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Dave Edmunds  I Hear You Knocking   Favoriting
Elvis Costello and the Attractions with Fitzo Paez  Radio Radio   Favoriting
Ian And The Zodiacs  I'll Follow The Sun   Favoriting
Rick Nelson  Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You   Favoriting
Percy Mayfield  Stand By   Favoriting
Clifton Chenier  Long Toes   Favoriting
Neighbors, The  Valerie   Favoriting
Brinsley Schwarz  Ugly Things   Favoriting
Mike And The Moonpies  Road Crew   Favoriting
Mr. Bear And His Bearcats  Radar   Favoriting
Trio  Da Da Da I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha   Favoriting
Jan and Dean  She's My Summer Girl   Favoriting
Johnny White And His Rhythm Riders  The Tatooed Lady   Favoriting
Aretha Franklin  A Little Taste Of Soul   Favoriting
Duke Reid  Soul Style   Favoriting
New Picadillys, The  All Through The City   Favoriting
Enoch Light & His Orchestra  I Want To Hold Your Hand   Favoriting
Janice Mitchell  Interview   Favoriting
Beatles, The  I Want To Hold Your Hand   Favoriting
Carl Perkins  Lend Me Your Comb   Favoriting
Lee Dorsey  Go-Go Girl   Favoriting
Clash, The  I Fought The Law   Favoriting
Joe South  Birds Of A Feather   Favoriting
Sleepy Jeffers And The Davis Twins  Dunplin' Pie   Favoriting
G.L. Crockett  Look Out Mabel   Favoriting
Queers, The  Girl About Town   Favoriting
Outta Sites, The  What A Girl Can Do   Favoriting
Pezband  Please Be Somewhere Tonight   Favoriting
They Might Be Giants  Erase   Favoriting
Fountains Of Wayne  Fire In The Canyon (live at WFMU)   Favoriting
James Brown  CNN   Favoriting

CLICK HERE for Michael's no holds barred interview with Linda Gail Lewis on Please Kill Me

CLICK HERE to find how how you can submit your own top of the hour WFMU ID

CLICK HERE for the Song Exploder episode on Cheap Trick's Surrender

CLICK HERE for info on "Sweet Relief - A tribute to Joey Spampinato"

CLICK HERE for an interesting blog piece about cut-out lps

CLICK HERE to watch "Call Her Mom," a 1972 pre-Animal House made for TV movie featuring Mark Eric & Charles Nelson Riley

CLICK HERE to see recently unearthed 100% NUDE photos of Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin - WARNINGS: 1. N.S.F.W. 2. You cant un-see these 3. WFMU is not responsible for psychiatric bills resulting from clicking on this link

CLICK HERE for Marty Stewart on the PBS show "The Kate"

CLICK HERE to point to your pointer

CLICK HERE for a podcast titled "Nick Lowe breaks down his live show"

CLICK HERE to see The Top 30 Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs in September 2020, and CLICK HERE to check out The Most Expensive Soul Records Ever Sold on Discogs

CLICK HERE to check out the Radio Time Machine and listen to any year of any country's radio

CLICK HERE to see U.S. recorded music revenues by format from 1973 to 2019

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

CLICK HERE to listen to the Student Teachers on 'KCRW's "Lost Notes"

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

CLICK HERE (if you dare) to watch "The Black Connection"

CLICK HERE to watch "Andrew Bird's Live From The Great Room feat. Jonathan Richman"

CLICK HERE for a NY Times piece on the lp "Casino Royale"

CLICK HERE to find how how you can make a guitar amp out of an old radio

The Boston public library are currently digitizing 100,000 vinyl LPs for anyone to listen to online, CLICK HERE to browse

CLICK HERE to hear Michael's new 30 minute mix for the debut installment of Lagniappe Radio

CLICK HERE for The Fab Four Archivist's "Replacing Ringo? The Story Behind Bernard Purdie and The Beatles"

CLICK HERE for a great piece called "Bernard Purdie ... did he really record with The Beatles?"

CLICK HERE for the multi part fascinating documentary about Dream Theater's search for a new drummer

CLICK HERE for info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

CLICK HERE for the old switcheroo: A new episode of the Casey's Musical Dustbin Radio podcast where Michael Shelley is the interview subject.

CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell interviewed on the Stereo Hysteria podcast

CLICK HERE to read "How the Beach Boys’ Lost Late-Sixties Gems Got a Second Life "

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Sonny Curtis Please Kill Me!

CLICK HERE to find out what happened when Jonathan Richman moved to Maine in 1981

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Lou Reed archivist Don Fleming on the Please Kill Me website!

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis' interview & performance on Fresh Air

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis LIVE & unplugged at Paste studios!

CLICK HERE for info on the new compilation "Back Patio Bliss" produced by listener Baby!

CLICK HERE for a free download of the new album "Matt Gets Blue" from Matt Lucas

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

CLICK HERE for an interesting short film about R. Stevie Moore

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

CLICK HERE to read Michael Shelley's comic "Oh No, It's Tinnitus!"

CLICK HERE for very funny excerpts from a notebook where record store clerks logged "anytime we got a dopey phone call, boneheaded comment, or generally batshit customer experience"

CLICK HERE for Quincy Jones on Paul "the worst bass player I ever heard" McCartney, Michael "stole a lot of stuff" Jackson, Astrology, and who killed Kennedy!

CLICK HERE for a map, with audio links, to whatever the #1 song is in 3000 places around the world

CLICK HERE for a step-by-step guide to repairing damaged record sleeves

CLICK HERE for testimony given by Taylor Swift in Colorado district court

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

CLICK HERE to listen to/download 1000s of digitized 78s

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

CLICK HERE for selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds

CLICK HERE for an interview with Brian Wilson where he says "Mike Love is probably the greatest lyric writer in the world. I think he’s my favorite lyric writer. He just wrote a lot of good songs"

CLICK HERE for "Student Group Apologizes for Playing ‘Transphobic’ and ‘Problematic’ Lou Reed Song"

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

CLICK HERE for 28:46 of "NRBQ & Friends"

CLICK HERE for "Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender "

CLICK HERE to find out "How the Nashville Number System revolutionized recording sessions"

CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"

CLICK HERE Cheap Trick on "Live At Daryl's House"

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE for an interesting piece about a journalist trying to interview Brian Wilson

CLICK HERE to read the report on Kippington Lodge's 1967 BBC audition - Includes phrases "painful" & "tone deaf" then

CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"

CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall

CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"

CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"

CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015

CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good

CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"

CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour

CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club

CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"

CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to

CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010

CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"

CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and

CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar

CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350

CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"

CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"

CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research

CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)

CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing

CLICK HEREfor the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years

CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman

CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"

CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse

CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"

CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.

CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"

CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of

CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"

CLICK HERE for a laugh

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people

CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"

CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン (or HERE, or HERE , or HERE , or HERE, or HERE!)

CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete garbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!

CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine

CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.

CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.

CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!

CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!

CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios

Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version

CLICK HERE to find how how you can submit your own top of the hour WFMU ID

CLICK HERE for Marty Stewart on the PBS show "The Kate"

CLICK HERE for info on The Steve Keene Art Book

CLICK HEREfor "Remembering Adam Schlesinger"

CLICK HERE to support the new Starry Skies album called 'Small Wonders'.

CLICK HERE to point to your pointer

CLICK HERE for a podcast titled "Nick Lowe breaks down his live show"

CLICK HERE to see The Top 30 Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs in September 2020, and CLICK HERE to check out The Most Expensive Soul Records Ever Sold on Discogs

CLICK HERE to check out the Radio Time Machine and listen to any year of any country's radio

CLICK HERE to see U.S. recorded music revenues by format from 1973 to 2019

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

CLICK HERE to listen to the Student Teachers on 'KCRW's "Lost Notes"

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

CLICK HERE (if you dare) to watch "The Black Connection"

CLICK HERE to watch "Andrew Bird's Live From The Great Room feat. Jonathan Richman"

CLICK HERE for a NY Times piece on the lp "Casino Royale"

CLICK HERE to find how how you can make a guitar amp out of an old radio

The Boston public library are currently digitizing 100,000 vinyl LPs for anyone to listen to online, CLICK HERE to browse

CLICK HERE to hear Michael's new 30 minute mix for the debut installment of Lagniappe Radio

CLICK HERE for The Fab Four Archivist's "Replacing Ringo? The Story Behind Bernard Purdie and The Beatles"

CLICK HERE for a great piece called "Bernard Purdie ... did he really record with The Beatles?"

CLICK HERE for the multi part fascinating documentary about Dream Theater's search for a new drummer

CLICK HERE for info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

CLICK HERE for the old switcheroo: A new episode of the Casey's Musical Dustbin Radio podcast where Michael Shelley is the interview subject.

CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell interviewed on the Stereo Hysteria podcast

CLICK HERE to read "How the Beach Boys’ Lost Late-Sixties Gems Got a Second Life "

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Sonny Curtis Please Kill Me!

CLICK HERE to find out what happened when Jonathan Richman moved to Maine in 1981

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Lou Reed archivist Don Fleming on the Please Kill Me website!

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis' interview & performance on Fresh Air

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis LIVE & unplugged at Paste studios!

CLICK HERE for info on the new compilation "Back Patio Bliss" produced by listener Baby!

CLICK HERE for a free download of the new album "Matt Gets Blue" from Matt Lucas

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

CLICK HERE for an interesting short film about R. Stevie Moore

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

CLICK HERE to read Michael Shelley's comic "Oh No, It's Tinnitus!"

CLICK HERE for very funny excerpts from a notebook where record store clerks logged "anytime we got a dopey phone call, boneheaded comment, or generally batshit customer experience"

CLICK HERE for Quincy Jones on Paul "the worst bass player I ever heard" McCartney, Michael "stole a lot of stuff" Jackson, Astrology, and who killed Kennedy!

CLICK HERE for a map, with audio links, to whatever the #1 song is in 3000 places around the world

CLICK HERE for a step-by-step guide to repairing damaged record sleeves

CLICK HERE for testimony given by Taylor Swift in Colorado district court

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

CLICK HERE to listen to/download 1000s of digitized 78s

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

CLICK HERE for selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds

CLICK HERE for an interview with Brian Wilson where he says "Mike Love is probably the greatest lyric writer in the world. I think he’s my favorite lyric writer. He just wrote a lot of good songs"

CLICK HERE for "Student Group Apologizes for Playing ‘Transphobic’ and ‘Problematic’ Lou Reed Song"

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

CLICK HERE for 28:46 of "NRBQ & Friends"

CLICK HERE for "Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender "

CLICK HERE to find out "How the Nashville Number System revolutionized recording sessions"

CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"

CLICK HERE Cheap Trick on "Live At Daryl's House"

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE for an interesting piece about a journalist trying to interview Brian Wilson

CLICK HERE to read the report on Kippington Lodge's 1967 BBC audition - Includes phrases "painful" & "tone deaf" then

CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"

CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall

CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"

CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"

CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015

CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good

CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"

CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour

CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club

CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"

CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to

CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010

CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"

CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and

CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar

CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350

CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"

CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"

CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research

CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)

CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing

CLICK HEREfor the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years

CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman

CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"

CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse

CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"

CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.

CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"

CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of

CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"

CLICK HERE for a laugh

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people

CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"

CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン (or HERE, or HERE , or HERE , or HERE, or HERE!)

CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete garbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!

CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine

CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.

CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.

CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!

CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!

CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios

Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version


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Listener comments!

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Handy Haversack:

Morning, Michael and all the Shelle Gamers!
  11:00am
Dennis:

Aloha ohana
  11:01am
Dennis:

(Tryin’ to keep the Maui vibes alive for Michael)
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Will the Sound Guy:

Good Morning Michael and all! ☀️🌞🔆
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DJ Guin:

for this song: images.app.goo.gl...
  11:03am
Vertual:

Great start #1 hit!
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Frank In Queens:

Hey now! Shot out of a cannon!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:04am
Squints:

ok then.

hey HEY hey now.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:04am
Handy Haversack:

Ahhh, we're not #1s anymore. Revolution forever. Succession of the seasons.

It must also be hard to resist using dozens of clips of Bruce Campbell saying "Mike" on Burn Notice in the intro to the show!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:05am
Will the Sound Guy:

Burn notice was a great show
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:05am
Michael in Montclair:

Good morning Michael and everyone!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:06am
Handy Haversack:

I'm just now watching it for the first time, Will. Definitely heard Fiona in today's intro!
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JohnEBGood:

Elvis and Fitzo rock. Greetings from Florida, USA all!
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Michael Shelley:

never seen Burn Notice ... will check out!
  11:06am
clarke:

heyos nowos
  11:07am
clarke:

the first few seasons of Burn Notice are tolerable
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HyperDose:

Been enjoying this fine radio programme. Think I'll take the plunge, pledge my allegiance, and join the #1's this year 🎀🏆
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Frank In Queens:

I've inexplicably slept on Burn Notice despite being a big Bruce Campbell fan. Adding it to the "list".
  #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:09am
Eddy in Australia:

@Michael Can you get Todd to re-record his "pow-pow-pow" ID in Spanish?
  11:09am
Dennis:

I heard Brian Wilson say recently that if/when he does that long-threatened r’n’r covers album, IHYK will be one of the tracks
  11:09am
clarke:

it doesn't improve with seasons the Burn Notice
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Will the Sound Guy:

I really think you'll like it, a of action... Each episode has another job that's gotta get done. It definitely has a bunch of destruction and cool stuff. I recommend it.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Written by McCartney already in even Pre-Beatles days ? Probly tarted up a little when they did it in '65...
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pidge:

Glistening in st Pete fla. sounding great michael!
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clarke:

speaking of Allison's - i am listening to this show, but watching liverpool ahead of crystal palace at the moment (allison is liverpool's goalkeepah)
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DJ Guin:

i tried watching Y: The Last Man, but found it boring af.
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TDK60:

Hi Michael.
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Handy Haversack:

Enjoy stretching your wings, Clay Pigeon!

DJG, did you try For All Mankind? I like it a lot, but I'm a total sucker for space stuff.
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Zinn The Mood:

Cool cover. Rick Nelson, as in he left out (or added) the “i” after the “e” when in Cheap Trick?

Love the Jeff Beck Group version, with Bob Tench on vocals, Cozy Powell on drums, etc.
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DJ Guin:

@HH -- i have binged For All Mankind. well written and acted. i enjoy alt realities. tried to watch The Expanse, but, ugh.
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Dennis:

Anyone else have “Song information missing”?
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Daybreak & One Step at a Time:

We got two more days of summer Michael, and I’m going to a pig roast today!
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Mailman Tom:

The last day of summer is Tuesday the 21st
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Hoboken Jack:

Hi there Michael, Clay, Frank, Handy, Bagpippin, all!
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Don Gorden:

YO MIKE! WHERE'S MY SHOE'S ???, my brother mike would hide my shoes when we were kids
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bobobob:

rick nelson is a different person than Rick Nielson frm cheap trick
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Frank In Queens:

Hey there Jack.
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Handy Haversack:

Hey, Jack! Poor Bagpipe is out for a run with K8. The cats and I are heading up the local Department of Decadent Lounging About.
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clarke:

and speaking of Wreckless Eric - i FINALLY just read Amy Rigby's wonderful auto-bio - highly recommend!! Girl To City
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Wednesday 22nd Sept. @ 15:22 EDT
- Summer will be technically over & Autumn will begin
- & it is the Autumnal Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere
- one of two days every year when Day & Night will be of equal length everywhere on Earth - & nighttime will then be longer than daytime in the Northern Hemisphere for the next six months.
Correspondingly - the vital radiant egoistic ⦿Sun will then Ingress (enter →) into ♎︎Libra - the Cardinal Air element sign of Balance & Relationship.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:21am
Handy Haversack:

But I thought the heart of rock and roll was still beatin' ... in Cleveland!
  11:22am
clarke:

there are a few parts of it that are priceless 3-2-1
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DJ Guin:

RINGO 3 2 1 should interview Bernard Purdie
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Morning, Michael & all!
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Frank In Queens:

I saw half of 3-2-1. Pretty good, nothing mind blowing though. I'll finish it up eventually.
  11:24am
Dennis Diken:

How-dee Mikey & all - diggin’!
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clarke:

the best parts are when paul starts turning tracks up and down on the board and listening to, say, this is what george did...etc. he is pretty selfless in some regards, imho
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Corey:

Good morning Michael and listeners! Beautiful day for some #1 hit music.
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clarke:

double D - wasssssuuup
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Listener Baby:

Hi everyone. Just checking in to say Hola. Can't hear over the machine. Working all day. Will catch up with you on the flipside. xoxo
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clarke:

BABY!!!!!!
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Will the Sound Guy:

Dude, I really feel this song.... First in, last out... He gets it
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clarke:

WHY BABY WHY????
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Handy Haversack:

Hey, Baby! Keep your fingers clear!

Ha, excellent, Will. Was thinking it'd resonate!
  11:28am
clarke:

3 words Baby: noise blocking head phones... whoops 4
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Dennis Diken:

Hey clarke!
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Michael Shelley:

Baby - how ya feelin?
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Will the Sound Guy:

Clarke headphones are 1 word ✔️
  11:30am
clarke:

nawww come awwwn!!
  11:32am
clarke:

gain
struck
ture
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DJ Guin:

this song was produced by Klaus Voorman. go figure.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

DJ G interesting.
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Can no longer hear this without thinking of Joe McG's performance.
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Daybreak & One Step at a Time:

Da da da?
One and ahalf artists?
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Michael Shelley:

yeah, always wanted to hear that story...
  11:37am
Dennis:

DJ Guin - more than once I’ve thought, If Klaus and Astrid hadn’t had a fight that one night, we would be living in a different world.
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clarke:

wait - i thought leland sklar played bass on Your So Vain??
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Wenzlo:

Keep the factoids coming DaDaDJ!
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Hoboken Jack:

Am starting a conspiracy theory that it's not actually Brian playing on the piano album. If he currently had this ability, wouldn't there be a "solo piano" segment in his shows?
  11:40am
Dennis:

Last time I saw Brian (Christmas show), I said never again - he was not stepping up to do what little he was given to do. It saddens me to say it, but there it is.
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clarke:

of course i meant You're So Vein!!
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Dennis:

That said, I’m STILL considering going🙄
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Hoboken Jack:

Less conspiratorially, hello Dennis, Greg, Baby!
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DJ Guin:

@clarke - once you realize that Jagger is singing backup -- you cannot stop focusing on his contribution.
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clarke:

agree, Dennis - the last time i saw the Brian band - he did VERY little. as little as possible. actually.
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Michael Shelley:

Jack - I think the word is that it's all Brian, but recorded in many pieces & takes, and edited together.
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clarke:

i love those bg vocals!! it does kinda make the song.
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DJ Guin:

OCT 13 WED
Brian Wilson: Greatest Hits Live! with Al Jardine & Blondie Chaplin @ 8:00pm
Morristown, NJ, United States
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DJ Guin:

Al Jardine is looking like the Crypt Keeper lately.
  11:44am
Dennis:

Hey, Jack. (It occurred to me that there was some level of subterfuge involved in the recording - multiple passes of L and R hand recorded separately? Dunno..)
  11:45am
Dennis:

Al sure can sing, though! Never drank or smoked - there ya go!
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clarke:

well, dennis - that ain't against the law or anything. before i learned piano better, i had to do the same thing on my recordings.
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Dennis:

“Keep it clean with Al Jardine”!
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Montmaster J:

Best one I've seen...I'm Not There. Not typical but excellent.
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Eddy in Australia:

Aretha, Rough Lover, on Columbia - No. 1!
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clarke:

MATE!!!
  11:49am
clarke:

mate is LATE!!
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clarke:

how is St. Kilda doin' down there??
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Michael Shelley:

EIA - in Australia?
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clarke:

EIA = MIA!!
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Eddy in Australia:

Clarke! Season over for all but the two teams in next week's Grand Final (Super Bowl)
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clarke:

always next year!!
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Vertual:

I've been actively avoiding the new VU movie because I think everything that can possibly be said has been said ad nauseum, but maybe I'm wrong...
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Eddy in Australia:

That's what they've been saying for 55 years!
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clarke:

eddy - do you wake up in the middle of the night (like me)?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

The Hayne's VU film trailer is stylin' tho'. Maybe it's *how* you say it...
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gf2002:

I'm seeing Brian Wilson in October! The last major show I saw was Brian in Fall 2019 on his Friends album tour, with the Zombies opening and playing the full Odyssey And Oracle album too. Fantastic. Can't wait to see him again.
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Eddy in Australia:

Sleep in and stay up late. The night time is the right time ...
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clarke:

what time is it there, now??
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Eddy in Australia:

Almost 2am
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...if I learn *anything* from a Doc or even a DocuDrama - I usually call it a plus - given not too much sours it...
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clarke:

could do the math - but shelley makes me do enuff o dat
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clarke:

oh 2am's not too bad! g'day mate!
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gf2002:

And yes, it is Brian playing piano on the upcoming album. Darian Sahanaja co-produced it.
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clarke:

beat the meedles!!
  11:56am
Alex:

Morning Sinners.
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DJ Guin:

Ringo is on this record so he could tell his kids he played on a Beatles tune. catch ya next time, Michael!
  11:57am
P-90:

Rock out, Enoch!
  11:58am
clarke:

but lightly!
  12:00pm
bobobobob dublon frm Milwaukee:

letttttuce see if she mentions Kid Leo??
  12:01pm
clarke:

oh mannn!!
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clarke:

oh mannn!!
  12:02pm
yippie:

her mom gave her a nickel to buy a pickle but she didnt buy a pickle she bought some bubblegum
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clarke:

on semi-related note: LIVERPOOL WINS!! they're number one - they're top of the pops....
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Eddy in Australia:

Toppermost of the Poppermost!
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clarke:

u got it eddo!!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Beatles themed podcast - episode about production of the YellowSub film - in which TheBeatles' relation to Soho features :
podcasts.apple.com...
  12:15pm
Dan:

Every high school student should skip class or school at least once
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Michael Shelley:

agree
  12:18pm
clarke:

juniper not on here? ha ha.
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jmd:

This is great. Nice find, Michael.
  12:20pm
clarke:

the heart of rock and roll!! cleveland!!
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TDK60:

Is there a Cleveland Beatles ban glass display in the RocknRoll museum there?
  12:21pm
Mike Sin:

After that Bill Wyman story, rock music probably should have been banned in the US! ;)
  12:22pm
clarke:

lol
  12:22pm
P-90:

Police photo of Janice in custody in England, 1964
.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=janice+mitchell+beatles&t=iphone&iax=images&ia=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-iGkBPoyezfE%2FYUKrzLD9LmI%2FAAAAAAABCpQ%2FXHJuulU1hCoADX3tZdBYLvN6R-GfibdUwCLcBGAsYHQ%2Fw400-h297%2F%252521CDW%25252856%252521%2525212k%25257E%252524%252528KGrHqN%25252C%252521h8E0EyPIyKjBNOOjzZ%2525280%252521%25257E%25257E_3.jpg
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clarke:

Sin should be banned!!
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Frank In Queens:

Fun interview!
  12:23pm
clarke:

i kid.
that was great.
wanted to say RIP Norm MacDonald - he cracked me up.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Way kewl story !
I bet the Beatles podcasts I like - Fab 4 Free 4 All & Something About The Beatles would like having her on.
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gf2002:

Great interview! Thanks Michael! I had never heard her story until now, and I'll be buying the book.
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Handy Haversack:

Interesting stuff! Thanks, MS and JM.
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Marci:

What a remarkable story, will check out her book-thanks Michael!
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Frank In Queens:

That song really has it all, doesn't it?
  12:25pm
P-90:

That record IS so good. Still.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Or is SheLovesYou better ??
  12:26pm
gf2002:

It blew my mind to learn Paul was playing power chords on his Hofner bass in the bridge of I Want To Hold Your Hand. I always wondered why the guitars sounded so different in the bridge...turns out it was Macca's power chords
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clarke:

you can really hear the Hofner on mono version!!
  12:27pm
P-90:

How many homes had a copy of Meet The Beatles, with mustaches drawn on the cover photo by an errant older brother?
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Eddy in Australia:

Ha! Those were actually pretty good accents - for a change!
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clarke:

my favorite part of 321 is when they are playing All My Loving - and paul says - listen to john's guitar part - try doing that for five seconds much less 3 mins (or something like that)
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gf2002:

She Loves You is pure excitement, more uptempo rock and roll bashing married to jazzier chords. I think She Loves You is the better record, but IWHYH is what resonated with America in a way I don't think we'll ever see again
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Squints:

Edd Byrnes is not available for comment.
  12:28pm
Ochre Ogre:

Hi Michael, ha did the same to my older sister's Beatles LP covers.
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Montmaster J:

I was surprised to learn they sped up some of George's solos like the keyboard on In My Life.
  12:28pm
Dan:

Who else should Taylor Swift be forced to listen to/study?
  12:28pm
clarke:

squints - how goes on south showah???
  12:28pm
gf2002:

Edd is probably trying to get his comb back...
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Michael Shelley:

Just The Beatles
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P-90:

George’s early guitar style is based big-time on Carl Perkins.’ Also Scotty Moore and of course a dash of Chuck Berry…
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Squints:

My estimation of the best Beatles song ever changes almost constantly. But She Loves You pops back into the estimation with ridiculous frequency.

God, what a great record.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Bass Chords makes sense.
Maybe MTV is the Zero Point for contempo Pop like TheBeatles were for we who preceded that... It's got a lot to answer for dragging Music down to TV's level.
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Squints:

Showah's about the way to describe it today. But more like the permadrizzle we get in the autumn.
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Michael Shelley:

I saw a recent clip of Paul & band playing "All My Loving" and the fact that he can sing that melody and play that swinging/walking bass line just blew my mind.
  12:31pm
clarke:

gerry casale has a lot of info about MTV - and i think is on Todd's show, later, today??
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Eddy in Australia:

Not enough bongo feet this week
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...& of course the Music Industry is like everything else - More & More is owned by Fewer & Fewer...
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HyperDose:

....indeed folks?
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clarke:

been there, Squints!!
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Squints:

The opening to The Clash's I Fought The Law is pretty much all bongo feet, in spirit.
  12:33pm
clarke:

face it, ya'll - there's never going to be "enough" bongo feet.
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Dan:

Force T Swift to listen to Clash?
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gf2002:

And All My Loving was the first song they did on Sullivan...How Paul held it together knowing it was live TV and sang while playing that bass line perfectly, that's why The Beatles are who they are I think: They were ready for those moments and were a fantastic live band.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...& once all Media - like Radio - was Centralized - that was the end for Continuity in RawkCulture...
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Michael Shelley:

Dan: no. Just The Beatles.
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Frank In Queens:

Hittin' the post!
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TDK60:

Who's Taylor Swift?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Beatles were a super hard-working ClubBand.
  12:35pm
davefromtoronto:

that show made me a huge joe south fan. what a sweet guy he came across as.
  12:35pm
clarke:

you out frank??? c u later!!
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rosarita:

Recently acquired some Mono Parlophone 1st pressings and also some first Beatle 45's -- can hear so so much on those, especially She Loves You and IWHYH. GEEEZ the raw energy coming off the record is nuts
  12:36pm
Ochre Ogre:

Rev Rabbit- Yep, I remember going to concerts that weren't sponsored by a corporate entity.
  12:36pm
clarke:

at the peril of competition, i have to go try to bid on a Hofner 12-String, in a bit, myself.
  12:36pm
Dan:

TDK60, she's a best-selling pop artist who may or may not be a clone of the daughter of Church of Satan founder Anton Lavey.

https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/taylor-swift-clone-of-a-famous-satanist-theory-3325
  12:38pm
clarke:

recently saw Casale interviewed and he was VERY good
  12:38pm
gf2002:

I have a first pressing of Meet The Beatles on Capitol, and the vinyl is super thick and heavy. It sounds amazing, it crushes any CD mixes or any repressings I've ever heard. Just pure energy in the grooves.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

I want to hate TaylorSwift - but she keeps doing good things politically & re the state of the music industry.
Of course the Mono mixes generally are less separated & more n your face. Try the Mono 'Ticket to Ride' !
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mrmikestandsir:

Hey Mike!
I was at that Halloween DEVO show too.
Great night.
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TDK60:

Thanks Dan. Is that that famous pop star who discovered folk?
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Frank In Queens:

@clarke, I'm not going anywhere. Just commenting that Michael hit the post on the intro of the Joe South song.
  12:40pm
clarke:

was that during The Rocktober?
  12:41pm
Harry:

First saw DEVO at the Whiskey in West Hollywood. Much to my surprise Kieth Richards was standing to my right and watching.
  12:41pm
Dan:

TDK60, I believe so.
  12:41pm
clarke:

ohhh - thought you were off to the post office.
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Handy Haversack:

Or the post parade!
  12:42pm
clarke:

Das Post Parade!!
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Frank In Queens:

I never leave the radio between 11 and 1 on Saturdays if I can help it!
  12:42pm
gf2002:

@clarke Very cool, good luck on the bidding! I always wanted a Framus Hootenanny 12 but those prices are ridiculous
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TDK60:

Dan, That's folked up. (Not really, but Ihaven't heard..)
  12:43pm
Ochre Ogre:

Can't hate Taylor Swift too cute and cool.
  12:43pm
clarke:

oh those Framus's are VERY cool and used to be dirt cheap, of course: back in the day.
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Handy Haversack:

Also, in case he's not going to promote it, Frank in Queens is DJing on the Rock and Soul Stream from 6 to 7 Queens Time tonight!

wfmu.org...
  12:43pm
bob dublon from Plasticland:

revrabbit....i went to see REM in the 80s and stipe ripped down the miller beer banner behind them " were not into this corporate bullshit'' i admire them for that ...miller big in milwaukee lol
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Michael Shelley:

Thank you Frank!
  12:44pm
clarke:

yes, but Miller was actually giving money to the dB's so they could continue!!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”
- Orwell
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McGroovey:

I should listen to the Queers more.
  12:45pm
clarke:

that was half a foot
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Frank In Queens:

Awfully nice of you to post that, Handy. Thank you!
  12:45pm
Dan:

Some say the heart of rock in roll is in Cleveland, but it currently resides in Jersey City, Saturdays from 11-1, in the form of one Michael Shelley, esquire.
  12:46pm
clarke:

well shee-it Frank!! will try to git thar.
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Michael Shelley:

I will not leave my house between 6 & 7!
  12:48pm
clarke:

yes!!! please be somewhere!!
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gf2002:

The only way to hear Paperback Writer as the Beatles wanted it is the original mono 45rpm single. Macca's bass was the driving force of that record, and it cuts through best on that mono pressing.
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Handy Haversack:

Gotta make up for the fact that K8 and I have plans that are taking us out of the apt. this evening. Will check the Archives!
  12:49pm
morphe':

Thanks MS and all !!!
ps MS ... Why do ya not ever tell that yer
Ma was a Film Star??? i
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Frank In Queens:

Warning: there's not going to be much overlap between my set tonight and what Michael usually plays, but there is one song in my set that has made an appearance on his show!
  12:50pm
clarke:

this is NOT bad news!
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Frank In Queens:

Well, that all depends clarke ;)
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Handy Haversack:

TMBG! Third time on WFMU today!
  12:51pm
clarke:

the yin to his yang -- uhhhh.. whaaaahhh
  12:52pm
Ochre Ogre:

Thanks Michael!
Stay safe all
  12:52pm
morphe':

Once went to the Museum of Natural History with the 2 Giants with a friend of theirs ....
normal .. lovely .. super .. rockers ...
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mich:

I gotta say I've been enjoying that 321 McCartney. just 2 guys talking about mechanics/ engineering/ music process of some of the greatest sounds made ever ha
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Handy Haversack:

Well, this all went too fast. Thanks, Michael! Great stuff as always.

Enjoy the day, pals! Knock it out tonight, Frank!
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DG:

Wait, this is Fountain of YOUTH? Intentional mistake?
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Frank In Queens:

Cheers Handy, and try to have some fun tonight!
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Hoboken Jack:

Thanks, Michael!!
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Frank In Queens:

Excellent and fun show today, Michael. Thanks! Hope to see some of you on the comments board throughout the day.
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morphe':

I think I am ensuffering time change issues - NYC -> Madrid no sleep issues ..
The Name Fountain of Youth
makes me think of the 80s
Youth en Asia ..
Off to do frisbee and footie in the park with
MiniGlistener Simon (10)..
Thanks MS and all ...
back in the Shitty soon...
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Frank In Queens:

Oh my god, this JB clip never gets old!
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Frank In Queens:

Although, the visuals are a must.
  12:57pm
clarke:

good.
god.
ya'll.
  12:58pm
Dan:

This should've been released as a single, as sad as it is.
  12:58pm
clarke:

goo'nite.
  12:59pm
P-90:

Thanks!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

TY As Ever DJ MS !
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Ken From Hyde Park:

No way! Rex got bongoed! Haha!
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