Favoriting Optical Sound with Mike Sin: Playlist from June 26, 2015 Favoriting

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A sight for sore ears. Power pop, freakbeat, and psychedelic songs for all six senses.

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Favoriting June 26, 2015: Filling in for "Hinky Dinky Time"... while bringing you FlowersHappinessJoyFriendshipPeace... and Souvenirs!



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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Leonard Nimoy  Highly Illogical   Favoriting Highly Illogical  Rev-Ola  1993  CD  1968    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Hawkwind  Spiral Galaxy 28948   Favoriting Warrior on the Edge of Time  Cherry Red  2013  CD  1975    0:05:46 (Pop-up)
Seventh Ring of Saturn  Time to Fly   Favoriting Ormythology  Nusrat  2015  CD  2015  *   0:07:47 (Pop-up)
Brian Jonestown Massacre  When Jokers Attack   Favoriting ... And This is Our Music  Tee Pee  2003  CD  2003    0:11:03 (Pop-up)
Billy Preston  That's the Way God Planned It (Parts 1 & 2)   Favoriting That's the Way God Planned It  Apple  1969  LP  1969    0:14:47 (Pop-up)
Original Sins  Get Off   Favoriting Out There  Psonik  1992  CD  1992    0:19:58 (Pop-up)
Prisoners  Pretend   Favoriting A Taste of Pink!  Own-Up  1983  LP  1983    0:22:53 (Pop-up)
Deep Purple  Painter   Favoriting Deep Purple  EMI  2000  CD  1969. A bonus track on CD reissue -- This version is live on the BBC in 1969    0:26:37 (Pop-up)
SRC  Daystar   Favoriting Black Sheep  RPM  2000  CD  1968    0:28:47 (Pop-up)
 
Long Tall Shorty  Shine On Me   Favoriting VA: Acid Jazz Mod  Not Bad  2014  CD  2002    0:42:34 (Pop-up)
Spider Bags  Japanese Vacation   Favoriting Frozen Letter  Merge  2014  LP  2014    0:45:33 (Pop-up)
Blue Ash  Smash My Guitar   Favoriting No More, No Less  Collectors' Choice  2008  CD  1973    0:47:50 (Pop-up)
Stiv Bators  Circumstantial Evidence   Favoriting L.A. L.A.  Bomp  1994  CD  1980    0:50:54 (Pop-up)
Improbables  Giving You a Key   Favoriting c/w Bad Vibrations  Hidden Volume  2014  7"  2014  *   0:54:20 (Pop-up)
Thee Vicars  You Better Watch Out   Favoriting Back on the Streets  Dirty Water  2008  CD  2008    0:56:32 (Pop-up)
St. Phillip's Escalator  Overload   Favoriting Elevation  Teen Sound  2015  CD  2015  *   0:58:15 (Pop-up)
Helter Skelter  I Need You   Favoriting VA: Glitterbest: 20 Pre-Punk n' Glam Terrace Stompers  RPM  2004  CD  1972    1:02:06 (Pop-up)
Jake Starr & the Delicious Fullness  By the Grace of Mod   Favoriting   Fandango / Hidden Volume  2015  Flexi  2015. Flexi included with the Hidden Volume "7 & 7 Is" fanzine  *   1:04:34 (Pop-up)
Death  Change   Favoriting N.E.W.  Tryangle  2015  CD  2015  *   1:08:17 (Pop-up)
 
Tomorrow  Real Life Permanent Dream   Favoriting Tomorrow  EMI  2015  LP  1968. mono LP version -- 2015 Record Store Day reissue.  *   1:24:09 (Pop-up)
Episode Six  Jack D'Or   Favoriting VA: Shapes and Shadows -- Psychedelic Pop from the Chapter One Vaults 1968-72  Grapefruit  2014  CD  1969  *   1:27:25 (Pop-up)
Simon & Garfunkel  The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine   Favoriting OST: The Graduate  Columbia  1967  LP  1967    1:30:29 (Pop-up)
Association  Sometimes   Favoriting c/w Windy  Warner Bros.  1967  7"  1967. mono mix    1:32:14 (Pop-up)
Koobas  The First Cut is the Deepest   Favoriting Barricades  Essex  1994  CD  1968    1:34:49 (Pop-up)
Outsiders  Sun's Going Down   Favoriting Strange Things Are Happening: The Complete Singles 1965-1969  RPM  2002  CD  1965    1:37:54 (Pop-up)
Outer Limits  Epitaph for a Non Entity   Favoriting VA: Do You Dream? UK Pop and Psychedelia 1965-1970 from the Angel Air Catalog  Angel Air  2010  CD  1967. Unreleased at the time.    1:40:33 (Pop-up)
Pink Floyd  It Would Be So Nice   Favoriting Shine On  EMI  1992  CD box set  1968. From "The Early Singles" CD included in this massive box set.    1:44:54 (Pop-up)
Cuby + Blizzards  Window of My Mind   Favoriting VA: Dutch Pop Giants  Philips  1970  LP  1969    1:47:32 (Pop-up)
Rolling Stones  Moonlight Mile   Favoriting Sticky Fingers  Rolling Stones Records  1971  LP  1971    1:50:53 (Pop-up)
 
Roxy Music  Out of the Blue   Favoriting Country Life  Atco  1974  LP  1974    2:10:35 (Pop-up)
Echo and the Bunnymen  Read It In Books   Favoriting Crocodiles  Sire  1980  LP  1980    2:15:09 (Pop-up)
Roxy  Yesterday's Song   Favoriting Roxy  Collectors' Choice  2005  CD  1969    2:17:37 (Pop-up)
Nick Drake  Northern Sky   Favoriting Bryter Layter  Island  2003  CD  1970    2:21:10 (Pop-up)
B.J. Thomas  The Eyes of a New York Woman   Favoriting c/w I May Never Get To Heaven  Scepter  1968  7"  1968    2:24:42 (Pop-up)
Liverpool Express  Dreamin'   Favoriting Best of the Liverpool Express  Every Man  2002  CD  1978    2:27:39 (Pop-up)
John Holt  Ali Baba   Favoriting VA: Trojan Mod Reggae Box Set  Trojan  2002  CD box set  1969    2:31:07 (Pop-up)
Groundhogs  Cherry Red   Favoriting Split  EMI    CD  1971    2:33:54 (Pop-up)
 
Ar-Kaics  Always the Same   Favoriting c/w Let Me In  Market Square  2015  7"  2015  *   2:46:57 (Pop-up)
Sinn Sisamouth  Dance A Go Go   Favoriting VA: Don't Think I've Forgotten -- Cambodia's Lost Rock 'n' Roll  Dust to Digital  2015  CD  mid-1960s  *   2:49:40 (Pop-up)
Sly & the Family Stone  If This Room Could Talk   Favoriting A Whole New Thing  Epic  2007  CD  1967    2:52:34 (Pop-up)
Michael Shelley  Wessonality   Favoriting Jimmy's Corner  Confidential  2015  CD  2015  *   2:55:41 (Pop-up)
Michael Shelley  Stymie Beard   Favoriting Jimmy's Corner  Confidential  2015  CD  2015  *   2:56:48 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:04pm
Wendy del Formaggio:

First one in the pool! What do I win?
  12:04pm
Nate K:

Hey, Mike.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:04pm
Alex In Illinois:

Here's the playlist!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:05pm
Doug Schulkind:

You know what they say:

You can never be too rich or too thin or hear too much Mike Sin!
Avatar 12:05pm
Holly in NC:

4th?
Avatar 12:06pm
ndbob:

afternoon Mike and everyone!
Avatar 12:06pm
βrian:

"There goes the neighborhood." (No, not you, Holly!)
  12:06pm
KP:

Good afternoon, Mike
  12:07pm
Dean:

The phrase "highly illogical" is itself illogical, inasmuch as logic pertains to binary states of affairs, on or off, 1 or 0, yes or no, true or false.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:07pm
Mike Sin:

Folks! I hope you'll stick with me! Hi Wendy del, Nate K, Alex, Doug, Holly in NC, ndbob, Brian, and KP! Thanks!
Avatar 12:07pm
mauri:

Ayelogical
Avatar 12:08pm
fleep:

Greetings, Mike Sin and Sin-thesizers. Got yer email. Image is from 1987, btw.
Avatar 12:08pm
βrian:

Any songs by George Takei, Mike?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:08pm
Wendy del Formaggio:

Hey Mike Sin!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:09pm
Wendy del Formaggio:

It must be official Hawkwind Day at ol' FMU. Marty played some about an hour ago.
  12:10pm
KP:

Seventh Ring!
  12:10pm
Nate K:

It's the 40th anniversary of Warrior, I think.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:10pm
Polyus:

Hawkwind Friday, I like it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:12pm
Brian in UK:

Could be the fortieth anniversary of the photograph.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:14pm
Doug Schulkind:

I worked for 10 years at that corner, 50th & Broadway (but across the street).
Avatar 12:15pm
Holly in NC:

Great show so far, Mike!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:16pm
Brian in UK:

Doug, what was the best night? Week days or weekend.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:16pm
adrienn_e:

tuned in from Circolo Colombo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:18pm
Mike East:

Was watching the last episodes of Boardwalk Empire last week and was thinking I should get some Brian Jonestown Massacre. Any albums recommended?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:19pm
Wendy del Formaggio:

I was just listening to this BPreston album last night! Trying to put together a mix CD for my friend doing field work in Alaska. He needs it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:19pm
Doug Schulkind:

I didn't work ON the corner, Brian in UK. My pimp did that you silly!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:20pm
Wendy del Formaggio:

Hahaha, Doug! Maybe those sort of work conditions are different in the UK.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:20pm
Doug Schulkind:

One of the first rock concerts I attended had Billy Preston and then Ravi Shankar opening for George Harrison.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:20pm
MattBelow:

Hey-a Mike et all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:21pm
Parq:

Billy Preston was the first person ever to do a pop music concert at Radio City Music Hall, ca. 1974. A guy I knew who was a stagehand at the Music Hall told me Billy came in every night after the last stage show for weeks, practicing on the Mighty Wurlitzer.
Avatar 12:21pm
ndbob:

wow Doug!
  12:23pm
Nate K:

Is this song from the Sins album that has the one about Sally Kirkland?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:25pm
Mike Sin:

re: Brain Jonestown Massacre
Take It from the Man! or Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:26pm
Mike East:

Thanks, deejay! I'll keep my eye out. I'm due for a trip to yon record shop.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:27pm
Mike Sin:

Re: Original Sins
"Sally Kirkland" is on "Out There"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:30pm
Wendy del Formaggio:

MattBelow! xoxoxo
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:36pm
Polyus:

Weird that it has taken me so long to hear much SRC stuff, even having grown up in MI. Really good.
Avatar 12:37pm
Holly in NC:

Love Sally Kirkland. Best of all Original Sins though is the 7'' with their ode to dating an underage lass ("Just 14") b/w their cover of the Archies "Sugar Sugar!" !
Avatar 12:39pm
Sonny Rickles:

Happy Friday, Mike! You're the best!
  12:44pm
Nate K:

@Holly, the B-side of which was on my 2015 marathon premium.
Avatar 12:45pm
Holly in NC:

@NateK - I know, you genius you!!! :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:45pm
Mike East:

glad you're filling in, Mr Sin. I'm finally better after a week of being sick and I'm ready to rock the fuck out this weekend.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:47pm
Artie Haywire:

Dan!!
  12:49pm
KP:

Seventh Ring is now on Nusrat, I think
Avatar 12:58pm
Holly in NC:

Hearing some Gun Club here (never a bad thing!)
  12:59pm
John W.:

I remember going to the Zum Zum in the city and Willowbrook Mall. Thanks for this pic Mike and ROCK ON!
Avatar 1:01pm
Sue P.:

Wish I was in the studio APing right now. Thanks for great Friday vibes, Mike.
  1:14pm
Wendy del Formaggio:

Yes!!! I love Death! (The band, at least. Duh.)
  1:21pm
Dean:

Bomp Records, the store in LA, was one cool joint.
Avatar 1:25pm
βrian:

We like to go "down there, " where the drummer stream lives.
Avatar 1:27pm
Sue P.:

"I don't know what I'm doing," says Mike Sin. This from a man who has engineered some of the most rockin' live sets on these same airwaves. Modesty becomes you, sir.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:32pm
Doug Schulkind:

@Sue P
Are you saying that overseeing a poorly engineered live set would be committing some sort of mic sin?
Avatar 1:37pm
David Shortell:

Garfunkel is performing at the State Theatre in New Brunswick tonight.
Avatar 1:38pm
Sue P.:

Oh, Doug, I so appreciate your pun though I cannot condone punnage in general.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:41pm
Brian in UK:

Great sunny day sounds, Mr Sin.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:42pm
dave:

Good stuff - thanks, Mike!
Avatar 1:43pm
KP:

I'd gladly pay you Tomorrow for Real Life Permanent Dream today
  1:50pm
Spaceman One:

A great Rick Wright song but much disliked by the band.
Avatar 1:53pm
KP:

yes!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:57pm
Mike Sin:

Thanks for sticking around, folks!
  2:00pm
Dean:

Another pun!
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βrian:

And here I always thought it was "Stinky Fingers."
Avatar 2:03pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Ah - I been missing 'Optical Sound' w/ Mike Synesthesia. I'll catch an hour...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:13pm
efd:

"Out Of The Blue" is permanently in my Top 3 Roxy Music Songs list.
Avatar 2:15pm
fleep:

More flanging!
Avatar 2:18pm
Holly in NC:

Fondly remember buying this (Crocodiles), one of my first "cool" lps. Still love it.
Avatar 2:20pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Early on - I thot Echo & the Bunnymen knew a bunch of mystical secrets I had to discover. Later I read 'Porcupine' was mostly about frustration making the album itself & suchlike...Well it's still good!
Avatar 2:22pm
KP:

I wonder if Moonlight Mile on reissue is any different. There's one way to find out!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:24pm
SeanG:

heard fabs play this yesterday-love it
Avatar 2:25pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...whereas Nick Drake *did* know mystical secrets: www.algonet.se... ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:33pm
SeanG:

ALI FUCKIN BABA
  2:44pm
Dean:

Great blurb for a book: "You'll enjoy this even if you're not stoned to the gills."
Avatar 2:47pm
ndbob:

I remember that Roxy LP
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:49pm
Artie Haywire:

Ar-Kaics - Great band from Richmond, VA.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:49pm
Mike East:

This has been a thoroughly enjoyable 3 hours, Mr. Sin. Not the part about being at work, but the music listening part. That was the tops.
Avatar 2:53pm
ndbob:

excellent show Mike S!
  2:56pm
Dean:

Screening of a movie about D-to-D's "Don't Think I've Forgotten": http://plazaatlanta.com/new_website2/dont-think-about-it-cambodias-lost-rock-and-roll-71/
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:56pm
Doug Schulkind:

Be sure to tune in to the Mothership WFMU on the morning of July 4 as Mike Sin fills in for Michael Shelley!
Avatar 2:58pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Thx Mike Sin!
  2:59pm
Dean:

Riffing on "White Punks on Dope"!
Avatar 2:59pm
KP:

Nice one Mike
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:01pm
Artie Haywire:

Thanks, Mike! Great show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:02pm
Doug Schulkind:

A show of greatness, Mr. Sin! Can't wait for the next one.
Avatar 12:36am
Michael Shelley:

Thanks for the double shot!
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