Rapidly Rotating Records 78 RPM Show – 19 October 2008

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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 have some songs about the ocean, sailing and sailors, and listen to this past week in recording history.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Time to go Sailing
I had the great pleasure of sailing aboard the tall ship TOLE MOUR yesterday, and since the last time I did a sailing segment on the show.

Over The Sea – Bill Chitwood & Bud Landress
A Life On The Ocean Wave – Thomas Chalmers
Oceana Roll – Eddie Morton

Segment 2: A Bit Nautical
Continuing our nautical theme, here’s the first of a couple of sets of rapidly rotating records about sailors.

Jack Was Every Inch A Sailor – Frank Crumit
My Mamma Was A Sailor – Julius Daniels
Two Jolly Sailors – Steve Porter & Byron Harlan

Segment 3: More sailor songs

The Sailor’s Adventure – Victor Ricardo AHO
The Sailor’s Plea – Jimmie Rodgers
Barnacle Bill The Sailor – Dick Coy and His Racketeers
Peg Leg Jack – Bobbie Comber

Segment 4: Not all Smooth Sailing
We had a wonderful sail yesterday, but of course, sailing can be perilous.

He Played His Ukulele As The Ship Went Down Part 1 – Jay Wilbur and His Band
He Played His Ukulele As The Ship Went Down Part 2 – Jay Wilbur and His Band

Shipwreck Blues – Bessie Smith
Sailor Beware – Tommy Kinsman and His Band

Segment 5: This Week in Recording History

You Told Me To Go – Knickerbockers (October 15, 1925)
My Varsity Girl I’ll Cling To You – Nat Shilkret & Victor Orchestra
(October 16, 1928)
Lonesome Me – George Olsen and His Music / Fran Frey, scat v.
(October 16, 1925)
Alabama Stomp – Joe Watson and His Green Mill Orchestra
(October 17, 1929)

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