WFMU: Bob Brainen: Playlist from January 11, 2025

Listener comments!
	🥁 10:44am RobbieWhite: have fun this morning Bob
	11:00am Bob Brainen: Thanks, RobbieWhite of WOWD And you have fun tomorrow
	11:01am Andrew in Toronto: Good morning, Bob, and all other listeners! R.I.P. Sam Moore. www.nytimes.com...
	11:01am doctorjazz: Hello Bob and Streamers!
	🥁 11:01am RobbieWhite: ↳ Bob Brainen @11:00 I'll give it my best shot Bob
	🥁 11:01am wmfromd: Good morning Bob and all!
	11:02am Bob Brainen: Good morning, Andrew in Toronto. R.I.P. Sam, up there fighting with Dave again, no doubt.
	11:02am Bob Brainen: Hello, doctorjazz
	11:02am Bob Brainen: Morning, wmfromd
	11:03am Andrew in Toronto: Hi there, doc!
	11:03am Bob Brainen: Anyone get any decent snow? We got less than an inch, like last time.
	🥁 11:05am wmfromd: ↳ Bob Brainen @11:03 A little north of you Bob. About an inch.
	🥁 11:05am (Mr) Bill: Perhaps there’ll be some Stax to complement Motown today.
	11:05am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Bob Brainen @11:03 We got 5 inches.
	11:05am Soule: Top of morning, Bob + tout le monde.
	11:06am Bob Brainen: ↳ wmfromd @11:05 I complain about the lack of it, others complain about too much of it...
	🥁 11:07am (Mr) Bill: < 1 inch in central Queens, all of which has returned to its atmospheric place in the water cycle.
	11:07am Bob Brainen: ↳ (Mr) Bill @11:05 Hey, ((Mr) Bill, we see. ..l
	11:07am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Soule @11:05 Morning, Soule!
	11:07am Bob Brainen: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:05 That's a decent amount.
	11:07am Bob Brainen: Top to you as well, Soule
	11:08am SmokinJ: Howdy Doody bb & all! 8-)
	11:08am Doug Schulkind: Good morning, Bob and friends.
	11:08am Bob Brainen: ↳ SmokinJ @11:08 Howdy doo, SmokinJ
	11:09am Bob Brainen: Good morning to you, Doug S.
	🥁 11:09am wmfromd: ↳ Bob Brainen @11:06 Nice to look at. Shoveling it... ugh.
	11:11am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "I'm Coming Virginia" by "Bix Beiderbecke [w/Frank... Love this!
	11:12am doctorjazz: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:03 Hi Andrew!
	11:12am Soule: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:07 Hey there, Andrew!
	11:12am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "I'm Coming Virginia" by "Bix Beiderbecke [w/Frank... Dig Bix!!!
	11:12am Bob Brainen: ↳ doctorjazz @11:11 I'm getting more and more back into the early stuff!
	11:14am StringOFperils: I'm about ready to cakewalk back into 1927 myself. The future is not all it was cracked up to be.
	🥁 11:14am Gina Bacon: Monring, Bob & all!
	11:15am Bob Brainen: Morning, Gina Bacon
	11:15am doctorjazz: ↳ Bob Brainen @11:12 pull out some Frank Teschemacher (which I should do too, haven't pulled those records out in quite a while)
	11:15am Bob Brainen: Hey, StringOFperils, dance on!
	11:16am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Eddie's Twister" by "Eddie Lang" Lang was definitely a jazz guitar pioneer, but I always find his time to be slightly off (I read somewhere he played with extremely heavy guage strings that were hard to play)
	11:17am adamdoesit: Good morning, Bob, brothers, sisters, and twisters.
	11:17am Bob Brainen: ↳ doctorjazz @11:15 Will do. / Lang sounds just right to me. Different strokes...
	11:17am Bob Brainen: Morning, Adamdoesit
	11:17am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Gina Bacon @11:14 Morning, Gina!
	🥁 11:18am wmfromd: ↳ doctorjazz @11:15 Teschmacher! You're going deep doctorj.
	🥁 11:19am Gina Bacon: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:17 Morning, Andrew!
	🥁 11:19am (Mr) Bill: R.I.P. Paul Stookey.
	11:19am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Brooklyn Owes The Charmer (Under Me)" by "Steely ... All the early Dan records are being remastered and released on vinyl (some really specialty labels are charging an arm and a leg for these...)
	11:21am David B: Thanks for another wonderful week! Love this Motown series!
	11:21am StringOFperils: Really good hour long chat with Skunk Baxter posted recently w Rick Beato on YT
	11:22am Bob Brainen: Hey, David B, glad you are enjoying.
	11:22am Bob Brainen: ↳ (Mr) Bill @11:19 You mean Peter Yarrow?
	11:23am Bob Brainen: ↳ StringOFperils @11:21 Will try to catch it.
	🥁 11:23am (Mr) Bill: ↳ Bob Brainen @11:22 Of course. Sorry for the carelessness.
	11:24am doctorjazz: ↳ wmfromd @11:18 Tesch is sort of the progenetor of Pee Wee Russell, also a fave of mine!
	11:26am doctorjazz: ↳ doctorjazz @11:19 Like this one, for the bargain price of $150 (they all sell out too!)
	🥁 11:27am (Mr) Bill: ↳ Song: "Sweet Deam Fade" by "Laura Nyro" What a treat.
	🥁 11:27am chresti: Morning Bob and bobbers!
	11:28am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ chresti @11:27 Morning, crestikins!
	🥁 11:28am wmfromd: ↳ Song: "Tip Of My Mind" by "Monte Dunne & Karen Cruz" Just listened to Tim Hardin's Bird On a Wire. Heavy Monte Dunne involvement.
	11:29am Bob Brainen: Morning, chresti
	11:29am Bob Brainen: ↳ wmfromd @11:28 Nice, I did not know...or forgot.
	11:31am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Song Of The Shrimp" by "Elvis Presley" making my family think if Kiss De Girl from little Mermaid!
	11:33am doctorjazz: ↳ doctorjazz @11:26 store.acousticsounds.com...1i66399_upMQ.._gs*MQ..&gclid=Cj0KCQiAyoi8BhDvARIsAO_CDsCflSbuWgadvlUcB7rAqPeKUKJc1q9Zy6tGsgTCWWu7b-msKTHUctMaAl-qEALw_wcB
	🥁 11:35am chresti: Morning Andrew in TOkins!
	11:35am StringOFperils: ↳ doctorjazz @11:33 Oligarch pricing
	11:36am doctorjazz: Lang had tonsillectomy surgery, if I remember correctly (surgery was pretty risky back then)
	11:38am doctorjazz: ↳ StringOFperils @11:35 Or wealthy audiophile obsessives...(have to say, they've been tempting me something fierce, but keeping myself under control)
	11:40am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Man On A Boat" by "Lady Blackbird" This is nice!
	11:41am Franco Twinkie: ↳ Bob Brainen @11:29 Bob, are you using a different mic, or are you just putting a little compression on the whatchamacallit?
	11:42am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Man On A Boat" by "Lady Blackbird" She has a Buffy St Marie vibrato, which usually makes me crazy, but I like it on her.
	11:42am Bob Brainen: Oopsy, correction time, just got texted that I said Walter Becker sang the 1st (pre-Steely Dan) version of Brooklyn. It was, of course, Donald Fagen.
	11:42am doctorjazz: ↳ Franco Twinkie @11:41 I noticed Bob's voice sounds a bit different as well (just thought he had a cold)
	11:44am Franco Twinkie: ↳ doctorjazz @11:42 I did as well, until I turned off the exhaust fan over the stove.
	11:44am Bob Brainen: ↳ Franco Twinkie @11:41 Franco, same set-up. I was sick recently and my voice is lower for some reason, but I feel fine. "Feelin' Good!"
	11:44am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Feelin' Good" by "John Coltrane Quartet" TRANE!!! (Roulette in Brooklyn is having a show tomorrow night dedicated to A Love Supreme). roulette.org...
	11:45am Franco Twinkie: ↳ Bob Brainen @11:44 Ah!
	11:45am doctorjazz: ↳ doctorjazz @11:44 Part of NY Winter Jazz Fest (went last night, much fun!)
	11:47am David B: “Feelin’ Good” an NRBQ reference?
	11:48am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Feelin' Good" by "John Coltrane Quartet" Old Gospel tune, no?
	11:50am Gerry from Miami: You better have a stereo system worthy of playing these UHQR pressings or your $150 investment might go to waste. They are obviously not aiming at a mass market with these releases. But it's nice to know there are audiophiles out there who care this much to bring "ultimate" sound to its rarefied audience.
	11:50am Bob Brainen: ↳ David B @11:47 Ha, a "songonym."
	11:50am gene sculatti: Mornin,' Bob.
	11:52am Bob Brainen: Hi, Gerry from Miami . That counts me out.
	11:52am doctorjazz: ↳ Gerry from Miami @11:50 Got an aging audiophile setup (about 30 years old, the oldest parts), likely due for some updating, but I probably should be downsizing rather than upgrading at this point of my life...
	11:52am StringOFperils: ↳ Gerry from Miami @11:50 He does.
	11:52am Bob Brainen: Hey, Gene Sculatti
	11:52am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Joshua Fit De Battle of Jericho" by "Grant Green" Nice!
	11:53am ∫ydniuß: ↳ doctorjazz @11:52 I’m still using Sansui speakers I got when I was 16. They sound great, why replace?
	11:55am Bob Brainen: Hi, ∫ydniuß.
	11:56am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Joshua Fit De Battle of Jericho" by "Grant Green" We're in a very Spiritual zone this morning...
	11:58am Gerry from Miami: Mornin', BOB! Picked up on your "lowered" voice first thing today. Hope you continue to feel better. Winter can be cruel. I hope they record that concert dedicated to "A Love Supreme" taking place in Brooklyn tomorrow.
	11:58am northguineahills: heya, bob!
	🥁 12:02pm PAULS: Hi Bob and everyone, sliding in late due to stupid Saturday errands...
	12:03pm Bob Brainen: Hi PAULS, the doors always open
	12:04pm Bob Brainen: heya, northguineahills
	12:04pm Gerry from Miami: BOB, nice to see you are making Lady Blackbird a regular feature of your program. She's the real deal!
	12:05pm Andrew in Toronto: ↳ PAULS @12:02 bon jour, mon frere pauls!
	12:05pm doctorjazz: ↳ Gerry from Miami @11:58 Sometimes they stream their shows, but nothing on the website indicates they'll stream this one (maybe after the fact, worth checking back on it). I'd love to go, busy tomorrow (the cast of improvisers is impressive).
	🥁 12:06pm PAULS: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @12:05 Hey Andrew!
	12:14pm Frank Zaatar: Morning, Bob! Anthony Newley's deep influence on David Bowie has been under-recognized. You can hear it in his pre-Ziggy cabaret period, but I think it stayed with him.
	🥁 12:15pm (Mr) Bill: ↳ Song: "Scatter Me" by "TC&I" No argument about this death-themed song’s being marvelously life-affirming. IMHO, Spirit’s “Farther Along” is its equal.
	12:16pm Frank Zaatar: ↳ Song: "Dancing In The Street" by "Martha And The Vandellas" The greatest single ever made. Period.
	12:17pm Bob Brainen: Hey, Frank Zataar, true dat.
	12:17pm David B: Great start to the Motown Hour! Can’t forget the Motor City!
	12:17pm Frank Zaatar: ↳ Frank Zaatar @12:16 Also uncoverable IMHO. I have never heard an adequate cover of it, even by artists I love.
	12:18pm Bob Brainen: Sorry Frank...Zaatar."
	🥁 12:19pm (Mr) Bill: ↳ Frank Zaatar @12:17 Laura Nyro with Labelle?
	12:20pm Frank Zaatar: ↳ Bob Brainen @12:18 That's OK. I guess you were confusing me with Ricky Fataar (I wish).
	12:20pm David B: Mamas &Papas did a cover of it, where John Phillips and Mama Cass inserted places they knew (near Alexandria, VA) in the outro
	12:21pm Gerry from Miami: Seems like "Feelin'Good" has turned out to be the song that has cemented the collaboration of Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley in the minds of musicians and their audiences. So many versions of this great tune. My favorite rendering is Nina Simone's. As a freshman in college I saw "Roar of the Greasepaint...." in Philadelphia(twice!) in late 1964. The show was prepping for Broadway. Got to meet Newley and wife Joan Collins, along with the great Cyril Ritchard(and his standard poodle) in the alleyway behind the theater as they made their way to dinner on a rainy evening. Autographs were collected.
	12:22pm Frank Zaatar: ↳ (Mr) Bill @12:19 I haven't heard their version, but I'm willing to give it a try.
	12:23pm bobobob plastiqueland milw: Obscure Motown ....I like it !!!!!!!!
	12:24pm bobob: She's sounding like Mary Wells on this song
	12:25pm bobob: as a matter of fact close to my guy
	12:27pm Bob Brainen: ↳ bobob @12:24 Hey bobobob/bobob, they'd needed a replacement soon!
	12:28pm still b/p: ↳ Gerry from Miami @12:21 The only thing better than a tangent is a thin trivial tangent. My only Cyril note other than recalling his Captain Hook TV gig: When I was a teenage stage crew apprentice in a dinner theater, the director and cast of Bells Are Ringing thought the lyrics for Drop That Name should be updated with more current and relatable names. They paired/rhymed Cyril Ritchard with George Peppard. Wish I could remember the other revisions.
	12:31pm Bob Brainen: Hey, still b/p
	12:31pm bobob: charlie Crockett related?
	12:33pm Bob Brainen: ↳ bobob @12:31 not sure
	12:34pm spodiodi: greetings, Bob and all!
	🥁 12:34pm PAULS: ↳ bobob @12:31 Doesn't seem to be, no
	12:35pm Gerry from Miami: Nice remembrance, still b/p! Ritchard was the ultimate Captain Hook. Mary Martin incomparable as Peter Pan, of course.
	12:35pm Bob Brainen: greetings, spodiodi
	🥁 12:42pm Brian in UK: ↳ Song: "Lifetime Man" by "Oma Heard" Hello Bob & groovers. You could carbon date this one from early Beatles influence.
	12:43pm Bob Brainen: ↳ Brian in UK @12:42 Hey, Brian in U.K.- you got that right.
	12:43pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Baby Don't You Do It" by "Marvin Gaye" I heard this version after I heard it by The Band (which is a killer version), but this one is great as well!
	🥁 12:44pm Brian in UK: ↳ Frank Zaatar @12:14 The Laughing Gnome, no less.
	12:44pm Frank Zaatar: ↳ Brian in UK @12:42 I've always thought that the early Beatles were a girl group. This is Motown reclaiming the influence.
	12:45pm doctorjazz: ↳ doctorjazz @12:43 (Have to hand it to The Band, though, to be able to do a cover of a Marvin Gaye tune that stands up!)
	🥁 12:46pm wmfromd: ↳ Song: "Baby Don't You Do It" by "Marvin Gaye" A favorite amongst the Mods.
	🥁 12:46pm Brian in UK: ↳ doctorjazz @12:45 doc, talking to the converted over here.
	12:47pm Frank Zaatar: ↳ Brian in UK @12:44 Plus Biff Rose. Bowie did a note-for-note cover of Buzz the Fuzz before he recorded Fill Your Heart.
	12:52pm Frank Zaatar: ↳ Song: ""frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch"" I think the term is artist-proof (theater people talk about actor-proof plays). But Bowie and Jagger's version might change your mind.
	12:53pm Gerry from Miami: BOB, the word you were looking for in regard to cover versions of "Dancin' in the Street" is "bulletproof." Hard to ruin such a great tune!
	🥁 12:59pm Brian in UK: 'Missin' yer' Miss kissin' yer' Poetry.
	1:16pm JoeChrisMorris: Hope all are well and keeping warm.
	1:16pm Bob Brainen: To you as well, Joe
	1:19pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Too Many Fish in the Sea" by "Marvelettes" Killer tune!
	🥁 1:23pm wmfromd: ↳ Song: "Come See About Me" by "Supremes" Jr. Walker did a great version of this.
	1:24pm Gerry from Miami: BOB, hard to listen to all these great MOTOWN singles without thinking of those great back-up musicians, the FUNK BROTHERS, that were an essential part of the label's sound. Right up there with LA's WRECKING CREW!
	1:27pm StringOFperils: ↳ Song: "Without The One You Love (Life's Not Worth Living... Fantastic record.
	1:32pm Gerry from Miami: Levi Stubbs and the Four Tops were always my favorite MOTOWN band. And Levi lent his voice to the film version of " LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS" as the man-eating plant from Outer Space!
	1:33pm JoeChrisMorris: ↳ Bob Brainen @1:16 sent you Strangers on a Train, finally!
	1:34pm David Shortell: ↳ Gerry from Miami @1:32 1986, not 1960, right?
	1:35pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Go Ahead And Laugh" by "Kim Weston" Didn't know this one, great track!
	1:36pm northguineahills: ↳ Gerry from Miami @1:32 huh, i did not know that, thanks!
	1:40pm David Shortell: ↳ David Shortell @1:34 Rex is doing his Jonathan Haze memorial now: wfmu.org...
	1:42pm Gerry from Miami: JAMES JAMERSON was the backbone of the FUNK BROTHERS on bass guitar. Died unfortunately, age 46
	1:44pm doctorjazz: OK, gotta get off my keister and do some shopping/errands. Great show, Bob, thanks! Great weekend all!
	1:44pm StringOFperils: Sometimes I think 'Without The One You Love' gets transmogrified into HELP! a year later, but maybe I"m just tripping..
	1:48pm Bob Brainen: Hi, David Shortell
	🥁 1:50pm wmfromd: ↳ Song: "Catch You On The Rebound" by "Brenton Wood" A particular fave of mine. Brenton Wood RIP.
	1:51pm Andrew in Toronto: What an excellent show! Thanks, Bob!
	🥁 1:53pm PAULS: thanks, Bob -- terrific show!
	1:55pm spodiodi: thanks, Bob!
	🥁 1:55pm (Mr) Bill: Fabulous show, Bob. Hear you next week on NoMotown Saturday.
	1:56pm Gerry from Miami: @ David Shortell. Yes, the film adaptation of the Broadway musical.
	1:56pm adamdoesit: Thanks, Bob. Great show.
	1:56pm northguineahills: thanks bob!
	🥁 1:57pm wmfromd: Fantastic show Bob! Thanks!
	1:58pm Gerry from Miami: BOB, why is the sound on that SONNY ROLLINS record always messed up? Three different Saturdays now.
	1:59pm StringOFperils: Thanks Bob!

Bob Brainen: Playlist from January 11, 2025

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January 11, 2025: A free form show including "About An Hour With...The Motown Sound, Part Ten."

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Artist	Track	Album	Year	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Hank Levine & His Orchestra w/ Timothy Leary	Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience		1961 / 1966			0:00:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Hang-Ups	Top Of Morning "Top Of Morning" by "Hang-Ups"	So We Go	1996			0:02:22 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Beachwood Sparks	My Love, My Love	Across The River Of Stars	2024		*	0:05:05 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Smile, Darn Ya, Smile	Way Out West:The Lost Transcriptions For Tiffany Music 1946-1947 Volume 2	1946 / 1921			0:08:47 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Bix Beiderbecke [w/Frankie Trumbauer & Eddie Lang]	I'm Coming Virginia	Singin' the Blues	1927 / 1990			0:11:02 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Eddie Lang	Eddie's Twister "Eddie's Twister" by "Eddie Lang"	The Rough Guide To The Roots Of Jazz	1927 / 2021	VAR		0:14:15 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Steely Dan	Brooklyn Owes The Charmer (Under Me)	Can't Buy A Thrill	1972			0:17:12 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Laura Nyro	Sweet Deam Fade "Sweet Deam Fade" by "Laura Nyro"	Angel In The Dark	1994 / 2001			0:21:24 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Monte Dunne & Karen Cruz	Tip Of My Mind	Monte Dunne & Karen Cruz	1969			0:25:47 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Elvis Presley	Song Of The Shrimp "Song Of The Shrimp" by "Elvis Presley"	Girls! Girls! Girls!	1963	OST		0:28:43 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch"						0:31:03 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Lady Blackbird	Man On A Boat "Man On A Boat" by "Lady Blackbird"	Slang Spirituals	2024		*	0:39:38 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
John Coltrane Quartet	Feelin' Good	John Coltrane Quartet Plays...	1965	CD bonus track		0:42:29 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Bookshop Band	Waggons (sic) And Wheels (inspired by Orphans Of The Carnival by Carol Birch)	Emerge, Return	2024		*	0:48:14 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Grant Green	Joshua Fit De Battle of Jericho	Feelin' The Spirit	1963			0:52:21 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
TC&I	Scatter Me "Scatter Me" by "TC&I"	Great Aspirations	2017			1:00:19 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Bobak, Jons, Malone	Motherlight "Motherlight" by "Bobak, Jons, Malone"	The Morgan Blue Town Story	1969 / 2024		*	1:04:52 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch"						1:08:24 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
"About An Hour With...Motown Sounds, Part Ten"
Martha And The Vandellas	Dancing In The Street		1964	Gordy G 7033 - July 64		1:15:14 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Tommy Good	Leaving Here "Leaving Here" by "Tommy Good"		1964	Gordy G 7034 - July 64		1:17:51 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Carolyn Crawford	I'll Come Running		1964	Motown M 1064 - Aug. 64		1:21:01 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Kim Weston	Looking For The Right Guy		1964	Tamla T 54100 - Aug. 64		1:23:34 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Temptations	Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)		1964	Gordy G 7035 - Aug. 64		1:26:01 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Howard Crockett	My LIl's Run Off "My LIl's Run Off" by "Howard Crockett"		1964	Mel-o-dy 115 - Aug. 64		1:28:20 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Jr Walker & The All Stars	Monkey Jump		1964	Soul S 35003 - Aug. 64		1:30:26 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Sammy Ward	You've Got To Change "You've Got To Change" by "Sammy Ward"		1964	Soul S 35004 - Aug. 64		1:33:06 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Shorty Long	Out To Get You "Out To Get You" by "Shorty Long"		1964	Soul S 35005 - Aug. 64		1:35:07 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Miracles	That's What Love Is Made Of		1964	Tamla T 54102 - Aug. 64		1:37:23 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Oma Heard	Lifetime Man "Lifetime Man" by "Oma Heard"		1964	VIP 25008 - Sept. 64		1:40:18 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Marvin Gaye	Baby Don't You Do It "Baby Don't You Do It" by "Marvin Gaye"		1964	Tamla T 54101 - Sept. 64		1:42:29 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Velvelettes	Needle In a Haystack "Needle In a Haystack" by "Velvelettes"		1964	VIP 25007 - Sept. 64		1:45:06 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch"						1:47:34 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Supremes	Baby Love "Baby Love" by "Supremes"		1964	Motown M 1066 - Sept. 64		1:57:44 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Mary Wells	I'll Be Available "I'll Be Available" by "Mary Wells"		1964	Motown M 1065 - Sept. 64 unreleased		2:00:18 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Earl Van Dyke	Soul Stomp "Soul Stomp" by "Earl Van Dyke"		1964	Soul S 35006 - Sept. 64		2:02:55 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston	I Want You 'Round		1964	Tamla T 54104 - Sept. 64		2:05:35 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Mickey McCullers	Who You Gonna Run To		1964	VIP 25009 - Oct. 64		2:07:48 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Spinners	Sweet Thing "Sweet Thing" by "Spinners"		1964	Motown M 1067 - Oct. 64		2:10:58 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Majestics	Hello Love "Hello Love" by "Majestics"		1964	VIP 25010 - Oct. 64 unreleased		2:13:38 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Headliners	Tonight's The Night "Tonight's The Night" by "Headliners"		1964	VIP 25011 - Oct. 64		2:16:32 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Marvelettes	Too Many Fish in the Sea		1964	Tamla T 54105 - Oct. 64		2:19:02 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Supremes	Come See About Me "Come See About Me" by "Supremes"		1964	Motown M 1068 - Oct. 64		2:21:31 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Stevie Wonder	Pretty Little Angel (2nd release: alt. mix)		1964	Tamla T 54108 - Oct. 64		2:24:11 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Four Tops	Without The One You Love (Life's Not Worth Living)		1964	Motown M 1069 - Nov. 64		2:26:23 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Marvin Gaye	How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)		1964	Tamla T 54107 - Nov. 64		2:29:15 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Kim Weston	Go Ahead And Laugh "Go Ahead And Laugh" by "Kim Weston"		1964	Tamla T 54106 - Nov. 64		2:32:16 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch"						2:35:20 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Brenton Wood	I Think You've Got Your Fools Mixed Up	Oogum Boogum	1967	RIP		2:46:19 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Brenton Wood	Catch You On The Rebound	Baby You Got It	1967			2:48:28 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Brenton Wood	I'm The One Who Knows	Oogum Boogum	1967			2:50:42 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Sonny Rollins	It Could Happen To You	The Sound of Sonny	1957	solo tenor saxophone		2:53:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch"						2:56:47 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
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	🥁 10:44am RobbieWhite: have fun this morning Bob
	11:00am Bob Brainen: Thanks, RobbieWhite of WOWD And you have fun tomorrow
	11:01am Andrew in Toronto: Good morning, Bob, and all other listeners! R.I.P. Sam Moore. www.nytimes.com...
	11:01am doctorjazz: Hello Bob and Streamers!
	🥁 11:01am RobbieWhite: ↳ Bob Brainen @11:00 I'll give it my best shot Bob
	🥁 11:01am wmfromd: Good morning Bob and all!
	11:02am Bob Brainen: Good morning, Andrew in Toronto. R.I.P. Sam, up there fighting with Dave again, no doubt.
	11:02am Bob Brainen: Hello, doctorjazz
	11:02am Bob Brainen: Morning, wmfromd
	11:03am Andrew in Toronto: Hi there, doc!
	11:03am Bob Brainen: Anyone get any decent snow? We got less than an inch, like last time.
	🥁 11:05am wmfromd: ↳ Bob Brainen @11:03 A little north of you Bob. About an inch.
	🥁 11:05am (Mr) Bill: Perhaps there’ll be some Stax to complement Motown today.
	11:05am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Bob Brainen @11:03 We got 5 inches.
	11:05am Soule: Top of morning, Bob + tout le monde.
	11:06am Bob Brainen: ↳ wmfromd @11:05 I complain about the lack of it, others complain about too much of it...
	🥁 11:07am (Mr) Bill: < 1 inch in central Queens, all of which has returned to its atmospheric place in the water cycle.
	11:07am Bob Brainen: ↳ (Mr) Bill @11:05 Hey, ((Mr) Bill, we see. ..l
	11:07am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Soule @11:05 Morning, Soule!
	11:07am Bob Brainen: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:05 That's a decent amount.
	11:07am Bob Brainen: Top to you as well, Soule
	11:08am SmokinJ: Howdy Doody bb & all! 8-)
	11:08am Doug Schulkind: Good morning, Bob and friends.
	11:08am Bob Brainen: ↳ SmokinJ @11:08 Howdy doo, SmokinJ
	11:09am Bob Brainen: Good morning to you, Doug S.
	🥁 11:09am wmfromd: ↳ Bob Brainen @11:06 Nice to look at. Shoveling it... ugh.
	11:11am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "I'm Coming Virginia" by "Bix Beiderbecke [w/Frank... Love this!
	11:12am doctorjazz: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:03 Hi Andrew!
	11:12am Soule: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:07 Hey there, Andrew!
	11:12am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "I'm Coming Virginia" by "Bix Beiderbecke [w/Frank... Dig Bix!!!
	11:12am Bob Brainen: ↳ doctorjazz @11:11 I'm getting more and more back into the early stuff!
	11:14am StringOFperils: I'm about ready to cakewalk back into 1927 myself. The future is not all it was cracked up to be.
	🥁 11:14am Gina Bacon: Monring, Bob & all!
	11:15am Bob Brainen: Morning, Gina Bacon
	11:15am doctorjazz: ↳ Bob Brainen @11:12 pull out some Frank Teschemacher (which I should do too, haven't pulled those records out in quite a while)
	11:15am Bob Brainen: Hey, StringOFperils, dance on!
	11:16am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Eddie's Twister" by "Eddie Lang" Lang was definitely a jazz guitar pioneer, but I always find his time to be slightly off (I read somewhere he played with extremely heavy guage strings that were hard to play)
	11:17am adamdoesit: Good morning, Bob, brothers, sisters, and twisters.
	11:17am Bob Brainen: ↳ doctorjazz @11:15 Will do. / Lang sounds just right to me. Different strokes...
	11:17am Bob Brainen: Morning, Adamdoesit
	11:17am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Gina Bacon @11:14 Morning, Gina!
	🥁 11:18am wmfromd: ↳ doctorjazz @11:15 Teschmacher! You're going deep doctorj.
	🥁 11:19am Gina Bacon: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:17 Morning, Andrew!
	🥁 11:19am (Mr) Bill: R.I.P. Paul Stookey.
	11:19am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Brooklyn Owes The Charmer (Under Me)" by "Steely ... All the early Dan records are being remastered and released on vinyl (some really specialty labels are charging an arm and a leg for these...)
	11:21am David B: Thanks for another wonderful week! Love this Motown series!
	11:21am StringOFperils: Really good hour long chat with Skunk Baxter posted recently w Rick Beato on YT
	11:22am Bob Brainen: Hey, David B, glad you are enjoying.
	11:22am Bob Brainen: ↳ (Mr) Bill @11:19 You mean Peter Yarrow?
	11:23am Bob Brainen: ↳ StringOFperils @11:21 Will try to catch it.
	🥁 11:23am (Mr) Bill: ↳ Bob Brainen @11:22 Of course. Sorry for the carelessness.
	11:24am doctorjazz: ↳ wmfromd @11:18 Tesch is sort of the progenetor of Pee Wee Russell, also a fave of mine!
	11:26am doctorjazz: ↳ doctorjazz @11:19 Like this one, for the bargain price of $150 (they all sell out too!)
	🥁 11:27am (Mr) Bill: ↳ Song: "Sweet Deam Fade" by "Laura Nyro" What a treat.
	🥁 11:27am chresti: Morning Bob and bobbers!
	11:28am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ chresti @11:27 Morning, crestikins!
	🥁 11:28am wmfromd: ↳ Song: "Tip Of My Mind" by "Monte Dunne & Karen Cruz" Just listened to Tim Hardin's Bird On a Wire. Heavy Monte Dunne involvement.
	11:29am Bob Brainen: Morning, chresti
	11:29am Bob Brainen: ↳ wmfromd @11:28 Nice, I did not know...or forgot.
	11:31am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Song Of The Shrimp" by "Elvis Presley" making my family think if Kiss De Girl from little Mermaid!
	11:33am doctorjazz: ↳ doctorjazz @11:26 store.acousticsounds.com...1i66399_upMQ.._gs*MQ..&gclid=Cj0KCQiAyoi8BhDvARIsAO_CDsCflSbuWgadvlUcB7rAqPeKUKJc1q9Zy6tGsgTCWWu7b-msKTHUctMaAl-qEALw_wcB
	🥁 11:35am chresti: Morning Andrew in TOkins!
	11:35am StringOFperils: ↳ doctorjazz @11:33 Oligarch pricing
	11:36am doctorjazz: Lang had tonsillectomy surgery, if I remember correctly (surgery was pretty risky back then)
	11:38am doctorjazz: ↳ StringOFperils @11:35 Or wealthy audiophile obsessives...(have to say, they've been tempting me something fierce, but keeping myself under control)
	11:40am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Man On A Boat" by "Lady Blackbird" This is nice!
	11:41am Franco Twinkie: ↳ Bob Brainen @11:29 Bob, are you using a different mic, or are you just putting a little compression on the whatchamacallit?
	11:42am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Man On A Boat" by "Lady Blackbird" She has a Buffy St Marie vibrato, which usually makes me crazy, but I like it on her.
	11:42am Bob Brainen: Oopsy, correction time, just got texted that I said Walter Becker sang the 1st (pre-Steely Dan) version of Brooklyn. It was, of course, Donald Fagen.
	11:42am doctorjazz: ↳ Franco Twinkie @11:41 I noticed Bob's voice sounds a bit different as well (just thought he had a cold)
	11:44am Franco Twinkie: ↳ doctorjazz @11:42 I did as well, until I turned off the exhaust fan over the stove.
	11:44am Bob Brainen: ↳ Franco Twinkie @11:41 Franco, same set-up. I was sick recently and my voice is lower for some reason, but I feel fine. "Feelin' Good!"
	11:44am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Feelin' Good" by "John Coltrane Quartet" TRANE!!! (Roulette in Brooklyn is having a show tomorrow night dedicated to A Love Supreme). roulette.org...
	11:45am Franco Twinkie: ↳ Bob Brainen @11:44 Ah!
	11:45am doctorjazz: ↳ doctorjazz @11:44 Part of NY Winter Jazz Fest (went last night, much fun!)
	11:47am David B: “Feelin’ Good” an NRBQ reference?
	11:48am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Feelin' Good" by "John Coltrane Quartet" Old Gospel tune, no?
	11:50am Gerry from Miami: You better have a stereo system worthy of playing these UHQR pressings or your $150 investment might go to waste. They are obviously not aiming at a mass market with these releases. But it's nice to know there are audiophiles out there who care this much to bring "ultimate" sound to its rarefied audience.
	11:50am Bob Brainen: ↳ David B @11:47 Ha, a "songonym."
	11:50am gene sculatti: Mornin,' Bob.
	11:52am Bob Brainen: Hi, Gerry from Miami . That counts me out.
	11:52am doctorjazz: ↳ Gerry from Miami @11:50 Got an aging audiophile setup (about 30 years old, the oldest parts), likely due for some updating, but I probably should be downsizing rather than upgrading at this point of my life...
	11:52am StringOFperils: ↳ Gerry from Miami @11:50 He does.
	11:52am Bob Brainen: Hey, Gene Sculatti
	11:52am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Joshua Fit De Battle of Jericho" by "Grant Green" Nice!
	11:53am ∫ydniuß: ↳ doctorjazz @11:52 I’m still using Sansui speakers I got when I was 16. They sound great, why replace?
	11:55am Bob Brainen: Hi, ∫ydniuß.
	11:56am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Joshua Fit De Battle of Jericho" by "Grant Green" We're in a very Spiritual zone this morning...
	11:58am Gerry from Miami: Mornin', BOB! Picked up on your "lowered" voice first thing today. Hope you continue to feel better. Winter can be cruel. I hope they record that concert dedicated to "A Love Supreme" taking place in Brooklyn tomorrow.
	11:58am northguineahills: heya, bob!
	🥁 12:02pm PAULS: Hi Bob and everyone, sliding in late due to stupid Saturday errands...
	12:03pm Bob Brainen: Hi PAULS, the doors always open
	12:04pm Bob Brainen: heya, northguineahills
	12:04pm Gerry from Miami: BOB, nice to see you are making Lady Blackbird a regular feature of your program. She's the real deal!
	12:05pm Andrew in Toronto: ↳ PAULS @12:02 bon jour, mon frere pauls!
	12:05pm doctorjazz: ↳ Gerry from Miami @11:58 Sometimes they stream their shows, but nothing on the website indicates they'll stream this one (maybe after the fact, worth checking back on it). I'd love to go, busy tomorrow (the cast of improvisers is impressive).
	🥁 12:06pm PAULS: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @12:05 Hey Andrew!
	12:14pm Frank Zaatar: Morning, Bob! Anthony Newley's deep influence on David Bowie has been under-recognized. You can hear it in his pre-Ziggy cabaret period, but I think it stayed with him.
	🥁 12:15pm (Mr) Bill: ↳ Song: "Scatter Me" by "TC&I" No argument about this death-themed song’s being marvelously life-affirming. IMHO, Spirit’s “Farther Along” is its equal.
	12:16pm Frank Zaatar: ↳ Song: "Dancing In The Street" by "Martha And The Vandellas" The greatest single ever made. Period.
	12:17pm Bob Brainen: Hey, Frank Zataar, true dat.
	12:17pm David B: Great start to the Motown Hour! Can’t forget the Motor City!
	12:17pm Frank Zaatar: ↳ Frank Zaatar @12:16 Also uncoverable IMHO. I have never heard an adequate cover of it, even by artists I love.
	12:18pm Bob Brainen: Sorry Frank...Zaatar."
	🥁 12:19pm (Mr) Bill: ↳ Frank Zaatar @12:17 Laura Nyro with Labelle?
	12:20pm Frank Zaatar: ↳ Bob Brainen @12:18 That's OK. I guess you were confusing me with Ricky Fataar (I wish).
	12:20pm David B: Mamas &Papas did a cover of it, where John Phillips and Mama Cass inserted places they knew (near Alexandria, VA) in the outro
	12:21pm Gerry from Miami: Seems like "Feelin'Good" has turned out to be the song that has cemented the collaboration of Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley in the minds of musicians and their audiences. So many versions of this great tune. My favorite rendering is Nina Simone's. As a freshman in college I saw "Roar of the Greasepaint...." in Philadelphia(twice!) in late 1964. The show was prepping for Broadway. Got to meet Newley and wife Joan Collins, along with the great Cyril Ritchard(and his standard poodle) in the alleyway behind the theater as they made their way to dinner on a rainy evening. Autographs were collected.
	12:22pm Frank Zaatar: ↳ (Mr) Bill @12:19 I haven't heard their version, but I'm willing to give it a try.
	12:23pm bobobob plastiqueland milw: Obscure Motown ....I like it !!!!!!!!
	12:24pm bobob: She's sounding like Mary Wells on this song
	12:25pm bobob: as a matter of fact close to my guy
	12:27pm Bob Brainen: ↳ bobob @12:24 Hey bobobob/bobob, they'd needed a replacement soon!
	12:28pm still b/p: ↳ Gerry from Miami @12:21 The only thing better than a tangent is a thin trivial tangent. My only Cyril note other than recalling his Captain Hook TV gig: When I was a teenage stage crew apprentice in a dinner theater, the director and cast of Bells Are Ringing thought the lyrics for Drop That Name should be updated with more current and relatable names. They paired/rhymed Cyril Ritchard with George Peppard. Wish I could remember the other revisions.
	12:31pm Bob Brainen: Hey, still b/p
	12:31pm bobob: charlie Crockett related?
	12:33pm Bob Brainen: ↳ bobob @12:31 not sure
	12:34pm spodiodi: greetings, Bob and all!
	🥁 12:34pm PAULS: ↳ bobob @12:31 Doesn't seem to be, no
	12:35pm Gerry from Miami: Nice remembrance, still b/p! Ritchard was the ultimate Captain Hook. Mary Martin incomparable as Peter Pan, of course.
	12:35pm Bob Brainen: greetings, spodiodi
	🥁 12:42pm Brian in UK: ↳ Song: "Lifetime Man" by "Oma Heard" Hello Bob & groovers. You could carbon date this one from early Beatles influence.
	12:43pm Bob Brainen: ↳ Brian in UK @12:42 Hey, Brian in U.K.- you got that right.
	12:43pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Baby Don't You Do It" by "Marvin Gaye" I heard this version after I heard it by The Band (which is a killer version), but this one is great as well!
	🥁 12:44pm Brian in UK: ↳ Frank Zaatar @12:14 The Laughing Gnome, no less.
	12:44pm Frank Zaatar: ↳ Brian in UK @12:42 I've always thought that the early Beatles were a girl group. This is Motown reclaiming the influence.
	12:45pm doctorjazz: ↳ doctorjazz @12:43 (Have to hand it to The Band, though, to be able to do a cover of a Marvin Gaye tune that stands up!)
	🥁 12:46pm wmfromd: ↳ Song: "Baby Don't You Do It" by "Marvin Gaye" A favorite amongst the Mods.
	🥁 12:46pm Brian in UK: ↳ doctorjazz @12:45 doc, talking to the converted over here.
	12:47pm Frank Zaatar: ↳ Brian in UK @12:44 Plus Biff Rose. Bowie did a note-for-note cover of Buzz the Fuzz before he recorded Fill Your Heart.
	12:52pm Frank Zaatar: ↳ Song: ""frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch"" I think the term is artist-proof (theater people talk about actor-proof plays). But Bowie and Jagger's version might change your mind.
	12:53pm Gerry from Miami: BOB, the word you were looking for in regard to cover versions of "Dancin' in the Street" is "bulletproof." Hard to ruin such a great tune!
	🥁 12:59pm Brian in UK: 'Missin' yer' Miss kissin' yer' Poetry.
	1:16pm JoeChrisMorris: Hope all are well and keeping warm.
	1:16pm Bob Brainen: To you as well, Joe
	1:19pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Too Many Fish in the Sea" by "Marvelettes" Killer tune!
	🥁 1:23pm wmfromd: ↳ Song: "Come See About Me" by "Supremes" Jr. Walker did a great version of this.
	1:24pm Gerry from Miami: BOB, hard to listen to all these great MOTOWN singles without thinking of those great back-up musicians, the FUNK BROTHERS, that were an essential part of the label's sound. Right up there with LA's WRECKING CREW!
	1:27pm StringOFperils: ↳ Song: "Without The One You Love (Life's Not Worth Living... Fantastic record.
	1:32pm Gerry from Miami: Levi Stubbs and the Four Tops were always my favorite MOTOWN band. And Levi lent his voice to the film version of " LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS" as the man-eating plant from Outer Space!
	1:33pm JoeChrisMorris: ↳ Bob Brainen @1:16 sent you Strangers on a Train, finally!
	1:34pm David Shortell: ↳ Gerry from Miami @1:32 1986, not 1960, right?
	1:35pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Go Ahead And Laugh" by "Kim Weston" Didn't know this one, great track!
	1:36pm northguineahills: ↳ Gerry from Miami @1:32 huh, i did not know that, thanks!
	1:40pm David Shortell: ↳ David Shortell @1:34 Rex is doing his Jonathan Haze memorial now: wfmu.org...
	1:42pm Gerry from Miami: JAMES JAMERSON was the backbone of the FUNK BROTHERS on bass guitar. Died unfortunately, age 46
	1:44pm doctorjazz: OK, gotta get off my keister and do some shopping/errands. Great show, Bob, thanks! Great weekend all!
	1:44pm StringOFperils: Sometimes I think 'Without The One You Love' gets transmogrified into HELP! a year later, but maybe I"m just tripping..
	1:48pm Bob Brainen: Hi, David Shortell
	🥁 1:50pm wmfromd: ↳ Song: "Catch You On The Rebound" by "Brenton Wood" A particular fave of mine. Brenton Wood RIP.
	1:51pm Andrew in Toronto: What an excellent show! Thanks, Bob!
	🥁 1:53pm PAULS: thanks, Bob -- terrific show!
	1:55pm spodiodi: thanks, Bob!
	🥁 1:55pm (Mr) Bill: Fabulous show, Bob. Hear you next week on NoMotown Saturday.
	1:56pm Gerry from Miami: @ David Shortell. Yes, the film adaptation of the Broadway musical.
	1:56pm adamdoesit: Thanks, Bob. Great show.
	1:56pm northguineahills: thanks bob!
	🥁 1:57pm wmfromd: Fantastic show Bob! Thanks!
	1:58pm Gerry from Miami: BOB, why is the sound on that SONNY ROLLINS record always messed up? Three different Saturdays now.
	1:59pm StringOFperils: Thanks Bob!

Bob Brainen: Playlist from January 11, 2025

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