Saturday, April 21, 2018

Themes Like Old Times: 90 of The Most Famous Original Radio Themes Volume 1 [1969]


Viva Records V36018

Tracklist:
Side 1:
01 Prologue...by Singin' Sam    
02 The Mysterious Traveller (A journey into the strange and terrifying.)
03 The Jimmy Durante Show (Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash...)
04 The Falcon (Two-fisted detective adventures.)
05 X Minus One (The adult science-fiction program.)
06 The House of Mystery (Afternoon shockers for the kids.)
07 Fibber McGee and Molly (Watch out for that closet! At 79 Wistful Vista.)
08 Valiant Lady (A brave woman and her brilliant but unstable husband.)
09 Amos 'N' Andy (Radio's all-time favorites.)
10 Suspense (Tales well calculated...)
11 Town Hall Tonight (And a trip down Allen's Alley.)
12 Easy Aces (Radio's "distinctive" laugh novelty.)
13 Philco Radio Time ("Where the Blue of the Night...")
14 The Tom Mix Ralston Straightshooters ("Just a Ralston box top and ten cents.")
15 Life Can Be Beautiful (Known to those in the know as "Elsie Beebee.")
16 Lux Radio Theatre ("Lux Presents - Hollywood!")
17 Boston Blackie (Friend to those who have no friends.)
18 The Answer Man (What was Hitler's telephone number?)
19 Uncle Don (No, he never said it.)
20 The Guiding Light (Still shining today.)    
21 Can You Top This? (With Harry Hershfield, Joe Laurie, Jr. and Senator Ford.)
22 Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (Roaring rockets to far-flung stars.)
23 Vic and Sade (Radio's home folks.)
24 Mark Trail (Guardian of the forests.)
25 Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour ("All right, all right!")
26 Here's Morgan ("Good evening, anybody.")
27 The Aldrich Family ("Coming, Mother!")
28 True Detective Mysteries ("$1000 for information leading to...")
29 Stella Dallas (A drama of mother-love and sacrifice, and tears, tears, tears.)
30 Myrt and Marge (A story of Broadway and two swell girls.)
31 The Charlie McCarthy Show (With Mortimer and Effie too!)
32 Grand Central Station (Where the world meets.)
33 The Whistler ("I walk by night...")
34 Against The Storm (A downpour of troubles.)
35 The Eddie Cantor Show (The Mad Russian and Parkyakarkus too.)
36 Chandu The Magician (Frank Chandler battles the evildoers.)
37 Lights Out (The better to scare you.)
38 Melody Ranch ("Back in the Saddle Again.")
39 The Shadow ("Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?")
40 Backstage Wife (The troubles of Mary and Larry Noble.)
41 Mr. District Attorney (Champion of the people.)
42 Tarzan (Bronzed son of the jungle.)
43 One Man's Family (And his bewildering offspring.)
44 The Story of Dr. Kildare (The Man in White.)
45 Nick Carter, Master Detective (Most famous manhunter of them all.)

Side 2: 
46 Hop Harrigan (America's Ace of the Airways.)
47 It Pays To Be Ignorant (Who is buried in Grant's tomb?)
48 Pepper Young's Family (The story of your friends, the Youngs.)
49 I Love A Mystery (Jack, Doc and Reggie.)
50 The Marlin Hurt and Beulah Show ("Got the World in a Jug, Lord...")
51 The Pepsodent Show (With Bob Hope and his wisecracks.)
52 The Bill Stern Sports Newsreel (The Colgate Shave-Cream Man.)
53 The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show ("That's What I Like About the South...")
54 Gangbusters ("Calling all Americans to war on the underworld.")
55 Philip Morris Playhouse (With Johnny calling for...)
56 Lorenzo Jones (And his wife Belle.)
57 Superman ("It's a bird! It's a plane! It's...)
58 The Lone Ranger ("Hi-ho, Silver! Awaaaayyy!")
59 Captain Midnight (And the shake-up mug.)
60 National Barn Dance (Pure Country Corn.)
61 Gunsmoke (Marshall Matt Dillon.)
62 The Witch's Tale (Told by Old Nancy and her Black Cat.)
63 Double Or Nothing ($100 or bust.)
64 The Green Hornet (With Kato and the Black Beauty helping out.)
65 Benny Goodman's Swing School (The King of Swing.)
66 A Helping Hand "No names, please!")
67 Richard Diamond, Private Eye (Starring Dick Powell as the singing dick.)
68 Ma Perkins (America's mother of the airwaves.)
69 Michael Shayne (Private detective played by Jeff Chandler.)
70 The Joe Penner Show ("Wanna buy a duck?")
71 The Ed Wynn Show (The Fire Chief at his wackiest.)
72 Bulldog Drummond ("Out of the fog...out of the night...")
73 Your Hit Parade ("Sold, American!")
74 Red Ryder (And Little Beaver.)
75 Big Sister ("R...I...N...S...O")
76 Maxwell House Coffee Time (With George Burns and Gracie Allen.)
77 The Taystee Breadwinner (Billy Jones and Ernie Hare - the Happiness Boys.)
78 Right To Happiness (A three-handkerchief soaper.)
79 The Lucky Strike Program (With that 39-year-old violinist.)
80 Terry and The Pirates (Adventures in the Orient.)
81 Let Yourself Go (With Ziegfield's biggest folly, Milton Berle.)
82 Jack Armstrong (The All-American Boy.)
83 The Coke Club (With Morton Downey.)
84 Young Dr. Malone (Featuring Sandy Becker.)
85 Duffy's Tavern ("Where the elite meet to eat. Duffy's not here.")
86 The FBI In Peace and War (They always got their man.)
87 The Lum 'N' Abner Show (At the Jot 'Em Down Store.)
88 Let's Pretend (Fairy tales and Cream of Wheat.)
89 The Hardy Family (Andy faces life.)
90 The Firstnighter Program (The Little Theatre off Times Square.)
91 What Was The Name of That Shave Cream He Used To Sell? 



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