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September 19, 2009: Filling in for Terre T! Keeping it fast and fun!
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| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Format | Comments | Year | New | Approx. start time | |
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| Love | You Set the Scene | Forever Changes | Elektra / Rhino | CD | from 1967. alternate mix! | 2000 | 0:00:00 ( ) | ||
| Knack | Let Me Out | Get the Knack | Capitol | CD | from 1979! | 2002 | 0:06:49 ( ) | ||
| Hard-Ons | Rejected | Love is a Battlefield of Wounded Hearts | Taang! | LP | 1988 | 0:08:58 ( ) | |||
| Starjets | Schooldays | VA: Starry Eyes: UK Pop II (1978-79) | Rhino | CD | from 1979! | 1993 | 0:10:56 ( ) | ||
| Treble Boys | One Kiss | VA: Yellow Pills: Prefill | Numero | 2 CD | from 1979! | 2005 | 0:14:22 ( ) | ||
| Blackjax | Fooled By a Pretty Face | VA: You Only Get One Shot at the Big Time: Obscure Powerpop & Punk 1979-1985 | Wizzard In Vinyl | CD | actually from 1986! | 2006 | 0:16:56 ( ) | ||
| Rubinoos | Not Just Another Pretty Face | the basement tapes plus | Not Lame Archives | CD | from their never-released 1979 album | 2000 | 0:19:36 ( ) | ||
| Cavedogs | Tayter Country | Joy Rides for Shut-Ins | Enigma | CD | 1991 | 0:22:40 ( ) | |||
| Seventeen | Don't Let Go | VA: Shake Some Action, Vol.1 UK | Shake Some Action | CD | from 1979! Welsh band pre-The Alarm with Mike Peters! This comp features powerpop, mod & new wave rarities from 1975-1986. | 2002 | 0:24:44 ( ) | ||
| Cheap Trick | Southern Girls | In Color. | Epic | CD | originally from 1977! bonus track on CD reissue -- demo version! | 1998 | 0:28:18 ( ) | ||
| Dwight Twilley Band | I'm On Fire | VA: Poptopia!: Power Pop Classics of the '70s | Rhino | CD | from 1976! Dwight kicks out a live version of this track in the early '80s here | 1997 | 0:31:16 ( ) | ||
| T.Rex | Solid Gold Easy Action | 20th Century Boy: The Ultimate Collection | Hip-O | CD | from 1972. | 2002 | 0:34:22 ( ) | ||
| Big Star | Baby Strange | Nobody Can Dance | Norton | CD | recorded live at Memphis' Overton Park in 1974 | 1999 | 0:42:46 ( ) | ||
| Black Hollies | Gloomy Monday Morning | Safety Meeting | 7" | "I can't stop listening to this great single!" - Mike Sin. Check out the info on the forthcoming album "Softly Towards the Light" HERE | * | 0:46:06 ( ) | |||
| 5 a.m. Event | Hungry | VA: Freak Beat Freak Out | Sequel | CD | from 1966. a cover of a Paul Revere & the Raiders' track! | 1997 | 0:49:17 ( ) | ||
| Dirty Knees | Thing In "E" | Aural Sensations | Umbrella | CD | a cover of a 1968 Savage Resurrection track. | 2003 | 0:51:36 ( ) | ||
| Woggles | Something To Believe In | Get Tough! | Telstar | CD | 1997 | 0:54:44 ( ) | |||
| Roosters | One of These Days | VA: Pebbles Vol. 8: Southern California 1 | Archive International | CD | from 1966! | 1996 | 0:57:14 ( ) | ||
| Jonny Chan & the New Dynasty 6 | All About Me | I Hate You Baby! | Sound Camera | 2 CD | * | 1:07:24 ( ) | |||
| Ugly Ducklings | Nothin' | VA: Nuggets II - Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond 1964-1969 | Rhino | Box set | 1966! Toronto! | 2001 | 1:11:04 ( ) | ||
| Demands | Girl Up On the High Wire | High Wire | Deep Eddy | CD | * | 1:13:26 ( ) | |||
| Robbie Peters | She Does Everything For Me | VA: Hot Generation! 1960s Punk from Down Under | Big Beat | CD | from 1968! | 2002 | 1:15:43 ( ) | ||
| La De Da's | Don't You Stand In My Way | VA: Wild Things Volume 1: Wyld Kiwi Garage 1966-1969 | Flying Nun | CD | 1966! New Zealand! | 1992 | 1:17:42 ( ) | ||
| Georgie Fame | Somebody Stole My Thunder | VA: Blow Up A Go-Go!: Dancefloor Classics From The Legendary Blow Up Club | V2 | CD | from 1969! | 1:19:50 ( ) | |||
| Don Fardon | I'm Alive | VA: Le Beat Bespoke Vol 1 -- Tailor Made Cuts | Sanctuary | CD | from 1969! | 2004 | 1:22:44 ( ) | ||
| Bob Seger System | Ramblin' Gamblin' Man | Ramblin' Gamblin' Man | Capitol | LP | A really vintage television clip here | 1968 | 1:25:09 ( ) | ||
| Reigning Sound | Stick Up For Me | Love and Curses | In the Red | CD | * | 1:27:20 ( ) | |||
| Serge et Christine | Marilyn | VA: Some Songs Stuck In My Mind | Crazy Apple Boutique | CD | 1969! Belgium! | 2007 | 1:30:32 ( ) | ||
| Los Ros | Yeah! | VA: Sensacional Soul Vol.2 - 32 Groovy Spanish Soul & Funk Stompers 1965-1972 | Vampisoul | 2 CD | * | 1:43:41 ( ) | |||
| Plastic Penny | Your Way To Tell Me To Go | VA: Modesty Blaise No.1 | Past & Present | CD | from 1969. Originally appeared on an LP called "Currency" | * | 1:45:46 ( ) | ||
| West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band | 'Scuse Me, Miss Rose | Part One | Sundazed | CD | originally released in 1967 on Reprise! | 2001 | 1:48:19 ( ) | ||
| 13th Floor Elevators | Reverberation | Sign of the 3-Eyed Men | International Artists | Box set | 1967. acetate version! From the new 10-CD box set! | * | 1:51:14 ( ) | ||
| Jim Carroll | I Want the Angel (live) | Runaway EP | Kill Rock Stars | CD | recorded live in 1998. RIP Jim -- you will be missed! | 2000 | 1:54:06 ( ) | ||
| Brimstones | Damaging My Calm | Live on the Cherry Blossom Clinic on WFMU, 10/28/06 | Check out the entire set here | 2006 | 2:10:35 ( ) | ||||
| High School Sweethearts | Honeymoon City | Passing Notes | Get Hip | CD | 1999 | 2:13:07 ( ) | |||
| Public Image Ltd. | Public Image | The Greatest Hits, So Far | Virgin | CD | from 1979! some video here | 1990 | 2:14:57 ( ) | ||
| Fully Automatic Universe | Jury's Out | Off | self released | CD | * | 2:17:49 ( ) | |||
| Hobbits | Artificial Face | VA: Artificial Faces - Mutant Freak-a-delic Sounds for the Now Psych Generation! | Crazy Apple Boutique | CD | originally 1968 on Decca! | * | 2:21:32 ( ) | ||
| Sheridan & Rick Price | Lightning Never Strikes | VA: Sometimes I Wonder - The Psychedelic Pop Sound of President | President | CD | from 1970. Rick Price (from the Move at the time) working with Mike Sheridan in a side project. | 2004 | 2:24:03 ( ) | ||
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Bobby Graham tribute! R.I.P. |
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| Dave Berry | Don't Gimme No Lip, Child | VA: The R&B Scene | Deram | CD | from 1964! | 1998 | 2:37:51 ( ) | ||
| Joe Cocker | I'll Cry Instead | VA: The Beat Scene | Deram | CD | from 1964! | 1998 | 2:40:04 ( ) | ||
| First Gear | Leave My Kitten Alone | VA: Watch Your Step - The Beat Era Vol.1 | Sequel | CD | from 1964! | 1990 | 2:41:50 ( ) | ||
| Kinks | It's All Right | Kinda Kinks | Rhino | CD | originally on a UK 7" on Pye from 1964 -- the b-side of "You Really Got Me"! | 1988 | 2:44:09 ( ) | ||
| Jimmy Page | She Just Satisfies | The Mickey Finn with Jimmy Page - Keep Moving! | nowhere men file | CD | from 1965! A bonus track on a CD that rounds up all the Mickey Finn & the Blue Men tracks. | 1997 | 2:46:33 ( ) | ||
| Missing Links | Don't Give Me No Friction | Driving You Insane | Half a Cow | CD | from 1966! Australia! | 1999 | 2:52:00 ( ) | ||
| Dukes Of Stratosphear | My Love Explodes | Chips From The Chocolate Fireball | Geffen | CD | This CD compiles the 1985 EP "25 O'Clock" and the 1987 LP "Psonic Psunspot" | 1987 | 2:55:37 ( ) | ||
Sat. 9/19/09 3:29pm
Terre T:
Listenin on the iPhone--Fantastic stuff! What a great fill-in!
Sat. 9/19/09 3:34pm
Cuz Jerry:
Mike...very cool playlist! So good to hear Trick's Southern Girls again! Sent out E to other cousins to tune -in today.
Jerry
Sat. 9/19/09 3:34pm
kittykittymeowmixhead:
Is Terre T on Twitter?
Sat. 9/19/09 3:40pm
Danne D:
A Terre T endorsement is good enough for me :)
Sat. 9/19/09 3:41pm
Danne D:
Whooooohoooo Sue Perr!
Sat. 9/19/09 3:43pm
kittykittymeowmixhead:
sorry maybe not appropriate timing
Sat. 9/19/09 3:44pm
SmokinJ:
You be fuckin' rockin' Mikey!
Sat. 9/19/09 3:48pm
David Shortell:
Remember when the Hard-Ons played with the Pussy Willows and Buzzcocks at City Gardens?
What an obscene bill that was.
Sat. 9/19/09 3:48pm
kittykittymeowmixhead:
This playlist is giving me energy to do even the most despised chores!
Sat. 9/19/09 3:50pm
Terre T:
Not on Twitter! I'm not witty enough!
Sat. 9/19/09 3:52pm
SmokinJ:
Despised chores are best left as despised...
Sat. 9/19/09 3:53pm
SmokinJ:
You're looking happy Terre..
Sat. 9/19/09 3:53pm
Danne D:
I would endorse Twitte T
Great show, Mike!
Sat. 9/19/09 3:56pm
kittykittymeowmixhead:
We just want to know your random thoughts and observations. Tweet Tweet!!!
Sat. 9/19/09 3:58pm
kittykittymeowmixhead:
SmokinJ, these chores will remain despised for sure. But they're the ones I gotta get amped up before I can attempt. You know that scene in Pee Wee Herman's Big Adventure with the snakes? Yeah those. Love that scene btw. Best ever.
Sat. 9/19/09 4:01pm
Danne D:
wOOOOhOOOO Therese!!!! :)
Sat. 9/19/09 4:06pm
Pete in LA:
sue please keep therese away from the mic, thanks.
Sat. 9/19/09 4:10pm
Pat in Philadelphia:
Sadly I'm working right now, but Mike's making work much more tolerable. I thought that Big Star Box was out already? I was going to try to pick it up this weekend.
Sat. 9/19/09 4:16pm
Michael K.:
What a Treat! Great show Mikey & Sue !!
Sat. 9/19/09 4:21pm
Danne D:
*hoping Therese has another fill-in spot line up soon* :)
Sat. 9/19/09 4:28pm
Ralphine:
Did Don Fardon write "I'm Alive" or is he covering Tom Jones?
Sat. 9/19/09 4:28pm
tomm:
I lost 20 pounds in two weeks on the Bob Seger System !
Sat. 9/19/09 4:39pm
John W:
Rock on Mike!
Sat. 9/19/09 4:41pm
Pick One:
Mike: GREAT show, playlist, insight, comments
Sue: GREAT comments, insight
Terese: Giggles, sounds like a 9 yr. old Frangry
Sat. 9/19/09 4:42pm
terri s:
GREAT JOB, mike
Sat. 9/19/09 5:02pm
Jumpy:
You sound great, Michael.
Sat. 9/19/09 5:03pm
Jared:
Jim Carroll will return in the year 4445 ad. put that in wikipedia.
Sat. 9/19/09 5:07pm
Jumpy:
I think Frank kicked Sonny & Cher off Reprise because Nancy S. thought they were "clowns." I could be wrong.
Sat. 9/19/09 5:17pm
Joe M.:
Soundin' good, Mike! Enjoyiing the show!
Sat. 9/19/09 5:27pm
Michael K.:
I hear piL might do some reunion shows, & while I Hate the 80's, if it Mr. Wobble & K. Levine, I think I'll PoP some PiLLs & go see it!!
Sat. 9/19/09 5:39pm
grandpa:
who's the drummer? hearing not so good.
Sat. 9/19/09 5:43pm
Bud Abbott:
No, what's the drummer! Who plays the base.
Sat. 9/19/09 5:45pm
Cygone:
Mike...another FINE show. Catch you next time. How bout an Insomniac track on your next playlist.Love that band!
Cuz Jerry
Sat. 9/19/09 5:47pm
grandpa:
what's the guy's name playing drums?
Sat. 9/19/09 5:48pm
SueP:
Bobby Graham is the drummer!
Sat. 9/19/09 5:48pm
Bud Abbott:
Exactly!
Sat. 9/19/09 5:50pm
Michael K.:
Not Jason Bonham?
Sat. 9/19/09 5:54pm
Danne D:
Thanks for a great show :)
Sat. 9/19/09 5:56pm
Danne D:
Oh wow, Dukes, great way to wind things up :)
Sun. 9/20/09 10:01am
Mike Sin:
To all who tuned in terrestrially and digitally -- I sincerely appreciate it. Thanx! I hope you enjoyed it. Special thanks to Terre T for offering me the fill-in spot, Sue Per for administering the accuplaylist, and DJ Therese for dropping by and adding some color commentary.
Sun. 9/20/09 12:27pm
Bill Luther:
Cool stuff Mike, esp. the Bobbie Graham tribute and The Knack!
Sun. 9/20/09 12:32pm
Ronnie Blueline:
who are the blackjax? got 2 find it. thanks for playing that great
Sun. 9/20/09 5:11pm
jonny chan:
listening to it archived right now great stuff...you sound great too
Mon. 9/21/09 3:33pm
Julie XO:
Fun Fun Fun and wow
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