Favoriting Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from December 1, 2022 Favoriting

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A roadmap that reveals the highways, byways, ley lines and subterranean tunnels connecting rock, soul, pop, folk rock, R&B, garage, punk, funk, jazz, world music, and soundtracks from the twilight of the 1950s to the dawn of the 1970s. Larry Grogan is a DJ, writer, podcaster, collector, and the man behind Funky16Corners.

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Approx. start time
Funky16Corners  Testify! Intro   Favoriting Best of Funky16Corners Volume One  Funky16Corners  2017  MP3  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Otis Redding  Shake   Favoriting Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul  Volt  1965  LP  0:01:26 (Pop-up)
Rod Stewart With Faces  I Know I'm Losing You   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Mercury  1971  45  0:04:02 (Pop-up)
Freddie King  Get Out Of My Life Woman   Favoriting Freddie King Is a Blues Master  Cotillion  1968  LP  0:11:03 (Pop-up)
Del Shannon  What's a Matter Baby   Favoriting 45RPM Single  UA  1972  45  0:14:31 (Pop-up)
Candi Staton  Stand By Your Man   Favoriting Stand By Your Man  Fame  1971  LP  0:17:24 (Pop-up)
 
Hollies  I Can't Let Go   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Parlophone  1966  45  0:25:10 (Pop-up)
Chocolate Watchband  Baby Blue   Favoriting Inner Mystique  Tower  1968  LP  0:27:26 (Pop-up)
Stone River Boys  Take a Giant Step   Favoriting Love On the Dial  Cow Island  2010  CD  0:30:38 (Pop-up)
Gilberto Gil  Up from the Skies   Favoriting Gilberto Gil  Philips  1971  CD  0:36:27 (Pop-up)
Bill Anderson and Jan Howard  Someday We'll Be Together   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Decca  1970  45  0:41:31 (Pop-up)
Isley Brothers  Sweet Seasons   Favoriting Brother Brother Brother  T-Neck  1972  LP  0:44:15 (Pop-up)
Sally Kellerman  Paradise Alley   Favoriting Roll With the Feelin'  Decca  1972  LP  0:47:14 (Pop-up)
Blood Sweat & Tears  Hi De Ho   Favoriting BST3  CBS  1970  LP  0:50:14 (Pop-up)
Blood Sweat & Tears  Snow Queen   Favoriting New Blood  CBS  1972  LP  0:58:08 (Pop-up)
Isley Brothers  It's Too Late   Favoriting 45RPM Single  T-Neck  1973  45  0:59:59 (Pop-up)
 
Edu Lobo  Hey Jude   Favoriting Sergio Mendes Presents Edu Lobo  Verve  1970  LP  1:14:12 (Pop-up)
Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66  Easy To Be Hard   Favoriting Ye Me Le  A&M  1969  LP  1:18:23 (Pop-up)
Harry Nilsson  Many Rivers To Cross   Favoriting 45RPM Single  RCA  1974  45  1:21:03 (Pop-up)
Flying Burrito Brothers  Wild Horses   Favoriting Burrito Deluxe  A&M  1970  LP  1:26:00 (Pop-up)
Sandie Shaw  Junk   Favoriting Reviewing the Situation  Pye  1969  CD  1:32:16 (Pop-up)
Spanky & Our Gang  Echoes   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Mercury  1968  45  1:34:14 (Pop-up)
Spanky & Our Gang  Leaving on a Jet Plane   Favoriting Spanky and Our Gang  Mercury  1967  LP  1:37:25 (Pop-up)
John Denver  Molly   Favoriting Take Me To Tomorrow  RCA  1970  LP  1:41:04 (Pop-up)
Bob Dylan  It Hurts Me Too   Favoriting Self Portrait  Columbia  1970  LP  1:44:48 (Pop-up)
Fairport Convention  Percy's Song   Favoriting Heyday: The BBC Sessions 1968-1969  Island  1969  CD  1:48:01 (Pop-up)
 
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers  I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Like  1966  45  1:57:46 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!

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Michael 98145:

Oh - yeah
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Yvang:

Hey Larry! You got it covered!
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Funky16Corners:

Michael! Yvang!
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Andrew in Toronto:

Good afternoon Larry and all other listeners!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:02pm
Funky16Corners:

Hi Andrew!
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Brian in UK:

Larry, trust you had a nourishing Thanksgiving.
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Brian! It was indeed filling!
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zzz:

otis, just the best
hey @F16C!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:04pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey zzz!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:04pm
Brian in UK:

Were you Mr Creosote?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:05pm
Funky16Corners:

Nah, my days of prodigious Thanksgiving gorging are behind me. Not even one beer.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:05pm
Candy-O'67:

Hey Larry and all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:05pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Candy-O!
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Erica:

Hi Larry. How was your Thanksgiving?
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Funky16Corners:

Hi Erica! It was great. How about you?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:08pm
Funky16Corners:

Man, it must have been something to see the Faces in their prime.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:10pm
zzz:

kept the drum solo on the single...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:11pm
Funky16Corners:

That wasn't the single. I grabbed the wrong file. Live version from the Faces box set
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Erica:

It was okay Larry. My cat enjoyed eating turkey lol.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:12pm
Funky16Corners:

We traveled to my parents house. Only one very old dog, but she does like people food.
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Erica:

Yeah. I had family over my house but it wasn't a lot of people. Although my nephew brought over his girlfriend to eat.
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Funky16Corners:

Was she tasty?
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Erica:

Lol Larry. His gf wasn't food.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:18pm
Funky16Corners:

You never know. Some people bring mashed potatoes, others bring a girl.
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Erica:

It was also the 1st Thanksgiving without my dad or Al Roker in the parade.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:19pm
Brian in UK:

Heard Gary Numan covering Under the Boardwalk on this station recently. Whodathoughtit.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:19pm
Funky16Corners:

That's sad. Where was Al?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:19pm
Funky16Corners:

@Brian - When was it from?
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Erica:

His was recovering from a blood clot in his leg.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:23pm
Michael 98145:

( i wish the coverage of the parade was more about the parade than network promotion ... )
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:24pm
Brian in UK:

Larry, my mistake it was On Broadway from 1980. Still a surprise.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:26pm
Funky16Corners:

@Michael - I feel the same way. I wish there was a broadcast that omitted the performances in front of Macys
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coelacanth∅:

greetings Larry and all
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:26pm
Funky16Corners:

@Brian - I'll have to look for that
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:26pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey C!
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doctorjazz:

Here to Testify!!!!!
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zzz:

F16C what are some of your thanksgiving listening go-tos? has there been Testify thanksgiving mix/show??!

we went pretty deep into the 4 discs of last waltz, also alice's restuarant of course, and i always put on some of the doug sahm 1972 thanksgiving show in austin with jerry garcia, leon russell etc.. then a friend requested hall and oates and we we ended the night with a bunch of philly soul jams which was a fun change of pace
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Erica:

Great song by the Hollies even though this is a cover.
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Yvang:

This song I loved before earing it because I loved the unofficial cover by Spectrum in the 90's
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:28pm
Funky16Corners:

@zzz - I spend as much of Thanksgiving as I can talking to my father about his life and music that he has experienced. He's 91 and has seen manhy amazing things in his life.
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zzz:

nice kinda trippy version of baby blue
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:29pm
Funky16Corners:

There are some cool garage/psych versions
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:30pm
Zipperhead7:

Howdy folks! Chocolate Watchband is doing Them's arrangement here
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Zippwerhead7!
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zzz:

that sounds like a wonderful way to spend the day @F16C. 91!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:31pm
Michael 98145:

Speaking of which, Philadelphia has a TG Day parade that never gets coverage ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:31pm
Funky16Corners:

@zzz - He doesn't get around much these days but he's still sharp as a tack
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:32pm
Funky16Corners:

@Michael - I caught a little bit of the Philly parade at my parents
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:32pm
doctorjazz:

Taj Mahal does the DEFINITIVE cover of Take a Giant Step (imo).
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:32pm
Michael 98145:

I wish i had asked my father more about his early life ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:33pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Doc! I love his version!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:33pm
Funky16Corners:

Taj Mahal recorded it with the Rising Sons. too
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Erica:

Hi Michael. The Philly parade does get coverage but only regionally I think.
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zzz:

*stoned river boys. this is slooooooow. i like the steel playing
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Erica:

I'm from South Jersey so it does air on my abc affiliate wpvi since it's a Philly affiliate.
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Funky16Corners:

@zzz - Great album. I forget where I heard it first. Good mix of rock and country
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WR:

Hi Larry, listening but hectic day here.

13th Floor Elevators regularly did Baby Blue as well. Not a preferred version for me.
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Funky16Corners:

@Erica - We're far enough south in Ocean County that we get a bunch of Philly stations on our cable
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Funky16Corners:

Hey WR!
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Erica:

Well I'm from Gloucester County so I'm somewhere next to Philly. Didn't watch that parade but I caught news coverage of it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:40pm
Zipperhead7:

What a hoot! Gilberto Gil does Jimi Hendrix, who did Mose Allison. Love it!
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Erica:

0One marching band played the Liberty bell March which made me think of Monty Python.
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Funky16Corners:

@Erica - As long as we get the Mummers on New Years
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Funky16Corners:

@Zipperhead7 - What Mose did Jimi cover?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:41pm
Zipperhead7:

I always thought this song sounded like his tribute to Mose
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Erica:

My dad loved the Mummers every year.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:43pm
Funky16Corners:

@Zipperhead7 - I see what you're saying now
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Hullo ! Zipperheard7 - nice insight.
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Rev Rabbit!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

& Isleys one of Jimi's better early employers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:48pm
Funky16Corners:

No kidding! His playing on the 45 of Testify is amazing
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:49pm
Zipperhead7:

Hey there RevRab! WFMU is an unending garden of delights. How am I supposed to have a life with all of this great music?!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:49pm
Funky16Corners:

This show has a set of early Hendrix as sideman: wfmu.org...
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Michael 98145:

I've always been a long-distance fan of Philadelphia. Many enjoyable visits ...
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Funky16Corners:

It's a great city!
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Michael 98145:

Yes
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Thx for link !
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Doug Schulkind:

Hello, de ho!
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Erica:

Hi Doug.
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Doug!
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Doug Schulkind:

Speaking of Hendrix as a sideman, I played a Buddy & Stacy track on my show a few weeks ago. Here's a clip from the Night Train program on local Memphis television with Jimi playing guitar behind Buddy & Stacy: www.youtube.com...
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Funky16Corners:

I think that's the earliest live footage of Hendrix
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Erica:

A lot of Carole King covers I hear on here.
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Zipperhead7:

Hendrix had a nice process back in the day, though I still think Ike Turner takes the process prize before he got his Beatle 'do
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Funky16Corners:

Just in this set
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Funky16Corners:

@Zipperhead7 - Look for the video of Ike and Tina on Ed Sullivan and check out the process on the drummer. It's amazing.
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dutchtheo:

yes it's late! hey Larry!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

@Doug Thx ! Kewl to see the whole segment. Too easy after the fact to spot the Bob Dylan fan in the R&B lineup...
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Theo!
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Zipperhead7:

Yes indeed that is magnificent hurr. The whole clip should have been on the Voyager to provide aliens with an insight into the pinnacle of human expression: www.youtube.com...
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Erica:

That was quite a long version of It's Too Late.
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Funky16Corners:

@Erica - Ten minutes and 31 seconds!
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Funky16Corners:

Make sure to stay tuned for Kop and Discotech Underground at 5PM: wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:18pm
Funky16Corners:

KIP not KOP...
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Erica:

Autocorrect Larry?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:21pm
Funky16Corners:

Sloppy typing
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Nilsson in a voice straining contest with Lennon.
Don't do it Harry !
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:23pm
Funky16Corners:

I think his voice was already on the way out at this point
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zzz:

a bit of screamy-Dylan (rolling thunder) here too, i dont hate it
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:26pm
coelacanth∅:

sounds almost like the backing track to mind games
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Funky16Corners:

Lennon arranged that track.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:27pm
coelacanth∅:

heh - clearly!
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Funky16Corners:

BTW, steel guitar on the Nilsson...Sneaky Pete from the Flying Burrito Brothers...
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northguineahills:

Jeff G played this FBB back in 2016....
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Funky16Corners:

Hey NGH!
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northguineahills:

the first version of wild horse i ever heard wasn't that version, or that one, or even that other one, but from the sundays when i was in hs....
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zzz:

this is a perfect cover.
just read on wiki this was released before the stones version . wow
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:33pm
Funky16Corners:

Gram was smacking it up in France with the Stones
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northguineahills:

i've never heard a cover of junk before, sweetness...
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Brian in UK:

Aaah Spanky.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:37pm
Funky16Corners:

@NGH - That Sandie Shaw album was never released in the US
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:38pm
Brian in UK:

Remember buying Peter, Paul & Mary's single of this. Must have been'69/70.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:39pm
Funky16Corners:

It's such a great song
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:39pm
coelacanth∅:

someone else covered junk, i'm blanking out on who...
to be honest i don't like Sandie's singing at all. that ending was appropriate! (sorry Sandie)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:40pm
Funky16Corners:

This is a one of those songs I remember my parents loving when I was a kid. I was 7 when the PPM single came out
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Brian in UK:

coelacanth∅ I did send you a belated reply on Continental Subway. All is good.
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northguineahills:

@Larry: whhhhaaaaa? wow... (yet, somehow doesn't surprise me)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:41pm
coelacanth∅:

maybe the last great PP&M song?
- i can't say i like theirs more than the original, but my 2nd favorite
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Brian in UK:

Never heard JD's original, nothing can beat PP&M.
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Funky16Corners:

@NGH - About what?
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Funky16Corners:

@C - It was their last hit
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coelacanth∅:

they're neck & neck, in my opinion -though very different.

Thanks for the good news Brian! i did see that before. sleep is good.
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coelacanth∅:

i grew up on PPM, and there's no disputing their harmonies; but i also Love John Denver's voice.
+ you know he felt it when he sang it.
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northguineahills:

@larry: sandie shaw
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:46pm
Funky16Corners:

Yeah, it's weird because it's a great album.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:47pm
Funky16Corners:

@C - My Mom played John Denver constantly in our house. His voice is one of those crystal sounds, like Nilsson's in his prime
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:49pm
coelacanth∅:

i never heard any John Denver besides the big hits until i was around 20
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:49pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

JoanBaez does 'Percy' in the 'Don't Look Back' film - I was a bit obsessed...
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northguineahills:

i was about to say, the first two fairport albums have a good chunk of covers (somehow missed the beeb sessions).
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:50pm
Andrew in Toronto:

Fantastic show!
Thanks Larry!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:50pm
Funky16Corners:

Thanks Andrew!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:50pm
Brian in UK:

Just read Richard Thompson's Beeswing. Interesting read. No TV's in swimming pools.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:51pm
Funky16Corners:

I loved that book!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:51pm
Funky16Corners:

His memories of Nick Drake were haunting
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Brian in UK:

Yes, Delius being the common topic.
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northguineahills:

@Brian: *throws another book on the queue*
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doctorjazz:

Love this Fairport!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:54pm
zzz:

thanks Larry!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:54pm
doctorjazz:

I have Beeswing, haven't gotten to it, though, one of these days.
Thanks, Larry!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:54pm
Brian in UK:

ngh, it never ends. I get so sidetracked reading one book & another is mentioned in it. Bit like music.
Planning to get some Kendrick Lamar.
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WR:

Enjoyed the program, Larry. Thank you very much. Now I need to find some Evie Sands recordings.
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Erica:

What a show. Thank you Larry!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:56pm
Zipperhead7:

enjoyed the show, Larry!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:57pm
Brian in UK:

Are we there already. Nice one, Larry.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:57pm
coelacanth∅:

Thanks Larry!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:57pm
Funky16Corners:

Thanks everybody!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:58pm
Yvang:

So many hits and beautiful versions! Thanks Larry!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:58pm
Candy-O'67:

Thx, Larry! Was busy working, but enjoyed the show!
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northguineahills:

thanks, larry, fun times!
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks folks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:58pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Conversely - things we know happened but the film's lost - or tapes in fact wiped. Earliest Beatles broadcasts in the UK among them...
~ TY Always DJ LG ~
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:59pm
Funky16Corners:

Bye Rev!
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