WFMU: Optical Sound with Mike Sin: Playlist from May 19, 2019

Optical Sound with Mike Sin: Playlist from May 19, 2019

A sight for sore ears. Power pop, freakbeat, and psychedelic songs for all six senses.

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May 19, 2019: Filling in for Gaylord... Swinging into the Sunday Sunset!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Format	Comments	Approx. start time
Episode Six	Lucky Sunday "Lucky Sunday" by "Episode Six"	VA: Piccadilly Sunshine, Part Three	Past & Present	CD	1968. Featuring Ian Gillan, later of Deep Purple.	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Moby Grape	8:05 "8:05" by "Moby Grape"	Moby Grape	Columbia	LP	1967	0:03:15 (Pop-up)
Sunshine Company	It's Sunday "It's Sunday" by "Sunshine Company"	The Sunshine Company	Imperial	LP	1968	0:05:38 (Pop-up)
Pickettywitch	That Same Old Feeling	(single)	Pye	7"	1970	0:08:29 (Pop-up)
Fortunes	I've Gotta Go "I've Gotta Go" by "Fortunes"	(single)	Press	7"	1965	0:10:36 (Pop-up)
Wackers	Last Dance "Last Dance" by "Wackers"	(single)	Elektra	7"	1972	0:13:04 (Pop-up)
Left Banke	Lazy Day "Lazy Day" by "Left Banke"	(single)	Smash	7"	1966	0:15:58 (Pop-up)
Scaffold	Ide B the First "Ide B the First" by "Scaffold"	(single)	Bell	7"	1967. Featuring Mike McGear -- Paul McCartney's bro.	0:18:19 (Pop-up)
Critters	Forever or No More "Forever or No More" by "Critters"	(single)	Kapp	7"	1966	0:20:02 (Pop-up)
Casuals	Toy "Toy" by "Casuals"	(single)	Decca	7"	1968	0:22:21 (Pop-up)

Blond	Deep Inside My Heart "Deep Inside My Heart" by "Blond"	(single)	Fontana	7"	1969. Members were previously in the Tages.	0:31:56 (Pop-up)
Short Cuts	Born on the Bayou "Born on the Bayou" by "Short Cuts"	(single)	Pepper	7"	1968. Cover of a Creedence Clearwater Revival track.	0:34:38 (Pop-up)
Carlo's Crown Jewel	Shoo-Fly Pie & Apple Pan Dowdy	(single)	Tower	7"	1969	0:37:17 (Pop-up)
Alan Price Set	Don't Do That Again	(single)	Decca	7"	1967	0:39:47 (Pop-up)
Les Aristos	Quand L'Amour Est La "Quand L'Amour Est La" by "Les Aristos"	(single)	DSP	7"	1967.	0:41:54 (Pop-up)
Rob Storme Group	But Cry "But Cry" by "Rob Storme Group"	(single)	Capitol	7"	1966	0:44:09 (Pop-up)
British Walkers	Shake "Shake" by "British Walkers"	(single)	Cameo	7"	1967. Cover of a Sam Cooke track.	0:47:04 (Pop-up)
American Breed	Step Out Of Your Mind	(single)	Acta	7"	1967	0:49:24 (Pop-up)
Paul Revere & The Raiders featuring Mark Lindsay	Don't Take it So Hard	(single)	Columbia	7"	1968	0:51:45 (Pop-up)
Twinn Connexion	Summer Sadness "Summer Sadness" by "Twinn Connexion"	Twinn Connexion	Decca	LP	1968	0:54:17 (Pop-up)

This set is for the late great Warren Lee – Thanks for all the fabulous fun at the Empire State Soul Club nights around NYC!
Dobie Gray	Out on the Floor "Out on the Floor" by "Dobie Gray"	(single)	Charger	7"	1966	1:06:26 (Pop-up)
Harvey Scales & the 7 Sounds	Love-Itis	(single)	ATCO	7"	1966	1:08:44 (Pop-up)
Don Gardner	My Baby Likes to Boogaloo	VA: Shakin' Fit: 29 Soul Stormin' Stompers	Candy	CD	1966	1:12:07 (Pop-up)
Show Stoppers	Ain't Nothin' But a House Party	VA: Nothing But a House Party - The Birth of the Philly Sound 1967-71	Kent Soul	CD	1967	1:14:15 (Pop-up)
Linda Jones	I Can't Stop Lovin' My Baby	(single)	Loma	7"	1967	1:16:49 (Pop-up)
Impressions	You Must Believe Me "You Must Believe Me" by "Impressions"	(single)	ABC Paramount	7"	1964	1:18:51 (Pop-up)
Major Lance	The Monkey Time "The Monkey Time" by "Major Lance"	Everybody Loves a Good Time! The Best of Major Lance	Okeh	CD	1965	1:21:24 (Pop-up)
Parliaments	I Wanna Testify "I Wanna Testify" by "Parliaments"	Testifyin'	Goldmine Soul Supply	LP	1967	1:24:03 (Pop-up)
Eddie Floyd	Big Bird "Big Bird" by "Eddie Floyd"	VA: The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968	Atlantic	CD box set	1968	1:27:09 (Pop-up)


Everly Brothers	Lord of the Manor	The Warner Bros Years Volume 2	Ace	LP	1968	1:34:17 (Pop-up)
Manfred Mann	My Name Is Jack "My Name Is Jack" by "Manfred Mann"	(single)	Mercury	7"	1968	1:38:42 (Pop-up)
Long Island Sound	1, 2, 3 and I Fell	VA: Nuggets Volume Four: Pop (Part Two)	Rhino	LP	1966	1:41:32 (Pop-up)
Jaggerz	The Rapper "The Rapper" by "Jaggerz"	(single)	Kama Sutra	7"	1970	1:43:48 (Pop-up)
Animals	Cheating "Cheating" by "Animals"	(single)	MGM	7"	1966	1:46:35 (Pop-up)
Ike and Tina Turner	I Can't Believe What You Say	(single)	Kent	7"	1964	1:49:40 (Pop-up)
Remains	Lonely Weekend "Lonely Weekend" by "Remains"	The Remains	Epic	LP	1966	1:51:02 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	8:01pm djsheilab: Lovely segue from Samantha's show. And beautiful start!
	8:03pm chresti: Hi hello!
	8:04pm chresti: sin on Sunday-perfect!
	8:06pm Wendy del Formaggio: What djsheilab said. A very smooth and lovely transition. Thanks for the tunes, Mike Sin.
	8:08pm diciassette: I am with Sheila B wrt the segue loveliness. And if you click on on "via giphy" there is a related gif of Julia Jacklin drinking a blue martini under a palm tree
	8:09pm P-90: Nice evening for some Optical Sound
	8:11pm Mike Sin: Hello Folks!
	8:11pm grace: nice
	8:11pm chresti: I agree with above comments
	8:15pm Frank In Queens: Hey now!
	8:16pm bigplanetnoise: Hey Mike and all Optical Sounders!
	8:19pm katharsis: Hellos
	8:23pm Mike Sin: Thanks for tuning in everybody!
	8:27pm listener 126464: Thank you Mike!
	8:29pm chresti: Nice and! cool after rain day in SoCal
	8:31pm chresti: I meant ! at the end of the sentence
	8:34pm Jinx: i wasn't aware the Bell label was around as early as '67. always learn something from 'FMU. thanks, Mike.
	8:36pm Frank In Queens: I like this version of Born On The Bayou.
	8:37pm old ERIC thee hat: Swampy
	8:37pm Jinx: this is a great cover!
	8:38pm old ERIC thee hat: Swampier than the OG
	8:39pm old ERIC thee hat: Mike Sin. Layin It Down! Thank you friend.
	8:44pm Mike Sin: Thanks for the nice comments! Very much appreciated!
	8:51pm sweet cheri: hey good evening mike and all, how's life treating you, mike?
	8:52pm Ralphus: Man, I loves this song.
	8:59pm PJ: I'm getting the feeling that the hippie days ('66-'69, anyway) were all lazy days of sunshine and upbeat melancholy. Hope to hear some Kinks in here (except that I now have to turn to Game of Thrones . . .)
	9:00pm chresti: Dizzy!
	9:10pm listener 126464: sick day
	9:11pm Jinx: holy crap! never heard that Dobie Gray track before; it's killer.
	9:12pm Will: Mike, how come you don't have our own show.
	9:16pm chresti: do the empty eye!
	9:20pm chresti: @boogaloo
	9:22pm coelacanth∅: greetings Mike Sin; opticians
	9:24pm kev: Yay the Impressions
	9:25pm chresti: Hi coelacanth(/)
	9:27pm kev: Ooo Funkidelic
	9:27pm davek: Thee best!!! Had this single forever!
	9:28pm coelacanth∅: hey chresti! (& ditto bout the imps)
	9:28pm chresti: I like the Persuasions' version of this. Too.
	9:30pm chresti: @I Wanna Testify, called "Women and Drinkin'
	9:32pm chresti: actually, just the "testify" part is similar
	9:47pm kev: Is this for mick?
	9:47pm coelacanth∅: holy crap! i forgot all about this one. my older sister used to love this song. i don't think i've heard it in 35 years!
	9:48pm chresti: I encountered rappers starting when I was 12
	9:49pm coelacanth∅: (...probably 40-50 years, more likely)
	9:50pm steve from gberg: hmmm the roots of a tom petty tune...
	9:51pm herb.nyc: Such great songs, thanks! I didn't hear "lazy day" but Stan played Spanky and our Gang doing it (that's the original, right?). He gave it a personal intro, closing out his show (2 nights ago). Take care, Warren Lee, RIP.
	9:51pm chresti: The Rapper came out when I was 12-13
	9:51pm coelacanth∅: first rap song i ever heard was probably commander cody's version of hot rod lincoln, so that was around 48 years ago!
	9:54pm John from Florham Park: Hello fellow listeners
	9:54pm chresti: Thanks Mike! Great!
	9:58pm kev: Thx
	9:59pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Mr.Sin
	10:00pm katharsis: Thank you
	4:32pm Jerry Hopkins: Thanks for playing "Summer Sadness"My brother Jay and I under the name Twinn Connexion recorded on the Decca Label in 1968..two reissues exist one reissued Cherry Red 2010 ...another "Songs From the Heart" on Big Pink 2011...Jerry

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Format	Comments	Approx. start time
Episode Six	Lucky Sunday "Lucky Sunday" by "Episode Six"	VA: Piccadilly Sunshine, Part Three	Past & Present	CD	1968. Featuring Ian Gillan, later of Deep Purple.	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Moby Grape	8:05 "8:05" by "Moby Grape"	Moby Grape	Columbia	LP	1967	0:03:15 (Pop-up)
Sunshine Company	It's Sunday "It's Sunday" by "Sunshine Company"	The Sunshine Company	Imperial	LP	1968	0:05:38 (Pop-up)
Pickettywitch	That Same Old Feeling	(single)	Pye	7"	1970	0:08:29 (Pop-up)
Fortunes	I've Gotta Go "I've Gotta Go" by "Fortunes"	(single)	Press	7"	1965	0:10:36 (Pop-up)
Wackers	Last Dance "Last Dance" by "Wackers"	(single)	Elektra	7"	1972	0:13:04 (Pop-up)
Left Banke	Lazy Day "Lazy Day" by "Left Banke"	(single)	Smash	7"	1966	0:15:58 (Pop-up)
Scaffold	Ide B the First "Ide B the First" by "Scaffold"	(single)	Bell	7"	1967. Featuring Mike McGear -- Paul McCartney's bro.	0:18:19 (Pop-up)
Critters	Forever or No More "Forever or No More" by "Critters"	(single)	Kapp	7"	1966	0:20:02 (Pop-up)
Casuals	Toy "Toy" by "Casuals"	(single)	Decca	7"	1968	0:22:21 (Pop-up)

Blond	Deep Inside My Heart "Deep Inside My Heart" by "Blond"	(single)	Fontana	7"	1969. Members were previously in the Tages.	0:31:56 (Pop-up)
Short Cuts	Born on the Bayou "Born on the Bayou" by "Short Cuts"	(single)	Pepper	7"	1968. Cover of a Creedence Clearwater Revival track.	0:34:38 (Pop-up)
Carlo's Crown Jewel	Shoo-Fly Pie & Apple Pan Dowdy	(single)	Tower	7"	1969	0:37:17 (Pop-up)
Alan Price Set	Don't Do That Again	(single)	Decca	7"	1967	0:39:47 (Pop-up)
Les Aristos	Quand L'Amour Est La "Quand L'Amour Est La" by "Les Aristos"	(single)	DSP	7"	1967.	0:41:54 (Pop-up)
Rob Storme Group	But Cry "But Cry" by "Rob Storme Group"	(single)	Capitol	7"	1966	0:44:09 (Pop-up)
British Walkers	Shake "Shake" by "British Walkers"	(single)	Cameo	7"	1967. Cover of a Sam Cooke track.	0:47:04 (Pop-up)
American Breed	Step Out Of Your Mind	(single)	Acta	7"	1967	0:49:24 (Pop-up)
Paul Revere & The Raiders featuring Mark Lindsay	Don't Take it So Hard	(single)	Columbia	7"	1968	0:51:45 (Pop-up)
Twinn Connexion	Summer Sadness "Summer Sadness" by "Twinn Connexion"	Twinn Connexion	Decca	LP	1968	0:54:17 (Pop-up)

This set is for the late great Warren Lee – Thanks for all the fabulous fun at the Empire State Soul Club nights around NYC!
Dobie Gray	Out on the Floor "Out on the Floor" by "Dobie Gray"	(single)	Charger	7"	1966	1:06:26 (Pop-up)
Harvey Scales & the 7 Sounds	Love-Itis	(single)	ATCO	7"	1966	1:08:44 (Pop-up)
Don Gardner	My Baby Likes to Boogaloo	VA: Shakin' Fit: 29 Soul Stormin' Stompers	Candy	CD	1966	1:12:07 (Pop-up)
Show Stoppers	Ain't Nothin' But a House Party	VA: Nothing But a House Party - The Birth of the Philly Sound 1967-71	Kent Soul	CD	1967	1:14:15 (Pop-up)
Linda Jones	I Can't Stop Lovin' My Baby	(single)	Loma	7"	1967	1:16:49 (Pop-up)
Impressions	You Must Believe Me "You Must Believe Me" by "Impressions"	(single)	ABC Paramount	7"	1964	1:18:51 (Pop-up)
Major Lance	The Monkey Time "The Monkey Time" by "Major Lance"	Everybody Loves a Good Time! The Best of Major Lance	Okeh	CD	1965	1:21:24 (Pop-up)
Parliaments	I Wanna Testify "I Wanna Testify" by "Parliaments"	Testifyin'	Goldmine Soul Supply	LP	1967	1:24:03 (Pop-up)
Eddie Floyd	Big Bird "Big Bird" by "Eddie Floyd"	VA: The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968	Atlantic	CD box set	1968	1:27:09 (Pop-up)


Everly Brothers	Lord of the Manor	The Warner Bros Years Volume 2	Ace	LP	1968	1:34:17 (Pop-up)
Manfred Mann	My Name Is Jack "My Name Is Jack" by "Manfred Mann"	(single)	Mercury	7"	1968	1:38:42 (Pop-up)
Long Island Sound	1, 2, 3 and I Fell	VA: Nuggets Volume Four: Pop (Part Two)	Rhino	LP	1966	1:41:32 (Pop-up)
Jaggerz	The Rapper "The Rapper" by "Jaggerz"	(single)	Kama Sutra	7"	1970	1:43:48 (Pop-up)
Animals	Cheating "Cheating" by "Animals"	(single)	MGM	7"	1966	1:46:35 (Pop-up)
Ike and Tina Turner	I Can't Believe What You Say	(single)	Kent	7"	1964	1:49:40 (Pop-up)
Remains	Lonely Weekend "Lonely Weekend" by "Remains"	The Remains	Epic	LP	1966	1:51:02 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	8:01pm djsheilab: Lovely segue from Samantha's show. And beautiful start!
	8:03pm chresti: Hi hello!
	8:04pm chresti: sin on Sunday-perfect!
	8:06pm Wendy del Formaggio: What djsheilab said. A very smooth and lovely transition. Thanks for the tunes, Mike Sin.
	8:08pm diciassette: I am with Sheila B wrt the segue loveliness. And if you click on on "via giphy" there is a related gif of Julia Jacklin drinking a blue martini under a palm tree
	8:09pm P-90: Nice evening for some Optical Sound
	8:11pm Mike Sin: Hello Folks!
	8:11pm grace: nice
	8:11pm chresti: I agree with above comments
	8:15pm Frank In Queens: Hey now!
	8:16pm bigplanetnoise: Hey Mike and all Optical Sounders!
	8:19pm katharsis: Hellos
	8:23pm Mike Sin: Thanks for tuning in everybody!
	8:27pm listener 126464: Thank you Mike!
	8:29pm chresti: Nice and! cool after rain day in SoCal
	8:31pm chresti: I meant ! at the end of the sentence
	8:34pm Jinx: i wasn't aware the Bell label was around as early as '67. always learn something from 'FMU. thanks, Mike.
	8:36pm Frank In Queens: I like this version of Born On The Bayou.
	8:37pm old ERIC thee hat: Swampy
	8:37pm Jinx: this is a great cover!
	8:38pm old ERIC thee hat: Swampier than the OG
	8:39pm old ERIC thee hat: Mike Sin. Layin It Down! Thank you friend.
	8:44pm Mike Sin: Thanks for the nice comments! Very much appreciated!
	8:51pm sweet cheri: hey good evening mike and all, how's life treating you, mike?
	8:52pm Ralphus: Man, I loves this song.
	8:59pm PJ: I'm getting the feeling that the hippie days ('66-'69, anyway) were all lazy days of sunshine and upbeat melancholy. Hope to hear some Kinks in here (except that I now have to turn to Game of Thrones . . .)
	9:00pm chresti: Dizzy!
	9:10pm listener 126464: sick day
	9:11pm Jinx: holy crap! never heard that Dobie Gray track before; it's killer.
	9:12pm Will: Mike, how come you don't have our own show.
	9:16pm chresti: do the empty eye!
	9:20pm chresti: @boogaloo
	9:22pm coelacanth∅: greetings Mike Sin; opticians
	9:24pm kev: Yay the Impressions
	9:25pm chresti: Hi coelacanth(/)
	9:27pm kev: Ooo Funkidelic
	9:27pm davek: Thee best!!! Had this single forever!
	9:28pm coelacanth∅: hey chresti! (& ditto bout the imps)
	9:28pm chresti: I like the Persuasions' version of this. Too.
	9:30pm chresti: @I Wanna Testify, called "Women and Drinkin'
	9:32pm chresti: actually, just the "testify" part is similar
	9:47pm kev: Is this for mick?
	9:47pm coelacanth∅: holy crap! i forgot all about this one. my older sister used to love this song. i don't think i've heard it in 35 years!
	9:48pm chresti: I encountered rappers starting when I was 12
	9:49pm coelacanth∅: (...probably 40-50 years, more likely)
	9:50pm steve from gberg: hmmm the roots of a tom petty tune...
	9:51pm herb.nyc: Such great songs, thanks! I didn't hear "lazy day" but Stan played Spanky and our Gang doing it (that's the original, right?). He gave it a personal intro, closing out his show (2 nights ago). Take care, Warren Lee, RIP.
	9:51pm chresti: The Rapper came out when I was 12-13
	9:51pm coelacanth∅: first rap song i ever heard was probably commander cody's version of hot rod lincoln, so that was around 48 years ago!
	9:54pm John from Florham Park: Hello fellow listeners
	9:54pm chresti: Thanks Mike! Great!
	9:58pm kev: Thx
	9:59pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Mr.Sin
	10:00pm katharsis: Thank you
	4:32pm Jerry Hopkins: Thanks for playing "Summer Sadness"My brother Jay and I under the name Twinn Connexion recorded on the Decca Label in 1968..two reissues exist one reissued Cherry Red 2010 ...another "Songs From the Heart" on Big Pink 2011...Jerry

Optical Sound with Mike Sin: Playlist from May 19, 2019

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