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Last week, we reached post # 200 of each of the daily “At The Heart” & “Daily Vehicle Choice” themes. This week marks post # 30 of the weekly themes. Check out all 30 “Turntable Tuesday” entries via THIS LINK HERE.

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Spinning the records…
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This week’s feature is John Schneider’s ‘Greatest Hits’ album & 2 tunes: “It’s A Short Walk From Heaven To Hell” (Side 1) & “Love, You Ain’t Seen The Last Of Me” (Side 2). This week’s featured interior: Buick Skylark, 2017 World Of Wheels, Chicago IL (photo by OC,SHer BILL O SR)

ALBUM:
‘Greatest Hits’, 1987
ARTIST:
John Schneider
For more about JS’ hits & history, see the 07/23/2016 “CarTunes Saturday” entry via THIS LINK HERE & the 11/02/2016 “Wednesday Wrap” entry via THIS LINK HERE.  This record (which I own on vinyl) features 10 tunes. Side 1 has 1984’s “I’ve Been Around Enough To Know” (#1), 1985’s “Country Girls” (#1), 1985’s “It’s A Short Walk From Heaven To Hell” (#10), 1985’s “I’m Going To Leave You Tomorrow” (#10) & 1985-6’s “What’s A Memory Like You” (#1). Side 2 features 1986’s “You’re The Last Thing I Needed Tonight” (#1), 1986’s “At The Sound Of The Tone” (#5), 1986-7’s “Take The Long Way Home” (#10), 1987’s “Love, You Ain’t Seen The Last Of Me” (#6) & 1987’s “If It Was Anyone But You” (#59).

FEATURE SONG # 1:
“It’s A Short Walk From Heaven To Hell”
This song is 1 of a few behind why I bought this album soon after it was available. For whatever reason, many of his songs simply resonated with me for 1 reason or another. Sometimes, as with “At The Sound Of The Tone”, it was personal; other times, it was because I changed the lyrics to fit my situation. With this song, it was a change of lyrics that caused it to be replayed many times on my record player. Debuting 04/20/1985, 7 months after “my” car departed, replaced by a 1982 Chevette, this song spent 20 weeks on the charts & peaked at #10. At the time, it was his 3rd straight Top 10 tune, with the prior 2 reaching the top of the charts: 1984’s “I’ve Been Around Enough To Know” & 1985’s “Country Girls” (another tune personal to me, with a slight alteration of lyrics).

FEATURE SONG # 2:
“Love, You Ain’t Seen The Last Of Me”
This upbeat, defiant tune needed no lyric changing to impact me. This is 1 of those … I’m sure we all have them … that struck me as a “just-you-wait-&-see-I’ll-prove-them-all-wrong” song … & has only increased in relevance to me over the years. The single hit the airwaves 04/04/1987, spent 20 weeks on the charts & peaked at #6, becoming his last Top 10 tune & the last in a string of 9 straight Top 10s, including 4 chart toppers.