WFMU: Optical Sound with Mike Sin: Playlist from April 2, 2011

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Thu. Jan 2nd, 2025, 9pm - Midnight: Mike Sin fills in for Dave the Spazz

April 2, 2011: Fillin' in for Jeffrey Davison... and waiting for Spring

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Ennio Morricone	Triello "Triello" by "Ennio Morricone"	Per Un Pugno Di Dollari; Per Qualche Dollaro In Piu; Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo	RCA	1989	CD	from 1966 on the soundtrack to "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly." This CD compiles the three original soundtracks for Sergio Leone's three classic "spaghetti westerns." Check out the awesome final scene featuring this track right HERE!		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Buffalo Springfield	Broken Arrow "Broken Arrow" by "Buffalo Springfield"	Retrospective: The Best of Buffalo Springfield	Atco	1989	CD	originally on 1967's "Buffalo Springfield Again" LP		0:04:47 (Pop-up)
Tintern Abbey	Beeside "Beeside" by "Tintern Abbey"	VA: The Great British Psychedelic Trip Vol. 1 1966-1969	See for Miles	1988	CD	originally from a 1967 Deram single.		0:10:46 (Pop-up)
Life 'n' Soul	Peacefully Asleep "Peacefully Asleep" by "Life 'n' Soul"	VA: Rubble Vol. 6 - The Clouds Have Groovy Faces	Bam Caruso	1987	LP	originally from a 1967 Decca single.		0:14:09 (Pop-up)
Sandy in Motion	I'm A Walking Dream	VA: The Electric Sound Show, Vol. 1 - We all Live on Candy Green	Elastic Cat	2010	CD	From a 1968 acetate. This new series of CDs will feature "rare and obscure sounds from the British Psychedelic Era."	*	0:17:45 (Pop-up)
Morgen	Of Dreams "Of Dreams" by "Morgen"	VA: 30 Seconds Before the Calico Wall	Arf! Arf!	1995	CD	From 1969. Long Island!		0:19:29 (Pop-up)
Blue Effect	Sun Is So Bright "Sun Is So Bright" by "Blue Effect"	VA: Hen's Teeth, Vol. 3 -- Catherine on the Wheel	Hen's Teeth Records	1999	CD	from 1970. Czechoslovakia! Check out this awesome video right HERE!		0:22:53 (Pop-up)
Backgrounds	The Day Breaks at Dawn	VA: Fuzz, Flaykes, & Shakes, Vol. 2	Dionysus	1999	CD	From 1967. Great series from the late '90s that compiles a lot of '60s US garage-rock tracks.		0:26:01 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Thomas	Springtime "Springtime" by "Jimmy Thomas"	VA: Le Beat Bespoke 2: 20 Tailor Made Cuts	Circle	2006	CD	from 1969. This CD/LP series compiles great groovers! Currently, there are four volumes. Meticulously compiled by Rob Bailey from the UK's New Untouchables DJ team.		0:28:39 (Pop-up)

Stained Glass	Lady in Lace "Lady in Lace" by "Stained Glass"	VA: Book A Trip - The Psych Pop Sounds of Capitol Records	Now Sounds	2010	CD	from 1968	*	0:35:20 (Pop-up)
Pretty Things	She Says Good Morning	S. F. Sorrow	Snapper	2003	CD	from 1967. Stereo mix.		0:42:39 (Pop-up)
Blues Project	Wake Me, Shake Me "Wake Me, Shake Me" by "Blues Project"	Projections	Verve Folkways	1966	LP	featuring Al Kooper.		0:45:53 (Pop-up)
Gli Evangelisti	Sensazioni "Sensazioni" by "Gli Evangelisti"	VA: 60's Beat Italiano Vol. 1	Get Hip	1997	CD	from 1968.		0:51:06 (Pop-up)
Four Leaved Clovers	Alright Girl "Alright Girl" by "Four Leaved Clovers"	VA: The Story of Oak Records	Wooden Hill	1999	CD	from 1966. This CD features tracks cut at R.G. Jones' Morden studios.		0:54:05 (Pop-up)
Spider	The Comedown Song "The Comedown Song" by "Spider"	VA: Impossible But True: The Kim Fowley Story	Ace	2003	CD	from 1966. "Spider" is James Barbour -- a UK hairstylist for whom Kim Fowley wrote and produced this song. He could be England's answer to Mouse (from Mouse & the Traps) -- the vocals fall somewhere between Dylan and Dick Dodd of the Standells!		0:56:48 (Pop-up)

Iron Butterfly	Iron Butterfly Theme	The Best of Iron Butterfly: Light and Heavy	Rhino	1993	CD	from 1968. The b-side of "In A Gadda Da Vida"!		1:09:36 (Pop-up)
Toni McCann and the Fabulous Blue Jays	Saturday Date	VA: Punkville	Canetoad	1999	CD	From 1966. Australia!		1:14:08 (Pop-up)
Saturday's Children	Born On Saturday	VA: If You're Ready! The Best of Dunwich Records... Volume 2	Sundazed	1994	CD	from 1966.The second volume collecting singles from this mid-1960s Chicago-based label.		1:16:02 (Pop-up)
Lawson & 4 More	Halfway Down the Stairs	VA: Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers Vol. 7	Purple Lantern	2001	CD	from the UK in 1967.		1:18:14 (Pop-up)
Darlings	Saturday Town "Saturday Town" by "Darlings"	va: Fairytales Can Come True: UK Popsike from the late 60's	Psychic Circle	2007	CD	from 1967. An Eddie Tre-Vett production. This CD was the first in a continuing series compliled by Nick Saloman (of the Bevis Frond).		1:20:44 (Pop-up)
Billy J. Kramer withThe Dakotas	Trains and Boats and Planes	VA: The British Invasion - The History of British Rock, Vol. 4	Rhino	1988	CD	from 1965. A Bacharach/David composition. Billy J's version actually precedes Dionne Warwick's more popular version of the tune.Check out Billy J performing the tune "sort of" live on "Shindig!" right over HeRe!		1:22:39 (Pop-up)
Swinging Blue Jeans	What Can I Do Today	Hippy Hippy Shake: The Definitive Collection	Imperial/EMI	1993	CD	from 1966. One of the earliest groups to play the Cavern Club during Liverpool's early '60s beat boom.		1:25:06 (Pop-up)

Five Day Week Straw People	Five Day Week Straw People	The Five Day Week Straw People	Angel Air	2000	CD	from 1967. A one-off LP project for Saga (a small independent UK label) that wanted some psychedelic product in its catalog. John DuCann of the Attack plays on the tracks.		1:36:49 (Pop-up)
Jago Simms	Conventional Fella "Conventional Fella" by "Jago Simms"	VA: Piccadilly Sunshine, Part Four -- British Pop Psych and Other Flavours 1967-1969	Past & Present	2010	CD	from 1968. Originally a Fontana single. This voulme is the latest of a continuing series.	*	1:40:08 (Pop-up)
Twilights	Take Action "Take Action" by "Twilights"	VA: Datura Dreamtime - Further psychotropic experimentation in the Forest of Goldtops	Boobsalot	1999	CD	This comp focuses on obscure Australian psych from the late '60s.		1:43:08 (Pop-up)
Jeff Beck	Tallyman "Tallyman" by "Jeff Beck"	The Best of	EMI Gold	1995	CD	from 1967. Beck's second solo single after leaving the Yardbirds.		1:45:08 (Pop-up)
Ronnie Milsap	Denver "Denver" by "Ronnie Milsap"	VA: Sweet Inspiration - The Songs of Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham	Ace	2010	CD	from 1969.	*	1:47:50 (Pop-up)
Renaissance	The Sea "The Sea" by "Renaissance"	Renaissance	Esoteric Recordings	2010	CD	from 1970. A bonus track on the recent CD release of the band's first LP. This track was the b-side of the band's first single.	*	1:51:07 (Pop-up)
Jake Holmes	Dazed and Confused "Dazed and Confused" by "Jake Holmes"	The Above Ground Sound of Jake Holmes	Radioactive	2004	CD	from 1967. Holmes is the original writer of the track that Led Zeppelin "co-opted." as it were. Check some really rare footage of Holmes performing in Greenwich Village in '68 right HERE!		1:54:07 (Pop-up)

Black Hollies	Benevolent Beacon "Benevolent Beacon" by "Black Hollies"		?	2011	WAV	The Black Hollies latest single is being pressed to vinyl with the help of the fans. Check out this link right HERE!	*	2:07:32 (Pop-up)
Ride	Twisterella "Twisterella" by "Ride"	Going Blank Again	Sire/Reprise	1992	CD			2:12:02 (Pop-up)
Dead Boys	Hey Little Girl "Hey Little Girl" by "Dead Boys"	Young Loud and Snotty	Sire	1977	LP	recorded live at CBGB! A cover of the Syndicate of Sound's 1966 hit.		2:15:53 (Pop-up)
Mojos	Until My Baby Comes Home "Until My Baby Comes Home" by "Mojos"	VA: Mix a Fix - UK Floor Fillers, Volume 2	Psychic Circle	2007	CD	from 1968. The Mojos' last single.		2:18:35 (Pop-up)
Human Instinct	Pink Dawn "Pink Dawn" by "Human Instinct"	VA: The Freakbeat Scene	Deram	1998	CD	from 1967. New Zealand!		2:21:40 (Pop-up)
Monkees	99 Pounds "99 Pounds" by "Monkees"	Changes	Rhino	1987	LP	from 1970. The last Monkees' LP on Colgems -- it features only Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones. This LP, the least popular of the Monkees' LPs in its time actually charted upon reissue in the '80s.		2:23:32 (Pop-up)
Insomniacs	For the Last Time "For the Last Time" by "Insomniacs"	Just Enjoy It!	Blood Red	2011	CD		*	2:25:50 (Pop-up)
Surrealists	D Train "D Train" by "Surrealists"	Where's Dada	Vagrant	1989	EP	A six-song vinyl 12" EP featuring Erik 4-A. Engineered by Conrad Uno.		2:28:23 (Pop-up)

Montanas	Dr. Nero "Dr. Nero" by "Montanas"	VA: Rare Mod, Vol. 3	Acid Jazz	2010	CD	from 1969. Previously unreleased. A third volume of 60s' underground rhythm 'n' blues, psych & soul.	*	2:40:10 (Pop-up)
Hitmen	My Baby Smiled "My Baby Smiled" by "Hitmen"	Dancing Time '78-'79	Savage Beat	2010	CD box set	From Australia. Comprehensive release of material by legendary Radio Birdman spin-off band.	*	2:42:58 (Pop-up)
Roger Young	Sweet Sweet Morning "Sweet Sweet Morning" by "Roger Young"	VA: Purple Pill Eaters - Sixteen British Freakbeating Fuzz Monsters from the Sixties	Paranoid	1998	CD	from 1966.		2:45:45 (Pop-up)
Paul & Barry Ryan	I Can't Make A Friend	VA: Electric Sugarcube Flashbacks - Rare British Brain Candies from the Psychedelic Sixties!!!	AIP	1993	CD	from 1967. Covering a track first cut by the Vagrants.		2:48:15 (Pop-up)
Vagrants	The Final Hour "The Final Hour" by "Vagrants"	I Can't Make a Friend 1965-1968	Light In The Attic	2010	CD	From Long Island, NY. Featuring Leslie West, later of Mountain.	*	2:50:33 (Pop-up)
Neil Diamond	You Got to Me "You Got to Me" by "Neil Diamond"	The Bang Years 1966-1968	Columbia/Legacy	2010	CD	This CD rounds up 23 tracks from Neil D's days with Bang records.	*	2:52:59 (Pop-up)
Chris Farlowe and the Thuderbirds	Buzz with the Fuzz	VA: Take My Tip: 25 British Mod Artefacts from the EMI Vaults	Zonophone	2007	CD	from 1965. Recorded as a Columbia single but withdrawn at the time. I guess the BBC didn't take too kindly, at the time, to jocular references to smoking marijuana, cavorting with underage women, and throwing dice at illegal gambling joints.		2:55:44 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	6:03am Marmalade Kitty: TOP
	6:14am MuttonChops: goede morgen
	6:23am Chris: Morning from the uk! 11.23 am here.
	6:27am borxes: My hair starts to rise up, what a nice program from song 1 to now:)
	6:32am Mickey Mephistopheles: Enjoying the heavy psych.
	6:47am Brian in UK: Mornin' sir. Spring has certainly sprung here. In fact the strong winds have blown blossoms off the trees. Ah. S F Sorrow. Was it the first concept album? Discuss.
	7:18am MuttonChops: Time for some Manchester United and WFMU
	7:20am MuttonChops: What Football has Man United - WFMU
	7:21am MuttonChops: I forgot the ?
	7:31am Josh: I'm enjoying your show Mike! :-)
	7:34am Josh: Stop putting yourself down. It's enough if you comment on the board over the air.
	7:34am MuttonChops: How about some Morrissey or Stone Roses?
	7:48am Mike Sin: Thanks for commenting, folks!
	7:50am Brian in UK: Was it Jeff Beck's guitar on The Yardbirds Heartful of Soul. Great sound and I'm not an electric guitar fan.
	7:51am Murf: What a nice surprise to wake up to this fine Saturday AM! : ) I love your fill-ins for Terry T. (Love her show too, of course)
	7:55am gumby: Just got a newsflash from the robins outside. SPRING IS HERE!!!!!! (In suburban NJ anyway, condolances to those up north) Let the rejoicing begin.
	8:08am postmanpaul (": Nice catching your show Mike! Good on you, gumby! Strolling to work just before daybreak this fine virgin spring time morn thru suburban Brighton here in the UK, I was positively seranaded by robins, blackbirds, thrushes and other winged creatures great and small. Green buds abound and the magnolia is peaking. Bring it on. They'll soon catch up, up north here too!
	8:10am Brian in UK: @ postmanpaul We got magnolia just appeared this week here in Watford. I think my favourite tree in bloom. Heavy walk today?
	8:12am Mike Sin: Yay for the sun, folks!
	8:17am Brian in UK: Cannot beat a good jangle, Mike. In lieu of nothing what happened to the Milltown Brothers?
	8:20am postmanpaul (": @ Brian I'm settling into a new walk at the mo, a bit steppy but not too many pkts. Today was nice and light! @ MIke Just got here, missed the PThings but am listening to Sickle Clouds off Parachute (1970) as I tip toe thru the keyboard. Man, it could have been written last week!
	8:28am Morning Miss L: Great show Mike --- what a treat!
	8:36am SmokinJ: Mornin' Mike & listeners worldwide!
	8:40am postmanpaul (": Smokiiiiin!
	8:41am SmokinJ: Hey Paul! What's shakin'?
	8:43am Looms: Hello everyone!
	8:44am postmanpaul (": This 'n that my man. How's tricks 'n stuff over there?
	8:46am SmokinJ: Not too bad.. Spring is slowly comin'.. Just gettin' the bike ready for adventure! ;)
	8:50am Randy: Really enjoying this music. Which was the song 20 minutes or so ago that had female vocal, Searchers-esque rhythm guitar and really nice quitar solo? Thanks
	8:54am postmanpaul (": As it haps SmokinJ I'm just back from 3 devine weeks in India. Time to like a josh stick me thinks. Enjoy the biking weather!
	8:57am SmokinJ: Wow! That's an adventure! Inhale deeply!
	9:01am MuttonChops: Great show!
	12:02pm John Wyzalek: The moody-side Mike Sin makes for a great show! Billy J Kramer and The Swinging Blue Jeans are the emotional apex of this show.
	12:33pm John: Renaissance? This is no Conventional Fella deejaying this show!
	4:31pm mike tp: mike thanks for the morricone post such a feel thanks again

Optical Sound with Mike Sin: Playlist from April 2, 2011

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Ennio Morricone	Triello "Triello" by "Ennio Morricone"	Per Un Pugno Di Dollari; Per Qualche Dollaro In Piu; Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo	RCA	1989	CD	from 1966 on the soundtrack to "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly." This CD compiles the three original soundtracks for Sergio Leone's three classic "spaghetti westerns." Check out the awesome final scene featuring this track right HERE!		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Buffalo Springfield	Broken Arrow "Broken Arrow" by "Buffalo Springfield"	Retrospective: The Best of Buffalo Springfield	Atco	1989	CD	originally on 1967's "Buffalo Springfield Again" LP		0:04:47 (Pop-up)
Tintern Abbey	Beeside "Beeside" by "Tintern Abbey"	VA: The Great British Psychedelic Trip Vol. 1 1966-1969	See for Miles	1988	CD	originally from a 1967 Deram single.		0:10:46 (Pop-up)
Life 'n' Soul	Peacefully Asleep "Peacefully Asleep" by "Life 'n' Soul"	VA: Rubble Vol. 6 - The Clouds Have Groovy Faces	Bam Caruso	1987	LP	originally from a 1967 Decca single.		0:14:09 (Pop-up)
Sandy in Motion	I'm A Walking Dream	VA: The Electric Sound Show, Vol. 1 - We all Live on Candy Green	Elastic Cat	2010	CD	From a 1968 acetate. This new series of CDs will feature "rare and obscure sounds from the British Psychedelic Era."	*	0:17:45 (Pop-up)
Morgen	Of Dreams "Of Dreams" by "Morgen"	VA: 30 Seconds Before the Calico Wall	Arf! Arf!	1995	CD	From 1969. Long Island!		0:19:29 (Pop-up)
Blue Effect	Sun Is So Bright "Sun Is So Bright" by "Blue Effect"	VA: Hen's Teeth, Vol. 3 -- Catherine on the Wheel	Hen's Teeth Records	1999	CD	from 1970. Czechoslovakia! Check out this awesome video right HERE!		0:22:53 (Pop-up)
Backgrounds	The Day Breaks at Dawn	VA: Fuzz, Flaykes, & Shakes, Vol. 2	Dionysus	1999	CD	From 1967. Great series from the late '90s that compiles a lot of '60s US garage-rock tracks.		0:26:01 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Thomas	Springtime "Springtime" by "Jimmy Thomas"	VA: Le Beat Bespoke 2: 20 Tailor Made Cuts	Circle	2006	CD	from 1969. This CD/LP series compiles great groovers! Currently, there are four volumes. Meticulously compiled by Rob Bailey from the UK's New Untouchables DJ team.		0:28:39 (Pop-up)

Stained Glass	Lady in Lace "Lady in Lace" by "Stained Glass"	VA: Book A Trip - The Psych Pop Sounds of Capitol Records	Now Sounds	2010	CD	from 1968	*	0:35:20 (Pop-up)
Pretty Things	She Says Good Morning	S. F. Sorrow	Snapper	2003	CD	from 1967. Stereo mix.		0:42:39 (Pop-up)
Blues Project	Wake Me, Shake Me "Wake Me, Shake Me" by "Blues Project"	Projections	Verve Folkways	1966	LP	featuring Al Kooper.		0:45:53 (Pop-up)
Gli Evangelisti	Sensazioni "Sensazioni" by "Gli Evangelisti"	VA: 60's Beat Italiano Vol. 1	Get Hip	1997	CD	from 1968.		0:51:06 (Pop-up)
Four Leaved Clovers	Alright Girl "Alright Girl" by "Four Leaved Clovers"	VA: The Story of Oak Records	Wooden Hill	1999	CD	from 1966. This CD features tracks cut at R.G. Jones' Morden studios.		0:54:05 (Pop-up)
Spider	The Comedown Song "The Comedown Song" by "Spider"	VA: Impossible But True: The Kim Fowley Story	Ace	2003	CD	from 1966. "Spider" is James Barbour -- a UK hairstylist for whom Kim Fowley wrote and produced this song. He could be England's answer to Mouse (from Mouse & the Traps) -- the vocals fall somewhere between Dylan and Dick Dodd of the Standells!		0:56:48 (Pop-up)

Iron Butterfly	Iron Butterfly Theme	The Best of Iron Butterfly: Light and Heavy	Rhino	1993	CD	from 1968. The b-side of "In A Gadda Da Vida"!		1:09:36 (Pop-up)
Toni McCann and the Fabulous Blue Jays	Saturday Date	VA: Punkville	Canetoad	1999	CD	From 1966. Australia!		1:14:08 (Pop-up)
Saturday's Children	Born On Saturday	VA: If You're Ready! The Best of Dunwich Records... Volume 2	Sundazed	1994	CD	from 1966.The second volume collecting singles from this mid-1960s Chicago-based label.		1:16:02 (Pop-up)
Lawson & 4 More	Halfway Down the Stairs	VA: Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers Vol. 7	Purple Lantern	2001	CD	from the UK in 1967.		1:18:14 (Pop-up)
Darlings	Saturday Town "Saturday Town" by "Darlings"	va: Fairytales Can Come True: UK Popsike from the late 60's	Psychic Circle	2007	CD	from 1967. An Eddie Tre-Vett production. This CD was the first in a continuing series compliled by Nick Saloman (of the Bevis Frond).		1:20:44 (Pop-up)
Billy J. Kramer withThe Dakotas	Trains and Boats and Planes	VA: The British Invasion - The History of British Rock, Vol. 4	Rhino	1988	CD	from 1965. A Bacharach/David composition. Billy J's version actually precedes Dionne Warwick's more popular version of the tune.Check out Billy J performing the tune "sort of" live on "Shindig!" right over HeRe!		1:22:39 (Pop-up)
Swinging Blue Jeans	What Can I Do Today	Hippy Hippy Shake: The Definitive Collection	Imperial/EMI	1993	CD	from 1966. One of the earliest groups to play the Cavern Club during Liverpool's early '60s beat boom.		1:25:06 (Pop-up)

Five Day Week Straw People	Five Day Week Straw People	The Five Day Week Straw People	Angel Air	2000	CD	from 1967. A one-off LP project for Saga (a small independent UK label) that wanted some psychedelic product in its catalog. John DuCann of the Attack plays on the tracks.		1:36:49 (Pop-up)
Jago Simms	Conventional Fella "Conventional Fella" by "Jago Simms"	VA: Piccadilly Sunshine, Part Four -- British Pop Psych and Other Flavours 1967-1969	Past & Present	2010	CD	from 1968. Originally a Fontana single. This voulme is the latest of a continuing series.	*	1:40:08 (Pop-up)
Twilights	Take Action "Take Action" by "Twilights"	VA: Datura Dreamtime - Further psychotropic experimentation in the Forest of Goldtops	Boobsalot	1999	CD	This comp focuses on obscure Australian psych from the late '60s.		1:43:08 (Pop-up)
Jeff Beck	Tallyman "Tallyman" by "Jeff Beck"	The Best of	EMI Gold	1995	CD	from 1967. Beck's second solo single after leaving the Yardbirds.		1:45:08 (Pop-up)
Ronnie Milsap	Denver "Denver" by "Ronnie Milsap"	VA: Sweet Inspiration - The Songs of Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham	Ace	2010	CD	from 1969.	*	1:47:50 (Pop-up)
Renaissance	The Sea "The Sea" by "Renaissance"	Renaissance	Esoteric Recordings	2010	CD	from 1970. A bonus track on the recent CD release of the band's first LP. This track was the b-side of the band's first single.	*	1:51:07 (Pop-up)
Jake Holmes	Dazed and Confused "Dazed and Confused" by "Jake Holmes"	The Above Ground Sound of Jake Holmes	Radioactive	2004	CD	from 1967. Holmes is the original writer of the track that Led Zeppelin "co-opted." as it were. Check some really rare footage of Holmes performing in Greenwich Village in '68 right HERE!		1:54:07 (Pop-up)

Black Hollies	Benevolent Beacon "Benevolent Beacon" by "Black Hollies"		?	2011	WAV	The Black Hollies latest single is being pressed to vinyl with the help of the fans. Check out this link right HERE!	*	2:07:32 (Pop-up)
Ride	Twisterella "Twisterella" by "Ride"	Going Blank Again	Sire/Reprise	1992	CD			2:12:02 (Pop-up)
Dead Boys	Hey Little Girl "Hey Little Girl" by "Dead Boys"	Young Loud and Snotty	Sire	1977	LP	recorded live at CBGB! A cover of the Syndicate of Sound's 1966 hit.		2:15:53 (Pop-up)
Mojos	Until My Baby Comes Home "Until My Baby Comes Home" by "Mojos"	VA: Mix a Fix - UK Floor Fillers, Volume 2	Psychic Circle	2007	CD	from 1968. The Mojos' last single.		2:18:35 (Pop-up)
Human Instinct	Pink Dawn "Pink Dawn" by "Human Instinct"	VA: The Freakbeat Scene	Deram	1998	CD	from 1967. New Zealand!		2:21:40 (Pop-up)
Monkees	99 Pounds "99 Pounds" by "Monkees"	Changes	Rhino	1987	LP	from 1970. The last Monkees' LP on Colgems -- it features only Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones. This LP, the least popular of the Monkees' LPs in its time actually charted upon reissue in the '80s.		2:23:32 (Pop-up)
Insomniacs	For the Last Time "For the Last Time" by "Insomniacs"	Just Enjoy It!	Blood Red	2011	CD		*	2:25:50 (Pop-up)
Surrealists	D Train "D Train" by "Surrealists"	Where's Dada	Vagrant	1989	EP	A six-song vinyl 12" EP featuring Erik 4-A. Engineered by Conrad Uno.		2:28:23 (Pop-up)

Montanas	Dr. Nero "Dr. Nero" by "Montanas"	VA: Rare Mod, Vol. 3	Acid Jazz	2010	CD	from 1969. Previously unreleased. A third volume of 60s' underground rhythm 'n' blues, psych & soul.	*	2:40:10 (Pop-up)
Hitmen	My Baby Smiled "My Baby Smiled" by "Hitmen"	Dancing Time '78-'79	Savage Beat	2010	CD box set	From Australia. Comprehensive release of material by legendary Radio Birdman spin-off band.	*	2:42:58 (Pop-up)
Roger Young	Sweet Sweet Morning "Sweet Sweet Morning" by "Roger Young"	VA: Purple Pill Eaters - Sixteen British Freakbeating Fuzz Monsters from the Sixties	Paranoid	1998	CD	from 1966.		2:45:45 (Pop-up)
Paul & Barry Ryan	I Can't Make A Friend	VA: Electric Sugarcube Flashbacks - Rare British Brain Candies from the Psychedelic Sixties!!!	AIP	1993	CD	from 1967. Covering a track first cut by the Vagrants.		2:48:15 (Pop-up)
Vagrants	The Final Hour "The Final Hour" by "Vagrants"	I Can't Make a Friend 1965-1968	Light In The Attic	2010	CD	From Long Island, NY. Featuring Leslie West, later of Mountain.	*	2:50:33 (Pop-up)
Neil Diamond	You Got to Me "You Got to Me" by "Neil Diamond"	The Bang Years 1966-1968	Columbia/Legacy	2010	CD	This CD rounds up 23 tracks from Neil D's days with Bang records.	*	2:52:59 (Pop-up)
Chris Farlowe and the Thuderbirds	Buzz with the Fuzz	VA: Take My Tip: 25 British Mod Artefacts from the EMI Vaults	Zonophone	2007	CD	from 1965. Recorded as a Columbia single but withdrawn at the time. I guess the BBC didn't take too kindly, at the time, to jocular references to smoking marijuana, cavorting with underage women, and throwing dice at illegal gambling joints.		2:55:44 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	6:03am Marmalade Kitty: TOP
	6:14am MuttonChops: goede morgen
	6:23am Chris: Morning from the uk! 11.23 am here.
	6:27am borxes: My hair starts to rise up, what a nice program from song 1 to now:)
	6:32am Mickey Mephistopheles: Enjoying the heavy psych.
	6:47am Brian in UK: Mornin' sir. Spring has certainly sprung here. In fact the strong winds have blown blossoms off the trees. Ah. S F Sorrow. Was it the first concept album? Discuss.
	7:18am MuttonChops: Time for some Manchester United and WFMU
	7:20am MuttonChops: What Football has Man United - WFMU
	7:21am MuttonChops: I forgot the ?
	7:31am Josh: I'm enjoying your show Mike! :-)
	7:34am Josh: Stop putting yourself down. It's enough if you comment on the board over the air.
	7:34am MuttonChops: How about some Morrissey or Stone Roses?
	7:48am Mike Sin: Thanks for commenting, folks!
	7:50am Brian in UK: Was it Jeff Beck's guitar on The Yardbirds Heartful of Soul. Great sound and I'm not an electric guitar fan.
	7:51am Murf: What a nice surprise to wake up to this fine Saturday AM! : ) I love your fill-ins for Terry T. (Love her show too, of course)
	7:55am gumby: Just got a newsflash from the robins outside. SPRING IS HERE!!!!!! (In suburban NJ anyway, condolances to those up north) Let the rejoicing begin.
	8:08am postmanpaul (": Nice catching your show Mike! Good on you, gumby! Strolling to work just before daybreak this fine virgin spring time morn thru suburban Brighton here in the UK, I was positively seranaded by robins, blackbirds, thrushes and other winged creatures great and small. Green buds abound and the magnolia is peaking. Bring it on. They'll soon catch up, up north here too!
	8:10am Brian in UK: @ postmanpaul We got magnolia just appeared this week here in Watford. I think my favourite tree in bloom. Heavy walk today?
	8:12am Mike Sin: Yay for the sun, folks!
	8:17am Brian in UK: Cannot beat a good jangle, Mike. In lieu of nothing what happened to the Milltown Brothers?
	8:20am postmanpaul (": @ Brian I'm settling into a new walk at the mo, a bit steppy but not too many pkts. Today was nice and light! @ MIke Just got here, missed the PThings but am listening to Sickle Clouds off Parachute (1970) as I tip toe thru the keyboard. Man, it could have been written last week!
	8:28am Morning Miss L: Great show Mike --- what a treat!
	8:36am SmokinJ: Mornin' Mike & listeners worldwide!
	8:40am postmanpaul (": Smokiiiiin!
	8:41am SmokinJ: Hey Paul! What's shakin'?
	8:43am Looms: Hello everyone!
	8:44am postmanpaul (": This 'n that my man. How's tricks 'n stuff over there?
	8:46am SmokinJ: Not too bad.. Spring is slowly comin'.. Just gettin' the bike ready for adventure! ;)
	8:50am Randy: Really enjoying this music. Which was the song 20 minutes or so ago that had female vocal, Searchers-esque rhythm guitar and really nice quitar solo? Thanks
	8:54am postmanpaul (": As it haps SmokinJ I'm just back from 3 devine weeks in India. Time to like a josh stick me thinks. Enjoy the biking weather!
	8:57am SmokinJ: Wow! That's an adventure! Inhale deeply!
	9:01am MuttonChops: Great show!
	12:02pm John Wyzalek: The moody-side Mike Sin makes for a great show! Billy J Kramer and The Swinging Blue Jeans are the emotional apex of this show.
	12:33pm John: Renaissance? This is no Conventional Fella deejaying this show!
	4:31pm mike tp: mike thanks for the morricone post such a feel thanks again

Optical Sound with Mike Sin: Playlist from April 2, 2011

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