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Rapidly Rotating Records

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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.

A “Dornberger” Edition of RRR # 1,299 June 8, 2025

Charles Dornberger 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. Do you know who this fellow is? He's multi-instrumentalist, bandleader...

A “Numeric” Edition of RRR # 1,298 June 1, 2025

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. Listeners of a certain age==that is to say my age--may recognize this figure as the...

A “Radio” Edition of RRR #1,297 May 25, 2025

RKO Radio Picture Logo Antenna Atop The World 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. So why is there a graphic of a giant radio...

A “Shady Lady” Edition of RRR # 1,296 May 18. 2025

The Shady Lady B&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. So why is there a sign for the Shady Lady Ranch announcing this week's...

A “Drunken” Edition of RRR # 1,295 May 11, 2025

Billy Mayerl 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. Do you know who this fellow is? He's one of my favorite pianists and...

A “Come to Order” Edition of RRR # 1,294 May 4, 2025

George Dewey Washington 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. Do you know who this fellow is? Well, it says so right on the...

A “Cuckoo” Edition of RRR # 1,293 April 27, 2025

W. C. Fields and Charles Sellon as Mr. Muckle the Blind Man in It's A Gift 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. One of my...

A “Touching” Edition of RRR # 1,292 April 20, 2025

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. Do you know who this fellow is? He's vibraphonist Cal Tjader, famous in the 1960s and '70s...

A Fact-Checked Edition of RRR # 1,291 April 13, 2025

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. Do you know who these fellows are? They're Wilhelm Levkowitz and Isadore Levkowitz, but...

A “Locked Up” Edition of RRR # 1,290 April 6, 2025

Linus Yale, Jr. 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. Do you know who this fellow is? He's not a musician, composer or...

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