’t Look a Gift-Shark in the Mouth (USA, PBK, November 1976)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Witch’s Brew (USA, HBK, 1977)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Tales to Take Your Breath Away (1977)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories That Go Bump in the Night (USA, HBK, 1977)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: I Want My Mummy (USA, PBK,1977)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Grave Business (UK, PBK, 1977)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Witch’s Brew (UK, PBK, 1977)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Be Read With the Door Locked – Volume 1 (USA, PBK, January 1977)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Skeleton Crew (USA, PBK, February 1977)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Be Read With the Door Locked – Volume 2 (USA, PBK, July 1977)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Having a Wonderful Crime (USA, PBK, November 1977)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Tales to Make Your Blood Run Cold (1978)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Witch’s Brew (UK, HBK, 1978)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Murder-Go-Round (USA, PBK, January 1978)
• Alfred Hitchcock: Killers at Large (USA, PBK, August 1978)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Tales to Scare You Stiff (November 1978)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Master’s Choice (USA, HBK, 1979)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Tales to Send Chills Down Your Spine (May 1979)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Tales to Be Read with Caution (1979)
• Alfred Hitchcock: Breaking the Scream Barrier (USA, PBK, October 1979)
• Alfred Hitchcock: Death on Arrival (USA, PBK, September 1979)

1980s

• The Best of Mystery (USA, HBK, 1980)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Tales to Fill You with Fear and Trembling (USA, HBK, 1980)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Tales to Make Your Teeth Chatter (USA, HBK, 1980)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Alive and Screaming (USA, PBK, May 1980)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Tales to Make Your Hair Stand on End (USA, HBK, April 1981)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Tales to Make You Weak in the Knees (USA, HBK, November 1981)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Tales to Make You Quake & Quiver (USA, HBK, May 1982)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Your Share of Fear (USA, HBK, July 1982)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Death-Reach (USA, HBK, November 1982)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Book of Horror Stories: Book 1 (UK, PBK, 1983)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Fatal Attractions (USA, HBK, April 1983)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Borrowers of the Night (USA, HBK, July 1983)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s A Choice of Evils (USA, HBK, October 1983)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Book of Horror Stories: Book 2 (UK, PBK, 1984)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Book of Horror Stories: Book 3 (UK, PBK, 1984)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Mortal Errors (USA, HBK, January 1984)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Crime Watch (USA, HBK, June 1984)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Grave Suspicions (USA, HBK, October 1984)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s No Harm Undone (USA, HBK, 1985)
• Hitchcock in Prime Time (USA, PBK, August 1985)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Words of Prey (USA, HBK, April 1986)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s A Mystery By the Tale (USA, HBK, 1986)
• Tales of Terror (USA, HBK, 1986)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Book of Horror Stories: Book 4 (UK, PBK, 1986)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Book of Horror Stories: Book 5 (UK, PBK, July 1986)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s A Brief Darkness (USA, HBK, June 1987)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Book of Horror Stories: Book 6 (UK, PBK, July 1987)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s The Shadow of Silence (USA, HBK, December 1987)
• Portraits of Murder (USA, HBK, 1988)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Book of Horror Stories: Book 7 (UK, PBK, January 1988)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Most Wanted: The First Lineup (USA, HBK, June 1988)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery By the Tale (USA, HBK, June 1988)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Book of Horror Stories: Book 8 (UK, PBK, July 1988)
• Tales from Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (USA, HBK, September 1988)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Shrouds and Pockets (USA, HBK, November 1988)
• Death on Television: The Best of Henry Slesar’s Alfred Hitchcock Stories (USA, HBK, 1989)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Book of Horror Stories: Book 9 (UK, PBK, January 1989)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Murder & Other Mishaps (USA, HBK, June 1989)

1990s

• Alfred Hitchcock’s Home Sweet Homicide (USA, HBK, 1991)
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Tales of the Supernatural and the Fantastic (USA, HBK, September 1993)
• Fun and Games at the Whacks Museum and Other Horror Stories (USA, HBK, September 1994)

2000s

2010s

• Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Presents: 13 Tales of New American Gothic (USA, October 2011)

https://the.hitchcock.zone/wiki/Hitchcock_fiction_anthologies_chronology

Diane and I traveled to Sheas Performing Arts Center in Buffalo to see Back to the Future: The Musical. As you recall, the 1985 film Back to the Future–directed by Robert Zemeckis–was a hit movie starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, and Thomas F. Wilson. Michael J. Fox plays teenager Marty McFly who accidentally finds himself sent back in Time to 1955.

The humor of the movie–with Marty interacting with his parents when they were teenagers–still resonates in the musical version.  Of course, the real star of the musical is the cool DeLorean car/Time Machine.

My main complaint about Back to the Future: The Musical is…the music is bland and banal. The show includes songs featured in the film: “The Power of Love“, “Earth Angel“, “Johnny B. Goode” and “Back in Time“. The rest of the music is forgettable. Are you a fan of Back to the Future? GRADE: B- (but the DeLorean gets an “A”!)