WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from September 19, 2009

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from September 19, 2009

A pennant-winning battery of songland. Ongoing feature: Single File, a half-hour of randomly selected small records with big holes.

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Mon. Mar 17th, 9am - Noon: Stuart Staples of Tindersticks (More info...)

September 19, 2009: FREEFORM: Saturday Morning Cartoons

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New
Don Robertson	The Happy Whistler "The Happy Whistler" by "Don Robertson"		Capitol	1956	45
Harmonia and Eno '76	Welcome "Welcome" by "Harmonia and Eno '76"	Tracks and Traces	Gronland/High Wire	2009	CD	Originally from 1976	*
Faust	Krautrock "Krautrock" by "Faust"	Faust IV	Vrigin	1992	CD	Originally from 1973
Amon Düül II	Wie Der Wind Am Ende Einer Strasse	Wolf City	Repetoire	2002	CD	Originally from 1972
La Düsseldorf	Das Yvonnchen "Das Yvonnchen" by "La Düsseldorf"	Individuellos	Water	2009	CD	Originally from 1980

Peter Walker	Norwegian Mood "Norwegian Mood" by "Peter Walker"	Rainy Day Raga	Harte	2009	LP	Originally from 1966	*
The Frugal Sound	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	The Autumn Almanac: Ripples, Volume 3	Sequel	1999	CD	Originally from 1966
Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	Foursider	A&M	1973	LP	Originally on "Ye-Me-Le" from 1969
Herbie Mann	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	The Wailing Dervishes	Atlantic	1967	LP
Cornershop	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	When I Was Born for the 7th Time	Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.	1997	CD
Jan and Dean	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	Popsicle	Sundazed	2006	CD	Originally from 1966
The Radio Stars	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	Holiday Album	Chiswick	1978	LP

The Poets of Rhythm	Plus Plus "Plus Plus" by "The Poets of Rhythm"	D-Funk: Funk, Disco, and Boogie Groove from Germany 1972-2002	Marina	2009	CD		*
Harlem Underground Band	Finger in It	Harlem Underground	Traffic	2009	CD	Originally from 1976	*
24 Carat Black	I'll Never Let You Go	Gone: The Promises of Yesterday	Numero Group	2009	CD	Recorded in 1974	*
Barbara Lynn	Why Can't You Love Me	Here Is Barbara Lynn	Water	2009	CD	Originally from 1968	*

The Sugar Canyon	On a Summer Night		Buddah	1968	45
Dave McCoy	Bake Me a Woman "Bake Me a Woman" by "Dave McCoy"		Avco Embassy	c. 1968	45
John D. Loudermilk	Darling Jane "Darling Jane" by "John D. Loudermilk"		RCA Victor	1961	45
Love Sculpture	Farandole "Farandole" by "Love Sculpture"		Parrot	1970	45
Scuffy Shew	Reason to Feel "Reason to Feel" by "Scuffy Shew"		Metromedia	1973	45
The Phil Bernardi Band	I Like Jersey Best		Thomas Bernadi Music	1981	45
Aerosmith	Chip Away the Stone "Chip Away the Stone" by "Aerosmith"		Columbia	1978	45
The Expressos	Baby Be Bad to Me "Baby Be Bad to Me" by "The Expressos"		WEA	1980	45

The Archies	Bang-Shang-a-Lang "Bang-Shang-a-Lang" by "The Archies"		Calendar	1968	45
The Banana Splits	The Tra-La-La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)		Kellogg's	1969	45
The Beagles	Sharing Wishes "Sharing Wishes" by "The Beagles"	Here Come the Beagles		1966	MP3	Originally released on Harmony records; download other tracks here
Cattanooga Cats	Alle Alle Oxen Free	Cattanooga Cats	Forward	1969	LP	Mike Curb and Michael Lloyd (from West Coast Pop Art Exp. Band) are the responsible parties.
Josie and the Pussycats	Inside, Outside, Upside Down	Stop, Look and Listen: The Capitol Recordings	Rhino Handmade	2001	CD	Originally from 1970
Danny Jannsen and Austin Roberts	Seven Days a Week	Scooby Doo Snack Tracks	Rhino	1998	CD
Lancelot Link and the Evolution Revolution	Yummy Love	Lancelot Link and the Evolution Revolution	ABC	1970	LP	a.k.a. The Mystic Astrologic Crystal Band!
Cattanooga Cats	My Birthday Suit "My Birthday Suit" by "Cattanooga Cats"	Cattanooga Cats	Forward	1969	LP
Johnny Whitaker	Friends (Sigmund and the Sea Monsters Theme)	HR Pufnstuf And Other Sid & Marty Krofft Favorites	Gazillion	2000	CD
The Archies	Who's Your Baby? "Who's Your Baby?" by "The Archies"		Kirschner	1969	45

Henry Gibson	Keep A-Goin' "Keep A-Goin'" by "Henry Gibson"	Nashville Soundtrack	ABC	1975	LP
The Hoosier Hot Shots	Noah's Wife	Rural Rhythm 1935-1942	Columbia	1992	CD	From 1940
Trixie Friganza	Spelling Song "Spelling Song" by "Trixie Friganza"				DVD	From Vitaphone short "My Bag O' Trix," 1929
Tammy Wynette	D.I.V.O.R.C.E. "D.I.V.O.R.C.E." by "Tammy Wynette"		Epic	1975	45
David Geddes	Wait for Me "Wait for Me" by "David Geddes"	Run Joey Run	Big Tree	1975	LP
Bill Amesbury	Virginia (Touch Me Like You Do)			1974	MP3	Casablanca's first single!
The Ohio Express	Sausalito (Is The Place To Go)	Super K's Bubblegum Explosion 1968-1970	Sequel	1990	LP
Shonen Knife	Jet "Jet" by "Shonen Knife"	Super Group	Good Charamel	2009	CD		*

Listener comments!
	6:05am Sue: Hi, Joe! Good morning! How's it going?
	6:08am Joe: Hey, Sue! I'm rubbing the sand from my eyes. What about you?
	6:12am Sue: Same here, man. I've been up since two hours ago. I'm just glad I don't have to go into work extra early this morning. We were supposed to have some crazy meeting but it got canceled. I mean, who has meetings at the crack of dawn on a Saturday morning?! My boss is a self-declared Napoleon :)
	6:14am Joe: What was that joke about why Napoleon always had his hand in his jacket? Because he was scratching his nose? Anyway, you're right about Sat. morning meetings. That should be against the law. Glad cooler heads prevailed!
	6:15am dale: top of the morning, joe. hard to take the darkness art this hour, though
	6:16am dale: also hard to type at this hour
	6:16am Sue: Yeah, I don't know how much longer I can take it here on the west coast. I'm always going to be a Jersey girl. The people here are too friggin nice!
	6:17am Joe: Hey, Dale! Yeah, you said it. It seems to lift a little later every morning...Love serendipitous (sp?) typos--"darkness art" is great! Should be an album title.
	6:18am Joe: Sue, you should come back to Jersey. Later in the show I will play a song that tells you just why Jersey is best.
	6:21am Sue: Awesome, I'm looking forward to it. I am pretty homesick. I was considering London for my next move but I might just come on back home. I'm diggin' your tunes btw... as usual... thanks for accompanying me while I get ready for my day!
	6:23am dale: love the raga-ish of this amon duul. i have a bunch of early popul vuh on vinyl that this reminds me of. actually if you played this at 16rpm it would sound like popul vuh. do turntables still come with a 16rpm speed?
	6:23am Joe: Aw, shucks, Sue, thanks! I'm always surprised that folks are up so early, esp. on the West Coast!
	6:25am Joe: We've got these great tables at the station that do any speed, Dale! But yeah, I think Neu! actually did a whole album side at 78 rpm or 16 or some such thing--maybe "Neu! 2"?
	6:33am dale: i think the 16s were only spoken transcription discs. they're probably all molding away in small-town schools or in the library of congress now.
	6:36am Joe: Wow! It's funny that 16 used to be on so many turntables, even when I was a kid in the late 70s/early 80s. I wonder why?
	6:44am dale: love this version. have you ever heard the johnny mann singers beatles album? it's that horrible great that we all appreciate.
	6:47am Joe: No, I've never heard that, but it sounds great! I mean "great" in the loosest possible way.
	7:36am dale: 'bake me a lady who will bake me a daisy?'
	7:37am Joe: Ha ha! I think he's saying "Bake me a baby"!
	7:38am dale: oh, a baABY.....
	7:46am dale: joe, you have the most eclectic collection of 45s i ever heard. is this all garage sale/salvay finds or do you troll record shows as well?
	7:48am Joe: Thanks, Dale! I do both, but I rarely pay more than a dollar for anything! I'm sure I miss out on some good stuff that way, but I'm a cheap bastard.
	7:54am dale: i stopped buying records a while ago. I moved them from my attic to the garage and when I realized I had an entire pickup truck bed filled with standing discs I decided to stop. especially when i saw that i had three copies of the smothers bros live at the green onion.
	7:57am Joe: I admire your ability to control your addiction! I agree that the Smothers Brothers x3 is a bad sign, indeed. I'm a little worried, but it hasn't reached that point....yet.
	8:17am tw2sheds: I'm sure its been said before but isnt the tra la la riff from the Banana Splits lifted from Buffalo Soldier? (Make those math problems you have to dodto post easier, OK?)
	8:20am Lisa in Tampa: Calling a band the Evolution Revolution these days could get you shouted down at a town hall. (Hi, Joe!)
	8:21am Joe: You're no doubt right, tw2sheds! I think the bubble gum gods who wrote all these tunes stole EVERYTHING from EVERYBODY!
	8:22am Joe: Hey, Lisa! What about songs about sea monsters?
	8:23am Lisa: They're what it's all about!

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Mon. Mar 17th, 9am - Noon: Stuart Staples of Tindersticks (More info...)
Tindersticks have been making moody and magnificent music for over 30 years. Today on Surface Noise, the band's voice and prime mover Stuart Staples talks about the band's most recent album, "Soft Tissue," and its upcoming tour of the U.S., its first since 2008.

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New
Don Robertson	The Happy Whistler "The Happy Whistler" by "Don Robertson"		Capitol	1956	45
Harmonia and Eno '76	Welcome "Welcome" by "Harmonia and Eno '76"	Tracks and Traces	Gronland/High Wire	2009	CD	Originally from 1976	*
Faust	Krautrock "Krautrock" by "Faust"	Faust IV	Vrigin	1992	CD	Originally from 1973
Amon Düül II	Wie Der Wind Am Ende Einer Strasse	Wolf City	Repetoire	2002	CD	Originally from 1972
La Düsseldorf	Das Yvonnchen "Das Yvonnchen" by "La Düsseldorf"	Individuellos	Water	2009	CD	Originally from 1980

Peter Walker	Norwegian Mood "Norwegian Mood" by "Peter Walker"	Rainy Day Raga	Harte	2009	LP	Originally from 1966	*
The Frugal Sound	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	The Autumn Almanac: Ripples, Volume 3	Sequel	1999	CD	Originally from 1966
Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	Foursider	A&M	1973	LP	Originally on "Ye-Me-Le" from 1969
Herbie Mann	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	The Wailing Dervishes	Atlantic	1967	LP
Cornershop	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	When I Was Born for the 7th Time	Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.	1997	CD
Jan and Dean	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	Popsicle	Sundazed	2006	CD	Originally from 1966
The Radio Stars	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	Holiday Album	Chiswick	1978	LP

The Poets of Rhythm	Plus Plus "Plus Plus" by "The Poets of Rhythm"	D-Funk: Funk, Disco, and Boogie Groove from Germany 1972-2002	Marina	2009	CD		*
Harlem Underground Band	Finger in It	Harlem Underground	Traffic	2009	CD	Originally from 1976	*
24 Carat Black	I'll Never Let You Go	Gone: The Promises of Yesterday	Numero Group	2009	CD	Recorded in 1974	*
Barbara Lynn	Why Can't You Love Me	Here Is Barbara Lynn	Water	2009	CD	Originally from 1968	*

The Sugar Canyon	On a Summer Night		Buddah	1968	45
Dave McCoy	Bake Me a Woman "Bake Me a Woman" by "Dave McCoy"		Avco Embassy	c. 1968	45
John D. Loudermilk	Darling Jane "Darling Jane" by "John D. Loudermilk"		RCA Victor	1961	45
Love Sculpture	Farandole "Farandole" by "Love Sculpture"		Parrot	1970	45
Scuffy Shew	Reason to Feel "Reason to Feel" by "Scuffy Shew"		Metromedia	1973	45
The Phil Bernardi Band	I Like Jersey Best		Thomas Bernadi Music	1981	45
Aerosmith	Chip Away the Stone "Chip Away the Stone" by "Aerosmith"		Columbia	1978	45
The Expressos	Baby Be Bad to Me "Baby Be Bad to Me" by "The Expressos"		WEA	1980	45

The Archies	Bang-Shang-a-Lang "Bang-Shang-a-Lang" by "The Archies"		Calendar	1968	45
The Banana Splits	The Tra-La-La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)		Kellogg's	1969	45
The Beagles	Sharing Wishes "Sharing Wishes" by "The Beagles"	Here Come the Beagles		1966	MP3	Originally released on Harmony records; download other tracks here
Cattanooga Cats	Alle Alle Oxen Free	Cattanooga Cats	Forward	1969	LP	Mike Curb and Michael Lloyd (from West Coast Pop Art Exp. Band) are the responsible parties.
Josie and the Pussycats	Inside, Outside, Upside Down	Stop, Look and Listen: The Capitol Recordings	Rhino Handmade	2001	CD	Originally from 1970
Danny Jannsen and Austin Roberts	Seven Days a Week	Scooby Doo Snack Tracks	Rhino	1998	CD
Lancelot Link and the Evolution Revolution	Yummy Love	Lancelot Link and the Evolution Revolution	ABC	1970	LP	a.k.a. The Mystic Astrologic Crystal Band!
Cattanooga Cats	My Birthday Suit "My Birthday Suit" by "Cattanooga Cats"	Cattanooga Cats	Forward	1969	LP
Johnny Whitaker	Friends (Sigmund and the Sea Monsters Theme)	HR Pufnstuf And Other Sid & Marty Krofft Favorites	Gazillion	2000	CD
The Archies	Who's Your Baby? "Who's Your Baby?" by "The Archies"		Kirschner	1969	45

Henry Gibson	Keep A-Goin' "Keep A-Goin'" by "Henry Gibson"	Nashville Soundtrack	ABC	1975	LP
The Hoosier Hot Shots	Noah's Wife	Rural Rhythm 1935-1942	Columbia	1992	CD	From 1940
Trixie Friganza	Spelling Song "Spelling Song" by "Trixie Friganza"				DVD	From Vitaphone short "My Bag O' Trix," 1929
Tammy Wynette	D.I.V.O.R.C.E. "D.I.V.O.R.C.E." by "Tammy Wynette"		Epic	1975	45
David Geddes	Wait for Me "Wait for Me" by "David Geddes"	Run Joey Run	Big Tree	1975	LP
Bill Amesbury	Virginia (Touch Me Like You Do)			1974	MP3	Casablanca's first single!
The Ohio Express	Sausalito (Is The Place To Go)	Super K's Bubblegum Explosion 1968-1970	Sequel	1990	LP
Shonen Knife	Jet "Jet" by "Shonen Knife"	Super Group	Good Charamel	2009	CD		*

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Listener comments!
	6:05am Sue: Hi, Joe! Good morning! How's it going?
	6:08am Joe: Hey, Sue! I'm rubbing the sand from my eyes. What about you?
	6:12am Sue: Same here, man. I've been up since two hours ago. I'm just glad I don't have to go into work extra early this morning. We were supposed to have some crazy meeting but it got canceled. I mean, who has meetings at the crack of dawn on a Saturday morning?! My boss is a self-declared Napoleon :)
	6:14am Joe: What was that joke about why Napoleon always had his hand in his jacket? Because he was scratching his nose? Anyway, you're right about Sat. morning meetings. That should be against the law. Glad cooler heads prevailed!
	6:15am dale: top of the morning, joe. hard to take the darkness art this hour, though
	6:16am dale: also hard to type at this hour
	6:16am Sue: Yeah, I don't know how much longer I can take it here on the west coast. I'm always going to be a Jersey girl. The people here are too friggin nice!
	6:17am Joe: Hey, Dale! Yeah, you said it. It seems to lift a little later every morning...Love serendipitous (sp?) typos--"darkness art" is great! Should be an album title.
	6:18am Joe: Sue, you should come back to Jersey. Later in the show I will play a song that tells you just why Jersey is best.
	6:21am Sue: Awesome, I'm looking forward to it. I am pretty homesick. I was considering London for my next move but I might just come on back home. I'm diggin' your tunes btw... as usual... thanks for accompanying me while I get ready for my day!
	6:23am dale: love the raga-ish of this amon duul. i have a bunch of early popul vuh on vinyl that this reminds me of. actually if you played this at 16rpm it would sound like popul vuh. do turntables still come with a 16rpm speed?
	6:23am Joe: Aw, shucks, Sue, thanks! I'm always surprised that folks are up so early, esp. on the West Coast!
	6:25am Joe: We've got these great tables at the station that do any speed, Dale! But yeah, I think Neu! actually did a whole album side at 78 rpm or 16 or some such thing--maybe "Neu! 2"?
	6:33am dale: i think the 16s were only spoken transcription discs. they're probably all molding away in small-town schools or in the library of congress now.
	6:36am Joe: Wow! It's funny that 16 used to be on so many turntables, even when I was a kid in the late 70s/early 80s. I wonder why?
	6:44am dale: love this version. have you ever heard the johnny mann singers beatles album? it's that horrible great that we all appreciate.
	6:47am Joe: No, I've never heard that, but it sounds great! I mean "great" in the loosest possible way.
	7:36am dale: 'bake me a lady who will bake me a daisy?'
	7:37am Joe: Ha ha! I think he's saying "Bake me a baby"!
	7:38am dale: oh, a baABY.....
	7:46am dale: joe, you have the most eclectic collection of 45s i ever heard. is this all garage sale/salvay finds or do you troll record shows as well?
	7:48am Joe: Thanks, Dale! I do both, but I rarely pay more than a dollar for anything! I'm sure I miss out on some good stuff that way, but I'm a cheap bastard.
	7:54am dale: i stopped buying records a while ago. I moved them from my attic to the garage and when I realized I had an entire pickup truck bed filled with standing discs I decided to stop. especially when i saw that i had three copies of the smothers bros live at the green onion.
	7:57am Joe: I admire your ability to control your addiction! I agree that the Smothers Brothers x3 is a bad sign, indeed. I'm a little worried, but it hasn't reached that point....yet.
	8:17am tw2sheds: I'm sure its been said before but isnt the tra la la riff from the Banana Splits lifted from Buffalo Soldier? (Make those math problems you have to dodto post easier, OK?)
	8:20am Lisa in Tampa: Calling a band the Evolution Revolution these days could get you shouted down at a town hall. (Hi, Joe!)
	8:21am Joe: You're no doubt right, tw2sheds! I think the bubble gum gods who wrote all these tunes stole EVERYTHING from EVERYBODY!
	8:22am Joe: Hey, Lisa! What about songs about sea monsters?
	8:23am Lisa: They're what it's all about!

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from September 19, 2009

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