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Favoriting December 21, 2015: Warm December

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Sammy Davis, Jr. & Laurindo Almeida  Speak Low   Favoriting Closer Than a Kiss  Heart Beats/Rhino  1997  CD  From 1967    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Anita O'Day  When Sunny Gets Blue   Favoriting Finest Hour  Verve  2000  CD  From 1960    0:05:21 (Pop-up)
Sarah Vaughan  After Hours   Favoriting After Hours with Sarah Vaughan  CBS Special Products  1995  CD  From 1961    0:08:24 (Pop-up)
Johnny Hartman  Black Shadows   Favoriting The Johnny Hartman Collection 1947-1972  Hip-O  1998  CD  From 1952    0:11:13 (Pop-up)
The King Cole Trio  What'll I Do   Favoriting The Very Best of Nat King Cole  Capitol  2006  CD  From 1947    0:14:12 (Pop-up)
June Christy  For All We Know   Favoriting The Misty Miss Christy  Capitol  1985  LP  From 1956    0:17:30 (Pop-up)
Dolores Gray  Shangri-La   Favoriting Warm Brandy  EMI  1998  CD  From 1957    0:20:02 (Pop-up)
Fred Astaire  Cheek to Cheek   Favoriting The Astaire Story  DRG  1978  LP  From 1952    0:22:24 (Pop-up)
Julie London  Warm December   Favoriting Calendar Girl  EMI  1997  CD  From 1956    0:28:04 (Pop-up)
 
Tim Rose  7:30 Song   Favoriting The Musician  RPM/Cherry Red  2015  CD  From 1975  *   0:36:11 (Pop-up)
Alex Bleeker and the Freaks  Little Dream I Had   Favoriting Country Agenda  Sinderlyn  2015  CD    *   0:40:27 (Pop-up)
Elyse Weinberg  What You Call It   Favoriting Greasepaint Smile  Numerophon  2015  CD  From 1969  *   0:44:43 (Pop-up)
John Lee Hooker  My Dream   Favoriting Mississippi Grind Original Motion Picture Soundtrack  Lakeshore  2015  CD    *   0:47:40 (Pop-up)
Masahiko Sato  Belladonna   Favoriting Belladonna Original Soundtrack  Finders Keepers  2015  CD  From "Belladonna of Sadness," 1973; vocal by Chinatsu Nakayama  *   0:51:42 (Pop-up)
Tommy Roe  It's Now Winter's Day   Favoriting It's Now Winter's Day  abc  1967  LP      0:55:05 (Pop-up)
Mamman Sani Abdoulaye  Zaybanakoy   Favoriting Unreleased Tapes 1981-1984  Sahel Sounds  2015  LP    *   0:58:34 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra  The All of Everything   Favoriting To Those of Earth...And Other Worlds  Strut  2015  CD  circa 1970  *   1:04:05 (Pop-up)
Monty & the Cyclones  Summertime   Favoriting Coxsone's Music: The First Recordings of Sir Coxsone the Downbeat 1960-62  Soul Jazz  2015  CD    *   1:08:23 (Pop-up)
King N'gom et Les Perles Noires  Viva Marvillas   Favoriting Senegal 70: Sonic Gems & Previously Unreleased Recordings from the 70's  Analog Africa  2015  CD    *   1:11:09 (Pop-up)
Romano Rizzati  Vocal '700   Favoriting Library of Sound Grooves: Jazz Expressions from the Italian Cinema (1963-1975)  Semi-Automatic  2015  LP  From 1972  *   1:16:39 (Pop-up)
Lambert, Hendricks, & Bavan  Yeh-Yeh!   Favoriting Georgie Fame Heard Them Here First  Ace  2015  CD  From 1963  *   1:19:34 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra and His Arkestra  Make Another Mistake   Favoriting To Those of Earth...And Other Worlds  Strut  2015  CD  live in Indiana, 1977  *   1:25:17 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row
Edwin Birdsong  Turn Around Hate (Communicate)   Favoriting single  Polydor  1973  45      1:36:31 (Pop-up)
Sylvia  Alfredo   Favoriting single  Vibration  1973  45  Theme from "Alfredo, Alfredo"    1:38:52 (Pop-up)
Françoise Hardy  Message Personnel   Favoriting single  Warner Bros.  1973  45      1:41:48 (Pop-up)
Cy Coleman with Orchestra  Playboy's Theme   Favoriting single  Playboy  1960  45      1:45:57 (Pop-up)
Gerry Marsden  Gilbert Green   Favoriting single  Columbia  1967  45      1:49:31 (Pop-up)
Mel Tillis  To Lonely, Too Long   Favoriting single  Kapp  1970  45  That's how it's spelled on the label!    1:52:41 (Pop-up)
James Montgomery Band  I Can't Stop (No, No, No)   Favoriting single  Capricorn  1974  45      1:55:25 (Pop-up)
Broadway  Kiss You All Over   Favoriting single  Hilltak  1978  45      1:58:17 (Pop-up)
Nazareth  Morning Dew   Favoriting single  A&M  1981  45      2:02:05 (Pop-up)
 
Lindisfarne  Winter Song   Favoriting Nicely Out of Tune  Virgin  2004  CD  From 1970    2:18:07 (Pop-up)
Fotheringay  Winter Winds   Favoriting Nothing More: The Collected Fotheringay  Island/Universal  2015  CD  demo version, 1970    2:22:42 (Pop-up)
Steve Ashley  Fire and Wine   Favoriting Stroll On  Gull  1975  LP      2:25:05 (Pop-up)
Ralph McTell  Wait Until the Snow   Favoriting My Side of Your Window  Transatlantic  1969  LP      2:29:38 (Pop-up)
Kenny Rankin  Song for a Winter's Night   Favoriting Mind-Dusters  Mercury  1967  LP  Thanks, EH!    2:32:49 (Pop-up)
Vashti Bunyan  If In Winter (100 Lovers) / Girl's Song in Winter   Favoriting Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind: Singles and Demos 1964–1967  DiCristina  2007  CD  From 1964    2:35:44 (Pop-up)
Maffitt/Davies  Landscape Grown Cold   Favoriting The Rise and Fall of Honesty  Capitol  1968  LP      2:38:40 (Pop-up)
Poppy Family  Winter Milk   Favoriting Poppy Seeds  London  1972  LP      2:42:52 (Pop-up)
Ougenweide  Wintertanz   Favoriting All Die Weil Ich Mag  Bear Family  2006  CD  From 1974    2:46:16 (Pop-up)
Carolanne Pegg  Winter People   Favoriting Carolanne Pegg  Pier  1999  CD  From 1973    2:50:02 (Pop-up)
Gene Clark  Winter In   Favoriting White Light  A&M/Universal  2002  CD  From 1971    2:54:22 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:04am
Marcel M:

Morning Joe!
  9:07am
kevin:

MORNING JOE!
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fleep:

Morning Joe!
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Joe McG:

G'mornin', fellas!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:13am
Guido from Cologne:

good morning Joe
Avatar 9:16am
djsheilab:

Mornin' Joe! Thanks for easing me into Monday with such gorgeous songs. Had never heard Johnny Hartman before. What a voice!
  9:16am
riff randell:

How I wish I was across the laminate table from you right now!
  9:16am
Brendan:

Joe!
Avatar 9:17am
Joe McG:

@Riff: How I wish you were, too! @sheila: Easin' in this morning! @Guido and Brendan: Hi, fellas!
  9:18am
Brendan:

Lovely guitar on that Nat track
Avatar 9:18am
Roberto:

This set is mellow TO THE EXTREME!!!!!
  9:21am
KP:

This is the best Christmas show evah!
Avatar 9:24am
Joe McG:

@KP: Ha! Hey, Roberto! I'll get more lively shortly. Climbing the mountain slowly this morning.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:26am
crateslinger:

Hard to start the saws this morning. Not sure if it's the dulcet tones or I just don't want to work anymore.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:30am
crateslinger:

a conspiracy of circumstance
Avatar 9:30am
OTB:

Fred Astaire is always welcome. Thank you.
Avatar 9:30am
sphere:

Morning! I love Julie London. Didn't Irwin help bring her back into the spotlight?
  9:32am
P-90:

@Joe: enjoying every step of the slow climb. Great start!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:32am
Ken From Hyde Park:

If I close my eyes tight, I can imagine a wintry, snowy scene outdoors instead of the green grass and warmth of December, 2015, in upstate NY.
  9:34am
Brendan:

Bevis and Butthead are chuckling every time you say 'cheek to cheek'
Avatar 9:37am
Joe McG:

Welcome, crateslinger, OTB, Guido, P-90, Ken!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:39am
doctorjazz:

Hi all, enjoying the show!
  9:40am
Brendan:

Eazin in to the day the right way.
Avatar 9:42am
Joe McG:

Hey, doc!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:43am
Risky:

Feeling the feelings this morning, Joe. Morning, Morning People.
Avatar 9:45am
pierre:

it's been 45 minutes, and I haven't said a bonjour yet !
So Bonjour Joe
Avatar 9:47am
Joe McG:

Bonjour, pierre! Howdy, Risky!
Avatar 9:51am
sphere:

damn this Hooker track is fine.
  9:52am
Brendan:

A song about a man and his pillow
Avatar 9:53am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Thuh Blooz: Formally, almost nothing - emotionally & meaning-wise, just about everything.
  9:57am
Brendan:

Or his teddy bear , point is , he wakes up and she weren't there! When he wakes up the nightmare begins. He was romancing the pillow! That is one scary campfire story.
  9:59am
P-90:

Agreed, Joe. Every show the week of Christmas doesn't HAVE to be a "Christmas show" to feel just right. This show's been more special than most "specials."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:00am
Santos L. Halper:

Happy Monday Sun Day morning Joe! So nice to be listening from the comfort of home for a change...
  10:02am
riff randell:

Wow this is AMAZING
Avatar 10:04am
northguineahills:

What riff said....
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Joe McG:

@P-90: Thanks for the kind words! @Santos: So nice to be home for the holidays! @riff: This one's killer diller, too: www.discogs.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:06am
Santos L. Halper:

Oooh, new Ra?!
Avatar 10:08am
Ear Hammer:

lovely x1,000,000 thank you for making the solstice worth coming into work for.
Avatar 10:08am
northguineahills:

That keyboard was instantly recognizable as Sun Ra, but it's rare to hear a flute solo w/ the arkestra, (although anything can happen w/ them).
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:08am
MD:

It Should Be a Festivus For the Rest of US!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:08am
MD:

Good Morning Freeform EMPIRE!!!
Avatar 10:09am
Joe McG:

@EH: Aw, shucks! Thanks! Hey, ngh and MD! @Santos: A new collection of Ra, some previously unreleased.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:09am
MD:

did we all check our FIREWALLS today?!?!??
Avatar 10:10am
northguineahills:

more Soul Jazz gold....
  10:11am
Listener Robert:

I was shaving when I heard "Summertime", and appreciated it as a complement to the winter season music you said would be coming.
Avatar 10:12am
OTB:

The Sounds of the Middle Passage!
Avatar 10:15am
Joe McG:

@Listener Robert: Yes, I think winter will come in the last hour today.
Avatar 10:18am
Joe McG:

This Romano Rizzati is sort of like a very cool, beatnik Carol of the Bells, no?
Avatar 10:19am
OTB:

Carol of the Elevator?
  10:21am
Listener Robert:

Actually I'd rather not be reminded of winter, but if it has to come, let it come musically, thanks.
Avatar 10:22am
Joe McG:

@OTB: Yes, that'll do!
Avatar 10:22am
sphere:

this reminds me of Manhattan Transfer. i bet the Transfer are prime for rediscovery in 2030.
  10:23am
Listener Robert:

I learned on Sat. that Yule was originally celebrated not so near solstice, but some weeks later when the lengthening of daylight was clearly noticeable.
Avatar 10:25am
Parq:

Morning, Joe. Having my morning joe. Wait, Annie Ross isn't on this song? Never knew that. It's a classic nonetheless.
Avatar 10:27am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...Steve Harvey shoulda broke into this...
Avatar 10:28am
Joe McG:

Hey, Parq, crazy but true! Hey, RRN63!
  10:28am
Brendan:

Remember Sesame Street teaches us Everyone Makes Mistakes
Avatar 10:30am
sphere:

So how's it going, Mr. McG?
Avatar 10:30am
Cecile:

Steve Harvey should never leave the safety of Family Feud.
  10:31am
Brendan:

No Art Van? Damn!
Avatar 10:31am
Claw!:

JERR MERGERSKERR!
  10:33am
Jason:

I think GP pronounces it to rhyme with 'miles', with a soft-G
Avatar 10:35am
Cecile:

oh! That looked like a good movie.
Avatar 10:36am
Cecile:

A lot of Australian actors are crazy good mimics of American accents.
Avatar 10:36am
Cecile:

I was sure that the lead dude in Longmire was some character actor from Nevada or something.
Avatar 10:37am
Joe McG:

@Cecile: I recommend it!
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Joe McG:

@sphere: It's going not too bad, thanks for asking and sorry for the late reply!
Avatar 10:38am
Cecile:

I will have to catch it when I see it. It was on DirectTV PPV a while back.
  10:38am
julieta:

Mr G Peterson has his own radio show every saturday on the bbc 6 around 3pm . this gentleman was the owner and creator ( among other things ) of the Talkin' Load label . the Wfmu and the radio show I mentioned are musical my corner stone !
  10:39am
nEIL cOMMA wILD:

Thank you for playing Edwin Birdsong. Obscure but awesome!
Avatar 10:41am
Joe McG:

@Julieta: Thanks so much for the info! I know he's been on the radio for sometime but I know him more through his compilations than his show. @nEIL: You bet! (I love the part where he tells the black guitarist and the white guitarist to play at the same time.)
  10:41am
Brendan:

What a romantic song about Fettucine
Avatar 10:42am
Joe McG:

@Brendan: Ha ha ha!
Avatar 10:42am
Cecile:

Gilles Peterson is awesome.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:43am
Risky:

My girl right here!
Avatar 10:44am
Joe McG:

This song reminds me a lot of Roberta Flack, even though it's earlier.
  10:45am
Brendan:

She and Claudette Longine could whisper in my ears in stereo and i think i could smoke a cigarette afterwards.
Avatar 10:45am
Joe McG:

"Killing Him Softly," I mean.
Avatar 10:47am
Cecile:

was this the theme to Playboy after dark?
Avatar 10:48am
Joe McG:

@Cecile: Yes, but I think it was originally called "Uptown Penthouse" or something, out of Chicago. I may be misremembering the title, but it was in B&W and had plenty of jazz people of the day on it.
Avatar 10:50am
Cecile:

Playboy's Penthouse or Playboy After Dark were the titles.
Avatar 10:52am
Joe McG:

Ah, thanks. I wonder if what became "Penthouse" magazine was referencing that show with a wink.
  10:52am
Listener Alexandra:

On a totally unrelated topic, Happy Winter Solstice, Joe!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:53am
ChrisB.:

boy, this tune is all over the place.
Avatar 10:53am
Joe McG:

Thanks, Alex! I'll be playing some wintry material shortly.
  10:53am
Listener Alexandra:

I'll be listening :-)
  10:54am
dennis diken:

digging the show Joe!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:54am
ChrisB.:

To Lonely, Love Mel.
Avatar 10:55am
Joe McG:

Thanks, Dennis! Congrats on the cool gig behind the Davies brothers! WOW!
  10:55am
dennis diken:

man, it was fun!
Avatar 10:56am
Joe McG:

Everyone looked so happy in the videos online!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:57am
Brian in UK:

Hey Joe. Quick hello, up in London getting a little culture and eating Nasi Goreng (fried rice). Happy Christmas to everyone.
  10:57am
dennis diken:

well...we were!
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Joe McG:

Happy Christmas, Brian!
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Cecile:

Never thought about that, Joe, but it makes sense.
Avatar 10:58am
Cecile:

were there a couple of Marshall Tucker guys in this band?
  10:59am
jen v.:

Joe!! I love this song & your show & you.
Avatar 10:59am
steve:

yesss
Avatar 11:01am
Joe McG:

@Cecile: I don't know, but it's likely! @jen: JEN! So nice to hear from you, love to you, too!
  11:01am
nEIL cOMMA wILD:

@ Joe-can you play something that was super popular on WFMU back in 1992?
Avatar 11:03am
Cecile:

I like this better than Exile's. It's weird, but the disco version is less slimy than the country-ish version.
Avatar 11:03am
Joe McG:

@nEIL: I'm going to play a Stereolab 45 next week. Does that count?
  11:04am
nEIL cOMMA wILD:

Sure!
  11:04am
KP:

Rip off of Jeff Beck Group (w/ Rod Stewart)!!!
Avatar 11:05am
Joe McG:

@KP: But a good rip-off!
Avatar 11:06am
Cecile:

I looked up the James Montgomery band - they were out of Boston! Very popular there in the 70s too, I gather.
  11:06am
maja:

Yess good here. Just arrived did I miss something?
Avatar 11:08am
Cecile:

it's no Diamonds and Rust, but it's good.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:08am
doctorjazz:

Saw Jon Hendricks a few months ago, gotten quite old, but still put on a fun show
Avatar 11:08am
Ear Hammer:

"this is not a threat"
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:08am
doctorjazz:

1 Vote for the Morning Dew Show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:09am
Guido from Cologne:

dcon't miss to invite Bonnie Dobson
  11:09am
KP:

Great idea! Grateful Dead did it great live. I wonder if there any such recordings
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:11am
Greg from ZONE 5:

Nina Simone played that!
  11:13am
KP:

I saw it
  11:14am
Brendan:

Making a u turn
  11:15am
nEIL cOMMA wILD:

Wikipedia says Morning Dew is about the two last man and woman after an apocalypse. WOW!
  11:15am
Brendan:

Was heading in for the 'nude party' thanks for the heads up
  11:20am
Brendan:

Lovin this Winter Bong
  11:20am
JakeGould:

I’m with you on winter to an extent. If the days are shorter and the sun sets earlier in the day, I want the weather to match the daylight span. If you give me bright, sunny, warm days in “winter” I will eat them up but they are disconcerting to experience nonetheless.
Avatar 11:22am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

The 1st slush is the most beautiful.
  11:23am
nEIL cOMMA wILD:

I love cross country skiing with my camera. I have an awesome shot of a wild crabapple encased in ice with lots of bokeh behind it. Shot with a Pentax 50mm F 1.4.
  11:26am
Brendan:

We are the monks that chant
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:27am
Ken From Hyde Park:

There's a quote I attribute to Rod Stewart: "The first slush is the deepest."
  11:32am
Brendan:

By-Tor and the Snow Dog is a winter epic
Avatar 11:33am
Joe McG:

@Brendan: Ha ha, it sure is!
  11:34am
V Priceless:

Great stuff, Joe! Merry Xmas to ya!
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pgw in mntclr:

Gord's gold
Avatar 11:35am
Ear Hammer:

:)
  11:35am
JakeGould:

@nEILcOMMAwILD: “Bokeh?” You mean depth of field for us normals.
  11:36am
nEIL cOMMA wILD:

Oh, sorry. Bokeh is actually the severely blurry background in a shot....brought about by severly THIN depth of field.
  11:39am
JakeGould:

@nEILcOMMAwILD: Touché! What tea you be sipping?
Avatar 11:39am
Joe McG:

Thanks, VP! Hope all is well!
  11:41am
nEIL cOMMA wILD:

I met a man who was told by a doctor 15 years ago he had five years to live....so he asked the doctor surely there must be something I could TRY...he said Four cups of green tea a day,.,,Joe passed away this year.....15 years later....so I sip green tea when I do drink tea...
  11:49am
JakeGould:

@nEILcOMMAwILD: !!!
  11:50am
Brendan:

Dance!... Faster!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:51am
Guido from Cologne:

do you get all the Bear family releases @ WFMU?
Avatar 11:52am
Joe McG:

@Guido: I wish! We get none.
Avatar 11:53am
Joe McG:

Or let me amend that to say "Very few." We have gotten one now and then, but I don't know if they send them or we buy them.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:54am
Guido from Cologne:

You'll get some from me!
Avatar 11:54am
Joe McG:

Well, folks, my time here is nearly through, so let me take this opportunity to thank you for listening and commenting, and I hope you all have a very happy holiday, if you're celebrating, and a very fine week, if you're not!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:55am
Guido from Cologne:

My package is still in the making but soon to be finished
  11:56am
maja:

Started recording your shows a while now, for times without stream, they are a hit on board. Have some good holydays thank you Joe
  11:56am
SeanG:

Thanks Joe for all you do!
Avatar 11:56am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Gene Clark is real good. Make him famous.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

& Thanks Joe for all you do!
  11:57am
John:

Really dug the show today, Joe! As always.
All the best to you for a great 2016!
  11:57am
nEIL cOMMA wILD:

Great show! Thanks Joe ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:58am
Guido from Cologne:

thanks 4 the show
  11:59am
Listener Alexandra:

thanks for the Poppies, Joe ;-)
  11:59am
Brendan:

Thanks Joe!
  11:59am
P-90:

Thanks again, Joe. Happy Winter, Merry Christmas, catch you next time.
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