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 the fellow above is? He’s violinist Dajos Bela, born Leon Golzmann in Kiev, Ukraine on December 19, 1897. You’ll hear him directing the Odeon studio orchestra to start off the fourth segment of the show playing “All Muddled Up.” The segment closes with a vastly different arrangement of “All Muddled Up” performed by Harry Reser’s OKeh Syncopators. As an amateur mixologist and fan of vintage cocktails, I do a fair amount of muddling for mojitos, juleps, smashes, caipiroskas, old-fashioneds and shrubs. We’re going to muddle our way through the fourth segment of this week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records with some tunes about muddling. In other segments we’ll put on the brakes and get told what not to do and in the final segment we’ll get slap happy. The show starts out with some “unfortunate” records. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour to relax over your favorite beverage and be taken back in time to a different musical era. 

ENJOY THE SHOW!

I hope you are all safe and healthy and doing as well as you can be given the current world situation and stay-at-home orders and that this hour of music gives you a bit of diversion and entertainment. Thanks for listening and best wishes!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Unfortunate

Unfortunate Blues – The Benson Orchestra of Chicago
The Unfortunate Brakeman – Kentucky Ramblers
Rye Straw – Fiddlin’ Doc Roberts

Segment 2: Brakeman

Brakeman Blues – Whitey McPherson and The Rhythm Wreckers
The Brakeman’s Reply – Cliff Carlisle
Mr. Brakeman Let Me Ride Your Train – Frankie “Half-Pint” Jaxon

Segment 3: Don’t Do That

You Shouldn’t Do That – Casey Bill Weldon
Don’t Do That To The Poor Puss Cat – Ronnie Munro AHO / Leslie Sarony, v.
Ah! Ah! Aw! Aw! Papa Mustn’t Do That – Earl Gresh and His Gangplank Orchestra / Unidentified, v.

Segment 4: Muddling Through

All Muddled Up – Kuenstler-Kappelle Dajos Bela
Muddlin’ Thro – G. H. Elliott
All Muddled Up – OKeh Syncopators (Harry Reser)

Segment 5: Slap Happy

Show Slap Dance – Heinie and His Grenadiers
Slap Happy Lassie – Teddy Powell AHO / Ruth Gaylor, v.
Slap It, Shake It – Bob Skyles and His Skyrockets