WFMU: Gaylord Fields: Playlist from July 6, 2014

Listener comments!
	5:18pm marmalade kitty: Great set Gaylord!!
	5:19pm Gaylord Fields: Thanks, mk!
	5:25pm ~L: Some photos are here: http://pacificoceanpark.tripod.com/
	5:34pm peter: Great set and going to request they acquire the book for Seattle Public Library!
	5:35pm Gaylord Fields: @peter: Please do. It's spectacular!
	5:35pm Gaylord Fields: Thanks for supplying the link, tilde-L!
	5:47pm Jack: Wow. Thank you everybody for this flashback. I was born and grew up in Long Beach CA area (Lakewood) and P.O.P. was wonderful. We probably went there a dozen times when I was a kid, couldn't get enough. I think I might have old 8mm home movies of the family there. I haven't even thought of it in decades; suddenly I'm 11 again!
	5:48pm Jack: (I missed the first part of the show, I'll listen to the archive, but I will definitely get this book.) Thanks again.
	5:52pm Gaylord Fields: Thank you, Jack!
	5:56pm SuW Guru: i'm reading an article titled: Steven Spielberg, two Sloths and a giant octopus - THE GOONIES story that didn't make it to the screen
	5:56pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...perfect Summer (holiday weekend) show ...lord - those line-ups !!...
	5:58pm Peteski: Boggles the mind just how run down that part of Santa Monica / Venice was at that time (and until the '90s really), probably had lost to do with the demise of POP (I live in Venice, btw)
	6:05pm Peteski: Let me ask then: Did the "bad" neighborhood (that part Santa Monica / Venice was pretty run down) have anything to do with the parks demise? Being that Anaheim was pure white suburban and practically empty? Crazy how people at that time didn't place being at the beach as a winning element.
	6:06pm SeanG: that Ritchie Valens tune is epic
	6:07pm Gaylord Fields: @Peteski: I'll ask my guests. Thanks for the question!
	6:08pm Gaylord Fields: @SeanG: He was seventeen! Poor kid never made it to effin' 18!
	6:09pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'Angel Baby' a fave of John Lennon's; the flipside is reportedly some kinda classic breakdown (??) - I've always wanted to hear - yeah - even Buddy Holly was only 22 (!!!)
	6:11pm JakeGould: Effing great show. Also, makes me wistful for those times where lots of land would just have amusement parks just because. Great era.
	6:18pm SeanG: Good God Almighty!
	6:23pm JakeGould: This is so great.
	6:25pm Peteski: www.youtube.com... wink sings
	6:29pm Peteski: Great answer, thanks!
	6:30pm Jack: My favorite ride was the Diving Bell!!! It was scary! and cool!
	6:32pm JakeGould: @Jack, was that a diving bell that just dunked into a n above ground pool? They had one of those at Astroland. Liked that!
	6:35pm Jack: Jake, yes, a big iron tank you were strapped in, and then a lot of hydraulic clanking and you'd be lowered into..like, maybe 20 feet of water! But there were fishes and sharks and things swimming in it.
	6:37pm JakeGould: In Astroland it was mainly murky water & a shark or whale. They actually still have the shark or whale somewhere behind the Cyclone in Coney Island.
	6:37pm James in ATL: Great show Gaylord! It was terrific to meet you last weekend.
	6:38pm Gaylord Fields: My pleasure, James!
	6:38pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...here's 'Angel Baby''s flip : www.youtube.com... ...I overstated what I read about it; what's notable actually is the contrast between the A (Pop) & B (raw R&B)-sides - & what that says about the Era ; ...it's always interested me that the Common Myth was there was nothing between Elvis joining the Army & The Beatles arriving - the ways this is - & is not true - as illustrated very well exactly in previous sets right here...
	6:39pm Jack: From the bottom of the tank, you'd look up through the portholes and see the light streaming through the water, and the sea life. It was transcendental (for a kid) I so wanted to become a marine biologist.
	6:43pm JakeGould: “It was transcendental (for a kid) I so wanted to become a marine biologist.” It was weird to me because there was an aquarium 1 block away & the ocean another block away. So it seemed like a weird fun distraction to the reality that was close by.
	6:43pm dale: i thought the big brother track was frank zappa. so embarrassed.
	6:43pm Jack: Jesus, Gaylord, you're playing some amazing music today! (but you always do) Really hitting all the sweet spots.
	6:45pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...just to have seen Syd Barrett play in America...
	6:45pm Gaylord Fields: Thanks, Jack! This has been an especially fun show to program.
	6:47pm SeanG: gonna turn this UP!
	6:49pm Gaylord Fields: Am I allowed to think and say that this has been a really good show?
	6:49pm Nardo: Mike Sin spun this same Mothers track earlier today. Getting my Zappa fix today!
	6:50pm Gaylord Fields: My concern is that it's not especially good form to toot your own horn.
	6:51pm Gaylord Fields: @Nardo: That makes me feel I made a good choice, because Mike Sin is the real deal!
	6:51pm Jack: Gaylord: Best show ever! Toot yer horn!
	6:51pm SeanG: Go for it Gaylord. Toot that horn!
	6:52pm marmalade kitty: great show ! toots to ya!
	6:56pm 12539: Great tooting show, Gaylord!
	6:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Gaylord - yer unique & exceptional - & this was informative & great fun ~ virtual summer vacation visit ; yer allowed to enjoy yer own show !! ...This woulda been when Alice & Syd met & associated... - Knickerbockers !!
	6:59pm James in ATL: So glad this will be archived as I am sure I will listen to this many times.
	7:01pm Jack: Christopher and Domenic: Thank you!

Gaylord Fields: Playlist from July 6, 2014

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Sun. Dec 22nd, 3pm - 5pm: The Unsolicited Return of the Winter Soul-stice (fill-in for Paul Bruno) (More info...)
You can't stop the seasons from turning, and you evidently also can't stop an old dog from performing his one old trick. Answering the teeming clamor of one New York Times food columnist , Gaylord Fields is returning to WFMU's airwaves for a one-off Winter Soul-stice program. In his time away he's learned nothing, so the format will remain the same: two hours of original 1960s soul 45s, and the abuse of an expensive reverb machine for the sake of corny vocal effects.

July 6, 2014: P.O.P. Music
Featuring guests Christopher Merritt and Domenic Priore, authors of Pacific Ocean Park: The Rise and Fall of Los Angeles' Space-Age Nautical Pleasure Pier. Every musical act played in this program had performed at P.O.P.

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Artist	Track	Comments
The Beach Boys	Amusement Parks U.S.A.
The Rendezvous	Those Memories "Those Memories" by "The Rendezvous"
Lawrence Welk	Calcutta "Calcutta" by "Lawrence Welk"
The Fabs	That's the Bag I'm In "That's the Bag I'm In" by "The Fabs"
Sam Cooke	Shake "Shake" by "Sam Cooke"
The Byrds	I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better
The Seeds	Mr. Farmer "Mr. Farmer" by "The Seeds"
unknown	Pacific Ocean Park Radio Commercial No. 1
Interview with Christopher Merritt and Domenic Priore, Part 1
The Beach Boys	Surfin' "Surfin'" by "The Beach Boys"
Paul Revere & the Raiders	Like, Long Hair
The Belairs	Mr. Moto "Mr. Moto" by "The Belairs"
Annette and the Beach Boys	The Monkey's Uncle
Donna Loren	It Only Hurts When I Cry
Dick Dale & His Del-Tones	Secret Surfin' Spot
unknown	Pacific Ocean Park Full Radio Commercial
Interview with Christopher Merritt and Domenic Priore, Part 2
Ritchie Valens	Come On Let's Go "Come On Let's Go" by "Ritchie Valens"
Johnny Burnette Trio	Honey Hush "Honey Hush" by "Johnny Burnette Trio"
The Champs	Ali-Baba "Ali-Baba" by "The Champs"
Rosie and the Originals	Angel Baby
Olympics	Shimmy Like Kate "Shimmy Like Kate" by "Olympics"
Marvin Gaye	I'll Be Doggone "I'll Be Doggone" by "Marvin Gaye"
Ike & Tina Turner	Finger Poppin' "Finger Poppin'" by "Ike & Tina Turner"
Sam & Dave	Wrap It Up "Wrap It Up" by "Sam & Dave"
Interview with Christopher Merritt and Domenic Priore, Part 3
Love	My Little Red Book "My Little Red Book" by "Love"
The Chambers Brothers	Love, Peace, and Happiness
Big Brother & the Holding Company	Blindman
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy	It's a Happening Thing
The Pink Floyd	Lucifer Sam "Lucifer Sam" by "The Pink Floyd"
The Nazz	Lay Down and Die, Goodbye	This is Alice Cooper's old Sixties group, not Todd Rundgren's old Sixties group.
The Mothers of Invention	Trouble Every Day
Interview with Christopher Merritt and Domenic Priore, conclusion
none	Mystery Island Banana Train Ride — Goony Bird

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Listener comments!
	5:18pm marmalade kitty: Great set Gaylord!!
	5:19pm Gaylord Fields: Thanks, mk!
	5:25pm ~L: Some photos are here: http://pacificoceanpark.tripod.com/
	5:34pm peter: Great set and going to request they acquire the book for Seattle Public Library!
	5:35pm Gaylord Fields: @peter: Please do. It's spectacular!
	5:35pm Gaylord Fields: Thanks for supplying the link, tilde-L!
	5:47pm Jack: Wow. Thank you everybody for this flashback. I was born and grew up in Long Beach CA area (Lakewood) and P.O.P. was wonderful. We probably went there a dozen times when I was a kid, couldn't get enough. I think I might have old 8mm home movies of the family there. I haven't even thought of it in decades; suddenly I'm 11 again!
	5:48pm Jack: (I missed the first part of the show, I'll listen to the archive, but I will definitely get this book.) Thanks again.
	5:52pm Gaylord Fields: Thank you, Jack!
	5:56pm SuW Guru: i'm reading an article titled: Steven Spielberg, two Sloths and a giant octopus - THE GOONIES story that didn't make it to the screen
	5:56pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...perfect Summer (holiday weekend) show ...lord - those line-ups !!...
	5:58pm Peteski: Boggles the mind just how run down that part of Santa Monica / Venice was at that time (and until the '90s really), probably had lost to do with the demise of POP (I live in Venice, btw)
	6:05pm Peteski: Let me ask then: Did the "bad" neighborhood (that part Santa Monica / Venice was pretty run down) have anything to do with the parks demise? Being that Anaheim was pure white suburban and practically empty? Crazy how people at that time didn't place being at the beach as a winning element.
	6:06pm SeanG: that Ritchie Valens tune is epic
	6:07pm Gaylord Fields: @Peteski: I'll ask my guests. Thanks for the question!
	6:08pm Gaylord Fields: @SeanG: He was seventeen! Poor kid never made it to effin' 18!
	6:09pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'Angel Baby' a fave of John Lennon's; the flipside is reportedly some kinda classic breakdown (??) - I've always wanted to hear - yeah - even Buddy Holly was only 22 (!!!)
	6:11pm JakeGould: Effing great show. Also, makes me wistful for those times where lots of land would just have amusement parks just because. Great era.
	6:18pm SeanG: Good God Almighty!
	6:23pm JakeGould: This is so great.
	6:25pm Peteski: www.youtube.com... wink sings
	6:29pm Peteski: Great answer, thanks!
	6:30pm Jack: My favorite ride was the Diving Bell!!! It was scary! and cool!
	6:32pm JakeGould: @Jack, was that a diving bell that just dunked into a n above ground pool? They had one of those at Astroland. Liked that!
	6:35pm Jack: Jake, yes, a big iron tank you were strapped in, and then a lot of hydraulic clanking and you'd be lowered into..like, maybe 20 feet of water! But there were fishes and sharks and things swimming in it.
	6:37pm JakeGould: In Astroland it was mainly murky water & a shark or whale. They actually still have the shark or whale somewhere behind the Cyclone in Coney Island.
	6:37pm James in ATL: Great show Gaylord! It was terrific to meet you last weekend.
	6:38pm Gaylord Fields: My pleasure, James!
	6:38pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...here's 'Angel Baby''s flip : www.youtube.com... ...I overstated what I read about it; what's notable actually is the contrast between the A (Pop) & B (raw R&B)-sides - & what that says about the Era ; ...it's always interested me that the Common Myth was there was nothing between Elvis joining the Army & The Beatles arriving - the ways this is - & is not true - as illustrated very well exactly in previous sets right here...
	6:39pm Jack: From the bottom of the tank, you'd look up through the portholes and see the light streaming through the water, and the sea life. It was transcendental (for a kid) I so wanted to become a marine biologist.
	6:43pm JakeGould: “It was transcendental (for a kid) I so wanted to become a marine biologist.” It was weird to me because there was an aquarium 1 block away & the ocean another block away. So it seemed like a weird fun distraction to the reality that was close by.
	6:43pm dale: i thought the big brother track was frank zappa. so embarrassed.
	6:43pm Jack: Jesus, Gaylord, you're playing some amazing music today! (but you always do) Really hitting all the sweet spots.
	6:45pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...just to have seen Syd Barrett play in America...
	6:45pm Gaylord Fields: Thanks, Jack! This has been an especially fun show to program.
	6:47pm SeanG: gonna turn this UP!
	6:49pm Gaylord Fields: Am I allowed to think and say that this has been a really good show?
	6:49pm Nardo: Mike Sin spun this same Mothers track earlier today. Getting my Zappa fix today!
	6:50pm Gaylord Fields: My concern is that it's not especially good form to toot your own horn.
	6:51pm Gaylord Fields: @Nardo: That makes me feel I made a good choice, because Mike Sin is the real deal!
	6:51pm Jack: Gaylord: Best show ever! Toot yer horn!
	6:51pm SeanG: Go for it Gaylord. Toot that horn!
	6:52pm marmalade kitty: great show ! toots to ya!
	6:56pm 12539: Great tooting show, Gaylord!
	6:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Gaylord - yer unique & exceptional - & this was informative & great fun ~ virtual summer vacation visit ; yer allowed to enjoy yer own show !! ...This woulda been when Alice & Syd met & associated... - Knickerbockers !!
	6:59pm James in ATL: So glad this will be archived as I am sure I will listen to this many times.
	7:01pm Jack: Christopher and Domenic: Thank you!

Gaylord Fields: Playlist from July 6, 2014

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