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Favoriting January 1, 2018: Songs That Echo On

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Donovan  New Year's Resovolution   Favoriting Open Road  Epic  1970  LP      0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Nick Heyward  New Beginning   Favoriting Woodland Echoes  Gladsome Hawk  2017  CD    *   0:07:26 (Pop-up)
John and Beverley Martyn  New Day   Favoriting Road to Ruin  Warner Bros.  1970  LP      0:10:46 (Pop-up)
Tony, Caro & John  All on the First Day   Favoriting All on the First Day  Shadoks Music  2002  CD  From 1972    0:14:39 (Pop-up)
Beverley  Happy New Year   Favoriting On Vine Street: The Early Songs of Randy Newman  Ace  2008  CD  From 1966    0:20:45 (Pop-up)
The Poppy Family  Another Year, Another Day   Favoriting A Good Thing Lost 1968-1973  March  1996  CD  From 1973    0:22:54 (Pop-up)
Astrud Gilberto  Beginnings   Favoriting September 17, 1969  Rev-Ola  2007  CD  From 1969    0:25:28 (Pop-up)
 
Black on White Affair  Auld Lang Syne   Favoriting Wheedle's Groove: Seattle's Finest in Funk & Soul 1965-1975  Light in the Attic  2004  CD      0:41:46 (Pop-up)
Kannon  New Lang Syne   Favoriting Groove with a Feeling: Sounds of Memphis Boogie, Soul and Funk 1975-1985  BGP  2015  CD      0:45:03 (Pop-up)
Melvin Sparks  You're Gonna Make It   Favoriting I'm Funky Now  Westbound/Ace  2017  CD  previously unreleased 1976 LP  *   0:48:35 (Pop-up)
Isaac Hayes  Winter Snow   Favoriting The Spirit of Memphis 1962–1976  Craft/Stax  2017  CD  one of last year's most excellent box sets  *   0:52:18 (Pop-up)
Sweet Linda Divine  Same Time Same Place   Favoriting Sweet Linda Divine  Columbia  1970  LP      0:55:19 (Pop-up)
Jackie Shane  Any Other Way   Favoriting Any Other Way  The Numero Group  2017  CD  live in 1967  *   1:02:18 (Pop-up)
James Carr  I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore   Favoriting The Best of James Carr  Goldwax/Kent Soul  2017  CD  From 1967  *   1:10:08 (Pop-up)
 
The Remains  Intro/Hang On Sloopy   Favoriting Live 1969  Sundazed  2017  CD  live at Boston Tea Party  *   1:18:51 (Pop-up)
Ultimate Spinach  Your Head Is Reeling   Favoriting Ultimate Spinach  Sundazed  2017  LP  From 1968  *   1:24:09 (Pop-up)
Calcium  Elle Regarde et Elle Rit   Favoriting Calcium  Monster Melodies  2017  LP  From 1969  *   1:27:54 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: a bunch of 45s all in a row
Amen Corner  Hello Susie   Favoriting single  Immediate  1969  45      1:35:01 (Pop-up)
King Floyd  I Feel Like Dynamite   Favoriting single  Chimneyville  1974  45      1:37:32 (Pop-up)
Lesley Gore  You Don't Own Me   Favoriting single  Mercury  1963  45      1:40:21 (Pop-up)
The Shams  3 a.m.   Favoriting single  LSR/SOL  1989  45      1:42:44 (Pop-up)
The Flying Lizards  Lovers & Other Strangers   Favoriting single  Virgin  1981  45      1:45:37 (Pop-up)
Pat Codd  Harry and the Hulahoops   Favoriting single  UK  1974  45      1:48:35 (Pop-up)
Lester Bangs  Live   Favoriting single  SPY  1979  45  recorded 1977    1:51:29 (Pop-up)
Leon Douglas  I Used to Own This Train   Favoriting single  Blue Valley  1968  45      1:55:27 (Pop-up)
Tim Hardin  Tribute to Hank Williams   Favoriting single  Verve Forecast  1967  45      1:58:12 (Pop-up)
 
Hank Williams  They'll Never Take Her Love from Me   Favoriting Let Me Sing a Blue Song  MGM  1961  LP  From 1950    2:11:23 (Pop-up)
Hank Williams  Wedding Bells   Favoriting The Garden Spot Programs, 1950  Ominvore Recordings  2014  CD      2:15:02 (Pop-up)
Hank Williams  Please Don't Let Me Love You   Favoriting Alone With His Guitar  Mercury  2000  CD  From 1949    2:17:23 (Pop-up)
Hank Williams  Nobody's Lonesome for Me   Favoriting Hank Williams, Sr. Live at the Grand Ole Opry  MGM  1976  LP  From 1950    2:19:32 (Pop-up)
Hank Williams  Too Many Parties and Too Many Pals   Favoriting Long Gone Lonseome Blues August 1949-December 1950  Polydor  1987  LP  From 1950    2:22:08 (Pop-up)
Hank Williams  Someday You'll Call My Name   Favoriting Moanin' the Blues  Polydor  1985  LP  From 1949    2:25:23 (Pop-up)
Hank Williams  Apology   Favoriting I Won't Be Home No More June 1952-September 1952  Polydor  1988  LP      2:27:32 (Pop-up)
Hank Williams  I'll Fly Away   Favoriting The Unreleased Recordings  Time Life  2008  CD  From 1951    2:30:41 (Pop-up)
Hank Williams  The Angel of Death   Favoriting Lost Highway December 1948-March 1949  Polydor  1987  LP  From 1949    2:33:52 (Pop-up)
Hank Williams  Ready To Go Home   Favoriting I Won't Be Home No More June 1952-September 1952  Polydor  1988  LP      2:35:37 (Pop-up)
 
Townes Van Zandt  I'll Be Here in the Morning   Favoriting Townes Van Zandt  Tomato  1978  LP  From 1969    2:43:36 (Pop-up)
Townes Van Zandt  She Came and She Touched Me   Favoriting Our Mother the Mountain  Tomato  1978  LP  From 1969    2:46:18 (Pop-up)
Townes Van Zandt  To Live Is to Fly   Favoriting Live at The Old Quarter, Houston, Texas  Fat Possum  2008  CD  From 1973    2:50:28 (Pop-up)
Hirth Martinez  Winter Again   Favoriting Hirth from Earth  Warner Bros.  1975  LP      2:53:29 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:02am
Krys O.:

Happy Twenty Eighteen, Joe!
  9:03am
Derek in Midwood:

Happy New Year Joe and everybody
  9:04am
V Priceless:

Happy ‘18 Joe! All the best to you!
  9:04am
medson:

Good morning and happy new year to you Joe and everyone!
Avatar 9:05am
Jack:

I had that Donovan album! one of his better ones I thought...
Avatar 9:08am
Looms:

Happy new year WFMU and everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:10am
Sem:

Hello, and good morning and Happy New Year, Joe, McGaskoes, layers-in-bed, strangers passing through the stream, the tune-hungry, and all.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:11am
Brian in UK:

Hey Joe and early risers.
Looms, the weather is dullsville on this side of La Manche.
Avatar ♥ 9:11am
Joe McG:

Happy New Year, everybody, and thanks for being up so early to keep me company. We'll start with a few new year songs, more or less.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:12am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Yip yip! Happy New Year, Joe and alien life forms. Remember to put up new calendars today.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:12am
Brian in UK:

Ken, have you sorted out you heating?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:13am
Krys O.:

Putting up new calendars as I listen.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:13am
Brian in UK:

John Martyn looked like a cherub back then.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:15am
Ken From Hyde Park:

@BiUK - Still awaiting a visit from the oil people. Pipes don't appear frozen yet. Did some vacuuming to keep myself warm.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:16am
fred:

Happy New Year Joe and fellow listeners
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:20am
dale:

great opening set - we could stay in england all morning and i'd be happy.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:21am
Brian in UK:

Sounds like dale is a Brexit supporter.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:21am
Krys O.:

Good luck, Ken from HP! I've had my share of no heat or hot water in the past.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:23am
dale:

any welectric heaters ken from hp? open your kitchen cabinet door to keep pipes warm.
  9:24am
melinda:

HNY Joe and all!
  9:24am
dez:

mornin, joe! happy new year from Kim and I
Avatar 9:25am
Looms:

@Brian: yeah, I heard that. We've been lucky where we are but there are many damages in south Brittany and on the west Atantic coast. Good luck with the storm, Sir!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:26am
dale:

my house was built in 1848 and luckily none of my pipes are buried in walls.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:27am
Krys O.:

Very cool Chicago cover by Astrud! Never knew.
Avatar ♥ 9:27am
Joe McG:

Very happy new year, dez and melinda and dale and Looms and fred and Krys and Brian and Ken and Jack and Sem and V Priceless and medson and Derek. I hope I got everybody so far!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:27am
adampsyche:

LOVE this astrud gilberto song, thanks so much this is making my day
Avatar ♥ 9:28am
Joe McG:

Happy new year, adampsyche!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:29am
adampsyche:

right back atcha!
  🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:29am
tadpoles:

Welcome sounds for the New Year Joe....As William Shatner says optimistically "It's going to be a Very Good Year". Hope so. Cheers.
Avatar ♥ 9:30am
Joe McG:

@tadpoles: I hope he made it off that airplane. Has that episode aired yet?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:33am
common:

Happy new year joe and all!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:35am
melinda:

Trouble is a good egg.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:35am
Sem:

Hiya, common, right back at ya.
  9:40am
?:

i need a poo
Avatar ♥ 9:43am
Joe McG:

Happy new year, common!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:44am
melinda:

I thought you said punk instrumentals, haha. This is better.
Avatar ♥ 9:45am
Joe McG:

@melinda: Wow, that's a good idea for a future show.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:46am
common:

How goes it, sem?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:48am
Hoboken Jack:

I see what they did there, NEW Lang Syne. HNY Joe, Ken, all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:49am
Aaron Working In Newark:

Happy New Year!!!
Avatar ♥ 9:50am
Joe McG:

Happy New Year, Hoboken Jack, hope you're healing up! Happy New Year, Aaron Hopefully Not Really Working in Newark!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:00am
Sem:

Good God, what pipes.
  10:00am
Bill from Rock Tavern:

Happy New Year Joe! Thank you being on the air on this frigid holiday.Great way to start the year!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:01am
dale:

i was gonna wear my hip hugger bell bottom slacks today - with brass snap fly and front patch pockets too!
Avatar ♥ 10:03am
Joe McG:

Happy new year, Bill! It IS a mighty cold day out there, so keep warm. @dale: New Year's Resolution: Get hip huggers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:07am
Sem:

Making whoopee. Recipe, anyone?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:07am
dale:

i was looking at carhartt jeans once and in the stack was a pair of slim black carhartts. i tried them on and they looked great so i bought them. got home and was taking off the tags when i realized they were women's carhartts. they looked really good on me so i kept them.
  10:07am
medson:

Thanks for the warm tunes on this arctic Monday.
Avatar ♥ 10:10am
Joe McG:

My pleasure, medson, it's the nicest way for me to start the year, here on the radio with you all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:11am
Sem:

Carthartthic experience, then @dale.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:12am
dale:

now i'm mr. tight trousers mr. narrow slacks.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:13am
melinda:

That's funny dale. Carhartt skinnies!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:15am
sashajones:

such a treat to not be at work today and be able to listen to your show live!
  10:17am
herb.nyc:

Happy new year to all. My friends went to party at Berlin on ave a, and google to see the cool-sters who performed. I shoulda gone (but I had laundry to fold).
Avatar ♥ 10:19am
Joe McG:

@Sasha: Back at you, Sasha! If you all missed Sasha's NYE fill-in for Samantha last night, check it out! Happy New Year, Herb!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:20am
Brian in UK:

Was Barry English?
Avatar ♥ 10:21am
Joe McG:

@Brian: Not to my knowledge, Brian! I think he was a Boston kid.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:21am
Stanley:

Still not out of bed and it's 3.20pm. Yay!
However, the New Year's Day annual fry up beckons.
Back soon.
Avatar 10:22am
thedunkel:

Good Morning and Happy New Year Joe! Happy New Years everyone!
Avatar ♥ 10:23am
Joe McG:

Happy New Year, Stanley! I'm intrigued by the idea of your fry up! Happy New Year, thedunkel!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:25am
Aaron Working In Newark:

I like where we are heading here...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:25am
Brian in UK:

Popeyes' favourite band.
Avatar 10:27am
thedunkel:

Ultimate Spinach sounds like a so-so nj straight edge hardcore band from the early to mid 90s
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:28am
Brian in UK:

I remember seeing this in the import racks around 1968/9. I bought Appletree Theatre instead.
Avatar ♥ 10:29am
Joe McG:

@thedunkel: Ha ha ha, very influenced by the Misfits. @Brian: I have the US LP, but still looking for the AT.
  10:37am
V Priceless:

Move cover!
  10:39am
Listener Alexandra:

Happy 2018, Joe...thank you in advance for making sure every week starts off right, no matter where the weeks may take us :-)
Avatar ♥ 10:41am
Joe McG:

Happy new year, Alex! I really appreciate that. :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:41am
adampsyche:

oh hail yeah, this leslie gore track is fantastic
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:42am
adampsyche:

i'm making a new year's resolution to tune in on mondays more often.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:42am
Brian in UK:

I could see Miriam covering this song, unless she has already.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:42am
dale:

i always thought this was you 'you don't owe me' as a kid.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:43am
adampsyche:

my wife always thought that "might as well" was "mine as well"
Avatar ♥ 10:44am
Joe McG:

@adamp: What a nice thing to say! I hope you will join me on Mondays, that would be great. @dale: Changes the whole idea!
  10:44am
Listener Alexandra:

You are one of the people I'm always grateful for, Joe. You manage to make Mondays more beautiful, funkier and sometimes weirder--and always just a little more wonderful. Thanks for steering us through another year!
Avatar ♥ 10:46am
Joe McG:

Aw, Alex, you're the best!
  10:46am
JakeGould:

Happy New Year, Joe!!!
  10:47am
Listener Alexandra:

Right back 'atcha, Joe ;-)
Avatar ♥ 10:47am
Joe McG:

Happy new year, Jake!
  10:55am
Dean:

Is that Robert Quine playing with Bangs?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:55am
Stevel:

never heard the Lester bangs. Pretty cool.
Avatar ♥ 10:57am
Joe McG:

@Dean: Yeah, pretty cool band: Quine, Jody Harris, David Hofstra, and Jay Dee Daugherty.
  11:00am
Morgan:

this Tim Hardin is really beautiful
  11:00am
Karen in Sleepy Hollow:

Good morning and happy new year everybody! So glad I get to start the new year with Joe!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:02am
Brian in UK:

Killer last line on the Tim Hardin.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:03am
Guido from Cologne:

Happy New Year Joe!
  11:08am
Woo:

Balint was also in Stranger Than Paradise, as the no. 1 fan of Screaming Jay Hawkins
  11:13am
AS from MP:

Welcome back and Happy New Year, Joe. Enjoyed hearing New Lang Syne last evening as well, on the holiday compilation.
Avatar ♥ 11:13am
Joe McG:

Happy New Year, Stevel, Morgan, Karen, Guido, Woo, and AS! @AS: Glad you liked it! @Karen: Thanks, Karen!
  11:19am
Mick:

Happy New Year Joe and all! Here's to 2018
  11:21am
AS from MP:

The Hank segment = excellent; I think Laura Cantrell was the one? Miss her on the radio
Avatar 11:22am
KP:

Happy New Year, Joe & ol' Hank
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:22am
Stanley:

I'm back after a plate of:

Bacon
Sausages
Black pudding
Fried egg
Baked beans
Mushrooms
Fried tomato
Potato scones

Yus! Now I won't have to eat until February.
Avatar ♥ 11:23am
Joe McG:

Happy new year, Mick, KP !@AS: I think it was Laura Cantrell, I think you're right. @Stanley: Yum!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:26am
Brian in UK:

Stanley was that at Hank's Greasy Spoon?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:26am
sashajones:

This is a really lovely set for New Years Day
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:27am
Stanley:

Hi Brian, unfortunately Hank's is closed today, so I had to rustle it up myself. Of course, I managed to set off the smoke alarm.
Avatar ♥ 11:28am
annie:

i see i missed the party! sorry to be late; just moving from the pet-sit to home. i DID catch the wwoz hank tribute this morning before nne, though. i'm sure that counts. HNY!!!
Avatar ♥ 11:29am
Joe McG:

Thanks, Sasha, glad you're keeping me company. :) Happy New Year, Annie!
  11:30am
Dean:

Might be sacrilege, but it'd be fun to hear one of the Residents' covers of a HW tune...
  11:32am
Stevel:

Dean: I would not object to that as well.

Either way, Joe McG is a top notch way to open up a new year.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:33am
fred:

Nice Hank Williams set. The album title "Hank Williams, Sr. Live at the Grand Ole Opry" is a little depressing though, as it hints at the existence of a Jr
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:34am
Brian in UK:

Bocephus as Hank called his son.
  11:35am
Dean:

Come to think of it, sacrilege is usually fun.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:36am
Brian in UK:

@Dean and often quite cheap.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:38am
Greg from ZONE 5:

Happy New Year, Joey!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:38am
Brian in UK:

You cannot see but I am wearing a cardigan that my dear wife has knitted for me. She only started it about ten years ago.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:40am
Brian in UK:

He defined the term thin as a rail.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:41am
Gaylord Fields:

It's absolutely astounding to think that Hank never even made it to 30, yet he still wrote one of the most definitive bodies of songs of any songwriter in the 20th century.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:42am
Sem:

Yes, TVZ. Thanks, Joe.
  11:43am
dez:

such a great final hour today, joe!
Avatar ♥ 11:44am
Joe McG:

Happy New Year, Gaylord! @dez: Thanks! I could play Hank Williams records all day.
Avatar ♥ 11:47am
annie:

love townes, a cafe i worked at, the owner played non-stop townes close to four to five hours a day. the chef almost quit. i admit it was a little too much. but he's fine in small doses
  11:48am
Dean:

Townes' live album from the Old Quarter is not only a record of great performances, but also one of the best sounding albums ever.
Avatar 11:48am
KP:

Rick Nelson i think was killed in a New Year's plane crash
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:48am
Brian in UK:

Dean. Townes jokes notwithstanding.
Avatar 11:49am
KP:

I saw him like out on LI about two weeks previous. It was quite a shock
Avatar ♥ 11:49am
Joe McG:

@KP: I forgot about that. I should have brought one of the Stone Canyon Band LPs. What a shame.
  11:50am
Dean:

Yeah, but the thing, Brian in UK, is that the recording of those jokes is utterly faithful.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:54am
Gaylord Fields:

@Joe McG: And it would not surprise you that I could hear Hank Williams records all day — but TVZ is quite the consolation prize. Thanks for being the first best thing in 2018!
Avatar ♥ 11:55am
annie:

even half an hour of surface noise is fine..thanks joe, on to the archives!!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:56am
listener 126464:

Thanks DJ!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:56am
Brian in UK:

Joe, you could do a whole show of artists influenced by Townes.
If the rest of the year is like this show, 2018 should be copacetic.
Avatar ♥ 11:57am
Joe McG:

Aw, thanks, Gaylord! And thanks, annie. Have a great day everyone and I hope the first week of the new year treats you well. I'll see you next Monday!
  11:57am
Dean:

Heck, yeah. Jimmy LaFave, for one.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:59am
Stanley:

Thanks Joe. All the best for 2018
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:59am
officina:

Happy New Year Joe !
Looking forward to another year of great shows.....
  🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:01am
12539:

Belated thanks, Joe!
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