Favoriting Optical Sound with Mike Sin: Playlist from March 25, 2025 Favoriting

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A sight for sore ears. Power pop, freakbeat, and psychedelic songs for all six senses.

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Favoriting March 25, 2025: Fillin' in for Hard Stuff with... "Before We Wuz Hard!"

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Artist Track Album Label Format Comments Images Approx. start time
Episode Six  I Can See Through You   Favoriting The Complete Episode Six  Sequel    1967. Featuring Ian Gillan and Roger Glover later of Deep Purple! 
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The Craig  I Must Be Mad   Favoriting VA: The Psychedelic Snarl  Bam-Caruso    1966. Featuring Carl Palmer later of ELP! 
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MI5  Only Time Will Tell   Favoriting VA: Breaking Point: 20 Hard-Edged Beat Diamonds, Nothing Comes Easy Vol. 2  Psychic Circle    1966. Featuring Rod Evans later of Captain Beyond 
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The Valentines  She Said   Favoriting VA: The Clarion Call ... R&B Mod and Pop-Psych From Down Under  RPM    1967. Featuring Bon Scott later of AC/DC! 
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The Spiders  Don't Blow Your Mind   Favoriting VA: Back From The Grave, Vol. 7  Crypt    1966. Featuring Vincent Furnier later of Alice Cooper! 
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The Gods  Candles Getting Shorter   Favoriting Genesis  Columbia    1968. Featuring Ken Hensley, later of Uriah Heep! 
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Rockin' Vickers  Stay By Me   Favoriting The Complete: It's Alright!  RPM    1966. Featuring Lemmy later of Hawkwind and Motorhead! 
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Smile  Earth   Favoriting Ghost Of A Smile  Pseudonym    1969. Featuring Brian May and Roger Taylor later of Queen! 
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Listen  Everybody's Gonna Say   Favoriting VA: Visions of the Past #3  Disc de Luxe    1966. Featuring Robert Plant later of Led Zeppelin! 
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The Electric Elves  It Pays to Advertise   Favoriting Rarity Collection 1967-1972  Ronnie James Dio    1967. Featuring Ronnie James Dio later of Rainbow! 
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Strawberry Alarm Clock  Tomorrow   Favoriting (single)  UNI    1967. Featuring Ed King later of Lynyrd Skynyrd! 
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Chain Reaction  When I Needed You   Favoriting VA: Psychedelic States: New York In The 60s Vol. 2  Gear Fab    1966. Featuring Steven Tyler later of Aerosmith! 
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Samson & Hagar  Reach Out To Find Me   Favoriting (mp3)  Ranwood    1968. Featuring Sammy Hagar later of Montrose! 
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Iguanas  Again and Again   Favoriting VA: Highs in the Mid Sixties - Volume 19, Michigan Part 3  AIP    1965. Featuring Iggy Pop later of the Stooges! 
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The Hairy Ones  Get Off Of My Cloud   Favoriting VA: The Sound of the Sixties  Eva    1965. Featuring Jimmy Page later of Led Zeppelin 
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The Herd  From the Underworld   Favoriting Paradise Lost  Fontana    1968. Featuring Peter Frampton later of Humble Pie! 
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Manfred Mann  She Needs Company   Favoriting Machines  His Master's Voice  EP  1966. Featuring Jack Bruce later of Cream! 
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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:55pm
Frank In Queens:

what's up Mike Sin! Thanks for filling in today!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:55pm
prof.fuzz:

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howdy mike! hard optical sinners!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:56pm
prof.fuzz:

hi frank!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:57pm
Frank In Queens:

↳ prof.fuzz @5:56
Hiya Prof!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:57pm
Chris Crash:

Look out everyone -- Magic Mike is HARD tonite!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:59pm
Scott_Oz:

G'day Mike & Semi-Hard!
🌏🌞ðŸĐīðŸĐīðŸŧ😎ðŸĪ™ðŸ’Ļ🍚
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:00pm
Frank In Queens:

↳ Chris Crash @5:57
Wheres medson when you need him?!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:01pm
Mike Sin:

Hey there everybody!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:01pm
Mistress Jessie:

Hey there Mike! Thanks for all your hard work during marathon, and for all you do for us! Now let's see how hard you can fill in for FIQ....
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:02pm
Frank In Queens:

↳ Mike Sin @6:01
Great idea for tonight's show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:02pm
Woo:

Mike! Frank, prof.fuzz, Chris, Scott, Jessie, hello!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:02pm
JReganK:

Hey, Mike! Frank, fuzz, Crash, Scotty, Woo, Jessie!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:02pm
prof.fuzz:

woo! jessie! scott! CC!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:03pm
prof.fuzz:

↳ JReganK @6:02
JRK!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:04pm
medson:

Hey Mike Sin. Semi hard stuff
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:04pm
prof.fuzz:

↳ Song: "I Can See Through You" by "Episode Six"
it's true! i bought those x-ray glasses from the back of a comic book!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:04pm
Will thee SG OCNY:

Good evening Mike Sin and all!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:04pm
Woo:

It's Super Tuesday yes it is!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:04pm
JReganK:

Hey, Will!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:05pm
Mistress Jessie:

Hey Woo, JRegan Prof and Miss Cricket!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:06pm
Frank In Queens:

↳ Song: "I Must Be Mad" by "The Craig"
This one would qualify for Hard Stuff.
  6:07pm
kev:

Hi
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:07pm
Mike Sin:

↳ Frank In Queens @6:06
Those pants and haircuts don't qualify as hard stuff!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:07pm
JReganK:

↳ Song: "I Must Be Mad" by "The Craig"
These Rock badasses seem so tame when they were still larvae!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:08pm
Woo:

↳ Song: "I Must Be Mad" by "The Craig"
Saw Emerson Lake & Palmer once but had to leave early because my cousin took many drugs. He was OK later.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:08pm
JReganK:

Hey, Miss Cricket!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:09pm
Scott_Oz:

G'day Woo, Ray-gunðŸ”Ŧ& Fuzzness!
ðŸŧ😎ðŸĪ™ðŸ’Ļ🍚🍚🍚
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:09pm
JReganK:

↳ Woo @6:08
Ha! I would have been pissed off for years!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:10pm
prof.fuzz:

miss cricket sends her regards to jessie, JRK, and other doggie lovers!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:14pm
Woo:

↳ JReganK @6:09
The same cousin and I saw Edgar Winter with Focus as opener. They played Hocus Pocus for a half hour.
Avatar ♥ 6:14pm
TheDerek:

Oooh wow wasn't expecting the Mike Sin
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:15pm
Frank In Queens:

↳ Song: "Don't Blow Your Mind" by "The Spiders"
And Glen Buxton, and Dennis Dunnaway, AND Michael Bruce!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:17pm
JReganK:

↳ Woo @6:14
Excellent!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:18pm
Frank In Queens:

↳ Song: "Candles Getting Shorter" by "The Gods"
Don't forget Lee Kerslake and John Glascock
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:20pm
Frank In Queens:

Loving this show so far
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:24pm
Frank In Queens:

And I'll fiercely defend my decision!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:24pm
medson:

Yeah FIQ. The phoakes wanna know why he’s filling in
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:25pm
Chris Crash:

↳ Song: "Stay By Me" by "Rockin' Vickers"
Losing it at young Lemmy
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:25pm
JReganK:

↳ Song: "Stay By Me" by "Rockin' Vickers"
Lemmy on Abacus!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:25pm
Frank In Queens:

↳ medson @6:24
Because I was indisposed last week and couldn't put together a show. So rather than a boring ol' rerun, I asked one of the best in the business to fill in!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:26pm
Frank In Queens:

↳ Song: "Earth" by "Smile"
Nice one!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:27pm
medson:

↳ Frank In Queens @6:25
Alright pfokes
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:28pm
DJ Terre T:

MIKE FREAKING SIN doing da
Hard Stuff⚡ïļðŸ‡ŪðŸ‡đ⚡ïļ
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:28pm
prof.fuzz:

↳ Frank In Queens @6:25
solid plan
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:28pm
Frank In Queens:

↳ Song: "Earth" by "Smile"
Pre-Queen, but that guitar tone was already there.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:29pm
JReganK:

↳ Frank In Queens @6:25
Ha! Now you have to work twice as hard on next week's show to top this week's show!ðŸĪ”
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:29pm
prof.fuzz:

↳ JReganK @6:25
he's counting-in the song!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:30pm
JReganK:

↳ prof.fuzz @6:29
😆
  6:30pm
Terry:

↳ Frank In Queens @6:28
I was thinking the same thing
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:30pm
Frank In Queens:

↳ JReganK @6:29
Well, I do that anyway!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:31pm
JReganK:

↳ Song: "Everybody's Gonna Say" by "Listen"
Plant as Eddie Haskell!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:32pm
JReganK:

↳ Frank In Queens @6:30
👍
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:33pm
Frank In Queens:

↳ Song: "It Pays to Advertise" by "The Electric Elves"
Either Dio is wearing lifts in this pic, or that guitar player is also short
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:34pm
prof.fuzz:

↳ Frank In Queens @6:33
or that ampeg cabinet is a 2x12
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:35pm
JReganK:

↳ Song: "It Pays to Advertise" by "The Electric Elves"
They had some decent amps!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:35pm
DJ Terre T:

↳ Frank In Queens @6:33
Lmfao
  6:35pm
Terry:

↳ Frank In Queens @6:33
The guy with the guitar reminds me of Jim Croce
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:35pm
JReganK:

↳ Frank In Queens @6:33
They were elves afterall.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:35pm
Frank In Queens:

↳ Terry @6:35
Ha, yeah. Or Peter Green.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:36pm
KickOutTheJams Joe:

Hey there Mike & Hard Stuff gang ðŸ‘‹ðŸ‘‹âšĄïļâšĄïļ
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:36pm
JReganK:

↳ Song: "It Pays to Advertise" by "The Electric Elves"
Or Geezer Butler.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:37pm
Woo:

↳ Frank In Queens @6:35
Like the pine trees linin' the windin' road, he's got a name
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:37pm
JReganK:

Hey, Joey!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:38pm
JReganK:

↳ Song: "Tomorrow" by "Strawberry Alarm Clock"
Ed King never aged!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:39pm
KickOutTheJams Joe:

↳ JReganK @6:37
Hey JRegan
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:42pm
KickOutTheJams Joe:

↳ Song: "When I Needed You" by "Chain Reaction"
hell yeah! awesome early Tyler tune
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:42pm
Woo:

↳ Song: "When I Needed You" by "Chain Reaction"
Steven Tallarico!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:42pm
WTF_Chuck:

Fun show, Mike!
Avatar 6:43pm
Wild Neil||Peace All:

↳ Song: "When I Needed You" by "Chain Reaction"
I love this old obscure psych.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:43pm
Frank In Queens:

↳ Woo @6:42
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Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:45pm
prof.fuzz:

↳ Song: "Again and Again" by "Iguanas"
that's a bangin' band photo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:46pm
medson:

Great theme for a show. Love the old photos as well.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:47pm
JReganK:

↳ Song: "Again and Again" by "Iguanas"
"Michigan" Cool!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:47pm
Woo:

↳ Song: "Again and Again" by "Iguanas"
Iggy did a show in Chicago last night
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:47pm
KickOutTheJams Joe:

↳ medson @6:46
I second that - awesome theme Mike
  6:49pm
CC:

Hey y'all... pretty hard and heavy Mike...thanks for spinning!!!...:)
Avatar ♥ 6:50pm
Christina Ginger:

Just joining in, but been listening- sounding good!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:51pm
JReganK:

↳ Song: "From the Underworld" by "The Herd"
Thought they were "The Hard" for a second!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:53pm
Chris Crash:

Killer show tonite Mike!
  6:53pm
Terry:

Thanks for filling in for FIQ ! A little softer hard stuff!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:54pm
Mistress Jessie:

Terrific show and fill in Mike! Thanks so much.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:55pm
prof.fuzz:

thx mike!
Avatar ♥ 6:55pm
Christina Ginger:

I did enjoy the Concept.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:56pm
JReganK:

Thanks, Mike! Great show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:56pm
Scott_Oz:

Thanks for being Frank's fill-in fluffer Mike. I was suitably tickled mate.
🌏🌞ðŸĐīðŸĐīðŸŧ😎ðŸĪ™ðŸ’Ļ🍚ðŸŠķ
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:57pm
Frank In Queens:

Great job tonight Mike! Thanks for filling in for me!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:58pm
JReganK:

↳ Scott_Oz @6:56
Hats off to the Fluffers! The backbone of the industry!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:59pm
Scott_Oz:

↳ JReganK @6:58
It's a hard job mate.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:59pm
Mike Sin:

Thanks so much everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:59pm
JReganK:

↳ Scott_Oz @6:59
Cheers, cobber!😆
  7:00pm
kev:

Hi
Avatar ♥ 7:06pm
MOM WHIG:

I WAS LISTENING TO SHOW - GREAT JOB MIKE.
  3:12pm
Steven:

Great show, Mike! Love this kind of stuff. Amazing how long RJD was doing his thing (since the late 50s!) before he became DIO.
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