Rapidly Rotating Records

On this week's brand new edition of RRR, we'll hear some "Famous" records, listen to some "Famous" bands, celebrate Alfred Bryan's birthday, play some "twinkle" songs and play on the phone.  Listen and/or download the show by clicking the link below. Rapidly Rotating Records Show – September 16, 2012 (128 bit .mp3) Here's the complete playlist: TOPIC: "Famous" Records Do It Again – Ben Selvin AHO...

On this week's brand new edition of Rapidly Rotating Records, we'll take a drive, board a musical train, and celebrate California's statehood, National Grandparents Day and the birthday of bandleader and band contractor, Sam Lanin.  Just click on the link below to listen online or download the show.  Enjoy! Click HERE to listen online and/or download Rapidly Rotating Records Show for September 9,...

On this week's edition of the show, we celebrate the Catalina Island Museum's new exhibit on William Wrigley, Jr., and celebrate the life of Neil Armstrong and the birthday of L. Wolfe Gilbert. We'll also get some news and find out what was recorded on 26 August 1925. You can listen to and/or download the show by simply clicking the link below: Rapidly Rotating Records Show – September 2, 2012 (12...

On this week's edition of the show we celebrate an even dozen birthdays! Three birthdays in each of the first four segments of the show. And for the last segment of the show, it's variations on "A jug of wine, a loaf of bread, and thou"!  Just click on the link below to listen and/or download the show.  Enjoy! Rapidly Rotating Records Show – August 26, 2012 (128 bit .mp3) Here's the complete playl...

On this week's brand new edition of Rapidly Rotating Records, we'll solve some puzzles, celebrate the birthdays of Harry Akst and others, and indulge in some s'mores and ding dongs! Just click on the link below to listen and/or download the show. As always, your comments, requests and suggestions for segments topics are always welcome. Rapidly Rotating Records Show – August 19, 2012 (128 bit .mp3)...

On this week's show, we go down into the salt mines, spend some "alone" time, celebrate Arthur Fields' birthday, fulfill a couple of requests, do some buckin' and play some records for no particular reason. To play and/or download the show, just click on the link below. Be sure to listen clear to the end in order to catch Cogert & Motto (The Human Jazz Band)! Rapidly Rotating Records Show – Au...

On this week's show, we'll have some leftovers, celebrate the birthdays of Elmer Grosso, Roy Bargy and others, and do some walking.  Click on the link below to listen and/or download the show. Rapidly Rotating Records Show – August 5, 2012 (128 bit .mp3) Here's the complete playlist: TOPIC: Leftovers I Dare Not Love You – Irving Aaronson and His Crusaders Hot Dog – Sidney Torch Twelve Pound Daddy...

This week's Rapidly Rotating Records is a special 3 hour long edition, broadcast LIVE from the massive KISL studio complex in Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, to celebrate the show's 12th anniversary!  To change things up a bit, the middle hour is devoted to a couple of old time radio programs.  Click on the links below to listen and/or download the show.  And as always, your comments, requests and...

Despite last week's announcement, this week's show is a regular one hour edition.  Family obligations and time forced the delay of the big 3 hour live 12th anniversary show to next Sunday, July 29.  However, this week's show is no throw away, as we celebrate the birthdays of Edwin J. McEnelly, Art Jarrett, Al Piantadosi and Eddie Farley.  We'll also do some intentional, deliberate, focused and act...

On this week's Rapidly Rotating Records show, we're going to "wing it", celebrate the birthdays of the State of Wisconsin, Ted Koehler and others, have a vocabulary lesson and take a chance. There's also a an announcement about next week's very special show.  Click on the link below to listen and/or download the show. Rapidly Rotating Records Show – July 15, 2012 (128 bit .mp3) Here's the complete...

This show is going to be a "lulu" as we celebrate the birthdays of Joe Young, Irving Caesar and Jack Hylton, play some "trocho-ginglymous" songs (!!??) and issue a correction. Click on the link below to listen to and/or download the show.  Your comments. requests and topic suggestions are always welcome.   Rapidly Rotating Records Show – July 8, 2012 (128 bit .mp3) Here's the playlist: TOPIC: Joe...

Here, after several weeks of shows from 2007, is a BRAND NEW SHOW!  The special project which has taken much of my attention over the past few months is finished (at least my part) and I will have an announcement about it very soon.  In the meantime, on this week's show, we celebrate the birthdays of Maceo Pinkard, Richard Rodgers, Alf Pearson and the good ol' U S of A!  We'll also have seconds.  ...

This week's show, originally broadcast May 27, 2007, fulfills some requests, celebrates the birthdays of Fats Waller and Al Jolson, and presents some "nola" songs. What in the world are "nola" songs? Well, after playing the Revelers version of Felix Arndt's composition "Nola" on the previous week's show, I came across a number of songs whose titles ended in "nola", presented here in not one, but t...

This week's show was originally broadcast on May 20, 2007. It's an all birthday show and we celebrate the natal anniversaries of Henry Busse, Grant Clarke, Felix Arndt, Sidney Bechet and Archie Gottler. Rapidly Rotating Records May 20, 2007 (128 bit .mp3) Here's the playlist: TOPIC: Henry Busse Deep Elm – Busse's Buzzards Red Hot Henry Brown – Busse's Buzzards Milenburg Joys – Busse's Buzzards TOP...

This week's show was originally broadcast exactly 5 years ago.  Besides celebrating the birthdays of J. Fred Coots, Henry Hall, Bing and Billy Cotton, we listen to this past week in recording history and I correct a mistake.  Yes, that's right. I made a mistake. I know. It's hard to believe, but true.  My favorite record this week has got to be "Sweet Gerogia Brown" by Oliver Naylor's Orchestra in...

This week’s show was originally broadcast on April 29, 2007. But, if you weren’t listening to the show back then, it’s new to you. And even if you were around back then, that was 5 years ago, so it will seem like it’s brand new. On this week’s show we celebrate the birthdays of Rube Bloom, Duke Ellington, Jimmie Noone, Michael H. Cleary and listen to this past week in recording history. The link t...

This week’s show is very special as we celebrate just one birthday, that of bandleader, pianist, composer and music publisher Gene Rodemich, born Sunday, April 13, 1890.  We’re very proud and happy to have in the studio Gene’s great grandson, Ray Rodemich who will talk about how he came to find out about his famous ancestor. This show is 90 minutes. Rapidly Rotating Records April 15, 2012 (128 bit...

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 all birthday show, we’ll celebrate Bix Beiderbecke, Irving Kahal, Miff Mole, Peter DeRose and Ben Selvin. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Bix Beiderbecke March 10 marked the bir...

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 play some red hot songs, we’ll do some swinging, do some steppin’ out, fulfill a request and celebrate the birthdays of Nacio Herb Brown and William Kernell. We also translate a little Portug...

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 no particular reason, we’re going to start off this week’s edition of the show with a set of rapidly rotating records about glass and glasses. We’ll do some hangin’ around, and in the third segment I’ll introduce you to some of my pal...

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. Summary of this week’s show. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 5: Eskimos This next segment is all about Eskimos and was brought about because I happened upon the record that starts it off and just ha...

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’ve got rapidly rotating records about eskimos, elevators, pheasants, weddings, honeymoons and even even-toed ungulates, eh…camels…yes, camels. We’ll also celebrate some birthdays and listen to...

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’re gonna get sentimental, we’re gonna make believe, we’ll take a musical trip to Coney Island, we’ll do some roaming–excuse me, some“roamin’”– and we’ll do some wondering. Enjoy the show! Here’...

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’re going to leave it, we’ll be reminded of some things, we’ll find out what Jack Jackson and some others like, we’ll get Krazy, with a K, and hear from some rascals. Enjoy the show! Here’s the c...

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 take care of some wants, fulfill a request, make some returns, take care of bi’ness, and get tight… we’ll also question why you’d ever want to leave. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playl...