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Welcome to 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.

Rapidly Rotating Records Show – August 28, 2016

On this week's edition of the show, we're going to visit the park, we'll take a musical trip to Monterey, encounter some ragamuffins, make an appointment with the podiatrist and await the dawn. All of the segment topics on this week's show have one thing in common. If you haven't figured out what it is by the end of the show, you'll find out then.

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We're also proud and happy to now be rebroadcast over Global Community Radio! We're on GCR's music channel GRC-2 and can be heard on the University of Wisconsin's station WRST-FM 90.3 in Oshkosh at www.wrst.org.  You can find out more about Global Community Radio at globalcommunityradio.blogspot.com.

As always, just click on the link below to instantly listen streaming online and/or download the show. A number of records are making their RRR debut and your comments, topic suggestions and requests are always welcome. Let us know what your favorite record is by posting a comment to the website or to our Facebook page.

Enjoy the show!

Here's the complete playlist:

Segment 1: A Visit to the Park

A Bench In The Park – Henry Hudson's Melody Men / Al Bowlly, Les Allen, v.
The Park Parade – Ivor Kirchin and His Band / Jack Cooper, v.
Pettin' In The Park – Dick Powell

Segment 2: Monterey

It Happened In Monterey – Hotel Pennsylvania Music / Bill Coty, v.
Rose Of Monterey – Herman Kenin's Hotel Multnomah Orchestra / Van Fleming, v.
On The Way To Monterey – Ray Miller AHO

Segment 3: Ragamuffin

Ragamuffin Romeo – Hotel Pennsylvania Music / Bill Coty, v.
Ragamuffin – Victor Arden & Phil Ohman, Duo-Pianists
Ape Man – Blythe's Washboard Ragamuffins

Segment 4: Pedal Extremeties

Happy Feet – Leo Reisman AHO / Lew Conrad, v.
Fidgety Feet – Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Frisky Feet – Fowler's Washboard Wonders
Loose Feet – The Syncopating Skeeters

Segment 5: Dawn

Song Of The Dawn – George Olsen and His Music / Donald Novis, v.
Then Came The Dawn – Ben Pollack and His Park Central Orchestra / Dick Robertson, v.
Mental Strain At Dawn – Jack Purvis

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