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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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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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Last Leaf on the Tree from Nov 18, 2024

11/18/2024
The Mighty Accordion Band - "The Syncopated Clock" - They Said It Couldn't Be Done! [0:00:00] Leo Addeo and His Orchestra - "Dancing Tambourine" - The Music Goes 'Round and 'Round [0:04:57] Ken Nordine - "Great" - Ken Nordine Does Robert Shure's (T)Wink [From 1967] [0:07:59] Jack Malmstein - "Satan Takes a Holiday" - Ultra Lounge Volume Three: Space Capades [0:09:12] Ken Nordine - "Apple Cider" - Ken Nordine Does Robert Shure's (T)Wink [From 1967] [0:11:13] Sir Julian - "A Man and A Woman" - Ultra Lounge Volume Eleven: Organs in Orbit [0:12:52] Ken Nordine - "Ping Pong" - Ken Nordine Does Robert Shure's (T)Wink [From 1967] [0:15:20] Nelson Riddle - "Lolita Ya Ya" - Cocktail Mix Vol. 4: Soundtracks with a Twist! [0:16:35] Ken Nordine - "Dream" - Ken Nordine Does Robert Shure's (T)Wink [From 1967] [0:19:55] Sy Mann & Nick Tagg - "They're Either Too Young or Too Old" - 2 Organs & Percussion [0:21:34] Ken Nordine - "When You're Born" - Ken Nordine Does Robert Shure's (T)Wink [From 1967] [0:23:57] Bob Jung and His Orchestra - "Sweet Dick" - JUNG! The Big Band Syndrome [0:25:03] Ken Nordine - "Nothing" - Ken Nordine Does Robert Shure's (T)Wink [From 1967] [0:28:04] Henri René and His Orchestra - "Runnin' Wild" - White Heat! [0:29:25] Bud Benderbe - "Sunday Morning" - The Velvet Underground & Nico & Bud Benderbe [0:32:21] The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra - "Old Folks" - Inside Sauter-Finegan [vocal: Andy Roberts] [0:36:12] Pearl Bailey and Frank Sinatra - "A Little Learnin' Is a Dangerous Thing" - Takes Two to Tango [From 1947] [0:39:36] Ken Nordine - "Clock" - Ken Nordine Does Robert Shure's (T)Wink [From 1967] [0:46:03] Kuljit Bhamra - "Dholdrums" - Naya Beat Volume 2: South Asian Dance And Electronic Music 1988​-​1994 [0:59:28] Black Devil Disco Club - "Follow Me" - Space Oddities: Bernard Fevre, 1976-1985 [1:05:17] Derya Yildirim & Grup Şimşek - "Yakamoz" - single [1:10:21] Max Romeo - "Woke Up in Love" - Every Man Ought to Know [From 1970 or so] [1:14:09] King Jammy - "Dub for Peace" - King Jammy's Unites the Nations in Dub [1:18:09] Paul Rodgers - "I Just Want to See You Smile" - single [with the Maytals] [1:21:49] Adja Pekkan - "Bambaşka Biri" - Süperstar II [Thanks, Sylvia!] [1:24:54] Set: Single File; a bunch of 45s in a row for about a half-hour Capricorn - "Capricorn" - single [1:35:29] Calypso Squibby - "The Chook" - single [1:37:20] Cynthia Richards - "If You're Ready Come Go with Me" - single [1:41:57] Mike Post - "Theme from L.A. Law" - single [1:43:54] Websters New World - "When You Grow Up" - single [1:47:24] Roberta Flack - "Jesse" - single [1:50:10] Hank Snow, the Singing Ranger & His Rainbow Ranch Boys - "I Don't Hurt Anymore" - single [1:54:10] Billy Joe Royal - "Watching from the Bandstand" - single [1:57:08] Wall of Voodoo - "Call of the West" - single [1:59:33] Brenna MacMillan - "What's to Come" - Dear Life [with Ronnie McCoury] [2:14:39] John Hartford - "I Didn't Know the World Would Last This Long" - John Hartford [2:17:00] Chris Acker - "Game 6 of '86" - Famous Lunch [2:20:55] Ian & Sylvia and The Great Speckled Bird - "Lonesome Valley" - You Were On My Mind [2:23:29] Billy Edd Wheeler - "You Fight Your Fight and I'll Fight Me" - Nashville Zodiac [2:26:58] Tombstone Trailerpark - "Please Old Car" - Come On Down [2:30:51] Neko Case - "Look for Me (I'll Be Around)" - Blacklisted [2:33:34] Swamp Dogg - "Murder Ballad" - Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th St [2:36:53] Willie Nelson - "Last Leaf" - Last Leaf on the Tree [2:42:42] Tami Neilson - "Always on My Mind" - Neilson Sings Nelson [2:46:00] Johnny Paycheck - "Family Bible" - Uncovered: The First Recordings [early '60s] [2:50:33] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/146223
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Episode from Nov 11, 2024

11/11/2024
The Wilderness Yet - "Westlin Winds" - Westlin Winds [0:00:00] Sam Grassie - "Return to Fingal" - Sandwood EP [0:06:19] Roger McGuinn with Judy Collins - "John Riley" - Treasures from the Folk Den [0:09:30] Charlotte Greig - "The Cuckoo" - Winter Woods [0:13:04] Susan Reed - "He Moved Through the Fair" - Susan Reed Sings Old Airs from Ireland Scotland and England [From 1954] [0:17:56] Frankie Archer - "Elsie Marley" - Pressure and Persuasion EP [0:20:07] Marianne Faithfull - "Sally Free and Easy" - North Country Maid [From 1966] [0:23:10] Julie Murphy - "Sylvie" - Black Mountains Revisited [0:25:31] Lankum - "Go Dig My Grave" - Live in Dublin [0:31:01] Rachel Newton - "The Sailing of the Emigrant Ship" - Sealladh [0:41:59] DeDanann - "The Mountain Streams" - The Best of DeDanann [vocal: Dolores Keane] [0:46:59] The Bothy Band - "Farewell to Erin" - Old Hag You Have Killed Me [0:50:56] The National Gallery - "Diana in the Autumn Wind" - Performing Musical Interpretations of the Paintings of Paul Klee [From 1968] [1:09:39] Beth Orton - "Last Leaves of Autumn" - Sugaring Season [1:11:41] Françoise Hardy - "Ma Jeunesse Fout Le Camp" - Mon Amour Adieu [thanks to Michele for gifting me this LP!] [1:15:32] Tindersticks - "Always a Stranger" - Soft Tissue [1:18:43] Nina de la Puebla - "My Pains Are Very Big" - My Greatest Revenge: Flamenco Recordings, 1904-1938 [1:24:33] Quincy Jones & His Orchestra - "Close Your Eyes" - Mercury 40th Anniversary V.S.O.P. Album [From 1960] [1:28:04] Set: Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row for about a half-hour Quincy Jones - "Ironside" - single [1:36:52] Maureen McGovern - "Different Worlds (Theme from the Paramount TV Series "Angie")" - single [1:40:24] Tommy James and the Shondells - "Loved One" - single [1:42:43] Loudon Wainwright III - "Your Mother and I" - single [1:46:14] Wanda Jackson - "The Pain of It All" - single [1:48:44] Little Milton - "Behind Closed Doors" - single [1:51:24] Horst Jankowski, His Orchestra & Chorus - "Nola" - single [1:55:03] Foreigner - "Long, Long Way from Home" - single [1:57:31] Gene Chandler - "Duke of Earl" - single [2:00:25] Set: FSL David Bowie - "Heroes" - single [2:11:58] Iggy Pop - "Les Feuilles Mortes" - Preliminaires [2:15:07] Nick Cave - "Goodbye Marilou" - The Genius of Bertand Burgalat [2:19:00] Dusty Springfield - "Je Ne Peux Pas T'en Vouloir" - Something Special [From 1965] [2:24:10] Lesley Gore - "Je Ne Sais Plus" - single [2:27:06] The Hollies - "Look Through Any Window" - Rarities [2:29:49] Blondie - "Sunday Girl" - Parallel Lines Deluxe Collector's Edition [2:31:47] Belinda Carlisle - "Des Ronds dans L'Eau" - Voila! [2:34:48] Jonathan Richman - "Les Etoiles" - Not So Much to Be Loved As to Love [2:37:36] Lloyd Cole - "Si Tu Dois Partir" - Pop Romantique: French Pop Classics [2:39:43] Sandy Denny - "Ecoute, Ecoute" - Sandy [From 1972] [2:42:19] ABBA - "Waterloo (Version Française)" - single [2:46:14] Luna - "La poupee qui fait non" - Pop Romantique: French Pop Classics [2:48:53] Kevin Ayers - "Puis-je?" - Odd Ditties [From 1970] [2:51:43] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145958
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Fruit from the Love Vine from Nov 4, 2024

11/4/2024
The Pied Pipers - "Dream" - Dream [From 1945] [0:00:00] Harry James and His Orchestra - "Dream a Little Longer" - 78 single [with Dick Williams and The Skylarks] [0:05:06] Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra - "There's a Small Hotel" - Best of Big Bands Series [with the Snowflakes] [0:09:40] Woody Herman and His Orchestra - "Surrender" - 78 single [with the Blue Flames] [0:12:16] Jo Stafford with the Starlighters - "Smoke Dreams" - Capitol Collectors Series [From 1947] [0:14:41] Six Hits and a Miss - "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" - 78 single [with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra] [0:17:35] Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - "What Is This Thing Called Love" - The Mel Tormé Collection (1944–1985) [Featuring Mel Tormé & His Mel-Tones] [0:20:09] Johnny Mercer - "They Didn't Believe Me" - Personality: Johnny Mercer Sings [with the Mellowaires, 1942] [0:23:02] Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - "On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe" - The Great Band Era [Featuring the Sentimentalists, 1945] [0:26:01] The Merry Macs - "In the Mood" - 78 single [0:28:46] Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - "I Got a Gal in Kalamazoo" - The Swinging Mr. Miller [wtih Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton, & the Modernaires] [0:31:42] Hot Tubs Time Machine - "Slippery Slope" - Food & Ruins [0:47:19] Hot Tubs Time Machine - "Love Is in the Air" - Food & Ruins [0:50:36] The Bug Club - "Cold. Hard. Love." - On the Intricate Inner Working of the System [0:54:32] White Women - "Midge" - Propeller Product Prop 4-1 [From 1981] [0:56:43] Shirese - "Sacred Heart" - Hardly Cricket [0:58:35] Humdrum - "Come and Get Me" - Every Heaven [1:01:46] Kit Sebastian - "Faust" - New Internationale [1:04:37] Interim - "Ville Rouge" - À La Petite Cuiller [From 1988] [1:09:08] KFT - "Babu Vagy" - Nekunk Irtak a Dalt! [From 1981] [1:12:31] Rodion G.A. - "Tu Rea Ce Esti" - From the Archives 1981-2017 [early '80s] [1:15:45] Kishi Bashi - "Icarus IV" - Kantos [1:18:15] The Alan Parsons Project - "I Robot" - I Robot [1:22:19] Set: Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row for about a half-hour Tony Lee Sybert - "Hot Pants" - single [1:35:32] Tracey Ullman - "Break-A-Way" - single [1:37:39] The Ventures - "Rap City" - single [1:40:08] The Impressions - "Three the Hard Way" - single [1:42:07] Tim Rose - "It Takes a Little Longer" - single [1:45:27] Jackie DeShannon - "Only Love Can Break a Heart" - single [1:48:07] Stan Getz - "Theme From Dr. Kildare (Three Stars Will Shine Tonight)" - single [1:50:53] Horslips - "Sure the Boy Was Green" - single [1:53:20] The Georgia Prophets - "For the First Time" - single [1:57:04] Buck Owens and the Buckaroos - "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - single [1:59:47] The Wickies - "Campfire Song" - The Wickies [2:15:12] Cowboy Junkies - "Love's Still There" - Rarities, B-Sides and Slow, Sad Waltzes [2:20:46] Dave Alvin - "From a Kitchen Table" - Blackjack David [2:24:15] Styrofoam Winos - "Dial Tone" - Real Time [2:30:04] The Delines - "Saved by the Sea" - The Sea Drift [2:34:09] Nanci Griffith - "Are You Tired of Me Darling" - Other Voices, Other Rooms [with Emmylou and Iris Dement (and Chet Atkins!)] [2:38:11] Iris DeMent - "When My Morning Comes Around" - The Way I Should [2:41:17] Guy Clark - "The Dark" - The Dark [2:45:05] Amy Annelle - "Down and Out in Denver" - The Toll [2:48:51] Sweet Revival Featuring Don Hill - "Reach Out, Give a Little Love" - Sweet Revival [2:53:03] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145733

Duration:03:08:53

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Episode from Oct 28, 2024

10/28/2024
Yasmin Williams - "Cliffwalk" - Acadia [0:00:00] Levi J. Burr Feat. Jy Perry-Banks - "Clear Salt Water" - Another Domino Map [0:06:48] Robbie Basho - "Himalayan Highlands" - Snow Beneath the Belly of a White Swan: The Lost Live Recordings [0:10:24] Will Veeder - "Camp 2" - The Lost and Found [0:19:30] Matthew Rolin - "Dovetail" - Inside the Outside...Experimentations in American Primitive Guitar [0:20:17] Angeline Morrison - "Ophelia" - Ophelia [0:23:05] Trust Fund - "Until Now" - Has It Been Awhile? [0:27:28] West of Roan - "October Dance / Let No One Steal Your Thyme" - Queen of Eyes [0:30:29] John Lennon - "Mind Games" - Mind Games: The Ultimate Collection ["Elements Mix"; from 1973] [0:33:40] Amy Annelle - "Why Did He Take His Love Away?" - The Toll [0:37:31] Ronnie Hawkins - "Leaves That Are Green" - The Hawk [0:41:04] The Sandpipers - "Autumn Afternoon" - Come Saturday Morning [0:43:10] Claudine Longet - "Meditation (Meditação)" - Claudine [0:46:50] La Femme - "Venus" - Rock Machine [1:02:52] L'Impératrice Feat. Fabiana Martone - "Danza Marilù" - Pulsar [1:06:06] Virginie B - "0_Space" - Astral 2000 [1:09:21] Vincent Taeger et Le Jazz Kamasutra - "Amoureuse" - OK Crooner [1:12:00] Pearl & The Oysters - "Side Quest" - Planet Pearl [1:17:03] Cat Temper - "Take Your Whiskers Home" - 198Fur [1:20:19] Jo Anne Worley - "Picking Out a Kitten" - A Series of Public Service Announcements by Jo Anne Worley About CATS [1:24:06] Rodion G.A. - "Intervale" - From the Archives 1981–2017 [1:25:46] Jo Anne Worley - "Flying Cats" - A Series of Public Service Announcements by Jo Anne Worley About CATS [1:30:41] Set: Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row for about a half-hour or so Jack Jones - "Love Boat Theme" - single [R.I.P.] [1:36:37] Addrisi Bros. - "Slow Dancin' Don't Turn Me On" - single [1:39:11] Nancy Sinatra - "Lightning's Girl" - single [1:42:22] The Cheers - "Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots" - single [1:45:10] The Derailers - "Raspberry Beret" - single [1:47:25] The Dolphins - "I Don't Want to Go On Without You" - single [with the Driving Wind Orch.] [1:51:00] Jackpots - "Henbanes Sacrifice" - single [1:53:36] Jacqui Verdell - "We're Gonna Have a Good Time" - single [1:55:34] Frida - "I Know There's Something Going On" - single [1:58:29] Akido - "Jo Jo Lo (Delicate Beauty)" - Afreaka!: Give the Drummer Some 2024 Marathon Premium [From 1972] [2:16:57] Mr. T - "Treat Your Mother Right" - After School Special Vol. 3: Global Grease 2024 Marathon Premium [From 1984] [2:20:24] Will Bradley and His Orchestra Featu. Ray McKinley - "Booglie Wooglie Piggy" - Nursery Rock: Hinky Dinky Time 2024 Marathon Premium [From 1941] [2:22:32] André Popp - "Ave" - Instrumentals: Inflatable Squirrel Carcass 2024 Marathon Premium [From 1971] [2:25:28] Grupo Algo Nuevo - "Cacao" - Edible Arrangements: Beachcomber's Buffet 2024 Marathon Premium [From 1979] [2:28:15] Aaliya - "Penghujung Dunia (End of the World)" - The Hit List: Scott Williams 2024 Marathon Premium [From 2020] [2:34:13] Takako Minekawa - "Never/More" - Music As a Dream: Radio Ravioli 2024 Marathon Premium [From 1996] [2:36:17] Grow-Up - "Autumn Movie" - Starting with the '70s: Pieces of Eight: Evan "Funk" Davies 2024 Marathon Premium [From 1979] [2:40:33] Cormac Begley - "The Road to Gloutane (Barndance)" - Adventures in Avant-Accordionics: If You Lose Your Horse 2024 Marathon Premium [From 2022] [2:44:38] Robin Williamson - "Ace of Spades" - Hits from the Cloud #8: The Frow Show 2024 Marathon Premium [From 2012] [2:47:26] Rev. Charlie Jackson - "Fix It Jesus" - Sinner's Crossroads Fixes It: Sinner's Crossroads 2024 Marathon Premium [From 1970] [2:52:30] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145495

Duration:03:08:39