Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl

Frank Vaccariello
Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl

Extensive and Eclectic and we hear them as is with scratches, crackles and pops. Being a radio and mobile DJ for a decade and a half, I collected several hundred albums. I had nothing on my dad who owned more than 500 (33 1/3) LPs and over 100 78 RPMs at the time of his death in December 2019. I had no idea he had so many. We found them spread all over the house when we prepared for the estate sale. I went through every one and categorized them on an app called Discogs. I thought so many were unique, I decided to start a podcast called Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl. Each episode will feature an album. I’ll tell stories about the family listening to these albums and I’ll give other info about the album and the time it was released.

  1. Volume 207: Good Country Record 1

    6 DAYS AGO

    Volume 207: Good Country Record 1

    Here’s a fun find from this collection. My father really loved his country music too besides all that jazz, pop and classical. This is the kind of country and western music that was kind of between the fiddle-led twang of early country and the days of outlaw country, although you will hear one of those outlaws from his early days first. This album is filled with memorable songs and some great memories that went beyond those songs. You know how music triggers those. So, get ready to hear several great singers from what I think was a great era in Volume 207: Good Country Record 1. More information about this album, see the Discogs webpage for it.  Credits and copyrights Various – The Good Times In Country MusicLabel: Columbia Special Products Tampa Records  – C2-10419Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo, Terre Haute PressingReleased: 1974Genre: Folk, World, & CountryStyle: Country We'll hear 10 of the 17 songs on record 2 of this two-record set. Johnny Cash & June Carter – Jacksonwritten by Jerry Leiber, Billy Edd Wheeler Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two –  Folsom Prison Blueswritten by Johnny Cash, Gordon Jenkins Jim Nabors - Wichita Linemanwritten by Jimmy Webb Dottie West – I Fall To Pieceswritten by Hank Cochran, Harlan Howard Hank Thompson– Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarettewritten by Merle Travis, Tex Williams Roy Clark - Yesterday When I Was Youngwritten by Herbert Kretzmer, Charles Aznavour Buck Owens - Sweet Hearts In Heavenwritten by Buck Owens Grandpa Jones and His Grandchildren - Mountain Dewwritten by Scott Wiseman, Bascom Lamar Lunsford Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John (September 22, 1961)written by Jimmy Dean Carl Storey - Daddy Sang Basswritten by Carl Perkins I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain. #countrymusic #oldcountrymusic #heehaw

    46 min
  2. Volume 205: Big Band Chevy

    DEC 1

    Volume 205: Big Band Chevy

    Of course big bands and cars go together. The first car radio was offered by Chevrolet in 1922. As the medium became more popular and more practical for use in a vehicle, it was more than likely large jazz orchestras filling those airwaves. This album is a really good collection of some great star band leaders along with some great versions of big hits. So get ready to hear music that was probably coming out of the dashboard for those early drivers in Volume 205: Big Band Chevy. More information about this album, see the Discogs webpage for it.  Credits and copyrights Various – Golden Anniversary Album (A Collector's Item Specially Produced For Chevrolet)RCA Victor – PR.111, RCA VictorFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, MonoReleased: 1961Genre: Jazz, PopStyle: Big Band, Swing, Vocal Charlie Barnet – CherokeeWritten by Ray Noble  Larry Clinton – My ReverieVocals – Bea WainWritten by Larry Clinton  Duke Ellington – SolitudeVocals – Al Hibler, Joya Sherrill, Kay Davis, Marie Hibler Written by Duke Ellington, Eddie DeLange, and Irving Mills Bunny Berigan – I Can't Get StartedVocals – Bunny BeriganWritten by Ira Gershwin, Vernon Duke Guy Lombardo – Bei Mir Bist Du SchonVocals – Male TrioWritten by Jacob Jacobs, Sammy Cahn, Saul Chapin, Sholom Secunda Rosemary Clooney & Perez Prado – Bali Ha'iWritten by Rodgers-Hammerstein  I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain. #jazzmusic #bigbandjazz #chevy

    37 min
  3. Volume 200: Frank's Earworms Take 2

    OCT 27

    Volume 200: Frank's Earworms Take 2

    Well, here’s a milestone for you. I can’t believe that I have reached 200 shows with no intent of stopping.  While I’ve played over 12 hundred songs on this show over those more than three and a three quarter years, I have several that have stuck in my brain or keep coming up in conversation and memories. They may not be the most popular of the songs I’ve played, the biggest hits or even necessarily among my favorites, but they had a catchy melody or rhythm that I couldn’t get out of my head. So get ready to hear a dozen extra memorable tunes you’ve heard on this show before in Volume 200: Frank's Earworms Take 2. Listen to the Ted Alexander unedited phone interview.Read Frank's REO Speedwagon story.  Credits and copyrights The Lady Is A Tramp - Buddy GrecoWritten by Richard Rodgers, and Lorenz Hart Take the A Train - The Duke Ellington OrchestraWritten by Duke Ellington Day-O - Harry BelafonteWritten by Harry Belafonte, Lord Burgess, and Bill Attaway Java - Al HirtWritten by Allen Toussaint, Alvin Tyle, and Freddy Friday Let’s Cha Cha - Tito PuenteWritten by Ray Coen Debbie Reynolds and the cast of the musical motion picture The Unsinkable Molly Brown - Belly up to the Bar, BoysMusic And Lyrics written By Meredith Willson (Running Around in Circles) Getting Nowhere - Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra Written by Irving Berlin Ye-Me-Le - Sergio Mendez & Brasil ‘66Written by Chico Feitosa, and Luis Carlos Vinhas Sing, Sing, Sing - Henry ManciniComposed by Louis Prima Spinning Wheel - Sammy Davis Jr.Written by David Clayton-Thomas Che La Luna - Louis Prima With Sam Butera And The Witnesses Written-By – Kopak, and Louis Prima Taste Of Honey - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Written by Bobby Scott and Ric Marlow I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

    58 min

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Extensive and Eclectic and we hear them as is with scratches, crackles and pops. Being a radio and mobile DJ for a decade and a half, I collected several hundred albums. I had nothing on my dad who owned more than 500 (33 1/3) LPs and over 100 78 RPMs at the time of his death in December 2019. I had no idea he had so many. We found them spread all over the house when we prepared for the estate sale. I went through every one and categorized them on an app called Discogs. I thought so many were unique, I decided to start a podcast called Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl. Each episode will feature an album. I’ll tell stories about the family listening to these albums and I’ll give other info about the album and the time it was released.

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