Hello, partygoers!



Well, this is it. The sad moment we knew would come eventually – the final episode of the Listening Party.



But now ain’t the time for your tears – to paraphrase Bob Dylan – we’ve got a show to do! This bi-week, Mary and David read your celebratory – we hope – comments and play some fun Top 5 playlists!



As we pack up the Listening Party rumpus room and put that old beanbag chair back into storage, we’d like to thank everyone who spent time with us here. We hope you know how much we love and appreciate you all!



As always, thanks for listening.



Top 5 Toytown Psych Songs:1) Manfred Mann – “My Name is Jack” – Fontana Records single b/w “There Is a Man”, 1968 – 26:042) Eddy Howell – “Easy Street” – Parlophone Records single b/w “Judy’s Gone”, 1969 – 30:203) Keith West – “Sam (from A Teenage Opera)” – Parlophone Records single b/w “Thimble Full of Puzzles”, 1967 – 38:564) Noah’s Ark – “Paper Man” – Decca Records single b/w “Please Don’t talk About Yesterday”, 1967 – 45:205) Crocheted Doughnut Ring – “Happy Castle” – Deram Records single b-side to “Havana Anna”, 1967 – 1:00:06Bonus Toytown Psych Song:6) Broken Toys – “Broken Toys” – Polydor single b/w “Oh Suzanna”, 1971 – 1:05:46



Top 5 New Songs I Wish I’d Played:1) Juana Molina – “Cosoco” – Halo, 2017 – 1:11:222) Once and Future Band – “I’ll Be Fine” – Once and Future band, 2017 – 1:17:283) Cassandra Jenkins – “Hard Drive” – An Overview of Phenomenal Nature, 2021 – 1:28:254) The Weather Station – “Kept It All to Myself” – The Weather Station, 2018 – 1:37:005) Jane Weaver – “Modern Kosmology” – Modern Kosmology, 2017 – 1:44:08



Mary’s Top 5 Phineas and Ferb Songs:1) Sheena Easton – “When Will He Call Me?” – Phineas and Ferb: Across the 1st and 2nd Dimensions, 2011 – 1:57:072) Vincent Martella – “Watchin’ and Waitin’” – Phineas and Ferb: Across the 1st and 2nd Dimensions, 2011 – 2:08:403) Danny Jacob – “My Nemesis” – Phineas and Ferb, 2009 – 2:14:274) Aaron Jacob “Dance Baby” – Phineas and Ferb: Rockin and Rollin’, 2013 – 2:20:485) Aaron Jacob – “Funhouse” – Phineas and Ferb: Rockin and Rollin’, 2013 –



Top 5 Old Songs I Wish I’d Played:1) Alden Shuman – “Ladies in Love” – The Devil in Miss Jones, 1973 – 2:35:012) Erasmus Chorum – “Mary Jane” – Chapter 1 Records EP – b-side to “Oh Lord”, The Holy House (on Sunday)”, 1972 – 2:48:403) The Us – “How Can I Tell Her” –Nuggets from the Golden State – Dance with Me: The Autumn Teen Sound, 1994 – 2:59:364) Robb Kunkel – “O Light” – Abyss, 1973 – 3:06:075) Trader Horne – “Here Comes the Rain” – Dawn Records single b/w “Goodbye Mercy Kelly”, 1970 – 3:14:14



Top 5 Goodbye Songs:1) Mary Hopkin – “Goodbye” – Apple single b/w ”The Sparrow”, 1969 – 3:21:192) The Association – “Goodbye Forever” – The Association, 1969 – 3:29:333) Peter Sarstedt – “Sayonara” – Peter Sarstedt, 1969 – 3:32:414) The Turtles – “Goodbye Surprise” – Turtle Soup bonus track, 2016 – 3:37:285) Jeff Buckley – “The Last Goodbye” – Grace, 1994 – 3:41:14



Also spinning on the old Victrola:



The Free Design – “Friends (Thank You All)” – One by One, 1971 – 3:53:32

Hello, partygoers!



This week Mary and David are still in beautiful Brazil as David goes coconuts for Tropicália!



Yes, it’s the end of our mixtapes portion of the Listening Party as David and Mary continue to celebrate the wild and provocative music of Brazilian political protest music of the late Sixties/early Seventies.



So pull up a palm frond, grab a hunk of sugar cane and join us in the rumpus room where we’re listening to:



* Caetano Veloso – “Tropicália” – Caetano Veloso, 1968 – 15:42* Gilberto Gil – “O Canto da Ema” – Espresso 2222, 1973 – 47:41* Jorge Ben – “Ponta de Lanca Africano” – Africa Brasil, 1976 – 1:36:09* Tom Zé – “Todos os Olhos” – Todos os Olhos, 1973 – 2:12:59* Gilberto Gil – “Bat Macumba” – Tropicália ou Panis e Circenses, 1968 – 2:42:18* Gal Costa – Divino Maravilhoso – Gal Costa, 1969 – 2:47:03* Jorge Ben – “Força Bruta” – Força Bruta, 1970 – 2:54:25* Tom Zé – Quero Sambar Meu Bem – Tom Zé, 1968 – 3:01:39* Marcos Valle – Meu Paletó, Nem Gravata – Previsão do Tempo, 1973 – 3:08:18* Os Mutantes – “Saravá” – Jardim Elétrico, 1971 – 3:14:16* Os Mutantes – “Baby” – Jardim Elétrico, 1971 – 3:18:39



Also spinning on the old Victrola:



* Caetano Veloso – “É probido proibir” Phillips single b/w “Ambiente do festival”, 1968 – 37:53* Gilberto Gil – “Decição” – JS Records b-side to “Vem Colombina”, 1962 – 1:01:19* Gilberto Gil – “Roda” – RCA Victor b/w “Procissão”, 1965 – 1:06:57* Gilberto Gil – “Questão de ordem” – Phillips single b/w “A Luta Contra A Lata ou a Falência do Café”, 1968 – 1:15:06* Caetano Veloso – “Epico” – Araça Azul, 1972 – 1:28:12* Jorge Ben – “Mais Que Nada” – Phillips single b/w “Por Causa De Você, Menina”, 1963 – 1:46:36* Jorge Ben – “Si Manda” – Un Bidú: Silêncio no Brooklin, 1967 – 1:57:30* Jorge Ben – “Take It Easy Brother Charles” – Jorge Ben, 1969 – 2:03:07* Tom Zé – “Morena” – Correio da Estação do Brás, 1978 – 2:28:53* Tom Zé – “Má” – Estudando o Samba, 1976 – 2:37:38* Os Mutantes – “Tecnicolor” – Jardim Elétrico, 1971 – 3:28:43



Thanks for listening.



Department of Corections:German doesn’t use accents, Dave? Um, yes, it does. Where would heavy metal be without the umlaut, you dumbkopf!



If you would like an uninterrupted version of this mixtape, please go here and [whispers] download it.



Please check out our fellow party goer Ed Draganski’s funtastic designs for show mascot Peanut Duck and, while you’re there, buy a shirt!



Hélio Oiticica’s piece “Tropicália” on display.



Department of Looking Party:Here is Gal Costa’s appearance at Festival da Record in 1968:









Here is a fun appearance by Gal Costa on a Jorge Ben TV special, coming up out of the audience to sing Ben’s song “Que Pena” with him:









(Sometimes these things are fake, obviously, but Gal Costa actually looks surprised to be called up on stage by Ben,

Hello, partygoers!



We received a really nice gift here in the old Listening Party rumpus room this week. Partygoer Chris Roberts wrote a wonderful song celebrating this very podcast. Mary and David couldn’t have been more pleased (and there may have been some tears, but that’s all were going to say about it). Chris also made a video to accompany the song and we invite you all to check it out – it’s lots of fun!









Now back to your regular podcast already in progress. This week Mary and David go tropic! As in, Tropicália!



Yes, for listener Mike Roth’s final mixtape, Dave interpreted his request for bossa nova as a request for the wild and provocative music of political protest of the late Sixties/early Seventies in Brazil. Is that what he wanted? Was he pleased to get an hour plus of Portuguese-language craziness? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯



So join us in the rumpus room where we’re listening to:



* Os Mutantes – “Panis et circenses” – Os Mutantes, 1968 – 12:57* Caetano Veloso – “Alegria, alegria” – Caetano Veloso, 1968 – 46:27* Gal Costa – “Mamãe coragem” – Tropicália, 1968* Tom Zé – “Dói” – Estudando o Samba, 1976 – 1:29:30* Gilberto Gil – “Sai do sereno” – Expresso 2222, 1972 – 1:36:15* Rita Lee – “De novo aqui meu bom José” – Hoje é o Primeiro Dia do Resto da Sua Vida, 1972 – 1:43:37* Marcos Valle – “O cafona” – Garra, 1971 – 1:52:59* Jorge Ben – “Fio maravilho” – Ben, 1972 – 1:58:47* Caetano Veloso – “Os árgonautos” – Caetano Veloso, 1969 – 2:01:28* Os Mutantes – “Dom quixote” – Mutantes, 1969 – 2:14:25* Gal Costa – “Meu nom é Gal” – Gal, 1969 – 2:22:43



Also spinning on the old Victrola:



* O’Seis – “Apocalipse” – Continental Records single b-side to “Suicida”, 1966 – 29:54* Gilberto Gil –“Domingo no parque” – Gilberto Gil, 1967 – 41:47* Caetano Veloso – “Samba em paz” – RCA Victor single b/w “Cavaleiro”, 1965 – 1:01:27* Gal Costa and Caetano Veloso – “Coraçâo vagabundo” – Domingo, 1967 – 1:05:15* Maria Bethânia and Gal Costa – “Sol negro” – Maria Bethânia, 1965 – 1:17:09* Gal Costa – “Sim, foi voce” – RCA Victor Records, 1965 – 1:22:22* Gal Costa – “Objeto sim, objeto non” – Gal, 1969* Chris Roberts – “The Ballad of Sneaky Dragon Listening Party” – self-release, 2021



Here is some footage of Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso being interviewed and then Gil performing “Domingo no parque” at the 3rd Festival of Popular Brazilian Music in 1967:









Here is Jorge Ben performing live in 1972 – the first song is “Fio maravilho” and is well worth a watch:

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 496 of the podcast that just won’t eat Quix!



This week: a sleep paralysis sitcom; really get to know Dave; more boobs; heroic haircut; Y: The Last Emperor; original Late Night; let’s repeat that failure; surrogate Letterman; Leno’s giant mistake; Fallon down; brief aside: Giuliani sucks; textbook bullshit; familial meritocracy; competitive synergy; black horror; dumb horror; we recommend: Bo Burnham’s Inside; also, we recommend Hacks; non-elective gap year; current traumatic stress disorder; leave that dead horse alone; stress speaking; personal Slurpees; unmotivated dieting; get rich quick scheme; Chick Talk™; go lay an egg; ice-cold reviews; live television; soap opera retcons and memory wipes; mummies can’t talk; more Letterman; comedy farms; boat bashing; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; school sneakers; all by ourselves; catfishing; all of our friends were there; Laraine Newman facts; stealth talent; Carmina Burana one more time; and, finally, let’s end with a smattering.



Question of the week: When you were a kid, what was your late night treat show?Sub-question: Who was an underrated performer on Saturday night Live?



Two of our listeners went to the trouble of filling our their bracket!!!



Thanks to Louise:







and Nina:







For their Photoshop skillz!



And don’t forget to listen to Dave talk more about Dirty Harry on a new episode of the Dirty Harry Minute podcast entitled Harry Callahan Roast!

Hello, partygoers!



This week Mary and David do the impossible and cover a complete mixtape in one (yes, admittedly long) episode.



Dave was lazy compiling this mixtape and chose all really long songs so we get eight great songs about metronomes, the importance of money for fun, Old English minimalism, pastoral prog, punk prog, fiddlin’ psych, folktronica, and indie pomp.



So join us in the rumpus room where we’re listening to:



* Stereolab – “Metronomic Underground” – Emperor Tomato Ketchup, 1994 – 30:43* The Holy Modal Rounders – “Give Me Your Money” – Bird Song, 2004 – 46:04* Tortoise – “Gesceap” – The Catastrophist, 2017 – 1:06:43* Caravan – “With My Ear to the Ground/You Can Make It/Martinian/Only Cox/Reprise” – If I Could Do It All Over Again, I’d Do It All Over You, 1970 – 1:37:26* Television – Marquee Moon – Marquee Moon, 1977 – 1:55:59* Fairport Convention – A Sailor’s Life – Unhalfbricking, 1969 – 2:27:58* The Beta Band – “She’s the One” – The Three EPs, 1999 – 2:50:50* Sufjan Stevens – “Majesty Snowbird” – Live at the Crystal Ballroom (a bootleg – recorded 10/13/06) – 3:10:24



Also spinning on the old Victrola:



* Steve Reich – Music for a Large Ensemble – Octet • Music for a Large Ensemble • Violin Phase, 1980 – 1:19:08* Television – “Little Johnny Jewel (Parts 1 and 2)” – Ork Records, 1975 – 2:20:25* The Funky 4 + 1 – “That’s the Joint” – Sugar Hill Records b/w “That’s the Joint (Instrumental)”, 1980 – 3:30:30



If you’d like your own uninterrupted version of this episode’s mixtape, you can find it here!







Please check out our fellow party goer Ed Draganski’s funtastic designs for show mascot Peanut Duck and, while you’re there, buy a shirt!

Hello, partygoers!



Welcome to the 66th episode of your favourite “they play music and then talk about it” podcast!



This bi-week we tackle side two of listener Trevor Lynn’s mixtape. We hear some sunshine pop, sweet demos, religious metaphors, psych lite, a woulda, coulda, shoulda band, down under post punk, and folk weirdos.



So join us in the rumpus room where we’re listening to:



* The Sundowners – “Edge of Love” – Captain Nemo, 1968 – 12:12* Michael Fennelly – “Iris Please” – Love Can Change Everything (Demos 1967-1972), 2013 – 43:31* Joan As Police Woman – “Holy City” – The Classic, 2014 – 55:17* Turquoise – “Tales of Flossie Fillett” – Decca Records single b-side to “53 Summer Street”, 1968 – 1:05:45* Metronomy – “Trouble” – The English Riviera, 2011 – 1:27:34* Dwight Twilley – “Baby’s Got the Blues Again” – Tulsa, 1999 – 1:33:49* Rolling Blackouts CF – “French Press” – The French Press EP, 2017 – 2:11:49* Teenage Fanclub – “Baby Lee” – Shadows, 2010 – 2:20:07* Richard Dawson – “Ogre” – Peasant, 2017 – 2:31:19



Also spinning on the old Victrola:



* The Sundowners – “Ring Out Wild Bells” – Filmways Records b/w “When the Sun Goes Down”, 1966 – 21:55* The Sundowners – “Always You (Single version)” – Decca Records b/w “Dear Undecided”, 1967 – 33:01* Crabby Appleton – “The Other Side” – Crabby Appleton, 1970 – 50:38* The Brood – “Wrong Way” – The Further Adventures of Flossie Fillet, 2006 – 1:18:33* The Dwight Twilley Band – “You Were So Warm” – Shelter Records b/w “Sincerely”, 1976 – 1:39:49* The Dwight Twilley Band – “Sleeping“ – Twilley Don’t Mind, 1977 – 1:48:08* Phil Seymour – “Then We Go Up” – The Prince of Power Pop, 2017 [originally appeared on Seymour’s self-titled debut album in 1980] – 1:56:55* Dwight Twilley – “Out of My Hands” – Twilley, 1979 – 2:00:11* Concrete Brioche – “Newcastle”, 2015



Thanks for listening.



If you would like to hear Trevor Lynn’s mixtape without David’s endless yammering, you might follow this link!



If you enjoyed Trevor Lynn’s song, “Newcastle”, you can find his other songs on Soundcloud!









Please check out our fellow party goer Ed Draganski’s funtastic designs for show mascot Peanut Duck and, while you’re there, buy a shirt!

Hello, partygoers!



Our apologies for a late show this week – a packed weekend and an under-the-weather daughter pushed our recording day forward and cut back on our editing time and the result…was lateness.



But we return with another mixtape – this one made for listener Trevor Lynn. So let’s vie for the overstuffed armchair, but take second best with the wicker rocking chair, and listen to a song from the desert, 80’s alt-rock, San Fran psych-pop, some smarty-pants rock, take a trip to Toytown, visit Ireland, and set the controls for the heart of the BONKERS!



Join us in the rumpus room to hear:



* Calexico – “Not Even Stevie Nicks…” – Feast of Wire, 2003 – 25:07* The Replacements – “Favorite Thing” – Let It Be, 1984 – 47:08* Deer Tick – “Twenty Miles” – The Black Dirt Sessions, 2010 – 1:18:43* Stained Glass – “My Buddy Sin” – RCA Records single b/w “Vanity Fair”, 1966 – 1:25:30* The Cortinas – “Phoebe’s Flower Shoppe” – Polydor Records single b/w “Too Much in Love”, 1968 – 1:40:17* Sufjan Stevens – “Justice Delivers Its Death” – Silver & Gold: Songs for Christmas Vols. 6-10, 2012 – 1:56:33* Loudest Whisper – “Silent O Moyle” – The Children of Lir, 1974 – 2:08:07* Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks – “Is This My Happy Home?” – Where’s the Money, 1971 – 2:28:46* The Go-Betweens – “Draining the Pool for You” – Spring Hill Fair, 1984 – 2:37:35* Cate Le Bon – “What’s Not Mine” – Crab Day, 2016 – 2:52:41



Also spinning on the old Victrola:



* Calexico – “Black Heart” – Feast of Wire, 2003 – 40:51* The Replacements – “Johnny’s Gonna Die” – Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash, 1981 – 58:06* The Replacements – “Mr. Whirly” – Hootenanny, 1983 – 1:04:59* The Trolls – “Walkin’ Shoes” – Peatlore records b/w “How Do You Expect Me to Trust You?”, 1966 – 1:36:11* Octopus – “Rainchild” – Octopus, 1971 – 1:52:04* Mary O’Hara – “Silent O Moyle” – Songs of Ireland, 1958 – 2:23:26* DRINKS – “Laying Down Rock” – Hermits on Holiday, 2015 – 3:02:28



That horrendous Octopus cover:







Here is Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks on the Flip Wilson Show in 1972.









And we haven’t done enough to promote our friend Ed Draganski’s fabulous designs for Listening Party mascot Peanut Duck so go here and buy a T-shirt!

Hello, partygoers! As we head into the final stretch of the Listening Party, we thought we’d take some time to read and comment on your own comments that have been sent into the show over the last few months.



It goes without saying – but we’re going to say it anyway – that the party wouldn’t have been half as fun without your contributions. Your thoughts, opinions, stories, alternate song choices, and jokes have made this podcast a real joy to do.



Of course, it wouldn’t really be the Listening Party without music, and Dave has stepped up big time to offer us four fun Top 5 categories and some truly great songs. We think you’re really going to enjoy it!



Top 5 Hair Songs:1) The Cowsills – “Hair” – MGM single b/w “What Is Happy?”, 1968 – 06:412) Pearly Gates Music – “Gossamer Hair” – Pearly Gates Music, 2010 – 21:243) Wimple Witch – “Marmalade Hair” – Tales from the Sinking Ship, 2009 – 29:504) Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – “Almost Cut My Hair (Full Version)” – CSN, 1991[1970] – 35:595) White Denim – “Mess Your Hair Up” – Workout Holiday, 2008 – 58:09Bonus Hair Song:6) Chimera – “The Lady with Bullets in Her Hair” – Holy Grail, 2002 – 1:05:36



Top 5 Train Songs:1) Five Man Electrical Band – “Private Train” – Five Man Electrical Band, 1969 – 1:14:332) Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio – “Train Kept A-Rollin’” – Coral Records single b/w “Honey Hush”, 1956 – 1:22:153) Cindy and the Playmates – “Don’t Stop This Train” – Kemp Records single b/w “A Portrait of God’s Love”, 1972 – 1:29:444) Michael Hurley – “Water Train” – Hi-Fi Snock Uptown, 1972 – 1:40:205) The Monkees – “Steam Engine” – Listen to the Band, 1991 [1969] – 1:52:46Bonus Train Song:6) The Rising Sons – “2:10 Train” – Rising Sons featuring Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder, 1992 – 1:57:12



Top 5 Rodent Songs:1) No Fun – “Rodents Fair” – Snivel, 1984 – 2:04:152) The Kinks – “Rats” – Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One [also b-side to “Apeman” from the same album], 1970 – 2:09:333) The Monochrome Set – “Mousetrap” – Trinity Square, 1995 – 2:16:234) Junior Wells – “When the Cat’s Gone the Mice Play” – USA Records single b-side to “She’s a Sweet One”, 1963 – 2:23:345) The Modettes – “White Mice” – The Story So Far, 1982 – 2:27:24



Top 5 Tack Piano Songs (for Ed Draganski):1) The Mojo Men – “Sit Down, I Think I Love You” – Reprise single b/w “Don’t Leave Me Crying Like Before”, 1967 – 2:43:102) The Hollies – “Ye Olde Toffee Shoppe” – Evolution, 1967 – 2:52:393) Mike D’Abo – “(See the Little People) Gulliver Travels” – Immediate single b/w “An Anthology of Gulliver’s Travels – Part Two”, 1969 – 2:57:024) The Bunch – “Spare a Shilling” – CBS Records single b/w “Looking Glass Alice”, 1967 – 3:04:195) The Beach Boys – “Heroes and Villains [Alternate version]”, Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys, 1993[1966} – 3:11:26Bonus Tack Piano Song:6) Freddie and the Dreamers – “I Want to Go to the Overworld” – Oliver in the Overworld, 1970 – 3:22:32



Also spinning on the old Victrola:



Tori Amos – “Mr. Zebra” – Boys for Pele, 1996 – 2:39:01Gary Usher – “Scorpio” – The Astrology Album, 1967 – 3:16:17



Thanks for listening.



Dept. of Corections:The word David was looking for was “spindle” – a record sits on a spindle on a turntable.The original singer for Manfred Mann was Paul Jones,

Hello, partygoers! It was a lovely, sunny Easter Sunday, but David and Mary couldn’t resist popping into the Listening Party rumpus room for some delightful music and the usual tomfoolery.



And what a lot of music we have this week. You’ll hear girl rock, country psych, pocket prog, commercial pop, and faux feudalism, plus a mini-doc about The Left Banke and Michael Brown. Who could say no?



Join us in the rumpus room to hear:



* The Like – “What I Say and What I Mean” – Are You Thinking What I’m Thinking, 2005 – 16:24* The Left Banke – “Barterers and Their Wives” – Just Walk Away, Renée/Pretty Ballerina, 1967 – 25:25* The Kingsbury Manx – “Regular Hands” – The Kingsbury Manx, 2000 – 1:16:22* Bloomsbury People – “Pioneer Saint of Death” – Bloomsbury People, 1970 – 1:29:53* Villagers – “Nothing Arrived” – {Awayland}, 2013 – 1:49:19* The Love-Ins – “That’s All She Wrote” – Curtis Bros. Records single b/w “Everything’s There”, 1966 – 1:54:37* Rita Lee – “Frique Comigo” – Hojé E O Primiero Dia da Vida, 1972 – 1:59:51* Julie Doiron – “Consolation Prize” – I Can Wonder What You Did with Your Day, 2009 – 2:07:58* Big Star – For You (Fireplace) – Third/Sister Lovers, 1978 – 2:18:47* The Tokens – “She Let Her Hair Down (Early in the Morning)” – Both Sides Now, 1971 – 2:29:12* Olivia Tremor Control – “Holiday Surprise 1, 2 ,3” – Music from the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle, 1996 – 2:43:43* Fairport Convention – “Now Be Thankful” – Island Records single b/w “Sir B. McKenzie’s Daughter’s Lament For the 77th Mounted Lancers Retreat from the Straits Of Loch Knombe, in the Year of Our Lord 1727, on the Occasion of the Announcement of Her Marriage to the Laird of Kinleakie”, 1970 – 2:55:34* The Fall – “Leave the Capitol” – Slates, 1981 – 3:05:56



Also spinning on the old Victrola:



* The Left Banke – “Desirée” – Smash Records single b/w “I’ve Got Something on My Mind”, 1968 – 44:04* The Left Banke – “There’s Gonna Be a Storm” – The Left Banke Too, 1968 – 48:51* Montage – “Grand Pianist” – Montage, 1969 – 56:30* Steve Martin – “Love Songs in the Night” – Buddah Records single b/w “Two By Two”, 1971 – 1:00:48* Stories – “Take Cover” – Stories, 1972 – 1:04:22* The Beckies – “On the Morning That She Came” – The Beckies, 1976 – 1:09:00* Sigmund Snopek III – “Soothsayers Dove” – Virginia Woolfe, 1972 – 1:41:15



Thanks for listening.



If you’d like to hear this mixtape uninterrupted by David and Mary’s scintillating conversation, then follow this link!



Dept of Corections:Dave misspoke during the show, attributing drums to The Like’s Charlotte Froom. She was actually the original bassist for the group! Apologies all round!

Hello, Party-goers! Welcome back to the Listening Party rumpus room where the beanbag chairs are always waiting!



This week – having finished off our final novelty mix – Mary and David return to the mixtapes of listener Nick Owen for a mix of 80’s indie, psychedelia, alt-rock, art rock, and squelching noises.



Join us in the rumpus room to hear:



* Felt – “Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow” – Cherry Red Records single b/w “Fortune” (the 12” single added “Sunlight Strings” – an instrumental remix of “Sunlight bathed the Golden Glow”), 1984 – 15:29* The Orange Bicycle – “Last Cloud Home” – Parlaphone Records single b-side to “Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You”, 1969 – 34:50* Beck – “Rental Car” – Guero, 2005 – 1:14:15* Emitt Rhodes – “Love Will Stone You” – Mirror, 1971 – 1:24:58* Eldridge Holmes – “Pop, Popcorn Children” – Atco Records single b/w “Cheating Woman”, 1969 – 1:35:55* Charlotte Hatherley – “Grey Will Fade” – Grey Will Fade, 2004 – 1:51:05* Jana Hunter – “Vultures” – There’s No Home, 2007 – 2:00:35* Field Music – “Precious Plans” – Field Music [Measure], 2010 – 2:09:20* Lyle Lovett – “Christmas Morning” – The Road to Ensenada, 1996 – 2:17:43* Super Furry Animals – “Run! Christian, Run! – Rings Around the World, 2001 – 2:30:02



Also spinning on the old Victrola:



* Felt – “Sunlight Strings” – Cherry Red 12” single b-side to “Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow”, 1984 – 28:39* The Robb Storme Group – “Here Today” – Columbia Records single b/w “But Cry”, 1966 – 41:25* The Orange Bicycle – “Hyacinth Threads” – Columbia Records b/w “Amy Peate”, 1967 – 48:47* Wilson Malone Voiceband – “Penny Lane” – Funnysad Music, 1968 – 54:44* Boback. Johns, Malone – “On a Meadow Lea” – Motherlight, 1969 – 59:11* Wil Malone – “I Could Write a Book” – Wil Malone, 1970 – 1:07:03* John Butler – “Yes, I Do” – The Loyal Serpent, 1997 – 2:52:25* The Wackers – “Day & Night” – Shredder, 1972 – 2:58:44* Gary Usher – “Sagittarius” – The Astrology Album, 1967 – 3:03:23



Thanks for listening.



Dept. of Corections:“Willesden Green” was not a b-side, but instead an album cut from the Kinks’ so-so Percy soundtrack album.



If you’re interested in hearing Sloan’s murderecords singles collection, you can follow this link!



We talked about it during the show so here Emitt Rhodes singing live against a backing track on that show about grey whistle collections:

Hello, partygoers, and welcome back to party headquarters. As always, we appreciate visitors to the Listening Party rumpus room!



This week, Mary and her dad tackle side two of our final novelty song mix tape, and Mary questions her dad’s rather broad definition of a novelty song. Despite some complaints at the beginning of this series, it wasn’t so bad, was it?



It was?



Well anyway, pull up a comfy chair and settle down for some more novel songs!



* The Chips – “Rubber Biscuit” – Josie single b/w “Oh Little Darling”, 1956 – 13:21* Carla Thomas & Otis Redding – “Tramp” – King and Queen, 1967 – 29:29* The Parade – “Frog Prince” – A&M single b/w “Hallelujah Rocket”, 1967 – 41:45* The Book of Changes – “I Stole the Goodyear Blimp” – Tower Records single b/w “Suddenly I’m Desperately in Love”, 1967 – 48:30* Roy Wood – “When Gran’ma Plays the Banjo” – Boulders, 1972 – 59:51* Bull Moose Jackson with Tiny Bradshaw’s Orchestra – “Big Ten-Inch Record” – King Records b/w “I Needed You”, 1952 – 1:14:10* Bit A’Sweet – “2086” – Hypnotic 1, 1968 (also a single on ABC Records b/w “A Second Time”) – 1:27:22* Biff Rose – “Evolution” – Children of Light, 1969 – 1:41:34* Sagittarius – “Hotel Indiscreet” – Columbia single b/w “Virgo”, 1967) – 1:47:44* The Fugs – “Wet Dream” – Tenderness Junction, 1968 – 2:24:18* The Move – “Cherry Blossom Clinic Revisited (Edit)” – Shazam, 1970 – 2:48:14* Wanda Jackson – “Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad” – Rockin’ with Wanda, 1960 – 2:55:07* Belle and Sebastian – “I Love My Car” – Jeepster single “I’m Waking Up to Us” b/w “I Love My Car” and “Marx and Engels”, 2001 – 3:04:08



Also spinning on the old Victrola:



* The Devons – “Honda Bike” – Decca single b/w “Free Fall”, 1965 – 1:54:45* Sagittarius – “My World Fell Down” – Columbia single b/w “Libra”, 1967 – 2:00:55* The Byrds – “Draft Morning” – The Notorious Byrd Brothers, 1968 – 2:09:21* Gary Usher – “Virgo” – The Astrology Album, 1967 – 2:17:48* Gary Usher – “Pisces” – The Astrology Album, 1967 – 2:20:21



Thanks for listening.



Dept. of Freebies:If you’d like to listen to an uninterrupted collection of novelty songs, you can find Dave’s original mix here.

Hello, party-goers, and welcome back to the Listening Party rumpus room where the door is always open and the music is always playing.



This week Dave and Mary took a turn down the path marked “Novelty Songs” so we can listen to some songs that Dave has deemed novelty songs. He attempts to explain his criteria, but we’re still not convinced. But, while you can question their novelty, you cannot question their quality!



So pull up a comfy chair and settle down for some novel songs!



* The Soft Boys – “(I Want to Be an) Anglepoise Lamp” – Radar Records single b/w “Fatman’s Son”, 1978 – 13:32* Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – “Little Demon” – Okeh Records single b-side to “I Put a Spell on You”, 1956 – 30:59* The Small Faces – “I Feel Much Better” – Immediate single b-side to “Tin Soldier”, 1967 – 40:42* The Hombres – “Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out) – Verve records single b/w “Go, Girl, Go”, 1967 – 52:09* 10cc – “Donna” – UK Records single b/w “Hot Sun Rock”, 1972 – 1:07:47* The Hollywood Jills – “He Makes Me Mad” – Tune-Kel Records b-side to “A Good Thing, Baby”, 1968 – 1:35:22* Matching Mole – “Signed Curtain” – Matching Mole, 1972 – 1:42:23* Simon & Garfunkel – “Punky’s Dilemma” – Bookends, 1967 – 1:50:22* 1910 Fruitgum Co. – “The Song Song” – 1,2,3 Red Light, 1968 – 2:08:42* Peter Sarstedt – “No More Lollipops” – Peter Sarstedt, 1969 – 2:24:14* Blossom Dearie (ft. Bob Dorough) – “Answering Machine” – Simply, 1982 – 2:30:54* Randy Newman – “Pants” – Born Again, 1979 – 2:38:59* Kraftwerk – “Pocket Calculator” – Computer World, 1981 – 2:50:17



And spinning on the Victrola to enlighten and amaze:



* The Waves – “Hey War Pig!” – Armageddon Records single b-side to “The Nightmare”, 1981 – 27:20* Red Ingle & the Natural Seven – “Cigareets, Whuskey, and Wild, Wild Women” – Capitol single b/w “Serutan Yob”, 1946 – 1:04:09* Frabjoy and Runcible Spoon – “I’m Beside Myself” – Marmalade Records single b/w “Animal Song”, 1969 – 1:14:56* Ohio Express – “Sausalito (Is the Place to Go)” – Buddah Records b/w “Make Love Not War”, 1969 – 1:20:36* Festival – “Today” – RCA Victor Records single b/w “Warm Me”, 1972 – 1:26:06* Tom & Jerry – “I’m Lonesome” – Ember Records single b-side to “Lookin’ at You”, 1958 – 2:03:33



Thanks for listenin’.



If you feel you must, here is Rupert Holmes singing his own version of the song “Answering Machine”.

Hello, partygoers, and welcome back to the Listening Party rumpus room where the door is always open and the music is always playing.



Dave re-e-e-e-ally enjoyed putting together the music for this bi-week’s show. It was lots of fun making a brand new mixtape, and it was lots of fun choosing twenty of his favourite songs from 2020.



We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did!



As discussed on the show, this compilation had to be spread across two CDs because modern music is so ding-dang long, so we have pretended it’s an actual two record set and divided it up accordingly. Of course, on the actual records it’s divided into sides 1 and 3 on one record and sides 2 and 4 on the other so you can put them on your record stacker!



Here’s what we listened to this week:



Side One:



* White Denim – “I Don’t Understand Rock and Roll” – World as a Waiting Room, 2020 (May) – 9:48* Arbouretum – “How Deep It Goes” – Let It All In, 2020 (March) – 26:34* Songhoy Blues – “Barre” – Optimisme, 2020 (October) – 44:30* Nap Eyes – “Though I Wish I Could” – Snapshot of a Beginner, 2020 (March) – 54:07* Damien Jurado – “Oachoa” – What’s New, Tomboy, 2020 (April) – 1:03:39



Side Two



* Nada Surf – “Looking for You” – Never Not Together, 2020 (November) – 1:10:33* Bonny Light Horseman – “The Rover” – Bonny Light Horseman, 2020 (January) – 1:23:33* Brigid Dawson and the Mothers Network – “The Fool” – Ballet of Apes, 2020 (May) – 1:29:06* Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – “The Second of the First” – Sideways to New Italy, 2020 (June) – 1:37:07* OOIOO – “Kawasemi Ah” – nijimusi, 2020 (January) – 1:49:39



Side Three



* The Jayhawks – “Living in a Bubble” – XOXO, 2020 (July) – 2:04:27* Cabane (ft. “Bonnie” Prince Billy and Kate Stables) – “Sangokaku” – Grande Est la Maison, 2020 (March) – 2:10:38* Waxahatchee – “Can’t Do Much” – Saint Cloud, 2020 (March) – 2:18:09* Jackie Lynn – “Odessa” – Jacqueline, 2020 (April) – 2:23:50* Blitzen Trapper – “Bardo’s Light (Ouija Ouija)” – Holy Smokes Future Jokes, 2020 (September) – 2:36:41



Side Four



* Stephen Malkmus – “Xian Man” – Traditional Techniques, 2020 (March) – 2:42:19* Sufjan Stevens and Lowell Brams – “The Runaround” – Aporia, 2020 (March) – 2:52:20* This Is the Kit – “Off Off On” – Off Off On, 2020 (October) – 3:04:06* Samantha Crain – “Little Bits” – A Small Death, 2020 (July) – 3:09:44* Protomartyr – “Bridge and Crown” – Ultimate Success Today, 2020 (July) – 3:16:52



Thanks for listening.



Dept. of Corections:We think Dave misspoke and stated that the White Denim album was recorded in three months. The actual challenge was to write, play, record, and mix it in 30 days.



Dept. of CLARIFICATIONS:So older forms of Japanese music – specifically folk songs and early popular music – used a pentatonic scale called the yo scale. This is a scale that contains no minor notes – best demonstrated on a piano by playing only the black keys.



Dept. of Cool Sounds:Would you like to listen to Dave’s Top 20 for ’20 whilst you walk around or do dishes or whatever it is that you get up to? Well, follow this link right now!

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Mo’ music, less problems! That’s right! Lots of songs this week as we tackle “Side 2” of Nick Owen’s first mixtape: big beat, breakbeats, lo-fi indie psych pop, Cancon, sad voices, the legacy of Abbey Road, foundational power pop, kooky art rock, drum machines, and grunge-funded orch pop!



This episode we are spinning:



* Cornershop – “Brimful of Asha (‘Norman Cook’ Remix) – Single Version” – 12” single b-side to “Brimful of Asha (‘Norman Cook’ Remix) – Extended Version” and “Brimful of Asha – Original Single Version”, 1997 – 9:21* Blitzen Trapper – “The Green King Sings” – Wild Mountain Nation, 2007 – 28:24* Hey Rosetta! – “Welcome” – Seeds, 2011 – 42:49* Damien Jurado – “Metallic Cloud” – Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son, 2014 – 56:04* Cargoe – “I Love You Anyway” – CARGOE, 1972 – 1:11:34* The Lovin’ – “Keep On Believing” – Page One records single b/w “I’m In Command”, 1967 – 1:28:56* The Nerves – “When You Find Out” – The Nerves EP, 1976 – 1:38:51* Nellie McKay – “Ding Dong” – Get Away from Me, 2003 – 1:46:35* Deerhoof – “The Galaxist” – Friend Opportunity, 2007 – 1:58:19* Timmy Thomas – “Why Can’t We Live Together” – Why Can’t We Work Together, 1972 – 2:15:51* A New Generation – “She’s a Soldier Boy” – Spark single b-side to “Smokey Blues Away”, 1968 – 2:30:06* Eric Matthews – “No Gnashing Teeth” – The Lateness of the Hour, 1997 – 2:43:12



Also spinning on the old Victrola:



* The Housemartins – “Think for a Minute” – London 0 Hull 4, 1986 – 23:21* Cargoe – “Feel Alright” – Beautiful Records single b/w “Wonderful”, 1970 – 1:24:35* The Breakaways – “Walkin’ Out on Love” – One Way Ticket, 2008 – 1:43:47* Danielson – “Bloodbook on the Half-Shell” – Ships, 2006 – 2:09:26* Timmy Thomas – “Let Me Be Your Eyes” – Glades single b/w “Cold, Cold People”, 1973 – 2:25:19* A New Generation – “Police Is Here” – Spark single b/w “Mr. C”, 1968 – 2:37:53



Thanks for listening.



Dept. of Corections:Dave misspoke during the show. He meant to say Brutal Youth – the 1994 album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions – not Sonic Youth, the boring alt-rock group.



Dept. of Giveaways!



If you’d like to have your own copy of Nick’s mixtape, follow this link.

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Bah, humbug! Let’s throw the garland and tinsel into a box where the fragile ornaments are rolling around in the bottom, and chuck it back up into the attic for another year.



This week, David and Mary get back to work with Nick Owen’s first mixtape to bring you fear of aging set to music, the roots of shoegaze, powerful power pop, demo sessions, proto-bubblegum, a musical conflagration, electric music, and a famous guitarist in sex shocker!



This episode we are spinning:



* Game Theory – “24” – Real Nightime, 1985 – 20:49* The Primitives – “Run Baby Run” – Lovely, 1988 – 39:00* Fountains of Wayne – “Radiation Vibe” – Fountains of Wayne, 1996 – 49:42* Tandyn Almer – “Find Yourself” – Along Comes Tandyn, 2013 – 56:29* Autosalvage – “Parahighway” – Autosalvage, 1968 – 1:14:20* The Long Island Sound – “1, 2, 3, and I Fell” – Dynovoice Records single b/w “Skid Row”, 1967 – 1:22:59* The High Llamas – “Theatreland” – Hawaii, 1996 – 1:41:41* The Low Anthem – “In the Air Hockey Fire” – Eyeland, 2016 – 1:47:48* Claudine Longet – “Snow” – A&M single b-side to “I Don’t Intend to Spend Christmas Without You”, 1968 – 2:01:01* Teen – “Electric” – In Limbo, 2012 – 2:09:49* Jackie DeShannon – “Dream Boy” – What the World Needs Now Is…Jackie DeShannon, 1994 – 2:18:46* Willard Grant Conspiracy – “Flying Low” – Let It Roll, 2006 – 2:30:39



Also spinning on the old Victrola:



* The Loud Family – “Sodium Laureth Sulfate” – Interbabe Concern, 1996 – 34:34* The Garden Club – “Little Girl Lost and Found” – Where the Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968, 2009 – 1:08:42* Ritchie Cordell and Bo Gentry – “Love Is Here” – Columbia single b/w “Daylong”, 1968 – 1:32:51* The Long Island Sound – “Skid Row”“1, 2, 3, and I Fell” – Dynovoice Records single b-side to “1, 2, 3, and I Fell”, 1967 – 1:35:26* Judi Smith – “Leaves Come Tumbling Down” – Folk Rock And Faithfull: Dream Babes Volume Five, 2003 – 2:27:01



Thanks for listening.



Watch Jackie Deshannon ham it up in Surf Party!

A Merry Christmas and best of the season to you, dear partygoers!



Last year, friend of the show (and occasional unwitting musical contributor), David M. dropped by the rumpus room to play a selection of his favourite Christmas songs. Well, Covid put paid to any ideas in that direction so it fell to David, our resident Grinch, to pull together a Christmas mix of his own…



So, once again, please join us in the Yuletide rumpus room. We’ve trimmed the tree with bingle balls, who-floo fluff, and bizel blicks! Amidst the woo hoo boo bricks, dangling pantukas and that pile of panpunas by the beanbag chair, we’ve got a great selection of seasonal sides to make this holiday season go down easy!



So nog that egg and enjoy some holiday cheer!



* The Monkees – “What Would Santa Do?” – Christmas Party, 2018 – 11:47* Carla Thomas – “Gee Whiz, It’s Christmas” – Atlantic single b-side – a-side “All I Want for Christmas Is You”, 1963 – 20:27* Andy Williams – “Kay Thompson’s Jingle Bells” – The Williams Brothers Christmas Album, 1969 – 33:11* Little Jimmy Thomas – “Deck the Halls (Fa La La La La)” –Official Records single b/w “Jimmy’s Christmas”, 1964 – 40:25* Linda Laurie – “All Winter Long” – Andie Records single a-side “Stay with Me”, 1959 – 48:30* Otis Redding – “Merry Christmas, Baby” – Atco single a-side “White Christmas”, 1968 – 56:14* Low – “Just Like Christmas” – Christmas EP, 1999 – 1:04:32* Miles Davis and Bob Dorough – “Blue Xmas” – Jingle Bell Jazz, 1962 – 1:11:47* Claudine Longet – “I Don’t Intend to Spend Christmas Without You” – A&M single b/w “Snow”, 1967 – 1:21:56* Sun 60 – “Mary Xmess” – Only, 1993 – 1:36:14* The Christmas Spirit – “Christmas Is My Time of Year” – White Whale single b/w “Will You Still Believe in Me?”, 1968 – 1:42:02* The Bellrays – “Santa Has a Big, Old Bag” – Merry Xmas, Love the Bellrays, 2008 – 1:49:36* The Three Wise Men – “Thanks for Christmas” – Virgin Records single b/w “Countdown to Christmas Party Time”, 1983 – 1:55:47* Burt Bacharach – “The Bell That Wouldn’t Jingle” – Something Festive, 1968 – 2:02:19* Bobby Goldsboro – “Look Around You (It’s Christmas Time)” – United Artists single b/w “A Christmas Wish”, 1968 – 2:09:33* James Brown – “Santa Claus, Go Straight to the Ghetto” – A Soulful Christmas, 1968 – 2:15:02* Akim and the Teddy Vann Production Company – “Santa Claus Is a Black Man” – Santa Claus Is a Black Man, 1973 – 2:22:27* Pete Jolly – “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” – Something Festive, 1968 – 2:31:32* Rotary Connection – “Christmas Child” – Peace, 1968 – 2:38:14* The Heavy Blinkers – “Chaplin’s Christmas” – The Heavy Blinkers, 2000 – 2:47:41* Velle Scott – “Merry Christmas” – Santa’s Funk & Soul Christmas Party Vol. 3, 2015 – 2:53:14* No Fun (David M.) – “Christmas Alone (Who’s the Turkey Now?)” – The Next Christmas Day (aka Blacknewchristmaskillerstarmanstar) from The Fezziwig Files: No Fun at Christmas 1975-2015, 2015 – 2:59:01* Amy Helm feat. The Wood Brothers – “Christmas Must Be Tonight” – Recorded at Spotify Studios NYC, 2018 – 3:04:37* Sufjan Stevens – “Sister Winter” – Songs for Christmas – Peace: Songs for Christmas, Vol. V, 2006 – 3:14:24



Here is that controversial Christmas-o-meter!







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If you’d like your own copy of this year’s holiday mix,

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Welcome to another episode of Dave bugging his daughter Mary. Oh, and music!



This week we hear new psych and classic psych, manliness, country rock, musical dumptrucks, journal entries, demonic rock, and statements of intent!



This episode we are spinning:



* The Ruby Suns – “Kenya Dig It?” – Sea Lion, 2008 – 21:50* Elvis Costello & the Attractions – “You’ll Never Be a Man” – Trust, 1981 – 31:32* Blitzen Trapper – “Taking It Easy Too Long” – American Goldwing, 2011 – 58:42* Dumptruck – “Island” – For the Country, 1987 – 1:05:43* 20/20 – “Giving It All” – Bomp! Records single b/w “Under the Freeway”, 1978 – 1:18:54* The Nova Local – “John Knight’s Body” – Nova 1, 1968 – 1:25:59* Lincoln – Little Mistakes – Kibokin, 2001 – 1:39:48* The Heavy Blinkers – Dressing Down – The Heavy Blinkers, 2000 – 1:52:48* Eleanor Friedberger – “He Didn’t Mention His Mother” – New View, 2016 – 2:05:25* Super Furry Animals – “Demons” – Radiator, 1997 – 2:18:39* Ella Guru – This Is My Rock’n’Roll – The First Album, 2004 – 2:26:14



Also playing on the old Victrola:



* The Nova Local – “John Knight’s Body (I Wanna Get It)” – Decca single b/w “Other Girls”, 1967 – 1:32:04* The Nova Local – “Games” – Decca single b/w “If You Only Had the Time”, 1967 – 1:35:49* The Heavy Blinkers – “The Night and I Are Still So Young” – The Night and I Are Still So Young, 2004 – 1:59:02* The Fiery Furnaces – “Two Fat Feet” – Gallowsbird’s Bark, 2003 – 2:12:21



Thanks for listening.



If you would like the take home version of this week’s episode, follow this link! You can download the complete mixtape with artwork.



Eleanor Friedberger playing live on KEXP:

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Things get back to normal in the old rumpus room as we put away the jack o’lanterns and witches hats, and return to our regular routine of perusing listener’s mixtapes. This week we examine side one of listener Nathan Evan’s mixtape.



We’ve got flowery forts, Syracusian power pop, Cancon, Vancon, trippy psych, soulful observations, chunky warblers, meaty mothers, and some controversy!



So grab a seat in that much vaunted beanbag chair and let’s get the old Victrola warmed up.



This episode we are spinning:



* Fort Juniper – “What’s the Point (If No One’s Having Fun)” – Fort Juniper, 2011 – 19:44* Zumpano – “Behind the Beehive” – Goin’ Through Changes, 1996 – 28:41* Supergrass – “She’s So Loose” – I Should Coco, 1995 – 49:02* The Flashcubes – “Christi Girl” – Northside Records single b/w “Guernica” and “Got No Mind”, 1978 – 1:03:09* The Earlies – “One of Us Is Dead” – These Were the Earlies, 2004 – 1:18:52* Cuff the Duke – “Long Winter” – Life Stories from Minimum Wage, 2003 – 1:28:11* Mother Tucker’s Yellow Duck – “One Ring Jane” – Duck Records single b/w “Kill the Pig”, 1969 – 1:36:10* The Dramatics – “Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get – Watcha See Is Watcha Get, 1971 – 2:03:42* Chunky, Novi & Ernie – “Atlantic Liner” – Chunky, Novi and Ernie, 1973 – 2:12:34* The Mothers of Invention – “The Uncle Meat Variations” – Uncle Meat, 1969 – 2:26:54



Also playing on the old Victrola:



* Superconductor – “There Goes Helen” – Hit Songs for Girls, 1993 – 43:05* Mother Tucker’s Yellow Duck ¬– “Funny Feeling” – London/TCP single b/w “I”, 1968 – 1:52:45* Mock Duck – “Do-Re-Mi” – Various Artists – The Cool Aid Benefit Album, 1970 – 1:57:45* Rebecca and the Sunnybrook Farmers – “Two Blind Sisters” – Birth, 1969 – 2:23:48



Thanks for listening.



Here is a fun artifact: The Flashcubes playing “Christi Girl” live on local TV:









If you have the time, here is their complete appearance – six songs and between song chats with the host:

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Welcome to Part 2 of the Listening Party’s Halloween Spooooooktacular!!!! We know it’s more in line with American Thanksgiving, but due to some bad planning – like when a character returns to the haunted house at night instead of in broad daylight – we ended up with a show that outstayed its welcome more than the demon in The Exorcist. So – like the neck of a teen who’s just had sex – we severed the show into two parts, and this week we present the grisly remains.



Once again, our remit: To counter Sneaky Dragon co-host Ian Boothby’s claim that there is only one Halloween song and that song is Bobby “Boris” Pickett’s “Monster Mash”, we decided to put together a selection of Halloween-themed or Halloween-adjacent tunes for your next Halloween party or summer camp bloodbath! Also, we read and respond to a bunch of your great comments.



This episode we are spinning:



* The Diamonds – “Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein or Dracula” – Mercury Records 45” b/w “Walkin’ the Stroll”, 1959 – 16:05* The Five Blobs – “The Blob” – Columbia 45” b/w “Saturday Night in Tiajuana (sic)”, 1958 – 24:16* Bobby Please and the Pleasers – “The Monster” – Jaime Records 45” b/w “The Switch”, 1959 – 39:43* Joe South – “The Purple People Eater Meets the Witch Doctor” – National Recording Corporation 45” b/w “My Fondest Memories”, 1958 – 46:03* October Country – “My Girlfriend Is a Witch” – Epic Records 45” b/w “I Just Don’t Know”, 1968 – 56:42* Hans Conreid and Alice Pearce – “The Invisible Man” – Monster Rally, 1959 – 1:05:55* Bill Buchanan – “Beware” – United Artists 45” b-side to “The Night Before Halloween”, 1962 – 1:21:51* Tarantula Ghoul and Her Gravediggers – “Graveyard Rock” – Meadows Records 45” b-side to “King Kong”, 1959 – 1:30:08* Little Tibia and the Fibias – “The Mummy” – Mad Monster Party? (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 1998 (1967) – 1:49:54* Dr. Shock – “Let There Be Fright” – Cougar Records 45” b-side to “The Bloody”, 1970 – 2:00:02



Also playing on the old Victrola:



* Cat Stevens – “Portobello Road” – Matthew and Son, 1967 – 30:42



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We invite you to attend the Mad Monster Party? !!!

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Welcome to Part 1 of the Listening Party’s Halloween Spooooooktacular!!!! Full of bone-chilling Halloween songs!!! And face-meltingly terrifying listener’s letters!!! Scary!!!!



To counter Sneaky Dragon co-host Ian Boothby’s claim that there is only one Halloween song and that song is Bobby “Boris” Pickett’s “Monster Mash” we decided to put together a selection of Halloween-themed or Halloween-adjacent tunes for your next Halloween party or demonic possession! (Fun!) Also, listener’s comments. (Also fun, but less scary.)



This episode we are spinning:



* Wade Denning and Kay Lande – “Halloween” – Golden Records Halloween: Games, Songs and Stories, 1969 – 4:58* Ralph Nielsen and the Chancellors – “Scream” – Surf Records 45 b/w “Little Demon”, 1962 – 13:38* The Swingin’ Phillies – “Frankenstein’s Party” – Deluxe Records 45 b/w “L-O-V-E”, 1957 – 20:24* Boots Walker – “They’re Here” – Rust Records 45 b/w “A Bum Can’t Cry”, 1967 – 30:00* Rasputina – “Gingerbread Coffin” – Cabin Fever, 2002 – 1:30:36* Vampire State Building – “Barnabas” – Roulette Records 45” b/w “I’m Bats About You”, 1969 – 1:39:47* Jack Kittel – “Psycho” – Psycho, 1974 – 1:51:21* The Kinks – “Wicked Annabella” – The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, 1968 – 1:59:55* Ronnie Cook and the Gaylads – “Goo Goo Muck” – Audan Records 45” b/w “The Scotch”, 1962 – 2:11:00* The Buoys – “Timothy” – Scepter Records 45” b/w “It Feels Good” , 1970 – 2:29:50



Also playing on the old Victrola:



* The Rolling Stones – “Shattered” – Some Girls, 1978 – 37:12* Dire Straits – “Money for Nothing” – Brothers In Arms, 1985 – 41:06* George Harrison – “Dream Away” – Gone Troppo, 1982 – 49:52* Aimee Mann – “Momentum” – Magnolia, 1999 – 56:40* Pink Floyd – “Learning to Fly” – A Momentary Lapse of Reason, 1987 – 1:00:23* Gerry Rafferty – “Baker Street” – City to City, 1978 – 1:05:36* Smash Mouth – “All Star”– Astro Lounge, 2001 – 1:12:37



Thanks for listening.



We’re not sure if it’s a coincidence or some sort of meddling deviltry, but The Buoys’ “Timothy” was discussed on the latest episode of One Hit Wonderland: