WFMU: Michael Shelley: Playlist from October 22, 2022

Michael Shelley: Playlist from October 22, 2022

A showcase for the widest-possible definition of pop music, plus interviews with the world's finest music makers. (Visit homepage.)

Also available as an MP3 podcast. More info at our Podcast Central page.

October 22, 2022: Guest: Brian J. Kramp author of "This Band Has No Past: How Cheap Trick Became Cheap Trick"

Listen to this show: Pop-up listen Pop-up player!

CLICK HERE for information about today's guest Brian J. Kramp

CLICK HERE to subscribe to Michael Shelley's Twitter account, which sends out radio show related tweets

CLICK HERE to subscribe to the free Michael Shelley podcast!

CLICK HERE to get your own membership card to Michael Shelley's #1 Hit Club

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
Cheap Trick	California Man "California Man" by "Cheap Trick"
Castaways, The	Liar, Liar "Liar, Liar" by "Castaways, The"
Tennessee Ernie Ford	Country Junction
Big Maybelle	It's A Man's Man's World
Sam Cooke	The Coffee Song "The Coffee Song" by "Sam Cooke"
Cheap Trick	So Good To See You "So Good To See You" by "Cheap Trick"
Cheap Trick	He's A Whore (live @ The Whiskey 6/3/77)
Bats, The	You Look Good Together "You Look Good Together" by "Bats, The"
Jeannie C. Riley	Generation Gap "Generation Gap" by "Jeannie C. Riley"
Don Covay	Take This Hurt Off Me "Take This Hurt Off Me" by "Don Covay"
Cheap Trick	On Top Of The World "On Top Of The World" by "Cheap Trick"
Cheap Trick	Lookout "Lookout" by "Cheap Trick"
5th Dimension, The	Diggin' For A Livin'
Ronnie Dawson	Fool About You "Fool About You" by "Ronnie Dawson"
William Bell	Never Like This Before
Cheap Trick	Surrender (early version)
Cheap Trick	Come On Come On "Come On Come On" by "Cheap Trick"
Cheap Trick	Hello There (live) "Hello There (live)" by "Cheap Trick"
Brian J. Kramp	Interview "Interview" by "Brian J. Kramp"
Cheap Trick	I Want You To Want Me
Beatles, The	And You Bird Can Sing (second version, take 5)
Beatles, The	Got to Get You Into My Life (second verison unumbered mix)
Cheap Trick	On The Radio "On The Radio" by "Cheap Trick"
Cheap Trick	Southern Girls "Southern Girls" by "Cheap Trick"
Cheap Trick	Radio Spot 1975 "Radio Spot 1975" by "Cheap Trick"
Cheap Trick	1977 Radio IDS "1977 Radio IDS" by "Cheap Trick"

CLICK HERE for the Radio & Broadcasting History site with archives of British music mags from the 60's

CLICK HERE for Beatle Novelty Records on YouTube

CLICK HERE for a free download of the book "Our time is now : A farandole of Jonathan Richman songs"

CLICK HERE for incredible video footage of Croton-on-Hudson Battle of the Bands 1967

CLICK HERE for The Steve Keene Art Book

CLICK HERE for The 100 Most Lost Songs of All

CLICK HERE for a million dollar guitar

CLICK HERE for The Herman Cain Award

CLICK HERE for a video of yo yo master Kenny Strauss

CLICK HERE for a pricing strategy consultant's look at how much Mike Love pays Brother Records INC. for the right to tour as The Beach Boys

CLICK HERE for five hours of live Stones, well chosen to spotlight Charlie

CLICK HERE to read the lawsuit "Brother Records Inc. vs Jardine"

CLICK HERE for the six part documentary of the making of Elvis Costello's "Spanish Model"

CLICK HERE for Margaret's Granola Recipe

CLICK HERE to find how how you can submit your own top of the hour WFMU ID

CLICK HERE for the Song Exploder episode on Cheap Trick's Surrender

CLICK HERE for info on "Sweet Relief - A tribute to Joey Spampinato"

CLICK HERE for an interesting blog piece about cut-out lps

CLICK HERE to watch "Call Her Mom," a 1972 pre-Animal House made for TV movie featuring Mark Eric & Charles Nelson Riley
CLICK HERE to see recently unearthed 100% NUDE photos of Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin - WARNINGS: 1. N.S.F.W. 2. You cant un-see these 3. WFMU is not responsible for psychiatric bills resulting from clicking on this link

CLICK HERE for Marty Stewart on the PBS show "The Kate"

CLICK HERE to point to your pointer

CLICK HERE for a podcast titled "Nick Lowe breaks down his live show"

CLICK HERE to see The Top 30 Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs in September 2020, and CLICK HERE to check out The Most Expensive Soul Records Ever Sold on Discogs

CLICK HERE to check out the Radio Time Machine and listen to any year of any country's radio

CLICK HERE to see U.S. recorded music revenues by format from 1973 to 2019

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

CLICK HERE to listen to the Student Teachers on 'KCRW's "Lost Notes"

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

CLICK HERE (if you dare) to watch "The Black Connection"

CLICK HERE to watch "Andrew Bird's Live From The Great Room feat. Jonathan Richman"

CLICK HERE for a NY Times piece on the lp "Casino Royale"

CLICK HERE to find how how you can make a guitar amp out of an old radio

The Boston public library are currently digitizing 100,000 vinyl LPs for anyone to listen to online, CLICK HERE to browse

CLICK HERE to hear Michael's new 30 minute mix for the debut installment of Lagniappe Radio

CLICK HERE for The Fab Four Archivist's "Replacing Ringo? The Story Behind Bernard Purdie and The Beatles"

CLICK HERE for a great piece called "Bernard Purdie ... did he really record with The Beatles?"

CLICK HERE for the multi part fascinating documentary about Dream Theater's search for a new drummer

CLICK HERE for info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

CLICK HERE for the old switcheroo: A new episode of the Casey's Musical Dustbin Radio podcast where Michael Shelley is the interview subject.

CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell interviewed on the Stereo Hysteria podcast

CLICK HERE to read "How the Beach Boys’ Lost Late-Sixties Gems Got a Second Life "

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Sonny Curtis Please Kill Me!

CLICK HERE to find out what happened when Jonathan Richman moved to Maine in 1981

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Lou Reed archivist Don Fleming on the Please Kill Me website!

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis' interview & performance on Fresh Air

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis LIVE & unplugged at Paste studios!

CLICK HERE for info on the new compilation "Back Patio Bliss" produced by listener Baby!

CLICK HERE for a free download of the new album "Matt Gets Blue" from Matt Lucas

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

CLICK HERE for an interesting short film about R. Stevie Moore

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

CLICK HERE to read Michael Shelley's comic "Oh No, It's Tinnitus!"

CLICK HERE for very funny excerpts from a notebook where record store clerks logged "anytime we got a dopey phone call, boneheaded comment, or generally batshit customer experience"

CLICK HERE for Quincy Jones on Paul "the worst bass player I ever heard" McCartney, Michael "stole a lot of stuff" Jackson, Astrology, and who killed Kennedy!

CLICK HERE for a map, with audio links, to whatever the #1 song is in 3000 places around the world

CLICK HERE for a step-by-step guide to repairing damaged record sleeves

CLICK HERE for testimony given by Taylor Swift in Colorado district court

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

CLICK HERE to listen to/download 1000s of digitized 78s

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

CLICK HERE for selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds

CLICK HERE for an interview with Brian Wilson where he says "Mike Love is probably the greatest lyric writer in the world. I think he’s my favorite lyric writer. He just wrote a lot of good songs"

CLICK HERE for "Student Group Apologizes for Playing ‘Transphobic’ and ‘Problematic’ Lou Reed Song"

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

CLICK HERE for 28:46 of "NRBQ & Friends"

CLICK HERE for "Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender "

CLICK HERE to find out "How the Nashville Number System revolutionized recording sessions"

CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"

CLICK HERE Cheap Trick on "Live At Daryl's House"

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE for an interesting piece about a journalist trying to interview Brian Wilson

CLICK HERE to read the report on Kippington Lodge's 1967 BBC audition - Includes phrases "painful" & "tone deaf" then
CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"

CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall

CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"

CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"

CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015

CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good

CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"

CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour

CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club

CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"

CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to

CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010

CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"

CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and
CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar

CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350

CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"

CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"

CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research

CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)

CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing

CLICK HERE for the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years

CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman

CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"

CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse

CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"

CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.

CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"

CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of

CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"

CLICK HERE for a laugh

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people

CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"

CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン (or HERE, or HERE , or HERE , or HERE, or HERE!)

CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete garbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!

CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine

CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.

CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.

CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!

CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!

CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios

Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version

CLICK HERE to find how how you can submit your own top of the hour WFMU ID

CLICK HERE for Marty Stewart on the PBS show "The Kate"

CLICK HERE for info on The Steve Keene Art Book

CLICK HERE for "Remembering Adam Schlesinger"

CLICK HERE to support the new Starry Skies album called 'Small Wonders'.

CLICK HERE to point to your pointer

CLICK HERE for a podcast titled "Nick Lowe breaks down his live show"

CLICK HERE to see The Top 30 Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs in September 2020, and CLICK HERE to check out The Most Expensive Soul Records Ever Sold on Discogs

CLICK HERE to check out the Radio Time Machine and listen to any year of any country's radio

CLICK HERE to see U.S. recorded music revenues by format from 1973 to 2019

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

CLICK HERE to listen to the Student Teachers on 'KCRW's "Lost Notes"

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

CLICK HERE (if you dare) to watch "The Black Connection"

CLICK HERE to watch "Andrew Bird's Live From The Great Room feat. Jonathan Richman"

CLICK HERE for a NY Times piece on the lp "Casino Royale"

CLICK HERE to find how how you can make a guitar amp out of an old radio

The Boston public library are currently digitizing 100,000 vinyl LPs for anyone to listen to online, CLICK HERE to browse

CLICK HERE to hear Michael's new 30 minute mix for the debut installment of Lagniappe Radio

CLICK HERE for The Fab Four Archivist's "Replacing Ringo? The Story Behind Bernard Purdie and The Beatles"

CLICK HERE for a great piece called "Bernard Purdie ... did he really record with The Beatles?"

CLICK HERE for the multi part fascinating documentary about Dream Theater's search for a new drummer

CLICK HERE for info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

CLICK HERE for the old switcheroo: A new episode of the Casey's Musical Dustbin Radio podcast where Michael Shelley is the interview subject.

CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell interviewed on the Stereo Hysteria podcast

CLICK HERE to read "How the Beach Boys’ Lost Late-Sixties Gems Got a Second Life "

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Sonny Curtis Please Kill Me!

CLICK HERE to find out what happened when Jonathan Richman moved to Maine in 1981

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Lou Reed archivist Don Fleming on the Please Kill Me website!

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis' interview & performance on Fresh Air

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis LIVE & unplugged at Paste studios!

CLICK HERE for info on the new compilation "Back Patio Bliss" produced by listener Baby!

CLICK HERE for a free download of the new album "Matt Gets Blue" from Matt Lucas

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

CLICK HERE for an interesting short film about R. Stevie Moore

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

CLICK HERE to read Michael Shelley's comic "Oh No, It's Tinnitus!"

CLICK HERE for very funny excerpts from a notebook where record store clerks logged "anytime we got a dopey phone call, boneheaded comment, or generally batshit customer experience"

CLICK HERE for Quincy Jones on Paul "the worst bass player I ever heard" McCartney, Michael "stole a lot of stuff" Jackson, Astrology, and who killed Kennedy!

CLICK HERE for a map, with audio links, to whatever the #1 song is in 3000 places around the world

CLICK HERE for a step-by-step guide to repairing damaged record sleeves

CLICK HERE for testimony given by Taylor Swift in Colorado district court

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

CLICK HERE to listen to/download 1000s of digitized 78s

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

CLICK HERE for selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds

CLICK HERE for an interview with Brian Wilson where he says "Mike Love is probably the greatest lyric writer in the world. I think he’s my favorite lyric writer. He just wrote a lot of good songs"

CLICK HERE for "Student Group Apologizes for Playing ‘Transphobic’ and ‘Problematic’ Lou Reed Song"

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

CLICK HERE for 28:46 of "NRBQ & Friends"

CLICK HERE for "Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender "

CLICK HERE to find out "How the Nashville Number System revolutionized recording sessions"

CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"

CLICK HERE Cheap Trick on "Live At Daryl's House"

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE for an interesting piece about a journalist trying to interview Brian Wilson

CLICK HERE to read the report on Kippington Lodge's 1967 BBC audition - Includes phrases "painful" & "tone deaf" then
CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"

CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall

CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"

CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"

CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015

CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good

CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"

CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour

CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club

CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"

CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to

CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010

CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"

CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and
CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar

CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350

CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"

CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"

CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research

CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)

CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing

CLICK HEREfor the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years

CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman

CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"

CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse

CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"

CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.

CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"

CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of

CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"

CLICK HERE for a laugh

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people

CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"

CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン (or HERE, or HERE , or HERE , or HERE, or HERE!)

CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete garbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!

CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine

CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.

CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.

CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!

CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!

CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios

Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version

Listener comments!
	10:59am Bob: I guess I'm the baby today! No? Good morning. I'm glad to be alive and surviving that terrible ghost story.
	♥ 11:00am Squints: ok then. heyHEYhey now.
	11:01am Baja Joe: Good morning Michael
	♥ 11:01am Frank In Queens: oh HEY now!
	11:02am Baby: Anybody know where I can get get a decent bowl of Chowder in this god forsaken place? Morning Baby! Morning friends, from wonderful MA.
	♥ 11:02am Roberto: Rock 'n' Roll, suckahs!
	11:02am Bob: I've been binging CT the last few weeks after reading the book. Those first four studio albums are just a great a run as anybody ever had.
	♥ 11:04am Frank In Queens: She could really do the Brontosaurus
	♥ 11:04am jmd: Looking forward to this show! First concert of my life was Cheap Trick w/ Moon Martin and the Ravens opening. Fresno, CA.
	11:05am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning Michael & all!
	♥ 11:05am Squints: That was a pretty powpowpow show starter.
	11:05am gf2002: Any day I hear "Liar Liar" is a good day. Cheers!
	11:05am Mr. Oxford: Hello Michael! Hello all!
	♥ 11:06am Roberto: California Man written by a Birmingham Man.
	11:06am Bob: Robin's snotty vocal thing is even more effective than say Johnny Rotten because he uses it sparingly. If that makes sense.
	11:06am Mr. Oxford: "Liar, Liar" will also remind me of the Death Grips song which samples the song.
	11:07am phat in lincoln: I love Liar Liar so much.
	11:10am gf2002: One of the best garage rock records of the 60's, can't wait for the Castaways interview! Check them out in the movie "It's A Bikini World", a personal favorite.
	♥ 11:10am Handy Haversack: Morning, Michael and all the Shellegamers!
	♥ 11:13am myron feld: Hello all! @ Baby: I listened to DJ Daughter last night -- great show! She played many of my faves: Cream, Echo & The Bunnymen, Juniper, and the Undertones! Please convey my appreciation.
	11:13am SamTheRam: Tennessee Ernie Ford passed on the date, 10/17/91
	11:15am Bob: So much air in this recording.
	♥ 11:16am drr: I tell you what, if you want to read something wild, go on Wikipedia and check out the history of the Brazilian presidency. Whatever crazy stuff we worry about has probably already happened there.
	11:17am clarke: howdy yall
	11:17am Joe B: greetings Michael and everyone
	♥ 11:17am Frank In Queens: Nice under the radar CT selection.
	11:18am clarke: hey nowww!!
	♥ 11:18am Frank In Queens: hey now, clarke
	♥ 11:18am Hughie Considine: Well all right, the party can start now...
	11:18am Baja Joe: Picked up 40 items at $1 sale. Good stuff in bins
	♥ 11:19am Michael Shelley: Nice work Joe!
	♥ 11:20am myron feld: "In Color" is a perfect album.
	11:20am clarke: already been up watching a disappointing liverpool match.
	♥ 11:21am Frank In Queens: yeah, saw that final, clarke. tough defeat.
	♥ 11:21am Hughie Considine: For a band that got huge off a live album, Cheap Trick wasn't exactly a touring colossus. I can't remember them playing MSG. Did anyone ever catch them live around here during their heyday or thereabouts?
	♥ 11:21am Frank In Queens: I gotta get this Whiskey set already...
	11:21am clarke: then took 'nap' - i am the Sick Man Of Europe.
	♥ 11:22am Squints: Never caught up with CT until finally at House Of Blues behind Fenway in 2010. With BunE.
	11:22am clarke: back in the day, i saw CT sixteen times, hughie!
	11:22am Officer Pupp: Is this live “He’s A Whore” on an official release?
	♥ 11:22am myron feld: @Hughie, I saw them at the Bottom Line and the Academy of Music, both in 1978, then not again til this century.
	11:23am clarke: first time opening for KISS!! (which i left before the headliner started)
	♥ 11:23am Handy Haversack: Morning, clarke! Hey, Frank!
	♥ 11:23am Hughie Considine: Lucky dudes! What a band, what a trio!
	11:24am clarke: handy - wattzit??
	♥ 11:24am Hughie Considine: You know what i mean...
	♥ 11:24am Frank In Queens: My first Cheap Trick show was at Irving plaza sometime in the late 90s when they were celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first 3 albums. Played 3 nights straight, each with one of the first 3 albums in its entirety. I could only afford one, so I picked In Color. Pretty awesome.
	♥ 11:24am Montmaster J: Saw them at Playland in Rye...free show (with MS) with seniors sitting on lawn chairs. Great show. Great atmosphere.
	♥ 11:24am myron feld: The F word = "fair?"
	♥ 11:24am Frank In Queens: Hey Handy!
	11:25am clarke: that was a good choice, Frank!!
	11:25am ChrisB.: XTC opened for The Cars.
	♥ 11:25am Hughie Considine: Shticks have a limited shelf life ultimately.
	♥ 11:26am Frank In Queens: @clarke, I had to go bang for the buck on that one. That they came out again after the album was finished and played another 5 or 6 songs afterwards made it more than worth it!
	11:26am clarke: not bun e's shticks!!
	11:26am Joe B: Romantics opened for Cheap Trick at the Garden in 1980
	11:27am clarke: anyone ever been there when Bun E got out the huge baseball bat-size shticks???
	11:27am Bob: Romantics were on fire in 1980 as well
	11:27am Baja Joe: In re Richman, I was at same show. Totally agree. Though 1 encore would have been nice.
	♥ 11:28am jmd: The CT live album Are You Ready? is a great document of the Dream Police tour.
	♥ 11:28am Hughie Considine: Ready to nuts from that build-up.
	♥ 11:28am Michael Shelley: WHISKEY live is this: www.discogs.com...
	♥ 11:29am John L: I saw Cheap Trick at the Commack Arena in 1977. They opened for Utopia, and I wish the billing had been switched. Cheap Trick were great; I still remember the power of Zander's voice during Downed. I like Todd, but Utopia was kinda bland.
	11:29am phat in lincoln: Good lord, these Bats lyrics are brutal.
	11:30am Jneil: Looking forward to this. First saw the band in '75 when they were doing a residency week at The Brewery in E.Lansing, MI.
	♥ 11:30am Hughie Considine: Somehow the Bats of NZ were not subject to litigation by South Africa's Bats.
	♥ 11:30am Mike East: Last week was my first Jonathan Richman show. My wife and I had an absolutely wonderful time. We were in the second row, so great view, and sound was fine (even when he stepped away from the mics and was just THERE.). I can understand how if you've seen it a bunch of times it might wear thin, but for us it was magical and the intimacy of that venue was excellent
	♥ 11:31am Michael Shelley: It's really weird to see Jonathan give the exact same intro to a song he gave 2 years ago... he's really good at making it seem off the cuff and in the moment
	♥ 11:32am Hughie Considine: Billy Bragg does that too.
	♥ 11:32am drr: This Generation Gap seems like a predecessor to Kids In America.
	♥ 11:33am Frank In Queens: @Michael, supposedly there's a 4CD box coming out with all 4 Whiskey shows in their entirety.
	11:33am Bob: @Jneil. I've heard so many amazing stories about the Brewery in E.L. Before my time. Sun Ra, Tom Waits. CT played there a ton according to the book. The original Big Star played there for a week at the time they barely anywhere.
	11:33am clarke: eh, dave!! rippah morning!!
	♥ 11:34am Hughie Considine: On the other hand, I bet Robyn Hitchcock recycles very little in his his surrealistic stage patter.
	♥ 11:34am myron feld: @MS: Marty Stuart also works off a similar script, e.g. the Dolly meeting with him, Willie, Merle & Dwight
	♥ 11:34am drr: hey clarke!
	11:35am Jneil: @Bob, which book is that? They did have some brilliant shows for a club that size (many before my time, sadly)
	11:35am clarke: agree, Hugh!
	11:36am clarke: many country artists had the same stage patter for decades.
	11:36am phat in lincoln: @myron feld gonna find out in November!
	11:37am clarke: hey, i just found out that Mrs. Stiffler is my neighbor, ha ha ha!!
	11:37am Bob: The Cheap Trick book Michael is talking today. The Detroit Rock City book guy has written some cool stories about The Brewery. I've heard lots of stories from older MSU friends. Sun Ra playing twelve shows in a week long stay. Mind boggling.
	♥ 11:38am luka: i really miss the pizza from the place rick co-owns in chicago (new haven style, for the record).
	11:40am Baby: Myron. I will. Kind words!!
	11:40am clarke: keyboards on Heaven Tonight: kai winding
	11:41am clarke: Baby./.. BABY!! u on the east coast??
	11:41am johnk77: back at that time late 1970s other recording artists admired cheap trick live & recording qualities drums & guitar tones etc. huey lewis, tommy & jimmy from tutone, among many others
	11:41am Joe B: it was surprising how quick they fell off the map after Dream Police.
	♥ 11:42am Hughie Considine: so killer
	11:42am clarke: i saw them a lot after that record, albeit at fairs and weird venues
	♥ 11:43am jmd: Wasn't The Flame their 'biggest' hit?
	11:44am johnk77: 08/14/79 Civic Auditorium, Albuquerque, NM (with Long John Baldry) first time i saw them live i was working w/support
	11:44am Joe B: it's their only No. 1. But from 1981 until then ...
	♥ 11:45am jmd: @Joe B: yup. I tried very, very hard to love All Shook Up. I liked it but it was never the same after Dream Police, for me at least.
	11:45am Officer Pupp: They didn’t do much in the UK, so seeing them at a Shellac-curated All Tomorrow’s Parties in 2000? 2001? was a revelation: mind blowing. I’ve been a fan since.
	11:46am clarke: i think Bones also plays drums on this tune
	♥ 11:47am drr: Along with Tom Waits, 5th Dimension was one of Bones Howe's best productions.
	11:47am clarke: (which is quite a feat!!)
	11:47am Joe B: Just a head-scratcher for most of the '80s. CT headlined MSG in 1980 and by 1982 were a punchline in Fast Times
	11:48am clarke: and yet, stayed on the road the whole time!
	11:49am Joe B: @clarke - yeah. they came to my college in 1985 without Tom Petersson as the opening act for John Waite
	♥ 11:49am Frank In Queens: This is a great joke
	♥ 11:49am Hughie Considine: oof!
	11:49am phat in lincoln: Drums must never stop...
	11:49am rx scabin: Good morning, Michael and Everyone.
	11:49am clarke: hah frank - glad you think so!!
	11:50am clarke: RX!!
	♥ 11:50am Frank In Queens: @clarke, my music theory teacher told us that one in high school.
	11:50am victor scarpelli: I heard the Hound tell that joke many years ago! a golden oldie!
	♥ 11:51am Handy Haversack: Friend of mine was in Helsinki some years back, all by himself, for a work thing. He was walking around and saw a bunch of people with long hair and black leather jackets heading into an amphitheater, so he went up to the box office, apologized for not speaking Finnish, and asked what was going on. "Oh -- it's Finnish ... National ... Bass Solo ... Championship." "One, please!"
	♥ 11:51am drr: John Waite seems like a joke because of how he was presented in the 80s, but The Babys have quite a few catchy tunes.
	♥ 11:52am myron feld: Speaking as a bass player, bass solos should be outlawed. I recently saw a very good R&B band (nameless here) who unfortunately featured an acoustic bass solo in four (4) songs.
	11:52am clarke: love The Babys, dave - and BABY!!
	11:53am johnk77: cheap trick had 2 very cute guys back in the day good haircuts all around
	♥ 11:53am Frank In Queens: Ha, I just watched Barfly last night!
	11:53am clarke: oh now we are doing MovieTime??? ha ha ha
	♥ 11:54am Frank In Queens: Well, let's see what Michael has for us this week, if anything.
	11:54am Joe B: william bell - class act!
	11:55am clarke: what else Frank?? i watched Cluny Brown (1943) which is really quite GREAT - Jennifer Jones!! spectacular!!
	11:56am wind: ♥️
	♥ 11:56am drr: Five Easy Pieces. Hadn't seen it in years, even better than I remembered.
	11:57am clarke: nice, Dave - i recently re-watched that (an annual thang) and it stands up so well, always in tears with that father scene on the cliff.
	♥ 11:57am Mxter Baba: ha ha! Robin Zander— the only rock star who ever made a pass at me—and I ran away!!!!
	11:57am clarke: probably jack's finest acting ever.
	♥ 11:57am ironybread: Here's a swell article from Illinois Entertainer (January 1976) if anyone's interested in reading about little bitty baby Cheap Trick from before they got signed: pbs.twimg.com...
	♥ 11:58am DanFA: Hi Michael. What are your thoughts on the Steve Albini re-recorded version of In Colors? It never got an actual release and was leaked onto YouTube. Have you heard it?
	♥ 11:59am Michael Shelley: DFA - it's good, it's interestimg - but not better in any way than the original, but I'm happy to have it
	♥ 11:59am Frank In Queens: Nice. Cluny Brown is on my list. @drr, Five Easy Pieces is fantastic. This week we got two in: What's The Matter With Helen? on Monday and Barfly last night. TCM is showing Making Mr. Right tonight at 10, so it'll be hockey, then that one.
	11:59am clarke: also for movies... i saw a teen film called Sex Drive - it is really surprisingly GOOD!! i watched again, just to be sure!
	12:00pm Mr. Oxford: Hi ironybread! Good to see you. I miss listening to Fuji Puzzle Box on Saturday evenings (evening for me over here, so Afternoons I guess!).
	12:00pm clarke: when did you get TCM, frank?? wow! lucky you!
	♥ 12:01pm Handy Haversack: Nice fade-out!
	12:01pm Bob: I saw the Herb Alpert doc this week. Pretty good but it was not the A&M documentary that i confused it with.
	♥ 12:01pm Hughie Considine: This one is Top 5 Trick for me.
	12:01pm gf2002: What's the difference between a coffin and an upright bass? The coffin has the dead guy on the inside. Shecky Greene, everyone! Don't forget to tip your bartenders.
	♥ 12:01pm myron feld: Come On Come On = Favorite CT song ever.
	12:01pm Joe B: also in that fade-out, nice foreshadowing on their that 70s show 'we're all all right"
	♥ 12:02pm Mike Sin: Looking forward to the Brian Kramp interview! My "old man" recollection -- I first saw Cheap Trick in 1981 at Radio City with UFO opening. It was interesting that both bands went out of their way to thank George Martin from the stage as both had recent albums produced by him. Cheap Trick gave him the shout out after their manic version of "Day Tripper."
	♥ 12:02pm Michael Shelley: Also - a nice showcase for how strong Rick's voice is
	♥ 12:02pm Frank In Queens: @clarke, Verizon finally added it. Not sure when, but we discovered that we finally had it a few weeks ago.
	♥ 12:02pm Handy Haversack: We watched an Irish horror movie, The Hole in the Ground, and a Norwegian one, The Innocents. Pretty good. Also the original Hellraiser because it turned out K8 had never seen it and apparently took all my Cenobite jokes and references over the years as my "prattling on"! Me! Prattle!
	12:02pm phat in lincoln: @Joe B that's where I'd heard that!
	12:02pm Purvis: My neighbours love this song so much that they threw a brick into my window, so they can hear it better
	♥ 12:02pm Handy Haversack: Agreed, Joe!
	12:04pm rx scabin: Clarke.
	12:04pm clarke: nice Frank!!! the mets kept you from finding out!! TCM has been one thing that has evaded me in the streaming dept - our cable carrier doesn't carry it. BOOO!!!
	12:04pm phat in lincoln: I think a lot of people talk "Beatlesesque" when talking about Cheap Trick but I realized earlier today that I think they're more "Movesque."
	12:04pm clarke: RX - hope things are going better??
	12:04pm johnk77: for watching later after this show cheap trick don kirshner rock concert 1977 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQDc9loiFuk&list=WL&index=1
	♥ 12:05pm Frank In Queens: @phat, FAR more like the Move, I think.
	12:05pm johnk77: 21 minutes
	♥ 12:05pm myron feld: @Clarke: And my streaming service had a fight with Turner, so we lost TCM.
	♥ 12:05pm DanFA: @Michael, I do enjoy the Big Black cover of He's a Whore
	12:05pm Cooh John: You said my city.🙋
	12:06pm clarke: yeah, also i can't figure out how to stream BBC stuff without a VPN
	12:07pm clarke: most notably evading me is Jools Holland Later! if anyone has a way to stream those shows - let me knows!!!
	12:07pm phat in lincoln: I'm always ready to rock. Always.
	12:07pm clarke: phuckin' A!!
	♥ 12:07pm Frank In Queens: The original Budokan was my real entry point to CT, again, sometime in the late 90s. Needless to say, the studio albums took a bit of getting used to when I finally wound up picking those up.
	♥ 12:08pm Handy Haversack: I don't even get on the internet without a VPN. As far as the web is concerned, I'm Canadian. It's like wearing a tie! Gonna have to miss the interview. Heading out to go count oysters on the river. Running low on nice days now. But many thanks, Michael! Stay on top, Number Ones!
	♥ 12:08pm Squints: Isn't it more like wearing a toque?
	12:09pm clarke: Pure Michigan!!
	♥ 12:09pm Handy Haversack: Canadian zing, Squints!
	♥ 12:09pm McGroovey: Hey, yous guys. I'm in running-around-so-I-can't-really-post-comments mode today. Just put air in the tires, added a quart of oil to the car, went to Lowes and bought rope. Now I have to eat lunch and try to get a 9x14 carpet into the house all by myself. I'm hoping that the rope and a hand truck will help me. Also, taxiing muy daughter to Hoboken, and getting myself to band practice in Yonkers by 6:00.
	♥ 12:10pm Ken From Hyde Park: Handy left already? Aw, shucks!
	12:10pm clarke: McG - you go girl!!!
	♥ 12:12pm MarciB: As a photo manager, I hope all these notes are safely archived! Loved CT back in their heyday (late 70s-early 80s)
	12:13pm clarke: CT is a band i have never stopped loving ALL the way through - even support new members!!
	12:15pm clarke: Fuse was not a cover band, however.
	12:17pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Good Saturday FMUvianz !
	12:18pm clarke: rev!
	♥ 12:19pm McGroovey: I missed a few minutes. Did he mention the Nazz connection?
	12:21pm clarke: not mentioned (yet).
	12:21pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Beatles - Who, yARdbiRdS, MOVE - Nazz ! Interesting...
	♥ 12:21pm Squints: There it is.
	12:21pm clarke: ok and... nowww!
	12:22pm clarke: Skwintsy!!! how them fall colors???
	12:23pm Baby: Hi Clarke. Indeed I am.
	♥ 12:23pm Squints: Gettin' there, clarke. Earlier than in recent years but still a lot later than 26 years ago when I moved up here. By now they'd have been brown and down.
	12:23pm clarke: wow, Baby - full reportage is expected, sir!! BABY!!!!
	♥ 12:24pm McGroovey: I have a Nazz bootleg that has a couple songs that are actually (I think) Sick Man of Europe.
	♥ 12:24pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: Never saw them because my boyfriend wouldn’t go to an arena show. I should have gone without him.
	12:24pm clarke: we are already getting some leaf-change in new orleans!! quite nice!!
	12:26pm clarke: (the nicest thing is that the cold fronts have kept the hurricanes away -- so far!)
	♥ 12:26pm James in ATL: Terrific interview! Book ordered. Thank you Michael and Brian.
	♥ 12:26pm McGroovey: On my drive to upstate NY yesterday she the day before, the footage is mostly at peak, or past peak at higher elevations.
	♥ 12:26pm jmd: I recall hearing a version of the song Dream Police without the strings? On your show, Michael?
	12:28pm clarke: i've read everything else - might as well get this book, ha ha ha. and, i agree about In Color!!
	♥ 12:29pm drr: Used CHEAP as my Wordle start word.
	♥ 12:30pm Michael Shelley: JMD - yeah, its great - hear it here: wfmu.org...
	♥ 12:31pm DjLorraine: Loving the show Michael Shelley. 🙋‍♀️Cooh John i had a Cheap Trick hat!
	12:32pm clarke: got weed-eaters on one side and roofers on the other - and ROCK in the middle!!
	12:35pm phat in lincoln: Holy hell, that checkerboard story.
	12:35pm clarke: great stuff!!!
	12:35pm Officer Pupp: I’m definitely buying that book.
	♥ 12:35pm jmd: Terrific!
	♥ 12:36pm MarciB: wait, the guys in the band are super nice but wouldn't talk to the author? What's up with that?
	12:37pm phat in lincoln: Great interview. I'ma definitely check out that book. In Color is a perfect rock album. It always reminds me of a good old friend, Andy F. who booked bands here in Lincoln. He was a huge fan. RIP Andy
	12:38pm Officer Pupp: Just want to second JohnK77’s suggestion of the early Cheap Trick TV concert, it’s incredible.
	12:39pm egould: Jeez, Michael. Another great interview. Just bought a copy of the book. My library continues to grow based on this radio show. Only problem; I don’t have a bookshelf. I’m just stacking books on the floor.
	12:39pm clarke: that's the fashion egould!!
	♥ 12:39pm Frank In Queens: Definitely reading Brian's book after I finish the one I'm currently reading.
	12:40pm clarke: which is??
	12:40pm phat in lincoln: Old man bar
	12:41pm egould: Clarke, could you explain that to my wife?
	♥ 12:41pm Frank In Queens: @clarke www.barnesandnoble.com...
	12:41pm clarke: tell her to look at shows and films!!
	12:41pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'Just what we need' - sounds like UncleMichael. :)
	12:42pm egould: Powerpop!
	12:42pm clarke: most notably French Dispatch!!
	♥ 12:42pm McGroovey: I think this might be my favorite Beatles song.
	12:42pm phat in lincoln: Those harmonies, even rough...
	12:43pm clarke: what stands out in this mix is the "lite" snare sound, which was obviously eq'd, later
	♥ 12:43pm myron feld: the guitars on this one. Supreme.
	♥ 12:43pm Frank In Queens: If there is such a thing as an underrated Beatles song, this is it.
	♥ 12:43pm jmd: Why was this mixed in stereo? Seems like they wouldn't have bothered?
	12:44pm gf2002: The theme to the old Beatles cartoon. One of their best
	♥ 12:44pm McGroovey: Equal time for a McCartney song?
	12:44pm clarke: actually THEY didn't bother showing up for stereo mixes - martin just did them alone.
	12:45pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: gf2002 yes ! The Cartoon. Fuzz standing in for horns.
	12:45pm gf2002: The stunner so far is John's "Yellow Submarine" demo before it became a kids' singalong. That one never made the bootlegs as far as I know
	12:45pm clarke: and by alone i mean with a tape-op and engineer.
	♥ 12:45pm myron feld: I like this better w/o the horns
	12:46pm gf2002: Martin gets more credit for that than he should, Geoff Emerick was the man behind Revolver's sound and mixes. 20 years old
	♥ 12:46pm Hughie Considine: Was just about to say the same thing @Myron
	♥ 12:46pm Squints: myron, it IS pretty neat.
	12:46pm clarke: agree myron!! and the world would have been a different place without chicago, Bs&T's etc
	♥ 12:46pm jmd: @clark: right, but why bother if it wasn't going to move forward. Is it a stereo mix for the new set maybe?
	♥ 12:46pm Michael Shelley: great to hear the gtr play the horm line
	12:47pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Geoff Emerick's first job as Engineer ?? While 'Normal' Norman Smith graduated to Producer for - the earliest PinkFloyd.
	12:47pm gf2002: That fuzz standing in for horns was the same thing the Stones did on Satisfaction, they pictured a sax playing that classic fuzz line but did guitar instead
	12:48pm Dennis Diken: Hey, Mikey & gang! Splendid show, thanks! Bun E once introduced me to Roy Wood! What a moment that was!
	12:48pm clarke: capital required a stereo mix. they paid for them.
	12:48pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Of course - historically interesting as Fuzz was first perhaps intended to emulate horns.
	12:49pm clarke: 'ello Denny!! nice work, that!!
	12:49pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Yeah more Stereo market in the USA early on they say. What kids had Stereos in 1966 ?
	12:49pm gf2002: That was Geoff Emerick's first full album, his first sessions I believe were Rain and Paperback Writer, and the first Revolver session he engineered was Tomorrow Never Knows which won the Beatles over and convinced them to stay with Abbey Road. They wanted to record at Stax at one point prior to that
	♥ 12:49pm Hughie Considine: It was also used early on for pure novelty effect -- probably a bit of both, @RR
	12:49pm James: Terrific show today!
	12:49pm clarke: where has the Time gone??!!??
	12:50pm clarke: i keep gettin' cut off, here...
	♥ 12:51pm luka: the finest
	12:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...& by 1967 - one pictures Hippies sprawled out with Stereos for sure...
	♥ 12:51pm Squints: I like to think that Otis Redding's version realized the vision of Satisfaction Keef had had in his sleep. Never heard an Otis cover of that that didn't absolutely smoke.
	12:51pm gf2002: Stereo was an afterthought for rock/pop in 1966, once the mono masters were cut, usually it was just the engineer who ran a stereo mix. That changed in '67 drastically.
	♥ 12:51pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: I wasn’t looking and thought those were CT covers of Beatles songs
	♥ 12:51pm Hughie Considine: Geoff Emerick's book, "Here, There and Everywhere," is a great read.
	♥ 12:52pm Squints: If Swamp Dogg had more fuzz, he wouldn't need to buy more autotune. 8^)
	♥ 12:52pm dave wuz here: southern girls is perfect
	12:52pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: AbbeyRoad - their last recorded mid'69 - the only one no Mono mix I am told.
	12:52pm clarke: ha ha ha ha
	12:52pm gf2002: Yes! Geoff's book is terrific, the only drawback was he took some heat for being hard on George Harrison's guitar abilities at times
	♥ 12:53pm Squints: Den E!
	♥ 12:53pm myron feld: Each song you play from "In Color" reinforces its perfection.
	12:53pm phat in lincoln: Eff me, this song. "Need some brand new shoes..."
	12:53pm clarke: but, basically "all" geoff said is that george took many takes to get a part down.
	12:53pm gf2002: Mono albums were also a buck or two cheaper than their stereo counterparts until '68 or so, by then mono was all but dead for albums.
	♥ 12:54pm Squints: Might that have reflected some meticulousness working it out?
	12:54pm phat in lincoln: Pretty sure I'ma learn some Cheap Trick on guitar this weekend.
	♥ 12:54pm Frank In Queens: Great closer, Michael. And great show!
	12:54pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...was Let It Be out in Mono tho? Probly not then? In the Beatles podcast community - Emerick is exalted as Engineer ...but considered a questionable source even as first-hand witness.
	♥ 12:54pm MarciB: Great show!
	12:54pm clarke: it's just that george would flub, until he got the part dow - THIS i can identify with!!
	12:55pm gf2002: It was funny though reading Geoff's account of George trying to track the solo to "Ill Follow The Sun", which is pretty basic
	♥ 12:55pm DjLorraine: 👏Southern Girls! 👞👞
	12:55pm clarke: -down
	12:55pm phat in lincoln: Thanks Michael.
	♥ 12:55pm Squints: clarke, that makes me feel better about my own fledgling efforts.
	12:55pm clarke: exactly Sq!!!
	12:56pm gf2002: Some of the fan communities might think Emerick was taking credit away from George Martin, but I kind of lean toward Emerick's accounts. During the Pepper era he was actually there in the studio more than George Martin recording those tracks
	12:56pm clarke: A to B, people!!
	♥ 12:56pm Squints: these promo take are awesome.
	♥ 12:56pm Hughie Considine: That is not how I imagined Tom Petersson to sound ... at all!
	12:57pm Officer Pupp: Great show Michael - one to add to the favourites.
	♥ 12:57pm luka: i thought you were calling Rex the dollar record store
	12:57pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ TY Always DJ MS ~
	1:25pm egould: I’m drinking a Splash Morgan right now. Vodka, hibiscus tea, splash of lime juice, Perrier.

View Michael Shelley's profile

<-- Previous playlist | Back to Michael Shelley playlists | Next playlist -->

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
Cheap Trick	California Man "California Man" by "Cheap Trick"
Castaways, The	Liar, Liar "Liar, Liar" by "Castaways, The"
Tennessee Ernie Ford	Country Junction
Big Maybelle	It's A Man's Man's World
Sam Cooke	The Coffee Song "The Coffee Song" by "Sam Cooke"
Cheap Trick	So Good To See You "So Good To See You" by "Cheap Trick"
Cheap Trick	He's A Whore (live @ The Whiskey 6/3/77)
Bats, The	You Look Good Together "You Look Good Together" by "Bats, The"
Jeannie C. Riley	Generation Gap "Generation Gap" by "Jeannie C. Riley"
Don Covay	Take This Hurt Off Me "Take This Hurt Off Me" by "Don Covay"
Cheap Trick	On Top Of The World "On Top Of The World" by "Cheap Trick"
Cheap Trick	Lookout "Lookout" by "Cheap Trick"
5th Dimension, The	Diggin' For A Livin'
Ronnie Dawson	Fool About You "Fool About You" by "Ronnie Dawson"
William Bell	Never Like This Before
Cheap Trick	Surrender (early version)
Cheap Trick	Come On Come On "Come On Come On" by "Cheap Trick"
Cheap Trick	Hello There (live) "Hello There (live)" by "Cheap Trick"
Brian J. Kramp	Interview "Interview" by "Brian J. Kramp"
Cheap Trick	I Want You To Want Me
Beatles, The	And You Bird Can Sing (second version, take 5)
Beatles, The	Got to Get You Into My Life (second verison unumbered mix)
Cheap Trick	On The Radio "On The Radio" by "Cheap Trick"
Cheap Trick	Southern Girls "Southern Girls" by "Cheap Trick"
Cheap Trick	Radio Spot 1975 "Radio Spot 1975" by "Cheap Trick"
Cheap Trick	1977 Radio IDS "1977 Radio IDS" by "Cheap Trick"

RSS feeds for Michael Shelley's show: Playlists feed | MP3 archives feed

| E-mail Michael Shelley | Other WFMU Playlists | All artists played by Michael Shelley |

Listener comments!
	10:59am Bob: I guess I'm the baby today! No? Good morning. I'm glad to be alive and surviving that terrible ghost story.
	♥ 11:00am Squints: ok then. heyHEYhey now.
	11:01am Baja Joe: Good morning Michael
	♥ 11:01am Frank In Queens: oh HEY now!
	11:02am Baby: Anybody know where I can get get a decent bowl of Chowder in this god forsaken place? Morning Baby! Morning friends, from wonderful MA.
	♥ 11:02am Roberto: Rock 'n' Roll, suckahs!
	11:02am Bob: I've been binging CT the last few weeks after reading the book. Those first four studio albums are just a great a run as anybody ever had.
	♥ 11:04am Frank In Queens: She could really do the Brontosaurus
	♥ 11:04am jmd: Looking forward to this show! First concert of my life was Cheap Trick w/ Moon Martin and the Ravens opening. Fresno, CA.
	11:05am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning Michael & all!
	♥ 11:05am Squints: That was a pretty powpowpow show starter.
	11:05am gf2002: Any day I hear "Liar Liar" is a good day. Cheers!
	11:05am Mr. Oxford: Hello Michael! Hello all!
	♥ 11:06am Roberto: California Man written by a Birmingham Man.
	11:06am Bob: Robin's snotty vocal thing is even more effective than say Johnny Rotten because he uses it sparingly. If that makes sense.
	11:06am Mr. Oxford: "Liar, Liar" will also remind me of the Death Grips song which samples the song.
	11:07am phat in lincoln: I love Liar Liar so much.
	11:10am gf2002: One of the best garage rock records of the 60's, can't wait for the Castaways interview! Check them out in the movie "It's A Bikini World", a personal favorite.
	♥ 11:10am Handy Haversack: Morning, Michael and all the Shellegamers!
	♥ 11:13am myron feld: Hello all! @ Baby: I listened to DJ Daughter last night -- great show! She played many of my faves: Cream, Echo & The Bunnymen, Juniper, and the Undertones! Please convey my appreciation.
	11:13am SamTheRam: Tennessee Ernie Ford passed on the date, 10/17/91
	11:15am Bob: So much air in this recording.
	♥ 11:16am drr: I tell you what, if you want to read something wild, go on Wikipedia and check out the history of the Brazilian presidency. Whatever crazy stuff we worry about has probably already happened there.
	11:17am clarke: howdy yall
	11:17am Joe B: greetings Michael and everyone
	♥ 11:17am Frank In Queens: Nice under the radar CT selection.
	11:18am clarke: hey nowww!!
	♥ 11:18am Frank In Queens: hey now, clarke
	♥ 11:18am Hughie Considine: Well all right, the party can start now...
	11:18am Baja Joe: Picked up 40 items at $1 sale. Good stuff in bins
	♥ 11:19am Michael Shelley: Nice work Joe!
	♥ 11:20am myron feld: "In Color" is a perfect album.
	11:20am clarke: already been up watching a disappointing liverpool match.
	♥ 11:21am Frank In Queens: yeah, saw that final, clarke. tough defeat.
	♥ 11:21am Hughie Considine: For a band that got huge off a live album, Cheap Trick wasn't exactly a touring colossus. I can't remember them playing MSG. Did anyone ever catch them live around here during their heyday or thereabouts?
	♥ 11:21am Frank In Queens: I gotta get this Whiskey set already...
	11:21am clarke: then took 'nap' - i am the Sick Man Of Europe.
	♥ 11:22am Squints: Never caught up with CT until finally at House Of Blues behind Fenway in 2010. With BunE.
	11:22am clarke: back in the day, i saw CT sixteen times, hughie!
	11:22am Officer Pupp: Is this live “He’s A Whore” on an official release?
	♥ 11:22am myron feld: @Hughie, I saw them at the Bottom Line and the Academy of Music, both in 1978, then not again til this century.
	11:23am clarke: first time opening for KISS!! (which i left before the headliner started)
	♥ 11:23am Handy Haversack: Morning, clarke! Hey, Frank!
	♥ 11:23am Hughie Considine: Lucky dudes! What a band, what a trio!
	11:24am clarke: handy - wattzit??
	♥ 11:24am Hughie Considine: You know what i mean...
	♥ 11:24am Frank In Queens: My first Cheap Trick show was at Irving plaza sometime in the late 90s when they were celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first 3 albums. Played 3 nights straight, each with one of the first 3 albums in its entirety. I could only afford one, so I picked In Color. Pretty awesome.
	♥ 11:24am Montmaster J: Saw them at Playland in Rye...free show (with MS) with seniors sitting on lawn chairs. Great show. Great atmosphere.
	♥ 11:24am myron feld: The F word = "fair?"
	♥ 11:24am Frank In Queens: Hey Handy!
	11:25am clarke: that was a good choice, Frank!!
	11:25am ChrisB.: XTC opened for The Cars.
	♥ 11:25am Hughie Considine: Shticks have a limited shelf life ultimately.
	♥ 11:26am Frank In Queens: @clarke, I had to go bang for the buck on that one. That they came out again after the album was finished and played another 5 or 6 songs afterwards made it more than worth it!
	11:26am clarke: not bun e's shticks!!
	11:26am Joe B: Romantics opened for Cheap Trick at the Garden in 1980
	11:27am clarke: anyone ever been there when Bun E got out the huge baseball bat-size shticks???
	11:27am Bob: Romantics were on fire in 1980 as well
	11:27am Baja Joe: In re Richman, I was at same show. Totally agree. Though 1 encore would have been nice.
	♥ 11:28am jmd: The CT live album Are You Ready? is a great document of the Dream Police tour.
	♥ 11:28am Hughie Considine: Ready to nuts from that build-up.
	♥ 11:28am Michael Shelley: WHISKEY live is this: www.discogs.com...
	♥ 11:29am John L: I saw Cheap Trick at the Commack Arena in 1977. They opened for Utopia, and I wish the billing had been switched. Cheap Trick were great; I still remember the power of Zander's voice during Downed. I like Todd, but Utopia was kinda bland.
	11:29am phat in lincoln: Good lord, these Bats lyrics are brutal.
	11:30am Jneil: Looking forward to this. First saw the band in '75 when they were doing a residency week at The Brewery in E.Lansing, MI.
	♥ 11:30am Hughie Considine: Somehow the Bats of NZ were not subject to litigation by South Africa's Bats.
	♥ 11:30am Mike East: Last week was my first Jonathan Richman show. My wife and I had an absolutely wonderful time. We were in the second row, so great view, and sound was fine (even when he stepped away from the mics and was just THERE.). I can understand how if you've seen it a bunch of times it might wear thin, but for us it was magical and the intimacy of that venue was excellent
	♥ 11:31am Michael Shelley: It's really weird to see Jonathan give the exact same intro to a song he gave 2 years ago... he's really good at making it seem off the cuff and in the moment
	♥ 11:32am Hughie Considine: Billy Bragg does that too.
	♥ 11:32am drr: This Generation Gap seems like a predecessor to Kids In America.
	♥ 11:33am Frank In Queens: @Michael, supposedly there's a 4CD box coming out with all 4 Whiskey shows in their entirety.
	11:33am Bob: @Jneil. I've heard so many amazing stories about the Brewery in E.L. Before my time. Sun Ra, Tom Waits. CT played there a ton according to the book. The original Big Star played there for a week at the time they barely anywhere.
	11:33am clarke: eh, dave!! rippah morning!!
	♥ 11:34am Hughie Considine: On the other hand, I bet Robyn Hitchcock recycles very little in his his surrealistic stage patter.
	♥ 11:34am myron feld: @MS: Marty Stuart also works off a similar script, e.g. the Dolly meeting with him, Willie, Merle & Dwight
	♥ 11:34am drr: hey clarke!
	11:35am Jneil: @Bob, which book is that? They did have some brilliant shows for a club that size (many before my time, sadly)
	11:35am clarke: agree, Hugh!
	11:36am clarke: many country artists had the same stage patter for decades.
	11:36am phat in lincoln: @myron feld gonna find out in November!
	11:37am clarke: hey, i just found out that Mrs. Stiffler is my neighbor, ha ha ha!!
	11:37am Bob: The Cheap Trick book Michael is talking today. The Detroit Rock City book guy has written some cool stories about The Brewery. I've heard lots of stories from older MSU friends. Sun Ra playing twelve shows in a week long stay. Mind boggling.
	♥ 11:38am luka: i really miss the pizza from the place rick co-owns in chicago (new haven style, for the record).
	11:40am Baby: Myron. I will. Kind words!!
	11:40am clarke: keyboards on Heaven Tonight: kai winding
	11:41am clarke: Baby./.. BABY!! u on the east coast??
	11:41am johnk77: back at that time late 1970s other recording artists admired cheap trick live & recording qualities drums & guitar tones etc. huey lewis, tommy & jimmy from tutone, among many others
	11:41am Joe B: it was surprising how quick they fell off the map after Dream Police.
	♥ 11:42am Hughie Considine: so killer
	11:42am clarke: i saw them a lot after that record, albeit at fairs and weird venues
	♥ 11:43am jmd: Wasn't The Flame their 'biggest' hit?
	11:44am johnk77: 08/14/79 Civic Auditorium, Albuquerque, NM (with Long John Baldry) first time i saw them live i was working w/support
	11:44am Joe B: it's their only No. 1. But from 1981 until then ...
	♥ 11:45am jmd: @Joe B: yup. I tried very, very hard to love All Shook Up. I liked it but it was never the same after Dream Police, for me at least.
	11:45am Officer Pupp: They didn’t do much in the UK, so seeing them at a Shellac-curated All Tomorrow’s Parties in 2000? 2001? was a revelation: mind blowing. I’ve been a fan since.
	11:46am clarke: i think Bones also plays drums on this tune
	♥ 11:47am drr: Along with Tom Waits, 5th Dimension was one of Bones Howe's best productions.
	11:47am clarke: (which is quite a feat!!)
	11:47am Joe B: Just a head-scratcher for most of the '80s. CT headlined MSG in 1980 and by 1982 were a punchline in Fast Times
	11:48am clarke: and yet, stayed on the road the whole time!
	11:49am Joe B: @clarke - yeah. they came to my college in 1985 without Tom Petersson as the opening act for John Waite
	♥ 11:49am Frank In Queens: This is a great joke
	♥ 11:49am Hughie Considine: oof!
	11:49am phat in lincoln: Drums must never stop...
	11:49am rx scabin: Good morning, Michael and Everyone.
	11:49am clarke: hah frank - glad you think so!!
	11:50am clarke: RX!!
	♥ 11:50am Frank In Queens: @clarke, my music theory teacher told us that one in high school.
	11:50am victor scarpelli: I heard the Hound tell that joke many years ago! a golden oldie!
	♥ 11:51am Handy Haversack: Friend of mine was in Helsinki some years back, all by himself, for a work thing. He was walking around and saw a bunch of people with long hair and black leather jackets heading into an amphitheater, so he went up to the box office, apologized for not speaking Finnish, and asked what was going on. "Oh -- it's Finnish ... National ... Bass Solo ... Championship." "One, please!"
	♥ 11:51am drr: John Waite seems like a joke because of how he was presented in the 80s, but The Babys have quite a few catchy tunes.
	♥ 11:52am myron feld: Speaking as a bass player, bass solos should be outlawed. I recently saw a very good R&B band (nameless here) who unfortunately featured an acoustic bass solo in four (4) songs.
	11:52am clarke: love The Babys, dave - and BABY!!
	11:53am johnk77: cheap trick had 2 very cute guys back in the day good haircuts all around
	♥ 11:53am Frank In Queens: Ha, I just watched Barfly last night!
	11:53am clarke: oh now we are doing MovieTime??? ha ha ha
	♥ 11:54am Frank In Queens: Well, let's see what Michael has for us this week, if anything.
	11:54am Joe B: william bell - class act!
	11:55am clarke: what else Frank?? i watched Cluny Brown (1943) which is really quite GREAT - Jennifer Jones!! spectacular!!
	11:56am wind: ♥️
	♥ 11:56am drr: Five Easy Pieces. Hadn't seen it in years, even better than I remembered.
	11:57am clarke: nice, Dave - i recently re-watched that (an annual thang) and it stands up so well, always in tears with that father scene on the cliff.
	♥ 11:57am Mxter Baba: ha ha! Robin Zander— the only rock star who ever made a pass at me—and I ran away!!!!
	11:57am clarke: probably jack's finest acting ever.
	♥ 11:57am ironybread: Here's a swell article from Illinois Entertainer (January 1976) if anyone's interested in reading about little bitty baby Cheap Trick from before they got signed: pbs.twimg.com...
	♥ 11:58am DanFA: Hi Michael. What are your thoughts on the Steve Albini re-recorded version of In Colors? It never got an actual release and was leaked onto YouTube. Have you heard it?
	♥ 11:59am Michael Shelley: DFA - it's good, it's interestimg - but not better in any way than the original, but I'm happy to have it
	♥ 11:59am Frank In Queens: Nice. Cluny Brown is on my list. @drr, Five Easy Pieces is fantastic. This week we got two in: What's The Matter With Helen? on Monday and Barfly last night. TCM is showing Making Mr. Right tonight at 10, so it'll be hockey, then that one.
	11:59am clarke: also for movies... i saw a teen film called Sex Drive - it is really surprisingly GOOD!! i watched again, just to be sure!
	12:00pm Mr. Oxford: Hi ironybread! Good to see you. I miss listening to Fuji Puzzle Box on Saturday evenings (evening for me over here, so Afternoons I guess!).
	12:00pm clarke: when did you get TCM, frank?? wow! lucky you!
	♥ 12:01pm Handy Haversack: Nice fade-out!
	12:01pm Bob: I saw the Herb Alpert doc this week. Pretty good but it was not the A&M documentary that i confused it with.
	♥ 12:01pm Hughie Considine: This one is Top 5 Trick for me.
	12:01pm gf2002: What's the difference between a coffin and an upright bass? The coffin has the dead guy on the inside. Shecky Greene, everyone! Don't forget to tip your bartenders.
	♥ 12:01pm myron feld: Come On Come On = Favorite CT song ever.
	12:01pm Joe B: also in that fade-out, nice foreshadowing on their that 70s show 'we're all all right"
	♥ 12:02pm Mike Sin: Looking forward to the Brian Kramp interview! My "old man" recollection -- I first saw Cheap Trick in 1981 at Radio City with UFO opening. It was interesting that both bands went out of their way to thank George Martin from the stage as both had recent albums produced by him. Cheap Trick gave him the shout out after their manic version of "Day Tripper."
	♥ 12:02pm Michael Shelley: Also - a nice showcase for how strong Rick's voice is
	♥ 12:02pm Frank In Queens: @clarke, Verizon finally added it. Not sure when, but we discovered that we finally had it a few weeks ago.
	♥ 12:02pm Handy Haversack: We watched an Irish horror movie, The Hole in the Ground, and a Norwegian one, The Innocents. Pretty good. Also the original Hellraiser because it turned out K8 had never seen it and apparently took all my Cenobite jokes and references over the years as my "prattling on"! Me! Prattle!
	12:02pm phat in lincoln: @Joe B that's where I'd heard that!
	12:02pm Purvis: My neighbours love this song so much that they threw a brick into my window, so they can hear it better
	♥ 12:02pm Handy Haversack: Agreed, Joe!
	12:04pm rx scabin: Clarke.
	12:04pm clarke: nice Frank!!! the mets kept you from finding out!! TCM has been one thing that has evaded me in the streaming dept - our cable carrier doesn't carry it. BOOO!!!
	12:04pm phat in lincoln: I think a lot of people talk "Beatlesesque" when talking about Cheap Trick but I realized earlier today that I think they're more "Movesque."
	12:04pm clarke: RX - hope things are going better??
	12:04pm johnk77: for watching later after this show cheap trick don kirshner rock concert 1977 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQDc9loiFuk&list=WL&index=1
	♥ 12:05pm Frank In Queens: @phat, FAR more like the Move, I think.
	12:05pm johnk77: 21 minutes
	♥ 12:05pm myron feld: @Clarke: And my streaming service had a fight with Turner, so we lost TCM.
	♥ 12:05pm DanFA: @Michael, I do enjoy the Big Black cover of He's a Whore
	12:05pm Cooh John: You said my city.🙋
	12:06pm clarke: yeah, also i can't figure out how to stream BBC stuff without a VPN
	12:07pm clarke: most notably evading me is Jools Holland Later! if anyone has a way to stream those shows - let me knows!!!
	12:07pm phat in lincoln: I'm always ready to rock. Always.
	12:07pm clarke: phuckin' A!!
	♥ 12:07pm Frank In Queens: The original Budokan was my real entry point to CT, again, sometime in the late 90s. Needless to say, the studio albums took a bit of getting used to when I finally wound up picking those up.
	♥ 12:08pm Handy Haversack: I don't even get on the internet without a VPN. As far as the web is concerned, I'm Canadian. It's like wearing a tie! Gonna have to miss the interview. Heading out to go count oysters on the river. Running low on nice days now. But many thanks, Michael! Stay on top, Number Ones!
	♥ 12:08pm Squints: Isn't it more like wearing a toque?
	12:09pm clarke: Pure Michigan!!
	♥ 12:09pm Handy Haversack: Canadian zing, Squints!
	♥ 12:09pm McGroovey: Hey, yous guys. I'm in running-around-so-I-can't-really-post-comments mode today. Just put air in the tires, added a quart of oil to the car, went to Lowes and bought rope. Now I have to eat lunch and try to get a 9x14 carpet into the house all by myself. I'm hoping that the rope and a hand truck will help me. Also, taxiing muy daughter to Hoboken, and getting myself to band practice in Yonkers by 6:00.
	♥ 12:10pm Ken From Hyde Park: Handy left already? Aw, shucks!
	12:10pm clarke: McG - you go girl!!!
	♥ 12:12pm MarciB: As a photo manager, I hope all these notes are safely archived! Loved CT back in their heyday (late 70s-early 80s)
	12:13pm clarke: CT is a band i have never stopped loving ALL the way through - even support new members!!
	12:15pm clarke: Fuse was not a cover band, however.
	12:17pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Good Saturday FMUvianz !
	12:18pm clarke: rev!
	♥ 12:19pm McGroovey: I missed a few minutes. Did he mention the Nazz connection?
	12:21pm clarke: not mentioned (yet).
	12:21pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Beatles - Who, yARdbiRdS, MOVE - Nazz ! Interesting...
	♥ 12:21pm Squints: There it is.
	12:21pm clarke: ok and... nowww!
	12:22pm clarke: Skwintsy!!! how them fall colors???
	12:23pm Baby: Hi Clarke. Indeed I am.
	♥ 12:23pm Squints: Gettin' there, clarke. Earlier than in recent years but still a lot later than 26 years ago when I moved up here. By now they'd have been brown and down.
	12:23pm clarke: wow, Baby - full reportage is expected, sir!! BABY!!!!
	♥ 12:24pm McGroovey: I have a Nazz bootleg that has a couple songs that are actually (I think) Sick Man of Europe.
	♥ 12:24pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: Never saw them because my boyfriend wouldn’t go to an arena show. I should have gone without him.
	12:24pm clarke: we are already getting some leaf-change in new orleans!! quite nice!!
	12:26pm clarke: (the nicest thing is that the cold fronts have kept the hurricanes away -- so far!)
	♥ 12:26pm James in ATL: Terrific interview! Book ordered. Thank you Michael and Brian.
	♥ 12:26pm McGroovey: On my drive to upstate NY yesterday she the day before, the footage is mostly at peak, or past peak at higher elevations.
	♥ 12:26pm jmd: I recall hearing a version of the song Dream Police without the strings? On your show, Michael?
	12:28pm clarke: i've read everything else - might as well get this book, ha ha ha. and, i agree about In Color!!
	♥ 12:29pm drr: Used CHEAP as my Wordle start word.
	♥ 12:30pm Michael Shelley: JMD - yeah, its great - hear it here: wfmu.org...
	♥ 12:31pm DjLorraine: Loving the show Michael Shelley. 🙋‍♀️Cooh John i had a Cheap Trick hat!
	12:32pm clarke: got weed-eaters on one side and roofers on the other - and ROCK in the middle!!
	12:35pm phat in lincoln: Holy hell, that checkerboard story.
	12:35pm clarke: great stuff!!!
	12:35pm Officer Pupp: I’m definitely buying that book.
	♥ 12:35pm jmd: Terrific!
	♥ 12:36pm MarciB: wait, the guys in the band are super nice but wouldn't talk to the author? What's up with that?
	12:37pm phat in lincoln: Great interview. I'ma definitely check out that book. In Color is a perfect rock album. It always reminds me of a good old friend, Andy F. who booked bands here in Lincoln. He was a huge fan. RIP Andy
	12:38pm Officer Pupp: Just want to second JohnK77’s suggestion of the early Cheap Trick TV concert, it’s incredible.
	12:39pm egould: Jeez, Michael. Another great interview. Just bought a copy of the book. My library continues to grow based on this radio show. Only problem; I don’t have a bookshelf. I’m just stacking books on the floor.
	12:39pm clarke: that's the fashion egould!!
	♥ 12:39pm Frank In Queens: Definitely reading Brian's book after I finish the one I'm currently reading.
	12:40pm clarke: which is??
	12:40pm phat in lincoln: Old man bar
	12:41pm egould: Clarke, could you explain that to my wife?
	♥ 12:41pm Frank In Queens: @clarke www.barnesandnoble.com...
	12:41pm clarke: tell her to look at shows and films!!
	12:41pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'Just what we need' - sounds like UncleMichael. :)
	12:42pm egould: Powerpop!
	12:42pm clarke: most notably French Dispatch!!
	♥ 12:42pm McGroovey: I think this might be my favorite Beatles song.
	12:42pm phat in lincoln: Those harmonies, even rough...
	12:43pm clarke: what stands out in this mix is the "lite" snare sound, which was obviously eq'd, later
	♥ 12:43pm myron feld: the guitars on this one. Supreme.
	♥ 12:43pm Frank In Queens: If there is such a thing as an underrated Beatles song, this is it.
	♥ 12:43pm jmd: Why was this mixed in stereo? Seems like they wouldn't have bothered?
	12:44pm gf2002: The theme to the old Beatles cartoon. One of their best
	♥ 12:44pm McGroovey: Equal time for a McCartney song?
	12:44pm clarke: actually THEY didn't bother showing up for stereo mixes - martin just did them alone.
	12:45pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: gf2002 yes ! The Cartoon. Fuzz standing in for horns.
	12:45pm gf2002: The stunner so far is John's "Yellow Submarine" demo before it became a kids' singalong. That one never made the bootlegs as far as I know
	12:45pm clarke: and by alone i mean with a tape-op and engineer.
	♥ 12:45pm myron feld: I like this better w/o the horns
	12:46pm gf2002: Martin gets more credit for that than he should, Geoff Emerick was the man behind Revolver's sound and mixes. 20 years old
	♥ 12:46pm Hughie Considine: Was just about to say the same thing @Myron
	♥ 12:46pm Squints: myron, it IS pretty neat.
	12:46pm clarke: agree myron!! and the world would have been a different place without chicago, Bs&T's etc
	♥ 12:46pm jmd: @clark: right, but why bother if it wasn't going to move forward. Is it a stereo mix for the new set maybe?
	♥ 12:46pm Michael Shelley: great to hear the gtr play the horm line
	12:47pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Geoff Emerick's first job as Engineer ?? While 'Normal' Norman Smith graduated to Producer for - the earliest PinkFloyd.
	12:47pm gf2002: That fuzz standing in for horns was the same thing the Stones did on Satisfaction, they pictured a sax playing that classic fuzz line but did guitar instead
	12:48pm Dennis Diken: Hey, Mikey & gang! Splendid show, thanks! Bun E once introduced me to Roy Wood! What a moment that was!
	12:48pm clarke: capital required a stereo mix. they paid for them.
	12:48pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Of course - historically interesting as Fuzz was first perhaps intended to emulate horns.
	12:49pm clarke: 'ello Denny!! nice work, that!!
	12:49pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Yeah more Stereo market in the USA early on they say. What kids had Stereos in 1966 ?
	12:49pm gf2002: That was Geoff Emerick's first full album, his first sessions I believe were Rain and Paperback Writer, and the first Revolver session he engineered was Tomorrow Never Knows which won the Beatles over and convinced them to stay with Abbey Road. They wanted to record at Stax at one point prior to that
	♥ 12:49pm Hughie Considine: It was also used early on for pure novelty effect -- probably a bit of both, @RR
	12:49pm James: Terrific show today!
	12:49pm clarke: where has the Time gone??!!??
	12:50pm clarke: i keep gettin' cut off, here...
	♥ 12:51pm luka: the finest
	12:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...& by 1967 - one pictures Hippies sprawled out with Stereos for sure...
	♥ 12:51pm Squints: I like to think that Otis Redding's version realized the vision of Satisfaction Keef had had in his sleep. Never heard an Otis cover of that that didn't absolutely smoke.
	12:51pm gf2002: Stereo was an afterthought for rock/pop in 1966, once the mono masters were cut, usually it was just the engineer who ran a stereo mix. That changed in '67 drastically.
	♥ 12:51pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: I wasn’t looking and thought those were CT covers of Beatles songs
	♥ 12:51pm Hughie Considine: Geoff Emerick's book, "Here, There and Everywhere," is a great read.
	♥ 12:52pm Squints: If Swamp Dogg had more fuzz, he wouldn't need to buy more autotune. 8^)
	♥ 12:52pm dave wuz here: southern girls is perfect
	12:52pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: AbbeyRoad - their last recorded mid'69 - the only one no Mono mix I am told.
	12:52pm clarke: ha ha ha ha
	12:52pm gf2002: Yes! Geoff's book is terrific, the only drawback was he took some heat for being hard on George Harrison's guitar abilities at times
	♥ 12:53pm Squints: Den E!
	♥ 12:53pm myron feld: Each song you play from "In Color" reinforces its perfection.
	12:53pm phat in lincoln: Eff me, this song. "Need some brand new shoes..."
	12:53pm clarke: but, basically "all" geoff said is that george took many takes to get a part down.
	12:53pm gf2002: Mono albums were also a buck or two cheaper than their stereo counterparts until '68 or so, by then mono was all but dead for albums.
	♥ 12:54pm Squints: Might that have reflected some meticulousness working it out?
	12:54pm phat in lincoln: Pretty sure I'ma learn some Cheap Trick on guitar this weekend.
	♥ 12:54pm Frank In Queens: Great closer, Michael. And great show!
	12:54pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...was Let It Be out in Mono tho? Probly not then? In the Beatles podcast community - Emerick is exalted as Engineer ...but considered a questionable source even as first-hand witness.
	♥ 12:54pm MarciB: Great show!
	12:54pm clarke: it's just that george would flub, until he got the part dow - THIS i can identify with!!
	12:55pm gf2002: It was funny though reading Geoff's account of George trying to track the solo to "Ill Follow The Sun", which is pretty basic
	♥ 12:55pm DjLorraine: 👏Southern Girls! 👞👞
	12:55pm clarke: -down
	12:55pm phat in lincoln: Thanks Michael.
	♥ 12:55pm Squints: clarke, that makes me feel better about my own fledgling efforts.
	12:55pm clarke: exactly Sq!!!
	12:56pm gf2002: Some of the fan communities might think Emerick was taking credit away from George Martin, but I kind of lean toward Emerick's accounts. During the Pepper era he was actually there in the studio more than George Martin recording those tracks
	12:56pm clarke: A to B, people!!
	♥ 12:56pm Squints: these promo take are awesome.
	♥ 12:56pm Hughie Considine: That is not how I imagined Tom Petersson to sound ... at all!
	12:57pm Officer Pupp: Great show Michael - one to add to the favourites.
	♥ 12:57pm luka: i thought you were calling Rex the dollar record store
	12:57pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ TY Always DJ MS ~
	1:25pm egould: I’m drinking a Splash Morgan right now. Vodka, hibiscus tea, splash of lime juice, Perrier.

Michael Shelley: Playlist from October 22, 2022

Listener comments!

(C) 2024 WFMU. Generated by KenzoDB, written by Ken Garson