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Welcome to "Rapidly Rotating Records", Glenn Robison's weekly, one-hour radio program of "toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s", broadcast Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM over KISL FM 88.7 Avalon.

On this week's show we're going to do some shouting, we'll see if our ship comes in, we'll experience some happiness, celebrate the birthday of Henry "Red" Allen and have a couple of songs about erethizon dorsitum. (Listen to the show to find out what that is!)  As always, simply click on the link below to listen streaming online and/or download. And your feedback, requests and topic suggestions are always welcome. Thanks for listening this past year and for your encouragement and support.

Rapidly Rotating Records Show – January 12, 2014 (128 bit mp3)

Here's the complete playlist:

Segment 1: Ships

My Dream Ship – U S Naval Acadenmy Ten
When My Ship Comes In – Emil Colemand and His Riviera Orchestra / Lew Conrad, v.
I'm Waiting For Ships That Never Come In – Art Gillham

Segment 2: Erethizon Dorsitum

As A Porcupine Pines For It's Pork (That's How I Pine For You) – The Happiness Boys
Porcupine Rag – Prince's Band
What A Smile Can Do – The Blues Chasers (Nathan Glantz)

Segment 3: Happiness

Happiness Ahead – Dick Powell
Let Me Give My Happiness To You – Jim Davidson and His ABC Orchestra
That's My Hap-Hap-Happiness – Larry Murphy AHO (Don Voorhees)
My Little Bunch Of Happiness – Leo Reisman AHO / Charles Kaley, v.

Segment 4: Shout!

(Run Up The Stairs! Knock At The Door!) Shout Hallelujah! Cause I'm Home – The Clevelanders (Harry Reser)
Tampa Shout – Leroy's Dallas Band / Percy Bagsby, v.
Quality Shout – Paul Howard's Quality Serenaders 

Segment 5: Henry "Red" Allen

Singing Pretty Songs – Henry Allen AHO
You're Gonna Lose Your Gal – Henry Allen – Coleman Hawkins and Their Orchestra / Henry Allen, v.
Swiug Out – Henry Allen and His New York Orchestra 

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Rapidly Rotating Records is now in the lineup of YesterYear Radio at WYYR.com. RRR is heard each Tuesday evening at 10 Eastern / 7 Pacific following David Miller's "Swinging Down the Lane." Click in to WYYR.com for some great big band programming.