
Surface Noise with Joe McGasko | WFMU
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A pennant-winning battery of songland. Ongoing feature: Single File, a half-hour of randomly selected small records with big holes.
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Description:
A pennant-winning battery of songland. Ongoing feature: Single File, a half-hour of randomly selected small records with big holes.
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@WFMU
Language:
English
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WFMU P.O. Box 2011 Jersey City, NJ 07303-2011 201-200-9368
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http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/SN
Episodes
Episode from Feb 3, 2025
2/3/2025
Marianne Faithfull - "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" - North Country Maid [From 1966] [0:00:00]
Marianne Faithfull - "Paris Bells" - Marianne Faithfull [From 1964] [0:06:00]
Marianne Faithfull - "Portland Town" - Come My Way [From 1964] [0:08:44]
Marianne Faithfull - "In the Night Time" - Loveinamist [From 1967] [0:11:43]
Marianne Faithfull - "I'm the Sky" - Faithfull Forever... [0:14:42]
Marianne Faithfull - "Beware of Darkness" - True [From 1971] [0:17:04]
Marianne Faithfull - "That Was the Day (Nashville)" - Faithless [From 1976] [0:20:33]
Marianne Faithfull - "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" - Broken English [0:24:45]
Marianne Faithfull - "Times Square" - A Child's Adventure [0:28:55]
Marianne Faithfull - "I'll Keep It with Mine" - Strange Weather [0:33:14]
Marianne Faithfull - "Tower of Song" - Vagabond Ways [0:36:57]
Marianne Faithfull - "The Phoenix" - Easy Come Easy Go [0:41:16]
Marianne Faithfull - "Goin' Back" - Horses and High Heels [0:43:34]
Marianne Faithfull - "Don't Forget Me" - 20th Century Blues [live in 1995] [0:47:11]
Bananagun - "Children of the Man" - What Is the Colour of the Sky? [1:02:41]
Dengue Fever - "One Thousand Tears of a Tarantula" - Escape from Dragon House [1:07:21]
Dennis Coffey - "Fame" - Finger Pickin' Good [From 1975 (originally Lickin')] [1:13:58]
Rahman Mammadli - "Qoçalı̇" - Azerbaijani Gitara Volume 2 [1:17:49]
The Routes - "She's Lost Control" - Surfin' Pleasures [1:21:47]
Set: Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row for about a half-hour
The Big Bopper - "Chantilly Lace" - single [1:33:13]
Ritchie Valens - "Donna" - single [1:35:07]
The Crickets - "Not Fade Away" - single [1:37:28]
Marty Robbins - "El Paso City" - single [1:39:57]
Gladys Knight and the Pips - "Operator" - single [1:44:02]
Dennis Brown - "Meet Me at the Corner" - single [1:46:14]
Funkadelic - "The Electric Spanking of War Babies" - single [Edit version] [1:49:47]
Head East - "Gettin' Lucky" - single [1:54:15]
Bud Dashiell - "Seasons in the Sun" - single [1:57:27]
Waylon Jennings - "A Long Time Ago" - I've Always Been Crazy [2:12:54]
Willie Nelson - "Medley: These Are Difficult Times; Remember the Good Times" - Yesterday's Wine [From 1971] [2:14:52]
Townes Van Zandt - "Rex's Blues" - Rear View Mirror [2:18:02]
Cowboy Junkies - "Townes Blues" - The Radio One Sessions [27.2.92] [2:20:20]
The Band - "Rockin' Chair" - Rock of Ages [New Year's Eve 1970] [2:23:12]
Gregg Allman - "Win, Lose or Draw" - One More Try: An Anthology [From 1974] [2:27:08]
Patti Whipp - "It's Gone" - Driftless Dreamers in Cuca Country [From 1970] [2:31:50]
Kacy & Clayton - "Spare Me Over One More Year" - Carrying On [2:34:33]
Allen Toussaint - "American Tune" - American Tunes [2:37:29]
Jellow Buzzard - "Changing World" - Jellow Buzzard [From 1969] [2:42:10]
The Byrds - "Ballad of Easy Rider" - Ballad of Easy Rider [From 1969] [2:45:28]
Sachiko Kanenobu - "Toki ni Makasete" - Toki Ni Makasete: Sachiko Kanenobu Rare Tracks + 2 [previously unreleased outtake; "Leave It to Time"] [2:47:10]
Rick Cuevas - "The Birds" - Planisphere [From 1984] [2:50:18] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/148769
Duration:03:08:47
Deep Dig at Lincoln Center (With Special Guest Don Fleming) from Jan 27, 2025
1/27/2025
Jigsaw - "Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring" - single [0:00:00]
Certain Lions & Tigers - "El Soul Condor" - Soul Condor [0:06:57]
Luis Verona, His Piano, and Orchestra - "Hang On Sloopy" - The Moods of Miami '68 [0:09:56]
Nai Bonet - "Jelly Belly" - single [0:12:58]
Miriam Makeba - "Theme from "Black Orpheus"" - single [0:15:21]
Paul Davidson - "Midnight Rider" - single [0:17:40]
Paper Cup - "Gimme Some Lovin'" - single [0:20:49]
Set: Some 10" records from the library's collection
Alfredito - "Mambo from Mars" - Alfredito Plays Mambo for Dancing [0:34:03]
Farida Parveen and Abu Zafar - "Patriotic Song" - 10" single [0:37:40]
Saliha - "Mâa El Azzaba" - 10" EP [0:42:45]
Teddy Charles, Hall Overton, and Ed Shaughnessy - "Mobiles" - New Directions [0:47:46]
Moondog - "Hard Shoe" - Snakebite Series [Featuring Ray Malone] [0:51:39]
François and Bernard Baschet - "Valse" - Structures for Sound: Musical Instruments by François and Bernard Baschet [from a MOMA exhibition] [0:53:52]
John K. Almeida and His Hawaiians - "Anapau" - Souvenir Songs of Hawaii: Volume 1 [0:55:55]
Set: Some gems from the Folkways collection at NYPL
Big Joe Williams - "Elevate Me, Baby" - Mississippi's Big Joe Williams [1:15:17]
Cat-Iron - "I'm Goin' to Walk Your Log" - Cat-Iron Sings Blues and Hymns [1:18:28]
Unknown Ika Artist - "Chicote" - Sacred and Profane Music of the Ika [1:21:02]
Unknown Hebrides Bagpiper - "Hebrides Bagpipes" - Songs and Pipes of the Hebrides [1:24:20]
Unknown Turkish Artists - "Hovarda Zeybek" - Folk and Traditional Music of Turkey [violin, kanun, clarinet, and darbuka] [1:26:44]
Set: Single File: a bunch of singles from Lincoln Center in a row for about a half-hour
The Jickle Boys - "Goo Goo Bird" - single [1:36:30]
Norman Maine and His Orch. - "Babylon 3-9970" - single [1:38:40]
Gregg Hunter & the Cut-Ups - ""Beepy" Takes a Shower" - single [1:41:27]
Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra - "Goldfinger" - single [1:43:52]
Joyce Jameson - "You're Gettin' Warm" - single [1:46:12]
Leon McAuliff and Cimarron Boys - "Three Bears" - single [remake of 1949 hit] [1:48:29]
Jay Johnson - "Spilled Milk" - single [1:50:38]
Rock Murphy - "Git with It" - single [1:52:59]
Don Johnson - "Perdido" - single [1:55:02]
Don Lee - "ECHO, Echo, echo" - single [1:57:06]
The Young Folk - "Joey" - single [1:59:11]
Set: An Epic set
Henry Gibson - "The People Were Great" - The Grass Menagerie (Or a Flower Child's Garden of Verses) [2:13:31]
Peter Ivers Band with Yolande Bavan - "Dark Illumination" - Knight of the Blue Communion [2:16:12]
The Head Shop - "Revolution" - The Head Shop [2:19:52]
Anna Black - "Eleanor Rigby" - Meet Anna Black [required Eleanor Rigby content] [2:21:55]
Vic Lewis and His Orchestra - "Mellow Yellow" - Donovan My Way [2:25:22]
Stu Phillips - "Friendly Fuzz" - Run, Angel, Run: Original Soundtrack Recording [2:27:46]
West - "Just LIke Tom Thumb's Blues" - West [required Bob Dylan content] [2:30:06]
POEZ - "The New Wave Pizzeria" - single [2:42:16]
That Hideous Strength - "A Night at the Space Opera" - single [2:44:13]
The Special Guests - "Cezanne" - single [2:46:34]
The Denims - "The Adler Sock" - single [a song about a brand of sock] [2:49:34]
Euel Box with Charlie Rich - "Benji's Theme - I Feel Love" - Benji: Music from the Original Sound Track [2:51:45]
Jim and Jesse - "When I Stop Dreaming" - Saluting the Louvin Brothers [2:55:01] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/148533
Duration:03:08:33
The Right Room from Jan 20, 2025
1/20/2025
Dominic Cortese - "Allo! Allo! Allo!" - Accordion Continental [0:00:00]
Raymond Boisserie, son accordeon et son orchestre - "La Femme de mon ami" - Actualite Musette... [0:04:46]
Roger Vaysse et son orchestre - "Avalanche" - Danse a Tout Va! [0:06:31]
Les Freres Peguri - "Enivrante" - Café de Paris: 18 Accordion Classics from the Boulevards of Paris 1930–41 [0:08:11]
Francois Chantal, Maurice Brouillard and His Orchestra - "Avec Celui qu'on aime" - Accordeon de Paris: Music of the French Cafe with Francois Chantal [0:11:06]
Gus Viseur et son Quintette Swing - "Victoria Midi" - Gus Viseur a Bruxelles [From 1946] [0:16:16]
Nunzio and His Accordiocats - "Crepes Suzette" - Accelerated Accordions [0:19:06]
The Art Van Damme Quintet - "Under Paris Skies / Domino / Pigalle" - They're Playing Our Song: Fifty Years of Hit Songs [0:21:38]
Louis Richard Day's Accordeon Swing Quartet - "Coquette" - Squeeze Me: The Jazz and Swing Accordion Story [From 1938] [0:25:34]
Edith Piaf - "L'accordeoniste" - Eternelle [live in '55] [0:27:42]
Rose City Band - "Radio Song" - Sol y Sombra [0:46:18]
Mickey Jupp - "The Right Room" - Times Like These [0:51:01]
Edwyn Collins - "Knowledge" - Nation Shall Speak Unto Nation [0:53:40]
sassyhiya - "Thank You and Goodbye" - Take You Somewhere [0:56:48]
The Tubes - "My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains" - Now [0:59:38]
The Delines - "The Imperial" - The Imperial [1:05:03]
Emilia Sisco - "Your Girl" - Introducing Emilia Sisco [with Cold Diamond & Mink] [1:10:18]
Salvator Dragatto - "Shadows" - Thoughts of You [1:14:39]
Frank Wess - "Red Roses" - Flute of the Loom [1:18:05]
BADBADNOTGOOD & Tim Bernardes - "Poeira Cosmica" - single [1:21:13]
Neil Diamond and The Band - "Dry Your Eyes" - The Last Waltz [Happy MLK Day] [1:25:22]
Set: Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row for about a half-hour
The Del Lords - "Judas Kiss" - single [1:35:15]
Nina Simone - "Suzanne" - single [1:39:22]
Eddie Cooley and the Dimples - "Priscilla" - single [1:43:35]
The Searchers - "This Empty Place" - single [1:46:07]
Jessi Colter - "You Ain't Never Been Loved (Like I'm Gonna Love You)" - single [1:48:10]
Joe Walsh - "A Life of Illusion" - single [1:51:01]
Uncle Louie - "Full Tilt Boogie (Pt. 1)" - single [1:54:27]
New Order - "The Perfect Kiss" - single ["instrumental version"] [1:58:22]
Set: Stevie's Harmonica
Quincy Jones - "Superstition" - I Heard That! The Musical World of Quincy Jones [2:14:09]
Chaka Khan - "I Feel for You" - I Feel for You [2:17:22]
Bobbi Humphrey - "Home-Made Jam" - Freestyle [2:23:03]
Herbie Hancock - "Steppin' in It" - Man-Chld [From 1975] [2:27:49]
Eurythmics - "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)" - Be Yourself Tonight [2:36:21]
Prefab Sprout - "Nightingales" - From Langley Park to Memphis [2:41:36]
B.J. Thomas - "Happier Than the Morning Sun" - Billy Joe Thomas [2:47:25]
Lenny Kravitz - "Deuce" - Kiss My Ass: Classic Kiss Regrooved [2:51:55] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/148299
Duration:03:08:44