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December 2015

Title Popularity Ep. Downloads
Arlene Dahl

Arlene Dahl

8 Episodes
1 Volume

From Norwegian stock in Minnesota, Arlene Dahl got her start as a Rheingold Beer Girl.

8 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
London Studio Melodies

London Studio Melodies

8 Episodes
1 Volume

Classic music show presented by the national radio service featuring guest appearances by some of the biggest classical music performers of the era.

8 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Herbert W. Armstrong Sermons

Herbert W. Armstrong Sermons

88 Episodes
2 Volume

Radio evangelist and prophecy predictor, Herbert W. Armstrong got his start on the airwaves later founding the Worldwide Church of God.

88 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Random Rarities 18

Random Rarities 18

48 Episodes
1 Volume

Now in our eighteenth edition, our Random Rarities are getting more rare and much, much more random!

48 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Americana

Americana

24 Episodes
1 Volume

Hosted by Professor Martin Maloney with the cooperation of the Speech Department at Northwestern University, Americana looks at American people and customs in the mid century.

24 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
High Adventure

High Adventure

104 Episodes
2 Volume

A realistic adventure series featuring real-life sound effects and excellent scripts en par with other smart adventure shows like Suspense and Escape.

104 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Remembering Pearl Harbor

Remembering Pearl Harbor

15 Episodes
1 Volume

The "date which will live in infamy", the attack on Pearl Harbor changed the history of the world. Update: date correction and additional Churchill recording

15 1
Add To Cart: $5.00


November 2015

Title Popularity Ep. Downloads
Fountain of Fun

Fountain of Fun

11 Episodes
1 Volume

Music and variety shows for teenie boppers were often set in the location of an old time Soda Parlor at the corner drugstore.

11 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Elgin Holiday Shows (Christmas and Thanksgiving)

Elgin Holiday Shows (Christmas and Thanksgiving)

5 Episodes
1 Volume

Enjoy the holidays 1940s style with the stars of the period when you listen to the Elgin Watch holiday specials.

5 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

150 Episodes
3 Volume

This festive collection contains thirty hours of Thanksgiving-themed episodes from a variety of old time radio series. Primarily comedy and variety shows (and a few detective series), the shows are bound to keep you in the mood for Thanksgiving cheer!

150 3
Add To Cart: $15.00
Leave It to the Girls

Leave It to the Girls

5 Episodes
1 Volume

Features a roundtable of "glamorous women" from New York City who answer questions from men and women around the country about dating and marriage. The table includes a combination of the following women: actress Paula Stone, Fashion editor of New York Magazine Florence Pritchert, Ellen Chandler, television host Eloise McElhone, actress Madge Evans, Robin Chandler.

5 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr

10 Episodes
1 Volume

After her starring role in the controversial film Ekstase (“Ecstasy” 1933) in her homeland in Austria, Lamarr was cast with most of Hollywood’s popular leading men, typically as an exotic seductress and later became an inventor.

10 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Korn Kobblers

Korn Kobblers

7 Episodes
1 Volume

Enjoy the sounds of the skoocherphone and the tuned smokestack when you listen to the Korn Kobblers, America's most nonsensical band.

7 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Butterfly McQueen

Butterfly McQueen

21 Episodes
1 Volume

Best known for her role as the maid Prissy in Gone with the Wind, she worked for decades after her role in the film often typecast as a maid.

21 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Bud Coyller

Bud Coyller

1393 Episodes
16 Volume

The voice of mild-mannered Clark Kent's easy tenor to Superman's rich baritone, Bud Collyer was a "jack-of-all-trades" on the microphone.

1393 16
Add To Cart: $80.00


October 2015

Title Popularity Ep. Downloads
Alan Reed

Alan Reed

515 Episodes
12 Volume

Alan Reed was a prolific radio actor because he could do dozens of dialects with a voice so versatile that producers used him in a variety of roles.

515 12
Add To Cart: $60.00
Secret Agent K7 Returns

Secret Agent K7 Returns

69 Episodes
1 Volume

As the clouds of War gathered over Europe, Americans began to worry about spies, aliens and Secret Operatives. See how we face our fears when Secret Agent K-7 Returns!

69 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams

4 Episodes
1 Volume

American playwright and author of many classics, after a hard childhood and young adulthood he followed his dreams to become a writer.

4 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Best of Inner Sanctum

Best of Inner Sanctum

30 Episodes
1 Volume

Best Inner Sanctum shows with host Raymond."Pleasant Dreeeeeams, hmm?"

30 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Best of Suspense

Best of Suspense

104 Episodes
2 Volume

With more than 900 available episodes there is a lot of "Suspense" to get through, we have selected just over 100 of our favorite "Suspense" episodes.

104 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
This is My Story (Red Cross)

This is My Story (Red Cross)

10 Episodes
1 Volume

"Is a human document in the records of The American Red Cross whose history of peacetime service is known to every American. Whose program of wartime service to American fighting men on all foreign battle fronts and to women and children at home is the greatest and most varied of any civilian organization."

10 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Natalie Wood

Natalie Wood

6 Episodes
1 Volume

a delightful child actress and a beautiful woman who had garnered three Oscar nominations before she was 24 years old.

6 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Carlton Morse

Carlton Morse

568 Episodes
8 Volume

Morse's greatest successes were One Man's Family and I Love a Mystery. This collection contains many of his mystery anthology and some rare Carlton E Morse recordings.

568 8
Add To Cart: $40.00
So The Story Goes

So The Story Goes

8 Episodes
1 Volume

A parody show poking fun of “Strange but True Tales” like the popular show "Passing Parade" with host "John Niblick"

8 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Vampires in Old Time Radio

Vampires in Old Time Radio

40 Episodes
1 Volume

Get your garlic and crucifix, this collection includes a wide variety of vampire-themed old time radio shows.

40 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Time Travelers in Old Time Radio

Time Travelers in Old Time Radio

59 Episodes
2 Volume

In time travel there are voyages to the future, travels to the past, and strange visitors from the future coming to our present time in this original collection.

59 2
Add To Cart: $10.00


September 2015

Title Popularity Ep. Downloads
Devils Demons Satan and Lucifer

Devils Demons Satan and Lucifer

108 Episodes
3 Volume

In this collection the Devil himself actually shows up perhaps as a stand-ins for "the evil which lurks in the hearts of men."

108 3
Add To Cart: $15.00
Werewolves in Old Time Radio

Werewolves in Old Time Radio

32 Episodes
1 Volume

Legends of shape-shifting wolf men have been around since ancient times, these old time radio shows include werewolves and the ferocity of their attacks.

32 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Pursuit

Pursuit

23 Episodes
1 Volume

Follow the adventures of Inspector Peter Black of Scotland Yard in "relentless, dangerous pursuit... When man hunts man!"

23 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
News Recordings 1970-1979

News Recordings 1970-1979

91 Episodes
2 Volume

The 1970s was a changing time with scandals, the end of the Vietnam War, and America's Bicentennial on July 4, 1976.

91 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Best of Escape

Best of Escape

101 Episodes
2 Volume

Featuring hand-picked radio shows from Escape, one of the best drama anthologies on the air.

101 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Escape

Escape

244 Episodes
5 Volume

A sister show to the classic Suspense, Escape drew upon great tales from literature to take listeners away from the everyday world. Upgrade: few additional episodes, sound quality upgrades Update: sound quality improvements

244 5
Add To Cart: $25.00
Charles Boyer

Charles Boyer

57 Episodes
2 Volume

He was one of the busiest stage actors in Paris, and it was only a matter of time before Hollywood took notice.

57 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Country Hoedown (Navy)

Country Hoedown (Navy)

53 Episodes
1 Volume

Terrific Country and Western Music from the Golden Age. While you're listening, consider a career in the Modern US Navy.

53 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Claire Trevor

Claire Trevor

38 Episodes
1 Volume

Known as the "Queen of Film Noir", Claire Trevor was a husky-voiced blonde and seemed to fill the role of gun-moll, seductress or tough minded career woman with aplomb.

38 1
Add To Cart: $5.00


August 2015

Title Popularity Ep. Downloads
F Scott Fitzgerald

F Scott Fitzgerald

11 Episodes
1 Volume

His finest work, The Great Gatsby, is a tale of decadence, idealism, social upheaval and excess, a concise portrait of the Jazz Age and a cautionary tale of the American Dream.

11 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Wally Maher

Wally Maher

428 Episodes
10 Volume

While working as a clerk for the Southern Pacific railroad, he discovered that he had an ear for dialects and a talent for mimicry.

428 10
Add To Cart: $50.00
Ann Blyth

Ann Blyth

42 Episodes
1 Volume

Her career began with the role as the girl who got to slap Joan Crawford in Mildred Pierce and a nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

42 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Ben Gage

Ben Gage

6 Episodes
1 Volume

Ben Gage was an athletic, tall, good looking fellow from Chicago who worked as a radio announcer and served in WWII where he met Esther Williams whom he later married.

6 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Merry Go Round Melodies

Merry Go Round Melodies

4 Episodes
1 Volume

Featured jazz bands from each of the British Services in turn, and here we present shows featuring the Royal Navy's contribution, the Blue Mariners.

4 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Alexander Woollcott

Alexander Woollcott

20 Episodes
1 Volume

One of the foremost critics and commentators on the New York scene during the early decades of the twentieth century, Alexander Woollcott was a larger than life character

20 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Vera Zorina

Vera Zorina

3 Episodes
1 Volume

A German-born ballerina, Vera Zorina is best known for playing an angel in Rodgers and Hart"s broadway production I Married An Angel

3 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

13 Episodes
1 Volume

Philosopher and one of the brightest minds of the 20th century, Bertrand Russell spoke out against war and nuclear proliferation.

13 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Random Rarities 17

Random Rarities 17

56 Episodes
1 Volume

Some if these shows were saved from the dustbins of time, others were just so random and rare that they didn't fit in another collection, but Random Rarities 17 will have something everyone will enjoy!

56 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Paula Winslowe

Paula Winslowe

353 Episodes
8 Volume

After making the leap from silent films to speaking films, Paula Winslowe debuted on radio on Dec. 30, 1936.

353 8
Add To Cart: $40.00
TS Eliot

TS Eliot

6 Episodes
1 Volume

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948, T.S. Eliot read his poetry on radio and his plays were featured Columbia Workshop.

6 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
William Powell

William Powell

47 Episodes
2 Volume

He was best known for his role as Nick Charles in The Thin Man in the film version. Although he did not play the role in the radio version of The Thin Man series, he numerous radio appearances.

47 2
Add To Cart: $10.00


July 2015

Title Popularity Ep. Downloads
Tonight on Broadway

Tonight on Broadway

8 Episodes
1 Volume

One of the well loved Boswell Sisters, little Connee was the only sister to stay in show business after getting married.

8 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Andy Devine

Andy Devine

337 Episodes
7 Volume

Best known as a character actor in Western radio and TV, Andy Devine was the sidekick of the greatest stars in Hollywood.

337 7
Add To Cart: $35.00
Lord Haw Haw

Lord Haw Haw

16 Episodes
1 Volume

In WWII, William Joyce moved from England to support fascist Germany by playing the propaganda role of Lord Haw-Haw and attempted to discourage and demoralize English Speaking Allied troops.

16 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Tyrone Power

Tyrone Power

36 Episodes
1 Volume

Swashbuckler and heartthrob, Tyrone Power was an international man of mystery.

36 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Jeanette Nolan

Jeanette Nolan

399 Episodes
8 Volume

She was one of radio's busiest stars, with regular appearances on Lux Radio Theater, Cavalcade of America, The Great Gildersleeve, Young Doctor Malone, Let George Do It, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar and Suspense.

399 8
Add To Cart: $40.00
Paramount is on the Air

Paramount is on the Air

33 Episodes
1 Volume

Hollywood studios used the radio to advertise upcoming films featuring songs and scenes from the films without giving away the plot.

33 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Home Front

Home Front

8 Episodes
1 Volume

Featuring William B Williams, The Home Front tells the stories of WWII from the point of view of the families and friends who stayed home.

8 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright

6 Episodes
1 Volume

One of the greatest architects of all time, he got his start in architecture after the great Chicago fire in 1871.

6 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Brett Halliday

Brett Halliday

53 Episodes
1 Volume

Brett Halliday's greatest contribution to the detective fiction genre was the creation of "that reckless, red-headed Irishman", Michael Shayne.

53 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Bob Elson On the 20th Century Limited

Bob Elson On the 20th Century Limited

22 Episodes
1 Volume

Bob Elson interviews in LaSalle Street Station in Chicago garnered open responses from actors, politicians, sports figures and Royalty.

22 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Join the Navy

Join the Navy

12 Episodes
1 Volume

Directed by Commander Charles Brendler, this program included 15 minutes of recorded music and song hoping you'd dance your way to the recruiting office and sign your name on an enlistment contract.

12 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Sharks in Old Time Radio

Sharks in Old Time Radio

14 Episodes
1 Volume

Sharks have long been featured in the stories of seamen, this collection includes old time radio episodes about sharks in a variety of genres.

14 1
Add To Cart: $5.00


June 2015

Title Popularity Ep. Downloads
Date with the Duke

Date with the Duke

57 Episodes
2 Volume

Join Duke Ellington Orchestra in the live 1945 broadcasts from the 400 Restaurant on Fifth Avenue and 43rd Street in New York City.

57 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Ed Sullivan

Ed Sullivan

15 Episodes
1 Volume

His name is a fixture of American lexicon, Ed Sullivan had a long career on radio in sports and entertainment reporting.

15 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn

10 Episodes
1 Volume

The First Lady of Cinema was known for her athletic build and her strong outspoken personality.

10 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Fred MacMurray

Fred MacMurray

83 Episodes
3 Volume

Best known for his roles as a father figure and an everyday man, Fred MacMurray was a simple man in the complicated world of Hollywood.

83 3
Add To Cart: $15.00


May 2015

Title Popularity Ep. Downloads
Random Rarities 16

Random Rarities 16

62 Episodes
1 Volume

Our sixteenth edition of Random Rarities if filled with as much variety as the first fifteen. What sets this edition apart is that most of the episodes were broadcast in the last years of WWII and the post war years.

62 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Our Land Be Bright

Our Land Be Bright

12 Episodes
1 Volume

In 1947-48, the VFW began syndicating Our Land Be Bright to help publicize the issues and VFW programs which benefit both vets and their communities.

12 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Mercury Theater

Mercury Theater

41 Episodes
2 Volume

Orson Welles' Popular Dramatic Anthology of short stories, as well as comedy and variety abound, with a sprinkling of popular singers.

41 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Ceiling Unlimited

Ceiling Unlimited

12 Episodes
1 Volume

Orson Welles originally starred in and wrote for Ceiling Unlimited after returning from Latin America in 1942. It was a Patriotic drama series and recounted the heroic efforts of the Allied service men of WWII.

12 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Almanac (Orson Welles)

Almanac (Orson Welles)

20 Episodes
1 Volume

One of the greatest anthology series in radio history, Almanac concentrated on classic literature such as " Treasure Island," "The Count of Monte Cristo" and "Dracula.

20 1
Add To Cart: $5.00


April 2015

Title Popularity Ep. Downloads
Philco Summer Hour

Philco Summer Hour

22 Episodes
1 Volume

Beat the heat and stay inside with your ear glued to the radio and a lemonade in your palm. "The Philco Corporation invites you to relax and listen to a full hour of sparkling entertainment."

22 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Hysterics in Old Time Radio

Hysterics in Old Time Radio

14 Episodes
1 Volume

Hysteria and other psychological conditions made great story material for the anthology old time radio programs of the 40s and early 50s.

14 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Houdini Recordings

Houdini Recordings

7 Episodes
1 Volume

One of the greatest magicians of all time, Harry Houdini made a career out of escaping restraints including being riveted into boilers, chained in mail sacks or nailed into shipping crates (often dropped into deep water).

7 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Jessica Tandy

Jessica Tandy

32 Episodes
1 Volume

During the 1930s, she built a solid reputation on the London stage, Jessica Tandy made her American film debut in the Spencer Tracy vehicle The Seventh Cross.

32 1
Add To Cart: $5.00


March 2015

Title Popularity Ep. Downloads
Hour of Decision

Hour of Decision

4 Episodes
1 Volume

Called "the Pastor to Presidents", Reverend Dr. Billy Graham leads this radio show 30 minutes music and revival.

4 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Quick as a Flash

Quick as a Flash

5 Episodes
1 Volume

This popular, high-paced, snappy spark of a quiz show testing contestants' knowledge and reaction speed.

5 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Harry Einstein

Harry Einstein

163 Episodes
4 Volume

Einstein was famous as the character Parkyakarkus, a pseudo-Greek character comic on Al Jolson radio programs.

163 4
Add To Cart: $20.00
John Garfield

John Garfield

37 Episodes
1 Volume

Growing up in a street gang, John Garfield turned to method acting and moved to Hollywood.

37 1
Add To Cart: $5.00


February 2015

Title Popularity Ep. Downloads
I was a Communist for the FBI

I was a Communist for the FBI

75 Episodes
2 Volume

This series capitalized on the new Red scare of the early 1950s: recorded without any assistance from the FBI, which refused to cooperate. Update: sound quality improvements

75 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Leap Year

Leap Year

35 Episodes
1 Volume

The Gregorian Calendar adds a day February 29th to the year every four years; this collection adds entertainment from every genre of radio programs.

35 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Columbia Presents Shakespeare

Columbia Presents Shakespeare

5 Episodes
1 Volume

Revered as some of the best writing in the history of the English language, these radio adaptations of William Shakespeare include well known actors such as Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Tallulah Bankhead, Orson Welles, John Barrymore and many others.

5 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Unexpected

Unexpected

39 Episodes
1 Volume

The fifteen minute format lends itself to quickly drawn weird stories, with a twist ending, so that the listener gets a sudden shock, like all good scary tales should deliver.

39 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Presidential Campaigns 1892-1974

Presidential Campaigns 1892-1974

155 Episodes
1 Volume

Includes historic and entertaining campaign speeches from Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon.

155 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Spot Light Revue

Spot Light Revue

14 Episodes
1 Volume

Spikes Jones and his boys crank out satirical tunes sure to get your toes tapping and your belly laughing.

14 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
To Have and To Hold

To Have and To Hold

15 Episodes
1 Volume

Centered around two families of doctors, To Have and to Hold opens with a pair of orphaned sisters discovering mementos of their past in the family attic.

15 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Politicians Corrupt Dirty and Otherwise

Politicians Corrupt Dirty and Otherwise

73 Episodes
2 Volume

This collection includes historical and news broadcasts as well as fictional accounts of corrupt politicians on The Green Hornet, The Halls of Ivy, The Lone Ranger, and more.

73 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Nelson Olmsted Short Stories

Nelson Olmsted Short Stories

6 Episodes
1 Volume

Best remembered for his Sleep No More horror series from the mid-50s, but he established himself as NBC's "resident storyteller" in the 1930s.

6 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Kings Jesters

Kings Jesters

6 Episodes
1 Volume

an excellent syndicated musical program featuring the "vocal orchestra" Paul Whiteman's The Rhythm Boys and later blues singer Marjorie Whitney.

6 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Victory Front

Victory Front

6 Episodes
1 Volume

On the path to victory, all hand were on deck to defeat the Axis even Soap Operas of old time radio sponsored by the United States Government.

6 1
Add To Cart: $5.00


January 2015

Title Popularity Ep. Downloads
Your Army Air Force (Your AAF)

Your Army Air Force (Your AAF)

11 Episodes
1 Volume

featured heroic tales of combat, often told by the actual airmen involved, as well as music from various Army Air Force bands and choral groups.

11 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Weekend Sound Flight

Weekend Sound Flight

16 Episodes
1 Volume

Radio and Television fans remember Jack Webb for his hard-bitten, no nonsense roles like Dragnet, but Jack Webb was a huge Jazz offinando.

16 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Joan Bennett

Joan Bennett

35 Episodes
1 Volume

With her first appearance in film at the age of six, Joan Bennett moved to Hollywood to star in 1929 Bulldog Drummond.

35 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Story of Empire Country

Story of Empire Country

12 Episodes
1 Volume

Produced by the New York State Department of Health and the State Radio Bureau as a public health lesson disguised as a soap opera, The Story of Empire County covers topics such as public water fluoridation and chest x-rays to check for TB.

12 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Jackie Robinson Radio Shots

Jackie Robinson Radio Shots

90 Episodes
1 Volume

Baseball legend, Jackie Robinson takes to the airwaves to interview celebrities of the day and answer questions from listeners.

90 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Lone Indian

Lone Indian

15 Episodes
1 Volume

Robert E. Callahan produced a number of syndicated radio programs during the Thirties which celebrated the Indian way of life, their contributions to the American West, and the beauty of Indian Culture.

15 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Heartbeats in Sports Headlines

Heartbeats in Sports Headlines

8 Episodes
1 Volume

Announcer Mort Nusbaum to read a morning sports story each day on Heartbeats in Sports Headlines.

8 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Bob Feller Show

Bob Feller Show

18 Episodes
1 Volume

Signed with the Cleveland Indians at the age of 17, Bob Feller served during WWII and returned to the states to become one of the greatest baseball players in the history of the game.

18 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Danger with Granger

Danger with Granger

36 Episodes
1 Volume

Steve Granger was a typical Hard Boiled detective. Danger With Granger is filled with twists, turns, and double crosses. Granger assures us that each episode is "one of my most interesting cases."

36 1
Add To Cart: $5.00