WFMU: Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from July 5, 2017

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from July 5, 2017

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	Label	Year	Format	Approx. start time
Funky16Corners	Testify! Intro "Testify! Intro" by "Funky16Corners"	Funky16Corners	2017	MP3	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Mose Allison	I Love the Life I Live	Columbia	1960	LP	0:01:49 (Pop-up)
Thelonious Monk	Evidence "Evidence" by "Thelonious Monk"	Blue Note	1952	CD	0:04:06 (Pop-up)
John Lee Hooker	Henry's Swing Club	Specialty	1948	CD	0:06:35 (Pop-up)
Freddy Robinson	Black Fox "Black Fox" by "Freddy Robinson"	Pacific Jazz	1968	45	0:09:43 (Pop-up)
Little Beaver	Party Down Pt1 "Party Down Pt1" by "Little Beaver"	Cat	1974	45	0:13:22 (Pop-up)

The Sound Symposium	America "America" by "The Sound Symposium"	Dot	1969	LP	0:21:45 (Pop-up)
Bob Thiele and the New Happy Times orchestra	Fakin' It	Impulse	1967	LP	0:24:10 (Pop-up)
The Four Freshmen	Old Friends "Old Friends" by "The Four Freshmen"	Liberty	1969	LP	0:30:05 (Pop-up)
Mr Jim and the Rhythm Machine	Mrs Robinson	Date	1968	45	0:33:02 (Pop-up)

Cher	Homeward Bound "Homeward Bound" by "Cher"	Imperial	1966	LP	0:39:05 (Pop-up)
Jackie Cain and Roy Kral	A Most Peculiar Man	Capitol	1968	LP	0:40:59 (Pop-up)
Harper's Bizarre	The 59th St Bridge Song	Warner Brothers	1967	LP	0:44:27 (Pop-up)
The Joyride	The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine	World Pacific	1968	45	0:47:01 (Pop-up)
Rick Nelson	For Emily Wherever I May Find Her	Decca	1968	LP	0:50:19 (Pop-up)
Don Sebesky	The Sounds of Silence	Verve	1968	LP	0:53:00 (Pop-up)
Tony Mottola	Scarborough Fair "Scarborough Fair" by "Tony Mottola"	Project 3	1968	LP	0:57:41 (Pop-up)
Guild Light Gauge	Cloudy "Cloudy" by "Guild Light Gauge"	We Make Rock'n'Roll Music	1968	45	1:00:23 (Pop-up)

Otis Redding	I've Got Dreams To Remember	Atco	1968	LP	1:07:04 (Pop-up)
Solomon Burke	These Arms of Mine "These Arms of Mine" by "Solomon Burke"	Bell	1969	LP	1:09:47 (Pop-up)
Sir Douglas Quintet	At the Crossroads	Smash	1969	LP	1:12:39 (Pop-up)
Bobby Vee	The Passing of a Friend	Liberty	1969	LP	1:17:11 (Pop-up)
Josie and the Pussycats	It's Don't Matter To Me	Capitol	1970	LP	1:19:58 (Pop-up)
Nico	Chelsea Girls "Chelsea Girls" by "Nico"	Verve	1967	CD	1:22:27 (Pop-up)
Noel Harrison	Sign of the Queen "Sign of the Queen" by "Noel Harrison"	Warner Brothers	1967	LP	1:29:46 (Pop-up)
Tintern Abbey	Beeside "Beeside" by "Tintern Abbey"	Deram	1967	CD	1:32:26 (Pop-up)
Leon Russell	Beware of Darkness "Beware of Darkness" by "Leon Russell"	Shelter	1971	LP	1:35:41 (Pop-up)
Dave Van Ronk and the Hudson Dusters	Clouds (Both Sides Now)	Verve	1967	45	1:40:16 (Pop-up)
Love	You Set the Scene "You Set the Scene" by "Love"	Elektra	1967	LP	1:44:52 (Pop-up)

Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers	I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)	Like	1966	45	1:59:27 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	🥁 ♥ 10:02pm Gary: Hola!
	♥ 10:03pm Funky16Corners: Hey Gary!
	♥ 10:04pm Doug Schulkind: Me gusta ¡Testify!
	♥ 10:05pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doug!
	🥁 ♥ 10:05pm Gary: Where there's monks, there is beer?
	♥ 10:06pm Funky16Corners: Only the Belgian ones
	10:11pm cupcakejenny: Hey there
	♥ 10:12pm Funky16Corners: Hello Jenny!
	10:13pm cupcakejenny: Did you do that thing you had to do with the bathing suits?
	♥ 10:14pm Funky16Corners: I did indeed. I was unaware we'd be discussing laundry here on the chat.
	♥ 10:14pm Funky16Corners: I'll bring it all up when I'm done
	♥ 10:15pm Uncle Michael: Yowza.
	10:15pm cupcakejenny:
	♥ 10:15pm Funky16Corners: Hey everybody! Are YOU all caught up on your wash?
	♥ 10:15pm Funky16Corners: Hey Unk!
	♥ 10:16pm Uncle Michael: You gots to wash yo' ASS.
	♥ 10:22pm Uncle Michael: I did not order the new release by "The Imposter," a cover of "American Tune".
	♥ 10:23pm Funky16Corners: What would that be?
	♥ 10:23pm Uncle Michael: This... www.discogs.com...
	♥ 10:24pm Uncle Michael: And Redd Foxx and I apologize for working blue.
	♥ 10:25pm Funky16Corners: That's OK. It's after 10.
	10:25pm Dean: Not here it ain't, ffs.
	♥ 10:26pm Uncle Michael: The flip to S&G's Fakin' It is so good.
	♥ 10:27pm Funky16Corners: I don't have that 45. I'll have to grab it.
	♥ 10:27pm Uncle Michael: I think Bob Brainen or someone played it on their show recently. I'd never heard it: "You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies"
	♥ 10:28pm Funky16Corners: I'm not familiar with it.
	♥ 10:29pm Uncle Michael: I played a cover of it on my show once, by Dana Valery. I didn't know it was a Simon song.
	♥ 10:29pm Uncle Michael: Matt M was the last to play the S&G version.
	🥁 ♥ 10:40pm Jeff Ash: Thank you for not playing the dreadful Sinatra cover of Mrs. Robinson.
	♥ 10:40pm Funky16Corners: You're quite welcome...dooby doob doo
	♥ 10:41pm Funky16Corners: And hello, Jeff!
	♥ 10:41pm Uncle Michael: Mrs. Robinson more covered than Bridge Over Troubled Water? I honestly don't know.
	♥ 10:42pm Funky16Corners: In my collection by far, but out in the world, maybe not
	♥ 10:43pm Funky16Corners: And on the whole, I'd much rather hear a day long arathon of Mrs Robinson, as opposed to a bunch of faux gospelized Bridges
	♥ 10:44pm Uncle Michael: I'm just glad Elvis lived long enough to give BOTW the karate moves it cried out for.
	♥ 10:44pm Funky16Corners: MARATHON
	♥ 10:45pm Funky16Corners: Butt it up against American Trilogy
	♥ 10:45pm Funky16Corners: LOOK AWAYYYYYYYYYYY
	♥ 10:46pm Funky16Corners: DIXXAYYYYYYYY
	♥ 10:49pm Uncle Michael: Travel day tomorrow...I'm pulling the plug on today. Thanks, Larry. Night, all.
	♥ 10:49pm Funky16Corners: Nite Mike!
	11:08pm cupcakejenny: ❤️
	♥ 11:14pm Funky16Corners: You just can't live in Texas if you don't have a lot of soul....
	11:42pm cupcakejenny: This is a pretty version of both sides now
	♥ 11:43pm Funky16Corners: Dave Van Ronk
	♥ 11:43pm Funky16Corners: Probably my favorite version
	11:44pm cupcakejenny: It's almost sadder than the original
	♥ 11:45pm Funky16Corners: I think his version came out before Joni's
	11:45pm northguineahills: Haven't said howdy yet. I have some old Tintern Abbey stuff, but I wonder what the genesis of their name is, as there was a nice shoegaze band in my area in college (mid 90s) w/ the same name.
	♥ 11:46pm Funky16Corners: It's an actual, medieval cathedral in the UK
	11:46pm cupcakejenny: I knew if I said original I'd be wrong lol
	♥ 11:47pm Funky16Corners: Joni wrote it but a lot of her songs were getting around on publisher's demos and getting covered early. Fairport Convention did a couple of her songs early on
	♥ 11:48pm Funky16Corners: en.wikipedia.org...
	♥ 11:48pm Funky16Corners: It was also a poem by Wordsworth
	♥ 12:01am Funky16Corners: Goodnight all!

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Artist	Track	Label	Year	Format	Approx. start time
Funky16Corners	Testify! Intro "Testify! Intro" by "Funky16Corners"	Funky16Corners	2017	MP3	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Mose Allison	I Love the Life I Live	Columbia	1960	LP	0:01:49 (Pop-up)
Thelonious Monk	Evidence "Evidence" by "Thelonious Monk"	Blue Note	1952	CD	0:04:06 (Pop-up)
John Lee Hooker	Henry's Swing Club	Specialty	1948	CD	0:06:35 (Pop-up)
Freddy Robinson	Black Fox "Black Fox" by "Freddy Robinson"	Pacific Jazz	1968	45	0:09:43 (Pop-up)
Little Beaver	Party Down Pt1 "Party Down Pt1" by "Little Beaver"	Cat	1974	45	0:13:22 (Pop-up)

The Sound Symposium	America "America" by "The Sound Symposium"	Dot	1969	LP	0:21:45 (Pop-up)
Bob Thiele and the New Happy Times orchestra	Fakin' It	Impulse	1967	LP	0:24:10 (Pop-up)
The Four Freshmen	Old Friends "Old Friends" by "The Four Freshmen"	Liberty	1969	LP	0:30:05 (Pop-up)
Mr Jim and the Rhythm Machine	Mrs Robinson	Date	1968	45	0:33:02 (Pop-up)

Cher	Homeward Bound "Homeward Bound" by "Cher"	Imperial	1966	LP	0:39:05 (Pop-up)
Jackie Cain and Roy Kral	A Most Peculiar Man	Capitol	1968	LP	0:40:59 (Pop-up)
Harper's Bizarre	The 59th St Bridge Song	Warner Brothers	1967	LP	0:44:27 (Pop-up)
The Joyride	The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine	World Pacific	1968	45	0:47:01 (Pop-up)
Rick Nelson	For Emily Wherever I May Find Her	Decca	1968	LP	0:50:19 (Pop-up)
Don Sebesky	The Sounds of Silence	Verve	1968	LP	0:53:00 (Pop-up)
Tony Mottola	Scarborough Fair "Scarborough Fair" by "Tony Mottola"	Project 3	1968	LP	0:57:41 (Pop-up)
Guild Light Gauge	Cloudy "Cloudy" by "Guild Light Gauge"	We Make Rock'n'Roll Music	1968	45	1:00:23 (Pop-up)

Otis Redding	I've Got Dreams To Remember	Atco	1968	LP	1:07:04 (Pop-up)
Solomon Burke	These Arms of Mine "These Arms of Mine" by "Solomon Burke"	Bell	1969	LP	1:09:47 (Pop-up)
Sir Douglas Quintet	At the Crossroads	Smash	1969	LP	1:12:39 (Pop-up)
Bobby Vee	The Passing of a Friend	Liberty	1969	LP	1:17:11 (Pop-up)
Josie and the Pussycats	It's Don't Matter To Me	Capitol	1970	LP	1:19:58 (Pop-up)
Nico	Chelsea Girls "Chelsea Girls" by "Nico"	Verve	1967	CD	1:22:27 (Pop-up)
Noel Harrison	Sign of the Queen "Sign of the Queen" by "Noel Harrison"	Warner Brothers	1967	LP	1:29:46 (Pop-up)
Tintern Abbey	Beeside "Beeside" by "Tintern Abbey"	Deram	1967	CD	1:32:26 (Pop-up)
Leon Russell	Beware of Darkness "Beware of Darkness" by "Leon Russell"	Shelter	1971	LP	1:35:41 (Pop-up)
Dave Van Ronk and the Hudson Dusters	Clouds (Both Sides Now)	Verve	1967	45	1:40:16 (Pop-up)
Love	You Set the Scene "You Set the Scene" by "Love"	Elektra	1967	LP	1:44:52 (Pop-up)

Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers	I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)	Like	1966	45	1:59:27 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	🥁 ♥ 10:02pm Gary: Hola!
	♥ 10:03pm Funky16Corners: Hey Gary!
	♥ 10:04pm Doug Schulkind: Me gusta ¡Testify!
	♥ 10:05pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doug!
	🥁 ♥ 10:05pm Gary: Where there's monks, there is beer?
	♥ 10:06pm Funky16Corners: Only the Belgian ones
	10:11pm cupcakejenny: Hey there
	♥ 10:12pm Funky16Corners: Hello Jenny!
	10:13pm cupcakejenny: Did you do that thing you had to do with the bathing suits?
	♥ 10:14pm Funky16Corners: I did indeed. I was unaware we'd be discussing laundry here on the chat.
	♥ 10:14pm Funky16Corners: I'll bring it all up when I'm done
	♥ 10:15pm Uncle Michael: Yowza.
	10:15pm cupcakejenny:
	♥ 10:15pm Funky16Corners: Hey everybody! Are YOU all caught up on your wash?
	♥ 10:15pm Funky16Corners: Hey Unk!
	♥ 10:16pm Uncle Michael: You gots to wash yo' ASS.
	♥ 10:22pm Uncle Michael: I did not order the new release by "The Imposter," a cover of "American Tune".
	♥ 10:23pm Funky16Corners: What would that be?
	♥ 10:23pm Uncle Michael: This... www.discogs.com...
	♥ 10:24pm Uncle Michael: And Redd Foxx and I apologize for working blue.
	♥ 10:25pm Funky16Corners: That's OK. It's after 10.
	10:25pm Dean: Not here it ain't, ffs.
	♥ 10:26pm Uncle Michael: The flip to S&G's Fakin' It is so good.
	♥ 10:27pm Funky16Corners: I don't have that 45. I'll have to grab it.
	♥ 10:27pm Uncle Michael: I think Bob Brainen or someone played it on their show recently. I'd never heard it: "You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies"
	♥ 10:28pm Funky16Corners: I'm not familiar with it.
	♥ 10:29pm Uncle Michael: I played a cover of it on my show once, by Dana Valery. I didn't know it was a Simon song.
	♥ 10:29pm Uncle Michael: Matt M was the last to play the S&G version.
	🥁 ♥ 10:40pm Jeff Ash: Thank you for not playing the dreadful Sinatra cover of Mrs. Robinson.
	♥ 10:40pm Funky16Corners: You're quite welcome...dooby doob doo
	♥ 10:41pm Funky16Corners: And hello, Jeff!
	♥ 10:41pm Uncle Michael: Mrs. Robinson more covered than Bridge Over Troubled Water? I honestly don't know.
	♥ 10:42pm Funky16Corners: In my collection by far, but out in the world, maybe not
	♥ 10:43pm Funky16Corners: And on the whole, I'd much rather hear a day long arathon of Mrs Robinson, as opposed to a bunch of faux gospelized Bridges
	♥ 10:44pm Uncle Michael: I'm just glad Elvis lived long enough to give BOTW the karate moves it cried out for.
	♥ 10:44pm Funky16Corners: MARATHON
	♥ 10:45pm Funky16Corners: Butt it up against American Trilogy
	♥ 10:45pm Funky16Corners: LOOK AWAYYYYYYYYYYY
	♥ 10:46pm Funky16Corners: DIXXAYYYYYYYY
	♥ 10:49pm Uncle Michael: Travel day tomorrow...I'm pulling the plug on today. Thanks, Larry. Night, all.
	♥ 10:49pm Funky16Corners: Nite Mike!
	11:08pm cupcakejenny: ❤️
	♥ 11:14pm Funky16Corners: You just can't live in Texas if you don't have a lot of soul....
	11:42pm cupcakejenny: This is a pretty version of both sides now
	♥ 11:43pm Funky16Corners: Dave Van Ronk
	♥ 11:43pm Funky16Corners: Probably my favorite version
	11:44pm cupcakejenny: It's almost sadder than the original
	♥ 11:45pm Funky16Corners: I think his version came out before Joni's
	11:45pm northguineahills: Haven't said howdy yet. I have some old Tintern Abbey stuff, but I wonder what the genesis of their name is, as there was a nice shoegaze band in my area in college (mid 90s) w/ the same name.
	♥ 11:46pm Funky16Corners: It's an actual, medieval cathedral in the UK
	11:46pm cupcakejenny: I knew if I said original I'd be wrong lol
	♥ 11:47pm Funky16Corners: Joni wrote it but a lot of her songs were getting around on publisher's demos and getting covered early. Fairport Convention did a couple of her songs early on
	♥ 11:48pm Funky16Corners: en.wikipedia.org...
	♥ 11:48pm Funky16Corners: It was also a poem by Wordsworth
	♥ 12:01am Funky16Corners: Goodnight all!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from July 5, 2017

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