June 29, 2012, Playlist with host Alex McNeil

Original Versions, part one:

1. Sunny Dae & the Knights - Rock Around the Clock (CD, 1954)
2. Drifters - Drip Drop (CD, 1958)
3. Richard Berry - Louie Louie (CD, 1957)
4. Ronald & Ruby - Lollipop (CD, 1958)
5. Barbie Gaye - My Boy Lollipop (CD, 1956)
6. Hank Ballard & the Midnighters - The Twist (CD, 1960)
7. Don Covay - Pony Time (CD, 1961)
8. Top Notes - Twist and Shout (LP, 1961)
9. Avantis - Keep On Dancing (CD, 1963)
10. Don Covay - Mercy, Mercy (CD, 1964)
11. Larry Williams - She Said Yeah (45, 1957)
12. Valentinos - It's All Over Now (CD, 1964)
13. Alvin Robinson - Down Home Girl (CD, 1964)
14. Irma Thomas - Time Is on My Side (CD, 1964)
15. Sam Cooke - Yeah Man (CD)
16. Yvonne Fair - I Found You (CD, 1962)
17. Sharon Marie - Thinkin' About You Baby (CD, 1964)
18. James Brown - I Got You (CD, 1964 unreleased version)
19. Miracles - Shop Around (CD, 1960 "local" Detroit version)
20. Brenda Holloway - Every Little Bit Hurts (CD, 1963 Del-Fi version)
21. Tommy Roe - Sheila (CD, 1960 Judd version)
22. Boots Randolph - Yakety Sax (CD, 1958 RCA version)
23. Jack Bruce - Theme for an Imaginary Western (LP, 1969)
24. Tim Buckley - Morning Glory (CD, 1967)
25. Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman (CD, 1968)
26. Jake Holmes - Dazed and Confused (LP, 1967)
27. Bob Lind - Cheryl's Goin' Home (CD, 1966)
28. Mac Rice - Mustang Sally (CD, 1965)
29. Lowell Fulsom - Tramp (45, 1967)
30. Soul Brothers Six - Some Kind of Wonderful (CD, 1967)
31. Linda Lyndell - What a Man (CD, 1968)
32. Evie Sands - Angel of the Morning (CD, 1967)
33. Jackie DeShannon - Bette Davis Eyes (CD, 1973)
34. Lori Lieberman - Killing Me Softly With His Song (LP, 1972)
35. Clarence Carter - Tell Daddy (CD, 1967)
36. Arthur Alexander - Burning Love (CD, 1972)
37. Dells - Higher and Higher (CD, 1967)

Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - Eli Polonsky

This show contained live telephone interviews with legendary bassist Jack Casady of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, and with singer-composer Peter Hammill of the British progressive band Van Der Graff Generator.

Hot Tuna (acoustic) are performing two shows this Sunday, July 1 (3pm and 7pm) at the Bull Run Restaurant in Shirley MA, and one show at the Newburyport, MA High School Auditorium on Saturday, July 7 (8pm).

Van Der Graff Generator performed on Thursday, June 28 at the Regent Theatre in Arlington, MA.

12:04. Jefferson Airplane - The Ballad Of You And Me And Pooneil
12:09. Jefferson Airplane - Crown Of Creation
12:12. Hot Tuna - Mann's Fate - LIVE
12:17. Jack Casady - Live telephone interview - LIVE
12:45. Hot Tuna - Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning - LIVE
12:50. Hot Tuna - Mama Let Me Lay It On You (2011)

12:56. Van Der Graff Generator - Scorched Earth
01:06. Peter Hammill - Live telephone interview - LIVE
01:25. Van Der Graff Generator - The Sleepwalkers

01:34. The Grateful Dead - Unbroken Chain
01:42. Canned Heat - Fried Hockey Boogie
01:55. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers - Full Speed Ahead - REQ

Thanks for listening,
Eli Polonsky

June 22, 2012, playlist with host Alex McNeil

My guest today was Josh Boyce, who (once again) generously pledged for air time during our 2011 Fundraising Week.  Thanks, Josh!

1. Kinks - Victoria (CD, 1970)
2. Manfred Mann - Pretty Flamingo (CD, 1966)
3. Donovan - The Trip (LP, 1965)
4. Small Faces - Whatcha Gonna Do About It (CD, 1965)
5. Bert Jansch - Back Water Side (LP, 1965)
6. Pentangle - Light Flight (CD, 1969)
7. Meters - Sophisticated Cissy (CD, 1969)
8. Al Green - I Can't Get Next to You (CD, 1971)
9. LaBelle - Moon Shadow (CD)
10. Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band - You Gotta Know Whatcha Doin' (CD)
11. Tyrone Davis - Can I Change My Mind (45, 1971)
12. Joyce Jones - Help Me Make Up My Mind (CD, 1971)
13. Young Jessie & the Cadets - Mary Lou (CD)
14. Ronnie Hawkins - Mary Lou (LP, 1959)
15. Bob Dylan & the Band - Yazoo Street Scandal (CD, 1967)
16. The Band  Jemima Surrender (CD, 1971)
17. Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get a Message to You (CD, 1968)
18. Monkees - Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) (LP, 1966)
19. Monkees - She Hangs Out (CD, 1967)
20. Fleetwood Mac - Sentimental Lady (LP, 1971)
21. Fleetwood Mac - Hypnotized (LP, 1972)
22. Otis Redding - Day Tripper (CD, 1967)
23. Booker T. & the M.G.'s - Soul Dressing (CD, 1964)
24. Sam & Dave - Wrap It Up (CD)
25. Howlin' Wolf - Killing Floor (CD, 1964)
26. Dobie Gray - The In Crowd (CD, 1965)
27. Dobie Gray - Drift Away (LP, 1973)
28. Mickey & Sylvia - Love Is Strange (CD, 1957)
29. Moments - Love on a Two Way Street (CD)
30. Sylvia - Pillow Talk (CD)
31. Robins (Coasters) - Smokey Joe's Cafe (CD, 1955)
32. Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind (LP)
33. Big Star - September Gurls (CD, 1973)

Tuesday, June 19, 2012 - Eli Polonsky - Show programmed by guest DJ John Vartanian

Show programmed by guest DJ airtime pledge donor John Vartanian. Thanks to John for supporting WMBR and for putting together a great show!

12:01. Rare Earth - Big Brother - LIVE
12:07. Steppenwolf - Power Play - LIVE
12:10. Steppenwolf - Howlin' For My Baby - LIVE
12:15. Joe Cocker - Space Captain - LIVE
12:20. Roy Buchanan - Fly ...Night Bird
12:28. Jimi Hendrix - Pali Gap
12:33. Billy Cobham - Stratus
12:44. Ten Years After - Love Like A Man
12:52. Alexis Korner & Robert Plant - Operator
12:56. Iron Butterfly - My Mirage
01:03. Jethro Tull - My God
01:11. Grand Funk Railroad - No Lies
01:15. John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band - Remember
01:19. Paul & Linda McCartney - 3 Legs
01:23. Melanie - Candles In The Rain
01:25. Melanie w/The Edwin Hawkins Singers - Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)
01:29. Jeff Beck - Rock My Plimsoul
01:32. Deep Purple - Chasing Shadows
01:38. Gentle Giant - Why Not
01:45. The Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)
01:49. The Rolling Stones - Stray Cat Blues - LIVE
01:53. Alice Cooper - Long Way To Go
01:56. The Doors - End Of The Night

Thanks for listening,
Eli Polonsky

June 15, 2012, playlist with host Alex McNeil

More Mick Jagger/Keith Richards covers:

1. Jimmy Tarbuck - Wastin' Time (CD, 1965)
2. Buchanan Brothers - The Last Time (CD, 1969)
3. Charles Dickens - So Much in Love (CD, 1966)
4. 18th Century Concepts - Have You Seen Your Mother Baby (LP, 1967)
5. New Riders of the Purple Sage - Dead Flowers (LP, 1974)
6. Chris Farlowe - Yesterday's Papers (CD, 1966)
7. Leslie West - Honky Tonk Women (LP, 1975)
8. Johnny Winter - Let It Bleed (LP, 1973)
9. Leslie West - High Roller (LP, 1975)
10. Johnny Winter - Stray Cat Blues (LP, 1974)
11. Rod Stewart - Street Fighting Man (LP, 1970)
12. Alex Chilton - The Singer, Not the Song (EP, 1978)
13. Real Kids - Grown Up Wrong (CD, 1978)
14. Chris Farlowe - Think (CD, 1966)
15. Linda Ronstadt - Tumblin' Dice (LP, 1978)
16. Ellen Foley - Stupid Girl (LP, 1979)
17. Bette Midler - Beast of Burden (LP, 1984)
18. Jennifer Warnes - Shine a Light (LP, 1977)
19. Joe Scott - Dandelion (LP, 1969)
20. Glass Menagerie - She's a Rainbow (CD, 1968)
21. Pozo Seco - Ruby Tuesday (LP, 1970)
22. Lady Jane - Jigsaw Puzzle (45, 1970)
23. Jamul - Jumpin' Jack Flash (LP, 1970)
24. Aretha Franklin - You Can't Always Get What You Want (LP, 1981)
25. Solomon Burke - I Got the Blues (CD, 2005)
26. Alejandro Escovedo - Sway (CD, 1996)
27. The Damned - We Love You (CD, 1981)
28. String Quartet Tribute to the Rolling Stones - 2000 Light Years from Home (2003)
29. Mekons - Heart of Stone (CD, 1987)
30. Swinging Steaks - Live with Me (CD, 1992)
31. Treat Her Right - Factory Girl (CD, 1991)

Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - Eli Polonsky

12:02. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Who Do You Love - LIVE
12:16. King Crimson - In The Wake Of Poseidon
12:24. The Steve Miller Band - Brave New World - REQ
12:27. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Gloomy - REQ

A few more for David Bromberg, performing in Somerville on 6/14.
12:34. David Bromberg - Someone Else's Blues
12:42. David Bromberg & Dr. John - You Don't Wanna Make Me Mad (2011)
12:48. David Bromberg - I Like To Sleep Late In The Morning
12:52. David Bromberg - Statesboro Blues/Church Bell Blues

12:57. Bob Dylan & The Band - You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - REQ
01:04. Quicksilver Messenger Service - California State Correctional Facility Blues - REQ
01:11. Richie Havens - Freedom - REQ • LIVE
01:20. Love - Alone Again Or
01:24. Van Morrison - The Way Young Lovers Do

A couple from the Monterey Pop Festival, the 45th anniversary coming up this weekend.
01:26. Eric Burdon & The Animals - San Franciscan Nights - LIVE
01:33. The Grateful Dead - Cold Rain And Snow - LIVE

A memorial mini-tribute to Bob Welch of Fleetwood Mac 1971-1974, who died on 6-7-12.
01:39. Fleetwood Mac - Sentimental Lady - REQ
01:46. Fleetwood Mac - Sunny Side Of Heaven
01:51. Fleetwood Mac - Future Games

Thanks for listening,
Eli Polonsky

June 8, 2012, Playlist with Host Alex McNeil

My guest today was Denny Tedesco, producer and director of the documentary film, "The Wrecking Crew," about the L.A. session players who played on so many records of the Lost and Found era (Denny is the son of session guitarist Tommy Tedesco).  For more information about the film, go to www.wreckingcrewfilm.com or wreckingcrew.tv.

1. Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans - Dr. Kaplan's Office (45, 1963)
2. Ronettes - Be My Baby (LP, 1963)
3. Ronettes - Tedesco and Pitman (45, 1963)
4. Beach Boys - I Get Around (backing track) (CD, 1963)
5. Beach Boys - God Only Knows (instrumental recording session) (CD, 1966)
6. Mar-Ketts - Out of Limits (CD, 1964)
7. Hal Blaine - Secret Agent Man (LP, 1966)
8. Bobby Darin - Eighteen Yellow Roses (CD, 1963)
9. Jack Nitzsche - The Lonely Surfer (CD, 1963)
10. Marvin Gaye - Hello Dolly
11. Mamas & Papas - Monday, Monday (LP, 1966)
12. Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made for Walkin' (LP, 1966)
13. Tommy Tedesco - Lover Man
14. Mar-Ketts - Surfer's Stomp (CD, 1963)

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 - Eli Polonsky

This show included a telephone interview with David Bromberg, who will be performing at the Somerville Theatre with Loudon Wainwright III opening on Thursday, June 14th.

12:00. The Bubble Puppy - I've Got To Reach You
12:08. The Byrds - Mr. Spaceman
12:10. The Freeborne - Peak Impressions & Thoughts
12:19. Jethro Tull - Singing All Day - REQ
12:22. Procol Harum - Homburg
12:26. The Rolling Stones - The Lantern
12:33. Derek & The Dominoes - Why Does Love Have To Be So Sad? - LIVE
12:47. The Electric Prunes - Love Grows - REQ
12:54. Blind Faith - Had To Cry Today - REQ
01:03. Mountain - Theme From An Imaginary Western - REQ
01:08. The Steve Miller Band - My Friend - REQ
01:12. The Beacon Street Union - The Clown Died In Marvin Gardens - REQ
01:18. David Bromberg - Will Not Be Your Fool - LIVE
01:25. David Bromberg w/Levon Helm - Tongue (2011)
01:29. David Bromberg - The Holdup - REQ
01:34. David Bromberg - Live telephone interview
01:52. David Bromberg w/Levon Helm - Bring It With You When You Come (2011)
01:55. David Bromberg - Demon In Disguise

Thanks for listening,
Eli Polonsky

June 4, 2012 Playlist w/ Host Bob Dubrow

The station was off the air when I arrived, so at 11:45 I started playing a 28-minute version of "East-West" by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (live at The Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, CA 1967).  This  piece continued through the first part of the show until almost 11:15.  I used two other 1966 versions (from Hollywood and Chicago) of the same song as background music during the rest of show.  The three live performances are available on a 1996 Winner Records release entitled East-West Live.  The Al Kooper/Jimmy Vivino band did not play this classic during the Michael Bloomfield Benefit concert this past Thursday at the Berklee Performance Center.

Set 01:
1. Pentangle - "A Maid That's Deep in Love" (live on "Folk on One," BBC Radio, 9/3/70 from The Lost Broadcasts 1968-1972 2004)
2. Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane - "April Fool" (Rough Mix 1977)
3. Emtidi - "Love Time Rain" (Saat 1972)
4. The Druids - "Doctor Friend" (1967 from V/A: Psychedelic States: New York in the 60s Vol. 3 compilation 2011)
5. Contact - "Lovers From the Sky" (1968 from V/A: Lovers From the Sky: Pop Psych Sounds From the Apple Era 1968-1971 compilation 2010)
6. Procol Harum - "Shine On Brightly (alternate mono 1967 version)" (bonus track from 2009 CD reissue of Shine on Brightly 1968)
7. Goblin - "The Swan is a Murderer" (Cherry Five 1975)

Set 02:
1. Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) - "From Under" (Chocolate Kings 1975)
2. Valhalla - "Heads Are Free" (Valhalla 1969)
3. The Doors - "Peace Frog" (Morrison's Hotel 1970)
4. Julius Victor - "Slide Rule" (From the Nest 1969)
5. The Chains - "How Do You Feel" (1968 from The Beatles From El Paso compilation 2006)
6. The Third Estate - "Puppet City" (Years Before the Wine 1974)

Set 03:
1. Mudcrutch (Tom Petty) - "On the Street" (1973 from Playback box set 1995)
2. Les Rover - "Dans Cinquante Ans D'ici (Fifty Years From Now)" (1967 from V/A: Groove Club Vol 1: La Confiserie Magique compilation 2010)
3. Paul McCartney - "A Love For You" (1971 bonus track outtake from 2012 CD reissue of Ram 1971)
4. The Fenmen - "Is This Your Way" (1966 from Sunstroke compilation 2010)
5. Katch 22 - "Go and Say Goodbye" (It's Soft Rock and All Sorts, It's Katch 22 1968)
6. The Stone Poneys - "Everybody Has Their Own Ideas" (1966 from Box Set 1999)

Set 04:
1. Bronx Cheer - "Oh So Easy" (1973 from Bronx Cheer Was Here compilation 2007)
2. Beck, Bogart & Appice - "Jizz Whizz" (1974 previously unreleased from Beckology box 1991)
3. Frank Zappa - "Stairway to Heaven" (1988 from The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life 1991)

June 1, 2012, Playlist with host Alex McNeil

Songs of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards:

1. Teddy Green - Give Me Your Hand (CD, 1964)
2. George Bean - Will You Be My Lover Tonight (LP, 1964)
3. Greenbeats - You Must Be the One (CD, 1965)
4. Gene Pitney - That Girl Belongs to Yesterday (CD, 1964)
5. Lulu & the Luvvers - Surprise, Surprise (LP, 1964)
6. Termites - Tell Me (LP, 1965)
7. Dick and DeeDee - Blue Turns to Grey (CD, 1965)
8. Mojo Men - Off the Hook (CD, 1966)
9. Beau Brummels - Play with Fire (LP, 1966)
10. Pat Boone - As Tears Go By (45, 1966)
11. Otis Redding - Satisfaction (CD, 1966)
12. Alexis Korner - Get Off My Cloud (CD, 1975)
13. Standells - 19th Nervous Breakdown (LP, 1966)
14. Chris Farlowe - Out of Time (CD, 1966)
15. Searchers - Take It Or Leave It (CD, 1966)
16. Twice As Much - Sittin' on a Fence (CD, 1966)
17. Ray Bryant - Paint It Black (LP, 1967)
18. Sandie Shaw - Sympathy for the Devil (CD, 1969)
19. Jennifer (Jennifer Warnes) - I Am Waiting (LP, 1969)
20. Merry Clayton - Gimme Shelter (LP, 1970)
21. Del Shannon - Under My Thumb (CD, 1966)
22. Distortions - Let's Spend Some Time Together (45, 1968)
23. Bobby Darin - Back Street Girl (CD, 1967)
24. Plastic Cow (Mike Melvoin) - Lady Jane (LP, 1969)
25. Montrose - Connection (LP, 1974)
26. Johnny Winter - Silver Train (LP, 1973)
27. Spirit - Happy (LP, 1976)
28. KISS - 2000 Man (CD, 1996)
29. Old and in the Way - Wild Horses (LP, 1975)
30. Joan Baez - No Expectations (CD, 1970)
31. 5th Dimension - Moonlight Mile (LP, 1975)
32. Betty Lavette - Salt of the Earth (CD, 2010)

May 31, 2012 Playlist w/ Host Bob Dubrow

Background music provided by Goblin - Volume II 1975-1980 compilation (1998)

Set 01:
1. Paul McCartney - "Rode All Night" (1971 outtake bonus track from 2012 CD re-issue of Ram 1971)
2. Owen B - "All We Are Asking" (Owen B 1970)
3. Terry Knight and The Pack - "I've Been Told" (Terry Knight and The Pack 1966)
4. Four Fifths - "If You Still Want Me" (1966 from V/A: Pebbles Vol. 4 compilation 1990)
5. The Byrds - "You Showed Me" (1964 Columbia Records demo from 2012 CD expanded re-issue of Preflyte compilation 1969)

Set 02:
1. Iron Claw - "Pavement Artist" (1972 from Iron Claw compilation 2009)
2. Free - "Trouble on Double Time" (1969 previously unreleased track from Songs of Yesterday box set 2000)
3. Big Brother and the Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin - "Catch Me Daddy" (Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968 2012)
4. Syndicate - "Next 21st of May" (1968 from Psychedelic States: Wisconsin in the 60s compilation 2008)
5. Rock Island - "When I Was a Boy" (Rock Island 1969)
6. Emerson Lake & Palmer - "Take a Pebble" (Live at the Mar y Sol Festival '72 2011)

Set 03:
1. Bruce Springsteen - "Bishop Danced" (9/01/73 WBCN Studio from Bound For Glory: The Rare 1973 Broadcasts compilation 2011)
2. Bert Jansch - "The Blacksmith (alternate version)" (1974 bonus track from 2009 CD re-issue of L.A. Turnaround 1974)
3. Steeleye Span - "Bonny Moorhen"(1973 outtake from Parcel of Rogue sessions from A Parcel of Steeleye Span: Their First Five Chrysalis Albums 1972-1975 box 2009)
4. King Jung Mi - "Wind" (Now 1973)
5. Roger and Wendy - "Wind" (Love Rog and Wem 1971)
6. Hunt & Turner - "Living Without You" (Magic Landscape 1972)

Set 04:
1. Neil Young w/ Levon Helm and Rick Danko - "Looking For a Love" (1975 S.N.A.C.K. Benefit, San Francisco)
2. Evol - "You Shall Be Saved" (Evol 1970)
3. Brinsley Schwarz - "Lady Constant" (Brinsley Schwarz 1970)
4. Harsh Reality - "Girl of My Dreams" (Heaven and Hell 1969)
5. The Pretty Things - "I'll Never Be Me" (Philippe DeBarge 1969)

Set 05:
1. Dr. John - "The Patriotic Flag-Waver" (Babylon 1969)
2. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - "School's Out" (Penthouse Tapes 1976)