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. On this evening’s show we’re gonna be looking into the future, we’ll do some wobbling, we’ll have some time for sergeants, have a cardiac set, a military set and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the s...

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 evening’s show is all about words. I like words, and recently discovered a website called savethewords.org which devoted to rescuing obscure words – works which are so little used that they no longer appear in the d...

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 celebrate the birthdays of Jan Garber, Gus Kahn and Harry M. Woods and do some coming and going. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Harry M. Woods  November 4 marked the...

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 celebrate the birthdays of Roger Wolfe Kahn, Annette Hanshaw and Jelly Roll Morton, fulfill some requests, and play some hokum. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Roger ...

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 celebrate the birthdays of Milton Ager, Clarence Williams, Johnny Burke and Vernon Duke, and play “ten” songs. That’s “ten” songs, not ten songs. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist:...

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 drowsy and celebrate the birthdays of Cliff Friend, Vincent Youmans, Fred Fisher and Frank Banta. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: You’re (not) getting Drows...

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 sparkling songs, and celebrate the birthdays of Vaughn DeLeath, Al Hoffman, Frank Crumit, and several others. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Sparkling Com...

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 celebrate the birthdays of Jimmy Johnson, Fred Ahlert, William McKinney and Alfred Bryan, and fulfill some requests. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Jimmy Johnson Sep...

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 do some messin’ around, get caught, fulfill some requests, pack our bags, and do some wondering. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Request Listener Bjorn in Swede...

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 CAPS records, have a half segment, go whale watching, half fulfill some requests, and celebrate some birthdays. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: CAPS Finds...

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 evening’s show is a special two hour episode and includes a special guest, my friend and fellow record collector, Edgar Bullington. As the former host of Bathwater Music he has a great collection, and he’s going 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. This evening’s show is musically all over the place. We’re going to try to overcome some fear, get mistreated, turn the key, hear from the Pearson brothers and play some records for no particular reason. Enjoy the show!...

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 play ten songs. Actually, we’re going to play more than ten songs, but we’re playing songs having to do with the number ten, because this is our tenth anniversary show! The first Ra...

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 normally a family show, but this evening, we’re gonna play some naughty songs, some dirty songs, and do some swearing. Well, don’t send the kids out of the room just yet. It’s not quite as bad as that sounds. Enj...

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 possessive, visit some isles, engage in some habits, go down by the old sea shore and celebrate the birthday of Noble Sissle. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1...

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 rock the cradle, celebrate the birthdays of Charles Kaley and Con Conrad, have some cute songs, and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complet...

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 stop and go, go through a musical menu, hear about somebody else, and do some flopping. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Stop Stop It – Billy Arnold’s Novelty B...

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 hike along the trail, celebrate the birthdays of Frank Dailey, Percival Mackey and the state of Kentucky, and have some songs about June. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: S...

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 do lots of different things, visit the Hotel McAlpin, do some knocking, celebrate the birthday of Ben Bernie, and have some songs about kitties. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete p...

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 do some tellin’, engage in some frivolity, do some worryin’, celebrate the birthday of Henry Busse and have some songs about caprimulgus vociferus. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complet...

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 some songs about eggs, celebrate the birthdays of Grant Clarke, Scrappy Lambert and Archie Gottler, and listen to this past week in recording history. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete...

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 break a leg, get swamped, play some stuff, and celebrate the birthday of Harry Lillis Crosby. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Havan I have a correction to make....

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 “simple” show, we’re going to travel, journeying musically to Sweden, Havana and down south, and we’ll do some pining. I had really wanted to play some songs about magpies too (listen if you want to que...

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 do some kissing, fulfill some requests, go home, and celebrate the birthdays of Louis Herscher, Rube Bloom and Jimmie Noone. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: The Kiss...

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 visit the graybar hotel, save face, and celebrate the birthdays of Lou Gold, Howard Phillips and Charles N. Daniels. Enjoy the show! Here’s the complete playlist: Segment 1: Charles N ...