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.

You are probably familiar with the song “Orange Blossom Special,” the unofficial anthem of bluegrass.  You may be less familiar with the passenger train of the same name.  In the last segment of this week’s edition of the show, you’ll hear the Rouse Brothers play “Orange Blossom Special” and you’ll find out how the song and the train are related. The first segment of the show will have not the usual three records, but twice that many! That’s because they are Little Wonder Records and you’ll find out all about the label and hear six fine examples. In other segments, we’ll do some yearning and craving, but we’ll take time to stop and smell the blossoms.  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: Little Wonder Records

Back To The Carolina You Love – Baritone (Al Jolson) – LW 20
Pass The Pickles – Band – LW 37
He Owes Me Ninety-Seven Dollars – Tenor Solo (Maurice Burkhart) – LW 164
That Broadway Chicken Walk – Banjo Solo (Fred Van Eps?) – LW 568
You Don’t Need The Wine To Have A Wonderful Time – Tenor Solo (Jack Kaufman) – LW 1293
Cutie – Band – LW 1598

Segment 2: Wonder

I Wonder How It Feels – Paul Specht AHO / Unidentified Vocal Trio, v.
No Wonder I’m Blues – New Orleans Ramblers / Ben Pollack, v.
Wonder Bar – Ted Fiorito AHO / Dick Powell, v.

Segment 3: Yearning

Yearning (Just For You) – Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Hotel Biltmore Orchestra / Elliott Shaw, v.
Yearning For Mandalay – Preston Jackson and His Uptown Band
Yearning And Blue – Junie C. Cobb and His Grains Of Corn

Segment 4: Craving

Craving – Clayton F. Fattey’s Roycroft Orchestra
Cravin’ A Man Blues – Lillian Glinn
I Crave My Pig Meat – Blind Boy Fuller

Segment 5: Blossoms

Orange Blossom Special – Rouse Brothers
Orange Blossoms – A Syncopated Impression – Billy Mayerl (Piano Solo)
When You Were The Blossom Of Buttercup Lane And I Was Your Little Boy Blue – Micky’s Night Birds (Milt Shaw’s Detroiters)