First Tune - Turnip Greens: Red Horse Ranch

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“First Tune - Turnip Greens” is an episode of Red Horse Ranch, the old-time radio show that aired in 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Arizona, still sore after being thrown by the horse Red, sits sulking in the bunkhouse of the Red Horse Ranch while the other hands tease him and sing. Alabama tries to lift the mood with songs, and Tenderfoot turns up hoping to see Rose Carter. Later Rose speaks with Steve Bradford, who has made an offer to buy the ranch from her father, and she admits she cannot imagine leaving it. Alabama arrives and exchanges sharp words with Bradford, who accuses him of spying on his property. The episode leaves Bradford's motive for wanting the ranch unexplained.

The Red Horse Ranch, its bunkhouse and the ranch house, with nearby range land

Characters: Arizona, Alabama, Rose Carter, Steve Bradford, Tenderfoot, Idaho, Texas, Bob

Listen for: Alabama's exchange with Steve Bradford over the spying accusation, and Rose's reaction to the offer for the ranch

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.