WFMU: Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from June 5, 2020

Listener comments!
	♥ 7:02pm doctorjazz: Purty! (Hi Larry!)
	♥ 7:02pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doc!
	♥ 7:02pm Charlie: <3 this Farinas song so much!
	🥁 ♥ 7:02pm Jeff Golick: Nice!
	♥ 7:02pm Funky16Corners: Hi Charlie! Jeff!
	♥ 7:06pm Funky16Corners: Ya think maybe Jimmy Page was thinking of this song when he wrote 'Over the Hills and Far Away'?
	♥ 7:11pm Charlie: Ha! Never thought of that before, but, yeah, wouldn't be surprised...
	♥ 7:12pm Funky16Corners: It's not just the melody, it's the textural changes as well.
	♥ 7:12pm Charlie: "Why have the breezes of summer, dear, been laced with a grim design?" -- one of my fave lines ever.
	♥ 7:29pm Funky16Corners: I love this first Genesis album.
	♥ 7:31pm Charlie: I am sadly remiss in not knowing this album. I see I will have to rectify that situation!
	7:32pm Photocopy Cha Cha: Hey there! Good tunes so far. I wonder why this is supposed to be the worst Genesis album (at least Gabriel era) - never heard this as an entity, but the weekly Genesis fix at Dark Night Of The Soul often includes a tune from it.
	7:33pm zivilars: Hi everybody, hi Larry! Have to go to bed soon, but joining a few minutes one of my favourite shows. My time zone doesn't mean well for me when it comes to Testify, but luckily, there's the WFMU archives ... Have a great day all you out there, thanks for the show!
	♥ 7:33pm Funky16Corners: I think people that are into the seriously PROG Genesis stuff see it as too conventionally pop. The songs and production are fantastic but it is definitely straight on 1968/69 popsike
	♥ 7:34pm Funky16Corners: Also, Hello Photocopy and Zivilars!
	♥ 7:46pm Funky16Corners: So eerie....
	♥ 7:49pm Charlie: well that's timely (I wonder who it will be tomorrw, you or me?)
	♥ 7:50pm Funky16Corners: Yeah, I think Arthur was seeing into the future with that one.
	♥ 7:50pm Charlie: I've been expecting Dan Hicks...
	♥ 7:51pm Funky16Corners: Well that's a happy coincidence!
	7:51pm Photocopy Cha Cha: I guess the 2003 LOVE forever changes gig (with stockholm strings & horns) is probably my favourite live experience ever.
	♥ 7:52pm Funky16Corners: The album they put out of that tour is unbelievably good. It's almost like Arthur knew the end was near,
	♥ 7:53pm Funky16Corners: I saw Arthur at Maxwells when he was being backed by the guys from Das Damen, before he went to prison.
	♥ 7:54pm Funky16Corners: It was spare, but still such an honor to see him sing and play in person
	8:01pm Photocopy Cha Cha: They also put out an ep called Love On Earth Must Be around 2004. It is pretty difficult to get hold of, and probably the whole pressing had defects. I have never heard a listenable one either (once found a rip somewhere) so can't really comment whether the new songs were good or not. They played a few the second and also last time I saw them with Arthur Lee in 2004 in London (In 2005 they were supposed to perform in London on the 7. of July 2005, but there was the transport terror attacks, they postponed the gig by a week and Arthur Lee did not show up. Johnny Echols was there though.)
	♥ 8:02pm WR: Hi Larry & drummer streamers, listening but busy at work so not commenting.
	♥ 8:09pm Funky16Corners: Hey WR!
	♥ 8:10pm Funky16Corners: @Photocopy - I think Johnny Echols still performs as Love now and again
	♥ 8:13pm Funky16Corners: Released in 1966, but originally recorded in 1960
	8:21pm Photocopy Cha Cha: @8:10 Funky16Corners: I had forgotten about he did this as Love Band, but did not know he still does it, just googled and yes, now it is called Love Revisited, and same line-up as before, i.e. members of Baby Lemonade (like it was the three times I saw LOVE with and also once without Arthur Lee)
	♥ 8:22pm Funky16Corners: I think it's cool that he's still around to play, but Love without Arthur or Bryan MacLean isn't Love (to me, anyway)
	♥ 8:26pm Funky16Corners: I think that the folks who put together the tour for Arthur, with the strings and everything were doing something special, for Arthur first and foremost, but for us all as well. You can hear it in his voice, that this was the realization of a lifelong dream.
	♥ 8:28pm doctorjazz: Love this Ornette, just beautiful!
	♥ 8:28pm Funky16Corners: Yeah, this stuff, the first few Quartet LPs are just amazing
	♥ 8:28pm Charlie: agreed. Ornette.
	8:30pm Photocopy Cha Cha: @8:26 Funky16Corners: I have never heard the recordings, but the two gigs - 2003 & 2004 - were pretty magical. The 2005 one with Johnny Echols was surprisingly good but no Arthur, no LOVE.
	♥ 8:30pm Funky16Corners: I remember when I first clicked with Ornette, it was like having my ears rewired. What seemed like chaos before came into focus, and blew my mind.
	♥ 8:32pm doctorjazz: Got assigned grilling for dinner, missed some of the set, great stuff, will have to come back to it
	♥ 8:33pm Funky16Corners: It will live in the archive!
	♥ 8:35pm doctorjazz: Glad I got to see Dan Hicks, fun show he put on.
	♥ 8:35pm Funky16Corners: Sadly I never got to see him live.
	8:36pm Dean: First time I heard Ornette, it clicked without a hitch. ABBA, on the other hand: I still don't get them.
	♥ 8:36pm doctorjazz: Ramblin' and Lonely Women were the 1st Ornette tunes I ever heard (on The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz.
	♥ 8:37pm Funky16Corners: Hey Dean!
	♥ 8:38pm Funky16Corners: This is actually the first Ornette tune I ever heard. I bought this album when I was in high school because it looked cool.
	♥ 8:38pm Funky16Corners: Roy Ayers, BTW on both of the Jack Wilson tracks
	♥ 8:38pm doctorjazz: You could play Dancing Queen a hundred times in a row, I'd never you're of it (haven't listened to anything else by then, though).
	♥ 8:39pm doctorjazz: (...never tire, that should say...)
	8:41pm Dean: My sense is that they do bad pop, but in a way the badness of which is enjoyable. I simply haven't found that way. (Trust me, I love a lot of bad pop groups.)
	♥ 8:45pm Funky16Corners: It's Abba's world. We just live in it, driving around them (most of the time, anyway, I like a few of their songs a lot) and continuing on our way to more substantial/nutritious things.
	8:47pm Bri The Beatnik: This sounds like if Velvet Underground did Jazz
	♥ 8:49pm Funky16Corners: Hey Bri! This (and the track I'll play after it) are very much in that vein. At other times Sidran sounds like he's trying to be a cross between Mose Allison and Bob Dorough. I prefer his more instrumentally inclined stuff.
	8:50pm Bri The Beatnik: Interesting!
	♥ 8:51pm Funky16Corners: BTW the drums on both of these tracks are played by Clyde Stubblefield, from James Brown's band
	♥ 8:56pm doctorjazz: Quitting time? Thanks, Larry!
	8:56pm Bri The Beatnik: Cool!
	♥ 8:57pm WR: Great show Larry. Helped keep me in a groove as I work. Laters all.
	8:58pm Photocopy Cha Cha: ABBA is NOT bad pop - you can enjoy it in a completely unironic way. But hey, thanks Larry!
	♥ 9:01pm Funky16Corners: Thanks for listening, all!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from June 5, 2020

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A roadmap that reveals the highways, byways, ley lines and subterranean tunnels connecting rock, soul, pop, folk rock, R&B, garage, punk, funk, jazz, world music, and soundtracks from the twilight of the 1950s to the dawn of the 1970s. Larry Grogan is a DJ, writer, podcaster, collector, and the man behind Funky16Corners.

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Approx. start time
Funky16Corners	Testify! Intro "Testify! Intro" by "Funky16Corners"	Best of Funky16Corners Volume One	Funky16Corners	2017	MP3	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Richard and Mimi Farina	Reflections In a Crystal Wind	Reflections In a Crystal Wind	Vanguard	1965	LP	0:01:11 (Pop-up)
Richard and Mimi Farina	Chrysanthemum	Reflections In a Crystal Wind	Vanguard	1965	LP	0:04:41 (Pop-up)
Richard and Mimi Farina	Allen's Interlude	Reflections In a Crystal Wind	Vanguard	1965	LP	0:07:08 (Pop-up)
Richard and Mimi Farina	Children of Darkness	Reflections In a Crystal Wind	Vanguard	1965	LP	0:10:00 (Pop-up)

Marty Wilde	Ice In the Sun "Ice In the Sun" by "Marty Wilde"	Diversions	Philips	1969	LP	0:18:40 (Pop-up)
Al Jones	Come Join My Orchestra "Come Join My Orchestra" by "Al Jones"	Alun Ashworth Jones	Parlophone	1969	LP	0:21:05 (Pop-up)
Money Jungle	Away Away "Away Away" by "Money Jungle"	45RPM Single	President	1972	45	0:22:52 (Pop-up)
Matchmakers	Sandy "Sandy" by "Matchmakers"	Bubble Gum a Go Go	Chapter One	1971	LP	0:25:37 (Pop-up)
Genesis	Am I Very Wrong "Am I Very Wrong" by "Genesis"	From Genesis To Revelation	Decca	1969	LP	0:28:45 (Pop-up)
Freedom	The Better Side "The Better Side" by "Freedom"	Black on White (Nero su Bianco)	Atlantic	1969	LP	0:32:14 (Pop-up)
Stackridge	Everyman "Everyman" by "Stackridge"	45RPM Single	MCA	1971	45	0:36:49 (Pop-up)
Love	The Daily Planet "The Daily Planet" by "Love"	Forever Changes	Elektra	1967	LP	0:41:02 (Pop-up)
Love	The Red Telephone "The Red Telephone" by "Love"	Forever Changes	Elektra	1967	LP	0:44:27 (Pop-up)
Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks	Canned Music	Striking It Rich	Blue Thumb	1972	LP	0:49:08 (Pop-up)
Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks	Slow Movin'	Orignal Recordings	Epic	1969	LP	0:52:37 (Pop-up)
Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks	I Scare Myself	Striking It Rich	Blue Thumb	1972	LP	0:55:42 (Pop-up)

Merl Saunders Trio and Big Band	Ode To Billie Joe	Soul Groovin'	Galaxy	1968	LP	1:08:48 (Pop-up)
John Coltrane and Don Cherry	Focus On Sanity	The Avant Garde	Atlantic	1966	LP	1:12:04 (Pop-up)
Ornette Coleman Quartet	Lonely Woman	The Shape of Jazz To Come	Atlantic	1959	LP	1:24:11 (Pop-up)
Jack Wilson	The Sphinx "The Sphinx" by "Jack Wilson"	Something Personal	Blue Note	1967	CD	1:29:04 (Pop-up)
Jack Wilson Quartet	Ramblin' "Ramblin'" by "Jack Wilson Quartet"	Ramblin'	Vault	1966	LP	1:34:08 (Pop-up)
Ben Sidran	Now I Live and Now My Life Is Done	Puttin' In Time On Planet Earth	Blue Thumb	1973	LP	1:41:15 (Pop-up)
Ben Sidran	Puttin' In Time On Planet Earth	Puttin' In Time On Planet Earth	Blue Thumb	1973	LP	1:49:47 (Pop-up)

Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers	I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)	45RPM SIngle	Like	1966	45	2:00:55 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 7:02pm doctorjazz: Purty! (Hi Larry!)
	♥ 7:02pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doc!
	♥ 7:02pm Charlie: <3 this Farinas song so much!
	🥁 ♥ 7:02pm Jeff Golick: Nice!
	♥ 7:02pm Funky16Corners: Hi Charlie! Jeff!
	♥ 7:06pm Funky16Corners: Ya think maybe Jimmy Page was thinking of this song when he wrote 'Over the Hills and Far Away'?
	♥ 7:11pm Charlie: Ha! Never thought of that before, but, yeah, wouldn't be surprised...
	♥ 7:12pm Funky16Corners: It's not just the melody, it's the textural changes as well.
	♥ 7:12pm Charlie: "Why have the breezes of summer, dear, been laced with a grim design?" -- one of my fave lines ever.
	♥ 7:29pm Funky16Corners: I love this first Genesis album.
	♥ 7:31pm Charlie: I am sadly remiss in not knowing this album. I see I will have to rectify that situation!
	7:32pm Photocopy Cha Cha: Hey there! Good tunes so far. I wonder why this is supposed to be the worst Genesis album (at least Gabriel era) - never heard this as an entity, but the weekly Genesis fix at Dark Night Of The Soul often includes a tune from it.
	7:33pm zivilars: Hi everybody, hi Larry! Have to go to bed soon, but joining a few minutes one of my favourite shows. My time zone doesn't mean well for me when it comes to Testify, but luckily, there's the WFMU archives ... Have a great day all you out there, thanks for the show!
	♥ 7:33pm Funky16Corners: I think people that are into the seriously PROG Genesis stuff see it as too conventionally pop. The songs and production are fantastic but it is definitely straight on 1968/69 popsike
	♥ 7:34pm Funky16Corners: Also, Hello Photocopy and Zivilars!
	♥ 7:46pm Funky16Corners: So eerie....
	♥ 7:49pm Charlie: well that's timely (I wonder who it will be tomorrw, you or me?)
	♥ 7:50pm Funky16Corners: Yeah, I think Arthur was seeing into the future with that one.
	♥ 7:50pm Charlie: I've been expecting Dan Hicks...
	♥ 7:51pm Funky16Corners: Well that's a happy coincidence!
	7:51pm Photocopy Cha Cha: I guess the 2003 LOVE forever changes gig (with stockholm strings & horns) is probably my favourite live experience ever.
	♥ 7:52pm Funky16Corners: The album they put out of that tour is unbelievably good. It's almost like Arthur knew the end was near,
	♥ 7:53pm Funky16Corners: I saw Arthur at Maxwells when he was being backed by the guys from Das Damen, before he went to prison.
	♥ 7:54pm Funky16Corners: It was spare, but still such an honor to see him sing and play in person
	8:01pm Photocopy Cha Cha: They also put out an ep called Love On Earth Must Be around 2004. It is pretty difficult to get hold of, and probably the whole pressing had defects. I have never heard a listenable one either (once found a rip somewhere) so can't really comment whether the new songs were good or not. They played a few the second and also last time I saw them with Arthur Lee in 2004 in London (In 2005 they were supposed to perform in London on the 7. of July 2005, but there was the transport terror attacks, they postponed the gig by a week and Arthur Lee did not show up. Johnny Echols was there though.)
	♥ 8:02pm WR: Hi Larry & drummer streamers, listening but busy at work so not commenting.
	♥ 8:09pm Funky16Corners: Hey WR!
	♥ 8:10pm Funky16Corners: @Photocopy - I think Johnny Echols still performs as Love now and again
	♥ 8:13pm Funky16Corners: Released in 1966, but originally recorded in 1960
	8:21pm Photocopy Cha Cha: @8:10 Funky16Corners: I had forgotten about he did this as Love Band, but did not know he still does it, just googled and yes, now it is called Love Revisited, and same line-up as before, i.e. members of Baby Lemonade (like it was the three times I saw LOVE with and also once without Arthur Lee)
	♥ 8:22pm Funky16Corners: I think it's cool that he's still around to play, but Love without Arthur or Bryan MacLean isn't Love (to me, anyway)
	♥ 8:26pm Funky16Corners: I think that the folks who put together the tour for Arthur, with the strings and everything were doing something special, for Arthur first and foremost, but for us all as well. You can hear it in his voice, that this was the realization of a lifelong dream.
	♥ 8:28pm doctorjazz: Love this Ornette, just beautiful!
	♥ 8:28pm Funky16Corners: Yeah, this stuff, the first few Quartet LPs are just amazing
	♥ 8:28pm Charlie: agreed. Ornette.
	8:30pm Photocopy Cha Cha: @8:26 Funky16Corners: I have never heard the recordings, but the two gigs - 2003 & 2004 - were pretty magical. The 2005 one with Johnny Echols was surprisingly good but no Arthur, no LOVE.
	♥ 8:30pm Funky16Corners: I remember when I first clicked with Ornette, it was like having my ears rewired. What seemed like chaos before came into focus, and blew my mind.
	♥ 8:32pm doctorjazz: Got assigned grilling for dinner, missed some of the set, great stuff, will have to come back to it
	♥ 8:33pm Funky16Corners: It will live in the archive!
	♥ 8:35pm doctorjazz: Glad I got to see Dan Hicks, fun show he put on.
	♥ 8:35pm Funky16Corners: Sadly I never got to see him live.
	8:36pm Dean: First time I heard Ornette, it clicked without a hitch. ABBA, on the other hand: I still don't get them.
	♥ 8:36pm doctorjazz: Ramblin' and Lonely Women were the 1st Ornette tunes I ever heard (on The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz.
	♥ 8:37pm Funky16Corners: Hey Dean!
	♥ 8:38pm Funky16Corners: This is actually the first Ornette tune I ever heard. I bought this album when I was in high school because it looked cool.
	♥ 8:38pm Funky16Corners: Roy Ayers, BTW on both of the Jack Wilson tracks
	♥ 8:38pm doctorjazz: You could play Dancing Queen a hundred times in a row, I'd never you're of it (haven't listened to anything else by then, though).
	♥ 8:39pm doctorjazz: (...never tire, that should say...)
	8:41pm Dean: My sense is that they do bad pop, but in a way the badness of which is enjoyable. I simply haven't found that way. (Trust me, I love a lot of bad pop groups.)
	♥ 8:45pm Funky16Corners: It's Abba's world. We just live in it, driving around them (most of the time, anyway, I like a few of their songs a lot) and continuing on our way to more substantial/nutritious things.
	8:47pm Bri The Beatnik: This sounds like if Velvet Underground did Jazz
	♥ 8:49pm Funky16Corners: Hey Bri! This (and the track I'll play after it) are very much in that vein. At other times Sidran sounds like he's trying to be a cross between Mose Allison and Bob Dorough. I prefer his more instrumentally inclined stuff.
	8:50pm Bri The Beatnik: Interesting!
	♥ 8:51pm Funky16Corners: BTW the drums on both of these tracks are played by Clyde Stubblefield, from James Brown's band
	♥ 8:56pm doctorjazz: Quitting time? Thanks, Larry!
	8:56pm Bri The Beatnik: Cool!
	♥ 8:57pm WR: Great show Larry. Helped keep me in a groove as I work. Laters all.
	8:58pm Photocopy Cha Cha: ABBA is NOT bad pop - you can enjoy it in a completely unironic way. But hey, thanks Larry!
	♥ 9:01pm Funky16Corners: Thanks for listening, all!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from June 5, 2020

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