WFMU: Michael Shelley: Playlist from March 28, 2020

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	11:01am Frank In Queens: Michael Shelley: The Basement Broadcasts
	11:02am mariano: "Oh we're the boys in the chorus..." Like so much of Looney Tunes, it's engraved in my memory.
	11:03am Michael Shelley: Good morning!
	11:03am Dominick: Good morning!
	11:03am V Priceless: Hey Michael! Yay Association! Russ!
	11:03am DJ Guin: morning Michael.
	11:04am allanToronto: Time to dig out the paisley Nehru shirt. Wheeee !
	11:04am DJ Guin: The Monkees covered this..albeit..Torkishly
	11:06am V Priceless: ‘Birthday’ is such a great record!
	11:06am Michael Shelley: Agree - their best chemestry on Birthday.
	11:07am Michael Shelley: I listened to A LOT of Association this week!
	11:08am Dennis Diken: Oh boy, luv my Association! “Changes” is a great, overlooked cut. Jules Alexander rules!
	11:08am Pedro in Arlington: Mike on Saturday. All is normal. My Mike-worthy gripe: runners using sidewalks on busy streets, huffing and puffing, passing people by inches, not 6 feet.
	11:08am V Priceless: ‘Renaissance’ is great too!
	11:09am Michael Shelley: Agree - 6 feet. Simple.
	11:10am Earth Walker: Basement tapes. Cool
	11:10am scott: The 'Along Comes Mary' youtube video from The Smothers Brother TV show is great.
	11:11am Squints In Plymouth: This Sam The Sham cut is great. Could be a less funky Little Feat number.
	11:11am mariano: "Never My Love", as much as it gets played, is one of those I never get tired of. Those vocal harmonies... and I swear it's where "Je t'aime, moi non plus" got its groove.
	11:11am DJ Guin: @Michael...not to bring the room down..but NYC is reporting virus related deaths every 17 min. By my math, that is 84 a day. Just wow. Be safe and smart, ffs.
	11:11am Earth Walker: Oh lo. Your touching my soul
	11:12am dave wuz here: sam the sham's beggar's banquet cut
	11:15am Michael Shelley: Never My Love really was the #1 hit of my basement this week - the way the feel changes... the organ solo... and it's the best use of their gang style harmonies.
	11:15am Montmaster J: Greetings from the gray, rainy mont.
	11:15am Michael Shelley: Is everybody on here healthy?
	11:16am allanToronto: I might be considered unwholesome.
	11:16am Dennis Diken: Agreed V, Renaissance is great, it’s their only LP on which the band played on all the tracks. I love the 1st 4 albums
	11:17am jmd: Hey Michael and y’all. So far so good?
	11:17am Frank In Queens: Physically healthy?
	11:17am SeanG: YAAAAAH!!!!!!!!
	11:17am mariano: Well, at least physically, Michael. Jury's out on everything else.
	11:18am Stanley: She ain't no human being
	11:18am Paul: Healthy here. Just wish people would keep their distance.
	11:18am Squints In Plymouth: It's funny nearly 45 years later how quaintly peppy GSTQ sounds.
	11:18am Gord: What mariano said . . . .
	11:19am myron feld: This (God Save The Queen) with its b-side Did You No Wrong is one of the finest singles ever give. As Lou Simon would say, a well-spent 69 cents.
	11:19am allanToronto: Pistols seemed shambolic at the time. Now a lot of careerists can't play anything at all.
	11:20am SeanG: best song ever
	11:20am mariano: Noooo future...
	11:20am Goyim in the AM: Birch pollen, which always gets me in the chest, is flying around and keeping me slightly nervous, but I am in one of the European countries handling the sitch well with good testing and my symptoms are definitely coming and going with the pollen count. So we good.
	11:20am V Priceless: Hey Dennis! Yes! Is that Jules wailing away on ‘All Is Mine’? Wow.
	11:21am Eddy in Australia: Recovered (not Covid) and reasonably healthy. Other people still stupid - see beach lockdowns in Australia.
	11:21am stalvey: “Cheap White Castle ripoff.” Spot the unneeded word. Have a Nice Day! Great set.
	11:21am Nymor: She's still there
	11:22am allanToronto: This demo is terrific
	11:22am Michael Shelley: SEMI-SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION: New interview I did with Chip Taylor just posted here - pleasekillme.com... He talks songwriting & bookies!
	11:23am Daniel kirk: Listening from the covid 19 wing at Mountainside!
	11:24am Jimmy Wipper: I woke up yesterday morning with "My World Fell Down" in my head. Not a good thing (at least now).
	11:24am Jimmy Wipper: Hey Daniel! Hope you're feeling better!
	11:25am Listener Marianne: Love That Demo !!!
	11:26am Michael Shelley: WOW. Daniel! What a good sign that you tuned in. Are you on the way out of this?
	11:26am mariano: Damn, Michael - Chip Taylor wears 79 better than most people wear 60!
	11:26am J&E in Ithaca NY: Loving this show! Love the Assiciation live set from Monterey, also somewhere out there is an amazing cover of Windy by instrumentalists Ferrante and Teischer. Heard it on an AM station KWXY out west one time only, been looking ever since!
	11:27am Dennis Diken: V, could be. And he co-wrote “Looking Glass”, one of my faves
	11:27am mariano: Get well soon, Daniel!
	11:27am Eddy in Australia: @Michael A good bookie might come in handy if, like me, you’re trying to save for a copy of I Can’t Let Go by Evie Sands on 45.
	11:29am Tom from Maplewood: I’m getting up in years! But with around 10,000 LPs, I’m still pretty good at telling where I got each and EVERY ONE of them - and often how much I paid. About. Most of them. I loved the Tower outlet! I consider on W. 4th St., but that just me. (Between Broadway & Lafayette Street). Yes, I’m a bit of a snobby record geek but I’m music lover first. .
	11:29am Dennis Diken: Dan, great to know we’re all listening together! Lots of love!
	11:29am Paul: Was this Otis a single?
	11:30am patrick321: Otis what a monster
	11:30am Michael Shelley: Not a 45. But there is a box set with multiple versions.
	11:32am Eddy in Australia: Feel better soon, Daniel.
	11:32am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, Michael & all!
	11:32am Paul: I need to find that. I have the CD box set of his LPs.
	11:34am Frank In Queens: One of my fave Association songs.
	11:35am allanToronto: How many tracks were The Association working with in the studio doing that stuff?
	11:37am Dominick: Most Association stuff was 8 track, 16 track after 1970.
	11:39am Gary: Saw The Association at the pre Fillmore, Village Theater. Very memorable. I think Janis Siam and The Soft White Underbelly opened.
	11:39am Gary: Janis Ian
	11:41am Frank In Queens: Or, no idea...
	11:41am SmokinJ: Soundin' great ms.. Hello cave dwellers everywhere! 8-)
	11:41am allanToronto: @Dominick> Thanks. 8 tracks. That's interesting to imagine. Sounds like a real engineering challenge to get that clarity and balance into the can.
	11:41am mariano: Godfather I and II is a once- or twice-a-year thing for me, has been for decades.
	11:42am Alan Forrester: Hi from Scotland !!! Great ASSN toons so far !!!
	11:42am jpuva: Michael -- no beer is not a good thing. Bottle King in Glen Ridge delivers.
	11:43am Handy Haversack: Hey, everyone -- was listening but making brunch. I have panic-bought all the PBR from the corner store. It is not enough.
	11:43am mariano: Things would be a lot different if don Vito were still alive.
	11:43am Michael Shelley: Hmmmm - thanks J.P. - may have to pull that trigger!
	11:45am mrmikestandsir: yay! Behhhhhhhn Vaughhhhnnn!!
	11:45am Goyim in the AM: Listen to scientists (but not computer scientists) on this stuff. I know a lot of them all across the political spectrum, and they do not agree that the economic devastation will be worse.
	11:47am Paul: When are the $1200 checks being sent?
	11:48am DJ Guin: I forgot about March 22nd being International Talk Like William Shatner Day - Bill... turned.. 89 years//young.
	11:51am Greg in Portland OR: Good day.
	11:52am Bootsie: Big Sandy's voice!!! <3 <3 <3
	11:53am Paul: Michael, are you going to play that new Dylan song?
	11:53am Handy Haversack: @Michael Shelley (11:09): The JRu (Joey Ramone unit) is the crucial measurement of our time. Unfortunately, North Brooklyn seems to have gentrified to such an extent that these entitled children have no idea what Joey Ramone looked like!
	11:54am myron feld: @Daniel Kirk -- good to see you here! Much love and support from Stamford CT.
	11:59am Greg from ZONE 5: A heavy jammer in my jogging playlist
	11:59am Handy Haversack: How you doing, Greg! Good to see you.
	11:59am Micheal: When the Lyres played live they were either amazing or three sheets.
	12:01pm Hackensack Slim: Hey Mike, The Lyres shows were always great. Disaster lurking nearby.
	12:02pm Mike Sin: The new reality -- my wife doing yoga in one bedroom, me doing sit ups and such in the other, michael shelley's program blasting in the living room between us... can't complain.
	12:03pm clarke: man, been staying up later (recording) and (luckily) been able to sleep later -- but, missed half the shew here
	12:05pm Dennis Diken: “Hear In Here” & the entire Birthday LP showcases Hal Blaine at the peak of his powers. Prob recorded mid-late ‘67? Joe Osborne killing it too!
	12:06pm Earth Walker: Yeeeee hay
	12:08pm KevinfromBayRidge: Howdy all. Who needs Zoom when we have this?
	12:08pm Baby: Baby
	12:09pm clarke: baby..!!!
	12:10pm mb: Good morning Michael Shelley and all the people.
	12:10pm clarke: baby's icon has been quarantined
	12:10pm Earth Walker: Mike. My wife and I do our yoga class online now. Better in the class but better then nothing
	12:10pm Handy Haversack: Hey, BR Kevin. How goes?
	12:12pm clarke: all the people.
	12:12pm Earth Walker: Hi Handy you’re on the scene
	12:12pm Greg from ZONE 5: Howdy Handy & Kevin!
	12:13pm Michael Shelley: Baby - all good?
	12:13pm clarke: i guess i would pick B-day as my fave Ass'n album
	12:13pm Michael Shelley: My wife - doing the on-line yoga too!
	12:14pm allanToronto: This song is my TARDUS.
	12:14pm Greg from ZONE 5: "Whose show gets you complaints from the neighbors?"
	12:14pm Handy Haversack: Hey, Earth Walker!
	12:14pm Earth Walker: Windy an oldie but a goodie
	12:15pm mariano: Windy has an interesting story, iirc - wasn't it written by the woman who owned the house the Association lived in or something like that?
	12:16pm Hughie Considine: Reaching out to capture a moment was easier than trying to catch the wind
	12:16pm Handy Haversack: We had Sheila' show blasting in the back yard yesterday. No one complained -- at least out loud!
	12:17pm KevinfromBayRidge: How many Wendys "renamed" themselves "Windy" when this came out?
	12:18pm Dennis Diken: Bones Howe - kudos!
	12:18pm H: I will never listen to "Windy" the same way again after seeing the "Wendy" montage on Breaking Bad.
	12:18pm DJ Guin: "Who makes the tastiest Spicy Chicken sandwich? Paired with a Frosty and a large fries..."
	12:19pm Woo: I have this Association on a 45 rpm. Oddly that's the only song by them I own in any format.
	12:19pm clarke: DD - ever seen that photo of Bones behind the drum kit? did he play??
	12:19pm allanToronto: Real cool time. AM radio ruled. The Association. The Tremeloes. The Grass Roots, etc etc. Synaesthesia new car smell happening here.
	12:19pm KevinfromBayRidge: Hey Handy. Got out in the drizzle along the VZ Bikepath this morning. No social distancing problems!
	12:20pm clarke: DJ - POPEYE'S!!!
	12:20pm Earth Walker: Associations 38 past members
	12:20pm Dominick: @mariano - Ruthanne Friedman was Van Dyke Parks' "girlfriend" at the time she wrote Windy. She wrote it initially about a man.
	12:20pm Handy Haversack: Yeah -- bless the rains, @Kevin!
	12:21pm H: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rw0A8jE18s
	12:22pm allanToronto: Hmmm. Windy IS kind of like a Harper's Bizzare trk. The Van Dyke Parks thing makes sense
	12:22pm Michael Shelley: Clarke - I believe Bones plays on the Grass Roots' "where were you when I needed you" - which was suppose to be the demo, but ended up the master.
	12:23pm clarke: i mean, i knew he dabbled - but, if you got hal blaine around...
	12:25pm mariano: Thanks, Dominick!
	12:27pm clarke: great research as ALWAYS
	12:31pm Dominick: that was me, third guitar
	12:33pm Earth Walker: This interview is gold
	12:37pm mariano: Dominick - sorry, third guitar on what? An Association song?
	12:39pm DJ Guin: @mariano...Dom was quoting a Randy Newman song
	12:40pm DJ Guin: "Vine Street"
	12:43pm mariano: Ah, thanks DJ Guin - most things go over my head ;)
	12:44pm Elle Tor's Husband: What a great interview!
	12:45pm James in ATL: Thanks so much Michael! Terrific interview. WFMU is my lifeline at this point.
	12:47pm clarke: yeah - all that time setting up your little basement studio has paid off (again!)!!
	12:48pm Michael Shelley: Thanks all. I'm definitely lucky to already have the studio up & running.
	12:48pm clarke: we're ALL lucky
	12:49pm DJ Guin: @ShelleyDevotees..I am out for the remainder of the day..need to move asap as it appears my landlady did succumb..service is tomorrow..I have to start packing and hauling it off to storage. Great time to become homeless. I will listen, but too busy for comments. Peace out.
	12:49pm clarke: cool!! no cellphone and no email!!
	12:51pm clarke: uhh NOT cool for DJ - hopefully the luck carries over to you
	12:52pm V Priceless: great bunch of guys - still all friends for almost 60 years. Says alot. Thanks Michael! Great interview!
	12:52pm clarke: good pick!!
	12:52pm Sonny Rickles: Recently discovered a YouTube vid where the kids were dancing to this song on American Bandstand (!)
	12:52pm Handy Haversack: Ugh, good luck, DJ Guin. Sorry to hear it.
	12:52pm P-90: Another excellent interview.
	12:52pm Dominick: Here is perfection
	12:52pm Baby: Indeed!
	12:52pm mariano: Oh man, DJ Guin - I'm so sorry to hear that. Please let us know how you're doing when you get a chance, ok? Good luck, stay safe.
	12:53pm Michael Shelley: DJ Guin - yikes! Be careful!
	12:53pm V Priceless: maybe the greatest song ever written, IMHO
	12:54pm herb.nyc: This show has so made my morning/afternoon. Thx a lot, michael.
	12:54pm P-90: You can hear why he picked this one as a special fave.
	12:54pm clarke: so - running back, MS: what is the difference in the personnel between The Troop and The Wrecking Crew?? probably a couple of diff players??
	12:55pm myron feld: Hate THIS?
	12:55pm listener 126464: Thanks Michael
	12:55pm myron feld: SUCH a great song. Glad you've seen the light.
	12:56pm mariano: Oh man, my favorite...
	12:56pm Michael Shelley: I was dumb!
	12:56pm Michael Shelley: Troop & WC had no crossover.
	12:56pm Dennis Diken: Great interview! Bones drummed on several tunes on Grass Roots Where Were You When I Needed You LP, indeed, when he and PF Sloan (and maybe Steve Barri) were cutting demos that turned into masters
	12:56pm Fuzzy: Mine too -- like a warm fuzzy blanket.
	12:56pm P-90: One of the all-time arranging jobs. (imo)
	12:56pm Michael Shelley: Thanks to whoever is board-op ing back at the station! Much appreciated!
	12:57pm Earth Walker: Never my love This song is forever music gold
	12:57pm clarke: ever get the feeling you've been Associated?? good nite. BOOM.
	12:57pm mariano: Seriously, I swear "Je t'aime (moi non plus)" got its groove from NML, or was inspired by it! Thanks Michael and FMU crew, take care everyone, stay safe.
	12:57pm Agent Peter: Thanks Michael
	12:57pm Ruth Booth: anything for you Michael!
	12:57pm myron feld: Wonderful interview, MS!
	12:57pm Paul: 8th grade dances.
	12:58pm Jimmy Wipper: Great show!
	12:58pm Handy Haversack: Great show, Michael! Thanks, man! Got your e-mail, too -- one day summer will be here! Thanks again for all!
	12:58pm Michael Shelley: guitarist Mike Deasy (who would continue to play on other Association albums), bassist Jerry Scheff, and percussionists Jim Troxel and Toxey French.[
	12:58pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, @Ruth Booth! SKELETONS 5EVA!
	12:58pm Juke Joint Jonny: This sounds so great on my home stereo.
	12:59pm Joe B: thanks Michael and Ruth, great show
	12:59pm KWilde: Another great show! Thanks Michael
	12:59pm clarke: bring me a couple of sugars with that...
	1:00pm clarke: just him and me in the woods??
	1:00pm Richard: Thanks, Michael. Great show.
	1:00pm Frank In Queens: Great show Michael! Everyone enjoy the rest of the weekend and stay safe!
	1:01pm Dominick: Be safe everyone!
	1:01pm KevinfromBayRidge: Tenks! I'm NOT cheated!
	1:19pm Elle Tor's Husband: Scared me. I thought The Killer got kilt by the virus. This show should play when he does pass - like in 2043...

Michael Shelley: Playlist from March 28, 2020

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March 28, 2020: Guest: Russ Giguere of The Association

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
Association, The	Come On In "Come On In" by "Association, The"
Association, The	Changes "Changes" by "Association, The"
Sam The Sham	Oh Lo "Oh Lo" by "Sam The Sham"
Z.Z. Hill	Make Me Yours "Make Me Yours" by "Z.Z. Hill"
Raymond Scott	Let's Have A Sack Full Of Krystals
Sex Pistols	God Save the Queen "God Save the Queen" by "Sex Pistols"
Curt Boettcher	Along Comes Mary (demo)
Nat Stuckey	She Just Wrote Me From Atlanta
Otis Redding	Hard Day's Night "Hard Day's Night" by "Otis Redding"
Thee Headcoatees	When The Night Comes
Association, The	Blistered "Blistered" by "Association, The"
James Hand	Everybody Got It But Me
Clarence Carter	Too Weak To Fight
Ben Vaughn	Miss Me When I'm Gone "Miss Me When I'm Gone" by "Ben Vaughn"
Association, The	Are You Ready? (live)
Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys	Chalk It Up To The Blues
Hayes Ware	I Want To Bump "I Want To Bump" by "Hayes Ware"
Lyres, The	Not Looking Back "Not Looking Back" by "Lyres, The"
Association, The	Hear In Here "Hear In Here" by "Association, The"
Jim & Jesse	Big Job "Big Job" by "Jim & Jesse"
Honey Cone	Girl's It Ain't Easy "Girl's It Ain't Easy" by "Honey Cone"
Sarah Vaughan	Dominique's Discotheque
Association, The	Windy "Windy" by "Association, The"
Association, The	Time For Living "Time For Living" by "Association, The"
Russ Giguere	Interview "Interview" by "Russ Giguere"
Association, The	Everythiing That Touches You
Association, The	Never My Love "Never My Love" by "Association, The"
Play It Safe Players, The	Volume 4, Part 3 - your sister's kid

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Listener comments!
	11:01am Frank In Queens: Michael Shelley: The Basement Broadcasts
	11:02am mariano: "Oh we're the boys in the chorus..." Like so much of Looney Tunes, it's engraved in my memory.
	11:03am Michael Shelley: Good morning!
	11:03am Dominick: Good morning!
	11:03am V Priceless: Hey Michael! Yay Association! Russ!
	11:03am DJ Guin: morning Michael.
	11:04am allanToronto: Time to dig out the paisley Nehru shirt. Wheeee !
	11:04am DJ Guin: The Monkees covered this..albeit..Torkishly
	11:06am V Priceless: ‘Birthday’ is such a great record!
	11:06am Michael Shelley: Agree - their best chemestry on Birthday.
	11:07am Michael Shelley: I listened to A LOT of Association this week!
	11:08am Dennis Diken: Oh boy, luv my Association! “Changes” is a great, overlooked cut. Jules Alexander rules!
	11:08am Pedro in Arlington: Mike on Saturday. All is normal. My Mike-worthy gripe: runners using sidewalks on busy streets, huffing and puffing, passing people by inches, not 6 feet.
	11:08am V Priceless: ‘Renaissance’ is great too!
	11:09am Michael Shelley: Agree - 6 feet. Simple.
	11:10am Earth Walker: Basement tapes. Cool
	11:10am scott: The 'Along Comes Mary' youtube video from The Smothers Brother TV show is great.
	11:11am Squints In Plymouth: This Sam The Sham cut is great. Could be a less funky Little Feat number.
	11:11am mariano: "Never My Love", as much as it gets played, is one of those I never get tired of. Those vocal harmonies... and I swear it's where "Je t'aime, moi non plus" got its groove.
	11:11am DJ Guin: @Michael...not to bring the room down..but NYC is reporting virus related deaths every 17 min. By my math, that is 84 a day. Just wow. Be safe and smart, ffs.
	11:11am Earth Walker: Oh lo. Your touching my soul
	11:12am dave wuz here: sam the sham's beggar's banquet cut
	11:15am Michael Shelley: Never My Love really was the #1 hit of my basement this week - the way the feel changes... the organ solo... and it's the best use of their gang style harmonies.
	11:15am Montmaster J: Greetings from the gray, rainy mont.
	11:15am Michael Shelley: Is everybody on here healthy?
	11:16am allanToronto: I might be considered unwholesome.
	11:16am Dennis Diken: Agreed V, Renaissance is great, it’s their only LP on which the band played on all the tracks. I love the 1st 4 albums
	11:17am jmd: Hey Michael and y’all. So far so good?
	11:17am Frank In Queens: Physically healthy?
	11:17am SeanG: YAAAAAH!!!!!!!!
	11:17am mariano: Well, at least physically, Michael. Jury's out on everything else.
	11:18am Stanley: She ain't no human being
	11:18am Paul: Healthy here. Just wish people would keep their distance.
	11:18am Squints In Plymouth: It's funny nearly 45 years later how quaintly peppy GSTQ sounds.
	11:18am Gord: What mariano said . . . .
	11:19am myron feld: This (God Save The Queen) with its b-side Did You No Wrong is one of the finest singles ever give. As Lou Simon would say, a well-spent 69 cents.
	11:19am allanToronto: Pistols seemed shambolic at the time. Now a lot of careerists can't play anything at all.
	11:20am SeanG: best song ever
	11:20am mariano: Noooo future...
	11:20am Goyim in the AM: Birch pollen, which always gets me in the chest, is flying around and keeping me slightly nervous, but I am in one of the European countries handling the sitch well with good testing and my symptoms are definitely coming and going with the pollen count. So we good.
	11:20am V Priceless: Hey Dennis! Yes! Is that Jules wailing away on ‘All Is Mine’? Wow.
	11:21am Eddy in Australia: Recovered (not Covid) and reasonably healthy. Other people still stupid - see beach lockdowns in Australia.
	11:21am stalvey: “Cheap White Castle ripoff.” Spot the unneeded word. Have a Nice Day! Great set.
	11:21am Nymor: She's still there
	11:22am allanToronto: This demo is terrific
	11:22am Michael Shelley: SEMI-SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION: New interview I did with Chip Taylor just posted here - pleasekillme.com... He talks songwriting & bookies!
	11:23am Daniel kirk: Listening from the covid 19 wing at Mountainside!
	11:24am Jimmy Wipper: I woke up yesterday morning with "My World Fell Down" in my head. Not a good thing (at least now).
	11:24am Jimmy Wipper: Hey Daniel! Hope you're feeling better!
	11:25am Listener Marianne: Love That Demo !!!
	11:26am Michael Shelley: WOW. Daniel! What a good sign that you tuned in. Are you on the way out of this?
	11:26am mariano: Damn, Michael - Chip Taylor wears 79 better than most people wear 60!
	11:26am J&E in Ithaca NY: Loving this show! Love the Assiciation live set from Monterey, also somewhere out there is an amazing cover of Windy by instrumentalists Ferrante and Teischer. Heard it on an AM station KWXY out west one time only, been looking ever since!
	11:27am Dennis Diken: V, could be. And he co-wrote “Looking Glass”, one of my faves
	11:27am mariano: Get well soon, Daniel!
	11:27am Eddy in Australia: @Michael A good bookie might come in handy if, like me, you’re trying to save for a copy of I Can’t Let Go by Evie Sands on 45.
	11:29am Tom from Maplewood: I’m getting up in years! But with around 10,000 LPs, I’m still pretty good at telling where I got each and EVERY ONE of them - and often how much I paid. About. Most of them. I loved the Tower outlet! I consider on W. 4th St., but that just me. (Between Broadway & Lafayette Street). Yes, I’m a bit of a snobby record geek but I’m music lover first. .
	11:29am Dennis Diken: Dan, great to know we’re all listening together! Lots of love!
	11:29am Paul: Was this Otis a single?
	11:30am patrick321: Otis what a monster
	11:30am Michael Shelley: Not a 45. But there is a box set with multiple versions.
	11:32am Eddy in Australia: Feel better soon, Daniel.
	11:32am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, Michael & all!
	11:32am Paul: I need to find that. I have the CD box set of his LPs.
	11:34am Frank In Queens: One of my fave Association songs.
	11:35am allanToronto: How many tracks were The Association working with in the studio doing that stuff?
	11:37am Dominick: Most Association stuff was 8 track, 16 track after 1970.
	11:39am Gary: Saw The Association at the pre Fillmore, Village Theater. Very memorable. I think Janis Siam and The Soft White Underbelly opened.
	11:39am Gary: Janis Ian
	11:41am Frank In Queens: Or, no idea...
	11:41am SmokinJ: Soundin' great ms.. Hello cave dwellers everywhere! 8-)
	11:41am allanToronto: @Dominick> Thanks. 8 tracks. That's interesting to imagine. Sounds like a real engineering challenge to get that clarity and balance into the can.
	11:41am mariano: Godfather I and II is a once- or twice-a-year thing for me, has been for decades.
	11:42am Alan Forrester: Hi from Scotland !!! Great ASSN toons so far !!!
	11:42am jpuva: Michael -- no beer is not a good thing. Bottle King in Glen Ridge delivers.
	11:43am Handy Haversack: Hey, everyone -- was listening but making brunch. I have panic-bought all the PBR from the corner store. It is not enough.
	11:43am mariano: Things would be a lot different if don Vito were still alive.
	11:43am Michael Shelley: Hmmmm - thanks J.P. - may have to pull that trigger!
	11:45am mrmikestandsir: yay! Behhhhhhhn Vaughhhhnnn!!
	11:45am Goyim in the AM: Listen to scientists (but not computer scientists) on this stuff. I know a lot of them all across the political spectrum, and they do not agree that the economic devastation will be worse.
	11:47am Paul: When are the $1200 checks being sent?
	11:48am DJ Guin: I forgot about March 22nd being International Talk Like William Shatner Day - Bill... turned.. 89 years//young.
	11:51am Greg in Portland OR: Good day.
	11:52am Bootsie: Big Sandy's voice!!! <3 <3 <3
	11:53am Paul: Michael, are you going to play that new Dylan song?
	11:53am Handy Haversack: @Michael Shelley (11:09): The JRu (Joey Ramone unit) is the crucial measurement of our time. Unfortunately, North Brooklyn seems to have gentrified to such an extent that these entitled children have no idea what Joey Ramone looked like!
	11:54am myron feld: @Daniel Kirk -- good to see you here! Much love and support from Stamford CT.
	11:59am Greg from ZONE 5: A heavy jammer in my jogging playlist
	11:59am Handy Haversack: How you doing, Greg! Good to see you.
	11:59am Micheal: When the Lyres played live they were either amazing or three sheets.
	12:01pm Hackensack Slim: Hey Mike, The Lyres shows were always great. Disaster lurking nearby.
	12:02pm Mike Sin: The new reality -- my wife doing yoga in one bedroom, me doing sit ups and such in the other, michael shelley's program blasting in the living room between us... can't complain.
	12:03pm clarke: man, been staying up later (recording) and (luckily) been able to sleep later -- but, missed half the shew here
	12:05pm Dennis Diken: “Hear In Here” & the entire Birthday LP showcases Hal Blaine at the peak of his powers. Prob recorded mid-late ‘67? Joe Osborne killing it too!
	12:06pm Earth Walker: Yeeeee hay
	12:08pm KevinfromBayRidge: Howdy all. Who needs Zoom when we have this?
	12:08pm Baby: Baby
	12:09pm clarke: baby..!!!
	12:10pm mb: Good morning Michael Shelley and all the people.
	12:10pm clarke: baby's icon has been quarantined
	12:10pm Earth Walker: Mike. My wife and I do our yoga class online now. Better in the class but better then nothing
	12:10pm Handy Haversack: Hey, BR Kevin. How goes?
	12:12pm clarke: all the people.
	12:12pm Earth Walker: Hi Handy you’re on the scene
	12:12pm Greg from ZONE 5: Howdy Handy & Kevin!
	12:13pm Michael Shelley: Baby - all good?
	12:13pm clarke: i guess i would pick B-day as my fave Ass'n album
	12:13pm Michael Shelley: My wife - doing the on-line yoga too!
	12:14pm allanToronto: This song is my TARDUS.
	12:14pm Greg from ZONE 5: "Whose show gets you complaints from the neighbors?"
	12:14pm Handy Haversack: Hey, Earth Walker!
	12:14pm Earth Walker: Windy an oldie but a goodie
	12:15pm mariano: Windy has an interesting story, iirc - wasn't it written by the woman who owned the house the Association lived in or something like that?
	12:16pm Hughie Considine: Reaching out to capture a moment was easier than trying to catch the wind
	12:16pm Handy Haversack: We had Sheila' show blasting in the back yard yesterday. No one complained -- at least out loud!
	12:17pm KevinfromBayRidge: How many Wendys "renamed" themselves "Windy" when this came out?
	12:18pm Dennis Diken: Bones Howe - kudos!
	12:18pm H: I will never listen to "Windy" the same way again after seeing the "Wendy" montage on Breaking Bad.
	12:18pm DJ Guin: "Who makes the tastiest Spicy Chicken sandwich? Paired with a Frosty and a large fries..."
	12:19pm Woo: I have this Association on a 45 rpm. Oddly that's the only song by them I own in any format.
	12:19pm clarke: DD - ever seen that photo of Bones behind the drum kit? did he play??
	12:19pm allanToronto: Real cool time. AM radio ruled. The Association. The Tremeloes. The Grass Roots, etc etc. Synaesthesia new car smell happening here.
	12:19pm KevinfromBayRidge: Hey Handy. Got out in the drizzle along the VZ Bikepath this morning. No social distancing problems!
	12:20pm clarke: DJ - POPEYE'S!!!
	12:20pm Earth Walker: Associations 38 past members
	12:20pm Dominick: @mariano - Ruthanne Friedman was Van Dyke Parks' "girlfriend" at the time she wrote Windy. She wrote it initially about a man.
	12:20pm Handy Haversack: Yeah -- bless the rains, @Kevin!
	12:21pm H: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rw0A8jE18s
	12:22pm allanToronto: Hmmm. Windy IS kind of like a Harper's Bizzare trk. The Van Dyke Parks thing makes sense
	12:22pm Michael Shelley: Clarke - I believe Bones plays on the Grass Roots' "where were you when I needed you" - which was suppose to be the demo, but ended up the master.
	12:23pm clarke: i mean, i knew he dabbled - but, if you got hal blaine around...
	12:25pm mariano: Thanks, Dominick!
	12:27pm clarke: great research as ALWAYS
	12:31pm Dominick: that was me, third guitar
	12:33pm Earth Walker: This interview is gold
	12:37pm mariano: Dominick - sorry, third guitar on what? An Association song?
	12:39pm DJ Guin: @mariano...Dom was quoting a Randy Newman song
	12:40pm DJ Guin: "Vine Street"
	12:43pm mariano: Ah, thanks DJ Guin - most things go over my head ;)
	12:44pm Elle Tor's Husband: What a great interview!
	12:45pm James in ATL: Thanks so much Michael! Terrific interview. WFMU is my lifeline at this point.
	12:47pm clarke: yeah - all that time setting up your little basement studio has paid off (again!)!!
	12:48pm Michael Shelley: Thanks all. I'm definitely lucky to already have the studio up & running.
	12:48pm clarke: we're ALL lucky
	12:49pm DJ Guin: @ShelleyDevotees..I am out for the remainder of the day..need to move asap as it appears my landlady did succumb..service is tomorrow..I have to start packing and hauling it off to storage. Great time to become homeless. I will listen, but too busy for comments. Peace out.
	12:49pm clarke: cool!! no cellphone and no email!!
	12:51pm clarke: uhh NOT cool for DJ - hopefully the luck carries over to you
	12:52pm V Priceless: great bunch of guys - still all friends for almost 60 years. Says alot. Thanks Michael! Great interview!
	12:52pm clarke: good pick!!
	12:52pm Sonny Rickles: Recently discovered a YouTube vid where the kids were dancing to this song on American Bandstand (!)
	12:52pm Handy Haversack: Ugh, good luck, DJ Guin. Sorry to hear it.
	12:52pm P-90: Another excellent interview.
	12:52pm Dominick: Here is perfection
	12:52pm Baby: Indeed!
	12:52pm mariano: Oh man, DJ Guin - I'm so sorry to hear that. Please let us know how you're doing when you get a chance, ok? Good luck, stay safe.
	12:53pm Michael Shelley: DJ Guin - yikes! Be careful!
	12:53pm V Priceless: maybe the greatest song ever written, IMHO
	12:54pm herb.nyc: This show has so made my morning/afternoon. Thx a lot, michael.
	12:54pm P-90: You can hear why he picked this one as a special fave.
	12:54pm clarke: so - running back, MS: what is the difference in the personnel between The Troop and The Wrecking Crew?? probably a couple of diff players??
	12:55pm myron feld: Hate THIS?
	12:55pm listener 126464: Thanks Michael
	12:55pm myron feld: SUCH a great song. Glad you've seen the light.
	12:56pm mariano: Oh man, my favorite...
	12:56pm Michael Shelley: I was dumb!
	12:56pm Michael Shelley: Troop & WC had no crossover.
	12:56pm Dennis Diken: Great interview! Bones drummed on several tunes on Grass Roots Where Were You When I Needed You LP, indeed, when he and PF Sloan (and maybe Steve Barri) were cutting demos that turned into masters
	12:56pm Fuzzy: Mine too -- like a warm fuzzy blanket.
	12:56pm P-90: One of the all-time arranging jobs. (imo)
	12:56pm Michael Shelley: Thanks to whoever is board-op ing back at the station! Much appreciated!
	12:57pm Earth Walker: Never my love This song is forever music gold
	12:57pm clarke: ever get the feeling you've been Associated?? good nite. BOOM.
	12:57pm mariano: Seriously, I swear "Je t'aime (moi non plus)" got its groove from NML, or was inspired by it! Thanks Michael and FMU crew, take care everyone, stay safe.
	12:57pm Agent Peter: Thanks Michael
	12:57pm Ruth Booth: anything for you Michael!
	12:57pm myron feld: Wonderful interview, MS!
	12:57pm Paul: 8th grade dances.
	12:58pm Jimmy Wipper: Great show!
	12:58pm Handy Haversack: Great show, Michael! Thanks, man! Got your e-mail, too -- one day summer will be here! Thanks again for all!
	12:58pm Michael Shelley: guitarist Mike Deasy (who would continue to play on other Association albums), bassist Jerry Scheff, and percussionists Jim Troxel and Toxey French.[
	12:58pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, @Ruth Booth! SKELETONS 5EVA!
	12:58pm Juke Joint Jonny: This sounds so great on my home stereo.
	12:59pm Joe B: thanks Michael and Ruth, great show
	12:59pm KWilde: Another great show! Thanks Michael
	12:59pm clarke: bring me a couple of sugars with that...
	1:00pm clarke: just him and me in the woods??
	1:00pm Richard: Thanks, Michael. Great show.
	1:00pm Frank In Queens: Great show Michael! Everyone enjoy the rest of the weekend and stay safe!
	1:01pm Dominick: Be safe everyone!
	1:01pm KevinfromBayRidge: Tenks! I'm NOT cheated!
	1:19pm Elle Tor's Husband: Scared me. I thought The Killer got kilt by the virus. This show should play when he does pass - like in 2043...

Michael Shelley: Playlist from March 28, 2020

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