WFMU: Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from November 29, 2009

Surface Noise with Joe McGasko: Playlist from November 29, 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. Jan 13th, 9am - Noon: Surface Noise Live from Lincoln Center with Special Guest Don Fleming (More info...)

November 29, 2009: FREEFORM: I'm Just Following the Tracks

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New
Chad and Jeremy	Rest in Peace "Rest in Peace" by "Chad and Jeremy"	Of Cabbages and Kings	Sundazed	2002	CD	From 1967
Mort Shuman	My Death "My Death" by "Mort Shuman"	My Death	Rev-Ola	2009	CD	From 1969	*
Bloomsbury People	Have You Seen Them Cry	Wednesday Morning Dew: Realistic Patterns 2	Psychic Circle	2009	CD		*
Fat Mattress	She Came in the Morning	The Black Sheep of the Family: The Anthology	Castle	2000	CD	From 1969
The Serpent Power	Endless Tunnel "Endless Tunnel" by "The Serpent Power"	The Serpent Power	Vanguard	1996	CD	From 1967

Harry Reser	Crackerjax "Crackerjax" by "Harry Reser"	Banjo Crackerjax, 1922-1930	Yazoo	1992	CD
Roy Smeck	Nifty Pickin' "Nifty Pickin'" by "Roy Smeck"	Plays Hawaiian Guitar Banjo Ukulele And Guitar 1926-1949	Yazoo	1992	CD
Lyle Ritz	Lulu's Back in Town "Lulu's Back in Town" by "Lyle Ritz"	How About Uke?	Verve	2004	CD	From 1957
Truett and George	Ghost Dance "Ghost Dance" by "Truett and George"	Slidin' on the Frets: The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Phenomenon	Yazoo	2000	CD
Bernardo de Pace	Medley "Medley" by "Bernardo de Pace"				DVD	From Vitaphone short "Bernardo de Pace, The Wizard of the Mandolin," 1927
Refik Bey	Chataraban Taxim "Chataraban Taxim" by "Refik Bey"	String of Pearls: International 78s	Mississippi	2009	LP		*

Yiorgios Katsaros	I Creep Along the Walls	Mortika: Recordings from a Greek Underworld	MRI	2009	LP	From 1930	*
Roza Eskenazi	Ime Prezakias (I'm a Junkie)	Rembetika: Songs From The Greek Underground 1925-1947	Trikont	2001	CD	From 1935
S. Peristeris	The Hash Smoker "The Hash Smoker" by "S. Peristeris"	Mortika: Recordings from a Greek Underworld	MRI	2009	LP	From 1933	*
Apostolos Hatzichristos and Vassilis Tsitsanis	I xenitia	Rembetica: Historic Urban Folk Songs From Greece	Rounder	1992	CD	From 1938
Kraftwerk	Neon Lights "Neon Lights" by "Kraftwerk"	The Man-Machine	Kling Klang	2009	CD	From 1978	*
Cluster	Helle Melange "Helle Melange" by "Cluster"	Curiosum	Bureau B	2009	CD	From 1981	*

Chris Hodge	We're On Our Way "We're On Our Way" by "Chris Hodge"		Apple	1972	45
The Poppy Family	That's Where I Went Wrong		London	1970	45
The Supremes	Stoned Love "Stoned Love" by "The Supremes"		Motown	1970	45
Man	Out of Your Head "Out of Your Head" by "Man"		MCA	1976	45
Fleetwood Mac	Tusk "Tusk" by "Fleetwood Mac"		Warner Brothers	1979	45
Rejoice!	November Snow "November Snow" by "Rejoice!"		Dunhill-abc	1969	45
Nielson and Young	They'll Know We Are Christians By Our Love		Paragon	1977	45
The Jules Blattner Group	Downbound Train		Buddah	1972	45
Gideon and Power	Hallelujah (I Feel Like Shouting)		Bell	1971	45

Dennis Linde	Hello, I Am Your Heart	Dennis Linde	Elektra	1973	LP
Elvis Presley	Mary in the Morning	Walk a Mile in My Shoes: The Essential 70s Masters	RCA	1995	CD
D.D. Sound	Burning Love "Burning Love" by "D.D. Sound"	Disco Italia: Essential Italo Disco Classics 1977-85	Strut	2008	CD
Viklicky/Frisell/Driscoll/Johnson	Jeste Jednou slunce (Once Again Sun)	The Funky Way of Emil Viklicky	Vampisoul	2009	CD	From 1980	*
Cameo	Funk Funk "Funk Funk" by "Cameo"	Hate Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Milan/BMG	1996	CD
Jack Ashford	Las Vegas Strut "Las Vegas Strut" by "Jack Ashford"	Can You Dig It? The Music And Politics Of Black Action Films 1969-75	Soul Jazz	2009	CD	From 1978	*

Love	I Can't Find It "I Can't Find It" by "Love"	Love Lost	Sundazed	2009	CD	From 1970	*
Crickets	Song of the Crickets "Song of the Crickets" by "Crickets"	Psychedelic Super Pjotr	Past & Present	2009	CD	From 1969 Bulgaria!	*
David Bowie	Let Me Sleep Beside You	Space Oddity: 40th Anniversary Edition	Virgin	2009	CD	From BBC	*
The Abstract Truth	Jersey Thursday	Totum	Normal	2009	CD	From 1970	*
Timezone	Spacewalker "Spacewalker" by "Timezone"	Mindexpanders Volume 2	Past & Present	2009	CD		*

Listener comments!
	3:05am Sue: Good morning, Joe! Long time no see! Happy post Thanksgiving! Hope you had a good one :)
	3:07am Joe: Wow, hey Sue! Nice to see you on the "late shift"! :) Hope you had a good one, too.
	3:10am Sue: Yeah, Thanksgiving was pretty ok. Ate too much, which felt pretty good. Passed out after all that turkey. I guess that's normal. Did you have a big feast with the fam?
	3:12am Joe: Yep, I went home to Pennsyltucky, where I hail from. I lasted about 10 minutes and fell asleep in the armchair. I only ate turkey TWO more times during my visit.
	3:20am Sue: Cool, that sounds relaxing. I moved back to the east coast recently, and my family's all here so I was in Jersey with the folks and my little bro. I cooked almost all the sides by myself! I was pretty proud of myself. I actually did it but I was exhausted. So I guess I can't blame my sleepiness solely on the turkey :)
	3:23am Joe: Good for you! I cooked absolutely nothing. Usually I try to bake a pumpkin pie for the table, but this year I fell off the turkey wagon. Welcome back to the east! Less rain but more hostility. How can you lose?
	3:33am Sue: More hostility? Hmm, I guess that's what I missed about being here in a way, if that makes sense. This is definitely home to me I gotta say. Anything new by you?
	3:41am Joe: Yes, I'm getting better at being hostile! Just kidding. Banjos!
	3:41am Sue: I missed you by the way! I haven't been able to make your show live for a few weeks, I'm sorry to say. But I want you to know that I've always listened to your archives at least every week. Thank god for those!
	3:44am Joe: Gee, shucks, Sue! That makes me feel all warm inside. Thanks for being my faithfulllllllllllest listener!
	3:49am Sue: Aww, no sweat, dude. I'm sure I'm not the only one enthralled with your sweet music :) Keep 'em comin'!
	3:51am Joe: Thanks, Sue! If you're on the computer, you can watch what I'm currently playing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHfQTzDnz9s
	4:00am slugluv1313: bummer, i missed SERPENT POWER! weird, i was just thinking of that song a few days ago . . . !
	4:03am Joe: Seriously? Wow! I'd seriously play it again for you if it weren't 14 minutes long!
	4:10am slugluv1313: no prob! i'll just keep it my brain . . . "Mr. Conductor, tell me where are we going?" "I dunno . . . I'm just following the tracks"
	4:17am Joe: Yeah, I love the payoff. Even Death doesn't know where they're going!
	4:20am slugluv1313: OMG!!!!!!! i am LOVING this Greek stuff! a friend of mine was telling me about Rembetiko awhile back -- but was never quite sure if i had ever actually heard it before . . . FASCINATING! thanx so much!
	4:21am slugluv1313: ah! see, when i was a kid (that song got HEAVY airplay n WNEW-FM, mid 1970s) i was not even aware that he was talking about . . . DEATH!
	4:22am Joe: No prob about the Greek underworld stuff--it's truly amazing underground music. There are some really great collections. The one on Trikont that I played is my favorite. Glad you dug it!
	5:28am matheus: is that czechoslovakian music? any Dežo Ursiny?
	5:29am Joe: It is! I wish I had you here to pronounce his name for me: Emil Viklicky with an accent on the "y."
	5:30am matheus: haha, i'm actually just a brazilian guy who likes czech music.
	5:34am Joe: That's cool! Maybe I'll try pronouncing it with a Brazilian accent. I looked quick, but I didn't see any Dezo Ursiny. Will try again next week!
	5:37am slugluv1313: great music, history, lyrics! there is a 1983 film "Rembetiko" but cannot seem to find it through my local library system :( but i offer you a clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXJQmTSptCc and Roza Eskenazi in 1975 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CZgYdd5Pvw . . . ALL so AMAZING!
	5:39am matheus: that was a terrific brazilian accent there, Joe.
	5:42am Joe: Thanks, Matheus! I think I got the right lilt. Thanks for the clips, slugluv! Excellent stuff.
	5:54am Shana: I don't know if I've ever actually had the radio on when this show was on, but I LOVE it. Without sounding like I'm kissing anyone's ass, I fkn LOVE FMU. It's the only radio station I can put on with a 70% chance I'll pick up on something new that I'm really into or at least find interesting, even when it's 3 hours of the equivalent of vacuum cleaner noise or other 'avant garde' shows. Nice to know they're THERE. (It's also the only radio station I put on, but being a music nazi, i usually always play dj anyway.) Thanks to everyone for the guilt free, bullshit free, perfect radio station. Love you guys.
	5:55am Joe: Wow, thanks, Shana! It's because of listeners like you that we're able to keep doing this, so thanks! It's really great to have you aboard.
	5:59am shana: poor as i am, you guys are the only entity i've ever donated to, and I do it every year. i have the FMU "badge" thing on my stupidfacebook page & everything. speaking of which, feel free to deny my friend request. I have been drinking. = )
	1:46pm slick: Fabulous show.

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Mon. Jan 13th, 9am - Noon: Surface Noise Live from Lincoln Center with Special Guest Don Fleming (More info...)
Tune in on Monday morning, January 13th, for a special remote broadcast of Surface Noise from Lincoln Center's Library of the Performing Arts. Joe and his special guest Don Fleming will be broadcasting live from the Bruno C. Walter Auditorium, playing records they have selected from the Performing Arts library's vast Music and Recorded Archival Sound Collection. Joe and Don have delved deep to fish out rare and interesting music to share, hopefully playing some things not heard before on WFMU.

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New
Chad and Jeremy	Rest in Peace "Rest in Peace" by "Chad and Jeremy"	Of Cabbages and Kings	Sundazed	2002	CD	From 1967
Mort Shuman	My Death "My Death" by "Mort Shuman"	My Death	Rev-Ola	2009	CD	From 1969	*
Bloomsbury People	Have You Seen Them Cry	Wednesday Morning Dew: Realistic Patterns 2	Psychic Circle	2009	CD		*
Fat Mattress	She Came in the Morning	The Black Sheep of the Family: The Anthology	Castle	2000	CD	From 1969
The Serpent Power	Endless Tunnel "Endless Tunnel" by "The Serpent Power"	The Serpent Power	Vanguard	1996	CD	From 1967

Harry Reser	Crackerjax "Crackerjax" by "Harry Reser"	Banjo Crackerjax, 1922-1930	Yazoo	1992	CD
Roy Smeck	Nifty Pickin' "Nifty Pickin'" by "Roy Smeck"	Plays Hawaiian Guitar Banjo Ukulele And Guitar 1926-1949	Yazoo	1992	CD
Lyle Ritz	Lulu's Back in Town "Lulu's Back in Town" by "Lyle Ritz"	How About Uke?	Verve	2004	CD	From 1957
Truett and George	Ghost Dance "Ghost Dance" by "Truett and George"	Slidin' on the Frets: The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Phenomenon	Yazoo	2000	CD
Bernardo de Pace	Medley "Medley" by "Bernardo de Pace"				DVD	From Vitaphone short "Bernardo de Pace, The Wizard of the Mandolin," 1927
Refik Bey	Chataraban Taxim "Chataraban Taxim" by "Refik Bey"	String of Pearls: International 78s	Mississippi	2009	LP		*

Yiorgios Katsaros	I Creep Along the Walls	Mortika: Recordings from a Greek Underworld	MRI	2009	LP	From 1930	*
Roza Eskenazi	Ime Prezakias (I'm a Junkie)	Rembetika: Songs From The Greek Underground 1925-1947	Trikont	2001	CD	From 1935
S. Peristeris	The Hash Smoker "The Hash Smoker" by "S. Peristeris"	Mortika: Recordings from a Greek Underworld	MRI	2009	LP	From 1933	*
Apostolos Hatzichristos and Vassilis Tsitsanis	I xenitia	Rembetica: Historic Urban Folk Songs From Greece	Rounder	1992	CD	From 1938
Kraftwerk	Neon Lights "Neon Lights" by "Kraftwerk"	The Man-Machine	Kling Klang	2009	CD	From 1978	*
Cluster	Helle Melange "Helle Melange" by "Cluster"	Curiosum	Bureau B	2009	CD	From 1981	*

Chris Hodge	We're On Our Way "We're On Our Way" by "Chris Hodge"		Apple	1972	45
The Poppy Family	That's Where I Went Wrong		London	1970	45
The Supremes	Stoned Love "Stoned Love" by "The Supremes"		Motown	1970	45
Man	Out of Your Head "Out of Your Head" by "Man"		MCA	1976	45
Fleetwood Mac	Tusk "Tusk" by "Fleetwood Mac"		Warner Brothers	1979	45
Rejoice!	November Snow "November Snow" by "Rejoice!"		Dunhill-abc	1969	45
Nielson and Young	They'll Know We Are Christians By Our Love		Paragon	1977	45
The Jules Blattner Group	Downbound Train		Buddah	1972	45
Gideon and Power	Hallelujah (I Feel Like Shouting)		Bell	1971	45

Dennis Linde	Hello, I Am Your Heart	Dennis Linde	Elektra	1973	LP
Elvis Presley	Mary in the Morning	Walk a Mile in My Shoes: The Essential 70s Masters	RCA	1995	CD
D.D. Sound	Burning Love "Burning Love" by "D.D. Sound"	Disco Italia: Essential Italo Disco Classics 1977-85	Strut	2008	CD
Viklicky/Frisell/Driscoll/Johnson	Jeste Jednou slunce (Once Again Sun)	The Funky Way of Emil Viklicky	Vampisoul	2009	CD	From 1980	*
Cameo	Funk Funk "Funk Funk" by "Cameo"	Hate Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Milan/BMG	1996	CD
Jack Ashford	Las Vegas Strut "Las Vegas Strut" by "Jack Ashford"	Can You Dig It? The Music And Politics Of Black Action Films 1969-75	Soul Jazz	2009	CD	From 1978	*

Love	I Can't Find It "I Can't Find It" by "Love"	Love Lost	Sundazed	2009	CD	From 1970	*
Crickets	Song of the Crickets "Song of the Crickets" by "Crickets"	Psychedelic Super Pjotr	Past & Present	2009	CD	From 1969 Bulgaria!	*
David Bowie	Let Me Sleep Beside You	Space Oddity: 40th Anniversary Edition	Virgin	2009	CD	From BBC	*
The Abstract Truth	Jersey Thursday	Totum	Normal	2009	CD	From 1970	*
Timezone	Spacewalker "Spacewalker" by "Timezone"	Mindexpanders Volume 2	Past & Present	2009	CD		*

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Listener comments!
	3:05am Sue: Good morning, Joe! Long time no see! Happy post Thanksgiving! Hope you had a good one :)
	3:07am Joe: Wow, hey Sue! Nice to see you on the "late shift"! :) Hope you had a good one, too.
	3:10am Sue: Yeah, Thanksgiving was pretty ok. Ate too much, which felt pretty good. Passed out after all that turkey. I guess that's normal. Did you have a big feast with the fam?
	3:12am Joe: Yep, I went home to Pennsyltucky, where I hail from. I lasted about 10 minutes and fell asleep in the armchair. I only ate turkey TWO more times during my visit.
	3:20am Sue: Cool, that sounds relaxing. I moved back to the east coast recently, and my family's all here so I was in Jersey with the folks and my little bro. I cooked almost all the sides by myself! I was pretty proud of myself. I actually did it but I was exhausted. So I guess I can't blame my sleepiness solely on the turkey :)
	3:23am Joe: Good for you! I cooked absolutely nothing. Usually I try to bake a pumpkin pie for the table, but this year I fell off the turkey wagon. Welcome back to the east! Less rain but more hostility. How can you lose?
	3:33am Sue: More hostility? Hmm, I guess that's what I missed about being here in a way, if that makes sense. This is definitely home to me I gotta say. Anything new by you?
	3:41am Joe: Yes, I'm getting better at being hostile! Just kidding. Banjos!
	3:41am Sue: I missed you by the way! I haven't been able to make your show live for a few weeks, I'm sorry to say. But I want you to know that I've always listened to your archives at least every week. Thank god for those!
	3:44am Joe: Gee, shucks, Sue! That makes me feel all warm inside. Thanks for being my faithfulllllllllllest listener!
	3:49am Sue: Aww, no sweat, dude. I'm sure I'm not the only one enthralled with your sweet music :) Keep 'em comin'!
	3:51am Joe: Thanks, Sue! If you're on the computer, you can watch what I'm currently playing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHfQTzDnz9s
	4:00am slugluv1313: bummer, i missed SERPENT POWER! weird, i was just thinking of that song a few days ago . . . !
	4:03am Joe: Seriously? Wow! I'd seriously play it again for you if it weren't 14 minutes long!
	4:10am slugluv1313: no prob! i'll just keep it my brain . . . "Mr. Conductor, tell me where are we going?" "I dunno . . . I'm just following the tracks"
	4:17am Joe: Yeah, I love the payoff. Even Death doesn't know where they're going!
	4:20am slugluv1313: OMG!!!!!!! i am LOVING this Greek stuff! a friend of mine was telling me about Rembetiko awhile back -- but was never quite sure if i had ever actually heard it before . . . FASCINATING! thanx so much!
	4:21am slugluv1313: ah! see, when i was a kid (that song got HEAVY airplay n WNEW-FM, mid 1970s) i was not even aware that he was talking about . . . DEATH!
	4:22am Joe: No prob about the Greek underworld stuff--it's truly amazing underground music. There are some really great collections. The one on Trikont that I played is my favorite. Glad you dug it!
	5:28am matheus: is that czechoslovakian music? any Dežo Ursiny?
	5:29am Joe: It is! I wish I had you here to pronounce his name for me: Emil Viklicky with an accent on the "y."
	5:30am matheus: haha, i'm actually just a brazilian guy who likes czech music.
	5:34am Joe: That's cool! Maybe I'll try pronouncing it with a Brazilian accent. I looked quick, but I didn't see any Dezo Ursiny. Will try again next week!
	5:37am slugluv1313: great music, history, lyrics! there is a 1983 film "Rembetiko" but cannot seem to find it through my local library system :( but i offer you a clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXJQmTSptCc and Roza Eskenazi in 1975 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CZgYdd5Pvw . . . ALL so AMAZING!
	5:39am matheus: that was a terrific brazilian accent there, Joe.
	5:42am Joe: Thanks, Matheus! I think I got the right lilt. Thanks for the clips, slugluv! Excellent stuff.
	5:54am Shana: I don't know if I've ever actually had the radio on when this show was on, but I LOVE it. Without sounding like I'm kissing anyone's ass, I fkn LOVE FMU. It's the only radio station I can put on with a 70% chance I'll pick up on something new that I'm really into or at least find interesting, even when it's 3 hours of the equivalent of vacuum cleaner noise or other 'avant garde' shows. Nice to know they're THERE. (It's also the only radio station I put on, but being a music nazi, i usually always play dj anyway.) Thanks to everyone for the guilt free, bullshit free, perfect radio station. Love you guys.
	5:55am Joe: Wow, thanks, Shana! It's because of listeners like you that we're able to keep doing this, so thanks! It's really great to have you aboard.
	5:59am shana: poor as i am, you guys are the only entity i've ever donated to, and I do it every year. i have the FMU "badge" thing on my stupidfacebook page & everything. speaking of which, feel free to deny my friend request. I have been drinking. = )
	1:46pm slick: Fabulous show.

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