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"Good Vibrations" The 101 Strings Orchestra feat. The Alshire Singers (1976)
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S.S. Kresge
This recording of lovely in-store background music was created by Special Recordings Inc. for the S. S. Kresge Company, predecessor of today's K-Mart department stores. The music was intended to be...
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Christian Light Switchplates
The creep factor is off the scale with these. Available atĀ Switchplates.comĀ Visit History's Dumpster on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/HistorysDumpster
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Sharp TV Model 3LS36P (1980s)
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Red Goose Shoes
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View ArticleGary Owens Aircheck KMPC September 19,1970
The late Gary Owens, who passed away February 12 was unquestionably one of the world's finest broadcasting voices. From his days at KMPC 710 AM in Los Angeles, which aired what was called a "Middle of...
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Japanese 8-Track Tapes
If there was one place on earth you probably never thought you would ever see the 8-Track tape, it's Japan.What would a country as technologically advanced as Japan even do with this clunky,...
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The Hollywood Palace starring Diana Ross & The Supremes, Sammy Davis Jr. and...
Let's drop everything and go back to 1969. This is an episode of The Hollywood Palace, a popular TV variety show in the 1960s. This originally broadcast on October 18, 1969 and starred Diana Ross &...
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Eric Crapton?
South Korean pressing (Creato Records, 1980)Apparently, this is a pirated copy.....This wouldn't be Mr. Clapton's only problem album in South Korea....Visit History's Dumpster on Facebook...
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"A Message To Khomeini" Roger Hallmark & The Thrasher Brothers (1979)
In the diplomatic faux pas of the last week, I was reminded of this little gem from the days of the Iranian Hostage Crisis.You'd swear it was the same people who signed off on this letter who came up...
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"Sure The Boy Was Green" Horslips (1977)
Happy St. Patrick's Day!,Today, I thought I'd dig up something from an Irish rock band just about most rock fans in the US have never heard of. But in the pantheon of '70s Irish rock, if Thin Lizzy was...
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The Starscroll Horoscope Vending Machine
If you were in any department store or local bar in the late 1970s and early '80s, you definitely remember these.They were vending machines that for 25Ā¢ (50Ā¢ later), gave you a monthly horoscope. Just...
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Tab Flavors of the 1970s
It wasn't ONLY just cola. In the 1970s, Tab had a line of diet soda flavors. (Photos:Ā USA Soda)Visit History's Dumpster on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/HistorysDumpster
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Chu-Bops
Chu-Bops were awesome.Chu-Bops came out in 1980. Their first series consisted of eight different then-current album covers by then contemporary artists including Foghat, The Knack, Pat Benatar, Rush,...
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1970s Magnavox Drum Console Stereo
These are very rare today, Magnavox Drum Consoles were designed to blend in as an end table as well as match the popular octagon shaped living room furniture of that time.Visit History's Dumpster on...
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Controla-Tone (1955)
The Controla-Tone was an early do-it-yourself TV remote control, The Controla-Tone was a TV volume controller that worked by the user first removing the back of the TV set and connecting the lead wires...
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"Where's The Beef?"
It all started with a fairly run of the mill TV commercial for national fast food chain Wendy's........that turned three words into the national catch phrase of 1984. And launched a tiny octogenarian...
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Forgotten Cigarette Brands Part II
Wow.If there is one post on this blog that has gotten indisputably the most views of all, it is theĀ Forgotten Cigarette BrandsĀ post, scoring nearly 27,000 views (and the most comments ever) in the two...
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"Religion And Politics" Scott Beach (1976)
Scott Beach was a DJ for legendary San Fransisco Classical radio station KKHI when he recorded this now long out of print spoken word single, which also appeared on Dr. Demento's Dementia Royale LP,...
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The Boomer Sound Expander
The Boomer Sound Expander (1981) was the essentially an upside down wastebasket that housed a large speaker and a handle. It connected to your portable device's earphone jack (it had a monaural output)...
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