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.

Yet another playlist post not featuring a photograph of a composer, songwriter, performer or record label! This week’s edition of Rapidly Rotating Records starts off with a trio of records about mules. Mules have been used as pack animals for centuries which leads to a story about Adams Pack Station, located in Big Santa Anita Canyon in the San Gabriel Mountain Range, just 24 miles from downtown Los Angeles! Find out all about Adams Pack Station and the vital services it provides in the first segment of the show. In other segments, we’ll celebrate the birthdays of Mary O’Rourke and Charles Horwitz.  We’ll also get sent “up the river,” and have a party of sorts. There’s lots of great music and interesting information, so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and be magically transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. 

ENJOY THE SHOW!

Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Mules

The Arkansaw Mule – Ken Moyer’s Novelty Trio
I’m The Man Who Rode The Mule Around The World – Vernon Dalhart
Flop Eared Mule – Blue Ridge Highballers (Led by Charley La Prade, Fiddle) 

Segment 2: Mary O’Rourke

Choir Boy – Master Joe Petersen
Two Little Tears – Master Joe Petersen
Little Gray Home In The West – Master Joe Petersen

Segment 3: Party Line

On The Party Line – Billy Murray
Laughter On The Line – The Laughter Makers
When Lightnin’ Struck The Coon Creek Party Line – Hoosier Hot Shots

Segment 4: Charles Horwitz

Lucky Jim – Criterion Quartet
Moriarity – Collins & Harlan

Segment 5: Up the River

Ridin’ Up The River Road – Mario “Harp” Lorenzi
Up The River – Ray Starita and His Ambassadors Band / Pat O’Malley, v.