Red Raven Magic Mirror Records

The Red Raven Magic Mirror Records were a children's toy of the 1950s. They used a series of specially made vinyl 78 RPM records with a very large label which reflected off an angled spinning mirror which resembled a carousel which was placed over the spindle of the player, giving the illusion of motion.

 

 

 There were only around 20 known titles to the "movie record" series.

"Papa Wants The Best For You" Danny Aiello (1986)

 

Actor Danny Aiello played the title character in the music video to Madonna's 1986 classic "Papa Don't Preach". However, Aiello never liked the theme of the Madonna song (too presumptive that "Papa" would reject his daughter or lash out at her.) So he recorded an answer video - from Papa's point of view.

Needless to say, almost nobody remembers this.....

Glass Grapes

Next to rain lamps, glass grapes were ubiquitous in '70s living rooms....

Picking Up Girls Made Easy! (Symphony Press, 1975)

If there's one product that illustrates the very lengths of what some men will do to keep from being lonely, it's mail order records like this.

Now I'm not sure how many copies this sold, but I would love to hear some 2014 female critiques of this record. For example, I imagine "The Women's Clothing Store Pick-up" would send sirens going off in the minds of store employees alone before he even got within 50 feet of you.

"Huh-uh-huh-uh-huh....Hey Beavis....We're gonna score....."

And when was the last time you met an, ummm, persuasive (and presumably straight) guy at the ballet.... 

Listen to it here (from 365 Days Project.)

Taco Bell, 1970s