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Coffee Break: Records -

Coffee Break: Records

Photo by @smileitsshan, via Flickr
Photo by @smileitsshan, via Flickr Thompson, Erik

by Jill Riley and Rachel Frances

August 12, 2022

Today is National Vinyl Record Day! Gary Freiberg of Los Osos, California founded National Vinyl Record Day commemorating the day Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in 1877. Freiberg encourages everyone to remember fond memories and the good things in life, especially vinyl records. Today, take some time to dive into your collection, throw on a record and experience the music – crackles, pops and all.

 

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that mention records do you want to hear?


Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs Played:
Robert Johnson – Phonograph Blues
Daisy the Great x AJR – Record Player
M/A/R/R/S – Pump Up The Volume
Beck – Where It’s At
Cheap Trick – Surrender
Corinne Bailey Rae – Put Your Records On
Bull Moose Jackson – Big Ten Inch
Dead or Alive – You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)
Squeeze – If I Didn’t Love You (Bonus Track!)