Category Archives: Stax o’ Wax

WFIL 56

Posted on April 22, 2021 by Joe

Before Philadelphia’s American Broadcast Company affiliate was WPVI it was WFIL, and it had a sister radio station on the AM dial that played a heavy rotation of top forty hits and a whole lot of commercials.

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Frankie Laine Meets the Queen

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Joe_Williams

So what was her Majesty’s favourite – Mule Train or Rawhide? This is another mouldy oldie in a collection of records found in an old darkroom at a Philadelphia area printer.

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Recorded in London – February 1, 1959

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Joe_Williams

As I’ve said in the introduction to this series of posts, the guys that listened to these records at the local print shop included an inordinate amount of show tunes.

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Blue Hawaii

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Joe_Williams

Another disk from the stash of records found at a printer. This album included Rock-A-Hula Baby which was Dolores Fuller’s first published song. Fuller was bad film auteur Ed Wood’s ex-girlfriend and featured in a a few of his films. … Continue reading →

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What’s Better than Roses on Your Piano?

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Joe_Williams
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Aloha Means Good-Bye

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Joe_Williams

Another platter from the Stax O’ Wax Collection of a huge stash of records found at a Philadelphia area printer.

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Stax o’ Wax – Huge Stash of Old Vinyl Records

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Joe_Williams

A customized van full of happiness!

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