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A pennant-winning battery of songland. Ongoing feature: Single File, a half-hour of randomly selected small records with big holes.

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A pennant-winning battery of songland. Ongoing feature: Single File, a half-hour of randomly selected small records with big holes.

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Leap for Joy from Aug 4, 2025

8/4/2025
Kostas Virvos and Mimis Plessas - "Stin Acherousia (In the Absence of Husbandry) / O Menipos / Oi Dynatoi Tis Gis (The Mighty Ones of the Earth) / O Efkratis / O Teiresias / Ta Chrei (The Debts) / O Stratiotis (Soldier with the Spear)" - Loukianou Nekrikoi Dialogoi (Dialogues of the Dead) [0:00:00] K. Yoshimatsu - "Strawberry Secret Part I (excerpt)" - Zentai: The Collected Works of K. Yoshimatsu [Volume I] [From 1983] [0:21:11] Yo La Tengo - "Leaving Home" - Old Joy: Soundtrack by Yo La Tengo [From 2006; with Smokey Hormel] [0:27:05] Wonderful Aspiration of the Source - "Pure Land" - Wonderful Aspiration of the Source [0:32:27] Iiris Viljanen - "Honeymoon in the Alps" - So Much of You Was Sleeping [0:36:01] Cory Hanson - "Old Policeman" - I Love People [0:39:22] O'o - "La Mésange" - More Wishes, Less Bones [0:42:40] Françoise Hardy - "Voilà" - En Vogue: Best of 1962-1967 [From 1967] [0:45:46] Alick Nkhata - "Bambi Balefisa Kumwabo" - Radio Lukasa ["Some People Hide Where They Come From"] [1:02:15] Mfongozi Guitar Players - "Marabi Jazz" - Zulu Guitar Blues: Cowboys, Troubadours and Jilted Lovers 1950-1965 [From 1950] [1:04:55] Francis Bebey - "Savannah Georgia" - Trésor Magnetique [1:07:30] Dom Salvador, Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad - "Não Podermos O Amar Parar" - Jazz Is Dead 24 ["We Can't Stop Loving Him"] [1:10:53] Luisa (Feat. Azymuth) - "Lenha Na Fogueira" - single [From 1981; "Add Fuel to the Fire"] [1:14:39] Caetano Veloso - "Cara a Cara" - Convocação Geral: Carnaval 75 ["Face to Face"] [1:17:31] João Selva - "Onda" - Onda ["Wave"] [1:19:51] Resavoir & Matt Gold - "Tomorrow" - Horizon [1:23:30] Charles Kynard - "Rock Steady" - Woga [From 1972] [1:26:35] Set: Single File: some 45s in a row for about a half-hour Rainbow - "Hello, Hello, Hello" - single [1:35:06] Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - "Darlin'" - single [1:37:56] The Diamonds - "Chick-Lets (Don't Let Me Down)" - single [1:40:33] k.d. lang and Take 6 - "Ridin' the Rails" - single [1:42:51] Prince Haron - "Boogar Woog" - single [1:45:11] Ava Aldridge - "Mama's Got Something Cookin'" - single [1:48:07] Stevie Wonder - "Sir Duke" - single [1:50:29] The Young Rascals - "A Girl Like You" - single [1:54:22] Daryl Hall & John Oates - "You Make My Dreams" - single [1:57:08] The Seven Brothers - "America" - Crying in the Street [From 1973] [2:10:06] The Relatives - "This World Is Moving Too Fast" - Don't Let Me Fall [From 1975] [2:12:38] The Meditation Singers - "Trouble's Brewin'" - Holy Spirit: Spiritual Soul and Gospel Funk from Shreveport's Jewel Records [From 1971] [2:15:52] The Violinaires - "I'll Always Love Them" - Presenting the Fabulous Violinaires [2:20:56] The Clark Sisters with Mattie Moss Clark - "Ha-ya (Eternal Life)" - Is My Living in Vain [2:23:57] Howard Hunt and The Supreme Angels - "Old Time Revival and A Prayer for the World" - Sunday Down South [2:28:35] Rev. Clarence Henderson - "Lord Lubricate My Bones (excerpt)" - Lord Lubricate My Bones [2:37:04] The Abyssian Baptist Gospel Choir - "He Stays in My Room" - Shakin' the Rafters [From 1960] [2:44:27] Brother Vernard Johnson - "I Must Tell Jesus" - Rocking the Gospel [2:52:37] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154802

Duration:03:08:38

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If It's Monday Morning from Jul 28, 2025

7/28/2025
Nils Frahm - "Canton" - Night [0:00:00] Agincourt - "When I Awoke" - A Game for All Who Know: The H & F Recordings Box [From "Fly Away," 1970] [0:07:14] Bridget Hayden and the Apparitions - "She Moved Through the Fayre" - Cold Blows the Rain [0:10:47] Fran Foote - "The Irish Girl" - From Here: English Folk Field Recordings [0:16:37] Nick Drake - "Strange Face" - The Making of Five Leaves Left [from first session, 3/68] [0:20:28] De Vlaamse Primitieven - "Dienaar Met de Gouden Klepel" - Lucht Van Een Adnere Planeet ["Servant with the Golden Clapper"] [0:24:16] Steve Gunn - "Sunday" - Music for Writers [0:29:42] Malicorne - "Bouree" - Quintessence [0:35:44] Alice - "Il y a du rouge" - Châteaux Faibles ["There Is Red"] [0:38:08] Veronique Chalot - "La Chanson de Mai" - A L'Entrée du Temps Clair [From 1979; "Song of May"] [0:40:07] Sairie - "Harder Than It Seemed" - single [0:46:09] Jeanines - "Satisfied" - How Long Can It Last [1:04:00] Majorette - "Inner World" - single [1:05:31] World of Pooh - "I'm on the Wrong Side" - Tight and Loose [From 1986] [1:08:15] The Cords - "Fabulist" - The Cords [1:11:11] Physarum - "Puzzle Me" - Selected Songs I [1:13:43] Julie Doiron - "Tonight, We Sleep" - Loneliest in the Morning [1:15:48] Mae Powell - "Where Will Love Go" - Making Room for the Light [1:19:47] A Girl Called Eddy - "The Soundtrack of Your Life" - Tears All Over Town [1:22:44] Everything But the Girl - "Tougher Than the Rest" - Acoustic [1:26:18] Set: Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row for about a half-hour The Velvet Hammer - "I Was Holding Your Hand" - single [1:36:46] Billy Vera - "Good Morning Blues" - single [1:38:40] Dr. Hook - "The Millionaire" - single [1:41:40] Syreeta & G.C. Cameron - "Let's Make a Deal" - single [1:44:37] Steve Allen - "What Is a Wife" - single [1:48:01] Rick Nelson - "Lonely Corner" - single [1:51:47] Sheila E. - "The Belle of St. Mark" - single [1:54:09] David Johansen - "Wreckless Crazy" - single [1:57:48] Johnny Paycheck - "The Cave" - single [2:00:44] Tom Lehrer - "We Will All Go Together When We Go" - The Remains of Tom Lehrer [From 1959; R.I.P.] [2:16:32] Tom Lehrer - "Silent "E"" - The Electric Company [2:18:26] Tom Lehrer - "The Old Dope Peddler" - Songs by Tom Lehrer [2:20:03] Tom Lehrer - "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" - The Remains of Tom Lehrer [From 1959] [2:21:56] Tom T. Hall - "Ballad of Forty Dollars" - Ballad of Forty Dollars and His Other Great Songs [From 1969] [2:24:23] Jim Sullivan - "So Natural" - If Evening Were Dawn [From 1969] [2:26:58] Lee Hazlewood - "If It's Monday Morning" - Requiem for an Almost Lady [From 1971] [2:30:17] Wet Spell - "Lunch at the Mall" - Wet Spell [2:33:55] Fust - "Jody" - Big Ugly [2:36:10] Florry - "First It Was a Movie, Then It Was a Book" - Sounds Like...Florry [2:41:27] Bill Orcutt, Steve Shelley, Ethan Miller - "A Star Is Born" - Orcutt Shelley Miller [2:48:15] The Budos Band - "Overlander" - VII [2:54:10] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154572

Duration:03:08:21

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A Man's Got to Know His Limitations from Jul 21, 2025

7/21/2025
Ben Selvin & His Orchestra - "You Said It" - Dardanella [From 1931; vocals: Helen Rowland & Paul Small] [0:00:00] Peggy Healy and Roy Bargy - "I'll Take an Option on You" - Thanks for the Memory: The Songs of Ralph Rainger [From 1933] [0:05:24] Phil Harris & His Orchestra - "How's About It" - Echoes from the Cocoanut Grove [From 1933; vocal: Phil Harris and Leah Ray] [0:08:39] Irving Kaufman and Vaughn De Leath - "You Took Advantage of Me" - The Irving Kaufman Anthology: The Last Recording Pioneer [From 1928] [0:12:51] Fred and Adele Astaire - "I'd Rather Charleston" - George and Ira Gershwin's Lady, Be Good! [From 1926] [0:16:07] Gus Arnheim & His Orchestra - "Ho Hum!" - In Hollywood 1928-1933 [From 1931; vocal: Bing Crosby and Loyce Whiteman] [0:19:46] Bing Crosby and Ethel Merman - "You're the Top" - No Album [from the film soundtrack of "Anything Goes"] [0:21:59] James Stewart and Marjorie Lane - "Easy to Love" - Hollywood's Best: The Thirties [From 1936, from "Born to Dance"] [0:25:03] Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra - "A Picture of Me Without You" - 78 single [vocals: Ramona and Ken Darby] [0:27:52] Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler - "I Only Have Eyes for You" - The Golden Age of the Hollywood Musical [From 1934; from "Dames"] [0:30:59] Bob Hope and Shirley Ross - "Two Sleepy People" - Thanks for the Memories [From 1938] [0:35:10] Allo Darlin' - "In the Spring" - Bright Nights [0:49:45] Autocamper - "Street View" - What Do You Do All Day? [0:52:37] The Bug Club - "Appropriate Emotions" - Very Human Features [0:55:33] Quality Used Cars - "You Won't Find Good Friends Growing on Trees" - Quality of Life [0:59:11] The Third Wave - "Stormy" - Here and Now [From 1970] [1:02:38] Wei Wei Wong - "This Is My Life" - Chip Shop Pop: The Sound of Denmark Street [From 1971] [1:05:45] Dionne Warwick - "We Can Work It Out" - Soulful [1:09:46] Southern Avenue - "Hey Darling" - Family [1:12:16] The Pointer Sisters - "River Boulevard" - The Pointer Sisters [1:16:05] Connie Francis - "I Hear You Knockin'" - Rock 'N Roll Million Sellers [1:21:54] Connie Francis - "Hallelujah I Love Him So" - The Exciting Connie Francis [1:24:14] Set: Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row for about a half-hour The Section - "Doing the Meatball" - single [1:34:11] T.G. Sheppard with Clint Eastwood - "Make My Day" - single [1:36:49] Helen Reddy - "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" - single [1:39:38] Robby John & the Seven-Teens - "Teenage Bill of Rights, Part I: The Revolution" - single [1:43:02] Hudson Brothers - "Rendezvous" - single [1:44:54] Chairmen of the Board - "Working on a Building of Love" - single [1:48:12] Grace Jones - "Sorry" - single [1:50:38] The Alan Parsons Project - "Old and Wise" - single [vocal: Colin Blunstone] [1:54:33] Meat Loaf - "Great Boleros of Fire / Bat Out of Hell" - No Album [live at the Bottom Line, NYC, 11/28/77] [2:10:57] Montrose - "Bad Motor Scooter" - Montrose [2:24:53] Foghat - "Step Outside" - Energized [2:28:14] Randy California - "Downer" - Kapt. Kopter and the (Fabulous) Twirly Birds [2:34:32] R.E.O. Speedwagon - "Sophisticated Lady" - R.E.O. Speedwagon [2:39:57] Blue Öyster Cult - "The Red and The Black" - Tyranny and Mutation [From 1973] [2:44:24] Ten Years After - "I'm Going Home" - Greatest Hits [From 1969] [2:48:25] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154330

Duration:03:08:38

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Episode from Jul 14, 2025

7/14/2025
Bill Orcutt - "Not Reconciled" - How to Rescue Things [0:00:00] Tom Gluibizzi - "What Love Will Amount To" - Falzarego Pass [0:07:41] Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin - "Yek" - Ghosted III [single edit] [0:11:56] Scree - "Zikra" - August [0:17:57] Ben LaMar Gay - "Damn You Cute" - Yowzers [0:23:55] Cerys Hafana - "Helynt Ryfeddol" - Angel ["Miraculous Trouble"] [0:27:38] Sally Potter - "Time to Go" - Anatomy [0:32:48] Sally Anne Morgan - "I Saw a Heron" - Second Circle the Horizon [0:34:59] Martin Carthy - "Ye Mariners All" - Transform Me Then into a Fish [0:38:29] Alexander - "Mandolin II" - single [0:41:40] Blod - "Sjöar Och Berg, Vatten Och Hav" - Helvetet På Jorden Skona Ingen Fast Gud Älskar Dig ["Lakes and Mountains, Water and Sea"] [0:45:07] Saint Etienne - "Glad" - International [1:00:38] Gwenno - "Dancing on Volcanoes" - Utopia [1:03:31] Neko Case - "Wreck" - Neon Grey Midnight Green [1:08:28] Pulp - "Duck Diving" - Forty Odd Years: Live. Rare. Unreleased. 1982–2025 [John Peel, 14 August 2001] [1:11:31] Brian Bilston and The Catenary Wires - "Customers Who Bought This Record Also Bought..." - Sounds Made by Humans [1:18:02] Lightheaded - "Me and Amelia Fletcher" - Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming! [1:22:13] Talulah Gosh - "Don't Go Away" - Rock Legends: Volume 69 - Talulah Mania [1:23:39] Set: Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row for about a half-hour Santana - "Oye Como Va" - single [1:31:35] Captain Sky - "Elementry School of Funk" - single [1:34:13] Thundermama - "Thundermama" - single [1:38:35] Kris Jensen - "Let's Sit Down" - single [1:42:53] Hamilton Streetcar - "Wasn't It You" - single [1:44:03] Connie Francis - "Should I Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree? "The Answer"" - single [1:47:18] Solomon Burke - "Party People" - single [1:50:34] Klark Kent - "Thrills" - single [1:53:11] Lorne Greene - "Ringo" - single [1:55:31] Set: Remembering David Cousins (1945-2025) Strawbs - "A Glimpse of Heaven" - From the Witchwood [2:14:04] Strawbs - "Sail Away to the Sea" - Preserves Uncanned [mid-'60s] [2:17:33] Strawbs - "Pieces of 79 and 15" - Strawbs [2:21:28] Strawbs - "Poor Jimmy Wilson" - All Our Own Work: The Complete Sessions [circa 1966] [2:24:18] Strawbs - "Dragonfly" - Dragonfly [2:26:49] Dave Cousins - "Two Weeks Last Summer" - Two Weeks Last Summer [2:32:18] Strawbs - "Out in the Cold" - Hero and Heroine [2:35:20] Strawbs - "Forever" - Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios: Live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall [bonus 1970 single of reissue] [2:40:05] Dave Cousins with Brian Willoughby - "Grace Darling" - Old School Songs [live 1979] [2:42:20] Dave Cousins - "We'll Meet Again Sometime" - Two Weeks Last Summer [2:46:29] Strawbs - "The Journey's End" - Grave New World [2:51:09] Strawbs - "Coal Creek March" - Preserves Uncanned [as the Strawberry Hill Boys] [2:52:56] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154096

Duration:03:07:41

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Episode from Jul 7, 2025

7/7/2025
Anthony Moore - "ABCD Gol'fish" - 1971: Scott Williams' 2025 WFMU Marathon Premium [From, uh, 1971] Matthew Young - "Into the Woods" - Undercurrents [1980s sometime, I think] Yaelllavie - "JLM Blues" - {*} Cyrus Pireh - "Thank You, Guitar / Amen Family" - Thank You, Guitar Liam Grant - "Palmyra" - Prodigal Son Willie Lane - "No-Count Blues" - Bobcat Turnaround Hayden Pedigo - "Long Pond Lily" - I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away Nathan Salsburg - "Ipsa Corpora (excerpt)" - Ipsa Corpora Takaat - "Amidinin" - Takaat Is Noise Vol. 1 Drick - "Sinjake Panambola" - Tsapiky! Modern Music from Southwest Madagascar ["Dance of the Rich"] Kingdom Molongi - "Hosana" - Kembo Livskraft - "Låt Mig Tro" - Five Years of Failure: A Compilation of Discreet Music Emmahoy Tsegue Mariam Guebru - "Prayer for Peace. Ps. 122 (Kyrie Eleison)" - Church of Kidane Mehret [From 1972] Set: Single File: a bunch of 45 singles in a row for about a half-hour The Bar-Kays - "Don't Do That" - single The Smith Brothers - "Chocolate Whiskey and Vanilla Gin" - single Dave Dudley - "Coffee, Coffee, Coffee" - single Blue Magic - "Freak-N-Stein" - single John Holt - "Up Park Camp" - single Betty Wright - "I Like Your Loving" - single Ohio Express - "Sausalito (Is the Place to Go)" - single Jackie DeShannon - "Paradise" - single Roxy Music - "Jealous Guy" - single Kinky Friedman - "Hello, Good Morning" - Poet of Motel 6 Jerry Yester - "The Whiskey Moon" - Pass Your Light Around [mid-'70s] Dillard & Clark - "Polly" - Kansas City Southern Moby Grape - "I Am Not Willing" - Moby Grape '69 Little Mazarn - "The Great Divide" - Mustang Island Freakwater - "Out of This World" - Old Paint Victoria Williams - "Grandpa in the Cornpatch" - Musings of a Creekdipper The Insect Trust - "Been Here and Gone So Soon" - The Insect Trust [From 1968] Dion - "Didn't You Change" - Suite for Late Summer [a bit early for this one, I guess] Johnny Darrell - "Meanwhile Back in Memphis" - California Stop-Over Lori Zimmerman - "Theme from an Imaginary Western" - Lori Zimmerman [From 1969] Jeff Cowell - "Lucky Strikes and Liquid Gold" - Lucky Strike's and Liquid Gold [From 1975] https://freeform.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/153859

Duration:03:08:27