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poliphilo ([personal profile] poliphilo) wrote2016-07-09 02:03 pm

Explaining The Previous Post

That song I posted earlier is one I remember from my childhood. No, I wasn't around in the early 1930s, but one of the things I got to play with as a child was my mother's old wind up gramophone with the box of 78s that went with it...

[identity profile] artkouros.livejournal.com 2016-07-09 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
That's how I discovered Glenn Miller - a stack of old records in the garage.

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2016-07-09 03:19 pm (UTC)(link)
My mother's stash contained a lot of songs from all but forgotten West End shows

[identity profile] cmcmck.livejournal.com 2016-07-09 02:12 pm (UTC)(link)
You too eh?

Mario Lanza in my case.

I suspect my Grandad Snape has a lot to answer for! :o)

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2016-07-09 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
My contemporaries were listening to Tommy Steele and I was listening to 1930s dance bands...