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Favoriting October 23, 2021: Guest: Marshall Thompson of The Chi-Lites

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Chi-Lites, The  We Are Neighbors   Favoriting
Chi-Lites, The  That's My Baby For You   Favoriting
Johnnie and Jack and the Tennessee Mountain Boys  Love, Love, Love   Favoriting
Bobby Bland  One Horse Town   Favoriting
Bill Doggett  Caravan   Favoriting
Piper  Who's Your Boyfriend? (I Got A Feelin')   Favoriting
Surfaris, The  Showbiz   Favoriting
Roy Hogsed  Snake Dance Boogie   Favoriting
Chi-Lites, The  Are You My Woman? (Tell Me So)   Favoriting
Chi-Lites, The  Too Good To Be Forgotten   Favoriting
Radio Days  Why Don't You Love Me Anymore?   Favoriting
Trini Lopez  Hurtin' Inside   Favoriting
Dave Edmunds  Here Comes The Weekend   Favoriting
Jackie Wilson & The Chi-Lites  Don't Burn No Bridges   Favoriting
Chi-Lites, The  Homely Girl   Favoriting
Pretenders, The  The Buzz   Favoriting
Johnny And The Jumping Jewels  Don't Try to Fight It Baby   Favoriting
Mike And The Moonpies  Growing Pains   Favoriting
Chi-Lites, The  Have You See Her?   Favoriting
Marshall Thompson  Interview   Favoriting
Chi-Lites, The  Oh Girl   Favoriting
Nick Lowe  Crying Inside   Favoriting
Sounds Nice Featuring Tim Mycroft  Love At First Sight (Je T'aime Moi Non Plus)   Favoriting
Elvis Presley  Talk About The Good Times   Favoriting
Small Faces, The  This Feeling Of Spring   Favoriting
Chi-Lites, The  (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People   Favoriting
Longmont Potion Castle  Great Expectations   Favoriting

CLICK HERE for five hours of live Stones, well chosen to spotlight Charlie

CLICK HERE to read the lawsuit "Brother Records Inc. vs Jardine"

CLICK HERE for the six part documentary of the making of Elvis Costello's "Spanish Model"

CLICK HERE for Margaret's Granola Recipe

CLICK HERE to find how how you can submit your own top of the hour WFMU ID

CLICK HERE for the Song Exploder episode on Cheap Trick's Surrender

CLICK HERE for info on "Sweet Relief - A tribute to Joey Spampinato"

CLICK HERE for an interesting blog piece about cut-out lps

CLICK HERE to watch "Call Her Mom," a 1972 pre-Animal House made for TV movie featuring Mark Eric & Charles Nelson Riley

CLICK HERE to see recently unearthed 100% NUDE photos of Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin - WARNINGS: 1. N.S.F.W. 2. You cant un-see these 3. WFMU is not responsible for psychiatric bills resulting from clicking on this link

CLICK HERE for Marty Stewart on the PBS show "The Kate"

CLICK HERE to point to your pointer

CLICK HERE for a podcast titled "Nick Lowe breaks down his live show"

CLICK HERE to see The Top 30 Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs in September 2020, and CLICK HERE to check out The Most Expensive Soul Records Ever Sold on Discogs

CLICK HERE to check out the Radio Time Machine and listen to any year of any country's radio

CLICK HERE to see U.S. recorded music revenues by format from 1973 to 2019

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

CLICK HERE to listen to the Student Teachers on 'KCRW's "Lost Notes"

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

CLICK HERE (if you dare) to watch "The Black Connection"

CLICK HERE to watch "Andrew Bird's Live From The Great Room feat. Jonathan Richman"

CLICK HERE for a NY Times piece on the lp "Casino Royale"

CLICK HERE to find how how you can make a guitar amp out of an old radio

The Boston public library are currently digitizing 100,000 vinyl LPs for anyone to listen to online, CLICK HERE to browse

CLICK HERE to hear Michael's new 30 minute mix for the debut installment of Lagniappe Radio

CLICK HERE for The Fab Four Archivist's "Replacing Ringo? The Story Behind Bernard Purdie and The Beatles"

CLICK HERE for a great piece called "Bernard Purdie ... did he really record with The Beatles?"

CLICK HERE for the multi part fascinating documentary about Dream Theater's search for a new drummer

CLICK HERE for info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

CLICK HERE for the old switcheroo: A new episode of the Casey's Musical Dustbin Radio podcast where Michael Shelley is the interview subject.

CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell interviewed on the Stereo Hysteria podcast

CLICK HERE to read "How the Beach Boys’ Lost Late-Sixties Gems Got a Second Life "

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Sonny Curtis Please Kill Me!

CLICK HERE to find out what happened when Jonathan Richman moved to Maine in 1981

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Lou Reed archivist Don Fleming on the Please Kill Me website!

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis' interview & performance on Fresh Air

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis LIVE & unplugged at Paste studios!

CLICK HERE for info on the new compilation "Back Patio Bliss" produced by listener Baby!

CLICK HERE for a free download of the new album "Matt Gets Blue" from Matt Lucas

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

CLICK HERE for an interesting short film about R. Stevie Moore

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

CLICK HERE to read Michael Shelley's comic "Oh No, It's Tinnitus!"

CLICK HERE for very funny excerpts from a notebook where record store clerks logged "anytime we got a dopey phone call, boneheaded comment, or generally batshit customer experience"

CLICK HERE for Quincy Jones on Paul "the worst bass player I ever heard" McCartney, Michael "stole a lot of stuff" Jackson, Astrology, and who killed Kennedy!

CLICK HERE for a map, with audio links, to whatever the #1 song is in 3000 places around the world

CLICK HERE for a step-by-step guide to repairing damaged record sleeves

CLICK HERE for testimony given by Taylor Swift in Colorado district court

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

CLICK HERE to listen to/download 1000s of digitized 78s

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

CLICK HERE for selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds

CLICK HERE for an interview with Brian Wilson where he says "Mike Love is probably the greatest lyric writer in the world. I think he’s my favorite lyric writer. He just wrote a lot of good songs"

CLICK HERE for "Student Group Apologizes for Playing ‘Transphobic’ and ‘Problematic’ Lou Reed Song"

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

CLICK HERE for 28:46 of "NRBQ & Friends"

CLICK HERE for "Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender "

CLICK HERE to find out "How the Nashville Number System revolutionized recording sessions"

CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"

CLICK HERE Cheap Trick on "Live At Daryl's House"

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE for an interesting piece about a journalist trying to interview Brian Wilson

CLICK HERE to read the report on Kippington Lodge's 1967 BBC audition - Includes phrases "painful" & "tone deaf" then

CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"

CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall

CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"

CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"

CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015

CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good

CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"

CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour

CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club

CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"

CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to

CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010

CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"

CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and

CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar

CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350

CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"

CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"

CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research

CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)

CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing

CLICK HEREfor the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years

CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman

CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"

CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse

CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"

CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.

CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"

CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of

CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"

CLICK HERE for a laugh

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people

CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"

CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン (or HERE, or HERE , or HERE , or HERE, or HERE!)

CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete garbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!

CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine

CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.

CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.

CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!

CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!

CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios

Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version

CLICK HERE to find how how you can submit your own top of the hour WFMU ID

CLICK HERE for Marty Stewart on the PBS show "The Kate"

CLICK HERE for info on The Steve Keene Art Book

CLICK HEREfor "Remembering Adam Schlesinger"

CLICK HERE to support the new Starry Skies album called 'Small Wonders'.

CLICK HERE to point to your pointer

CLICK HERE for a podcast titled "Nick Lowe breaks down his live show"

CLICK HERE to see The Top 30 Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs in September 2020, and CLICK HERE to check out The Most Expensive Soul Records Ever Sold on Discogs

CLICK HERE to check out the Radio Time Machine and listen to any year of any country's radio

CLICK HERE to see U.S. recorded music revenues by format from 1973 to 2019

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

CLICK HERE to listen to the Student Teachers on 'KCRW's "Lost Notes"

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

CLICK HERE (if you dare) to watch "The Black Connection"

CLICK HERE to watch "Andrew Bird's Live From The Great Room feat. Jonathan Richman"

CLICK HERE for a NY Times piece on the lp "Casino Royale"

CLICK HERE to find how how you can make a guitar amp out of an old radio

The Boston public library are currently digitizing 100,000 vinyl LPs for anyone to listen to online, CLICK HERE to browse

CLICK HERE to hear Michael's new 30 minute mix for the debut installment of Lagniappe Radio

CLICK HERE for The Fab Four Archivist's "Replacing Ringo? The Story Behind Bernard Purdie and The Beatles"

CLICK HERE for a great piece called "Bernard Purdie ... did he really record with The Beatles?"

CLICK HERE for the multi part fascinating documentary about Dream Theater's search for a new drummer

CLICK HERE for info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

CLICK HERE for the old switcheroo: A new episode of the Casey's Musical Dustbin Radio podcast where Michael Shelley is the interview subject.

CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell interviewed on the Stereo Hysteria podcast

CLICK HERE to read "How the Beach Boys’ Lost Late-Sixties Gems Got a Second Life "

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Sonny Curtis Please Kill Me!

CLICK HERE to find out what happened when Jonathan Richman moved to Maine in 1981

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Lou Reed archivist Don Fleming on the Please Kill Me website!

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis' interview & performance on Fresh Air

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis LIVE & unplugged at Paste studios!

CLICK HERE for info on the new compilation "Back Patio Bliss" produced by listener Baby!

CLICK HERE for a free download of the new album "Matt Gets Blue" from Matt Lucas

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

CLICK HERE for an interesting short film about R. Stevie Moore

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

CLICK HERE to read Michael Shelley's comic "Oh No, It's Tinnitus!"

CLICK HERE for very funny excerpts from a notebook where record store clerks logged "anytime we got a dopey phone call, boneheaded comment, or generally batshit customer experience"

CLICK HERE for Quincy Jones on Paul "the worst bass player I ever heard" McCartney, Michael "stole a lot of stuff" Jackson, Astrology, and who killed Kennedy!

CLICK HERE for a map, with audio links, to whatever the #1 song is in 3000 places around the world

CLICK HERE for a step-by-step guide to repairing damaged record sleeves

CLICK HERE for testimony given by Taylor Swift in Colorado district court

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

CLICK HERE to listen to/download 1000s of digitized 78s

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

CLICK HERE for selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds

CLICK HERE for an interview with Brian Wilson where he says "Mike Love is probably the greatest lyric writer in the world. I think he’s my favorite lyric writer. He just wrote a lot of good songs"

CLICK HERE for "Student Group Apologizes for Playing ‘Transphobic’ and ‘Problematic’ Lou Reed Song"

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

CLICK HERE for 28:46 of "NRBQ & Friends"

CLICK HERE for "Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender "

CLICK HERE to find out "How the Nashville Number System revolutionized recording sessions"

CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"

CLICK HERE Cheap Trick on "Live At Daryl's House"

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE for an interesting piece about a journalist trying to interview Brian Wilson

CLICK HERE to read the report on Kippington Lodge's 1967 BBC audition - Includes phrases "painful" & "tone deaf" then

CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"

CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall

CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"

CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"

CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015

CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good

CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"

CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour

CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club

CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"

CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to

CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010

CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"

CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and

CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar

CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350

CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"

CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"

CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research

CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)

CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing

CLICK HEREfor the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years

CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman

CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"

CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse

CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"

CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.

CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"

CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of

CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"

CLICK HERE for a laugh

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people

CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"

CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン (or HERE, or HERE , or HERE , or HERE, or HERE!)

CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete garbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!

CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine

CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.

CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.

CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!

CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!

CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios

Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version


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Listener Baby:

Baby. Half a grapefruit and a V8. Good morning Hey then, fine fellow listeners!
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Michael Shelley:

An apple and water!
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Handy Haversack:

Morning, Michael and all the Number Ones in radio land! Hey, Baby!

Making eggs and fake sausage soon ...
  11:01am
KWilde:

It’s Michael!
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Scott from Denver:

Boom!
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hey now from rural mississippi!!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Happy ♏︎ScorpioTime #1 Souls !
Pea protein sausage & pourable eggs from a milk carton on the menu here as well.
  11:03am
clarke:

hey now from rural mississippi!!
  11:04am
clarke:

BABY!!!!!!
  11:04am
clarke:

Baby = how goes on the east near coast?? baby baby baby
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zivilars:

Fantastic start of the show! (as always)
  11:09am
Mr C:

Excited for Marshall Thompson interview!
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Squints:

ok then.

hey hey HEY now.
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Listener Baby:

Hi Clarke. Looking pretty good. Going to see her in a couple of months. I think it finally feels like home..The work is very hard as you might expect.
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Listener Baby:

Baby. Would you say there was too much fun had last night? Or just the right amount?
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yerfriendpaul:

Caravan!
  11:14am
clarke:

BABY - yes, i am sure the workload is gruelling. but, nice fall weather and foliage to offset, hopefully!! its a great town.
  11:15am
clarke:

Everybody Wants You
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joe mulligan:

STROKE!
  11:16am
clarke:

Stroke
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Roger:

Stroke Me is the one I know.
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Hughie Considine:

"Can't Wait" is probably the ultimate Piper song.
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Squints:

I LOVE this version of WYBF. Way better than Billy Squiah Theah's own version later.
  11:16am
clarke:

i like his entire first album
  11:16am
Mr C:

Billy Squire's Piper were from Boston.
  11:17am
clarke:

actually Billy Squier and Alex Chilton were really good pals.
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Michael Shelley:

right... STROKE ME!
  11:18am
Dennis Diken:

Hey, Mikey & everyone - diggin’! totally remember this Piper track from mucho FM airplay in its’ day, nice cut!
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Michael Shelley:

Too much is just the right amount!
  11:18am
clarke:

diggin DD!!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Not a #1 ...a #15 maybe ?
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Baja Joe:

Hi Mike. I must admit I liked the hits Billy Squire put out. Very catchy. You nailed the description of this tune straight on.
  11:19am
clarke:

if i had a key
i'd be in your front door
WELL!!!!
  11:20am
clarke:

it's actually called The Stroke, ha ha
  11:21am
clarke:

less cowbell.
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Squints:

More cowbell. More bongos.
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Squints:

These fellas sound a lot more polite when the actually sing.
  11:21am
clarke:

more bongos - nice Squints!!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

'Boyfriend' wants to be CheapTrick doing Terry Reid & gets ...65% of the way there.
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Squints:

And, RRN63, I would buy that record Every. Damned. Time.
  11:22am
clarke:

in the words of CatWoman: purrrrrfect!!
  11:23am
phat in Lincoln:

You know what I'm talking about.
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Mr. Fine Wine:

where the ladies smoke cigars
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Squints there are worse things for sure.
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Squints:

Careful. One Catwoman reference and everyone retires to their bunks.
  11:23am
phat in Lincoln:

They wear no underpants!
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lepson jooves:

here for my favorite time of the week, WFMU from 11a-6p!!
  11:25am
phat in Lincoln:

And, by the way, I mentioned this to @Michael Shelley on Facebook. I caught Marty Stuart on Wednesday. And holy cow.
  11:26am
clarke:

yes, this is the first season where the major networks have not covered the pennant races
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Handy Haversack:

Early rounds of the playoffs have been on TBS and Fox Sports 1 for a while now. WS on regular network TV still.
  11:27am
Lizardner Dave:

TBS gets one league every year, FOX gets the other and puts s couple games on broadcast and the rest on cable. The World Series is entirely on broadcast. Been this way since 2014.
  11:27am
clarke:

oh, speaking of viewing - i DID see the velvet underground documentary and it is really good.
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Will the Sound Guy:

Good morning Michael and all! #1's
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kwatts:

I believe the ditty came from a belly dancer performance at the Chicago Worlds Fair in 1893. Read that in "Devil in the White City."
  11:28am
gf2002:

Billy Squier's other radio hit: "Lonely Is The Night". Whoever produced it came close to copying the Bonham drum sound and the whole track sounds like a Zeppelin copy. Good FM radio track though, great guitar hooks
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lepson jooves:

main problem is that MLB doesn't get ratings... pre-season football gets comparable or higher ratings than the World Series....
  11:29am
clarke:

Squier was TOTALLY into Zep - as is evidenced on his entire first solo album
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Michael Shelley:

I could swear that I watched playoffs on TV more recently then 2014...
  11:30am
clarke:

yes, lepson, baseball IN GENERAL has lost a lot of popularity as far as viewing audiences.
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Michael Shelley:

gf2002 - will check out
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lepson jooves:

I recall one other Squier "hit" on the radio, "Everybody Wants Some".... which I actually liked, the others not so much...
  11:31am
clarke:

but, there are so many different networks nowadays, that the nat'l viewing audience is skewed.
  11:32am
clarke:

that's: Everybody Wants YOU - as mentioned above
  11:32am
P-90:

Digging these Chi-Lites two-fers!
  11:32am
gf2002:

The drummer on Lonely Is The Night nailed the track and the Bonham feel, even if it is reaaallly close to being too much of a Zep copy. I always liked the track, solid FM radio rock from that era
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lepson jooves:

Clarke, I stand corrected....
  11:33am
clarke:

it has an All Of My Love feel gf
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Squints:

Wow. That TGTBF is like Lake Michigan Beach Music.
  11:33am
P-90:

I remember that album, it really was a total Zep thing…
  11:34am
pp:

It's a kick when Marshall Thompson calls in to DJ Time Traveller's late-night show
  11:35am
P-90:

Also Billy’s MTV videos were a little annoying
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drr:

Billy Squier was the first concert I went to by myself, actually. I was very impressed with the drummer (Bobby Chouinard?). He seemed to wing a sick into the audience on every other beat during the real stompy parts. You had to keep your eyes open.
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drr:

a stick, not a sick.
  11:36am
gf2002:

@Clarke Yes! And they got that Bonham snare sound too, which is very cool. It makes me think of how many rock drummers had a signature snare tone in the 70's where you could hear one shot and know it was Bonham, Van Halen, etc.
  11:36am
phat in Lincoln:

I still enjoy Billy Squier quite a bit these days. He knew how to write a hook.
  11:38am
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Great story 👍
  11:38am
gf2002:

I watched a YouTube video where they suggested one of Billy's MTV videos was so bad, it actually sank his career. They made a good case, but I felt bad for Billy
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Frank In Queens:

HEY NOW!
  11:38am
Dennis Diken:

at least Tony gave a $&@!
  11:39am
Dennis Diken:

Make that Teddy
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drr:

Yes, there's a whole Wikipedia article on how "Rock Me Tonite" ruined his career, it's very detailed.
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Hughie Considine:

I used to stare in wonder at Trini's amazing sunburst guitar on the cover of "By Popular Demand." He eventually got his own signature model, with diamond-shaped S-holes.
  11:39am
clarke:

Our Man In Queens!!
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Handy Haversack:

Hey, Frank! Been working on a vegan grilled cheese sandwich. It's coming along!
  11:40am
gf2002:

@drr That's the one, thank you!
  11:40am
clarke:

HH - 'lo!!!
  11:41am
P-90:

Agreed on the lost art of the signature snare tone.
  11:41am
clarke:

Hughie - those trini model guitars are pretty great - i have a friend that collects them - has three.
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Hughie Considine:

Cool - way to focus!
  11:43am
KWilde:

Sounded like Nick singing lead with Dave high harmony but DE could be singing both parts
  11:45am
gf2002:

The Trini model Gibson made a comeback through Dave Grohl, who played a vintage Trini almost exclusively in the studio until Gibson gave him his own Trini inspired signature model. Very cool guitars!
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Alvy Singer:

Hi Michael-Excellent interview with Kristian Hoffman of The Mumps on the Please Kill Me blog.
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Kotzwinkled:

Wondering whether Mike had time to ask about Tony Soprano's superfandom of the Chi-Lites. It's show canon!
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Frank In Queens:

Hi clarke!
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Frank In Queens:

Handy, that sounds great. Finally able to tuck into my cereal here this morning.
  11:47am
P-90:

There were actually two styles of Gibson Trini guitars. One that’s like a double cutaway full body 16” Jazz guitar with a six-on-a-side Firebird-style headstock, the other one is similar but built more like an ES-style Gibson, with a “thinline” (shallow body and a center block.
  11:47am
clarke:

it's THEM!!!
  11:48am
clarke:

it can't be... it IS!!!
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Frank In Queens:

It sure is!
  11:49am
clarke:

still haven't heard the whole album, frank. will git to it.
  11:50am
clarke:

eventually.
  11:50am
P-90:

Reminded how much the style of string arrangements is part of the Chi-Lites sound
  11:50am
clarke:

wow - better than anything she has written in years!!!!
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Hughie Considine:

Wow, the Trini/Grohl connection ... I wonder if Foo Fighters ever did a Trini cover.
  11:52am
clarke:

Grohl is actually favoring the Fender Coronado - a great choice (except it makes them harder to find), but he ain't using it to write very good Songs!!
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Frank In Queens:

It's a good one, clarke!
  11:52am
ike-o:

peace and greetings everyone! today I learned the ub40 version of lonely girl is a cover
  11:53am
clarke:

The Treasurer's Seal Of Approval has been granted. we can breathe easier now.
  11:55am
gf2002:

I always thought the Antiqua and Wildwood finish Coronados were great looking guitars.
  11:57am
clarke:

i love coronados - don't own one unfortunately!
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Squints:

A cover of Eddie Holman's "Lonely Girl?" I'll have to check that OUT.
  11:59am
clarke:

squints - how goes the south showah??
  12:00pm
clarke:

lordy - SO SO SO #1!!!
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Kotzwinkled:

Somewhere, Tony Soprano is crying to the Michael Shelley Show.
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drr:

OK, can any of y'all guitar people speculate on how Chi-Lites got the fuzz tone in "Have You Seen Her"?
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Squints:

Beautiful day heah in the mid-50s. Finally Octobah.

Going on a brewery crawl with my guitar teacher after this.
  12:02pm
clarke:

guessing here: fuzzface thru a low volume on a small amp
  12:03pm
clarke:

and then you crank the recording level on the small amp
  12:03pm
gf2002:

@drr It sounds like an 60's Gibson Maestro Fuzz Tone pedal to me. They were more buzzy and dirty than later pedals. And yes it has to be driving a tube amp to get that buzz
  12:04pm
P-90:

That’s a clean guitar tone with an Echoplex echo effect.
  12:04pm
clarke:

nice, Squints!!! who will be the teacher and the pupil, THEN??!!
  12:04pm
P-90:

And the reverb in the amp.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

That great turning point in the 1960s between early GarageRawk Fuzz that was like a snotty mosquito that actually *cut* your Sustain - & the later 60s into Metal that added Sustain ?
...Cause that's a thing - right ?
  12:07pm
P-90:

There’s no “fuzz” tone on that guitar, that Fender-style drive is produced by the amp.
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Squints:

Mutual voyage of discovery, clarke. Think Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon. Except all the impressions are more Spinal Tap than Michael Caine. Although I can do that, too.
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myron feld:

@ike-o and Squints: "Hey There Lonely Girl" is actually a cover/adaptation of "Hey There Lonely Boy" by Ruby & The Romantics, 1963
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Talking one whole bunch of great records this band.
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Handy Haversack:

I have been to the Harpoon brewery in Boston, during a bachelor party ~seven years back.
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Will the Sound Guy:

I took my brother on a brewery tour in VT, caught Harpoon up there.
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Squints:

We're going to Trillium's spiffy new room in Canton. (I've been to the old one.) Then hitting Brewery 44 in Carver on the way back because it's just up the road from his school.

We got four breweries in Plymouth now and Stellwagen up in Marshfield is pretty neat.

We try to get up to Stowe, VT every other year or so to check out the Stowe/Burlington/Middlebury beers. And the de rigeur Heady Topper/Focal Banger chase.
  12:14pm
phat in Lincoln:

I love this guy's laugh.
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Will the Sound Guy:

Going to drowned lands in a few
  12:18pm
clarke:

will how is the honeymoon???
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Will the Sound Guy:

We really didn't do a honeymoon yet, were going to take a small babymoon in December.
  12:20pm
clarke:

ahhh, well congrats, anyhoo!!
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Will the Sound Guy:

Many thanks
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Joe B:

billy squier's 'other' radio hit? he had about 10 radio hits
  12:21pm
phat in Lincoln:

@Joe B yep. He was huge!
  12:21pm
clarke:

ya dang right People's Champ - finally a voice of reason!!
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Will the Sound Guy:

I agree with Joe B!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Man - the Interviews on FMU are a whole other dimension to listening.
  12:23pm
P-90:

I was a little confused by that “other radio hit” reference too.
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Listener Baby:

@Baby. Agree!
  12:24pm
clarke:

as i am listening to this AWEsome interview, i am on a front porch of a farmhouse in rural MS - looking out over pecan grove and grass and hawks and sheep..
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Will the Sound Guy:

I love listening to soo many of these interviews, really gives you some inner looks into the music
  12:27pm
gf2002:

Billy Squier: I should clarify, in my hometown radio market all they've played since Billy's heyday in the 80's has been "Stroke" and "Lonely...". Of course he had more hits but they haven't been on many playlists around here for several decades, even when I lived in Boston. I blame the MTV video...
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Joe B:

Jersey City's own Flip Wilson!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...still wish there was a Program did expositions of the Technical aspects of Music - be it Fuzz Boxes, Producers or Time Signatures ...I want to learn as much of that as possible.
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Handy Haversack:

Sounds pretty nice, clarke.
  12:29pm
clarke:

speaking of museums, i went to the Cajun Music Hall Of Fame in Eunice, LA on thursday!! great!
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Joe B:

Looking at the Chi-Lites in the Billboard book, I can't believe Stoned Out of My Mind did not chart higher than No. 30. I recall that song being huge. Maybe it was bigger on WABC in NY.
  12:32pm
clarke:

could be, Joe. i don't remember it being huge in the new orleans market, but like the tune.
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Squints:

clarke, where in MS? My ma was born in New Albany (maybe 2/3 from Memphis to Tupelo) and retired to Olive Branch just over the line from Memphis.
  12:32pm
P-90:

@RRN63- there’s TONS of that stuff on YouTube
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HyperDose:

Just heard it for the first time. That's an incredible song, Joe!
  12:33pm
clarke:

ah yes, that is WAY north - nearly TN, i am WAY south, near LA - near Poplarville - on a friend's farm.
  12:33pm
paul:

@Joe B., doesn't ring a bell. I remember Naturally Stoned by the Avant Garde.
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Squints:

Well, that's how it is I'm a yankee, clarke.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

P-90 - yeah true.
  12:35pm
clarke:

ha ha - boy it is nice, here, today!! i am going to record a little in this "pigeonaire" (all brick) room and then we'll watch our college game, later.
  12:36pm
clarke:

Olive Branch is very close to memphis outskirts, btw.
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Squints:

Yup. Was down there in April when we laid her to rest. 81. I won't mind getting to 81.
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Joe B:

thanks Michael, awesome job as usual
  12:39pm
Mr C:

That was sweet Michael..
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Corey:

Thanks Michael for the great interview! The Chi-lites are a favorite for sure.
  12:39pm
gf2002:

Speaking of YouTube, search for a demo of the Maestro FZ-1A fuzz pedal, and you'll hear a sound close to "Have You Seen Her". It could be a Fuzz Face too (I had one and sold it, cool pedal but not the fuzz I was looking for), but I hear that buzzsaw sound of the old Maestro pedal on that track. Similar to "I Want You Back" and "ABC", those Motown tracks cut in LA. If you listen closely you can hear the guitarist who I believe was Don Peake actually click on the fuzz pedal before the break on IWYB. Other examples: Incense And Peppermints and Keef on Satisfaction which is what put that pedal on the map. The sound of 60's pop/psych garage rock, Maestro FZ-1
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Listener Baby:

One of those songs touched by something we can’t explain.
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Handy Haversack:

Another great one, Michael! Thanks for that.
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Hughie Considine:

outstanding interview, and great to hear an interviewee acknowledge your skils. And yeah, what a laugh he has.
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Mister Dobalina:

This is what I like to call goosebumps music.
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Joe B:

@Mister Dobalina - perfect description!
  12:42pm
Vistavision:

Wonderful interview!!
  12:42pm
clarke:

one reason why i guessed it was a fuzzface is that the time the song was recorded, the fuzzface had been made extremely popular by hendrix - so that's why i guessed that.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Just unimpeachable voices - & arrangement that's both lush & restrained. Everybody exactly together on the swing & vibe - which is both strong & in no hurry.
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Handy Haversack:

Never had one either ... thinking about getting one when I get my booster this week, though.
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Joe B:

According to the Independent newspaper from July 25, 2005, Eugene Record initially dismissed this song. Record is quoted as saying, "I gave Carl Davis 7 songs on a tape and he called me to say there's a #1 tune on there. I named them all before 'Oh Girl' and I thought he was kidding."
  12:43pm
Joe R.:

I’ve heard “Oh Girl” dozens of times but I feel like I’m hearing iit with new ears, like it’s been reclaimed. Great interview Michael.
  12:43pm
P-90:

Another home run with that interview @Michael Shelley!
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Handy Haversack:

"I'm crying on the inside."

"Gross."
  12:45pm
phat in Lincoln:

@Revolution Rabbit Nov63 there are some YouTube videos for a lot of that stuff. But that's a good idea for a podcast.
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Squints:

Started getting the flu shot in 1994 after having had the flu earlier than Feb or Mar. It was unpleasant enough and my work was offering shots (maybe $15/pop then, pretty much free now). Worst I've ever got was a welt that feels like a Charley Horse for a day or so.
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Squints:

Very Dizzyish Roe-ian groove to this one.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Jaypers that Nick track is like perfect.
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Squints:

Who does the actual vocal hit of this record? There is one, right?
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Matt in Nebraska:

I wonder if Marshall Thompson knows of Nick Lowe's version of "There Will Never Be Any Peace Until God Sits At The Conference Table".
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Mike Sin:

That was such a great interview! I'm such a fan of "Have You Seen Her" -- Of course, it's a fantastic track, but it was the first 45 I ever purchased with my little pocket of change. My folks let me pick it out from the other top 40 singles and pay the man all by myself! Big moment! Still have that exact 45!
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drr:

@gf2002: just saw your detailed post Thanks!
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Listener Baby:

@Mike Sin. Great first choice! Mine was Ride Captain Ride. Would neat to hear about everyone’s first 45 purchase.
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Hubig Pie:

Is that a trick question Mr. Squints ?
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Handy Haversack:

K8's got a people's theater project going in Old Stone House Park this afternoon, and I need to head for the train soon to make it. Thanks for another great show, Michael!

Pledge for Number One if you can, everyone!

And when Todd plays something off the new Exbats album this afternoon, someone give it a "woo hoo!" for me!
  12:51pm
paul:

Elvis is still King.
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Squints:

Mine might well have been "Amos Moses."
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Pedro in Arlington:

So easy to forget that at his best, Elvis was an absolutely brilliant singer.
  12:52pm
clarke:

mine was Hello Goodbye / Walrus
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Scott from Denver:

I like Elvis pre "stretchy waist band pants"
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Hubig Pie:

He also had the role of race car driver down pat
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Corey:

Thanks for this quick couple of hours of radio! Take care all.
  12:53pm
clarke:

(if you mean the first single you paid for with your own money)
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Squints:

HP, nope. I have that song stuck now in my head with a breathy high-register girl singer. Can swear I remember that and it's making me a little nuts that I can't put my finger on it.
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JG:

And Te TCB band was always spot on
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Squints:

Did Ronnie Tutt play with Elvis's band or was it always Blaine?
  12:54pm
phat in Lincoln:

Goddamn I love the Small Faces so much.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Even fat he was still Elvis.
Hell yeah Elvis was a great Singer.
Squints - JaneBirken & Serge Gainsbourg.
SmallFaces on acid - a very good thing. Just not @ the bidness meetings...
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Hubig Pie:

Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birken
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Pedro in Arlington:

And RIP Ronnie Tutt, the nifty bashing drummer in Elvis's road band. That's Tutt Scheff anyway you look at it.
  12:55pm
gf2002:

So that's what happened to Brian Wilson's bicycle horn after Pet Sounds!
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Squints:

RRN63, thanks VERY much. I knew at least that it wasn't that 4 Jacks and a Jill how-he-makes-me-quiver song. (Which I also dig.)
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Squints:

TY also, HP.
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radioronan:

Thanks Michael!
  12:57pm
gf2002:

RIP Ronnie Tutt. I am still amazed at his stamina whenever I listen to the early 70's Elvis shows. The guy was going full-tilt, double-bass, driving the TCB band relentlessly. Great drummer
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Democracy is Coming to the USA
  12:57pm
phat in Lincoln:

My first 45 purchase was possibly John Lennon's "(Just Like) Starting Over" (which I think I still have) but I feel like I had to have bought one earlier than that.
  12:58pm
clarke:

alright lads!! of to hit the bbq and ncaa...
  12:58pm
clarke:

it doesn't work that way.
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HyperDose:

Bye bye, Mr. Shelley!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Oh Lord - may I never ever ever have to do another phone job as long as I live.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ TY Always DJ MS ~
  2:55pm
Bob:

Billy Squier is infinitely better than Bon Jovi. Glad you caught up on the Chi-Lites. For me they are heads and shoulders above most of those bands of their era and style. I'm also doing a total reevaluation of the db's after your interview and airplay.
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