Bob Brainen's show

Artist	Track	Album	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
Hank Levine Orch. w/ Timothy Leary	Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience		1961 / 1966		0:00:00 Pop-up)
Moby Grape	Hey Grandma	Moby Grape	1967		0:02:29 Pop-up)
Raybeats	Tight Turn	Guitar Beat	1981		0:05:12 Pop-up)
Ornette Coleman	Mr. & Mrs. People	Beauty Is a Rare Thing: The Complete Atlantic Recordings	1960 / 1993	prev. unreleased track	0:08:55 Pop-up)
Cookies	Only To Other People		1963		0:13:35 Pop-up)
Valjean	Theme From Ben Casey	Theme From Ben Casey	1962	always tough trying to follow this time signature...	0:16:13 Pop-up)
Palookaville!	Everybody Outta Da Pool!	Palookaville!	2004		0:18:39 Pop-up)
Bert Kaempfert	Wonderland by Night	Hard to Find Orchestral Instrumentals	1960 / 1999	VAR	0:21:14 Pop-up)
Louis Philippe & the Night Mail	Willow	Thunderclouds *	2020		0:24:27 Pop-up)
The Move	No Time	Message from the Country	1971		0:26:44 Pop-up)

Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch"					0:30:21 Pop-up)
P.J. O'Connell	The Dakotas	Dream Life	2001		0:35:11 Pop-up)
The Who	Don't Look Away	Happy Jack	1967		0:39:07 Pop-up)
Paul Butterfield Blues Band	Mary Mary	East West	1966		0:42:01 Pop-up)
Waxwing	A Bowl of Sixty Taxidermists	A Bowl of Sixty Taxidermists	2015		0:44:46 Pop-up)
Spencer Ross	Tracy's Theme	Hard to Find Orchestral Instrumentals	1960 / 1999	VAR	0:47:52 Pop-up)
Charles Mingus	Passions of a Man	Passions of A Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1956-1961	1960 / 1997		0:50:39 Pop-up)
Yasauaki Shimizu	Sen Nen 1	Music For Comercials	1987		0:55:39 Pop-up)

Music behind DJ: "birds @ 302 Chestnut"					0:57:41 Pop-up)
Stanley Cowell R.I.P.
Stanley Cowell	Equipoise	Musa * Ancestral Streams,	1974	Strata East label	1:04:57 Pop-up)
Max Roach Quintet	Effi	Members Don't Git Weary	1968	Stanley Cowell-composer, piano	1:08:37 Pop-up)
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Original Prophets	Birds		1966	CIA label	1:14:51 Pop-up)
Mac & Katie Kissoon	Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep	Very Best Of...	1971 / 1993		1:17:38 Pop-up)
NRBQ	Four Million B.C.	Workshop	1972 / 2008		1:20:20 Pop-up)
David Greenberger & Tyson Rogers w/Keith Spring	The Wrong Bagel	Everybody's Home *	2020		1:22:53 Pop-up)
Gene Krupa Orch. w/Leo Watson	Do You Wanna Jump, Children	Leo Watson: The Original Scat Man	1938 / 1999	NOTE: This is the correct order of this song and the next one. I reversed them in my back-announcing.	1:24:13 Pop-up)
Red Allen	Ain't You Got Music	Swing Low	193 / 2013		1:26:40 Pop-up)

Music behind DJ: "birds @ 302 Chestnut"					1:29:26 Pop-up)
Chad Stuart R.I.P.
Chad & Jeremy	Too Soon My Love	The Complete Ember & World Artists Recordings	1964 / 2016		1:35:33 Pop-up)
Chad & Jeremy	You Are She	Distant Shores	1966 /2000		1:37:56 Pop-up)
Chad & Jeremy	Anytime	Distant Shores	1966 / 2000	single; CD bonus track	1:40:24 Pop-up)
Chad Stuart * Jeremy Clyde	Imagination	The Ark	1967 / 2000		1:42:32 Pop-up)
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Wayne Horvitz	Nothing Dies As Slowly As A Scene	Some Places Are Forever Afternoon	2015		1:45:25 Pop-up)
Space Opera	Caledonia	Safe At Home	1975 / 2010	archival album	1:49:04 Pop-up)
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch"					1:52:37 Pop-up)
Saint Dirt Elementary School	Lullaby For Naughty Children	Abandoned Ballroom	2011		1:56:21 Pop-up)
Thanks To David Borks, Ron Jett, Doug Young & Pete Tomlinson

Listener comments!

9:00am 1whoknewcthulhu:

Good morning, Bob and all, and an early Happy New Year!

9:00am Andrew in Toronto:

Good morning Bob and all other Brainiacs!

9:00am YETI BOB:

Good Morning Bob and the Brainiacs!

9:01am Jeff:

Good Morning Bob, Doc + fellow listeners

🥁

9:02am wmfromdumont:

Morning Bob and all.

9:02am Bob Brainen:

Good morning 1whoknewcthulhu, Andrew In Toronto,
YETI BOB & Jeff

9:03am TDK60:

He does have Moby Grape. Morning Bob.

9:03am YETI BOB:

ok, time to wake everyone up!

9:03am Doc Rock:

Good morning Bob, Jeff & all listeners.

9:04am 1whoknewcthulhu:

Mornin' Moby Motivation!

9:04am Bob Brainen:

Hey wmfromdumont, TDK60, Doc Rock

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9:04am wmfromdumont:

Gimme that Robitussen

9:05am TDK60:

Off to the pastry shop, back shortly..

9:06am Marc Francis:

!!!BOXING DAY BOB BRAINEN!!!

9:07am Marc Francis:

(Well... maybe no in the USA but for the rest of us it's
BOXING DAY BOB BRAINEN!!!)

9:07am Bob Brainen:

Morning Marc Francis

9:07am YETI BOB:

@Marc: I'm putting on my gloves and heading to the gym!

9:10am Jeff:

I’m really digging this opening today: Grape - Raybeats - Ornette!!!

9:11am Bob Brainen:

Thanks Jeff!

9:12am Marc Francis:

@YETI BOB: Rocky style!

9:15am Joe Merklee:

Good Morning, all!

🥁

9:16am wmfromdumont:

Cookies, nice!. Bob do you know the Bach's Lunch single?

9:17am Bob Brainen:

Morning Joe,
Wm. I do not. When is it from?

9:17am mauri:

Ben Casey will save us! Hey Bob and everone!

9:18am Bob Brainen:

Hey mauri,

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9:19am wmfromdumont:

It's the singer from the Cookies backed by the Myddle Class. One single in '67. Produced by Carole King. B side is a David Palmer song.

9:20am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Older brother had MobyGrape in my earliest years. Good stuff to be weaned on! ...since there was no Ween yet... Grape top-loaded with talents - too many even. What a delicious album.

9:22am egould310:

Dig that Palookaville! guitar sound. Good morning, Bob! Hello to all you WFMU listeners. Greetings from Seattle.

9:22am Bob Brainen:

Wow! NO, would love to hear it.
Revolution Rabbit Nov63, that's coo, Every houseghold, every collction should have Moby Grape!

9:23am Bob Brainen:

Morning egould310

9:24am SmokinJ:

Mornin' bb & all.. 8-)

9:24am Zoot:

Have every Moby Grape album.Got a new Grape Jam with extra tracks.

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9:24am wmfromdumont:

I'll get it to ya Bob.

9:25am Bob Brainen:

Hey SmokinJ & Zoot

9:25am Bob Brainen:

Thanks Wm!

9:25am Jeff:

New Grape Jam! Wow!!!

9:26am Marc Francis:

Oooooh. So warbly and lovely.

9:27am Bob Brainen:

Zoot, I always thought Grape Jam was the inspiration for Super Session. Hell it's even got Bloomfield & Kooper on it!

9:28am dale:

hello. this move could easily be amazing blondel or someone a bit proggier. i like it.

9:29am Zoot:

I agree Bob.And there is more Grape Jam in the vaults.

9:29am Bob Brainen:

Glad you like Dale. Yeah they're well on their way to becoming E.L.O.

9:32am dale:

chad everett had nice hair.

9:33am adamdoesit:

Good morning, Bob and everyone.

9:36am Bob Brainen:

Morning adamdoesit,

9:36am Edward O'Connell:

Good Morning, Bob! — Greetings from Bethesda. Sweet to hear Patrick — and a great choice. Love — Ed

9:39am Bob Brainen:

Hey Edward, I can t tell you how much I miss Pat.

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9:40am wmfromdumont:

Some gems on this Who LP.

9:40am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

<3 Who

9:42am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Townshend - Country plucker :)

9:43am Bob Brainen:

Wm. I love the 1st 4 U.S. LPs.
That song does have a country thing goin!

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9:44am wmfromdumont:

Agreed Bob.

9:45am marc:

good morning Bob sounding good my cats wake me up early time to tune in

9:45am TDK60:

Tasty morsels, Happy Jack, East West.

9:45am Toothgrinder Tom:

Happy Boxing Day all you kangeroos!

9:47am Jeff:

In my opinion, the first (US) Who album is better than the debut albums (US or UK) by either the Beatles or Stones.

9:47am Bob Brainen:

marc, my cay's are sleepin' right along...
Thanks TDK60,
Hey Toothgrinder Tom

9:48am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Confess - steeped in the 1st legendary Bloomfield album (transatlantic juxtaposition to Mayall-Clapton Beano, if you will)
- but not yet aware of that Monkees connection !

9:48am TDK60:

It's also Wren Day.

9:50am TDK60:

..also first day of Kwanzaa.

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9:50am wmfromdumont:

I got into the first 4 Who LP's via those two-fer reissues. It created confusion that took me awhile to figure out.

9:51am CalZone!:

morning BB! One of the few high points of 2020 (and there are very. very, very, few) was your return to WFMU airwaves. Thanks for the music!

9:52am Jeff:

I agree, CalZone!

9:52am PaulRobeson1920:

Gotta LoVe WFMU!

9:52am TDK60:

Revrab, what do you mean by 1st Bloomfield? 1st Paul Butterfield Blues Band LP?

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9:52am wmfromdumont:

Seriously, I agree with CalZone.

9:53am Bob Brainen:

Jeff, that's high praise! Rev. interesting.
Wren Day, Kwaanza, all good!
CalZone! & Jeff, I really appreciate that.
PaulRobeson1920, AMEN!

9:54am Robert Johnson:

Bloomfield greatest white blues guitar player.
San Francisco misses him. The Flag too.

9:55am Irene Trudel:

Yes, always good to hear your show, Bob! A definite bright spot.

9:55am Jeff:

Can’t argue with Robert Johnson. King of the Delta Blues!

9:55am Zoot:

New Bloomfield bio.Good read.

9:57am Bob Brainen:

Robert Johnson, I dig quite a few but Bloomers and Peter Green have to top the list.
Ah thanks Irene, back atcha!
Zoot, is that the 2nd Bloomfield bio?

9:57am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Me @ length re Who's 1st album :
m.facebook.com...

9:59am Jeff:

Bob, I think Guitar King is the 3rd Bloomfield bio, but it’s the best (IMO).

10:00am earthwalker:

Ya got something cooking on the radio too
We love it

10:01am Zoot:

Yeah Guitar King is the one.

10:02am Robert Johnson:

East West. Enough said. And Elvin and Mark and Butter. OMG

10:02am Zoot:

Irene:no more show?

10:03am Irene Trudel:

Hey Bob-- is it me or are your talk levels extremely low?

10:04am Ross T.:

Irene that would be Bob!

10:05am Zoot:

He’s not Scott Muni,

10:06am Irene Trudel:

Zoot, thanks for asking. I moved over to the Give the Drummer Radio stream, hosting a weekly show on Mondays at noon. BTW, I'm filling in on the stream tonight 7-9pm. Click on "Pop-up" at the top of the playlist to listen in: wfmu.org...

10:06am Zoot:

Jeffrey Davidson’s voice was low too.

10:07am Bob Brainen:

Irene, that's something that I have a technical issue with, but it doesn't sound lower to me, but I'll always defer to you.

10:10am Ross T.:

I have a very technical solution -- when Bob speaks I turn it up, back down when the music resumes.

I love the show!

🥁

10:10am wmfromdumont:

RIP Stanley Cowell. We lost Jymie Merritt in the last few years as well.

10:11am Irene Trudel:

I think the whole show is low compared with other stations on the dial. I'm going to call the studio elves to see if they can help.

10:12am Zoot:

Loose wire somewhere

10:12am Wendy del Formaggio:

Good morning, Bob and friends.

10:14am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

TDK I meant 1st Butterfield, pardon.

10:15am Bob Brainen:

We had some damage from the storm that didn't help things.
Hey Wendy del Formaggio

10:16am Jeff:

It ALL sounds good to me!

10:17am Zoot:

Lo Fi recordings

10:17am Doc Rock:

What Jeff said. Yeah!

10:17am TDK60:

Gotcha, Revrabbit. I do wonder if the 1st P.B.B. LP was Bloomfield's initial recording. He was on Highway 61 by Bob around the same time, not sure which session was first.

10:19am Will:

Just love the Lush version of this song. And this one!

10:19am Cooh John:

Like the avian flavor.

10:19am Jeff:

I think I saw Katie Kissoon sing with Clapton. Does that make any sense?

10:20am kpx:

this song should be dedicated to yerfriendPaul, he'll know why!

10:21am Doc Rock:

@ Jeff - yes with Eric for many years.

10:21am Marc Francis:

Slade straight up jacked that last song!

10:21am Jeff:

I think Mike did an album for Columbia and John Hammond prior to playing with Dylan or Butter (although, it might not have been released).

10:23am Bob Brainen:

TDK60, I think Hank Ratchel (sp?) was Bloomers debut, but...it could have come out archivally? Not sure. He also had sides on his won but, again, not sure if they were released when they were recorded.
Mac & Katie sang backgrounds a lot Jeff.

10:24am northguineahills:

I turn on all of the wfmu streams all at once sometimes...

10:24am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Dylan basically took the Butterfield band to Go Electric before he got The Band - though it's shocking how little I know about who's on these Dylan albums that matter as much as anything!

10:24am Uncle Michael:

I TOTALLY AGREE ABOUT EVERYTHING BAGELS!

10:24am Uncle Michael:

10:24am Listener Robert:

That's so right about the bagels and a lot of other things.

10:25am Jeff:

Yank Rachell (I think)

10:25am Ross T.:

"I like Roky. but I don't like an everything bagel." I'm good now!

10:25am northguineahills:

I'm more of a pumpernickel bagel w/ sesame seeds type of guy....

10:25am Listener Robert:

Oh, and glad WMFU is back on this morning. Good job getting Mt. Hope online again, people.

10:26am Doc Rock:

Jeff - Bloomfield did record for Columbia prior to Dylan, and some of those tunes are on that Bloomfield Anthology that Columbia put out.

10:26am Darren from da Skeleton Crew:

@Irene- the signal might sound quiet or slightly weaker compared to other stations on the dial because we're on our backup stream right now due to the Xmas eve storm

10:27am Uncle Michael:

We buy the good bagels when we're in Kansas City and freeze them. The Mrs. likes everything bagels. When we share one of those, I take the bottom.

10:27am Jeff:

Thanks Doc!

10:27am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...whereas when Roky went Electric - we're talking more like actual voltage to the brain...

10:28am TDK60:

Thanks Doc Rock; never heard of that anthology.

10:29am Zoot:

There are a lot of Michael Bloomfield albums

10:29am TDK60:

I turn down raisin bagels every time. Pumpernickel is okay.

10:29am Jeff:

I could go for a hot bialy!

10:30am Listener Robert:

The "everything bagel" problem also exists with superhero media. Just because a merged media company owns a slough of comic book characters and therefore has the right to mix them doesn't mean they should.

Case in point, the recent "Shazam!" movie. Just because Captain Marvel and Superman are co-owned doesn't mean they should co-exist. It diminishes the impact of Captain Marvel to have Superman exist as a real thing in his world. It'd be much more fun if Superman existed only as a fictional character in Capt. Marvel's world.

10:31am Irene Trudel:

Ah, thanks for the update, Darren!

10:31am litmus0001:

Great set Bob. Listening from the hinterlands of southcentral OH.

10:32am Doc Rock:

Once again “What Jeff said.”

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10:33am wmfromdumont:

The Mustard Family?

10:34am Jeff:

There was a place on Coney Island Ave that made the best bialys. It’s gone now (like almost everything else).

10:35am Zoot:

Bialys are easy to make at home

10:35am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

They make an interesting contrast - that Superman has rivals in strength & power - & his weakness is Magick - which Marvel is all about... So it comes down to them as People : Kal-El Clark & Billy... & GreenLantern is in ways as powerful as Supes....
They form a Qabballah : Supes Solar, Bats Lunar, Diana Venus, Flash Mercury...

10:36am Bob Brainen:

Hey Uncle Michael, Listener Robert, northguineahills,
Thanks litmus0001,
Wm. yes!
Bialys rule!

10:36am Jeff:

Zoot, really? Flour, water, onions? It’s gotta be NYC water!

10:37am TDK60:

Was that the 1st Qaballah LP, Revrab?

10:37am Bob Brainen:

listener Robert & Rev-you guys make me think of Jerry & George on Seinfeld with that thread!

10:37am Zoot:

Jeff:King Arthur flour recipe

10:37am Doc Rock:

Bialys with butter - Yes!

10:38am Listener Robert:

To elaborate, just as in the everything bagel you can't taste anything so they're boring, if Superman exists as a real thing in Captain Marvel's world, then his own existence is not as surprising. It's better if in Capt. Marvel's world Superman is not real, so his own existence defies all expectations, and his friends would think it impossible. If he's just unusual but not unique, not as much fun.

10:38am Jeff:

Thanks Zoot!

10:38am Ross T.:

Ah twee before it was a thing.

10:39am Jeff:

Listener Robert, I think you’re onto something.

10:41am Bob Brainen:

I love Orchestral Pop. Anything w/ a harpsichord on it!

10:41am Jeff:

Chad & Jeremy/Peter & Gordon
That would’ve been some tag team match back in the day!

10:41am TDK60:

Used to have some Chad & Jeremy 45s (and Peter & Gordon singles too!). Good stuff.

10:41am Listener Robert:

I could say the same about ecumenism if taken too broadly. If all (or too many disparate) religions are part of your own religion, it's...blah.

10:42am Ross T.:

Winner fights David and Jonathan.

10:43am kpx:

bialys wit budda.

10:43am TDK60:

So Listener Robert, we've journeyed from bagels, to comics, to the Infinite?

10:43am Zoot:

I saw Chad and a Jeremy,great vocals and guitar pickin’

10:43am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Twee - aimed right @ Pop & British Invasion coattails
- but always smart quality stuff. FolkRawk ahead of the curve even. Much nostalgia.

10:45am Bob Brainen:

Listener Robert, there's a quote, something like "Believeing ios nothing is as boring a sbelieving in everything."

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10:46am wmfromdumont:

Even though they were Brits, C and J always sound more SoCal to me.

10:46am Bob Brainen:

Damn, I want a hot bialy with butter right now!

10:47am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Aha well I advocate for Pop Culture as the real thing.
The Funny Books are Mythology. What more universal & potent symbology than Superman & Batman?

10:47am Listener Robert:

But I still like the idea of "Glass" that the gods walk among us, but don't know it. It works as the movie that it is, but there's no need for a sequel.

10:47am Zoot:

Bob:make em and freeze em

10:48am Bob Brainen:

Wm. I know at least one album was recorded in NYC. But Socal, I get that, but they also seem very British.

10:49am Bob Brainen:

Zoot, more like BUY 'em and freeze 'em!

10:51am Bob Brainen:

Hey, I'm the last guy on the block to finally get Netflix.
Any recommendations?

10:52am northguineahills:

@Listener Robert, why do you B'hai that notion?

10:52am TDK60:

Gosh, Listener Robert. I don't see myself keeping: "you're too ecumenical" as one of my arsenal of insults. Oh well..

10:52am Zoot:

Tin Star

10:53am litmus0001:

Keep checking to see if this is Space Opera or Zappa. Damn! I'm definitely reading up on these guys.

10:53am Jeff:

Bob, Queen’s Gambit was great. If Shtisel, Unorthodox or Fauda are on, check ‘em out. Lots of good music docs also.

10:54am kpx:

correction, you want a hot bialy 'wit budda' right now !

10:54am Joe Merklee:

Bob- I LOVED the British series FLOWERS- dark, funny, unsettling and surprising- not like anything I'd seen before.

10:55am Andrew in Toronto:

Thanks for the great show again, Bob.

10:55am Listener Robert:

Northguineahills, Bahais tend to be very nice and fun people. It's just their beliefs that are boring.

10:55am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Heard no West tributes yet !

10:56am TDK60:

Thanks Bob! I bypassed bagel arguments today by getting croissants.

10:56am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

TY As Ever DJ BB Sir.

10:57am Jeff:

Hey, Leslie West “borrowed” my friend Sean’s ‘58 Strat and two vintage Martins. They were never returned.
R.I.P. Leslie. I loved you and your music despite....

10:57am Listener Bop Monroe:

thnx 4 a great year Mr BB!

10:57am northguineahills:

@Listener Robert, then there a lot of Japanese syncretic "new religions" as well.

10:57am Listener Robert:

Oh, and Bahais tend to draw shit from all sides, unfortunately. They offend fanatics by being inoffensive and accommodating.

10:58am Bob Brainen:

Thanks for the recommends!
And thanks for tuning in.
Stay safe!

10:58am TDK60:

I actually have heard some see Bahais as too ecumenical. But hey, they had Dizzie Gillespie and Seals & Crofts, so there's that.

10:58am Jeff:

Bob, thanks for your time, music and conversation. You really help to make life more tolerable these days.

10:58am northguineahills:

@Listener Robert, then there a lot of Japanese syncretic "new religions" as well.

10:59am bbob:

Happy New Year, BB from BB! Thanks for doing your do!

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