Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Playlist For 7/30/08 Waynesday

Intro: Freedom Express - Get Down
01. Lavell Hardy – Women Of The World
02. Ural Thomas – Can You Dig It
03. Aretha Franklin – Evil Gal Blues
04. Earl Gains – It’s Worth Anything
05. Little Mack Simmons – Giving Me A Hard Time
06. Lou Courtney – The Man Is Lonely
07. Freddie Scott & The Four Steps – Keep That Same Old Beat
08. Howard Johnson - Slide
09. Unifics – Got To Get To You
10. Politicians – Free Your Mind
11. Tyrone Davis – Need Your Loving Everyday
12. Don Covay – Money (That’s What I Want)
13. Gladys Knight & The Pips – You Need Love Like I Do
14. Eddie Kendricks – Let Me Run Into Your Lonely Heart
15. Temptations – You Got My Soul On Fire
16. Jackson 5 – I Am Love Pt.1
17. A Parliament Thang – I Call My Baby Pussycat
18. Jesse Hill - Naturally
19. Al King – I Can’t Understand
20. Community Effort – Shake Your Funky Butt
21. Dawson Smith – I Don’t Know If I Can Make It
22. Lavell Kamma – Soft Soul
23. Ironing Board Slim – Original Funky Bell Bottoms
24. Brenton Wood – I Think You Got Your Fools Mixed Up
25. Mastersounds Feat. Lady Blanca – Stop Telling Me Lies
26. Doris Duke – The Feeling Is Right
27. Dee Dee Warwick - Searching
28. Barbara Acklin - Raindrops
29. Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose – I’m So Glad To Be Loved By You
30. Johnny Jones – I Find No Fault In My Baby’s Love
31. Shades Of Joy – Music Of El Topo
32. Calvin Arnold – Snatchin’ It Back
33. Cash McCall – I’m In Danger
Outro: Shirley Scott – Soul Song

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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 with Eli Polonsky

Marking the 50th anniversary of NASA with some space music:

01: Hawkwind - Black Corridor/Space Is Deep
02: Rolling Stones - Child Of The Moon
03: Jefferson Starship - Hijack!
04: The Kinks - Supersonic Rocket Ship
05: The Byrds - CTA-102
06: Jimi Hendrix - Third Stone From The Sun (extended mix from "Jimi Hendrix Experience" box set)
07: Pink Floyd w/Syd Barrett - Astronomy Domine
08: Bonzo Dog Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman
09: Kaleidoscope w/David Lindley - A Beacon From Mars
10: Grateful Dead - Mountains Of The Moon (original LP mix)
11: Grateful Dead - Dark Star (Live 2/28/69 Fillmore West from "Live At The Fillmore" box set)
12: Spirit - Space Child
13: The Byrds - Mr. Spaceman
14: Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets (Live from "Ummagumma" album)
Read "Lost & Found" concert calendar
15: Gil Scott-Heron - Whitey On The Moon

Join me and Larry Miller next Tuesday, August 5 as we welcome The Rowan Brothers back to the WMBR studios for some live music and fun!
Thanks for listening, and to anyone going to the Vibes this weekend, see you there!
Eli Polonsky
eli@wmbr.org

Monday, July 28, 2008

July 28, 2008 Playlist w/ Host Bob Dubrow

We begin our show with a precautionary tale. "Come on down!" as your intrepid host reviews a harrowing two days encountering treachery and deception while purchasing a 2008 Odyssey at Crock Honda on the Blottomile. Background music provided by Faithful Breath - Fading Beauty (1973). Snippets of tunes by Billy Joel, Three Dog Night, The Castaways, Queen, The Eagles, The Knickerbockers, and Steely Dan.

Set 01:
1. Little Feat - "On Your Way Down" (Dixie Chicken 1973)
2. Sweet Smoke - "I'd Rather Burn Than Disappear" (Darkness to Light 1972)
3. Mick Grabham - "Let It All Down" (Mick the Lad 1972)
4. Mint Tattoo - "Leper's Epitaph / Policeman's Ball" (Mint Tattoo 1969)
5. Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airman - "Don't Let Go" (Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen 1975)

Set 02:
1. Frumious Bandersnatch - "Can-A-Bliss" (1968 from A Young Man's Song compilation 1996)
2. Moby Grape - "Seeing" (1967 previously unissued track from 2007 CD re-release of 1967's Wow)
3. The Beau Brummels - "Play With Fire" ('66 1966)
4. Joy Unlimited - "All Together Now" (Joy Unlimited 1970)
5. Rita Lee - "Frique Comigo" (Hoje e o Primeiro Dia do Resto da Sua Vida i.e. Today is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life 1972)
6. Popol Vuh - "Du Tranke Mich Mit Deinen Kussen" (Das Dohelied Salomos 1975)
7. John Renbourn - "O Glastonbury" (early '70s from Lost Sessions 1996)

Set 03:
1. Van Morrison - "Wild Night" (1971 demo from Gypsy Soul bootleg)
2. Heron - "John Brown" (Twice as Nice and Half the Price 1971)
3. The Band - "Time to Kill" (7/28/1973 Watkins Glen, NY from Live at Watkins Glen 1995) ON THE OCCASION OF THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WATKINS GLEN FESTIVAL
4. Old and In the Way - "Lonesome L.A. Cowboy" (live October 1973 at The Boarding House, San Francisco, CA from That High Lonesome Sound 1996)
5. Shel Silverstein - "I Got Stoned and I Missed It" (Freakin' at the Freakers Ball 1973)

Set 04:
1. Leo Sayer - "Giving It All Away" (Just a Boy 1974)
2. The Monkees - "Love to Love" (1967 bonus track from 2007 Deluxe Edition of 1967's Headquarters)
3. The Parade - "Kinda Wasted Without You" (1968 from Sunshine Girl: The Complete Recordings compilation 2008)
4. Eric Carmen - "Sunrise" (Eric Carmen 1975)
5. Episode Six - "Put Yourself in My Place" (1966 from Love, Hate, Revenge compilation 2005)

Friday, July 25, 2008

July 25, 2008, playlist with host Alex McNeil

My guest d.j. today was Mike from Beverly, who generously pledged for air time during our Fundraising Week:
01. Jamies - Summertime Summertime (CD, 1958)
02. Danleers - One Summer Night (CD, 1958)
03. Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues (CD, 1958)
04. Frank Sinatra - Summer Wind (CD, 1966)
05. Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Summer Wine (CD, 1967)
06. Marianne Faithfull - Summer Nights (CD, 1965)
07. Richie Cordell - Tick Tock (CD, 1962)
08. Students - Every Day of the Week (CD, 1958)
09. Jive Five - What Time Is It (CD, 1962)
10. Safaris - Image of a Girl (CD, 1960)
11. Ray Charles - (Night Time Is) The Right Time (LP, 1959)
12. Spanky & Our Gang - Lazy Day (LP, 1967)
13. Moody Blues - Long Summer Days (LP, 1975)
14. Percy Faith - Theme from a Summer Place (CD, 1961)
15. Henry Mancini - Theme from Summer of '42 (The Summer Knows) (LP, 1972)
16. Sandals - Theme from Endless Summer (LP)
17. Dominoes - Sixty Minute Man (CD, 1951)
18. Irma Thomas - Time Is on My Side (CD, 1964)
19. Mar-Keys - Last Night (CD, 1961)
20. Rolling Stones - Out of Time (CD, 1975)
21. Pozo-Seco Singers - Time (CD, 1966)
22. Blues Project - No Time Like the Right Time (CD, 1967)
23. E Types - Put the Clock Back on the Wall (CD, 1967)
24. Kenny & Kasuals - Journey to Tyme (CD, 1966)
25. Third Bardo - I'm Five Years Ahead of My Time (CD, 1967)
26. Electric Prunes - Get Me to the World on Time (CD, 1967)
27. Jerry Keller - Here Comes Summer (CD, 1959)
28. Tommy Roe - It's Now Winter's Day (LP, 1967)
29. Lemon Drops - I Live in the Springtime (CD, 1967)
30. It's a Beautiful Day - Hot Summer Day (LP, 1968)
31. Strawbs - The Winter and the Summer (LP)
32. Angel - Winter Song (LP)
33. Gil Scott-Heron - Winter in America (LP, 1975)
34. Strangeloves - Night Time (CD, 1966)
35. Ray Charles - Crying Time (LP, 1966)
36. Mashmakan - As the Years Go By (CD, 1970)

I've Been Neutered - Comedy Inc.

Question of the month: Why does James Blunt sound like a chick?

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

And now, here's today's thrilling show, By Larry Miller

Music with a Message:

Velvet Underground: “Heroin”
Mamas and Papas: “Straight Shooter”
Velvet Underground: “Waiting For My Man”
Savoy Brown: “Needle and Spoon”
Lynyrd Skynyrd: “The Needle and the Spoon”
Neil Young: “The Needle and the Damage Done”
Bert Jansch: “The Needle of Death”
Steppenwolf: “The Pusher”

Summer time:

Big Brother and the Holding Company: “Summertime”
The Doors: “Indian Summer” and “Summer’s Almost Gone”
It’s a Beautiful Day: “Hot Summer Day” (request-thanks!)
Lovin' Spoonful: “Summer in the City”
The Who: “Summertime Blues”

Stuff and nonsense:

McGuinness Flint: “When I'm Dead and Gone” (good request- thanks!)
Jeff Beck Group: “Hangman’s Knee”
Creedence Clearwater Revival: “Tombstone Shadow”
Bob Dylan and the Band: “Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat” (Live 1966)
The Chambers Brothers: “In The Midnight Hour”

Manly Men:

Spencer Davis Group: “I’m a Man”
The Yardbirds: “I’m a Man”
The Rolling Stones: “Monkey Man”
Rod Stewart and the Faces: “Street Fighting Man”

Trippy Stuff:

King Crimson: “In the Court of the Crimson King”
Procol Harum: “Piggy Pig Pig”
George Harrison: “Beware of Darkness”

See you in two weeks- Stay Cool!

Friday, July 18, 2008

July 18, 2008, playlist with host Alex McNeil

A dedication to my new grandson, Collin McNeil:
01. Kingston Trio - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (CD, 1962)

Week Three of Original Versions of Songs that later were hits for others (see also playlists for June 27 and July 11, 2008):
02. Regents - Barbara Ann (CD, 1961)
03. Don Covay - Pony Time (CD, 1963)
04. Johnny Fuller - Haunted House (45, 1958)
05. Chordettes - That's Old Fashioned (CD, 1959)
06. Del Shannon - His Latest Flame (CD, 1961)
07. Elvis Presley - Suspicion (45, 1964 [recorded 1962])
08. Ian & Sylvia - You Were on My Mind (LP, 1964)
09. Kingston Trio - Let's Get Together (CD, 1964)
10. Tim Buckley - Morning Glory (CD, 1967)
11. Tommy Hunt - I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself (CD, 1964)
12. Lou Johnson - Always Something There to Remind Me (CD, 1964)
13. Dionne Warwick - Wishin' and Hopin' (LP, 1963)
14. Slade - Cum on Feel the Noize (CD, 1973)
15. Warren Zevon - Poor Poor Pitiful Me (LP, 1976)
16. Albert Hammond - The Air That I Breathe (LP, 1972)
17. Jackie DeShannon - Bette Davis Eyes (CD, 1975)
18. Changin' Times - Pied Piper (CD, 1965)
19. Outsiders - Bend Me, Shape Me (LP, 1967)
20. Sammy Ambrose - This Diamond Ring (CD, 1965)
21. Evie Sands - Angel of the Morning (CD, 1968)
22. Elton John - Lady Samantha (LP, 1969)
23. Cilla Black - It's for You (CD, 1964)
24. Nilsson - One (CD, 1967)
25. Argent - Liar (LP, 1969)
26. Smokey Robinson & Miracles - I Heard It Through the Grapevine (CD, 1968)
27. Temptations - War (CD, 1970)
28. Show Stoppers - Ain't Nothing But a House Party (CD, 1968)
29. Four Seasons - Silence Is Golden (CD, 1964)
30. Jimmy Reed - I Ain't Got You (CD, 1955)
31. Alvin Robinson - Down Home Girl (CD, 1964)
32. Buddy Holly & Crickets - Well All Right (CD, 1959)
33. Kenny Loggins - What a Fool Believes (LP, 1978)
34. Moon Martin- Bad Case of Lovin' You (LP, 1978)