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February 2, 2012: Fillin' in for Dave the Spazz... No monkeying around -- Just goin' ape!

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| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Format | Comments | Year | New | Approx. start time | |
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| Rockin' Vickers | Go Ape | The Complete: It's Alright | Purple Pyramid | CD | from 1964. The band later featured Lemmy (of Sam Gopal, Hawkwind, and Motorhead fame) in 1965 | 1995 | 0:00:00 ( ) | ||
| Golden Crusaders | Come On, Come On | VA: Rare 60's Beat Treasures, Vol. 5 | Gone Beat | CD | 1964 | 1995 | 0:01:25 ( ) | ||
| Groundhogs | Shake It | VA: English Freakbeat, Volume 1: Crazed Limey Teens on a Wyld Sound Rampage! | Archive International Productions | CD | 1964 | 1994 | 0:03:28 ( ) | ||
| Wailers | Hold | Outburst | Collectables | CD | 1966 | 1995 | 0:05:37 ( ) | ||
| Us Four | The Alligator | VA: Teenage Shutdown - Jump, Jive & Harmonize | Teenage Shutdown | CD | 1966. From volume 1 of the 15-volume series. | 1995 | 0:07:55 ( ) | ||
| Beatles | I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You) | Live at the BBC | Capitol | 2 CD | 1963 | 1994 | 0:10:38 ( ) | ||
| Ian & The Zodiacs | Why Can't It Be Me? | Wade in the Water: The Best of Ian & the Zodiacs | Cherry Red | CD | 1966. Check out the band kicking it out live on "Beat Club" | 2011 | 0:12:39 ( ) | ||
| Mojos | Everything's Alright | VA: The Beat Scene | Decca/Deram | CD | 1964 | 1998 | 0:14:48 ( ) | ||
| Siberians | Who's Laughing Now | Killer Diller | 7" | The band played live on WFMU on Joe Belock's "Three Chord Monte" show -- listen to it right HERE | 2012 | * | 0:16:57 ( ) | ||
| Downliners Sect | Why Don't You Smile Now | Cross Section | Decal | LP | 1966. Songwriters of this track include Lou Reed and John Cale. | 1987 | 0:20:28 ( ) | ||
| Muffs | Brand New Chevy | VA: Estrus Gearbox | Estrus Records | 7" | Three 7" EPs featuring twelve bands in an awesome box set. | 1992 | 0:34:02 ( ) | ||
| Waldos | Crazy Little Baby | b/w Cry Baby | Baylor | 7" | with Walter Lure, formerly of Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers. Check out this live clip from 1990! | 1991 | 0:36:30 ( ) | ||
| Squares | Just One Word | Get Hip Records | 7" | from a four-song EP | 1993 | 0:39:23 ( ) | |||
| Hi-Balls | Hi-Balls Feel Good Rock and Roll | Regent | 7" | 1996 | 0:42:08 ( ) | ||||
| Tryfles | (Had Enough of) Your Lies | b/w When I See That Guy | Midnight | 7" | Vintage live clip from 1984 | 1985 | 0:43:45 ( ) | ||
| Electric Mess | Remember to Forget Today | The Electric Mess | self released | CD | 2009 | 0:46:58 ( ) | |||
| GTVs | I'm in Love With Your Daughter | WAV | 2012 | * | 0:49:40 ( ) | ||||
| Thee Mighty Caesars | I Was Led To Believe | English Punk Rock Explosion | Crypt Records | LP | 1988 | 0:53:03 ( ) | |||
| Remains | Why Do I Cry | b/w Let Me Through | Sundazed | 7" | Live in the studio -- from a Capitol records audition, May 1966 | 2011 | * | 0:55:10 ( ) | |
| Sound Sandwich | Tow Away | VA: Ain't It Hard: Sunset Strip '60s Sounds! Garage & Psych From Viva Records | Sundazed | CD | 2007 | 0:58:14 ( ) | |||
| Baker Knight & the Knightmares | Hallucinations | VA: Hallucinations: Psychedelic Pop Nuggets From the WEA Vaults | Rhino | CD | 1967 | 2004 | 1:12:46 ( ) | ||
| Brentwoods | Yeah, Yeah, No, No | VA: Get Ready To Fly: Pop-Psych From The Norman Petty Vaults | Big Beat | CD | 1967 | 2007 | 1:15:46 ( ) | ||
| Pandas | Walk | VA: Acid Visions: Best of Texas Punk & Psychedelic | Collectables | 3 CD | 1966 | 1991 | 1:17:41 ( ) | ||
| In-Sect | Let This Be a Lesson | VA: Devil's Children #2: Oz Sixties Beat 'n' Punk | Gear Off | CD | 1966 | 2000 | 1:19:56 ( ) | ||
| Beethovens | She Is My Love | VA: Diggin' for Gold, Volume 4: 60's R&B/Punk & Mesmerizing 60's PoP | Way Back | CD | 1966 | 2000 | 1:22:37 ( ) | ||
| La Tropa Loca | El Fanatico | VA: Exitos a Go Go: 60's Teenbeat South of the Border | AIP Records | CD | from Mexico | 1998 | 1:25:56 ( ) | ||
| Destiny's Children | For Me | VA: Legend City: Ferocious Mid '60s Gems From the Vaults of Phoenix's Viv-Debra Recording Studios 1965- 1967 | Dionysus | CD | 1966 | 2001 | 1:28:58 ( ) | ||
| Reddlemen | I'm Gonna Get in That Girl's Mind | VA: Texas Flashbacks: 95 Nuggets From the Lone Star State Volumes 1-6 | Psychic Circle | Box set | 1967 | 2010 | 1:30:28 ( ) | ||
| Beat Buddies | Pins in My Heart | VA: That Driving Beat, Volume 2 | Past/Present | CD | 1965 | 2001 | 1:32:52 ( ) | ||
| Missing Links | Don't Give Me No Friction | Driving You Insane: The Complete Recordings of Australia's Wildest '60s Band | Half a Cow Records | CD | 1966 | 1989 | 1:34:38 ( ) | ||
| Apparitions | She's So Satisfyin' | b/w In the Midnight Hour | Caped Crusader Records | 7" | from 1966, but unreleased at that time. | 1985 | 1:51:09 ( ) | ||
| Paramounts | Little Bitty Pretty One | Whiter Shades of R&B | Edsel Records | LP | 1964. This band later morphed into Procol Harum. | 1983 | 1:54:04 ( ) | ||
| Merseybeats | I Stand Accused | Beat...and Ballads | Edsel Records | LP | 1965 | 1982 | 1:56:18 ( ) | ||
| Payom Moogda | Tamai Dern Sae | VA: Thai Beat A Go - Go Vol. 1: Wild and Rockin' 60's Sounds From the Land of Smile! | Subliminal Sounds | CD | 2004 | 1:59:00 ( ) | |||
| Deakins | Look and Learn | VA: The Australian Music Beat Scene: 1965 to 1967 | Canetoad | CD | 1966 | 2:01:55 ( ) | |||
| Tiles | I Can't Sleep at Night | b/w Let Her Be | Ugly Things | 7" | 1966 | 2:04:20 ( ) | |||
| Living Ends | I Don't Mind | VA: Hang It Out to Dry - 27 Roughneck Rompers | Satan Records | CD | 1965. from Newark, NJ! | 1994 | 2:06:46 ( ) | ||
| Every Mother's Son | Put Your Mind at Ease | b/w The Proper Four Leaf Clover | MGM | 7" | Live on "Hollywood Palace" in 1968 | 1967 | 2:09:39 ( ) | ||
| Beth Sorrentino | I'm Not Living Here | Would You Like to Go: A Curt Boettcher Songbook | self released | CD |
w/Irwin Chusid on drums! BethSorrentino.com |
2011 | * | 2:12:21 ( ) | |
| Goodies | Such a Good Time | VA: Neurotic Reactions 2 - 16 Obscure Mod Smashers, 1965-1970 | Crazy Apple Boutique | LP | From Australia | 2011 | * | 2:15:01 ( ) | |
| Sammy Davis Jr. | Spinning Wheel | Something for Everyone | Motown | LP | 1970 | 2:33:37 ( ) | |||
| Willie Parker | I Live the Life I Love | VA: Shakin' Fit: 29 Soul Stormin' Stompers | Candy | CD | 1992 | 2:36:56 ( ) | |||
| Richard Kent Style | Just a Little Misunderstanding | VA: Rare Mod Volume 2: A Second Volume of 60s Underground Rhythm 'n' Blues, Psych & Soul | Acid Jazz | CD | recorded sometime between 1966 and 1969 -- unreleased at that time. | 2009 | 2:39:14 ( ) | ||
| Otis & Carla | Lovey Dovey | Stax | 7" | 1966 | 2:41:35 ( ) | ||||
| Hal Blaine | Midnight At Pinks | Drums! Drums! A Go Go | MCA | CD | 1965 | 1995 | 2:44:08 ( ) | ||
| Shady Daze | I'll Make You Pay | VA: 2131 South Michigan Avenue - 60s Garage & Psychedelia From USA and Destination Records | Sundazed | 2 CD | 1967 | 2010 | 2:46:50 ( ) | ||
| Subway Surfers | What Can I Say | Three Chords & A Mission | Deep Eddy Records | CD | 2009 | 2:48:41 ( ) | |||
| Gorillas | New York Groover | VA: Gorilla Garage: The Jesse Hector Story | RPM | CD | 1978 | 2005 | 2:52:15 ( ) | ||
| Howlin' Wolf | How Many More Years | His Best | Chess | CD | 1951. Here's a live version from 1966 | 1997 | 2:55:48 ( ) | ||
Thu. 2/2/12 9:04pm
Peanut Gallery:
Great to be here -- what's on TV?
Thu. 2/2/12 9:06pm
-s-:
Nailing it,Mike.Nail this train to the ground.
Thu. 2/2/12 9:10pm
Peanut Gallery:
Does the Alligator somehow trump the Swim and/or the Frog?
Thu. 2/2/12 9:14pm
PB:
I always loved George's very short-but-sweet guitar solos on the very early Beatles stuff.
Thu. 2/2/12 9:19pm
Mike Sin:
Hey folks! Thanks for tuning in!
Thu. 2/2/12 9:22pm
PB:
Good stuff, and all of it at least 45 years old.
Thu. 2/2/12 9:33pm
Bill:
Alright is not all right.
Thu. 2/2/12 9:35pm
frenchee:
you tell 'em, Bill!
Thu. 2/2/12 9:37pm
frenchee:
Hi PB, beg to differ: the Siberians only *sound* like it's 45 years old
Thu. 2/2/12 9:37pm
Bill:
A principal must live by principles.
Thu. 2/2/12 9:39pm
PB:
You're right, I thought it was mid-60s stuff that Mike forgot to post the year for. Turns out it was released this year. Sounds old but is a great track nonetheless.
Thu. 2/2/12 9:40pm
PB:
The Siberians also sounds like a classic mid-60s garage band name. Fooled me.
Thu. 2/2/12 9:42pm
frenchee:
and now we're creeping into the 90s, woo-hoo!
Thu. 2/2/12 9:58pm
Bill:
was this an iphone/ipod commercial song?
Thu. 2/2/12 9:59pm
frenchee:
gah! hope not, Bill
Thu. 2/2/12 10:10pm
Matt from Springfield:
Hi Mike! Hi Frenchee! Glad you're on!
Thu. 2/2/12 10:14pm
frenchee:
Hi Matt from Springfield!
Thu. 2/2/12 10:14pm
Matt from Springfield:
I've heard of Liz French before, didn't know she was the "frenchee" I see sometimes.
@Mike: Is your microphone connected? I hope your "mic's in"! :D
Thu. 2/2/12 10:15pm
Matt from Springfield:
Hearty hello Frenchee! (all puns aside...)
Love Optical Sound whenever it's on.
Thu. 2/2/12 10:16pm
John:
I hope you show up to work tomorrow. Good show Mikey!
Thu. 2/2/12 10:19pm
Parq:
Mike, sounding terrific! Every time you're on the air I get more knocked out. Heartfet Howdys to Frenchee -- and hey, I just finished dinner and I'm still wearing my Cherry Blossom Clinic apron!
Thu. 2/2/12 10:20pm
Matt from Springfield:
Terre's Cherries! Brings your cooking good luck, Parq!
Thu. 2/2/12 10:22pm
Matt from Springfield:
Ha ha, "In-Sect" as a band name!
Thu. 2/2/12 10:23pm
frenchee:
Go Parq GOOOOO! Cookin' w/Cherry-Terre!
Thu. 2/2/12 10:34pm
Matt from Springfield:
Great jangly rock from the Beat Buddies!
Thu. 2/2/12 10:39pm
catherine:
Mike, Your show is everything Bill Kelly's show used to be . You're my new fav.
Thu. 2/2/12 10:40pm
Matt from Springfield:
Wow, the DUTCH Beat Buddies! I like!
Thu. 2/2/12 10:43pm
Lt. Palmer:
My pants are the perfect length - just gracing the tops of my shoes.
Thu. 2/2/12 10:45pm
Bill:
Should we leave?
Thu. 2/2/12 10:47pm
Adam in Portland:
@bill, no.
Thu. 2/2/12 10:47pm
Bill:
you come up with best band names. Beethovens!
Thu. 2/2/12 10:57pm
Matt from Springfield:
Thought this had a very "Merseybeat" sound! Was this one the Epstein NEMS bands?
Thu. 2/2/12 10:58pm
Parq:
Frenchee the copy editor, did you hear they just said "Alls I need"?
Thu. 2/2/12 10:59pm
Jeezy:
Wow... Only ever knew the Get Happy version!
Thu. 2/2/12 11:00pm
Bill:
Did they do "Sorrow"? (question mark outside the quotes for Liz's benefit).
Thu. 2/2/12 11:00pm
Matt from Springfield:
THAI ROCK!! And a very faithful cover of "What'd I Say", considered the variations in some of their covers from that time.
Thu. 2/2/12 11:01pm
Playtex and the Girdles:
Lock and Loll!!!!
Thu. 2/2/12 11:02pm
frenchee:
thanks for that, Bill (squirm). I had only heard the EC version too
Thu. 2/2/12 11:06pm
Atomic Sphincter:
I'm having my toupee professionally groomed.
Thu. 2/2/12 11:12pm
Destroit:
greetings, I got lost in CBN for a few hours. Good to hear you Mike.
Thu. 2/2/12 11:14pm
Mike Sin:
Well all right! Thanks for the comments! I'll try to answer some of questions on the air during a mike break.
Thu. 2/2/12 11:14pm
Matt from Springfield:
A Curt Boettcher Songbook? This Beth sounds EXTREMELY familiar--who originally did this song? I think Irwin in fact played an older version of this.
That said, this is a nice version Mike!
Thu. 2/2/12 11:16pm
I Have a Farfisa and I'll Use It!:
The Cowsills!
Thu. 2/2/12 11:27pm
Matt from Springfield:
Hey hey...
Why-do-you-walk-likeadrunk-arddddd!!!
Funny how that translation worked, more to fit Thai words into the original sound. (The Drunken Noodles will do that to you!)
Thu. 2/2/12 11:32pm
Bill:
I was out sick last night. I tried to get Mike Sin to fill in for me.
Thu. 2/2/12 11:32pm
Dave the Spazz Who?:
¡ǝɯoɥ ʎɐʇs oʇ zzɐds ǝɥʇ ǝʌɐp llǝʇ
Thu. 2/2/12 11:34pm
frenchee:
whoa! how you did that?
Thu. 2/2/12 11:35pm
Matt from Springfield:
Sammy does a great cover of "Spinning Wheel"--considering the original was sung by Al Kooper, they have a similar style and it works out well here.
(Although, I think this was the same album where Sammy sang "In The Ghetto"--NOT as good! Golden Throats material!)
Thu. 2/2/12 11:37pm
Bill:
Spinning Wheel? Al Kooper? Detention!
Thu. 2/2/12 11:38pm
Bill:
i am hurriedly checking to see if he might have done a demo.
Thu. 2/2/12 11:38pm
Peter Lawford's Ghost:
Here's mud in your good eye, Sammy.
Thu. 2/2/12 11:40pm
G:
@frenchee: There are various websites that have a box for flipping and inverting text. http://www.upsidedowntext.com/ and others...
Thu. 2/2/12 11:42pm
frenchee:
thanks G,
I prefer to think it's hoodoo mojo magic!
Thu. 2/2/12 11:42pm
G:
that's fun, too :-)
Thu. 2/2/12 11:43pm
Matt from Springfield:
Gasp! Otis REDDING and Carla THOMAS??! I wouldn't have thunk it! Super-duet!!!
Thu. 2/2/12 11:48pm
Looooooooonnnnnnnnng Hot Dog:
...and to all of the Wrecking Crew...
Thu. 2/2/12 11:51pm
Davy Jones Gives Peter Tork the Manchester Kiss:
Be kind to your local fuzz box.
Thu. 2/2/12 11:56pm
Bill:
Thanks Mike and Liz. This was a great show and a lot of fun. Beats working.
Thu. 2/2/12 11:57pm
frenchee:
ciao Bill!
Thu. 2/2/12 11:59pm
Matt from Springfield:
Thanks for a wonderful show Mike and frenchee!
See ya next time! Goodnight everyone!
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