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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 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Unknowns  Not My Memory   Favoriting Dream Sequence  Bomp  1981  EP  0:01:26 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Giant Crab  I Enjoy Being a Boy (In Love with You)   Favoriting A Giant Crab Comes Forth  UNI  1968  LP  0:03:48 (MP3 | Pop-up)
John Wonderling  Midway Down   Favoriting 45RPM Single  WB  1968  45  0:06:27 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Left Banke  Lazy Day   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Smash  1966  45  0:08:58 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Masque  Black Is Black   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Bell  1966  45  0:11:20 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Lloyd Green  Steel Blue   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Chart  1970  45  0:14:09 (MP3 | Pop-up)
McCoys  Like You Do To Me   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Bang  1967  45  0:16:33 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Wool  The Boy With the Green Eyes   Favoriting 45RPM Single  ABC  1969  45  0:19:08 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Bodine  Disaster   Favoriting Bodine  MGM  1969  LP  0:22:35 (MP3 | Pop-up)
 
Balloon Busters  Allcock and Brown   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Chess  1969  45  0:32:04 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Banned  Goodbye Groovy Goodbye   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Fontana  1968  45  0:34:36 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Banned  Blanket of Sound   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Fontana  1968  45  0:37:12 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Bill Cowsill  II x II   Favoriting Nervous Breakthrough  MGM  1970  LP  0:39:44 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Bill Cowsill  Nobody   Favoriting Nervous Breakthrough  MGM  1970  LP  0:45:16 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Daily Flash  Queen Jane Approximately   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Parrot  1966  45  0:48:18 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Everything Is Everything  Oh Baby   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Vanguard Apostolic  1968  45  0:51:12 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Hollies  King Midas In Reverse   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Epic  1967  45  0:54:02 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Paul and Barry Ryan  I Can't Make Your Way   Favoriting Two of a Kind  Decca  1967  LP  0:57:06 (MP3 | Pop-up)
The Knack  I'm Aware   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Capitol  1967  45  0:59:02 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Danny Hutton  Big Bright Eyes   Favoriting 45RPM Single  HBR  1965  45  1:00:51 (MP3 | Pop-up)
The Masque  Sweet Soul   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Fontana  1966  45  1:03:05 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Fashions  Baby That's Me   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Cameo  1964  45  1:05:19 (MP3 | Pop-up)
New Life  Canterbury Road   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Epic  1969  45  1:07:51 (MP3 | Pop-up)
3's a Crowd  Let's Get Together   Favoriting Christopher's Movie Matinee  Dunhill  1968  LP  1:11:14 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Aerial Landscape  Proposition 13   Favoriting 45RPM Single  RCA  1968  45  1:15:07 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Changin' Times  Free Spirit (She Comes On)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Bell  1967  45  1:17:39 (MP3 | Pop-up)
 
Rainy Day Friends  Away To Some Other World   Favoriting 45RPM Single  World Pacific  1967  45  1:27:41 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Bhagavad Gita  Long Hair Soulful   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Philips  1967  45  1:30:26 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Baker Street Philharmonic  Tycho   Favoriting 45RPM Single  World Pacific  1969  45  1:34:19 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Bit A Sweet  How Can I Make You See   Favoriting Hypnotic  ABC  1968  LP  1:36:44 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Avant Garde  Honey and Gall   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Columbia  1968  45  1:39:22 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Chris and Peter Allen  My Silent Symphony   Favoriting Album Number One  Mercury  1968  LP  1:42:28 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Collage  My Mind's At Ease   Favoriting The Collage  Smash  1967  LP  1:45:01 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Lightmyth  Across the Universe   Favoriting 45RPM Single  RCA  1970  45  1:47:20 (MP3 | Pop-up)
 
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers  I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Like  1966  45  1:55:42 (MP3 | Pop-up)

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Listener comments!

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Andrew in Toronto:

Hi there, larry, and all other groovers!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @12:06
Good afternoon, Andrew!
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David The Splatter:

Afternoon, Larry and all!
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bradford:

Hey there Larry & fellow Testifiers!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ David The Splatter @2:57
Hi David!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ bradford @3:00
Hi bradford!
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Erica:

Hey Larry!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Erica @3:01
Hey Erica!
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doctorjazz:

Hey Larry, folks out there!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @12:06
Hi Andrew!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @3:02
Hi Doc!
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Erica:

↳ Song: "Not My Memory" by "Unknowns"
Sounds like Roy Orbison
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:04pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ Erica @3:03
Influenced by Roy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:04pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ doctorjazz @3:02
Hi there, sdc!
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Andrew in Toronto:

Hi there, doc!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:04
sdc?
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Mollywog:

Happy Thursday all!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:05pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ Mollywog @3:05
Hi Mollywog!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:05pm
doctorjazz:

↳ doctorjazz @3:05
Some young folk slang I'm too old to get? (my younger daughter often speaks and I don't understand).
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:06pm
Crafty:

the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:07pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ Crafty @3:06
Hey Crafty!
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Mollywog:

↳ doctorjazz @3:05
For what it's worth doc, I don't get it either!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:10pm
Funky16Corners:

Could it just be 'doc' mistyped?
  🥁 3:14pm
Mollywog:

Oh wow, this is one of those tunes where I know what it is within 4 notes of the intro!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:15pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ Mollywog @3:14
Which one?
  🥁 3:16pm
Mollywog:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:15
Black is Black.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:17pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ Mollywog @3:16
Ah!
Avatar 3:29pm
Erica:

That reminds me, did you hear that Terry Manning died Larry?
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:29pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:10
(I figured that out after the 2nd, corrected post with "doc", but i already had a shtick going, can't give that up
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:32pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ Erica @3:29
I did, yesterday or the day before. What a career!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:33pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ Song: "Allcock and Brown" by "Balloon Busters"
Allcock and Browne made the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:42pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ Song: "II x II" by "Bill Cowsill"
If you ever see this album pick it up. It's really good.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:42pm
WR:

Hi Larry and folks.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:43pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ WR @3:42
Hi WR!
  🥁 3:49pm
Mollywog:

↳ Song: "Queen Jane Approximately" by "Daily Flash"
Haven't heard this version before, I like it!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:49pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Queen Jane Approximately" by "Daily Flash"
Speaking of knowing a song 4 notes in, this jumped out. Nice cover!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Mollywog @3:49
These guys were great. Should have been much bigger. They had plenty of opportunities but never broke through.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Song: "Queen Jane Approximately" by "Daily Flash"
They appeared on an episode of The Girl From UNCLE!
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David Shortell:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:50
With April Dancer as their dancer!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ David Shortell @3:52
Hi David! Yes indeed!
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David Shortell:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:33
So why did Lindbergh get the glory?
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:53pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ David Shortell @3:52
He flew it solo
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:53pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ David Shortell @3:52
He also made a longer flight, NY to Paris, where Allcock and Browne went from Newfoundland to Ireland
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Erica:

↳ Song: "King Midas In Reverse" by "Hollies"
Something about 60s Hollies makes me feel good.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:55pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "King Midas In Reverse" by "Hollies"
Love this!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Erica @3:55
Love the Hollies!
  🥁 3:56pm
Mollywog:

↳ Erica @3:55
Agreed!
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bradford:

↳ Song: "I Can't Make Your Way" by "Paul and Barry Ryan"
Is this before or after the Yardbirds version?
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WLSClark:

Hi Larry, checkin in finally again. Sorry Im late, but did this "IIxII" by Bill Cowsill come out solo? I loved the group version in 1970. I assume different version?
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Funky16Corners:

↳ bradford @3:59
After, the Yardbirds wrote it and recorded it first
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Funky16Corners:

↳ WLSClark @3:59
Hey Clark! It's from his only solo album, Nervous Breakthrough
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WLSClark:

↳ Erica @3:55
Well understandable, friend!
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WLSClark:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:00
I'll have to catch it on archive. First heard Cowsills version on Bandstand "rate a Record" in 70.
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WLSClark:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:00
Ive NEVER seen that LP. Just had a 45 solo by him.
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WLSClark:

FONTANA every week!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ WLSClark @4:02
It's a good one, but I think iy sold next to nothing
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WLSClark:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:03
All of theirs did by then. :(
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Song: "Canterbury Road" by "New Life"
This is Lou Christie covering a Millennnium song (but giving it a new title and lyrics)
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Funky16Corners:

↳ WLSClark @4:08
Which is a bummer, since their later albums are great
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WLSClark:

↳ Song: "Canterbury Road" by "New Life"
This is a dead ringer for "There is Nothing More to Say" by Millenium!
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Erica:

↳ Song: "Baby That's Me" by "Fashions"
I prefer the Cake version of this song.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ WLSClark @4:09
That's because it is (with new lyrics/title). The Millennium guys are credited on the label, along with Lou Christie
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WLSClark:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:08
OH I see you said that above.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Erica @4:10
The Fashions is the original, then Lesley Gore, then Cake
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WLSClark:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:10
Very odd to do that!
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Erica:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:10
Sorry for my late response. I've been distracted by other things.
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Erica:

↳ Song: "Let's Get Together" by "3's a Crowd"
RIP Jesse Colin Young.
Avatar 🥁 4:12pm
WLSClark:

↳ Song: "Let's Get Together" by "3's a Crowd"
So many versions of this classic. SO, is the band that Peter Noone managed?
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Funky16Corners:

↳ WLSClark @4:12
I don't think so. These guys were produced by Mama Cass!
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WLSClark:

↳ Song: "Proposition 13" by "Aerial Landscape"
Lots of bands in 68 using trumpets in similar style until Chicago and BS&T blew the walls off.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ WLSClark @4:17
That 45 was produced by George Tipton who worked a lot with Nilsson around the same time
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WLSClark:

↳ Song: "Free Spirit (She Comes On)" by "Changin' Times"
Lou Christie sounding lead vocal?
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WLSClark:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:18
Cool!
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David Shortell:

↳ Song: "Goodbye Groovy Goodbye" by "Banned"
Listeners not reading this playlist may think you're talking about Dylan's musicians.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ David Shortell @4:25
Oh right! I hadn't thought of that!
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David Shortell:

↳ Song: "Big Bright Eyes" by "Danny Hutton"
You say this can be heard in "Shinrock A Go-Go"?
Is it the music Fred danced the Frantic and the Flintstone Flop to?
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Funky16Corners:

↳ David Shortell @4:33
No, if memory serves you hear it through the living room window in passing
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Song: "Tycho" by "Baker Street Philharmonic"
This is Mike Vickers from Manfred Mann
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Dan S:

Hi Larry, fellow listeners. I'll Testify that I'm listening more and getting to like this program, which I only recently discovered.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Dan S @4:36
Hi Dan! Glad you're digging it!
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Erica:

↳ Dan S @4:36
Hi Dan
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Dan S:

↳ Erica @4:37
Hi Erica.
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Mollywog:

↳ Dan S @4:36
Not to mention that Larry and the Testifiers are a great group of people!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Mollywog @4:39
I concur!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Song: "Honey and Gall" by "Avant Garde"
Anyone know who's singing on this record?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:42pm
Dan S:

↳ Song: "Honey and Gall" by "Avant Garde"
I like this song. If it had been from any other time than the late 1960s, I would have been shocked! :-)
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:42pm
WR:

↳ Song: "Honey and Gall" by "Avant Garde"
these guys
en.wikipedia.org...
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Funky16Corners:

↳ WR @4:42
Yes, "Mr 2 and 2" himself, Chuck Woolery!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Dan S @4:42
The flipside was a minor hit at the time
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Dan S:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:44
OK. What was the title of that one?
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David Shortell:

↳ Song: "Honey and Gall" by "Avant Garde"
I don't believe it. In which Hanna-Barbera cartoon does Yogi say "Man is a flower"?
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Dan S @4:45
Naturally Stoned
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Funky16Corners:

↳ David Shortell @4:45
I do not know
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doctorjazz:

Almost the end, thanks Larry!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @4:48
Thanks for listening, Doc!
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bradford:

Thanks as always, Larry.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:52pm
Dan S:

Thanks for the show, Larry! I only caught the last set, but what I heard, I liked a lot.
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Crafty:

Thank you!
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Erica:

Chuck Mangione before he was the spokesperson for Mega Lo Mart lol
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Mollywog:

Great show Larry!
Avatar 4:55pm
Erica:

Fun show Larry. Thanks!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ bradford @4:52
Thanks bradford!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Dan S @4:52
Thank you Dan!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Crafty @4:52
Thanks Crafty!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Erica @4:52
"Fire safety Feels So Good!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Mollywog @4:52
Thanks Mollywog!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Erica @4:55
Thanks Erica!
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WR:

I'm curious to go to the archive and hear how you introduced this show's selections (and to hear the earlier sets I missed).
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:58pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ WR @4:58
I hope you dig it!
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WR:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:58
Surely will. Thankvyou, Larry!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:17
What an excellent show!
Thanks, larry!
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