Favoriting Optical Sound with Mike Sin: Playlist from November 17, 2018 Favoriting

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A sight for sore ears. Power pop, freakbeat, and psychedelic songs for all six senses.

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Favoriting November 17, 2018: Filling in for Todd-O-Phonic Todd... and exorcising/exercising my demons!


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Artist Track Album Label Format Comments New Approx. start time
Mothers of Invention  Trouble Comin' Every Day   Favoriting Freak Out!  Verve   2LP  1966. mono mix    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
John Lennon  Give Me Some Truth   Favoriting Imagine  Apple  LP  1971    0:06:03 (Pop-up)
Modest Proposal  Nobody Says No   Favoriting (single)  One Dimension  7"  1985    0:08:30 (Pop-up)
Jacques Le Coque  Tip of My Tongue   Favoriting Positively...  King Pizza  LP  2018  *   0:11:30 (Pop-up)
Ar-Kaics  She's Obsessed with Herself   Favoriting In This Time  Wick  CD  2018  *   0:13:57 (Pop-up)
Fallen Leaves  Did You See Her   Favoriting Punk Rock For Gentlemen  Parliament  CD  2018  *   0:17:18 (Pop-up)
Rick Springfield  I've Done Everything for You   Favoriting (single)  RCA  7"  1981. Written by Sammy Hagar!    0:20:12 (Pop-up)
Cheap Trick  Southern Girls   Favoriting In Color  Epic  CD  1975. Demo version. Bonus track included with CD reissue.    0:23:00 (Pop-up)
Merton Parkas  I Don't Want to Know You   Favoriting (single)  Beggars Banquet  7"  1979    0:25:39 (Pop-up)
Sunshine and the Rain  Too Much Too Soon   Favoriting Beneath the Stars  Ernest Jenning  LP  2018  *   0:27:59 (Pop-up)
 
Slade  Gudbuy T'Jane   Favoriting (single)  Polydor   7"  1972    0:38:55 (Pop-up)
Rebel Set  Make It Clean   Favoriting Smidgen Pigeon  Outro  LP  2018  *   0:42:29 (Pop-up)
Electric Mess  It Happens All the Time   Favoriting The Beast Is You  Soundflat  CD  2018  *   0:45:34 (Pop-up)
Les Lullies  Let It Out   Favoriting Les Lullies  Slovenly  LP  2018  *   0:48:16 (Pop-up)
Misanthropes  Waiting For You   Favoriting (ep)  Get Hip  7"  1987    0:50:47 (Pop-up)
Urge Overkill  (Now That's) the Barclords   Favoriting Stull EP  Touch and Go  10"  1992    0:53:46 (Pop-up)
Good Vibrations  Call Me Lightning   Favoriting VA: Night Comes Down - 60s British Mod, R&B, Freakbeat & Swinging London Nuggets  RPM  CD box set  1970. Cover of a Who track!    0:57:12 (Pop-up)
Yardbirds  Rack My Mind   Favoriting Roger the Engineer  Epic  CD  1966    0:59:44 (Pop-up)
Litter  Soul Searchin'   Favoriting Distortions  K-Tel   CD  1967    1:03:01 (Pop-up)
Blue Cheer  Second Time Around   Favoriting The '67 Demos  BeatRocket  LP  1967  *   1:05:46 (Pop-up)
 
Zodiac  Scorpio - The Passionate Hero   Favoriting Cosmic Sounds  Elektra  LP  1967. Happy birthday wishes to all my Scorpio pals!    1:22:49 (Pop-up)
Autumn Leaves  You Didn't Say a Word (The Ballad of Plum Ticket)   Favoriting (single)  Grimsey  7"  1995    1:25:40 (Pop-up)
Byrds  Reputation   Favoriting (single)  Sundazed  7"  1968. Recorded during the "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" sessions but unreleased at the time.    1:28:48 (Pop-up)
Chesterfield Kings  I Cannot Find Her   Favoriting (single)  Mirror  7"  1987. Acoustic Version    1:31:49 (Pop-up)
Rose Garden  Here's Today   Favoriting A Trip Through The Garden: The Rose Garden Collection  Omnivore  CD  1967  *   1:34:24 (Pop-up)
Bob Seger & the Last Heard  Vagrant Winter   Favoriting Heavy Music: The Complete Cameo Recordings 1966-1967  ABKCO  CD  1967  *   1:36:49 (Pop-up)
The End  Cardboard Watch   Favoriting Introspection  Si-Wan  CD  1968    1:39:12 (Pop-up)
The Beginner's Mynd  Waiting For You   Favoriting (single)  Hidden Volume  7"  2016    1:42:02 (Pop-up)
Music Machine  Absolutely Positively   Favoriting (single)  Original Sound  7"  1968    1:45:19 (Pop-up)
 
Belfast Gypsies  People, Let's Freak Out   Favoriting Them Belfast Gypsies  Rev-Ola  CD  1966    1:58:10 (Pop-up)
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich  He's A Raver   Favoriting (single)  Fontana  7"  1967    2:00:34 (Pop-up)
Rattles  Say Alright   Favoriting Attention! The Rattles!  Fontana  LP  1966    2:02:40 (Pop-up)
Joe South  Hush   Favoriting Games People Play  Capitol  LP  1968    2:05:08 (Pop-up)
Nancy Sinatra  Sorry 'Bout That   Favoriting How Does That Grab You?  Reprise   LP  1966    2:08:51 (Pop-up)
Spontaneous Generation  Up in My Mind   Favoriting VA: Beyond the Calico Wall  Voxx   CD  1968    2:11:40 (Pop-up)
Jacqueline Taïeb  Bienvenue au pays   Favoriting VA: Ultra Chicks Vol. 4 - Ye Ye Girls  Ultra Chicks  CD  1967    2:14:22 (Pop-up)
Countdown 5  Shaka Shaka Na Na   Favoriting Complete Recordings 1965-1969  Gear Fab  CD  1968. Singer Mack Hayes will on Michael Shelley's show on 12/15!  *   2:17:40 (Pop-up)
New Tribe  Elevator   Favoriting (single)  Alchemist  7"  2018  *   2:19:40 (Pop-up)
Miriam & Nobody's Babies  You Got to Me   Favoriting (single)  Norton  7"  2018. cover of a Neil Diamond track!  *   2:24:07 (Pop-up)
 
Carla Thomas  I Like What You're Doing (to Me)   Favoriting (single)  Stax   7"  1969    2:35:19 (Pop-up)
Jr. Walker & the All-Stars  Holly Holy   Favoriting (single)  Soul  7"  1970. Another cover of a Neil Diamond track!    2:38:10 (Pop-up)
Freda Payne  The Easiest Way to Fall   Favoriting (single)  Invictus   7"  1970    2:41:18 (Pop-up)
Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs  Haunted House   Favoriting Wooly Bully  MGM   LP  1965    2:44:34 (Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon  Way Down Yonder in New Orleans   Favoriting The Explosive Freddy Cannon  Swan  LP  1960    2:46:50 (Pop-up)
Subway Surfers  Ain't Gonna Chase You (No More)   Favoriting Three Chords & A Mission  Deep Eddy  CD  2010. Playing a benefit at the Clash Bar bar tonight in Clifton, NJ! See here: https://www.facebook.com/events/259984701383751/    2:49:38 (Pop-up)
Undertakers  (I Fell In Love) For the Very First Time   Favoriting VA: Diggin' for Gold, Volume 4: 60's R&B/Punk & Mesmerizing 60's Pop  Way Back  CD  1965    2:52:37 (Pop-up)
Eddie Floyd  Sweet Things You Do   Favoriting (single)  Stax   7"  1968    2:55:09 (Pop-up)
 


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Listener comments!

  3:03pm
David watts:

comin on strong. been singing this one a lot lately...
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Bob Slee:

What The Heck !!!! First time I heard Frank on WFMU !!!
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Mailman Tom:

52 years old and still sounds as fresh today as it did back in '66.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:04pm
Bob Slee:

Thanks mate !!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:05pm
Dominick:

Always relevant
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:06pm
SFNative:

Frank, baby.
Avatar 3:07pm
Sid:

You can't handle the truth!
  3:07pm
BEAVO:

Orange belly
  3:08pm
david watts:

somebody's been reading the news
Avatar 3:09pm
CentralScrutinizer:

FANtastic! My first show @ Montreal Forum "76
Still my heart. Thank you
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:09pm
common:

Yes
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:10pm
Bob Slee:

Ben nét van die TRUTh af !
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:12pm
Hoboken Jack:

Hello to the Assistant Manager Groover and thanks for filling in!!
  3:12pm
Cooh John:

Niiiiice start. This will keep me going.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:13pm
Bob Slee:

Are you the real central scrutinizer? The one who lived near to Joe ?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:13pm
Mike Sin:

Hi folks!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:14pm
Bob Slee:

Yo Mike
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:17pm
Mike Sin:

Hi David, Bob Slee, HoboJack, common, Cooh John, Central, Beavo!
Avatar 3:19pm
CentralScrutinizer:

@Bob Slee hHa no, but Jimmy Carl Black lived a few streets over :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:20pm
Bob Slee:

The indian of the group ?
Avatar 3:21pm
Sid:

Sammy Hagar version of this has more conviction
Avatar 3:22pm
CentralScrutinizer:

And how ;}
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:22pm
Bob Slee:

"hi Boys and Girls !"
Avatar 3:24pm
heyitschris:

Loving the show. Had no idea that was a Rick Springfield song.
Avatar 3:25pm
Sid:

Shame they never officially released Steve Albini's production of In Color.
Avatar 3:26pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...Jersey *is* southern to us up here...
Avatar 3:26pm
Sid:

...cause this is great but the muffled Werman production holds it back a bit.
Avatar 3:28pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Said it before but - used to shy away from CheapTrick vinyl cause of the mastering or something - in my little head...As such a perfect blend of Beatles / Who (via the Move) it was always catnip to me - but
...Like the Demo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:30pm
Mike Sin:

Hello Chris, RevRabbit, Sid, SFNative!
Avatar 3:31pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...my new band: Exorcist DiscChanger...well maybe not...
  3:32pm
David in London:

Great set today. I haven’t heard The Merton Parkas since what seems like the nineteenth century. Great curveball.
Avatar 3:33pm
Sid:

You've been staring at those flying records too long... as have I. The audio fits as a soundtrack though.
Avatar 3:34pm
Sid:

Nah, sounds good.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:34pm
James in ATL:

Terrific start - Good afternoon Mike!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:36pm
Bob Slee:

Sid knows these things
Avatar 3:37pm
Sid:

55 cents at Caldor.
Avatar 3:39pm
Sid:

I think Cheap Trick's Budokan was their breakthrough due to the tougher production, despite the material on the early albums being better.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:41pm
Bob Slee:

I heard Tarzan wrote it....
Avatar 3:41pm
CentralScrutinizer:

Info on that track was great. I did not know that. Thanx
Avatar 3:42pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...then again - my rekerd players were sometimes so bad that Sabbath for example might not even play...Digital ain't all bad...
Avatar 3:46pm
CentralScrutinizer:

Normally,I'd be thinking "I miss Todd" about now, but not today.
That's something.
Avatar 3:50pm
Sid:

Yeah, Mike is rockin'!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:50pm
Bob Slee:

So true! Mike, ever noticed Kim Kix with his band 'POWERSOLO' ? Think he's got something for you you like...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:51pm
Mike Sin:

Thanks for all the comments, folks! Wish I could jump in and get in on some of the convos, but I'm just not nimble enough when I've got to cue these records!
Avatar 3:52pm
Sid:

Mike, you cue, we'll spew.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Truly outstanding playlist - Priority 1.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:53pm
Bob Slee:

Keep counting' Mike, great job !
Avatar 3:55pm
Sid:

Gotta put this on the big speakas!
Avatar 3:59pm
Sid:

So is this mod revival, or is this the original mod scene?
Avatar 4:01pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Who!...ish
yARdbiRdS !
Avatar 4:02pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

What's so funny about scooters, pills & understanding??...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:02pm
Bob Slee:

Roger ! Turn it up !!
  4:03pm
David in London:

It’s a mod, mod, mod, mod, mod world...
Avatar 4:05pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

K-Tel ! :)
Avatar 4:07pm
CentralScrutinizer:

Still have a couple of KTels. Bad shape but sentimental. Goofy Greats is still very playable.
Avatar 4:07pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Cheer as Apotheosis of Garage. Discuss.
Avatar ♥ 4:08pm
Mailman Tom:

I got to meet Blue Cheer before they went onstage at the Fillmore East back in April of 1968. What a thrill!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:09pm
TomDash:

Hey Mike - great show! 4th or 5th time I've heard these mind melting Blue Cheer demos since they hit the new arrivals bins at the station - not complaining in the least!
Avatar 4:10pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Met Dickie Peterson not long before he died. Man - did I think he was KEWL.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:11pm
Mike Sin:

These Blue Cheer Demos put a whole new on those Vincebus tracks!
  4:13pm
McGreivey:

MORE BLUE CHEER please.
  4:15pm
sufferwords:

weird days in california - safety first
Avatar 4:15pm
CentralScrutinizer:

Blue Cheer trips typically lasted 6-8 hours.
Avatar 4:21pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Name from an Owsley poem. Yas.
Avatar 4:25pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

A wreath of Martian fireflowers to US !!
: )
  4:29pm
Robin Eisgrau:

Hey Mike! You're playing stellar music as usual. I like this Autumn Leaves song. Are they a current band? I'd like to see them if they are.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:31pm
Mike Sin:

Hello Robin!
  4:32pm
384:

ooh. never heard this version (of Reputation). nice.
Avatar 4:32pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Gram Parsons - Nov. 5th Scorpio.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:36pm
Gaylord Fields:

The Chesterfield Kings had a way of sounding like they were contemporaries of their '60s role models rather than some sort of distorted funhouse mirror version like way too many of their actual peers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:39pm
Mike Sin:

Hello Gaylord!
  4:40pm
debt collector:

The end is very confident. Hilarious
Avatar 4:41pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Sooo good.
  4:41pm
debt collector:

My bad -bob Seger!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:42pm
Hoboken Jack:

Would even the band on a cardboard watch be cardboard? Asking for a friend.
Avatar 4:43pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...presumably what the chocolate watchband come on...?...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:43pm
Gaylord Fields:

Great show, Mike! It's doing a perfect job of distracting me from my overdue writing assignment!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:46pm
Mike Sin:

Thanks everyone for the nice comments!
Avatar 4:52pm
CentralScrutinizer:

Nothing like a nice Aural experience. Thanx Mike
  4:53pm
Peter from Dover NJ:

Liking the tunes, Mike.
  5:01pm
fredr:

Great show Mike! Always nice to hear you on the terrestrial!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:03pm
Bob Slee:

all five of 'em are present !
Avatar 5:07pm
CentralScrutinizer:

SSSHHHHHHHHHHHH.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:08pm
KevinfromBayRidge:

JOOOOOEEEE!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:09pm
KevinfromBayRidge:

Mike, you may be the Crown Prince of fill-ins.
Avatar 5:11pm
CentralScrutinizer:

Nancy sounds a little like a young Sonny Bono here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:12pm
Bob Slee:

Sorry bout that
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:14pm
Bob Slee:

could you at least let loose of my balls now ?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:34pm
listener 126464:

Miriam co-hosts 2 newish shows on luxuriamusic.com. Vocal groups/r&b/doo-wop show and all-Kinks show
  5:35pm
Motobro:

Lovin the show Mike.
Had the show streaming into my ear phones while Mountain Biking the trails of Allaire.
Avatar 5:37pm
Sid:

Frying bacon in the studio during this session.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:38pm
Hoboken Jack:

The New Tribe seem to be two brothers based in Oklahoma, and in a rarity, none of my Facebook friends already "like" them!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:38pm
Mike Sin:

Sid! Mah crusty rekkids!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:41pm
Mike Sin:

Hoboken Jack! Thanks, man!
Avatar 5:42pm
Sid:

Playin' some dusties. Another Neil Diamond cover.
  5:49pm
Red:

great show!
Avatar ♥ 5:50pm
Hackensack Slim:

WHOOOO!!! Less than a year to the next Ponderosa Stomp. (I Hope)
Avatar 5:53pm
Sid:

...like ~I'm~ the one who did something wrong!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:58pm
listener 126464:

Thanks again Mike!
Avatar 6:01pm
CentralScrutinizer:

TERRIFIC, TERRIFIC most enjoyable Fill in Mike! You need more air time brother. Thanx
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