Surface Noise with Joe McGasko | WFMU
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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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Description:
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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@WFMU
Language:
English
Contact:
WFMU P.O. Box 2011 Jersey City, NJ 07303-2011 201-200-9368
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http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/SN
Episodes
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
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
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