Show #195--8/30/09

St. Petersburg—Brazilian Girls
O Tempo Samba—Grupo Batuque
Guajira—Julian Bream
Over the Hills and Far Away—Led Zeppelin
Foxy Foxy—Mott the Hoople
Plus Profond—Hooverphonic
Games for Days—Julian Plenti
Steal My Sunshine—LEN
Majesty—Music Tapes
Happiness—Goldfrapp
Let’s Talk About Girls—Chocolate Watch Band
Girl Hunt—The Dead Milkmen
Aluminum Baseball Bat—Howlies

Hour 2—60s: Instrumentals

Harlem Nocturne—The Viscounts
James Bond Theme—John Barry
Midnight in Moscow—Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen
Our Winter Love—Bill Pursell
Wade in the Water—Ramsey Lewis
Emavungweni—Hugh Masekela
Mexican Shuffle—Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
Hooray for Hollywood—George Garabedian Players & the Awful Trumpet of Harry Arms
Wild Weekend—The Rebels
Surf Rider—The Lively Ones
Pipeline—The Chantays
Hot Shot—The Buena Vistas
Interplay—Derek & Ray
Soul Poppin’—Johnny Jones & the King Casuals
Love is Blue (L’Amour est Bleu)—Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra
A Walk in the Black Forest—Horst Jankowski
Summer Samba—Walter Wanderley
Pet Sounds—The Beach Boys

Hour 3—Feature album: Dumb Waiters—The Korgis (1980)

Show #194--8/23/09

People Get Ready—The Persuasions
Until You Come Back to Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)—Aretha Franklin
Sinkin’ Low—Funk Factory
Every 1’s a Winner—Hot Chocolate
Slaughter—Billy Preston
Jealous of Roses—Bibio
Circus of Horror—Quiet Village
Aht Uh Mi Hed—Shuggie Otis
Strawberry Letter 23—The Brothers Johnson
Bogeyman—Roger Klug
Stillness is the Move—Dirty Projectors
I Can’t Stand Still—Don Henley

Hour 2—On This Day…

Very much a pot luck sort of hour, with the only constant running through this hour’s playlist is that something of note happened to the artists involved on August 23rd of a given year. Featuring Elvis Presley, Domenico Modugno, The Kalin Twins, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, The Velvet Underground, Back Street Crawler, David Bowie, The Grateful Dead, Everything But the Girl, and Oasis...

Hound Dog—Elvis Presley
Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)—Domenico Modugno
When—The Kalin Twins
Fingertips—Stevie Wonder
Back in the USSR—The Beatles
Beginning to See the Light—The Velvet Underground
Jason Blue—Back Street Crawler
Ashes to Ashes—David Bowie
Touch of Grey—The Grateful Dead
Missing—Everything But the Girl
D’You Know What I Mean?—Oasis

Hour 3—Feature album: Body and Soul—Joe Jackson (1984)

Sunday Sampler encore: Answer Songs (8/16/09)

Okay: In an continual attempt to garner a few new listeners, here's another part of a Sunday Sampler that you can click and play on your computer! It just so happens to be the second hour of the August 16 show, with the theme of "Answer Songs" (see below for the description). Actually, there's music after the theme hour, too (although the feature album which I mention during the hour is not part of it). Hope you like it!

Show #193--8/16/09

America’s Favorite Pastime—Todd Snider
Timebomb—Old 97’s
Giving it Up For Your Love—Delbert McClinton
For Today—Jessica Lea Mayfield
You’re the Only Woman (You and I)—Ambrosia
Emerald Eyes—Fleetwood Mac
Take it In—Wye Oak
New Bones—So Many Dynamos
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)—Abba
Suzi Found a Weapon—Randy Vanwarmer
Bang Bang—Squeeze
When You’re Hot, You’re Hot—Jerry Reed
The World is Full of Pretty Girls...--Robbie Fulks

Hour 2—Answer Songs

Big hits, and their lesser-known (for the most part) answer records, recorded (for the most part) by different artists. Featuring as original inspirations: Big Mama Thornton, Gene Chandler, Lesley Gore, Tommy Tucker, Roger Miller, Nancy Sinatra, and Barry McGuire. Just might give you a chuckle!

Hour 3—Feature album:
We’re Only In It For the Money—The Mothers of Invention (1968)

Show #192--8/9/09

Really Wanted You—Emitt Rhodes
Really Wanna Know You—Gary Wright
Evil Woman—Spooky Tooth
Where There’s Woman—Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band
Lonely Woman—Ornette Coleman
Kiss and Say Goodbye—Kate & Anna McGarrigle
The Ruminant Band—Fruit Bats
Mother Freedom—Bread
Harvest (Within You)—Clinic
Let There Be Drums—Sandy Nelson
Temple Pressure—Alvin Band
New Marimba—Andy Summers/Robert Fripp
Four Sticks—Led Zeppelin

Hour 2

Church of Women—XTC
We Let Her Down—Chris Isaak
Sea of Love—The Honeydrippers
Can’t Fight This Feeling—REO Speedwagon
Don’t Leave Me—Harry Nilsson
Ready for the Storm—Heartstrings
Because of You—Rome and Paris
The Little Girl I Once Knew—The Beach Boys
Crystal—Buckingham Nicks
Some Sing, Some Dance—Michel Pagliaro
A Case of You—Joni Mitchell
Song to the Siren—Tim Buckley
Married Man’s a Fool—Ry Cooder
Crash Into Me—Dave Matthews Band
Any Day Now—Chuck Jackson
Solitary Man—Neil Diamond

Hour 3—Feature album: Emitt Rhodes—Emitt Rhodes (1970)

Show #191--8/2/09

Go Ahead and Cry—The Righteous Brothers
Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon—Neil Diamond
My Back Pages—The Byrds
Younger Generation—The Lovin’ Spoonful
Younger Girl—The Critters
Spoon—Alexa Woodward
Southern Point—Grizzly Bear
Like a Child Again—The Mission UK
Kids are Getting Younger—Benoit Pioulard
Nothing to Worry About—Peter Bjorn and John
Sexy—Los Amigos Invisibles
15 to 20—The Phenomenal Handclap Band
Ready or Not, Here I Come (from “Schoolhouse Rock”)—Bob Dorough
You Make Me Feel So Young—Stephane Grappelli

Hour 2—Where’s the Rest of Me?

No Leg to Stand On—Mike Gunther and his Restless Souls
I Ain’t Got No Heart—Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
One Leg Too Few (from “Beyond the Fringe”)—Peter Cook & Dudley Moore
Put Your Teeth (Up on the Window Sill)—Southern Culture on the Skids
If I Only Had a Brain (from “The Wizard of Oz”)—Ray Bolger & Judy Garland
Eyes Without a Face—Paul Anka
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner—Warren Zevon
Where is My Mind?—The Pixies
Legless Love…--Devendra Benhart
Heartless—Heart
Got No Butt—Freddy & the Froy Boys
When Did Your Heart Go Missing?—Rooney
I Lost My Head—Gentle Giant

Hour 3--Feature album: Give Us a Break—Proctor & Bergman (1978)

Saturday Evening Classics fill-in

Just for the record: I'm also filling in for Tom Miller on Saturday Evening Classics (or, 'filled in,' depending on when you read this). 6pm-8pm EST today!

The playlist:

La Belle Helene Overture—Jacques Offenbach
String Quartet No. 6—Felix Mendelssohn
Clarinet Sonata—Paul Hindemith
Nocturnes—Claude Debussy
Hymn Prelude on “Rhosymedre”—Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ricercar—Daniel Perlongo
Year of the Dragon—Philip Sparke