Bob Brainen's show

Artist	Track	Album	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
Hank Levine w/ Timothy Leary	Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience		1961 / 1966		0:00:00 Pop-up)
Fairport Convention	Walk Awhile	Full House	1970		0:02:25 Pop-up)
Fleetwood Mac	Dragonfly		1970	non lp 45 written by Danny Kirwan.	0:06:23 Pop-up)
Strawbs	Pieces Of 79 & 15	Strawbs	1969		0:09:10 Pop-up)
Marvelettes	Strange I Know	The Ultimate Collection	1962 / 1998		0:12:04 Pop-up)
Manfred Mann	The Abominable Snowman	Mann Made	1964		0:14:41 Pop-up)
Santrofi	Africa	Alewa *	2020		0:17:24 Pop-up)
The Action	India (John Coltrane)	Shadows & Reflections: The Complete Recordings 1964-1968	1968 / 2018	BBC Recording	0:21:00 Pop-up)
Cymbals	Hey Leader	Anthology	2003		0:23:58 Pop-up)
Scott Appel	Walk Awhile	Parhelion	1998		0:26:51 Pop-up)

Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch"					0:31:23 Pop-up)
Gigi Gryce Quartet w/Thelonious Monk	NIca's Tempo	Thelonious Monk / Herbie Nichols	1955 / 1986	Split LP	0:37:34 Pop-up)
Earl Van Dyke	Stone Soul Booster	Motown Unreleased 1968	1968 / 2018		0:43:52 Pop-up)
Impossible Shapes	Play With Me	Bless The Headless	2003		0:48:16 Pop-up)
Andy Partridge & Robyn Hitchcock	Got My...	Planet England EP	2019		0:51:20 Pop-up)
Aaron Copland	"Interlude" from Music For The Theatre	Music For The Theatre & OTher Works	1925 / 1994		0:54:55 Pop-up)

Music behind DJ: "birds @ 302 Chestnut"					1:00:16 Pop-up)
NY Bass Violin Choir	Biskit	NY Bass Violin Choir	1980	Strata East label	1:05:59 Pop-up)
Lorne Greene	Ringo		1964		1:10:20 Pop-up)
Bunky & Jake	One More Cowboy	L.A.M.F.	1969	Hey, Jake just had a birthday, Happy Birthday Jake!	1:13:27 Pop-up)
Monkees	Me & Magdalena	Good Times!	2016		1:16:41 Pop-up)
NRBQ	April Showers	in frequencies *	2018 / 2020		1:20:54 Pop-up)
Juana Molina	Paraguaya	ANRMAL (Live In Mexico) *	2020		1:22:26 Pop-up)
David Greenberger & Tyson Rogers w/Keith Spring	The Pleasure Of Numbers	Everybody's Home *	2020		1:26:10 Pop-up)

Music behind DJ: "birds @ 302 Chestnut"					1:28:05 Pop-up)
Bernard Herrmann	Travel	Have Gun Will Travel	1957 / 1984		1:32:02 Pop-up)
George Russell w/ Eric Dolphy	Thoughts	Ezz-thetics	1961 / 2007		1:35:06 Pop-up)
James P. Johnson	Eccentricity	Carolina Shout	1921 / 1988	LP of piano rolls	1:40:35 Pop-up)
Humblebums (Gerry Rafferty)	Patrick	The Humblebums	1969		1:43:43 Pop-up)
Babacar	Waiting	Babacar	1997		1:46:03 Pop-up)
Paul Weston	Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen	Cresent City	1957		1:51:22 Pop-up)

Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch"					1:55:36 Pop-up)
Thanks To Ron Jett, Doug Young, Duane Miller, the late John Kennedy, Terry Adams, Brian Shatell, William Yale, Andy Waltzer, Rob Weisberg, Stan B. Hirsch & Pete Tomlinson

Listener comments!

9:01am 1whoknewcthulhu:

Good morning, Bob and all. The weather in the northeast stinks today, so it's a comfort know that the program will be wonderful.

9:01am Andrew in Toronto:

Good morning Bob and all other Brainiacs.

9:01am TDK60:

Morning DJ BB. Got any songs with verse/chorus?

9:01am theia:

Happy Saturday, wake up, get your head outa bed! :)

9:02am Jeff:

Good Morning Bob, Doc Rock and fellow brothers and sisters.
Wow, time flies! It seems like it was just Saturday. Honestly, I wouldn’t mind if every day was Saturday.

🥁

9:02am duke:

Hello Bob and brainy folks

9:02am Deborah:

Good Morning WFMUniverse!
Yes, it is horribly rainy and damp in always lovely Montclair, NJ but music takes away the pain.

9:04am TDK60:

A Auspicious Start!

9:04am Joe Merklee:

Morning, all!

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9:04am Brian in UK:

Hello Bob. Fifty years since this little gem came out.

9:04am melinda:

Fairport hoedown! hi folks!

9:04am dale:

any fairport/steeleye/strawbs/pentangle/blondeland i'm a happy camper. a cappy hamper even.

🥁

9:05am WilliamfromDumont:

Mornin' Bob and everyone

9:05am Asheville Jon:

morning Bob, great start to the show!

9:05am CalZone!:

Greetings BB and listeners from a Greycember Day in Rockin Rochester USA.

🥁

9:06am Brian in UK:

TDK60, what did you think of the moment when everyone sang Meet on the Ledge at Cropredy.

9:06am Bob Brainen:

Good morning to you 1whoknewcthulhu, Andrew In Toronto, TDK60, theia, Jeff. Yeah a good day for a staying safe and warm and catching some sounds!
Hey Duke, Deborah, Joe M. Welcome all!
Brian in UK, melinda, dale, Wm. from Dumont,& Asheville John.
Welcome all!

9:07am theia:

Morning all, lovely sounds DJ and crew thanks.

9:07am theia:

God Bless Danny Kirwan

9:07am TDK60:

Brian in Shropshire UK. I had done the thinking beforehand by memorizing the lyrics!

9:09am Bob Brainen:

Hey CalZone, Amen theia, I'm with you.

9:09am Uncle Michael:

Good morning, Bob...everyone.

9:09am Jeff:

Bob, thanks for keeping Danny Kirwan’s music alive. I’m a huge Peter Green fan, but Danny really gets overlooked by almost everybody (incl Mick Fleetwood)

9:10am dale:

strawbs - like i said.

9:10am adamdoesit:

Morning Bob and company. I dig the harmonic direction. It suits the weather.

9:12am Bob Brainen:

Hey Uncle Michael,
Yeah Jeff, agree on DK. THere is a big box set with like the first 9 lps or something-like pre Buck-Nicks, and that's good, nbut only if those who have it share the sounds!

9:12am DaveInPA:

nice pitchbend on the old 'tron

9:12am DonJuanTijuana:

So refreshing to hear you & your excellent musical selections on Saturday mornings again Bob!!!

9:14am TDK60:

Brian (east of Wales) in UK, but it was a moving experience, of course.

9:14am SmokinJ:

Mornin' bb, folks... 8-)

9:15am Tom from Swan's Island:

It is great to have Bob back. Thanks for the great show and music.

9:16am Bob Brainen:

Yeah, DaveinPA, all mellotron sounds rule!
Aw, thanks DonJuanTijuana.
Hey SmokinJ & Tom from Swan's Island.
Great to be here!

9:17am Bob Brainen:

Hey, I'm reading a bio of Jack Bruce. What's everyone reading?

9:17am dale:

NEVER would have guessed manfred mann

9:19am egould310:

Manfred Mann “This studio has a million instruments, and we’re gonna’ use them all!”

Good song, though. Greetings from Seattle!

9:19am Bob Brainen:

Yeah dale, Manfred Mann were a band of many surprises!
The hits are all great but they don't tell the full story.

9:19am Doc Rock:

Good morning Bob & all listeners.
Hey Jeff. I hope you guys are doing alright.

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9:20am WilliamfromDumont:

Sounded like Dick Heckstall-Smith on that Manfred track.

9:20am Stillwell Coney Islander:

I Love The Marvelous Marvelettes. Strange I Know is one of their nicest songs. Brings back high school memories

9:21am Joe Merklee:

Bob, I really enjoyed Rich Tupica's Chris Bell bio. Bell is such a mysterious figure, it was good to get a better idea of who he was.

9:21am Cooh John:

Good morning BB and brainiacs. Super Saturday sounds.

🥁

9:22am WilliamfromDumont:

This is The Action? Wow.

9:24am egould310:

Morning, Bob. I’m working my way through “Mind Over Matter” the story of Detroit’s Fortune Records. Real slice of American history there. And recorded music history. Great book.

9:24am Joe Merklee:

Chris Stamey's A Spy in the House of Loud was a pretty wonderful read with some fascinating songwriting insights.

9:26am egould310:

@Joe Merklee I was looking at getting that Chris Bell bio. Thanks. And now I must get that Stamey book too. Songwriting tips? Yes, please.

9:27am Bob Brainen:

Hey egould10, hey Doc Rock, good guess Wm. their own Mike Vickers played alto sax.
Hey Stillwell Coney Islander.
Joe I've been meaning to read that!
Hey Cooh John,
Yeah Wm. surprised me too, but a real nice surprise.
The Action were on their way to morphing into Mighty Baby who were Jazzier. Longer pieces, more improv.
Oh man, egould310, another one i HAVE to read!!
Yeah I liked the Stamey book.

9:28am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Action doing Coltrane !
...& don't know when that Cymbals was recorded - but it sounds like Stereolab on nitrous & power drinks...
Good to be hear !

9:31am Bob Brainen:

Hey Revolution Rabbit Nov63. Cymbals were around '98 to '03 so sometime then.

9:33am Jack:

I finished reading "Guitar King: Michael Bloomfield’s Life in the Blues" and it was really good, except it had reviews that conflicted with my memories of a certain concert...

9:34am dale:

which renaissance - mccarty/relf or annie haslam?

9:36am Jack:

I do want to read that Jack Bruce bio.

9:38am 1whoknewcthulhu:

Getting our morning Monk, y'all!

9:39am Dennis Diken:

Good morning Bob & all! It’s something that the Manfreds had all that going on in ‘64!

9:41am steveo:

good morning; very glad to be listening

9:42am Joe Merklee:

egould310- both are well worth checking out. You will not be disappointed!

9:42am adamdoesit:

Art Blakey, man.

9:43am Bob Brainen:

Oy, Dragonfly poem was by W.H. Davies, (not W.H. Auden!)
Jack, that Bloomers book is VG.
dale-you had me going for a sec!
Hey lookkee here -it's Denny from Denny's Den-o-roonie.
(I'm tryin' to pull off some Slim Gaillardese.)
Hey steveo.

9:43am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Always thot it odd that Trad Jazz was the big thing in England & you see no residual effects seemingly till Bruce & Baker... Manfreds though we're like the Jazz Zombies...

9:45am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

..Skiffle in there - about which BillyBragg has gone deep...

9:45am Bob Brainen:

A force of nature adamdoesit!
Trad lasted a l-o-n-g time for sure, Re.
And it fed into Skiffle. All related.

9:46am Bob Brainen:

Ha, we both wrote "skiffle" at same time. Buy me a coke!

9:47am melinda:

this stone soul booster is great

9:48am Jeff:

Earl Van Dyke Parks - that would be some collaboration!

9:49am Lixiviated Life:

Hey,
I'm late
but
I'm here.
So... What did I miss?
I want to know everything.

9:49am Dennis Diken:

Bob, what era was that purple vinyl pressing from? I’ve noticed that same thing with 80s/90s LPs

9:52am Bob Brainen:

Lixiviated Life.
Dennis it was 1969. Purple vinyl in 80s/90s wow. Can you think of any in particular?

9:52am jn34282:

@Lix great music

9:52am Jeff:

Hey Dennis Diken, do you remember a Brian Wilson tribute your band was involved with at Folk City? I just had a flashback.

9:56am Robbie White:

Some of those GOLDEN HOUR OF THE KINKS import LPs will show colored vinyl if you hold them up to the light.

9:57am Bob Brainen:

Hey jn34282, thx!
I remember a tribute but at Fez under Time Cafe(?)
Dennis did "Dance Dance Dance.

9:57am Dennis Diken:

Bob - most albums from the 90s or so were not totally opaque when held up to the light. Maybe not always purple. @Jeff - yes, 1985, pretty sure it was. I was the MC! guests included Marshal Crenshaw, Cub Lisa, Ben Vaughn Combo, etc. I have the flyer somewhere. Fun night!

9:59am Lixiviated Life:

OK,
Got it.
I'm all caught up now.
Thanks @jn3482 @Bob Brainen

9:59am Bob Brainen:

Hey Robbie White, I have a few of those, they sure crammed a lotta music on 1 disc! I'll do the"puple light test"

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10:00am WilliamfromDumont:

I still love my copy of "Golden Hour of the Searchers.

10:03am Greg from ZONE 5:

Morning, Bob & all!

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10:09am WilliamfromDumont:

The Charles Tolliver/Music. Inc. stuff on Strata-East is killer.

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10:10am Brian in UK:

Just checked my Golden Hour of the Kinks (20 tracks) it is dark black.

10:11am dale:

one of canada's finest voices.

10:11am Uncle Michael:

CanCon!

10:11am DaveinPA:

thank God they saved Ringo

10:11am theia:

Excellent! Ringo! clippity clop :)

10:11am davefromtoronto:

take that william shatner!

10:12am dale:

this always reminds me of marty robbins' big iron

10:13am Listener Robert:

It's Lorne Greene, but that sounds exactly like William Conrad would do it.

10:13am egould310:

Great song. Now play the theme from “Branded”.

10:13am Jeff formerly from Rahway:

This isn’t peace & love Ringo.

10:14am Uncle Michael:

I can see the opening to Branded clear as day. The broken sabre...

10:14am dale:

william conrad was the first matt dylan on radio.

10:15am Fuzzy:

Re: the tarnished star -- I hear he retired to a nice ranch in Virginia City.

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10:16am WilliamfromDumont:

Great song.

10:16am Bob Brainen:

Ha. Branded! Good stuff. "All but one man died..."

10:16am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Does John Sebastian get royalties on this?

10:18am ratty:

hard album to find

10:18am phat:

Saturday mornings on WFMU.

10:19am Marc Francis:

This sounds... different than the two versions I have (Good Times and the Good Times + 10")

10:19am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Shoulda been called Great Times! This album.

10:22am Andrew in Toronto:

This remains way better than television.

10:23am Lewis:

@Bob Brainen - Ah so this is where you have been hanging out. It has been a while since I listened at this time of the week. Nice to hear you again!

10:24am kpx:

just caught the ass end of "Me and Magdalena" it's about time someone played it.

10:24am chaos_in_LA_LA:

Big fan of Juana Molina
Good morning music

10:25am Pedro in Arlington:

Hi Bob and all. The best part of waking up on Saturday. Grazie.

10:26am Bob Brainen:

Thanks Lewis. Hey pkpx,
chaos_in_LA_LA - me too!
Hey Pedro in Arlington

10:29am Really Lisa:

Hi Bob and all.
Rainy day oversleep!
Archives at the ready.
Peace, all.
(accidental haiku, maybe 🤔 ?)

10:33am Bob Brainen:

Hey Really Lisa

10:35am Jeff:

Hey Bob, when I first started listening to you and Frank O’Toole (back to back) 40 years ago, did you two do 3 hour shows each? I don’t want to sound greedy, but two hours is not enough. I want more!

10:35am jake6573:

Would go as as far to say Good Times by the Monkees in 2016 was the Best album of the Year if you could believe it !

10:39am spodiodi:

good morning, Bob Brainen and listeners

10:40am Bob Brainen:

Hey Jeff, yeah most shows were 3 hours back then. I know 2 hours can be touch, but 2 hour shows allow a lot more poeple to geton the schedule! I also like the discipline of the 2 hour format, but yeah 3 is awesome to stretch out with.

10:41am Dean:

What's the connection, if any, betwee Bunky & Jake's L.A.M.F. and The Heartbreakers' L.A.M.F.?
https://www.discogs.com/Heartbreakers-LAMF/master/13149

10:43am Bob Brainen:

Hey spodiodi,
Dean, I doin't think anything more than they both used the same expression. I';ve seen it elsewhere can't recall where.

10:43am Jeff:

Jake Jacobs and Johnny Thunders! Now, that would’ve been some duo! Oy vey!

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10:44am Brian in UK:

Patrick was indeed the painter of art; Gerry's record sleeves.

10:45am Uncle Michael:

L.A.M.F. = "Like a motherfucker"

10:45am Uncle Michael:

Old gang graffiti: DTK (down to kill) LAMF

🥁

10:45am Brian in UK:

UNCLE, this is not Double Dip Recess!

10:46am Uncle Michael:

I forgot myself, Brian.

10:46am Hoboken Jack:

Thanks for the perfect rainy morning music, Bob! Hi Ruth, Dennis, Greg, new job Jeff, jn34282, Spodi, all weekend non-warriors.

10:47am Dean:

I'll stick to Los Angeles Music Festival.

10:48am spodiodi:

hi Jack!

10:48am Bob Brainen:

Thanks Hoboken Jack,
Dean, keepin' it clean.

10:49am Ruth Booth:

Jack!

10:50am Bob (me).:

English, watcha ! Jeremy Spencer from Fleetwood MAC was in my school. Danny Kirwan ..another one who lost out to soon.

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10:50am Brian in UK:

Bob, thanks for the variety.

10:53am steveo:

thank you,Bob; magnificent show

10:54am Moe:

Great show, Western Theme?

10:54am Stillwell Coney Islander:

Thank you Bob Brainen I enjoyed your show :-))

10:54am kpx:

jake6573: 🐵🐒🐵🐒- Underrated, underappreciated.

10:54am Bob Brainen:

Bob (me)wow, Spencer. Yes on Kirwan. But what he left us is priceless!
You are welcome Brian in UK, thanks steveo,
Thanks everyone for hanging out!

10:55am egould310:

Thanks Bob. Eeeasy listening.

🥁

10:55am WilliamfromDumont:

Excellent show as always Bob.

10:56am Uncle Michael:

Thank you, Bob!

10:56am spodiodi:

thanks, Bob Brainen! enjoyed what i caught

10:56am Andrew in Toronto:

Thanks for another great show.

10:56am Corey:

Thanks Bob and skeleton crew for the great show!

10:57am paul:

Related to. Randy Weston?

10:57am theia:

Thank BOB, crew and fellow brainiacs. Great Saturday

10:59am TDK60:

Thanks Bob.

10:59am kpx:

Bye Bye Bob & People.

11:00am Jeff:

Hear you soon!

11:00am Bob Brainen:

Thanks Mow & Stillwell Coney Islander. You too egould310.
Thanks all!
Take care!

11:03am Marc Francis:

That was nice. Thanks.

11:03am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

TY BB

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