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Bob Brainen | WFMU

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Disc jockey has a fondness for sound.

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East Orange, NJ

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Disc jockey has a fondness for sound.

Twitter:

@WFMU

Language:

English

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WFMU P.O. Box 2011 Jersey City, NJ 07303-2011 201-200-9368


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Our 10th episode of "One Hour With..." is a special supersized edition: "One And A Half Hours With...The dBs" from Apr 20, 2024

4/20/2024
Hank Levine & His Orchestra w/ Timothy Leary - "Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience" [0:00:00] Charles Mingus - "Los Mariachis" - Tijuana Moods - Deluxe [0:02:22] Jack Paar & Jack Haskell - "I-M-4-U [ I Am For You ]" [Columbia label; also the theme to Paar's TV show] [0:12:42] Oliver - "Kitty" - Stone Unturned [unreleased cabin recordings by Welshman Oliver Chapman] [0:15:02] Jelly Roll Morton - "If You Don't Shake, You Don't Get No Cake" - The Complete Library of Congress Recordings [0:17:41] Grin - "Just To Have You" [non-lp b-side] [0:22:04] Larry Darnell - "Pack Your Rags And Go" - Jump & Shout: New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [VAR] [0:24:30] Richard Thompson - "The Old Changing Way" - Henry The Human Fly [0:26:38] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [0:30:32] Dent May - "You Already Know" - What's For Breakfast [New release] [0:36:13] Pernice Brothers - "Who Will You Believe" - Who Will You Believe [New release] [0:39:21] Beechwood Sparks - "Town In Two" - Torn In two [New release] [0:41:49] Gillian McPherson - "They All Want Somebody To Blame" - Poets And Painters & Performers Of Blues [0:45:07] Thornton Old Regular Baptist Choir - "Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah" - Southern Journey, Vol. 1 Voices From The American South - Blues, Ballads, Hymns, Reels, Shouts, Chanteys And Work Songs [VAR] [0:49:46] Everly Brothers - "Nothing Matters But You" - Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers On Warner Bros. 1960 To 1969 [0:52:08] Paul Butterfield Blues Band - "Mellow Down Easy" - Paul Butterfield Blues Band [Mono] [0:54:21] Del Amitri - "Musicians & Beer" - Fatal Mistakes - Deluxe Edition [0:57:09] Ephat Mujuru & the Spirit of the People - "Nyama Musango" - Mbavaira [0:59:55] Hugh Masekela - "Stop" - The Promise of a Future [1:05:14] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:07:49] [1:15:00] Set: One And A Half Hours With...The dBs dbs - "Black and White" - Stands For Decibels [Also their 2nd single-on the Shake label] [1:15:03] dBs - "Happenstance" - Repercussion [1:18:04] dBs - "Love Is For Lovers" - Like This [1:22:09] dBs - "Never Say When" - The Sound Of Music [1:25:26] dBs - "Picture Sleeve" [Record Store Day release (from "Falling Off The Sky" sessions]] [1:28:34] dBs - "From A Window To A Screen" - Repercussion [1:32:13] dBs - "Feel Alright" - The Sound Of Music [CD bonus track. Cover of a song by the band Cargoe.] [1:34:46] dBs - "Living A Lie" - Repercussion [1:37:13] Chris Stamey & The dBs - "If And When" - I Thought You Wanted To Know 1978-1981 [debut single on CAR record label] [1:40:37] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:43:22] dBs - "We Were Happy There" - Repercussion [1:47:18] dBs - "Big Brown Eyes" - Stands For Decibels [1:49:56] dBs - "Tearjerkin'" - Stands For Decibels [1:51:54] dBs - "Spitting In the Wind" - Like This [1:55:45] dBs - "Amplifier" - Repercussion [1:59:13] dBs - "The Fight" - Stands For Decibels [2:02:15] dBs - "Today Could Be The Day" - The Sound Of Music [2:05:20] dBs - "Ups And Downs" - Repercussion [2:08:27] dBs - "Visible Man" - Paris Ave. [Song first issued on "The Water Music Compilation Album."] [2:11:31] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:15:19] dBs - "Sharon" - The Sound Of Music [CD bonus track-non lp single] [2:18:10] dBs - "Ask For Jill" - Repercussion [2:21:33] dBs - "Molly Says" - The Sound Of Music [2:23:57] dBs - "Judy" - Stands For Decibels [CD bonus track-non lp single] [2:26:15] dBs - "Soul Kiss (Part One)" - I Thought You Wanted To Know 1978-1981 [Archival comp.] [2:29:07] dBs - "Soul Kiss (Part Two)" - Ride The Wild Tom Tom [Archival comp.] [2:31:25] dBs - "Girlfriend" - Paris Ave. [Archival collection of demos for the band's abandoned 5th album.] [2:32:38] dBs - "She Got Soul" - Like This [2:35:45] dBs - "Cycles Per Second" - Stands For Decibels [2:38:22] dBs - "Neverland" - Repercussion [2:41:27] "frogs...

Duration:03:06:52

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A free-form show including "One Hour With...Strawbs - The Early Years: 1967 to 1970." from Apr 13, 2024

4/13/2024
Hank Levine & His Orchestra w/ Timothy Leary - "Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience" [0:00:00] Gil Melle - "The Andromeda Strain Theme" - The Andromeda Strain [0:03:51] Earth Flower - "Nature's Piano" - Earth Flower [0:04:48] John Davis, Bessie Jones & The Georgia Sea Island Singers - "Beulah Land" - Southern Journey [VAR] [0:07:42] Roy Milton - "Baby Don't Do This To Me" - Jumpin' & Jivin' [VAR Specialty label sides] [0:11:59] Charles Mingus - "Tijuana Gift Shop" - Tijuana Moods - Deluxe [0:14:09] Chiffons - "He's A Bad One" - Greatest Hits [0:18:03] Jimmy Revard & His Oklahoma Playboys - "Dirty Dog" - Doughboys, Playboys And Cowboys: The Golden Years Of Western Swing [VAR] [0:20:11] Hal Waters - "St. James Infirmary" [Colpix 45] [0:22:39] Sid Hemphill, Lucius Smith, - "Don't You Never Let My Rabbit Get Away" - Southern Journey [0:25:05] Gene Clark - "I Found You" - With the Gosdin Brothers [0:26:41] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [0:29:39] Herbie Hancock - "Tell Me a Bedtime Story" - Fat Albert Rotunda [RIP Albert 'Tootie' Heath-drums] [0:39:15] Fotheringay - "The Way I Feel" - Fotheringay [RIP Gerry Conway-drums] [0:44:06] Heath Brothers - "Smilin' Billy Suite, Part One" - Marchin' On [Tootie-drums, Strata East label] [0:48:56] The Bunch - "Let There Be Drums" - Rock On [Gerry Conway-drums] [0:53:11] Buell Neidlinger Quintet - "Blue Chopsticks" - Blue Chopsticks (A Portrait Of Herbie Nichols) [0:55:31] Lady Blackbird - "Five Feet Tall" - Black Acid Soul - Deluxe Edition [0:59:44] Pink Floyd - "Green Is The Color" - More [OST] [1:02:41] Ray Mason - "Go On And Kiss Him" - Like Bugs Chewing On Paper [1:05:35] Gillian McPherson - "Baby Go Slow" - Poets & Painters & Performers Of Blues [1:08:21] [1:11:37] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:11:39] Set: One Hour With...Strawbs: The Early Years 1967 - 1970 Strawbs - "Wild Strawberries" - All Our Own Work [1:21:05] Strawbs [With Sandy Denny] - "On My Way" - All Our Own Work [1:22:36] Strawbs - "Interview / Intro" - Live At The BBC Volume One: In Session [1:25:39] Strawbs - "That Which Once Was Mine" - Strawbs [1:26:40] Strawbs - "The Weary Song" - Dragonfly [1:31:09] Strawbs [With Sandy Denny] - "All I Need Is You" - All Our Own Work [1:33:08] Strawbs - "Pieces of 79 and 15" - Strawbs [1:35:28] Strawbs - "Another Day" - Dragonfly [1:38:27] Strawbs [With Sandy Denny] - "Always On My Mind" - All Our Own Work [1:41:31] Strawbs - "All The Little Ladies" - Strawbs [1:43:22] Strawbs - "Or Am I Dreaming" - Strawbs [1:45:43] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:48:06] Strawbs [With Sandy Denny] - "Who Knows Where The Times Goes" - All Our Own Work [original recording] [1:54:06] Strawbs - "Poor Jimmy Wilson" - Strawbs [1:58:09] Strawbs - "Dragonfly" - Dragonfly [2:00:47] Strawbs [With Sandy Denny] - "Sail Away To The Sea" - All Our Own Work [2:06:18] Strawbs - "Tell Me What You See In Me" - Strawbs [2:09:38] Strawbs - "Til The Sun Comes Shining Through" - Dragonfly [2:12:30] Strawbs [With Sandy Denny] - "Stay Awhile With Me" - All Our Own Work [2:15:59] Strawbs - "Oh How She Changed" - Strawbs [2:18:47] Strawbs - "Til The Sun Comes Shining Through" - Dragonfly [2:23:12] Strawbs - "Close Your Eyes" - Dragonfly [2:26:12] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:26:59] Jelly Roll Morton - "Mamanita" - The Complete Library of Congress Recordings [2:34:29] Coleman Hawkins & His All Stars - "Crazy Rhythm" - 1937 [Recorded in Paris] [2:38:41] Terry Adams & Steve Ferguson - "Dutchess County Jail" [Recorded live in the studio] [2:41:46] Steve Ferguson - "Blue Ice Of Winsted" - Blue Ice Of Winsted [2:44:20] Henry Mancini - "The Brothers Go To Mothers" - The Music From Peter Gunn [2:46:58] Shelagh McDonald - "Baby Go Slow" - Stargazer [2:49:57] Gil Melle - "Night Gallery Theme" [2:53:49] Music behind DJ: "frogs and...

Duration:03:06:28

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A free-form show including "One Hour With...Fred Neil." from Apr 6, 2024

4/6/2024
Hank Levine & His Orchestra w/ Timothy Leary - "Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience" [0:00:00] Eddie Hinton - "Shout Bamalama" - Very Extremely Dangerous [0:02:22] Dr. John, The Night Tripper - "Mama Roux" - Gris Gris [0:06:04] Adrian Quesada w/ Ruben Ramos & Charlie Sexton - "Boogaloo En Monterrey" - The Latin Shade Of Texas Soul [0:08:59] Guitar Gable w/King Karl - "Goodbye Baby" - Cool Calm Collected [0:11:49] Mulatu Astatke & the Heliocentrics - "Chik Chika" - Inspiration Information [0:13:49] Sacaddes - "Older Than Tomorrow" - Flowing Fades [aka KVB] [0:18:57] Bobby Caldwell - "What You Won't Do For Love" - Bobby Caldwell [0:22:02] Chairmen of the Board - "Everything's Tuesday" - In Session [0:25:27] Bessie Jones With The Georgia Sea Island Singers - "Once There Was No Sun" - Get In Union [0:28:09] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [0:29:40] Charles Mingus - "Ysabel's Table Dance" - Tijuana Moods - Deluxe [0:35:18] Four Blazes - "Do The Do" - Mary Jo [0:45:43] Hank Penny - "Wildcat Mama" - Doughboys, Playboys And Cowboys: The Golden Years Of Western Swing [VAR] [0:48:00] Simon & Garfunkel - "Hazy Shade of Winter" - Old Friends [Box Set] [0:50:42] Stories - "Love Is In Motion" - About Us [0:52:56] Sunshine Company - "Look Here Comes The Sun" - The Sunshine Company [0:56:12] Baby Dodds - "Maryland" - Talking & Drums Solos [Folkways 10"] [0:59:11] Oneness Of Juju - "Contradiction" - Chapter Two: Nia [Strata East label] [1:01:43] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:06:52] [1:17:14] Set: One Hour With...Fred Neil Fred Neil - "The Dolphins" - Fred Neil [1:17:19] Vince Martin & Fred Neil - "Baby" - Tear Down the Walls [1:21:16] Fred Neil - "Candy Man" - Bleeker & MacDougal [1st recorded by Roy Orbison] [1:25:45] Fred Neil [w/Les McCann] - "Come Back Baby" - Other Side of This Life [1:28:12] Fred Neil - "Roll On Rosie (Take 1)" - Sessions [1:30:46] Fred Neil - "The Sky Is Falling" - Hootenanny At The Bitter End [VAR] [1:39:09] Fred Neil - "That's The Bag I'm In" - Fred Neil [1:42:25] Fred Neil - "Felicity (Take 5)" - Sessions [1:46:02] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:47:37] Fred Neil - "Secret Secret" - Trav'lin Man [Epic label 45] [1:58:31] Fred Neil - "Listen Kitten" - Trav'lin Man [Brunswick label 45] [2:01:28] Fred Neil - "Everybody's Talkin'" - Fred Neil [original version] [2:03:08] Vince Martin & Fred Neil - "I Got 'Em" - Tear Down the Walls [2:05:47] Fred Neil - "Little Bit Of Rain" - Bleeker & MacDougal [2:08:53] Vince Martin & Fred Neil - "Red Flowers" - Tear Down the Walls [2:11:42] Fred Neil - "Other Side Of This Life" - Bleeker & MacDougal [2:13:45] Fred Neil - "Badi-Da" - Fred Neil [(Song title spelled differently in other places)] [2:17:12] Fred Neil - "Blues On The Ceiling" - Bleeker & MacDougal [2:20:12] Fred Neil - "Blind Man Standing By The Side Of The Road" - 38 MacDougal [archival release] [2:22:37] Fred Neil - "December's Dream" - The Many Sides Of Fred Neil [written by John Braheny. Song recorded early in the Sessions...um... sessions.] [2:26:57] [2:30:36] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:30:38] Jelly Roll Morton - "The Crave" - The Complete Library of Congress Recordings [2:39:11] Strollers - "Congo A Cha Cha" - Tell Me : The Five C's & Other GReat Groups On United [VAR] [2:43:57] Ted [& Elizabeth] Hawkins - "I Gave Up All I Had" - Watch Your Step [2:46:30] Days Betwen Stations [w/Colin Moulding} - "The Man Who Died Twice" - In Extremis [2:49:25] NRBQ - "Things To You" - All Hopped Up [2:53:40] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:57:06] Thanks to David Borks, Ron Jett, Doug Young, libraries everywhere & Pete Tomlinson Stay tuned for Music For A Free World With Dave Sewelson https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138484

Duration:03:06:51

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I can be vague but I doubt I could be vegan. / A freeform show including One Hour With...Pentangle from Mar 30, 2024

3/30/2024
Hank Levine & His Orchestra w/ Timothy Leary - "Image, Part One" [0:00:00] Fairport Convention - "Rosie" - Rosie [0:02:23] Gillian McPherson - "Muff The Gong" - Poets And Painters & Performers Of Blues [0:06:01] Jr. Walker & The All-Stars - "Everybody Get Together" - Soul Session [0:10:50] Piero Umiliani - ""Let Me Free": from Agent 3S3-Passport From Hell" - Monster Movie Music, Vol. [VAR] [0:15:07] Senor Soul - "Working In The Coalmine" [0:17:05] Astrud Gilberto - "Look To The Rainbow" [0:19:48] NRBQ - "Breakaway to my Dreams" - NRBQ [0:23:17] Charlie Parker Septet - "Ornithology" - The Dial Masters [0:26:12] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [0:29:09] Magic City Rhythm Kings - "Older Than Tomorrow" [Thanks to listener Dean for I.D.] [0:40:16] Shelagh McDonald - "Crusoe" - Album [0:45:22] Blonde On Blonde - "Country Life" - Contrasts [0:49:04] Cark Perkins - "Soul Beat" [Columbia single] [0:52:40] Tremeloes - "Even The Bad Times Are Good" - Even The Bad Times Are Good [0:54:52] Threadbare - "24 Meshed Veils" - Silver Dollar [0:57:25] The Feathers - "Shake 'Em Up" [Aladdin label single] [1:02:24] Thelonious Monk Quintet w/Steve Lacy - "Evidence" - Thelonious Monk w/Steve Lacy In Philadelphia [Live at Quaker City Jazz Festival] [1:04:37] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:10:37] [1:18:29] Set: One Hour With The Pentangle The Pentangle - "Let No Man Steal Your Thyme" - The Pentangle [1:18:32] The Pentangle - "Spring Time Promises" - Basket Of Light [1:21:17] The Pentangle - "Cold Mountain" [non-lp b-side of Light Flight] [1:25:20] The Pentangle - "Wedding Dress" - Reflection [1:27:18] The Pentangle - "Sweet Child" - Sweet Child [2LP set 1/2live & 1/2 studio] [1:30:13] The Pentangle - "People On The Highway" - Solomon's Seal [1:35:21] The Pentangle - "When I Was in My Prime" - Cruel Sister [1:39:59] The Pentangle - "Koan" - The Pentangle [CD bonus track] [1:43:05] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:45:00] The Pentangle - "Rain & Snow" - Reflection [1:51:08] The Pentangle - "Light Flight" - Basket Of Light [1:54:57] The Pentangle - "Sally Free & Easy" - Solomon's Seal [1:58:15] The Pentangle - "Mirage" - The Pentangle [2:02:06] The Pentangle - "Sovay" - Sweet Child [2:04:07] The Pentangle - "Omie Wise" - Reflection [2:07:07] The Pentangle - "Waltz" - The Pentangle [2:11:17] The Pentangle - "Jump Baby Jump" - Solomon's Seal [2:16:16] [2:19:21] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:19:23] Jelly Roll Morton - "Creepy Feeling" - The Complete Library of Congress Recordings [2:24:48] Nappy Brown - "Don't Be Angry" [Savoy label 45] [2:29:28] P.J. O'Connell - "Sharks" [lyrics by Ernest Noyes Brookings (from unreleased album)] [2:31:34] Slim Lamar & His Southerners - "Goofus" [A Victor 78, originally] [2:37:00] David Carradine & Part Hingle - "The Soul Is The Warrior (2 times)" - Kung Fu [OST] [2:39:05] Shelleyan Orphan - "Shatter" - Century Flower [2:39:52] Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey - "Hollywood Waltz" - Mavericks [CD bonus track] [2:42:44] Picadilly Line - "No One Else Can See" - Too Much Sun Will Burn: The British Psychedelic Sounds Of 1967, Vol. 2 [VAR] [2:46:04] Charles Mingus - "Dizzy Moods" - Tijuana Moods - Deluxe [2:48:49] Tony Hatch Orchestra - "Ben Casey Theme" - The Avengers & Other Top Sixties TV Themes [VAR] [2:54:33] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:56:40] Thanks to David Borks, Ron Jett, Doug Young, various Facebook friends & Pete Tomlinson [2:56:47] Here's a link to the playlists & archives of Music For a Free World With Dave Sewelson: Music For A Free World With Dave Sewelson https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138250

Duration:03:06:53

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Rosie, the 11th Brainen Cat / A Free-Form show including One Hour With Tim Buckley from Mar 23, 2024

3/23/2024
Hank Levine & His Orchestra w/ Timothy Leary - "Image, Part One" [0:00:00] Slim Gaillard - "Slim's Jam" - Slim's Jam (Bob Brainen's 2003 marathon premium] [Various] [0:02:21] NRBQ - "Collector's Party" [Home recording] [0:05:33] Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra [w/ Billie Holiday] - "When You're Smiling" - Billie Holiday & Lester Young: A Musical Romance [0:08:05] Chili Gonzales - "Carnivalse" - Solo Piano II [0:10:58] Montage [w/Michael Brown] - "I Shall Call Her Mary" - Montage [0:13:29] Milltown Brothers - "Which Way Should I Jump" - Slinky [0:15:52] Fifth Dimension - "Carpet Man" - The Magic Garden [0:19:43] Eggstone - "Water" - Sommersault [0:22:49] Mary Lou Williams - "Ragtime" [found this in my Itunes w/o any context-anyone know what it's from, when it's from?] [0:25:57] Gerry Rafferty - "So Bad Thinking" [non-lp b-side of UK single] [0:27:02] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [0:30:17] Charles Mingus - "Flamingo" - Tijuana Moods - Deluxe [0:38:27] Paul Giovanni & Magnet - "Corn Riggs" - The Wicker Man [OST] [0:43:56] Manfred Mann - "Sack 'O Woe" - The Manfred Mann Album [0:46:31] Spookey Ruben - "Mennonite Lady" - What's A Boy To Do? (Modes Of Transportation Vol. 2) [0:48:35] Beach Boys - "Make It Good" - Carl & The Passions-So Tough [0:52:35] Helen Merrill [w/Clifforrd Brown] - "What's New" - Helen Merrill [0:55:08] Bruce Palmer - "Oxo" - The Cycle Is Complete [1:00:10] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:07:18] [1:07:22] Set: One Hour With Tim Buckley Tim Buckley - "Happy Time" - Blue Afternoon [1:14:33] Tim Buckley - "I Can't See You" - Tim Buckley [1:17:48] Tim Buckley - "Mexicali Voodoo" - Look at the Fool [1:20:24] Tim Buckley - "Healing Festival" - Starsailor [1:22:55] Tim Buckley - "Morning Glory" - Goodbye and Hello [Mono] [1:26:01] Tim Buckley - "Sefronia-After Asklepiades, After Kafka / Sefronia-The King' Chain" - Sefronia [1:28:56] Tim Buckley - "Make It Right" - Greetings from L.A. [1:34:35] Tim Buckley - "Nobody Walkin'" - Lorca [1:38:50] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:46:25] Tim Buckley - "Buzzin' Fly" - Happy Sad [1:54:35] Tim Buckley - "Lady, Give Me Your Key" - Wings: The Complete Singles 1966-1974 [unreleased b-side-Mono] [2:00:36] Tim Buckley - "Moulin Rouge" - Starsailor [2:03:13] Tim Buckley - "Hallucinations" - Goodbye and Hello [2:05:16] Tim Buckley - "Monterey" - Starsailor [2:10:02] [2:14:36] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:14:38] Jelly Roll Morton - "Improving Spanish Tempos" - The Complete Library of Congress Recordings [2:23:24] Andy Williams - "Ain't It True" [Columbia 45 (in 6/8)] [2:27:35] Labi Siffre - "Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying" - The Holdovers [OST] [2:30:20] Left Banke - "Foggy Waterfall" - History Of... [2:33:18] Timebox - "Gone Is The Sad Man" [UK Deram label single] [2:38:25] Walter Brennan - "Dutchman's Gold" [2:42:07] King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - "Fishing For Fishies" - Fishing For Fishies [2:45:22] Dent May - "Sea Salt & Caramel" - Late Check-Out [2:50:27] David Greenberger & The Waldameer Players - "What They Call Old" - Today! [2:53:35] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:55:33] Thanks to David Borks, Ron Jett, Doug Young, Gene Sculatti, Joe Morris & Pete Tomlinson https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138056

Duration:03:06:52

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2024 Marathon Show #2: Bob Brainen With Co-Host Rich Hazelton from Mar 16, 2024

3/16/2024
Hank Levine & His Orchestra - "Image, Part One" [original ABC-Paramount 45] World Party - "Put The Message In The Box" - Hello Jumbo [R.I.P. Karl Wallinger] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" McDonald And Giles - "Birdman" - McDonald And Giles [Including: The Inventor's Dream (O.U.A.T) The Workshop Wishbone Ascension Birdman Flies! Wings In The Sunset ] The Beginning Of The End - "Funky Nassau" - Funky Nassau [Our next prize - VINYL LP] "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" Monkees - "Me & Magdalena" - Good Times! [Our next prize] Don Flemons - "We Are Almost Down To The Shore" - Bark Cat Bark! - Bob Brainen's 2024 Premium [A comp. made especially for this marathon. Yours for a pledge of $75 & up] Byrds - "She Don't Care About Time" [non-lp single b-side] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" Moonlight Benjamin - "Lile'" - Bark Cat Bark! - Bob Brainen's 2024 Premium [Yours for a pledge of $75 & up which also gets you our 2024 T-shirt and bumper sticker and in on any prize giveaways!] MC5 - "Borderline" [original 45 version] James Brown - "Gittin' A Little Hipper" - Soul Pride: The Instrumentals 1960-1969 Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" African Head Charge - A Trip To Bolgatanga [Our next prize] Rosemary Clooney with Buddy Cole and His Orchestra - "This Ole House" [single] Codona - "Mumakata" - Codona [[CO] Colin Walcott, [DO] Don Cherry [NA] Nana Vasconcelos] Allen Lowe & The Constant Sorrow Orchestra - "Old Country Rag" - Bark Cat Bark! - Bob Brainen's 2024 Premium [Yours for a pledge of $75 & up] Terry Adams - "Toodlehead" - Terrible Terry Adams - "Venusian Sunset" - Terrible Miriam Makeba - "Pata Pata" [single] The New York Bass Violin Choir - "Biskit [from "Baby Sweets"" - The New York Bass Violin Choir Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" Raspberries - "I Wanna Be With You" [Eric Carmen R.I.P.] Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - "Little Liza Jane" - Western Swing: The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Beverly Glenn-Copeland - "Lakeland Angel" - Bark Cat Bark! - Bob Brainen's 2024 Premium [Yours for a pledge of $75 & up. It comes with the 2024 T-shirt and the 2024 bumper sticker.] Fats Navarro - "Ice Freezes Red" [4 song 7" EP] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/137804

Duration:02:55:38

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2024 Marathon Show #1: Bob Brainen With Co-Host Dave Mandl from Mar 9, 2024

3/9/2024
Hank Levine & His Orchestra - "Image, Part One" [0:00:00] Lynn Blessing - "Cosmic Cowboy" - Sunset Painter [0:04:23] Babs Gonzales - "House Rent Party" - Shuckin' & Jivin' [0:05:55] Pharoah Sanders - "Love is Everywhere" - Wisdom Through Music [0:18:21] Lady Blackbird - "It'll Never Happen Again" - Black Acid Soul - Deluxe Edition [0:18:24] Millie Small - "Let The Four Winds Blow" - Sings Fats Domino [0:23:26] Cymbals - "This Is What You Want, But This Is What You Get" - Anthology [0:21:23] Sundays - "Can't Be Sure" - Reading, Writing and Arithmetic [0:23:23] Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane - "Annie" - Rough Mix [0:26:44] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [0:29:40] Heather Trost - "Frog and toad are friends" - Back Cat Bark! [from our premium, yours for a pledge of $75] [0:47:51] Flying Burrito Brothers - "Tried So Hard" - You Showed Me: The Songs of Gene Clark [VAR Our 1st prize] [0:48:46] Steve Miller Band - "Quicksilver Girl" - Sailor [0:51:51] "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [0:54:34] Beverly Glenn-Copeland - "Stand Anthem" - The Ones Ahead [Our next prize - vinyl] [1:05:27] Rufus Wainwright, et. al. - "12:30 (Young Girls Are Coming To the Canyon)" - Bark Cat Bark, Bob Brainen's 2024 Premium [From our premium CD, yours for a pledge of $75] [1:08:46] Steve Lawrence - "Go Away Little Girl" [RIP] [1:13:10] Fleetwood Mac - "Tell Me All The Things You Do" - Kiln House [1:14:36] J.J. Jackson - "But It's Alright" [1:18:49] Lan Adomian or Richard Mohaupt - "Brawl" - The Adventures of Superman: Original Television Soundtrack (1950s TV Series) [1:20:59] London Jazz Four - "Paperback Writer" - Take a New Look at the Beatles [1:26:00] 3 Clubmen - "Green Green Grasshopper" - Bark Cat Bark, Bob Brainen's 2024 Premium [1:28:41] "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:32:01] L'Eclair - "P+R" - Confusions [Our next prize - vinyl] [1:51:35] Angel Olsen - "My Reverie" - Bark Cat Bark, Bob Brainen's 2024 Premium [Yours for a pledge of $75] [1:56:30] Weekend - "A View From Her Room" - La Varieté [1:58:18] Shirley Collins & The Albion Country Band - "The White Hare" - No Roses [2:07:39] Machito & His Orchestra Feat. Charlie Parker - "Okiedoke" - The Original Mambo Kings - An Introduction To Afro-Cubop [2:10:30] Edwin Astley - "Theme & Bongoes from "Woman Eater"" - Monster Movie Music, Vol. 1 [VAR] [2:13:35] Colleen - "Night looping - Movement II" - Bark Cat Bark, Bob Brainen's 2024 Premium [Yours for a pledge of $75] [2:16:52] Space Opera - "Holy River" - Space Opera [2:19:30] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:24:29] Linda Hoover - "Roll Back The Meaning" - I Mean To Shine [w/ 4 members of the band that would become Steely Dan] [2:36:34] Linda Hoover - "I Mean To Shine" - I Mean To Shine [w/ 4 members of the band that would become Steely Dan] [2:48:34] Harry Lookofsky - "Leaky Faucet" - Miracle In Strings [2:42:45] MItski - "The Frost" - Bark Cat Bark, Bob Brainen's 2024 Premium [Yours for a pledge of $75] [2:45:33] Todd Rundgren - "Long Flowing Robe" - Runt: The Ballad of Todd Rundgren [2:48:36] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:51:41] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/137574

Duration:03:02:46

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A Sad Second Anniversary For Ukraine (Feb. 24th) A Free-Form show including One Hour With Nick Drake. from Mar 2, 2024

3/2/2024
Hank Levine & His Orchestra w/ Timothy Leary - "Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience" [0:00:00] NRBQ w/John Candy - "Stormalong" - Stormalong [0:02:27] Erik Satie - "Je Te Veux" - Pieces Pour Piano [Yuji Takahashi - piano] [0:26:29] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [0:31:10] Lush - "Light From A Dead Star" - Split [0:34:48] Bobby Lee - "Reds for a Blue Planet" - Endless Skyways [0:38:02] John Mayall's Bluesbreakers - "Sandy" - Bare Wires [0:42:27] Tim Buckley - "Morning Glory" - Hello Goodbye [0:46:16] Nat King Cole & Lester Young - "Peg O' My Heart" - The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions On Verve [0:49:06] Howlin' Wolf - "How Many More Years" - Moanin' In The Moonlight [0:53:07] Fats Domino - "Trust In me" - Fat Man's Frenzy [0:55:53] Procol Harum - "She Wandered Through The Garden Fence" - Procol Harum [0:58:39] Anne Briggs - "Traveling's Easy" - Sing A Song For You [1:02:03] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:06:39] [1:14:57] Set: One Hour With...Nick Drake Nick Drake - "Pink Moon" - Pink Moon [1:15:00] Nick Drake - "The Thoughts of Mary Jane" - Five Leaves Left [1:17:29] Nick Drake - "'Cello Song" - Five Leaves Left [1:20:34] Nick Drake - "Time Of No Reply" - Fruit Tree [Box Set] [1:25:02] Nick Drake - "From the Morning" - Pink Moon [1:27:49] Nick Drake - "Rider On The Wheel" - Fruit Tree [from his final recording session] [1:30:17] Nick Drake - "Sunday" - Bryter Layter [1:32:48] Nick Drake - "Things Behind The Sun" - Pink Moon [1:36:34] Nick Drake - "Way To Blue" - Five Leaves Left [1:40:24] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:44:16] Nick Drake - "monologue" [1:50:08] Nick Drake - "One Of These Things First" - Bryter Layter [1:52:05] Nick Drake - "Road" - Pink Moon [1:57:01] Nick Drake - "I Was Made To Love Magic" - Fruit Tree [1:58:54] Nick Drake - "Fly" - Bryter Layter [2:02:14] Nick Drake - "Parasite" - Pink Moon [2:05:09] Nick Drake - "Black Eyed Dog" - Fruit Tree [from the Feb. 74 session] [2:08:45] Nick Drake - "River Man" - Five Leaves Left [2:12:06] Nick Drake - "Northern Sky" - Bryter Layter [2:16:24] In Memory of Nick Drake [2:20:03] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:20:06] P.J. O'Connell - "Little Heart Attacks" [unreleased cover of a P. Jay & The Haystackers 45] [2:26:19] Jazz Crusaders - "Walkin' My Cat Named Dog" - Talk That Talk [2:28:47] John Brim - "Ice Cream Man" - Plug It In! Turn It Up! (Electric Blues - The Definitive Collection) [VAR] [2:31:25] Turner Williams Jr. - "Droplet" - Briars On A Dewdrop [2:34:13] Ruth Garbus - "Waiting On The Sun" - Alive People [2:39:03] Buell Neidlinger Quintet - "2300 Skidoo" - Blue Chopsticks (A Portrait Of Herbie Nichols) [2:42:10] Duncan Browne - "Ragged Rain Life" - Duncan Browne [2:49:26] Corky Hale - "There's An Island In The West Indies" - Modern Harp [Mono] [2:52:29] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:55:48] Thanks to David Borks, Ron Jett, Doug Young, Wendy del Formaggio, Doctorjazz. Joe Morris & Pete Tomlinson https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/137347

Duration:03:06:49

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Hmmm, maybe dogs are better than cats... / A Free-Form Show including One Hour With Laura Nyro from Feb 24, 2024

2/24/2024
Hank Levine & His Orchestra w/ Timothy Leary - "Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience" [0:00:00] Weekend - "Drumbeat for Baby (12" version)" - La Varieté [0:02:26] Hollyridge Strings - "Big Girls Don'ty Cry" - The Hollyridge Strings Play The Hits Made Famous By The Four Seasons [0:06:37] Madison Cunningham - "All I've Ever Wanted" - Revealer [0:08:44] Juana Molina - "El Vestido" - Un Dia [0:13:52] Clark Terry & Thelonious Monk - "One Foot in the Gutter" - In Orbit [0:18:23] Billy Boy Arnold - "I Wish You Would" - Plug It In! Turn It Up! (Electric Blues - The Definitive Collection) [VAR] [0:25:44] Four Seasons - "Bye Bye baby [baby Goodbye]" - The Four Seasons Entertain You [0:28:26] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [0:30:56] Dexter Romweber w/ P.J. O'Connell & The Flying Pigs - "Out Of Touch" - Mexican Divorce {cassette] [also available on their 'Desi' [CD]] [0:36:08] Wynonie Harris w/ Sun Ra - "Dig This Boogie" - Nashville Jumps: RnB from Bullet: 1946-1953 [VAR Sun Ra's recording debut]] [0:38:56] Sandy Denny - "Let's Jump the Broomstick" - The Northstar Grassman and the Ravens - Deluxe Edition [0:41:26] King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - "Beginner's Luck" - Gumboot Soup [0:44:01] Norma Tanega - "Elephants Angels and Roses" - I'm The Sky: Studio and Demo Recordings, 1964-1971 [0:48:27] Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - "Faded Love" - Hillbilly Fever Vol. 1 [0:52:14] A. Burton & Congregation - "God's Unchanging Hand" - Southern Journey, Vol. 3: Mississippi Highway [VAR] [0:55:18] Gèmètchu Itana - "Shemermari Tiya" - Ethiopiques 25 1971-1975 [VAR] [0:57:03] Pentangle - "The Snows" - Solomon's Seal [1:01:31] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:05:44] [1:05:48] Set: One Hour With...Laura Nyro Laura Nyro - "Go Find The Moon" - Go Find The Moon (The Audition Tape) [Omnivore label] [1:12:09] Laura Nyro - "And When I Die" - More Than a New Discovery [Verve labelMono] [1:15:04] Laura Nyro - "Stoned Soul Picnic" - Eli & The Thirteenth Confession [1st album for ColumbiaMono] [1:17:39] Laura Nyro - "Save The Country [album version]" - New York Tendaberry [1:21:26] Laura Nyro - "Up On The Roof" - Christmas & The Beads Of Sweat [1:26:28] Laura Nyro & LaBelle - "Desiree'" - Gonna Take a Miracle [1:29:06] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:30:58] Laura Nyro - "I Am The Blues" - Smile [Her return after 5 years] [1:38:54] Laura Nyro - "The Morning News" - Season Of Lights - Laura Nyro In Concert [1:44:34] Laura Nyro - "Light [Pop's Principle]" - Nested [1:47:02] Laura Nyro - "Mother's Spiritual" - Mother's Spiritual [1:50:00] Laura Nyro - "The Wild World" - Laura: Live At The Bottom Line [Cypress label] [1:53:12] Laura Nyro - "Walk the Dog And Light The Light (Song Of The Road)" - Walk the Dog And Light The Light [1:56:50] Laura Nyro - "Angel In The Dark" - Angel In The Dark [Her final recordings issued posthumously on the Rounder label.] [2:00:39] Dedicated to the memory of Laura Nyro [2:04:43] "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:04:44] Jelly Roll Morton - "Spanish Tinge" - The Complete Library of Congress Recordings [2:11:39] Grateful Dead - "Mindbender (Confusion’s Prince)" - Birth Of The Dead: The Studio Sides [d/b/a Emergency Crew] [2:15:58] Jack Brothers - "Resolution" - Coltrane King [2:18:35] Stevie Wonder - "We Can Work It Out" - Signed Sealed & Delivered [2:21:59] Keith Tippett Octet - "The Dance Of The Wily Old Fox Of The Ballyhoura Mountains" - The Nine Dances Of Patrick O'Gonogon [2:25:05] Vince Martin - "Summerwind" - If the Jasmine Don't Get You...The Bay Breeze Will [2:33:05] Terry Adams - "Thinking Of You" - Terrible [2:36:50] W. Lee O'Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys - "Lonesome Road Blues" - Doughboys, Playboys And Cowboys: The Golden Years Of Western Swing [VAR] [2:41:58] Buell Neidlinger Quintet - "Applejack" - Blue Chopsticks [2:44:41] Ruth Garbus - "Healthy Gamer" -...

Duration:02:59:18

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Some days the bus stop makes me laugh. / A Free-Form Show including One Hour With Gerry Rafferty: The Early Years '66-'71 from Feb 17, 2024

2/17/2024
Hank Levine & His Orchestra w/ Timothy Leary - "Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience" [0:00:00] Wes Montgomery with the Wynton Kelly Trio - "Impressions" - The Verve Jazz Sides [0:02:25] Becker & Fagen - "Parker's Band" - Founders Of Steely Dan [0:07:28] Jelly Roll Morton - "New Orleans Blues" - The Complete Library of Congress Recordings [0:09:43] MC5 - "Looking At You" [A Square single version] [0:13:55] Love - "Nothing" - Four Sail [0:16:27] Margo Guryan - "Sun" - Take a Picture [0:21:12] Pretty Things - "The Sun" - Emotions [0:23:49] Steve Dawson & Funeral Bonsai Wedding - "Last Flight Out" - Last Flight Out [0:26:55] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [0:30:15] Sandy Denny - "Crazy Lady Blues" - The Northstar Grassman and the Ravens - Deluxe Edition [0:37:28] Dusty Springfield - "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself" - Complete A & B Sides 1963-1970 [0:40:47] Seals & Crofts - "Hand Me Down Shoe" - Down Home [0:43:50] King Crimson - "Book of Saturday" - Lark's Tongues In Aspic [0:47:24] Clark Terry & Thelonious Monk - "Let's Cool One" - In Orbit [0:50:09] NRBQ - "Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard" - Carl Perkins & NRBQ - Boppin’ The Blues [0:55:05] NRBQ - "Benellie" - High Noon: A 50-Year Retrospective [prev. unreleased track] [0:56:44] Electric Flag - "Sittin' In Circles" - A Long Time Comin’ [0:58:22] Red Foley - "Blues In My Red Wagon" - Lincoln Chase: Fancy Dance [VAR] [1:03:31] Jaynetts - "Snowman Snowman Sweet Potato Nose" - Sally & The Rest [1:04:29] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:07:09] [1:07:16] Set: One Hour With Gerry Rafferty-The Early Years '66-'71 Fifth Column - "Benjamin Day" [Columbia UK single recording debut of Raff & Joe Egan] [1:16:59] Humblebums - "Look Over The Hills And Far Away" - The Humblebums [Billy Connolly & Gerry Rafferty] [1:20:15] The Humblebums - "Keep It To Yourself" - Open Up The Door [1:23:36] Gerry Rafferty - "To Each And Everyone" - Can I Have My Money Back? [1:26:50] Fifth Column - "There's Nobody Here" [b-side of Benjamin Day] [1:29:35] The Humblebums - "Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway" - The Humblebums [1:32:07] The Humblebums - "I Can't Stop Now" - Open Up The Door [1:36:46] Gerry Rafferty - "Mary Skeffington" - Can I Have My Money Back? [1:41:32] The Humblebums - "Continental Song" - Please Sing A Song For Us: the Complete Transatlantic Anthology [Open Up The Door outtake] [1:44:05] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:48:09] Gerry Rafferty - "The Long Way Round" - Can I Have My Money Back? [1:56:47] The Humblebums - "Patrick" - The Humblebums [2:01:37] The Humblebums - "Steamboat Row" - Open Up The Door [Song redone by Stealers Wheel in '73] [2:04:09] Gerry Rafferty - "Didn't I" - Can I Have My Money Back? [2:06:49] The Humblebums - "Rick Rack" - The Humblebums [2:09:59] The Humblebums - "Song For Simon" - Open Up The Door [2:12:47] Gerry Rafferty - "Where I Belong" - Can I Have My Money Back? [2:15:14] The Humblebums - "Please Sing a Song For Us" - The Humblebums [2:17:13] Gerry Rafferty - "Don't Count Me Out" - Can I Have My Money Back? [2:20:10] [2:23:28] "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:23:37] Brother Jack McDuff [w/George Benson] - "Briar Patch" - Hot Barbeque [2:28:59] Soul Sisters - "I Can't Stand It" - Soul Sisters [2:32:00] Jack McVea & His Door Openers - "House Party Boogie" - Two Timin' Baby [2:34:26] Louise Massey & The Westerners - "Squeeze Box Polka" - Hillbilly Boogie! [VAR] [2:37:27] Ben Goldberg - "Doom" - Subatomic Particle Homesick Blues [2:40:22] Chorus of the Children's Opera Group - "The Campbells Are Coming" - Music For Children [VAR] [2:44:53] Heinz Funk - "Theme From The terrible People" - Monster Movie Music, Vol. 7 [VAR] [2:45:43] P.J. O'Connell - "Never Burned A Bad One" [Careful sessions outtake (?)] [2:47:35] Tommy Flanders - "Morning Misty Eyes" - The Moonstone [2:50:17] Jake...

Duration:03:06:54

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"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats." -Albert Schweitzer from Jan 20, 2024

1/20/2024
Hank Levine & His Orchestra w/ Timothy Leary - "Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience" [0:00:00] Norma Tanega - "Jubilation" - Walkin' My Cat Named Dog [0:09:03] Pernice Brothers - "Dimmest Star" - Overcome By Happiness [0:09:05] Martin Courtney - "Northern Highway" - Many Moons [0:09:07] Jody Reynolds - "The Girl From King Marie" [0:12:47] Eric Dolphy - "Burning Spear [alt. take]" - Eric Dolphy: Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions [0:14:36] Sheila Jordan - "The Crossing" - Winter Sunshine - Live At Upstairs [0:25:09] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [0:30:05] Sandy Denny - "The Optimist" - The Northstar Grassman and the Ravens - Deluxe Edition [0:35:34] Mike Harrison [w/Junkyard Angel] - "Call It A Day" - Mike Harrison [0:38:58] Nora Guthrie - "Home Before Dark" - Tom Ardolino's Magic Jukebox [VAR] [0:45:24] Del Amitri - "O My Lazy Baby" - Fatal Mistakes [0:47:57] Juana Molina - "Que Lleuva" - Segundo [0:50:46] Bunky & Jake - "Country Girl" - Bunky & Jake [0:54:39] Karen Peris - "Song For A New Day" - Violet [0:56:53] Blue Mitchell - "The Nearness of You" - Smooth As The Wind [Orchestra arranged by Tadd Dameron] [0:59:37] Harry Guardino & Lee Remick - "With So Little To Be Sure Of" - Anyone Can Whistle [OST] [1:03:02] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:08:08] Set: Five Decades Of Guitar Boogie Blind Roosevelt Graves and His Brother - "Guitar Boogie" [Paramount 78] [1:17:02] Andy Kirk And His Twelve Clouds Of Joy - "Floyd's Guitar Blues" - Instrumentally Speaking 1936-1942 [Floyd Smith - electric Hawaiian guitar] [1:19:45] Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith - "Guitar Boogie" [original release: "The Rambler Trio feat. Arthur Smith - guitar" - Super Disc label 78] [1:22:52] Chuck Berry - "Guitar Boogie" - One Dozen Berrys [1:26:18] Yardbirds [w/Jeff Beck] - "Jeff's Boogie" - Over, Under, Sideways, Down [1:28:37] [1:28:59] Frankie Passions w/Thelonious Monk - "Nobody Knows" - Cool Whalin' : Bebop Vocals, Rare And Unissued Material [VAR] [1:31:01] Everly Brothers - "Nancy's Minuet" - Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers On Warner Bros. 1960 To 1969 [1:34:01] The Cyrkle - "How Can I Leave Her" - Red Rubber Ball [Mono] [1:36:05] Archie Shepp - "Dunbar Days & Miami Joys (take 4)" - Derailleur: The 1964 Demo [1:38:45] George Field - "Pizzaria (sic)" - Harmonica Favorites [1:46:24] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:47:33] Jelly Roll Morton - "The Georgia Skin Game" - The Complete Library of Congress Recordings [1:55:52] Mississippi Fred McDowell - "Keep Your Lamps Trummed And Burning" - Southern Journey, Vol. 3: Mississippi Highway [VAR] [1:59:53] Leith Stevens - "Dance Of The Liliputians" - Jazz Themes For Cops & Robbers [2:02:38] Polly Niles - "Milk Of The Tree" - Milk of The Tree: An Anthology of Female Vocal Folk and Singer-Songwriters 1966-73 [VAR] [2:05:58] Robyn Hitchcock - "I Saw Nick Drake" - Viva See-tac! [2:07:40] Tanya Haden - "He's Gone Away" - Charlie Haden Family & Friends - Rambling Boy [2:11:26] Claude Debussy - "Book Of Preludes #1 - 12: Minstrels" - Claude Debussy: The Complete Works [piano roll] [2:15:56] Voces8 - "The Road Home" [2:17:38] XTc - "Your Dictionary" - Apple Venus Volume I [2:20:57] Hushdrops - "Emily" - Volume One [2:24:02] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:26:47] Forrest Green - "The Shell" [King label] [2:32:27] NRBQ - "Blame It On The World" - NRBQ [2:35:12] Steely Dan - "I Got The News [demo]" [Recorded during 'Katie Lied' sessions] [2:38:12] Tadd Dameron w/John Coltrane - "Soultrane" - Mating Call [2:40:53] The Unthanks - "Magpie" - Mount The Air [2:46:19] L'Eclair - "P+R" - Confusions [2:51:19] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:55:49] Thanks to David Borks, Ron Jett, Doug Young, William Yale, David Mittleman & Pete Tomlinson...

Duration:03:04:08

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Part Two Of Our Celebration Of Master Mixtape Maker & Musician Tom Ardolino [NRBQ] Who Would Have Turned 69 Yesterday from Jan 13, 2024

1/13/2024
Hank Levine & His Orchestra w/ Timothy Leary - "Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience" [0:00:00] Tim Buckley - "Buzzin' Fly" - Happy Sad [0:02:24] Art Lund - "Joey Joey Joey" - The Most Happy Fella [OST] [0:08:19] Alexander Desplait - "Obituary" - The French Dispatch [OST] [0:11:50] unk - "Ballantine Beer Ad #2" - The Sound Of Schlitz In 66 [0:15:22] Tadd Dameron w/John Coltrane - "Gnid" - Mating Call [0:16:18] Leroy Anderson - "The Penny-Whistle Song" - Blue Tango: Symphonic Pop by Leroy Anderson [0:21:23] Johnnie Lee Willis - "Square Dance Boogie" [Decca 78"] [0:23:42] Sweet Thursday - "Jenny" - Sweet Thursday [0:26:16] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [0:30:03] Sandy Denny - "Next Time Around" - The Northstar Grassman and the Ravens - Deluxe Edition [0:36:02] Left Banke - "Pretty Ballerina" [Mono single version] [0:40:01] Easybeats - "Falling Off The Edge Of The World" - Falling Off The Edge Of The World [0:42:40] Dexter Gordon - "So Easy" - Long Tall Dexter: The Savoy Sessions [0:45:20] Memphis Slim, Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Boy Williamson - "Conversation Begins" - Blues in the Mississippi Night [0:48:56] Eddie Gale - "Black Rhythm Happening" - Black Rhythm Happening [0:52:38] Velvelettes - "These Things Will Keep Me Loving You" [0:55:24] Frank Sinatra - "Bim Bam Baby" [0:57:48] Stevie Wonder - "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Be-Do-Da-Day" - For Once in My Life [1:00:11] Memphis Slim - "Fast Boogie" - Blues in the Mississippi Night [1:02:48] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:05:35] Set: Selections from Tom Ardolino's Magic Jukebox Tom's Voice / Dickie Doo & The Dont's - "intro / The Big M" [1:12:52] Cymbals - "This Is What You Want, But This Is What You Get" [1:15:54] unk. - "Babe Malloy's Drive In Ad" [1:19:18] A Tribe Called Quest - "Jazz We've Got (Re-recording)" [1:20:32] unk. - "Good Evening Shoppers" [1:23:01] Mr. Rogers - "Good People Sometimes" [1:23:40] Yes, Mama OK? - "Perfect Young Lady" [1:24:57] Ralph Burns - "Spring Is" [1:28:05] Ranny Sinclair - "Bye Bye" [1:30:06] Fay Lovsky - "Fool Moon" [1:32:26] unk. - "Hanes Cantrece Ad" [1:34:14] Beach Boys - "Wild Honey [instrumental track]" [1:36:51] unk. - "Chock Full Of Nuts Ad" [1:39:28] Coleman Hawkins 52nd St. All-Stars - "Spotlite" [1:39:55] Tom A. - "answering machine message" [1:43:05] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:43:30] Set: Tom Ardolino - drums, percussion, vocals, etc. Terry Adams & Band - "The Duplex Planet Radio Hour Theme" - David Greenberger, Terry Adams - The Duplex Planet Radio Hour [1:50:16] NRBQ - "Queen Talk" - All Hopped Up [1st NRBQ album w/ Tom] [1:52:15] NRBQ - "Birdman [x2]" - NRBQ [1:53:23] NRBQ - "Doctor's Wind" - All Hopped Up [1:55:33] David Greenberger & Tom Ardolino - "The Elvis Argument" - David Greenberger, Terry Adams - The Duplex Planet Radio Hour [1:58:06] NRBQ - "Here I Am" - Keep This Love Goin' [2:02:40] NRBQ - "That's Alright" - All Hopped Up [2:05:02] P.J. O'Connell w/NRBQ - "My Direction (w/violin)" [from the Happy-Go-Lucky sessions] [2:08:12] Terry Adams - "Umbrella" - Rhythm Spell [Jake Jacobs - lead vocal & arrangement w/ Terry, T-Bone Wolk & Tom-vocals/instruments] [2:11:15] NRBQ - "Wand'rin Star" - Atsa My Band [2:13:31] NRBQ - "If I Don't Have You [alt. version]" - Peek-A-Boo The Best Of 1969-1989 [2:16:43] NRBQ - "Goodbye" - Atsa My Band [2:18:57] Terry Adams & Band - "See You Soon" - David Greenberger, Terry Adams - The Duplex Planet Radio Hour [2:22:12] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:23:49] Jelly Roll Morton - "Pep" - The Complete Library of Congress Recordings [2:30:08] Steely Dan - "Parker's Band" - Pretzel Logic [2:33:57] Eddie Hinton - "Get Off In It" - Very Extremely Dangerous [2:36:29] Beatles - "incidental Music / Help!" - Help! [2:41:05] Rose Hemphill - "Rolled & Tumblin'" - Southern Journey, Vol. 3: Mississippi Highway...

Duration:03:06:51

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Remembering Tommy Ardolino [NRBQ] On The 12th Anniversary Of His Passing (& 6 Days Before He Would Have Turned 69.) from Jan 6, 2024

1/6/2024
Hank Levine & His Orchestra w/ Timothy Leary - "Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience" [0:00:00] Tim Buckley - "Happy Time" - Blue Afternoon [0:02:22] Don Crawford - "When I Was A Young Man" - Don Crawford [0:05:38] Dorothy Carter - "Wailee Wailee" - Wailee Wailee [0:09:12] George Russell Septet [w/Sheila Jordan] - "You Are My Sunshine" - The Outer View [0:14:24] Baby Dodds - "Spooky Drums, No. 1" - Talking & Drums Solos [10"] [0:26:19] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [0:28:41] Sandy Denny - "The Sea Captain" - The Northstar Grassman and the Ravens - Deluxe Edition [0:34:06] Beatles - "Tell Me What You See" - Help! [0:37:15] Strawbs - "Tell Me What You See In Me" - Strawbs [0:39:50] Thea Grant - "Mirror" - Water & Dreams [0:45:00] Gary Burton Quartet - "Response" - Duster [0:48:39] Nina Simone - "July Tree" - I Put a Spell on You [0:50:47] Dark Leaves - "The Edge Of The Light" - Laid Under Leaf, Under Branches [0:53:25] Voces8 - "Hope Is The Thing With Feathers" [0:58:36] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:02:43] Set: Selections from Tom Ardolino's Magic Jukebox Gary Lewis & The Playboys - "Count Me In [instrumental track]" [1:11:34] Stan Getz & Astrid Gilberto - "Maclean's Toothpaste Ad" [1:13:57] Frank Sinatra - "Nice 'n Easy [alt. take w/banter]" [1:14:59] Angie Hester [w/Lincoln Chase] - "The Bump Step" [1:18:38] Bob Cobert - "To Tell The Truth [tv show theme]" [1:21:24] Cyrkle - "Turn Down Day [instrumental track]" [1:23:34] Coasters - "Wild One" [1:26:13] The Aliis - "The Sound Of Children" [1:28:18] Bonnie Ratzin - "Waltzing Salad" [1:31:04] The Thirteens - "Doowaddie" [1:33:02] Mark McIntyre - "Peck's Patterns" [Dad of Patience & Prudence] [1:34:51] Marc McIntyre / jingle singers - "Gibson's Market Ad" [1:35:18] Sakerock All-Stars - "Nanabyousyu" [1:35:58] unk. - "C'mon Downtown" [1:38:22] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:40:50] Set: Tommy Ardolino On Drums & Other Instruments NRBQ - "Smackaroo" - Grooves In Orbit [1:46:11] NRBQ w/The Whole Wheat Horns - "Little Rootie Tootie" - That's The Way I Feel Now [VAR] [1:48:15] NRBQ - "Little Floater" - Wild Weekend [1:52:21] NRBQ - "Spider" - You're Nice People You Are [[written by Spampinato/Ardolino]] [1:55:28] P.J. O'Connell w/NRBQ - "Application" - Happy-Go-Lucky [Tommy - drums & piano solo] [1:58:49] Tom Ardolino w/friends & The Rev. Kirk - "Round One" - Unknown Brain [Tommy - church organ] [2:02:31] NRBQ - "Next Stop Brattleboro" - You're Nice People You Are [2:04:44] NRBQ - "Bye Ya" - We Travel The Spaceways [Tommy & Conrad Choucroun - drums Live At Bearsville Theatre] [2:07:24] NRBQ - "Two Bass Hit" - God Bless Tommy Boy [Live at Chestnut Cabaret] [2:12:12] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:14:24] Jelly Roll Morton - "Freakish" - The Complete Library of Congress Recordings [2:22:54] Tadd Dameron w/John Coltrane - "On A Misty Night" - Mating Call [2:27:01] Chairmen Of The Board - "Chairmen Of The Board" - Greatest Hits [2:33:16] Smokey & His Sister - "Come & Be Mine" - Smokey & His Sister [2:36:49] Monkees - "Forget That Girl" - Headquarters [2:39:17] Charlie Parker Quintet - "She Rote" - Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Charlie Parker Collection [2:41:37] Steely Dan - "Barrytown" - Pretzel Logic [2:44:49] Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - "Where Is The Love" - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway [2:48:05] Sunrays - "I Live For The Sun" - Andrea [2:50:47] Light Crust Doughboys - "Let’s Make Believe We’re Sweethearts" [originally a Vocalion 78] [2:53:14] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:55:51] Thanks to David Borks, Ron Jett, Doug Young, Keith Spring, var. Facebook friends & Pete Tomlinson Here's the link to the show Tom Ardolino, P.J. O'Connell & I did on 9-11-05: https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/16338 https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/135487

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I don't wish to be callous, but you can have Maria Callas. from Dec 30, 2023

12/30/2023
Hank Levine & His Orchestra w/ Timothy Leary - "Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience" [0:00:00] Sunrays - "Andrea" - Andrea [0:02:25] dBs - "Today Could Be The Day" - The Sound Of Music [0:04:36] Howlin' Wolf - "Well That's Alright" - Moanin' at Midnight: The Memphis Recordings [0:08:00] Blues Project - "Cheryl's Goin' Home" - Projections [Mono] [0:10:51] Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Band banter from the 1959 recording sessions" - Time OutTakes [0:13:29] Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Cathy's Waltz" - Time OutTakes [0:18:04] Lal & Mike Waterson - "Red Wine & Promises" - Bright Phoebus [0:22:37] Bright Light Quartet - "Po' Lazarus" - Southern Journey, Vol. 1 Voices From The American South - Blues, Ballads, Hymns, Reels, Shouts, Chanteys And Work Songs [VAR] [0:25:40] Aerial East - "The Things We Build" - Try Harder [0:27:52] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [0:31:12] Jamie Carter - "The Boy With The Way" - Tom Ardolino's Magic Jukebox [Liberty single by Sandy Hurvitz (->Essra Mohawk) R.I.P.] [0:39:04] Nora Guthrie - "Emily's Illness" - Tom Ardolino's Magic Jukebox [0:41:43] Free Design - "McCarran Airport" - Cosmic Peekaboo [0:44:52] Bobby Rydell & Chubby Checker - "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" - Bobby Rydell & Chubby Checker [0:48:09] Roswell Rudd [w/Sheila Jordan] - "Waltzing in the Sagebrush" - Flexible Flyer [0:50:43] Fats Navarro/Gil Fuller's Modernist's - "Everything's Cool" - Goin' To Minton's [0:56:18] Sonny Rollins Quintet feat. Kenny Dorham - "Moving Out" - Moving Out [1:02:10] Jamie Carter - "The Memory Of Your Voice" [b-side of Liberty single that starts the set.] [1:06:38] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:08:57] Sandy Denny - "Late November" - The Northstar Grassman and the Ravens - Deluxe Edition [1:15:49] Gary Burton Quartet - "Liturgy" - Duster [1:20:16] Bud Powell - "It Could Happen to You" - The Amazing Bud Powell [1:23:42] xTC - "My Bird Performs" - Nonsuch [1:26:55] NRBQ - "My Life With You" - Up In The Loft [1:30:49] Charlie Parker Quartet - "Parker's Mood" - Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Charlie Parker Collection [1:34:24] Kirsty MacColl - "See That Girl" - See That Girl 1979-2000 [1:37:27] Bessie Jones & Co. - "Sink 'Em Low" - Southern Journey, Vol. 1 Voices From The American South - Blues, Ballads, Hymns, Reels, Shouts, Chanteys And Work Songs [VAR] [1:40:26] The Mar-Keys - "The Shovel" - More From The Other Side Of The Trax: Stax-Volt 45rpm Rarities 1960-1968 [VAR] [1:44:06] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:46:38] Jelly Roll Morton - "Bert Williams" - The Complete Library of Congress Recordings [1:53:10] Ornette Coleman - "Turnaround" - Sound Grammar [Live In Germany] [1:57:02] Fleetwood Mac - "Dragonfly" [non-lp single] [2:01:02] Shelagh McDonald - "Crusoe" - Album [2:03:53] Miles Davis - "It Never Entered My Mind" - Workin' With the Miles Davis Quintet [2:07:42] Beach Boys - "Little Bird" - Friends [2:13:05] Karen Peris - "Sister Bird" - A Song Is Way Above the Lawn [2:15:07] Cymbals - "Do You Believe in Magic" - Tom Ardolino's Magic Jukebox [2:17:23] Beatles - "Another Girl" - Help! [2:20:35] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:22:43] Flying Pigs - "Moon Sank All Day" - Desi [P.J. O'Connell's N.C. band] [2:29:29] Maurice Ravel - "Miroirs Movement II: Oiseaux Trieste" - Maurice Ravel: The Complete Works [Piano roll of Ravel playing.] [2:34:12] L'Eclair - "Verso" - Confusions [2:38:49] Steely Dan - "Everything You Did" - The Royal Scam [2:43:37] Alabama sacred Harp Singers - "The Last Words Of Copernicus" - Southern Journey, Vol. 1 Voices From The American South - Blues, Ballads, Hymns, Reels, Shouts, Chanteys And Work Songs [2:47:32] Parker Allen - "Blink [feat. Claire Ernst]" [2:49:39] Isao Tomita - "Footprints In The Snow" - Snowflakes Are Dancing [2:52:41] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch"...

Duration:03:06:55

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Mayada...yada yada from Dec 23, 2023

12/23/2023
Hank Levine & His Orchestra w/ Timothy Leary - "Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience" [0:00:00] Fickle Pickle - "Saturday" - A Complete Pickle [0:02:22] Byrds - "John Riley" - Fifth Dimension [0:05:25] Hall & Oates - "Marigold Sky" - Marigold Sky [0:08:23] Innocence Mission - "Spinning [demo]" - Geranium Lake [0:13:24] Antonio Carlos Jobim - "Tempo Do Mar" - Jobim [0:16:15] Roland Kirk - "A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing" - Left And Right [0:21:31] Isao Tomita - "Snowflakes Are Dancing" - Snowflakes Are Dancing [0:25:25] Los Shakers - "Siempre Tu" [from the movie "Escala Musical"] [0:27:42] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [0:30:30] Laura Nyro - "Save The Country" - New York Tendaberry [0:36:43] Spider John Koerner & Willie Murphy - "I Ain't Blue" - Running Jumping Standing Still [0:41:18] Mayada [sister of Taroub] - "Yaya" [Single by Lebanese singer] [0:45:08] Art Ensemble of Chicago - "Odwalla (The Theme)" - Bap-tizum [Live] [0:48:58] Langston Hughes - "Blues Montage: Opening Blues / Blues Montage" - Weary Blues [0:54:07] Steve Ferguson w/ NRBQ - "Hey Little Brother" - Mama-U-Seapa [0:57:22] Hollies - "Bus Stop" [1:00:31] Sugar Shoppe - "Save The Country" [Ed Sullivan show version] [1:03:20] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:06:40] Temptations - "Don't Look Back" - Greatest Hits [1:12:16] Beatles - "The Night Before" - Help! [1:16:01] Cherry Twister - "She's Gone" - At Home With... [1:17:18] Norma Tanega - "Solar Winds" - I'm The Sky: Studio and Demo Recordings, 1964-1971 [1:20:36] Sheila Jordan - "Willow Weep For Me" - Portrait Of... [1:25:38] Watkins Family Hour - "Steal Your Heart Away" - The Watkins Family Hour [1:29:06] Leon McAuliff - "This Side Of Town" - Western Swing: The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection [VAR] [1:31:48] Baby Dodds - "Drum Improvisation #1" [Circle label 78] [1:34:32] Slug w/Noe' Mina & Soren Sostrom - "Unusual Colors" - Washed Up [1:37:06] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:40:30] Jelly Roll Morton - "The Pearls [conclusion]" - The Complete Library of Congress Recordings [1:47:11] Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers - "The Pearls" - Birth Of The Hot - The Classic Chicago "Red Hot Peppers" Sessions 1926-1927 [1:50:50] Steely Dan - "Any Major Dude Will Tell You" - Pretzel Logic [1:54:16] Sonny Rollins w/ The Modern Jazz Quartet - "Almost Like Being in Love" - Sonny Rollins w/The Modern Jazz Quartet, Kenny Drew & Art Blakey [1:57:21] Grin / Nils Lofgren - "Just To Have You" [non-lp b-side] [2:00:49] Skeeter Davis w/NRBQ - "Someday My Prince Will Come" - She Sings, They Play [2:03:10] Michael Wilding - "Take My Love" [from the movie "The Glass Slipper"] [2:05:57] Gary Burton Quartet - "Sing Me Softly Of The Blues" - Duster [2:08:28] Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra - "Moonlight In Vermont" - Body And Soul [2:12:24] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:16:13] P.J. O'Connell - "Eventide" - Careful [2:21:39] xTC - "Ladybird" - Mummer [2:26:49] NRBQ - "How Can I Make You Love Me" - Grooves In Orbit [2:31:33] Richard DuPage - ""Theme & Swing" from Terror In The Year 5000" - Monster Movie Music, Vol. 1 [VAR] [2:34:19] Wynonie Harris - "Baby Look At Yiou" - Blowing The Fuse: 26 Classics That Rocked The Jukebox in 1945 [VAR] [2:39:03] Country Joe & the Fish - "Section 43" - Electric Music For The Mind & Body [Mono] [2:41:10] Weekend - "The View From Her Room" [12"] [2:48:26] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:56:39] Thanks To David Borks, Ron Jett, Doug Young, William Yale & Pete Tomlinson https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/134933

Duration:03:07:03

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Apophenia: The compulsive tendency to find patterns in random things. from Dec 16, 2023

12/16/2023
Hank Levine & His Orchestra w/ Timothy Leary - "Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience" [0:00:00] NRBQ - "Don't Talk About My Music" - Transmissions [0:02:21] Steely Dan - "Were You Blind That Day" - The Gaucho Outtakes [0:05:41] Joe Pass - "Stone Jazz" - The Stones Jazz [0:10:27] Blues Project - "Fly Away" - Projections [0:13:20] Dexter Gordon - "Dexter's Riff" - Long Tall Dexter: The Savoy Sessions [0:16:53] Chouk Bwa - "Kimelon" - Somanti [0:19:40] Circus - "II B.S." - Circus [0:22:41] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [0:29:10] Set: Some Songs By Denny Laine R.I.P. Moody Blues - "Boulevard De La Madelaine" [45] [0:36:23] Denny Laine - "Say You Don't Mind" [45] [0:39:31] Denny Laine - "Catherine's Wheel" [45] [0:42:46] Denny Laine & The Electric String Band - "Guilty Mind" [BBC] [0:45:57] Denny Laine & The Electric String Band - "Machine Song" [BBC] [0:49:02] Denny Laine - "Why Did You Come" [unreleased song] [0:51:37] [0:53:57] Alex North - "Starbuck's Story" - The Rainmaker [OST] [0:54:03] Sandy Denny - "Blackwaterside" - The Northstar Grassman and the Ravens - Deluxe Edition [1:00:36] Pernice Brothers - "Evidently So" - Spread The Feeling [1:04:44] Chico Hamilton & Eric Dolphy - "Lady E" - The Complete Chico Hamilton & Eric Dolphy Studio Recordings [1:08:01] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:09:49] Claude Debussy - "Preludes Book 1, #10: The Sunken Cathedral" - Claude Debussy: The Complete Works [Debussy - piano roll] [1:17:50] Johnnie Ray - "Mountains In The Moonlight" - High Drama: The Real Johnnie Ray [1:22:53] David & Jonathan - "Sofly Whispering I Love You" [single] [1:25:27] Charlie Parker - "My Old Flame" - The Complete Dial Masters [1:28:36] Kenneth Rexroth - "Married Blues" - Poetry And Jazz At The Blackhawk [1:31:48] Grateful Dead - "Cream Puff War" - Grateful Dead [MONO] [1:35:10] Beatles - "You're Gonna Lose That Girl" - Help! [UK Edition = astounding!] [1:37:36] Laura Nyro - "Save The Country" [Mono single version] [1:39:52] Pete Atkin - "Touch Has A Memory" - Beware Of The Beautiful Stranger [1:42:24] Cyrkle - "Why Can't You Give Me What I Want" - Red Rubber Ball [1:44:59] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:47:28] Jelly Roll Morton - "The Pearls" - The Complete Library of Congress Recordings [1:52:47] Chiles & Pettiford - "The Joker" - Live At Jilly's [1:56:20] Gary Burton Quartet - "One, Two, 1,2,3,4" - Duster [1:59:21] Baby Dodds - "Rudiments w/Drumstick Nervebeats" - Talking & Drums Solos [10"] [2:05:21] Charlie Haden & Hank Jones - "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" - Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns, and Folk Songs [2:07:30] Pentangle - "Wedding Dress" - Reflection [2:09:22] Anne Briggs - "Standing On The Shore" - The Time Has Come [2:12:10] Alison Cotton - "In Solitude I Will Fade Away" - Only Darkness Now [2:16:48] Claude Debussy - "Children's Corner: The Snow Is Dancing" - Claude Debussy: The Complete Works [Debussy - piano roll] [2:19:54] Claude Debussy - "Children's Corner: Golliwog's Cakewalk" - Claude Debussy: The Complete Works [Debussy - piano roll] [2:20:53] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:23:44] P.J. O'Connell - "Town That Never Sleeps" - Careful [2:28:16] Milltown Brothers - "Which Way Should I Jump" - Slinky [2:31:37] Montage - "Wake Up Jimmy (Something Is Happening Outside)" - Montage [2:35:25] Sheila Jordan - "Dat Dere" - Portrait Of Sheila Jordan [2:38:33] Dave Pike - "Blind Man, Blind Man" - Songs For The Jet Set [2:41:10] Strawbs w/Sandy Denny - "Always On My Mind" - All Our Own Work [2:48:03] Chiffons - "The First And Last" - Greatest Hits [2:49:44] Whyte Horses - "Dawn Don't You Cry" - Empty Words [2:51:47] "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:54:50] Thanks to David Borks, Ron Jett, Doug Young, William Yale & Pete Tomlinson https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/134830

Duration:03:06:56

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"When the music changes, the walls of the city shake." - Plato from Dec 9, 2023

12/9/2023
Hank Levine & His Orchestra w/ Timothy Leary - "Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience" [0:00:00] Fleetwood Mac - "Coming Your Way" - Then Play On [0:02:22] Kirsty MacColl - "A New England" - See That Girl 1979-2000 [0:06:12] dBs - "Soul Kiss" - I Thought You Wanted To Know 1978-1981 [0:09:56] Los Shakers - "Don't Ask Me Love" - Break It All [0:12:13] Moonlight Benjamin - "Taye Banda" - Wayo [0:14:14] King Crimson - "Red" - Red [0:17:47] xTC - "When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty" - Drums & Wires [0:24:01] Fickle Pickle - "Saturday" - A Complete Pickle [0:27:31] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [0:30:34] Claude Debussy - "Nocturnes Mvt. 1: Nuages" - Complete Orchestral Works [0:36:48] Claude Debussy - "Nocturnes Mvt. 2: Fetes" - Complete Orchestral Works [0:44:09] Claude Debussy - "Nocturnes Mvt. 3: Sirenes" - Complete Orchestral Works [0:50:49] Sheila Jordan - "If You Could See Me Now" - Portrait Of Sheila Jordan [1:02:00] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:06:27] Gary Burton Quartet - "General Mojo's Well Laid Plan" - Duster [1:10:29] Langston Hughes - "The Weary Blues" [Live on CBUT, Vancouver, B.C. TV station] [1:15:29] Dexter Gordon - "Settin' The Pace Parts 1 & 2" - Long Tall Dexter: The Savoy Sessions [1:19:23] Paul Howard & His Cotton Pickers - "Rootie Tootie" - Hillbilly Boogie! [VAR] [1:25:12] Sonny Rollins w/ The Modern Jazz Quartet - "In a Sentimental Mood" - Sonny Rollins w/The Modern Jazz Quartet, Kenny Drew & Art Blakey [1:27:57] Kenneth Rexroth - "In The Woods" - Poetry And Jazz At The Blackhawk [1:31:13] Fats Domino - "Boogie Woogie Baby" - I've Been Around: The Complete Imperial & ABC Recordings [1:35:31] Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - "Osage Stomp" [originally a Vocalion 78] [1:36:50] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:39:53] Jelly Roll Morton - "State & Madison" - The Complete Library of Congress Recordings [1:48:54] Shirley Collins & The Albion Country Band - "The Murder of Maria Marten" - No Roses [1:52:41] Dark Leaves - "The Edge Of The Light" - Laid Under Leaf, Under Branches [2:00:09] Mamalarky - "Almighty Heat" - Mamalarky [2:05:23] Smokey & His Sister - "Someday Morning" - Smokey & His Sister [Warner Brothers album] [2:08:54] Judee Sill - "The Kiss" - Heart Food [2:12:42] Voces8 - "Go Lovely Rose" - Home [2:17:17] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:21:57] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" P.J. O'Connell - "Same Way" - Careful Alex Chilton - "Thing For You" - High Priest [2:32:35] Original Prophets - "Birds" [CIA label] [2:35:50] Steely Dan - "Don't Take Me Alive" - The Royal Scam [2:38:41] Oregon - "Margueritte" - Winter Light [2:42:55] NRBQ - "What You Mean To Me" - Dummy [2:46:58] Cherry Twister - "Leila" - At Home With... [2:50:15] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:55:32] Thanks To David Borks, Ron Jett, Doug Young & Pete Tomlinson https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/134569

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"Love is a serious mental disease." - Plato from Dec 2, 2023

12/2/2023
Hank Levine & His Orchestra w/ Timothy Leary - "Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience" [0:00:00] Luke Vibert - "Slipped Disc" - Ninja Cuts: Funkungfusion [VAR] [0:02:24] Steely Dan - "Bodhistattva" - Countdown To Ecstasy [0:08:19] Juana Molina - "Vestido" - Una Dia [0:13:33] Beaver Harris: The 360 Degree Music Experience - "It's Hard To But We Do" - From Rag Time To No Time [0:18:06] Light Crust Doughboys - "Mean Mean Mama From Meana" - Western Swing: The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection [VAR] [0:24:59] Leonard Ware Trio - "Doughnuts (with the Hole in the Middle)" [originally a Majestic label 78] [0:27:49] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [0:30:29] Steve Miller Band - "I Love You" - Number 5 [0:35:37] dBs - "Big Brown Eyes" - Cycles Per Second [0:38:24] Kimberly Rew w/The dbs - "Fishing" - The Bible Of Bop [0:40:18] Man - "Rainbow Eyes" - Slow Motion [0:42:31] Colin Blunstone - "I Don't Believe In Miracles" - Ennismore [0:48:35] Clifford Brown & Max Roach - "Parisian Thoroughfare" - Clifford Brown & Max Roach [0:51:37] Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - "Red River Valley" - Tiffany Transcriptions [0:58:57] Daniel-Deacon Sacred Harp Singers - "Hallelujah" - Religion Is A Fortune: Sacred Harp Singing [VAR] [1:01:38] Mad Crush - "Trouble's Coming" - Mad Crush [1:04:41] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:07:02] Bessie Jones w/ The Georgia Sea Island Singers - "Sheep Sheep Don't You Know The Road" - Get in Union [1:13:30] Bessie Jones w/ The Georgia Sea Island Singers - "Daniel In The Lion's Den" - Get in Union [1:16:48] Hollies - "Schoolgirl" - The Hollies At Abbey Road 1963-1966 [archival recording] [1:18:10] Weekend - "Woman's Eyes" - La Varieté [1:21:08] 3 Leg Torso - "According To Chagall" - Animals & Cannibals [1:24:09] Shirelles - "Look A My Baby" - Killer Bs - US RnB Hits [VAR] [1:29:18] Emil Mosseri - "Minari Suite" - Minari [OST] [1:31:03] Jo Stafford - "Shenandoah" - Sings American Folk Songs [1:34:59] Charles Ives - "Set For Theatre Orchestra: Part 1: In The Cage" - Orchestral Music Of Charles Ives [1:38:45] Charles Ives - "Set For Theatre Orchestra: Part 1: In The Inn" - Orchestral Music Of Charles Ives [1:43:15] Charles Ives - "Set For Theatre Orchestra: Part 1: In The Night" - Orchestral Music Of Charles Ives [1:45:37] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:45:40] Jelly Roll Morton - "Wolverine Blues [conclusion]" - The Complete Library of Congress Recordings [1:53:50] Sonny Rollins w/ The Modern Jazz Quartet - "The Stopper" - Sonny Rollins w/The Modern Jazz Quartet, Kenny Drew & Art Blakey [1:58:09] Lukas Foss & The Improvisation Chamber Ensemble - "(Encore III) Circus Piece" - Studies in Improvisation [2:01:01] Spookey Ruben - "Secret Lady" - Modes III [2:04:20] Big Kid - "When I Met The Girl" - All Kidding Aside [2:09:07] Hall & Oates - "Wait For Me" - X-Static [2:13:22] Stories - "Love Is In Motion" - About Us [2:17:07] Johnny London - "Watching Over You" [Jerden label 45] [2:20:25] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:22:32] P.J. O'Connell - "Film" - Careful [2:31:04] NRBQ - "Take Me To Your Secret" - NRBQ [2:33:42] Kirsty MacColl - "What Do Pretty Girls Do?" - Kite [2:36:35] Bucky Pizzarelli - "Tangerine" - Green Guitar Blues [2:39:01] Sandy Denny - "Crazy Lady Blues" - The Northstar Grassman and the Ravens - Deluxe Edition [2:41:14] Byrds - "The World Turns All Around Her" - Turn! Turn! Turn! [2:44:29] Move - "No Time" - Message From The Country [2:46:38] Karen Peris - "George In The Car" - A Song Is Way Above the Lawn [2:50:20] James Bernard - ""In the Pub" from Quatermass 2" - Monster Movie Music, Vol. 1 [VAR] [2:53:01] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:56:27] Thanks to David Borks, Ron Jett, Doug Young & Pete Tomlinson https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/134353

Duration:03:00:00

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Complex Things Are Just Too Many Simple Things Put Together from Nov 25, 2023

11/25/2023
Hank Levine & His Orchestra w/ Timothy Leary - "Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience" [0:00:00] Joan Osborne - "St. Theresa" - Relish [0:02:23] Michael Jackson - "Got To Be There" [His 1st 45] [0:07:47] Duffy - "Mercy" - Rockferry [0:11:05] Henry Jerome - "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" [0:14:42] Sonny Rollins w/ The Modern Jazz Quartet - "No Moe" - Sonny Rollins w/The Modern Jazz Quartet, Kenny Drew & Art Blakey [0:17:43] King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - "Astroturf" - Changes [0:21:13] Les Paul & Mary Ford - "The World is Waiting for the Sunrise" [Capitol 45] [0:28:49] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [0:30:52] Kirsty MacColl - "Still Life" - All I Ever Wanted: The Anthology [0:37:01] Corinne Bailey Rae - "A Spell, A Prayer" - Black Rainbows [0:39:59] Ben Goldberg - "Corpse Pose" - Good Day For Cloud Fishing [w/Ron Miles & Nels Cline] [0:45:08] Bernard Hermann - "Overture To North By Northwest" - Portrait Of Alfred Hitchcock [Recorded Live] [0:51:32] Left Banke - "Dark is the Bark" - Left Banke Too! [0:56:00] Jutta Hipp & Zoot Sims - "Velvets For Your Furs" - Jutta Hipp w/ Zoot Sims [0:59:31] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:05:38] World Party - "She's The One" - Egyptology [1:11:03] Lady Blackbird - "It'll Never Happen Again" - Black Acid Soul - Deluxe Edition [1:15:55] Loving Awareness - "Love You To Know" - Loving Awareness [1:19:47] Jaki Byard [w/ Roland Kirk] - "Evidence" - The Jaki Byard Experience [1:22:31] Spirit - "Love Has Found A Way" - The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus [1:26:56] John Brion - "Titles" - Wilson [OST] [1:29:24] Liverpool Echo - "Girl On The Train" - Liverpool Echo [1:35:12] Lynn Blessing - "Child Of The Universe" - Sunset Painter [1:37:55] Clarence Paul & Stevie Wonder - "About My Baby" - Motown Unreleased 1965 [VAR] [1:39:45] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:42:11] Jelly Roll Morton - "Wolveriine Blues" - The Complete Library of Congress Recordings [1:49:24] Gary Burton Quartet - "Portsmouth Figurations" - Duster [1:53:16] Slim Gaillard - "Frank Rhoads Round" - Searching For You: The Lost Singles of McVouty 1958-1974 [1:57:40] Jr. Walker & The All-Stars - "Good Rockin'" - Soul Sesssion [1:59:04] Howlin' Wolf - "House Rockin' Boogie" - Moanin' at Midnight: The Memphis Recordings [early recordings] [2:02:02] Mary Lou Williams Trio - "You Know Baby" - The Mary Lou Williams Collection 1929-1959 [2:06:09] Larry Williams - "Slow Down" - Blowing The Fuse - 31RnB Classics That Rocked The Jukebox In 1958 [2:09:17] Johnny Hodges - "Castle Rock" - Blowing The Fuse - 28 RnB Classics That Rocked The Jukebox In 1951 [VAR] [2:11:37] Mamou Sidibe' - "Basa Kele'" - Putamayo Presents Mali [VAR] [2:14:25] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:17:41] P.J. O'Connell - "I Got Better" - Careful [2:23:11] Spooky Tooth - "Better By You, Better Than Me" - Spooky Too [2:27:12] Terrry Adams - "Straight No Chaser" - Talk Thelonious [2:30:45] Steely Dan - "Everyone's Gone To The Movies" - Katy Lied [2:34:57] Johnny Douglas - ""What A Scene" from Day Of The Triffids" - Monster Movie Music, Vol. 1 [VAR see: monstermoviemusic.blogspot.com] [2:38:39] Claude Debussy - "Etude: Les Notes Repetee - Orchestral Version" - Complete Orchestral Works [2:43:26] Donny Hathaway - "The Essence Of Destiny [demo]" - Someday We'll All Be Free [2:47:37] Lightning In A Twilight Hour - "White, Upon Your Grave" - Overwintering [2:49:39] Foundations - "Take Away The Emptiness Too" - Digging The Foundations [2:53:49] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:56:49] Thanks To David Borks, Ron Jett, Doug Young, "var. Facebook friends" & Pete Tomlinson https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/134121

Duration:03:06:58

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"I don't really think there are any boring people, only people who don't know how to tell their story. " from Nov 18, 2023

11/18/2023
Hank Levine & His Orchestra w/ Timothy Leary - "Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience" [0:00:00] Jelly Roll Morton - "Hyena Stomp" - The Complete Library of Congress Recordings [0:02:22] P.J. O'Connell - "Run Out Of Hope" - Careful [0:06:00] NRBQ - "Hobbies" - Up In The Loft [0:08:43] Steely Dan - "Your Gold Teeth II" - Katy Lied [0:12:51] Gary Burton Quartet - "Sweet Rain" - Duster [0:17:06] Anna Hillburg - "What To Do With The Lights Out" - Tired Girls [0:21:30] Chouk Bwa & The Ångströmers - "Sala" - Somanti [0:23:56] Sonny Rollins - "Newk's Fadeaway" - Sonny Rollins w/The Modern Jazz Quartet, Kenny Drew & Art Blakey [0:28:12] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [0:31:21] Mary Lou Williams [w/Bill Coleman] - "Blue Skies" - The Asch Recordings 1944-1947 [0:36:47] Thelonious Monk [w/Jon Hendricks] - "In Walked Bud" - Underground [0:39:32] World Party - "Is It Like Today?" - Bang! [0:46:20] Hugo & Luigi - "Rockabilly Party" [Roulette label] [0:50:32] Al Dexter & His Troopers - "Pistol Packin' Mama" [Okeh label] [0:53:01] Henry "Red" Allen - "Singing Pretty Things" - Swing Out [0:55:52] Pat Flowers - "Abdullah" [V-Disc] [0:59:09] Yardbirds - "I Can't Make Your Way" - Over Under Sideways Down [1:00:56] Chambers Brothers - "Please Don't Leave Me" - The Time Has Come Today [1:03:20] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:06:17] Corinne Bailey Rae - "Black Rainbows" - Black Rainbows [1:14:38] Donny Hathaway - "No Other One But You [demo]" - Someday We'll All Be Free [1:16:35] Dent May - "Sea Salt & Caramel" - Late Check-Out [1:19:12] Beach Boys - "All This Is That" - Carl & The Passions-So Tough [1:22:17] Gustav Holst - "Choral Hymns From The Rig Veda: To Agni" - The Planets, etc... [1:26:16] Set: Three Of My Favorite Voices Babacar - "Mesmer" - Babacar [the late Carolyn Crawley] [1:33:56] Karen Peris - "Landscape With Birds" - Violet [from Innocence Mission] [1:37:48] Sundays - "Here's Where the Story Ends" - reading, writing and arithmetic [Harriet Wheeler] [1:39:25] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [1:43:16] Aaron Copland - "Our Town Suite" - Copland Conducts Copland [1:50:12] Fotheringay - "Wild Mountain Thyme" - Fotheringay 2 [2:01:13] Byrds - "Wild Mountain Thyme" - Fifth Dimension [2:05:02] Dom Flemons - "We Are Almost Down To The Shore" - Traveling Wildfire [2:07:42] Stevie Wonder - "Easy Goin' Evening (My Mama's Call)" - Songs In The Key Of Life [originally on "A Something's Extra Bonus Record"] [2:10:41] Don Cherry - "Koye" - Om Shanti [2:14:31] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:21:10] Music behind DJ: Todd Rundgren - "Boat On The Charles" - Runt: The Ballad of Todd Rundgren [2:26:57] Gladhands - "Kill 'Em With Kindness" - La Di Da [2:31:28] Bob Crewe - "Penny Nickel Dime Quarter" [future Four Seasons manager, co-songwriter. Spotlight label] [2:35:37] Ornette Coleman - "Good Girl Blues" - Broken Shadows [2:37:57] Eggstone - "Wrong Heaven" - In San Diego [2:41:08] Meg Baird - "Unnamed Drives" - Furling [2:44:51] Roland Kirk - "Spirits Up Above" - Volunteered Slavery [2:48:29] xTC - "Mayor Of Simpleton" - Oranges & Lemons [Happy 70th Birthday, Andy Partridge! (Nov. 11)] [2:52:04] Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" [2:55:44] Thanks To David Borks, Ron Jett, Doug Young, Gene Sculatti & Pete Tomlinson https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/133866

Duration:03:06:58