Rapidly Rotating Records

Welcome to Glenn Robison’s Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and ’30s. The violin is ranked as the most difficult musical instrument to play, with the harp, theatre pipe organ, French horn, and bagpipes close behind. But there’s one musical instrument that just about everyone can play, and...

Welcome to Glenn Robison’s Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and ’30s. On this evening’s show we’ll have a pair of pairs, deal with some aches and pains and celebrate the birthday of Harry Link. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Pairings 1 Sweet And Hot – Fletcher Hen...

Welcome to Glenn Robison’s Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and ’30s. On this evening’s show we’ll enjoy some nice hot coffee, I’ll share some things that are on my mind, we’ll hear from Herb Gordon, have some songs about hybrid equines, and solve a mystery. Enjoy the show! Here’s the comp...

Welcome to Glenn Robison’s Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and ’30s. HAPPY NEW YEAR! This is the first Rapidly Rotating Records broadcast of 2019! I hope you had pleasant holidays and that the new year so far promises to be a good one for you. It certainly does here at the massive Rapidly...

Welcome to Glenn Robison’s Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and ’30s. This is the final Rapidly Rotating Records broadcast…of 2018, that is! We have no intention of presenting a final broadcast until I can no longer even lift a turntable tone arm! This week’s show starts off right by consu...

Welcome to Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78RPM records of the 1920s and’30s. Last week, I said there would be a special announcement about the show. I’m happy to announce that in addition to iTunes, the Rapidly Rotating Records podcast is now also available on Google Play Music, Stitcher, TuneIn and Spotify! The p...

Welcome to Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78RPM records of the 1920s and’30s. On this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records, we’re going to take a musical trip to Monterey, California. Monterey was the capital of Alta California under both Spain and Mexico. From there, we’ll go clear across the country to visi...

Welcome to Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78RPM records of the 1920s and’30s. Don’t be alarmed, but this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records does not start off with our usual theme song of “Avalon.” Just for this week it starts with Guido Nielsen playing Joseph Lamb’s “American Beauty” rag. Why? Because this...

Welcome to Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78RPM records of the 1920s and’30s. The playlist is a bit late this week since as you were listening to the show, we were enjoying the “after party” at the West Coast Ragtime Festival in Sacramento. We had a wonderful time and you’ll hear about some highlight on next week’s...

Welcome to Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78RPM records of the 1920s and’30s. This week, we’ll be hearing songs by three less well-known composers: Lou Cobey, Chris M. Schonberg and Hal Dyson (no relation to the vacuum guy!).  We’ll also play a guessing game and let it pour.  If you enjoy the show, please let us kn...

Welcome to Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78RPM records of the 1920s and’30s. This week, we’ll be celebrating just one birthday, that of Edgar Sampson. But that certainly doesn’t mean we don’t have a whole show full of great music. The rest of this week’s segment topics flow out of last week’s show or the one befor...

Welcome to Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78RPM records of the 1920s and’30s. On this week’s edition of the show, we celebrate the birthdays of two composers with whom you may not be familiar, Ernest Rogers and Billy Fazioli. Benee Russell, another obscure composer, also gets his own segment, even though it’s not h...

Welcome to Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78RPM records of the 1920s and’30s. The sole birthday tribute on this week’s edition of the show belongs to Reginald Dixon, organist at the Tower Ballroom in Blackpool, England for 40 years! In the first segment we’re going to get the shivers, but it has nothing to do with...

Welcome to Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78RPM records of the 1920s and’30s. To help celebrate the Old Town Music Hall’s 50th Anniversary, we’re going to play some records by British music hall performers from the turn of the century. We’ll also hear about some little men (not little green men, just little men), w...

Welcome to Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78RPM records of the 1920s and’30s. Do you know what macropus giganteous is? Listen to the second segment of this week’s show and find out! In other segments we’ll take a musical trip to the bluegrass state, be merciful, get personal and with apologies to our friends who ch...

Welcome to Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78RPM records of the 1920s and’30s. This week it’s a “once in a blue moon” edition of Rapidly Rotating Records as we have not one, but two segments about “blue” moons. I don’t mention it in the show, but a “blue moon” is a second full moon in a calendar month, so it’s not a...

Welcome to Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78RPM records of the 1920s and’30s. This week it’s a “once in a blue moon” edition of Rapidly Rotating Records as we have not one, but two segments about “blue” moons. I don’t mention it in the show, but a “blue moon” is a second full moon in a calendar month, so it’s not a...

Welcome to Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78RPM records of the 1920s and’30s. I’m fairly certain I’m not related to him, but tonight’s lone birthday salute is for Willard Robison. Besides, I believe his last name is pronounced with a long “o” and mine is with a short “o.” Carson Robison’s last name, by the way, is...

Welcome to Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78RPM records of the 1920s and’30s. On this week’s edition of the show we’re going to satisfy our heart’s desires. And we’ll celebrate the birthdays of Harland Sanders, Blondie, Paul Harvey and the State of California. You’ll also hear about the upcoming KISL/Transom Travel...

Welcome to Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78RPM records of the 1920s and’30s. I hope you don’t have to labor on this Labor Day holiday, but if so, perhaps you can take a long enough break to listen to the two segments on this week’s show having to do with work. In the first two segments of the show we’ll play some...

Welcome to Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78RPM records of the 1920s and’30s. The first thing you’ll notice about this week’s show is that we’re back–permanently–to Red Nichols’ February 1928 recording of “Avalon” as our theme song. Although there was some support for Billy Cotton’s version, the overwhelming opinio...

Welcome to Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78RPM records of the 1920s and’30s. You may not recognize the very beginning of this week’s show, but be assured it’s the same ol’ Rapidly Rotating Records. Let me know if you like this new opening or the regular one. This week, we’re going to get tight, have a ripple effec...

Welcome to Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78RPM records of the 1920s and’30s. For those of you who were unable to tune in over the air or listen streaiming online to last week’s special 2 hour, live 18th anniversary show, the plan was to record the show and post it so you could vicariously share in the fun. Unfortu...

Welcome to Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78RPM records of the 1920s and’30s. For those of you who were unable to tune in over the air or listen streaiming online to last week’s special 2 hour, live 18th anniversary show, the plan was to record the show and post it so you could vicariously share in the fun. Unfortu...

Welcome to Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78RPM records of the 1920s and’30s. For those of you who were unable to tune in over the air or listen streaming online to the recent special 2 hour, live, 18th anniversary show, the plan was to record the show and post it so you could vicariously share in the fun. Unfortun...