WFMU: Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from December 5, 2018

Listener comments!
	12:05pm Funky16Corners: Helloooooo out there!
	🥁 12:05pm Granny Spicy Tuna: hello, thought i'd adorn this comments board
	12:05pm Funky16Corners: Hi Granny!
	12:06pm Funky16Corners: Your avatar is hypnotic!
	🥁 12:06pm Granny Spicy Tuna: this is a spooky rendition…
	12:06pm Funky16Corners: Yes, great album.
	🥁 12:06pm Granny Spicy Tuna: Thanks, it's Ann-Margret at her finest
	12:08pm Funky16Corners: Is that from Tommy?
	12:08pm Sem: Hello, Larry, GST. Along for the ride.
	12:08pm Funky16Corners: Hi Sem!
	12:12pm rw: Larry! What are you doing here?
	12:12pm Funky16Corners: Hi rw! Mary is under the weather so I volunteered to radio-ize!
	12:15pm rw: Nice. Thanks, man. Tell her we hope she feels better soon. Looking forward to a bit of Wednesday morning Testify!
	🥁 12:16pm Granny Spicy Tuna: F16C: Yes, this is Ann-Margret as Tommy's mother in that amazing scene with the baked beans!
	12:17pm Webhamster Henry: Hi Larry! I don't mind an occasional schedule shuffle!
	12:17pm βrian: If you're listening, Mary, stay warm there under your paisley comforter.
	12:18pm chresti: Hi Larry and Testifyers!
	12:18pm Cal Zone!: Sorry I missed the master of time and space! Glad to be listening, LG!
	12:19pm Funky16Corners: Henry, Brian, Chresti, Cal! Good afternoon!
	12:20pm rw: F16C, you scripted out that mic break, right? The first part anyway. The part about the marshmallows.
	12:21pm Funky16Corners: I did indeed. I usually do the opening like that
	🥁 12:21pm Granny Spicy Tuna: So relieved to get the WFMU Blast reporting that the FMA will continue to enrich our lives. Yay!
	12:21pm rw: And Bix!
	12:22pm chresti: G Spicy Tuna has the greatest avatars!
	12:22pm Funky16Corners: @Granny - Yes! I just saw that!
	12:22pm rw: Ha! I know. It's just harder for me to keep up this early in the morning. Nice one.
	12:23pm Franco Twinkie: Good morning Larry. So today we get a double dose?
	12:24pm chresti: Mary had been working double time for the last few weeks, she deserves a break
	12:24pm Funky16Corners: @Franco - Hi! Yes, I am opening and closing the day today!
	12:25pm Funky16Corners: The mellow side of Conjunction Junction...
	12:26pm Franco Twinkie: Just keep hydrated and you'll be fine.
	🥁 12:26pm Granny Spicy Tuna: aw, thanks @cresti
	12:27pm chresti: we're still in our PJs and still waking up over here
	🥁 12:27pm Granny Spicy Tuna: Ann-Margret survived this film shoot with only a flesh wound. She RULES.
	12:28pm Sem: Jack Sheldon: does anyone remember his comedy routine? With a straight face, and a single clicker, he narrated slides of a family vacation gone wild, completely deadpan delivery. Funniest thing.
	12:28pm Funky16Corners: @Chresti - I've been up since 5:15 Eastern. I have to beat the dawn to get my oldest son fed and off to school.
	12:28pm βrian: I just saw an episode of Rat Patrol with Claudine Longet. (Don't ask ...)
	12:29pm Funky16Corners: @Sem - That was Jackie Vernon
	12:30pm Funky16Corners: @Brian - I remember that episode!
	12:31pm Sem: Yikes, dementia warning. Thx, Larry.
	12:31pm Funky16Corners: It happens to me all the time!
	12:31pm Franco Twinkie: Brain, Claudine was also on Hogans Heroes. She was a good foil for guys in uniform.
	12:32pm Funky16Corners: Pretty French girl custom made for WW2 shows
	12:33pm chresti: That's my weekend schedule @Funky- I get up @4:30 pst Thankfully, my son does not need to be driven anywhere, it will be him driving me places in 20 years or less
	12:34pm Funky16Corners: This schedule is new, but will likely last through all four years of high school. I suppose I'll get used to it, but not yet
	12:37pm chresti: Is high school far away?
	12:37pm Funky16Corners: No, but he takes the bus. I just have to make sure that he's up, has a hot breakfast and lunches are made
	12:38pm chresti: I've never listened to Ken Booth's Down by the River
	12:39pm Funky16Corners: The whole album is worth a listen
	12:40pm Funky16Corners: It also includes a fantastic version of 'Is It Because I'm Black'
	12:44pm Franco Twinkie: I just passed this Elevators record as I'm digging for Christmas records in the towering piles.
	12:45pm Funky16Corners: Go back and pull it out!
	12:46pm Franco Twinkie: Got it!
	12:47pm Franco Twinkie: Is yous an original IA? Mine is a 1978 Radar.
	12:48pm Funky16Corners: No, aside from several OG 45s my Elevators albums are all reissues
	12:48pm Dean: You know what would fit this set? Loggins & Messina, "Peace of Mind," from '71's Sittin' In.
	12:49pm Webhamster Henry: Are you going to get to Surf's Up, one of my favorites to sing?
	12:49pm Carmichael: Heya Lar and cool people.
	12:49pm Funky16Corners: I don't know that one, Dean. I'll have to check it out.
	12:49pm Funky16Corners: Webhamster Henry - I think I'll save that for a Van Dyke Parks tribute
	12:50pm chresti: I used to make smoothies for my son's breakfast before school-the neighbors downstairs would complain about the very loud blender
	12:50pm Funky16Corners: Hi Carmichael!
	12:51pm Funky16Corners: @Chresti - my younger son loves smoothies, but the ice in the blender scares the shit out of our cats!
	12:52pm rw: FT, mine's 1978 radar too. Not that I care all that much about these things. Love the essay on the back cover. I've got a small pile of Xmas records too. Is it time to pull them out already?
	12:53pm Funky16Corners: I've been compiling this year's Christmas show
	12:53pm Carmichael: I always play my Xmas music from The Fab Four, a Beatles parody group.
	12:53pm chresti: Webhamster- I checked out the Night Owl- he's cute, and I enjoy the Japlish haikus
	🥁 12:54pm Granny Spicy Tuna: I allow only three Xmas albums in my home; Vince Guaraldi, The Jackson 5, and Karl Blau's "Coconutcracker Suite."
	12:54pm rw: And now it's time for me to go out and do whatever it is that I do. Thanks Larry! I'll be listening from the road. Take care everyone.
	12:55pm Franco Twinkie: I actually held an original in my shaking hands at the flea market. The vendor had it marked at $400.00!
	12:55pm chresti: I would use frozen fruit, no ice @Larry
	12:57pm chresti: Coconutcracker Suite sounds interesting
	12:57pm Dean: Absolutely mandatory Christmas record: Sequentia's Aquitania.
	12:59pm Franco Twinkie: RW. Yes, it's way to early. But I'm using this damp morning to stay in and burn toast. And look for records too.
	🥁 1:01pm Granny Spicy Tuna: @chresti: Coconutcracker Suite is an excellent and playful reggae interpretation of Tchaikovsky, and i see it's on bandcamp…
	1:01pm coelacanth∅: greetings Larry & all (100%ers?)
	1:03pm Franco Twinkie: As I dig, Movin' With Nancy is sure to turn up.
	1:03pm Johnzon: random comment... my dad grew up in Madison and remembered hearing the news when his plane crashed there. oddly I grew up in Fargo ND where Buddy Holly was going when he died.
	1:03pm βrian: @Dean: That's so 12th Century!
	1:03pm Carmichael: I love Nancy and Lee. The album and the duo.
	1:04pm Funky16Corners: Hi C! Johnzon!
	1:04pm Funky16Corners: @Carmichael - This record is beautiful and really, really weird.
	1:04pm Johnzon: *otis redding
	1:04pm chresti: I'll check it out@Dean My brother is the dj when we go to his house for the holiday gathering up north. He likes the jumpin' blues mostly, there's a reggae Christmas and James Brown Christmas cds...
	1:05pm βrian: There's a plaque @ Monona Terrace dedicated to Otis.
	1:06pm fleep: Already jaded, even as a child.
	1:07pm Funky16Corners: I know the feeling.
	1:07pm βrian: Is that "have a ball" or "have a bawl"?
	1:08pm chresti: love this song forever
	1:09pm Funky16Corners: @Brian - I think, ball
	1:11pm Franco Twinkie: Peggy Lee and Spirit! You are one crazy fucking mix master, Larry.
	1:11pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Franco!
	1:11pm chresti: My brother is the keeper of the Christmas flame in his own way-he waits until dinner is about to be served to wrap gifts
	1:11pm coelacanth∅: me too -and Peggy Lee for that matter (though in this case i like PJ Harvey/John Parish's version just as much)
	1:12pm Funky16Corners: Someday I'll play the original recorded version of 'Is That All There Is' by NY DJ Dan Daniels. It's WEIRD
	1:12pm Webhamster Henry: @Larry looking forward to a VDP tribute!
	1:13pm Cal Zone!: Loving the Spirit record! I need to delve more into them.
	1:13pm chresti: I have not heard their versions @coel I always welcome versions of that song
	1:13pm Funky16Corners: @Webhamster Henry - I will def do one soon. He's one of my faves.
	1:14pm coelacanth∅: i have many xmas albums -all of which are on my get-rid-of list.
	1:14pm Funky16Corners: @Cal - That first Spirit album is a certifiable American psychedelic classic
	1:15pm βrian: I hear Stephane and I think, oh no, I've had 4 espressos, I'm cranky, and I'm only half way through my shift. And Stephane's on the background loop, loop, loop ...
	1:15pm Franco Twinkie: When I was in junior high school the first Spirit album was the lp of choice for our group of budding music snobs.
	1:16pm Funky16Corners: @Brian - I love this album, My Dad had it when I was a kid and it burrowed into my brain.
	1:17pm coelacanth∅: chresti it's on "dance hall at louse point" ("John Parish and Polly Jean Harvey") ...if you like PJ. i think that's my favorite album of hers.
	1:20pm βrian: Yes, as time passes I'm able to rehabilitate Stephane Grappelli in my mind. I've come to appreciate him much more.
	1:20pm northguineahills: When I was in junior high I listened to... top 40 radio in the morning, and maybe Kris Kross, oh, and my Vanilla Ice cd! (seriously, I was clueless back then)
	1:21pm Dean: Yeah, that Sequentia album is medieval vocal music, in many respects the opposite of James Brown, in others not at all dissimilar. The last track, "Plebs Domini," is a mind-blower.
	1:21pm Funky16Corners: In junior high I was all Beatles all the time
	1:22pm Funky16Corners: And hi, NGH!
	1:23pm chresti: another favorite by Peggy is "Hey Big Spender" thanks coel, I'll check it out
	1:23pm northguineahills: Spending ages 10-13 in Japan kept me from American culture, that, and I was a total dork (still am).
	1:23pm rw: I guess Chelsea has changed as bit
	1:23pm Franco Twinkie: Abby Road was another 9th grade hi-fi in the bedroom closet favorite.
	1:24pm βrian: @Dean: Going to see the Tallis Scholars this weekend. No idea what they have on their program, though.
	1:24pm Funky16Corners: @rw - I think this is about the denizens of the Chelsea Hotel on 14th St.
	1:26pm rw: Oh. Yes. Of course. But my guess is that’s changed too
	1:26pm Dean: Oh, man. Tallis Scholars are amazing. They've been doing more recent stuff lately, I believe. Looks like they're doing a traditional Renaissance Christmas program. Palestrina, Byrd, etc.
	1:27pm Funky16Corners: @rw - It has. I remember it mainly from my trips to Midnight Records back in the 80s, which was maybe a block away.
	1:30pm david w: Hello Larry and all. And get better, Mary! This show should help, its very soothing. Nice!
	1:31pm Funky16Corners: Hi David!
	1:36pm βrian: I could almost go for a little vibra-slap ...
	1:38pm Webhamster Henry: (The Chelsea is on 23rd st)
	1:38pm Funky16Corners: My bad. I'm old and my brain don't work so good no more!
	1:40pm Funky16Corners: Ah! Google tells me that Midnight was on 23rd between 7th and 8th. My recollection of proximity was correct, street was wrong.
	1:41pm Webhamster Henry: Well, it's not what it used to be either! New York's Gone (Brian Woodbury) brianwoodbury.bandcamp.com...
	1:41pm glenn: wilco with bob weir do a pretty stellar version of TNK.
	1:44pm northguineahills: @Henry: I used to dj at the Chelsea Hotel's lounge/bar, but it was 2002-2007, when it got a bit more swanky. (Had a friend from Kill Rockstars curate w/ me). I explored a few times, but, it was already unrecognizable.
	1:45pm βrian: What? Uncle Michael??
	1:45pm Funky16Corners: No, it's not the end of Hinky Dinky Time!
	1:45pm northguineahills: UM is leaving the building?
	1:46pm Dean: Pavlov's set list
	1:46pm Funky16Corners: Ring a ding ding!
	1:49pm jayjay in MTL: A pint of bitter in a thin glass.
	1:50pm Funky16Corners: Yes indeed!
	1:53pm βrian: I like dark rye!
	1:53pm david_: Yeah that entire Nancy and Lee blew my mind when i first heard it... still does. "Sand" is a personal fave
	1:56pm david_: Here you had so many pop acts pursuing a deliberate kind of psychedlia, from labels to producers on down, while Nancy and Lee fell into it naturally without needing to speak of it. That's the Tao to me :)
	1:56pm Webhamster Henry: I was in the Loser's Lounge tribute to Lee Hazelwood, singing Poet, Fool or Bum. The text-to-speech version of Some Velvet Morning is my theme song.
	1:56pm david_: @Webhamster are you talking about the reggae version?
	1:57pm coelacanth∅: glenn @ 1.41 if Weir sings on that then i don't believe you! i'd love to hear wilco do that though.
	1:58pm Webhamster Henry: Yep. Here's its history: www.wfmu.org...
	1:58pm northguineahills: jayjay is full of good ideas.
	1:59pm northguineahills: Weird, I have Nashville Skyline in my car. Off to lunch, thanks Larry!
	1:59pm Funky16Corners: @ David - 'Sand' is, in my opinion the greatest example of Hazlewood's 'Cosmic Cowboy' thing
	1:59pm Funky16Corners: Later NGH!
	2:00pm coelacanth∅: okay i'm back to work. Thanks Larry! please give Mary well wishes for me. tchau
	2:01pm Funky16Corners: Later C!
	2:03pm david_: @Webhamster yes, I was thinking of the same. Ma Bell! Love that jam! love the way the disembodied version deals with the time signature changes
	2:04pm david_: @funky exactly. The backwards-guitar freak-out ending to end all backwards-guitar freak-out endings
	2:10pm Monica: hi larry, enjoying this afternoon's program immensely.
	2:11pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Monica!
	2:12pm david_: Hi Monica! Great fill in last week!
	2:13pm Monica: many thx, david_. as is today's tesify! fill-in.
	2:19pm chresti: @Webhamster- I love the text-to-speech renditions of popular tunes
	2:19pm david_: Much agreed. Batting 1000!
	2:21pm Mark R: Man, Nick Drake--what a great loss! What did he do, three albums? All of them great.
	2:21pm Johnzon: just re-watched the nick drake doc. "a skin to few" a couple days ago... really good stuff, includes interviews with his sister friends and musical collaborators and extensive shots of rain dripping and frost forming on his bedroom window
	2:22pm Franco Twinkie: Larry, you are making it very difficult to get anything done. I just want to hang out and groove on this cold morning.
	2:22pm Johnzon: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nrmR_F5XgwQ
	2:23pm Sem: These last two sets have been fine accompaniment to some head-down work here. Much appreciated, Larry!
	2:24pm Funky16Corners: Yeah, Nick Drake is if anything, underrated. Masterful singer, songwriter and a spectacular guitarist. Those three albums are brilliant. I remember hearing 'River Man' for the first time, maybe 35 years ago, like it was yesterday. Makes the hair on the back of my neck stand on end.
	2:25pm Funky16Corners: @Franco - My work is done (even if yours is not) ;)
	2:25pm Funky16Corners: @Sem - Thanks!
	2:26pm david_: @Johnzon will have to watch that
	2:27pm Funky16Corners: I haven't seen the doc yet. Is it streaming anywhere?
	2:28pm Johnzon: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nrmR_F5XgwQ it's excellent
	2:28pm david_: Anyone know if Kenzo's show is happening today?
	2:29pm Johnzon: Also includes recordings of his parents talking and one of his mom's songs and poems
	2:29pm Funky16Corners: @David - I believe Kenzo is back in the saddle today
	2:30pm Mark R: I believe it is, David, based on the daily Give the Drummer email.
	2:30pm david_: @funky thank you. sweet!
	2:30pm chresti: Love Didn't I
	2:31pm david_: Thanks @Mark R
	2:31pm Funky16Corners: Such a beautiful record
	2:32pm david_: And now I want to watch the entirety of Breaking Bad again
	2:35pm Mark R: I think this VU song makes a lovely companion to the Nick Drake. I still like the John Cale version of the band best, but this album is great, too!
	2:36pm Mark R: Oh, lookout! Here comes the vinyl!
	2:37pm Sem: Loved this movie, the soundtrack mostly, I guess.
	2:37pm Funky16Corners: It's almost all vinyl. Some is less crackly than others. Love the Cale-era VU but I think that the Velvet Underground album is my fave
	2:38pm Funky16Corners: @Sem - some great, surprising instrumental tracks on this album
	2:39pm Parq: Well, another lunch hour gone to hell, but I'm here for the denouement, anyway.
	2:40pm Funky16Corners: Sorry about that...
	2:40pm Funky16Corners: Hey Parq!
	2:40pm Parq: I can never tell the difference any more between DJ errors and Java glitches.
	2:41pm Funky16Corners: That was a DJ error!
	2:42pm chresti: Paint it black feeling
	2:43pm Mark R: This Ray Lamontagne track is gorgeous, also...
	2:43pm Funky16Corners: I hardly like anything else by this guy, but I think this record is amazing.
	2:44pm Funky16Corners: In the headphones, it goes straight through my head meeting up in the middle.
	2:46pm Funky16Corners: And a little bit of the local vintage to close things out...
	2:47pm Mark R: I almost never hear Springsteen on any FMU show, ever. It's like a thing.
	2:48pm Funky16Corners: I love early Bruce, but this song especially as it references two places that are withing five minutes of my house.
	2:48pm Franco Twinkie: Thanks Larry. You made my holiday task much easier.
	2:48pm βrian: I had to ask myself who this was. Familiar but it's been so long.
	2:49pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Franco!
	2:50pm david w: Brilliant top to bottom. Thanks, Larry!
	2:50pm Parq: Generally, I'm pretty positive on the first two Springsteen albums, but I'm afraid all the fans he made with everything that started with the third album have pretty much killed it all for me. Even now, hearing this track, I'm expecting some University of Michigan grad in a plaid shirt to burst into my room and holler 'BROOOOOOOSE!"
	2:51pm chresti: Thanks Larry! Catch you later.. I thought it was Abbot Costello at first
	2:52pm northguineahills: Back for the end!
	2:52pm Franco Twinkie: ....She says to me: Who did Talking To The Detectives?
	2:52pm chresti: the Bruce song, that is
	2:52pm Johnzon: no blood on the tracks?!
	2:54pm Sem: What a yummy fill-in, Larry. Tasty, just sweet enough and satisfying enough to maybe crave a little bit more. thanks!
	2:55pm chresti: Elvis Costello-not Abbot
	2:57pm Parq: As the National Lampoon once said, there really is no Elvis Costello, it's just Bruce in a dumb suit, dopey glasses and a bad mood.
	2:57pm chresti: My brain wakes up about 5pm, pst
	2:57pm βrian: My, it's that time already. Thanks, Larry.
	2:57pm chresti: Haha Parq!
	2:57pm Funky16Corners: Thanks for listening! Hopefully we'll all see each other later tonight!
	2:59pm chresti: You betcha!
	3:00pm Funky16Corners: Holy crap! I timed that right!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from December 5, 2018

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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
Funky16Corners	Testify! Intro "Testify! Intro" by "Funky16Corners"	Best of Funky16Corners Volume One	Funky16Corners	2017	MP3
Ken Boothe	Down By the River "Down By the River" by "Ken Boothe"	Let's Get It On	Trojan	1974	LP
Jennifer Warnes	Sand and Foam "Sand and Foam" by "Jennifer Warnes"	Jennifer	Reprise	1972	LP
Buzzy Linhart	The Love's Still Growing	The Time To Live Is Now	kama Sutra	1971	LP
Leon Russell	Beware of Darkness "Beware of Darkness" by "Leon Russell"	Leon Russell and the Shelter People	Shelter	1971	LP

Bix Beiderbeck	In a Mist "In a Mist" by "Bix Beiderbeck"	78rpm single	Okeh	1927	78
Al Hirt	Harlem Hendoo "Harlem Hendoo" by "Al Hirt"	Soul In the Horn	RCA	1967	LP
Jack Sheldon	I Think It's Going To Rain Today	The Cool World of Jack Sheldon	Dot	1969	LP
Claudine Longet	Snow "Snow" by "Claudine Longet"	Love Is Blue	A&M	1968	LP
The Christmas Spirit	Will You Still Believe In Me	45RPM Single	White Whale	1968	45
Diane Hildebrand	There's a Coming Together	Early Morning Blues and Greens	Elektra	1968	LP
Bobby Vee	The Passing of a Friend	Gates, Grills and Railings	Liberty	1969	LP
13th Floor Elevators	I Had To Tell You	Easter Everywhere	International Artists	1967	LP
13th Floor Elevators	I've Seen Your Face Before (Splash 1)	The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators	International Artists	1966	LP
The Beach Boys	Til I Die "Til I Die" by "The Beach Boys"	Surf's Up	Brother	1971	LP
The Beach Boys	Feel Flows "Feel Flows" by "The Beach Boys"	Surf's Up	Brother	1971	LP
Otis Redding	I've Got Dreams to Remember	The Immortal Otis Redding	Atco	1968	LP

Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood	Some Velvet Morning	Nancy and Lee	Reprise	1968	LP
Peggy Lee	Is That All There Is "Is That All There Is" by "Peggy Lee"	45RPM Single	Capitol	1968	45
Spirit	Topanga Windows "Topanga Windows" by "Spirit"	Spirit	Ode	1968	LP
Stephane Grappelli	Uptown Dance "Uptown Dance" by "Stephane Grappelli"	Uptown Dance	Columbia	1978	LP
Nico	Chelsea Girls "Chelsea Girls" by "Nico"	Chelsea Girl	Verve	1967	LP
Bobby Bland	Rockin' In the Same Old Boat	45RPM Single	Duke	1968	45
Eddie Harris	Smoke Signals "Smoke Signals" by "Eddie Harris"	Silver Cycles	Atlantic	1969	LP
Ramsey Lewis Trio	People Make the World Go Round	Upendo ni Pamoja	Columbia	1972	LP
Rod McKuen, Anita Kerr, and the San Sebastian Strings	Mother Wanted Me To Play Mozart	Earth	Warner Brothers	1967	LP
Morgana King	Tomorrow Never Knows	I Know How It Feels to Be Lonely	Verve	1968	LP
Staple Singers	Step Aside "Step Aside" by "Staple Singers"	Why	Epic	1965	LP
Fleetwood Mac	Albatross "Albatross" by "Fleetwood Mac"	45RPM Single	Epic	1968	45
Roy Budd	Get Carter "Get Carter" by "Roy Budd"	45RPM Single	DJM	1971	45

Bob Dylan	Desolation Row "Desolation Row" by "Bob Dylan"	Highway 61 Revisited	Columbia	1965	LP
Ralfi Pagan	Make It With You "Make It With You" by "Ralfi Pagan"	45RPM Single	Fania	1971	45
Neil Young	The Loner "The Loner" by "Neil Young"	Neil Young	Reprise	1968	LP
Mama Cass	Talking To Your Toothbrush	Dream a Little Dream	Dunhill	1968	LP
Nick Drake	River Man "River Man" by "Nick Drake"	Five Leaves Left	Island	1969	LP
Nick Drake	Three Hours "Three Hours" by "Nick Drake"	Five Leaves Left	Island	1969	LP
Darondo	Didn't I "Didn't I" by "Darondo"	45RPM Single	Music City	1972	45
The Velvet Underground	Candy Says	Velvet Underground	MGM	1969	LP
Norman Whitfield/Rose Royce	Water	Car Wash OST	MCA	1976	LP
Ray Lamontagne	Be Here Now "Be Here Now" by "Ray Lamontagne"	Til the Sun Turns Black	RCA	2006	CD
Bruce Springsteen	Spirit In the Night	Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.	Columbia	1973	LP

Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers	I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)	45RPM Single	Like	1966	45

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Listener comments!
	12:05pm Funky16Corners: Helloooooo out there!
	🥁 12:05pm Granny Spicy Tuna: hello, thought i'd adorn this comments board
	12:05pm Funky16Corners: Hi Granny!
	12:06pm Funky16Corners: Your avatar is hypnotic!
	🥁 12:06pm Granny Spicy Tuna: this is a spooky rendition…
	12:06pm Funky16Corners: Yes, great album.
	🥁 12:06pm Granny Spicy Tuna: Thanks, it's Ann-Margret at her finest
	12:08pm Funky16Corners: Is that from Tommy?
	12:08pm Sem: Hello, Larry, GST. Along for the ride.
	12:08pm Funky16Corners: Hi Sem!
	12:12pm rw: Larry! What are you doing here?
	12:12pm Funky16Corners: Hi rw! Mary is under the weather so I volunteered to radio-ize!
	12:15pm rw: Nice. Thanks, man. Tell her we hope she feels better soon. Looking forward to a bit of Wednesday morning Testify!
	🥁 12:16pm Granny Spicy Tuna: F16C: Yes, this is Ann-Margret as Tommy's mother in that amazing scene with the baked beans!
	12:17pm Webhamster Henry: Hi Larry! I don't mind an occasional schedule shuffle!
	12:17pm βrian: If you're listening, Mary, stay warm there under your paisley comforter.
	12:18pm chresti: Hi Larry and Testifyers!
	12:18pm Cal Zone!: Sorry I missed the master of time and space! Glad to be listening, LG!
	12:19pm Funky16Corners: Henry, Brian, Chresti, Cal! Good afternoon!
	12:20pm rw: F16C, you scripted out that mic break, right? The first part anyway. The part about the marshmallows.
	12:21pm Funky16Corners: I did indeed. I usually do the opening like that
	🥁 12:21pm Granny Spicy Tuna: So relieved to get the WFMU Blast reporting that the FMA will continue to enrich our lives. Yay!
	12:21pm rw: And Bix!
	12:22pm chresti: G Spicy Tuna has the greatest avatars!
	12:22pm Funky16Corners: @Granny - Yes! I just saw that!
	12:22pm rw: Ha! I know. It's just harder for me to keep up this early in the morning. Nice one.
	12:23pm Franco Twinkie: Good morning Larry. So today we get a double dose?
	12:24pm chresti: Mary had been working double time for the last few weeks, she deserves a break
	12:24pm Funky16Corners: @Franco - Hi! Yes, I am opening and closing the day today!
	12:25pm Funky16Corners: The mellow side of Conjunction Junction...
	12:26pm Franco Twinkie: Just keep hydrated and you'll be fine.
	🥁 12:26pm Granny Spicy Tuna: aw, thanks @cresti
	12:27pm chresti: we're still in our PJs and still waking up over here
	🥁 12:27pm Granny Spicy Tuna: Ann-Margret survived this film shoot with only a flesh wound. She RULES.
	12:28pm Sem: Jack Sheldon: does anyone remember his comedy routine? With a straight face, and a single clicker, he narrated slides of a family vacation gone wild, completely deadpan delivery. Funniest thing.
	12:28pm Funky16Corners: @Chresti - I've been up since 5:15 Eastern. I have to beat the dawn to get my oldest son fed and off to school.
	12:28pm βrian: I just saw an episode of Rat Patrol with Claudine Longet. (Don't ask ...)
	12:29pm Funky16Corners: @Sem - That was Jackie Vernon
	12:30pm Funky16Corners: @Brian - I remember that episode!
	12:31pm Sem: Yikes, dementia warning. Thx, Larry.
	12:31pm Funky16Corners: It happens to me all the time!
	12:31pm Franco Twinkie: Brain, Claudine was also on Hogans Heroes. She was a good foil for guys in uniform.
	12:32pm Funky16Corners: Pretty French girl custom made for WW2 shows
	12:33pm chresti: That's my weekend schedule @Funky- I get up @4:30 pst Thankfully, my son does not need to be driven anywhere, it will be him driving me places in 20 years or less
	12:34pm Funky16Corners: This schedule is new, but will likely last through all four years of high school. I suppose I'll get used to it, but not yet
	12:37pm chresti: Is high school far away?
	12:37pm Funky16Corners: No, but he takes the bus. I just have to make sure that he's up, has a hot breakfast and lunches are made
	12:38pm chresti: I've never listened to Ken Booth's Down by the River
	12:39pm Funky16Corners: The whole album is worth a listen
	12:40pm Funky16Corners: It also includes a fantastic version of 'Is It Because I'm Black'
	12:44pm Franco Twinkie: I just passed this Elevators record as I'm digging for Christmas records in the towering piles.
	12:45pm Funky16Corners: Go back and pull it out!
	12:46pm Franco Twinkie: Got it!
	12:47pm Franco Twinkie: Is yous an original IA? Mine is a 1978 Radar.
	12:48pm Funky16Corners: No, aside from several OG 45s my Elevators albums are all reissues
	12:48pm Dean: You know what would fit this set? Loggins & Messina, "Peace of Mind," from '71's Sittin' In.
	12:49pm Webhamster Henry: Are you going to get to Surf's Up, one of my favorites to sing?
	12:49pm Carmichael: Heya Lar and cool people.
	12:49pm Funky16Corners: I don't know that one, Dean. I'll have to check it out.
	12:49pm Funky16Corners: Webhamster Henry - I think I'll save that for a Van Dyke Parks tribute
	12:50pm chresti: I used to make smoothies for my son's breakfast before school-the neighbors downstairs would complain about the very loud blender
	12:50pm Funky16Corners: Hi Carmichael!
	12:51pm Funky16Corners: @Chresti - my younger son loves smoothies, but the ice in the blender scares the shit out of our cats!
	12:52pm rw: FT, mine's 1978 radar too. Not that I care all that much about these things. Love the essay on the back cover. I've got a small pile of Xmas records too. Is it time to pull them out already?
	12:53pm Funky16Corners: I've been compiling this year's Christmas show
	12:53pm Carmichael: I always play my Xmas music from The Fab Four, a Beatles parody group.
	12:53pm chresti: Webhamster- I checked out the Night Owl- he's cute, and I enjoy the Japlish haikus
	🥁 12:54pm Granny Spicy Tuna: I allow only three Xmas albums in my home; Vince Guaraldi, The Jackson 5, and Karl Blau's "Coconutcracker Suite."
	12:54pm rw: And now it's time for me to go out and do whatever it is that I do. Thanks Larry! I'll be listening from the road. Take care everyone.
	12:55pm Franco Twinkie: I actually held an original in my shaking hands at the flea market. The vendor had it marked at $400.00!
	12:55pm chresti: I would use frozen fruit, no ice @Larry
	12:57pm chresti: Coconutcracker Suite sounds interesting
	12:57pm Dean: Absolutely mandatory Christmas record: Sequentia's Aquitania.
	12:59pm Franco Twinkie: RW. Yes, it's way to early. But I'm using this damp morning to stay in and burn toast. And look for records too.
	🥁 1:01pm Granny Spicy Tuna: @chresti: Coconutcracker Suite is an excellent and playful reggae interpretation of Tchaikovsky, and i see it's on bandcamp…
	1:01pm coelacanth∅: greetings Larry & all (100%ers?)
	1:03pm Franco Twinkie: As I dig, Movin' With Nancy is sure to turn up.
	1:03pm Johnzon: random comment... my dad grew up in Madison and remembered hearing the news when his plane crashed there. oddly I grew up in Fargo ND where Buddy Holly was going when he died.
	1:03pm βrian: @Dean: That's so 12th Century!
	1:03pm Carmichael: I love Nancy and Lee. The album and the duo.
	1:04pm Funky16Corners: Hi C! Johnzon!
	1:04pm Funky16Corners: @Carmichael - This record is beautiful and really, really weird.
	1:04pm Johnzon: *otis redding
	1:04pm chresti: I'll check it out@Dean My brother is the dj when we go to his house for the holiday gathering up north. He likes the jumpin' blues mostly, there's a reggae Christmas and James Brown Christmas cds...
	1:05pm βrian: There's a plaque @ Monona Terrace dedicated to Otis.
	1:06pm fleep: Already jaded, even as a child.
	1:07pm Funky16Corners: I know the feeling.
	1:07pm βrian: Is that "have a ball" or "have a bawl"?
	1:08pm chresti: love this song forever
	1:09pm Funky16Corners: @Brian - I think, ball
	1:11pm Franco Twinkie: Peggy Lee and Spirit! You are one crazy fucking mix master, Larry.
	1:11pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Franco!
	1:11pm chresti: My brother is the keeper of the Christmas flame in his own way-he waits until dinner is about to be served to wrap gifts
	1:11pm coelacanth∅: me too -and Peggy Lee for that matter (though in this case i like PJ Harvey/John Parish's version just as much)
	1:12pm Funky16Corners: Someday I'll play the original recorded version of 'Is That All There Is' by NY DJ Dan Daniels. It's WEIRD
	1:12pm Webhamster Henry: @Larry looking forward to a VDP tribute!
	1:13pm Cal Zone!: Loving the Spirit record! I need to delve more into them.
	1:13pm chresti: I have not heard their versions @coel I always welcome versions of that song
	1:13pm Funky16Corners: @Webhamster Henry - I will def do one soon. He's one of my faves.
	1:14pm coelacanth∅: i have many xmas albums -all of which are on my get-rid-of list.
	1:14pm Funky16Corners: @Cal - That first Spirit album is a certifiable American psychedelic classic
	1:15pm βrian: I hear Stephane and I think, oh no, I've had 4 espressos, I'm cranky, and I'm only half way through my shift. And Stephane's on the background loop, loop, loop ...
	1:15pm Franco Twinkie: When I was in junior high school the first Spirit album was the lp of choice for our group of budding music snobs.
	1:16pm Funky16Corners: @Brian - I love this album, My Dad had it when I was a kid and it burrowed into my brain.
	1:17pm coelacanth∅: chresti it's on "dance hall at louse point" ("John Parish and Polly Jean Harvey") ...if you like PJ. i think that's my favorite album of hers.
	1:20pm βrian: Yes, as time passes I'm able to rehabilitate Stephane Grappelli in my mind. I've come to appreciate him much more.
	1:20pm northguineahills: When I was in junior high I listened to... top 40 radio in the morning, and maybe Kris Kross, oh, and my Vanilla Ice cd! (seriously, I was clueless back then)
	1:21pm Dean: Yeah, that Sequentia album is medieval vocal music, in many respects the opposite of James Brown, in others not at all dissimilar. The last track, "Plebs Domini," is a mind-blower.
	1:21pm Funky16Corners: In junior high I was all Beatles all the time
	1:22pm Funky16Corners: And hi, NGH!
	1:23pm chresti: another favorite by Peggy is "Hey Big Spender" thanks coel, I'll check it out
	1:23pm northguineahills: Spending ages 10-13 in Japan kept me from American culture, that, and I was a total dork (still am).
	1:23pm rw: I guess Chelsea has changed as bit
	1:23pm Franco Twinkie: Abby Road was another 9th grade hi-fi in the bedroom closet favorite.
	1:24pm βrian: @Dean: Going to see the Tallis Scholars this weekend. No idea what they have on their program, though.
	1:24pm Funky16Corners: @rw - I think this is about the denizens of the Chelsea Hotel on 14th St.
	1:26pm rw: Oh. Yes. Of course. But my guess is that’s changed too
	1:26pm Dean: Oh, man. Tallis Scholars are amazing. They've been doing more recent stuff lately, I believe. Looks like they're doing a traditional Renaissance Christmas program. Palestrina, Byrd, etc.
	1:27pm Funky16Corners: @rw - It has. I remember it mainly from my trips to Midnight Records back in the 80s, which was maybe a block away.
	1:30pm david w: Hello Larry and all. And get better, Mary! This show should help, its very soothing. Nice!
	1:31pm Funky16Corners: Hi David!
	1:36pm βrian: I could almost go for a little vibra-slap ...
	1:38pm Webhamster Henry: (The Chelsea is on 23rd st)
	1:38pm Funky16Corners: My bad. I'm old and my brain don't work so good no more!
	1:40pm Funky16Corners: Ah! Google tells me that Midnight was on 23rd between 7th and 8th. My recollection of proximity was correct, street was wrong.
	1:41pm Webhamster Henry: Well, it's not what it used to be either! New York's Gone (Brian Woodbury) brianwoodbury.bandcamp.com...
	1:41pm glenn: wilco with bob weir do a pretty stellar version of TNK.
	1:44pm northguineahills: @Henry: I used to dj at the Chelsea Hotel's lounge/bar, but it was 2002-2007, when it got a bit more swanky. (Had a friend from Kill Rockstars curate w/ me). I explored a few times, but, it was already unrecognizable.
	1:45pm βrian: What? Uncle Michael??
	1:45pm Funky16Corners: No, it's not the end of Hinky Dinky Time!
	1:45pm northguineahills: UM is leaving the building?
	1:46pm Dean: Pavlov's set list
	1:46pm Funky16Corners: Ring a ding ding!
	1:49pm jayjay in MTL: A pint of bitter in a thin glass.
	1:50pm Funky16Corners: Yes indeed!
	1:53pm βrian: I like dark rye!
	1:53pm david_: Yeah that entire Nancy and Lee blew my mind when i first heard it... still does. "Sand" is a personal fave
	1:56pm david_: Here you had so many pop acts pursuing a deliberate kind of psychedlia, from labels to producers on down, while Nancy and Lee fell into it naturally without needing to speak of it. That's the Tao to me :)
	1:56pm Webhamster Henry: I was in the Loser's Lounge tribute to Lee Hazelwood, singing Poet, Fool or Bum. The text-to-speech version of Some Velvet Morning is my theme song.
	1:56pm david_: @Webhamster are you talking about the reggae version?
	1:57pm coelacanth∅: glenn @ 1.41 if Weir sings on that then i don't believe you! i'd love to hear wilco do that though.
	1:58pm Webhamster Henry: Yep. Here's its history: www.wfmu.org...
	1:58pm northguineahills: jayjay is full of good ideas.
	1:59pm northguineahills: Weird, I have Nashville Skyline in my car. Off to lunch, thanks Larry!
	1:59pm Funky16Corners: @ David - 'Sand' is, in my opinion the greatest example of Hazlewood's 'Cosmic Cowboy' thing
	1:59pm Funky16Corners: Later NGH!
	2:00pm coelacanth∅: okay i'm back to work. Thanks Larry! please give Mary well wishes for me. tchau
	2:01pm Funky16Corners: Later C!
	2:03pm david_: @Webhamster yes, I was thinking of the same. Ma Bell! Love that jam! love the way the disembodied version deals with the time signature changes
	2:04pm david_: @funky exactly. The backwards-guitar freak-out ending to end all backwards-guitar freak-out endings
	2:10pm Monica: hi larry, enjoying this afternoon's program immensely.
	2:11pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Monica!
	2:12pm david_: Hi Monica! Great fill in last week!
	2:13pm Monica: many thx, david_. as is today's tesify! fill-in.
	2:19pm chresti: @Webhamster- I love the text-to-speech renditions of popular tunes
	2:19pm david_: Much agreed. Batting 1000!
	2:21pm Mark R: Man, Nick Drake--what a great loss! What did he do, three albums? All of them great.
	2:21pm Johnzon: just re-watched the nick drake doc. "a skin to few" a couple days ago... really good stuff, includes interviews with his sister friends and musical collaborators and extensive shots of rain dripping and frost forming on his bedroom window
	2:22pm Franco Twinkie: Larry, you are making it very difficult to get anything done. I just want to hang out and groove on this cold morning.
	2:22pm Johnzon: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nrmR_F5XgwQ
	2:23pm Sem: These last two sets have been fine accompaniment to some head-down work here. Much appreciated, Larry!
	2:24pm Funky16Corners: Yeah, Nick Drake is if anything, underrated. Masterful singer, songwriter and a spectacular guitarist. Those three albums are brilliant. I remember hearing 'River Man' for the first time, maybe 35 years ago, like it was yesterday. Makes the hair on the back of my neck stand on end.
	2:25pm Funky16Corners: @Franco - My work is done (even if yours is not) ;)
	2:25pm Funky16Corners: @Sem - Thanks!
	2:26pm david_: @Johnzon will have to watch that
	2:27pm Funky16Corners: I haven't seen the doc yet. Is it streaming anywhere?
	2:28pm Johnzon: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nrmR_F5XgwQ it's excellent
	2:28pm david_: Anyone know if Kenzo's show is happening today?
	2:29pm Johnzon: Also includes recordings of his parents talking and one of his mom's songs and poems
	2:29pm Funky16Corners: @David - I believe Kenzo is back in the saddle today
	2:30pm Mark R: I believe it is, David, based on the daily Give the Drummer email.
	2:30pm david_: @funky thank you. sweet!
	2:30pm chresti: Love Didn't I
	2:31pm david_: Thanks @Mark R
	2:31pm Funky16Corners: Such a beautiful record
	2:32pm david_: And now I want to watch the entirety of Breaking Bad again
	2:35pm Mark R: I think this VU song makes a lovely companion to the Nick Drake. I still like the John Cale version of the band best, but this album is great, too!
	2:36pm Mark R: Oh, lookout! Here comes the vinyl!
	2:37pm Sem: Loved this movie, the soundtrack mostly, I guess.
	2:37pm Funky16Corners: It's almost all vinyl. Some is less crackly than others. Love the Cale-era VU but I think that the Velvet Underground album is my fave
	2:38pm Funky16Corners: @Sem - some great, surprising instrumental tracks on this album
	2:39pm Parq: Well, another lunch hour gone to hell, but I'm here for the denouement, anyway.
	2:40pm Funky16Corners: Sorry about that...
	2:40pm Funky16Corners: Hey Parq!
	2:40pm Parq: I can never tell the difference any more between DJ errors and Java glitches.
	2:41pm Funky16Corners: That was a DJ error!
	2:42pm chresti: Paint it black feeling
	2:43pm Mark R: This Ray Lamontagne track is gorgeous, also...
	2:43pm Funky16Corners: I hardly like anything else by this guy, but I think this record is amazing.
	2:44pm Funky16Corners: In the headphones, it goes straight through my head meeting up in the middle.
	2:46pm Funky16Corners: And a little bit of the local vintage to close things out...
	2:47pm Mark R: I almost never hear Springsteen on any FMU show, ever. It's like a thing.
	2:48pm Funky16Corners: I love early Bruce, but this song especially as it references two places that are withing five minutes of my house.
	2:48pm Franco Twinkie: Thanks Larry. You made my holiday task much easier.
	2:48pm βrian: I had to ask myself who this was. Familiar but it's been so long.
	2:49pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Franco!
	2:50pm david w: Brilliant top to bottom. Thanks, Larry!
	2:50pm Parq: Generally, I'm pretty positive on the first two Springsteen albums, but I'm afraid all the fans he made with everything that started with the third album have pretty much killed it all for me. Even now, hearing this track, I'm expecting some University of Michigan grad in a plaid shirt to burst into my room and holler 'BROOOOOOOSE!"
	2:51pm chresti: Thanks Larry! Catch you later.. I thought it was Abbot Costello at first
	2:52pm northguineahills: Back for the end!
	2:52pm Franco Twinkie: ....She says to me: Who did Talking To The Detectives?
	2:52pm chresti: the Bruce song, that is
	2:52pm Johnzon: no blood on the tracks?!
	2:54pm Sem: What a yummy fill-in, Larry. Tasty, just sweet enough and satisfying enough to maybe crave a little bit more. thanks!
	2:55pm chresti: Elvis Costello-not Abbot
	2:57pm Parq: As the National Lampoon once said, there really is no Elvis Costello, it's just Bruce in a dumb suit, dopey glasses and a bad mood.
	2:57pm chresti: My brain wakes up about 5pm, pst
	2:57pm βrian: My, it's that time already. Thanks, Larry.
	2:57pm chresti: Haha Parq!
	2:57pm Funky16Corners: Thanks for listening! Hopefully we'll all see each other later tonight!
	2:59pm chresti: You betcha!
	3:00pm Funky16Corners: Holy crap! I timed that right!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from December 5, 2018

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