Favoriting Optical Sound with Mike Sin: Playlist from May 24, 2014 Favoriting

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A sight for sore ears. Power pop, freakbeat, and psychedelic songs for all six senses.

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Liverpool Scene  We'll All Be Spacemen Before We Die   Favoriting VA: Love, Poetry and Revolution - A Journey Through the British Psychedelic and Underground Scenes 1966-72  Grapefruit  2013  CD box set  1969    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Expedition to Earth  Expedition to Earth   Favoriting VA: Nightmares from the Underworld - Canadian 60's Psychedelic/Punk  Sound Stories  2000  CD  1968    0:05:21 (Pop-up)
Gandalf  Can You Travel In the Dark Alone   Favoriting Gandalf  Sundazed  2002  CD  1969    0:07:47 (Pop-up)
Graf Zepplin  You're In My Mind   Favoriting VA: An Overdose of Heavy Psych  Arf! Arf!  1997  CD  1968    0:10:59 (Pop-up)
Klaatu  Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft   Favoriting Klaatu / Hope  Collector's Choice Music  2000  CD  1976    0:13:35 (Pop-up)
23rd Turnoff  Flowers Are Flowering   Favoriting The Dream of Michaelangelo: The Legendary '66/'67 Recordings  RPM  2004  CD  1967    0:20:34 (Pop-up)
Del Shannon  Gemini   Favoriting The Further Adventures of Charles Westover  BGO  1998  CD  1968    0:23:50 (Pop-up)
Spirit  Taurus   Favoriting Spirit  Epic  1968  LP      0:27:18 (Pop-up)
Executives  Ginza Strip   Favoriting VA: Acid Daze  Uncut  2003  CD  1967. This CD came with an issue of "Uncut" mag in 2003    0:29:33 (Pop-up)
 
The Maze  Whispering Shadows   Favoriting Armageddon  Sundazed  1995  CD  1968. alternate version included on CD reissue.    0:41:13 (Pop-up)
The Action  In My Dream   Favoriting Rolled Gold  Dig the Fuzz  1998  CD  1968    0:44:35 (Pop-up)
Bulldog Breed  Austin Osmanspare   Favoriting Made in England  Acme/Lion  2007  CD  1969    0:47:58 (Pop-up)
Big Star  Holocaust   Favoriting Third/Sister Lovers  Ryko  1992  CD  1975    0:50:52 (Pop-up)
Yoko Ono / Plastic Ono Band  Mrs. Lennon   Favoriting Fly  Apple  1971  LP      0:54:36 (Pop-up)
Nilsson  Don't Leave Me   Favoriting b-side of "Everybody's Talkin'"  RCA  1969  7"      0:58:37 (Pop-up)
Jake Holmes  Dazed and Confused   Favoriting The Above Ground Sound of Jake Holmes  Tower  1967  LP      1:01:11 (Pop-up)
Duncan Browne  On the Bombsite   Favoriting Give Me Take You: The Immediate Anthology  Sanctuary  2000  CD  1968    1:04:54 (Pop-up)
Sam Cooke  Little Red Rooster   Favoriting Night Beat  Sony/BMG  2001  CD  1963    1:07:38 (Pop-up)
Them  Just A Little   Favoriting Them  Fallout  2008  CD  1970    1:10:24 (Pop-up)
 
Golden Grass  One More Time   Favoriting   Svart  2014  7"    *   1:21:20 (Pop-up)
Fu Manchu  Cyclone Launch   Favoriting In Search Of...  Mammoth  1996  CD      1:26:07 (Pop-up)
Bang  Redman   Favoriting Bang  Capitol  1970  LP      1:29:17 (Pop-up)
My Bloody Valentine  When You Sleep   Favoriting Loveless  Sire  1991  CD      1:33:44 (Pop-up)
Andromeda  Go Your Way   Favoriting Definitive Collection  Angel Air  2000  CD  1969    1:37:51 (Pop-up)
King Tuff  Bad Thing   Favoriting VA: Terminal Sales, Vol. 5 - Mixed Nuts  Sub Pop  2012  CD      1:40:57 (Pop-up)
Warlocks  Shake the Dope Out   Favoriting Phoenix  Birdman  2002  CD      1:43:14 (Pop-up)
Mike Stuart Span  Second Production   Favoriting Timespan  Wooden Hill  1996  CD  1969    1:47:37 (Pop-up)
Tame Impala  Feels Like We Only Go Backwards   Favoriting Lonerism  Modular Recordings  2012  CD      1:51:07 (Pop-up)
Penny Peeps  Model Village   Favoriting VA: Insane Times - 25 British Psychedelic Artyfacts From The EMI Vaults  EMI  2007  CD  1967    1:54:11 (Pop-up)
 
Brimstone Howl  Nothing New Under the Sun   Favoriting Magic Hour  Certified PR  2014  LP    *   2:06:26 (Pop-up)
Greenhornes  Saying Goodbye   Favoriting   Third Man  2010  7"      2:09:59 (Pop-up)
Apollos  That's the Breaks   Favoriting VA: Signed D.C.  Satan  1984  LP  1966    2:12:29 (Pop-up)
Electric Mess  She Has Something to Say   Favoriting House On Fire  Soundflat Records  2014  CD    *   2:14:53 (Pop-up)
Subway Surfers  Nada Dada (aka The Choppy Song)   Favoriting Karmageddon  Deep Eddy  2014  CD    *   2:18:18 (Pop-up)
Tom Jones  Jezebel   Favoriting c/w "Evil" on the A-side  Third Man  2011  7"      2:20:55 (Pop-up)
Town Criers  Big Deal   Favoriting VA: It's A Kave-In! Wild Oz Sixties Punk from the Caverns of Time!!  Kustom65  1998  CD  1967    2:24:03 (Pop-up)
Quitty and the Don'ts  No Damage Done   Favoriting   Don't Record Records  2013  7"      2:26:14 (Pop-up)
Grapefruit  Elevator   Favoriting Around Grapefruit  Repertoire  1993  CD  1969    2:29:13 (Pop-up)
Tages  She Is a Man   Favoriting Fantasy Island  EMI  2000  CD  1967    2:31:07 (Pop-up)
 
Top Show  Escucha Nina   Favoriting VA: Absolute Belter  B-Music  2010  CD  1968    2:39:28 (Pop-up)
Colin Giffin  Changes in Our Time   Favoriting VA: Fairytales Can Come True, Vol. 4: We All Love The Human Race -- 20 Previously Uncomped Tracks Of A Popsike Nature  Psychic Circle  2009  CD  1968    2:41:32 (Pop-up)
Norman Conquest  Upside Down   Favoriting VA: The Rubble Collection, Vols. 1-10  Past & Present  2003  CD box set  1968    2:44:53 (Pop-up)
Jerms  Green Door   Favoriting VA: Alice in Wonderland and Other Rainy Day Girls: The Great Lost Southern Popsike Trip  Charly  2013  CD  1970    2:47:26 (Pop-up)
Lemon Drops  I Live In the Springtime   Favoriting VA: Chicago Garage Band Greats! The Best of Rembrandt Records 1966 - 68  Collectables   1993  CD  1967    2:50:26 (Pop-up)
Association  I'm the One   Favoriting Renaissance  Valiant  1966  LP      2:53:21 (Pop-up)
Jerry Vale  Al Di La   Favoriting VA: Jackpot! The Las Vegas Story  Rhino  1996  CD  1963. RIP.    2:55:59 (Pop-up)
 


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Listener comments!

  3:04am
Eric:

This is exactly what I want to hear at 3am, thanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:06am
Brian in UK:

Hello Mike. Paisley shirt accommodated. Now some sunshine outside the door please.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:07am
Brian in UK:

I needs me some phasing.
  3:08am
pseu:

Mike! you're in my ears tip I pass out ..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:09am
Mike Sin:

Hi Folks! Thanks for tuning in!
Avatar 3:09am
Jay/London:

Good morning Mike Wet and Cold Here in London @ Brian PHASING !!!!
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SmokinJ:

Time to Rock! Hi Mike!
Avatar 3:18am
Droll:

When I first told an Uber-Prog friend of mine that the Carpenters covered this he refused to believe me.
  3:19am
coalhard:

hello Mike my first time live listen--but appreciate your archives WFMU is truly amazing!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:21am
Guido from Cologne:

Good morning everybody!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:22am
Sem Chumbo:

Hiya, Mike and good morning to Sinners everywhere.
Avatar 3:24am
mauri:

morning mike and everyone! a rockin sunny day ahead!
  3:25am
coalhard:

somebody wake up john cleese he would not want to miss this
  3:27am
coalhard:

what's that dear he lives in los angeles?
  3:31am
coalhard:

stupid plant was better when it was flat
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:35am
Brian in UK:

Jay Phasing, old psych noise moving from left to right speaker. Used on Lotus Flower by Appletree Theatre & Madman Running Through the Fields.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:35am
Guido from Cologne:

Led Zep were copycats
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:38am
eastvanhalen:

Hey Mike!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:40am
eastvanhalen:

And good night/morning/etc to all.
  3:41am
coalhard:

thanks @eastvanhalen
Avatar 3:43am
Offaldrome:

Can some kind person tell me what was playing in the background while Mike was talking?
Avatar 3:45am
HarktheUmpire:

Hello everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:46am
Mike Sin:

"Kaleidoscope" by Peter Pan and the Good Fairies -- that's my bed music this morning!
Avatar 3:46am
HarktheUmpire:

Great set. Deserving of an ice cream cone: <3
Avatar 3:46am
Jay/London:

@ Brian Thanks For That ... How's the walk this morning ?
Avatar 3:47am
Offaldrome:

Thanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:51am
Brian in UK:

Bluddy wet, Jay. Need sunshine to finish off the elderflowers, then we can make some cordial. Delicious on a summers day.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:55am
Sem Chumbo:

Mike, it's been a good long time since I have heard this. Thanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:59am
Sin Chumbo:

Oh, sweet. The Harry.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:01am
Guido from Cologne:

Thumbs up Mike!
You are doing justice to the originators!
  4:01am
coalhard:

Mike is the DR Strangelove of today!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:04am
Guido from Cologne:

For those who are interested
The late Yardbirds' cover version is is here:
www.youtube.com...
This is already almost the Led Zep workout.
Avatar 4:05am
Jay/London:

@ Brian well it is bank holiday weekend so we get rain maybe Sunday we might get a bit of sun
  4:10am
coalhard:

as George c scott once said "we must not allow a music gap mr president"
Avatar 4:11am
Droll:

I don't think George C Scott said that. He must have SUNG it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:17am
Guido from Cologne:

Great Saturday Breakfast Music , Mike!
:-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:21am
Brian in UK:

Feeling peckish, Mike?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:23am
Stanley:

Hi Mike, everyone.
Doing few jobs round the flat but listening and enjoying.
Avatar 4:23am
Droll:

Psyche is such a durable style of rock music. These guys really nailed the sound -- no treble!

DJ MS does sound like he needs a glucose boost.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:25am
Guido from Cologne:

Some rain was good for having the air dust-cleaned, since i was doing varnishing work withot having a decent workshop. But right now I'd apprecciate if the sun would break through.
  4:26am
coalhard:

I still have a twinkie from 1967 looks ok
  4:26am
Bushwick boy:

Hi:)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:27am
Sem Chumbo:

@coalhard: so that Twinkie has a best before date of, what, 2045?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:28am
Stanley:

More waaa waaa guitaaa please....
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Jay/London:

@ Coalhard Do You think you might ever eat it ?
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Jay/London:

@ Mike sin this set is just what the doctor ordered !!!
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HarktheUmpire:

I'm with you Jay. What a great start of the day!
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Jay/London:

I wonder if Bill (Big ) Mac is listening ?
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Jay/London:

@ harktheumpire yeah yeah yeah !!!
  4:35am
coalhard:

my twinkie will be worth 100.00 in 50 years plus that thing in wrapper will still be worth 25 cents
Avatar 4:37am
Jay/London:

@ coalhard What kind of sweet is a twinkie and what thing is inside the wrapper ?.. we don't get them over here
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:37am
Brian in UK:

All this talk of food is making me ........

How are you doing now, Jay? I forgot to ask.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:38am
Guido from Cologne:

some songs earlier I mixed up the Action with The Attack and wondered why i don't know this ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:40am
Guido from Cologne:

... I know "Go Your Way" by mod group The Attack ... to put things right ..

A "version-you-don't-know"-morning -programme.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:41am
Stanley:

Highlight of the week - meeting a trio of WFMU listeners on the train coming back from Neutral Milk Hotel in Glasgow.
Podcast available from Edinburgh Man, inspired by the encounter edinburghman.com
I'll have this on the 'phones in the superstore this morning!
Avatar 4:42am
Jay/London:

@ Brian had another test last saturday at the hospital seemed to go well but the machine broke down just as it was my turn so was there from 12.30 to 3pm .. felling much better now its all on the up for now Brian thanks for asking off to a birthday party tonight in camden town tonight
  4:44am
coalhard:

STAN your the man also I once lived in Camden near soup factory
  4:46am
coalhard:

we had a hurricane there and we moved to west virginia
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:48am
Brian in UK:

Jay, I at the Electric Ballroom on Thursday. Take it (un)steady!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:48am
Stanley:

@coalhard - that was some hurricane!
  4:49am
coalhard:

our still blowed up in wv.moved downhill a bit
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Jay/London:

@ Brian who did you see there was it a good night i used to go there on the club nights on Fridays
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:50am
Mike Sin:

So, how's it going out there? I appreciate you folks staying around for all of this. I hope yer diggin' it!
  4:51am
coalhard:

fantastic fun!!!!!!!
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Jay/London:

@ Mike Sin indeed we dig it :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:51am
holland oats:

great set
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:53am
Brian in UK:

Saw Jason Isbell, missed the support that I wanted to catch. St Paul & the Broken Bones.
www.youtube.com...
Avatar 4:55am
Jay/London:

@ Brain the last band i saw there was P.I.L.!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:56am
Sem Chumbo:

Why do I feel the sudden urge for some Double Orange Barrel?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:57am
Stanley:

Mmmmmm......orange barrel. Melts in your head not in your hands.
Avatar 4:59am
Jay/London:

www.youtube.com... PIL at the Ballroom Brian
  5:00am
coalhard:

there is going to be hell toupee tomorrow-after staying up all night if I made m& ms they would come out w&w's
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:01am
Guido from Cologne:

Thanx 4 the info Mike!
  5:03am
coalhard:

the public is safe--I'm retired
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:09am
Sem Chumbo:

@Stanley: a belated, and heartfelt, HAHAHA!
  5:10am
coalhard:

I must have hit my gas petal tonight--cause I done went through WFMU studio-- also noticed pretty secretary as I went by
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:19am
Ken From Hyde Park:

This is music I agree with.
  5:25am
coalhard:

4 outta 5 listeners agree the other guy fell asleep
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:27am
eastvanhalen:

Oh, my wfmu phone app is running, er, six minutes behind? That explains a few things.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:28am
Stanley:

Thanks Mike for fillin' in.
Great listening.
Bye guys, gotta split.
See y'all next week?
  5:29am
coalhard:

love you Stan
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:31am
Mike Sin:

Luv all of you's!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:34am
Sem Chumbo:

Hey, Mike Sin, Gotta go and set up at the local farmer's market now. Maybe hear ya next week? It's been great, thanks for the memories (the ones I remember)
  5:50am
coalhard:

WFMU DJ'S ripen on the vine unlike other dj's That fall on ground
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:50am
holland oats:

lemon drops!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:52am
Brian in UK:

Great psychemerdelick toons, Mike.
Avatar 5:52am
Jay/London:

Its been a gas Mike you pasted with flying colours :)
  5:58am
coalhard:

we love you Mike Sin
  5:59am
ratty:

very entertaining show
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:00am
eastvanhalen:

Much fun, thanks.
  4:59pm
John W:

Al Di La--that is what happens every time I turn around from my computer and look across from my cubicle. Good show Mike!
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