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The Magic Stranger Show: 20260507 (Audio)

May 07, 2026

I’m your friendly neighborhood Magic Stranger and I have records to share with you. I collect records. I have lots of records. I have too many records. 10” records. 7” records. 12” records. They are made of vinyl, shellac, and metro-lite. They spin at 45 revolutions per minute, 33 revolutions per minute, and, FYI, if you add those two speeds together you end up at 78 revolutions per minute. My preferred revolution. Most of these 78rpm records sound best when using a fat 3mil diamond stylus while the 45s and 33rpm LPs like a superfine microgroove needle for full-bodied results. Anyway, like most Magic Strangers, I too like all kinds of music ~common and uncommon~ of all genres ~from any time period~ from all over the world. Join me every Thursday night from 10pm ‘til midnight and follow me down the rabbit hole of record collecting.

@themagicstranger

Playlist:
  • Before My Time / The Open Mind
  • Mic Check / Cornelius
  • I’m Eighteen / Alice Cooper
  • Color Me True / Sly & The Family Stone
  • Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues / The Kinks
  • Off The Wall / Walter Jacobs
  • Raga Lalit / Ustad Allauddin Khan
  • The Soldier's Sweetheart / Jimmie Rodgers
  • Mean to Me / Marlene Dietrich
  • Back In Judy's Jungle / Brian Eno
  • I Wonder If I Care as Much / The Everly Brothers
  • You're Gone (But Always In My Heart) / The Supremes
  • Tangled Up In Blue (Album Version) / Bob Dylan
  • Batman Riddles The Riddler! (Hi Diddle Riddle) / Nelson Riddle
  • Misirlou (Stereo feat. Remastered 2012) / The Beach Boys
  • The Stranger / Bill Justis
  • Miserlou / The Trashmen
  • Dialogue: Hard Time Hungrys / Bobby Bare
  • Universal Rhythms / Mandrill