Tonight, December 26 into 27, from 1 to 3 AM, more ultra-rare Marvel Superhero records from 1966, and an adventure with FLASH GORDON from 1979. In our second hour, another lost JEAN SHEPHERD from December 26, 1970 “The Return of the Smiling Wimpy Doll!” Tune in to WBAI-NY 99.5 FM or listen on the stream at wbai.org.

First, a pastiche of Marvel TV show themes from 1966 & 1967.

Then, 4 rare and valuable 45 records, producer and cast unknown, from 1966. A set recently sold at auction for $2,000!!! I got them from Martin Grams, and you can read his blog about them here:

https://martingrams.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-ultra-rare-marvel-45s.html?fbclid=IwAR3_-fwMC0qMMk8CTQx39a8dAu6CzxyjpEurvFbB1jTUpLN7iLD18_SaXrM

The Mighty Thor “Thunderbolts and Violets”

The Incredible Hulk “ The Hulk Meets The Bulk”
Captain America “The Bomb Bombs Away”
The Amazing Spiderman “Spider and the Fickle Fly”

From Synthetic Plastics Company


From 1979 Wonderland records, we have the first of three adventures of FLASH GORDON “The Tyrant of Mongo.”

 

And in our second hour, another lost JEAN SHEPHERD from WOR-NY on Saturday Dec 26, 1970 “The Return of the Smiling Wimpy Doll”

From the Playboy blurb in the issue in which the story first appeared:

In the seasonal spirit is Jean Shepherd's "The Return of the Smiling Wimpy Doll," a new bauble from his bottomless bag of nostalgia, wherein our hero's well-meaning mother, cleaning out the family basement, elects to send him as a Christmas present - all the moldering memorabilia that remain from his all-American boyhood.

As we went to press, Jean was finishing his novel of Army life, T. S., Mac, entertaining weekly at the Limelight, a Greenwich Village night club, and helping a TV network prepare a new show that will spoof assorted aspects of contemporary life. "from used-car lots to religion." Reassuring evidence that Shepherd harbors no phobia about flying as a result of the traumatic experiences described in his last PLAYBOY piece, The Secret Mission of the Blue Assed Buzzard (September), is the fact that he's about to acquire a pilot's license.