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Vintage Records with covers
depicting our favorite players,
team or Hall of Famers from the
past, are great additions to any
collection. The extra bonus of
being able to hear their voices, or
songs in tribute, can bring you
back in time. You could re-live the
great moments of baseball... your
memory will come alive with things
you haven't thought about for
years. Flashbacks of your youth -
the kids you grow up with - warm,
lazy summer afternoons."
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During the 1941
baseball season, New York Yankees
center fielder Joe DiMaggio
recorded at least one hit in 56
consecutive games, breaking the MLB
record for the longest hitting
streak. His run started on May 15
and ended on July 16. On August 8,
1941, Les Brown And His Orchestra
with Vocal Chorus by Betty Bonne,
recorded,
recorded,
recorded
"Joltinoe DiMaggio," on
theJoe DiMaggio," on
the OKehecord label.record label.
Lyrics by
New York disk jockey Alan Courtney,
music by Ben Homer, the song
recounts DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting
streak. Joltin' Joe DiMaggio" made
it's debut on November 10. Side B
featured "The Nickel Serenade (The
Coin Machine Song)" Bob Chester And
His Orchestra also recorded the
song in 1941 on Bluebird records.
Teddy Powell & His Orchestra
recorded it in 1942.' Joe DiMaggio" made
it's debut on November 10. Side B
featured "The Nickel Serenade (The
Coin Machine Song)" Bob Chester And
His Orchestra also recorded the
song in 1941 on Bluebird records.
Teddy Powell & His Orchestra
recorded it in 1942.
"Who's on First?" is a comedy
routine made famous by American
comedy duo Abbott and Costello,
during the 1930's and 40's. On May
4, 1943, Lou Costello's 11 month
old son died from
accidental drowning in the family
pool.
The
Who's on First? routine was
recorded by the two
comedians and the royalties from
the sale of records was turned
over to the Lou Costello Jr.,
Youth Foundation for
Underprivileged Children.
Baseball Commissioner Happy Chandler had requested that a special
recording be played at all Major
League opening games to start the
1947 season. The special recording
carries a 30 second plug from Lou
Costello asking the public to buy
the records for the good of the
foundation. On May 3, 1947, with
the help from Abbott & Costello,
the Lou Costello Jr. Youth
Foundation in East Los Angeles was
opened.
This Two record set released by
RCA Victor in 1947,
"How To Play Baseball" is
narrated by American actor and
comedian Joe E. Brown. On the
record Joe E. who narrates as
himself, instructs a young boy
named Elmer (Cornelius Peeples) on
how to play baseball, as they
watch a game in progress.) on
how to play baseball, as they
watch a game in progress.
Side 1-Pitching, side 2-Fielding, side 3-Running, and side 4-Hitting. The
four page album cover pictures Joe
E. Brown in a New York Yankees
uniform. Inside features an
instructional illustrated
technique guide.
Brown, a good ballplayer in his own right, played on many Toledo amateur
baseball teams as a teenager, and
had a brief semiprofessional stint
with Needham's All-Stars.
Joe E. also had a nice collection
of baseball memorabilia which
included game used memorabilia
from Trispeaker, Babe Ruth, Grover
Cleveland Alexander, Dizzy Dean,
and Lou Gehrig.Speaker, Babe Ruth, Grover
Cleveland Alexander, Dizzy Dean,
and Lou Gehrig.
Music by George Kleinsinge, Words
by Michael Stratton,, Words
by Michael Stratton,, Words
by Michael Stratton,
"Brooklyn Baseball Cantata"
was recorded in 1948 on the RCA
Victor Red Seal label. The
baseball "pop-opera" features
Baritone vocals by Robert Merrill
- with Ross Case and his
Orchestra. Merrill was an American
operatic baritone and actor, whose
voice became a Yankee tradition
after the Yankees asked him to
sing the National Anthem at the
opening of their season games in
1967.
Brooklyn Baseball Cantata is about an imagined World Series game between
the Brooklyn Dodgers and the
Yankees. Unlike the real world in
1948, where the Dodgers
consistently blew their chances,
in this imaginary game the Dodgers
were the winners! The double
record set, with four auto-coupled
sides (1 and 4 on one disc, 3 and
4 on the other) came in a two-page
78 RPM record album.
Jackie Robinson became the first
African American ballplayer to
play in Major League Baseball,
when he started at first base for
the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15,
1947. Jackie Robinson inspired a
number of singers and songwriters
to compose songs in his honor.
Following Robinsons debut, the
Library of Congress Copyright
Office received at least four
songs with Robinson as their
subject, including such titles as
"The Jackie Robinson Boogie" and
"Jackie Robinson Blues."
"Did
You See Jackie Robinson Hit That
Ball?" was written and
performed by Buddy Johnson, who
recorded it on Decca Records and
was released in June of 1949. The
song peak on the charts at number
13. Buddy neglected to consult
with Robinson when he wrote and
recorded the epic song. Johnson
gave up one-third of the writer's
share of the song to the Brooklyn
Dodgers second baseman, as a token
of good will. Later that year
Count Basie re-recorded "Did You
See Jackie Robinson Hit That
Ball?" on the RCA Victor label and
this version became a true
baseball standard
"Song Of The Milwaukee Braves,"
was written by John Krumdickn
1955, and performed by Steve
Swedish & Orchestra, accompanied
with a male chorus. Side B -
"Dreaming" vocals by Dick Emmons.
The 45 RPM, 7" record was recorded
on the independentIn
1955, and performed by Steve
Swedish & Orchestra, accompanied
with a male chorus. Side B -
"Dreaming" vocals by Dick Emmons.
The 45 RPM, 7" record was recorded
on the independent Wau-Keeabel,
from Milwaukee WI. The original
"Pennant Wining" record sleeve was
used around 1957-1958.label,
from Milwaukee WI. The original
"Pennant Wining" record sleeve was
used around 1957-1958.
The "Always A Big Hit" record
sleeve pictured here was used
around 1963-1965, as it
illustrates; a 1963-1969 Spalding
Warren Giles Official National
League Baseball, and a zip-code is
added to the Wau-Keeecords, Hi
Fi Music Publishing Co. address.Records, Hi
Fi Music Publishing Co. address.
RCA released this
1958 LP record of Mickey Mantle's
Favorite Songs.
"MY FAVORITE HITS"
On the back
of the record Mickey Mantle
states: "I think that next to
sports I have been more interested
in pop music than in anything
else. In high school back in Commerce, Oklahoma, when I spent most of my free
time practicing ball, whatever
time I had to spare beyond that
was put in at the local drugstore
listening to a jukebox with the latest hits."
Mantle tried to link each song selection with something in his life, which
reminded him of the song and vice
versa. Home on the Range and The
Last Round-up were big hits when
he was a kid in Oklahoma.
The back
of the record cover Mantle talks
about his love for music, how it
helps him to relax, and why he
selected some of the songs. That
Old black Magic (trying to get
base hits at the start), Remember
Me? (his second trial with the
Yankees), In my Solitude (the
pitcher he couldn't hit), and
Stormy Weather (a batting slump).
Mickey's tongue in cheek humor.
Presented by the United States Air
Force;
"Tops in Sports," narrated
by sports broadcaster - radio
personality Harry Wisner was a
transcribed program featuring
outstanding personalities in the
world of sports. Their most
exiting moments, plays and
thrills.
These 33-1/3 RPM LP records featured stories of famous athletes which ran
for about 15 minutes on each side.
The 1961 Syndicated program which
aired on the AFN - American Forces
Network - AFRTS network, also
featured a short recruitment
"message of interest from your
United States Air force."
Stories about baseball
personalities included: Danny
Murtaugh, Warren Spahn, Joe
Garagiola, Yogi Berra, Gil Hodges,
Dick Groat, and Whitey Ford.
The
"D-O-D-G-E-R-S Song (Oh, Really?
No, O'Malley)" was written by
Herbert Baker, and Sylvia Fine,
wife of comedian Danny Kaye. The
45 RPM record was released in
September of 1962, with a picture
sleeve depicting Danny Kaye in a
Dodgers uniform bunting.
The back
of the cover pictures Danny Kaye
in the dugout, and around the
batting cage with LA Dodger player
which includes; Walter Alston, Leo
Durocher, Frank Howard, Maury
Wills, Don Drysdal, and SF Giant,
Orlando Cepeda.
Side A - "D-O-D-G-E-R-S Song (Oh, Really? No, O'Malley)" tells the
fictitious story of a game between
the Dodgers and their rival, the
San Francisco Giants. The "O'Malley" mentioned
in the title, is a variation on an
old Danny Kaye joke... “My sister married an
Irishman." “Oh, really?” “No,
O’Rile.” In “The Dodgers Song,”
it became “Oh, really? No,
O’Malley.” (Dodger owner at the
time Walter O’Malley).” In “The Dodgers Song,”
it became “Oh, really? No,
O’Malley.” (Dodger owner at the
time Walter O’Malley).” In “The Dodgers Song,”
it became “Oh, really? No,
O’Malley.” (Dodger owner at the
time Walter O’Malley)
The Song was
a hit everywhere except in San
Francisco, where disc jockeys
offered Giant fans a brand new
Elvis Presley recording for every
broken copy of Kaye's record.
Spalding Presents
"The Record
Breakers" LP Record Album was
issued in 1965. Narrated by Phil Rizzuto, the 33⅓ RPM record
features "The Live Sounds Of The
Greatest Moments in Sports
History." It was made available at
sporting good stores that carried
Spalding sports equipment., the 33⅓ RPM record
features "The Live Sounds Of The
Greatest Moments in Sports
History." It was made available at
sporting good stores that carried
Spalding sports equipment.
The record was used as a selling incentive to draw customers in to buy
sports equipment. Some stores sold
them at a discount price, or gave
them away free when you bought
equipment, or came in with the
advertisement.
Side One featured Baseball, Football and Boxing. Side Two: Tennis, Golf,
Track, and Horseracing. The
Greatest Moments in Baseball
included: Babe Ruth's Farewell
Speech at Yankee Stadium-1948, Don
Larsen Pitches Perfect Game
against the Dodgers in the World
Seroes-1956, Bobby Thompsons Home
Run in 1951 Playoff between Giants
and the Dodgers, Joe DiMaggio's
Home Run, All-Star Game-1939.
The Bobby Richardson Story was
a book published by the Fleming H.
Revello in 1965. A story about a
lad from Sumter, S.C., who sought
to be a good Christian and a major
league ball player. This 33⅓ RPM
12" LP record was released by Word
Records Incorporated, a Christian
label founded in 1951 in Waco, Texas. Co
in 1965. Word "The Christian Voice
of the Audio Age," recorded
internationally known stars and
spiritual leaders, which included;
Burl Ives, Flo Price, Jerome
Hines, Blue Ridge Quartet, and
Billy Graham
The record included material taken from the book, is an "exciting
first-person account of his own
life, by the Yankees famous Second
Baseman..."
The front of the album cover pictures a base runner trying to break-up a
double play being turned by Bobby
Richardson. The forward on the
back is accompanied with quotes
praising Bobby Richardson made by
Yankees general manager Ralph Houk,
teammates; Tom Tresh, and Steve
Hamilton.
"The Glory Of Their Times" LP
Record Album is "The Story Of The
Early Days Of Baseball Told By The
Men Who Played It."
This album contains highlights selected from the famous tapes - now in the
Library of the Baseball Hall of
Fame at Cooperstown - from which
the book by Lawrence S. Ritter,
"The Glory Of Their Times' was
written. "The way it was in the
days that Ty Cobb, Lou Gehrig,
Babe Ruth, and Houus Wagner made
the fans root, root, root, for the
home team."
The album cover, pictures Ty Cobb sliding into third base. The back cover
feature a short bio on
Interviewer, Producer, and Editor
– Lawrence S. Ritter, credits, and
the contents of the record, which
include players; Edd Roush, Fred
Snodgrass, Sam Crawford, Goose
Goslin, Rube Marquard, Lefty
O'doul Chief Meyers, and Davy
Jones.
The
"Denny McLain At The Organ"
33⅓ RPM vinyl LP album was
released in 1968, on the Capital
Record label. McLain a 30 Game, Cy
Young, and MVP award winner in
1968, performs, Jazz, Rock Style
Lounge music on a Hammond X-77
Organ. Leader of his own Denny
McLain Quintet in the off-season,
in 1968 the swingin’ little McLain
combo not only performed "Girl
From Ipanema" on the Ed Sullivan
CBS-TV show but in Las Vegas and
half-dozen cities in the Mid-west
as well.
A little more than a week after
manager Billy Martin was fired by
the Minnesota Twins in October of
1969,
"Ode To Billy Martin"
was
released. The record reflects in
song how the Minnesota baseball
fans feel about the firing of
Martin who skippered the Twins to
the American League's Western
Division championship.
Joe Duffy, a nightclub operator, put out the record and said the proceeds
from it's sale would be used to
put martin in a better bargaining
position with his next employer.
Side A "Ode To Billy Martin" a novelty country-pop song written by Richard
Colburn was recorded by The Titans
on "Duffs" Minneapolis, Minn.
record label. Martin attended a
news conference and said he
planned to promote the record.
"I'm going to promote the record,
because I used to tease
Mickey Mantle about his recording
Theresa Brewer," he said. "But I
think mine was better than his."
 In
1972 Sports Stars Enterprises,
Inc., Houston, TX. Presented a
series of instructional sports
records,
"Voices Of The Professionals."
The 33-1/3 RPM records featured
Sportscaster Len Johnson
conducting interviews with six
sport-stars. Football's Paul
Warfield - "How To Catch A Pass,"
and Basketball's John Havlicek -
"Winning Basketball.
Four baseball LP records officially licensed by Major League Baseball and
MLBPA, included: Dave McNally -
"Theory of Pitching, "Brooks
Robinson – "Theory Of Fielding,"
Ernie Banks - "Theory Of
Hitting,"and Tom Seaver – "The Art
Of Pitching." The back of each
record featured the players
biography and professional Record.
An instruction booklet was also
included.
Narrated by Bob Prince, voice of
the Pittsburgh Pirates with John
Facenda the Roberto Clemente
Memorial Album was manufactured by
Triple B Production Corp.
The album released in March 1973, was produced in tribute to the
Pittsburgh Pirates baseball legend
Roberto Clemente shortly after his
untimely death. Clemente was
killed in a plane crash off the
coast of Puerto Rico on December
31, 1972 attempting to fly relief
supplies to earthquake victims in
Nicaragua.
The LP record album, traces the superstar's career through play-by-play
excerpts, commentary by President
Nixon, Bing Crosby, baseball
commissioner Bowie Kuhn and Many
of Clemente's teammates. Steve
Blass, Dave Cash, Manny Sanguillen
and Willie Stargell among others.
In June, the Borden company agreed to buy 15,000 copies of the Clemente
album. It was made available on by
mailing a coupon from Wise Potato
Chip packages. These records have
a Borden record label. The net
proceeds from the sales were given
by Borden, Inc. to "Youth City," a
center to help underprivileged
children in Clemente's native
Puerto Rico.
Produced by Richard Foos,
"Baseball Card Lover" was
recorded by Guitarist and singer
Rockin' Richie Ray, on the Rhino
Records label in 1977. The
Comical, novelty, Rockabilly song
features "Hump-A-Baby on side B.
Backing Vocals were done by The
New Dildettes.
The picture sleeve features greaser, Rockin' Richie Ray playing guitar on
a baseball field, on the front,
and combing his hair on the back.
A tongue in cheek song about a
boys obsession with collecting
baseball cards, as he takes the
cards to bed with him. Mentioned in the song are 1960 Los Angeles Dodger
baseball cards which includes;
Wally Moon, Charlie Neal, Maury
Wills, Duke Snider, Sandy Koufax,
Don Drysdale, and Frank Howard
(RC).
Charlie Brown Records presents
"Charlie Brown's All Stars." Based
on the original 1966 T.V. Special
By Charles M. Schultz, this 2
record set, has a 12-page full
color read-along book which is
bound inside the gatefold sleeve.
The new baseball season is about to start for
manager Charlie Brown's All-Star
team; Linus, Lucy, Patty, Frieda,
Schroeder, Pig Pen, Violet, Shermy,
Sally and Snoopy. Linus worked up
a few statistics; "last year our
opponent scored 3,000 runs to our
total six runs....
They made 4900 hits to our 11 hits and they made four errors to our 375
errors and while we were losing
999 straight games..." Good Grief!
- With numbers like that Charlie
Brown should take Lucy's advice
who says "Charlie Brown do your
team a big favor tomorrow don't
show up."
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 The
Baseball Project is a supergroup
composed of Steve Wynn, Linda
Pitmon, R.E.M. - Rock & Roll Hall
Of Fame members Peter Buck, Mike
Mills, and Scott McCaughey. In
2007, they recorded their first
album, Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and
Dying Quails. All songs are
dedicated to a baseball theme.
All five of their albums to date, also cover baseball greats; Cy Young,
Babe Ruth Ty Cobb, Ted Williams,
Satchel Paige, Henry Aaron, Pete
Rose, and Curt Flood, among many
others others. The Groups 3rd
album, released in 2014, features
Babe Ruth on the cover. The double
record album features such songs
as; Take Me Out To The Ball
Game, The Baseball Card Song, They
Are The Oakland A's, Box Scores,
A Boy Named Cy, and To The
Veteran's Committee (I want to see
Dale Murphy in the Hall Of Fame)
Their latest album, Grand Salami Time!, released in 2023, features, The
voice of baseball (Tribute to Vin
Scully), Disco Demolition, and
Fantasy Baseball Widow. |
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