Retro Hound » 1930s

Mountain Songs – 1937 Songbook

Robert Lindsey — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:28:07 +0000

Mountain Songs from Belmont Music Company. Chicago, 1937. Kinda cool rustic artwork in this book. It’s really just line drawings without much detail, but »»

Rustlers’ Moon by Will Ermine

Robert Lindsey — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:53:21 +0000

Rustlers’ Moon by Will Ermine. Pocket books, 761. Front cover illustration by Frank McCarthy with an Introduction by Erle Stanley Gardner, 1939, 1951. A Triple-A Western! How »»

Real Man’s Book Cover Brand of Empire by Luke Short

Robert Lindsey — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:54:56 +0000

Brand Of Empire by Luke Short. Dell D289. 1937, this edition late 1950s, early 1960s. Cover art by Robert McGinnis. This is the »»

50 Greatest Movies – Bringing Up Baby (1938)

Robert Lindsey — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:28:36 +0000

This is a reposting to make it one of my 50 Greatest Movies.

Bringing Up Baby. Directed by Howard Hawks. Screenplay by Dudley Nichols & Hagar »»

Cuttin’ the Boogie: Piano Blues and Boogie Woogie 1926-1941

Robert Lindsey — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 19:52:00 +0000

Cuttin’ the Boogie: Piano Blues and Boogie Woogie 1926-1941, New World Records, Recorded Anthology of American Music. NW 259. 1977.

Liner notes in PDF.

Country Music: South and West

Robert Lindsey — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:30:33 +0000

Country Music: South And West. New World Records, Recorded Anthology of American Music, Inc. NW 287, 1977.

Once again, the liner notes are available at New »»

Let’s Get Loose – New World Records

Robert Lindsey — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:02:16 +0000

Let’s Get Loose: Folk and Popular Blues Styles from the Beginnings to the Early 1940s. New World Records, Recorded Anthology of American Music, NW 290, 1978. »»

Roots of the Blues – New World Records

Robert Lindsey — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 15:53:45 +0000

Roots of the Blues, New World Records Recorded Anthology of American Music, Inc., NW 252. 1977.

There are several songs here from Fred McDowell, who is »»

Singer 301 Manual

Robert Lindsey — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:59:28 +0000

Singer Sewing Machine 301 Manual. I started to scan the whole thing, but then discovered it had already been done. I love the art work »»

Cool Old Gas Station

Robert Lindsey — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:36:56 +0000

This little Skelly gas station is outside Hannibal, MO on Route W.

Fill ‘er Up!: The Great American Gas Station Pump and Circumstance: Glory Days of »»