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Favoriting September 30, 2012: A Bit of Grin and Bear It, A Bit of Come and Share It

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Sound Dimension  I'll Be Around Version   Favoriting Studio One Dub Vol. 2  Soul Jazz  2007  CD  From 1971    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Lee Perry & the Upsetters  Curly Dub   Favoriting Ape-ology Presents Super Ape Vs the Return of Super Ape  Trojan  2007  CD  From 1976    0:05:53 (Pop-up)
Max Romeo & the Upsetters  Revelation Dub   Favoriting War ina Babylon  Hip-O Select/Island  2004  CD  From 1976    0:08:45 (Pop-up)
Dennis Bovell  Dominion Dub   Favoriting Decibel: More Cuts and Dubs 1976-1983  Pressure Sounds  2003  CD      0:13:41 (Pop-up)
Augustus Pablo  Jah Light Version   Favoriting East of the River Nile  Shanachie  2002  CD  From 1977    0:17:25 (Pop-up)
Scientist  Jack Ruby Hi-Power   Favoriting The People's Choice  Kingdom  1983  LP      0:19:33 (Pop-up)
Sir Horatio  Sommadub   Favoriting Fac. Dance 02: Factory Records 12" Mixes & Rarities 1980-1987  Strut  2012  CD  From 1981 (a.k.a. A Certain Ratio)  *   0:23:06 (Pop-up)
 
Osiris  War (On the Bull-Shit!)   Favoriting Go Go Get Down: Pure Ghetto Funk from Washington DC  Z  2012  CD  From 1982  *   0:36:57 (Pop-up)
Claudja Barry  Wake Up and Make Love with Me   Favoriting Feel the Fire  Chrysalis  1980  LP      0:46:33 (Pop-up)
Ian Dury and the Blockheads  Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part 3   Favoriting Do It Yourself  Edsel  2004  CD  12" version bonus track (1979)    0:52:15 (Pop-up)
King Obstinate  Legs   Favoriting Classics  Greenbay Record Co.  1986  LP      0:58:58 (Pop-up)
Pulsallama  The Devil Lives in My Husband's Body   Favoriting Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984  V2 Music  2006  CD  From 1982    1:03:40 (Pop-up)
Liquid Liquid  Scraper   Favoriting Optimo  99  1983  EP      1:07:01 (Pop-up)
Dogmatic Element  Just Friends   Favoriting Strange Passion: Explorations In Irish Post Punk, DIY and Electronic Music 1980-1983  B-Music  2012  CD    *   1:10:42 (Pop-up)
Muscles of Joy  Water Break-Its-Neck   Favoriting Muscles of Joy  Watts of Goodwill  2012  LP    *   1:13:49 (Pop-up)
MI-GU  Spider   Favoriting Choose the Light  Chimera Music  2012  CD  watch  *   1:22:54 (Pop-up)
 
  Single File: a bunch of random small records with big holes
The Neon Philharmonic  Heighdy-Ho Princess   Favoriting   Warner Bros.  1970  45      1:33:47 (Pop-up)
Chris and Pauline Adams  The City at Night   Favoriting   The Famous Charisma Record Label  1975  45      1:36:49 (Pop-up)
Cat Stevens  Portobello Road   Favoriting   Deram  1967  45      1:39:59 (Pop-up)
The Cars  It's All I Can Do   Favoriting   Elektra  1979  45      1:42:26 (Pop-up)
Graham Central Station  Now Do-U-Wanta Dance   Favoriting   Warner Bros.  1977  45      1:46:00 (Pop-up)
Fontella Bass  Soul of the Man   Favoriting   Checker  1965  45      1:49:45 (Pop-up)
Joe Henderson  If You See Me Cry   Favoriting   Todd  1962  45      1:53:18 (Pop-up)
Al Stevens Polka Band  Radio Polka   Favoriting   Big 4 Hits  1954  45      1:55:50 (Pop-up)
Tommy Dorsey and Orchestra Featuring Jimmy Dorsey  Wanted   Favoriting   Bell  1954  7"  Vocal: Lynn Roberts    1:58:11 (Pop-up)
 
Moon Duo  Free Action   Favoriting Circles  Sacred Bones  2012  CD    *   2:11:13 (Pop-up)
Rangda  Plugged Nickel   Favoriting Formerly Extinct  Drag City  2012  CD    *   2:16:27 (Pop-up)
Neblung Price  Once There Was   Favoriting Darker  Redhead  2001  CD  Featuring WFMU's own Jim Price!    2:22:13 (Pop-up)
Bonnie Dobson  You Never Wanted Me   Favoriting Bonnie Dobson  Rev-Ola  2006  CD  From 1969    2:24:58 (Pop-up)
Beth Orton  Call Me the Breeze   Favoriting Sugaring Season  Anti-  2012  CD    *   2:28:08 (Pop-up)
Lavender Diamond  Teach Me How to Waken   Favoriting Incorruptible Heart  Paracadute  2012  CD    *   2:32:33 (Pop-up)
Lee Hazlewood  Souls Island   Favoriting A House Safe for Tigers Original Soundtrack Recording  Light in the Attic  2012  CD  From 1975  *   2:35:56 (Pop-up)
Julie London  One for My Baby   Favoriting Your Number Please...  EMI  1997  CD  From 1959    2:42:26 (Pop-up)
The Jive Five  What Time Is It?   Favoriting The Doo Wop Box II: 101 More Vocal Group Gems  Rhino  1996  CD  From 1962    2:46:30 (Pop-up)
Warren Zevon  Accidentally Like a Martyr   Favoriting Excitable Boy  Asylum  1978  LP      2:49:52 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

  12:08am
Andrew Waterloo:

Good evening
  12:09am
Holly in NC:

Good evening, indeed!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:12am
Joe McG:

Good evening, Andrew and Holly! Hope you are feeling well and irie.
  12:13am
KP:

Hello, Joe.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:15am
Joe McG:

Howdy, KP.
  12:20am
12539:

(I'm not lurking, I'm just being very very quiet.)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:22am
Joe McG:

@12539: Lurking not shirking!
  12:37am
Matt from Springfield:

Yo yo yo-yo, Joe!
Hey Joe and everyone! Not purely a dub show, of course, but always welcome to play a little!
  12:38am
Andrew Waterloo:

I'm reading, and this is a good soundtrack.
  12:39am
Matt from Springfield:

Shirk? This brings up an old Fraggle song, but I love the lyrics here:
"Does a Doozer ever doze
Does a Doozer shirk
Does a Doozer thumb his nose
At doing Doozer work?"
  12:40am
Matt from Springfield:

Safe harbor I hope? Always lookin' out for the station.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:40am
Joe McG:

Hey, Matt, what's up? Is a Doozer anything like a Dozer? (I think we're OK.)
  12:41am
Matt from Springfield:

Oh YAY!!!! I've heard this album before in the last few days, but I'm so proud the comp "Go Go Get Down: Pure Ghetto Funk from Washington DC" has honored the artists of my locality!
  12:43am
Matt from Springfield:

@Joe: Doozers are little, productive construction workers who build crystalline towers out of radish dust...unless someone's smokin' something weird, I don't expect anyone to see them now! ;)
  12:43am
Holly in NC:

It's a great comp, Matt
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:44am
Joe McG:

You're lucky, Matt, to have go go in your back yard!
  12:48am
Matt from Springfield:

Chuck Brown! RIP. Go Go is more a funk offshoot than this original generation funk, but that 70s style of funk is still played at many parties and clubs even to this day! Most of the rest has faded from style, but around DC you still have 70s style funk singers and horn sections playing every weekend!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:52am
Joe McG:

@Matt: Very cool indeed.
  12:52am
Holly in NC:

Cool cover! Original is all time fave.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:54am
Joe McG:

@Holly: I love the gender switch.
  12:55am
Matt from Springfield:

Was "Wake Up and Make Love with Me" performed by someone else originally, with switched genders?
  12:57am
Holly in NC:

Yes, this guy ;-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:59am
Joe McG:

@Matt: A big hit for Ian Dury in the UK, I think!
  12:59am
Matt from Springfield:

Sir Ian! Love that guy! ;)
"pub rock", "punk", AND "postpunk"!
  1:00am
Matt from Springfield:

Oh, and hiya Holly! And 12539 if you're still out there!
  1:02am
Matt from Springfield:

WFMU! ALWAYS another reason to be cheerful!!! :)
  1:02am
Holly in NC:

Btw Joe, your beat matching this set is amazing - you found the gogo in a Brit!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:04am
Joe McG:

Thanks, Holly! If Ian only knew....
  1:04am
12539:

Hi Matt. I was falling asleep but Claudja woke me up.
  1:04am
Matt from Springfield:

Kings, Princes and Dukes in reggae, didn't know "King Obstinate" was one of the Kings!
  1:05am
Matt from Springfield:

Huzzah 12539! This set is worth staying awake for! :)
  1:07am
Matt from Springfield:

Ow ow ow owwwwwwllll!!! ;D
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:08am
Joe McG:

Ha ha ha!
  1:08am
Holly in NC:

Another super fabulous classic! Xo
  1:10am
Matt from Springfield:

"Our insurance doesn't COVER it!!!" Score one to societal satire!!!
And a cheer that "pre-existing condition" will be permanently covered in a year from now!
  1:12am
Matt from Springfield:

Wow, this xylophone melody was Liquid Liquid?? I've heard this before, somewhere...didn't realize the "White Lines" backing track people came up with this. Was it used for a PSA anywhere? That melody sounds familiar.
  1:13am
Holly in NC:

This is a close to perfect set, Joe, love the trajectory
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:15am
Joe McG:

Somehow we've gone back to the UK, not sure how!
  1:20am
Matt from Springfield:

Eclectic little new release from Muscles of Joy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:21am
Joe McG:

They performed live on The Long Rally a few months ago... Glaswegian lasses.
  1:21am
Julie:

great song!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:23am
Joe McG:

I just realized I played the wrong song, ugh! Record sides used to be so easy to detect.
  1:23am
Holly in NC:

Hi Julie!
  1:26am
Matt from Springfield:

Well, at least we got a good cut from Glaswegian Muscles of Joy! :)
And good late-evening there, Julie! :)
  1:27am
Julie:

Hiya Matt & Holly, and Joe McGee
  1:30am
Matt from Springfield:

Joe's made his "bed" in Jamaica tonight!
  1:31am
Holly in NC:

I wish Doug S was listening, we have a running thing about spiders
  1:33am
Matt from Springfield:

Country music and sunshine pop! Works for me!
  1:34am
Matt from Springfield:

Hey Holly, did you know that I'm selling a shower stall *guaranteed* not to have spiders drop in on it? ;D
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:37am
Joe McG:

@Holly: I don't get Doug too often, alas. He's having a nice sleep out there in Pittsburgh, I hope!
  1:37am
Matt from Springfield:

Neon Philharmonic!! "Morn-ing Girlllll"
Did you eat your box of Cheeriosssssssss, and powder up your pretty nossssssse? :)
  1:38am
Matt from Springfield:

@Joe: Thanks though for recommending that Korean set to Doug recently, liked that guy!
  1:39am
Julie:

Part of this guy's voice reminds me of Al Stewart
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:39am
Joe McG:

@Matt: Doug is my radio idol. Influencing him in any way is a great honor.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:40am
Joe McG:

@Julie: Hi, BTW! And you're right, he DOES sound a bit like Al.
  1:43am
Matt from Springfield:

Al's next all-acoustic tour: playing acoustic guitar and performing late 60s pop ballads, including Neon Philharmonic, Gary Puckett and Cat Stevens!
  1:44am
Holly in NC:

@Matt - if also guarantee no cave crickets leaping out of drain I'll take 2!
  1:44am
Matt from Springfield:

During my week in London I went to Portobello Road's Saturday market--great place to go if you're in London. Very crowded, but you're bound to find something you like there!
  1:46am
Matt from Springfield:

@Holly: Sure, for a monthly cricket-free maintenance fee ;)
  1:46am
Julie:

what about Palmettos?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:46am
Joe McG:

@Matt: I liked it myself when I went, although I didn't see anybody named Leon smiling, at least as far as I know.
  1:47am
Holly in NC:

I really do like the Cars.
  1:49am
Matt from Springfield:

Julie: Whoa! Palmettos, stinkbugs and Junebugs are just a part of Southern life! No one can prevent those!!
  1:51am
northguineahills:

I'm so glad I no longer I have to deal w/ palmetto bugs anymore.
  1:51am
Holly in NC:

No palmettos in bathroom, thank goodness. Slugs, though. How they get in no idea. Will have to start leaving saucers of beer by the commode!
  1:53am
Matt from Springfield:

Hey former Floridian NGH!
@Holly: Don't know if they'll walk into salt, but it sure dissolves slugs!
  1:54am
northguineahills:

Yes, indeedy, I'm Floridian bred.
  1:58am
Matt from Springfield:

Good vocals from Joe Henderson!
(And from somewhat-forgotten Fontella, of course!)
  1:59am
Holly in NC:

@ngh - the palmettos are esp large this year, at least in Durham. Fuckers.
  2:02am
Holly in NC:

When I djd in western MA, highest rated show was Sat am polka show, it was umtouchable
  2:03am
northguineahills:

The really big ones would succumb to a good stomp, you'd have kick them a few times, if they didn't fly away, and then, if successful, you have to deal w/ the sulfur-esque aroma.

I've been having many polka conversations WFMU'ers in the last week, oddly (or not) enough.
  2:04am
Matt from Springfield:

@Holly: And why not? Those fans of that show will listen EVERY week, cause no one else is playin' it!
  2:07am
Matt from Springfield:

NASA is in fact hiring, IF you're a physical scientist--social scientists need not apply (I don't have enough hard science background--then again it's tough to make the astronaut cut, I probably wouldn't make that anyway). But, if you're a physical scientist, in great shape and having great vision, you just might become an astronaut!
  2:08am
Holly in NC:

Who did the lovely vocals on Wanted - didn't catch name, sorry.
  2:08am
Matt from Springfield:

"Rescue Me" B-side!! Thanks Joe!!
  2:13am
KP:

Ambien punk rock?
  2:13am
Brian in UK:

Mornin' Joe, Matt, ngh, Holly.
Hard to believe but I was singing (to myself) Portobello Road last week. Matthew & Son that this single comes from was my first bought album. Paper round money.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:14am
Joe McG:

@KP: Yes, they drive around without remembering where they went listening to the Ramones.
  2:15am
KP:

My Words With Friends sound effects are playing through the radio. Hope that is not too distracting.
  2:16am
KP:

That sounds like 20 of my best years.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:16am
Joe McG:

@Brian: Hi, Brian! A fine first album, indeed!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:17am
Joe McG:

My first album was "Young and Rich" by the Tubes. I wonder what THAT means!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:18am
Joe McG:

What was everyone's first album?
  2:20am
Holly in NC:

Hi Brian! In these parts kids don't have paper routes anymore - all routes covered by adults, with cars. Sad on several levels.
  2:25am
Holly in NC:

Tough question - K-Tel Dynamite, Donny Osmond, waylon Jennings all in running...and inherited Hello Muddah & Felix the Cat 7ins
  2:25am
KP:

Paul Revere and the Raiders Greatest Hits? That would be a little later on for me but I mostly listened to records at friends' houses.
  2:29am
KP:

One of those friends, the No. 1 one, and I went to see mark Lindsay in city a few years ago. It was fantastic and quite emotional.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:29am
Joe McG:

These are all great answers!
  2:29am
Holly in NC:

And as far as lps purchasef FOR me, cruel family made me cry via Puff & terrified me via Snow White. Trauma.
  2:31am
KP:

This Bonnie Dobson wrote Morning Dew? Wowzer!
  2:32am
mark:

Evening all. Pretty sure mine was BTO's Not Fragile. Still like that one I must say.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:33am
Joe McG:

@KP: Yep, she even rerecorded it on this very album. @Mark: Hey, Mark! You have nothing to be ashamed of.
  2:35am
KP:

I will have to look into that. Awaiting Jade, that will be my second ever album.
  2:36am
Holly in NC:

I believe BTO's Takin' Care of Business is on K-Tel Dynamite...
  2:41am
Holly in NC:

Lee. Love.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:43am
Joe McG:

I play a lot of Lee Hazlewood. Can't help it.
  2:46am
KP:

Set em up Joe.
  2:48am
KP:

Has there been a lee Hazelwood cover album? Is that a stupid question?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:48am
Joe McG:

I just had a sublime radio nerd moment: The lyric "It's quarter to three..." played exactly at 2:45.
  2:49am
Holly in NC:

Another great segue! Joe, you & Mary Wing need to have a segue throwdown.
And Monica.
  2:50am
KP:

And set up by Joe.
  2:51am
Holly in NC:

Oh now you're just showing off ;-)
  2:52am
KP:

Those personal transportation things? You and Mary could joust in them.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:52am
Joe McG:

@Holly: You just mentioned my name among some pretty primo company, Holly. I'm all a-flutter.
  2:54am
Holly in NC:

and now you're making me cry. Great song.
  2:57am
KP:

Well I know that tune. Fun again joe, see ya holly.
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