Bob Brainen's playlist June 9, 2018 E-mail Bob Brainen
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Artist Track Album / Format Year Comments Approx. start time Hank Levine w/ Timothy Leary Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience (CD-R) 1961 / 1966 0:00:00 Pop-up) Strawberry Alarm Clock Tomorrow Wake Up ...It's Tomorrow (LP) 1967 0:02:31 Pop-up) Status Cymbal Blang Dang (Yesterday And Tomorrow) In The Morning (LP) 1967 Thanks to Duane Miller 0:04:11 Pop-up) Moby Grape Wild Oats Moan 20 Granite Creek (CD) 1971 0:06:25 Pop-up) Lovin' Spoonful Wild About My Lovin' (alt. take) Do You Believe In Magic (CD) 1965 / 2011 0:09:22 Pop-up) Eddie Harris Listen Here Listen Here: The Very Best Of... (CD) * 1968 / 2018 0:11:55 Pop-up) Shirley Ellis Don't Let Go Three Six Nine! The Best of Shirley Ellis (CD) * 1964 / 2018 0:15:06 Pop-up) James Blood Ulmer Theme From Captain Black Tales Of Captain Black (LP) 1979 0:17:57 Pop-up) Buddy Weed Trio Summer Skies The Music Of Leroy Anderson (LP) 1957 Thanks to Duane Miller 0:21:11 Pop-up) Billy Emerson Hey Little Girl Sun-The Roots Of Rock Vol. 3 (LP) 1954 VAR 0:24:17 Pop-up) Hash Brown Stringy Mashed Potatoes (45) 1962 Thanks to John Kennedy of East Dulwich, London UK 0:26:14 Pop-up) Music behind DJ:
"birds @ 302 Chestnut"0:26:24 Pop-up) Gene Clark She Told Me Back Street Mirror (EP) * 1967 / 2018 Thanks to Pete Tomlinson 0:42:43 Pop-up) Gene Clark Doctor Doctor (MP3) 1967 from upcoming release "Sings For You" on Omnivore 0:45:01 Pop-up) Ranky Tanky Go To Sleep Ranky Tanky (CD) * 2017 0:48:52 Pop-up) NRBQ I Didn't Know Myself NRBQ (LP) * 1969 / 2018 debut album just reissued 0:50:54 Pop-up) Ginger Johnson & His African Messengers watusi African Party (CD) 1967 / 2001 0:53:08 Pop-up) Syd Dale Secret Service 'Library Music' (MP3) 1969 Thanks to Tidepoolbay 0:56:52 Pop-up) Music behind DJ:
"Bob Brainen's Soul 'n RnB tape"0:58:22 Pop-up)
The Music Of Danny Kirwan Of Fleetwood Mac 1950-1968 R.I.P.Fleetwood Mac Albatross The Pious Bird of Good Omen (CD) 1968 Peter Greens # and the 1st FL. Mac recording w/ Danny 1:09:20 Pop-up) Fleetwood Mac Tell Me All The Things You Do Kiln House (LP) 1970 1:12:34 Pop-up) Fleetwood Mac Sunny Side Of Heaven Bare Trees (LP) 1972 1:17:13 Pop-up) Fleetwood Mac Like Crying Then Play On (LP) 1969 A Danny & Peter Green duet 1:19:57 Pop-up) Fleetwood Mac Earl Gray Kiln House (LP) 1970 1:21:58 Pop-up) Fleetwood Mac Bare Trees Bare Trees (LP) 1972 1:25:59 Pop-up) Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's1:26:10 Pop-up) Fleetwood Mac Dragonfly (45) 1970 non lp 45 1:36:15 Pop-up) Fleetwood Mac Jigsaw Puzzle Blues English Rose (LP) 1968 Danny's 1st original recorded by Fl. Mac. (partially based on a Joe venuti-Eddie Lang piece) 1:38:54 Pop-up) Fleetwood Mac World In Harmony The Best Of... (LP) 1970 a Kirwan/Green co-write 1:41:33 Pop-up) Danny Kirwan Lovely Days Second Chapter (LP) 1975 Danny's 1st solo album 1:43:51 Pop-up) Fleetwood Mac The Purple Dancer (45) 1970 b-side of Dragonfly 1:46:16 Pop-up) Fleetwood Mac Woman of 1000 Years Future Games (LP) 1971 1:51:48 Pop-up) Fleetwood Mac Dust Bare Trees (LP) 1972 1:57:26 Pop-up) Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's1:57:51 Pop-up)
(* = new, The marked selections are from the Brainen Archive.)
Listener comments!
9:02am : Rest In Peace, Danny Kirwan9:04am : Morning Bob., ready for the journey.9:07am : AMEN🥁 9:07am : Morning Bob and all. Sad to hear about Danny Kirwan9:09am : Daily grape.This sounds better than my old record.9:10am : Make America Grape again!9:17am : Very sad news in a very sad week. 2nd 1/2 of show will be all Danny Kirwan.9:23am : Mornin' bb & all.. Looking forward to the dk set.🥁 9:29am : Howdy Bob and brainiacs🥁 9:30am : Oh no, Danny Kirwin?🥁 9:36am : Captain Black first release but not first recording as a leader.9:53am : any chance of playing danny's song jigsasw puzzle blues9:54am : Tuned in from northeast Ohio here in the cafe :)9:58am : Great library music.🥁 10:18am : I Love Sunny Side of Heaven.10:19am : heavenly10:25am : One writer said "Earl Gray" sounds like a slightly wet R.E.M. trying to play Cream's "Badge." (He meant it as a compliment.)10:25am : What terrible news - R.I.P., Danny Kirwan. Dust from Bare Trees is one of the best Fleetwood Mac songs ever written.10:26am : Thanks for this....10:27am : I've heard "Dust" several times on Shrunken Planet. This has long been a place to hear Danny Kirwan.10:27am : Bare Trees is sublime. yes, rest in peace Danny.10:32am : Sad to hear. Saw the FMac band at Fillmore. Opening for Country Joe.10:42am : thanks so much for playing jigsaw puzzle blues10:42am : This is transporting.10:43am : 1972 at Palace Night Club , San Diego..the bass line for “Tell Me All the Things you Do...would drive the crowd crazy...we loved it...10:43am : Hi Bob and fellow listeners. Sad news about Danny. Thanks for playing this tribute to him. Jigsaw Puzzle Blues was the first early Fleetwood Mac song that I'd ever heard and it opened me up to the era.10:46am : Great to hear the old F. Mac./Kirwan.10:52am : great show today Bob! thank you for every Saturday morning.10:56am : Danny’s playing and singing were so evocative.
Listening to some of these tracks transports me back to when I was listening to these albums when they were new and I was young.
I’m so damn sad...🥁 10:58am : Wonderful tribute Bob.11:00am : Saw the old F.M. during their "Kiln House" tour, w/Savoy Brown at Fillmore East.11:01am : That music was SO good! Thanks for playing it.12:43pm : hi listening in woodstock ny12:07am : "Earl Gray" an inspired choice! I always had a special spot for "Jewel Eyed Julie"9:20am : Hello Bob,
Thank you for dedicating this show to Danny Kirwan. Too often he's been a forgotten member of Fleetwood Mac and of his great talents as a guitarist/singer/songwriter and performer when he was active in the 60's and 70's.