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Artist Track Album / Format Year Comments Approx. start time Hank Levine w/ Timothy Leary Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience ![]()
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1961 / 1966 0:00:00 Pop-up) Nitin Singh Indian Secret (Shankar Mix) ![]()
Bedouin Cafe' (MP3) ![]()
2005 0:02:24 Pop-up) Weekend Woman's Eyes ![]()
La Varieté (LP) ![]()
1982 0:05:02 Pop-up) David Earle Johnson The Rose & The Lily ![]()
Skin Deep-Yeah! (LP) ![]()
1979 0:07:43 Pop-up) dBs Cycles Per Second ![]()
Stands For Decibels (CD) ![]()
1981 0:11:12 Pop-up) Temptations (I Know) I'm Losing You ![]()
My Girl: The Very Best Of... (CD box set) 1966 / 2002 0:14:59 Pop-up) NRBQ Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard ![]()
High Noon-A 50-Year Retrospective (CD box set) ![]()
1969 / 2016 0:16:46 Pop-up) Moody Blues Dear Diary ![]()
On the Threshold of a Dream (CD) ![]()
1969 Written by Ray Thomas, the fluteman R.I.P. 0:19:26 Pop-up) Spirit Fresh Garbage ![]()
Spirit (CD) ![]()
1968 / 1996 1st song, 1st side, 1st album 0:22:16 Pop-up) Laura Nyro Luckie ![]()
A Little Magic, A Little Kindness: The Complete Mono Albums Collection (CD box set) ![]()
1968 / 2017 0:25:29 Pop-up) Music behind DJ:
"birds @ 302 Chestnut"0:27:02 Pop-up) TC & I Scatter Me ![]()
Great Aspirations EP (MP3) * ![]()
2017 XTc's Colin Moulding & Terry Chambers
https://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/tc-and-i0:37:06 Pop-up) Suddenly, Tammy Plant Me ![]()
Suddenly, Tammy (CD) ![]()
1993 0:41:36 Pop-up) XTc Dear Madam Barum ![]()
Nonsuch (CD) ![]()
1992 "This Is Pop" XTc doc on Showtime now! 0:46:12 Pop-up) Bay City Rollers Rock and Roll Love Letter ![]()
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1976 written by Tim Moore 0:49:02 Pop-up) Art Garfunkel Second Ave. ![]()
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1975 written by Tim Moore
45 only track (?)0:52:36 Pop-up) Beach Boys Let The Wind Blow (a cappella) ![]()
Sunshine Tomorrow 2 - The Studio Sessions (MP3) ![]()
1967 / 2017 Thanks to Doug Young 0:56:13 Pop-up) Music behind DJ:
"Bob Brainen's Soul 'n RnB tape"0:58:22 Pop-up) Rolling Stones Hear It ![]()
Necrophilia (CD) ![]()
1964 / 1971 written by Brian Jones & (maybe) Keith Richards
from unreleased collection1:10:43 Pop-up) Jon Brion Wilson Awakes / Walking Pepper ![]()
Wilson (MP3) * ![]()
2016 OST 1:13:13 Pop-up) Chris Bell Speed Of Sound ![]()
I Am The Cosmos [Deluxe Edition] (CD box set) * 1974/75 / 2017 1:15:13 Pop-up) Graham Gouldman My Father ![]()
The Graham Gouldman Thing (CD) ![]()
1968 1:20:23 Pop-up) Eric Satie Je Te Veux ![]()
Pieces Pour Piano (CD) ![]()
1900 / 1985 1:23:08 Pop-up) Lou Rawls Love is a Hurtin' Thing ![]()
The Best Of... (LP) ![]()
1966 1:27:48 Pop-up) Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's1:31:07 Pop-up) Calcium Je T'ai Crue ![]()
Calcium (LP) * 1969 / 2017 1:38:43 Pop-up) Ramsey Lewis Day Tripper ![]()
Wade In The Water (LP) ![]()
1966 1:42:08 Pop-up) Jewish People Of Uganda Hinei Ma Tov ![]()
Abayudaya: Music from the Jewish People of Uganda ![]()
? / 2003 VAR 1:45:09 Pop-up) Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac ![]()
The Original Fleetwood Mac (CD) ![]()
1967 / 1971 Peter Green / John McVie / Mick Fleetwood 1:47:27 Pop-up) Avett Brothers Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) ![]()
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2017 Live On Colbert's Show 1:50:40 Pop-up) Mary Hopkin Goodbye ![]()
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1969 1:54:10 Pop-up) Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's1:54:24 Pop-up)
(* = new,The marked selections are from the Brainen Archive.)
Listener comments!
9:01am : Morning everyone![]()
9:02am : gm bob!! gm all!!9:02am : Good morning, Bob and all. Looking forward to Bob-bob-bobbin' along this morning.![]()
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Good morning all9:04am : Hi all. Looking forward to the show!9:05am : Indian techno jazz.![]()
9:06am :
oh yeaaaah. that was smooth! <3![]()
9:06am :
Hiya, Bob, the Brainen Bunch, passers-by.9:06am : Morning all![]()
9:07am : Mornin' bb & friends..![]()
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9:09am :
The Brainen Bunch. I like that. Morning all.9:11am : Good Morning Bob & All Listeners.
Howdy Jeff!9:16am : dBs followed by The Temptations? Toto, we've finally come HOME!![]()
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Temptations!!!9:18am : A Three stooges song?9:18am : Morning all. The Dave Earle Johnson new to me. Happens to be the names of our twin cats, Rose and Lily. Thanks Bob!9:19am : moodies!!![]()
9:20am : in a dream i had last night, i was explaining to someone the selections of music you play; i was sure to mention NRBQ9:20am : RIP Ray Thomas. Along with Ian Anderson and Chris Wood, the trio of excellent rock and roll flutists.![]()
9:20am :
My, my, my, haven't heard this in some time.![]()
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9:21am :
I like the Moodies![]()
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9:21am :
Great choice. Ray Thomas R.I.P.9:22am : they are finally getting inducted into the hall of fame. my mom is psyched![]()
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9:22am :
Leave it to Bob to pull out a charming, low-key deep cut by the Moody Blues, about about whom I usually roll my eyes.9:23am : I got to see the Moodies (sans Ray). They still put on an amazing show today.9:24am : Please do a 1st song 1st album theme show Bob.9:24am : Ah--Spirit! Still love this album.9:26am : Whatever happened to good musicianship in mainstream music? Bands like Coldplay, Maroon 5 etc.. got nothing on the Moodies and Spirit.9:27am : Laura Nyro!!! Love her voice.9:28am : For that matter, where are the female singers like Laura Nyro today?9:33am : RnR HoF are a shitty organization. How can they induct Green Day before Chicago, The Moodies and Steve Miller?![]()
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9:33am :
Dan, look around. There are plenty of singers of both sexes doing great work and playing their instruments well.![]()
9:38am : Swell saturday Bob and gang. sounding goood!9:39am : “TC” here = Terry Chambers? Loving this song!!!9:39am : @ Hughie
But they're not charting in the mainstream. You have to dig through endless YouTube files and Free Form shows to find it. Thank goodness for WFMU.9:40am : amazing colin m is making a comeback, nice9:41am : Ah, Colin Moulding & Terry Chambers — and this is new! Awesome to hear these two collaborating after so long9:41am : For a song from 1917, it sounds clear cut and digital![]()
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9:42am :
My theory is that Colin and Terry are trying to coax Andy back.9:43am : (Just reading this review of the whole EP here: http://xtcbumperbookoffunforboysandgirls.blogspot.ca/2017/11/review-of-great-aspirations-by-tc-i-aka.html?m=1 )9:43am : @UncleMichael — Gawd, I’d be over the moon if that happened... one of my all time favorite (and, most-collected) bands![]()
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9:45am :
Notice the lack of guitar on that TC&I track... I think they're saving a spot for him.9:51am : Very much so — that could be tracked in easily9:53am : if Andy passes, they could always loop in X’s John Doe and rename the new group “X, TC & I”.9:54am : First by the piano I thought it was Eric Carmen, than the voice sounded like Cat Stevens at first.![]()
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10:03am :
I'm not suggesting that track needs guitar. I'm suggesting they're demonstrating that their band needs one.10:20am : just purchased the TC and I cd from Pledge Music... autographed... always like XTC... even the Rundgren produced Skylarking...10:23am : Skylarking is magnificent!
NRBQ. Spirit, Wild Honey Beach Boys, XTC, and lots of amazing things I never knew of...this is the best radio show.10:25am : Not to mention Chris Bell....10:26am : Great show today. As always.10:26am : bob who's playing the eric satie?![]()
10:28am : Oh, that fucking piano, ouch.![]()
10:29am : High school piano recital, I'm waiting for the wrong note. Still ouch.![]()
10:30am : Yuji Takahashi - pianist of Satie Piece![]()
10:35am :
fyi - i saw vg one man play HOW TO BE A ROCK CRITIC, about Lester Bangs. there was talkback / q&a after and it was done by Jim DeRogatis. it's at the Pubic Theater (aka Public) until monday.10:38am : thanks10:44am : Beatles Jazz10:44am :
Working at the office on a Saturday. Just discovered this fantastic show. I'm hooked!10:47am : Never thought you'd dig up a Ugandan Jews chant.![]()
10:53am :
Been a sweet two hours, Bob. Thanks, and see you next time the Brainen Bunch assembles.10:54am : A request for a future show: Dave Davies version of Give Me Love. Great show as always Bob![]()
10:55am : Thanks All!10:56am : Paul on lap clap![]()
10:56am : I found the Mary Hopkins album on plastic-sealed vinyl in a Paperback Exchange (RIP) on the Upper East Side as a kid in the 80's. I also found a sealed Wonderwall Music!!!![]()
10:56am :
sorry, not listening now. but i see Fleetwood Mac was played. at the Lester Bangs play, he dissed the band. we laughed.10:57am : Thanks as always, Bob!10:57am : Mary Hopkin and Laura Nyro should have done an album together.![]()
10:57am :
just tuned in, and i checked out the TC & I link. great song.![]()
10:58am : good show bob!![]()
10:58am :
Avett Brothers do Geo Harrison? that's incredible!11:00am : Thanks Bob!2:00pm : Hey, I never realized what a great singer Lou Rawls was.3:43pm : in re: Mary Hopkin"Goodby" written and produced by Paul McCartney was only on 45rpm. The b-side was "Sparrow" by Gallagher and Lyle,equally as beautiful. Been looking for a copy of Arties "2nd ave."for decades. Thanks Bob,for another exemplary show.3:45pm : in re: Mary Hopkin"Goodby" written and produced by Paul McCartney was only on 45rpm. The b-side was "Sparrow" by Gallagher and Lyle,equally as beautiful. Been looking for a copy of Arties "2nd ave."for decades. Thanks Bob,for another exemplary show.3:46pm : in re: Mary Hopkin"Goodby" written and produced by Paul McCartney was only on 45rpm. The b-side was "Sparrow" by Gallagher and Lyle,equally as beautiful. Been looking for a copy of Arties "2nd ave."for decades. Thanks Bob,for another exemplary show.3:50pm : in re: Mary Hopkin"Goodby" written and produced by Paul McCartney was only on 45rpm. The b-side was "Sparrow" by Gallagher and Lyle,equally as beautiful. Been looking for a copy of Arties "2nd ave."for decades. Thanks Bob,for another exemplary show.![]()
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10:46am :
Scatter Me is AMAZING! <3