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Music of all kinds that hits me in the pit of my stomach, all arranged to find your sweet spot, too. Plus radio shows from the 1940s & 1950s: dramas, mysteries, sci-fi, detectives, and more.
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April 1, 2005: Show 177: filling in for Stefan (listen to entire show / each individual set / each individual song)
The start and end times of each song and set are exact.
Show time: 2 AM - 6 AM
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| (Listen: Pop-up) | A short intro from me. | |||||||||
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Set 1: solo cello from Mr. Bach. (Listen to this set: Pop-up) |
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| Pierre Fournier |
Suite No. 6 D-dur: Prelude (Suite #6 in D major: Prelude) (CD 2, track 13)
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J.S. Bach: 6 Suiten fur Violoncello Solo (6 Suites For Solo Cello) | Archiv | Fine version, originally recorded in 1963 and remastered for CD. BWV 1012. | *** | |||||
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Mic break between Sets 1 & 2. Background music played during it: (Listen to this set: Pop-up) |
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| Les Chakachas |
Love is like a Violin (track 4)
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Arriba! | RCA International | Phat, sentimental sound. Feels like it's the slow song at the record hop. | ||||||
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Set 2: 1960s psych. (Listen to this set: Pop-up) |
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| George Brigman |
Schoolgirl (track 4)
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Jungle Rot | Radioactive Records | Aaaaah...the times were so much simpler then...a wistful, slow song about a girl he wants to but will never actually talk to. Brigman: a Baltimore local and total obscurity. | ||||||
| Human Beast |
Maybe Someday (track 4)
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Volume One | Decca | Aaaaah...the times were so much simpler then...soft and quiet start, "maybe someday she will come along...." Sweet and innocent. | ||||||
| Beat Of The Earth |
This Is An Artistic Statement 2 (track 2)
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The Beat Of The Earth | Radioactive Records | We're heading in the acidy direction - a little, anyway. Atmospheric and warm, sitar last few seconds. Sprawling and long. | *** | |||||
| Human Beast |
Reality Presented As An Alternative (track 5)
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Volume One | Decca | Harder-edged psych rock, but still somewhat relaxed. | ||||||
| Sparkles |
No Friend Of Mine (track 19)
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Garage Beat '66: Like What, Me Worry? | Sundazed | Really good, hard-driving psych garage. | *** | |||||
| George Brigman |
Jungle Rot (track 1)
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Jungle Rot | Radioactive Records | Heavy and hard-edged, a bit raw. Time shown for this song on the original album is 3:08, but on the CD it's 3:40. | ||||||
| Pink Fairies |
Teenage Rebel (track 8: ended at -1:32)
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Never Never Land | Polydor | Sustained medium- tempo, garage-like psych rock, ended here just before the song-ending drum solo. | *** | |||||
| Sparkles |
Hipsville 29 B.C. (I Need Help) (track 4)
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Garage Beat '66: Like What, Me Worry? | Sundazed | Hard-edged, tough garage psych. | *** | |||||
| Cosmic Drop Outs |
Pushin' Too Hard (CD 1, track 19)
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Mindless Teenage Brainrot | (no label) | A great version, which I taped off Bill Kelly's show on WFMU July 2, 1989. | *** | |||||
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Mic break between Sets 2 & 3. Background music played during it: (Listen to this set: Pop-up) |
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| Les Chakachas |
Love is like a Violin (track 4)
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Arriba! | RCA International | Phat, sentimental sound. Feels like it's the slow song at the record hop. | ||||||
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Set 3: the old radio show portion of the evening, part 1. (Listen to this set: Pop-up) |
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| Sam Spade |
The Vaphio Cup Caper
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from August 22, 1948 | (no label) | Very funny, actually, and even more self aware and tongue in cheek than usual. The plot's kind of confusing, but so what? Is it a real ancient Greek cup? A fake? Does it even exist? Who has it, anyway? And you gotta love the send-up of the proverbial brain dead gunman: it's the scene on the train. "Of that, be assured." | *** | |||||
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Mic break between Sets 3 & 4. Background music played during it: (Listen to this set: Pop-up) |
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| Les Chakachas |
Love is like a Violin (track 4)
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Arriba! | RCA International | Phat, sentimental sound. Feels like it's the slow song at the record hop. | ||||||
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Set 4: from high speed bellydancing to even faster gypsy brass band music. (Listen to this set: Pop-up) |
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| Ozel Turkbas |
Ozel's Bellydance Routine (a complete bellydance routine) (track 1)
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Alla-Turca | Traditional Crossroads |
A classic album from the 1960s, complete with pictures on how to bellydance. It features Ozel's 15-piece bellydance orchestra. I've also got her album How To Make Your Husband A Sultan - it comes with an extensive booklet on how to bellydance. It's better on vinyl: bigger booklet, bigger pictures. |
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| Fanfare Savale |
Sarba De La Chisinau (track 17)
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Speed Brass Of The Gypsies | Sub Rosa | Total brass band speed metal, exhilarating, starts fast - and takes off from there. | *** | |||||
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Mic break between Sets 4 & 5. Background music played during it: (Listen to this set: Pop-up) |
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| Les Chakachas |
Love is like a Violin (track 4)
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Arriba! | RCA International | Phat, sentimental sound. Feels like it's the slow song at the record hop. | ||||||
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Set 5: the old radio show portion of the evening, part 2. (Listen to this set: Pop-up) |
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| Bob & Ray |
(no title)
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From August 10, 1959, on some of CBS radio network: 5th show of 10 that day. | (no label) | Some of the skits: the skinniest man in the audience...the circus ringmaster who has no authority because he's the first ringmaster to not have a moustache...an episode of Grand Motel, which fails to make money yet again when a busload of 150 tourists decides they'd rather push their broken bus 70 miles to the next town because they can't all have their continental breakfasts at the same time....Note: the sound is a bit muddy. | ||||||
| Bob & Ray |
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From August 10, 1959, on some of CBS radio network: 6th show of 10 that day. | (no label) | Some of the skits: Bob & Ray can't get their intro right...Dave the dead whale is now rumored to be in San Antonio...a night club ventriloquist gets worried because he thinks he feels some fresh air.... Anyone who has ever spent a long evening in any overcrowded club with no air conditioning has gotta laugh at this one! | ||||||
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Mic break between Sets 5 & 6. Background music played during it: (Listen to this set: Pop-up) |
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| Les Chakachas |
Love is like a Violin (track 4)
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Arriba! | RCA International | Phat, sentimental sound. Feels like it's the slow song at the record hop. | ||||||
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Set 6: from celestial quiet to rough-edged, golden rumbling. (Listen to this set: Pop-up) |
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| William Basinski + Richard Chartier |
(no title: track 2, ended at about -1:20)
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William Basinski + Richard Chartier | Spekk | Beautiful at (many) times, gradual, celestial but also deep underneath, not like his Disintegration Loops series (which I also love): no sadness/melancholy/distance of memory, quiets down with about 11 minutes to go, rumble and celestial aspects take over, gets quieter and quieter. | *** | |||||
| Fatagaga |
Mindmachine (track 3)
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Laudanum Vol. 1 | Sol III | Deep, golden rumble, sustained and soft, actually great at louder volumes. | *** | |||||
| Sunn O))) |
Ra At Dusk (track 4)
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Zero Zero Void (OO Void) | 2 x H | Golden and a bit rough, winds down and stops. This is their first album. | *** | |||||
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Mic break between Sets 6 & 7. Background music played during it: (Listen to this set: Pop-up) |
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| Les Chakachas |
Love is like a Violin (track 4)
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Arriba! | RCA International | Phat, sentimental sound. Feels like it's the slow song at the record hop. | ||||||
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Set 7: mostly quiet and atmospheric. (Listen to this set: Pop-up) |
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| Masters Of Persian Music |
Avaz Va Saz (CD 1, track 2)
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Faryad | World Village | A slow song. The Masters Of Persian Music is a group of 4 classically trained Iranian musicians. | ||||||
| Laura Veirs |
Shadow Blues (track 7)
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Carbon Glacier | Bella Union | A dark love song, optimistic. | *** | |||||
| John Cale |
The Soul Of Carmen Miranda (track 9)
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The Falklands Suite | Opal | Carmen Miranda...a sad, tragicomic figure - enjoyed by and laughed at by so many who never understood her. | ||||||
| Duke Ellington |
Isfahan (track 3)
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The Far East Suite - Special Mix | Bluebird | A beautiful ballad, instrumental. | *** | |||||
| Pierre Fournier |
Suite No. 5 c-moll: Sarabande (Suite #5 in C minor: Sarabande) (CD 2, track 10)
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J.S. Bach: 6 Suiten fur Violoncello Solo (6 Suites For Solo Cello) | Archiv | A feeling of intense solitude, very spare and ascetic. From the same CD set that opened the show. BWV 1011. | *** | |||||
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End of show mic break. Background music played during it: (Listen to this set: Pop-up) |
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| Les Chakachas |
Love is like a Violin (track 4)
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Arriba! | RCA International | Phat, sentimental sound. Feels like it's the slow song at the record hop. | ||||||
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