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Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl

Frank Vaccariello

Extensive and Eclectic and we hear them as is with skips, scratches, 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,

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Volume 173: Dean's Swingin'

Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl ·

2024/04/21

This is the second of the three main Rat Pack members we will hear from here in season four of this show. This crooner is the one we DIDN’T get to see in concert with the other two back in March of 1988 at the Richfield Coliseum. He’s a singer, actor, and comedian. One of the most popular entertainers of the mid-20th century, he was nicknamed "The King of Cool". And his music is still among the most streamed today. So, get ready to hear the voice that had just as many teenage girls swooning as Old

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53:09

Volume 172: Molly is Unsinkable

Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl ·

2024/04/14

One hundred twelve years ago today, on April 14, 1912, while on its maiden voyage from England to New York, the unsinkable RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in the north Atlantic… then the next day did the unthinkable…it sunk.In 1960, Meredith Willson followed up his Broadway hit The Music Man with a musical version of the fictionalized life of one of the aristocrats who survived the sinking, Margerat Brown. The musical was made into a movie in 1964 starring Debbie Reynolds as Mrs. Brown and Harve

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Volume 171: Sinatra is No Stranger

Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl ·

2024/04/07

Talk about your comeback albums. This release became the Chairman of the Board’s most commercially successful album. My dad’s favorite voice was finding it hard to sell records during the early days of rock and roll. And he wasn’t finding the top of charts as often. He once again teamed up with the Nelson Riddle orchestra and this time struck Grammy gold. So get ready to hear The Voice most heard around our house when I was growing up in Volume 171: Sinatra is No Stranger. More information about

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Volume 170: Miller's White Album Record 5

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2024/03/31

We finish up a month of celebration for what would have been Glenn Miller’s 120th birthday March first. And we finish by getting back to the man himself.We’re not ending this memorial month with just any album in my dad’s collection. I refer to it with the same name as a popular and influential Beatles record. This album has always caught my eye, and a few times my toe as it has the largest cover in the collection and sticks out beyond all the others, and it is made of a near-wood material. It also

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Frank's 2024 Eclipse Music Mix

Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl ·

2024/03/27

This is not an episode of Spinning My Dad's Vinyl. It was the only place I could share this music mix for the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse on April 8, 2024.Music to watch an eclipse by We've been looking forward to the April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse that is hitting parts of North America for a long time. I bought a special camera filter to take photos of the phenomenon. We bought really nice Eclipse glasses a couple of months prior. We'll be smoking ribs and chicken while enjoying the spectacular

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Volume 169: Krane's Miller Tribute

Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl ·

2024/03/24

Week four of celebrating what would have been Glenn Miller’s 120th birthday March first, brings us to another album from a different orchestra playing music made famous by Miller.A couple of weeks ago I played an album by Bobby Hackett. THAT Bobby actually played with Glenn Miller before world war 2. Music you are about to hear features the Bobby Krane Orchestra. THIS Bobby…doesn’t exist. So get ready to hear recordings that came from a sound-alike record label playing more of that famous clarinet

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Volume 168: Miller Band Translates TJB

Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl ·

2024/03/17

We continue Glenn Miller month in celebration of what would have been his 120th birthday on March 1.My dad was obviously a big Glenn Miller fan or we wouldn’t have been able to do this month-long celebration of his music. He owned 12 33 ⅓ RPM Vinyl records of Glenn Miller performing his music, later conductors of the Miller band, and other band leaders recording Glenn’s music. My dad owned even more Miller music on the original 78 RPM Shellac records. Now, if you are a follower of this show, you’ll

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Volume 167: Bobby's Miller Pearls

Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl ·

2024/03/10

I think this record might go down as my favorite from the five records we are playing in the month of March to celebrate what would have been Glenn Miller’s 120th birthday on March first. The featured trumpet player on this album has such a soft sound that really fits in with the Miller sound, yet stands out to make each song his own. His solos are delicate, yet hardly boring. As they were when he played for the Miller band. He was a cool-toned cornetist who always sounded relaxed no matter what the

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Volume 166: This Is Glenn Miller

Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl ·

2024/03/03

My dad really loved his big bands. And what bigger big band than the Glenn Miller Orchestra. March first, Glenn Miller would have been 120 years old. So we are going to celebrate his birthday all month with his music and musical style. My dad had a ton of Miller music, and while I have already featured him many times on this show, you’ll be introduced to an even larger portion of it this month including a return to the most distinctive album in his collection which we’ll feature in four weeks. So,

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Volume 165: Little Jazz on Horn Part 2

Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl ·

2024/02/25

Time to pull out the 14th of the 24 records from the six box set from the Franklin Mint. And I’ve been having so much fun listening to this one.In fact, I’m going to play a few more tunes than my normal six that I like to keep these episodes to because, quite frankly, there was so much good music on this disc I didn’t know where to stop. The featured trumpet player you’ll be hearing was known as the bridge between Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie. But he had a style all his own that was quite

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Volume 164: A Faithful Valentine

Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl ·

2024/02/18

It’s another Valentine's special. And time for another romantic voice. Joining me once again is my girlfriend Karen. I rarely recognize the song titles or the artist names of the music Frank picks, but I recognized this one. While my parents didn’t listen to the same kind of music his parents did, Johnny Mathis was still played a lot by my mom. And why not? He has one of the most recognizable, elegant, romantic voices ever recorded. And it just makes you want to cuddle up with the one you love. So,

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Volume 163: 100 Years of Rhapsody

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2024/02/11

One hundred years ago tomorrow, February 12, 1924, in Aeolian Hall, New York City, Paul Whiteman's band played the first public performance of Rhapsody in Blue with composer Gorge Gershwin playing the piano. It was orchestrated by Whiteman's arranger Ferdie Grofé. This album is one of at least three versions my dad owned of the famous song. He has a 1939 version from Whiteman that was released on 12 inch 78 RPM discs from the Decca record label. The Rhapsody is broken down into two sides. There's

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Volume 162: Burt Conducts Bacharach

Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl ·

2024/02/04

Here’s someone I mention often when I tell you who wrote a song. In fact, he’s one of the most popular songwriters of all time. He even sang on a few recordings too. Many of the songs you will hear on this episode you may recognize as being sung by a popular female vocalist, but this is all Burt. He wrote the music. He arranged it and conducted the orchestra. He also plays the piano. So, get ready to hear music that’s all about one guy in Volume 162: Burt Conducts Bacharach Credits and

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Volume 161: The Latin Dance

Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl ·

2024/01/28

The latin beat was all the rage when my dad was a teenager and young adult. You can tell he fell for it in a big way with all the Mambos, Cha Chas, Rhumbas, and Salsas he has in his collection. And like I’ve said before, it’s hard not to dance when the bongos, congas, timbales, and claves are working their magic. So get ready to hear, yet another musical trailblazer from Puerto Rico in Volume 161: The Latin Dance. Credits and copyrights Morales – Morales Latin Dance Time Label: Grand Prix Series –

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Volume 160: Andy Sets Us Free

Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl ·

2024/01/21

We pull out the second of four records my dad has from this singer. While he never had a number one hit, he did sell over 45 million records, and was viewed regularly by many million more TV viewers on his show. He got his start with his brothers singing for film productions in the 1940s. And he’s another halftime performer at an early Super Bowl. So get ready to hear music from the twentieth studio album by this pop singer with Volume 160: Andy Sets Us Free. Credits and copyrights Andy Williams –

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Volume 159: Those Were The Days

Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl ·

2024/01/14

"The program you are about to see…well hear… is All in the Family. It seeks to throw a humorous spotlight on our frailties, prejudices and concerns. By making them a source of laughter, we hope to show — in a mature fashion — just how absurd they are." That was the disclaimer made before the start of the first episode of an early 1970s TV show where the main character is an obnoxious, prejudiced, big mouth, bigot, played by a brilliant actor, who actually was credited with bringing highly

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Volume 158: Hirt So Good

Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl ·

2024/01/07

Here’s a great compilation disk to kick off the new year and season. It’s one of my dad’s favorite trumpet players who is famous for playing my dad’s favorite kind of music. Dixieland. In fact, Al is known as the king. But he also played some straightforward instrumentals that the critics complained about. Not only will you hear some of both those styles on this best of album, you get to hear him with a full orchestra and one of the most famous sex symbols and actresses of the 1960s and beyond. So

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Volume 157: 50 Years of Lombardo

Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl ·

2023/12/31

Happy New Year's Eve! When some of us think about our earliest memories of watching New Year’s Eve on TV, we’ll remember long before Ryan Seacrest and even before Dick Clark. This Guy, who brought the New York City ballroom celebration into our living rooms every year, goes back to even before this holiday was celebrated live on television. He formed the band during 1924 in his hometown of London, Ontario, Canada and sold more than 100 million records. Maybe as many as 300 million. So get

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Volume 156: Christmas Herb

Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl ·

2023/12/24

Here's a disk that was in the record player stack every December. It was definitely played during Christmas eve and day...a lot! You can tell by the shape it's in. This is one of 12 records by this artist and one of a large list of Christmas Recordings from my dad’s collection. And it once again includes my dad’s favorite trumpet player SINGING a song. So get ready to feel that south of the border holiday spirit with Volume 156: Christmas Herb. Credits and copyrights Herb Alpert & The Tijuana

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Volume 155: Western Favorites

Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl ·

2023/12/17

Even though he was mostly into early jazz and pop, my dad liked his cowboy music too. And he bought a great collection in a 7-record box set. We’ve already featured two of those records in previous episodes. This record features a lot of music you have probably heard over the years yourself, but most likely by other bands. In fact, the eight songs you’ll hear have been recorded more than a thousand times combined. But you may have to check my math. So get ready to hear what is really Tumbling

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