Episode 11: ’60s Campaign Records!
11/15/24 • 77 min
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We just had a presidential election here in the States, so what better topic than...campaign records! In this month’s episode, we take a look at campaign music supporting two vastly different U.S. presidential candidates who ran for the highest office in the nation in the ’60s!
Also, Sean offers some hints on how to digitize those treasured pieces of vinyl in your collection.
SHOW NOTES:
- “High Hopes” with Jack Kennedy on YouTube
- Jack Kennedy – “All the Way” on YouTube
- Campaign Favorites – George C. Wallace on YouTube
- Jack Kennedy record’s entry on Discogs
- Campaign Favorites – George C. Wallace on Discogs
- Audacity – free sound recorder and editor
- Weird Record Rankings as of Episode 11
We just had a presidential election here in the States, so what better topic than...campaign records! In this month’s episode, we take a look at campaign music supporting two vastly different U.S. presidential candidates who ran for the highest office in the nation in the ’60s!
Also, Sean offers some hints on how to digitize those treasured pieces of vinyl in your collection.
SHOW NOTES:
- “High Hopes” with Jack Kennedy on YouTube
- Jack Kennedy – “All the Way” on YouTube
- Campaign Favorites – George C. Wallace on YouTube
- Jack Kennedy record’s entry on Discogs
- Campaign Favorites – George C. Wallace on Discogs
- Audacity – free sound recorder and editor
- Weird Record Rankings as of Episode 11
Previous Episode
Episode 10: Sydney Omarr – Libra: September 23 to October 22
It’s the Libra time of year, and it’s also Sean’s birth sign! So naturally, this was a fitting record to choose for this episode Learn what the famed astrologer has to say about the sign of the scales. Sean also opines on what to do with those dud records that creep into your collection from time to time.
SHOW NOTES:
Next Episode
Episode 12: Polish Sex by Li’l Wally
“Li’l Wally” Jagiello was Chicago’s polka king, yet somehow Sean never heard of him until happening upon this album while out for a day of normal record shopping. So for this episode he takes a look into this oddly-titled album, and takes a mini-dive into Christmas albums. It’s time to live it up! (You know what I mean?)
SHOW NOTES:
- Polish Sex on YouTube
- Polish Sex on Discogs
- Jay Jay Records – official web site
- Dance Around the Christmas Tree with Li’l Wally on YouTube
- Dance Around the Christmas Tree with Li’l Wally on Discogs
- “Walter Jagiello defined the polka sound of Polish Chicago” by Steve “Plastic Crimewave” Krakow, Chicago Reader
- Weird Record Rankings as of Episode 12
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