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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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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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English
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Episodes
The Groaning Board from Apr 15, 2024
4/15/2024
The Talbot Brothers - "Bermuda Buggy Ride" - Bermuda Vol. 1 [0:00:00]
Sydney Bean - "Easter in Bermuda" - Meet Me in Bermuda [0:04:54]
Hubert Smith and his Coral Islanders - "Green Ticket" - single [0:07:00]
Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers - "Down in Bermuda" - Rockin' and Romance [0:09:19]
No Artist - "Bermuda - The Holiday Island" - No Album [0:12:25]
ESSO Steel Band of Bermuda - "Don't Rock the Boat" - Sunshine [0:20:30]
Linda Scott - "Bermuda" - Great Scott! Her Greatest Hits [0:23:46]
Bob Corley - "Bermuda Bound" - single [0:25:55]
Fleetwood Mac - "Bermuda Triangle" - Live from the Record Plant December 15, 1974 [0:30:32]
Blondie - "Bermuda Triangle Blues - Flight 45 (Take 1)" - Against The Odds 1974-1982 [From 1977] [0:40:54]
Roky Erikson - "Bermuda" - Don't Slander Me [From 1986] [0:43:55]
Linda Thompson Feat. Kami Thompson - "Solitary Traveler" - Proxy Music [1:04:07]
The Hanging Stars - "Disbelieving" - On a Golden Shore [1:07:35]
Starry Eyed & Laughing - "Propinquity (I've Just Begun to Care)" - Forever Young [From 1974] [1:10:47]
Nana Mouskouri - "Dance Till Your Shoes Fall Off" - The Exquisite Nana Mouskouri [with the Athenians] [1:13:54]
Dusty Springfield - "Up on the Roof" - Heart & Soul [on TV, 1971] [1:16:48]
Lizzie No - "The Heartbreak Store" - Halfsies [1:20:49]
Roger Miller - "I Catch Myself Crying" - King of the Road [From 1965] [1:23:56]
Set: Single File: a bunch of 45s lined up in a row for about a half-hour
T.G. Sheppard - "Devil in the Bottle" - single [1:31:17]
Kate Bush - "Under the Ivy" - single [1:33:42]
Procol Harum - "Homburg" - single [1:35:49]
The Grapevine - "Independent Me" - single [1:39:39]
The Cheers - "Whadaya Want?" - single [1:41:56]
Kid Creole & The Coconuts - "People Will Talk" - single [1:44:02]
Leon Haywood - "The Streets Will Love You to Death - Part I" - single [1:47:23]
Dory Previn - "Mary C. Brown and the Hollywood Sign" - single [1:50:31]
Al Stewart - "Time Passages" - single [1:53:46]
Ai Robot - "Groovin' with Joe McGasko" - No Album [thanks to Matt Warwick!] [2:11:13]
AI Robot - "Rock 'n' Roll Joe McGasko" - No Album [2:14:22]
Les Bantous de la Capitale - "Ngantsie Soul" - Congo Funk! Sound Madness from the Shores of the Mighty Congo River: Kinshasa/Brazzaville 1969–1982 [long-ass title!] [2:17:55]
YĪN YĪN - "Pia Dance" - Mount Matsu [2:24:52]
Molly Lewis - "Crushed Velvet" - On the Lips [2:30:01]
Renata Lewandowska - "Lato Tego Roku" - Dotyk [From 1970] [2:33:19]
James Last - "I Can't Move No Mountains" - Disco Deutschland Disco: Disco, Funk and Philly Anthems from Germany 1975–1980 [From 1975] [2:38:00]
Harmonettes - "Shame, Shame, Shame" - Cult Cargo: Belize City Boil Up [From 1975] [2:40:54]
The Joe Cuba Sextet - "Ooh! Ah!" - Bustin' Out [From 1972] [2:45:18]
The Trammps - "Penguin at the Big Apple/Zing Went the Strings of My Heart (Medley)" - Groove Machine: The Earl Young Drum Sessions [From 1975] [2:49:09] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138934
Duration:03:08:11
Butter Notes (with Special Guest Cyrus Moussavi of Mississippi Records) from Apr 8, 2024
4/8/2024
Nils Frahm - "Butter Notes" - Day [0:00:00]
Jeremy Storch - "Horse" - 40 Miles Past Woodstock [0:07:15]
Marry Waterson & Adrian Crowley - "Lovers in the Waves" - Cuckoo Storm [0:10:08]
Colleen - "Eclipse" - Captain of None [0:14:51]
Khruangbin - "May Ninth" - A LA SALA [0:18:47]
Coco - "Cora Lu" - 2 [0:21:52]
Los Super Seven - "Baby" - Canto [Caetano Veloso, vocal] [0:24:46]
The Mike Post Coalition - "Country Ode" - Fused [0:28:12]
Daniel Salinas - "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" - Atlantis [From 1973] [0:31:22]
Caetano Veloso - "You Don't Know Me" - Transa [From 1972] [0:52:48]
Penny Arcade - "Don't Cry No Tears" - Back Water Collage [0:56:18]
Set: Single File: a bunch of 45s played in a row for about a half-hour
Stealers Wheel - "Star" - single [1:02:12]
Peter Sarstedt - "Morning Mountain" - single [1:04:42]
The Soul Children - "Come Back Kind of Love" - single [1:07:17]
Lesley Gore - "He Give Me Love (La La La)" - single [1:10:35]
Bill Nelson - "Flaming Desire" - single [1:13:23]
Simon Said - "Love Song" - single [1:18:02]
Waylon Jennings and the Waylors - "Love of the Common People" - single [1:20:54]
Dave Mason - "We Just Disagree" - single [1:23:42]
Shep and the Limelites - "Daddy's Home" - single [1:26:31]
Set: Talking with Cyrus Moussavi of Mississippi Records about Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru
Interview
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru - "The Homeless Wanderer" - Spielt Eigene Kompositionen [From 1963] [1:42:40]
Interview [1:48:35]
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru - "Tenkou! Why Feel Sorry?" - Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru [From 1972] [2:03:33]
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru - "Tenkou! Why Feel Sorry?" - Souvenirs [From 1984] [2:04:58]
Interview [2:08:56]
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru - "The Pilgrim Song" - Jerusalem [From 1972] [2:11:57]
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru - "The Pilgrim Song (In My Hour of Grief and Pain)" - No Album [unreleased vocal version] [2:13:13]
Interview [2:16:03]
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru - "Song of Abayi" - Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru [2:22:45]
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru - "Jerusalem" - Jerusalem [2:25:28]
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru - "Ready to Leave" - Souvenirs [2:30:53]
Interview [2:36:41]
Rail Band - "Sunan" - Rail Band [From 1973] [2:38:48]
Aurita Castillo y Su Conjunto - "Chambacú" - Chambacú [From 1975] [2:45:17]
Interview [2:50:10]
Sheida Gharachedaghi & Mohammad Reza Aslani - "Prelude/Dance of the Spirit" - Chess of the Wind [2:54:50] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138703
Duration:03:08:06
I Like to Banana from Apr 1, 2024
4/1/2024
Mary Lattimore and Walt McClements - "Nest of Earrings" - Rain on the Road [0:00:00]
John Cale - "How We See the Light" - POPtical Illusion [0:08:32]
Molly Lewis - "The Crying Game" - On the Lips [0:13:08]
Chris Connor - "I Miss You So" - I Miss You So [From 1956] [0:16:26]
Judy Crawley - "My April Morning" - single [0:18:48]
Daniel Salinas - "A Song for a Helping Hand" - Atlantis [From 1973] [0:21:20]
Maxine Funke - "Clear" - single [0:25:20]
Myriam Gendron - "Long Way Home" - Mayday [0:28:53]
Joseph Allred - "Lucy's Lord Protector" - Folk Guitar [0:32:51]
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru - "Presentiment" - Spielt Eigene Kompositionen [From 1963] [0:36:02]
Al Jolson - "April Showers" - Hits of '22: Do It Again! [From 1922] [0:39:37]
Real Estate - "Say No More" - Daniel [0:54:16]
Linda Smith - "Afternoon Tea" - I So Liked Spring [From 1996] [0:57:11]
The Bevis Frond - "Happy Wings" - Focus on Nature [1:00:08]
Rosali - "Rewind" - Bite Down [1:02:27]
Leyla McCalla - "Love We Had" - Sun Without the Heat [1:06:59]
Love Child - "Cigarette Ash" - Never Meant to Be: 1988-1993 [From 1991] [1:10:40]
Cinerama - "Let's Pretend" - Disco Volante [1:13:06]
The Reds, Pinks & Purples - "We Only Hear the Bad Things People Say" - Unwishing Well [1:15:32]
Vetiver - "Sister" - Tight Knit [1:19:04]
Percy Sledge - "Sudden Stop" - It Tears Me Up: The Best of Percy Sledge [From 1968] [1:22:34]
Set: Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row for about a half-hour
The April Fools - "Punkin'" - single [1:30:55]
Haircut One Hundred - "Nobody's Fool" - single [1:32:58]
Robert Parker - "Everybody's Hip Huggin" - single [1:37:02]
Gayle McCormick - "Gonna Be Alright Now" - single [1:39:48]
The Bud Shank-Bob Cooper Quintet - "Steve Allen Theme" - single [1:42:20]
Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra - "Calcutta" - single ["featuring Frank Scott on harpsichord"] [1:44:45]
Eddie Tenpole Tudor - "The Hayrick Song" - single [cowpunk!] [1:47:07]
Tammy Wynette - "(You Make Me Want to Be) A Mother" - single [1:50:20]
John Stewart - "Gold" - single [1:52:50]
Man - "Bananas" - Greasy Truckers Party [live Feb 13th, 1972] [2:07:39]
The Wombles - "Banana Rock" - Remember You're a Womble [2:21:20]
The Chipmunks - "Japanese Banana" - Around the World with the Chipmunks [From 1961] [2:24:22]
Michiko Hamamura - "Banana Boat Song" - Japan's Teen Queen: Victor Recordings, 1957–1963 [From 1957] [2:26:54]
Kay Ishiguro - "Banana" - Lovin' Mighty Fire: Nippon Funk Soul Disco 1973–1983 [From 1982] [2:29:54]
Grupo Los Yoyi - "Banana" - Los Yoyi [From 1977] [2:34:30]
Joyce - "Banana" - The Essential Joyce 1970–1996 [From 1980] [2:39:08]
Bo Carter - "Banana in Your Fruit Basket" - Banana in Your Fruit Basket [From 1931] [2:43:24]
Lio - "Le Banana Split" - Lio [2:46:31]
Shonen Knife - "Banana Fish" - Shonen Knife [From 1983] [2:49:18]
Louis Prima - "Banana Split for My Baby" - Capitol Collectors Series [From 1957] [2:50:57] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138472
Duration:03:08:11
Glory in the Flower from Mar 25, 2024
3/25/2024
Sheila Chandra - "ABoneCroneDrone 6" - ABoneCroneDrone [0:00:00]
Jane Weaver Septiéme Sœur - "Hud a Llefrith" - The Fallen By Watch Bird [0:09:28]
Piero Piccioni - "Capriccio" - The Seduction of Piero Piccioni [From "Scacco alla Regina," 1969] [0:12:42]
Novi Singers - "Five, Four, Three" - Vocal Jazz From Poland 1965–75 [From 1974] [0:16:47]
Bacao Rhythm and Steel Band - "The Champion's Walk" - BRSB [0:20:11]
Yma Sumac - "Let Me Hear You" - Miracles [0:23:21]
Les Baxter Featuring Bas Sheva - "Lust" - The Passions [From 1954] [0:25:41]
Barbara Moore - "Steam Heat" - TV Sound and Television Image: British Television, Film and Library Composers 1956–80 [From 1972] [0:28:42]
Francis Lai - "A Man and a Woman (Un Homme et Une Femme)" - A Man and a Woman: Original Motion Picture Sound Track [0:31:28]
Ennio Morricone - "Una Voce Allo Specchio" - Mondo Morricone Revisited Volume 1 [From "La Stagione dei Sensi," 1969] [0:34:08]
The Beach Boys - "Passing By" - Friends [From 1968] [0:37:04]
David Crosby - "Song with No Words (Tree with No Leaves)" - If I Could Only Remember My Name.... [0:39:44]
Pink Floyd - "The Great Gig in the Sky" - Dark Side of the Moon [0:45:17]
Brian Eno - "All I Remember" - ENO: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [1:01:55]
Broadcast - "Follow the Light" - Spell Blanket: Collected Demos 2006–2009 [1:05:19]
Jürgen Knieper - "Die Kleine Pearl" - Wim Wenders Film Music: Music Composed by Jürgen Knieper [From "The Scarlet Letter," 1973] [1:08:13]
Cabane - "Tout Ira Bien" - Brûlée [1:10:13]
Minnie Riperton - "Close Your Eyes and Remember" - Come into My Garden [From 1969] [1:12:39]
Fabiano do Nascimento & Sam Gendel - "Foi Boto" - The Room [1:15:57]
Jethro Tull - "Summerday Sands" - 20 Years of Jethro Tull [From 1975] [1:19:09]
Lou Christie - "I Remember Gina" - Gypsy Bells: Columbia Recordings 1967 [1:22:49]
Set: Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row for about a half-hour
Herman's Hermits - "Hold On!" - single [1:32:56]
Dionne Warwick - "Reach Out for Me" - single [1:34:37]
Blancmange - "Waves" - single [1:37:32]
Bill Justis and His Orchestra - "Sea Dream (Love Theme from "The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea")" - single [1:41:29]
Ernest Tubb - "I Cried a Tear" - single [1:44:41]
The Youngbloods - "Hippie from Olema" - single [1:47:11]
Third Rail - "Dark Ages" - single [1:50:07]
Mahogany Rush - "Satisfy Your Soul" - single [1:53:15]
Genesis - "Your Own Special Way" - single [1:56:22]
Loudon Wainwright III - "One Man Guy" - I'm Alright [2:10:25]
Splinter - "Lonely Man (from the film "Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs")" - Harder to Live [2:14:16]
Lizzie No - "Sleeping in the Next Room" - Halfsies [2:19:36]
Wide Right - "Sleeping on the Couch" - Sleeping on the Couch [2:22:51]
Jon Langford and the Men of Gwent - "How Bright Are the Stars?" - Lost on Land & Sea [2:25:43]
Forever More - "Get Behind Me Satan" - Words on Black Plastic [2:30:02]
The Band - "Tears of Rage" - Music from Big Pink [2:36:00]
Ronnie Lane - "Tin and Tambourine" - Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance [2:41:30]
Rod Stewart - "Mama You Been on My Mind" - Never a Dull Moment [2:45:29]
Brinsley Schwarz - "It's Just My Way of Saying Thank You" - Greasy Trucker's Party [live, 13 February 1972] [2:50:14] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138248
Duration:03:08:18
Polka Honeymoon (Fill-In for Dance with Me, Stanley) from Mar 22, 2024
3/22/2024
The Hi-Hats - "Honeymoon Polka" - A Package for You
Ted Maksymowicz and His Polka Orchestra - "The Polka Wedding" - 78 single
Walt Groller Orchestra And Chorus - "Wedding Polka" - Walt Groller Plays for the Gals in Pennsyltucky
The Eternals - "Babalu's Wedding Day" - The Doo Wop Box II: 101 More Vocal Group Gems [From 1959; slightly modified version]
Gene Wisniewski and His Harmony Bells Orchestra - "Wedding March" - 78 single
Herman's Hermits starring Peter Noone - "White Wedding" - When Pigs Fly: Songs You Never Thought You'd Hear
Tiny Tim (with Miss Sue) - "True Love" - Songs in the Key of Z Vol. 1 [From 1995]
Frank Wojnarowski and His Orchestra - "Hop, Hop Oberek" - Polskie Piosenki
Ray Anthony and His Orchestra - "The Bunny Hop" - Capitol Collector's Series [From 1953]
Ferry "Rock" Barendse - "Rock and roll Mops" - French Rock 'n' Roll 1956–1959 [From 1956]
Angele McNiel - "The Polka Rock" - 45 single
Eddie Lawrence - "The Good Old Days" - The Old Philosopher
Frank Wojnarowski and His Orchestra - "Polka Rock" - Polka Rock
The Del Rubio Triplets - "I Will Survive" - Anthology
Walt Solek and His Orchestra - "Polka Tubaman (Nasz Basista)" - Polkas: The Inimitable Style of Walt Solek
The DeCastro Sisters - "Boom Boom Boomerang" - Teach Me Tonight [From 1955, with Thurl Ravenscroft]
The Polskie Swingmasters Orchestra - "High Bounce Polka" - Good Living Polkas with the Polskie Swingmasters Orchestra
Henry King and His Orchestra - "How Can I Thank You" - 78 single [vocal: Carmene Calhoun] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138168
Duration:01:08:37