WFMU: Optical Sound with Mike Sin: Playlist from May 19, 2018

Listener comments!
	1:00pm Frank In Queens: And now it's time for "Manscaping With Mike"!
	1:00pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: Fab opening Mike! Glad to have you on the radio today.
	1:01pm clarke: lol!!!
	1:02pm clarke: i sense a 'theme' here
	1:03pm Gaylord Fields: Mike and Matt are where it's at!
	1:04pm clarke: most revealing Del McC nugget: he ENJOYS mowing the lawn!!
	1:05pm clarke: and the....FIELDS!!!
	1:07pm Gaylord Fields: @clarke: That hits me right in my bald spot!
	1:07pm clarke: there goes the theme ----- frank - i guess in my non-hockey way i am pulling for winnipeg?? shoot me down, if you like....
	1:08pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Off to a rip-roaring start!
	1:11pm clarke: todd - sorry have to miss (most of) your show AGAIN! gotta do work stuff, later...boo!!!
	1:12pm clarke: i will one day get rid of my dumbphone and be able to use some type of app like frank does....
	1:12pm Mike Sin: Hey Todd, Gaylord, clarke, Jeff and Frankie Sideburns! Get the ragu ready
	1:12pm Frank In Queens: I like Winnipeg, but I think I like Vegas more. I like the absurdity of an expansion team winning the Cup. But really, anyone but the Caps at this point.
	1:13pm clarke: nice stuff - i like what you've done here!!
	1:13pm Marc Francis: Yes! Howdy Mike Sin!!
	1:13pm Frank In Queens: Mike, we were literally talking about Sunday pasta when you typed that.
	1:13pm Your Ace From Exchange Place: Howdy!
	1:13pm Mike Sin: Hello All!!!
	1:14pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: Vegas looks really, really good in these playoffs. Scary good. Hellebuyck? Buck no.
	1:14pm clarke: i can't back a team from vegas - you hear this Raiders?
	1:14pm Frank In Queens: Vegas has looked good all season.
	1:18pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: Leave it to WFMU to have 95% more hockey talk in 10 minutes than WFAN has all season.
	1:19pm clarke: in place of Rex's featured star i submit to ya'll: Nancy Guild (pronounced like Wild) who is stunning in the raymond chandler flick "The Brasher Doubloon" and an abbot and costello flick.
	1:22pm Frank In Queens: @Jeff, especially that Francesa is back...
	1:22pm clarke: fantastic Vox!!!
	1:24pm Frank In Queens: Matt, stop living so hard!
	1:25pm Richard.Whig: Whig out West checking in!
	1:26pm clarke: trade-offs = cool
	1:26pm Nutley Sam: @Matt who produced that Zephyrs track?
	1:30pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @Nutley Sam: Shel Talmy!
	1:31pm Nutley Sam: @Todd, I thought so!
	1:34pm Richard.Whig: Mike and Matt....the Car Talk version of Record Talk!! Love it!
	1:36pm Gaylord Fields: I'm in British beat grouop heaven with this spin 'n chat! This M&M melts in your ears, not in your hands!
	1:37pm Nutley Sam: Phil Schapp is on the line -- he says you guys talk too much!
	1:40pm Mike Sin: Chat and Chew!
	1:40pm Richard.Whig: Less tracking...more yakkin'!
	1:40pm longish: Nobody enjoys hearing you guys blather than yourselves. I need Rex!
	1:41pm McGreivey: +1 for the Phil Shaap comment. Not that there's anything wrong with umm Phil Shaap.
	1:41pm Richard.Whig: I disagree ^. I enjoy the banter.
	1:41pm Gaylord Fields: @Nutley Sam: And knowing Phil Schaap, he's probably still on the line.
	1:41pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: I hear "Don't Let me Down" on this tune.
	1:43pm Nutley Sam: People who know Nutley Sam know he was only teasing. Let's all calm down!
	1:43pm Gaylord Fields: @longish: I presume you skipped all stated opinions other than your own.
	1:44pm DG: OMG! This Rockin' Horse song is totally "Don't Let Me Down"---certainly "inspired" by it, musically & vocally (even if it doesn't copy the tune, exactly). Could be a Rutles tune....or one of those Utopia tracks from "Deface the Music."
	1:45pm Philthy woman: Love that Rockin Horse song!
	1:48pm clarke: guys sittin' around talkin' about records - I LIKE IT!!
	1:48pm clarke: i'll buy some of that!
	1:54pm clarke: i DID buy some of that, when i pledged to 'fmu!!
	1:55pm Mike Sin: Thanks Clarke!
	1:56pm Gaylord Fields: @clarke: That's because you get what WFMU is all about and what exactly you support when you give! Thanks, old friend!
	1:57pm Tim from LH: Optical Sounds, my favorite fill-in show!
	1:59pm clarke: well, gaylord - i always meant to say that that time shelley had The World's Greatest Music Experts segment on his show was one of my fave pieces of radio!!
	2:02pm Frank In Queens: This show has been great so far.
	2:02pm Frank In Queens: And still an hour to go!
	2:02pm Fuzzy: Indeed!
	2:03pm clarke: don't mention 'deeds' around frank!!
	2:03pm ChrisB.: There's a great Everlys Warner Archive compilation. 2 CD.
	2:03pm egould310: Digging the tunes, fellas. Sounds like you guys are having fun. I’m having fun listening. Thank you!!
	2:04pm clarke: Liepzig deeds done dirt cheap!!
	2:06pm Frank In Queens: Oh, those deeds are getting done alright....
	2:06pm KRS: Totally enjoying this show...excellent choice of tunes and enjoying your explanation and history of them! Thank you, Fred, for turning me on to this station which I am able to live stream!
	2:06pm frenchee: Love you two gents geekin' out!
	2:06pm clarke: ha ha ha
	2:07pm Gaylord Fields: Another resaon I love you guys: You pronounce "Kirkbys" correctly!
	2:07pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: Feelin' mighty childish this afternoon!
	2:08pm Richard.Whig: This bee mighty!!
	2:10pm frenchee: these guys should be renamed the sharps & flats!
	2:12pm clarke: TOTALLY optical!!!!
	2:13pm Marc15: A guy after my own heart.
	2:13pm clarke: gosh i just put away my winter clothes -- cold in here!!
	2:14pm Frank In Queens: Hollies are NEVER a bad choice.
	2:15pm Richard.Whig: "I'd rather be out with the boys"......OUCH!!
	2:15pm Gaylord Fields: @Marc15: I believe that when Jagger and Oldham (!) wrote this (as the more blatant "I'd Much Rather Be With the Boys"), the homophile aspect you allude to was intended.
	2:18pm clarke: unfortunatey, got to head out to do a bit of work work. later gator(s)!!
	2:20pm Mike Sin: See ya later Clarke! -MC
	2:23pm Richard.Whig: I have non problems avec this trak
	2:23pm Matt Clarke: Thanks everyone for hanging out during our Top Gear sesh
	2:25pm Matt Clarke: Merci mon ami Richard Whig
	2:25pm KRS: BTW the interview broadcast earlier today that Michael Shelley did with Del McCoury was a gem. Thanks!
	2:27pm Matt Clarke: Yeah! Michael Shelley always has the best interviews
	2:33pm ironweed: Leesburg FL checking in
	2:40pm Marc15: @Gaylord Fields: Really? It was intended?
	2:44pm Gaylord Fields: @Marc15: I remember reading years ago that it was written with their pal the openly gay producer Bob Crewe in mind. (And Mike is correct, it was Richards-Oldham; I stand corrected).
	2:47pm Gaylord Fields: @Marc15: Here's confirmation, straight from the horse's mouth: steve-marcus.blogspot.com...
	2:49pm DG: Wow, have always wanted to hear this Doris Troy track---written by her & G. Harrison (there are more collaborations on this album, inc. 2 by George, Ringo, Troy & Stephen Stills)...that also sounds like Billy Preston on electric piano. Don't know why this wasn't a hit.
	2:55pm Marc15: Thank you for the information Gaylord! It is much appreciated!!
	2:58pm Gaylord Fields: @Marc15: I like to use my music geekery for niceness instead of evil.
	2:59pm Richard.Whig: Glynis says THANKs for the Raiders!
	2:59pm Marc15: @Gaylord Fields: I understand. Thank you again
	3:00pm Gaylord Fields: Thanks, Mike and Matt! The show warmed this '60s Anglophile's heart!

Optical Sound with Mike Sin: Playlist from May 19, 2018

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Format	Comments	Approx. start time
The Score	Please Please Me "Please Please Me" by "The Score"	VA: The Freakbeat Scene	Decca	CD	1966	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Cliff Bennet & the Rebel Rousers	Slow Down	(single)	Parlophone	7"	1964	0:02:13 (Pop-up)
Searchers	Ain't That Just Like Me	(single)	Kapp	7"	1964	0:04:31 (Pop-up)
Searchers	Saturday Night Out "Saturday Night Out" by "Searchers"	(single)	Kapp	7"	1963	0:06:52 (Pop-up)
Merseys	Sorrow "Sorrow" by "Merseys"	VA: Unearthed Merseybeat: From the Birth of Merseybeat to Psychedelia 1957-1968	Viper	CD	1966. Alternate version without horns!	0:09:01 (Pop-up)
Untamed	Gimme Gimme Some Shade "Gimme Gimme Some Shade" by "Untamed"	(single)	Planet	7"	1966	0:10:58 (Pop-up)
Lancastrians	The World Keeps Going Round	VA: Ready Steady Stop! Doin' the Mod Vol. 4	Sanctuary	CD	1966. Cover of a Kinks' track with Jimmy Page on guitar.	0:13:07 (Pop-up)
Tremeloes	Let Your Hair Hang Down	(single)	Epic	7"	1967	0:15:35 (Pop-up)
Richard Kent Style	Go Go Children	VA: Mod Meeting - Richard Kent Style vs. St. Louis Union	Dr. No	LP	1966	0:18:04 (Pop-up)
Zephyrs	There's Something About You	(single)	Rotate	7"	1966	0:21:02 (Pop-up)

Rockin' Horse	Don't You Ever Think I Cry?	Yes It Is	Sing Sing Records	LP	1972	0:40:53 (Pop-up)
Badfinger	Name of the Game "Name of the Game" by "Badfinger"	Straight Up	Apple	CD	1971. Alternate version that appeared as a bonus track on the CD reissue.	0:45:05 (Pop-up)
Public Nuisance	Small Faces "Small Faces" by "Public Nuisance"	Gotta Survive	Frantic	CD	1968	0:49:01 (Pop-up)
Truth	Sueno "Sueno" by "Truth"	(single)	London	7"	1968	0:51:48 (Pop-up)
Zombies	She's Coming Home "She's Coming Home" by "Zombies"	(single)	Parrot	7"	1965	0:54:58 (Pop-up)
Everly Brothers	Gone Gone Gone "Gone Gone Gone" by "Everly Brothers"	(single)	Warner Bros.	7"	1964	0:57:28 (Pop-up)

Mighty Caesars	I Self Destroy "I Self Destroy" by "Mighty Caesars"	VA: Medway Powerhouse Vol.1	Hangman	LP	1986	1:06:55 (Pop-up)
Bern Elliot & the Fenmen	Shop Around	(single)	Decca	7"	1963	1:09:23 (Pop-up)
Toggery Five	I'd Much Rather Be With the Boys	VA: 60's Back Beat	See For Miles	LP	1965	1:12:17 (Pop-up)
Hollies	Here I Go Again "Here I Go Again" by "Hollies"	(single)	Parlophone	7"	1964	1:14:14 (Pop-up)
Apple-Glass Cyndrom	Going Wrong "Going Wrong" by "Apple-Glass Cyndrom"	(single)	Sundazed	7"	1969	1:16:29 (Pop-up)
Sonny	Laugh at Me "Laugh at Me" by "Sonny"	(single)	ATCO	7"	1965	1:19:48 (Pop-up)
Antoine	Les Elucubrations D'Antoine	(single)	Disques Vogue	7"	1966	1:22:46 (Pop-up)
Edouard	Les Hallucinations D'Edouard	(single)	CBS	7"	1966	1:25:57 (Pop-up)
British Walkers	Bad Lightnin' "Bad Lightnin'" by "British Walkers"	VA: Signed D.C.	Satan	LP	1966	1:28:46 (Pop-up)
Shanes	I Don't Want Your Love "I Don't Want Your Love" by "Shanes"	(single)	Columbia	7"	1965	1:31:09 (Pop-up)

Doris Troy	Ain't That Cute "Ain't That Cute" by "Doris Troy"	(single)	Apple	7"	1969	1:44:55 (Pop-up)
William Bell	Eloise "Eloise" by "William Bell"	VA: The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968	Atlantic	CD box set	1967	1:48:40 (Pop-up)
Yardbirds	Heart Full Of Soul "Heart Full Of Soul" by "Yardbirds"	The Yardbirds, Vol.2 -- Blues, Backtracks And Shapes Of Things	Sony	CD box set	1965. Alternate version with sitar!	1:51:22 (Pop-up)
Small Faces	My Mind's Eye "My Mind's Eye" by "Small Faces"	(single)	Decca	7"	1966	1:53:15 (Pop-up)
Bunch of Fives	At the Station "At the Station" by "Bunch of Fives"	VA: Visions Of the Past, Volume 3	Disc de Luxe	CD	1967	1:55:30 (Pop-up)
Paul Revere & the Raiders	In My Community	(single)	Columbia	7"	1966	1:57:22 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	1:00pm Frank In Queens: And now it's time for "Manscaping With Mike"!
	1:00pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: Fab opening Mike! Glad to have you on the radio today.
	1:01pm clarke: lol!!!
	1:02pm clarke: i sense a 'theme' here
	1:03pm Gaylord Fields: Mike and Matt are where it's at!
	1:04pm clarke: most revealing Del McC nugget: he ENJOYS mowing the lawn!!
	1:05pm clarke: and the....FIELDS!!!
	1:07pm Gaylord Fields: @clarke: That hits me right in my bald spot!
	1:07pm clarke: there goes the theme ----- frank - i guess in my non-hockey way i am pulling for winnipeg?? shoot me down, if you like....
	1:08pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Off to a rip-roaring start!
	1:11pm clarke: todd - sorry have to miss (most of) your show AGAIN! gotta do work stuff, later...boo!!!
	1:12pm clarke: i will one day get rid of my dumbphone and be able to use some type of app like frank does....
	1:12pm Mike Sin: Hey Todd, Gaylord, clarke, Jeff and Frankie Sideburns! Get the ragu ready
	1:12pm Frank In Queens: I like Winnipeg, but I think I like Vegas more. I like the absurdity of an expansion team winning the Cup. But really, anyone but the Caps at this point.
	1:13pm clarke: nice stuff - i like what you've done here!!
	1:13pm Marc Francis: Yes! Howdy Mike Sin!!
	1:13pm Frank In Queens: Mike, we were literally talking about Sunday pasta when you typed that.
	1:13pm Your Ace From Exchange Place: Howdy!
	1:13pm Mike Sin: Hello All!!!
	1:14pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: Vegas looks really, really good in these playoffs. Scary good. Hellebuyck? Buck no.
	1:14pm clarke: i can't back a team from vegas - you hear this Raiders?
	1:14pm Frank In Queens: Vegas has looked good all season.
	1:18pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: Leave it to WFMU to have 95% more hockey talk in 10 minutes than WFAN has all season.
	1:19pm clarke: in place of Rex's featured star i submit to ya'll: Nancy Guild (pronounced like Wild) who is stunning in the raymond chandler flick "The Brasher Doubloon" and an abbot and costello flick.
	1:22pm Frank In Queens: @Jeff, especially that Francesa is back...
	1:22pm clarke: fantastic Vox!!!
	1:24pm Frank In Queens: Matt, stop living so hard!
	1:25pm Richard.Whig: Whig out West checking in!
	1:26pm clarke: trade-offs = cool
	1:26pm Nutley Sam: @Matt who produced that Zephyrs track?
	1:30pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @Nutley Sam: Shel Talmy!
	1:31pm Nutley Sam: @Todd, I thought so!
	1:34pm Richard.Whig: Mike and Matt....the Car Talk version of Record Talk!! Love it!
	1:36pm Gaylord Fields: I'm in British beat grouop heaven with this spin 'n chat! This M&M melts in your ears, not in your hands!
	1:37pm Nutley Sam: Phil Schapp is on the line -- he says you guys talk too much!
	1:40pm Mike Sin: Chat and Chew!
	1:40pm Richard.Whig: Less tracking...more yakkin'!
	1:40pm longish: Nobody enjoys hearing you guys blather than yourselves. I need Rex!
	1:41pm McGreivey: +1 for the Phil Shaap comment. Not that there's anything wrong with umm Phil Shaap.
	1:41pm Richard.Whig: I disagree ^. I enjoy the banter.
	1:41pm Gaylord Fields: @Nutley Sam: And knowing Phil Schaap, he's probably still on the line.
	1:41pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: I hear "Don't Let me Down" on this tune.
	1:43pm Nutley Sam: People who know Nutley Sam know he was only teasing. Let's all calm down!
	1:43pm Gaylord Fields: @longish: I presume you skipped all stated opinions other than your own.
	1:44pm DG: OMG! This Rockin' Horse song is totally "Don't Let Me Down"---certainly "inspired" by it, musically & vocally (even if it doesn't copy the tune, exactly). Could be a Rutles tune....or one of those Utopia tracks from "Deface the Music."
	1:45pm Philthy woman: Love that Rockin Horse song!
	1:48pm clarke: guys sittin' around talkin' about records - I LIKE IT!!
	1:48pm clarke: i'll buy some of that!
	1:54pm clarke: i DID buy some of that, when i pledged to 'fmu!!
	1:55pm Mike Sin: Thanks Clarke!
	1:56pm Gaylord Fields: @clarke: That's because you get what WFMU is all about and what exactly you support when you give! Thanks, old friend!
	1:57pm Tim from LH: Optical Sounds, my favorite fill-in show!
	1:59pm clarke: well, gaylord - i always meant to say that that time shelley had The World's Greatest Music Experts segment on his show was one of my fave pieces of radio!!
	2:02pm Frank In Queens: This show has been great so far.
	2:02pm Frank In Queens: And still an hour to go!
	2:02pm Fuzzy: Indeed!
	2:03pm clarke: don't mention 'deeds' around frank!!
	2:03pm ChrisB.: There's a great Everlys Warner Archive compilation. 2 CD.
	2:03pm egould310: Digging the tunes, fellas. Sounds like you guys are having fun. I’m having fun listening. Thank you!!
	2:04pm clarke: Liepzig deeds done dirt cheap!!
	2:06pm Frank In Queens: Oh, those deeds are getting done alright....
	2:06pm KRS: Totally enjoying this show...excellent choice of tunes and enjoying your explanation and history of them! Thank you, Fred, for turning me on to this station which I am able to live stream!
	2:06pm frenchee: Love you two gents geekin' out!
	2:06pm clarke: ha ha ha
	2:07pm Gaylord Fields: Another resaon I love you guys: You pronounce "Kirkbys" correctly!
	2:07pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: Feelin' mighty childish this afternoon!
	2:08pm Richard.Whig: This bee mighty!!
	2:10pm frenchee: these guys should be renamed the sharps & flats!
	2:12pm clarke: TOTALLY optical!!!!
	2:13pm Marc15: A guy after my own heart.
	2:13pm clarke: gosh i just put away my winter clothes -- cold in here!!
	2:14pm Frank In Queens: Hollies are NEVER a bad choice.
	2:15pm Richard.Whig: "I'd rather be out with the boys"......OUCH!!
	2:15pm Gaylord Fields: @Marc15: I believe that when Jagger and Oldham (!) wrote this (as the more blatant "I'd Much Rather Be With the Boys"), the homophile aspect you allude to was intended.
	2:18pm clarke: unfortunatey, got to head out to do a bit of work work. later gator(s)!!
	2:20pm Mike Sin: See ya later Clarke! -MC
	2:23pm Richard.Whig: I have non problems avec this trak
	2:23pm Matt Clarke: Thanks everyone for hanging out during our Top Gear sesh
	2:25pm Matt Clarke: Merci mon ami Richard Whig
	2:25pm KRS: BTW the interview broadcast earlier today that Michael Shelley did with Del McCoury was a gem. Thanks!
	2:27pm Matt Clarke: Yeah! Michael Shelley always has the best interviews
	2:33pm ironweed: Leesburg FL checking in
	2:40pm Marc15: @Gaylord Fields: Really? It was intended?
	2:44pm Gaylord Fields: @Marc15: I remember reading years ago that it was written with their pal the openly gay producer Bob Crewe in mind. (And Mike is correct, it was Richards-Oldham; I stand corrected).
	2:47pm Gaylord Fields: @Marc15: Here's confirmation, straight from the horse's mouth: steve-marcus.blogspot.com...
	2:49pm DG: Wow, have always wanted to hear this Doris Troy track---written by her & G. Harrison (there are more collaborations on this album, inc. 2 by George, Ringo, Troy & Stephen Stills)...that also sounds like Billy Preston on electric piano. Don't know why this wasn't a hit.
	2:55pm Marc15: Thank you for the information Gaylord! It is much appreciated!!
	2:58pm Gaylord Fields: @Marc15: I like to use my music geekery for niceness instead of evil.
	2:59pm Richard.Whig: Glynis says THANKs for the Raiders!
	2:59pm Marc15: @Gaylord Fields: I understand. Thank you again
	3:00pm Gaylord Fields: Thanks, Mike and Matt! The show warmed this '60s Anglophile's heart!

Optical Sound with Mike Sin: Playlist from May 19, 2018

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