WFMU: Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from February 2, 2023

Listener comments!
	♥ 3:01pm Andrew in Toronto: Good afternoon Larry and all other listeners!
	3:01pm Erica: Hey Larry. Glad you are feeling better.
	♥ 3:01pm Funky16Corners: Hey Andrew! Erica! Glad to be back!
	♥ 3:02pm Yvang: Let's make Testify happen again!
	♥ 3:02pm Funky16Corners: Yvang!
	♥ 3:03pm Yvang: Hi Larry and testifyer!
	♥ 3:03pm Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Yvang @3:02 Hi Yvang!
	♥ 3:03pm doctorjazz: This sounds like it'll be interesting...
	♥ 3:03pm Funky16Corners: Thanks to advances in modern medicine it is once again safe to Testify! on the Drummer Stream!
	♥ 3:03pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doc!
	♥ 3:03pm Yvang: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:03 Hi again Andrew!
	♥ 3:04pm Brian in UK: Hello Larry & devotees. My word that is a young, maybe Song Cycle period photograph.
	♥ 3:05pm Funky16Corners: Hey Brian!
	♥ 3:05pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Brian in UK @3:04 Actually pre-Song Cycle, circa his first 45s
	3:07pm Erica: Come to the sunshine...
	♥ 3:08pm Brian in UK: Mr Sandoval's show is too late for me over here.
	3:09pm Erica: I honestly can't hear any version of this song without thinking about Andrew Sandoval indeed.
	♥ 3:09pm Yvang: ↳ Brian in UK @3:08 Same unfortunately!
	♥ 3:09pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "Come to the Sunshine" by "Roberta Lee" Well, this is sunny.🌞
	3:10pm Erica: ↳ Brian in UK @3:08 Yeah but at least we have the archives.
	♥ 3:10pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "5d (Fifth Dimension)" by "Byrds" Love this-hadn't connected it to VDP!
	♥ 3:10pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Webhamster Henry @3:09 Hey Henry!
	♥ 3:11pm Funky16Corners: ↳ doctorjazz @3:10 The connections will be listed in the comments field of the playlist
	3:11pm Listening Out There: If this is indeed a VDP show, then you must certainly get into Orange Crate Art, no?
	♥ 3:11pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Listening Out There @3:11 Greetings! Not going that far down the line.
	♥ 3:12pm Brian in UK: ↳ Yvang @3:09 How are doing? I seem to remember in the past you were writing a dissertation about things Turkish. I could have got this very wrong!!
	♥ 3:13pm Brian in UK: ↳ Erica @3:10 Oh yes, heard some Small Faces the other day.
	3:13pm Andres: Hi, Larry. Excited for this VDP feature!
	♥ 3:13pm Yvang: ↳ Brian in UK @3:12 I wish I was able to do that but it's someone else...
	♥ 3:13pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Andres @3:13 Hi Andres!
	♥ 3:14pm Webhamster Henry: I'm twittering with VDP, he's still fun!
	♥ 3:14pm Brian in UK: ↳ Yvang @3:13 Oh dear, time for a lie down!
	3:15pm Erica: 1920s style intro.
	♥ 3:15pm Brian in UK: ↳ Song: "Come to the Sunshine" by "Pleasure Fair" Did VDP produce this?
	♥ 3:15pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Webhamster Henry @3:14 I've interacted with him a few times on Twitter
	♥ 3:16pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Brian in UK @3:15 Produced by David Gates.
	♥ 3:16pm Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Funky16Corners @3:15 Mr. Parks is on Instagram now.
	♥ 3:17pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Funky16Corners @3:15 It's how I found out about his "Van Dyke Parks orchestrates Verónica Valerio: Only in America - EP" from 2021
	♥ 3:18pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Webhamster Henry @3:17 I haven't heard that
	♥ 3:25pm Funky16Corners: BTW if you've had any difficulty at all getting into Tim Buckley, this first album is just beautiful.
	♥ 3:31pm Brian in UK: ↳ Funky16Corners @3:16 Larry, sorry to hear of your travails. Oh those sexy back to front hospital gowns.
	♥ 3:34pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Brian in UK @3:31 Thanks, Brian! I'm doing OK now, but have a specific/ongoing health issue that results in the occasional trip to the hospital. I was less worried about myself than I was about the stress on my family.
	♥ 3:34pm WR: Hi, was in meeting until just, glad to be connected here now to hear.
	♥ 3:35pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WR @3:34 Hey WR!
	♥ 3:39pm Funky16Corners: BEETHOVEN!
	3:40pm Erica: Reminds me of the Beatles film Help
	3:40pm Andres: Where to send Ludwig’s royalties? ;)
	♥ 3:41pm WR: Love the work of Van Dyke Parks. Have not heard there MGM singles before!
	♥ 3:42pm Brian in UK: ↳ Andres @3:40 My thoughts too.
	♥ 3:42pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WR @3:41 They don't get around much, and as far as I know there isn't a comp of his early work
	♥ 3:43pm Brian in UK: ↳ Funky16Corners @3:42 What a great Premium!!!
	♥ 3:44pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Brian in UK @3:43 Not this year (already working on something) but maybe in the future?
	3:45pm Vincent The Soul Chef: Good afternoon all, so glad to see you back in the hot seat, Larry :)
	♥ 3:45pm Funky16Corners: I tell you, thank god for the free-spending, chance-taking record industry of the 1960s, because when I hear this record, aside from musical enjoyment, I hear Van Dyke Parks spending a LOT of money that the record company would never recoup
	♥ 3:45pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Vincent The Soul Chef @3:45 Hey Vincent!
	3:47pm Andres: ↳ Song: "Donovan's Colours (3:39 edit)" by "George Washing... Is there a longer version of this?
	♥ 3:48pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Andres @3:47 That's the longer side. The A-side is the same song 20 seconds shorter
	♥ 3:52pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "Vine Street/Palm Desert" by "Van Dyke Parks" Loser's Lounge did Vine Street in their Randy Newman show open.spotify.com...
	♥ 3:52pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Webhamster Henry @3:52 Oooh, I'll check that out later
	♥ 3:58pm Funky16Corners: I LOVE this album, but can you imagine some unsuspecting hippy taking this home? Or better yet, some 14 year old? Who was this album for, other than future Me?
	♥ 4:01pm Webhamster Henry: I'm big on "concept albums"
	4:02pm WLSClark: OOPS, working on a project and forgot you were doing this show today. Im here at least for hour....maybe!
	♥ 4:02pm Funky16Corners: I think Song Cycle is a genuine work of art, but it's positively avant garde in the context of 1967 pop/rock
	♥ 4:02pm Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:02 You`re right Larry!
	4:04pm WLSClark: Hi Andrew! Larry! Andres
	♥ 4:04pm Andrew in Toronto: Hi Clark!
	♥ 4:04pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "Music For Ice Capades 1, 2, 3" by "Van Dyke Parks" Switched On Parks!
	4:06pm northguineahills: great, now larry is making guess what is today's theme....
	4:06pm WLSClark: ↳ Webhamster Henry @4:04 Far more bizarre than Smile is/was.
	♥ 4:06pm Funky16Corners: ↳ northguineahills @4:06 Hey NGH! The theme is Van Dyke Parks!
	♥ 4:07pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @4:06 Oh yeah! It's like they skimmed off the weirdest parts of Smile and made a whole album
	4:08pm northguineahills: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:06 I was that '' close!
	4:11pm WLSClark: Some of that sounded like what I heard trying to DX AM stations in the 60s from afar! haha
	4:11pm Erica: Number 9? Number 9?
	4:17pm WLSClark: If radio could play the 7 or 8 Jefferson Airplane different Levis commercials, they could have played Parks.
	♥ 4:18pm Alex In Illinois: Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't the name "Van Dyke Parks" appear in the credits of every Saturday Night Live episode during the shows first few seasons?
	4:18pm WLSClark: You may have covered this and possibly PLAYED it, but I dont think the Harpers' Come to Sunshine was same one as the TV commercial.
	4:19pm northguineahills: I still find it hard to wrap my head around the fact that popular music (chartwise) might actually be good music, ergo, good music could like be popular. Something that's been a rarity since I was in HS...
	♥ 4:19pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Alex In Illinois @4:18 I don't know. Alex, but I'll have to go look that up!
	♥ 4:20pm Funky16Corners: ↳ northguineahills @4:19 One of the great conundrums of the age.
	4:20pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "High Coin" by "Harpers Bizarre" UM played this 7 years ago!
	♥ 4:21pm Funky16Corners: ↳ northguineahills @4:20 Some day I'll do an entire Harpers Bizarre show. One of my fave pop groups
	♥ 4:21pm StringOFperils: Hi Larry. Looks like a Van Dyke Parks affair today...great!
	♥ 4:21pm Michael 98145: Thank you so much for this journey -- definitely worth a second visit in archive time ...
	♥ 4:22pm Funky16Corners: ↳ StringOFperils @4:21 Hey String!
	♥ 4:22pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Michael 98145 @4:21 Thanks Michael!
	4:22pm WLSClark: When I taped off WLS in 60's I have one recording of Anything Goes where that odd end part you just played, Ron Riley ran it over 4 times in a row just for fun.
	♥ 4:23pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @4:22 Their albums are really interesting
	♥ 4:23pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ WLSClark @4:22 That's actually Cole Porter playing and singing there.
	4:25pm northguineahills: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:21 mine too!
	♥ 4:26pm Funky16Corners: Sorry about that, my mouse is going haywire
	4:28pm Erica: Was wondering what went wrong with the track Larry
	4:29pm WLSClark: ↳ Webhamster Henry @4:23 WOW!!! That was singing?? I thought it was some other kind of sound. Cool!
	♥ 4:29pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Erica @4:28 Yeah, it was weird
	4:29pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:23 Their Knock On Wood version had phasing and I loved it. It hit Wichita's KEYN-FM and i loved it.
	♥ 4:30pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @4:29 I've played it a few times here
	4:32pm WLSClark: I have an In Sound radio show where the HB comment about Van Dyke giving him CTTS. I just clipped the short comments from it last week. IF you want to hear it, I can send.
	♥ 4:32pm Mike Sin: Been enjoying this show and the overview of Van Dyke Parks! Side note -- In 2010, Parks performed at the Primavera Fest and WFMU broadcast it live -- I was board op'ing at the time and it was quite heartwarming. He put on a fine performance, and he was quite gracious and humble.
	♥ 4:33pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Mike Sin @4:32 Hey Mike! That must have been cool!
	4:33pm WLSClark: ↳ Mike Sin @4:32 WOW!! Small world, Mike!
	♥ 4:33pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "Ain't No Great Day" by "Biff Rose" Wow Biff Rose sounds like Jake Holmes!
	4:34pm fredr: Hey Larry! Sounding great today
	4:34pm WLSClark: Phil is just great!
	♥ 4:34pm StringOFperils: ↳ Song: "One Way Ticket Home" by "Phil Ochs" This is one of may all-time favourite songs.
	♥ 4:34pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Webhamster Henry @4:33 His first two albums are great, especially the first one
	♥ 4:35pm Funky16Corners: ↳ fredr @4:34 Hey fred! Thanks!
	♥ 4:35pm Michael 98145: ↳ Song: "One Way Ticket Home" by "Phil Ochs" unmistakable voice ...
	♥ 4:35pm StringOFperils: ↳ StringOFperils @4:34 *my
	4:35pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "One Way Ticket Home" by "Phil Ochs" oh, yes, phil!
	♥ 4:37pm Funky16Corners: VDP on harpsichord
	4:37pm WLSClark: Harry, do you think Van Dyke aspired to be a big star like Phil Ochs did?
	♥ 4:38pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @4:37 I don't. He never compromised, and was happy to work his magic in the background
	♥ 4:40pm Funky16Corners: Don't forget that Kip is up at 5PM - wfmu.org...
	♥ 4:40pm Michael 98145: ↳ Song: "Surf's Up" by "Beach Boys" ah 🌞💦
	4:40pm WLSClark: Harry, do you know if the full video or even the song original of Brian singing at piano from the CBS TV special in 67 exists or is released?
	♥ 4:41pm Funky16Corners: Ahem...Larry, and it does exist, though I don't think it has ever gotten an official home video release
	4:42pm WLSClark: Im sorry. I got you confued with Harry that does another show. Ive only heard your show twice. Sorry.
	♥ 4:43pm Discotech Underground: Welcome back, LARRY! Great to have you back in the saddle! Stick around because the 99th episode of Discotech Underground immediately follows Testify on the Drummer stream! wfmu.org...
	4:43pm northguineahills: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:40 i read that as kip is up at 5rpms (even I don't have a turntable that turns that slow).
	4:43pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:41 I would LOVE to get the full song from that version. I heard it in 68 and was blown away and never heard it again until 71.
	♥ 4:44pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Discotech Underground @4:43 Hey Kip!
	4:44pm WLSClark: Hi Kip!
	4:44pm Erica: Sail on Sailor makes me think of Jimmy Buffett.
	♥ 4:45pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @4:42 No worries!
	♥ 4:45pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "Surf's Up" by "Beach Boys" VDP on Harry Nilsson: www.popmatters.com...
	♥ 4:46pm Discotech Underground: ↳ WLSClark @4:44 Hey Clark!
	♥ 4:46pm StringOFperils: Ricky Fataar. Schweeet. This was a good version of the band.
	4:47pm Erica: A rerecording of Heroes and Villains.
	♥ 4:49pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Erica @4:47 From Brian's 2004 reconstruction
	♥ 4:50pm Andrew in Toronto: This was a stunning show! Thanks Larry!
	♥ 4:50pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @4:50 Thank you, Andrew!
	♥ 4:51pm Webhamster Henry: There's a few more decades of VDP to cover!
	4:51pm northguineahills: thanks larry for remind us where he parks the van....!
	♥ 4:52pm Brian in UK: Nice one, Larry.
	4:53pm Erica: Harper's Bizarre are/we're a groovy pop band
	♥ 4:54pm Yvang: Beautiful songs. Thanks Larry.
	♥ 4:54pm StringOFperils: ↳ Webhamster Henry @4:51 True. There's quite a trail. Discover America. Clang of the Yankee Reaper. Jump! He's like an invisible super-hero.
	♥ 4:55pm StringOFperils: ↳ StringOFperils @4:54 Larry will no doubt circle back for that stuff.
	4:55pm WLSClark: Great show!
	♥ 4:56pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ StringOFperils @4:54 Jump! was in the very first batch of CDs I got when I finally bought a CD player!
	4:57pm Erica: Great show Larry.
	♥ 4:57pm Funky16Corners: Thanks everyone!
	♥ 4:57pm StringOFperils: Thanks Larry!
	4:57pm Andres: Great show, Larry! Looking forward to a Part II!
	♥ 4:57pm Webhamster Henry: Thanks Larry! Clicky-starred!
	4:58pm Erica: Thanks!
	♥ 4:58pm Funky16Corners: Thanks folks!
	4:59pm fredr: Thanks Larry
	♥ 5:00pm Funky16Corners: Thanks fred!
	5:01pm Dr. Mindburger: We got to the 99th show!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from February 2, 2023

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February 2, 2023: Testify! The Curious World of Van Dyke Parks

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Approx. start time
Funky16Corners	Testify! Intro "Testify! Intro" by "Funky16Corners"	Best of Funky16Corners Volume One	Funky16Corners	2017	MP3		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Beach Boys	Heroes and Villains "Heroes and Villains" by "Beach Boys"	45RPM Single	Capitol	1967	45	Co-written by Van Dyke Parks	0:01:27 (Pop-up)
Roberta Lee	Come to the Sunshine "Come to the Sunshine" by "Roberta Lee"	45RPM Single	Montclare	1968	45	Written by Van Dyke Parks	0:06:20 (Pop-up)
Byrds	5d (Fifth Dimension) "5d (Fifth Dimension)" by "Byrds"	5D (Fifth Dimension)	Columbia	1966	LP	Van Dyke Parks: Organ	0:08:52 (Pop-up)
Rick Jarrard	High Coin "High Coin" by "Rick Jarrard"	45RPM Single	Chattahoochee	1966	45	Written by Van Dyke Parks	0:11:23 (Pop-up)
Pleasure Fair	Come to the Sunshine	The Pleasure Fair	Uni	1967	LP	Written by Van Dyke Parks	0:14:17 (Pop-up)
Sal Valentino	Friends and Lovers "Friends and Lovers" by "Sal Valentino"	45RPM Single	Warner Brothers	1969	45	Arranged/Produced by Van Dyke Parks	0:17:18 (Pop-up)
Sounds of Our Times	Come to the Sunshine	Music of the Flower Children	Capitol	1967	LP	Written by Van Dyke Parks	0:19:54 (Pop-up)
Tim Buckley	Song of the Magician "Song of the Magician" by "Tim Buckley"	Tim Buckley	Elektra	1966	LP	Keyboards by Van Dyke Parks	0:22:26 (Pop-up)

Van Dyke Parks	Come to the Sunshine	45RPM Single	MGM	1966	45		0:32:41 (Pop-up)
Van Dyke Parks	Farther Along "Farther Along" by "Van Dyke Parks"	45RPM Single	MGM	1966	45		0:35:32 (Pop-up)
Van Dyke Parks	Number Nine "Number Nine" by "Van Dyke Parks"	45RPM Single	MGM	1966	45		0:38:11 (Pop-up)
Van Dyke Parks	Do What You Wanta "Do What You Wanta" by "Van Dyke Parks"	45RPM Single	MGM	1966	45		0:40:44 (Pop-up)
George Washington Brown	Donovan's Colours (3:39 edit)	45RPM Single	Warner Brothers	1967	45	AKA Van Dyke Parks	0:42:42 (Pop-up)
Van Dyke Parks	Vine Street/Palm Desert	Song Cycle	WB	1967	LP		0:46:20 (Pop-up)
Van Dyke Parks	Widow's Walk "Widow's Walk" by "Van Dyke Parks"	Song Cycle	WB	1967	LP		0:52:59 (Pop-up)
Van Dyke Parks	Laurel Canyon "Laurel Canyon" by "Van Dyke Parks"	Song Cycle	WB	1967	LP		0:53:46 (Pop-up)
Van Dyke Parks	All Golden/Van Dyke Parks	Song Cycle	WB	1967	LP		0:59:50 (Pop-up)
Van Dyke Parks	Public Domain "Public Domain" by "Van Dyke Parks"	Song Cycle	WB	1967	LP		1:03:07 (Pop-up)
Van Dyke Parks	Music For Ice Capades 1, 2, 3	Warner/Reprise Record Show	WB	1969	LP		1:03:19 (Pop-up)
Van Dyke Parks	Datsun Commercial "Datsun Commercial" by "Van Dyke Parks"	Warner/Reprise Record Show	WB	1969	LP		1:05:00 (Pop-up)
Van Dyke Parks	Occapella "Occapella" by "Van Dyke Parks"	Discover America	WB	1972	LP		1:06:01 (Pop-up)

Harpers Bizarre	High Coin "High Coin" by "Harpers Bizarre"	Anything Goes	WB	1967	LP	Written by Van Dyke Parks	1:18:21 (Pop-up)
Randy Newman	I Think It's Going To Rain Today	Randy Newman	Reprise	1968	LP	Produced by Van Dyke Parks	1:21:10 (Pop-up)
Randy Newman	Living Without You "Living Without You" by "Randy Newman"	Randy Newman	Reprise	1968	LP	Produced by Van Dyke Parks	1:23:53 (Pop-up)
Randy Newman	Beehive State "Beehive State" by "Randy Newman"	Randy Newman	Reprise	1968	LP	Produced by Van Dyke Parks	1:28:50 (Pop-up)
Ruthann	Carry On (Glittering Dancer)	45RPM Single	Reprise	1970	45	Executive Produced by Van Dyke Parks	1:29:01 (Pop-up)
Biff Rose	Ain't No Great Day "Ain't No Great Day" by "Biff Rose"	Children of Light	Tetragrammaton	1969	LP	Moog synth by Van Dyke Parks	1:31:25 (Pop-up)
Phil Ochs	One Way Ticket Home "One Way Ticket Home" by "Phil Ochs"	45RPM Single	A&M	1970	45	Produced by Van Dyke Parks	1:33:45 (Pop-up)
Hamilton Camp	Traveling In the Dark	Here's To You	WB	1967	LP	Piano/organ Van Dyke Parks	1:36:21 (Pop-up)
Beach Boys	Surf's Up "Surf's Up" by "Beach Boys"	Surf's Up	Brother	1971	LP	Co-written by Van Dyke Parks	1:39:08 (Pop-up)
Beach Boys	Sail On Sailor "Sail On Sailor" by "Beach Boys"	45RPM Single	Brother	1973	45	Cowritten by Van Dyke Parks	1:45:04 (Pop-up)
Brian Wilson	Heroes and Villains "Heroes and Villains" by "Brian Wilson"	Smile	Nonesuch	2004	CD	Cowritten by Van Dyke Parks	1:46:22 (Pop-up)

Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers	I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)	45RPM Single	Like	1966	45		1:56:14 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 3:01pm Andrew in Toronto: Good afternoon Larry and all other listeners!
	3:01pm Erica: Hey Larry. Glad you are feeling better.
	♥ 3:01pm Funky16Corners: Hey Andrew! Erica! Glad to be back!
	♥ 3:02pm Yvang: Let's make Testify happen again!
	♥ 3:02pm Funky16Corners: Yvang!
	♥ 3:03pm Yvang: Hi Larry and testifyer!
	♥ 3:03pm Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Yvang @3:02 Hi Yvang!
	♥ 3:03pm doctorjazz: This sounds like it'll be interesting...
	♥ 3:03pm Funky16Corners: Thanks to advances in modern medicine it is once again safe to Testify! on the Drummer Stream!
	♥ 3:03pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doc!
	♥ 3:03pm Yvang: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:03 Hi again Andrew!
	♥ 3:04pm Brian in UK: Hello Larry & devotees. My word that is a young, maybe Song Cycle period photograph.
	♥ 3:05pm Funky16Corners: Hey Brian!
	♥ 3:05pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Brian in UK @3:04 Actually pre-Song Cycle, circa his first 45s
	3:07pm Erica: Come to the sunshine...
	♥ 3:08pm Brian in UK: Mr Sandoval's show is too late for me over here.
	3:09pm Erica: I honestly can't hear any version of this song without thinking about Andrew Sandoval indeed.
	♥ 3:09pm Yvang: ↳ Brian in UK @3:08 Same unfortunately!
	♥ 3:09pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "Come to the Sunshine" by "Roberta Lee" Well, this is sunny.🌞
	3:10pm Erica: ↳ Brian in UK @3:08 Yeah but at least we have the archives.
	♥ 3:10pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "5d (Fifth Dimension)" by "Byrds" Love this-hadn't connected it to VDP!
	♥ 3:10pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Webhamster Henry @3:09 Hey Henry!
	♥ 3:11pm Funky16Corners: ↳ doctorjazz @3:10 The connections will be listed in the comments field of the playlist
	3:11pm Listening Out There: If this is indeed a VDP show, then you must certainly get into Orange Crate Art, no?
	♥ 3:11pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Listening Out There @3:11 Greetings! Not going that far down the line.
	♥ 3:12pm Brian in UK: ↳ Yvang @3:09 How are doing? I seem to remember in the past you were writing a dissertation about things Turkish. I could have got this very wrong!!
	♥ 3:13pm Brian in UK: ↳ Erica @3:10 Oh yes, heard some Small Faces the other day.
	3:13pm Andres: Hi, Larry. Excited for this VDP feature!
	♥ 3:13pm Yvang: ↳ Brian in UK @3:12 I wish I was able to do that but it's someone else...
	♥ 3:13pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Andres @3:13 Hi Andres!
	♥ 3:14pm Webhamster Henry: I'm twittering with VDP, he's still fun!
	♥ 3:14pm Brian in UK: ↳ Yvang @3:13 Oh dear, time for a lie down!
	3:15pm Erica: 1920s style intro.
	♥ 3:15pm Brian in UK: ↳ Song: "Come to the Sunshine" by "Pleasure Fair" Did VDP produce this?
	♥ 3:15pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Webhamster Henry @3:14 I've interacted with him a few times on Twitter
	♥ 3:16pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Brian in UK @3:15 Produced by David Gates.
	♥ 3:16pm Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Funky16Corners @3:15 Mr. Parks is on Instagram now.
	♥ 3:17pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Funky16Corners @3:15 It's how I found out about his "Van Dyke Parks orchestrates Verónica Valerio: Only in America - EP" from 2021
	♥ 3:18pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Webhamster Henry @3:17 I haven't heard that
	♥ 3:25pm Funky16Corners: BTW if you've had any difficulty at all getting into Tim Buckley, this first album is just beautiful.
	♥ 3:31pm Brian in UK: ↳ Funky16Corners @3:16 Larry, sorry to hear of your travails. Oh those sexy back to front hospital gowns.
	♥ 3:34pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Brian in UK @3:31 Thanks, Brian! I'm doing OK now, but have a specific/ongoing health issue that results in the occasional trip to the hospital. I was less worried about myself than I was about the stress on my family.
	♥ 3:34pm WR: Hi, was in meeting until just, glad to be connected here now to hear.
	♥ 3:35pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WR @3:34 Hey WR!
	♥ 3:39pm Funky16Corners: BEETHOVEN!
	3:40pm Erica: Reminds me of the Beatles film Help
	3:40pm Andres: Where to send Ludwig’s royalties? ;)
	♥ 3:41pm WR: Love the work of Van Dyke Parks. Have not heard there MGM singles before!
	♥ 3:42pm Brian in UK: ↳ Andres @3:40 My thoughts too.
	♥ 3:42pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WR @3:41 They don't get around much, and as far as I know there isn't a comp of his early work
	♥ 3:43pm Brian in UK: ↳ Funky16Corners @3:42 What a great Premium!!!
	♥ 3:44pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Brian in UK @3:43 Not this year (already working on something) but maybe in the future?
	3:45pm Vincent The Soul Chef: Good afternoon all, so glad to see you back in the hot seat, Larry :)
	♥ 3:45pm Funky16Corners: I tell you, thank god for the free-spending, chance-taking record industry of the 1960s, because when I hear this record, aside from musical enjoyment, I hear Van Dyke Parks spending a LOT of money that the record company would never recoup
	♥ 3:45pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Vincent The Soul Chef @3:45 Hey Vincent!
	3:47pm Andres: ↳ Song: "Donovan's Colours (3:39 edit)" by "George Washing... Is there a longer version of this?
	♥ 3:48pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Andres @3:47 That's the longer side. The A-side is the same song 20 seconds shorter
	♥ 3:52pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "Vine Street/Palm Desert" by "Van Dyke Parks" Loser's Lounge did Vine Street in their Randy Newman show open.spotify.com...
	♥ 3:52pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Webhamster Henry @3:52 Oooh, I'll check that out later
	♥ 3:58pm Funky16Corners: I LOVE this album, but can you imagine some unsuspecting hippy taking this home? Or better yet, some 14 year old? Who was this album for, other than future Me?
	♥ 4:01pm Webhamster Henry: I'm big on "concept albums"
	4:02pm WLSClark: OOPS, working on a project and forgot you were doing this show today. Im here at least for hour....maybe!
	♥ 4:02pm Funky16Corners: I think Song Cycle is a genuine work of art, but it's positively avant garde in the context of 1967 pop/rock
	♥ 4:02pm Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:02 You`re right Larry!
	4:04pm WLSClark: Hi Andrew! Larry! Andres
	♥ 4:04pm Andrew in Toronto: Hi Clark!
	♥ 4:04pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "Music For Ice Capades 1, 2, 3" by "Van Dyke Parks" Switched On Parks!
	4:06pm northguineahills: great, now larry is making guess what is today's theme....
	4:06pm WLSClark: ↳ Webhamster Henry @4:04 Far more bizarre than Smile is/was.
	♥ 4:06pm Funky16Corners: ↳ northguineahills @4:06 Hey NGH! The theme is Van Dyke Parks!
	♥ 4:07pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @4:06 Oh yeah! It's like they skimmed off the weirdest parts of Smile and made a whole album
	4:08pm northguineahills: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:06 I was that '' close!
	4:11pm WLSClark: Some of that sounded like what I heard trying to DX AM stations in the 60s from afar! haha
	4:11pm Erica: Number 9? Number 9?
	4:17pm WLSClark: If radio could play the 7 or 8 Jefferson Airplane different Levis commercials, they could have played Parks.
	♥ 4:18pm Alex In Illinois: Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't the name "Van Dyke Parks" appear in the credits of every Saturday Night Live episode during the shows first few seasons?
	4:18pm WLSClark: You may have covered this and possibly PLAYED it, but I dont think the Harpers' Come to Sunshine was same one as the TV commercial.
	4:19pm northguineahills: I still find it hard to wrap my head around the fact that popular music (chartwise) might actually be good music, ergo, good music could like be popular. Something that's been a rarity since I was in HS...
	♥ 4:19pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Alex In Illinois @4:18 I don't know. Alex, but I'll have to go look that up!
	♥ 4:20pm Funky16Corners: ↳ northguineahills @4:19 One of the great conundrums of the age.
	4:20pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "High Coin" by "Harpers Bizarre" UM played this 7 years ago!
	♥ 4:21pm Funky16Corners: ↳ northguineahills @4:20 Some day I'll do an entire Harpers Bizarre show. One of my fave pop groups
	♥ 4:21pm StringOFperils: Hi Larry. Looks like a Van Dyke Parks affair today...great!
	♥ 4:21pm Michael 98145: Thank you so much for this journey -- definitely worth a second visit in archive time ...
	♥ 4:22pm Funky16Corners: ↳ StringOFperils @4:21 Hey String!
	♥ 4:22pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Michael 98145 @4:21 Thanks Michael!
	4:22pm WLSClark: When I taped off WLS in 60's I have one recording of Anything Goes where that odd end part you just played, Ron Riley ran it over 4 times in a row just for fun.
	♥ 4:23pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @4:22 Their albums are really interesting
	♥ 4:23pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ WLSClark @4:22 That's actually Cole Porter playing and singing there.
	4:25pm northguineahills: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:21 mine too!
	♥ 4:26pm Funky16Corners: Sorry about that, my mouse is going haywire
	4:28pm Erica: Was wondering what went wrong with the track Larry
	4:29pm WLSClark: ↳ Webhamster Henry @4:23 WOW!!! That was singing?? I thought it was some other kind of sound. Cool!
	♥ 4:29pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Erica @4:28 Yeah, it was weird
	4:29pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:23 Their Knock On Wood version had phasing and I loved it. It hit Wichita's KEYN-FM and i loved it.
	♥ 4:30pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @4:29 I've played it a few times here
	4:32pm WLSClark: I have an In Sound radio show where the HB comment about Van Dyke giving him CTTS. I just clipped the short comments from it last week. IF you want to hear it, I can send.
	♥ 4:32pm Mike Sin: Been enjoying this show and the overview of Van Dyke Parks! Side note -- In 2010, Parks performed at the Primavera Fest and WFMU broadcast it live -- I was board op'ing at the time and it was quite heartwarming. He put on a fine performance, and he was quite gracious and humble.
	♥ 4:33pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Mike Sin @4:32 Hey Mike! That must have been cool!
	4:33pm WLSClark: ↳ Mike Sin @4:32 WOW!! Small world, Mike!
	♥ 4:33pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "Ain't No Great Day" by "Biff Rose" Wow Biff Rose sounds like Jake Holmes!
	4:34pm fredr: Hey Larry! Sounding great today
	4:34pm WLSClark: Phil is just great!
	♥ 4:34pm StringOFperils: ↳ Song: "One Way Ticket Home" by "Phil Ochs" This is one of may all-time favourite songs.
	♥ 4:34pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Webhamster Henry @4:33 His first two albums are great, especially the first one
	♥ 4:35pm Funky16Corners: ↳ fredr @4:34 Hey fred! Thanks!
	♥ 4:35pm Michael 98145: ↳ Song: "One Way Ticket Home" by "Phil Ochs" unmistakable voice ...
	♥ 4:35pm StringOFperils: ↳ StringOFperils @4:34 *my
	4:35pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "One Way Ticket Home" by "Phil Ochs" oh, yes, phil!
	♥ 4:37pm Funky16Corners: VDP on harpsichord
	4:37pm WLSClark: Harry, do you think Van Dyke aspired to be a big star like Phil Ochs did?
	♥ 4:38pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @4:37 I don't. He never compromised, and was happy to work his magic in the background
	♥ 4:40pm Funky16Corners: Don't forget that Kip is up at 5PM - wfmu.org...
	♥ 4:40pm Michael 98145: ↳ Song: "Surf's Up" by "Beach Boys" ah 🌞💦
	4:40pm WLSClark: Harry, do you know if the full video or even the song original of Brian singing at piano from the CBS TV special in 67 exists or is released?
	♥ 4:41pm Funky16Corners: Ahem...Larry, and it does exist, though I don't think it has ever gotten an official home video release
	4:42pm WLSClark: Im sorry. I got you confued with Harry that does another show. Ive only heard your show twice. Sorry.
	♥ 4:43pm Discotech Underground: Welcome back, LARRY! Great to have you back in the saddle! Stick around because the 99th episode of Discotech Underground immediately follows Testify on the Drummer stream! wfmu.org...
	4:43pm northguineahills: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:40 i read that as kip is up at 5rpms (even I don't have a turntable that turns that slow).
	4:43pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:41 I would LOVE to get the full song from that version. I heard it in 68 and was blown away and never heard it again until 71.
	♥ 4:44pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Discotech Underground @4:43 Hey Kip!
	4:44pm WLSClark: Hi Kip!
	4:44pm Erica: Sail on Sailor makes me think of Jimmy Buffett.
	♥ 4:45pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @4:42 No worries!
	♥ 4:45pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "Surf's Up" by "Beach Boys" VDP on Harry Nilsson: www.popmatters.com...
	♥ 4:46pm Discotech Underground: ↳ WLSClark @4:44 Hey Clark!
	♥ 4:46pm StringOFperils: Ricky Fataar. Schweeet. This was a good version of the band.
	4:47pm Erica: A rerecording of Heroes and Villains.
	♥ 4:49pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Erica @4:47 From Brian's 2004 reconstruction
	♥ 4:50pm Andrew in Toronto: This was a stunning show! Thanks Larry!
	♥ 4:50pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @4:50 Thank you, Andrew!
	♥ 4:51pm Webhamster Henry: There's a few more decades of VDP to cover!
	4:51pm northguineahills: thanks larry for remind us where he parks the van....!
	♥ 4:52pm Brian in UK: Nice one, Larry.
	4:53pm Erica: Harper's Bizarre are/we're a groovy pop band
	♥ 4:54pm Yvang: Beautiful songs. Thanks Larry.
	♥ 4:54pm StringOFperils: ↳ Webhamster Henry @4:51 True. There's quite a trail. Discover America. Clang of the Yankee Reaper. Jump! He's like an invisible super-hero.
	♥ 4:55pm StringOFperils: ↳ StringOFperils @4:54 Larry will no doubt circle back for that stuff.
	4:55pm WLSClark: Great show!
	♥ 4:56pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ StringOFperils @4:54 Jump! was in the very first batch of CDs I got when I finally bought a CD player!
	4:57pm Erica: Great show Larry.
	♥ 4:57pm Funky16Corners: Thanks everyone!
	♥ 4:57pm StringOFperils: Thanks Larry!
	4:57pm Andres: Great show, Larry! Looking forward to a Part II!
	♥ 4:57pm Webhamster Henry: Thanks Larry! Clicky-starred!
	4:58pm Erica: Thanks!
	♥ 4:58pm Funky16Corners: Thanks folks!
	4:59pm fredr: Thanks Larry
	♥ 5:00pm Funky16Corners: Thanks fred!
	5:01pm Dr. Mindburger: We got to the 99th show!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from February 2, 2023

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