September 25, 2009, playlist with host Alex McNeil

Abbey Road + 40: Celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the release of the Beatles' album:
01. Ike & Tina Turner - Come Together (CD, 1970)
02. Tony Bennett - Something (CD, 1969)
03. Gerard St. Paul - Bang Bang Maxwell [Maxwell's Silver Hammer] (CD, 2006)
04. George Benson - Oh Darling (LP, 1970)
05. Persuasions - Octopus's Garden (CD, 2002)
06. Assembled Multitude - I Want You (She's So Heavy) (LP, 1970)
07. [instrumental bed] Herbie Mann - Come Together (LP, 1972)
08. Nina Simone - Here Comes the Sun (CD, 1971)
09. Nylons - Because (CD, 1993)
10. Sarah Vaughan - You Never Give Me Your Money (LP, 1981)
11. Beatles - Sun King (CD, 1969)
12. Booker T. & MG's - Mean Mr. Mustard (LP, 1970)
13. Bee Gees - Polythene Pam (LP, 1978)
14. Joe Cocker - She Came in Through the Bathroom Window (CD, 1970)
15. Trash - Golden Slumbers and Carry That Weight (45, 1969)
16. George Benson - The End (LP, 1970)
17. Brian Sewell - Her Majesty (CD, 1993)
18. Israelites - Come Together (CD, 1970)
19. Kim Weston - Something (LP, 1970)
20. Jack Wild - Maxwell's Silver Hammer (LP, 1970)
21. Jimmy McGriff & Junior Parker - Oh Darling (LP, 1972)
22. George Benson - Octopus's Garden (LP, 1970)
23. Sarah Vaughan - I Want You (She's So Heavy) (LP, 1981)
24. Sharon Forrester - Here Comes the Sun (CD, 1976)
25. Stanley Jordan - Because (LP, 1986)
26. Paul Nicholas & Dianne Steinberg - You Never Give Me Your Money (LP, 1978)
27. Booker T. & MG's - Sun King (LP, 1970)
28. Frankie Howerd - Mean Mr. Mustard (LP, 1978)
29. Beatles - Polythene Pam (CD, 1968) [demo version]
30. Youngbloods - She Came in Through the Bathroom Window (LP, 1972)
31. Carmen McRae - Carry That Weight (45, 1971)
32. Beatles - The End (CD, 1969)
33. Richie Havens - Here Comes the Sun (LP, 1971)
34. Martha Reeves & Vandellas - Something (CD, 1970)
35. Beatles - Because (CD, 1969) [vocal tracks]
36. Francis Lai - Carry That Weight (CD)

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - Eli Polonsky

(R) - Song by request, or a request for the artist/band

01. The Blues Project - Wake Me, Shake Me
02. Moby Grape - Changes, Circles Spinning
03. Sopwith Camel - Maybe In A Dream (alternate R)
04. The Electric Flag - Another Country (alternate R)
05. Jefferson Airplane - 3/5 Of A Mile In Ten Seconds (R)
06. Dave Mason - World In Changes (R)
07. Stephen Stills - Change Partners (acoustic) (R)
08. King Crimson - I Talk To The Wind (R)
09. Spirit - Nature's Way
10. Justin Hayward - Forever Autumn (R)
11. Tom Rush - Urge For Going
12. The Kinks - Autumn Almanac
13. Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hanging On (R)
14. Love - Seven & Seven Is (R)
15. Grateful Dead - Cosmic Charlie (original LP mix) (R)
16. Country Joe & The Fish - Section 43 (R)

The following set is in tribute to Mary Travers of Peter, Paul & Mary (11/9/36 - 9/16/09):
17. Peter, Paul & Mary - I Dig Rock And Roll Music
18. Peter, Paul & Mary - The Great Mandella
19. Mary Travers - I Wish I Knew How It Feels To Be Free
20. Peter, Paul & Mary - Too Much Of Nothing (R)
21. Mama Cass Elliot, Mary Travers, Joni Mitchell - I Shall Be Released (from Mama Cass TV show 1969 - watch video:)



For Geoff Muldaur at Johnny D's in Somerville Thurs. 9/24:
22. Jim Kweskin Jug Band - Chevrolet

Thanks for listening, see you next week!
Eli Polonsky

September 18, 2009, playlist with host Alex McNeil

My guest d.j. today was Mike Grover, who generously pledged for air time during our 2008 fundraiser.
Thanks, Mike!
01. Captain Beefheart - Kandy Korn (LP, 1971)
02. Mothers of Invention - Holiday in Berlin, Full Blown (CD, 1971)
03. Frank Zappa - Cheepnis/Orange County Lumbertruck (CD, 1974)
04. Jimi Hendrix/Band of Gypsies - Stone Free (CD, 1970)
05. Edgar Winter's White Trash - Rock and Roll Hoochie Coo (LP, 1972)
06. Edgar Winter's White Trash - Red Light Mama Red Hot (LP, 1971)
07. Mike Bloomfield - Born in Chicago (CD)
08. Allman Brothers - Stormy Monday (CD)
09. Grateful Dead - Big River (CD, 1972)
10. Grateful Dead - Beat It on Down the Line (CD, 1971)
11. Delaney & Bonnie and Friends - Living on the Open Road (LP, 1970)
12. Delaney & Bonnie - Only You Know and I Know (LP, 1971)
13. Wilson Pickett - Hey Jude (LP, 1969)
14. Derek & Dominos - Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad (CD, 1972)
15. Joe Cocker - With a Little Help from My Friends (CD, 1969)
16. Mothers of Invention - America Drinks and Goes Home (CD, 1967)

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - Eli Polonsky

(R) - Song by request, or a request for the artist/band

My guest today was Betsy Siggins, one of the founders of the legendary Club 47 in Cambridge, now the founder of the New England Folk Music Archives.

Betsy selected the music for today's show (except tracks 1, 2 and 15) and spoke about the rich legacy of five decades of New England folk music, and the Gala Opening of the New England Folk Music Archives with performances by Jim Kweskin, Geoff Muldaur and many more this Sunday 9/20 at the Hard Rock Cafe in Boston.

We also interviewed folk legend Geoff Muldaur by phone.

01. Arlo Guthrie - The Motorcycle Song
02. Tom Rush - No Regrets (R)

Interview segment with Betsy Siggins

03. Joan Baez - Silver Dagger
04. Joan Baez - Long Black Veil
05. Jim Kweskin Jug Band - Fishing Blues
06. Jim Kweskin Jug Band - When I Was A Cowboy

Interview segment with Betsy Siggins

07. Tom Rush - Lonely (new release)

Interview segment with Betsy Siggins and Geoff Muldaur

08. Geoff Muldaur w/Jim Kweskin - Borneo
09. Geoff Muldaur - Small Town Talk

Interview segment with Betsy Siggins and Geoff Muldaur

The following two contemporary folk artists will perform at the Folk Archives Opening Gala:
10. Jonatha Brooke - How Deep Is Your Love
11. Meg Hutchinson - The Crossing

Interview segment with Betsy Siggins

12. The Staple Singers - The Tramp On The Street
13. The Staple Singers - Respect Yourself
14. Joan Baez - Famous Blue Raincoat
15. Bonnie Raitt - Bluebird (R)

Interview segment with Betsy Siggins

16. Carolina Chocolate Drops - Starry Crown (lead vocalist will perform at Folk Archives Opening Gala)

Thanks for listening,
Eli Polonsky

September 11, 2009, playlist with host Alex McNeil

Triple Word Score (Part two - see also September 4 playlist). Song titles with the same word or phrase repeated three (or more) times.
01. James Brown - Please Please Please (CD, 1960)
02. Little Richard - Hey Hey Hey Hey (CD, 1958)
03. Chuck Berry - Go Go Go (LP, 1961)
04. Roy Orbison - Go Go Go (CD, 1956)
05. Jackie Wilson - Shake! Shake! Shake! (CD, 1961)
06. Hollywood Flames - Buzz Buzz Buzz (CD, 1958)
07. Nightcaps - Wine Wine Wine (CD, 1961)
08. Jimmy Reed - Shame Shame Shame (CD, 1963)
09. Pat Boone - Quando Quando Quando (LP, 1962)
10. Nicola Paone - Blah Blah Blah (CD, 1959)
11. Supremes - Run Run Run (CD, 1964)
12. Gestures - Run Run Run (CD, 1964)
13. Third Rail - Run Run Run (CD, 1967)
14. Jo Jo Gunne - Run Run Run (LP, 1972)
15. Dixiebelles - Rock Rock Rock (CD, 1965)
16. Mel Carter - You You You (CD, 1966)
17. Sam & Dave - Ooh Ooh Ooh (45, 1969)
18. Incredibles - Fool Fool Fool (CD, 1968)
19. Shirley Ellis - Truly Truly Truly (LP, 1968)
20. Peter Paul & Mary - Well Well Well (LP, 1970)
21. Paul Revere & Raiders - Why Why Why (LP, 1967)
22. Country Joe & Fish - Sing Sing Sing (LP, 1972)
23. Tokens - Bye Bye Bye (CD, 1967)
24. ABBA - I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (LP, 1976)
25. Bud Shank - Turn Turn Turn (CD, 1966)
26. Diamonds - Love Love Love (LP, 1956)
27. Terry Knight & Pack - Love Love Love Love Love (CD, 1967)
28. Music Explosion - Love Love Love Love Love (CD, 1967)
29. Roxy - Love Love Love (LP, 1970)
30. Donny Hathaway - Love Love Love (CD, 1973)
31. Gerry & Pacemakers - La La La (CD, 1966)
32. Fourmost - Girls Girls Girls (LP, 1965)
33. Rolling Stones - Sad Sad Sad (LP, 1989)
34. Enchords - Zoom Zoom Zoom (LP, 1961)
35. Beach Boys - Fun Fun Fun (CD, 1965)
36. Jackie Gleason - La La La La La La La La (LP, 1963)
Some selections from the newly remastered Beatles CDs:
37. Beatles - Another Girl (1965)
38. Beatles - Think For Yourself (1965)
39. Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows (1966)

Tuesday, September 8, 2009 - Eli Polonsky

(R) - Song by request, or a request for the artist/band

01. Paul Butterfield Blues Band - The Work Song
02. Rolling Stones - Salt Of The Earth
03. John Lennon - Working Class Hero (FCC safe edit)
04. Bob Dylan - Ballad Of A Thin Man
05. Argent - God Gave Rock And Roll To You (R)
06. Blind Faith - Presence Of The Lord
07. Jethro Tull - For A Thousand Mothers (R)
08. Donovan - Goo Goo Barabajagal (R)
09. Spirit - Topanga Windows
10. The Doors - Summer's Almost Gone (R)
11. Love - Andmoreagain
12. Hot Tuna - Sea Child
13. Little Feat - Hamburger Midnight (R)
14. The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (R)
15. David Crosby - Cowboy Movie
16. Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot (R)

Birthday tribute to the late Ron "Pigpen" McKernan,
original bluesman of the Grateful Dead - b. 9-8-45:
17. Grateful Dead - Turn On Your Lovelight (2-28-69 Fillmore West) (R)
18. Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions - My Gal (R)
19. Grateful Dead - Operator (R)
20. Grateful Dead - Easy Wind (1-16-70 Portland, OR) (R)

Thanks for listening,
Eli Polonsky

September 4, 2009, playlist with host Alex McNeil

Triple Word Score (Part 1) - song titles with the word or phrase repeated three (or more) times:
01. Sensations - Music Music Music (CD, 1961)
02. Eddie Cochran - Jeanie Jeanie Jeanie (CD, 1958)
03. Hank Ballard & Midnighters - Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go (CD, 1961)
04. Coasters - Girls Girls Girls (CD, 1961)
05. Johnny Cash - Cry Cry Cry (LP, 1955)
06. Connie Smith - Cry Cry Cry (CD, 1968)
07. Bobby Bland - Cry Cry Cry (CD, 1960)
08. Ben E. King - Tears Tears Tears (CD, 1967)
09. Major Lance - Um Um Um Um Um Um (CD, 1964)
10. Beach Boys - Dance Dance Dance (CD, 1964)
11. Everly Brothers - Gone Gone Gone (CD, 1964)
12. Siw Malmkvist & Umberto Marcato - Sole Sole Sole (CD, 1964)
13. Hollies - Stop Stop Stop (CD, 1966)
14. Dave Edmunds - Down Down Down (LP, 1971)
15. Shirley Bassey - Never Never Never (CD)
16. John Lennon - Well Well Well (LP, 1970)
17. Beatles - Long Long Long (CD, 1968)
18. Sam Cooke - Baby Baby Baby (45, 1963)
19. Anna King & Bobby Byrd - Baby Baby Baby (45, 1964)
20. Percy Sledge - Baby Baby Baby (CD, 1969)
21. Aretha Franklin - Baby Baby Baby (CD, 1967)
22. Dr. John - Cold Cold Cold (LP, 1973)
23. Little Feat - Cold Cold Cold (LP, 1974)
24. Rick Derringer - Jump Jump Jump (LP, 1980)
25. Asleep At the Wheel -Up Up Up (LP, 1980)
26. Frank Zappa - Daddy Daddy Daddy (CD, 1971)
27. Voices of East Harlem - No No No (LP, 1970)
28. James Brown - No No No No (CD, 1956)
29. Scott McKenzie - No No No No No (LP, 1967)
30. Jim Valley - Try Try Try (45, 1967)
31. Brenda Lee - Ride Ride Ride (45, 1967)
32. Lighthouse - Sing Sing Sing (LP, 1970)
33. Jimmy McCracklin - Shame Shame Shame (45, 1962)
34. Julie London - Yummy Yummy Yummy (CD, 1968)
35. Mike Nesmith - Bye Bye Bye (LP, 1971)

Tuesday, September 1, 2009 - Eli Polonsky

(R) - Song by request, or request for the artist/band

01. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tank
02. HP Lovecraft - At The Mountains Of Madness
03. Jefferson Airplane - The Ballad Of You And Me And Pooneil (alternate long version)
04. The Doors - Shaman's Blues (R)
05. West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Tracy Had A Hard Day Sunday
06. Nilsson - Jump Into The Fire (R)
07. Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train A'Coming (Live from Woodstock) (R)

For Hot Tuna playing Friday 9/4 at the Lowell Summer Music Series in Lowell, MA and Saturday 9/5 at the Rhythm & Roots festival in Charlestown, RI:
08. Hot Tuna - Sunrise Dance With The Devil (Live) (R)

09. Donovan - Epistle To Dippy (R)

Three songs in tribute to the memory of Senator Ted Kennedy by songs originally in tribute to his brothers John F. and Robert Kennedy:
10. Phil Ochs - The Crucifixion (R)
11. The Byrds - He Was A Friend Of Mine
12. Dion - Abraham, Martin & John (Live acoustic)

13. Neil Young - Cortez The Killer
14. Roy Buchanan - Pete's Blues (R)
15. Keith & Donna (Godchaux) - Who Was John (w/Jerry Garcia) (R)
16. Judy Collins - First Boy I Loved (R)
17. John Prine - Spanish Pipe Dream (R)
18. The Beatles - It's All Too Much (R)

Thanks for the great requests!
Eli Polonsky

Monday 8-31-09 with Lawrence Azrin

Thanks to everbody who listened/called in on my fill-in show on August 31st, spotlighting "non-hits of the British Invasion".

I = Instrumental bed
B = birthday "spotlight" artist
R = request
N = from WMBR's "New CD" section
UK = group from London, UK unless noted otherwise

1) (intro theme) ROCKY & HIS FRIENDS Riot City/Feb. '65/from the PNW I
2) (Bit) LARRY "WILDMAN" FICHER My Name Is Larry (CD)..just the title

As always, I start off with the "Bubbling Under", 45s that just missed the Billboard US "Hot-100" singles charts, and were listed below ("under") those charts:
3) THEM Baby Please Don't Go, 2-CD (Belfast, Ireland/very late '64) UK #10 in early '65 B - Van Morrison, 64 /The B-side "Gloria" is better-known in the US
4) IKE & TINA TURNER I'll Never Need More Than This, 45 (East St Louis, MO/summer '67) US #117 (writer: Ellie Greenwich - she died on 8/26)
5) BUDDY HOLLY Brown Eyed Handsome Man, CD (Lubbock, TX/fall '56, overdubbed by Fireballs in '63) home demos/UK #3 in March '63 B - Jerry Allison, 70, drummer
6) CRUSADERS So Far Away, 45 (Houston, TX/ late'72) Carole King cover US #114 I/B - Wilton Felder, 69

More BRIT INVASION "bubbling under"...
7) KINKS See My Friend, 2-CD (Musswell Hill, London, UK/fall '65) UK #10 earlier in '65
8) The WHO The Kids Are Alright 2-CD (UK/fall '66) UK #41
9) LULU I'll Come Running LP (Scotland/late '64) Jimmy Page on lead guitar!
10) DC-5 Look Before You Leap 2-CD (Tottenham, UK/June '64) UK #41

11) MANFRED MANN Satisfaction LP (UK/ '65) I, alternate R
12) THE PINK FLOYD See Emily Play LP (UK/summer '67) UK #6
13) JOHN'S CHILDREN Smashed! Blocked! CD (UK/late '66) US #102
14) ZOMBIES Just Out Of Reach 2-CD (St Albans,UK/ late '65) from the movie "Bunny Lake Is Missing", w/cameo by group performing this song
15) HOLLIES I'm Alive 2-CD (Manchester/UK, summer '64) UK #4

ELLIE GREENWICH TRIBUTE - she died August 26th, at age 68 in NYC - legendary songwriter; "Be My Baby; "Leader of the Pack", "Chapel of Love", many many more...
16) SHADOWS "River High, Mountain Deep" CD (UK/'70) big hit in UK for Ike & Tina Turner I
17) SEARCHERS Everybody Come Clap Your Hands CD (Liverpool, UK/March 65) LP cut
18) SHANGRI LAs Out In The Street CD (Queens, NY/spring '65) only made #53? N
19) DARLENE LOVE A Fine Fine Boy CD (Hawthorne, CA/fall '63) only made #53? huh? this is the G R E A T E S T girl-group record ever...
20) COUNT BASIE "Do Wah Diddy Diddy (Red Banks, NJ/'65) (E. Greenwich wrote) I

REQUEST TIME!!
21) MANFRED MANN My Name Is Jack LP (UK/July '68) UK Top-10 hit/ R
22) MOODY BLUES Stop! 45 (Birmingham, UK/'66) US #98 R
23) HOLLIES Jennifer Eccles 2-CD (Manchester, UK/spring '68) US #40 R
24) ZOMBIES I Love You 2-CD (UK/'67) hit by group People in 1969 R

25) YARDBIRDS Hot House Of Omarigashid LP (UK/summer '66) from LP "Roger The Engineer" I
26) YARDBIRDS Jeff's Boogie LP info as above I

27) VINEGAR JOE Avenu Malkanu (UK/fall '72) B b. 1947 - Pete Gage (drums) first LP
28) RONETTES Paradise (Bronx,NY/'65) alternate R
29) IVY LEAGUE My World Fell Down 2-CD comp (UK/ '66) covered by Sagittarius N
30) CRICKETS Don't Ever Change CD comp (Lubbock, TX/'62) UK top-5 hit B - Jerry Allison, drummer (age 70)
31) DC-5 Chaquita! (UK/spring '64) from "Glad All Over" LP I
32) UNIT 4 + 2 Concrete and Clay (UK/spring '65) UK #1 hit R
33) SMALL FACES Own Up Time 2-CD (UK/'66) I

ALL-TIME TOP-TEN (+1) BRITISH INVASION NON-HITS
34) (#11)ZOMBIES I Remember When I Loved Her (St Albans, UK/August '65) LP track
35) (#10) POETS We're Through CD (Glascow, Scotland/fall '64) UK #31
36) (#9) TROGGS I Can't Control Myself 2-LP (Andover, UK/fall '66) UK #2
37) (#8) THE BIRDS Leaving Here CD (West London, UK/spring '65) an oft-covered Eddie Holland song, this was Ronnie Wood's 1st group/ UK #45
38) (#7) The CRAIG I Must Be Mad 4-CD comp (Birmingham, UK/late '66) Carl Palmer on drums!
39) I THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP Waltz For Lumumba CD (Birmingham, UK/early 1967) from the "Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush" soundtrack I
40) (#6) The PRIMITIVES You Said CD (Oxford, UK/late '64) Jimmy Page on lead guitar!
41) (#5) THE EYES I'm Rowed Out CD (UK/ late '66)
43) (#4) PRETTY THINGS Come See Me CD (UK/May '66) UK #43
44) (#3) THE CREATION Making Time CD (Middlesex, UK/summer '66) 1st 45/ UK #49
44) (#2) THE SORROWS You've Got What I Want/comp LP (Coventry, UK/ fall '65)
45) (closing theme) SANTO & JOHNNY Sleepwalk CD (NYC/July '59) US #1; UK #22 I

DRUM ROLL, PLEASE!!! IT's TIME FOR #1!!!
46) (#1)THE KINKS Waterloo Sunset 2-CD (UK/May 1967) UK #2 US did not chart

I wish I could've played ALL your requests, but seven out of fourteen (a couple were "alternate") isn't bad....
BEST,
Lawrence Azrin