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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.

Do you know who this fellow is? He’s A. P. (Alfred Pace) Randolph, composer of “How Could Red Riding Hood.” It’s one of my favorite songs regardless of who performs it, but we’ll be hearing a version on tonight’s show not heard on the show before. And one of the reasons we’re playing “How Could Red Riding Hood” is that we’re celebrating–albeit a little belatedly–National Fairy Tale Day which was actually last month on February 26. We’ll also have a set of rapidly rotating records about some elderly men and we’ll engage in some bullying. Musically, not physically. And because I apparently didn’t talk a lot, or we had short records, we have time for a Bonus Segment with one record having to do with Daylight Saving Time. There’s lots of great music and interesting information, so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be taken back to an earlier–and we think better-musical era. Just click on the player above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

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Here’s the complete playlist:

Segment 1: National Fairy Tale Day

Do You Believe In Fairy Tales – Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights / Larry Cotton, v.
Louisiana Fairy Tale – Jack Jackson AHO / Fred Latham, v.
Fairy Tale In E Minot, Op. 34, No. 2 (Medtner) – Benno Moiseiwitsch, Piano

Segment 2: Eugene Quaw

Old Man Jazz – All Star Trio
My Old Man – The Nephews (The Spirits of Rhythm)
Old Man Blues – Harlem Footwarmers

Segment 3: Bully

Sauerkraut Is Bully – Ralph Richardson
At That Bully Wooly Wild West Show – Peerless Quartet
I’m Looking For The Bully Of The Town – Memphis Jug Band

Segment 4: National Fairy Tale Day #2

When All Your Castles Come Tumbling Down – Joseph Knecht’s Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra
O Maiden, My Maiden – Jack Hylton AHO
The Reluctant Dragon – King’s Men

Segment 5: National Fairy Tale Day #3

Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf – BBC Dance Orchestra / Les Allen, v.
How Could Red Riding Hood – Jan Garber AHO / Harry Goldfield, v.
Cinderella Blues – Paul Biese AHO

Segment 6: Daylight Saving Time

Daylight Savin’ Blues – Gulf Coast Seven