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A pennant-winning battery of songland. Ongoing feature: Single File, a half-hour of randomly selected small records with big holes.

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Options September 3, 2015: Acceptable, Respectable, Presentable

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Hap Palmer  Far East Blues   Options There Will Be a Happy Meeting: Charlie's 2015 Marathon Premium  Hap Palmer  2015  CD-R  From 1973  *   0:00:00 ()
The Orient Express  Fruit of the Desert   Options The Orient Express  Mainstream  1969  LP      0:06:43 ()
Edip Akbayram & Dostlar  Zalim Zalim   Options Singles Overview 1974-1977  Pharaway Sounds  2015  CD    *   0:09:40 ()
Gene Lawrence  After Sunrise   Options Psychemagik Presents: Magik Sunset Part 1  Leng  2015  CD  From 1977  *   0:12:38 ()
Hugo Montenegro  Traces   Options Moog Power  RCA/BMG Spain  1998  CD  From 1969    0:18:09 ()
Santo and Johnny  Theme from "Come September"   Options The Best of Santo and Johnny  Stardust  1997  CD  From 1961    0:20:56 ()
Django Reinhardt  September Song   Options The Indispensable Django Reinhardt 1949-1950  RCA  1992  CD  From 1950    0:23:04 ()
 
Sauna Youth  Transmitters   Options single  Upset! the Rhythm  2015  45    *   0:33:40 ()
Wetdog  Chocky   Options Divine Times  Upset! the Rhythm  2015  LP    *   0:36:00 ()
Trash Kit  Leaves   Options Confidence  Upset! the Rhythm  2015  LP    *   0:39:08 ()
The Lloyd Pack  That's What Gets Results   Options A Tribute  Amish  2015  LP    *   0:42:16 ()
Bananarama  No Feelings   Options Party Party Original Motion Picture Soundtrack  A&M  1982  LP      0:46:18 ()
The Woodentops  It Will Come   Options single  Rough Trade  1985  12"      0:48:54 ()
The Postmarks  7-11   Options 1-12 By the Numbers  Unfiltered  2008  CD      0:51:58 ()
Catherine McKinnon  Hard Luck Loser   Options Crayons to Perfume Presents Frozen Felines: 2015 Marathon Premium  Catherine McKinnon  2105  CD-R    *   0:56:08 ()
Little Peggy March  I Will Follow Him   Options In Any Other Language: Joe Belock's 2015 WFMU Marathon Premium  Little Peggy March  2015  CD-R  in Japanese  *   0:58:07 ()
The Phillistines Jr.  The Logical Song   Options Even More Super Hits of the Seventies: Michael Shelley's 2015 WFMU Marathon Premium  The Philistines Jr.  2015  CD-R    *   1:00:43 ()
Yukihiro Takahashi  Helpless   Options Wild & Moody  Cocteau  1985  EP  Bill Nelson, vocal and guitar    1:04:15 ()
Red House Painters  Silly Love Songs   Options Songs for a Blue Guitar  Island  1996  CD      1:08:42 ()
Leo Sayer  In My Life   Options Just a Boy  Warner Bros.  1974  LP      1:19:40 ()
Laghonia  Everybody on Monday   Options Etcetera  Vinilisssimo  2015  LP  From 1971  *   1:23:01 ()
 
 
Single File: a bunch of random 45 r.p.m. singles slapped together
The Fun and Games  We   Options single  Uni  1969  45      1:34:58 ()
Jackie Wilson  Baby Workout   Options single  Brunswick  1963  45      1:37:23 ()
The Honeymoon Killers  Histoire à Suivre   Options single  Crammed Discs  1981  45      1:39:59 ()
The Lonesome Rhodes (Sandy and Donna)  Mister   Options single  RCA Victor  1967  45      1:42:57 ()
Jimmy Bryant  Lonesome   Options single  Imperial  1966  45      1:45:40 ()
Graham Central Station  Love (Edited)   Options single  Warner Bros.  1976  45      1:48:16 ()
Michelle Shocked  Anchorage   Options single  Mercury  1988  45  "live video version"    1:51:42 ()
Stumblebunny  Tonite   Options single  Mercury  1979  45      1:55:54 ()
Prince Guitar  My Summer Is Gone   Options single  Banner  ?  45      1:59:09 ()
 
Roy Clark and Buck Trent  Jolly Ho (Happy Hour)   Options Banjo Bandits  ABC  1978  LP      2:13:08 ()
Wynn Stewart  The Tourist   Options It's Such a Pretty World Today  Capitol  1967  LP      2:15:00 ()
Hank Williams  I Can't Get You Off of My Mind   Options The Garden Spot Programs, 1950  Omnivore Recordings  2014  CD      2:18:22 ()
David Allan Coe  If I Knew   Options Tennessee Whiskey  Columbia  1981  LP      2:21:01 ()
Ola Belle Reed  Single Girl   Options Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line  Dust-to-Digital  2015  CD  From 1966  *   2:23:53 ()
Guillaume Maupin  Tabula Rasa II   Options Around John Locke in a Day  Saintonge  2015  LP    *   2:26:22 ()
John Hulburt  All Night Waitress   Options Opus 3  Tompkins Square  2015  CD  From 1972  *   2:28:35 ()
Goldberg  Misty Flats   Options Misty Flats  Future Days  2015  CD  From 1974  *   2:31:33 ()
Dando Shaft  September Wine   Options Anthology  RPM  2002  CD  From 1970    2:35:12 ()
Shelagh McDonald  Stargazer   Options Dust on the Nettles: A Journey Through the British Underground Folk Scene 1967-72  Grapefruit  2015  CD  From 1971  *   2:38:49 ()
Terry Melcher  These Days   Options Terry Melcher  Reprise  1974  LP      2:42:50 ()
Julia Vorontsova  Gretchen   Options Over  Julia Vorontsova  2015  CD    *   2:47:15 ()
Season  Island of Love   Options Season  Wah Wah  2015  LP  From 1971  *   2:51:17 ()
Mike Fiems  I Would Dream   Options I Would Dream  Mapache  2015  LP  From 1974  *   2:54:22 ()

Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:03am Marcel M:

Morning Joe and all!
Avatar Thu. 9/3/15 9:03am pierre:

Bonjour Joe !
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Thu. 9/3/15 9:03am Ken From Hyde Park:

Boing!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:04am Marcel M:

By the way Joe, Anna just asked me if that was you in the intro doing the happy happy boing boing... I regret not telling her yes :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Thu. 9/3/15 9:04am common:

hello joe and marce, pierre, ken all! happy thursday!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:06am Joe McG:

@Marcel: Tell Anna that it is most definitely me. Hi, everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Thu. 9/3/15 9:06am common:

meant marcel. too much night.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:06am Marcel M:

Morning Common! (I figured, heh)
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:08am Cheri Pi:

Yip-yep
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Thu. 9/3/15 9:08am Roberto:

Moving upstairs today. No more blowhard office neighbor. I'll continue to crank your offerings nonetheless!
Avatar Thu. 9/3/15 9:11am pierre:

Guys, has anybody seen The Residents live, and if yes, is it a good show ?
Avatar Thu. 9/3/15 9:12am pierre:

They play in Paris with "Shadowland" the last part of a trilogy that I havent heard much about, but I love the band, but the tickets are also pretty expensive, so I was hoping some of you might have some insights (?)
  Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:13am Glenn M:

whats up joe
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:13am Joe McG:

Hey, Glenn! More up than down, and that's a good thing. You?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Thu. 9/3/15 9:17am common:

pierre, my friend went to a residents show in philly a few years ago and said it was fantastic! i wanna see the documentary about them.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:18am Brian in UK:

Hey Joe. What's cookin'?
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:18am Rich in Washington:

Pierre: I saw a fairly recent Residents show (WOW Tour) and really for only the fact that they don't get up my way often, I figured it might be my last chance to see them without hitting the road. I have to say I didn't find it that great, myself. I don't really dig where their live show is coming from - the Randy thing. I just don't get it. Sorry to say - I'm a huge Rez fan and have been for many decades.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Thu. 9/3/15 9:19am KP:

Hugoes there
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:19am Scott Williams:

@pierre, I've only seen them once, on the Demons Dance Alone tour (2002?). Very, uhh.... theatrical. Almost Broadway, a little corny. but a very immersive experience; maybe worth it because I love them too. Well, "Him", at this point. I wouldn't spend a lotta $$ on it tho.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:20am sphere:

the bassist on this Montenegro track - could it be Carol Kaye?
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:21am sphere:

oh and morning :)
Avatar Thu. 9/3/15 9:24am pierre:

Thank you all for your advice ! They are playing the documentary, so there is that already.
And, I don't know, would 40$ represent a lot of money for it ? (regarding that it's more 80 since i would invite my girlfriend )
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:24am Joe McG:

@sphere: Possible! It was recorded in Hollywood at RCA.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:24am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- ah Django...
Avatar Thu. 9/3/15 9:25am pierre:

(oh and @Scott, I haven't given up on listening to your show as often as I can)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Thu. 9/3/15 9:26am common:

perfect for iced coffee... or beer. this
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:29am Cecile:

Holaaaaa. I have to say both time I saw the Residents it was magical. But there was no "Randy". Just music. The first time it was with Snakefinger. Sigh. I don't think I need to see them again.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:29am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...sounded like Django w/ an electric pickup ; I'd like to know more details about his precise relation to 'electric' guitar...
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:30am Cecile:

like if they were going steady or cousins or something?
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:31am MD:

Helllllo Joe and Alll!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:31am Cecile:

I'm with you, Joe. Ugh. I call it "bathtub weather"
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:31am Scott Williams:

drummer when I saw them was Toby Dammit, so there's your Residents/Stooges link. No Randy yet either; yeah he's pretty irritating. Just see the movie (I haven't yet). (and Thank you @Pierre!)
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:32am Parq:

I agree, Joe. I really look forward to those eight or nine days of fall weather we get every year in between baking and freezing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:34am Cecile:

Say Saow-na!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:34am V Priceless:

Hey Mr. Joe and Noisers!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Thu. 9/3/15 9:35am common:

vp!
  Thu. 9/3/15 9:36am Kees:

The Residents can probably gig for all eternity, as they can use fill-ins easily
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:36am Cecile:

Aw, they're from the UK. I was hoping they were from Scandinavia or the Finnish enclaves in the US.
Avatar Thu. 9/3/15 9:37am pierre:

Perfect, merci for all your insights Friends !
@Scott : the movie seems pretty interesting and mysterious,
i'll tell you how it was.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:37am Cecile:

actually Finland isn't Scandinavia. whatevs.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:38am Cheri Pi:

Speaking of the Finscandians, yo Cecile!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Thu. 9/3/15 9:39am common:

i almost went to finland for some reasonn when i was a teen, cecile. i think i should have.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:40am V Priceless:

hey common!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:40am Cecile:

Moi
My hairdresser is 32/32 Finnish. She named her male kitten Poika. Which means boy. I think I'm going to learn Finnish. It really is a big part of my upbringing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Thu. 9/3/15 9:40am common:

i like 2 ns.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:44am V Priceless:

'won't drop, won't dead...he won't drop dead....'
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:44am Cecile:

I posted "Liar" to my Twitter feed so I can share it with people w/o bugging any more DJs.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:45am Joe McG:

@Cecile: I bought "Winning" last week for a couple of bucks. Haven't listened to it yet, but I expect to love it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:46am Cecile:

It's fucking great. There are only a couple of touches that make it dated.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:47am Cecile:

OK, this is amazing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:48am Liz Berg:

Loving this set, Joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:48am Cecile:

I heard some other stuff off Party Party but not this.
This is genius.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:49am Joe McG:

I'm so glad, Liz! :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:51am Parq:

Haven't heard that Pistols cover in forever -- thanks! Had that album at one point.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:54am Parq:

Anybody ever seen the movie, by the way?
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:59am Joe McG:

I've never seen it, Parq. I've had the soundtrack since 1982, but never sought out the flicker.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 9:59am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Honestly? As important as the Pistols are - how many know exactly what Lydon's words are?
Avatar Thu. 9/3/15 10:00am DeemerDave:

I Will Follow Him: The most common soccer chant in the MLS
Avatar Thu. 9/3/15 10:02am pierre:

that is a pretty powerful set here…
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Thu. 9/3/15 10:02am common:

joe! my 2nd 7 inch was this by supertramp. had this is my head all day yesterday at work. thanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:03am cee:

this is a great version of the logical sosng
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:03am Kurt Gottschalk:

way to ruin my brain for the day, joe.
Avatar Thu. 9/3/15 10:03am ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ:

Just star-clicked this one. Great cover!
  Thu. 9/3/15 10:04am mark:

this version of logical song sorta sounds more like an xtc song
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Thu. 9/3/15 10:05am common:

in i meant. 7 inch i needa sleep
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Thu. 9/3/15 10:05am Ken From Hyde Park:

Wow, what a take on "The Logical Song"!
  Thu. 9/3/15 10:05am Julie:

Great set today!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:07am Joe McG:

Thanks, Julie!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:09am Brian in UK:

Pure Pop for People Who Should Know Better.
I loves POP.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:10am Marcel M:

This... isn't Neil young? Wow
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:11am Marcel M:

Cortez cortezzzzz.... what a killer
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:11am Brian in UK:

This is Mr Chuckles.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Thu. 9/3/15 10:13am PKNY:

Best "Cortez the Killer" cover ever!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:13am Joe McG:

@Brian: Ha ha ha!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:13am Cecile:

the anti-Jerry Reed. Hence all Sun Kil Moon and RHP songs should be performed the way Cledus Snow would do them.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:14am Cecile:

although his AC/DC covers album is pretty untouchable.
Avatar Thu. 9/3/15 10:14am ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ:

HA! Wow. This song takes on a whole new meaning. Love this.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:15am Cecile:

how long is this track? 25 minutes?
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:16am Joe McG:

@Cecile: 11 minutes and 11 seconds.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:17am Scott Williams:

this guy does some killer John Denver covers too!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:17am Cecile:

ooooh. Symmetrical. Enough time to eat a sandwich.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:17am Cecile:

*hums "Eastbound and Down" in her head*
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:18am Cheri Pi:

Enough time to watch Smokey and the Bandit.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:18am Cecile:

hahahhahahhahaha at least the best parts.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:18am Joe McG:

@Cheri Pi: On fast-forward?
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:19am Cecile:

the parts with no car chases. hahaha
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:19am Cecile:

actually, the chases are the best part.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:20am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

I loved RHP. Man - am I a glumpuppet.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:20am Goyim in the AM:

Well, I guess this beats 11 minutes of him reading from his address book and cursing at us.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:20am Cheri Pi:

It feels like it Joe! Now I have to watch that movie tonight.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:20am sphere:

I still can't believe that Smokey and the Bandit is centered around Coors beer.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:20am Cecile:

god I think I wrote a review of one of his records a long time ago and I said something like "it's not enough that it's boring. It has to slap your face with its stultifying boredom for 15 minutes." hahahaha
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:20am Cheri Pi:

Mr. CP likes this kinda stuff.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:21am Cecile:

hahahahahha
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:22am Cheri Pi:

A different song!
  Thu. 9/3/15 10:22am SeanG:

greatest american hero tv show
  Thu. 9/3/15 10:22am Brian:

Wow, forgot all about this great Leo Sayer track. Maybe I shouldn't have sold my LP last year :(
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:23am Cecile:

Brian, you can always listen to it on YouTube.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Thu. 9/3/15 10:23am KP:

This is off "Just a Boy"?
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:23am Cheri Pi:

From his smash hit album "Just a Poika"
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:25am Joe McG:

@Brian: There are about 3 good songs on it. You did the right thing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:25am Cecile:

Is that the one with his version of Tightrope on it?
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:26am Cecile:

no, that's the show much go on. It's a Tightrope rip.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:26am Joe McG:

@Cecile: Nope.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:26am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- love Daltrey's 'Just a Boy', for which I expect to be shot down around here...
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:27am Brian in UK:

Just bought a copy of Mick Houghton's book Becoming Elektra. Jac Holzman, what a hero.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:27am Cecile:

why? I never shoot anyone down. Well, not often. And usually with love.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:27am Cecile:

brian, no kidding.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:28am Brian in UK:

Cecile yes I can read joined up letters now.
  Thu. 9/3/15 10:29am Brian:

Re; Holzman That's what I miss nowadays, record labels led by someone with a strong vision.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:29am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...'Giving It All Away'
- 'Forever Changes' Elektra box is tasty...
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:31am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Music like everything else: company owned by bigger company by a bigger one: beancounters & lawyers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:31am Parq:

They are YMO -- Japan's Number One dance band!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Thu. 9/3/15 10:31am Roberto:

You swagged yourself?
  Thu. 9/3/15 10:31am Mark:

"Helpless" was on "Deja Vu" but most CSN&Y tracks are solo tracks, really, aren't they?
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:33am Brian in UK:

Mick Houghton put together Forever Changing that is how he got the book gig. Interesting interviews with Holzman. His old man kept telling him he would never add up to anything. It took THe Doors to hit No.1 for him to believe that he knew which way was up.
  Thu. 9/3/15 10:35am cheri:

hi joe, I got to tell you this next segment is really cool "the single file" i really enjoy it! thanks joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:36am Joe McG:

@Brian in UK: If you haven't read it, Jac Holzman's autobiography is also really great.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:37am Cecile:

Brian, I wasn't making a jab at your reading ability. I was agreeing with you on Jac Holzman. He's pretty damn cool.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:38am dale:

i think henry gross has some splainin' to do. if he didn't 'borrow' that for shannon you can shoot me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:38am Cecile:

JACKIE.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:39am Brian in UK:

Joe, yeah, Follow the Music is good. I think a lot of Elektra artists were more popular here than over your way. Certainly true of Love & Ackles.

Cecile, cool I was following up your previous comment.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:40am annie:

now that i finally have the "new" schedule memorized, a new one is ont he horizon.. will you remain Joe? hi everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:40am duke:

Jackie Wilson!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:40am Sean B.:

You should play just call me joe by sinead.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:40am Cecile:

I also liked the fact he was honest about his relationship with Love. He put out Forever Changes, and thought it was great art, but also told Arthur Lee that the difference between them and the Doors is that they could write three minute pop songs.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:40am Joe McG:

@Sean: I don't have any Sinead singles, unfortunately.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:41am Cecile:

Turns out Arthur Lee could write some great accessible pop songs (Black Beauty and Real to Reel) but by then the world wasn't listening. :(
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:44am Joe McG:

I think Irwin has a funny Arthur Lee story, but I don't remember it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:45am Cecile:

shorter Lonesome Rhodes: "I'm not a virgin."
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:46am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- for me, that was a big part of the appeal of 'Forever Chagnes' : a completely Classic essential 60s album that hadn't yet been played out for decades !
  Thu. 9/3/15 10:46am cheri:

joe, great single file picks
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:46am Brian in UK:

Cecile this is what Holzman said on hearing of Arthur's demise. He had given me, Elektra, and music so much, and that he had chosen to live his life so carelessly was the ultimte sadness.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:47am Cecile:

That's pretty much it in a nutshell. Wow.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:48am Brian in UK:

@Rev Forever Changes is still a wonderment. Hardly any electric apart from bass and a few guitar breaks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:48am ChrisB.:

Very different sound from Jimmy Bryant here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:48am Cecile:

yep. And so intricate. And paranoid. And beautiful.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:49am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...even Roky Erickson hasn't gone around firing off guns in LA...altho' Dave Crosby's autobiog. is - extreme...
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:50am Brian in UK:

So Joe. That Elektra Special you promised a year or two back!!!!
  Thu. 9/3/15 10:50am Mark:

The ice cream place I went to last night had a mad concoction called Graham Central Station. I bet they didn't license that name.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:50am Joe McG:

@Brian: Good idea, Brian, thanks for reminding me!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:50am Cecile:

they probably didn't even know it was a band.
  Thu. 9/3/15 10:53am Mark:

I haven't heard Michelle Shocked in a long, long time. I forgot how much I liked her.
  Thu. 9/3/15 10:53am sean b,:

I know that Joe np.iit is a great cut although.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:54am annie:

i love this song...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Thu. 9/3/15 10:55am Ken From Hyde Park:

WFMU gives you the chance to remember what you forgot you knew.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:55am Marcel M:

Whats it like to be a skateboard punkrocker, Joe?
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:56am Joe McG:

@Marcel: I don't know, man, that was Michelle's thing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:56am annie:

i always thought there was so much loneliness in this song
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 10:56am duke:

I'm with Annie on this one. Something about it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:05am Cecile:

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, she still is. Causing some controversy in the GLBT community.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:05am sugarwolf:

Michelle Shocked is now a born-again Christian who went on a homophobic rant during a show a few years ago.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:06am Marcel M:

Dang: upload.wikimedia.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:06am Cecile:

She is very conflicted internally about her bisexuality, it reads to me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:07am Cecile:

and I guess for people who followed her for years, about 10 years ago she stopped giving interviews at all to the gay indie press.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:08am Brian in UK:

Is that Willie John's sister?
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:08am annie:

youtube aka google madness will not show me the original video, just every one the world's covers..
  Thu. 9/3/15 11:09am Dean:

FWIW, Prince Guitar is listed in Billboard in October and December issues from 1968 among the "U.S. Country Recording Artists" and "U.S. Popular Recording Artists."
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:14am Cecile:

pickin and grinnin
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:14am ChrisB.:

Do I detect some eefin' in this song?
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:16am Brian in UK:

Is that what you foks call buck dancing?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Thu. 9/3/15 11:16am KP:

I saw Roy Clark at the NY State fair couple years back. He gets right to it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:17am annie:

speaking of twang, i saw "Tender Mercies" again for the 10th time. fabulous movie, and GREAT soundtrack with RD performing his own tunes
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:18am Cecile:

take that you tall poppy. Cut you right down
  Thu. 9/3/15 11:19am Dean:

A song, "My Summer is Gone," by Gilbert Gibson, appears in the July-December 1963 catalog of copyright registrations published by the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress. Gibson was apparently South African, and the song's title in Afrikaans is "Daar ver in die blou." Same song?
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:20am Joe McG:

Thanks for the detective work, Dean! I think mid-60s sounds about right.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:24am Brian in UK:

Dean Can you find my keys?
  Thu. 9/3/15 11:26am Dean:

@Brian in UK: Sure. Where'd you leave 'em?
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:26am Cecile:

oh, Joe, do you have the Upper Midwest set from Dust to Digital. I bought it, only listened to one disc, but it's great.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:27am Brian in UK:

Somewhere in the house.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:27am FernandoBelmondo:

Hello Joe and everybody! Fantastic show today. You always makes thursday mornings feels better.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:27am Cecile:

Listening to it, I figure the Upper Midwest accent also owes something to an Irish accent as well. And there is a Finnish magic spell on it! Also, some good fiddling. Can't wait to get to the rest.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:29am Joe McG:

Many thanks, Fernando!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:29am annie:

you still going to sit in on thursdays, joe?
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:29am Joe McG:

@Cecile: We didn't get it yet here at FMU, but I hope we do!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:30am Cecile:

it is beautiful. A huge book, and a DVD. The discs fit in the book so you can keep it on a bookshelf.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:32am Cecile:

aw weee ooo oooo oooo, la la la la
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:32am Cecile:

Shambala!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:33am melinda:

This Goldberg is really nice. I've been seeing him on playlists that I tune in to late, nice to hear him finally.
  Thu. 9/3/15 11:34am Matt Warwick:

Hey Joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:34am Brian in UK:

Got to walk the dawg. Bit early but have a great weekend everyone. Great show Joe. There is just a nip in the air the last two mornings so the weather is starting to turn and a few leaves are changing to autumnial colours. Love the smell of autumn in the evenings.
  Thu. 9/3/15 11:34am Brendan:

Hi Joe and folks
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:35am Joe McG:

Hey, Matt! Hey, Melinda! Hey, Brendan!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Thu. 9/3/15 11:36am Grouse:

What are you gonna do, Joe?
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:37am Mike East:

jesus...thought the smoke alarm was going off for a second there.
Great show this morning, Joe.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:41am Joe McG:

Thanks, Mike. Be safe in that firetrap.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:41am Tusalava:

Wonderful show this morning, Joe.

Which is good, because I don't think I have any way to make coffee.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:42am Joe McG:

Oh, no, sorry to hear that, Tusalava! I send you some mentally.
  Thu. 9/3/15 11:44am Dean:

Heard Jimmy LaFave sing this JB tune a few weeks ago in Winters.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Thu. 9/3/15 11:44am KP:

Terry Melcher! Byrds related.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:46am Cecile:

Also managed Paul Revere and the Raiders. Doris Day is his mom. In the most sad part, Manson sent his troops to Melcher's house for rejecting his demos, but he'd since moved.
  Thu. 9/3/15 11:47am Brian:

Dando Shaft...that's another LP I sold ;)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Thu. 9/3/15 11:47am KP:

Best version of "These Days" is Tammy Sue Starlight's impression of Nico's. I think Nico's might have been the first.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:47am Joe McG:

Doris sings on this with him.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:48am Cecile:

Sorry, produced Paul Revere and the Raiders.
Cool!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:48am Joe McG:

@Brian: I wish you'd sold it to me! :)
  Thu. 9/3/15 11:48am Dean:

I'm partial to Ian Matthews'.
  Thu. 9/3/15 11:49am Brian:

Hey I'll give you first dibs next time Joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:49am Joe McG:

@Brian: Thanks, man!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:50am Tusalava:

CRISIS AVERTED.

Coffee happening.

Minneapolis, you have been spared.
  Thu. 9/3/15 11:50am Brian:

How did anything get done before coffee was discovered?
Avatar Thu. 9/3/15 11:51am maja:

Love you
  Thu. 9/3/15 11:51am dennis diken:

jolly good show Joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:51am Cecile:

hurray tusalava! I salute you from my work cave in St. Paul
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:52am KevinfromBayRidge:

Great shew, old boy! Enjoyed while running in the FLA heat.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:52am Joe McG:

Thanks, maja and dennis, you guys rule.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:53am Joe McG:

Don't pass out, Kevin! Stay hydrated.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:53am Tusalava:

COFFEEEEEEEEEEE
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:54am Cecile:

where are Season from?
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:54am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Was reading National Geographic: From the beginning of the industrial age, there was caffeine heavily involved. It may be literally true the modern world could not be w/out coffee. Welcome to America...
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:54am KevinfromBayRidge:

Run over. "COFFEEEEEE" ( H2O also) now!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:55am Tusalava:

KevinfromBayRidge - I hope you aren't running from something.


You are in Florida, there are so many possibilities.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:55am Joe McG:

@Cecile: My guess is France or Belgium, but I'm not sure.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:55am Tusalava:

COFFEE.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:56am Cecile:

I knew it was "rock as a second language" kind of band.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:56am Joe McG:

Thanks for listening and commenting, all, and have a great weekend! Labor Day or otherwise....
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:56am Cecile:

you too, Joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Thu. 9/3/15 11:57am KP:

See ya Joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:57am melinda:

Those were some nice mellow 70s sounds.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥   Thu. 9/3/15 11:57am Ken From Hyde Park:

This puts the fun in "The Fun 91!"
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:57am KevinfromBayRidge:

@Tusalava, Nah. Just visiting, although I'd like to be a swing vote in this crazy state
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:58am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- TY Joe M - delightful show.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:58am Parq:

As always, great show.
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 11:59am V Priceless:

thanks Joe! Summer forever, though! Woo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member Thu. 9/3/15 12:01pm Tusalava:

Wonderful show. Thank you.
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