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Favoriting May 29, 2017: Reverie of a Moax

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New
Artie Shaw and His Gramercy Five  The Grabtown Grapple   Favoriting The Complete Gramercy Five Sessions  Bluebird/BMG  1989  LP  From 1945   
The Raymond Scott Quintette  Tobacco Auctioneer   Favoriting The Music of Raymond Scott - Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights  Columbia  1992  CD  From 1939   
The International Sweethearts of Rhythm  Digging Dyke   Favoriting Women in Jazz: All Women Groups Volume 1  Stash  1978  LP  From 1945   
Will Bradley and His Orchestra  Celery Stalks at Midnight   Favoriting Swing Time!  Columbia Legacy  1993  Cassette  Featuring Ray McKinley; 1940   
Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra  The Reverie of a Moax   Favoriting Vol. II  RCA  1969  LP  From 1940   
Earl Hines and His Orchestra  Tantalizing a Cuban   Favoriting The Grand Terrace Band  RCA  1965  LP  From 1940   
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra  Esquire Swank   Favoriting Black, Brown & Beige (The 1944-1946 Band Recordings)  Bluebird/BMG  1988  LP  From 1946   
Rex Stewart and Orchestra (An Ellington Unit)  Poor Bubber   Favoriting Things Ain't What They Used to Be  RCA  1966  LP  From 1941   
Slim Gaillard and His Orchestra  Vout Oreenee   Favoriting Laughing in Rhythm  Proper  2003  CD  From 1945   
 
Rie Tanaka  Anarchy in the U.K.   Favoriting Voice Actresses' Legendary Punk Songs Collection  Avex Trax  2009  CD     
BMX Bandits  Forever   Favoriting Forever  Elefant  2017  CD    *  
Myk Freedman and the Mykfreedmans  What Are You Thinking When You're Kissing?   Favoriting Myk Freedman and the Mykfreedmans  Happylucky No. 1  2017  CD    *  
Friends of Dean Martinez  All the Pretty Horses   Favoriting The Shadow of Your Smile  Sub Pop  1995  CD     
Joe Goldmark  I'm Only Sleeping   Favoriting Steelin' the Beatles  Lo-Ball  1997  CD     
Kevin Morby  City Music   Favoriting City Music  Dead Oceans  2017  CD    *  
Meat Puppets  Up on the Sun   Favoriting Classic Puppets  Rykodisc  2004  CD  From 1985   
Television  Ain't That Nothin'   Favoriting Adventure  Elektra/Rhino  2003  CD  instrumental version   
Mountain Movers  Vision Television   Favoriting Mountain Movers  Trouble in Mind  2017  LP    *  
Lulu  Watch That Man   Favoriting Heaven and Earth and the Stars  Chelsea  1976  LP     
Lulu  I Don't Care Anymore   Favoriting Melody Fair  Atco  1970  LP     
Lulu  Do Right Woman, Do Right Man   Favoriting Lulu  Chelsea  1973  LP     
Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham  The Dark End of the Street   Favoriting Moments from This Theatre - Live  Proper American  2005  CD     
 
 
Single File: a bunch of small records with big holes all in a row
Harmon Bethea  Talking About the Boss and I   Favoriting single  Musicor  1973  45     
Misty Morgan and Jack Blanchard  Bethlehem Steel   Favoriting single  Wayside  1968  45     
The Chordettes  Baby, Come-a Back-a   Favoriting single  Cadence  1958  45     
The Hollies  Just One Look   Favoriting single  Parlophone  1964  45     
Aerosmith  Combination   Favoriting single  Columbia  1976  45     
J.A.L.N. Band  Disco Music/I Like It   Favoriting single  United Artists  1976  45     
Fashion  Sodium Pentathol Negative   Favoriting single  I.R.S.  1979  45     
Laurie Anderson  O Superman (for Massenet)   Favoriting single  Warner Bros.  1981  7"     
 
 
Gregg Allman, R.I.P.
Duane and Greg Allman  Morning Dew   Favoriting Duane and Greg Allman  Bold  1972  LP  doing business as the 31st of February, really, in 1968   
The Allman Joys  You'll Learn Someday   Favoriting Early Allman  Dial  1973  LP  circa 1966   
The Allman Brothers Band  Ain't Wastin' Time No More   Favoriting Wipe the Windows - Check the Oil - Dollar Gas  Capricorn  1976  LP  live in New Orleans, 12/31/72   
The Allman Brothers Band  Just Ain't Easy   Favoriting Enlightened Rogues  Capricorn  1979  LP     
Gregg Allman  These Days   Favoriting Laid Back  Capricorn  1973  LP     
The Allman Brothers Band  Please Come Home   Favoriting Beginnings  Atco  1973  LP  originally on "Idlewild South," 1970   
 
The Rance Allen Group  Hotline to Jesus   Favoriting The Best of the Rance Allen Group  Stax  1988  LP  From 1973   
The Como Mamas  Glory Glory Hallelujah   Favoriting Move Upstairs  Daptone  2017  CD    *  


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Listener comments!

Avatar 9:01am
annie:

i love these guys.. gm joe and surface people
Avatar 9:04am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Artie Shaw is a quitter!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:05am
Sem Chumbo:

Hello, Joe. Hey, annie, RevRab.
Think I need resurfacing with some new-to-me noise.
  9:05am
Will:

Nice to have the day off so I can listen to Surface Noise unencumbered by having to do my job.
Avatar 9:06am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Still reeling that Carl Stalling was just doing Raymond...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:08am
melinda:

hi Joe! I like the Tobacco Auctioneer. Don Byron included a version on his Bug Music, haven't thought about it in a while.
Avatar 9:08am
annie:

i seeking a flag-free zone this morning.... is it safe?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:11am
Webhamster Henry:

I haven't heard Celery Stalks for many years!
  9:12am
zopa:

Oh Boy! Swing it Joe!
Avatar 9:15am
Joe McG:

Hi, everybody, and welcome to the show. Starting with a gentle swing today, but we'll go other places. Hope you'll stick around.
  9:16am
zopa:

One of these day's, Joe... Bang! Zoom! To the moon!
  9:20am
JtotheK:

Hi everyone. Enjoying this set, Joe!
Avatar 9:20am
Joe McG:

@zopa: Alice, you're the greatest.
Avatar 9:22am
Joe McG:

@JtotheK: Glad to be with you this morning!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:22am
Brian in UK:

Hey Joe. I bought the 'Brown' album of this set recently.
Avatar 9:24am
Joe McG:

@Brian: Cool! I didn't know they sold the records separately!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:24am
Brian in UK:

Neither did I!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:27am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Hi, Joe. Any Cab Calloway coming to the surface this morning?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:30am
Karen in Sleepy Hollow:

Good Morning everyone! Nice swing and swagger Joe
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:32am
Sem Chumbo:

I miss Garcia.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:33am
Brian in UK:

Hello Sem, does the sun shine on you?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:34am
Sem Chumbo:

Intermittently, BiUK, something of a *backward* Spring, as the locals would have it.
There?
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:36am
tadpoles:

I know what a Moa is but a Moax! Maybe 10 Moas.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:38am
Brian in UK:

Been baking hot for a few days, now changeable to say the least.
  9:38am
zopa:

A complete loser; someone who just drifts through life bungling everything. Expression was common in the 1940s and best remembered as used by Jackie Gleason as "Ralph Kramden" on the "Honeymooners".
"No matter what I do, I don't get anywhere. I'm just a moax."
#loser#stupid#fool#underachiever#dope
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:38am
dale:

i wonder if there is ANYTHING on the cher/gregg album that is ear worthy
  9:38am
Tomophobic Tom from Detroit:

Votes I'm no
Angel
  9:38am
John in Bklyn:

Moax was used on the Honeymoners... oh, @zopa got it!
Avatar 9:40am
Joe McG:

@zopa: Thanks, that's exactly what I needed to know.
Avatar 9:40am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...'c'mon & let me show you my tattoo'...had to love 'im...
  9:40am
John in Bklyn:

Reminds me of "mook" which was in Mean Streets.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:40am
Ken From Hyde Park:

No worries about Cab Calloway. If the Blues Brothers movie comes on, I can see and hear him.
Avatar 9:42am
Joe McG:

@John: I love the word "mook" for some reason.
  9:44am
John in Bklyn:

In Mean Streets the character says, 'What's a mook?! You can't call me a mook.' haha
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:49am
Sem Chumbo:

Look! A mook!
In Canadian, these words rhyme.
  9:49am
zopa:

Anyone know if Gregg Allman ever covered the Beatles?
Avatar 9:49am
Joe McG:

@Sem: Ha ha ha!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:50am
melinda:

I love this version of All the Pretty Little Horses.
Avatar 9:53am
Joe McG:

@zopa: I don't think so, but maybe this will do!
Avatar 9:53am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

22 years ago...my CD store employee promo-snatchin' days...ah man...
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:53am
tadpoles:

Nice Joe.
  9:55am
zopa:

Thanks Lonesome Joe!
  9:55am
Tomophobic Tom from Detroit:

Great stuff
Avatar 9:57am
Joe McG:

@zopa: My pleasure.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:59am
Brian in UK:

Really would like to see Kevin Morby but like a lot of artists they only seem to play festivals in the Summer. Field Day is a one off but I like small venues. That reminds me must book for John Murry.
Avatar 10:04am
dfb:

if one needs a single fav meat puppet song you would do well to choose up on the sun
Avatar 10:04am
Joe McG:

@Brian: He played Montgomery Hall a few months ago and was quite good live!
Avatar 10:07am
Joe McG:

@dfb: Agree!
  10:08am
judy from croton:

Hi all. I love surface noise. It's the deep noise that bothers me.
Oh boy. Television!
Takes me back to turquoise-painted floors on elizabeth street.
Avatar 10:09am
Joe McG:

Thanks for saying hello, judy, great to have you along!
  10:10am
Alice Formato:

Good Morning Joe, Happy Memorial Day:)
Avatar 10:11am
Joe McG:

Thanks, Alice F! To you as well!
Avatar 10:14am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Most people want to be on Television. But the only people worth knowing are the ones that want to be *in* Television.
Avatar 10:16am
Joe McG:

@rr63: I love how that one ends. Snip!
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:17am
tadpoles:

Got some Television Personalities Joe?
Avatar 10:18am
Joe McG:

@tadpoles: Not a bad idea, but this damn song is nearly over!
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:19am
tadpoles:

The wonderful 3 minute pop song Joe.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:19am
Mike Sin:

Well, no bathing suit today, but the stereo is loud and the coffee is hot, so I'm in for the long haul with Joe McG this morning!
Avatar 10:20am
Joe McG:

@tadpoles: That first album is gem after gem. @Mike Sin: Hello, sir! Glad you can join me, even if the beach isn't an option today.
  10:20am
herb.nyc:

Wotta dope I be, Kevin Morby played Monty Hall in march and Bowery Ballroom last wk. I didn't go. Ugh. -hi joe and all
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:21am
ChrisB.:

See you in Asbury Park on Thursday, Joe!
Avatar 10:22am
Joe McG:

I'll be there, Chris! Thanks again for the tip!
Avatar 10:31am
annie:

well, on the "chat" with tracfone "customer service" ... only half-listening..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:31am
BennettCap:

This is one of my favorites.
Avatar 10:32am
Jeezy:

Meat Puppets were AMAZEBALLS couple weeks ago at Brooklyn Bowl! Mike Watt, too. But they played Up On The Sun, a tad too fast. There, i said it.
Avatar 10:32am
annie:

so far it sounds great
  10:32am
judy from croton:

memorial day. These last 2 songs were favorites of a good friend that left the building way too early
Avatar 10:33am
Jeezy:

Grant Hart opened. He is 56 but you could have told me he was 86 and I'd have believed you.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:33am
Greg from ZONE 5:

Morning Joe and people!
My traveling is done so I'm kinda good with a chill, cloudy Memorial Day.
  10:35am
John in Bklyn:

@Jeezy Oooh, man, that's sad. Grant did some hard livin'. Meanwhile Bob Mould is aging in reverse.
Avatar 10:37am
Jeezy:

Yeah, that's the Devil H for ya. Meat Puppets had Curt's 31 year old son on guitar!
  10:38am
herb.nyc:

I saw Penn / Oldham show at bklyn' St Ann's church (montague st.); they subbed for a cancelled James Carr, back in the '90s. Lovely show. .-- friend said Meat P at Brooklyn Bowl was indeed great.
Avatar 10:39am
Joe McG:

Howdy, Greg! Hope you had a great weekend! Herb, jealous I missed that one.
  10:46am
paul:

Happy 100th, JFK.
  10:48am
Susan C.:

Adding "Bethlehem Steel" to my roster of songs about home. Thanks!
  10:48am
james f:

mornin, joe! great to be able to listen with the day off
Avatar 10:49am
Joe McG:

You bet, Susan! Glad to hear you have the day off, james! Thanks for tuning in.
Avatar 10:51am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Aerosmith - not that stoopid arrogant simple cockrawk again
...taps foot...
  10:52am
John in Bklyn:

Wow, this was a single for Aerosmith?! I love this tune. I'm back in 9th grade... with headphones on... stoned...
Avatar 10:53am
steve:

hey Joe! its great to be able to catch your show! i love Single File.
Avatar 10:54am
Joe McG:

@John: It's the B of "Last Child," the side they were pitching, which was a #21 hit!
Avatar 10:54am
Joe McG:

Thanks for tuning in, steve!
  10:55am
John in Bklyn:

Oh, that makes sense. I had the 8-track! haha
  10:58am
Michele:

Hi Joe! I just woke up!
Avatar 10:59am
Joe McG:

Michele, you slugabed! :)
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:59am
tadpoles:

Great to hear Fashion thanks Joe. Saw them open for the Only Ones in London...very under-rated band and definitely not heard enough. Thanks!
  11:00am
Michele:

What did you call me?!
  11:00am
paul:

The pride of Glenbard West HS (Laurie A.)
Avatar 11:02am
Joe McG:

@tadpoles: Wow, that line about crows pecking out somebody's eyes is intense! Sounds like an amazing show, wish I could've seen The Only Ones. @Michele: Ha ha ha! I could've said "sluggard" instead.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:03am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Looks like the parade here was cancelled because of raindrops. Good thing I checked the website and didn't miss any surface noise.
  11:03am
phat:

thank you now for the Laurie A.
Avatar 11:04am
Joe McG:

@Ken: Yes, Ken, you would've missed this terribly sad song about America.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:06am
northguineahills:

Laurie Anderson sounds always great on a Monday morning!
Avatar 11:08am
steve:

howd that fit on a 7??
  11:12am
paul:

J.A.L.N. stands for "Just another lonely night".
  11:14am
paul:

http://www.disco-funk.co.uk/disco-funk/ShowArtist.asp?dirletter=j&textkey=j%5Cjaln_ban
Avatar 11:17am
Joe McG:

Thanks, paul! @steve: It's a 33 1/3, although a couple of years earlier Meat Loaf actually crammed an 8-minute track on a single at 45!
  11:18am
paul:

You're welcome. The magic of technology!
  11:19am
zopa:

Joe, i recommend Clannad's version of "Morning Dew"
Avatar 11:19am
Joe McG:

@paul: Still trying to cope with that! @zopa: Excellent, thanks for the recommendation!
  11:20am
paul:

:)
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:21am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Gregg Allman set on Circle Time a few hours ago: www.wfmu.org...
  11:27am
judy from croton:

Waxing nostalgic. JFK stadium, 1973?
Dead/Allmans all day, all night. My father waited up. That wasn't pretty.
Avatar 11:28am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

What a great ethos that was - to play til dawn.
  11:29am
judy from croton:

Could've done w/o Allmans.
Avatar 11:30am
Joe McG:

Ha ha, judy, I hope the Dead was worth it, anyway. I'm more Allmans than Grateful.
  11:32am
toni braxton:

great set. i knew a woman named jessica blue who said the allman brothers wrote jessica for her because she talked so much they wanted to write a song with no words and dedicate it to her.
  11:32am
SeanG:

always dug that song "I'm no Angel"
Avatar 11:33am
Joe McG:

@toni: Ha ha ha! Great story.
  11:34am
phat:

I gotta re-iterate just how great it was to hear Laurie Anderson this morning. She changed my life in many ways and that single, that single...
Avatar 11:35am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Love this about their cultural impact :
m.facebook.com...
Avatar 11:35am
Joe McG:

@phat: Glad you enjoyed hearing it, phat! I love that record and the B-side, too!
  11:35am
toni braxton:

its super, man. also i like all her stuff even sharkeys
Avatar 11:36am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

'Superman' still arresting. Such a great & successful meeting of Pop & Avant.
  11:36am
Mike VL:

Beautiful set, Joe.
  11:38am
zopa:

hey joe, turns out he covered "rain". it's on the Dreams box set.
  11:38am
toni braxton:

i met laurie anderson and lou reed in art gallery near soho like a year before lou died. when i shook his hand it was super leathery
  11:39am
TimBk:

I love how Greg changed the last line in These Days. 6 wives and 6 divorces and countless rehab stays, it's very fitting...
Avatar 11:39am
Joe McG:

@Mike: Great to see you, sir! @zopa: Wow, neato. @TimBk: He was aware of his faults most definitely.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:39am
Ken From Hyde Park:

One time, I found Allman Brothers' "Seven Turns" on a juke box. Proceeded to play it.
Avatar 11:40am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

So they share a tune w/ Nico. That Joys track had 'Rain' influence all over it.
  11:42am
John in Bklyn:

Great show, Joe! So nice to be able to listen on a holiday and not have to rush off to work.

btw: I laughed about the Aerosmith/KISS connection. I'm from NEPA and had the same experience c. 1977-79. I was too cool for Frampton but not cool enough (yet) for punk!
  11:43am
SeanG:

beaverteeth!
  11:45am
phat:

There doesn't seem to be a sub culture like the cold 70s and 80s avant garde anymore. I feel like the world misses that.
  11:46am
phat:

Also, I was very much a KISS man at the same time as you, Joe. It could not be avoided.
  11:46am
toni braxton:

some groups maybe sounded like allmans afterwards but none attained such musical heights, with the two genius guitar players, amazing songwriting and sound, and gregg's vocals
Avatar 11:51am
Joe McG:

@phat: ha ha, it really couldn't!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:51am
Sem Chumbo:

Thanks. Joe, enjoyed the whole schmeer.
Off now to read the Big Book of Mooks. Later!
Avatar 11:52am
Joe McG:

@sem: Thanks for sticking with me through all my changes, Sem! :)
  11:55am
zopa:

thanks for the tunes joe.
Avatar 11:56am
Joe McG:

Thanks for listening and commenting, everybody! Have a nice day off, if you have one! See you next time.
  🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:57am
tadpoles:

As usual you have made my Monday...thanks Joe.
Cheers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:58am
patrick321:

Hey Joe, thanks for a really great show. I've been listening on long drive home this am. Nice selection for Gregg Allman and in regard to that, if you have some time check the web for some interesting background on "These Days" — on the LP notes Browne thanks Gregg for the arrangement, which was a new one and quite different from the song's first recording by Nico.
  11:59am
Brendan:

Thanks Joe
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:59am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks, Joe. Off to nuke some hot dogs I barbecued yesterday.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:43am
Parq:

Hi, Joe. Nice little Gregg set. I really haven't been a Brothers fan for a long time,. and pretty much the only thing of theirs that I can get worked up about is the Fillmore take of "Elizabeth Reed". But Gregg's been a part of the scene -- a part of my life, really -- for so long that I can't help but be affected by his death.
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