The Way Things Used To Be

Looking at photographs and the cameras we took them with.

Give me some of that hair!  Long beautiful hair!  Yipes!  There was a musical written about hair!  Check out this excerpt recorded by the Cowsills...Eeeek!

The Game of Life - Narrated by Jarrell McCracken in 1951.  A Mock football game where good VS> evil in an epic football game!  Check it out!

Sit down with your favorite bowl of cereal and listen to this episode of What's on My Record player.  It's songs and jingles all about cereals from Kelloggs!

On my record player today is Sister Mary Mead.  The name of the song is The Lord's Prayer.  This is in honor of her passing away just recently.  Enjoy.

Here's a fun rap song from 1985.  It's by Ron and The DC Crew entitled "Ronnie's Rap!"

Ever wonder what the internet was like when you actually had to make an effort to connect to it?  Check out this episode and you'll get a glimpse of what it was really like to go "on-line!"

Whats on my record player?  A Michigan Christmas card by the Meijer Coral Group.  Check it out.

Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas - 1974 20th Century Records. This is my scratchy, skip-filled 45 from way back in the mid 70's.  If you want to hear a pristine digital version of the song, check it out on Spotify!

This episode focuses on Bob & Marion.  Separated by the Military in a Post Korean war world.  I have hours of tapes that they send back and forth to each other while Bob was stationed overseas.  Here is a glimpse into their world in the year 1959.

Yard Sale, Rummage Sale, Garage Sale! Whatever you want to call it, it's fun!  Sometimes you can find great treasures. Check out my take on this.

I thought I was going to have a cheezy sound-a-like record, but this one actually sounds pretty good. Check it out.

I interviewed my boos for a class project that actually was broadcast on local television back when I was in high school.  Take a listen.

World Explorers Program as presented in 1966 on flexi-records as part of a learning for young students.

Did you ever collect reusable glasses from fast food restaurants back in the day?  Check out this episode of the podcast and you will also hear some audio from a couple of those television commercials.

Here's a personalized Happy Birthday Record from the late 1950's or perhaps the early 1950's.  Enjoy.

The amazing, the incredible, the sensational....8-Track tape... They were fun, they were frustrating and they were everywhere from the 1960s-the early 1980s.

Does anyone have Tiger Baseball Spirit?  Check out this record that was found at a thrift store!

Here's a cereal Box Record from the early 1970's.  Everything's Archie!  Have fun listening.  Season 4 starts at the end of August!

Spinning this week is Convoy by CW McCall from 1975.  The record is a bit scratchy but listenable.  You can also hear the digital version on Spotify. Enjoy

Here's a little Golden Record from the late 40's or early 50's.  Its Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.  Happy Trails to you!!!

This week we have a nearly 50 year old Sesame Street record titled "5 People In My Family."

Today's spin is from the late 50's.  Its a Golden Records 78 RPM record with the Ballad of Davey Crockett!

Time for another installment of Name That Sound.

Today's record is the Hillside Singers - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing.  It was also made into a Coca Cola commercial back in it's day. Enjoy.