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Jazz-O-Rama #14: "Upbeat Heartaches"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev hosts an hour of Ted Weems & Perry Como 78s., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
"Somebody Stole My Gal", "My Baby Just Cares For Me", and "Heartaches" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 14th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-R...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 57:27
  • Purchases: 3
Jazz-O-Rama #13: "Teddy with & without Billie"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev hosts an hour of Teddy Wilson & Billie Holiday 78s., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
"A Sunbonnet Blue", "Jumpin' On The Blacks And Whites", and "Eeny Meeny Miney Mo" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 13th edition of Joe Bev...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 57:56
  • Purchases: 3
Jazz-O-Rama #10: "1929"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev hosts an hour of 78s from 1929., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
"When My Dreams Come True" from Marx Brothers movie THE COCOANUTS by the Australian Cinema Orchestra is among the 78 RPM records heard on the tenth...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 58:02
  • Purchases: 3
Jazz-O-Rama #9: "Django Reinhardt"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev hosts an hour of Django Reinhardt 78s., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Joe Bev hosts an hour of 78 RPM records of Jazz guitar legend Django Reinhardt.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 57:26
  • Purchases: 3
Jazz-O-Rama #8: "Phorgotten Pioneers"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev hosts an hour of rare Jazz 78s., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Joe Bev hosts an hour of rare 78 RPM recordings of early, forgotten Jazz pioneers.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 11, 2013
  • Length: 58:38
  • Purchases: 3
Jazz-O-Rama #6: "Remastered Rhapsodies"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev remastered 1927 Rhapsody in Blue 78., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Joe Bev hosts an hour of remastered 78s records, including George Gershwin with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra conducted by Nat Shilkret “Rhapsody in ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 10, 2013
  • Length: 57:05
  • Purchases: 3
Chapter 9 - Facing a World at War
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Too young for induction into the army, Richard works at Best & Co. and next with Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians in the shipping department. Upo...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2013
  • Length: 30:34
Jazz-O-Rama #1: "Louder & Funnier"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev hosts an hour of the funny side of 78 RPM Jazz, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Joe Bev hosts an hour of 78 RPM Jazz with sense of humor, including Cab Calloway, The Mills Brothers, and Coon Sanders.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 58:02
  • Purchases: 3
120819 Before they were...
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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A long game of "before they were..." A game for tracking a musician's output from before they found their sound (or were branded with a sound). O...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2013
  • Length: 03:10:23
Great Northern Radio Show: Eveleth
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Great Northern Radio Show
Caption: Great Northern Radio Show
This, the fourth edition of the Great Northern Radio Show takes us to the Boardman Auditorium at the Eveleth-Gilbert High School on Minnesota's Iro...

Bought by KSRQ, WTIP, and WDSE


  • Added: Nov 07, 2012
  • Length: 01:56:31
  • Purchases: 3
Didn't Go to Woodstock
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Everybody knows who played at Woodstock, but this week's show features artists who declined the invite to play.

Bought by WMTNradio, WLPR , Indie3 Radio, KUPR low power FM, Radio Catskill and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 6
The Missourians
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: The Missourians
They were known as the big band of the 1920s who sounded a little “country.” Not because they were from Nashville, nor did they have a twang in th...

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Sep 27, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
Sophisticated Blues
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bessie Smith
The blues melded with jazz long before the first recordings in the late teens. Although the music was, at least at first, structured on the 8 and 1...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2012
  • Length: 58:54
Clarence Williams
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Clarence Williams
Shining shoes to music publishing in a few short years. To Clarence Williams it may have seen much longer. By 1910, he was considered a leading s...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
Joey Ramone...ya know?
From: Joyride Media
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Joey Ramone's close friends and family salute him by rocking out and finishing the tracks Joey left behind when he died.

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, WSKG, WTJU, KPVL and more


  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Bob Marley - Marley
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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The official radio companion to the MARLEY documentary film in theatres and homes on April 20, 2012.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KPSQ-LP, Prairie Public, WNMU-FM, KMUW and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Small Group Sessions
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: The Mound City Blue Blowers
This segment on the early years of jazz is devoted to the small group session between 1924 and 1930. Oh, yes, we also drift over to 1945.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
Territorial Bands of the 1920s
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Edythe Turnham & her Band
The early history of  jazz often leaves out some very talented musicians simply because they didn’t move to Chicago or New York.

  • Added: Jan 11, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams
From: Joyride Media
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New one-hour radio special traces how Hank Williams’ “lost notebook” of unrecorded songs were found and set to music for new recordings by Bob Dyla...

Bought by KPSQ-LP, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Harford Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
SITPE # 1132
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
Caption: Steve Cropper (1970)
Who are these Animals?

Bought by KWMR, KEOS, KKRN, KPVL, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Aug 10, 2011
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 5
JazzStories: Duduka Da Fonseca and Bossa Nova Sounds
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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Brazilian musicians Duduka Da Fonseca, Helio Alves, and Maucha Adnet discuss Samba Jazz and the Bossa Nova.

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WNCU, and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Apr 18, 2011
  • Length: 09:09
  • Purchases: 4
Bluegrass With Mustard 090503.1 House of David Blues
From: Dan Sadowsky
Series: The Bluegrass With Mustard Show
Caption: The Bluegrass With Mustard Show
Bluegrass, yes. Humor, why not. Alternate aural pathways to ultimate all-knowing truth, jeez I guess. Bluegrass you can listen to with your shades ...

Bought by KVNF and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 04, 2010
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 2
Earl Wild at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam
From: Boyce Lancaster
Caption: Pianist Earl Wild
Pianist Earl Wild performed before an enthusiastic audience at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam to celebrate his 90th birthday.

Bought by WFIU and BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Feb 24, 2010
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 2
A '40s Radio Christmas
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
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A reminiscence of Christmas on the radio in the 1940's

Bought by KDUR, KUAT, KSLU, KRPS, WXPN and more


  • Added: Nov 04, 2008
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 89
Classic Mardi Gras Songs - Big Chief
From: David Kunian
Series: Mardi Gras Song Profiles
Caption: Honey Bannister - Flag Boy - <br>Creole Wild West Mardi Gras Indians, Credit: Erika Goldring
An explanation of the recording of the Professor Longhair's Mardi Gras standard Big Chief

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Jan 17, 2008
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 1