Friday, July 31, 2009

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - Eli Polonsky

For Jerry Garcia's upcoming birthday on 8/1:
01. Grateful Dead - Dark Star/The Other One/Dark Star
(From Dick's Picks #16 - 11-8-69 - Fillmore West)

02. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - C'est La Vie (request)
03. Moody Blues - Are You Sitting Comfortably-> Have You Heard
04. The Beach Boys - Feel Flows
05. Hot Tuna - The Water Song
06. Neil Young - Words
07. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Edward The Mad Shirt Grinder

Mini-tribute to Mike Bloomfield b.7-28-43, d.2-15-81
08. Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Born In Chicago
09. Bob Dylan - Tombstone Blues
10. SuperSession w/Al Kooper - Albert's Shuffle

For Jonathan Edwards' birthday b.7-28-46
11. Jonathan Edwards - Shanty

For John "Marmaduke" Dawson who passed away on 7-21-09:
12. New Riders Of The Purple Sage - Henry

Thanks for listening, see you next week!
Eli Polonsky

Thursday, July 30, 2009

July 24, 2009, playlist with host Alex McNeil

My guest d.j today was Mike from Beverly, who generously donated for air time during our Fundraising Week. Mike's theme was heat. Thanks, Mike!
01. Martha & Vandellas - (Love Is Like a) Heatwave (CD)
02. Ronny & Daytonas -Hot Rod Baby (CD)
03. Wanda Jackson - Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad (CD)
04. Billy "The Kid" Emerson - Red Hot (CD)
05. Jerry Reed - When You're Hot, You're Hot (LP)
06. Dartells - Hot Pastrami (CD)
07. Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen - Hot Rod Lincoln (CD)
08. Carl Perkins - Matchbox (CD)
09. Duane Eddy - Fireball Mail (CD)
10. Tommy James & Shondells - Ball of Fire (CD)
11. Strangeloves - I'm On Fire (CD)
12. Dwight Twilley - I'm on Fire (CD)
13. Bubble Puppy - Hot Smoke and Sassafras (CD)
14. Teddy & Pandas - Smokey Fire (CD)
15. Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning (CD)
16. Corsairs - Smoky Places (CD)
17. Fats Domino - I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire (45)
18. LaVern Baker - Soul on Fire (CD)
19. Ventures - Underground Fire (CD)
20. Marshall Tucker Band - Fire on the Mountain (LP)
21. Black Oak Arkansas - Hot and Nasty (LP)
22. Foreigner - Hot Blooded (LP)
23. Shocking Blue - Hot Sand (45)
24. Bad Company - Wild Fire Woman (LP)
25. Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Fire (CD)
26. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Fire (CD)
27. Robert Gordon & Link Wray - Fire (LP)
28. Smokey & His Sister - Where There's Fire (CD)
29. Balloon Farm - A Question of Temperature (CD)
30. World of Oz - Beside the Fire (CD)
31. Golliwogs - Fight Fire (CD)
32. Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & Trinity - This Wheel's on Fire (CD)
33. It's a Beautiful Day - Hot Summer Day (LP)
34. Don Spencer - Fireball (45)
35. Ray Charles - In the Heat of the Night (45)
36. Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire (CD)
37. Rolling Stones - Play with Fire (CD)

Friday, July 24, 2009

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - Eli Polonsky

01. Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train A'Coming (live)
02. Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West
03. Paul McCartney - That Would Be Something
04. The Wildweeds - No Good To Cry (request)
05. The Rockin' Ramrods - Bright Lit Blue Skies
06. Ultimate Spinach - Baroque #1
07. Deep Purple - Flight Of The Rat (request)
08. SuperSession - His Holy Modal Majesty
09. Rhinocerous - Apricot Brandy (request)
10. Cream - Tales Of Brave Ulysses
11. Spirit - Uncle Jack

A few parody bits by Michael Fremer, former Production Director of WBCN in the '70s, were included in the next set to memorialize the "underground radio" heyday of Boston progressive rock station WBCN, as the station will be finally taken off the air (in analog form) on August 13.

12. Michael Fremer - Neil Old
13. Neil Young - The Loner
14. Jorma Kaukonen - Genesis
15. Michael Fremer - David Boney
16. David Bowie - Jean Genie
17. Michael Fremer - Richie Heavenly
18. Richie Havens - High Flying Bird
19. Buffalo Springfield - On The Way Home
20. Arlo Guthrie - The Motorcycle Song
21. The Lovin' Spoonful - On The Road Again
22. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Almost Cut My Hair

Mini-tribute to Gordon Waller of Peter & Gordon d.7-17-09
23. Peter & Gordon - I Go To Pieces
24. Peter & Gordon - The Flower Lady (Phil Ochs)

Thanks for listening!
Eli Polonsky

Friday, July 17, 2009

July 17, 2009, playlist with host Alex McNeil

Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the moon landing:
01. Astrud Gilberto - Fly Me to the Moon (CD, 1964)
02. Jonathan King - Everyone's Gone to the Moon (45, 1965)
03. Dee Irwin - Swingin' on a Star (CD, 1963)
04. Robert Parker - Twistin' Out in Space (LP, 1962)
05. Astronauts - Baja (CD, 1963)
06. Jose Jimenez - The Astronaut, part 1 (45, 1961)
07. Ran-Dells - Martian Hop (CD, 1963)
08. Bosstones - Moptity-Mope (45, 1960)
09. Joe Meek - Telstar (CD, 1962)
10. Margie Singleton - Magic Star (CD, 1963)
11. Spacemen - Clouds (CD, 1959)
12. Buddy Morrow - Men Into Space (CD, 1960)
13. Bernard Herrmann - Twilight Zone [first theme] (LP, 1959)
14. Marius Constant - Twilight Zone [second theme] (LP, 1960)
15. John Williams - Lost in Space [first theme] (CD, 1965)
16. John Williams - Lost in Space [second theme] (CD, 1966)
17. Cosmic Rangers - Astro Boy (45, 1963)
18. Jetsons Theme (CD, 1960)
19. Neil Norman - Theme from UFO (LP, 1984)
20. Alexander Courage - Star Trek Theme (CD, 1966)
21. Leonard Nimoy - Where No Man Has Gone Before (LP, 1968)
22. Vik Venus - Moonflight (45, 1969)
23. Joe Simon - Moon Walk, part 1 (45, 1970)
24. Ventures - War of the Satellites (LP, 1965)
25. John Stewart - Armstrong (CD, 1969)
26. Byrds - Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins (LP, 1969)
27. Byrds - Mr. Spaceman (CD, 1966)
28. Nilsson - Spaceman (CD)
29. Gil Scott-Heron - Whitey on the Moon (LP, 1974)
30. Bonzo Dog Band - I'm the Urban Spaceman (LP, 1968)
31. Neil Norman - Land of the Giants (LP, 1984)
32. Rolling Stones - Child of the Moon (CD, 1968)
33. Pink Floyd - Astronomy Domine (CD, 1967)
34. Kinks - Supersonic Rocket Ship (LP, 1972)
35. David Bowie - Starman (LP, 1972)
36. Rocky Jones - Shipwrecked on Planet X (45, 1953)
37. Grateful Dead - Mountains of the Moon (LP, 1969)
38. Moody Blues - Higher and Higher (LP, 1969)
39. Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Saturn, Lord of the Rings/Mercury the Winged Messenger (LP, 1973)
40. Beatles - Across the Universe (CD, 1968)

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - Eli Polonsky

01. Amboy Dukes - Why Is A Carrot More Orange Than An Orange
02. Love - Orange Skies
03. Steve Miller Band - Your Saving Grace
04. Dave Mason - Shouldn't Have Took More Than You Gave
05. Big Brother & The Holding Company - Combination Of The Two
06. Blood, Sweat & Tears - I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know
07. Jefferson Airplane - The Ballad Of You And Me And Pooneil
08. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Dino's Song
09. The Doors - Take It As It Comes
10. Spirit - Nature's Way
11. David Crosby - Laughing
12. Rolling Stones - Monkey Man
13. The Youngbloods - On Sir Francis Drake
14. Jeff Beck Group - Plynth (Water Down The Drain)
15. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers - Parchman Farm

Birthday mini-tribute: Woody Guthrie b.7-14-12, d.10-3-67
16. Ry Cooder - Vigilante Man
17. Woody Guthrie - Do Re Mi
18. The Byrds - Pretty Boy Floyd
19. Arlo Guthrie - Deportees
20. Woody Guthrie - Blowin' Down This Road
21. Grateful Dead - Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
22. Richie Havens & Pete Seeger - Jackhammer John
23. Bob Dylan - Song To Woody

Thanks for listening, see you next week!
Eli Polonsky

Saturday, July 11, 2009

July 10, 2009, playlist with host Alex McNeil

I. Finishing up the fifty states (see also July 3, 2009, Playlist):
01. Woody Guthrie - Oregon Trail (LP, 1947)
02. Andrews Sisters - Pennsylvania Polka (LP, 1942)
03. Kingston Trio - Across the Wide Missouri (CD, 1958)
04. Lefty Frizzell - Saginaw, Michigan (CD, 1964)
05. Les McCann - North Carolina (LP, 1972)
06. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska (CD, 1982)
07. Frank Zappa - Montana (CD, 1984)
08. Braille Party - Welcome to Maryland (LP, 1984)
09. American Revolution - Cold Wisconsin Nights (LP, 1967)
10. Carly Simon - The Wives Are in Connecticut (LP, 1985)
11. Sonic Youth - New Hampshire (CD, 2004)
12. Village Stompers - Washington Square (CD, 1963)

II. Eponymous and near-eponymous songs:
13. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley (CD, 1955)
14. Doctor Feel Good & Interns - Doctor Feel Good (CD, 1962)
15. Daddy Cool & Kids - Daddy Cool (CD, 1961)
16. Gamma Goochee Himself - (You Got) The Gamma Goochee (CD, 1965)
17. Daddy Cool - Daddy Cool (CD, 1971)
18. Yellow Balloon - Yellow Balloon (CD, 1967)
19. Van Dyke Parks - Van Dyke Parks (LP, 1967)
20. Bad Company - Bad Company (LP, 1972)
21. Mash - M*A*S*H (LP, 1972)
22. Kool & the Gang - Kool & the Gang (CD, 1969)
23. Sweet Inspirations - Sweet Inspiration (LP, 1968)
24. Mighty Clouds of Joy - Mighty Cloud of Joy (LP, 1974)
25. Mandrill - Mandrill (45, 1971)
26. Yellow Sunshine - Yellow Sunshine (45, 1972)
27. Jet Set - The Jet Set (CD, 1965)
28. Goodees - Goodies (45, 1969)
29. Captain Groovy and His Bubblegum Army - Captain Groovy and His Bubblegum Army (CD, 1969)
30. Boys in the Band - (How About a Hand for) The Boys in the Band (45, 1970)
31. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (LP, 1976)
32. Ramones - R*A*M*O*N*E*S (CD, 1995)

III. Time for one more song
33. Josie and the Pussycats - Every Beat of My Heart (CD, 1971)

Friday, July 10, 2009

Tuesday, July 7, 2009 - Eli Polonsky

(R) = song by request, or a request for the artist

01. Strawberry Alarm Clock - The World's On Fire
02. Procol Harum - Shine On Brightly (R)
03. Country Joe & The Fish - Eastern Jam
04. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Pride Of Man (R)
05. Phil Ochs - Pleasures Of The Harbor (R)
06. Jim & Jean - The Flower Lady
07. Tim Buckley - Morning Glory
08. Steppenwolf - The Pusher
09. Rolling Stones - Moonlight Mile
10. Jefferson Airplane - Greasy Heart (R)
11. The Kinks - Shangri-La (R)
12. Nick Drake - Cello Song (R)
13. Moody Blues - Legend Of A Mind (R)
14. Timothy Leary - What Do You Turn On When You Turn On?
15. Grateful Dead - Unbroken Chain
16. Jimi Hendrix - If 6 Was 9 (alternate version)

Mini-tribute to Drake Levin - b.8-17-46, d.7-4-09
Guitarist for Paul Revere & The Raiders, Lee Michaels
17. Paul Revere & The Raiders - Steppin' Out
18. Paul Revere & The Raiders - Kicks
19. Lee Michaels (w/Drake Levin) - What Now America
20. Paul Revere & The Raiders - Him Or Me
21. Paul Revere & The Raiders - I Had A Dream

22. Donovan - Oh, Gosh

Thanks for listening, see you next week!
Eli Polonsky

Friday, July 03, 2009

July 3, 2009, playlist with host Alex McNeil

Saluting the States:
01. Perry Como - Delaware (CD, 1960)
02. England Dan & John Ford Coley - New Jersey (LP, 1976)
03. Jimmy Reed - Down in Virginia (LP, 1958)
04. Jackie DeShannon - West Virginia Mine (CD, 1971)
05. Johnny Smith - Autumn in New York (CD, 1954)
06. Flirtations - South Carolina (45, 1968)
07. Bob Seger & Last Heard - Florida Time (CD, 1966)
08. Neil Young - Alabama (LP, 1972)
09. John Phillips - Mississippi (CD, 1970)
10. Don Shirley - Georgia on My Mind (LP, 1962)
11. Rusty & Doug - Louisiana Man (CD, 1961)
12. Jimmy McCracklin - Arkansas, part 1 (LP, 1965)
13. Carl Perkins - Tennessee (LP, 1956)
14. Everly Brothers - Kentucky (CD, 1958)
15. Assembled Multitude - Ohio (LP, 1970)
16. Jackson 5 - Goin' Back to Indiana (LP, 1971)
17. Dan Fogelberg - Illinois (LP, 1974)
18. Northern Light - Minnesota (CD, 1975)
19. "Music Man" Film Soundtrack - Iowa Stubborn (LP, 1962)
20. John Stewart - Kansas (LP, 1974)
21. Hank Thompson - Oklahoma Hills (CD, 1961)
22. Rick Danko - New Mexicoe (LP, 1977)
23. Scorpions - Arizona (LP, 1982)
24. Stephen Stills - Colorado (LP, 1972)
25. Neil Young - Emperor of Wyoming (CD, 1969)
26. Bee Gees - South Dakota Morning (LP, 1973)
27. Richard Torrance & Eureka - North Dakota Lady (LP, 1975)
28. Four Seasons - Idaho (CD, 1969)
29. Duane Eddy - Deep in the Heart of Texas (LP, 1962)
30. Manfred Mann's Earth Band - California Coastline (LP, 1972)
31. Mike Nesmith & First National Band - Nevada Fighter (LP, 1971)
32. Canned Heat - Utah (LP, 1972)
33. Johnny Horton - North to Alaska (CD, 1960)
34. Martin Denny - Hawaii Tattoo (45, 1964)
35. Richard Kiley & Diahann Carroll - Maine (from "No Strings" soundtrack) (LP, 1962)
36. Walter Jackson - Moonlight in Vermont (CD, 1965)
37. Dale Hawkins - Poor Little Rhode Island (CD, 1960)
38. Arlo Guthrie - Massachusetts (LP, 1976)

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - Eli Polonsky

(R) = song by request, or a request for the artist

01. Buddy Miles - Down By The River
02. Neil Young - See The Sky About To Rain (live)
03. Jesse Colin Young - Four In The Morning
04. Jimi Hendrix - Rainy Day Dream Away ->
05. Jimi Hendrix - Still Raining, Still Dreaming (R)
06. Traffic - Rainmaker
07. Jethro Tull - A New Day Yesterday (live) (R)
08. King Crimson - I Talk To The Wind (R)
09. Nirvana ('60s UK band) - Pentecost Hotel (R)
10. The Blues Project - Flute Thing

Memorial tribute to Sky Saxon - b.8-20-37, d.6-25-09
11. The Seeds - Pushing Too Hard
12. The Seeds - A Thousand Shadows
13. The Seeds - Can't Seem To Make You Mine (R)
14. Sky Saxon Blues Band - Cry Wolf
15. The Seeds - Up In Her Room

Birthday tribute: Dave Van Ronk - b.6-30-36, d.2-10-02
16. Dave Van Ronk - Green Green Rocky Road
17. Dave Van Ronk & The Hudson Dusters - Cocaine Blues
18. Dave Van Ronk - Teddy Bears Picnic (R)

19. Fleetwood Mac - Sunny Side Of Heaven (R)
20. The Byrds - I Wasn't Born To Follow

As always, thanks for listening!
Eli Polonsky