WFMU RADIO: Give The Drummer Some 04/19/13

Listener comments!

8:26am Van in DC:

Odd looking toaster. Good morning Doug!

8:38am Doug Schulkind:

A toast(er) to your very good health, Van.

8:43am glenn:

is the creepy country song based on the ransom of red chief?

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8:44am duke:

That radio looks like it has a million bands. Can it pick up Radio Moscow?

8:48am Doug Schulkind:

@duke
It can pick up Radio Pluto.

@glenn
Ransom, possibly. Red Chief, doubtful.

8:49am Parq:

Really enjoyed that 'bone-and-tenor version of "How High the Moon" at about 8:40 EDT.

8:51am Doug Schulkind:

I believe it's gonna rain. Yeah.

8:53am ndbob:

morning Doug and everyone

8:54am Doug Schulkind:

Hello ndbob!

8:58am Uncle Michael:

Let's do this.

8:59am Doug Schulkind:

Hair-do this!

9:05am Maggie B.:

Oh, this sound is a balm for my mayhem-weary soul.

9:07am Van in DC:

Yeah something going on for sure in Watertown or something like that

9:08am Doug Schulkind:

Morning Maggie dear! What an insane (clinically) overnight it was.

9:10am Maggie B.:

Jeebus, this entire week!

9:11am Doug Schulkind:

Can someone explain to me which is the appropriate name to use: Burma or Myanmar? I've operated with the understanding that Myanmar is the name favored by the bad guys. Please help.

9:12am KevinfromBayRidge:

Good Day GTDS-ers!

9:13am Doug Schulkind:

Hey KevinFBR! You're able to listen!

9:13am Van in DC:

Myanmar is the "new" name for what used to be Burma, from what I gather...

9:13am ndbob:

correct Van

9:14am Maggie B.:

According to the AP Stylebook:
"Myanmar (Source: AP Stylebook)
Use this name for the country and the language. Use Myanmar people or Myanmar for the inhabitants. (Formerly Burma.)"

9:14am ndbob:

@Doug true - Myanmar was the name imposed on Burma when the military took over

9:15am Doug Schulkind:

@Van
I've gotten that far. I just don't know if using the "new" name indicates a certain acceptance of the regime in power.

9:15am ndbob:

But as far as what's technically correct now - not sure

9:16am still b/p:

A matter of conscientious and political perspectives, and folks'll fight over the choice, for the reason you've noted.

9:16am Uncle Michael:

Ask your listeners
They may know
The direction current
Political winds blow
But in the end
You'll take a look
At the AP Stylebook
Myanmar-Shave

9:17am Doug Schulkind:

@Maggie
I understand that the official usage should be "Myanmar." But what do the people of (Burma) want us to call it/them?

9:18am KevinfromBayRidge:

Unfotunately no... but wanted to say hi.Tis nice to see people's enjoyment of your tunes. I'm on Scott's Flash stream. Only one I can get here at work. But "we'll always have" archives.

9:18am Doug Schulkind:

Uncle Michael has to have a 5-minute sit in pun corner for "Myanmar shave."

9:19am Aurélie:

Hi Doug, Hi evryone

9:19am Van in DC:

lol @UM

9:19am Uncle Michael:

I protest. There was no pun.

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9:21am listener james from westwood:

hey all ... will be in respite mode and listening along happily to dodge current events ...

9:22am Uncle Michael:

You want a pun?

A Burmese Python is an Asian-Italian snake with a lisp.

9:22am Doug Schulkind:

Hello dear Aurélie! And hello dear Listener James from Westwood.

9:23am Maggie B.:

read some of the comments at the end of this article: travel.cnn.com...
seems to be a mixed bag of opinions on Burma vs. Myanmar.

9:23am Doug Schulkind:

Uncle Michael is in fine fettle this morning.

9:23am Hugo:

I'd go for Burma and Rangoon.

Here is a good source on the issue:

burmalibrary.org...

9:24am still b/p:

First, a rhyming ad-aptation.
Then a snaky pundulation.

9:25am Doug Schulkind:

My instincts say to say "Burma."

9:25am Doug Schulkind:

The next selection is presented in honor of Uncle Michael's python.

9:26am Uncle Michael:

Stinkfoot?

9:26am KevinfromBayRidge:

A friend is just coming back from Burma. Very interested to get his take.

9:28am jmr3:

Trust your gut, also the CIA Factbook - the go to place for geography info https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bm.html

If yhour feelings AND the CIA agree, it's got to be right

9:29am Van in DC:

So....why do you ask, Doug?

9:31am Doug Schulkind:

@Van
The second song selection to is from the once and future Burman. In recent years when I've played music from that country, I've worried over the appropriate attribution.

9:32am ndbob:

@jmr3 The CIA Factbook is actually the best place to get basic information about any country

9:34am glenn:

however, if you're trying to kill castro, it's not the best place to start.

9:35am holland oats:

drumma! peoples! moms on lockdown!

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9:38am duke:

The CIA factbook is also not the best place to find out about WMDs

9:40am trish:

WIkipedia has better flags. SVG, and more accurate colour and aspect ratios.

9:41am still b/p:

@ Holland -- She's in that area? Lotta scary crazy. Hope mom's not freaked and the bad business ends quickly.

9:42am holland oats:

nah she likes the attention

9:42am Uncle Michael:

I hope they take that guy alive.

9:42am ndbob:

shaking my head here

9:43am Doug Schulkind:

Holla Holland Oats! Good vibes to your moms.

@Uncle Michael
Thinking same damn thing.

9:43am ndbob:

hopefully they will

9:43am Maggie B.:

agree, Uncle Michael, i want to know what he has to say about this mess he and his brother made.

9:44am Jeff Golick:

Gentle greetings, gentle listeners and Drummerman.

9:45am Uncle Michael:

I also don't want any red meat tossed to the "false flag" lunatics.

9:45am trish:

There's a 'media limelight' aspect to the whole thing that I find unsettling.

9:45am Jeff Golick:

This cut just took a turn toward the funky.

9:46am Doug Schulkind:

In case you need to go pee, the "creepiest country tune ever" will begin around the top of the hour.

Hi Trish! and Jeff Golick!

9:47am Jeff Golick:

Agree, trish, re the limelight. Could draw similar moths to the klieg-lamped flames.

9:47am ndbob:

@UM for sure

9:48am ndbob:

@Doug Looking forward to that:)

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9:48am duke:

in some ways the media is the target. The point is to make as big a splash as possible.

9:49am Jeff Golick:

For the morbidly curious (smiles wanly in the mirror) and amateur psychologists, this purported Amazon wishlist of the older brother is just the sorriest, saddest thing: www.amazon.com...

9:51am Maggie B.:

Wow, Jeff, creepy wishlist!

9:51am Doug Schulkind:

I was following Twitter and the Boston PD scanner almost all night. At around 2am the two suspects were named and re-tweeted plenty. Folks on Reddit were slapping themselves on the back for "figuring it out!" Only they GOT THE FUCKING NAMES WRONG.

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9:52am duke:

Forged IDs and Dale Carnegie?!

9:53am still b/p:

Huge sensational story has to be covered heavily, obviously, but as soon as the news outfits decide they have to stay on and keep goin', the rambling and reaching, the nonsense and crossed wires get thick.

9:53am ndbob:

yep Jeff I saw that

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9:55am duke:

the constant news cycle leads to constant speculation and jabber on very few facts. CNN and Fox news have replaced the backyard fence and tavern for rumors.

9:58am Uncle Michael:

I do not use the 24-hour news cycle. I figure that at my convenience, I can check in with NPR and get any new, solid information that has developed since the last time I checked. I'm not breathless about being abreast of every millimeter of movement on a developing story.

9:59am Paul Sherratt:

Knew they couldn't be suspects. When the two faces appeared on our tv screen earlier this morning, young dog Roxy growled for the first time in his life. For nearly a minute too.

10:01am ndbob:

I use the 24 hour news cycle on Twitter - but I'm skeptical about everything until it's confirmed by multiple sources

10:03am ndbob:

Autry also recorded "Ballad of Two Brothers" - and a couple of rockers

10:04am Uncle Michael:

This blows right past the Ballad of Two Brothers...wow.

10:04am glenn:

so.......... if they don't catch him, how long are they prepared to keep the city locked down for?

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10:04am duke:

This wins the creepy award

10:04am Doug Schulkind:

@Paul
Give Roxy some num-nums for me!

10:06am ndbob:

right Michael

10:07am trish:

This post stood far and above all other media re: posting suspect images:

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/boston-marathon-bombing-suspect-photos-video

20 images and the video in the full feed. Compared to maybe 2 after the ad-jump..

10:08am Doug Schulkind:

Yup, I saw that one, Trish.

10:10am trish:

I scan a pretty wide spectrum, too.

10:11am Doug Schulkind:

The last two tracks of this set will feature two selections from the same Broadway musical. One featuring Professor Irwin Corey. The other? Yma Sumac.

I'm not fucking around today, if you couldn't tell.

10:12am ndbob:

@Doug was thinking of you yesterday - went to the AAUW used bookstore - open all of two hours a week - and found two Robert Caro hardbacks for $3 each

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10:12am duke:

Can we get a duet of Irwin Corey and Yma Sumac?

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10:13am Brian in UK:

Holy mackeral Boss. What we gonna do with this three ton of licorice?

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10:15am Brian in UK:

'This is no such thing as society' Margaret Thatcher.
So what was that at her funeral.

10:15am Doug Schulkind:

@ndbob
Hope you bought 'em!

Happy afternoon, Brian in UK!

10:16am ndbob:

Sure did Doug

10:16am Jeff Golick:

Ok, I'm unplugging from the news cycle for a bit. Can't handle the story itself, and REALLY can't handle the knee-jerk wingnut reactions.

From my twitter feed: "BREAKING: World Far More Weird and Complicated Than Your Rigidly Held Worldview Leads You To Believe"

10:16am ndbob:

I used to have this LP - quite an unusual OCR for sure

10:17am Doug Schulkind:

Maggie Thatcher: Terrorist-in-Chief

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10:17am Brian in UK:

The enema within

10:17am still b/p:

Prof. sounds like he's imitating Noel Coward.

10:19am Uncle Michael:

I suspect that as with many of my generation, my first exposure to Irwin Corey came with the film "Carwash."

10:19am Doug Schulkind:

"Bubble gum-eth"

10:20am Parq:

Just got in, and a little rushed. Thought that said "Ninja's Lament".

10:21am glenn:

i have yma's autograph somewhere.

10:22am Doug Schulkind:

Parq and recreation.

10:23am Uncle Michael:

Peel!

10:23am Parq:

Don't know what generation Uncle Michael is; I remember seeing Prof. Corey on Sullivan.

10:24am Uncle Michael:

Wasn't that David Peel?

I have some vague Sullivan memories of Corey on Sullivan.

10:25am still b/p:

Y'all gotta read the whole Wiki synopsis of Flahooley. I think my favorite part is about the genie being "unclear on the concept of capitalism." And in earlier script plan, a doll was going to yell,"Dirty Red!" when turned upside down.

10:25am ndbob:

@parq same here

10:28am Uncle Michael:

Good Shit b/w More Good Shit

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10:31am Brian in UK:

Is it Record Store Day over your way tomorrow as it is here?

10:32am Doug Schulkind:

How cool that they are imitating the female groups, too.

10:34am Doug Schulkind:

Here is a rather incomprehensible story about Record Store Day and Jerry's Records, which is about two blocks from my house: bit.ly...

10:35am Uncle Michael:

I'm missing RSD...*again*

10:38am Doug Schulkind:

You gotta love a song with "proprietor" in the lyrics.

Oh and by the way, Lightning Hopkins is next. How is his backing band, you ask? Why it is 13th Floor Elevators (well, at least some of them).

10:39am holland oats:

give the jugger some

10:39am Alex In Illinois:

Will they include the electric jug going: "bililililp bililililip"!?

10:40am Doug Schulkind:

Seeing that noise spelled out as "bililililp" just made my day, Alex. But, sadly, no.

10:40am dc pat:

LIGHTNIN!

10:40am still b/p:

For Record Store Day, local music chain has the Doors drummer signing books nearby and performances at each store in the region along with all the special releases.

10:48am dc pat:

well I say Lightnin or Lightning or Thunder..

10:50am ndbob:

The nearest sort of record store to here is 100 miles away

10:51am Doug Schulkind:

@dc pat
My comment wasn't directed atchoo.

10:52am dc pat:

I know, man. Just messin..

10:55am Doug Schulkind:

You know I love you, dc pa'

10:56am still b/p:

"Human nature can be very complicated." News anchor wisdom just expressed.

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10:57am listener james from westwood:

damn internet cut out just as i sent my howdy note. back on now after whiling away the time with a downloaded d:o archive. not the worst way to be in the dark. was worried i'd miss the grand debut of uncle michael, tho'!

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10:57am Brian in UK:

Waiting for Abdullah to say 'Beloveds' like Lord B

10:58am Doug Schulkind:

Uncle Michael's premiere will be May 3 (knock wood!)

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10:59am listener james from westwood:

roger that! will merely sharpen the anticipation!

11:02am Uncle Michael:

On the five preceding nights, leading up to my premiere, I will be sleeping in Marbella, Spain, Chicago, IL, Topeka, KS, Kansas City, MO and thankfully, Topeka, KS. I should be *really* sharp.

11:04am dc pat:

an' I lov' u mwah mwah mwah!

11:06am Parq:

Uncle Mike, make sure that you pick up new treasures for the show in each of your destinations. I will be running a check-off.

11:06am Uncle Michael:

I will...or at least I will lie about it.

11:07am Doug Schulkind:

@Uncle Michael
I once lost a bag full of records in Marabella. Or, more precisely, I left a bag of records on a bus when I got off in Marabella. THE DRIVER, however, SAW IT AND, AT THE NEXT STOP, GAVE IT TO A DRIVER HEADED BACK TO MARABELLA. I HAD MY RECORDS NOT TWO HOURS LATER. No cellphones. No Internet. This was 1981. Just some motherfucking beautiful Spaniards.

11:08am Doug Schulkind:

There is no truth to the rumor that Fritz Hauser's middle name is "Doogie."

11:09am Uncle Michael:

I remember you telling that story, Doug. Marbella is nowadays "the new monte carlo," from what I hear. But a free apartment is a free apartment.

11:11am still b/p:

The thought occurred to me about a week ago that instead of looking for a job, I should go look at Barcelona

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11:11am Brian in UK:

@UM Monte Carlo charges £20 for a cup of coffee. Let's hope the beer is cheaper.

11:11am Uncle Michael:

You can't make this shit up...but crazy, stupid, evil, greedy people can. www.salon.com...

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11:16am Brian in UK:

The music will out.

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11:16am duke:

Why do I always get phone calls during the jazz segment? Why do I get phone calls 9-12 on Fridays at all?

11:18am still b/p:

Suggested addendum to quote shared @ 10:56: "..and base and loathsome and bent."

11:18am Uncle Michael:

Why do you answer them?

11:20am Parq:

The wingnuts desperately -- desperately -- need the Boston bombing to be the work of Arab Muslims. It is their only chance of regaining their cred this year.

11:21am Uncle Michael:

They'd make do with Chehen Muslims.

11:23am Doug Schulkind:

It was security "expert" Rudy Giuliani who was all over TV telling us that "this looks home-grown." What a skunk.

11:23am Parq:

Well, considering that the Washington Sniper's name being "Muhammad" was enough to "prove" that those shooting were the work of Arab Muslim terrorists ...

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11:25am duke:

Alex Jones has been off his meds for a long time. He was also spouting something about false flag earlier this week. too bad there are people who take him seriously.

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11:29am Brian in UK:

Just seen this guy is coming over for a one off. One of yours from Battleboro. Sounds good. Bit of John Martyn.
www.youtube.com...

11:32am glenn:

good old alex jones. more proof that the people who scream the loudest about free speech are the ones who should keep their fat fool yaps shut.

11:32am Doug Schulkind:

@Brian in UK
I can't click on the link or it will play over the air. Any sound my computer makes is live.

11:34am Doug's Mac:

Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrppppppppppppppp. What? Like you've never had cold pizza for breakfast.

11:37am Doug Schulkind:

@Doug's Mac
And you never share. Asshole.

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11:38am Brian in UK:

Save for later Doug. Lovin' the sine wave show today.

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11:39am Brian in UK:

Better get Rufusing.

11:42am Alex In Illinois:

Unfortunatly, that Texas-base conspiracy fanatic has my same first and last name. I first heard of him years ago, when some friends and I were entering our names in search engines and that guy came up whenever anyone searched on my name. I had that name first, since I am a few years older than him.

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11:43am listener james from westwood:

aside from fmu comment boards and trusted tweeters, i'm entering a comment cone of silence. some of my fb contacts are going on "hide" for same reason. not worth the stomach acid or blood cortisol on my part.

11:43am Uncle Michael:

My carry on bag is defying my best efforts to keep it down to it's competitive weight.

11:43am Doug's Mac:

Hey. Pour some Brio down my drive. I gots a pepperoni stuck in here.

11:45am glenn:

alex, i recommend you change your name. todd akin has a nice ring to it.

11:48am Doug Schulkind:

The difference, Alex, is we believe your crazy conspiracy theories.

11:48am GD:

soul is hamhocks on your corn flakes

11:51am Uncle Michael:

I got more soul than I can control.

11:53am Parq:

Uncle M, since Doug likes to reference "Parks and Recreation" when I sign in, I'll quote the mendacious councilman from that show -- history will decide.

11:54am Doug Schulkind:

@Parq
I never seen a second of the show. Is it any good?

11:56am Uncle Michael:

This is just great, Doug.

11:57am Parq:

I'm not a sitcom fan, but my family loves it, and it doesn't suck. Amy Poehler is adorable, I'll give it that. I've been calling her America's Sweetheart.

11:57am ndbob:

excellent show Doug!

11:57am Uncle Michael:

Not too slow, Bettye.

11:58am trish:

Many thanks. Grazie mille.

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11:58am duke:

Thanks Doug!

11:58am Parq:

Good weekend, all. Enjoy your local Record Store Day. I can't make it, so New Yorkers, tell Other hello for me.

11:59am Uncle Michael:

Thanks for the show, Doug. I'll probably check in on the playlists as I'm able...otherwise...see you all in two weeks.

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11:59am listener james from westwood:

p&r has a slowish, short 1st season, but they retooled for s2 and it took off from there. amy poehler is a national treasure.

11:59am Van in DC:

Enjoyed! Have a great weekend everyone!

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11:59am listener james from westwood:

what the internet allowed me to hear today, i much enjoyed. travel safely, uncle michael, and thanks most kindly, doug!

12:00pm AndrewC.:

I always go for Peter Tosh and Mick Jagger's version of Don't look back.

12:00pm Uncle Michael:

Full version: www.youtube.com...

12:01pm Uncle Michael:

Thanks James.

12:01pm Parq:

I remember Tosh doing that song on SNL in '79. In the second verse, Jagger came out. it was a big surprise -- unless you happened to notice the second mike stand set up next to Tosh.

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12:02pm listener james from westwood:

wbur in boston has been good from what i've heard.

12:03pm Doug Schulkind:

You guys and gals are the very most excellent best.

12:03pm Parq:

We are merely what you deserve, D.

Theme Music: Sarah Webster Fabio	Jujus: Alchemy of the Blues	Jujus: Alchemy of the Blues (Folkways 1976)
ECD	In Tempo	Major Force: The Original Art-Form (Mo' Wax 1990)

Yao Li	You've Got Your Reasons	Zhou Xuan & Yao Li (Pathé Marconi / EMI )
Yaza Win Tin & Win Wing Aung	Song #8	Athudaw Mingala
Waiphot Phetsuphan	Kho Bok La Buat	Ruam Tham Bun
Chea Sothy & Singers	Lok Nih Nah	Samnoak Kavey
The Rhythm Boys & Adnan Othman	Budi Bahasa	Java-Java: Indonesia Screaming Fuzz, Volume 2 (Nosmoke )
Laxmikant Pyarelal	Fire Dance of the Snakegod	Jalte Badan (EMI 1973)
Ilaiyaraaja featuring Mano	Adi Rani	Ilectro: Euphoric Electronics + Robotic Funk by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja (Finders Keepers )

Autry Inman	My World 8x10	12 Country Hits (Alshire 1969)
Stonewall Jackson	Life to Go	b/w Waterloo (RCA 1958)
Weldon Rogers	Mr. Mountain Lion	b/w I Haven't Been Myself in Years (K-Ark 1965)
Maynard & the Musties	Thought I Was Country	Demo (Maynard & the Musties 2007)
Pop Music Team	Nashville	Society Is a Shit (Orfeon 1969)
Professor Irwin Corey	The Springtime Cometh	Flahooley (Capitol 1951)
Yma Sumac	Najila's Lament	Flahooley (Capitol 1951)

The Dixie Hummingbirds	Let's Go Out to the Programs (pts. 1 & 2)	Let's Go Out to the Programs (pts. 1 & 2) (Shout )
The Mighty Clouds of Joy	You'll Never Know	Family Circle (Peacock 1963)
Clarence Samuels & Orchestra	Somebody Gotta Go	b/w Hey Joe (Freedom 1950)
Lightning Hopkins	Mr. Ditta's Grocery Store	Freeform Patterns (International Artists 1968)

Marks Mankwane & His Alto Sax	Shaluza Marks No. 3	Makgona Tshole Reggi (Inkonkoni 1970)
Abdullah Ibrahim	Kalahari (pts. 1 & 2)	b/w Kalahari (Gallo 1974)
Jackie McLean	Revillot	It's Time! (Blue Note 1964)
Urs Leimgruber / Marilyn Crispell / Joëlle Léandre / Fritz Hauser	Quartet Noir: Part 7	Quartet Noir (Victo 1999)

Orchestre Paillote	Nankoura	Sous la Direction Da Traore Kélétigui (Syliphone 1967)
Massinko (DJ Mengie & DJ XL Yafet)	Tew Maneh	Volume 1
Unidentified	Mafunzo	Mukunguni: New Recordings from Coast Province, Kenya (Honest Jons )

Earl King	Mama and Papa (2nd version)	(Listening Post )
Johnny Copeland	Slow Walk You Down	b/w Danger Zone (Boogaloo )
Apple & the Three Oranges	Down Home Publicity	Free and Easy (Now Again )
The Real Thing	What Is Soul?	b/w Mr. Charlie Told Me Uncle Tom Is Dead (Whiz 1969)
The Mad Lads	Whatever Hurts You	b/w No Time Better Than Right Now (Volt 1968)
Bettye Swann	Don't Look Back	The Money Recordings (Kent 1967)

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