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A pennant-winning battery of songland. Ongoing feature: Single File, a half-hour of randomly selected small records with big holes.

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East Orange, NJ

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A pennant-winning battery of songland. Ongoing feature: Single File, a half-hour of randomly selected small records with big holes.

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English

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Deep Dig at Lincoln Center (With Special Guest Don Fleming) from Jan 27, 2025

1/27/2025
Jigsaw - "Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring" - single [0:00:00] Certain Lions & Tigers - "El Soul Condor" - Soul Condor [0:06:57] Luis Verona, His Piano, and Orchestra - "Hang On Sloopy" - The Moods of Miami '68 [0:09:56] Nai Bonet - "Jelly Belly" - single [0:12:58] Miriam Makeba - "Theme from "Black Orpheus"" - single [0:15:21] Paul Davidson - "Midnight Rider" - single [0:17:40] Paper Cup - "Gimme Some Lovin'" - single [0:20:49] Set: Some 10" records from the library's collection Alfredito - "Mambo from Mars" - Alfredito Plays Mambo for Dancing [0:34:03] Farida Parveen and Abu Zafar - "Patriotic Song" - 10" single [0:37:40] Saliha - "Mâa El Azzaba" - 10" EP [0:42:45] Teddy Charles, Hall Overton, and Ed Shaughnessy - "Mobiles" - New Directions [0:47:46] Moondog - "Hard Shoe" - Snakebite Series [Featuring Ray Malone] [0:51:39] François and Bernard Baschet - "Valse" - Structures for Sound: Musical Instruments by François and Bernard Baschet [from a MOMA exhibition] [0:53:52] John K. Almeida and His Hawaiians - "Anapau" - Souvenir Songs of Hawaii: Volume 1 [0:55:55] Set: Some gems from the Folkways collection at NYPL Big Joe Williams - "Elevate Me, Baby" - Mississippi's Big Joe Williams [1:15:17] Cat-Iron - "I'm Goin' to Walk Your Log" - Cat-Iron Sings Blues and Hymns [1:18:28] Unknown Ika Artist - "Chicote" - Sacred and Profane Music of the Ika [1:21:02] Unknown Hebrides Bagpiper - "Hebrides Bagpipes" - Songs and Pipes of the Hebrides [1:24:20] Unknown Turkish Artists - "Hovarda Zeybek" - Folk and Traditional Music of Turkey [violin, kanun, clarinet, and darbuka] [1:26:44] Set: Single File: a bunch of singles from Lincoln Center in a row for about a half-hour The Jickle Boys - "Goo Goo Bird" - single [1:36:30] Norman Maine and His Orch. - "Babylon 3-9970" - single [1:38:40] Gregg Hunter & the Cut-Ups - ""Beepy" Takes a Shower" - single [1:41:27] Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra - "Goldfinger" - single [1:43:52] Joyce Jameson - "You're Gettin' Warm" - single [1:46:12] Leon McAuliff and Cimarron Boys - "Three Bears" - single [remake of 1949 hit] [1:48:29] Jay Johnson - "Spilled Milk" - single [1:50:38] Rock Murphy - "Git with It" - single [1:52:59] Don Johnson - "Perdido" - single [1:55:02] Don Lee - "ECHO, Echo, echo" - single [1:57:06] The Young Folk - "Joey" - single [1:59:11] Set: An Epic set Henry Gibson - "The People Were Great" - The Grass Menagerie (Or a Flower Child's Garden of Verses) [2:13:31] Peter Ivers Band with Yolande Bavan - "Dark Illumination" - Knight of the Blue Communion [2:16:12] The Head Shop - "Revolution" - The Head Shop [2:19:52] Anna Black - "Eleanor Rigby" - Meet Anna Black [required Eleanor Rigby content] [2:21:55] Vic Lewis and His Orchestra - "Mellow Yellow" - Donovan My Way [2:25:22] Stu Phillips - "Friendly Fuzz" - Run, Angel, Run: Original Soundtrack Recording [2:27:46] West - "Just LIke Tom Thumb's Blues" - West [required Bob Dylan content] [2:30:06] POEZ - "The New Wave Pizzeria" - single [2:42:16] That Hideous Strength - "A Night at the Space Opera" - single [2:44:13] The Special Guests - "Cezanne" - single [2:46:34] The Denims - "The Adler Sock" - single [a song about a brand of sock] [2:49:34] Euel Box with Charlie Rich - "Benji's Theme - I Feel Love" - Benji: Music from the Original Sound Track [2:51:45] Jim and Jesse - "When I Stop Dreaming" - Saluting the Louvin Brothers [2:55:01] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/148533

Duration:03:08:33

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The Right Room from Jan 20, 2025

1/20/2025
Dominic Cortese - "Allo! Allo! Allo!" - Accordion Continental [0:00:00] Raymond Boisserie, son accordeon et son orchestre - "La Femme de mon ami" - Actualite Musette... [0:04:46] Roger Vaysse et son orchestre - "Avalanche" - Danse a Tout Va! [0:06:31] Les Freres Peguri - "Enivrante" - Café de Paris: 18 Accordion Classics from the Boulevards of Paris 1930–41 [0:08:11] Francois Chantal, Maurice Brouillard and His Orchestra - "Avec Celui qu'on aime" - Accordeon de Paris: Music of the French Cafe with Francois Chantal [0:11:06] Gus Viseur et son Quintette Swing - "Victoria Midi" - Gus Viseur a Bruxelles [From 1946] [0:16:16] Nunzio and His Accordiocats - "Crepes Suzette" - Accelerated Accordions [0:19:06] The Art Van Damme Quintet - "Under Paris Skies / Domino / Pigalle" - They're Playing Our Song: Fifty Years of Hit Songs [0:21:38] Louis Richard Day's Accordeon Swing Quartet - "Coquette" - Squeeze Me: The Jazz and Swing Accordion Story [From 1938] [0:25:34] Edith Piaf - "L'accordeoniste" - Eternelle [live in '55] [0:27:42] Rose City Band - "Radio Song" - Sol y Sombra [0:46:18] Mickey Jupp - "The Right Room" - Times Like These [0:51:01] Edwyn Collins - "Knowledge" - Nation Shall Speak Unto Nation [0:53:40] sassyhiya - "Thank You and Goodbye" - Take You Somewhere [0:56:48] The Tubes - "My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains" - Now [0:59:38] The Delines - "The Imperial" - The Imperial [1:05:03] Emilia Sisco - "Your Girl" - Introducing Emilia Sisco [with Cold Diamond & Mink] [1:10:18] Salvator Dragatto - "Shadows" - Thoughts of You [1:14:39] Frank Wess - "Red Roses" - Flute of the Loom [1:18:05] BADBADNOTGOOD & Tim Bernardes - "Poeira Cosmica" - single [1:21:13] Neil Diamond and The Band - "Dry Your Eyes" - The Last Waltz [Happy MLK Day] [1:25:22] Set: Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row for about a half-hour The Del Lords - "Judas Kiss" - single [1:35:15] Nina Simone - "Suzanne" - single [1:39:22] Eddie Cooley and the Dimples - "Priscilla" - single [1:43:35] The Searchers - "This Empty Place" - single [1:46:07] Jessi Colter - "You Ain't Never Been Loved (Like I'm Gonna Love You)" - single [1:48:10] Joe Walsh - "A Life of Illusion" - single [1:51:01] Uncle Louie - "Full Tilt Boogie (Pt. 1)" - single [1:54:27] New Order - "The Perfect Kiss" - single ["instrumental version"] [1:58:22] Set: Stevie's Harmonica Quincy Jones - "Superstition" - I Heard That! The Musical World of Quincy Jones [2:14:09] Chaka Khan - "I Feel for You" - I Feel for You [2:17:22] Bobbi Humphrey - "Home-Made Jam" - Freestyle [2:23:03] Herbie Hancock - "Steppin' in It" - Man-Chld [From 1975] [2:27:49] Eurythmics - "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)" - Be Yourself Tonight [2:36:21] Prefab Sprout - "Nightingales" - From Langley Park to Memphis [2:41:36] B.J. Thomas - "Happier Than the Morning Sun" - Billy Joe Thomas [2:47:25] Lenny Kravitz - "Deuce" - Kiss My Ass: Classic Kiss Regrooved [2:51:55] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/148299

Duration:03:08:44

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Remote Broadcast Failure – James C. Plays Joesongs with Guest Clay Pigeon from Jan 13, 2025

1/13/2025

Duration:03:08:01

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Episode from Jan 6, 2025

1/6/2025
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - "Lenny" - Texas Flood [From 1983] [0:00:00] Willie Wright - "Son, Don't Let Life Pass You By" - Tell the Truth [From 1977] [0:07:25] Richard and Linda Thompson - "First Light" - Dreams Fly Away: A History of Linda Thompson [demo version from 1977] [0:11:34] Everything But the Girl - "Love Is Strange" - Acoustic [0:15:39] Carole King - "Home Again" - Tapestry [From 1971] [0:18:54] Lou Bond - "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" - Lou Bond [From 1974] [0:22:01] Mary Hopkin - "Heritage" - Those Were the Days [From 1970] [0:28:02] Ron Frangipane and his Orchestra - "Wedding Bell Blues" - Rated X for Excitement [0:30:22] Collage - "1-2-3" - Collage [From 1971] [0:32:39] José Feliciano - "Malagueña" - Encore! José Feliciano's Finest Performances [0:36:57] Larry Adler - "Malagueña" - Larry Adler Again! [0:40:52] Styrofoam Winos - "Found Round" - Real Time [0:44:14] Alan Licht - "The Daily Sit" - Havens [0:46:40] Larry Hovis - "Love-Wise" - My Heart Belongs Only to You [0:52:34] The Human League - "Rock 'N' Roll / Nightclubbing" - Travelogue [bonus cut from 1980] [1:05:49] Strange Party - "I Hear the..." - Sleepwalking Through Life [From 1984] [1:10:56] Talking Heads - "A Clean Break (Let's Work)" - Talking Heads: 77 (Super Deluxe Edition) [live at CBGB, 10/10/77] [1:14:39] Television - "Kingdom Come" - No Album [live at the Piccadilly Inn, Cleveland, 7.25.75] [1:19:51] Chad and Jeremy - "Rest in Peace" - single [1:34:52] Marcia Griffiths - "Sweet Bitter Love" - single [1:37:47] Joe Vitale - "Shoot 'Em Up" - single [not endorsing!] [1:40:57] Raydio - "Get Down" - single [1:43:50] Steve Earle - "Nowhere Road" - single [1:48:09] John Hartford - "Landscape Grown Cold" - single [1:50:54] Massiel - "La, La, La" - single [1:53:20] Gil Scott-Heron - ""B" Movie" - single [1:55:45] Ralph McTell - "Michael in the Garden" - Ralph McTell Revisited [2:13:06] Strawbs - "Poor Jimmy Wilson" - Dragonfly [2:16:51] Nora Guthrie - "Emily's Illness" - single [From 1967] [2:19:28] Billy Edd Wheeler - "Bernard" - Nashville Zodiac [2:22:34] Kevin Coyne - "Mad Boy" - Case History [From 1972] [2:25:50] The Who - "Little Billy" - Odds & Sods [From 1968] [2:30:22] Daniel Johnston - "Casper the Friendly Ghost" - Yip! Jump Music [From 1983] [2:33:03] Los Lobos - "Little John of God" - The Neighborhood [2:35:23] R.E.M. - "The Wrong Child" - Green [2:38:00] Randy Newman - "Davy the Fat Boy" - Randy Newman Creates Something New Under the Sun [2:41:17] Marvin, Welch & Farrar - "Ronnie" - Second Opinion [2:44:01] John Prine - "Billy the Bum" - Diamonds in the Rough [2:47:18] David Bowie - "The Bewlay Brothers" - Hunky Dory [From 1971, alternate mix] [2:51:53] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/147839

Duration:03:08:10