Favoriting Optical Sound with Mike Sin: Playlist from January 16, 2010 Favoriting

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A sight for sore ears. Power pop, freakbeat, and psychedelic songs for all six senses.

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Favoriting January 16, 2010: A fill in for Terre T -- Hello 2010!

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Yardbirds  Smokestack Lightning   Favoriting Five Live Yardbirds  Rhino Records  1989  CD  originally from 1964! Recorded at the Marquee Club in London.    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Generation X  Ready Steady Go   Favoriting Perfect Hits 1975 - 1981  Chrysalis  1991  CD  from 1978 -- originally off their self-titled first LP.    0:05:02 (Pop-up)
Pistol Whip  Untouchables   Favoriting Terminal  Smog Veil    CD  from 1977 -- Cleveland!  *   0:07:58 (Pop-up)
Off Broadway USA  Stay in Time   Favoriting VA: DIY: Shake It Up! American Power Pop II (1978-80)  Rhino  1993  CD  from 1980.    0:10:58 (Pop-up)
Jags  She's So Considerate   Favoriting Evening Standards  Island  1980  LP      0:13:44 (Pop-up)
Utopia  Take It Home   Favoriting Deface the Music  Bearsville  1980  LP  Todd Rundgren and crew's tongue-in-cheek homage to each stylistic period of The Beatles, working chronologically track by track.    0:16:29 (Pop-up)
Sorrows  Bad Times   Favoriting Teenage Heartbreak  CBS  1980  LP  from New York -- members were originally in the Poppees.    0:19:10 (Pop-up)
Anderson Council  Love Bomb   Favoriting b/w Don't You Think  Sinclair    7"    *   0:21:28 (Pop-up)
Original Sins  Why You Love Me So   Favoriting The Hardest Way  Psonik  1989  CD  from Bethlehem, PA.    0:25:37 (Pop-up)
Creeps  Down At The Nightclub   Favoriting Enjoy the Creeps  Tracks on Wax  1986  LP  from Sweden!    0:27:55 (Pop-up)
 
Twisted  Sheez Wycked   Favoriting The Fuzztones: Creatures That Time Forgot  Skyclad Records  1989  CD  from 1984 -- preceded by an interview by Bill Kelly on WFMU at that time!    0:39:47 (Pop-up)
Jay Reatard  Feeling Blank Again   Favoriting Singles 06-07  In the Red  2008  CD  RIP Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr.    0:42:26 (Pop-up)
Jay Reatard  I Know a Place   Favoriting Singles 06-07  In the Red  2008  CD      0:45:33 (Pop-up)
Fleshtones  My Kind of Lovin'/The Cross Roads Are Coming   Favoriting More Than Skin Deep  Telstar/Ichiban  1998  LP      0:46:32 (Pop-up)
Forty-Fives  My Kind of Girl   Favoriting VA: The Coolest Songs in the World, Volume 1  Wicked Cool  2006  CD  originally from the 2002 Yep Rock album "Fight Dirty"    0:49:20 (Pop-up)
Kenny and the Kasuals  Money   Favoriting The Impact Sound of Kenny and the Kasuals  Impact  1977  LP  1977 reissue of a rare 1966 LP -- a live recording at the Studio Club in Dallas, TX.    0:52:27 (Pop-up)
 
Remo Four  Live Like a Lady   Favoriting Smile  Repertoire   1996  CD  from 1967    1:00:59 (Pop-up)
Nouvellas  Baby You Change Your Mind   Favoriting The Nouvellas  Ernest Jenning Record Co.    CD  playing tonight at Southpaw (Brooklyn, NY)!  *   1:03:41 (Pop-up)
Gold  Summer Dresses   Favoriting VA: World in Sound Tracks - Episode I  World of Sound    CD  from 1971  *   1:07:06 (Pop-up)
Brilliant Colors  Short Sleeves at Night   Favoriting Introducing  Slumberland    CD    *   1:09:09 (Pop-up)
Shannon and the Clams  Blast Me to Bermuda   Favoriting I Wanna Go Home  1-2-3-4 Go!    CD    *   1:11:16 (Pop-up)
 
 
Tribute to Mick Green! R.I.P.
Pirates  My Babe   Favoriting VA: Rhythm & Blues at Abbey Road, 1963-1966  EMI  2002  CD  from 1964.    1:15:44 (Pop-up)
Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas  I'll Be Doggone   Favoriting VA: Mix a Fix -- UK Floor Fillers, Volume 2  Psychic Circle  2007  CD  from 1965    1:18:34 (Pop-up)
Pirates  Can't Understand   Favoriting VA: Nothing Comes Easy: 20 Hard-Edged Stompers From the British Beat Era  Psychic Circle  2007  CD  from 1965    1:21:11 (Pop-up)
Dakotas  7 Pounds of Potatoes   Favoriting VA: English Freakbeat, Volume 2  AIP  1996  CD  from 1966. Thank you Mr. LyNcH for "remastering" this track properly to mono!    1:23:11 (Pop-up)
Dakotas  The Spider and the Fly   Favoriting VA: Rare 60's Beat Treasures, Volume 3  Gone Beat  1995  CD  from 1967    1:25:34 (Pop-up)
 
The Above  Bollywood Woman   Favoriting 3 Song sampler  self-released    CD-R  promo sampler for an upcoming album.  *   1:32:17 (Pop-up)
The Escorts  C'mon Home Baby   Favoriting From the Blue Angel  Edsel Records  1983  LP  from 1965    1:35:10 (Pop-up)
Keith Shields  Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)   Favoriting VA: The Freakbeat Scene  Deram/Decca  1998  CD  from 1967 - a cover of a Donovan song.    1:36:55 (Pop-up)
Ravin' Blue  It's Not Real   Favoriting VA: Psychedelic States: Mississippi  Gear Fab    CD  from 1966  *   1:38:56 (Pop-up)
Magical Mixture  I'm So Sad   Favoriting VA: Swinging London: The Accidental Genius of Saga Records 1968-1970  RPM  2007  CD  from 1968    1:41:30 (Pop-up)
Phil Ochs  Tape From California   Favoriting Rehearsals For Retirement/Gunfight at Carnegie Hall  Collectors' Choice  2000  CD  recorded live in 1970. This version is quite different from the studio version that appeard in 1968. Bob Rafkin on guitar. "Gunfight at Carnegie Hall" was originally released only in Canada in 1975.    1:45:30 (Pop-up)
Grodes  I Won't Be There   Favoriting VA: Let's Talk About Girls! Music from Tucson 1964-1968  Dionysus  1997  CD  from 1966    1:49:07 (Pop-up)
Shrubs  Big Lie   Favoriting Forgotten How to Fall  Not    CD  produced by the Feelies' Glenn Mercer  *   1:51:10 (Pop-up)
 
Dutchess and the Duke  Reservoir Park   Favoriting She's the Dutchess, He's the Duke  Hardly Art  2008  CD  Hear them live on the Cherry Blossom Clinic on 1/23!    2:03:29 (Pop-up)
Paley Brothers  Magic Power   Favoriting b/w You're the Best  Sire Records  1978  7"      2:07:04 (Pop-up)
Squeeze  Goodbye Girl   Favoriting 6 Squeeze Songs Crammed Into One Ten-Inch Record  A&M Records  1979  10"  fantastic album cover    2:10:12 (Pop-up)
Barnaby Bye  Tumblin' Inn   Favoriting Touch  Atlantic  1974  LP  features Peppy Castro (formerly of the Blues Magoos) and the Alessi brothers.    2:12:55 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  Wild-Eyed Boy From Freecloud   Favoriting Space Oddity (40th Anniversary Edition)  Virgin    CD box set  from 1969.  *   2:15:38 (Pop-up)
Yummy Fur  Policeman   Favoriting b/w 70's Car Crash  Guided Missile  1996  7"  The band has reunited and they will be playing live on the Cherry Blossom Clinic sometime in February!    2:19:47 (Pop-up)
Knaves  Inside Outside   Favoriting Leave Me Alone!  Sundazed  2001  10"  from 1967    2:23:27 (Pop-up)
14  Drizzle   Favoriting 14 in a Bunch and More  EMI  1998  CD  from 1966. Sweden!
Thanks to Bill for sending this CD my way!
 
  2:23:34 (Pop-up)
Listen  Everybody's Gonna Say   Favoriting VA: Visions of the Past #3  Disc de Luxe  1991  CD  from 1966, featuring Robert Plant before joining Led Zeppelin.    2:25:34 (Pop-up)
Lindsay Muir's Untamed  Daddy Long Legs   Favoriting VA: The Best of Planet Records  RPM  2000  CD  From 1966 -- a Shel Talmy production. This compilation rounds up tracks from Talmy's Planet record label.    2:29:25 (Pop-up)
The Illusion  Talkin' Sweet Talkin' Soul   Favoriting The Illusion  Steed / Dot  1969  LP      2:30:28 (Pop-up)
Edwin Starr  Easin' In   Favoriting VA: Can You Dig It? The Music and Politics of Black Action Films 1968-75  Soul Jazz Records    CD box set  From the movie "Hell Up in Harlem" (1973)  *   2:33:04 (Pop-up)
 
Johnny Hallyday  Voyage au Pays des Vivants   Favoriting Johnny Hallyday  Philips  1969  LP  "secretly" featuring members of the Small Faces.    2:44:51 (Pop-up)
Crickets  Song of the Crickets   Favoriting VA: Psychedelic Super Pjotr  Past and Present    CD  from 1967. Poland!  *   2:48:24 (Pop-up)
Rob Storme Group  But Cry   Favoriting VA: Tony the Tyger Presents: Shout, Shake & Go  No Label  2001  CD-R  from 1966    2:51:25 (Pop-up)
 


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Listener comments!

  3:12pm
Matt:

Great opening tunes. Love Keith Relf
  3:13pm
Nikolaj:

Hey - I am listening. From Copenhagen, Denmark. Rock n Roll!
  3:18pm
Rob F:

Sounds great Mike - keep up the great work.
  3:21pm
Nolan:

Sounds wonderful! Wish I could download a podcast of it.
  3:23pm
pseu:

go Mike go! love it!
  3:27pm
Hugh mchuge:

Go Mike! Had bout some Headcoatees?
  3:31pm
esch oder anarchie!:

Saturday afternoon, working from home, grrrr. But, just caught myself headbanging to the beat and them fuzzy guitars. Makes work more fun. Thx.
  3:50pm
Topkat:

'aftanoon Mike & Liz and all,
might you have carried in to the studio with you any Teen Machine or The Scruffs or The Fevers?
Geez, yet another talent toast. R.I.P. Jay Reatard.
  3:52pm
frenchee:

Hi Topkat and everybody!
  4:01pm
Matt:

Rockin version of Money! Eight-tracks eh?
  4:09pm
Chris:

Wow, thought this tune by remo 4 was a later date - great song!
  4:14pm
frenchee:

the 8-trax are easy compared to the wax cylinders
  4:15pm
Bluesman:

Hey Mike Sin, enjoyin' the show on this fine Saturday afternoon. Yes indeed, the Impact LP actually made it to CD. Thats how mine spins!
  4:31pm
Cousin Judy:

Hey cousin Mike Sin, Great tunes. Remember our first BeatleFest together. That was what 1975?
  4:32pm
frenchee:

do tell, cuz Judy!
  4:42pm
Frank:

Mike! Thanks for playing the new track!
  5:01pm
Parq:

I actually prefer that version of Tape from Cal. I like his live version of his song about Kennedy better, too.
  5:04pm
Rob F:

You're picking some great records - a perfect soundtrack for a day with such nice weather. Loved that track from The Above, too!
  5:04pm
Frank:

It has been TOO long, hasn't it?
  5:11pm
frenchee:

Hi Parq! Phil Ochs makes me weepy...in a good way.
  5:17pm
Parq:

Digging this live Squeeze, too. Always did love them, never got to see them live.
  5:24pm
Matt:

Follow this up with Janine!
  5:30pm
Listener Jumpy:

Digging it!
Come to my gig tonight. We're spinning the same kind of slop!
  5:35pm
Matt:

What's the gig?
  5:38pm
Listener Jumpy:

Is it OK to plug it here?
Me and Dylan Otto Bahn blast all '60s garage 45s at Blackout Bar, Brooklyn. Free, 10-4.
  5:44pm
frenchee:

go for it, Jumpy!
  5:55pm
Listener Jumpy:

"watch your girlfriend around Jumpy"?
  5:56pm
Topkat:

...thanks for such a great bunch-o-fun show today!
  9:30am
matteo(rudie war):

yo great show thanx
  3:51pm
Zach:

Great set, Mike. Very fun, toe-tappin' tunes.
  3:25pm
Mike Sin:

Thanks again to all who tuned in and left comments. I do indeed appreciate it. I always have a great time performing these fill-in spots!
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