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Artist Track Album / Format Label Year Comments Approx. start time Hank Levine w/ Timothy Leary Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience ![]()
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ABC 1961 / 1966 0:00:00 Pop-up) Jim Helms Theme from "Kung Fu" ![]()
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Jim Helms 1972 0:03:49 Pop-up) McCullough Jr. Varsity Treble Choir He's Gone Away ![]()
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McCullogh Jr. Varsity Treble Choir 2013 0:04:23 Pop-up) Mott the Hoople Home Is Where I Want To Be ![]()
Wildlife (CD) ![]()
Atlantic 1971 0:06:39 Pop-up) Boo Radleys New Brighton Promenade ![]()
C'Mon Kids (CD) VTC 1996 RIP Harper Lee 0:10:46 Pop-up) Bill Frissell To Kill a Mockingbird, Pt. I ![]()
When You Wish Upon a Star (CD) * Okeh 2016 0:13:49 Pop-up) Mark Murphy Stolen Moments ![]()
Stolen Moments (LP) ![]()
Muse 1978 RIP (slightly belated) 0:16:58 Pop-up) Chambers Brothers Traveling Shoes ![]()
Maria Muldaur: Gospel Night (CD) ![]()
Takoma 1980 / 1987 0:23:54 Pop-up) Charlatans High Coin ![]()
The Charlatans (LP) ![]()
Phillips 1968 0:26:41 Pop-up) Music behind DJ:
"Bob Brainen's Soul 'n RnB tape"no label 0:29:49 Pop-up) Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet Flossie Lou ![]()
The Quintet Vol. 2 (2LP) ![]()
Mercury 1956 / 1977 0:38:48 Pop-up) Louis Armstrong The Ballad Of Davey Crockett ![]()
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Vista 1965 0:43:14 Pop-up) Wynonie Harris Oh Babe ![]()
Oh Babe (LP) ![]()
Route 66 1950 / 1982 0:45:55 Pop-up) Eggstone Wrong Heaven ![]()
Spanish Slalom (LP) ![]()
Siesta 1998 0:49:11 Pop-up) Willoughby Intentions ![]()
I Know What You're Up To (CD) ![]()
Sargent 2008 0:52:48 Pop-up) Spongetones Every night is a Holiday ![]()
Beat & Torn (CD) ![]()
Black Vinyl 1982 / 1994 0:56:33 Pop-up) Music behind DJ:
"Bob Brainen's Soul 'n RnB tape"no label 0:56:41 Pop-up) Fairport Convention A Sailor's Tale ![]()
Unhalfbricking (LP) ![]()
Island 1969 1:06:12 Pop-up) E. J. Moeran Serenage In G Major ![]()
Green And Pleasant Land II (CD-R) ![]()
Chandos 1948 / 1992 VAR
Thanks to Keith Spring1:17:28 Pop-up) Cliff Martinez Our Usual Deal ![]()
The Knick Season 2: Original Series Soundtrack (CD) * Milan 2015 1:21:01 Pop-up) Gary Burton My Favorite Things ![]()
The Groovy Sound Of Music (LP) ![]()
RCA 1965 1:22:00 Pop-up) Music behind DJ:
"Bob Brainen's Soul 'n RnB tape"no label 1:29:21 Pop-up) Terry Adams & NRBQ + Ruby My Dear ![]()
Talk Thelonious (CD) * ![]()
Clang! 2015 1:37:17 Pop-up) Monkees Saturday's Child ![]()
The Monkees (CD) ![]()
Rhino 1966 / 1994 1:38:38 Pop-up) Oliver Nelson w/ Eric Dolphy Hoe-Down from "Blues and the Abstract Truth" ![]()
Eric Dolphy: 12 Classic Albums 1959-1962 (CD box set) Enlightenment 1961 / 2014 1:43:49 Pop-up) Gene Clark White Light ![]()
White Light (CD) ![]()
A&M 1971 1:52:07 Pop-up) Beachwood Sparks Sparks Fly Again ![]()
The Tarnished Gold (CD) Sub Pop 2012 1:52:41 Pop-up) Music behind DJ:
"Bob Brainen's Soul 'n RnB tape"no label 1:55:11 Pop-up)
(* = new,The marked selections are from the Brainen Archive.)
Listener comments!
9:07am : Good morning, Bob--and what a beautiful start.![]()
🥁 9:08am :
Howdy Bob and Saturday listeners![]()
9:10am : Good saturday Bob and everyone.
He's gone away gets me everytime. I listen wondering what is this beautiful melody?![]()
9:14am :
Getting eased into a long day of FA Cup and FMU simul-listening beautifully here. Prognosis is good, BB!![]()
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9:16am :
Pretty Frissell (that's redundant, isn't it?_![]()
9:17am :
Oh, and I don't want to alarm anybody, but some dangerously wacky anarchist appears to have put some prominent Comic Sans on the front page of the website...![]()
9:20am : Amazing that Harper Lee had the long gap [ 55 yrs ? ] between her 2 major publications/books.![]()
9:21am : Footie saturday for me too.![]()
9:28am :
The way my 3 yr old just started moving to the Chambers Brothers, you'd have thought it was "Dancin' Shoes." That track really spoke to her9:33am : good morning Bob and everyone around the world![]()
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9:41am :
Brown/Roach, lovin' it!9:51am : Good vibes!![]()
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9:53am :
I loved the debut album by Eggstone some twenty years ago.
Swedish band? scandinavia anyway.![]()
9:55am :
It can't be easy being a touring vibraphone player. On top of the logistical inconveniences, you can't even get half an hour without some hilarious bastard asking you what the vibes are like.![]()
9:57am : Chet Baker singing Inara George?![]()
10:15am : Sweet spot of the set!10:16am : Thompson and Swarbrick!10:30am : what's this R&B track with the chant 'oh,woah o woah o woah' and big trumpet hits which was played for like 30 seconds10:42am : what did I miss? isn't this Monkees song by David Gates (Bread)?![]()
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10:45am :
Love this Hoe-down, great track, nice set!10:45am : Yowza!10:46am : That ain't your Aaron Copeland "Hoe Down"--thanks for Oliver Nelson!10:47am : she was your WRONG HEAVEN they tell me!![]()
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10:50am :
'Blues & the Abstract Truth' album :
Oliver Nelson – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Eric Dolphy – flute, alto saxophone
George Barrow – baritone saxophone
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Bill Evans – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Roy Haynes – drums
...that will do nicely, TY...10:53am : ANOTHER album by Gene Clark I have that I haven't listened to! Kind of catchy! Wasn't there a tribute to this album? or to No Other?!10:54am : great set as usual, Bob! Nice Stolen Moments -> Hoe Down connection![]()
10:57am : I love this Beachwood Sparks song. It's got a hint of the Grateful Dead and Camper Van Beethoven to it...10:59am : Bob, you are my Saturday morning soundtrack. Thank you so much for bringing a smile to my face and puzzled look to my dog as she watches me dance across the floor.....10:59am : amen