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A roadmap that reveals the highways, byways, ley lines and subterranean tunnels connecting rock, soul, pop, folk rock, R&B, garage, punk, funk, jazz, world music, and soundtracks from the twilight of the 1950s to the dawn of the 1970s. Larry Grogan is a DJ, writer, podcaster, collector, and the man behind Funky16Corners.

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Approx. start time
Funky16Corners  Testify! Intro   Favoriting Best of Funky16Corners Volume One  Funky16Corners  2017  MP3  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Tommy James and the Shondells  Crystal Blue Persuasion   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Roulette  1969  45  0:01:26 (Pop-up)
Harry Nilsson  Everybody's Talkin'   Favoriting 45RPM Single  RCA  1969  45  0:05:26 (Pop-up)
Emitt Rhodes  Golden Child of God   Favoriting Mirror  ABC/Dunhill  1971  LP  0:08:15 (Pop-up)
Strawberry Alarm Clock  Pretty Song From Psych Out   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Uni  1968  45  0:10:57 (Pop-up)
Faces  Ooh La La   Favoriting Ooh La La  Warner Brothers  1973  LP  0:14:11 (Pop-up)
 
Bread  It Don't Matter To Me (45 Mix)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Elektra  1970  45  0:22:35 (Pop-up)
Phyllis Brown  Another Time   Favoriting Phyllis Brown  Barnaby  1971  LP  0:25:18 (Pop-up)
The Zombies  Beechwood Park   Favoriting Odessey and Oracle  Date  1968  LP  0:27:58 (Pop-up)
Beach Boys  Til I Die   Favoriting Surf's Up  Brother  1971  LP  0:30:39 (Pop-up)
Little Feat  Trouble   Favoriting Sailin' Shoes  Warner Brothers  1972  LP  0:33:10 (Pop-up)
Harry Nilsson  Think About Your Troubles   Favoriting The Point OST  RCA  1970  LP  0:35:19 (Pop-up)
Colin Blunstone  Caroline Goodbye   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Epic  1971  45  0:38:07 (Pop-up)
The Who  Rael   Favoriting Sell Out  Decca  1967  LP  0:40:54 (Pop-up)
Gloria Loring  Song To a Seagull   Favoriting Sing a Song For the Mountain  Evolution  1970  LP  0:46:35 (Pop-up)
Phil Everly  The Air That I Breathe   Favoriting 45RPM Single  RCA  1973  45  0:50:38 (Pop-up)
Keef James  Somewhere   Favoriting One Tree Or Another  Rare Earth  1972  LP  0:54:18 (Pop-up)
Fleetwood Mac  My Dream   Favoriting Then Play On  Reprise  1969  LP  0:59:46 (Pop-up)
 
Pearls Before Swine  I Saw the World   Favoriting 45RPM Single  ESP-Disk  1968  45  1:08:50 (Pop-up)
Kaleidoscope  Keep Your Mind Open   Favoriting Side Trips  Epic  1967  LP  1:12:11 (Pop-up)
The Fox  Butterfly   Favoriting For Fox Sake  Crewe  1969  LP  1:14:19 (Pop-up)
John Fahey  John Henry Variations   Favoriting Death Chants, Breakdowns & Military Waltzes  Takoma  1963  LP  1:17:38 (Pop-up)
Neil Young  The Old Laughing Lady   Favoriting Neil Young  Reprise  1968  LP  1:21:03 (Pop-up)
Spirit  The Girl In Your Eye   Favoriting Spirit  Ode  1968  LP  1:26:39 (Pop-up)
Buffalo Springfield  Expecting To Fly   Favoriting Again  Atco  1967  LP  1:30:03 (Pop-up)
Grateful Dead  Dark Star (45)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Warner Brothers  1968  45  1:33:26 (Pop-up)
Shawn Phillips  Prelude to a Leaving   Favoriting Spaced  A&M  1977  LP  1:36:08 (Pop-up)
Paul Desmond  So Long Frank Lloyd Wright   Favoriting Bridge Over Troubled Water  A&M  1970  LP  1:38:42 (Pop-up)
Lovin' Spoonful  Coconut Grove   Favoriting Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful  Kama Sutra  1966  LP  1:42:18 (Pop-up)
Soft Machine  A Certain Kind   Favoriting Soft Machine  Probe  1968  LP  1:44:42 (Pop-up)
Philamore Lincoln  The North Wind Blew South   Favoriting The North Wind Blew South  Epic  1970  LP  1:47:30 (Pop-up)
Association  Birthday Morning   Favoriting Birthday  Warner Brothers  1968  LP  1:50:55 (Pop-up)
 
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers  I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Like  1966  45  2:01:53 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!

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coelacanth∅:

Bam! Right On!
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doctorjazz:

Happy New Year!
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Funky16Corners:

C! What it be?
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:02pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Doc! Happy New Year!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:02pm
coelacanth∅:

greetings
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:02pm
Funky16Corners:

Prepare for mellowness, in many forms.
Avatar 3:03pm
northguineahills:

Still have this LP (from my father, one of the few he had).
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:03pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey NGH!
  3:03pm
heinseng:

play "suavecito" and the day will be complete
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:03pm
Funky16Corners:

heinseng!
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Sem:

Hello, Larry, Larry listeners.
Avatar 🥁 3:04pm
Erica:

Happy New Year's Eve everyone!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:05pm
Funky16Corners:

Sem! Erica!
Avatar 3:06pm
northguineahills:

After seeing midnight cowboy in 1996, I spent a year looking for the sntrk. Glad I found it!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:07pm
Funky16Corners:

Some cool, non-Nilsson stuff on it
Avatar 3:09pm
northguineahills:

The Groop (on the sndrk), is where Stereolab got their alias from. (Elephant's Memory is pretty groovy too!)
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:09pm
Funky16Corners:

I did not know that!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:10pm
Funky16Corners:

We lost Emitt Rhodes this July...
Avatar 🥁 3:11pm
Erica:

We lost a lot of people this year, many to Covid-19
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:13pm
Funky16Corners:

Yes, indeed.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:13pm
Paul from Toronto:

Happy 200, Larry!
Avatar 3:13pm
northguineahills:

I can't keep track of how many musicians we lost this year. It makes 2016 seem like a pittance....
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:13pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Paul!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:14pm
Paul from Toronto:

Happy NYE
  3:15pm
CalZone!:

Clear the mind, and let's blow away this awful year. Excelsior, you fatheads!
Avatar 🥁 3:15pm
Erica:

2016 was the year of too many deaths in general. 2020 was the year of Covid-19 deaths. That's the difference ngh.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:15pm
Funky16Corners:

Cal!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:16pm
Funky16Corners:

We understand, Erica. We're just here to relate about music. I never stop thinking about Covid and all the people we've lost needlessly.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:16pm
coelacanth∅:

actually i don't think we've lost nearly as many famous musicians this year as every year from 2015-2019. this year's been a little better in that regard, despite the otherwise horrible year.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:17pm
coelacanth∅:

(2015 and 16 being the worst)
Avatar 🥁 3:17pm
Erica:

2015, for me was a boring year coel. Not much happened.
Avatar 3:18pm
northguineahills:

True, Erica. 2016 is a place marker for me in my brain.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:18pm
coelacanth∅:

sorry to hear that Erica. it was terrible for me. countless musician deaths.
Avatar 🥁 3:18pm
Erica:

2012 AND 2016 for me ngh.
  3:20pm
Irene:

Amen, Larry! Happy New Year and may you and yours have a better 2021.
Avatar 3:20pm
northguineahills:

ugggh, tourists are overwhelming Orlando (I'm at a hotel), maybe 85% wear masks. Universal has hit capacity w/in 10 minutes the last few days. At least I don't have to worry about traffic anymore).
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:23pm
Funky16Corners:

Hi Irene!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:24pm
Funky16Corners:

I took my sons to Gamestop yesterday and there's a Chuck E Cheese next door, which I was shocked to see was open.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:25pm
Paul from Toronto:

Up here things are only open for take out/delivery.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:26pm
Funky16Corners:

We drove around last night looking at Christmas lights and saw a shocking amount of indoor dining going on. and I'm not sure it's legal right now
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:26pm
Paul from Toronto:

Music-related, I was late signing on today as I was wracking my brain over Uncle Michael's Listener All-Request Show tomorrow.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:27pm
Funky16Corners:

I didn't realize that was tomorrow. I have to get my request in!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:28pm
Paul from Toronto:

I picked Cornershop last year, it's are to find something he hasn't heard of.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:28pm
Paul from Toronto:

"It's hard" that should read
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:28pm
Funky16Corners:

Yeah, Uncle Michael has world-encompassing ears!
Avatar 3:28pm
northguineahills:

The Zombies remind me of the summer 2000.............
  3:29pm
Mark R:

I always wondered why they misspelled "Odyssey," then I read that the artist misspelled it and the artwork had already gone to the printer, so oh well...
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:29pm
Funky16Corners:

What happened then?
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:29pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Mark! I was wondering about that very thing this morning.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:29pm
Paul from Toronto:

"Odessey and Oracle" is a banging album. No filler.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:30pm
Funky16Corners:

A brilliant piece of work, and sadly hit after they dissolved
  3:30pm
Mark R:

I agree, Paul, I've only recently picked up on it.
  3:32pm
Mark R:

So by 1971, Capitol had dropped The Beach Boys and they'd signed to a label called "Brother"? Or is Brother a reissue label?
Avatar 3:32pm
northguineahills:

(had a summer fling w/ a woman right when my roommate got the Zombies boxset and let me borrow it)
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:32pm
Funky16Corners:

Brother was their custom label, within Capitol (at least at first)
  3:33pm
Mark R:

Ah I see!
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northguineahills:

My Surf's Up is on Brother.....
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:33pm
Funky16Corners:

www.discogs.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:34pm
coelacanth∅:

i don't try to stump Uncle Michael - especially as he specifically says that's not the point! but i do try to pick something i think needs more attention than wfmu has given it. this year i decided it had to be something not available in the archives.
(but that doesn't mean it's that obscure)
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:34pm
doctorjazz:

Great Little Feet time/album!
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doctorjazz:

*tune/album
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Funky16Corners:

@Doc - I love this song
  3:34pm
Jeff B Cali:

Little Feat yaaaass
  3:34pm
Mark R:

I wouldn't be hip to Little Feat until The Last Record Album (which was admittedly late to the party)
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:35pm
Funky16Corners:

Jeff B Cali!
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Funky16Corners:

Nilsson double-dip!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:36pm
Jeff Ash:

Late to the party, but New Year's greetings to all from Wisconsin!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:36pm
Funky16Corners:

Another song that occasionally give me the weepys...
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:36pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Jeff!
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Funky16Corners:

Written about Caroline Munro...
  3:40pm
Jeff B Cali:

Super lovely song
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northguineahills:

Love this album!

@coel: I'm impressed when any wfmu dj of any genre stumps me, as I've spent my whole life since adolescence studying music.
Avatar 3:41pm
northguineahills:

I seeing repeating themes going on....
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:41pm
Funky16Corners:

Have you ever been stumped here NGH?
Avatar 🥁 3:45pm
Erica:

I just realized something. It's been over a year since Larry switched from the 10 pm Wednesday slot.
Avatar 🥁 3:45pm
Erica:

Well over a year since his last Wednesday show anyway.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:46pm
Funky16Corners:

I can't remember when I made the switch!
Avatar 🥁 3:46pm
Erica:

I believe it was the 2nd of January of this year.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:47pm
Funky16Corners:

Well, all kinds of anniversaries happening!
Avatar 🥁 3:48pm
Erica:

Christmas Day 2019 was I believe your last Wednesday night show Larry. Funny how I remember things like that.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:48pm
Funky16Corners:

I'm glad you remembered. I'm terrible with things like that.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:49pm
Funky16Corners:

I was just looking through that Brother Records discography, one of the few non-Beach Boys records was by The Flame, featuring Rikki Fataar, later of the Rutles!
Avatar 🥁 3:49pm
Erica:

You can always check the archives to be sure Larry.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:50pm
Brian in UK:

Helo Larry & witnesses. Joni?
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Funky16Corners:

Brian! Joni cover
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Erica:

Albert Hammond!
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Sem:

Lovin' the spins. Larry. Drifting along...
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:52pm
WR:

@Erica, l looked in the archive and your memory is correct about when the program shifted from Wed. night to Thursday afternoon.

Hi all. back to lurking while working.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:52pm
Little Danny:

Hey Larry, hey y'all
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Funky16Corners:

I like Phil's version better. Arranged by Warren Zevon, produced by Duane Eddy!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:52pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey WR! Thanks Sem!
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Funky16Corners:

Danny!
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Erica:

The Air That I Breathe was covered by Olivia Newton-John and the Hollies had a hit with it. But it was originally by Albert Hammond.
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northguineahills:

I need to get my eyes checked, Larry, I read it as 'A Bon Jovi Cover'.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:53pm
Funky16Corners:

Yes, Hammond wrote it. I find his version strangely off-putting
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Erica:

Haha ngh!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:53pm
Funky16Corners:

@NGH - I hope not!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:55pm
Little Danny:

That Phil Everly was new to me and great. Reminded me a bit of the Bee Gees, circa 1970
  3:55pm
Jeff B Cali:

Circling back- Ricky Fataar, also currently for years Bonnie Raitt’s drummer
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:56pm
Funky16Corners:

@Danny - Isn't that great?
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Funky16Corners:

@Jeff - I didn't know that!
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coelacanth∅:

the air that i breathe is probably my favorite hollies song (it's a hollies song!)
and one of my favorite songs in general.
top 100 easily.
for me it's no surprise that Everly's doesn't come close.
(for me)
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:01pm
Funky16Corners:

He did it before the Hollies. Orig by Albert Hammond.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:02pm
KevinfromBayRidge:

Hey all. Nice way to get my head cleaned, Larry. Happy End of @020!
  4:02pm
ellliot:

Very nostalgic set my friend. Taking me back to 70’s Montclair and NY
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:02pm
KevinfromBayRidge:

2020
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:03pm
coelacanth∅:

oh maybe so Larry, but the hollies' is "the definitive"!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:06pm
Gaylord Fields:

Hi, Larry! Bread is the bee's pajamas, and I will fight your beloved wife in the forum of her choosing. I guess that's my way of saying Happy New Year! :)
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:08pm
Brian in UK:

Thank you Rev. Grogan for letting me visit your church weekly.
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Funky16Corners:

Gaylord! Kevin!elliot!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:09pm
Brian in UK:

Lawks, did PBS release singles.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:09pm
Funky16Corners:

@Brian - Thanks for coming, and empty church is just another building.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:10pm
WR:

Pearls Before Swine! Love this!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:10pm
Funky16Corners:

Yes! I have this on an ESP white-label promo 45!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:10pm
Funky16Corners:

I did a tribute show to Tom Rapp back when he passed away.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:10pm
WR:

you have an ESP 45? Cool, never have seen one.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:11pm
coelacanth∅:

well, Larry i'll listen to Phil Everly's version again. i was in the next room. but it sounded similar, but mellower than the hollies' version; and part of what i love about the hollies' version is that it takes off a bit.
- and the harmonies.
...and of course there's the nostalgia factor. i loved it as a child.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:11pm
Paul from Toronto:

The thing I love about WFMU (and Funky 16 Corners) is hearing something you've never heard before and it becoming a favourite.
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Funky16Corners:

www.discogs.com...
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:12pm
Funky16Corners:

@Paul - That's the raison d'etre hereabouts!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:12pm
Paul from Toronto:

For year's I have tuned in wanting to be stumped.
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Erica:

Gotta admit that Pearls Before Swine song was pretty relaxing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:12pm
coelacanth∅:

great kaleidoscope song!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:14pm
Gaylord Fields:

@coelacanth∅: US and UK Kaleidoscope are both great!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:15pm
Funky16Corners:

@Gaylord - Yes! I will recommend both bands highly!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:15pm
dutchtheo:

Hey Larry, happy new year's eve, all, 75 minutes left here
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:15pm
coelacanth∅:

is being stumped hearing something you've never heard? if so
i don't believe for a second that there's anyone here that can listen to any typical 24-hour period of wfmu and not be stumped several times.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:15pm
Funky16Corners:

Theo! Happy New Year!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:16pm
coelacanth∅:

Gaylord Yes!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:16pm
Funky16Corners:

@C - I would assume so. There are so many heavy music heads at WFMU I can't imagine that they aren't stumping each other all the time.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:17pm
coelacanth∅:

...and i credit either you or Bob Irwin or both for turning me onto the other one
  4:17pm
Mark R:

It's mostly one big stump for me, Coel
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:17pm
dutchtheo:

best wishes!, make that 104 minutes left
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:17pm
coelacanth∅:

Mark haha!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:19pm
Funky16Corners:

Man, if I could play guitar like this I'd never do anything else...
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:19pm
Funky16Corners:

Or, at all. I can't play the guitar...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:19pm
Paul from Toronto:

I remember listening to Hova's show back in July 30, 2001, Joe Strummer was guest DJ and he played Cornershop's "6 a.m. Jullander Shere", I so loved it I added it to my collection and was able to stump Uncle Michael with it last year.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:19pm
Brian in UK:

coelacanth∅ so true, thought I had a decent knowledge until listening to this station. Quite happy to be surprised bit like bringing up children!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:20pm
Funky16Corners:

I have played Cornershop on occasion.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:21pm
Paul from Toronto:

I know. I love it, thanks to Mr. Strummer
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:22pm
coelacanth∅:

oh man... this is the song i play for people who claim a distaste for Neil Young.
incredible song
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:22pm
Paul from Toronto:

Neil! A local boy.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:23pm
Funky16Corners:

Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Gloria Jones, Sherlie Matthews and Merry Clayton on vocals. The second half of this song has an almost soulful groove to it.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:23pm
KevinfromBayRidge:

Still my favorite NY album. First was best!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:23pm
Funky16Corners:

Gospel, too...
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:24pm
Funky16Corners:

Jumped right out of the Buffalo Springfield into the fire!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:24pm
coelacanth∅:

i think i was listening to that Joe Strummer segment. was it greasy kid stuff?
  4:25pm
Mark R:

Merry, so named (spelled) because she was born on Christmas (I assume that's the reason, anyway.)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:25pm
Paul from Toronto:

No, Hit Parade.
www.wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:25pm
coelacanth∅:

...(although maybe not, because if i had been i would've taped it)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:26pm
Paul from Toronto:

I was a huge fan of that show
  4:28pm
Mark R:

Nice to hear one of Spirit's deep cuts (although the hits ain't too bad, either!). My older brother had this first album, I used to hear it through the wall of his bedroom all the time.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:28pm
Funky16Corners:

This is such an amazing album.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:29pm
coelacanth∅:

Thanks Paul. i remember the show being mentioned but i don't think i ever listened to it. must've been a morning show, is my guess
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:29pm
Brian in UK:

Spirit of '76 is a good one. (for a double!)
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:31pm
KevinfromBayRidge:

One of my Tchotchkes from the following marathon was a vial of Strummer's unfinished beer from that session.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:31pm
Funky16Corners:

Are we all in a chill place right now?
  4:31pm
Mark R:

Oh boy do I love "Expecting to Fly"! It kind of over-reaches, but I don't care. Jack Nietzche at his best.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:32pm
Paul from Toronto:

@KevinfromBayRidge, !!!. The March 9, 2002 pledge drive
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:32pm
Funky16Corners:

Nitzsche had his hands on 'The Old Laughing Lady', too
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:32pm
Funky16Corners:

He knew how to orchestrate!
  4:33pm
Mark R:

Did he? He said some really nasty things about Neil after touring with him--really critical of his musicianship. Not sure where all the bitterness came from.
  4:34pm
Mark R:

Now I see what's happening. You dropped acid about 30 minutes ago.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:34pm
Funky16Corners:

I think he was one of those guys who was frustrated that he made his biggest mark in support of other people
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:34pm
Funky16Corners:

Not anymore, but memories.....
  4:35pm
Mark R:

Well, this set seems to support my thesis, the walls dripping increasingly as we go along.
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Brian in UK:

Larry thing is we are still talking about Jack N. No better complement.
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coelacanth∅:

haha yes! i remember that unfinished beer prize! i remember telling my girlfriend at the time about it and she hesitated, i guess to evaluate our relationship, then just said "that's weird."
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Funky16Corners:

I just looked it up, he passed away 20 years ago!?!
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doctorjazz:

Desmond! Perfect for this tune!
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Erica:

Who Larry?
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Funky16Corners:

This is a nice album, all S&G tunes
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Funky16Corners:

@Erica - Jack Nitzsche
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Erica:

Oh okay.
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Paul from Toronto:

@KevinfromBayRidge @coelacanth∅ I always wondered who won it.
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Mark R:

See, from Shawn Phillips on, you're trying to bring us all in for a gentle landing.
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Funky16Corners:

Very perceptive Mark!
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KevinfromBayRidge:

@Coel, Funny, I guess...Luckily, my GF at the time, laughed it off. She later become my wife and house FMU "tolerator", bless her soul! @Paul, Me thinks that there were quite a few vials derived from that very seminal bottle.
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Brian in UK:

Love Makes Sweet Music by Soft Machine shoulda been a hit.
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Funky16Corners:

Agreed. That first album is great.
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Little Danny:

What a great choice for an Association song. Love them.
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Funky16Corners:

Pure bliss!
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coelacanth∅:

Kevin "you got a keeper"!
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Little Danny:

Thanks, and thanks Larry!
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KevinfromBayRidge:

I know!
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Sem:

Listening from the kitchen: cooking there matches the cooking here. Thanks, Larry. Best in the coming year to you, and all.
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Brian in UK:

Larry, delightful as ever. Happy New Year everyone.
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KevinfromBayRidge:

Wunnerful shew. Funky!
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Little Danny:

It was on Rubble vol. 4, the very first volume I bought!
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dutchtheo:

Thanks Larry! Happy New Year!
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Brian in UK:

Little Danny, you paid with your own money?
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Little Danny:

@Brian: yes, the way one does!
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coelacanth∅:

Thanks Larry! Happy new year!
take care y'all
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doctorjazz:

Thanks, Larry, great year all! (Missed that Dead single, sad...)
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doctorjazz:

Desmond called his tone "dry martini", if I remember correctly.
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Little Danny:

I go back and forth on "Some Velvet Morning" vs. "Expecting to Fly" as the greatest '60s pop weirdo hit
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Paul from Toronto:

Thanks, as always, Larry. Happy New Year! All the best, everyone!
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Erica:

Happy New Year Larry! Let's hope 2021 is a better year for all of us.
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Funky16Corners:

Happy New Year all! Thanks for listening!
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Funky16Corners:

@Danny - Good two to choose between!
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WR:

Happy New Year Larry. That last set hit me with all the feels, so many faves from my wayward youth.

Happy New Year to all Drummer Streamers!
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Funky16Corners:

Happy New Year WR! Glad you dug it!
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