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Pumping Vinyl

Listening notes

Pumping Vinyl is a various-artists compilation released by Warner Bros. Records in 1979 under catalog number PRO-A-773. Spanning four sides across what the format and track count confirm to be a double LP, the release draws from an unusually broad range of genres for a single label sampler, with its credited styles encompassing folk, world, and country; funk and soul; jazz; pop; and rock.

The twenty-five tracks are distributed across sides A through D, with individual durations ranging from just over two minutes to a little more than six. Side B opens with a track titled "Who Says A Funk Band Can't Play Rock?!" at 6:21, the longest selection on the record. The shortest is "(Last Night I Had The) Strangest Dream," which closes side D at 2:14. Side C is the most densely programmed, carrying seven tracks, as does side D. Sides A and B each carry six and five tracks respectively.

Track titles across the four sides reflect the genre breadth suggested by the catalog entry. "Mongoloid," "Jailbreak," and "Bongo Man" sit alongside "Now That We Found Love," "Maybe There Are Reasons," and "Natalia," pointing to a deliberately varied sequencing strategy typical of promotional samplers issued to radio stations or retail accounts by major labels during the period.

The PRO-A prefix in the catalog number is consistent with Warner Bros. promotional releases of the era, though the precise intended audience or distribution context is not confirmed by the available data. No artist attributions, personnel, or production credits are included in the verified facts for this entry, and none are supplied here.