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Favoriting November 2, 2024: Broadcasting Live From The WFMU Record Fair!

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Green  Gotta Get A Record Out   Favoriting
Records, The  Starry Eyes   Favoriting
Jim Ford  Go Through Sunday   Favoriting
R.B.Greaves  When I Was A Boy   Favoriting
Nat King Cole's Swingsters  Riffin' At The Bar-B-Que   Favoriting
Cheap Trick  On The Radio   Favoriting
Joe McGasko  Introduces   Favoriting
James Last  Giant Man   Favoriting
Sagittarius  My World Fell Down   Favoriting
Ruby And The Party Gang  Hey Ruby (Shut Your Mouth)   Favoriting
Lemon Twigs, The  My Golden Years   Favoriting
New Colony Six, The  Hold Me With Your Eyes   Favoriting
Ricky Nelson  A Long Vacation   Favoriting
Ray Scott  The Prayer   Favoriting
Explorers Club, The  Run, Run, Run   Favoriting
Angie  Pepermint Lump   Favoriting
Hombres, The  Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)   Favoriting
Dave Kirby  Cantelope Jones   Favoriting
Allen Toussaint  You Didn't Know, Did You?   Favoriting
Ama Tai Tai  Jackpot 1800   Favoriting
Suzy Hotrod  Introduces   Favoriting
Motorhead  Louie Louie   Favoriting
Outsiders, The  Time Wont Let Me   Favoriting
Red Ingle and the Natural Seven  Cigarettes, Women and Wild, Wild Women   Favoriting
Revelons, The  The Way (You Touch My Hand)   Favoriting
Trini Lopez  Five O'Clock World   Favoriting
Nightmares, The  Hold On And Pray   Favoriting
Sports, The  Who Listens To The Radio?   Favoriting
Skeeter Davis And NRBQ  I Want You Bad   Favoriting
JD McPherson  That's What A Love Song Does To You   Favoriting

CLICK HERE for a Golf Channel documentary about DEVO’s strange intersection with the professional sports legend Chi-Chi Rodríguez

CLICK HERE to read about the guy who has written over 24,000 songs (like “I Need a Lot of Toilet Paper to Clean the Poop in My Butt”) and makes a good living, or CLICK HERE to listen to the podcast version.

CLICK HERE for the story of Gene Krupa - with lots of great video clips

CLICK HERE to hear Michael's guesting on Mark Hurst's WFMU show Techtonic, discussing AI music making.

CLICK HERE for video clips of Kay Adams on the Buck Owens Ranch Show

CLICK HERE and HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

CLICK HERE for The Beatles' 167 page FBI file

CLICK HERE for a documentary about L.A.'s Chinatown Punk Wars

CLICK HERE to help Paul find his bass

CLICK HERE for an assortment of Wrecking Crew AFM union contracts

CLICK HERE for 20+ gigabytes of sound effects from the USC Sound Effects Library

CLICK HERE for Armstrong's 1954 catalog, featuring spectacular mid-century linoleum, rug, and wall tile designs

CLICK HERE for The 50 Worst Decisions in Music History

CLICK HERE for Michael Shelley's appearance on the Finding Favorites podcast where he discusses WFMU, NRBQ, Nancy & road food

CLICK HERE for The Beatles Sorter (1200 choice decision game takes an hour)

CLICK HERE for The Beatles & The Butcher - The Story of The 'Yesterday & Today' Album

CLICK HERE for the Radio & Broadcasting History site with archives of British music mags from the 60's

CLICK HERE for Beatle Novelty Records on YouTube

CLICK HERE for a free download of the book "Our time is now : A farandole of Jonathan Richman songs"

CLICK HERE for The 100 Most Lost Songs of All

CLICK HERE for a million dollar guitar

CLICK HERE for The Herman Cain Award

CLICK HERE for a pricing strategy consultant's look at how much Mike Love pays Brother Records INC. for the right to tour as The Beach Boys

CLICK HERE for five hours of live Stones, well chosen to spotlight Charlie

CLICK HERE to read the lawsuit "Brother Records Inc. vs Jardine"

CLICK HERE for the six part documentary of the making of Elvis Costello's "Spanish Model"

CLICK HERE for recipes Michael has discussed on the show

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 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 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"

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 HERE for 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!

Avatar 10:19am
Listener Baby:

Hey baby, do you wanna go to Mexico?
Or take Ten west to the coast
And One up to the bay
  11:03am
clarke:

hey now.

we gotta get a rekkid out.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:03am
Frank In Queens:

HEY NOW!!!!!!! I'll be at the Record Fair in a bit!
  11:03am
clarke:

↳ Frank In Queens @11:03
big win for the Magpies, today!
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Hughie Considine:

Wow, only two songs in and we're hearing the greatest new wave pop gem in existence!
  11:04am
clarke:

TOP TUNES!!!
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Frank In Queens:

↳ clarke @11:03
Couldn't watch, had to track my show this morning. But glad to hear it. They needed a win!
  11:06am
clarke:

↳ Frank In Queens @11:05
they dominated ~
  11:06am
Scott from Boston:

The Records!!!!
  Swag For Life Member 11:06am
listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Song: "Starry Eyes" by "Records, The"
Good lord I love this song.
  11:06am
hifivicky:

Greeeeen! excellent opener!! I had planned on just lying around on my day off, but now I'm gonna BAKE COOKIES. thx Michael Shelley! 🤸🏼‍♂️
  11:06am
clarke:

↳ Hughie Considine @11:04
avast there, traveler!
  11:06am
Vistavision:

Keep this up and it’s going to be quite a show!!!❤️❗️
  11:07am
rx "rexy" scabin:

Good morning, Michael and Everyone.
  11:07am
clarke:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:06
good lord it loves YOU!
Avatar 11:07am
herb.nyc:

hola. i won't be at the record fair but was curious, is book NO BIG DEAL by Dean Brownrout, being sold by any dealers? michael had a great interview w the author and i wanna read the book.
  11:07am
Vistavision:

It’s that rockin’ joi de vivre sound that I love!!
  11:07am
clarke:

there's nothing to say.
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Hughie Considine:

↳ clarke @11:06
Ahoy, Squire!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:09am
StringOFperils:

Starry Eyes. Sticky fingers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:09am
JeremyB:

Howdy everyone!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:09am
Hughie Considine:

How I wish I could be combing through the bins right now...
  11:09am
clarke:

↳ Hughie Considine @11:08
hey, is your book available yet? how do i order that??
Avatar 11:10am
HyperDose:

Lets partayyy!
  11:11am
gf2002:

↳ Song: "Starry Eyes" by "Records, The"
The Records cut a cool version of The Beach Boys Darlin on a Brian Wilson tribute album some years ago, cool guitar work on that one
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:12am
Hughie Considine:

↳ clarke @11:09
I am in the process of putting it out on various non-Amazon platforms. Had a tech glitch that I'm rectifying. Once that's settled, I'll let the entire world know. But thanks for asking, bud.
  11:13am
clarke:

↳ Hughie Considine @11:12
cool!! can't wait!
  11:14am
Mr. Jones:

↳ Song: "Go Through Sunday" by "Jim Ford"
Sounds like Van Morrison
  Swag For Life Member 11:14am
listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ clarke @11:07
:-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:15am
Michael C St Lou:

↳ Song: "Go Through Sunday" by "Jim Ford"
⭐🔥
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:17am
Michael C St Lou:

Hello Michael Shelley and everyone, and please tell everyone at the fair hello for me also😂
  11:17am
gf2002:

↳ Song: "When I Was A Boy" by "R.B.Greaves"
This is before RB had Maria dictate that letter...
  11:17am
rx "rexy" scabin:

Son of a preacher man.
  11:18am
clarke:

you thought i was gonna say son of a bitch didn't you?
  11:19am
Mr. Jones:

↳ Song: "Riffin' At The Bar-B-Que" by "Nat King Cole's Swi...
Tryin' hard to be Cab Calloway
  11:20am
clarke:

↳ Mr. Jones @11:19
more like cab was trying to be king cole
  11:22am
clarke:

yes. the Trick.
  11:22am
gf2002:

↳ Song: "Riffin' At The Bar-B-Que" by "Nat King Cole's Swi...
The great Oscar Moore on guitar, and no drums! These early Nat Cole trio records are great
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Hughie Considine:

Funnily enough, I just took a whirlwind drive to and from NC to NJ and cued up a 10-year-old Michael Shelley show on the old Archive Bunker, and it was the one where Todd sends him Cheap Trick's contact info. Historical stuff!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:23am
James in ATL:

Love this Cheap Trick!
  11:23am
Space Cowboy:

Headed to the record fair...just discovered this show recently .hiding in plain sight love it
  11:23am
clarke:

bunzuela ist mein Gott.
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Frank In Queens:

Playing the 1% best of all the #1 hits!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:25am
Hughie Considine:

The other funny thing was that even though it was 10 years old, it sounded like it could have been from last week: Pretty Pretty Prya, XTC, country songs about the evils of women -- all the usual suspects.
  11:26am
Toothgrinder Tom:

@Highie Consadine 11:23 hey now there’s an idea …
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:28am
Rabbitsmokinintheferns:

Joe is the best. Super responsive to my stupid questions.
Avatar 11:28am
Avspuk:

It says 4,529 pledgers for the 'end of year appeal on the main page
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:30am
Hughie Considine:

Kind of odd to hear the slight difference in timbre of DJ voices emanating from outside the studio.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:30am
Greg from ZONE 5:

HI HOOOOO!
  11:31am
clarke:

↳ Hughie Considine @11:30
you didn't know what you were looking for
till you heard the voices in your head
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:32am
Michael C St Lou:

hi ho giant man
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:33am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Mr. Giant Man is a good one for a marching band leading a parade.
  11:33am
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Never tire of it.
  11:33am
Susan:

Right on Joe especially love the little wig out at the end of the song “the giant man”!
  11:34am
clarke:

it's great how he got the staff of sesame street to do the bg vox
Avatar 11:34am
Frank Verplanck:

↳ Rabbitsmokinintheferns @11:28
Agreed!
  11:34am
Mr. Jones:

↳ Song: "Giant Man" by "James Last"
LOL!

I'm over the 10,000 count but I don't have this one.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:35am
common:

is it thursday?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:35am
Dano59:

Giant Man -- heard this opening Fabio's show on Thu. -- and we have a guy with a show in Ithaca and Binghamton, Dr. Bartlemania, who uses it as a frequent theme.
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Hughie Considine:

↳ clarke @11:31
Haha ... I'm in love....with that song.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:36am
JeremyB:

↳ common @11:35
Thursday comes early this week because of daylight savings time.
Avatar 11:36am
cristinap:

I love giant man so much
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:36am
Montmaster J:

Now THIS is a true No. 1 hit!!!!!
  11:37am
clarke:

↳ Hughie Considine @11:35
hey, it's me, again.
  11:37am
hifivicky:

@Hughie Considine, totally read yr comment as Toddophonic sends Cheap Trick's contact info to Archie Bunker... had to read it 3x... #brokenbrain #wishfulthinking
  11:37am
greg g:

The story of Giant Man revealed ! Great interview Michael and Joe M ! Wish J could be at the record fair. Good morning all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:37am
Dano59:

And someone tell Joe McG: While out trick-or-treating with friends and their kids Thurs., saw an adult in a Yip-Yip costume leading little ones across the street - saying "Car. Car. Car. Car."
Avatar 11:38am
Avspuk:

↳ Song: "Giant Man" by "James Last"
A massive 247 clickystars on the fabio listed version, which is the highest score I've seen
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JeremyB:

↳ Dano59 @11:37
That's awesome!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:39am
Dano59:

↳ JeremyB @11:38
he really committed to the part!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:39am
JeremyB:

↳ Dano59 @11:39
The yip yip intro to surface noise always makes me smile!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:41am
Ken From Hyde Park:

The next time April Fool's Day falls on a Thursday, Fabio can open with the Yips.
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Hughie Considine:

↳ hifivicky @11:37
haha! Archive Bunker almost deliberately fools the eye! Those FMU people sure know how to name stuff.
  11:43am
clarke:

everything's Archie!
  11:44am
Ochre Ogre:

Hi Michael! Wow, awesome CLICK HERE-s.
Joe McGasko is one true mensch!
  11:44am
Cooh John:

Hello Michael and #1ers.
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Hughie Considine:

↳ clarke @11:37
Welcome back, as John Sebastian was known to say.
  11:44am
Ochre Ogre:

Hey clarke!
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Rabbitsmokinintheferns:

Way to make me move. Woo!
  11:45am
clarke:

how do?
  11:50am
clarke:

↳ Song: "Hold Me With Your Eyes" by "New Colony Six, The"
Das Bueno!!
  11:51am
clarke:

is someone going to purchase a record and have it played IMMEDIATELY on the air?
  11:52am
Ochre Ogre:

↳ Song: "Hold Me With Your Eyes" by "New Colony Six, The"
Women wrestlers prefer, "Hold Me with Your Thighs."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:52am
JeremyB:

Wahoo!
  11:53am
rx "rexy" scabin:

Goldenberg Nut Chews are #1.
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Frank In Queens:

↳ rx "rexy" scabin @11:53
That was our Halloween candy this year. We had a grand total of ZERO trick or treaters...
  11:54am
Mr. Jones:

↳ Song: "A Long Vacation" by "Ricky Nelson"
and he hates rallies at Madison Square Garden
  11:54am
clarke:

↳ Frank In Queens @11:53
you had more than me!
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JeremyB:

michaelshelley.net...
  11:55am
clarke:

↳ Frank In Queens @11:53
it's becoming very clear..
that hallow's eve is now an adult holiday.
  11:57am
Mr. Jones:

↳ clarke @11:55
We always include the kids in our sacrifices here.
  11:57am
gf2002:

↳ Song: "A Long Vacation" by "Ricky Nelson"
A Ricky Nelson song from this era without a solo break by James Burton is like a Goldenberg's Peanut Chew without the dark chocolate
  11:57am
Ochre Ogre:

↳ clarke @11:55
And spreading to other countries.
  11:58am
clarke:

redd foxx used to be in a band similar to the Ink Spots - but, this seems comedy derived.
  11:59am
rx "rexy" scabin:

Was Reagan governor?
  11:59am
Mr. Jones:

↳ Song: "The Prayer" by "Ray Scott"
Is there gonna be a chorus?
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cristinap:

wonder if they meant wallace when this was written
  12:00pm
clarke:

or more than one chord?
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sinner:

Hallelujah. Write that name down.
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estebangrande:

↳ sinner @12:00
hi sinner, heckuva prayer there
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Dano59:

↳ clarke @11:51
that's my practice every Record Store Day...
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Kevin Nutt:

↳ estebangrande @12:02
My sista!
  12:04pm
clarke:

↳ Dano59 @12:03
or mike should go out and find a record to play right away.
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Dano59:

↳ clarke @11:58
you remember Redd's Ink Spots impression on Sanford & Son? the episode with the ring?
  12:05pm
clarke:

↳ Dano59 @12:04
why but of course!!
  12:05pm
clarke:

↳ Dano59 @12:04
if i didn't care...
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Dano59:

↳ clarke @12:05
lol - so damn memorable. and to me one of the funniest bits on that show.
  12:07pm
clarke:

↳ Dano59 @12:06
rollo as whipping boy!
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Dano59:

↳ Song: "Run, Run, Run" by "Explorers Club, The"
I was kinda surprised we didn't go down a little Curt Boettcher rabbithole after Sagittarius .. but this kinda relates.
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Dano59:

kinda / sorta / a bit
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "Pepermint Lump" by "Angie"
I recorded this onto cassette from the radio with Vin Scelsa saying at the end, "A little oddball thing from Pete Townshend.."
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JeremyB:

↳ Song: "Pepermint Lump" by "Angie"
This is so cute...
  12:09pm
clarke:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:09
i used to make cassettes with my little mic to the radio speaker, too! ha ha.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

To the bakery!
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Michael C St Lou:

↳ Song: "Pepermint Lump" by "Angie"
🥰❤️
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:09
The world needs more "little oddball things."
  12:12pm
clarke:

bj hunnicut on this cut, too! *bass
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Dano59:

↳ clarke @12:09
moi aussi ... until I got the components (in 1984) to record thru wires.
  12:14pm
clarke:

↳ Dano59 @12:13
that's a pretty late date, there! ha ha.
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Dano59:

↳ Song: "Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)" by "Hombres, The"
counting the original, this is trying to be 3 things at once.
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common:

↳ clarke @12:12
cool
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Dano59:

↳ clarke @12:14
i'm a late adopter.
  12:15pm
clarke:

↳ Dano59 @12:14
me, too, but not with hi-fi!
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listener phat in Lincoln:

Might make a bass speaker cabinet today.
  12:16pm
clarke:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:15
noice!!
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listener phat in Lincoln:

That wrong record intro sound just like Solsbury Hill.
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Lizardner Dave !:

Wake n Bake should do a sound-alikes of this and "Mufferaw Joe" by Stompin Tom Conners.
  12:16pm
clarke:

cantaloupe girlfriend.
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drr:

↳ clarke @12:09
My brother and I did a lot of that, with a Sony Dream Machine and a General Electric recorder. Our grail song, which we finally captured, was "Iron Man". It was played on our terrible local station about as frequently as "Let It All Hang Out".
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ clarke @12:16
Got a neodymium 12" on sale from Parts Express. It's perfect. Needs a box
  12:17pm
clarke:

↳ drr @12:16
was there any college station in chattaboogie??
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Hughie Considine:

↳ clarke @12:16
I was thinking the same thing. Throw in "Canteloupe Island" and you've got the basis for a solid tropical fruits mix.
  12:20pm
clarke:

it slices, it dices.
  12:22pm
gf2002:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:19
And add Watermelon Man, Here Come De Honeydew Man, etc. A nice fruit salad
  12:27pm
clarke:

and some fava beans...
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Suzy Hotrod, hurray! 🛼
  12:28pm
clarke:

GOAL
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JeremyB:

↳ Ken From Hyde Park @12:27
Hell Yeah!
  12:29pm
clarke:

GOOOOOAAAAALLLLLL!!!
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JeremyB:

↳ clarke @12:29
Congrats to Michael Shelley!
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Dano59:

we luv u Suzy Hotrod!
  12:31pm
clarke:

and liverpool!
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Hughie Considine:

↳ gf2002 @12:22
Good ones! I'm adding Jazz Butcher's "Pineapple Tuesday" and "Pineapple Head" by Crowded House.
  12:32pm
clarke:

i've got a fever.. and the only cure is...
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Ciggy:

Goal / Ghoul
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Dano59:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:31
Nilsson's 'Coconut'?
Harry Chapin's '30,000 Lbs. of Bananas'?
  12:34pm
Ochre Ogre:

↳ Song: "Louie Louie" by "Motorhead"
Fer a minute I thought this was The Dictators.
  12:34pm
clarke:

non tiempo por non hombre
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Dano59 @12:33
Absitively -- adding in bananas assures you of a solid mix because there are many banana-titled songs, including some biggies by Harry Belafonte and of course Ween.
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cristinap:

↳ Ochre Ogre @12:34
a bunch of oi bands used to always cover it, so I had to check, myself lol
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Ciggy:

↳ Song: "Time Wont Let Me" by "Outsiders, The"
Wore this sucker out
  12:36pm
clarke:

what a guitar solo!!
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Dano59:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:35
Surely (tho not off the toppa) there's a sangria song to cap it off.
  12:37pm
Ochre Ogre:

Time and money won't let get to the # 1 Record Fair in the nation.
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Dano59 @12:37
Surely there must. I do know of one about a pina colada though...
  12:38pm
gf2002:

↳ Song: "Time Wont Let Me" by "Outsiders, The"
One of the best singles of the 60's, hands down. The Smithereens did a great cover of this too
  12:38pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

I loved cigarettes.
  12:39pm
gf2002:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:38
Lou Reed does mention drinking sangria in the park, but alas it's not in the title!
  12:39pm
clarke:

so, the Little Jimmy Dickens version was a cover? hm.
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JohnEBGood:

The Rolling Stones cashed in on inaudible lyrics ; )
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drr:

↳ Song: "Cigarettes, Women and Wild, Wild Women" by "Red I...
The lady's voice puts it over the top.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ rx "rexy" scabin @12:38
Same. I miss them still.
  12:40pm
Ochre Ogre:

↳ cristinap @12:35
Oh yeah, a garage classic, even Jimi Hendrix covered it.
  12:40pm
gf2002:

"Apples Peaches Bananas and Pears" - Unreleased 1966 Monkees that made it onto the TV show but never released officially until the 80's
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Hughie Considine:

↳ gf2002 @12:39
He sure does, and he pronounces it kinda funny.
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JeremyB:

Have fun guys! See you at the fair!
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Hubig Pie:

Our '65 Lincoln Continental had a cigarette lighter for every seat.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

My mom smoked Virginia Slims. My dad smoked Amphora Red in his pipe.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Hubig Pie @12:41
We had a 70s Cadillac (in the 80s) like that.
  12:42pm
clarke:

↳ Hubig Pie @12:41
suicide doors?
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drr:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:31
Annette Funicello had "Pineapple Princess". It's awful.
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JohnEBGood:

Dont you know ; )
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Hughie Considine:

↳ gf2002 @12:40
I hear what you're saying, but I prefer sticking strictly to tropical fruits lest it all descend into chaos.
  12:42pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

@listener phat in Lincoln if they weren't expensive, stinky, and fatal, I would still: Camel unfiltered. I still love whiskey.
  12:42pm
gf2002:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:42
It does mention bananas haha
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Hubig Pie:

↳ clarke @12:42
Jah. Loved that car.
  12:43pm
clarke:

↳ Hubig Pie @12:43
town car
  12:43pm
Ochre Ogre:

My parents smoked some green stuff in a bong.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ rx "rexy" scabin @12:42
I don't miss drinking, but I would totally take up cigarettes again if I were terminal.
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Hughie Considine:

↳ gf2002 @12:42
It would have to be.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Song: "The Way (You Touch My Hand)" by "Revelons, The"
Goddamn, this emblematic of a sound.
  12:45pm
clarke:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:44
i'll say!
  12:45pm
Stevel:

Damn! Revlons. I’m in.
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "The Way (You Touch My Hand)" by "Revelons, The"
I absolutely heard the Nomads' cover of this one on Bill Kelly's Teenage Wasteland.
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JohnEBGood:

Nice
  12:46pm
clarke:

kill the beastie!!!
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Song: "The Way (You Touch My Hand)" by "Revelons, The"
I hear stuff like this and think it's what Hollywood TV producers heard when they thought "punk."
  12:47pm
listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Song: "Louie Louie" by "Motorhead"
This is more of a cover of the original than the Kingsmen version.
  12:47pm
greg g:

Thanks Michael! Yes to the Revlons and the whole show!!
  12:47pm
listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ rx "rexy" scabin @12:38
Same. I miss them still.
  12:47pm
Stevel:

Artful segue. Have you done this before?
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listener phat in Lincoln:

Posts of mine that I thought had disappeared are appearing mysteriously. Lol.
  12:48pm
clarke:

↳ Stevel @12:47
he won the Rocktober.
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "Five O'Clock World" by "Trini Lopez"
Trini's guitar was something to behold.
  12:48pm
gf2002:

↳ Song: "Five O'Clock World" by "Trini Lopez"
The producer to Trini right before this take: "Trini, can you sing this one with a little more emotion?"
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Sweet Corn Lizzie:

↳ drr @12:39
I had the same thought
  12:50pm
gf2002:

Journey
  12:51pm
clarke:

that was last week
  12:51pm
gf2002:

↳ clarke @12:51
They said I won
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Song: "Hold On And Pray" by "Nightmares, The"
No idea what to think of this
  12:52pm
clarke:

who is they?
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listener phat in Lincoln:

I thought I won!
  12:52pm
clarke:

i don't see your name on the list
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Hughie Considine:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:52
It's mislabeled. The Sports doing ... you can tell what the title is.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

Springsteen meets Elvis Costello!
  12:54pm
Dan Ingram:

↳ Song: "Who Listens To The Radio?" by "Sports, The"
Catchy #1 hit
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Hughie Considine:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:53
They've actually met and sung together. But it was another Angry Young Man c. 1979, Graham Parker, with whom Bruce co-vocalized on record.
  12:56pm
Ochre Ogre:

↳ Song: "I Want You Bad" by "Skeeter Davis And NRBQ"
Wow, would never guess this is Skeeter Davis.
  12:57pm
clarke:

↳ Ochre Ogre @12:56
it also helps to have nrbq as a backup band
  12:57pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

Pro or anti Glockenspiel?
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Dano59:

Bruce & EC joined on 'London Calling' at a Grammy or RnRHoF event.
GP & Bruce appeared on the last day of a 'Celebrate Asbury Park' week of shows at the Stone Pony. Grushecky etc. with other ties to Bruce all week.
  12:58pm
clarke:

PRO!!!
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drr:

rockvember
  12:59pm
Mr. Jones:

↳ gf2002 @12:22
They only got juiced in it
  12:59pm
Ochre Ogre:

↳ clarke @12:57
What is that, nrbq band?
  12:59pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

Thank you, Michael and Everyone. Good accompaniment to dinner prep and other things, I bet.
  12:59pm
gf2002:

↳ rx "rexy" scabin @12:57
I like my glockenspiel paired with a semi-dry riesling
  12:59pm
clarke:

↳ drr @12:58
you WON!! !!
  1:00pm
clarke:

ever get the feelin' you been cheated at the record show? good nite.
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Dano59:

↳ gf2002 @12:51
the concert tickets are in. the mail - no one takes paper tickets anymore, but that's the prize.
  1:00pm
Ochre Ogre:

Thanks Michael, have fun!
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