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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Camille Yarbrough  But It Comes Out Mad   Favoriting The Iron Pot Cooker  Vanguard  1975  LP      0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Anthony Hamilton  Ain't Nobody Worryin'   Favoriting Message Soul: Politics & Soul in Black America 1998-2008  Trikont  2010  CD  From 2005    0:08:14 (Pop-up)
Bill Withers  Grandma's Hands   Favoriting Just As I Am  Sony  2005  CD  From 1971    0:11:43 (Pop-up)
The Awakening  March On   Favoriting The Best of Black Jazz Records 1971-1976  Universal Sound  2003  CD  From 1973    0:14:40 (Pop-up)
The Barons Ltd.  Making It Better   Favoriting New Orleans Funk, Vol. 4  Soul Jazz  2016  CD  From 1971  *   0:19:11 (Pop-up)
Martin Luther King, Jr.  Address to Civil Rights Marchers in Washington D.C. (excerpt)   Favoriting Great Speeches of the 20th Century  Rhino Word Beat  1991  CD  August 28th, 1963; watch some of it here    0:21:31 (Pop-up)
Albert Ayler  Free at Last!   Favoriting New Grass  Impulse!/Verve  2005  CD  From 1968    0:25:30 (Pop-up)
Amira Baraka  Who Will Survive America?   Favoriting Listen, Whitey! The Sounds of Black Power 1967-1974  Light in the Attic  2010  CD  From 1972    0:28:36 (Pop-up)
The Impressions  This Is My Country   Favoriting The Impressions - Ultimate Collection  Hip-O / Universal Music  2001  CD  From 1968    0:31:40 (Pop-up)
The Staple Singers  Brand New Day   Favoriting The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles Volume 2: 1968-1971  Stax  1993  CD  From 1970    0:34:35 (Pop-up)
 
The Rave-Ups  If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)   Favoriting Town + Country  Omnivore Recordings  2016  CD  bonus demo on new reissue  *   0:46:05 (Pop-up)
Ass Ponys  All by Myself   Favoriting Under Cedars and Stars CD single  A&M  1996  CD      0:50:10 (Pop-up)
The Beach Boys  Wild Honey   Favoriting Wild Honey  Capitol  2001  CD  From 1968    0:54:46 (Pop-up)
Chet Atkins  Grazing in the Grass   Favoriting Solid Gold '68  RCA Victor  1968  LP      0:57:21 (Pop-up)
FEA  Mujer Moderna   Favoriting FEA  Blackheart  2016  CD    *   1:00:06 (Pop-up)
Daskinsey4  Optic Nervous System   Favoriting Typical Girls  Emotional Response  2016  CD    *   1:02:54 (Pop-up)
The Raincoats  I Saw a Hill   Favoriting Moving  Rough Trade  1983  LP  Thanks to Jim and Scott!    1:05:56 (Pop-up)
Features  City Scenes   Favoriting Features  Flying Nun  2016  LP  From 1980  *   1:09:21 (Pop-up)
England's Glory  First Time I Saw You   Favoriting Legendary Lost Album  Anagram  1994  CD  From 1971    1:12:29 (Pop-up)
Lou Reed  She's My Best Friend   Favoriting Coney Island Baby  RCA  1976  LP      1:19:03 (Pop-up)
T Bone Walker  Flower Blues   Favoriting Dirty Mistreater  MCA  1983  LP  From 1968    1:24:50 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: a bunch of little records played all in a line
Don Markham and the Marksmen  Goose - Part II   Favoriting single  Donna  1960  45      1:35:41 (Pop-up)
Pluto  Ram Goat Liver   Favoriting single  Wild Flower  1974  45      1:37:57 (Pop-up)
Pylon  Crazy   Favoriting single  DB Recs  1981  45      1:40:34 (Pop-up)
Baby Washington  Breakfast in Bed   Favoriting single  Cotillion  1969  45      1:43:44 (Pop-up)
Bees Make Honey  Sylvie   Favoriting single  Charly  1977  45      1:46:47 (Pop-up)
Sandie Shaw  I Had a Dream Last Night   Favoriting single  Reprise  1967  45      1:50:38 (Pop-up)
The Beatles  I'll Get You   Favoriting single  Parlophone  1963  45      1:53:16 (Pop-up)
Hank Snow (The Singing Ranger) and His Rainbow Ranch Boys  The Wreck of the Old 97   Favoriting single  RCA Victor  1951  45      1:55:20 (Pop-up)
Swamp Dogg  Sam Stone   Favoriting single  Cream  1972  45  Another thanks to Jim P.!    1:57:31 (Pop-up)
 
Marie "Queenie" Lyons  Fever   Favoriting single  Vampisoul  2007  45  Thanks, Sheila B.!; From 1969    2:12:14 (Pop-up)
Clydie King  Ain't My Stuff Good Enough?   Favoriting Direct Me  Lizard  1970  LP      2:14:56 (Pop-up)
Linda Jones  I Can't Make It Alone   Favoriting Precious: The Anthology 1963-72  Kent Soul  2016  CD  From 1971  *   2:17:46 (Pop-up)
Aretha Franklin  It Ain't Fair   Favoriting This Girl's in Love with You  Atlantic  1970  LP      2:20:30 (Pop-up)
Tami Lynn  (a) Monologue: Final Attempt (b) Can't Last Much Longer   Favoriting Love Is Here and Now You're Gone  Cotillion  1972  LP      2:23:52 (Pop-up)
Dee Dee Warwick  That's Not Love   Favoriting single  Mercury  1969  45  Thanks again to dear Sheila B.!    2:27:46 (Pop-up)
Alice Clark  Don't You Care   Favoriting The Complete Studio Recordings 1968-1972  BGP  2010  CD  From 1972    2:30:46 (Pop-up)
Doris Duke  Business Deal   Favoriting Super Duper Love: Mainstream Hits & Rarities 1973–76  Kent Soul  2016  CD  From 1973  *   2:33:25 (Pop-up)
Lorraine Ellison  Do Better Than You're Doin'   Favoriting Lorraine Ellison  Warner Bros.  1974  LP      2:36:56 (Pop-up)
Gloria Scott  Help Me Get Off This Merry-Go-Round   Favoriting What Am I Gonna Do  Casablanca  1974  LP      2:40:07 (Pop-up)
Valerie Simpson  I Don't Need No Help   Favoriting Exposed  Tamla  1971  LP      2:43:58 (Pop-up)
Rozetta Johnson  It's Been So Nice   Favoriting A Woman's Way: The Complete Rozetta Johnson 1963-1975  Kent Soul  2016  CD  From 1975  *   2:50:09 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 9:03am
annie:

hey joe!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:03am
WFMU listener WADE:

BOING BOING BOING BOING
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:03am
Whosondephone:

I never get tired of that intro. Good morning everyone!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:03am
pantz:

Mornin' Joe. Still working on that aerobics premium? Perfect for resolution season.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:04am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Joe has survived his birthday weekend! Let us rejoice and be glad. Boing boing!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:04am
Guido from Cologne:

Good morning Joe!
  9:05am
Eric Hat:

Fine
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:05am
melinda:

hello everyone!
  9:06am
Eric Hat:

Brooklyns niece
Avatar 9:07am
V Priceless:

mornin', Joe!
  9:12am
Will:

I knew Joe was going to be digging deep today....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:12am
holland oats:

what, me worry?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:15am
Sem Chumbo:

Good morning, Joe, and McGaskos. How great, Mr. Withers on the radio.
Avatar 9:16am
Joe McG:

Hey, good morning, everyone! Clay Pigeon is so amazing, isn't he? Happy MLK Day, glad you're with me.
Avatar 9:20am
Sig:

let us walk together
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:25am
adampsyche:

Good morning and thanks for this set/speech <3
  9:28am
sugarwolf:

Good morning! Hope you had a good birthday, Joe!
Avatar 9:31am
Joe McG:

Thanks, sugarwolf! I had a very nice birthday!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:34am
Polyus:

These old Impressions songs make me happy and sad at the same time like no other group can.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:35am
Brian in UK:

Belated Happy Birthday, Joe. New safety razor or record tokens?
Avatar 9:36am
Joe McG:

@Brian: A new Capricorn medallion!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:37am
Brian in UK:

Yee Haw
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:38am
pantz:

You'll be a hit at the key parties, Joe!
Avatar 9:39am
Joe McG:

@pantz: Haaa!
  9:41am
trouble:

good morning birthday boy!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:43am
Whosondephone:

just because we are working doesn't mean we ain't celebrating!
  9:45am
sugarwolf:

My coworker who is an immigrant wished us a happy MLK day yesterday, and said she really likes and admires Martin Luther King Jr.
  9:46am
kevlicki:

Good morning joe!
Glad you got born!
Thanks for the set so far!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:46am
pantz:

You lost a lot when you lost me. 2 paperback books and dying tree
Avatar 9:47am
Joe McG:

Trouble, thank you! Thank you, kevlicki, what a nice thing to say! @pantz: Ah, you remember! :)
  9:49am
Joe:

I believe one of the guys in the band dated Molly Ringwald s sister.
  9:50am
herb.nyc:

If I had a hammer I'd smash all of Trump's tiny fingers!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:50am
melinda:

haha, herb!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:51am
pantz:

Speaking of Trump, here's the Ass Ponys
  9:53am
sugarwolf:

@herb.nyc: you wouldn't need a very big hammer. A crab mallet might work.
Avatar 9:55am
KP:

Hello, Joe!
  9:56am
kevlicki:

Thankfully as long as there's 90.1 91.1 or a wifi connection, I'll never be "all by myself"
Avatar 9:59am
Joe McG:

Hey, KP! @kevlicki: Long may she wave.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:59am
ChrisB.:

Brian pulled this one out during his last tour. I think Al Jardine sang the lead.
  10:06am
ike:

Completely missed this morning's Clay Pidge tryout. Did he play any Chicago? Eagles? REO Speedeater? Love him anyway, ha.
Avatar 10:07am
Joe McG:

@Ike: He did get some Grand Funk in there.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:16am
holland oats:

peter perrett 4eva
  10:17am
ike:

That's almost perversely disappointing if that's as bad as it got. I actually don't mind Grand Funk at all. They even border on being... kinda good.
  10:19am
Bill D:

Have to work today even though Federal Holiday
Avatar 10:21am
Joe McG:

Sorry to hear it, Bill D! Hope this helps a bit. @Ike: I don't mind them, either! But like a lot of what Clay spins. Including REO Speedwagon!
Avatar 10:22am
Joe McG:

Anybody see "Danny Says"? The DVD has a 40-minute audio track of Lou Reed raving about the Ramones in 1975.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:24am
ChrisB.:

I love the Legs McNeil interview with Lou for Punk magazine back in the day. John Holstrom's illustrations put it over the top.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:25am
pantz:

I need to check that out Joe.
Avatar 10:27am
Joe McG:

It's pretty amazing. After listening to their demos, he declares them the future of rock music and that he and "Patti" just sound old-fashioned and "full of shit." It's real fly-on-the-wall stuff. He keeps lambasting Clive Davis for turning down the Ramones as a signing.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:28am
Brian in UK:

Joe is that Danny Fields?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:28am
Whosondephone:

Rock on!
  10:29am
Sigurður:

So, let's see what will happen
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:31am
ChrisB.:

Speaking of flour, why is flour still sold in flimsy paper bags? Sad!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:32am
Mike East:

I used to record me and my friends hanging out on cassette. None of us are famous now, though...
  10:36am
sig:

Hopefully likable
  10:36am
lloyd michigan:

Was that Booker T. Groovin'?
Avatar 10:37am
Joe McG:

@lloyd: Yes!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:41am
Michele:

Hello hello!
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:41am
tadpoles:

This Pluto single is just great!
Avatar 10:42am
Joe McG:

Hi, Michele! :)
  10:44am
lloyd michigan:

Thanks!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:44am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Hi, Michele. I hope you're getting today off from work.
Avatar 10:46am
Claw!:

Good morning, you wonderful people.
Hello, Joey Joe Joe!
Avatar 10:46am
Joe McG:

Claw!! Long time no see!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:47am
dale:

you always think dusty did the definitive version of these songs until you hear someone else's take.
Avatar 10:48am
Joe McG:

@dale: Yes, Baby's is pretty excellent!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:48am
ChrisB.:

Isn't Baby Washington appearing in Brooklyn in March as part of Todd-o-Phonic's All-Star Review?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:49am
Ike:

@KFHP, I misread that for a moment as "I hope you're getting off today from work" and I thought, that's some kinda work! HEY-O.
Avatar 10:49am
Claw!:

I took a break, but I couldn't stay away forever, Joe. (✿◠‿◠)
Avatar 10:50am
Joe McG:

@ChrisB: If she is, I'm going to be there! @Claw: Nice to have you back! :)
  10:51am
herb.nyc:

I just tuned in for a bit, outdoors on the Bowery. If this was 1978 and 10.51pm, I'd be cruising. (Happy belated birthday, Joe!)
Avatar 10:51am
Sig:

When it ends/starts
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:52am
Guido from Cologne:

Yess!!
Flip-Side is better that the Grad-Prix-winningA side!
Avatar 10:53am
Joe McG:

Thanks, herb! And thanks everyone for the birthday wishes, including the nice DJs who saluted me on the air on Saturday.
  10:53am
melinda:

Joe, is Danny Says available from Netflix?
Avatar 10:54am
Joe McG:

@melinda: Yes, that's how I got it! :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:54am
dale:

i recently saw that sandie covered the smiths on her last album in the 80s.
Avatar 10:55am
Claw!:

Oh, snap! Had no clue - happy belated, Joe! That's what I get for not being around...
  10:56am
lloyd michigan:

Best Beatles b-side!
Avatar 10:56am
Joe McG:

@dale: Yes, quite nicely, too! @Claw: Thanks so much!
Avatar 10:58am
steve:

hbd Joe! loving the show today.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:59am
pantz:

Great singles today, Joe. Always tempts me to get into vinyl.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:59am
dale:

sent you an email pre-birthday joe - i need to update my credit card info. someone tried to have a splurge at the nike store with my cc number and my card got canceled.
  11:00am
lloyd michigan:

A John Prine cover. You're on fire, Joe!
  11:00am
Blix:

Happy Birthday Joe.
--A fellow Capricorn...
Avatar 11:00am
Joe McG:

Thanks, steve and pantz! @dale: Oops! Haven't checked my work e-mail yet. I'll get back to you after the show and we'll get that taken care of.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:01am
frozen_peas:

Nothing beats weeping at my desk.
  11:01am
Listener Alexandra:

Fabulous show so far, Joe...and hope you had a magnificent birthday :-)
Avatar 11:01am
Joe McG:

Thanks, Blix! A couple of other great WFMU DJs have birthdays this week, too: Therese and Emily C.! Wish them well!
  11:02am
lloyd michigan:

I'll second the birthday wishes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:02am
dale:

i knew you were steeped in revelry and would get around to it when the aspirin wore off.
  11:03am
Blix:

Swamp Dogg has maybe the best collection of LP covers photos ever.
  11:04am
lloyd michigan:

The only other place I've ever heard SD is on M. Shelley's show.
  11:04am
BennettCap:

One of the saddest songs written, with a catchy refrain to boot. I prefer Prine singing or, though.
  11:05am
thedunkel:

Oh yeah- Happy Birthday!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:05am
joe:

Ahhh I was so bummed I missed Saturdays show but now to find out it was your de facto bday party. Uggghhhh
Avatar 11:12am
steve:

i am so wondering about the April 1st Elvis Costello appearance...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:13am
Whosondephone:

yes this good one.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:15am
pantz:

What a cruel prank, if it's not true.
Avatar 11:15am
Claw!:

This cover is killer!
Avatar 11:17am
Joe McG:

@Alex: I had a very nice time! @lloyd: Thanks! Swamp Dogg is apparently one of my most played artists according to station metrics! @Blix: I agree! @dunkel: Thanks, man!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:20am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Joe, will you be making another appearance on Stashu's show this evening? It was great to hear you last week.
  11:21am
charles boday:

joe, i'm lovin" the music as always, and had a surreal moment listening to the Features, as I do with any NEW ZEALAND band! (sorry man!). The Features, aka Fetus Productions, were from Auckland, NZ, though occassionally based in Sydney, Australia. I stayed with them as a teenager for a hallucibatory few weeks there, and remember it all vividly (things you never want your kids to do...). They associated with medico/industrial band SPK there. Jed Town, their moving force, was also based for a bit in Brighton, England. how's that for nerd-dom?!
Avatar 11:22am
Joe McG:

@ken: No, not this week! I was SO not ready to play last week and I really stunk. Next time I'll be more prepared! But it was a great time. @charles boday: I should've guessed New Zealand because of Flying Nun, charles. Dumb Monday morning me! How cool you hung out with those dudes!
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:26am
tadpoles:

Hey Joe & Charles...thought the Features might be a Kiwi band via Flying Nun but all wiki tossed at me was an '90's band from Tennessee! Thanks!
Avatar 11:29am
Joe McG:

@tadpoles: I now see that there's an insert in the LP, which I didn't notice earlier. Plenty of info! :S
  11:31am
nickrhombi:

hey, anybody know the personel on that aretha track? was that cropper and dunn?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:32am
holland oats:

Alice my girl!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:32am
Mike East:

Smokin' set, Joe!
Avatar 11:33am
annie:

omg, it's already 11:30!!! wow..
Avatar 11:35am
Joe McG:

@Mike: Nice to see you, sir, and thanks! I'm in the mood for soul ladies right now. @Nick: Says here Barry Beckett, Jimmy Johnson, Duane Allman, Eddie Hinton, Jerry Weaver, David Hood, and Roger Hawkins.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:35am
Sem Chumbo:

Sitting back, taking it all in. Some show going on here, birthday boy.
Avatar 11:35am
Joe McG:

@annie: I know, it's going so fast for me today, too. @Sem: Glad you're with me. :)
  11:36am
nickrhombi:

tanx, joe. - that bass was insane.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:37am
Mike Sin:

Simple life, simple pleasures for me -- A holiday at home means a chance to crank up WFMU's broadcast signal throughout the house all day!

re: Super Duper Love comp
Man, Ace/Kent still deliver top-notch well-annotated comps in the midst of declining CD sales.
Avatar 11:38am
Joe McG:

@Mike: "Super Duper Love" my comp of the year, I think. Not a bum cut! Also: You can sure cut a rug, sir! Nice seeing you on Saturday.
  11:49am
Hoboken Jack:

Terrific show today, Joe! Thanks so much.
Avatar 11:50am
Joe McG:

Thanks, Jack! I'm feeling good!
Avatar 11:51am
sugano:

I'm beginning to see the light !!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:52am
pantz:

This show is an archived keeper! You're just getting better with age, Joe!
Avatar 11:53am
Sig:

The amount of independent freedom that is gonna come with the spoken word, word spoken is a beat or repeated sentence for some. Few that understand will try a shot down, majority will celebrate in silence. Others might, mighty might a possible poem
Avatar 11:53am
Joe McG:

Aw, thanks, pantz! I'm soon going to make way for the great Joe Belock, your second Joe of the day. Everyone: Have a great day and a great week! Remember, they can't keep us down.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:55am
Devin B.:

Great show, Joe! Thanks!
Avatar 11:55am
sugano:

TY
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:57am
Greg from ZONE 5:

Thanks, Joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:58am
holland oats:

gr8 show
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