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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.

Welcome to a ghoulish edition of Rapidly Rotating Records with yours truly, the ghost of Glenn Robison. In case you haven’t figured it out, this is a special Halloween edition of the show, featuring songs from rapidly rotating records from the 1920s and 30s about ghosts, skeletons, black cats, and even a vampire or two.

Enjoy the show!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Ghostly
We’re going to begin this evening’s festivities with some ghostly songs.

Ghost of the Blues – Piron’s New Orleans Orch
Ghost Dance – Truett & George
Ghost of the Freaks – Luis Russell AHO
Mr. Ghost Goes to Town – Tommy Dorsey AHO

Segment 2: Spooky
Continuing our special Halloween edition of Rapidly Rotating Records with some more spooky tunes.

Bass Drum Dan – Frankie Trumbauer and his orchestra
White Ghost Shivers – New Orleans Owls
Black Cat Moan – Tiny Parham and His Musicians
Dracula – Gene Krupa AHO

Segment 3: Trick or Treat
In the spirit of trick or treat, here are some musical treats.

Skeleton Jangle – Original Dixieland Five
The Skeleton in the Closet – Jimmy Dorsey
Mysterioso – Artie Shaw and His Gramercy Five
Swamp Ghosts – Snooks Friedman and His Memphis Stompers / Pat McCarthy, v.

Segment 4: Haunted
This wouldn’t be much of a Halloween show without a haunted house and some black cats.

The Haunted House – Ray Noble and the New Mayfair Dance Orchestra / The Three Ginx, v.
Black Cat Blues – Charles Fulcher AHO
Black Cat, Hoot Owl Blues – Ma Rainey and Her Tub Jug Washboard Band

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