WFMU: Michael Shelley: Playlist from June 5, 2021

Michael Shelley: Playlist from June 5, 2021

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
Loose Lips	Kyle "Kyle" by "Loose Lips"
Triumphs, The	Garner State Park "Garner State Park" by "Triumphs, The"
Moon Mullican	Seven Nights To Rock
Pee Wee Crayton	Let the Good Times Roll
Marcos Valle	Crickets Sing For Anamaria
Cargoe	Feel Alright "Feel Alright" by "Cargoe"
Rip Chords, The	Karen "Karen" by "Rip Chords, The"
Deke Dickerson	Broken Down And Broken Hearted
Marv Johnson	Come On And Stop "Come On And Stop" by "Marv Johnson"
Geraint Watkins	My Love "My Love" by "Geraint Watkins"
Who, The	Call Me Lightning "Call Me Lightning" by "Who, The"
B.J. Thomas	Interview Excerpt "Interview Excerpt" by "B.J. Thomas"
B.J. Thomas	Hooked On A Feeling "Hooked On A Feeling" by "B.J. Thomas"
Robbie Fulks	Chores "Chores" by "Robbie Fulks"
O.V. Wright	Working Your Game "Working Your Game" by "O.V. Wright"
Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five	Teardrops From My Eyes
Nuevo	Every Day "Every Day" by "Nuevo"
Rivieras, The	Let's Dance "Let's Dance" by "Rivieras, The"
Chris Montez	No, No, No "No, No, No" by "Chris Montez"
Cascade Sweethearts, The	Hard Workin' Woman
Gwen McCrae	It's Worth The Hurt "It's Worth The Hurt" by "Gwen McCrae"
Los Zafiros	Bossa Cubana "Bossa Cubana" by "Los Zafiros"
Robbie Fulks	Angela "Angela" by "Robbie Fulks"
Mitch And Mickey	When I'm Standing Next To You
Los Shakers	Got Any Money? "Got Any Money?" by "Los Shakers"
Homer And Jethro	The Square Song "The Square Song" by "Homer And Jethro"
James Carr	I'm Going To Send You Back To Georgia
Dave Edmunds	Get Out Of Denver "Get Out Of Denver" by "Dave Edmunds"
Mighty Avengers, The	When Blue Turns To Grey
James Brown	Shhhhhhhh! (For A Little While)
Reducers, The	Fistfight At The Beach
Jacob James, The	I Don't Want To Stay
Yolks, The	You Don't Live Here No More
Barreracudas, The	Promises "Promises" by "Barreracudas, The"
Trevor Blendour	Carly Please "Carly Please" by "Trevor Blendour"
Boys With The Perpetual Nervousness, The	I Don't Mind
Ken Sharp	Black Coffee Cigarettes And Bachs Minuet
David Letterman	WAGO 1969 "WAGO 1969" by "David Letterman"

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CLICK HERE to check out the Radio Time Machine and listen to any year of any country's radio

CLICK HERE to see U.S. recorded music revenues by format from 1973 to 2019

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

CLICK HERE to listen to the Student Teachers on 'KCRW's "Lost Notes"

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

CLICK HERE (if you dare) to watch "The Black Connection"

CLICK HERE to watch "Andrew Bird's Live From The Great Room feat. Jonathan Richman"

CLICK HERE for a NY Times piece on the lp "Casino Royale"

CLICK HERE to find how how you can make a guitar amp out of an old radio

The Boston public library are currently digitizing 100,000 vinyl LPs for anyone to listen to online, CLICK HERE to browse

CLICK HERE to hear Michael's new 30 minute mix for the debut installment of Lagniappe Radio

CLICK HERE for The Fab Four Archivist's "Replacing Ringo? The Story Behind Bernard Purdie and The Beatles"

CLICK HERE for a great piece called "Bernard Purdie ... did he really record with The Beatles?"

CLICK HERE for the multi part fascinating documentary about Dream Theater's search for a new drummer

CLICK HERE for info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

CLICK HERE for the old switcheroo: A new episode of the Casey's Musical Dustbin Radio podcast where Michael Shelley is the interview subject.

CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell interviewed on the Stereo Hysteria podcast

CLICK HERE to read "How the Beach Boys’ Lost Late-Sixties Gems Got a Second Life "

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Sonny Curtis Please Kill Me!

CLICK HERE to find out what happened when Jonathan Richman moved to Maine in 1981

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Lou Reed archivist Don Fleming on the Please Kill Me website!

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis' interview & performance on Fresh Air

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis LIVE & unplugged at Paste studios!

CLICK HERE for info on the new compilation "Back Patio Bliss" produced by listener Baby!

CLICK HERE for a free download of the new album "Matt Gets Blue" from Matt Lucas

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

CLICK HERE for an interesting short film about R. Stevie Moore

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

CLICK HERE to read Michael Shelley's comic "Oh No, It's Tinnitus!"

CLICK HERE for very funny excerpts from a notebook where record store clerks logged "anytime we got a dopey phone call, boneheaded comment, or generally batshit customer experience"

CLICK HERE for Quincy Jones on Paul "the worst bass player I ever heard" McCartney, Michael "stole a lot of stuff" Jackson, Astrology, and who killed Kennedy!

CLICK HERE for a map, with audio links, to whatever the #1 song is in 3000 places around the world

CLICK HERE for a step-by-step guide to repairing damaged record sleeves

CLICK HERE for testimony given by Taylor Swift in Colorado district court

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

CLICK HERE to listen to/download 1000s of digitized 78s

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

CLICK HERE for selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds

CLICK HERE for an interview with Brian Wilson where he says "Mike Love is probably the greatest lyric writer in the world. I think he’s my favorite lyric writer. He just wrote a lot of good songs"

CLICK HERE for "Student Group Apologizes for Playing ‘Transphobic’ and ‘Problematic’ Lou Reed Song"

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

CLICK HERE for 28:46 of "NRBQ & Friends"

CLICK HERE for "Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender "

CLICK HERE to find out "How the Nashville Number System revolutionized recording sessions"

CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"

CLICK HERE Cheap Trick on "Live At Daryl's House"

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE for an interesting piece about a journalist trying to interview Brian Wilson

CLICK HERE to read the report on Kippington Lodge's 1967 BBC audition - Includes phrases "painful" & "tone deaf" then
CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"

CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall

CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"

CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"

CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015

CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good

CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"

CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour

CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club

CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"

CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to

CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010

CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"

CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and
CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar

CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350

CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"

CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"

CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research

CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)

CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing

CLICK HEREfor the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years

CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman

CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"

CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse

CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"

CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.

CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"

CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of

CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"

CLICK HERE for a laugh

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people

CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"

CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン (or HERE, or HERE , or HERE , or HERE, or HERE!)

CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete garbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!

CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine

CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.

CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.

CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!

CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!

CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios

Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version

CLICK HERE to find how how you can submit your own top of the hour WFMU ID

CLICK HERE for Marty Stewart on the PBS show "The Kate"

CLICK HERE for info on The Steve Keene Art Book

CLICK HEREfor "Remembering Adam Schlesinger"

CLICK HERE to support the new Starry Skies album called 'Small Wonders'.

CLICK HERE to point to your pointer

CLICK HERE for a podcast titled "Nick Lowe breaks down his live show"

CLICK HERE to see The Top 30 Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs in September 2020, and CLICK HERE to check out The Most Expensive Soul Records Ever Sold on Discogs

CLICK HERE to check out the Radio Time Machine and listen to any year of any country's radio

CLICK HERE to see U.S. recorded music revenues by format from 1973 to 2019

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

CLICK HERE to listen to the Student Teachers on 'KCRW's "Lost Notes"

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

CLICK HERE (if you dare) to watch "The Black Connection"

CLICK HERE to watch "Andrew Bird's Live From The Great Room feat. Jonathan Richman"

CLICK HERE for a NY Times piece on the lp "Casino Royale"

CLICK HERE to find how how you can make a guitar amp out of an old radio

The Boston public library are currently digitizing 100,000 vinyl LPs for anyone to listen to online, CLICK HERE to browse

CLICK HERE to hear Michael's new 30 minute mix for the debut installment of Lagniappe Radio

CLICK HERE for The Fab Four Archivist's "Replacing Ringo? The Story Behind Bernard Purdie and The Beatles"

CLICK HERE for a great piece called "Bernard Purdie ... did he really record with The Beatles?"

CLICK HERE for the multi part fascinating documentary about Dream Theater's search for a new drummer

CLICK HERE for info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

CLICK HERE for the old switcheroo: A new episode of the Casey's Musical Dustbin Radio podcast where Michael Shelley is the interview subject.

CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell interviewed on the Stereo Hysteria podcast

CLICK HERE to read "How the Beach Boys’ Lost Late-Sixties Gems Got a Second Life "

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Sonny Curtis Please Kill Me!

CLICK HERE to find out what happened when Jonathan Richman moved to Maine in 1981

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Lou Reed archivist Don Fleming on the Please Kill Me website!

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis' interview & performance on Fresh Air

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis LIVE & unplugged at Paste studios!

CLICK HERE for info on the new compilation "Back Patio Bliss" produced by listener Baby!

CLICK HERE for a free download of the new album "Matt Gets Blue" from Matt Lucas

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

CLICK HERE for an interesting short film about R. Stevie Moore

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

CLICK HERE to read Michael Shelley's comic "Oh No, It's Tinnitus!"

CLICK HERE for very funny excerpts from a notebook where record store clerks logged "anytime we got a dopey phone call, boneheaded comment, or generally batshit customer experience"

CLICK HERE for Quincy Jones on Paul "the worst bass player I ever heard" McCartney, Michael "stole a lot of stuff" Jackson, Astrology, and who killed Kennedy!

CLICK HERE for a map, with audio links, to whatever the #1 song is in 3000 places around the world

CLICK HERE for a step-by-step guide to repairing damaged record sleeves

CLICK HERE for testimony given by Taylor Swift in Colorado district court

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

CLICK HERE to listen to/download 1000s of digitized 78s

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

CLICK HERE for selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds

CLICK HERE for an interview with Brian Wilson where he says "Mike Love is probably the greatest lyric writer in the world. I think he’s my favorite lyric writer. He just wrote a lot of good songs"

CLICK HERE for "Student Group Apologizes for Playing ‘Transphobic’ and ‘Problematic’ Lou Reed Song"

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

CLICK HERE for 28:46 of "NRBQ & Friends"

CLICK HERE for "Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender "

CLICK HERE to find out "How the Nashville Number System revolutionized recording sessions"

CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"

CLICK HERE Cheap Trick on "Live At Daryl's House"

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE for an interesting piece about a journalist trying to interview Brian Wilson

CLICK HERE to read the report on Kippington Lodge's 1967 BBC audition - Includes phrases "painful" & "tone deaf" then
CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"

CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall

CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"

CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"

CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015

CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good

CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"

CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour

CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club

CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"

CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to

CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010

CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"

CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and
CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar

CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350

CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"

CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"

CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research

CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)

CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing

CLICK HEREfor the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years

CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman

CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"

CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse

CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"

CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.

CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"

CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of

CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"

CLICK HERE for a laugh

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people

CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"

CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン (or HERE, or HERE , or HERE , or HERE, or HERE!)

CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete garbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!

CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine

CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.

CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.

CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!

CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!

CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios

Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version

Listener comments!
	10:29am Listener Baby: I’ve misplaced my my #1 Hits. Anyone have any to spare? Good morning Baby. Top O’ the day to the gang.
	10:39am Michael Shelley: Mr. Baby - I believe I may have some #1s around here somewhere... let me check.
	11:00am Squints: ok then. hey HEY hey now.
	11:02am clarke: HEY NOW - I SAID A LASER!!!
	11:03am Frank In Queens: Hey now, kids!
	11:03am clarke: this is kissel - get brett wier i said!!!
	11:03am Kotzwinkled: Heard this "Kyle" track last week and immediately sent it to my buddy's mom. She's the only woman named Kyle I have ever known. She was over the moon to finally have representation.
	11:03am Frank In Queens: Clarke! Sorry I didn’t write you back. Lived the song!
	11:04am Frank In Queens: Loved it too.
	11:04am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...coming up a Cropper ! Geez, bringing it or what.
	11:05am clarke: ha ha - good. hope it worked it's "magic" in your favor??
	11:05am phat in Lincoln: The only woman I ever knew named Kyle was pretty cute.
	11:05am Hells Kitch: Saturday....Summer...Number one me!
	11:06am Will the Sound Guy: Good morning Michael and all!!! ☀️🌝🌞
	11:06am clarke: @frank - that was one of our Instant Songs - completely composed on stage at a live show
	11:07am Frank In Queens: Clarke, it did for the next game, but it wore off for Thursday night. But I listened to it again today, so I’m hoping it works again for tonight.
	11:07am HyperDose: What a great day it is! Let's boogie y'all! =]
	11:08am clarke: RIP BJ Thomas - who often employed Mike McAdam of steve earle's dukes, the good humor band, great guitarist.
	11:08am TDK60: Good morning Michael from Radio.
	11:09am Greg from ZONE 5: I'll order 10 million decaf litmus dealies right now.
	11:09am Ken From Hyde Park: Listener dale's wife is Kyle. Their 17th anniversary was yesterday or the day before.
	11:09am clarke: oh ALSO: Handy won't be here today as he is on the waterways.
	11:09am Heidee: I'm swinging into the afternoon.
	11:09am Frank In Queens: Clarke, haha nice!
	11:10am CTEmpress: Oh the things I used to do..and am still doing! Play it Michael, a #1 hit for sure!
	11:10am Dennis Diken: you go, Mikey!
	11:10am Heidee: swinging by, so to speak
	11:11am Corey: Good morning Michael and listeners! Let the good times roll!
	11:11am pL: Moon Mullican is a genius and great show
	11:13am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Nice ! Since we were talking about ElectricLady in BobBrainen's comments...
	11:13am clarke: after my college baseball team's miserable performance in the regionals, hope my luck does not rub off on those Islanders, frank!
	11:13am Kotzwinkled: Happy Anniversary to listener Dale and Kyle then! Dang!
	11:13am spodiodi: good morning, Michael Shelley and #1 fans!
	11:14am Heidee: and now let us Samba!
	11:14am phat in Lincoln: Every radio personality needs to say, "it's a scorcher out there," at least once in their career. I say it to people at least once a summer. I probably should have been a dad.
	11:16am Frank In Queens: Classic track!
	11:17am TheNewLexGofer: Steve Cropper? I'll be here! Greetings from Perry County, Ohio!
	11:17am clarke: ever hear the single version of this - much more ON
	11:17am phat in Lincoln: And I just realized it'll be in the 90s all week here! Sweet.
	11:20am P-90: Actually these days would be an excellent time to cover a song called “Karen”
	11:20am Andres: Good morning, Michael and all! Karen is a lovely name. (Insert Karen joke here.)
	11:21am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Feeling sorry for kewl people named Karen now...
	11:21am egould310: Maybe the difference between Cargo and Big Star was that Cargo wasn’t fronted by a couple of mopey drug fiends? I write that comment as a big fan of Big Star, Bell, Chilton, etc.
	11:22am Kpx: DJ phat dad says, put your booties on woodchuck chuckers, because it's a scorcher out there.
	11:22am clarke: uh, yes Cargoe WAS fronted by a drug fiend
	11:23am clarke: i don't that any of them were mopey, tho
	11:24am Frank In Queens: Clarke, i have 7”!
	11:24am P-90: Deke ONLY performs and records #1 hits
	11:24am Frank In Queens: Ha, I have THE 7”
	11:24am Frank In Queens: Sorry, on my phone on the LIRR.
	11:25am clarke: isn't that single version more frenetic???
	11:25am clarke: or frantic??
	11:25am myron feld: Just got here and didn't hear any intro information on "Karen" but if this hasn't already been discussed, it may have been a cover of the Beach Boys-performed theme song for a show called (of all things) "Karen." It ran for 27 episodes in 1964-65.
	11:26am CTEmpress: The record costs $200 so I will take that $100 bet:)
	11:26am Frank In Queens: I like it better too. But both versions are ace.
	11:26am clarke: (i like both versions btw - there are attributes to each)
	11:26am egould310: @ clarke so mopey is the difference! Me and Mrs. Gould at Ardent Studios last year. https://twitter.com/egould310/status/1326356304508592130?s=21
	11:26am Kpx: Plus, here comes the night
	11:26am phat in Lincoln: @clarke lol
	11:27am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Most Musicians are somewhat Dopey ...the nuances are in which other Dwarf you emulate... Is why FMU is Educational see...
	11:28am clarke: it was the 70's!! whaddayawant???
	11:29am Frank In Queens: Even grasping at straws Who is great Who!
	11:30am clarke: i think we have ya'll's monsoon this weekend, down here.
	11:31am phat in Lincoln: Did any band change in style more as quickly than The Who over their career?
	11:31am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Don't sound too bad do they.
	11:31am Hubig Pie: Alex Chilton would ride his bike by the house we were working on. He knew my boss. He would sometimes stop and chat. He seemed a tad mopey
	11:31am Frank In Queens: That box is fantastic.
	11:32am clarke: well, that depends on one's mood - i have seen alex as happy as anyone else. i played with him and he had ups and downs like everyone.
	11:33am clarke: i will also say that alex was infinitely a more happy man once his royalties and $ got straightened out!!
	11:33am Squints: I was that way about Skynyrd and J Geils for a long time because my little brother Mikey liked 'em. Needless to say, I was a dope. that was one of the first things set straight once I was at college.
	11:34am TDK60: Yeah, AM top-40 radio back then was eclectic in its way.
	11:35am clarke: Squints - i was considering J. Geils, the other day...
	11:35am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Watching 'Nothing Can Hurt Me' about BigStar - there are both qualities of burning it @ both ends - & an over-arching Sigh over the whole enterprise...
	11:35am paul: Blue Swede
	11:35am dorn: whos bob deelan?
	11:35am Andres: I worked my way backwards with The Who. Starting as a kid with the "final" concert broadcast from down the road in Toronto, then Quadrophenia in high school with some mod obsessives, then early Who lastly in early 20's but I got there.
	11:36am (Mr) Bill: Back in the day, I thought of B.J. Thomas as the poor man's Glen Campbell. Maybe I had it backwards.
	11:36am phat in Lincoln: Damn, I didn't realize BJ Thomas had that many hits. "Another Somebody Done Somebody..." was the first I heard. I really loved and still love that song.
	11:36am Pedro in Arlington: Raindrops Keep Falling was Lyndon Johnson's favorite song. If you toured the ranch years ago, they would play it off the 8-track system used for the tours on the old tram buses moved from the Grand Canyon.
	11:37am clarke: ...what i came up with about the Geils Band is that IF peter wolf played a (rudimentary) harp - they would be one of the greatest of all time, as a five-piece with a harp-playing front man.
	11:38am clarke: but having a virtuoso harp-player kinda takes them down a few pegs - but, i still like them a lot. and loved them when i was young.
	11:38am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: How I feel about all of Mainstream 1970s MegaRawk... But in the 1970s I collected Beatle & then Who albums one by one - pretty much by my lonesome. There weren't that many... Who's first album had the significant advantage of being in the $1.99 bin when I discovered it... In fact, I started there ! If I recall - Kinks Greatest Hits on Reprise was a stretch @ a few dollars more - but it looked important...
	11:39am P-90: Always loved the electric sitar on this. Never had much use for that ooga chaka stuff though.
	11:39am clarke: if you think about it, there were only a few 70's bands who addressed "oldies" (read: garage), back then.
	11:39am Listener Baby: No truer words about Reggie Young.
	11:40am Hubig Pie: Igloo cup o' wine
	11:40am (Mr) Bill: The strings don't hurt, either. What an arrangement.
	11:41am paul: Solid #1 hit.
	11:41am Peter Horvath: Number ones left and right
	11:41am CTEmpress: Eyes Of A NY Woman a huge fave of mine. Growing up Southern BJ Thomas was all over the radio: pop, country, plus the Waffle House juke boxes:)
	11:42am clarke: mmmm....WAFFLE HOUSE..!!!!
	11:42am Frank In Queens: I don’t quite remember how I got into The Who. My father was not a fan, so it was probably just through radio. I picked up the comp “Who’s Better, Who’s Best” and I was hooked. It was a good time to get into them because the 90s reissue campaign was just about to commence, which meant bonus tracks and the quite amazing “30 Years Of Maximum R&B” box.
	11:43am clarke: whatever the gateway - you got on the right path!
	11:43am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Sounds more '1960s' (so to speak) than the OogaChucka - which is 1970s all the way... My romance with Who's 1st album @ length : www.facebook.com...
	11:44am clarke: how did the cd's melt??
	11:44am CTEmpress: @clarke house fire
	11:44am clarke: oooooh.. sorry!!
	11:45am Listener Bop Monroe: greetings from very sunny Tannersville DJ MS and all. love the drippage at the bottom!
	11:45am Dennis Diken: @myron feld - natural assumption re “Karen” but the Rip Chords tune ain’t the same song as the BBs, alas
	11:45am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: All Blessings, Power & Good Things to Listener Ryne !
	11:46am Frank In Queens: Ok kids, at my stop. Enjoy the weekend all!
	11:46am clarke: top 5 bass-player AND The Voice!!!
	11:46am Michael Shelley: truenorthrecords.com...
	11:46am Listener Baby: Baby couldn't say the name of the band backing Robbie on this one. They are called Jackshit. Amazing band!
	11:46am clarke: frank!! no MovieTime?? i watched the beginning of Steel Helmet in your honor the other day!
	11:47am Squints: Whaddya mean, "alas?" Now there's two songs. What's bad about that?
	11:50am clarke: ah, joey is WAY too nice to dislike anything. he is like Thumper from Bambi.
	11:50am Dennis Diken: @Squints, I just like using that word, alas...
	11:50am Squints: hah.
	11:50am Pedro in Arlington: The great Smiley Lewis was born Overton Lemons. We need more Overtons.
	11:50am clarke: a lass!
	11:52am Dennis Diken: @Squints - but, grammatically speaking, what I really dig is incorrect usage “of” quotation marks
	11:53am clarke: i will repeat my favorite Joey Spampinato story, in case someone needs a 'reason' to donate or buy the album: was at a sound-check and joey was talking thru his vocal mic and telling the sound-man about how to EQ it, and though adjustments were being made, it wasn't what joey wanted. he says, "it sounds like there is a peanut in my monitor"
	11:54am Kpx: Squints @11:33 - I didn't know Mikey the Life cereal kid was your brother. I bet you didn't like Life cereal for the same reason, When everyone else was saying, Hey Mikey! He likes it!. Did you get straight about that in college too.
	11:55am spodiodi: 🥜 🔈 nice, clarke :)
	11:56am Christina Low: I’m really digging Nuevo. It’s always a treat to hear them.
	11:56am Michael Shelley: Whole lp is really great - gotta love any band with so much emphasis on HARMONY
	11:56am CTEmpress: Nuevo=swoon
	11:56am clarke: Miss Low!! gracing the airwaves!!
	11:56am Squints: What makes be crazy is "between you and I." It's like we all had "you and I" as the correct compound subject by teachers that we now have a flinch reflex to say that even when an object should take "me." Rissa frass rissin...
	11:57am Squints: Yeah,@kpx, my family never did get over the loss from the whole pop rocks and coke tragedy.
	11:58am Squints: I kid. My bubba's got freckles but there endeth the similarity.
	12:01pm Moammar: Marisqueria Seabra?
	12:01pm listener 126464: shrimp n' garlic!
	12:02pm Squints: Served by a scampily clad waitress.
	12:02pm clarke: a lass!!
	12:03pm Kpx: Sorry Squints, forgot all about that incident. Didn't mean to drag that up. Poor mikey.
	12:03pm Kotzwinkled: Happy Anniversary, Mike! Making my wife cry currently.
	12:04pm Listener Bop Monroe: congrats to you both and the kid!
	12:04pm upstairs dave: We always referred to Seabra's a s the Blue Bar. Friendly, almost surrealistic, and pre-vegan I was there every other week.
	12:04pm Michael Shelley: Marisqueria Seabra YES
	12:05pm Squints: Then there was my sister poor Jenny. I hear she was the leader of a teenage gang.
	12:05pm clarke: the wife is one of the GREATEST, indeed -- i can even forgive her for not being able to download the WFMU app in my phone for me!!
	12:05pm Listener Bop Monroe: is she really going out with him? there she is, lets ask her.
	12:06pm Squints: Who's that bangin' on the piano?
	12:07pm Listener Bop Monroe: (together) i dunno....
	12:07pm clarke: that would be a Vox Continental II
	12:07pm Squints: Repurposed. He repurposed it. Yeah, THAT's the ticket.
	12:08pm Kpx: @MS: is the kid your only kid, or are there other kids. If not have you and the wife considered giving the kid a baby brother or sister.
	12:08pm Squints: I just might have to dive muy deeper into the Chris Montez catalog.
	12:08pm Dennis Diken: @Squints - what’s the deal with: “hello, I’d like to speak with Squints” “this is he” Shouldn’t it be “this is him”?
	12:09pm clarke: you SHOULD!!
	12:09pm Squints: Yeah, DD. I defer to convention there but I don't pretend to understand it.
	12:10pm Squints: Of course, those of us in De One Troo Muster Race answer, "'Tis Himself."
	12:11pm Squints: I stand with Grudge in Christmas Dragnet: "That's another thing there ain't no of."
	12:11pm clarke: THIS is a rip of Louisiana Man
	12:12pm clarke: or perhaps an answer-song
	12:12pm Squints: Good. God. Y'all.
	12:13pm clarke: Dragnet Xmas = gooood!!!
	12:15pm clarke: Baby - how dem vines??? hangin' in there??
	12:16pm Kpx: Pardon me but do you mind if I give you some constructive criticism. Now you listen here Mr, you're funny time is running out. JW
	12:17pm clarke: JW = laconic
	12:19pm clarke: fulks can make his voice sound so good (don't get why he puts affectation it, sometimes)
	12:21pm Kpx: Diggin this Angela.
	12:21pm listener 126464: Hi Michael, everyone.
	12:21pm CTEmpress: Yes, this Angela is gorgeous and totes #1
	12:21pm clarke: i'm IN!!!!!!
	12:22pm smevvyk: Love this film
	12:23pm Michael Shelley: film?
	12:23pm ratso: Hi Michael. Hey listener 126..., Speaking of Fulks and pop, gotta love Fountains of Wayne Hotline!
	12:23pm Listener Scott: Don't think I've heard that Robbie Fulks song before, have to dive back in. Sounds like it was from his Fountains of Robbie period.
	12:23pm clarke: ratso - that "song" is genius at the highest level
	12:23pm smevvyk: C. O’Hara is a North American treasure. I am ready for her bougie Kennedy center honor any year.
	12:24pm Squints: ratso, l126, that Angela number is itself very evocative of the wan side of FoW.
	12:24pm beavo: Wonder are that’s really Eugene Levy
	12:24pm clarke: oh, that gerald!!
	12:25pm Andrew Hollywood: There’s a kiss at the end of the rainbow...
	12:25pm Moammar: Where can the Angela song be found?
	12:26pm Squints: Michael, make sure next week you ask Steve Cropper about the making of that "Scallions" song.
	12:27pm clarke: hey. you got that rocktober thing goin' on?
	12:28pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: This Shakers so good ! ...Wait ...what's wrong with 'Who's Next' ? ...well nevermind that...
	12:29pm egould310: Don Martin sound effect “Poit!”
	12:29pm listener 126464: Cheers ratso!
	12:29pm Listener Bop Monroe: sqwaflusht!
	12:30pm Joe R.: Safe to assume your Jack Davis cover collection includes the Bacharach Big Deal comp you’re on Michael?
	12:30pm Dennis Diken: Jack Davis drew the cover for The Smithereens’ B-Sides The Beatles album. Big moment!
	12:31pm Michael Shelley: Joe - at one point I had the opportunity to buy the original art... and didnt have the dough --- BIG MISTAKE!
	12:31pm ratso: @clarke, I agree!
	12:32pm captain mike: Hi Michael Any Mort Drucker LP covers in your collection and what do you think about the 5 CD Beach Boys collection of late 60’s early 70’s Sunflower era stuff coming out on July 30?
	12:32pm Joe R.: @Michael ouch :(
	12:33pm clarke: sir, there are a lot of geralds here!!
	12:33pm MFlynn: Man I like this Edmunds version!!! Thanks Michael!!!
	12:35pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: Just read through the comments - with this number, I am no longer mopey
	12:35pm JamesG: Canary in a Coal mine?
	12:35pm CTEmpress: The Edmunds RULES!!!
	12:35pm Squints: What you want here is a dynamic shift.
	12:35pm clarke: The Mopes - my new band!
	12:35pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...just heard Tommy & the Rockets' version of 'Heart of the City' - man that's definitely caffeinated...
	12:36pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: But were the Mops mopey or another Dwarf...
	12:36pm clarke: trust me on this - a key-shift into a stacatto finish
	12:37pm DG: That Edmunds track is one of the best covers ever (there's a video of the Boss doing it live, in Denver, but it's much too slow) & yes, that album is a classic. Almost a Rockpile album (Billy Bremner isn't on it).
	12:39pm Squints: Bruce's versions of GooD and 7 Nights To Rock are kinda lumbering. ESB does everything these days at this stately mid-tempo pace. Which don't get it for me as I'm old in body only.
	12:41pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...yeah but Live the Boss still mopes up the place...
	12:41pm clarke: give me some respect, now NOW!!!
	12:42pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...cause he's a Big Star...
	12:43pm clarke: i think the fines moved up to $25 dollars for the JB's era
	12:44pm Greg from ZONE 5: "Fistfight At The Beach" is the best song title I've heard in quite a while.
	12:44pm Squints: I love The Reducers beyond all reason.
	12:44pm DG: Yes, I saw Bruce's version of "7 Nights" & it's also too slow....Nick Lowe's is definitive.
	12:45pm Squints: That Rockpile version of 7 Nights is just nuts great.
	12:45pm egould310: The Reducers would have broken through if they had a more saxophone. Just saying.
	12:47pm paul: William "Beau Dollar" Bowman - drums on that JB track.
	12:48pm Kpx: Fist fight, and sax on the beach afterwards.
	12:51pm TimG: listener baby: Jackshit 2/3 of Elvis C band, correct?
	12:51pm CTEmpress: Wow I have Beau Dollar 45s! And this Promises is making me hop 'n' bop all over the place #1
	12:53pm clarke: from kyle to carly -- what will jordon say??? goo'nite!!!
	12:54pm Eric in Amsterdam: This song about Carly is da bomb.
	12:54pm clarke: not forgetting angela.
	12:55pm clarke: a lass!!
	12:55pm Dennis Diken: M
	12:55pm Dennis Diken: Oops, butt dial...
	12:56pm clarke: dial M for Micheal!!
	12:56pm HyperDose: @Dennis "M" is for Magnificent, which this 2hrs has been! Thanks, Michael! Had to save myself the time and clicky-star the show. :D
	12:56pm Corey: Thanks Michael for the latest batch of #1's! Flew by. Have a great Saturday everybody.
	12:56pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...buttdial ...or Peter Lorre...
	12:56pm radioronan: Thanks Michael!
	12:57pm spodiodi: thanks for the tunes, Michael Shelley!
	12:57pm clarke: Ray Milland
	12:58pm clarke: wow, fine stuff! (sonically speaking)
	12:59pm Dennis Diken: Ha! Terrific show, Mikey!
	12:59pm listener 126464: Thanks Michael!
	12:59pm CTEmpress: So much fun today...now y'all don't be mopey!
	12:59pm Mister Dobalina: Never cheated with Michael S!
	1:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: TY As Ever DJ MS !

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
Loose Lips	Kyle "Kyle" by "Loose Lips"
Triumphs, The	Garner State Park "Garner State Park" by "Triumphs, The"
Moon Mullican	Seven Nights To Rock
Pee Wee Crayton	Let the Good Times Roll
Marcos Valle	Crickets Sing For Anamaria
Cargoe	Feel Alright "Feel Alright" by "Cargoe"
Rip Chords, The	Karen "Karen" by "Rip Chords, The"
Deke Dickerson	Broken Down And Broken Hearted
Marv Johnson	Come On And Stop "Come On And Stop" by "Marv Johnson"
Geraint Watkins	My Love "My Love" by "Geraint Watkins"
Who, The	Call Me Lightning "Call Me Lightning" by "Who, The"
B.J. Thomas	Interview Excerpt "Interview Excerpt" by "B.J. Thomas"
B.J. Thomas	Hooked On A Feeling "Hooked On A Feeling" by "B.J. Thomas"
Robbie Fulks	Chores "Chores" by "Robbie Fulks"
O.V. Wright	Working Your Game "Working Your Game" by "O.V. Wright"
Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five	Teardrops From My Eyes
Nuevo	Every Day "Every Day" by "Nuevo"
Rivieras, The	Let's Dance "Let's Dance" by "Rivieras, The"
Chris Montez	No, No, No "No, No, No" by "Chris Montez"
Cascade Sweethearts, The	Hard Workin' Woman
Gwen McCrae	It's Worth The Hurt "It's Worth The Hurt" by "Gwen McCrae"
Los Zafiros	Bossa Cubana "Bossa Cubana" by "Los Zafiros"
Robbie Fulks	Angela "Angela" by "Robbie Fulks"
Mitch And Mickey	When I'm Standing Next To You
Los Shakers	Got Any Money? "Got Any Money?" by "Los Shakers"
Homer And Jethro	The Square Song "The Square Song" by "Homer And Jethro"
James Carr	I'm Going To Send You Back To Georgia
Dave Edmunds	Get Out Of Denver "Get Out Of Denver" by "Dave Edmunds"
Mighty Avengers, The	When Blue Turns To Grey
James Brown	Shhhhhhhh! (For A Little While)
Reducers, The	Fistfight At The Beach
Jacob James, The	I Don't Want To Stay
Yolks, The	You Don't Live Here No More
Barreracudas, The	Promises "Promises" by "Barreracudas, The"
Trevor Blendour	Carly Please "Carly Please" by "Trevor Blendour"
Boys With The Perpetual Nervousness, The	I Don't Mind
Ken Sharp	Black Coffee Cigarettes And Bachs Minuet
David Letterman	WAGO 1969 "WAGO 1969" by "David Letterman"

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Listener comments!
	10:29am Listener Baby: I’ve misplaced my my #1 Hits. Anyone have any to spare? Good morning Baby. Top O’ the day to the gang.
	10:39am Michael Shelley: Mr. Baby - I believe I may have some #1s around here somewhere... let me check.
	11:00am Squints: ok then. hey HEY hey now.
	11:02am clarke: HEY NOW - I SAID A LASER!!!
	11:03am Frank In Queens: Hey now, kids!
	11:03am clarke: this is kissel - get brett wier i said!!!
	11:03am Kotzwinkled: Heard this "Kyle" track last week and immediately sent it to my buddy's mom. She's the only woman named Kyle I have ever known. She was over the moon to finally have representation.
	11:03am Frank In Queens: Clarke! Sorry I didn’t write you back. Lived the song!
	11:04am Frank In Queens: Loved it too.
	11:04am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...coming up a Cropper ! Geez, bringing it or what.
	11:05am clarke: ha ha - good. hope it worked it's "magic" in your favor??
	11:05am phat in Lincoln: The only woman I ever knew named Kyle was pretty cute.
	11:05am Hells Kitch: Saturday....Summer...Number one me!
	11:06am Will the Sound Guy: Good morning Michael and all!!! ☀️🌝🌞
	11:06am clarke: @frank - that was one of our Instant Songs - completely composed on stage at a live show
	11:07am Frank In Queens: Clarke, it did for the next game, but it wore off for Thursday night. But I listened to it again today, so I’m hoping it works again for tonight.
	11:07am HyperDose: What a great day it is! Let's boogie y'all! =]
	11:08am clarke: RIP BJ Thomas - who often employed Mike McAdam of steve earle's dukes, the good humor band, great guitarist.
	11:08am TDK60: Good morning Michael from Radio.
	11:09am Greg from ZONE 5: I'll order 10 million decaf litmus dealies right now.
	11:09am Ken From Hyde Park: Listener dale's wife is Kyle. Their 17th anniversary was yesterday or the day before.
	11:09am clarke: oh ALSO: Handy won't be here today as he is on the waterways.
	11:09am Heidee: I'm swinging into the afternoon.
	11:09am Frank In Queens: Clarke, haha nice!
	11:10am CTEmpress: Oh the things I used to do..and am still doing! Play it Michael, a #1 hit for sure!
	11:10am Dennis Diken: you go, Mikey!
	11:10am Heidee: swinging by, so to speak
	11:11am Corey: Good morning Michael and listeners! Let the good times roll!
	11:11am pL: Moon Mullican is a genius and great show
	11:13am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Nice ! Since we were talking about ElectricLady in BobBrainen's comments...
	11:13am clarke: after my college baseball team's miserable performance in the regionals, hope my luck does not rub off on those Islanders, frank!
	11:13am Kotzwinkled: Happy Anniversary to listener Dale and Kyle then! Dang!
	11:13am spodiodi: good morning, Michael Shelley and #1 fans!
	11:14am Heidee: and now let us Samba!
	11:14am phat in Lincoln: Every radio personality needs to say, "it's a scorcher out there," at least once in their career. I say it to people at least once a summer. I probably should have been a dad.
	11:16am Frank In Queens: Classic track!
	11:17am TheNewLexGofer: Steve Cropper? I'll be here! Greetings from Perry County, Ohio!
	11:17am clarke: ever hear the single version of this - much more ON
	11:17am phat in Lincoln: And I just realized it'll be in the 90s all week here! Sweet.
	11:20am P-90: Actually these days would be an excellent time to cover a song called “Karen”
	11:20am Andres: Good morning, Michael and all! Karen is a lovely name. (Insert Karen joke here.)
	11:21am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Feeling sorry for kewl people named Karen now...
	11:21am egould310: Maybe the difference between Cargo and Big Star was that Cargo wasn’t fronted by a couple of mopey drug fiends? I write that comment as a big fan of Big Star, Bell, Chilton, etc.
	11:22am Kpx: DJ phat dad says, put your booties on woodchuck chuckers, because it's a scorcher out there.
	11:22am clarke: uh, yes Cargoe WAS fronted by a drug fiend
	11:23am clarke: i don't that any of them were mopey, tho
	11:24am Frank In Queens: Clarke, i have 7”!
	11:24am P-90: Deke ONLY performs and records #1 hits
	11:24am Frank In Queens: Ha, I have THE 7”
	11:24am Frank In Queens: Sorry, on my phone on the LIRR.
	11:25am clarke: isn't that single version more frenetic???
	11:25am clarke: or frantic??
	11:25am myron feld: Just got here and didn't hear any intro information on "Karen" but if this hasn't already been discussed, it may have been a cover of the Beach Boys-performed theme song for a show called (of all things) "Karen." It ran for 27 episodes in 1964-65.
	11:26am CTEmpress: The record costs $200 so I will take that $100 bet:)
	11:26am Frank In Queens: I like it better too. But both versions are ace.
	11:26am clarke: (i like both versions btw - there are attributes to each)
	11:26am egould310: @ clarke so mopey is the difference! Me and Mrs. Gould at Ardent Studios last year. https://twitter.com/egould310/status/1326356304508592130?s=21
	11:26am Kpx: Plus, here comes the night
	11:26am phat in Lincoln: @clarke lol
	11:27am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Most Musicians are somewhat Dopey ...the nuances are in which other Dwarf you emulate... Is why FMU is Educational see...
	11:28am clarke: it was the 70's!! whaddayawant???
	11:29am Frank In Queens: Even grasping at straws Who is great Who!
	11:30am clarke: i think we have ya'll's monsoon this weekend, down here.
	11:31am phat in Lincoln: Did any band change in style more as quickly than The Who over their career?
	11:31am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Don't sound too bad do they.
	11:31am Hubig Pie: Alex Chilton would ride his bike by the house we were working on. He knew my boss. He would sometimes stop and chat. He seemed a tad mopey
	11:31am Frank In Queens: That box is fantastic.
	11:32am clarke: well, that depends on one's mood - i have seen alex as happy as anyone else. i played with him and he had ups and downs like everyone.
	11:33am clarke: i will also say that alex was infinitely a more happy man once his royalties and $ got straightened out!!
	11:33am Squints: I was that way about Skynyrd and J Geils for a long time because my little brother Mikey liked 'em. Needless to say, I was a dope. that was one of the first things set straight once I was at college.
	11:34am TDK60: Yeah, AM top-40 radio back then was eclectic in its way.
	11:35am clarke: Squints - i was considering J. Geils, the other day...
	11:35am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Watching 'Nothing Can Hurt Me' about BigStar - there are both qualities of burning it @ both ends - & an over-arching Sigh over the whole enterprise...
	11:35am paul: Blue Swede
	11:35am dorn: whos bob deelan?
	11:35am Andres: I worked my way backwards with The Who. Starting as a kid with the "final" concert broadcast from down the road in Toronto, then Quadrophenia in high school with some mod obsessives, then early Who lastly in early 20's but I got there.
	11:36am (Mr) Bill: Back in the day, I thought of B.J. Thomas as the poor man's Glen Campbell. Maybe I had it backwards.
	11:36am phat in Lincoln: Damn, I didn't realize BJ Thomas had that many hits. "Another Somebody Done Somebody..." was the first I heard. I really loved and still love that song.
	11:36am Pedro in Arlington: Raindrops Keep Falling was Lyndon Johnson's favorite song. If you toured the ranch years ago, they would play it off the 8-track system used for the tours on the old tram buses moved from the Grand Canyon.
	11:37am clarke: ...what i came up with about the Geils Band is that IF peter wolf played a (rudimentary) harp - they would be one of the greatest of all time, as a five-piece with a harp-playing front man.
	11:38am clarke: but having a virtuoso harp-player kinda takes them down a few pegs - but, i still like them a lot. and loved them when i was young.
	11:38am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: How I feel about all of Mainstream 1970s MegaRawk... But in the 1970s I collected Beatle & then Who albums one by one - pretty much by my lonesome. There weren't that many... Who's first album had the significant advantage of being in the $1.99 bin when I discovered it... In fact, I started there ! If I recall - Kinks Greatest Hits on Reprise was a stretch @ a few dollars more - but it looked important...
	11:39am P-90: Always loved the electric sitar on this. Never had much use for that ooga chaka stuff though.
	11:39am clarke: if you think about it, there were only a few 70's bands who addressed "oldies" (read: garage), back then.
	11:39am Listener Baby: No truer words about Reggie Young.
	11:40am Hubig Pie: Igloo cup o' wine
	11:40am (Mr) Bill: The strings don't hurt, either. What an arrangement.
	11:41am paul: Solid #1 hit.
	11:41am Peter Horvath: Number ones left and right
	11:41am CTEmpress: Eyes Of A NY Woman a huge fave of mine. Growing up Southern BJ Thomas was all over the radio: pop, country, plus the Waffle House juke boxes:)
	11:42am clarke: mmmm....WAFFLE HOUSE..!!!!
	11:42am Frank In Queens: I don’t quite remember how I got into The Who. My father was not a fan, so it was probably just through radio. I picked up the comp “Who’s Better, Who’s Best” and I was hooked. It was a good time to get into them because the 90s reissue campaign was just about to commence, which meant bonus tracks and the quite amazing “30 Years Of Maximum R&B” box.
	11:43am clarke: whatever the gateway - you got on the right path!
	11:43am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Sounds more '1960s' (so to speak) than the OogaChucka - which is 1970s all the way... My romance with Who's 1st album @ length : www.facebook.com...
	11:44am clarke: how did the cd's melt??
	11:44am CTEmpress: @clarke house fire
	11:44am clarke: oooooh.. sorry!!
	11:45am Listener Bop Monroe: greetings from very sunny Tannersville DJ MS and all. love the drippage at the bottom!
	11:45am Dennis Diken: @myron feld - natural assumption re “Karen” but the Rip Chords tune ain’t the same song as the BBs, alas
	11:45am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: All Blessings, Power & Good Things to Listener Ryne !
	11:46am Frank In Queens: Ok kids, at my stop. Enjoy the weekend all!
	11:46am clarke: top 5 bass-player AND The Voice!!!
	11:46am Michael Shelley: truenorthrecords.com...
	11:46am Listener Baby: Baby couldn't say the name of the band backing Robbie on this one. They are called Jackshit. Amazing band!
	11:46am clarke: frank!! no MovieTime?? i watched the beginning of Steel Helmet in your honor the other day!
	11:47am Squints: Whaddya mean, "alas?" Now there's two songs. What's bad about that?
	11:50am clarke: ah, joey is WAY too nice to dislike anything. he is like Thumper from Bambi.
	11:50am Dennis Diken: @Squints, I just like using that word, alas...
	11:50am Squints: hah.
	11:50am Pedro in Arlington: The great Smiley Lewis was born Overton Lemons. We need more Overtons.
	11:50am clarke: a lass!
	11:52am Dennis Diken: @Squints - but, grammatically speaking, what I really dig is incorrect usage “of” quotation marks
	11:53am clarke: i will repeat my favorite Joey Spampinato story, in case someone needs a 'reason' to donate or buy the album: was at a sound-check and joey was talking thru his vocal mic and telling the sound-man about how to EQ it, and though adjustments were being made, it wasn't what joey wanted. he says, "it sounds like there is a peanut in my monitor"
	11:54am Kpx: Squints @11:33 - I didn't know Mikey the Life cereal kid was your brother. I bet you didn't like Life cereal for the same reason, When everyone else was saying, Hey Mikey! He likes it!. Did you get straight about that in college too.
	11:55am spodiodi: 🥜 🔈 nice, clarke :)
	11:56am Christina Low: I’m really digging Nuevo. It’s always a treat to hear them.
	11:56am Michael Shelley: Whole lp is really great - gotta love any band with so much emphasis on HARMONY
	11:56am CTEmpress: Nuevo=swoon
	11:56am clarke: Miss Low!! gracing the airwaves!!
	11:56am Squints: What makes be crazy is "between you and I." It's like we all had "you and I" as the correct compound subject by teachers that we now have a flinch reflex to say that even when an object should take "me." Rissa frass rissin...
	11:57am Squints: Yeah,@kpx, my family never did get over the loss from the whole pop rocks and coke tragedy.
	11:58am Squints: I kid. My bubba's got freckles but there endeth the similarity.
	12:01pm Moammar: Marisqueria Seabra?
	12:01pm listener 126464: shrimp n' garlic!
	12:02pm Squints: Served by a scampily clad waitress.
	12:02pm clarke: a lass!!
	12:03pm Kpx: Sorry Squints, forgot all about that incident. Didn't mean to drag that up. Poor mikey.
	12:03pm Kotzwinkled: Happy Anniversary, Mike! Making my wife cry currently.
	12:04pm Listener Bop Monroe: congrats to you both and the kid!
	12:04pm upstairs dave: We always referred to Seabra's a s the Blue Bar. Friendly, almost surrealistic, and pre-vegan I was there every other week.
	12:04pm Michael Shelley: Marisqueria Seabra YES
	12:05pm Squints: Then there was my sister poor Jenny. I hear she was the leader of a teenage gang.
	12:05pm clarke: the wife is one of the GREATEST, indeed -- i can even forgive her for not being able to download the WFMU app in my phone for me!!
	12:05pm Listener Bop Monroe: is she really going out with him? there she is, lets ask her.
	12:06pm Squints: Who's that bangin' on the piano?
	12:07pm Listener Bop Monroe: (together) i dunno....
	12:07pm clarke: that would be a Vox Continental II
	12:07pm Squints: Repurposed. He repurposed it. Yeah, THAT's the ticket.
	12:08pm Kpx: @MS: is the kid your only kid, or are there other kids. If not have you and the wife considered giving the kid a baby brother or sister.
	12:08pm Squints: I just might have to dive muy deeper into the Chris Montez catalog.
	12:08pm Dennis Diken: @Squints - what’s the deal with: “hello, I’d like to speak with Squints” “this is he” Shouldn’t it be “this is him”?
	12:09pm clarke: you SHOULD!!
	12:09pm Squints: Yeah, DD. I defer to convention there but I don't pretend to understand it.
	12:10pm Squints: Of course, those of us in De One Troo Muster Race answer, "'Tis Himself."
	12:11pm Squints: I stand with Grudge in Christmas Dragnet: "That's another thing there ain't no of."
	12:11pm clarke: THIS is a rip of Louisiana Man
	12:12pm clarke: or perhaps an answer-song
	12:12pm Squints: Good. God. Y'all.
	12:13pm clarke: Dragnet Xmas = gooood!!!
	12:15pm clarke: Baby - how dem vines??? hangin' in there??
	12:16pm Kpx: Pardon me but do you mind if I give you some constructive criticism. Now you listen here Mr, you're funny time is running out. JW
	12:17pm clarke: JW = laconic
	12:19pm clarke: fulks can make his voice sound so good (don't get why he puts affectation it, sometimes)
	12:21pm Kpx: Diggin this Angela.
	12:21pm listener 126464: Hi Michael, everyone.
	12:21pm CTEmpress: Yes, this Angela is gorgeous and totes #1
	12:21pm clarke: i'm IN!!!!!!
	12:22pm smevvyk: Love this film
	12:23pm Michael Shelley: film?
	12:23pm ratso: Hi Michael. Hey listener 126..., Speaking of Fulks and pop, gotta love Fountains of Wayne Hotline!
	12:23pm Listener Scott: Don't think I've heard that Robbie Fulks song before, have to dive back in. Sounds like it was from his Fountains of Robbie period.
	12:23pm clarke: ratso - that "song" is genius at the highest level
	12:23pm smevvyk: C. O’Hara is a North American treasure. I am ready for her bougie Kennedy center honor any year.
	12:24pm Squints: ratso, l126, that Angela number is itself very evocative of the wan side of FoW.
	12:24pm beavo: Wonder are that’s really Eugene Levy
	12:24pm clarke: oh, that gerald!!
	12:25pm Andrew Hollywood: There’s a kiss at the end of the rainbow...
	12:25pm Moammar: Where can the Angela song be found?
	12:26pm Squints: Michael, make sure next week you ask Steve Cropper about the making of that "Scallions" song.
	12:27pm clarke: hey. you got that rocktober thing goin' on?
	12:28pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: This Shakers so good ! ...Wait ...what's wrong with 'Who's Next' ? ...well nevermind that...
	12:29pm egould310: Don Martin sound effect “Poit!”
	12:29pm listener 126464: Cheers ratso!
	12:29pm Listener Bop Monroe: sqwaflusht!
	12:30pm Joe R.: Safe to assume your Jack Davis cover collection includes the Bacharach Big Deal comp you’re on Michael?
	12:30pm Dennis Diken: Jack Davis drew the cover for The Smithereens’ B-Sides The Beatles album. Big moment!
	12:31pm Michael Shelley: Joe - at one point I had the opportunity to buy the original art... and didnt have the dough --- BIG MISTAKE!
	12:31pm ratso: @clarke, I agree!
	12:32pm captain mike: Hi Michael Any Mort Drucker LP covers in your collection and what do you think about the 5 CD Beach Boys collection of late 60’s early 70’s Sunflower era stuff coming out on July 30?
	12:32pm Joe R.: @Michael ouch :(
	12:33pm clarke: sir, there are a lot of geralds here!!
	12:33pm MFlynn: Man I like this Edmunds version!!! Thanks Michael!!!
	12:35pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: Just read through the comments - with this number, I am no longer mopey
	12:35pm JamesG: Canary in a Coal mine?
	12:35pm CTEmpress: The Edmunds RULES!!!
	12:35pm Squints: What you want here is a dynamic shift.
	12:35pm clarke: The Mopes - my new band!
	12:35pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...just heard Tommy & the Rockets' version of 'Heart of the City' - man that's definitely caffeinated...
	12:36pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: But were the Mops mopey or another Dwarf...
	12:36pm clarke: trust me on this - a key-shift into a stacatto finish
	12:37pm DG: That Edmunds track is one of the best covers ever (there's a video of the Boss doing it live, in Denver, but it's much too slow) & yes, that album is a classic. Almost a Rockpile album (Billy Bremner isn't on it).
	12:39pm Squints: Bruce's versions of GooD and 7 Nights To Rock are kinda lumbering. ESB does everything these days at this stately mid-tempo pace. Which don't get it for me as I'm old in body only.
	12:41pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...yeah but Live the Boss still mopes up the place...
	12:41pm clarke: give me some respect, now NOW!!!
	12:42pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...cause he's a Big Star...
	12:43pm clarke: i think the fines moved up to $25 dollars for the JB's era
	12:44pm Greg from ZONE 5: "Fistfight At The Beach" is the best song title I've heard in quite a while.
	12:44pm Squints: I love The Reducers beyond all reason.
	12:44pm DG: Yes, I saw Bruce's version of "7 Nights" & it's also too slow....Nick Lowe's is definitive.
	12:45pm Squints: That Rockpile version of 7 Nights is just nuts great.
	12:45pm egould310: The Reducers would have broken through if they had a more saxophone. Just saying.
	12:47pm paul: William "Beau Dollar" Bowman - drums on that JB track.
	12:48pm Kpx: Fist fight, and sax on the beach afterwards.
	12:51pm TimG: listener baby: Jackshit 2/3 of Elvis C band, correct?
	12:51pm CTEmpress: Wow I have Beau Dollar 45s! And this Promises is making me hop 'n' bop all over the place #1
	12:53pm clarke: from kyle to carly -- what will jordon say??? goo'nite!!!
	12:54pm Eric in Amsterdam: This song about Carly is da bomb.
	12:54pm clarke: not forgetting angela.
	12:55pm clarke: a lass!!
	12:55pm Dennis Diken: M
	12:55pm Dennis Diken: Oops, butt dial...
	12:56pm clarke: dial M for Micheal!!
	12:56pm HyperDose: @Dennis "M" is for Magnificent, which this 2hrs has been! Thanks, Michael! Had to save myself the time and clicky-star the show. :D
	12:56pm Corey: Thanks Michael for the latest batch of #1's! Flew by. Have a great Saturday everybody.
	12:56pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...buttdial ...or Peter Lorre...
	12:56pm radioronan: Thanks Michael!
	12:57pm spodiodi: thanks for the tunes, Michael Shelley!
	12:57pm clarke: Ray Milland
	12:58pm clarke: wow, fine stuff! (sonically speaking)
	12:59pm Dennis Diken: Ha! Terrific show, Mikey!
	12:59pm listener 126464: Thanks Michael!
	12:59pm CTEmpress: So much fun today...now y'all don't be mopey!
	12:59pm Mister Dobalina: Never cheated with Michael S!
	1:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: TY As Ever DJ MS !

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