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Vinyl memories #3 – The War of the Worlds

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February 20, 2015

I had written previously about my grandparents and father who grew up on old-time radio shows as the source of their entertainment. This record of Orson Welles’ adaptation of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds was another that had been passed on to me because I enjoyed listening to it so much whenever I visited. On …

Vinyl Memories #2 – Remember the Golden Days of Radio

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February 12, 2015

The simple pleasure of the phonograph was introduced to me through my parents and grandparents. My maternal grandparents – Grandpa and Grandma Becoskey – had a cabinet stereo with phonograph and radio in their front room next to the television set. I don’t recall the music they listened to, but my aunt lived with them …