Sunday Dec 26, 2021
Volume 52: Blues For Baby Jesus
Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl
Extensive and Eclectic and we hear them as is with skips, scratches, and pops. Being a radio and mobile DJ for a decade and a half, I collected several hundred albums. I had nothing on my dad who owned more than 500 (33 1/3) LPs and over 100 78 RPMs at the time of his death in December 2019. I had no idea he had so many. We found them spread all over the house when we prepared for the estate sale. I went through every one and categorized them on an app called Discogs. I thought so many were unique, I decided to start a podcast called Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl. Each episode will feature an album. I’ll tell stories about the family listening to these albums and I’ll give other info about the album and the time it was released.
Listen on:
Episodes
Episodes
Sunday Dec 19, 2021
Sunday Dec 19, 2021
Credits and copyrights:
Carlos Molina And His Orchestra – Latin TouchLabel: Coronet Records – CXS-270Format: Vinyl, LP, AlbumReleased: 1965 Genre: Jazz, LatinStyle: Mambo, Latin Jazz
Tico Tico composed by Zequinha de Abreu in 1917Ay Mi ChatitaMujer CelosaMambo #5 composed by Pérez Prado in 1949Mambo #8 composed by Pérez Prado
Ay Mi ChatitaPor Mi Lloraras
I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.
Sunday Dec 12, 2021
Sunday Dec 12, 2021
Ah, my mom and dad with their love of music from the movies. We’ve already heard a few tunes from the big screen this year on this show, like the Mancini episode of Academy Award winning music. Only a couple of the tunes you are about to hear earned an Oscar, and even Google hasn’t heard of the orchestra leader, but get ready anyway for silver screen music from the first half of last century in Volume 50: Hollywood Hits.
Credits and Copyrights:
Ronnie Ogden And His Orchestra – Hits From Hollywood - Vol. 3 For Hi-Fi LivingLabel: RCA Custom – RAL 1003, RCA Custom – RAL-1003Series: For Hi-Fi Living – Volume 3Format: Vinyl, LP, AlbumReleased: 1957Genre: Jazz, Pop
I Feel A Song Coming' OnWritten: 1935Music by: Jimmy McHughWords by: Dorothy FieldsWritten for: Every Night at Eight
It's A Most Unusual DayWritten: 1948Music by: Jimmy McHughWords by: Harold AdamsonWritten for: A Date with Judy
Over The RainbowWritten: 1938Music by: Harold ArlenWords by: E. Y. Yip HarburgWritten for: The Wizard of Oz
RamonaWritten in 1928music by Mabel Waynelyrics by L. Wolfe GilbertWritten for Ramona (Silent Film)
High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)Written: 1952Music by: Dimitri Tiomkin Words by: Ned WashingtonWritten for: High Noon
Three Coins In The FountainWritten: 1955Music by: Jule Styne Words by: Sammy CahnWritten for: Three Coins In The Fountain
I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.
Sunday Dec 05, 2021
Sunday Dec 05, 2021
Here’s another collection of albums released by the Longines Symphonette Society. One of 12 my dad has in his collection. You’ve already heard from a couple. This is a three record set and we’ll be listening to selections from record one. So get ready for music from a completely anonymous source in Volume 49: Birth of the Blues Part 1.
The Longines Symphonette – Birth Of The Blues - Vol. 11Label: Longines Symphonette Society – C-7-11 1Series: Our Century In Music – 11Format: 3 x Vinyl, LP Box SetCountry: CanadaReleased: 1974Genre: Blues
Birth Of The BluesMusic by Ray HendersonRhapsody in Bluewritten by George GershwinStormy Weatherwritten by Harold Arlen and Ted KoehlerMississippi Mudwritten by Harry Barris and James CavanaugSt. James InfirmaryAnonymousJa Daa hit song written in 1918 by Bob Carleton.
I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.
Sunday Nov 28, 2021
Sunday Nov 28, 2021
What? Another trumpet player we haven't played yet? What? More dixieland? From my dad's collection? Well of course. And this is just one of four albums from this trumpet master in my dad’s collection. So get ready to take a trip back to New Orleans for some happy music in Volume 48: Al Hirt Swingin' Dixie.
Credits and copyrights:
Al Hirt – Swingin' Dixie Volume 3Label: Audio Fidelity – AFLP 1926Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, MonoReleased: 1960Genre: JazzStyle: Dixieland
High SocietyWritten-By – Porter SteeleBill Baileywords and music were written by Hughie CannonArranged By – Hirt, Sidney FreyDixieland One StepWritten-By – Nick La RoccaUp A Lazy RiverWritten-By – Hoagy Carmichael, Sidney ArodinSweet Georgia BrownWritten-By – Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo PinkardDown By The RiversideArranged By – Hirt, Sidney Frey
I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.
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Sunday Nov 21, 2021
Sunday Nov 21, 2021
This is a cool collection. Benny Goodman performed a famous concert in 1938 at Carnegie Hall, which happened to be recorded and released 12 years later. However, this album was culled from CBS radio broadcasts from the previous year and not released until 1956. So get ready for some raw Benny Goodman taken from the early airwaves with Volume 47: Swing's King Concert 2
Credits and Copyrights:
Benny Goodman – 1937-38 Jazz Concert No. 2 The King Of Swing Vol. 1Label: Columbia – CL 817, Columbia – CL-817Series: Benny Goodman Silver AnniversaryFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, MonoReleased: 1956Genre: JazzStyle: Big Band, Swing
Ridin' HighWritten-By – Cole PorterNice Work If You Can Get ItWritten-By – Ira Gershwin - George GershwinVibraphone BluesWritten-By, Vocals – Lionel HamptonThe Sheik Of ArabyWritten-By – Francis Wheeler, Harry Smith, and Ted SnyderSunny DisposishWritten By – Ira Gershwin and Phil CharigNagasakiWritten-By – Harry Warren and Mort DixonBand–St. Louis BluesWritten-By – W. C. Handy
I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.
Sunday Nov 14, 2021
Sunday Nov 14, 2021
You’ve heard some great Oscar-winning music from the big screen in previous episodes. Now it’s time to hear some great music from a Tony-winner. So prepare to hear English Americans haven’t used in years with Volume 46: My Fair Lady.
Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews – My Fair LadyLabel: Columbia Masterworks – OL 5090Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, MonoReleased: 1956Genre: Stage & ScreenStyle: Musical
Overture - Why Can't The English?Wouldn't It Be Loverly (‘scuse the early skips)With A Little Bit Of LuckThe Rain In SpainI Could Have Danced All NightOn The Street Where You LiveI've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
Here’s a trumpet player I was not familiar with. Although I did mention him in the Dizzy Gillespie episode. And it seems to be a reissue from another band. So let’s get ready for some jazz in its simplest form with Volume 45: Jonah's Trumpet on Tour.
Credits and Copyrights:
Jonah Jones – Trumpet On TourLabel: Baronet Records – B-103Format: Vinyl, LP, AlbumReleased: 1962Genre: JazzStyle: Swing
Jonah Whales AgainJumpin' On 57thPete's Delta BoundManhattan BluesStormy WeatherWalkin' And Shoutin The Boogie
I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
Back to dance music….from the first half the 20th century, give or take a few years. In fact, most of the music recorded by this orchestra leader was recorded on 78 RPM records. And according to discogs he had 88 of them to his name. So let’s get ready to get this party swinging with Volume 44: Invitation to the Dance.
Al Donahue And His Society Orchestra – Invitation To DanceLabel: Design Records (2) – DLP 51Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, MonoCountry: USReleased: 1957Genre: Jazz, PopStyle: Easy Listening
Low Down Rhythm In A Top Hat Written in 1935 by Irving BerlinAutumn Leaves composed by Joseph Kosma in 1945. Lyrics by Johnny MercerHigh Society originally a march copyrighted in April 1901 by Porter Steele
Around The World In Eighty Days music by Victor Young in 1956 for the movie of the same nameBaila, Cha Cha Cha Composed by Ernesto Duarte Brito in 1953Nocturne For NellRhapsaboogie
I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain
Former DJ Trying His Hand at a Podcast
Although I’m currently working in public relations and marketing, I spent 16 years in radio broadcasting. Some of that as a news and sports reporter, but mostly as a disk jockey.
My first two years in radio were spent learning from giants in the business at the nation’s number one nostalgia station, WBBG in Cleveland. That station is now long off the air.
From 1982 to 1984 I worked with and for my father’s favorite 1950s DJ Bill Randle, who helped put Elvis Presley on the musical map north of the Mason Dixon line. My dad was so excited when I told him I would be the intern writing his newscasts. Even after I took a full time position at the station, I relished the opportunities to have conversations with Bill about the radio business. He once told me a great Elvis story as I drove him to the bus station for one of his weekend trips.
I also can’t forget the influences of other on air legends like Carl Reece and Ted Alexander who now has his own internet show of oldies.
This collection isn’t made up of just a bunch of albums I found in my dad’s house after he died. I listened to these albums. Mostly at Sunday dinners. But I wore a few of these out on my own turntable. So I know this collection and I think you’re going to enjoy some of the unique selections.
My dad and I had very similar taste in a lot of music. I also have over 400 albums in my personal collection. Even after his death I found some of my albums in his collection and visa versa.
I consider myself a bit of an amateur music historian. I’ve always loved music that came way before I was born, although I’m still partial to Led Zeppelin.
Additionally, extra understanding and appreciation of much of what you will hear in my dad’s collection came from a great upper level class I had in college: The History of Jazz.
I do know one thing. It will be fun to get behind a microphone again and share some great recordings.