Bob Brainen's playlist November 18, 2017 E-mail Bob Brainen
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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 (CD-R) ABC 1961 / 1966 0:00:00 Pop-up) Temptations Ball Of Confusion The Best Of Motown 1970s (CD) Motown 1971 / 2001 VAR 0:02:36 Pop-up) Ventures Zocko Sounds of the Unexpected (CD) * Ace 1966 / 2017 VAR 0:06:38 Pop-up) Nina Simone Everyone's Gone to The Moon And Piano (LP) RCA 1969 0:08:07 Pop-up) Laura Nyro Save The Country New York Tendaberry (CD) Sony Legacy 1969 / 2002 0:11:03 Pop-up) Miklos Rozsa The Lost Weekend (excerpt) The Lost Weekend / The Night of the Hunter (CD) 'el 1945 /2006 0:15:35 Pop-up) Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Just Give Me Your Time Soul Of A Woman (CD) * Daptone 2017 0:18:45 Pop-up) David Hemmings Good King James Happens (LP) MGM 1967 w/McGuinn & Hillman 0:21:17 Pop-up) Youngbloods Merry-Go-Round Euphoria 1965-1969 (CD) Raven 1966 / 1999 non lp b-side 0:24:21 Pop-up) NRBQ Wandrin' Star Atsa My Band (CD) Big Notes 2002 0:26:24 Pop-up) Music behind DJ:
"birds @ 302 Chestnut"BarkCatBark 0:28:10 Pop-up) P.P. Arnold w/ Small Faces If You Think You're Groovy Ogden's Nut Gone Flake (CD) Sanctuary 1968 / 2007 CD bonus track 0:46:08 Pop-up) Small Faces w/ P.P. Arnold Tin Soldier Small Faces (CD) Charly 1968 / 2006 CD bonus track. Reissue of 1st Immediate album UK version w/5 bonus tracks which were on the US version of the album titled "There are But Four Small Faces." 0:49:11 Pop-up) Jason Stein Quartet Dexterity Lucille! (CD) * Delmark 2017 0:52:06 Pop-up) Harry Nilsson Sweethaven Popeye: Deluxe Edition (CD box set) * Varese Sarabande 1980 / 2017 0:56:22 Pop-up) Music behind DJ:
"Bob Brainen's Soul 'n RnB tape"Various Artists 0:57:52 Pop-up) Joan Osborne His Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles Blue Million Miles (EP) Swimming Pool Blue 1993 1:09:01 Pop-up) Raimund Rosenberger "Title And Amusement Park" from The Mad Executioner Monster Movie Music, Vol. 10 (CD-R) Raimund Rosenberger 1963 VAR 1:12:08 Pop-up) John Adams 40% Swing from Road Movies Road Movies (CD) Nonesuch 1995 / 2004 1:14:04 Pop-up) Fats Domino No No Baby Fat Man's Frenzy (CD) Rev-ola 1951 / 2006 partial play....cd player & cd are squabbling 1:18:38 Pop-up) Supremes Hey Baby Flo Ballard: The Supreme (CD) Spectrum 1961 / 2002 unreleased album w/ bonus tracks 1:21:15 Pop-up) Fats Domino No No Baby Fat Man's Frenzy (CD) Rev-ola 1951 / 2006 ......again 1:22:21 Pop-up) John Coltrane Countdown [from Giant Steps] 6 Essential Original Albums (CD box set) Big 3 1959 / 2012 1:25:29 Pop-up) Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer'sRaccoon 1:29:20 Pop-up) Ranny Sinclair Ode To A Cowboy Another Autumn (CD) * Modern Harmonic 1965 / 2017 1:37:19 Pop-up) Chris Bell Though I Know She Lies I Am The Cosmos [Deluxe Edition] (CD box set) Omnivore 1976 / 2017 re-reissue 1:41:18 Pop-up) Zedashe Kalo Kalta Mzeo Intangible Pearls [Ancient Polyphony from The Republic of Georgia] (CD) Electric Cowbell 2013 1:43:42 Pop-up) David Greenberger and Prime Lens Heaven My Thoughts Approximately (CD) * Pel Pel 2017 1:47:19 Pop-up) 'artists unknown' "echo, synth & trumpet Tom Ardolino's Magic Jukebox Tom Ardolino mystery track 1:49:10 Pop-up) Paul Butterfield Blues Band Come On In Born in Chicago: The Best of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band (CD) * Rhino 1966 / 2017 1:51:13 Pop-up) Billy Holiday & Lester Young Who Wants Love? A Musical Romance (CD) Sony Legacy 1957 / 2002 1:54:22 Pop-up) Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer'sRaccoon 1:55:57 Pop-up)
(* = new, The marked selections are from the Brainen Archive.)
Listener comments!
9:02am : hiya!9:02am : Good morning gang🥁 9:02am : Good morning fellow Brainiacs9:02am : Hello all! 8-)9:03am : Goo morning, Bob and all. Always loved that slow burn intro for "Ball of Confusion."🥁 9:04am : Temptations!!9:04am : Nice.9:05am : Always loved the “psychedelic” Temps!9:05am : I'm more of a Four Tops person, but this is still good.9:05am : Last week's first tune post-intro was XTC's Cynical Days, now this topical burner. Perhaps this is the newly denoted social commentary slot?9:06am : Good Morning (by the way)
Doc, you there?🥁 9:08am : This Ventures thing is pretty cool too9:08am : When I close my eyes I see a tollbooth collector dancing to this song.9:08am : Not your typical surf instrumental thang!9:09am : Hi all-Jeff @9:08, you mean me?9:11am : good morning bob et al. a tragedy happened this morning: as i was pouring the second cuppa joe, the bottle of bourbon accidentally opened and spilled a dram of it in the cup..!! whatever shall i do!?9:11am : Like this version of Everyone's Gone To The Moon, cool!9:11am : Good Morning Bob + All Listeners Nice Start w/ The Temptations. I’m Here Jeff - How Ya Doing?9:11am : A piano and a voice is all you need to make good music.9:12am : Swallow the evidence, annie, and no one will know what happened.9:12am : I’m good now that it’s Saturday morning, and I can listen to Bob Brainen make some sense of this world9:14am : OOPS, too many doctors in the house, sorry (blush...)9:15am : Caucasian gospel.🥁 9:15am : @annie pass that coffee over here. I'll save you9:15am : Enjoying the set, hi everyone. It's a blessing to be able to hear new Nina Simone's track. Ignorance is bliss9:16am : Laura Rules! 8-)9:16am : What SmokinJ said.9:17am : Oh, and Laura Nyro rules too. I was referring to my wife Laura. :)9:17am : happy that i was able to hear the second laura piece.. thanks bob!9:18am : Love that Golden Age of Hollywood music.9:18am : evidence being destroyed slowly re: the coffee. oops, only enough for me.! sorry..9:18am : Good answer Roberto!9:23am : This is what Hare Krishnas dance to at airport tarmacs.🥁 9:23am : The David Hemmings LP has been on my wishlist forever.9:24am : @dan haha9:25am : Was that the actor David Hemmings?9:28am : @melinda There's only 1 David Hemmings. Yes that is the actor.9:40am : Victor Garber is also an accomplished Broadway singer. He was the original Anthony Hope in Sweeney Todd on Broadway. Not surprised that he started out singing.🥁 9:48am : Kenny Jones is simply one of the best rock drummers.9:49am : PP Arnold and Steve Marriott just had the perfect blend vocally.9:51am : Lovely coupling in more ways than one...thanks Bob!9:51am : that last track sounded like Genya Raven. (P.P. Arnold)9:54am : Bass clarinet, what a great instrument!9:57am : anything from popeye is wonderful!! such a great soundtrack.9:58am : Yes I adore Harry Nilsson too9:59am : Sweet Haven. Xoxoxoxo9:59am : ...and i love that about you, ken10:04am : Spinal Tap used 3 basses.10:06am : That's a funny dream.10:11am : I've heard Joan Osborne sing Motown and she's great at that.10:21am : CD-R gone bad.10:31am : That was some great Coltrane10:31am : Shorter than the frogs10:32am : The Coltrane piece was perfect10:40am : I love your show but you need a pop filter on your mic.10:51am : I usually enjoy your program a good deal, which is why I've been listening since you were on afternoons. Today's program is an exception: I really, VERY MUCH enjoyed it. Thanks.10:53am : Butterfield!: Right Fucking On! 8-)10:53am : Commercial radio that plays the same songs over and over again and can shove itself up its own ass. You're the real deal Bob Brainen. Radio that is unpredictable and varied.10:55am : Really great shoe today.10:55am : I want Billie Holiday!10:56am : Switch players bb!🥁 10:56am : This show was Happening!!10:59am : Was that trumpet piece not an Ornette Coleman tune?