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January 29, 2004: The Punchy 'n' Boody Show
"Won't you come see me, Green Jade?"
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| Walton, William |
Allegro assai, Symphony No. 1
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Live from the Proms | BBC | 1993 | CD | BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Tadaaki Otaka | ||||
| Neil Young |
Rockin' in the Free World
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Weld | Warner | 1991 | CD | Bush the First era, Bush the Sequel relevance. "kinder, gentler machine gun hand," indeed! | ||||
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I'm Not Afraid of the Dark
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Bang Bang | MCA | 1991 | CD | |||||
| Bob Dylan |
Queen Jane Approximately
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Highway 61 Revisited | Columbia | 1965 | CD | Filling in for Jeffrey Cobb, here's the only WFMU DJ NOT nominated for a Golden Globe Award, Bob Rixon a.k.a. DJ Rix. | ||||
| Charles Tolliver |
On the Nile
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The Ringer | Arista | 1975 | Vinyl | Charles Tolliver, Trumpet; Stanley Cowell, Piano; Sreve Novosel, Bass; Jimmy Hopps, Drums. Recorded 1969. | ||||
| Billy May |
Window Washer
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Johnny Cool soundtrack | Rykodisc | CD | Starring Henry Silva as a Mafia hitman, co-starring Sammy Davis Jr. as the black guy with an eyepatch. | |||||
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Theme from Johnny Cool
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Johnny Cool soundtrack | CD | Click on Johnny Cool if you wanna check out DJ Monica's 1/30/04 Tribute to Billy May | ||||||
| May, Billy |
Tri-Fi Drums
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Big Band Stereo | Capitol | Vinyl | Probably May's most famous composition (other than his TV themes, here "Tri" rather than "Hi." DJ Dan Ingrams's closer. In Memoriam, Billy May. | |||||
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Moriah
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You broke my heart, so I busted your jaw. | A&M | CD | Cameo appearance by Lord Buckley, courtesy of Give the Drummer Some. | |||||
| Charles Ives |
From the Steeples and the Mountains
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Americana: 20th Century Works for Orchestra | Vox | CD | Buffalo Philharmonic, cond. by Lukas Foss | |||||
| Intro to India |
Telecosmic
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Intro to India | Lounge | 1999 | CD | I swear I met these guys, but have no recollection. Figures. | ||||
| Bowery Electric |
Sounds in Motion / Next to Nothing
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Bowery Electric | Kranky | 1995 | CD | |||||
| Neely Bruce |
Marilyn Monroe (From Eight Ghosts)
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The Plague & Other Vocal Works | Mode | 1991 | CD | Text: Michael McClure, Performed by Electric Phoenix | ||||
| Octavius |
Surprisingly Concerned With One Another
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Audio Noir | Mush | 2004 | CD | |||||
| Daisy Glow |
Theme from Daisy Glow
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California Dreaming | FFRR | 1993 | CD | One might say a "seminal" early acid/rave compilation. I'm so out of touch, sigh. | ||||
| Thirteen Icelanders playing Electric Guitars |
Helvitis Symphony No. 1, Part 2
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Nart Nibbles | Kitchen Motors | 1999 | CD | No way I'm gonna list 'em individually. | ||||
| Beautiful People |
The Sea
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If Sixties Were Nineties | CD | |||||||
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Beautiful Dream
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Beth Sorrentino Live at WFMU 2001 | WFMU private stash | 2001 | CD | A lovely Suddenly, Tammy! song performed solo. Thanks to Irwin Chusid, who invited Beth, engineered & made a copy for our library. | ||||
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String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Allegro Moderato
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Two String Quartets | MHS / EMI | Vinyl | Performed by the Music Group of London | |||||
| Nina Simone |
That's All I Want From You
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Baltimore | CTI | 1978 | Vinyl | |||||
| Theofanidis, Christopher |
Rainbow Body
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Rainbow Body | Telarc | 2003 | CD |
Based on the chant Ave Maria, O auctrix vitae, by Hildegarde of Bingen. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, cond. by Robert Spano |
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Teliyaleru Rama
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Karnatic Song | Auvidis Ethnic | 1990 | CD | Only U.S. release (o/p) I'm aware of by this beautiful, soulful singer. | ||||
| Alice Coltrane |
Journey in Satchidananda
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Journey in Satchidananda | GRP (Impulse) | 1970 | CD | Alice Coltrane, Piano, Harp; Rashied Ali, Drums; Pharoah Sanders. Soprano Sax; Cecil McBee or Charlie Haden, Bass; Majid Shabazz, Percussion; Vishnu Wood, Oud. | ||||
| Dusty Springfield |
No Easy Way Down
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Dusty in Memphis | Atlantic | 1969 | CD | Dusty pulls every ounce of meaning & feeling there is to be gotten from this tragic aria. A three minute trip to Hell. | ||||
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Like Always
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Birthday | Warner | 1968 | Vinyl | Perhaps the group's best produced & most coherent - if not strongest - LP. The cover art & Bones Howe's production reached out to a potential potheads-with-earphones audience, to small avail. As with another vocal group, Free Design, there's strange goings on beneath even the wimpiest surfaces. It's like doing doob at Disneyland. | ||||
| Dewey Redman |
Boody
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Ear of the Behearer | ABC | 1973 | Vinyl | Dewey Redman, Alto & Tenor sax, Musette; Sirone, Bass, Flute; Ted Daniel, Trumpet, Bugle; Danny Johnson, Percussion; Eddie Moore, Percussion, Drums; Jane Robertson, Cello. CD reissue includes 4 cuts from equally fine o/p "Coincide." | ||||
| Headhunters |
If You've Got It, You'll Get It
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Survival of the Fittest | Arista/Rca | 1975 | Vinyl | Bennie Maupin, Piano, Clarinet, Sax (Tenor); Mike Clark, Drums; Bill Summers, Percussion; Paul Jackson Jr, Bass; Blackbird McKnight, Guitar; plus guests. Reissued on CD. | ||||
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| Herrmann, Bernard |
Journey to the Center of the Earth: Mountain Top and Sunrise.
2. Prelude.
3. Grotto.
4. Salt Slides.
5. Atlantis.
6. Giant Chameleon and Fight.
7. The Shaft and Finale.
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Bernard Herrmann: Great Film Music | Phase 4 Stereo | 1975 / 1996 | Vinyl | National Philharmonic, cond. by Bernard Herrmann. | ||||
| Garrison Starr |
Molly
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Stupid Girl | 1996 | CD | ||||||
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| Dvorak, Antonin |
Allegro non ma troppo, Symphony No. 8
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Symphony No. 8 / The Golden spinning Wheel | BBC | 2002 | CD | BBC Philharmonic, Cond. by Gianadrea Noseda | ||||
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| Bob Rixon | I use a dead language known only to myself | |||||||||
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