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Artist Track Album / Format Label Year Comments Approx. start time
Hank Levine w/ Timothy Leary  Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience   Favoriting (CD-R) from the Brainen Archive   ABC  1961 / 1966    0:00:00 Pop-up)  
James Brown  Go Power at Christmas Time   Favoriting Santa's Got a Brand New Bag (CD) from the Brainen Archive   Rhino  1970 / 1988    0:01:58 Pop-up)  
NRBQ  Snowfall   Favoriting We Travel The Spaceways (CD) from the Brainen Archive   Clang!  2012    0:05:00 Pop-up)  
Hershel Burke Gilbert  Cue for String Orchestra   Favoriting Adventures Of Superman-Music From The 1950s TV Series Soundtrack (CD) from the Brainen Archive   Varese Sarabande  '50s / 2000    0:09:40 Pop-up)  
Beach Boys  Be Still   Favoriting Friends* / 20/20 from the Brainen Archive   Capitol  1968 / 1990  Dennis Wilson gone 30 years ago (Dec. 28, 1983)  0:11:58 Pop-up)  
Beach Boys  Little Bird   Favoriting Friends* / 20/20 (CD) from the Brainen Archive   Capitol  1968 / 1990    0:12:46 Pop-up)  
Valdo Williams  Move Faster   Favoriting New Advanced Jazz (LP) from the Brainen Archive   Savoy  1967  Thanks to Scott McDowell  0:15:12 Pop-up)  
Pentangle  The Snows   Favoriting Solomon's Seal (LP) from the Brainen Archive   Reprise  1972    0:20:33 Pop-up)  
Nina Simone  Little Girl Blue / Good King Wenceslaus   Favoriting Little Girl Blue (CD) from the Brainen Archive   Bethlehem  1959 / 1992    0:24:47 Pop-up)  
Youngbloods  Don't Play Games   Favoriting Earth Music (CD) from the Brainen Archive   RCA  1967 / 1988    0:29:07 Pop-up)  
 
Music behind DJ:
John Barry  		  Beat Girl   El      0:30:21 Pop-up)  
Todd Rundgren  Marlene   Favoriting Something/Anything? (CD box set) from the Brainen Archive   Rhino  1972    0:41:51 Pop-up)  
Detroit Strings  Ain't Nothin' Liike The Real Thing [strings only]   Favoriting (MP3) from the Brainen Archive   Motown  1968  Thanks to Doug Young  0:45:29 Pop-up)  
Claude Debussy  Epigraphe #4: Pour la danseuse Aux Crotales   Favoriting Debussy Rediscovered (CD) from the Brainen Archive   Arabesque  1914 / 2009  Thanks to Keith Spring  0:50:18 Pop-up)  
Jonathan King  Everyone's Gone To The Moon [extended version]   Favoriting (MP3) from the Brainen Archive   Parrot  1965  Thanks again Doug  0:53:01 Pop-up)  
Beachwood Sparks  Desert Skies   Favoriting Desert Skies (CD) *   Alive  '97/'98 / 2013  shelved debut album  0:54:30 Pop-up)  
Buster Brown  The Madison   Favoriting Good News (LP) from the Brainen Archive   Charly  ca '60 / 1989    0:59:06 Pop-up)  
 
Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's  		    Raccoon      0:59:17 Pop-up)  
Left Banke  Pretty Ballerina [extended version]   Favoriting (MP3) from the Brainen Archive   Smash  1967    1:07:18 Pop-up)  
Smokey and His Sister  In a Dream of Silent Seas   Favoriting Smokey and His Sister (CD) from the Brainen Archive   Columbia / Sundazed  1966 / 2007    1:11:40 Pop-up)  
Smokey and His Sister  Creators of Rain   Favoriting Smokey and His Sister (CD) from the Brainen Archive   Columbia / Sundazed  1966 / 2007    1:14:04 Pop-up)  
Miles Davis Sextet  Fran-Dance [from "Jazz Track" LP]   Favoriting The Original Mono Recordings (Boxed set) *   Columbia  1958 / 2013    1:16:49 Pop-up)  
Miles Davis w/ Bob Dorough  Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern)   Favoriting Facets (LP) from the Brainen Archive   Columbia  1962  French album  1:22:37 Pop-up)  
Kitty Kaye & Cats  Fishtruck Boogie   Favoriting (MP3) from the Brainen Archive   Hawk  1953    1:25:26 Pop-up)  
 
Music behind DJ:
Phil Spector & The Wrecking Crew  		  Phil's Flipsides   EMI Legacy      1:26:21 Pop-up)  
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band  Moonchild   Favoriting The Legendary A&M Sessions (EP) from the Brainen Archive   Edsel  1966 / 1986    1:39:16 Pop-up)  
Dave Hamilton  Late Freight   Favoriting Blue Vibrations (CD-R) from the Brainen Archive   Workshop Jazz  1963  on Motown's Workshop Jazz subsidiary  1:41:41 Pop-up)  
Pete Donnelly  Merry Xmas This Year   Favoriting (WAV) from the Brainen Archive   Pete Donnelly  2012  see: petedonnellymusic.com  1:46:01 Pop-up)  
Phillip Glass  Vessels   Favoriting Koyaanisqatsi (CD) from the Brainen Archive   Orange Mountain Music  1982 / 2009  OST
Thanks to FXO  		1:48:07 Pop-up)  
NRBQ  Christmastime is Here   Favoriting Live From Mountain Stage (CD) from the Brainen Archive   Blue Plate  1999 / 2002    1:51:03 Pop-up)  
Blackbyrds  Walking' in Rhythm   Favoriting Walking In Rhythm: The Essential Selection 1973-1980 (CD box set) *   Fantasy  1976 / 2013    1:54:15 Pop-up)  
 
Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's  		    Raccoon      1:56:00 Pop-up)  


(* = new, from the Brainen Archive The marked selections are from the Brainen Archive.)


Listener comments!

  9:02am David in ATL from NJ:

Oh yeah! Let's get this thing going Mr Brainen.
  9:05am David in ATL from NJ:

An early appearance by NRBQ. Nice.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:09am Mike East:

Happy Winter Solstice. Let's hope for a merciful winter.
Nice NRBQ track! Dig it.
  9:13am Mr Biggles:

Kick ass tunes, sir. Be true to the school of Black Flag and the Beach Boys!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14am Mike East:

Yesterday, @wfmu tweeted this audio of Murry Wilson yelling at the Boys: blogfiles.wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:22am Konin:

Morning Bob, about last week: so nice to here some Georgian polyphonic singing on WFMU. I went there hiking this year. Amazing place, food, drinks and music, it's all there. Plenty and of excellent quality. Totally recommended.!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:37am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- any SexPistols fan knows who Ronnie Biggs was! ('Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle')...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:38am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- love that late 60s BeachBoys I think of as analogous to 'Abbey Road' an' stuff...
  9:42am Stephen Masucci:

Always love listening to your commentary and historical perspectives on the music you play.
  9:50am David in ATL from NJ:

Love this song, Bob.
  9:53am Woo:

I have yet to go to the Moon.
  9:53am Stephen Masucci:

And Jonathan King no less, one of my absolute favorites.
  10:07am William:

I think Quicksilver Messenger Service shelved an entire first LP.
Avatar 10:10am SmokinJ:

Lovin' Left Banke here waitin' for the storm...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:13am melinda:

Great Left Banke song.
Avatar 10:13am CTEmpress:

Hi ATL: love to all my pals there and we are bright and sunny in NJ with Smokey and His Sister sailing on silent seas!
  10:13am Jay from Scotland:

yeah thanx for Smokey and His Sister! & the rest...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:13am Jim Price:

Thought Smokey tune was Davy Jones!
  10:17am Dave in Vermont:

I miss this song. Thanks Bob!
Avatar 10:20am SmokinJ:

Miles is bitchin'..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:24am SeanG:

WOO-HOO!
Avatar 10:25am DeemerDave:

Miles is horribly cynical
  10:32am JakeGould:

Nice!
  10:38am r i s k y:

This show always makes me want to go back to sleep...
Avatar 10:39am SmokinJ:

Pleasant dreams!
  10:43am Moe:

My 7 year old's getting jaded she didn't freak about the frogs... Whatever she said.... But, i still get a kick out of them
Avatar 10:51am Sigurdur:

Hi bob
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