Favoriting Big Planet Noise with Bob Irwin and Gina Bacon: Playlist from July 9, 2018 Favoriting

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The core of Big Planet Noise was formed when Bob Irwin was just 5 years old. The day he picked up his first 45, the whole thing set to spinning – and records and music have been pretty much all he’s thought about ever since. Avocation eventually became vocation, leading to Sundazed Music and Modern Harmonic, all drawing inspiration from Bob’s legendary collection. But, what good is having so many records if no-one else can hear them with you?


Big Planet Noise is Bob’s way of inviting everyone over to hang out in the music room while he and co-host Gina Bacon flip through the stacks and play great records. And – the BPN chat room is where the action is… they yak about what’s on the turntable, tell stories, backstories, and share what was had for dinner, friends ’n family style. Gina keeps the celestial orbit steady-as-it-goes; making sure the stylus stays in the groove, the stacks don’t teeter and the drinks don’t spill all over the console. NB: Gina can also be heard on Saturday afternoons as the host of Someday Matinee (also on WFMU's Give The Drummer Radio stream), a show filled with live musical performances and artist interviews, direct from Music City.


There’s a reason it’s called Big Planet Noise… the show covers a lot of musical ground; familiar, forgotten, unheralded, unheard… The sonic menu is ever-changing; you’ll hear oddball teens, psychedelic wizards, mod lads, sitar savants, space-cadets, groovy soundtracks, and maybe even some bossa nova, when it feels right.

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Favoriting July 9, 2018: Big Planet Noise! Show #105

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Artist Track Album Label Format Approx. start time
The David  I’m Not Alone   Favoriting Another Day, Another Lifetime  VMC  LP  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Nazz  Open My Eyes   Favoriting   SGC  45  0:01:49 (Pop-up)
Strawberry Alarm Clock  Sit With The Guru   Favoriting   UNI  45  0:04:27 (Pop-up)
Noel Odom & the Group  Come On Down To Middle Earth   Favoriting   Tower  45  0:07:21 (Pop-up)
Lord Sitar  Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadows   Favoriting   Capitol  45  0:09:48 (Pop-up)
The Dennisons  Walking The Dog   Favoriting   Decca UK  45  0:11:43 (Pop-up)
Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders  Hello Josephine   Favoriting   Fontana UK  45  0:14:12 (Pop-up)
The Ventures  2000 Pound Bee, Pt. 2   Favoriting   Dolton  45  0:16:16 (Pop-up)
The Yardbirds  Shapes of Things   Favoriting   Epic  45  0:18:11 (Pop-up)
  Big Planet Chat!         0:20:36 (Pop-up)
The Moving Sidewalks  Flashback   Favoriting Flash  Tantara  LP  0:24:42 (Pop-up)
The Group, Inc.  Like A Woman   Favoriting   Freeport  45  0:27:50 (Pop-up)
Hunger  Mind Machine   Favoriting Strictly From Hunger!  Public  LP  0:31:18 (Pop-up)
The Rolling Stones  Child of the Moon   Favoriting Super Hits  Decca UK  LP  0:35:13 (Pop-up)
Chris Lucey  Don’t Come Looking   Favoriting Songs of Protest and Anti-Protest  Surrey  LP  0:38:13 (Pop-up)
Bun Hunga & his Combo  Diplomatic   Favoriting Bun Hunga & his Combo  Diresa  LP  0:40:58 (Pop-up)
Fever Tree  Come On In   Favoriting For Sale  Ampex  LP  0:44:00 (Pop-up)
The Hollies  King Midas In Reverse   Favoriting King Midas In Reverse  Epic  LP  0:46:38 (Pop-up)
  Big Planet Chat!         0:49:40 (Pop-up)
The United States of America  Coming Down   Favoriting The United States of America (mono)  Columbia  LP  0:53:56 (Pop-up)
The Left Banke  Pretty Ballerina   Favoriting   Smash  45  0:56:33 (Pop-up)
The Hip Sound  Far Out   Favoriting   Limelight  45  0:59:12 (Pop-up)
Creation of Sunlight  David   Favoriting Creation of Sunlight   Windi   LP  1:01:26 (Pop-up)
Grateful Dead  Dark Star   Favoriting   Warner Bros  45  1:05:43 (Pop-up)
Day Blindness  Live Deep   Favoriting Day Blindness  Studio 10  LP  1:08:19 (Pop-up)
The Elastik Band  Think of Today   Favoriting acetate      1:11:09 (Pop-up)
Sohail Rana  Soul Sitar   Favoriting Khyber Mail  HMV Pakistan  LP  1:13:36 (Pop-up)
  Big Planet Chat!         1:15:34 (Pop-up)
The Myddle Class  I Happen To Love You   Favoriting   Tomorrow  45  1:18:29 (Pop-up)
The Paupers  Magic People   Favoriting Magic People  Verve  LP  1:21:16 (Pop-up)
The New Colony Six  Power of Love   Favoriting Colonization  Sentar   LP  1:24:00 (Pop-up)
The Eighth Day  A Million Lights   Favoriting On The Eighth Day  Kapp  LP  1:25:56 (Pop-up)
The British North American Act  Only A Dream   Favoriting In The Beginning...  Now  LP  1:28:24 (Pop-up)
The Fallen Angels  I’ve Been Thinking   Favoriting The Fallen Angels  Roulette  LP  1:31:20 (Pop-up)
The Seeds  Where Is The Entrance Way To Play   Favoriting Future (mono)  GNP Crescendo  LP  1:33:10 (Pop-up)
  Big Planet Chat!         1:35:58 (Pop-up)
Buffalo Springfield  Down To The Wire   Favoriting Gold Star acetate      1:38:41 (Pop-up)
The Zombies  I’ll Keep On Trying (undubbed vers)   Favoriting     Other  1:41:15 (Pop-up)
Blue Cheer  When It All Gets Old   Favoriting   Philips  45  1:43:27 (Pop-up)
Country Joe McDonald  Air Algiers   Favoriting Hold On It’s Coming  Vanguard  LP  1:46:22 (Pop-up)
Johnny Lytle  The Man   Favoriting   Constellation  45  1:48:52 (Pop-up)
John Sebastian  Magical Connection   Favoriting John B. Sebastian  Reprise  LP  1:51:25 (Pop-up)
The Mothers of Invention  Holiday In Berlin, Full Blown   Favoriting Burnt Weenie Sandwich  Bizarre  LP  1:54:03 (Pop-up)


Listener comments!

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Gina Bacon:

Happy Monday, y'all!
  8:01pm
Jay S.:

Hello! Leading off with a great album here!
Avatar 8:02pm
bigplanetnoise:

Hey Jay! Happy Monday!
  8:03pm
Jay S.:

One of my favorite all-time singles!
Avatar 8:04pm
bigplanetnoise:

Awesome. This is from the promo single - much louder than the other pressings, and I swear it's an alternate mix, with the drums up!
  8:04pm
Jay S.:

Really hearing those bongos
Avatar 8:05pm
Mailman Tom:

I was just going thru my box of picture sleeve 45s today and pulled out Open My Eyes by the Nazz. What a coincidence that you would be playing it tonite!
Avatar 8:05pm
bigplanetnoise:

I KNEW you were gonna do that, Mailman Tom! Happy Monday - glad you're here!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:06pm
Gina Bacon:

Hi Jay!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:06pm
Gina Bacon:

Mailman Tom!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:08pm
DJVikkiV:

Diggin' it on a Monday!
Avatar 8:08pm
bigplanetnoise:

Well, hey there, DJ Vikki! So glad you're here!
  8:09pm
Andy R:

Hey Hey! Happy Monday, all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:09pm
Gina Bacon:

Hey VikkiV! Welcome!
Avatar 8:09pm
bigplanetnoise:

Andy! So psyched for your show!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:09pm
Gina Bacon:

Nice to see you, Andy! (:
  8:11pm
Andy R:

Thanks! Hey, Gina!!!
Avatar 8:12pm
bigplanetnoise:

I LOVE the crazy-ass drumming on this 45! He NEVER leaves the cymbal!
  8:22pm
DJ Pat K:

Sounding great tonight! Love that Lord Sitar!
Avatar 8:25pm
bigplanetnoise:

Hey there DJ Pat! Welcome! I really love that Lord Sitar 45 too!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:25pm
Gina Bacon:

Thanks, DJ Pat K!
  🪐 8:25pm
Eargasm!:

Is it too early for me to sign in. Should I come back around 8:15? hahah. Good evening to both of you
  🪐 8:26pm
Eargasm!:

that would be CST 8:15
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:26pm
Gina Bacon:

Right on time, Paul!
Avatar 8:26pm
bigplanetnoise:

Hi Paul! We've been waiting on you! Let the party start!
Avatar 8:28pm
Daffodil2:

Hi, Bob! Hi, Gina! Glad to be here!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:29pm
Gina Bacon:

Hi Daffodil!
Avatar 8:29pm
bigplanetnoise:

Daffodil! You've returned! Yay!
Avatar 8:30pm
bigplanetnoise:

I think it was warmer in Vermont than it was in Nashville, no?!?!?!?
Avatar 8:30pm
bigplanetnoise:

Eargasm - this 45 belongs on YOUR show!
Avatar 8:30pm
Daffodil2:

It was unbelievably hot -- 97 degrees, and they were all dying -- not much air conditioning!
  🪐 8:31pm
Eargasm!:

I have this 45!
Avatar 8:31pm
Daffodil2:

They should have cooled off by listening to your cool music!!
  🪐 8:32pm
Eargasm!:

I didn't know it was on Freeport as well. I have it on Staff.
Avatar 8:32pm
bigplanetnoise:

Yeah man!
Avatar 8:32pm
bigplanetnoise:

I love that goofy Freeport label. I keep finding more and more stuff on it.
  🪐 8:34pm
Eargasm!:

Strange for two labels to have that one. It's pretty damn scarce.
  🪐 8:34pm
Eargasm!:

Love this Hunger Lp.
Avatar 8:35pm
Daffodil2:

Ed King of Hunger later played with Lynyrd Skynrd.
Avatar 8:35pm
bigplanetnoise:

It took a while to grow on me - and now I love it.
Avatar 8:36pm
Daffodil2:

STONES! [heart]
  🪐 8:36pm
Eargasm!:

Ed King was everywhere! Thee Sixpence and Strawberry Alarm Clock as well.
Avatar 8:37pm
bigplanetnoise:

I don't think Ed was really in Hunger, was he? I never heard that.
  🪐 8:37pm
Eargasm!:

Great set, Bob!
  🪐 8:37pm
Eargasm!:

I didn't know that either. Werent they from the Portland Oregon area?
Avatar 8:38pm
bigplanetnoise:

Ed lives right here in Nashville. A great guy. He's actually in the hospital right now having some heart-work done, so we wish him well and send incredibly good vibes his way!
Avatar 8:38pm
Daffodil2:

Ed King is listed on the band members for Hunger (Wikipedia, of course!)
  8:39pm
Andy R:

OK, I'm loving this bossa beat in the back of this tune.
  🪐 8:39pm
Eargasm!:

Karma. I have a Thee Sixpence song planned this week. I'll send good vibes from Eargasm as well.
Avatar 8:39pm
Daffodil2:

I join in sending good vibes to Ed!
Avatar 8:39pm
bigplanetnoise:

Weird. I have the LP here, with no mention. Who knows. Somebody call Ed.
Avatar 8:40pm
bigplanetnoise:

I knew you'd dig it, Andy!
  🪐 8:40pm
Eargasm!:

Wasn't he still with the Alarm Clock in some capacity in 1969?
Avatar 8:41pm
bigplanetnoise:

Everybody do the Bun Hunga!
Avatar 8:44pm
bigplanetnoise:

Ed King was absolutely everywhere, so it's entirely possible. He was an adventurous, unique guitarist that never really got his 60's due. That - um - all changed in the 70's with "Sweet Home Alabama" of course!
  🪐 8:44pm
Eargasm!:

Never heard Bun Hunga before tonight. What a great track
Avatar 8:45pm
bigplanetnoise:

Yeah - entire album is great, Eargasm.
Avatar 8:45pm
Daffodil2:

I'm absolutely CRAZY about Dennis Keller's voice! Loved "Hey, Mister" on a previous show! Far better than Jim Morrison, in my opinion.
Avatar 8:45pm
bigplanetnoise:

Has anyone ever counted the cover versions of "Come On In"???
  8:45pm
Andy R:

Fever Tree is one that's new to me.
Avatar 8:46pm
Mailman Tom:

Fever Tree had a singer that sounded a bit like Jim Morrison
Avatar 8:46pm
bigplanetnoise:

Daffodil - YES! I know you're a fan! Such a great voice!!! And - you have an amazing memory!
Avatar 8:47pm
Daffodil2:

Awww. You're too sweet! And now THE HOLLIES!!! WOW!
  8:48pm
Andy R:

Those harmonies on those Hollies tracks just knock me out. Top notch. So great!
Avatar 8:48pm
bigplanetnoise:

As good as harmonies get.
Avatar 8:48pm
Daffodil2:

Graham Nash wrote this, I think.
Avatar 8:48pm
bigplanetnoise:

He did indeed.
Avatar 8:53pm
Daffodil2:

It makes PERFECT sense -- absolutely great show!!
Avatar 8:54pm
bigplanetnoise:

Thanks, Daffodil - means a lot!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:55pm
Gina Bacon:

Thanks, Daffodil! So glad you're back!
  🪐 9:02pm
Eargasm!:

I found that Hip Sound record many years ago and it still makes no sense to me, hahah. Which of course is a compliment!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:03pm
Gina Bacon:

It's got submarine sounds AND spaceship sounds! You can't beat that.
Avatar 9:03pm
bigplanetnoise:

It always amazes me that stuff like that was issued on 45. Crazy. The suits had NO idea what the kids were digging. It makes me positively LOVE those kinds of 45s.
Avatar 9:04pm
Daffodil2:

I just looked up the video for "Child of the Moon" -- very amazing. Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, of Rock n Roll Circus fame, and natural son of Orson Welles. Worth a look -- supposedly written for Marianne Faithfull.
Avatar 9:04pm
bigplanetnoise:

A song about aliens, courtesy of Creation of Sunlight.
  🪐 9:04pm
Eargasm!:

Limelight was a weird label for sure
Avatar 9:05pm
bigplanetnoise:

That video actually scared the crap outta me when I was a little kid, Daffodil.
Avatar 9:06pm
Daffodil2:

It scares me now!!!
Avatar 9:08pm
Mailman Tom:

Single edit of Dark Star! I think this one included T.C. on keyboards.
Avatar 9:09pm
bigplanetnoise:

Yes!!!! I was hoping you'd chime in, Mailman!!!!
Avatar 9:09pm
Daffodil2:

I'm glad "Dark Star" didn't last 20 minutes.
Avatar 9:10pm
bigplanetnoise:

I could easily take 20 minutes of that Dark Star!
Avatar 9:11pm
Daffodil2:

Not me. Not a Dead Head. But I like Day Blindness!
Avatar 9:14pm
Daffodil2:

Oh my! Soul Sitar!!!
Talk about mixing it up! Vibes, organ, sitar! Wow!
  9:15pm
Andy R:

So is this the missing soundtrack to a Russ Meyer film?
Avatar 9:15pm
bigplanetnoise:

I'm just glad it's eliciting comments, because I love it!
  9:16pm
Andy R:

It's fab!
  🪐 9:19pm
Eargasm!:

Man, The Myddle Class made great records.
Avatar 9:20pm
bigplanetnoise:

And left SO much behind, left in the can. Incredible.
Avatar 9:20pm
Daffodil2:

Bassist married Carole King! Did you ever see these guys live, Bob? (The Myddle Class, I mean)
Avatar 9:20pm
bigplanetnoise:

No, I wish I did. I was, um, eight. Hahahaha!
Avatar 9:21pm
Daffodil2:

I didn't mean to be insulting! ;)
Avatar 9:21pm
bigplanetnoise:

Dave Palmer on those Myddle Class vocals. He sang on the first Steely Dan album.
Avatar 9:23pm
Daffodil2:

Great sound from The Paupers. Bongos! and what else??
Avatar 9:23pm
bigplanetnoise:

Skip Prokop on drums. He was an octopus!
Avatar 🪐 Swag For Life Member 9:23pm
Glynis GirlGroupGirl:

I like this one!!
Avatar 9:24pm
bigplanetnoise:

Hi GGGG!!!!
Avatar 9:24pm
Mailman Tom:

I saw the Paupers play at the Atlantic City Pop Festival. They played a long set!
Avatar 9:25pm
bigplanetnoise:

I'm learning to appreciate the Paupers. I tried many times over the years. I finally get the first album. Now, on to Ellis Island!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:25pm
Gina Bacon:

Hey there, Glynis!!
Avatar 9:26pm
Daffodil2:

Wayne likes the Rickenbacker on New Colony 6!
  🪐 9:26pm
Eargasm!:

you brought the Paupers up the other day. Glad you gave them another visit. Colonization is demonized solely for not being Breakthrough. I think it's a fabulous record.
Avatar 9:26pm
bigplanetnoise:

YES! They did a Rick toggle switch part on the record!
  9:27pm
Jay S.:

Colonization is demonized? Say what now?
Avatar 9:29pm
bigplanetnoise:

Ah - I think folks look past it, because it's fairly common. And "Breakthrough" is incredibly rare.
Avatar 9:29pm
bigplanetnoise:

I remember back when this LP could be easily had....
  🪐 9:30pm
Eargasm!:

It sure wasn't recognized as the classic it is by record collectors back on the day.
Avatar 9:31pm
bigplanetnoise:

You talking about Colonization, Eargasm?
  🪐 9:31pm
Eargasm!:

yes.
Avatar 9:32pm
bigplanetnoise:

Yeah - it was wrongly easily-dismissed.
Avatar 9:33pm
bigplanetnoise:

Are the Seeds the ONLY band that could make a tuba sound hip???
Avatar 9:40pm
Mailman Tom:

Kathi McDonald covered this song on her debut LP
Avatar 9:41pm
bigplanetnoise:

When was her debut album? I'm not sure I knew she made a solo record!
  9:42pm
Andy R:

I adore The Zombies! Such good stuff tonight!
  9:42pm
Jay S.:

A Zombies version I've never heard. Amazing!
Avatar 9:43pm
bigplanetnoise:

Thanks, Andy! It's stream-of-consciousness... makes for my (at least) favorite kind of show
Avatar 9:43pm
Mailman Tom:

Kathi recorded it in 1973 for Capitol Records. She and John Cipollina did a sizzilng version of Somethin' Else
Avatar 9:43pm
bigplanetnoise:

Well, awlright, Jay!
Avatar 9:44pm
bigplanetnoise:

Thanks, Mailman. I've got to hear it.
Avatar 9:45pm
Mailman Tom:

I wore out my LP and bought it when it was reissued on CD. The title of the album is Insane Asylum
Avatar 9:45pm
bigplanetnoise:

Yes - thank you - already looked it up!
  🪐 9:46pm
Eargasm!:

I think you gave me a copy of this Blue Cheer single.
Avatar 9:46pm
bigplanetnoise:

My favorite Blue Cheer song!
  🪐 9:49pm
Eargasm!:

This show is the greatest FM Station there never was in the 1960's!
Avatar 9:49pm
bigplanetnoise:

What IS it with me and the vibes tonight?!?!?!!?
  🪐 9:49pm
Eargasm!:

Another Constellation single
  9:49pm
Andy R:

LOVE the vibes!!
Avatar 9:50pm
bigplanetnoise:

Thanks, Paul! Best compliment ever! Exactly what I wanted to aim for!
  🪐 9:50pm
Eargasm!:

Bullseye!!
Avatar 9:51pm
bigplanetnoise:

Man. More vibes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:51pm
Gina Bacon:

Nice, Paul!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:52pm
Gina Bacon:

Love those vibes.
  9:55pm
Andy R:

Very much love this era of Zappa.
Avatar 9:55pm
bigplanetnoise:

Man - me too, Andy. I bet Mailman Tom saw him in concert at this time....
Avatar 9:56pm
bigplanetnoise:

Vibes.
  🪐 9:56pm
Eargasm!:

It took me so long to come around to this album
  9:57pm
Andy R:

Had a high school English teacher who gave me a list of Zappa albums to seek out when she found out I had started to listen to him.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:57pm
Gina Bacon:

I saw his Halloween Show in the mid-70's at the Palladium!
Avatar 9:57pm
bigplanetnoise:

Eargasm - Really? I was on it from day one!
Avatar 9:57pm
bigplanetnoise:

But then, I didn't know about the Stooges until 1978!
Avatar 9:59pm
bigplanetnoise:

Thank you everyone - what a blast tonight! See you all next week, I hope. More stream of consciousness next week! Thank you! Love to all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:59pm
Gina Bacon:

Well, goodnight everyone! Thanks so much for listening...see you next week!
  🪐 9:59pm
Eargasm!:

When I first heard it I was somewhere around 13 and I was very much into The Stooges and Alice Cooper. I just dismissed it as a bit to complicated for me at the time.
  9:59pm
Jay S.:

Thanks!
  🪐 9:59pm
Eargasm!:

Great show!!!
  9:59pm
Andy R:

Night all!
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