WFMU: Michael Shelley: Playlist from August 17, 2024

Listener comments!
	1:06am Listener Baby: McBaby
	11:01am Frank In Queens: Hey Now from the desert!
	11:02am Glistener MW: okay, well, now I want and demand Michael Shelley do a full broadcast from/about “Disney On Ice” someday.
	11:03am clarke: hey now heeeeeyyyyy nowwww
	11:04am clarke: ↳ Frank In Queens @11:01 new mex?
	11:04am Cooh John: Hello Michael and #1ers. Is that Eddie Angel on 🎸?
	11:04am Squints: ok then. hey HEY hey now.
	11:06am Scott from Boston: Youth flashback!
	11:07am Squints: ↳ Song: "Big Brown Eyes" by "dB's, The" Love the snare sound on this.
	11:07am Phat: ↳ Song: "Big Brown Eyes" by "dB's, The" Yes!
	11:07am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:07 them dang drums - holy hell!!
	11:07am Artie: Greets!
	11:07am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Big Brown Eyes" by "dB's, The" Sounds a little heftier than usual? Remastered?
	11:08am clarke: ↳ Phat @11:07 YES!
	11:08am Squints: ↳ clarke @11:07 That roll going into the second verse.
	11:08am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:08 seriously, one of my fave drummers! and friends!
	11:10am dave miss: Michael S and Todd O Phonic going to that Nick Lowe show together again?
	11:10am clarke: always wondered how or why anyone would try to cover Roger.
	11:11am clarke: ↳ dave miss @11:10 MISS!!!
	11:11am Frank In Queens: @clarke yes!
	11:11am clarke: ↳ Frank In Queens @11:11 nice mate!! enjoy dat!!
	11:11am Mister Dobalina: Day drinking !
	11:12am clarke: nuthin' wrong with some OCCASSIONAL day-drinking.
	11:13am clarke: should the "occasion" be it's today, then, maybe, not so much.
	11:13am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, gang!
	11:14am Folksnake: "I'm proud of you"
	11:14am clarke: ↳ Greg from ZONE 5 @11:13 HELLO GREGORY!!
	11:14am Frank In Queens: @clarke so far, so good
	11:15am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Ride Your Pony" by "Rufus Thomas" I can Har-nell contain myself!
	11:15am Greg from ZONE 5: ↳ clarke @11:14 I'm here, apparently!
	11:15am clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @11:15 or hard-LEE (dorsey) contain
	11:16am clarke: ↳ Greg from ZONE 5 @11:15 there was some controversy....
	11:16am clarke: (or was it speculation)??
	11:18am clarke: ↳ Song: "Cycles Per Second" by "dBs, The" si si bueno!
	11:19am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Cycles Per Second" by "dBs, The" These tracks are illustrating how poor mastering was in the early 80s.
	11:19am clarke: now THIS is a drum solo!
	11:19am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Cycles Per Second" by "dBs, The" The difference is striking.
	11:19am clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @11:19 i think it is more just different values, maybe?
	11:21am Listener Baby: ↳ clarke @11:19 The digital conversion process was so primitive back then. It sucked the life out of everything.
	11:21am clarke: BABY rey.
	11:21am clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @11:21 that is certainly the case, but i was referring to the original mastering for vinyl
	11:22am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Promised Land" by "Baby Ray" Boy, Chuck sure bounce those lyrics out. He has no peer in that department.
	11:23am basil t: I heard the DB’s “a spy in the house of love” a couple of years ago right here on WFMU. I loved it. Listened to it all the time. But it’s no longer on Spotify and I can’t find it anywhere.
	11:23am clarke: Chuck BABY!!!
	11:23am clarke: ↳ basil t @11:23 someone should tell you...
	11:23am Hughie Considine: Good morning to all lovers of No. 1 hits!
	11:24am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:23 wellsuh!! what we have heayah is a failyah to show up ON TIME! is it that yoga thing again?
	11:25am clarke: Ducks deeeluxe!!
	11:26am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Honky Tonk Man" by "Ducks, The" Anyone else we would know in this band, Baby?
	11:26am clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @11:26 yes!
	11:26am Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:24 I blame my chakras. Better late than a ne'er-do-well.
	11:27am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:26 you have a hall pass! get to class.
	11:27am Ballpark Frank: This whole Ducks story would make a great biopic!
	11:28am clarke: ↳ Ballpark Frank @11:27 TOTALLY!! DUDE.
	11:28am Michael Shelley: DUCK!: en.wikipedia.org... neilyoung.warnerrecords.com...
	11:29am clarke: got me speakers JUMPIN'!!! g g Sq
	11:30am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Honky Tonk Man" by "Ducks, The" The Ducks story began in early 1977, when Jerry Miller, best remembered for his work with Moby Grape, was putting together a new group which included fellow Moby Grape alumni Bob Mosley on bass and songwriter and guitarist Jeff Blackburn, who in the '60s recorded with the folk duo Blackburn & Snow. Neil Young, who had known the Moby Grape guys from his days sharing bills with them when he was in Buffalo Springfield, joined Miller and his band on-stage for a jam one evening. While Miller was busy with other projects, Young got together with Mosley and Blackburn, who were living in Santa Cruz, and he liked the chemistry they generated together. With Johnny Craviotto on drums (he'd previously worked with Ry Cooder and Arlo Guthrie), the foursome named themselves the Ducks and made their public debut at a Santa Cruz club called the Back Room. Rather than aiming to create a major new project, Young seemed eager to have a vehicle to play smaller shows and not be the center of attention; while he sang a handful of songs each night, so did the other three members, and his trademark guitar sound squared off against Blackburn's tough, straightforward approach
	11:30am clarke: 9/10
	11:30am Frank In Queens: …7/10
	11:31am clarke: ↳ Frank In Queens @11:30 harsh russian judge
	11:32am Michael Shelley: average = 8
	11:32am clarke: that new mexico judge is probably watching newcastle.
	11:34am clarke: B-minus.
	11:34am Candy-O'67: Hey Michael, I have to chime in about Chris! He's a friend of mine from SoCal, he and his wife. I used to go see him all he time with his band The Outta Sights! I'm sure you've probably heard of them too. Looking forward to hearing his new band. Great guy!
	11:34am clarke: ↳ Song: "Judy" by "dBs, The" oh my yes. YES!
	11:34am Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "Judy" by "dBs, The" Love this one, almost like Holsapple writing a Stamey type swooning love song.
	11:35am clarke: ↳ Song: "Judy" by "dBs, The" drums are indeed great - but, THAT FUCKING BASSLINE!!! WHHHOOOOAAAAHH.
	11:36am Hoboken Jack: Hello Michael, Baby, Frank, Clarke, Greg, Candy-o, everybody!!
	11:37am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:34 i watched the most ridiculous ballgame, last night. like neither team wanted to throw a strike.
	11:37am clarke: ↳ Hoboken Jack @11:36 of all the pizza joints in hoboken you pick this one...
	11:38am Listener Baby: Baby. Are you playing these tracks off the LP?
	11:38am arielle: This has been a good listen from top to bottom. Makes for a nice saturday drive in south Florida
	11:38am clarke: ↳ Song: "A Little Star" by "Orient Express, The" the dust blows forward the dust blows back
	11:39am Greg from ZONE 5: ↳ Hoboken Jack @11:36 Morning, Jack- belated thanks for such an excellent night of music on Thursday!
	11:39am Candy-O'67: You didn't do it, did you, Clarke?
	11:39am Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:37 Inconceivable! Yeah, there's no crying in baseball, but there is pain, and tedium.
	11:39am clarke: ↳ Candy-O'67 @11:39 i did. but i didn't mean it!
	11:40am egould: This song is begging for bongo feet!
	11:40am clarke: ↳ Candy-O'67 @11:39 hey, our woggy friend called from Copenhagen, this "morning"
	11:40am Listener Baby: ↳ egould @11:40 It’s loaded with Bongo Feet?
	11:40am Candy-O'67: ↳ clarke @11:39 😜
	11:40am Hughie Considine: ↳ egould @11:40 It's true -- lots of space for aural shenanigans.
	11:41am clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @11:40 truedat!
	11:41am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Bordeaux In My Pirough" by "Chuck Berry" If anyone ever had the right to steal a song…
	11:42am clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @11:41 uuhhh, yeah, since hank stole it, too!
	11:43am Hoboken Jack: ↳ Greg from ZONE 5 @11:39 Thanks so much for coming, Greg!
	11:43am Listener Baby: ↳ clarke @11:42 Fair enough
	11:44am steveo: ↳ Song: "The Tide Is High" by "Paragons, The" NO ONE EVER TOLD ME
	11:44am Scott from Boston: This version here… Sorry, Blondie!
	11:44am listener phat in Lincoln: Just finished painting the bookcase I just made for my girlfriend. And now I'm eating some pastries from the bakery and listening to WFMU on my porch.
	11:44am clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @11:43 supposedly he pilfered the tune from Teetot, his mum's yard man.
	11:45am Hughie Considine: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:44 This should qualify as one of your day's highlights, I bet.
	11:45am clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:44 shelving skillz. important!
	11:45am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:45 Very much.
	11:45am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ clarke @11:45 Yes!
	11:45am Scott from Boston: Was Blondie just a great cover band?
	11:46am clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:45 why dontcha just go to IKEA Nebraska????????
	11:46am Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "The Tide Is High" by "Paragons, The" Let's say Blondie had great taste in covers, like this one and "Denis," a re-sauced "Denise" with cunning French lyrics.
	11:46am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Song: "I've Done Everything For You" by "Rick Springfield" Hot damn. Written by The Red Rocker?! Famtastic.
	11:47am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ clarke @11:46 No such thing!
	11:47am clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:47 aw come on!
	11:47am egould: ↳ Song: "I've Done Everything For You" by "Rick Springfield" Number one power pop hit.
	11:48am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "I've Done Everything For You" by "Rick Springfield" Great guitar. Please share who is handling that, Baby
	11:49am clarke: pre-cabo.
	11:49am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ clarke @11:47 The closest IKEA is KC.
	11:50am Michael Shelley: ↳ Listener Baby @11:48 ALL NEIL GIRALDO! (all the time)
	11:50am clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:49 to me as well! jk
	11:50am clarke: ↳ Song: "The Fight" by "dBs, The" yer pickin all the peter hitz! nice.
	11:50am bdubs: The mighty mighty boss tones definitely like that last tune
	11:51am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Michael Shelley @11:50 Wait, what?
	11:51am clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:49 really, houston is the closest IKEA. i had no ikea!
	11:52am listener phat in Lincoln: Wow
	11:52am steveo: ↳ Michael Shelley @11:50 parade.com...
	11:53am listener phat in Lincoln: I'm finishing a rack case for my bass amp with purple Tolex later today, if time allows.
	11:54am Listener Baby: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:51 And Bass too, Phat.
	11:54am clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:53 purple tolex. extravagant!
	11:55am clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:53 also, you could play at Tiger Stadium!
	11:55am listener phat in Lincoln: It's a shame the dbs aren't coming closer on this tour. The only time I'vs seen them was when they opened for REM.
	11:55am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Listener Baby @11:54 Amazing
	11:56am clarke: ↳ Song: "I Was A Fire" by "October Country" nevah hoid did. now i have. plussed!
	11:56am listener phat in Lincoln: "pardon my language"
	11:57am clarke: Ronald Tutt, Jr.
	11:57am steveo: [thinking] that guy sounds a lot like elvis
	11:58am Scott from Boston: Elvis is like shut up. I’ve been doing this longer than you.
	11:59am Matt in Nebraska: I listened to almost the entire new Elvis box set last night. It's kinda like "Elvis in Memphis Naked". The version of "Danny Boy" is quite moving.
	11:59am Deano de los Muertos: I would not have guessed this was Elvis…now I hear it
	12:00pm Jim from Tranquility: Michael did you see that Marty Stuart is back at newton theater in November?
	12:01pm clarke: ready. seriously!
	12:02pm Michael Shelley: ↳ Jim from Tranquility @12:00 11the row!
	12:02pm clarke: ↳ Matt in Nebraska @11:59 did you get that at IKEA Nebraska?
	12:03pm steveo: i can clearly remember hanging out at a friends house, playing hot wheels on the floor; i must have been 4 or 5 and the radio station was doing an elvis marathon and I was just like damn this guy had some amazing songs. true story
	12:04pm Jim from Tranquility: See you there
	12:04pm listener phat in Lincoln: Who wants to go to band practice for me?
	12:04pm clarke: ↳ steveo @12:03 fast track or the old stuff?
	12:05pm Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Testify" by "Greg Kihn" First band in a club I ever saw. Blasters opened. Both bands terrific
	12:05pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Listener Baby @12:05 Damn
	12:05pm clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @12:05 RIP baby
	12:06pm steveo: ↳ clarke @12:04 haha; not sure I lost my notes
	12:06pm P-90!: Hard to say goodbye to Greg
	12:06pm listener phat in Lincoln: Oh damn. I didn't know Greg Kihn died. Rats.
	12:06pm clarke: ↳ steveo @12:06 i think original track was orange, and the FasTrack was black?? i never made it to fast.
	12:07pm davefromtoronto: ↳ Song: "Testify" by "Greg Kihn" that's the guy who lost on jeopardy.
	12:07pm Matt in Nebraska: ↳ Matt in Nebraska @11:59 I listened to it on a streaming service. IKEA has yet to establish a foothold in Nebraska
	12:07pm clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:06 happened yesterday, i think. alzheimers, sadly
	12:07pm steveo: ↳ davefromtoronto @12:07 baby
	12:08pm clarke: ↳ Matt in Nebraska @12:07 yer kidding????
	12:09pm Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Testify" by "Greg Kihn" Dave Alvin told me the story that Greg K’s rider was a 3 pack of t-shits and tiighty whities every night. No laundry for Greg. Rock and discard, was his gambit.
	12:09pm clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @12:09 several people had that.
	12:10pm Matt in Nebraska: ↳ clarke @12:08 I think the nearest IKEA is in KC. 3 hours away.
	12:10pm Borg9: ↳ Song: "Testify" by "Greg Kihn" Greg was a regular feature in the bay area club scene. I can't tell you how many times I saw him. Always fun, always a great show.
	12:10pm clarke: i saw Greg Kihn solo-acoustic at The Button West in ft. lauderdale, circa 86, he was phenomenal!
	12:11pm Michael Shelley: ↳ Matt in Nebraska @11:59 I'll be playing a few tracks next week - great stuff!
	12:11pm clarke: ↳ Matt in Nebraska @12:10 yer kidding??
	12:11pm P-90!: These two really learned how to sound good singing together
	12:11pm steveo: ↳ Matt in Nebraska @12:10 i think crosby sang Kansas City without hope
	12:12pm clarke: ↳ clarke @12:10 the next week, same venue, Chris Bailey (of The Saints) solo-acoustic!
	12:12pm clarke: ↳ Song: "She's Not Worried" by "dBs, The" a chris=p tune.
	12:16pm davefromtoronto: are these the AI thingy's you're playing between tunes?
	12:16pm clarke: but, it was a vinyl import, which was better vinyl!
	12:17pm bobob plasticland milw: seen DBz and the Bongos together in Milwaukee
	12:17pm clarke: ↳ clarke @12:16 the Albion version, rather.
	12:17pm Matt in Nebraska: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:11 I don't know that I'd listen to it again. The first disc of Sun stuff is always great but I prefer the "From Elvis in Memphis" stuff with the overdubs we're used to. I listened to it because it was August 16. I actually saw Elvis perform in 1977. His third to last performance was here in Lincoln. I was 7 years old at the time.
	12:18pm James in ATL: I would be interested asking about the decision of the dB's not to be on Spotify. Not that I blame them.
	12:19pm clarke: ↳ Matt in Nebraska @12:17 so, you were at IKEA-Nebraska grand-opening that night!
	12:20pm Dano59: ... St. Marks Sounds! I loved that place. Think I bought some dB's (or Stamey) there too
	12:21pm clarke: this does sound FANTASTIC!!
	12:22pm clarke: then again, i haven't put on my import dB's vinyl on a great system and cranked it, in YEARS, now. my bad!!
	12:22pm Hughie Considine: ↳ Dano59 @12:20 I loved it too, except for the price stickers that were impossible to remove (and the occasionally petulant clerk).
	12:22pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Interview" by "Will Rigby" thanks you guys, fer doin' this!
	12:23pm Squints: ↳ Hughie Considine @12:22 Petulant Clerk plays nothing but surly thrashy Petula Clark covers.
	12:25pm clarke: the alliance between dB's and Fleshtones worked out amazingly GREATLY!!
	12:26pm Dano59: ↳ Hughie Considine @12:22 for 88¢ when new CDs at retail were $18.98, you learn to live with stickers
	12:27pm Michael Shelley: ↳ Hughie Considine @12:22 US Military needs to know what glue was on those stickers!
	12:34pm bobob Plasticland: Alan Betrock N Y Rocker ..was a fan of the band I played in Plasticland..
	12:37pm clarke: no explanation.
	12:38pm herb.nyc: Right on, Michael, “so strong, so commercial”, about them dB’s songs.
	12:42pm clarke: ask Will about his Osmonds worship?
	12:45pm clarke: great airline story!!
	12:46pm herb.nyc: Flying- mission of Burma had a airpass when they did early tours. One catch is that many went to Atlanta, eastern(?) airlines hub, first. I learned this in MAzerrad “our band could be yr life” book
	12:47pm clarke: Holder fan, ritecheer, too!
	12:47pm ledzeppelinsucks: Atlanta is Delta
	12:48pm Hubig Pie: And a smoker's lounge in the tail end of the plane.
	12:48pm clarke: Florence has great albums!
	12:49pm egould: Solid rhythm section.
	12:50pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Interview" by "Will Rigby" most quite influential on other drummers, wink wink!!
	12:53pm Squints: ↳ Song: "Interview" by "Will Rigby" I'm enjoying this. Thank you, Michael. And thank you especially, Will.
	12:54pm Deano de los Muertos: Not even familiar with the band, and still really enjoying the interview. You do a great job, Michael. Thanks Will
	12:54pm (the other) Scott Williams: Heard the DB's for the first time in the car 20 minutes ago - they sound like a totally contemporary band!
	12:54pm clarke: wow, new news!!
	12:55pm egould: Thanks, Michael. Thanks, Will. Have fun on tour.
	12:55pm (the other) Scott Williams: And a great one!
	12:55pm common: ↳ Song: "Black And White" by "dB's, The" such a good one! great interview!
	12:55pm clarke: new information has come to light, man!
	12:55pm clarke: Number One Interview!
	12:55pm P-90!: Yet another #1 hit interview
	12:55pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Song: "Black And White" by "dB's, The" Holy hell, this does sound amazing.
	12:56pm clarke: i like how Will gave you the "headline moment", there!
	12:56pm egould: ↳ Song: "Black And White" by "dB's, The" Number freaking one hit!
	12:56pm Michael Shelley: ↳ (the other) Scott Williams @12:54 AGREE!
	12:57pm clarke: it is a fucking SIN this band wasn't huge. shame on you, america.
	12:58pm Dano59: ↳ Song: "Black And White" by "dB's, The" luv luv LUV!! headed to the Repercussion site immed. after this.
	12:58pm egould: Will going off!
	12:58pm Minnechristo: ↳ Song: "Black And White" by "dB's, The" Loving Will's drumming on that!
	12:58pm clarke: ah hah hah. ever get the feelin' you been defeated?? good nite.
	12:59pm Niall: ↳ Song: "Black And White" by "dB's, The" I liked this. Where should I start with the Decibels?
	12:59pm clarke: ↳ Niall @12:59 get Repercussions on vinyl, i reckon
	12:59pm James in ATL: Trump has always been a loser.
	1:00pm Niall: ↳ (the other) Scott Williams @12:54 Yeah, digging this power pop vibe.
	1:00pm P-90!: “total garbage person…”
	1:00pm Niall: ↳ clarke @12:59 Thanks!
	1:00pm James in ATL: Great show! Thank you Michael!

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Artist	Track	Album
Nick Lowe	Trombone "Trombone" by "Nick Lowe"	Indoor Safari
dB's, The	Big Brown Eyes "Big Brown Eyes" by "dB's, The"	Stands for Decibels
Country Cutups, The	Chug A Lug "Chug A Lug" by "Country Cutups, The"	Corn Shuckin' Time
Rufus Thomas	Ride Your Pony "Ride Your Pony" by "Rufus Thomas"	45
Joe Harnell	Un Poco Rio "Un Poco Rio" by "Joe Harnell"	45
dBs, The	Cycles Per Second "Cycles Per Second" by "dBs, The"	Stands for Decibels
Baby Ray	Promised Land "Promised Land" by "Baby Ray"	Where Soul Lives
Ducks, The	Honky Tonk Man "Honky Tonk Man" by "Ducks, The"	High Flyin'
Bobby Moore	Chained To Your Heart	45
Sound Minds, The	I'm Not A Bad Guy	Digital single
dBs, The	Judy "Judy" by "dBs, The"	Stands for Decibels
Orient Express, The	A Little Star	The Orient Express
Chuck Berry	Bordeaux In My Pirough	San Francisco Dues
Paragons, The	The Tide Is High "The Tide Is High" by "Paragons, The"	45
Rick Springfield	I've Done Everything For You	45
dBs, The	The Fight "The Fight" by "dBs, The"	Stands for Decibels
October Country	I Was A Fire "I Was A Fire" by "October Country"	October Country
Elvis Presley	Three Corn Patches (Various Takes)	Memphis
Laverne Baker	Itty Bitty Girl "Itty Bitty Girl" by "Laverne Baker"	45
Greg Kihn	Testify "Testify" by "Greg Kihn"	Kihntinued
Bing Crosby And Bob Hope	Put It There Pal (takes 1 & 2)	78
dBs, The	She's Not Worried "She's Not Worried" by "dBs, The"	Stands for Decibels
dBs, The	Bad Reputation "Bad Reputation" by "dBs, The"	Stands for Decibels
dB's, The	Dynamite "Dynamite" by "dB's, The"	Stands for Decibels
Will Rigby	Interview "Interview" by "Will Rigby"	none
dB's, The	Black And White "Black And White" by "dB's, The"	Stands for Decibels
John Miller	I'm Definitely A Person Named John Miller	none

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

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

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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 "

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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

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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"

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

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

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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"

CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"

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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

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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

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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

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

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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)

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

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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"?

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

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CLICK HERE for a laugh

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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

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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."

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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

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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

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Listener comments!
	1:06am Listener Baby: McBaby
	11:01am Frank In Queens: Hey Now from the desert!
	11:02am Glistener MW: okay, well, now I want and demand Michael Shelley do a full broadcast from/about “Disney On Ice” someday.
	11:03am clarke: hey now heeeeeyyyyy nowwww
	11:04am clarke: ↳ Frank In Queens @11:01 new mex?
	11:04am Cooh John: Hello Michael and #1ers. Is that Eddie Angel on 🎸?
	11:04am Squints: ok then. hey HEY hey now.
	11:06am Scott from Boston: Youth flashback!
	11:07am Squints: ↳ Song: "Big Brown Eyes" by "dB's, The" Love the snare sound on this.
	11:07am Phat: ↳ Song: "Big Brown Eyes" by "dB's, The" Yes!
	11:07am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:07 them dang drums - holy hell!!
	11:07am Artie: Greets!
	11:07am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Big Brown Eyes" by "dB's, The" Sounds a little heftier than usual? Remastered?
	11:08am clarke: ↳ Phat @11:07 YES!
	11:08am Squints: ↳ clarke @11:07 That roll going into the second verse.
	11:08am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:08 seriously, one of my fave drummers! and friends!
	11:10am dave miss: Michael S and Todd O Phonic going to that Nick Lowe show together again?
	11:10am clarke: always wondered how or why anyone would try to cover Roger.
	11:11am clarke: ↳ dave miss @11:10 MISS!!!
	11:11am Frank In Queens: @clarke yes!
	11:11am clarke: ↳ Frank In Queens @11:11 nice mate!! enjoy dat!!
	11:11am Mister Dobalina: Day drinking !
	11:12am clarke: nuthin' wrong with some OCCASSIONAL day-drinking.
	11:13am clarke: should the "occasion" be it's today, then, maybe, not so much.
	11:13am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, gang!
	11:14am Folksnake: "I'm proud of you"
	11:14am clarke: ↳ Greg from ZONE 5 @11:13 HELLO GREGORY!!
	11:14am Frank In Queens: @clarke so far, so good
	11:15am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Ride Your Pony" by "Rufus Thomas" I can Har-nell contain myself!
	11:15am Greg from ZONE 5: ↳ clarke @11:14 I'm here, apparently!
	11:15am clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @11:15 or hard-LEE (dorsey) contain
	11:16am clarke: ↳ Greg from ZONE 5 @11:15 there was some controversy....
	11:16am clarke: (or was it speculation)??
	11:18am clarke: ↳ Song: "Cycles Per Second" by "dBs, The" si si bueno!
	11:19am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Cycles Per Second" by "dBs, The" These tracks are illustrating how poor mastering was in the early 80s.
	11:19am clarke: now THIS is a drum solo!
	11:19am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Cycles Per Second" by "dBs, The" The difference is striking.
	11:19am clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @11:19 i think it is more just different values, maybe?
	11:21am Listener Baby: ↳ clarke @11:19 The digital conversion process was so primitive back then. It sucked the life out of everything.
	11:21am clarke: BABY rey.
	11:21am clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @11:21 that is certainly the case, but i was referring to the original mastering for vinyl
	11:22am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Promised Land" by "Baby Ray" Boy, Chuck sure bounce those lyrics out. He has no peer in that department.
	11:23am basil t: I heard the DB’s “a spy in the house of love” a couple of years ago right here on WFMU. I loved it. Listened to it all the time. But it’s no longer on Spotify and I can’t find it anywhere.
	11:23am clarke: Chuck BABY!!!
	11:23am clarke: ↳ basil t @11:23 someone should tell you...
	11:23am Hughie Considine: Good morning to all lovers of No. 1 hits!
	11:24am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:23 wellsuh!! what we have heayah is a failyah to show up ON TIME! is it that yoga thing again?
	11:25am clarke: Ducks deeeluxe!!
	11:26am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Honky Tonk Man" by "Ducks, The" Anyone else we would know in this band, Baby?
	11:26am clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @11:26 yes!
	11:26am Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:24 I blame my chakras. Better late than a ne'er-do-well.
	11:27am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:26 you have a hall pass! get to class.
	11:27am Ballpark Frank: This whole Ducks story would make a great biopic!
	11:28am clarke: ↳ Ballpark Frank @11:27 TOTALLY!! DUDE.
	11:28am Michael Shelley: DUCK!: en.wikipedia.org... neilyoung.warnerrecords.com...
	11:29am clarke: got me speakers JUMPIN'!!! g g Sq
	11:30am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Honky Tonk Man" by "Ducks, The" The Ducks story began in early 1977, when Jerry Miller, best remembered for his work with Moby Grape, was putting together a new group which included fellow Moby Grape alumni Bob Mosley on bass and songwriter and guitarist Jeff Blackburn, who in the '60s recorded with the folk duo Blackburn & Snow. Neil Young, who had known the Moby Grape guys from his days sharing bills with them when he was in Buffalo Springfield, joined Miller and his band on-stage for a jam one evening. While Miller was busy with other projects, Young got together with Mosley and Blackburn, who were living in Santa Cruz, and he liked the chemistry they generated together. With Johnny Craviotto on drums (he'd previously worked with Ry Cooder and Arlo Guthrie), the foursome named themselves the Ducks and made their public debut at a Santa Cruz club called the Back Room. Rather than aiming to create a major new project, Young seemed eager to have a vehicle to play smaller shows and not be the center of attention; while he sang a handful of songs each night, so did the other three members, and his trademark guitar sound squared off against Blackburn's tough, straightforward approach
	11:30am clarke: 9/10
	11:30am Frank In Queens: …7/10
	11:31am clarke: ↳ Frank In Queens @11:30 harsh russian judge
	11:32am Michael Shelley: average = 8
	11:32am clarke: that new mexico judge is probably watching newcastle.
	11:34am clarke: B-minus.
	11:34am Candy-O'67: Hey Michael, I have to chime in about Chris! He's a friend of mine from SoCal, he and his wife. I used to go see him all he time with his band The Outta Sights! I'm sure you've probably heard of them too. Looking forward to hearing his new band. Great guy!
	11:34am clarke: ↳ Song: "Judy" by "dBs, The" oh my yes. YES!
	11:34am Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "Judy" by "dBs, The" Love this one, almost like Holsapple writing a Stamey type swooning love song.
	11:35am clarke: ↳ Song: "Judy" by "dBs, The" drums are indeed great - but, THAT FUCKING BASSLINE!!! WHHHOOOOAAAAHH.
	11:36am Hoboken Jack: Hello Michael, Baby, Frank, Clarke, Greg, Candy-o, everybody!!
	11:37am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:34 i watched the most ridiculous ballgame, last night. like neither team wanted to throw a strike.
	11:37am clarke: ↳ Hoboken Jack @11:36 of all the pizza joints in hoboken you pick this one...
	11:38am Listener Baby: Baby. Are you playing these tracks off the LP?
	11:38am arielle: This has been a good listen from top to bottom. Makes for a nice saturday drive in south Florida
	11:38am clarke: ↳ Song: "A Little Star" by "Orient Express, The" the dust blows forward the dust blows back
	11:39am Greg from ZONE 5: ↳ Hoboken Jack @11:36 Morning, Jack- belated thanks for such an excellent night of music on Thursday!
	11:39am Candy-O'67: You didn't do it, did you, Clarke?
	11:39am Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:37 Inconceivable! Yeah, there's no crying in baseball, but there is pain, and tedium.
	11:39am clarke: ↳ Candy-O'67 @11:39 i did. but i didn't mean it!
	11:40am egould: This song is begging for bongo feet!
	11:40am clarke: ↳ Candy-O'67 @11:39 hey, our woggy friend called from Copenhagen, this "morning"
	11:40am Listener Baby: ↳ egould @11:40 It’s loaded with Bongo Feet?
	11:40am Candy-O'67: ↳ clarke @11:39 😜
	11:40am Hughie Considine: ↳ egould @11:40 It's true -- lots of space for aural shenanigans.
	11:41am clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @11:40 truedat!
	11:41am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Bordeaux In My Pirough" by "Chuck Berry" If anyone ever had the right to steal a song…
	11:42am clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @11:41 uuhhh, yeah, since hank stole it, too!
	11:43am Hoboken Jack: ↳ Greg from ZONE 5 @11:39 Thanks so much for coming, Greg!
	11:43am Listener Baby: ↳ clarke @11:42 Fair enough
	11:44am steveo: ↳ Song: "The Tide Is High" by "Paragons, The" NO ONE EVER TOLD ME
	11:44am Scott from Boston: This version here… Sorry, Blondie!
	11:44am listener phat in Lincoln: Just finished painting the bookcase I just made for my girlfriend. And now I'm eating some pastries from the bakery and listening to WFMU on my porch.
	11:44am clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @11:43 supposedly he pilfered the tune from Teetot, his mum's yard man.
	11:45am Hughie Considine: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:44 This should qualify as one of your day's highlights, I bet.
	11:45am clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:44 shelving skillz. important!
	11:45am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:45 Very much.
	11:45am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ clarke @11:45 Yes!
	11:45am Scott from Boston: Was Blondie just a great cover band?
	11:46am clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:45 why dontcha just go to IKEA Nebraska????????
	11:46am Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "The Tide Is High" by "Paragons, The" Let's say Blondie had great taste in covers, like this one and "Denis," a re-sauced "Denise" with cunning French lyrics.
	11:46am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Song: "I've Done Everything For You" by "Rick Springfield" Hot damn. Written by The Red Rocker?! Famtastic.
	11:47am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ clarke @11:46 No such thing!
	11:47am clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:47 aw come on!
	11:47am egould: ↳ Song: "I've Done Everything For You" by "Rick Springfield" Number one power pop hit.
	11:48am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "I've Done Everything For You" by "Rick Springfield" Great guitar. Please share who is handling that, Baby
	11:49am clarke: pre-cabo.
	11:49am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ clarke @11:47 The closest IKEA is KC.
	11:50am Michael Shelley: ↳ Listener Baby @11:48 ALL NEIL GIRALDO! (all the time)
	11:50am clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:49 to me as well! jk
	11:50am clarke: ↳ Song: "The Fight" by "dBs, The" yer pickin all the peter hitz! nice.
	11:50am bdubs: The mighty mighty boss tones definitely like that last tune
	11:51am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Michael Shelley @11:50 Wait, what?
	11:51am clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:49 really, houston is the closest IKEA. i had no ikea!
	11:52am listener phat in Lincoln: Wow
	11:52am steveo: ↳ Michael Shelley @11:50 parade.com...
	11:53am listener phat in Lincoln: I'm finishing a rack case for my bass amp with purple Tolex later today, if time allows.
	11:54am Listener Baby: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:51 And Bass too, Phat.
	11:54am clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:53 purple tolex. extravagant!
	11:55am clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:53 also, you could play at Tiger Stadium!
	11:55am listener phat in Lincoln: It's a shame the dbs aren't coming closer on this tour. The only time I'vs seen them was when they opened for REM.
	11:55am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Listener Baby @11:54 Amazing
	11:56am clarke: ↳ Song: "I Was A Fire" by "October Country" nevah hoid did. now i have. plussed!
	11:56am listener phat in Lincoln: "pardon my language"
	11:57am clarke: Ronald Tutt, Jr.
	11:57am steveo: [thinking] that guy sounds a lot like elvis
	11:58am Scott from Boston: Elvis is like shut up. I’ve been doing this longer than you.
	11:59am Matt in Nebraska: I listened to almost the entire new Elvis box set last night. It's kinda like "Elvis in Memphis Naked". The version of "Danny Boy" is quite moving.
	11:59am Deano de los Muertos: I would not have guessed this was Elvis…now I hear it
	12:00pm Jim from Tranquility: Michael did you see that Marty Stuart is back at newton theater in November?
	12:01pm clarke: ready. seriously!
	12:02pm Michael Shelley: ↳ Jim from Tranquility @12:00 11the row!
	12:02pm clarke: ↳ Matt in Nebraska @11:59 did you get that at IKEA Nebraska?
	12:03pm steveo: i can clearly remember hanging out at a friends house, playing hot wheels on the floor; i must have been 4 or 5 and the radio station was doing an elvis marathon and I was just like damn this guy had some amazing songs. true story
	12:04pm Jim from Tranquility: See you there
	12:04pm listener phat in Lincoln: Who wants to go to band practice for me?
	12:04pm clarke: ↳ steveo @12:03 fast track or the old stuff?
	12:05pm Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Testify" by "Greg Kihn" First band in a club I ever saw. Blasters opened. Both bands terrific
	12:05pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Listener Baby @12:05 Damn
	12:05pm clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @12:05 RIP baby
	12:06pm steveo: ↳ clarke @12:04 haha; not sure I lost my notes
	12:06pm P-90!: Hard to say goodbye to Greg
	12:06pm listener phat in Lincoln: Oh damn. I didn't know Greg Kihn died. Rats.
	12:06pm clarke: ↳ steveo @12:06 i think original track was orange, and the FasTrack was black?? i never made it to fast.
	12:07pm davefromtoronto: ↳ Song: "Testify" by "Greg Kihn" that's the guy who lost on jeopardy.
	12:07pm Matt in Nebraska: ↳ Matt in Nebraska @11:59 I listened to it on a streaming service. IKEA has yet to establish a foothold in Nebraska
	12:07pm clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:06 happened yesterday, i think. alzheimers, sadly
	12:07pm steveo: ↳ davefromtoronto @12:07 baby
	12:08pm clarke: ↳ Matt in Nebraska @12:07 yer kidding????
	12:09pm Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Testify" by "Greg Kihn" Dave Alvin told me the story that Greg K’s rider was a 3 pack of t-shits and tiighty whities every night. No laundry for Greg. Rock and discard, was his gambit.
	12:09pm clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @12:09 several people had that.
	12:10pm Matt in Nebraska: ↳ clarke @12:08 I think the nearest IKEA is in KC. 3 hours away.
	12:10pm Borg9: ↳ Song: "Testify" by "Greg Kihn" Greg was a regular feature in the bay area club scene. I can't tell you how many times I saw him. Always fun, always a great show.
	12:10pm clarke: i saw Greg Kihn solo-acoustic at The Button West in ft. lauderdale, circa 86, he was phenomenal!
	12:11pm Michael Shelley: ↳ Matt in Nebraska @11:59 I'll be playing a few tracks next week - great stuff!
	12:11pm clarke: ↳ Matt in Nebraska @12:10 yer kidding??
	12:11pm P-90!: These two really learned how to sound good singing together
	12:11pm steveo: ↳ Matt in Nebraska @12:10 i think crosby sang Kansas City without hope
	12:12pm clarke: ↳ clarke @12:10 the next week, same venue, Chris Bailey (of The Saints) solo-acoustic!
	12:12pm clarke: ↳ Song: "She's Not Worried" by "dBs, The" a chris=p tune.
	12:16pm davefromtoronto: are these the AI thingy's you're playing between tunes?
	12:16pm clarke: but, it was a vinyl import, which was better vinyl!
	12:17pm bobob plasticland milw: seen DBz and the Bongos together in Milwaukee
	12:17pm clarke: ↳ clarke @12:16 the Albion version, rather.
	12:17pm Matt in Nebraska: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:11 I don't know that I'd listen to it again. The first disc of Sun stuff is always great but I prefer the "From Elvis in Memphis" stuff with the overdubs we're used to. I listened to it because it was August 16. I actually saw Elvis perform in 1977. His third to last performance was here in Lincoln. I was 7 years old at the time.
	12:18pm James in ATL: I would be interested asking about the decision of the dB's not to be on Spotify. Not that I blame them.
	12:19pm clarke: ↳ Matt in Nebraska @12:17 so, you were at IKEA-Nebraska grand-opening that night!
	12:20pm Dano59: ... St. Marks Sounds! I loved that place. Think I bought some dB's (or Stamey) there too
	12:21pm clarke: this does sound FANTASTIC!!
	12:22pm clarke: then again, i haven't put on my import dB's vinyl on a great system and cranked it, in YEARS, now. my bad!!
	12:22pm Hughie Considine: ↳ Dano59 @12:20 I loved it too, except for the price stickers that were impossible to remove (and the occasionally petulant clerk).
	12:22pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Interview" by "Will Rigby" thanks you guys, fer doin' this!
	12:23pm Squints: ↳ Hughie Considine @12:22 Petulant Clerk plays nothing but surly thrashy Petula Clark covers.
	12:25pm clarke: the alliance between dB's and Fleshtones worked out amazingly GREATLY!!
	12:26pm Dano59: ↳ Hughie Considine @12:22 for 88¢ when new CDs at retail were $18.98, you learn to live with stickers
	12:27pm Michael Shelley: ↳ Hughie Considine @12:22 US Military needs to know what glue was on those stickers!
	12:34pm bobob Plasticland: Alan Betrock N Y Rocker ..was a fan of the band I played in Plasticland..
	12:37pm clarke: no explanation.
	12:38pm herb.nyc: Right on, Michael, “so strong, so commercial”, about them dB’s songs.
	12:42pm clarke: ask Will about his Osmonds worship?
	12:45pm clarke: great airline story!!
	12:46pm herb.nyc: Flying- mission of Burma had a airpass when they did early tours. One catch is that many went to Atlanta, eastern(?) airlines hub, first. I learned this in MAzerrad “our band could be yr life” book
	12:47pm clarke: Holder fan, ritecheer, too!
	12:47pm ledzeppelinsucks: Atlanta is Delta
	12:48pm Hubig Pie: And a smoker's lounge in the tail end of the plane.
	12:48pm clarke: Florence has great albums!
	12:49pm egould: Solid rhythm section.
	12:50pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Interview" by "Will Rigby" most quite influential on other drummers, wink wink!!
	12:53pm Squints: ↳ Song: "Interview" by "Will Rigby" I'm enjoying this. Thank you, Michael. And thank you especially, Will.
	12:54pm Deano de los Muertos: Not even familiar with the band, and still really enjoying the interview. You do a great job, Michael. Thanks Will
	12:54pm (the other) Scott Williams: Heard the DB's for the first time in the car 20 minutes ago - they sound like a totally contemporary band!
	12:54pm clarke: wow, new news!!
	12:55pm egould: Thanks, Michael. Thanks, Will. Have fun on tour.
	12:55pm (the other) Scott Williams: And a great one!
	12:55pm common: ↳ Song: "Black And White" by "dB's, The" such a good one! great interview!
	12:55pm clarke: new information has come to light, man!
	12:55pm clarke: Number One Interview!
	12:55pm P-90!: Yet another #1 hit interview
	12:55pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Song: "Black And White" by "dB's, The" Holy hell, this does sound amazing.
	12:56pm clarke: i like how Will gave you the "headline moment", there!
	12:56pm egould: ↳ Song: "Black And White" by "dB's, The" Number freaking one hit!
	12:56pm Michael Shelley: ↳ (the other) Scott Williams @12:54 AGREE!
	12:57pm clarke: it is a fucking SIN this band wasn't huge. shame on you, america.
	12:58pm Dano59: ↳ Song: "Black And White" by "dB's, The" luv luv LUV!! headed to the Repercussion site immed. after this.
	12:58pm egould: Will going off!
	12:58pm Minnechristo: ↳ Song: "Black And White" by "dB's, The" Loving Will's drumming on that!
	12:58pm clarke: ah hah hah. ever get the feelin' you been defeated?? good nite.
	12:59pm Niall: ↳ Song: "Black And White" by "dB's, The" I liked this. Where should I start with the Decibels?
	12:59pm clarke: ↳ Niall @12:59 get Repercussions on vinyl, i reckon
	12:59pm James in ATL: Trump has always been a loser.
	1:00pm Niall: ↳ (the other) Scott Williams @12:54 Yeah, digging this power pop vibe.
	1:00pm P-90!: “total garbage person…”
	1:00pm Niall: ↳ clarke @12:59 Thanks!
	1:00pm James in ATL: Great show! Thank you Michael!

Michael Shelley: Playlist from August 17, 2024

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