Sunday Jun 12, 2022
Volume 76: My Song
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.
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Episodes
Episodes
Sunday Jun 05, 2022
Sunday Jun 05, 2022
I think he had Rat Pack Company Badge number 2. He was always so smooth whether delivering a tune or a punchline, still never spilling his drink. He tied his wagon to a goofy comedian, and put out hit after hit. So, get ready to hear from the King of Cool in Volume 75: Everybody Loves Dean.
Credits and copyrights:
Dean Martin – Everybody Loves SomebodyLabel: Reprise Records – R-6130Format: Vinyl, LP, MonoReleased: 1964Genre: JazzStyle: Easy Listening
We will hear 6 of the 12 songs from the album.
Everybody Loves Somebodyby Irving Taylor and Ken LaneYour Other Loveby Mort Shuman and Doc PomusShutters And Boardsby Audie Murphy and Scott TurnerThingsby Bobby DarinCorrine Corrinaby Armenter "Bo Carter" ChatmonSiesta Fiestaby Marcus Barkan and Ben Raleigh
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 May 29, 2022
Sunday May 29, 2022
It’s a 78RPM Sunday. So far, when we've played these extra old records, they've come in an album with several records tied around one theme. But my dad had a ton of shellac records with no covers just lying around in stacks. After sorting them by record label, I thought you might like to hear from the most popular label in this part of my dad’s collection. So get ready for lots of high speed hiss but fun tunes two-at-a-time with Volume 74: 8 Sides from Columbia.
Credits and Copyrights:
Kay Kyser And His Orchestra - Woody WoodpeckerKay Kyser's Kampus Kowboys - When Veronica Plays the HarmonicaModernaires - Juke Box Saturday NightModernaires - Glen Miller TributeRosemary Clooney, Jose Ferrer - AY AY Who’s the GuyRosemary Clooney, Jose Ferrer -A Bunch of BananasHarry James and His Orchestra - The Carnival of VeniceHarry James and His Orchestra - Flight of the Bumblebee
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 May 22, 2022
Sunday May 22, 2022
es, my parents loved their musicals and got to see many shows. Mostly at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, but they saw their share in New York City. This popular musical tells the tale of 1912 River City, Iowa in a Tony AND Grammy-winning musical from 1957. So, get ready for Trouble with a capital "T" which rhymes with "P" that stands for pool in Volume 73: The Music Man.
Credits and Copyrights
Meredith Willson – The Music Man - Original Broadway CastLabel: Capitol Records – WAO-990Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, GatefoldReleased: Jan 20, 1958Genre: Stage & ScreenStyle: Soundtrack, Musical
We'll hear 7 of the 18 tracks from this album on this episode.
Overture/Rock IslandTroubleGoodnight My SomeoneSeventy-Six TrombonesShipoopiTill There Was YouFinale
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 May 15, 2022
Sunday May 15, 2022
Back to one of my favorite composers/arrangers/conductors, Henry Mancini. And this recording has him boiling the music down to the essence of jazz. So, get ready for an interesting take on some classic tunes with Volume 72: Blues and the Beat.
Credits and copyrights:
Henry Mancini – The Blues And The BeatLabel: RCA Victor – LPM-2147Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, MonoReleased: 1960Genre: Jazz, PopStyle: Easy Listening
The BluesComposed by Henry ManciniMistyComposed by Johnny Burke and Erroll GarnerBlue FlameComposed by Joe Bishop, Leo Corday and James NobleAfter HoursComposed by Erskine Hawkins and Avery Parrish The BeatComposed by Henry Mancini Big Noise From WinnetkaComposed by Ray Bauduc, Bob Crosby, Bob Haggart and Gil RodinSing, Sing, SingComposed by Louis Prima
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 May 08, 2022
Sunday May 08, 2022
It’s mothers day…and I miss my mom very much. She’s been gone for almost seven years now. But I know that this is one of those albums that she would have chosen to be on the stereo. She was a poodle skirt-wearing bobby soxer when Old Blue eyes was really hot in the 1940s and 50s. And it’s an entertainer both my parents were able to see in concert a couple of times. So get ready for the Sultan of Swoon in Volume 71: This Is Sinatra! for Mothers Day.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frank-Sinatra/The-Rat-Pack-and-the-mob
Credits and copyrights:
Frank Sinatra – This Is Sinatra!Label: Capitol Records – T-768Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono, Scranton PressingReleased: 1956Genre: Jazz, PopStyle: Big Band, Swing, Easy Listening, Vocal
Recorded : April 30, 1953 – September 13, 1955 at Capitol Studio on Melrose Ave.in Hollywood.
I've Got The World On A StringWritten-By – Harold Arlen, Ted KoehlerLove And MarriageWritten-By – James Van Heusen-Sammy Cahn*South Of The BorderConductor, Arranged By – Billy MayWritten-By – Jimmy Kennedy, Michael CarrYoung-At-HeartWritten-By – Carolyn Leigh, Johnny RichardsMy One And Only LoveWritten-By – Guy Wood, Robert MellinLearnin' The BluesWritten-By – Dolores Vicki Silvers
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 May 01, 2022
Sunday May 01, 2022
You would think that polka music would be out of place in an Italian household. But not ours. It was one of the dances my parents loved to do and one I would even attempt at the right wedding. It was the music my grandmother and one of her sisters loved to play on the organ. And this kind of polka has Cleveland written all over it. So get ready for some beer drinking and skirt twirling with Volume 70: 7 Decades of the Polka King.
Credits and copyrights:Frank Yankovic – 70 Years Of HitsLabel: Smash Records – 830 024-1 M-1Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, StereoCountry: USReleased: 1985Genre: Folk, World, & CountryStyle: Polka
We will hear 7 of the 10 songs on this album.
Zivili Brace, Zivili SestraWritten by Johnny KrizancicCleveland, A Polka TownWritten by William LauscheBlue Skirt WaltzWritten by Václav Bláha (or Rudolf Antonín Dvorský)Lyrics written by Mitchell ParishJust Becausewritten by Joe Shelton, Sydney Robin and Bob SheltonBeer Barrel PolkaWritten by Jaromír VejvodaBeer Drinking SongWritten by Lacy J Dalton and David WoodCorrida #1/SerenataWritten by Carlos Rosas
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 Apr 24, 2022
Sunday Apr 24, 2022
As Jazz appreciation month draws to a close, we need to get a trumpet player in there. It’s even a musician I have not introduced you to yet. His playing is so effortless especially for the speed he plays. So get ready to hear the graceful and uptempo style from the horn of Roy Eldridge in Volume 69: Little Jazz on Horn Part 1.
Credits and Copyrights: Louis Armstrong Roy Eldridge Jazz MasterpiecesLabel: The Franklin Mint Record Society – JAZZ 003: FROM 1/2/3/4Yes, Armstrong and elridge were the featured artists in the first box set of this collection.Series:The Greatest Jazz Recordings Of All Time – JAZZ 001, Institute Of Jazz Studies Official Archive CollectionFormat: 4 x Vinyl, LP,Compilation, Red vinyl Red Box Box SetCountry: USReleased: 1982Genre: JazzStyle: Swing
Here Comes Cookiewritten by Mack GordonJangled NervesWritten by Bud Green, Sam H. Stept, Herman RubySwing Is HereWritten by Gene Krupa, Chu Berry and Roy EldridgeRockin' Chaircomposed by Hoagy CarmichaelThe GasserComposed by Roy EldridgeMinor JiveComposed by Roy EldridgeFiesta in BrassComposed by Roy Eldridge
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 Apr 17, 2022
Sunday Apr 17, 2022
Moving on with Jazz appreciation month we come to a particular type of jazz from a particular type of city…New Orleans. There were many great and memorable musicians that came out of that town, and we’ve already featured several of them on this show. But when the Franklin Mint puts together an entire box set around the Kings of that kind of music, you need to sit and take notice. So get ready to hear the early genres begin to mix together on Jelly Roll’s keyboard in Volume 68: King Morton.
Credits and copyrights:
Jelly Roll Morton / King Oliver / Sidney Bechet – Kings Of New Orleans JazzLabel: The Franklin Mint Record Society – FM JAZZ 017Series: The Greatest Jazz Recordings Of All Time, Institute Of Jazz Studies Official Archive CollectionFormat: 4 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Red Vinyl and Box, Box SetCountry: SwedenReleased: 1983Genre: Jazz
We will hear both sides of record one. We'll listen to 7 f the 12 songs on the record.
King Porter StompWritten by Jelly Roll MortonMamie's BluesWritten by Mamie DesdumesThe ChantComposed by Mel Stitzel, Arranged by Jelly Roll MortonOriginal Jelly Roll BluesWritten by Jelly Roll MortonRed Hot PepperWritten by Jelly Roll MortonFreakishWritten by Jelly Roll MortonHigh SocietyWritten in 1901 by Porter Steele
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.