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"CHAR GA KURU"
by Hori Kouichiro
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Daisuke Enomoto (aka Dice-K) will soon become the fourth space tourist of all time, paying $20 Million to the extra-terrestrial travel agency Space Adventures for the privilege of spending ten fun-filled days in the International Space Station. Enomoto dreams not only of gazing down at the earth from the heavens, but to do so decked out in the costume of Char Aznable, his favorite character from the popular anime series Gundam. Enomoto is already entertaining bids from Japanese companies to build him a working red space suit based on the blond-haired, blue-eyed Char Aznable, whose name is derived from Charles Aznavour, but who is better known in the anime universe as The Red Comet. Here is Char's Theme song. | November 2005 | |
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"HEAVY METAL KIDS"
by Kraftwerk
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Here's an excerpt from a 1971 Bremen radio concert from Kraftwerk, "Heavy Metal Kids" is a side of the band their present-day fans don't hear much, full on guitar and drums raging along. | July 2006 | |
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"SMOKEN BUDDA"
by Krayzie Bone
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A hip hop tribute to the glories of hemp. | April 2006 | |
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"FRÜHLINGSLIED (TAUBENVERGIFTEN IM PARK)"
by George Kreisler
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Poisoning pigeons in German. | April 2006 | |
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"THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF KRESKIN'S E.S.P."
by Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P.
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t seems that this album followed in the wake of a successful board game of the same name for Milton Bradley. You don't need the board game to follow the exercises here though, just a spirit of adventure and basic skills in listening and comprehension. | November 2007 | |
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"A BASIC INTRODUCTION TO E.S.P."
by Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P.
(From "The Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P."
by Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P.)
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November 2007 | ||
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"THE PENDULUM AND HOW TO USE IT"
by Basic Prinicples of Kreskin's E.S.P.
(From "The Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P."
by Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P.)
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November 2007 | ||
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"TESTING YOUR ACCURACY WITH THE PENDULUM"
by Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P.
(From "The Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P."
by Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P.)
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November 2007 | ||
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"THE SEX DETECTOR"
by Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P.
(From "The Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P."
by Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P.)
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November 2007 | ||
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"THE LIE DETECTOR"
by Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P.
(From "The Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P."
by Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P.)
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November 2007 | ||
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"BROTHERS AND SISTERS"
by Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P.
(From "The Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P."
by Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P.)
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November 2007 | ||
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"THE UNCANNY TEST"
by Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P.
(From "The Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P."
by Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P.)
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November 2007 | ||
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"HOW TO CATCH A MURDERER"
by Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P.
(From "The Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P."
by Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P.)
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"USE YOUR IMAGINATION TO TEST YOUR E.S.P."
by Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P.
(From "The Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P."
by Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P.)
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"IMAGINATION AND SWALLOWING"
by Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P.
(From "The Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P."
by Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P.)
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"SETTING UP THE SEANCE FOR TABLE TILTING"
by Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P.
(From "The Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P."
by Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P.)
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"THE PHENOMENON OF TABLE TILTING"
by Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P.
(From "The Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P."
by Basic Principles of Kreskin's E.S.P.)
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November 2007 | ||
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"TOXIC (BRITNEY SPEARS)"
by Dave Krooshof
(From "Ken's Sixty Second Remix Contest"
by Various Artists)
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May 2007 | ||
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"JOCKO HOMO"
by KROQ
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Dang, remember when KROQ was the cutting edge of cool? Also available for download from Post-Punk Junk is KROQ's 1979 Devo tribute album Devotees. While the music isn't amazing, it is nice that they had a covers competition after Devo had all of one album. Best song by far is this lo-fi home-phone version of Jocko Homo. | November 2006 | |
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""KROQ DJ" TAKING THE STAGE PRIOR TO PAVEMENT"
by KROQ DJ
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As seen on the Slow Century DVD. | September 2006 | |
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"ANARCHY IN THE U.K."
by Mambo Kurt Featuring Heidi Schulz
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Over the last 10 years or so, Mambo Kurt, the King of Heimorgel, has brought us organ cover versions of songs by Rammstein, Slayer, Nirvana, Kiss, Britney Spears, and many more giants of rock music. Just as a sample, here is how the Sex Pistols sound like on a Heimorgel, from the 2004 live album "Sun Of A Beach." Heidi Schulz is Mambo Kurt's former organ teacher, supposedly nearly 80 years old at the time of recording. | November 2008 | |
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"KYSYMYSTEN SALI"
by Kuusumun Profeetta
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Mellifluous, hypnotic, jazzy space-rock from Finland. Vocalist Mika Rättö, a formidable talent in the contemporary Finnish underground, is also a member of Circle and Rättö ja Lehtisalo. Their CDs are available on Ektro Records. | March 2008 | |
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"COLLEGE GIRL I LOVE YOU"
by Bappi Lahiri
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Odd bit of Bollywood from the so-so soundtrack of the 1978 film "College Girl" (worth seeking out on CD only because it comes with a much better bonus soundtrack, the R.D. Burman-scored "Shalimar." | January 2005 | |
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"SUPERSTAR"
by Laibach
(From "Alternative Jesus Christ Superstar"
by Andrew Lloyd Weber)
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December 2006 | ||
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"SWEET CARESS"
by Erica Laine
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Hollywood Artists song poem record from the 1980's, written by Melva J. Lunceford. | September 2007 | |
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"DAFFODIL CAKE"
by Lalena
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A version of Cake from Kenny G's two-part Cake-a-thon. | April 2006 | |
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"COSTAR RECORD ACTING GAME"
by Fernando Lamas
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Found in a Seattle thrift store. From a series designed so you could act movie scenes along with the actors. This particular record features Argentinean born actor Fernando Lamas doing his part from "The King & the Chorus Girl". Unfortunately the script with the lines from the film were not in the jacket, you'll have to make up your own. There's also some great - or ridiculous, depending on your POV - music cues. | May 2007 | |
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"SCENE 1: ALFRED & HUMBERT"
by Fernando Lamas
(From "Costar Record Acting Game"
by Fernando Lamas)
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May 2007 | ||
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"SCENE 2: ALFRED & DOROTHY"
by Fernando Lamas
(From "Costar Record Acting Game"
by Fernando Lamas)
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May 2007 | ||
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"SCENE 3: ALFRED & DOROTHY"
by Fernando Lamas
(From "Costar Record Acting Game"
by Fernando Lamas)
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May 2007 | ||
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"SCENE 4: ALFRED & HUMBERT"
by Fernando Lamas
(From "Costar Record Acting Game"
by Fernando Lamas)
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"SCENE 5: ALFRED & DOROTHY"
by Fernando Lamas
(From "Costar Record Acting Game"
by Fernando Lamas)
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"SCENE 6: ALFRED & HUMBERT"
by Fernando Lamas
(From "Costar Record Acting Game"
by Fernando Lamas)
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May 2007 | ||
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"SCENE 7: ALFRED & DOROTHY"
by Fernando Lamas
(From "Costar Record Acting Game"
by Fernando Lamas)
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May 2007 | ||
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"MAGICAL MISERY TOUR"
by National Lampoon
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Beatles parody inspired by John Lennon's 1971 interview | December 2006 | |
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"LANCE_THE_LISTNER"
by Crhumba
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A version of Cake from Kenny G's two-part Cake-a-thon. | April 2006 | |
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"CAKE LEFTOVERS"
by Lance the Listner
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A version of Cake from Kenny G's two-part Cake-a-thon. | April 2006 | |
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"THE MAN WITHIN (EDIT)"
by Sean Landers
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From the Sonic Arts Network book/CD compilation "The Agents of Impurity" (curated by our own Kenny G), comes the monologue of an artist whom you should thank the stars above walks the Earth with you. | October 2004 | |
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"THE MAN WITHIN"
by Sean Landers
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18 minute rant by NYC-based artist Sean Landers on how he is the best artist that has ever lived in the history of the planet Earth. Obsessive, narcissistic, egotistic, breathless, maniacal, and seemingly endless, the most amazing thing is that Landers actually believes every word he says. (You may remember Landers in the 1990s when he did that last page comix for Spin Mag). | October 2006 | |
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"THE MAN WITHIN"
by Sean Landers
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18 minute rant by NYC-based artist Sean Landers on how he is the best artist that has ever lived in the history of the planet Earth. Obsessive, narcissistic, egotistic, breathless, maniacal, and seemingly endless, the most amazing thing is that Landers actually believes every word he says. (You may remember Landers in the 1990s when he did that last page comix for Spin Mag). Guaranteed, you've never heard anything quite like this. | November 2006 | |
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"HAPPY HAIRY HIPPY HARRY CLAUS"
by Rocki Lane and the Gross Group
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Rocki Lane was actually Elaine Gross, wife of Jerry Gross of 60s singing group the Dovells, perhaps best known for "Bristol Stomp." This 60s Christmas hippy novelty song was produced by Jerry Gross and sung by Elaine. From an Epic Records 45. | November 2007 | |
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"SPACE ODDITY"
by Langley Schools Music Project
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Unforgettable passion---and idiosyncratic cymbal crashes---from these British Columbia farm kids, recorded in a gym in 1975. We love you, Hans Fenger. From the Incorrect Music 2001 marathon premium. | November 2005 | |
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"GRANDMASTER FLASH'S "THE MESSAGE""
by Oliver Laric
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Oliver Laric delivers a hypnotic, alphabetic remix of Grandmaster Flash's classic video. (24MB) | March 2007 | |
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"RUBBER DUCKY"
by Lyn Larsen
(From "Various Vinyl Vanity Pressings"
by Various Artists)
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from "Something Special" (Malar Productions MAS2014) | May 2007 | |
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"BOLERO (RAVEL)"
by Chris Larsen
(From "Ken's Sixty Second Remix Contest"
by Various Artists)
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May 2007 | ||
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"BOB LARSON BATTLES "THE KEEPER""
by Bob Larson
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Bob Larson is a longtime radio minister, based out of Denver, whose emphasis has been on such perennial bogeys of the looney right as subliminal messages hidden in rock records, the straightening of gays, curing Multiple Personality Disorder and exorcising literal demons. Removing the laying on of hands from the equation, he's frequently performed his services via telephone, live on radio. As such therapies make for inherently compelling radio, it was in Larson's interest to set aside whatever skepticism he might've otherwise had and take on virtually all appeals for his help. Such openness, however, also formed a tacit invitation to pranksters, and indeed Larson's "Talk Back" program, at the height of its popularity in the mid 1980s, was a cacophony of ersatz babblers and overreaching lispers, mixed in with the occasional sincere sufferer. The recording here, of Larson driving out a demon he calls The Keeper, is remarkable in and of itself, yet was little more than another day at work for the redoubtable Rev. Bob Larson. | August 2007 | |
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"LOVE OR BE LOVED"
by Lascelles and Dimples
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Lascelles Perkins and Shirley "Dimples" Smith were one of a number of moderately successful firl duo acts produced by Coxsone Dodd. This track features the lush and lovely saxophone of Skatalites sideman Roland Alphonso. Not sure when this was released, but another Lascelles and Dimples track "Mighty Organ" featuring trombone legend Don Drummond came out in 1961. | July 2006 | |
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"FIREBALL"
by James Last
(From " 28 Partyknuller Zum Tanzen"
by Various)
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James Last, from Germany (of course, that's where the bulk of European easy listening in the 70s was produced), is probably the artist whose records you will most likely find in a Swedish flea market. Here he does Deep Purple. | August 2007 | |
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"GIANT MAN"
by James Last
(From " 28 Partyknuller Zum Tanzen"
by Various)
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James Last, from Germany (of course, that's where the bulk of European easy listening in the 70s was produced), is probably the artist whose records you will most likely find in a Swedish flea market. This one from his by far, best record, "VooDoo-Party". | August 2007 | |
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"JIMMY IGO"
by Last Men
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A ripped version of a CD-R copy of a traded cassette tape, containing a charming song about necrophilia. This is the B-Side from the group's only release, on the Ze records label. Catchy, though disturbing. | March 2007 | |
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"LIVE AT INC, SEOUL"
by Laundry Room Squelchers
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Here is a live set by the Laundry Room Squelchers. It was recorded on the International Noise Conference tour at experimental space Yogiga in Seoul, South Korea, on September 20, 2008. The Squelchers are an occasional band that includes members of WFMU faves To Live And Shave In LA. Although members of the Squelchers vary from performance to performance, this night featured INC organizer Rat Bastard on guitar and Graham Moore, who played a box with "gain and filter modules." | October 2008 | |
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"AMBROSE PART 5"
by Linda Laurie
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A very, very strange recording. | May 2006 | |
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"JOSE HE SAY"
by Linda Laurie
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Another Linda Laurie "Ambrose" song has surfaced! | June 2006 | |
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"MULTIPLE SIDOSIS"
by Sid Laverent
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Sid Laverents' wonderful 1970 outsider film, in its entirety (21 megs). It opens on Christmas morning, with an extremely square-looking Mr. and Mrs. Laverents opening their presents, but don't let that scare you away. Adelaide has bought Sid one of the early consumer sound-on-sound reel to reel decks (an Akai M8), which he proceeds to play with, creating a multi-tracked version of the song Nola (one of those tunes you recognize instantly, but can't identify). It gets psychedelic as Sid adds to his foundation of ukulele and metronome, layering on tracks of ocarina, banjo, whistling, beer bottles and jews harp. Laverents, a former one-man-band performer on the vaudeville circuit, also confounded D.I.Y. filmmakers of the late sixties with his home-made multiple split screen techniques. More information and MP3s for download are available here on the WFMU Blog. | December 2005 | |
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"THOUGHS WERE THE DAYS"
by Lavice and Company
(From "Dette Er Female Audioprozac"
by Various Artists)
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February 2007 | ||
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"SEASONAL EXHORTATIONS"
by Eddie Lawrence
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Here's three seasonal exortations from Eddie "The Old Philosopher" Lawrence. | December 2005 | |
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"THE DJ PHILOSOPHER"
by Eddie Lawrence
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A glimpse into the radio nightmares of commercial jocks of the 1950s. | April 2006 | |
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"THE DJ PHILOSOPHER RETURNS"
by Eddie Lawrence
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A glimpse into the radio nightmares of commercial jocks of the 1950s. | April 2006 | |
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"LAYTON-O-RAMA!"
by Eddie Layton
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The organ was once universally known as the "King of Instruments", be it pipe or electronic. This was especially true in the 1950's, when organ became a significant voice in pop and 'easy listening' music. The moniker was due to the fact that the organ could serve as a one-person orchestra and simulate many different sounds, and the player could play all instrumental parts, including the bass parts with his/her feet. So, in addition to becoming wildly popular in homes throughout the world, where amateur organists by the score could create miraculously full sounds with only a modicum of ability (especially when all of the 'auto-play' features came around), the organ developed its own roster of 'stars'; virtuosos. Eddie Layton may not have been the biggest star, but he was a bright one, and was surely one of the most imaginative organists of all in the 1950s. Michael Burke, who ran the New York Yankees after CBS bought the team.offered Layton a job playing the organ at Yankee Stadium starting in 1967. Layton held the job for 37 years until the end of the 2003 season, and became as nearly as indelible a part of the Yankee Stadium experience. He claimed to invent the now de rigueur bugle-esque "Charge" (F-Bb-D-F---D-F!), although this is open to debate. Layton, along with Gladys Gooding, Jane Jarvis, and many others, helped put the sound of the organ in everyone's ears as part of the baseball game fabric, and it exists to his day, although not as prevalently as in the past. Layton also played for the Knicks, Rangers, and Islanders along the way, making him the answer to an oft-bantered trivia question about who 'played for' all these teams. | August 2007 | |
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"AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'"
by Eddie Layton
(From "LAYTON-O-RAMA!"
by Eddie Layton)
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Organ Moods In Hi-Fi featuring Eddie Layton (Mercury MG 20208) | August 2007 | |