WFMU: Optical Sound with Mike Sin: Playlist from April 25, 2015

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Sat. Nov 30th, 11am - 1pm: Mike Sin fills in for Michael Shelley

Thu. Jan 2nd, 2025, 9pm - Midnight: Mike Sin fills in for Dave the Spazz

April 25, 2015: Filling in for Michael Shelley... no receipts necessary!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Jerry Lee Lewis	Money "Money" by "Jerry Lee Lewis"	Live at the Star Club, Hamburg	Rhino	1992	CD	Raw and live in Germany on April 5, 1964. Backed by the Nashville Teens.		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Sonics	Sugaree "Sugaree" by "Sonics"	This Is the Sonics	Revox	2015	CD		*	0:04:00 (Pop-up)
Jook	Hard Times "Hard Times" by "Jook"		The Jook	2015	WAV	soon to be released by the '70s terrace-stompin' band	*	0:06:40 (Pop-up)
The Reaction	Talk Talk Talk Talk "Talk Talk Talk Talk" by "The Reaction"	VA: Streets	Beggars Banquet	1977	LP	1977		0:10:22 (Pop-up)
Fastball	Are You Ready for the Fallout?	Make Your Mama Proud	Hollywood	1996	CD			0:12:51 (Pop-up)
Insomniacs	Today's the Way "Today's the Way" by "Insomniacs"	c/w Mr. Yesterday	Hidden Volume	2014	7"		*	0:15:58 (Pop-up)
Fotomaker	Where Have You Been All My Life	VA: Poptopia! Power Pop Classics of the '70s	Rhino	1997	CD	1978. The Rascals and the Raspberries combined! (sort of...)		0:19:25 (Pop-up)
Cotton Mather	Lost My Motto "Lost My Motto" by "Cotton Mather"	Hotel Baltimore	Rainbow Quartz	1999	CD			0:22:35 (Pop-up)
Les Sans Culottes	Metro-Boulot-Dodo	The Gods Have Thirst	Disque Escargo-go	2015	LP	Played lived on the Evan "Funk" Davies show on WFMU on February 11, 2015 -- check the archive and listen!	*	0:26:22 (Pop-up)
Alex Chilton & the Cossacks	Wouldn't It Be Nice	Live At CBGB's	Thumbs Up!		CD	Live in NYC on May 21, 1977. Featuring Chris Stamey on bass and backing vocals.		0:29:26 (Pop-up)

Mascots	The Winner "The Winner" by "Mascots"	Ellpee	Radioactive	2007	CD	1966		0:40:22 (Pop-up)
Pete Best Combo	If You Can't Get Her	Beyond the Beatles 1964-66	Griffin	1996	CD	1966		0:42:19 (Pop-up)
Slade Brothers	Peace in My Mind "Peace in My Mind" by "Slade Brothers"	VA: That Driving Beat, Volume 2	Past & Present	2001	CD	1966		0:45:43 (Pop-up)
Lovin' Spoonful	She Is Still A Mystery	You're a Big Boy Now + Everything Playing	Edsel	2011	CD	1967. alternate version		0:48:16 (Pop-up)
Fat Mattress	I Don't Mind "I Don't Mind" by "Fat Mattress"	The Black Sheep of the Family: The Anthology	Castle	2000	CD	1969. Features Noel Redding after leaving Jimi Hendrix Experience.		0:51:16 (Pop-up)
Green Beans	Friction "Friction" by "Green Beans"	VA: Pebbles Vol. 8: Southern California 1	A.I.P.	1996	CD	1965. Features Davie Allan on guitar		0:54:53 (Pop-up)
The Knack	She Ain't No Good "She Ain't No Good" by "The Knack"	The Londoners/The Knack	WWIV	2005	CD	1965		0:57:17 (Pop-up)
Timebox	Yellow Van "Yellow Van" by "Timebox"	Beggin' - The Sound of London's Mod/Club Scene	RPM	2008	CD	1969		0:59:25 (Pop-up)
The Move	Wave Your Flag And Stop The Train	The Move	Repertoire	1998	CD	1967. Bonus track on CD issue of first LP. Originally a b-side of "I Can Hear the Grass Grow."		1:02:38 (Pop-up)
Don Muro	Getting Closer "Getting Closer" by "Don Muro"	Souffrances et Extases du Jeune Amour	Flannelgraph	2014	LP	recorded sometime between 1969 and 1974		1:05:32 (Pop-up)

Cryan Shames	Greenburg, Glickstein, Charles, David Smith & Jones	Synthesis	Sundazed	2002	CD	1968		1:17:49 (Pop-up)
James Brown	Down and Out in New York City	Black Caesar	Polydor	1973	LP	movie soundtrack.		1:20:50 (Pop-up)
Afrokings	Tina "Tina" by "Afrokings"	VA: The Spanish Trip: 23 Obscure Freak Artifacts From the Spanish Underground Scene	Bang!	2005	CD			1:24:54 (Pop-up)
Dyke & the Blazers	Let a Woman Be a Woman, Let a Man Be a Man	The Funky Broadway: The Very Best of Dyke & the Blazers	Collectables	1999	CD	1969		1:28:44 (Pop-up)
Jimmie James & the Vagabonds	Private Number	VA: Rare Mod Volume 5: A Fifth Volume of 60s Underground Rhythm 'n' Blues, Psych & Soul	Acid Jazz	2014	CD	1968	*	1:31:13 (Pop-up)
Mina	No "No" by "Mina"	VA: Ciao Bella! Italian Girl Singers of the 60s	Ace International	2015	CD	1966	*	1:34:20 (Pop-up)
Andy Ellison	You Can't Do That "You Can't Do That" by "Andy Ellison"	VA: Sunday Sunshine -- The World of SNB Records	RPM	2008	CD	1968		1:36:45 (Pop-up)
Noble Krell	Never Ever "Never Ever" by "Noble Krell"	c/w Beware the Noble Krell	Hidden Volume	2015	7"		*	1:39:29 (Pop-up)

Nic Hessler	All in the Night "All in the Night" by "Nic Hessler"	Soft Connections	Captured Tracks	2015	CD		*	1:47:16 (Pop-up)
Mod Fun	I Am With You "I Am With You" by "Mod Fun"	c/w Happy Feeling	Pennytown Sound	2015	7"	1984. 30th anniversary reissue.	*	1:50:30 (Pop-up)
White Duck	Lonely "Lonely" by "White Duck"	White Duck	Uni	1971	LP			1:53:54 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	11:02am SmokinJ: Ready to Rock Mike!
	11:05am Mike East: Yeah, that's what I want, too
	11:07am fleep: The Tower Records building on Sunset still stands, it's supposed to become a showroom for Gibson.
	11:09am Sem Chumbo: Ready for sin for the next 2 hours. OK, there are 7 deadly ones. We've already had Avarice, and now, Lust.
	11:10am Toddophonic: Hopefully this makes it to a few jookboxes!
	11:10am Frank Above: Hi Mike! Looking forward to a rocking soundtrack while I have a long overdue record cleaning session!
	11:11am David in ATL from NJ: Killing it, Mike!
	11:13am Stuart Rose: Witty, Sem, witty. Great snap of Burnsy. Wonder what platters he picked up. You're off to fine start, Mike. Always enjoy your shifts on FMU.
	11:13am SmokinJ: I wanna be the MC5!
	11:13am Frank Above: Too bad Talk Talk didn't stay in this vein...
	11:14am Mike Sin: Hey folks!! Thanks for joining me!
	11:14am Matt in Nebraska: If that's the same Jook that did "Aggravation Place", I've always wanted some more of that.
	11:16am Toddophonic: Fastball are underrated. Great guys too.
	11:18am DG: Why is Margaret Thatcher talking behind God's back?
	11:19am Cooh John: Hey Sem, I'm going with gluttony on the WFMU airwaves.
	11:19am drr: This is good radio so far! Listening from Austin TX.
	11:21am SmokinJ: Currently being transported to a better place. Thanks Sin.. 8-)
	11:23am Sissophonic Cheryl: Go Mike Sin! Luv this one! Making TOPT's birthday that much better today with your fantastic fill in! It's been way to long!!
	11:29am Sem Chumbo: @CJ: heh.
	11:30am Cooh John: Happy birthday, Toddophonic. POW, POW, POW!
	11:34am M. Pomme-Frite: Morning Mike - killer show! Merci por le Culottes spin! -
	11:35am Uncle Michael: You're kicking ass, Mike. I have this shit on LOUD in here and it's getting the housework DONE.
	11:36am marc: What year
	11:39am Ken From Hyde Park: Hi ho!
	11:39am Sem Chumbo: EFD Show.February 11, 2015: LES SANS CULOTTES live in the studio!
	11:39am ChrisB.: Mike: Like Cotton Mather? Find a copy of "Kon-Tiki."
	11:39am IncreaseMather: Cotton Mather's Kon Tiki is amazing. If you like Hotel Baltimore, you'll love Kon Tiki. Their first, Cotton is King is also very good.
	11:40am Tom from Detroit: Hi mike woggles in Cleve last night sonics in Detroit tonight listening on the way
	11:40am Bill in W.O.: Cotton Mather were/are an Austin TX band. You'll love all their records, but go out of your way to find KONTIKI. The first COTTON IS KING is good, KONTIKI is epic, the last THE BIG PICTURE is good but suffers in comparison with KONTIKI.
	11:42am glenn: the sonics are playing in toronto tomorrow, good. the venue has the worst sound of any venue in the city, bad.
	11:43am tonyb: reading the rick bragg jerry lee book quite a night at the star club although the nashville teens were neither from nashville nor teens
	11:43am MattBelow: Go Mike Go! This Mascots album is top notch the whole way thru
	11:50am rw: I like the way the Pete Best Combo rhymed "get her" with "forget her".
	11:57am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...awlright !
	12:08pm fleep: A morning full of jangly guitars is a good good morning.
	12:15pm Caroline: Enjoying your show on the Goethals Bridge!
	12:17pm David Shortell: I wonder if the Londoners changed their name to capitalize on the Richard Lester film "The Knack ...and How to Get It".
	12:23pm Gaylord Fields: Optical Sound = Sin-esthesia!
	12:24pm Uncle Michael: Do you see it in yer bones, Gaylord?
	12:25pm Mike Sin: Thanks for stickin' around here, folks!
	12:30pm David in ATL from NJ: Long live the Spanish Underground Scene. Great stuff!
	12:31pm Gaylord Fields: Mike Sin's music is red — with purple flashes.
	12:33pm Tom from Detroit: Freaks and flashes.
	12:47pm Frank Above: Trying being married to an Italian woman. You hear a lot worse than "no"!
	12:50pm JakeGould: Mama mia, that’s a spicy meatball!
	12:56pm Sissophonic Cheryl: Wonderful show, Mike Sin! xo
	12:59pm Uncle Michael: Thanks for the fun morning, Mike.
	1:01pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - yeah Thx !

Optical Sound with Mike Sin: Playlist from April 25, 2015

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Thu. Jan 2nd, 2025, 9pm - Midnight: Mike Sin fills in for Dave the Spazz

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Jerry Lee Lewis	Money "Money" by "Jerry Lee Lewis"	Live at the Star Club, Hamburg	Rhino	1992	CD	Raw and live in Germany on April 5, 1964. Backed by the Nashville Teens.		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Sonics	Sugaree "Sugaree" by "Sonics"	This Is the Sonics	Revox	2015	CD		*	0:04:00 (Pop-up)
Jook	Hard Times "Hard Times" by "Jook"		The Jook	2015	WAV	soon to be released by the '70s terrace-stompin' band	*	0:06:40 (Pop-up)
The Reaction	Talk Talk Talk Talk "Talk Talk Talk Talk" by "The Reaction"	VA: Streets	Beggars Banquet	1977	LP	1977		0:10:22 (Pop-up)
Fastball	Are You Ready for the Fallout?	Make Your Mama Proud	Hollywood	1996	CD			0:12:51 (Pop-up)
Insomniacs	Today's the Way "Today's the Way" by "Insomniacs"	c/w Mr. Yesterday	Hidden Volume	2014	7"		*	0:15:58 (Pop-up)
Fotomaker	Where Have You Been All My Life	VA: Poptopia! Power Pop Classics of the '70s	Rhino	1997	CD	1978. The Rascals and the Raspberries combined! (sort of...)		0:19:25 (Pop-up)
Cotton Mather	Lost My Motto "Lost My Motto" by "Cotton Mather"	Hotel Baltimore	Rainbow Quartz	1999	CD			0:22:35 (Pop-up)
Les Sans Culottes	Metro-Boulot-Dodo	The Gods Have Thirst	Disque Escargo-go	2015	LP	Played lived on the Evan "Funk" Davies show on WFMU on February 11, 2015 -- check the archive and listen!	*	0:26:22 (Pop-up)
Alex Chilton & the Cossacks	Wouldn't It Be Nice	Live At CBGB's	Thumbs Up!		CD	Live in NYC on May 21, 1977. Featuring Chris Stamey on bass and backing vocals.		0:29:26 (Pop-up)

Mascots	The Winner "The Winner" by "Mascots"	Ellpee	Radioactive	2007	CD	1966		0:40:22 (Pop-up)
Pete Best Combo	If You Can't Get Her	Beyond the Beatles 1964-66	Griffin	1996	CD	1966		0:42:19 (Pop-up)
Slade Brothers	Peace in My Mind "Peace in My Mind" by "Slade Brothers"	VA: That Driving Beat, Volume 2	Past & Present	2001	CD	1966		0:45:43 (Pop-up)
Lovin' Spoonful	She Is Still A Mystery	You're a Big Boy Now + Everything Playing	Edsel	2011	CD	1967. alternate version		0:48:16 (Pop-up)
Fat Mattress	I Don't Mind "I Don't Mind" by "Fat Mattress"	The Black Sheep of the Family: The Anthology	Castle	2000	CD	1969. Features Noel Redding after leaving Jimi Hendrix Experience.		0:51:16 (Pop-up)
Green Beans	Friction "Friction" by "Green Beans"	VA: Pebbles Vol. 8: Southern California 1	A.I.P.	1996	CD	1965. Features Davie Allan on guitar		0:54:53 (Pop-up)
The Knack	She Ain't No Good "She Ain't No Good" by "The Knack"	The Londoners/The Knack	WWIV	2005	CD	1965		0:57:17 (Pop-up)
Timebox	Yellow Van "Yellow Van" by "Timebox"	Beggin' - The Sound of London's Mod/Club Scene	RPM	2008	CD	1969		0:59:25 (Pop-up)
The Move	Wave Your Flag And Stop The Train	The Move	Repertoire	1998	CD	1967. Bonus track on CD issue of first LP. Originally a b-side of "I Can Hear the Grass Grow."		1:02:38 (Pop-up)
Don Muro	Getting Closer "Getting Closer" by "Don Muro"	Souffrances et Extases du Jeune Amour	Flannelgraph	2014	LP	recorded sometime between 1969 and 1974		1:05:32 (Pop-up)

Cryan Shames	Greenburg, Glickstein, Charles, David Smith & Jones	Synthesis	Sundazed	2002	CD	1968		1:17:49 (Pop-up)
James Brown	Down and Out in New York City	Black Caesar	Polydor	1973	LP	movie soundtrack.		1:20:50 (Pop-up)
Afrokings	Tina "Tina" by "Afrokings"	VA: The Spanish Trip: 23 Obscure Freak Artifacts From the Spanish Underground Scene	Bang!	2005	CD			1:24:54 (Pop-up)
Dyke & the Blazers	Let a Woman Be a Woman, Let a Man Be a Man	The Funky Broadway: The Very Best of Dyke & the Blazers	Collectables	1999	CD	1969		1:28:44 (Pop-up)
Jimmie James & the Vagabonds	Private Number	VA: Rare Mod Volume 5: A Fifth Volume of 60s Underground Rhythm 'n' Blues, Psych & Soul	Acid Jazz	2014	CD	1968	*	1:31:13 (Pop-up)
Mina	No "No" by "Mina"	VA: Ciao Bella! Italian Girl Singers of the 60s	Ace International	2015	CD	1966	*	1:34:20 (Pop-up)
Andy Ellison	You Can't Do That "You Can't Do That" by "Andy Ellison"	VA: Sunday Sunshine -- The World of SNB Records	RPM	2008	CD	1968		1:36:45 (Pop-up)
Noble Krell	Never Ever "Never Ever" by "Noble Krell"	c/w Beware the Noble Krell	Hidden Volume	2015	7"		*	1:39:29 (Pop-up)

Nic Hessler	All in the Night "All in the Night" by "Nic Hessler"	Soft Connections	Captured Tracks	2015	CD		*	1:47:16 (Pop-up)
Mod Fun	I Am With You "I Am With You" by "Mod Fun"	c/w Happy Feeling	Pennytown Sound	2015	7"	1984. 30th anniversary reissue.	*	1:50:30 (Pop-up)
White Duck	Lonely "Lonely" by "White Duck"	White Duck	Uni	1971	LP			1:53:54 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	11:02am SmokinJ: Ready to Rock Mike!
	11:05am Mike East: Yeah, that's what I want, too
	11:07am fleep: The Tower Records building on Sunset still stands, it's supposed to become a showroom for Gibson.
	11:09am Sem Chumbo: Ready for sin for the next 2 hours. OK, there are 7 deadly ones. We've already had Avarice, and now, Lust.
	11:10am Toddophonic: Hopefully this makes it to a few jookboxes!
	11:10am Frank Above: Hi Mike! Looking forward to a rocking soundtrack while I have a long overdue record cleaning session!
	11:11am David in ATL from NJ: Killing it, Mike!
	11:13am Stuart Rose: Witty, Sem, witty. Great snap of Burnsy. Wonder what platters he picked up. You're off to fine start, Mike. Always enjoy your shifts on FMU.
	11:13am SmokinJ: I wanna be the MC5!
	11:13am Frank Above: Too bad Talk Talk didn't stay in this vein...
	11:14am Mike Sin: Hey folks!! Thanks for joining me!
	11:14am Matt in Nebraska: If that's the same Jook that did "Aggravation Place", I've always wanted some more of that.
	11:16am Toddophonic: Fastball are underrated. Great guys too.
	11:18am DG: Why is Margaret Thatcher talking behind God's back?
	11:19am Cooh John: Hey Sem, I'm going with gluttony on the WFMU airwaves.
	11:19am drr: This is good radio so far! Listening from Austin TX.
	11:21am SmokinJ: Currently being transported to a better place. Thanks Sin.. 8-)
	11:23am Sissophonic Cheryl: Go Mike Sin! Luv this one! Making TOPT's birthday that much better today with your fantastic fill in! It's been way to long!!
	11:29am Sem Chumbo: @CJ: heh.
	11:30am Cooh John: Happy birthday, Toddophonic. POW, POW, POW!
	11:34am M. Pomme-Frite: Morning Mike - killer show! Merci por le Culottes spin! -
	11:35am Uncle Michael: You're kicking ass, Mike. I have this shit on LOUD in here and it's getting the housework DONE.
	11:36am marc: What year
	11:39am Ken From Hyde Park: Hi ho!
	11:39am Sem Chumbo: EFD Show.February 11, 2015: LES SANS CULOTTES live in the studio!
	11:39am ChrisB.: Mike: Like Cotton Mather? Find a copy of "Kon-Tiki."
	11:39am IncreaseMather: Cotton Mather's Kon Tiki is amazing. If you like Hotel Baltimore, you'll love Kon Tiki. Their first, Cotton is King is also very good.
	11:40am Tom from Detroit: Hi mike woggles in Cleve last night sonics in Detroit tonight listening on the way
	11:40am Bill in W.O.: Cotton Mather were/are an Austin TX band. You'll love all their records, but go out of your way to find KONTIKI. The first COTTON IS KING is good, KONTIKI is epic, the last THE BIG PICTURE is good but suffers in comparison with KONTIKI.
	11:42am glenn: the sonics are playing in toronto tomorrow, good. the venue has the worst sound of any venue in the city, bad.
	11:43am tonyb: reading the rick bragg jerry lee book quite a night at the star club although the nashville teens were neither from nashville nor teens
	11:43am MattBelow: Go Mike Go! This Mascots album is top notch the whole way thru
	11:50am rw: I like the way the Pete Best Combo rhymed "get her" with "forget her".
	11:57am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...awlright !
	12:08pm fleep: A morning full of jangly guitars is a good good morning.
	12:15pm Caroline: Enjoying your show on the Goethals Bridge!
	12:17pm David Shortell: I wonder if the Londoners changed their name to capitalize on the Richard Lester film "The Knack ...and How to Get It".
	12:23pm Gaylord Fields: Optical Sound = Sin-esthesia!
	12:24pm Uncle Michael: Do you see it in yer bones, Gaylord?
	12:25pm Mike Sin: Thanks for stickin' around here, folks!
	12:30pm David in ATL from NJ: Long live the Spanish Underground Scene. Great stuff!
	12:31pm Gaylord Fields: Mike Sin's music is red — with purple flashes.
	12:33pm Tom from Detroit: Freaks and flashes.
	12:47pm Frank Above: Trying being married to an Italian woman. You hear a lot worse than "no"!
	12:50pm JakeGould: Mama mia, that’s a spicy meatball!
	12:56pm Sissophonic Cheryl: Wonderful show, Mike Sin! xo
	12:59pm Uncle Michael: Thanks for the fun morning, Mike.
	1:01pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - yeah Thx !

Optical Sound with Mike Sin: Playlist from April 25, 2015

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