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Pardon My Parentheses 1
From: Mike Ficher
Series: The Ultimate Oldies Show
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Records featuring parenthetical phrases in the title!

  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 01:56:44
HARM 24-18: Collecting Old British Tunes, 4/29/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia
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This week on Harmonia, we’ll explore medieval and Renaissance songs and dances collected by 18th century “early music” aficionados in Britain. Plus...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
The Spanish Hour 2416: Remembering Guernica
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: Detail from Picasso's Gernika (Guernica)
We commemorate the anniversary of the bombing of the Basque village of Guernica (April 26, 1937) with “Guernica” Piano Trio number 1 by Octavio Vá...

Bought by WCQS, WRGY, KVNO, KRZA, KENW and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2024
  • Length: 58:32
  • Purchases: 39
Rain
From: Mike Ficher
Series: The Ultimate Oldies Show
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Records from the 1950s and 1960s featuring rain in the title.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2024
  • Length: 01:56:00
The Beatles - April 4, 1964
From: Mike Ficher
Series: The Ultimate Oldies Show
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An unprecedented week in pop music history.

  • Added: Apr 03, 2024
  • Length: 01:56:14
4 in 1 Volume 1
From: Mike Ficher
Series: The Ultimate Oldies Show
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Artists in the rock'n'roll era who scored 4 or more top ten hits in the span of 12 or fewer months

  • Added: Mar 27, 2024
  • Length: 01:55:53
String Is The Thing
From: Mike Ficher
Series: The Ultimate Oldies Show
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Rock'n'roll era records featuring strings!

  • Added: Mar 19, 2024
  • Length: 01:55:33
Negro Baseball Leagues
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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This time on The Children's Hour we learn from author and historian Byron Motley about the Negro Baseball Leagues, the only way Black baseball play...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RadioFreePalmer, KRSC, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KSTK and more


  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
20240219: Negro Baseball Leagues, 2/19/2024
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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This time on The Children's Hour we learn from author and historian Byron Motley about the Negro Baseball Leagues, the only way Black baseball play...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
60th Anniversary - The Beatles - February 9, 1964
From: Mike Ficher
Series: The Ultimate Oldies Show
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60th anniversary of The Beatles' appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show!

  • Added: Feb 07, 2024
  • Length: 01:56:22
The Skin We're In
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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This time on The Children’s Hour, we explore the skin we are in. We are joined by Dr. Holly McGee and Dr. Nina Jablonski, who have written a book t...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTNA, KECG, RadioFreePalmer, KDLG and more


  • Added: Feb 05, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
Teen Tragedies
From: Mike Ficher
Series: The Ultimate Oldies Show
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The phenomenon of 1950s and 1960s teen tragedy records

  • Added: Jan 24, 2024
  • Length: 01:56:20
NL 23-46: Big Band Bird: Charlie Parker With The Big Bands, 11/6/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Saxophonist Charlie Parker is renowned for his small-group recordings, but he also was captured a number of times in large-ensemble settings. This ...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Do You Remember
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Remembering Then
Remembering David McCallum and Larry Chance from The Earls with songs and music, combining memories of The 1964 World's Fair with "The Triumph of M...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:56:19
Lux Kitty Foyle
From: Bill Taylor
Series: When It Was Live
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The series featured as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance....

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and KSLU


  • Added: Aug 26, 2023
  • Length: 59:33
  • Purchases: 2
Southwest American History
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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This week on The Children’s Hour, it’s the three hundred eighty third anniversary of the Pueblo Revolt on August 10th, 2023 and we cover the origin...

Bought by WSMC, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RadioFreePalmer, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KMXT and more


  • Added: Aug 07, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
Lux In Name Only
From: Bill Taylor
Series: When It Was Live
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The series featured as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance....

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and KSLU


  • Added: Aug 05, 2023
  • Length: 59:36
  • Purchases: 2
Southwest American History, 8/7/2023
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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This week on The Children’s Hour, it’s the three hundred eighty third anniversary of the Pueblo Revolt on August 10th, 2023 and we cover the origin...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
Lux Love Affair
From: Bill Taylor
Series: When It Was Live
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The series featured as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance....

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and KSLU


  • Added: Jun 17, 2023
  • Length: 01:01:54
  • Purchases: 2
Little Known Originals 10
From: Mike Ficher
Series: The Ultimate Oldies Show
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Yes, more little known originals from the 1950s and 1960s!

  • Added: May 31, 2023
  • Length: 01:54:43
AFVN: The GI's Companion
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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For ten years, the Armed Forces Vietnam Network (AFVN) radio served as a lifeline to "home" for the millions who served in Vietnam and southeast Asia.

Bought by KSRQ, KFSK, WABE, WMNR, KCNP and more


  • Added: May 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 7
Lux Stage Door
From: Bill Taylor
Series: When It Was Live
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The series featured as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance....

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: May 26, 2023
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 1
Summer
From: Mike Ficher
Series: The Ultimate Oldies Show
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Songs with summer in the title!

  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 01:55:13
Songs of Earth
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about the book "Songs of Earth," which is an updated version of song collector/folklori...

  • Added: May 13, 2023
  • Length: 27:30
Lux The Lady From Cheyenne
From: Bill Taylor
Series: When It Was Live
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The series featured as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance....

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and KSLU


  • Added: May 05, 2023
  • Length: 01:01:40
  • Purchases: 2