Episode 2: Guantanamera by the Sandpipers
Spanish language easy listening versions of pop songs? Why? Why not?! This episode features a classic recording from our extensive collection of A&M records.
Chubby 1960s typeface.
Put on your caftan and cuddle in for some poetry about The Sandpipers.
The Sandpipers Guantanamera on Way Back Attack
Roberta typeface for your 60s design needs
The Sandpipers with a very earnest rendition of La Bamba
Episode 1: The Fiddling Viking by Svend Asmussen and his Dancing Strings
This episode features a 1959 recording by Danish violinist Svend Asmussen. We name drop some other hot jazz violinists, and talk about our eclectic record collection
Update: since the recording of this episode, Svend Asmussen has passed away. Washington Post Obituary.
The Fiddling Viking, Svend Asmussen and his Dancing Strings
Download The Fiddling Viking on Amazon
"Svend Asmussen: Phenomenal Jazz Fiddler" by Richard Brooks for Fiddler Magazine
The "Svendex" (a fan page)
Swe-Danes Georgia Camp Meeting 1962
Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang, Dinah (1928)
Stuff Smith, Skip It. One of his few songs NOT about smoking marijuana. Or maybe it is? It's instrumental.
A podcast about records
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