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Favoriting October 17, 2016: Morning Becomes Elektra

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments Approx. start time
 
Elektra's First Decade
Theodore Bikel  Dodi Li (My Beloved)   Favoriting Follow the Music  First Media  1998  CD  From "Sings Songs of Israel," 1956  0:02:51 (Pop-up)
Ed McCurdy  The Jolly Boatman   Favoriting Sin Songs (Pro and Con)  Elektra  1954  10"    0:05:22 (Pop-up)
Susan Reed  The Foggy Dew   Favoriting Follow the Music  First Media  1998  CD  From "Old Airs from Ireland, Scotland, and England," 1954  0:06:55 (Pop-up)
Jean Ritchie  Old Virginny   Favoriting Jean Ritchie  Elektra  1954  LP    0:09:04 (Pop-up)
Hally Wood  House of the Rising Sun   Favoriting Outside Llewyn: Folk Music Before the "Revival" - Shrunken Planet 2016 Marathon Premium)  WFMU  2016  CD-R  From "O Lovely Appearance of Death," 1953  0:11:36 (Pop-up)
Josh White  St. James Infirmary   Favoriting The Best of Josh White  Elektra  1970  LP  From "Josh at Midnight," 1956  0:14:07 (Pop-up)
Shel Silverstein and the Red Onion Jazz Band  I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now   Favoriting Hairy Jazz  Water  2008  CD  From 1959  0:17:46 (Pop-up)
Sabicas and Los Traineros  Fandangos de Huelva   Favoriting Festival Gitana  Elektra  1958  LP    0:20:20 (Pop-up)
The Original Trinidad Steel Band  Cheek to Cheek   Favoriting The Original Trinidad Steel Band  Elektra  1957  LP    0:23:03 (Pop-up)
 
 
Folk Revival and Into the 60s
The Dillards  Dooley   Favoriting single  Elektra  1963  45    0:37:02 (Pop-up)
Eric Weissberg and Marshall Brickman  Old Joe Clark   Favoriting New Dimensions in Banjo and Bluegrass  Elektra  1963  LP    0:38:49 (Pop-up)
Joseph Spence  The Crow   Favoriting Happy All the Time  Carthage  1985  LP  From 1964  0:40:03 (Pop-up)
Dick Rosmini  900 Miles   Favoriting Folksong '65  Elektra  1965  LP    0:42:27 (Pop-up)
"Spider" John Koerner, Dave "Snaker" Ray, and Tony "Little Sun" Glover  Linin' Track   Favoriting Blues, Rags & Hollers  Red House  1995  CD  From 1963  0:44:57 (Pop-up)
Judy Collins  Wild Mountain Thyme   Favoriting A Maid of Constant Sorrow  Elektra  1962  LP    0:47:16 (Pop-up)
Tom Paxton  The Last Thing on My Mind   Favoriting Ramblin' Boy  Elektra  1964  LP    0:49:45 (Pop-up)
Fred Neil  A Little Bit of Rain   Favoriting Bleecker & MacDougal  Collector's Choice Music  2002  CD  From 1965  0:52:47 (Pop-up)
Kathy & Carol  Green Rocky Road   Favoriting Kathy & Carol  Collector's Choice Music  2004  CD  From 1965  0:55:08 (Pop-up)
Phil Ochs  There But for Fortune   Favoriting Phil Ochs in Concert  Elektra  1966  LP    0:57:35 (Pop-up)
 
 
Nonesuch Explorer Early Highlights
Cuadro Flamenco  La Isla   Favoriting The Soul of Flamenco  Nonesuch  1965  LP  first Nonesuch Explorer release (but originally released on Elektra in 1960)  1:10:17 (Pop-up)
S. Balachander & Sivaraman  Karpagame (excerpt)   Favoriting The Music of India  Nonesuch  1965  LP    1:12:56 (Pop-up)
Iordanis Tsomidis, et al.  Nisiotikos Choros (Island Dance)   Favoriting Bouzoukee: The Music of Greece  Nonesuch  1966  LP    1:14:52 (Pop-up)
Hatta  Echigojishi (Folk Song)   Favoriting The Koto Music of Japan  Nonesuch  1966  LP    1:18:02 (Pop-up)
Sinclair Little  Green Hills of Tyrol   Favoriting Caledonia: The Macpherson Singers and Dancers of Scotland  Nonesuch  1966  LP  Originally released in 1960 on the mother label  1:20:02 (Pop-up)
The Pennywhistlers  Shto Mi e Milo   Favoriting Folksongs of Eastern Europe  Nonesuch  1966  LP  Macedonia  1:21:59 (Pop-up)
Teodulo Naranjo  El Toro Antejuelo   Favoriting The Real Mexico in Music and Song  Nonesuch  1966  LP    1:23:52 (Pop-up)
Various Artists  Ketjak Dance (excerpt)   Favoriting Music from the Morning of the World  Nonesuch  1967  LP    1:26:09 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: Elektra singles snapshot
Love  7 and 7 Is   Favoriting single  Elektra  1966  45    1:34:38 (Pop-up)
Eclection  Mark Time   Favoriting single  Elektra  1968  45    1:36:38 (Pop-up)
Jeannie Brittan  Busy Dreamin'   Favoriting single  Elektra  1967  45    1:39:20 (Pop-up)
Tim Buckley  Wings   Favoriting single  Elektra  1966  45    1:41:32 (Pop-up)
Tom Rush  Urge for Going   Favoriting single  Elektra  1968  45    1:44:00 (Pop-up)
Ian Matthews  These Days   Favoriting single  Elektra  1973  45    1:47:31 (Pop-up)
The Incredible String Band  This Moment   Favoriting single  Elektra  1970  45    1:51:01 (Pop-up)
Dennis Linde  Hello I Am Your Heart   Favoriting single  Elektra  1973  45    1:54:11 (Pop-up)
Rhinoceros  Apricot Brandy   Favoriting single  Elektra  1968  45    1:57:03 (Pop-up)
Crabby Appleton  Go Back   Favoriting single  Elektra  1970  45    1:59:02 (Pop-up)
 
 
Into the 70s and the End of the Golden Era
The Zodiac  Capricorn: The Uncapricious Climber   Favoriting Cosmic Sounds  Elektra  1967  LP  This one's all about me  2:09:09 (Pop-up)
Cyrus  Evergreen (Earth Anthem)   Favoriting Cyrus  Elektra  1971  LP    2:12:34 (Pop-up)
Pat Kilroy  Light of Day   Favoriting Light of Day  Collector's Choice Music  2007  CD  From 1966  2:15:02 (Pop-up)
The Doors  Indian Summer   Favoriting Morrison Hotel  Elektra  1970  LP  BTW, Audience put out a song on Elektra by the same title a year or so later  2:17:56 (Pop-up)
David Stoughton  Evening Song   Favoriting Transformer  Elektra  1968  LP  vocal: Devi Klate  2:20:31 (Pop-up)
Marlin Greene  Jonathan's Dream   Favoriting Tiptoe Past the Dragon  Elektra  1972  LP    2:24:51 (Pop-up)
Jeanie Greene  Pre-cognition   Favoriting Mary Called Jeanie Greene  Elektra  1971  LP    2:27:12 (Pop-up)
Bread  Move Over   Favoriting Bread  Elektra  1969  LP    2:28:32 (Pop-up)
The Stooges  Down on the Street   Favoriting Fun House  Elektra  1970  LP    2:30:53 (Pop-up)
The MC5  Borderline   Favoriting Kick Out the Jams  Elektra  1991  CD  From 1969  2:34:32 (Pop-up)
Queen  Modern Times Rock 'N' Roll   Favoriting Queen  Elektra  1973  LP    2:37:18 (Pop-up)
Atomic Rooster  I Can't Take No More   Favoriting Death Walks Behind You  Elektra  1971  LP    2:39:09 (Pop-up)
Painter  West Coast Woman   Favoriting single  Elektra  1973  45    2:42:30 (Pop-up)
Roxy  Love Love Love   Favoriting Roxy  Elektra  1969  LP    2:45:16 (Pop-up)
The New Seekers  Tonight   Favoriting New Colours  Elektra  1971  LP    2:47:21 (Pop-up)
Jobriath  Liten Up   Favoriting single  Elektra  1974  45  last gasp of the era  2:50:06 (Pop-up)
Earth Opera  Home to You   Favoriting The Great American Eagle Tragedy  Elektra  1969  LP    2:53:13 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 9:03am
annie:

good mrning joe, i get a whole hour with you this morning!
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Marcel M:

Joe! Excited for this.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:04am
doctorjazz:

Hi-is this in memoriam for JM in the AM?
  9:04am
Brendan:

Hey Joe and people. What it do?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:04am
Guido from Cologne:

Hello Joe!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:04am
Brian in UK:

Hey Joe. Theodore Beagle, our dog's favourite..
Looking forward to todays show.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:07am
Brian in UK:

Jac Holzman for President and I do not mean WEA Records.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:07am
mariano:

'Morning, Joe! Hi everyone -- what is this, the second or third show in a row for us, Guido and Brian?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:08am
Brian in UK:

mariano, I have been to work too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:09am
Sem Chumbo:

Hiya, Joe and clan McGasko.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:13am
Brian in UK:

Hope I am not pre-empting Joe's comments. Follow the Music is the name of the excellent Elektra story.
www.followthemusic.com

...and Mick Houghton's excellent story, Becoming Elektra.
recordcollectormag.com...
Avatar 9:15am
Joe McG:

A happy Elektra morning to you all. @drjazz: JM wasn't on today, so I had to do my part. @Brian: Thanks for the links!
  9:15am
Brendan:

Monday morning is about right for ballads.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:15am
mariano:

Oh wow, been to work and back? How time flies! Hey Joe, if you have an album called The Music of Scotland, and National Geographic album from 1974, lots of good stuff on there. Digging this version of St James Infirmary too!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:16am
MD:

Good Morning Freeform Fans....All Over Da world!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:16am
mariano:

*a Nat Geo album, that is.
Avatar 9:21am
Joe McG:

@mariano: Today we're doing only music that came out on Elektra Records. This first set is the 50s, the first decade of the label.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:22am
Brian in UK:

Arguably the first 'World music' (whatever that is) label.
  9:23am
JakeGould:

Hey!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:23am
Brian in UK:

Joe, hoping for some sound effects album. That series was one of their biggest sellers.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:24am
doctorjazz:

Great stuff!
Avatar 9:24am
Joe McG:

@Brian: Oh, I'll play some, sure!
Avatar 9:29am
annie:

Mariano!!! do you have a copy of that NG album? i can't find it anywhere
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:29am
Sem Chumbo:

So, this morning becomes completely Electra.

The play's the thing.

Had to be said.
Avatar 9:30am
bobdoesthings:

goodmorning
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Roberto:

Theodore Bickle? Is that Travis's uncle?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:31am
mariano:

Wow Sem, you win the Internet for the day!
  9:32am
JakeGould:

Theodore Bikel. Jews in NYC cannot escape that guy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:34am
mariano:

@annie: not any more, sadly, though there are copies floating around on GEM. I have some mp3s I ripped from it though, a really heart-wrenching version of Mickey's Warnin' though I don't have my favorite, Jean Redpath singing Ae Fond Kiss. There's a really cool tweed wauking song, with women pounding out tweed with their fists, keeping a rhythm and singing in Gaelic. Happy to share with you if there's an option in the private message area, or I can put them on Dropbox and share the link.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:34am
Jeff Golick:

Aw yeah this is gonna be great.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:37am
Brian in UK:

He could have called it Agamemnon.
  9:38am
JakeGould:

Or maybe "AAA Awesome Records."
  9:39am
Brendan:

I thought the name sounded familiar. His son is keyboardist Adam Holzman. Small world.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:40am
Parq:

"I know! Let's call it 'Atlantic'! What?"
Avatar 9:40am
annie:

that album is one of my favorites, lost it in a move.. :( yes, i'll message you
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:40am
Guido from Cologne:

tose super-sonic banjo-pickers ....
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:42am
doctorjazz:

Love this Spence stuff.
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annie:

ok, gotta book!
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Cecile:

Then we'll hear Metallica at some point? And the Stooges?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:42am
Marcel M:

Ah! Joseph Spence! I have a Mississippi records reissue of his. Cool dude.
Avatar 9:43am
Joe McG:

@Cecile: We're doing Jac Holzmann era today, 1950-1973. Stooges likely, Metallica no.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:45am
Sem Chumbo:

So I have the perception you will be not walking us thru any Doors. Joe?
Avatar 9:45am
Cecile:

Dang. Television weren't Jac Holtzmann era, but they were great.
  9:45am
JakeGould:

It's nice to know that a label had a persona before it became just another catalog division.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:46am
Jeff Golick:

It kinda looks like Jac took the k from his name and used it for the company name, Germanic explanation notwithstanding.
Avatar 9:46am
Cecile:

these guys are local gods. This is a big folk town.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:47am
melinda:

Folksong '65 is a great album! Unfortunately my turntable is in a box in a closet, so I haven't played it in years.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:47am
Brian in UK:

Ofcourse The Stooges were Danny Field's baby, A WFMU hero.

Sem, The Doors were the label's first No.1 so very important, like 'em or not.
Avatar 9:48am
Joe McG:

@Jeff: I forgot to tell that part of the story, thanks! Oh, and I'll be playing the Doors, yes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:49am
mariano:

@annie: that's awesome! It's been a favorite of mine since I was 12, when my grandfather made a tape of it for me when he heard I was interested in Scottish folk music. It was really my introduction to the genre.
Avatar 9:50am
Cecile:

Love were on Elektra.
  9:50am
Cooh John:

Good morning JM and and WFMUers. Elektric sounds.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:52am
Brian in UK:

Cecile those four Love Elektra albums are each priceless in their own way.
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Sem Chumbo:

@BiUK: had no idea, thanks for that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:52am
Marcel M:

JM in the AM... Joe McGasko in the AM... Joe, just take over! You could use his swag !! Wouldn't have to change a thing!
Avatar 9:53am
Cecile:

Exactly!
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melinda:

I love the Last Thing on My Mind. One of the earliest songs I remember hearing.
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Cecile:

Meanwhile, I had to go listen to Master of Puppets. I will be back.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:54am
Parq:

I told this story once before, on Uncle Michael's playlist. I saw Paxton in a bar in Cambridge in the late 70s. Introducing "Last Thing", he said that he knew he had made it as a folkie when he was in an audience himself and heard the singer introduce "Last Thing" as "an old Scottish folk song."
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:55am
Brian in UK:

My first Elektra album was Phil Ochs' All the News That's Fit to Sing. Christmas '68.
  9:56am
Dennis Diken:

Joe, wow, this is a fascinating voyage thru the history of Elektra! thanks!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:58am
Brian in UK:

American sleeves, especially Elektra were so heavy and protective compared to British sleeves.
Avatar 9:58am
Joe McG:

@Marcel M: Great idea! @Parq: Great story! @Brian: This one's for you. @Dennis: Thanks for tuning in!
Avatar 9:59am
Miss Mailas:

Phil Ochs is exactly the man I needed to hear on this Monday morning. Thank you, Joe!
Avatar 10:00am
SmokinJ:

Great set Joe!
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Brian in UK:

Thanks Joe. Still get so sad hearing him.
Avatar 10:03am
Cecile:

he got it from both jaded music fans and the government in the end. Pretty sad.
Avatar 10:06am
Cecile:

OK. My first Elektra record was Queen's Night at the Opera. Hey, you can put the first Queen record on there - it came out in '83.
Avatar 10:07am
KP:

Phil Ochs was not related to the NY Times Ochs family but he was intrigued by the idea, his brother Michael said. The title of Phil's album "All the Songs Fit to Sing" is play on the paper's motto.
  10:08am
JakeGould:

Queen's first was in 1983?
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Cecile:

sorry, '73
Avatar 10:09am
Cecile:

sausage fingers this morning.
Avatar 10:10am
Cecile:

well, even thought one of them is not in the right era, thank you Elektra for making three records I can listen to every day - Funhouse, Forever Changes, and Master of Puppets.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:11am
doctorjazz:

Saw Ochs in a Village club when he was already quite famous, but had started his decline. Really sad set.
Avatar 10:12am
βrian:

As I understand it, the term "whirled music" originally referred to the Sufi Dervish tradition ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:13am
mariano:

@Joe: just seeing your post about it being Elektra music -- I know, was just recommending the album in general if you like British Isles folk!
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Brian in UK:

doctorjazz, think he only came over here with the Yippies. Never performed to my knowledge.
I was surprised how good this sounds in the twilight of his Autumn.
www.allmusic.com...
  10:17am
JakeGould:

This is Greek, right? I like it.
  10:18am
lloyd michigan:

Any monkey chant?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:18am
Brian in UK:

No mentions of Monty Python's cheese shop sketch.
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Greg from ZONE 5:

PLAY SOME HULA BLUES!
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Jeff Golick:

@Brian: that is ALL I can think of when faced with the word "bouzoukee."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:20am
Guido from Cologne:

Ha!
I own this record!
As a French Vogue pressing.
  10:20am
davefromtoronto:

great show today joe.

thanks!
Avatar 10:21am
Cecile:

yes! The Nonesuch Gamelan records were like top 40 in parts of Ann Arbor.
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ChrisB.:

Such an educational show this morning. I feel I should get course credit for listening.
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Brian in UK:

Cecile. Queen was Holzman's final legacy before selling up.
  10:25am
melinda:

Great theme today. I know some of the early folky stuff and the Elektra name but until today didn't appreciate the connection.
Avatar 10:26am
Cecile:

this actually sounds a little bit like African thumb piano.
Avatar 10:26am
Joe McG:

@ChrisB: You have to go see the registrar.
  10:27am
lloyd michigan:

Could it be? Monkey chant?
Avatar 10:27am
bobdoesthings:

monkey chant!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:27am
Marcel M:

See the registrar and pay for your class by hitting the PLEDGE NOW link in the widget above! Show WFMU and Joe some love and appreciation.
  10:28am
lloyd michigan:

Thank you! Great way to start the week.
Avatar 10:28am
bobdoesthings:

the youtube videos of the monkey chant are pretty fun.... also featured in the movie Baraka.
  10:28am
Brendan:

This sounds like a chant we sang at the bbq this weekend.
Avatar 10:29am
Joe McG:

Listen to Marcel, he's a wise man! :)
  10:29am
lloyd michigan:

First heard this "under the influence" in college many years ago.
Avatar 10:30am
bobdoesthings:

there was a Mr Bungle song that sampled the monkey chant.. IIRC
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βrian:

This would be good "closing time" music for a restaurant.
Avatar 10:31am
steve:

nice
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:32am
Mike East:

@bobdoesthings - I don't think they sampled...I think Mike Patton performed it...so they were ripping it off, or referencing it. Goodbye Sober Day, I think.
Avatar 10:32am
bobdoesthings:

wikipedia the monkey chant - en.wikipedia.org...
Avatar 10:33am
this guy:

@bobdoesthings, It was "Goodbye Sober Day" off of California. nice attempt to incorp something already so powerful with some metal riffs
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:34am
Mike East:

this guy knows.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:34am
Brian in UK:

LOVE
Avatar 10:35am
Cheri Pi:

Heya Joe!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:36am
Brian in UK:

Fifty years old and still can not be beat.
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tadpoles:

Great show thanks Joe. I vote for some Love and Doors. Arthur Lee was the one who told JH about the Doors whom he didn't like at first. I still prefer the brown big E label design of that period. Much better than that silly butterfly.

Didn't Phil Och's sister have a show on FMU if my memory from the '80's serves?

Great Love! Cheers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:37am
coelacanth:

crap. i just missed a nonesuch tribute?
..."music from the morning of the world" was, i'm pretty sure, the first thing i heard on wfmu that made me stay tuned to it, in 1977.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:37am
Brian in UK:

....and the explosion from one of the sound effect albums.
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Cecile:

I loved the butterfly. It looked so cool.
Avatar 10:38am
Joe McG:

@tadpoles: You are correct on all counts, although I kind of like the caterpillar and butterfly.
Avatar 10:39am
Joe McG:

@Brian: I love that! Use what's in-house.
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steve:

Joe et al - last week i was teaching and the substitute who came in to teach the class after mine said he was a WFMU dj in the 80s! i believe his dj name was Matty O? nice guy.
Avatar 10:41am
Joe McG:

@steve: Wow, I remember listening to his show! (I've been listening since about 1986.)
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:44am
Brian in UK:

@steve check the comment at 11:46.
wfmu.org...
Avatar 10:45am
steve:

nice! i found him on the schedule in a 1988 LCD.
  10:45am
davefromtoronto:

LOVE that joni tune!
  10:45am
lloyd michigan:

Whatever happened to Jannie Brittan?
Avatar 10:45am
βrian:

I was going to suggest this very song earlier.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:46am
the Master:

Joni.
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steve:

dam. im amazed by your memory Brian! if i see him again i'll ask about the vacuum cleaner!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:48am
Brian in UK:

There were quite a few one-off albums and singles.

Steve lord knows how the comments got onto vacuum cleaners. It was late on a Friday.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:48am
coelacanth:

Judy Henske was on elektra too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:48am
Guido from Cologne:

By the way:
the astrology-album (first use of Moog-Synth in pop ever), that came out around the same time as the Doors' debut is pretty good.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:49am
Brian in UK:

Sailcat was a popular one-off.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:49am
Greg from ZONE 5:

Killer.
  10:49am
lloyd michigan:

Ian "Shake It" Matthews?
Avatar 10:50am
Joe McG:

@Guido: Stay tuned! @coelacanth: I pulled Judy and forgot to play her. Sorry!
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cee:

godamn joe you're destroying me with these selections today
Avatar 10:50am
bobdoesthings:

who wrote "these days" originally? I'm most familiar with Nico's version.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:51am
coelacanth:

'sokay... Great program!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:51am
Brian in UK:

@bob The Pretender?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:51am
Sem Chumbo:

Jackson Brown.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:52am
Greg from ZONE 5:

Heron!
Avatar 10:52am
statoj:

@bobdoes things,
Tom Rush!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:52am
coelacanth:

i always thought it was Jackson Brown.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:52am
Sem Chumbo:

with an "e".
He was sixteen.
Avatar 10:52am
bobdoesthings:

ah, looks like it was a Jackson Browne song originally. figures...
  10:53am
slowbear:

First rainy day in LA in months. Great set!!!
Avatar 10:53am
Joe McG:

@cee: Those two back-to-back are murder! @Sem: Apparently, Jackson recorded a big pack of demos for the label that never got released.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:53am
Sem Chumbo:

americansongwriter.com...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:54am
Brian in UK:

Signing ISB was a bold move.
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statoj:

I stand corrected...thanks!
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lloyd michigan:

In '65 he was 17. :)
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doctorjazz:

It was Jackson Brown, was recorded by many artists, though, I liked a version by Greg Allman.
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melinda:

The Nico version is my favorite, I think the arrangement transforms it. Although other versions are nice too.
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Brian in UK:

Terence Boylan (Appletree Theatre) wrote Shake It.
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briania:

Yay for the Dennis Linde - what a sound!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Hi there, Joe and Electramorn. <scans playlist> Oh, good, I haven't missed The Cars yet.
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Sem Chumbo:

Wonderful idea, BiUK. And Joe giving it legs.
Show starred.
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Brian in UK:

@melinda Nico, like Johnny Cash makes most songs her own.
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coelacanth:

i've got to hear that Gregg Allman version of these days. he had such a great voice. (maybe still has?
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Joe McG:

@briana: Dennis Linde is very underrated!
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bobdoesthings:

@melinda- yup, im with you. the Nico version can sometimes get me to tear up its so gooood.
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Brendan:

Cake's guitar player must have lifted that Rhinoceros lick.
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doctorjazz:

Crabby Appleton! Man, haven't heard or thought of this in ages, great track!
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Brian in UK:

Michael Fennelly sounding a bit English to me.
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Ben in Toronto:

Bet three hours of radio ever! My old folkie heart is racing (and pumped by 7 and 7 Is). Was on a long dog walk in dismal fall weather hoping you'd play Urge for Going. So thrilled you did, and an alternate single version at that. And ISB had singles? I'm sure they never scathed the airwaves. Thank you so much!
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Brian in UK:

This must be the best time keeping single file ever.
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sinner:

....woke up this morning thinking man I need me some crabby appleton (a single I bought when it first came out when I was in third grade....yikes)
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doctorjazz:

I love the Nico version as well, she also has a great voice (well, not really, but really knows how to use it and sing).
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Brian in UK:

@Ben I should be dog walking but...later.
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doctorjazz:

Aw, missed Urge For Going (in and out of radio range), love that song.
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djsheilab:

Hey @Joe McG! I was listening in my car this morning and loved the Nonesuch set. There was one record in particular that was absolutely bonkers!
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melinda:

I also like Nico's version of I'll Keep it With Mine.
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djsheilab:

Will Motley Crue be coming up in the last hour? : )
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Cecile:

no wonder you like southern rock so much...
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Guido from Cologne:

!
yay!
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Joe McG:

@Sheila: No, we're just going to hold off at 1973. Motley Crue will have to wait until the 1973-current day Part Two! ;)
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mariano:

Wow, I'm Jan. 18, late Capricorn. This is definitely going in my collection!
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V Priceless:

somebody summon the Goat? Hey!
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sinner:

....dude sounds just like scott williams...
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Dominick:

Love this record. Jim Lockhart engineered it. The usual gang of idiots playing.
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Guido from Cologne:

@mariana
worthwhile!
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Brian in UK:

Capricious, one of those hard to describe words.
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djsheilab:

@Joe McG I shall look forward to it. And this Zodiac record....so very good!
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bobdoesthings:

I think they just used the word 'capricious' because of the alliteration with 'capricorn'
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Guido from Cologne:

as I said:
first Moog in pop!
a few catalog digits before or after The Doors' debut.
:-)
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Joe McG:

I don't really feel like I'm an uncapricious climber!
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Cecile:

who else did Earth Anthem?
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coelacanth:

melinda, if i'd never heard Sandy Denny singing "i'll keep it with mine", i'd love Nico's version! (as it is i still like it)
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Joe McG:

@Cecile: The Turtles.
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Sem Chumbo:

@bob: I thought it might have something to do with the antics of goats. So wrong, was I.
"The noun caprice, which first appeared in English in the mid-17th century, is a synonym of whim. Evidence shows that the adjective capricious debuted about sixty years before caprice; it's likely, however, that both words derived via French from the Italian capriccio, which originally referred not to a sudden desire but to a sudden shudder of fear. Capriccio in turn derives from the Italian capo, meaning "head," and riccio, the word for "hedgehog." Someone who shuddered in fear, therefore, was said to have a "hedgehog head"-meaning that his or her hair stood on end like the spines of a hedgehog" Merriam Webster
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βrian:

I would have gone for "capering capricorn.'
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Cecile:

Dan Fogelberg did, but I think someone else did too.
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Brian in UK:

Battle of the Bands?
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a doors fan:

thanks for playing the doors
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Mister Dobalina:

Nicely played with this one. Thanks for the rotation!
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Cecile:

Yes! Turtles Battle of the Bands! They do a gorgeous versoin.
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Joe McG:

For fans of station history, this record I'm playing now was Vin Scelsa's copy.
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Dean:

OED on capriccio: < Italian capriccio sudden start, motion, or freak, apparently < capro goat, as if ‘the skip or frisk of a goat’ (in Spanish capricho ) < Latin type *capriceus . (For the sense compare capriole n.)
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Cecile:

www.youtube.com...
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melinda:

@coel: that's my other favorite version
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Brian in UK:

Oh I love Elektra Surface Noise with Joe McGasko..
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pantz:

What a pretty song. Great show, Joe.
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tadpoles:

Wow Joe... how can you go higher in my estimation... I didn't think anyone else knew of Audience ... I thought they were great and Howard Werth's voice quite incredible.
Cheers
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βrian:

@Dean: Yes, a capering goat.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

What about people driving a Ford/Mercury Capri or wearing capri pants? They sound like capricious types to me.
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Cecile:

DUH. Joe. I didn't see your response. Oh, well, it triggered some of my brain cells.
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βrian:

Capri pants are appropriate only when drinking Limoncello.
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Brian in UK:

Another one-off. Percy Sledge's engineer.
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Cecile:

Turtles did it before Cyrus did it!
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Brian in UK:

Marlin is now taking beautiful photographs.
www.oneearthimages.com
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Brendan:

Joe you have been the consummate Elektrician this morning.
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Joe McG:

@Brendan: I'm feeling desperate, I'm running out of time and have so much music to play!!
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Cecile:

Bread. The dark heart of soft rock.
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pantz:

@Joe McG That's a good problem to have.
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Brendan:

@Joe I can only imagine. Still its been a nice slice.
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Joe McG:

I hope I'm the only WFMU DJ ever to do a Bread/Stooges segueway.
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Cecile:

YAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Cecile:

I'm sure someone has. I'm sure! Maybe Clay?
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V Priceless:

yeah babee
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Cecile:

when you do a seg like this, you really get the flavor of what the era was like.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

(Idea) There should be a segue search button on the web page somewhere.
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Stevel:

Good lord. The Stooges. [bang clang bang clang bang clang] A groove approaching the likes of John Lee Hooker.

Cecile: Very true.
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coelacanth:

- and a link to "Famous Segues".
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Cecile:

YEAH
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Cecile:

YEAH
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Dean:

Bread Stooges works as a band name, too.
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V Priceless:

I'm trying to convince a good friend of mine to 'come out of retirement' and re-form our Iggy/Stooges cover band. I swear the guy channels Iggy like no one else - and plays guitar like Buck Dharma at Ritchie Blackmore's house, too!
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KP:

Kick out the jams!
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Cecile:

damn. VP that talent must come out.
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KP:

oops, that was an unintentional correction
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Cecile:

one thing though that sucks. MC5 never had the production the Stooges did.
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Doug C.:

It's a beautiful Eleanor Rigby free day thus far. Kudos to you for playing Crabby Appleton's Go Back, a song I had lodged in my brain hard drive but was unable to locate, till now!
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coelacanth:

(John Lee Hooker:) "it's in'im, and it's got to come out."
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V Priceless:

that's exactly how I feel, Cecile...I'm working on it!
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Cecile:

YAH.
Sound like Roger Taylor singing.
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JakeGould:

Rock!!!
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Brendan:

I loved the album covers of the late 60's early 70's (a lot of Elektra's) that were often simple soft portraits of the artists in contemplation with natural light.
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V Priceless:

whoa with the Roger Taylor Queen tune, Joe! Woo!
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Cecile:

OK. this song invented thrash metal.
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Brian in UK:

Who plays keyboards?
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coelacanth:

Freddie.
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Cecile:

Freddie used to IIRC.
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KP:

somehow i made it to this point without ever hearing that queen track
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mariano:

Same here KP.
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Cecile:

me too, KP.
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V Priceless:

first Queen rekkid...one of their best, IMHO, next to "Sheer Heart Attack".
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Cecile:

And it's weird because "Nosebleed" records in Sweden just recommended it as the best opening song of the best debut record. hahha
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Dean:

Atomic Rooster sounds much like Dortmund's Epitaph, who released their first album the same year as this one.
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Brian in UK:

Drachen Theaker plays drums here and on Four Sail is that an El;ektra connection?
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Haha! This could be a lost Spinal Tap track…
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Brian in UK:

@Cecile how about Fresh Garbage by Spirit or Do It Again by Steely Dan for the same award. Different category.
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coelacanth:

VP - totally agree.
sheer heart attack rules!
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KP:

the wikipedia entry on Atomic Rooster is unintentionally hilarious in a Spinal Tap way,
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Cecile:

MOVE COVER?
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Brian in UK:

Bluddy hell, New Seekers covering the Move?
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Cecile:

B in UK, sure!
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V Priceless:

haha...a Move cover! Hey fish!
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Brian in UK:

Strictly a Roy Wood cover.
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coelacanth:

a little "his latest flame" in there.
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V Priceless:

yeah, a Roy tune for sure!
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Cecile:

coel, of course! It's Roy!
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Sem Chumbo:

Many thanks for the all the Elektra spins and the fine company. See you, and all, later, Joe.
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Uncle Michael:

This show has kicked complete ass, Joe.
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βrian:

Today's show earns a four-beer rating:
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Brian in UK:

See you Sem.
Joe, only one man for this job. First of ......

This is not Elektras finest moment.
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Mike East:

Jobriath!
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KP:

the byrds - as the beefeaters - were on Elektra
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coelacanth:

later on, Sem
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V Priceless:

Roy was hanging out at one of the recent NYC ELO gigs, apparently...and a Cheap Trick show in NJ, of course.
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βrian:

( &#127866; &#127866; &#127866; &#127866; )
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Brian in UK:

@KP but Colombia could give them the worldwide coverage.
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Dennis Diken:

New Seekers "Tonight" blew my mind, never heard it!
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Cecile:

VP, I saw. He looked pretty good. I had heard he was in really frail health.
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Joe McG:

@KP: Had that one lined up, KP, but didn't get to it.
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KP:

Earth Opera, wow!
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Brian in UK:

Best Elektra track ever. 'Alone Again Or' Does not age. There I've said it.
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Joe McG:

Thanks for listening and commenting, everybody! Hope you had fun. See you next week!
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KP:

It came to mind b/c they were associated with Love.
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KP:

brian, yeah
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whattawino:

This song was also redone on the debut Seatrain album. Great stuff!
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JakeGould:

Excellent show, JM!
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βrian:

Autumnal love — nothing like it.
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tadpoles:

BinUK.. agree. Thank you Joe
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Jeff:

Don't stop!
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drr:

"It's tired, and I'm getting late..."
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Thanks, Joe! Awesome tunes today.
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Guido from Cologne:

awesome show
thanks Joe!
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Parq:

Classic show, Joe. Thanks.
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coelacanth:

Thanks Joe. Most Excellent!
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V Priceless:

Thanx, Joe!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Three out of five listeners say it's awesome.
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Brendan:

Ah The Wackers. Thanks for the reminder Joe. That porn is not gonna watch itself. Great show, man.
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Mark in Toronto:

It's Bob Segarini, not Michael, of Roxy and The Wackers. Search out Bob's solo album, Gotta Have Pop. Great idea and show. As an aside, I am the 3rd "from Toronto" commenter, probably a new record.
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Joe McG:

Thanks for the clarification, Mark. I was trying to remember his name and failing. I actually have the "Gotta Have Pop" LP, on pretty marbled pink vinyl! I wonder if I have ever played it on the show? Thanks for listening!
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