Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 - Eli Polonsky

12:00. Steppenwolf - Monster - REQ
12:15. Traffic - 40,000 Headmen - REQ - LIVE
12:22. Jefferson Airplane - Mexico - REQ
12:24. The Electric Flag - Another Country - REQ

For the birthday of John Mayall, born 11/29/33
12:37. John Mayall - Fly Tomorrow
12:45. John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Parchman Farm
12:51. John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Room To Move

For the birthday of Felix Cavaliere, born 11/29/42
12:56. The Young Rascals - Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore
01:00. The Rascals - A Ray Of Hope
01:04. The Rascals - See

Two requests honoring George Harrison on the tenth anniversary of his passing.
01:11. The Beatles - It's All Too Much - REQ
01:18. George Harrison - If Not For You - REQ

For Dan Hicks performing in Cambridge on 12/2/11:
01:22. The Charlatans (early Dan Hicks) - Codine
01:25. Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks - I Scare Myself
01:30. Dan Hicks - Live telephone interview
01:55. Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks - Somebody Stole My Santa Claus Suit

Thanks for listening!
Eli Polonsky

November 25, 2011, playlist with host Alex McNeil

Vocal versions of songs known better as instrumentals:
01. Four Preps - Calcutta (CD, 1961)
02. Ames Brothers - Night Train (LP, 1960)
03. Ames Brothers - Washington Square (CD, 1963)
04. Anita Bryant - Wonderland By Night (LP, 1961)
05. Joni James - My Last Date (With You) (CD, 1961)
06. Ella Fitzgerald - Swingin' Shepherd Blues (CD, 1958)
07. Keely Smith - Lullaby of the Leaves (CD, 1959)
08. Pat Thomas - Desafinado (Slightly Out of Tune) (CD, 1962)
09. Sarah Vaughan - Charade (CD, 1965)
10. Sonny James - Apache (CD, 1961)
11. Chubby Checker - Misirlou (CD, 1962)
12. Margie Singleton - Magic Star [Telstar] (CD, 1963)
13. David Thorne - The Alley Cat Song (45, 1962)
14. Teri Thornton - Open Highway [Route 66 Theme] (CD, 1963)
15. Andy Griffith - The Fishin' Hole (LP, 1961)
16. George Chakiris - Mr. Lucky (LP, 1961)
17. Johnny Cash - Bpnanza! (LP, 1962)
18. Tommy Hunt - The Work Song (CD, 1962)
19. Brook Benton - Walk on the Wild Side (CD, 1962)
20. Drifters - Stranger on the Shore (CD, 1962)
21. Supremes - Sleep Walk (LP, 1965)
22. Donna Lynn - Java Jones (45, 1964)
23. Karin Krogh & Public Enemies - Watermelon Man (CD, 1965)
24. Shelby Flint - Cast Your Fate to the Wind (CD, 1966)
25. Annette - It's Really Love [adapted as Johnny's Theme from the Tonight Show] (CD, 1962)
26. Eddie Rambeau - Summertime Guy [adapted as theme from The Newlywed Game] (45, 1962)
27. Sarah Vaughan - Peter Gunn (CD, 1965)
28. Kane Triplets - Mission Impossible (45, 1968)
29. Judy Roberts - Star Trek (45, 1976)
30. Kim Weston - The Exodus Song (LP, 1968)
31. Maxine Brown - Soul Serenade (CD, 1969)
32. Dusty Springfield - Am I the Same Girl [melody of Soulful Strut] (CD, 1969)
33. Joanie Sommers - Theme from a Summer Place (CD, 1962)
34. Astrud Gilberto - So Nice (Summer Samba) (CD, 1966)
35. Claudine Longet - Love Is Blue (45, 1968)
36. Tamiko Jones & Herbie Mann - A Man and a Woman (LP, 1966)
37. Andy Williams - Music to Watch Girls By (CD, 1967)
38. Friends of Distinction - Grazing in the Grass (CD, 1969)
39. Jack Scott - The National Anthem of Rock 'n' Roll [melody of Rebel Rouser] (CD, 1991)

Thanksgiving "Oven Buster Blaster Stuffer" with Joanie Lindstrom!

12:02 Humble Pie - I Don't Need No Doctor | Rockin the Filmore [LP] (A&M, 71)
12:07 MC5 - Shakin' Street | Back in the USA [LP] (Atlantic, 70)
12:10 The Attack - Any More Than I Do | About Time (the definitive collection 1967-68) [CD] (Bam Caruso, 66/06)
12:13 Blues Magoos - Pipe Dream | Electric Comic Book [LP] (Mercury, 67)
12:15 Swamp Rats - Ain't No Friend of Mine | Burghers Vol. 1 comp [LP] (Big Wink, 66/)
12:19 Chunky - Albatross | Boobs - Junkshop Glam Discotheque comp [CD] (RPM, 73/05)
12:23 Elf - Annie, New Orleans | L.A./59 [LP] (MGM, 74)
12:25 The Jaggerz - The Rapper | single [7"] (Kama Sutra, 70)
12:27 Nancy Sinatra - The Last of the Secret Agents | Boots-All Time Hits [LP] (Rhino, 66/86)
12:30 The Rebbles - Around the World | Boom Boom (German 6T's Beat Boom) comp [CD] (Strasse Beat, 66/03)
12:33 Geordie - Strange Man | Can You Do It [CD] (Pickwick, 73/03)
12:36 Robin Trower - Little Bit of Sympathy | Bridge of Sighs [LP] (Chrysalis, 74)
12:41 Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street | Across 110th Street soundtrack [CD] (United Artists, 72/97)
12:46 The Animals - Don't Bring Me Down | Animalization [LP] (MGM, 66)
12:50 Hello - Walking Midnight | The Best Of [CD] (Music Club, 74/93)
12:51 Aerosmith - S.O.S. (Too Bad) | Get Your Wings [LP] (Columbia, 74)
12:53 Heart - Lovemaker | Clap Your Hands and Stamp Your Feet comp [CD] (Excelsior, 74/09)
12:57 Clefs - Bring It to Jerome | Before the Birdmen Flew Vol. 3 comp [LP] (Vinyl Vengeance, 67/01)
1:00 Spinners - Ghetto Child | single [7"] (Atlantic, 73)
1:05 Count Five - They're Gonna Get You | Psychotic Reaction [LP] (DoubleShot, 66)
1:07 Every Mother's Son - Come On Down to my Boat | single [7"] (MGM, 67)
1:10 The Spacemen - Same Old Grind | Highs In The Mid Sixties - Wisconsin pt 2 Vol. 15 [LP] (Archive Intl, 66/85)
1:12 Savoy Brown - That Same Feeling | Raw Sienna [LP] (Parrot, 70)
1:14 Jerusalem - When the Wolf Sits | s/t [LP] (Deram, 72/11)
1:20 Pawnee Drive - Ride | Pebbles 12 comp [LP] (Archive Intl, 69/83)
1:23 Jet | It Would Be Good - Jet/Even More Light than Shade [CD] (Radiant Future, 75/02)
1:26 The Hollies - Stop Stop Stop | The Very Best Of [LP](United Artists, 66/75)
1:29 Dave Edmunds & Love Sculpture - Morning Dew | Singles A's & B's [LP] (Harvest, 67/80)
1:32 Mountain - For Yasgur's Farm | Climbing [LP] (Windfall, 70)
1:37 The Syn - Grounded | The Freakbeat Scene comp [CD] (Deram, 67/98)
1:38 The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup | 60s Groovy Hits [CD] (Essential Media Group/emusic, 67/01)
1:42 The Maruaders - Our Big Chance | Psychedelic Crown Jewels Vol. 2 [CD] (Gear Fab, 67/99)
1:44 Change - Wildcat | Blitzing the Ballroom: 20 UK Power Glam Incendiaries comp [CD] (Psychic Circle, 70s/08)
1:45 Los Bravos - Black is Black | single [7"] (Press, 66)
1:48 Aztek - I Said More | Back from the Grave Vol. 4 comp [LP] (Crypt, 60s/84)
1:50 The Jim Sullivan Sound - She Walks Through the Fair | On the Brink-Return of the Instro Hipsters comp [CD] (Psychic Circle, 66/07)
1:53 Petula Clark - I Know a Place | I Know a Place [LP] (Warner Brothers, 65)
1:58 Larry's Rebels - Coloured Flowers | No. 8 Wire comp [LP] (-, 68/97)

Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011 - Eli Polonsky

My in-studio guest was multimedia producer Bill Lichtenstein, who was an overnight DJ known as "Little Bill" on Boston's pioneering commercial "FM underground free-form" progressive rock station WBCN during the early to mid-1970s.

Also around that time, Bill was also known as "Captain Steamboat Willie" on WNTN in Newton MA, a suburban Boston AM station that also aired a progressive rock format in the early 1970s. Bill is also an early '70s on-air alumni of WTBS (now WMBR) at MIT in Cambridge MA, and WBRU in Providence, RI during his college years at Brown University in the late 1970s, as well as many years as a national television and radio reporter, correspondent, and program producer.

Bill is making a documentary film about the early years of WBCN as a rock station in the late '60s and early '70s, and about what was going on culturally, musically, and politically in Boston and beyond at that time. Named after WBCN's original "underground" rock format, the film will be called "The American Revolution".

At 1:00 PM, we were joined by telephone by Boston DJ legend Charles Laquidara who joined WBCN in 1969 and became host of his extremely popular morning show "The Big Mattress" until 1996, when he continued hosting mornings on WZLX until retiring in 2000.

We were also joined by phone with Sam Kopper, WBCN's first long-term rock Program Director from 1968 into the mid-1970s, now programming the "WBCN Free Form Rock" channel available online at http://www.wbcn.com (click the FREE FORM link on the left to listen), or on HD radio in Boston at 100.7 FM HD3. Then, at approximately 1:20, were were joined by phone by former WBCN/WZLX "Big Mattress" show sportscaster "Tank".

12:03. The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today
Live in-studio interview with "Little Bill" Lichtenstein
12:22. The Grateful Dead - St. Stephen -> Not Fade Away (LIVE at MIT 5-6-70)
Live in-studio interview with "Little Bill" Lichtenstein
12:44. Saloom-Sinclair And The Mother Bear - Marie Le Peau
Live in-studio interview with "Little Bill" Lichtenstein
12:56. Danny Schechter/Bill Lichtenstein - WBCN Anti-War/Kent State Montage 1973
Live interview with Bill Lichtenstein in-studio, Charles Laquidara and Sam Kopper by phone
Live interview with Bill Lichtenstein in-studio, Charles Laquidara and "Tank" by phone
01:35. Thunderclap Newman - Something in the Air
Live interview with Bill Lichtenstein in-studio, Charles Laquidara and "Tank" by phone
01:43. The Byrds - Ballad Of Easy Rider [LIVE at Boston Tea Party]
Live interview with Bill Lichtenstein in-studio, Charles Laquidara by phone
01:55. Jim Pepper - Witchie-Tai-To

Thanks for listening!
Eli Polonsky

November 18, 2011, playlist with host Alex McNeil

"Bubbling Under the Covers" - cover songs that reached Billboard's "Bubbling Under" supplement to the weekly Hot 100 chart:
01. Freddy Cannon - Rock Around the Clock (CD, 1968)
02. Beach Boys - Why Do Fools Fall in Love (CD, 1964)
03. Hondells - Sea Cruise (45, 1965)
04. Caesar & Cleo (Sonny & Cher) - Love Is Strange (LP, 1965)
05. Everly Brothers - That'll Be the Day (CD, 1965)
06. Patti Page - I'm Walkin' (45, 1963)
07. Kit Kats - Sea of Love (CD, 1967)
08. Dion - Shout (LP, 1964)
09. Dee Irwin & Mamie Galore - By the Time I Get to Phoenix/ I Say a Little Prayer (45, 1968)
10. Vivian Reed - You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling/ Soul and Inspiration (LP, 1968)
11. Alan Copeland Singers - Classical Gas/ Scarborough Fair (45, 1969)
12. Pozo Seco - Strawberry Fields/ Something (LP, 1970)
13. Wes Montgomery - Where Have All the Flowers Gone (LP, 1969)
14. Giant Sunflower - What's So Good About Goodbye (45, 1967)
15. Motherlode - What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) (CD, 1969)
16. Ella Fitzgerald - Get Ready (LP, 1969)
17. Ramsey Lewis - Ain't That Peculiar (LP, 1966)
18. Peggy Lipton - Stoney End (45, 1968)
19. Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - For What It's Worth (45, 1970)
20. Southwest F.O.B. - Feelin' Groovy (CD, 1970)
21. Buck Owens - Bridge Over Troubled Water (LP, 1971)
22. Skitch Henderson - Green Grass of Home (LP, 1968)
23. Noble Knights - Sing a Simple Song (45, 1969)
24. Mighty Sam - Fannie Mae (45, 1966)
25. Solomon Burke - That Lucky Old Sun (45, 1969)
26. Mattie Moultrie - That's How Strong My Love Is (45, 1967)
27. Billy Larkin & the Delegates - Hold On, I'm a Comin' (45, 1966)
28. Kit & the Outlaws - Midnight Hour (45, 1968)
29. Hassles - You Got Me Hummin' (LP, 1967)
30. Wayne Cochran - Harlem Shuffle (45, 1966)
31. Aesops Fables - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (45, 1968)
32. Ace Cannon - Funny How Time Slips Away (CD, 1966)
33. Hugo Montenegro - Happy Together (LP, 1969)
34. Tiny Tim - Hello Hello (45, 1968)
35. Sajid Khan - Getting to Know You (45, 1968)
36. Sir Douglas Quintet - Quarter to Three (CD, 1966)
37. Travis Wammack - Louie Louie (CD, 1966)

Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011 - Eli Polonsky

12:02. The Velvet Underground & Nico - I'll Be Your Mirror - REQ
12:05. Leonard Cohen - So Long, Marianne
12:12. Grateful Dead - Dark Star - LIVE

I was joined in the studio by members of the Family Folk Chorale, performing music of the Grateful Dead in promotion of their Grateful Dead celebration concert on Sunday, 11/20 in Arlington.
12:32. The Family Folk Chorale - The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) - LIVE
12:38. The Family Folk Chorale - Ripple - LIVE
12:45. The Family Folk Chorale - The Monkey And The Engineer - LIVE

12:50. The Grateful Dead - Playing In The Band - REQ - LIVE
01:03. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Edward The Mad Shirt Grinder - REQ
01:15. Eden's Children - Knocked Out - REQ
01:20. Donovan - Goo Goo Barabajagal
01:23. Bob Dylan - Maggie's Farm
01:27. The Byrds - Time Between - REQ
01:29. The Monkees - Papa Gene's Blues - REQ
01:31. The Youngbloods - On Sir Francis Drake
01:37. Neil Young - Words (Between The Lines Of Age)
01:46. Humble Pie - Live With Me
01:55. The Who - Pure And Easy - REQ

Thanks for listening!
Eli Polonsky

November 11, 2011, with host Alex McNeil

It's 11-11-11, so I played records that peaked at positions 11 or 111 on the Billboard charts:
01. Jerry Butler - Moon River (CD, 1961)
02. Ben E. King - Don't Play That Song (CD, 1962)
03. Sam Cooke - Little Red Rooster (CD, 1963)
04. Crystals - He's Sure the Boy I Love (CD, 1963)
05. Gene Simmons - Haunted House (45, 1964)
06. Barbara Lewis - Make Me Your Baby (CD, 1965)
07. Jackie Wilson - Whispers (Gettin' Louder) (CD, 1966)
08. Little Joe Blue - Dirty Work Going On (45, 1966)
09. Ramsey Lewis Trio - Hang On Sloopy (LP, 1965)
10. Petula Clark - A Sign of the Times (CD, 1966)
11. Donovan - There Is a Mountain (CD, 1967)
12. Kinks - See My Friends (CD, 1965)
13. Yardbirds - Shapes of Things (CD, 1966)
14. Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass - Zorba the Greek (CD, 1966)
15. Martha Reeves & Vandellas - Honey Chile (CD, 1967)
16. Smokey Robinson & Miracles - If You Can Want (CD, 1968)
17. Percy Sledge - Take Time to Know Her (CD, 1968)
18. James Brown - Mother Popcorn, part 1 (CD, 1969)
19. Cannonball Adderley - Mercy Mercy Mercy (CD, 1967)
20. Norma Jean - Let's Go All the Way (LP, 1963) [#11 country]
21. Wanda Jackson - Tears Will Be the Chaser for Your Wine (CD, 1967) [#11 country]
22. Ray Price - Don't You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me (CD, 1966) [#11 country]
23. Boots Randolph - Anna (45, 1970)
24. Sunshine Company - Willie Jean (45, 1968)
25. Spiral Starecase - Baby What I Mean (CD, 1968)
26. Terry Knight & the Pack - A Change on the Way (CD, 1966)
27. Bob Darin - Jive (CD, 1969)
28. Rupert's People - Reflections of Charles Brown (45, 1967)
29. People - Apple Cider (CD, 1968)
30. Music Machine - Double Yellow Line (CD, 1967)
31. Mia Farrow - Lullaby from 'Rosemary's Baby' (CD, 1968)
32. Robin McNamara - Lay a Little Lovin' on Me (CD, 1970)
33. Monkees - Words (CD, 1967)
34. Derek - Cinnamon (CD, 1969)
35. Sammy Davis Jr. - I've Gotta Be Me (45, 1969)
36. Royal Scots Dragoon Guards - Amazing Grace (45, 1972)
37. John Kongos - Tokoloshe Man (CD, 1971)
38. Stories - Darling (LP, 1973)
39. Magna Carta - Airport Song (CD, 1970)

Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011 - Eli Polonsky

12:04. The Grateful Dead - Loose Lucy
12:08. King Crimson - Circkus - REQ
12:14. The Moody Blues - Voices In The Sky
12:17. Buffalo Springfield - Expecting To Fly - REQ
12:22. Procol Harum - Boredom - REQ
12:29. Melanie - Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma - REQ
12:34. Hot Tuna - Death Don't Have No Mercy - LIVE
12:39. Fleetwood Mac - Sunny Side Of Heaven
12:45. Derek & The Dominos - Little Wing
12:50. Quicksilver Messenger Service - What About Me
12:57. Van Morrison - The Way Young Lovers Do
01:03. The Grateful Dead - Eyes Of The World - REQ - LIVE

Celebrating the birthday of Bonnie Raitt b.11/8/49:
01:21. Bonnie Raitt - Bluebird - REQ
01:25. Bonnie Raitt - Give It Up Or Let Me Go
01:28. Bonnie Raitt - What Do You Want The Boy To Do

Celebrating the birthday of Bonnie Bramlett b.11/8/44:
01:33. Delaney & Bonnie & Friends - Soul Shake
01:37. Delaney & Bonnie - Piece Of My Heart
01:41. Delaney & Bonnie - Only You Know And I Know

Celebrating the birthday of Roy Wood b.11/8/46:
01:48. The Move - Night Of Fear
01:52. The Move - I Can Hear The Grass Grow
01:56. The Move - Blackberry Way

Thanks for listening!
Eli Polonsky

It's Fundraising Week!

01. James Brown - Please Please Please (CD, 1956)
02. Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks - Where's the Money (LP, 1971)
03. Roy Buchanan - Pretty Please (CD, 1961)
04. Brass Ring - The Dis-Advantages of You (CD, 1967)
05. Four Tops - Just Seven Numbers (CD, 1971)
06. Ray Charles - Don't Change on Me (LP, 1971)
07. Lighthouse - One Fine Morning (45, 1971)
08. Freddy Cannon - Buzz Buzz a Diddle-It (CD, 1961)
09. Hank Ballard & the Midnighters - The Hoochi Coochi Coo (CD, 1961)
10. Gene Chandler - Soul Hootenanny (45, 1964)
11. Ike & Tina Turner - Bold Soul Sister (CD, 1970)
12. Alive & Kickin' - Just Let It Come (45, 1970)
13. Terry Stafford - I'll Touch a Star (45, 1964)
14. Neville Brothers (Wild Tchoupitoulas) - Meet de Boys on the Battlefront (LP, 1976)
15. Chartbusters - She's the One (CD, 1964)
16. Petula Clark - Round Every Corner (CD, 1965)
17. Shangri-Las - Long Live Our Love (CD, 1966)
18. Guess Who - Undun (CD, 1969)
19. Al Wilson - The Snake (CD, 1968)
20. Procol Harum - Homburg (LP, 1967)
21. Jerry Lee Lewis - Hit the Road Jack (45, 1963)
22. Mark Wirtz - Grocer Jack's Dream (CD, 1967)
23. Dusty Springfield - It Was Easier to Hurt Him (CD, 1965)
24. Sandie Shaw - Tonight in Tokyo (CD, 1970)
25. Evie Sands - Any Way That You Want Me (CD, 1969)
26. Beatles - Thank You Girl (LP, 1964)
27. Scaffold - Thank U Very Much (LP, 1968)
28. Big Star - Thank You Friends (CD, 1974)
29. Rolling Stones - We Love You (LP, 1967)

Tues., 11/1/11 - Eli Polonsky - Fundraiser

12:02. Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Shake Your Money Maker
12:07. Boz Scaggs - Loan Me A Dime
12:23. Pink Floyd - Astronomy Domine
12:31. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Mona - LIVE - REQ
12:43. The Grateful Dead - Box Of Rain

For Arlo Guthrie, playing in Boston 11/3:
12:55. Arlo Guthrie - Coming Into Los Angeles - LIVE
12:58. Arlo Guthrie - Running Down The Road
01:01. Arlo Guthrie - Standing At The Threshold
01:05. Arlo Guthrie - Live telephone interview
01:22. Arlo Guthrie - The Motorcycle Song - LIVE

01:40. Super Session (Al Kooper, Stephen Stills) - Season Of The Witch - REQ
01:57. Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks - Where's The Money?

Thanks for listening, and for your support! If you missed this program, but you would still like to donate to WMBR in support of my show, please pledge online here any time through November 14, and select "Lost and Found - Tues." from the "Pledge for which show" pulldown!
Thanks again,
Eli Polonsky