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March 3, 2012: 2012 WFMU Fundraising Marathon with co-host Dennis Diken!
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SUPER HITS OF THE SEVENTIES has 22 guaranteed #1 hit songs - and each recorded EXCLUSIVELY FOR THIS COMPILATION!
These recordings are available ONLY here!
Here's an alphabetical list of the amazing bands and songs - click on the band names for more info!:
1) Bambi Kino "You’re 16"
2) Frank Bango "You Wear It Well"
3) The Bo-Keys featuring Percy Wiggins "Stuck In The Middle With You"
4) Bucky "Band Of Gold"
5) The Chandler Travis Philharmonic “Right Back Where We Started From”
6) Paul Collins “Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling”
7) The Dahlmanns "Ring Ring"
8) Dennis Diken with Bell Sound “Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)”
9) Mike Doughty "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
10) Eugene Edwards “I Hear You Knocking”
11) The Explorers Club “Don’t Pull Your Love”
12) Stevie Jackson and The Wellgreen "Rock Your Baby"
13) Ray Mason Band “Come And Get Your Love"
14) The Minus 5 (Scott McCaughey & Peter Buck) "Arms of Mary"
15) Joe Pernice “It's Different For Girls”
16) Jay Sherman-Godfrey "Couldn't Get It Right"
17) Shibboleth “The Rockford Files”
18) Splitsville “How Deep Is Your Love”
19) Frank Lee Sprague “Can’t Get Enough”
20) Mike Viola "Lonely Boy"
21) Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby "The Guitar Man"
22) Yo La Tengo "I Saw The Light"
CLICK HERE to pledge & get your copy of SUPER HITS OF THE 70's !
CLICK HERE to download the 15 page LINER NOTES to "Super Hits of the Seventies!"
CLICK HERE to hear clips from side 1 of SUPER HITS OF THE 70's !
CLICK HERE to hear MORE clips from side 2 of SUPER HITS OF THE 70's !
CLICK HERE to see the cover of the 1975 K-Tel LP that provided inspiration!
CLICK HERE to see the 1975 K-Tel commercial that provided inspiration!
CLICK HERE to see the back cover!
CLICK HERE to read The New Yorker magazine article on Super Hits of the Seventies!
CLICK HERE to read The New York Daily News article on Super Hits of the Seventies!
CLICK HERE for the MICHAEL SHELLEY RADIO SHOW home page!
WATCH THIS AMAZING COMMERCIAL:
Thanks to:
-Steve McFarland for the package design & amazing Photoshop work on the front cover!
-Thomas Placke for editing the video!
-Scott Anthony for mastering the project!
-Rex lending his voice talents to the commercials!
-All the bands who donated their time & creative genius to make this happen
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-Michael Shelley 2012
Listener comments! | |
Sat. 3/3/12 11:08am
Brian en Angleterre:
The same Bobbi Irwin on drums that runs Sundazed now? | |
Sat. 3/3/12 11:09am
Cal Zone!:
I just pledged over the internet! It's easy and fun! Thanks MIKE SHELLEY and WFMU for providing the gift that keeps on giving! | |
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Sat. 3/3/12 11:10am
Michael Shelley:
YES |
Sat. 3/3/12 11:14am
glenn:
what like, brian? | |
Sat. 3/3/12 11:14am
Scott:
I wrote the liner notes for the Left Banke and Jerry Lee Lewis CDs, so what's my cut of the pledges? | |
Sat. 3/3/12 11:20am
Brian en Angleterre:
Hey glenn. Look forward to reading those notes, Scott. You will find your reward in a warm place where all the good tunes are. | |
Sat. 3/3/12 11:21am
mike east:
Let's get the phones ringing! I'm in the phone room and shouldn't have time to post this comment!! | |
Sat. 3/3/12 11:32am
Doug S.:
@Brian en Angleterre He knows all and pledges all. | |
Sat. 3/3/12 11:47am
Brian en Angleterre:
Doug, got to get some steak for the plastic to get the swelling down!!! | |
Sat. 3/3/12 11:54am
Cal Zone!:
oh man...Ray Wong Wiley! Totally bitchin'! | |
Sat. 3/3/12 11:55am
NaterBater:
What's this song? | |
Sat. 3/3/12 11:55am
NaterBater:
What's this song? | |
Sat. 3/3/12 11:57am
Mark Dillman:
I just now made a donation via Paypal. I would really like to win the "Plantation Gold" CD! | |
Sat. 3/3/12 12:01pm
seang:
Get it | |
Sat. 3/3/12 12:06pm
paul:
If Butler beats Valpo in basketball tonight, you will receive a pledge from me. | |
Sat. 3/3/12 12:06pm
paul:
Plantation Gold is awesome. | |
Sat. 3/3/12 12:08pm
Elias:
People, if you end up checking out "the most illegal move in the history of wrestling" that Michael posted some time ago on the bottom of the playlist...listen closely...could one of the announcers be Todd-O-Phonic Todd?....It IS a local Philly wrestling league... | |
Sat. 3/3/12 12:11pm
Scott:
That Ray Wong Riley track isn't just an insult to Asians. It's also an insult to racists. | |
Sat. 3/3/12 12:17pm
paul:
Funny, Scott! And true. | |
Sat. 3/3/12 12:22pm
Caryn:
Pledged last week and looking forward to getting the premium. But looking at the list of tracks, I finally noticed that The Explorers Club is on it! Now I'm doubly excited! Damn, you're good, Michael! | |
Sat. 3/3/12 12:30pm
burpage:
remember people a dollar a day lets wfmu go a long way hey hey | |
Sat. 3/3/12 12:57pm
Danne D:
hoof n mouth has $5 cover | |
Sat. 3/3/12 12:59pm
Sean:
I worker with Jay Sherman-Godfrey making industrials films for Met Life. Check it. It's true but not on his bio. Corporate shame perhaps? | |
Mon. 3/5/12 9:16pm
Joe R.:
Here's a Rdio playlist I made of the original versions (for the most part) of the Superhits of the Seventies premium. http://bit.ly/yqZ8t3 | |
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