This was an interesting find. These two 12″ discs are radio promotions for the 1949 William Castle film-noir from Universal-International: Johnny Stool Pigeon. Johnny Stool Pigeon stars Howard Duff (as the Federal Agent), Dan Duryea (as the Killer from Alcatraz), and Shelly Winters (as the Woman). Hooray for well-rounded female characters in Hollywood! The first [...]
This is a 10 minute field interview by Frank Reynolds for the Modesto, California radio station KTRB and aired on May 14th, 1954. Frank is interviewing Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Horst the day before they opened Cliff’s Bakery and Delicatessen at 23 McHenry Ave in Modesto. This Electrical Transcription (ET) is a large 12″ acetate [...]
Today’s audio offering is an odd one. This 45 record from Dictation Disc is a practice disc for increasing your shorthand speed. The record is undated, but from the tone of the voice work feels very mid-century to me. A man in his best 1950′s voice dictates various fictitious business letters in increasing speeds. For [...]
#stsPost span { display: block; clear: both; } Today marks the end of NASA’s Space Shuttle program. When I was a kid, I was fascinated by the Shuttle. Somewhere in my garage is my scrapbook with every Shuttle related newspaper clipping I could get my hands on, a QSL card from STS-5 (or maybe 4), [...]
It’s been fun going through my records again. Finally listening to, and digitizing a lot of the stuff I’ve accumulated over the years. I’m also enjoying being able to update Renraku on a regular basis. Now I’m already thinking of things like an “Audio Advent” with daily vintage Christmas music posts in December. There will [...]
There is a shocking lack of information online about Irv Carroll and his humorous songs. One of the few mentions was from the 3/14/1942 issue of The Billboard that stated that he just released his first single (Let’s All Snore) on his new Bluebird contract. These two songs are from Bluebird 78rpm record #B-11346. My [...]
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