Friday, April 29, 2011

April 29, 2011, playlist with host Alex McNeil

Early Works - Songs by artists before they were famous:
01. Fred Neil - You Ain't Treatin' Me Right (CD, 1957)
02. Tom & Jerry (Simon & Garfunkel) - Hey Schoolgirl (CD, 1958)
03. Four Lovers (Four Seasons) - (You're the) Apple of My Eye (CD, 1956)
04. Flip Sloan (P. F. Sloan) - Little Girl in the Cabin (CD, 1959)
05. Roy Buchanan - Mule Train Stomp (CD, 1961)
06. Rod McKuen - Oliver Twist (45, 1962)
07. Chad Allan & the Reflections (Guess Who) - Stop Teasing Me (LP, 1964)
08. David Gates - The Okie Surfer (CD, 1964)
09. Lewis Reed (Lou Reed) - Your Love (CD, 1962)
10. Rufus Thomas - Bear Cat (CD, 1953)
11. Billy Stewart - Billy's Blues (LP, 1956)
12. Cookies - All Night Mambo (CD, 1954)
13. Aaron Neville - Over You (CD, 1960)
14. Joe Cocker - I'll Cry Instead (CD, 1964)
15. Rod Stewart - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (LP, 1964)
16. Lulu & Luvers - Shout (45, 1964)
17. Kippington Lodge (w/ Nick Lowe) - I Can See Her Face (LP, 1969)
18. Love Sculpture (w/ Dave Edmunds) - Sabre Dance (LP, 1968)
19. Beefeaters (Byrds) - Please Let Me Love You (CD, 1964)
20. International Submarine Band (w/ Gram Parsons) - Sum Up Broke (CD, 1966)
21. Great Society (w/ Grace Slick) - Darkly Smiling (LP, 1966)
22. Marty Balin - You Made Me Fall (CD, 1962)
23. Primettes (Supremes) - Pretty Baby (CD, 1964)
24. Pirates (Temptations) - Mind Over Matter (CD, 1962)
25. David Ruffin - Mr. Bus Driver - Hurry (CD, 1962)
26. Brenda Holloway - I'll Give My Life (CD, 1963)
27. Junior Walker & the All Stars - Lackawanna Twist (CD, 1962)
28. Jack Bruce - I'm Getting Tired (LP, 1965)
29. Cream - Wrapping Paper (CD, 1966)
30. Davy Jones & the Lower Third (David Bowie) - You've Got a Habit of Leaving (LP, 1965)
31. Hotlegs (10cc) - Neanderthal Man (45, 1970)
32. Wilson Pickett - Let Me Be Your Boy (CD, 1962)
33. Pinetoppers (w/ Otis Redding) - Shout Bamalama (LP, 1960)
34. Sam & Dave - It Feels So Nice (45, 1962)
35. Clarence & Calvin (Clarence Carter & Calvin Scott) - Step By Step (CD, 1965)
36. Roy Orbison - Tryin' to Get to You (LP, 1956)
37. Lyme & Cybele (w/ Warren Zevon) - Follow Me (CD, 1966)
38. Buckingham Nicks - Crying in the Night (LP, 1973)
39. Fuse (w/ Rick Nielsen & Tom Petersson) - Mystery Ship (LP, 1970)
40. Stalk-Forrest Group (Blue Oyster Cult) - What Is Quicksand (CD, 1970)
41. Sugar Creek (w/ Jonathan Edwards & Joe Dolce) - A Million Years (CD, 1969)

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Tuesday, Apr. 26, 2011 - Eli Polonsky

12:02. Hot Tuna - Come Back Baby - LIVE
12:13. Van Morrison - Green - REQ
12:18. Joe Cocker - Midnight Rider - REQ

For Ed Sanders of The Fugs performing in the area 4/28:
12:25. The Fugs - Doin' All Right
12:28. The Fugs - Crystal Liason
12:31. The Fugs - Morning, Morning
Telephone interview with Ed Sanders of The Fugs
01:14. The Fugs- How Sweet I Roamed From Field To Field

01:17. Country Joe & the Fish - Flying High
01:20. Arlo Guthrie - Running Down The Road
01:24. Jimi Hendrix - Belly Button Window - REQ
01:29. Derek And The Dominoes - Little Wing

For Hot Tuna performing in the area on 5/1:
01:36. Hot Tuna - Sunrise Dance With The Devil
01:41. Hot Tuna - Mama Let Me Lay It On You
01:46. Hot Tuna - Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning - LIVE
01:51. Hot Tuna - Goodbye To The Blues

For Phoebe Snow, who passed away this morning:
01:55. Phoebe Snow - Poetry Man

Thanks for listening!
Eli Polonsky

Friday, April 22, 2011

April 22, 2011, playlist with host Alex McNeil

Celebrating Earth Day:
01. John Denver - Mother Nature's Son (LP, 1972)
02. Guess Who - Hand Me Down World (CD, 1970)
03. Shango - Day After Day (It's Slippin' Away) (LP, 1969)
04. Grand Funk Railroad - Save the Land (45, 1971)
05. Turtles - Earth Anthem (CD, 1968)
06. Neighborhood - Big Yellow Taxi (CD, 1970)
07. Dennis Yost & Classics IV - Save the Sunlight (45, 1973)
08. Beach Boys - Don't Go Near the Water (LP, 1971)
09. Thelma Houston - Save the Country (45, 1970)
10. Temptations - Ball of Confusion (LP, 1970)
11. Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) (CD, 1971)
12. Stephen Stills - Ecology Song (LP, 1971)
13. Grateful Dead - We Can Run (CD, 1989)
14. Lee Hazlewood & Ann-Margret - It's a Nice World to Visit (CD, 1968)
15. Leonard Nimoy - A Visit to a Sad Planet (45, 1967)
16. Yardbirds - Shapes of Things (CD, 1966)
17. Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Give Me the Good Earth (LP, 1974)
18. Big Blue Marble Cast - Big Blue Marble Theme (LP, 1974)
19. Jackie Ross - This World's in a Hell of a Shape (CD, 1972)
20. Staple Singers - This World (CD, 1972)
21. Tower of Power - Only So Much Oil in the World (LP, 1974)
22. Mother Earth - Mother Earth (LP, 1968)
23. Jackie DeShannon - Paradise (CD, 1972)
24. Sparks - Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth (CD, 1974)
25. Kinks - Demolition (LP, 1973)
26. Kinks - Scrapheap City (LP, 1974)
27. John Mayall - Nature's Disappearing (LP, 1970)
28. Spirit - Nature's Way (LP, 1971)
29. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush (LP, 1970)
30. Fred Neil - The Dolphins (CD, 1967)

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Tuesday, Apr. 19, 2011 - Eli Polonsky

12:02. Gong - You Never Blow Yr Trip Forever (sic)
12:14. Jethro Tull - Bouree - REQ
12:21. Funkadelic - Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow
12:31. Jimi Hendrix Experience - One Rainy Wish - REQ
12:37. Flash - Small Beginnings - REQ
12:46. Yes - And You And I
12:59. Yes - I See You
Telephone interview with Jon Anderson of Yes,
performing in the area on Saturday 4/23
01:36. Jon Anderson/Rick Wakeman - House Of Freedom
01:47. Yes - Siberian Khatru

Thanks for listening!
Eli Polonsky

Friday, April 15, 2011

April 15, 2011, playlist with host Alex McNeil

I. Some stuff from 1962:
01. Frankie Ford - They Said It Couldn't Be Done (CD)
02. Buddy Guy - Stone Crazy (CD)
03. Fiestas - I Feel Good All Over (CD)
04. Ruth McFadden - Pencil and Paper (CD)
05. Marketts - Balboa Blue (45)

II. Some stuff from 1963:
06. Appalachians - Bony Moronie (45)
07. Derek Martin - Daddy Rollin' Stone (CD)
08. Jimmy Holiday - How Can I Forget (CD)
09. Duprees - Have You Heard (CD)
10. Saints - Wipeout (CD)

III. Some folk and folk-rock:
11. Bob Dylan - Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues (live at Brandeis Univ. 1963) (CD)
12. Au Go Go Singers - San Francisco Bay Blues (CD, 1964)
13. Everpresent Fullness - Wild About My Lovin' (CD, 1966)
14. Hi-Five - You'll Never Know What's in My Heart (CD, 1966)
15. Joe Scott - White Room (LP, 1969)
16. David Ackles - Down River (LP, 1968)
17. Circus Maximus - Oops I Can Dance (CD, 1967)
18. Gordon Lightfoot - I'm Not Sayin'/Ribbon of Darkness (CD, 1969)
19. Jonathan & Leigh - Someday Baby (CD, 1967)

IV. Some soul:
20. Gino Washington & Ram Jam Band - I Can't Quit Her (CD, 1968)
21. Tony Mason - (We're Gonna) Bring the Country to the City (45, 1966)
22. Billy Harner - Sally Sayin' Something (LP, 1967)
23. Donald Height - My Baby's Gone (45, 1967)
24. Willie Hightower - Walk a Mile in My Shoes (CD, 1970)
25. J. Gardner - 99 Plus 1 (45, 1965)

V. Some pop:
26. Tikis - Pay Attention to Me (CD, 1965)
27. British Road Runners - Do Something to Me (LP, 1968)
28. Beatles - Taxman (alt. version) (CD, 1966)
29. Who - Mary Ann with the Shaky Hand (CD, 1967)
30. Joe Scott - America (LP, 1969)

VI. Some lesser-known stuff, mostly from the WMBR record library:
31. Ellie Pop - Can't Be Love (CD, 1968)
32. Moon - She's on My Mind (CD, 1968)
33. Plain Jane - Who's Drivin' This Train (CD, 1969)
34. Mark Eric - Night of the Lions (CD, 1969)
35. Linda Lewis - Hampstead Way (LP, 1972)
36. Chunky, Novi & Ernie - Lola and the Boys (LP, 1973)
37. Can - She Brings the Rain (CD, 1969)
38. October Country - My Girlfriend Is a Witch (CD, 1968)
39. Copperhead - Kibitzer (LP, 1973)

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Tuesday, Apr. 12, 2011 - Eli Polonsky

Selections by guest DJ airtime pledge donor Rich Batt

12:01. Stray - All In Your Mind
12:11. Spirit - Animal Zoo
12:14. Supertramp - Shadow Song
12:19. Humble Pie - Take Me Back
12:23. The Strawbs - Queen Of Dreams
12:30. The Kinks - Sleepwalker
12:35. Kevin Ayers - Shouting In A Bucket Blues
12:38. Giles, Giles & Fripp - Newly-weds (single version)
12:41. The Velvet Underground - Sad Song
12:44. Yes - I See You
12:51. Todd Rundgren - Zen Archer
12:58. Bill Fay - We Have Laid Here
01:00. David Crosby - Laughing
01:06. Janis Joplin - Little Girl Blue
01:10. Bill Withers - Everybody's Talkin'
01:13. Lindisfarne - All Fall Down
01:17. Jethro Tull - Reasons For Waiting
01:22. John Phillips - April Ann
01:25. Steppenwolf - Power Play
01:31. The Byrds - Draft Morning
01:34. Traffic - Shanghai Noodle Factory
01:39. Love Affair - So Sorry
01:42. The Groundhogs - Strange Town
01:46. Thin Lizzy - Running Back
01:51. Small Faces - Devotion

Thanks for listening!
Eli Polonsky

Friday, April 08, 2011

April 8, 2011, playlist with host Alex McNeil

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of WMBR-FM (which signed on, using the call letters WTBS, April 10, 1961) with music from Billboard's charts for the week ending April 10, 1961 (all selections from CD unless noted):
01. Drifters - Some Kind of Wonderful (stereo album version, LP)
02. Carla Thomas - Gee Whiz
03. Rochell & the Candles - Once Upon a Time
04. Pentagons - To Be Loved (Forever)
05. Henry Mancini - Theme from The Great Impostor
06. Ral Donner - Girl of My Best Friend
07. Fleetwoods - Tragedy
08. Janie Grant - Triangle
09. Paris Sisters - Be My Boy
10. Santo & Johnny - Hop Scotch
11. Browns - Ground Hog
12. Brothers Four - Frogg
13. Buzz Clifford - Three Little Fishes (LP)
14. Johnny Cymbal - The Water Was Red
15. Duane Eddy - Gidget Goes Hawaiian
16. Fats Domino - Shu Rah
17. Miracles - Ain't It Baby
18. Jerry Butler - Find Another Girl
19. Ben E. King - Spanish Harlem
20. Ray Charles - One Mint Julep
21. Marty Robbins - Don't Worry
22. Claude Gray - I'll Have Another Cup of Coffee (Then I'll Go)
23. Ray Price - Heart Over Mind
24. Buck Owens - Foolin' Around (LP)
25. Floyd Cramer - On the Rebound
26. Vibrations - Watusi
27. Rollers - Continental Walk (LP)
28. Titus Turner - Pony Train (45)
29. Chubby Checker - Pony Time
30. Johnny Dankworth - African Waltz
31. Jerry Lee Lewis - What'd I Say
32. Buddy Knox - Ling Ting Tong
33. Little Willie John - The Very Thought of You
34. Clarence "Frogman" Henry - But I Do
35. Bill Black's Combo - Hearts of Stone
36. Platters - Trees (45)
37. Maxine Brown - Funny
38. Chuck Jackson - (It Never Happens) In Real Life (45)
39. Etta James - Trust in Me
40. Al Caiola - Bonanza
41. Allisons - Are You Sure (45)
42. String-a-Longs - Brass Buttons
43. Del Shannon - Runaway (stereo album version)
44. Shirelles - Dedicated to the One I Love
45. Jorgen Ingmann - Apache
46. Marcels - Blue Moon

Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Tuesday, Apr. 5, 2011 - Eli Polonsky

12:02. Hawkwind - Down Through The Night - LIVE
12:09. Hawkwind - The Awakening - LIVE
12:11. Jefferson Airplane - 3/5 Of A Mile In Ten Seconds - LIVE
12:22. Grace Slick & The Great Society - White Rabbit - LIVE
12:29. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Don't Cry My Lady Love - REQ
12:33. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Pride Of Man - REQ
12:37. Clear Light - Mr. Blue - REQ
12:48. The Merry-Go-Round - Live
12:50. Traffic - Heaven Is In Your Mind
12:54. The Rolling Stones - Something Happened To Me Yesterday
12:59. The Youngbloods - Grizzly Bear

Three songs celebrating the birthday of Dave Swarbrick of Fairport Convention:
1:03. Fairport Convention - Walk Awhile
1:07. Fairport Convention - Matty Groves - REQ
1:17. Fairport Convention - Sloth

For John Sebastian performing in the area Friday 4/8:
1:29. The Lovin' Spoonful - Jug Band Music
For Roger McGuinn performing in the area Friday 4/8:
1:32. The Byrds - Goin' Back

1:37. The Steve Miller Band - Journey From Eden - REQ

Songs by earlier bands of John Wetton and Eddie Jobson of late '70s progressive band U.K., who are performing a reunion concert in the area Friday 4/8:
1:45. Family - Larf And Sing
1:49. King Crimson - Book Of Saturday
1:52. Roxy Music - Out Of The Blue
1:56. U.K. - Alaska

Thanks for listening!
Eli Polonsky

Friday, April 01, 2011

April 1, 2011, playlist with host Alex McNeil

More music by women artists:
01. April Stevens - Teach Me Tiger '65 (CD, 1965)
02. April Young - Steady Boyfriend (CD, 1964)
03. Dionne Warwick - The April Fools (LP, 1969)
04. Demetris Tapp - Lipstick Paint a Smile on Me (45, 1963)
05. Barbara Chandler - It Hurts to Be Sixteen (CD, 1963)
06. Shirley Matthews & the Big Town Girls - Big Town Boy (CD, 1964)
07. Gloria Jones - Heartbeat, pt. 1 (45, 1965)
08. Sandra Barry - We Were Lovers (CD, 1965)
09. Susan Singer - Bobby's Loving Touch (CD, 1962)
10. Barbara Ruskin - Well How Does It Feel (CD, 1965)
11. Tawney Reed - You Can't Take It Away (CD, 1966)
12. Kathy Kirby - The Way of Love (45, 1965)
13. Bonnie & the Treasures - Home of the Brave (CD, 1965)
14. Barbara Greene - Young Boy (CD, 1968)
15. Della Humphrey - Don't Make the Good Girls Go Bad (CD, 1968)
16. Crescents - Pink Dominos (45, 1964)
17. Holly Maxwell - Only When You're Lonely (CD, 1965)
18. DeVons - Someone to Treat Me (The Way You Use To) (45, 1969)
19. Candace Love - Uh! Uh! Boy, That's a No No (45, 1969)
20. Betty Lavette - Let Me Down Easy (CD, 1965)
21. Erma Coffee - Any Way the Wind Blows (CD, 1973)
22. Mirettes - In the Midnight Hour (CD, 1968)
23. Results - Untie Me (CD, 1966)
24. C & the Shells - Good Morning Starshine (45, 1969)
25. Marva Whitney - It's My Thing (LP, 1969)
26. Jo Armstead - A Stone Good Lover (CD, 1968)
27. Dee Dee Warwick - That's Not Love (LP, 1969)
28. VIPs - You Pulled a Fast One (CD, 1964)
29. Gwen McCrae - Lead Me On (45, 1970)
30. Bonnie White - The Dragon's Song (LP, 1971)
31. Wendy & Bonnie - You Keep Hanging Up on My Mind (CD, 1969)
32. Jennifer - The Park (LP, 1969)
33. Victoria - Tule's Blues (LP, 1970)
34. Wendy Waldman - Natural Born Fool (CD, 1973)
35. Florence Warner - It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference (LP, 1974)
36. Karen Dalton - Something on Your Mind (CD, 1971)
37. Jonathan & Darlene Edwards (Paul Weston & Jo Stafford) - I Am Woman (CD, 1975)