Sunday Oct 03, 2021
Volume 40: Doc Severinson and Friends
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 Sep 26, 2021
Sunday Sep 26, 2021
On this episode, we get to hear another record from a great collection of one of the best known big bands ever. Plus I always think of my parents as they floated across the dance floor to music like this. So, let’s get ready to once again hear from the king of the dance hall in Volume 39: Glenn Miller Collection Part 2.
Credits and copyrightsGlenn Miller And His Orchestra – Second PressingLabel: RCA Victor – LPT 6700Series: Collectors IssueFormat: 5 x Vinyl, LP, CompilationCountry: CanadaReleased: 1956Genre: Jazz
Say Si Si Written-By – Al Stillman, Ernesto Lecuona, Francia LubanCaribbean Clipper (even with the beginning skip) Written-By – Jerry Gray, Sammy GallopSomething old, new, borrowed, blue Medley Japanese Sandman Written-By – Raymond Egan, Richard Whiting What's The Matter With Me Vocals – Marion Hutton Written-By – Sam Lewis, Terry Shand Let's Dance Written-By – Frank Skinner Blue Room Written-By – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz HartRhapsody In Blue Written-By – George GershwinDown For The Count Written-By – Bill FineganSliphorn Jive Written-By – Eddie Durham
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 Sep 19, 2021
Sunday Sep 19, 2021
It’s been over a month since I’ve featured a trumpet player, so I’m having withdrawals. I was very glad to see this album in my dad’s collection. I have long been a fan of this jazz icon. So let’s get ready for some hot jazz with some hot tempos in Volume 38: Dizzy Will Excite.
Credits and Copyrights
St. Louis Blues Composed by W. C. HandyMy Heart Belongs To Daddy Composed by Cole PorterMoonglow Composed by Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills, and Will HudsonWoody'n You Composed by Dizzy GillespieI Found A Million Dollar Baby In The Five And Ten Cent Store Composed by Harry Warren
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 Sep 12, 2021
Sunday Sep 12, 2021
Both my parents seemed to enjoy music from movies, whether it be original soundtracks or variations arranged and recorded by other artists. My dad also owned eight records by the orchestra leader Ray Conniff who was popular for arranging and performing other composers’ works. So get ready to combine my parents love of big screen music with the Conniff sound in Volume 37: Hollywood in Rhythm.
Ray Conniff And His Orchestra – Hollywood In RhythmLabel: Columbia – CL 1310Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, MonoCountry: USReleased: 1959Genre: Jazz, PopStyle: Easy Listening
Credits and copyrights
Love Is A Many-Splendored ThingWritten-By – Paul Francis Webster And Sammy FainThanks For The MemoryWritten-By – Leo Robin, Ralph RaingerCheek To CheekWritten-By – Irving BerlinLauraWritten-By – David Raksin, Johnny MercerStella By StarlightWritten-By – Ned Washington, Victor YoungIt Might As Well Be SpringWritten-By – Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein
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 Sep 05, 2021
Sunday Sep 05, 2021
While I am very familiar with some of this artist’s music, I was completely unfamiliar with the music on this record. The tunes are played with a really interesting juxtaposition between written music and improvisation using the musical theme of the first song on the album. So get ready to hear the same tune over and over again without realizing it on Volume 36: Brubeck's Riddle
The Dave Brubeck Quartet – The RiddleLabel: Columbia – CL 1454Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, MonoReleased: 1959
Credits and copyrightsHey, Ho, Anybody Home?The TwigOffshootSwingin' 'Round (everybody takes a turn)The RiddleYet We Shall Be MerryAll tunes composed by William Smith
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 Aug 29, 2021
Sunday Aug 29, 2021
I grew up just east of Cleveland. My dad took me to my first Browns game when I was ten in 1972 and I still watch games at the new stadium. I’ve been going to Indians and Cavaliers games for almost as long. There’s another Cleveland institution that brings back great family memories and that is the Cleveland Orchestra. So get ready for a march through Severance Hall with Volume 35: Cleveland Orchestra Marches.
The Cleveland Orchestra – Majestic MarchesLabel: Telarc Records – noneFormat: Vinyl, LP, CompilationCountry: USReleased: 1981Genre: ClassicalStyle: March
Farandole from L’Arlesienne Suite Number 2 Composed by Georges Bizet Viennese Musical Clock and Entrance of the Emperor and his court from Harry Janos Suite Composed by Zoltán KodályKije's Wedding and Troika from Lt. Kije Suite Composed by Sergei ProkofievMarche Slave Composed by Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyHungarian March from the Damnation of the Faust Composed by Hector BerliozAmerican Salute - Variations on When Johnny Comes Marching Home Composed my Morton Gould
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 Aug 22, 2021
Sunday Aug 22, 2021
This is not an album that was played often in the house. In fact, this is one of those albums I don’t remember my dad having at all. But after listening to it, I could understand why my dad had it in his collection. It’s that happy music that I talk about so much. So get ready for a south American beat with Volume 34: Brasile '66 Ye-Me-Le
Credits and copyrights:
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66* – Ye-Me-LeLabel: A&M Records – SP-4236, A&M Records – SP 4236Format: Vinyl, LP, AlbumCountry: USReleased: 1969Genre: Jazz, LatinStyle: Bossa Nova, Easy Listening
Ye-Me-LeWritten-By – Chico Feitosa, Luis Carlos VinhasWichita LinemanWritten-By – Jimmy WebbNorwegian WoodWritten-By – Lennon-McCartneyMoanin'Written-By – Bobby TimmonsMasqueradeWritten-By – Leonard Haynes, Ron RoseWhat The World Needs NowWritten-By – Burt Bacharach - Hal David
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Sunday Aug 15, 2021
Sunday Aug 15, 2021
For the second time we turn to a Herb Alpert record. One of 12 my dad had in his collection. This album is filled with many familiar TJB tunes, including one that was used on a game show. So get ready for the upbeat and very cool sound that used to fill our home in Volume 33: Tijuana Brass Going Places.
Credits and copyrights:
Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass* – !!Going Places!!Label: A&M Records – SP-4112Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Monarch PressingCountry: USReleased: Oct 1965Genre: Jazz, PopStyle: Latin Jazz, Easy Listening, Instrumental
Tijuana Taxi Ervan ColemanSpanish Flea Julius WechterCinco De Mayo Chris MontezI'm Getting Sentimental Over You George BassmanMore And More Amor Sol LakeZorba The Greek Mikis TheodorakisThe Third Man Theme Anton Karas
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Sunday Aug 08, 2021
Sunday Aug 08, 2021
We are returning to the Smithsonian collection the Greatest Jazz recordings of all time. This episode is record one of a four-record box set that features a piano player on each disc. So get ready for one of the original cutters in Volume 32: Jazz Keyboard Master Fats Waller
The Smithsonian collections include a booklet for each box set. I’ll use these notes to introduce each song.
Credits and copyrights:
Various – Jazz Masters Of The Keyboard Vol. ILabel: The Franklin Mint Record Society – FM JAZZ 009, Series: The Greatest Jazz Recordings Of All Time – , Institute Of Jazz Studies Official Archive Collection –Format: 4 × Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Red Box and Vinyl Box SetCountry: SwedenReleased: 1982Genre: Jazz
Handful Of KeysHoneysuckle RoseVibraphone AnitaClarinet MarmaladeLounging At The Waldorf Paswonky
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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.