Vintage Records featuring the voice of a legend, or of an historic event recorded before the days of ESPN, is a great addition to any collection. A visit back in time through sound, you could re-live the great moments of baseball. Your memory will come alive with things you haven't thought about for years. Flashbacks of your youth. These vintage recordings of the past are lost to the digital age. It is something truly unique and should be preserved for modern times.

In May of 1949 Joe DiMaggio signed on with song composer John Jacob Loebm and Capital records, to cut his first commercial record. DiMaggio performed as the speaking name artist in the recording of the children's story entitled "Little Johnny Strike Out." New York Giants Bill Terry, narrates the story and DiMaggio coaches Little Johnny on the game of Baseball. The two record set was Produced by Alan Livingston, Music Arranged & Conducted by Billy May, with vocals by The Starlighters. Capital Records rushed into production to meet a World Series deadline.

In 1952 Columbia Records released four single records in Columbia's Playtime Series, providing youngsters with information on how to play baseball. Columbia recruited baseball greats; Ralph Kiner, Phil Rizzuto, Yogi Berra, and Bob Feller. The format offers basic tips, some simple plays and then a simulated game problem. Four more record followed; George Kell, Richie Ashburn, Bobby Thompson, and Ned Garver. The 7 inch red vinyl 78 RPM records came in a paper record sleeve featuring artwork of each player with a facsimile autograph. The back had illustrations subject to the topic of the record.

 A song written in 1908 by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer, "Take Me out to the Ball Game" is baseballs Theme song. It is the third-most frequently heard song in America, behind the national anthem and Happy Birthday. This Wheaties record, "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" was part of a 9 record set, produced for a 1954 promotion. The "Record on a box" was born. Rainbo Records introduced a patented method to produce the flexible records as the "Record-On-A-Box" for the Wheaties promotion. The company produced over 30 million records for Wheaties over the next several years.

  A set of four baseball playing tips, 78 RPM records were made available by H-O Oatmeal in 1954. Each retail box of H-O Instant Oatmeal included one randomly packed premium record, along with a mail-in offer to obtain the other three. "Send .25 Cents in coin and 2 H-O Instant Oatmeal box tops" you could then choose from any 3 of the four New York "Big League Baseball Stars" records listed on the order form. The four records included: How to Catch, by Roy Campanella, How to Pitch, by Allie Reynolds, How to Play First Base, By "Whitey" Lockman, and Tips on Batting, by Duke Snider.

"The Greatest Moments in Sports" 7 inch LP Record, was produced in 1955 by Columbia Records and was made available combined with a Gillette razor for $1.00 "at a store near you." This Gillette premium record contains excerpts from the complete 12 inch album, and includes voices and sounds of the great events, and sports personalities such as Babe Ruth talking to hospitalized children, Lou Gehrig's "Lucky Guy" speech, and Johnny Vander Meer describing the "Shakes" after pitching two successive no-hit, no-run games in 1938. Also featured on this record are the voices of; Connie Mack, Carl Hubbell, Mel Allen, Knute Rockne, Jesse Owens, Joe Louis, and others.

In 1961, Champion Records released a 45 rpm record with Phil Rizzuto interviewing Mickey Mantle, and Roger Maris. The interviews took place during the summer of 1961, While the M&M boys were battling it out for Babe Ruth's single season home run record of 60. Mickey Mantle fell short with 54 home runs, but Maris would end up with 61 in 1961, a record that will stand for 37 years.

Side A - "The Story of Mickey Mantle and His Batting Tips – as told to Phil Rizzuto" has a run time of about 3 1/2 minutes. Side B features, “The Story of Roger Maris and his Batting Tips as Told to Phil Rizzuto” with a run time of about 4 minutes. With only one other example known to exist, this record is extremely rare, and was released in a generic Champion Records sleeve.

The 1966 Union 76 Oil Company Dodgers 33 1/3 RPM 12 Record Set features Hall Of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully Interviewing 24 Los Angeles Dodger players, and executives. The premium records were made available, at participating gas stations for .49¢ each with a minimum purchase of gas. The record sleeve features Player portraits by renowned artist Nicholas Volpe of the two ballplayers, one on each side, font and back, along with an encircled portrait of Vin Scully in the corner. Dodger player combinations in the 12 record set innclude; Sandy Koufax/John Kennedy, Ron Perranoski/Tommy Davis, and Don Drysdale/Jeff Torberg.

As they did in 1964, the St. Louis Cardinal celebrated their 1967 World Series title by releasing recorded highlights of the championship season. Narrated by Harry Caray, and Jack Buck, "The Cardinals '67" was scripted by Skip Caray, produced in cooperation with KNOX radio for "Busch...the best popular-priced beer in America!" Featuring play by play excerpts in sound are the highlights and heartbreaks of a sensational season.

"Cepeda's spectacular hitting...the base thievery of Brock...Gibson's injury and fantastic comeback...the clutch hitting of Maris..." The 33-1/3rpm LP album was labeled, and issued by Anhauser-Busch, Inc. Cover art by American commercial illustrator Bob Peak, best known for innovative designs of the modern movie posters that include West Side Story and My Fair Lady. Peak also did the cover art for "Baseball - The First 100 Years"