WFMU: Optical Sound with Mike Sin: Playlist from July 4, 2015

Optical Sound with Mike Sin: Playlist from July 4, 2015

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

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July 4, 2015: Filling in for Michael Shelley... and wishing USA listeners a happy (and safe) Independence Day... how ever you might be celebratin'!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Brian Howard and the Silhouettes	Back In The U.S.A.	VA: Rare 60's Beat Treasures, Vol. 4	Gone Beat	1999	CD	1964		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Rory Storm & the Hurricanes	America	VA: Liverpool 1963-1968	See For Miles	1983	LP	1964		0:01:48 (Pop-up)
Monica	Freedom "Freedom" by "Monica"	VA: Le Beat Bespoke 6 - 20 Tailor Made Cuts	Detour	2015	CD	1972	*	0:04:48 (Pop-up)
Kurt Baker	Quit Dancing With My Girl	Brand New B-Sides	Rum Bar	2014	CD	2014		0:07:03 (Pop-up)
Elements	Caught in a Storm "Caught in a Storm" by "Elements"	VA: Acid Jazz Mod	Not Bad	2014	CD	2008	*	0:08:52 (Pop-up)
The Last	The Rack "The Rack" by "The Last"	L.A. Explosion!	Bomp	2003	CD	1979. CD reissue of the band's sole LP with bonus tracks		0:12:05 (Pop-up)
Adam and the Ants	B Side Baby "B Side Baby" by "Adam and the Ants"	Family of Noise	Pure Sound	2010	LP	1978 demo for Decca records.		0:13:46 (Pop-up)
Eddie and The Hot Rods	Quit This Town	Life On The Line	Island	1977	LP	1977		0:15:57 (Pop-up)
Shoes	Hate to Run "Hate to Run" by "Shoes"	Primal Vinyl	Alive Natural Sound	2015	LP	1980	*	0:18:32 (Pop-up)
Squire	Live Without Her Love "Live Without Her Love" by "Squire"	Hits From 3000 Years Ago	Hi-Lo	1984	LP	1981

Warm Soda	Find that Girl "Find that Girl" by "Warm Soda"	Symbolic Dream	Castle Face	2015	CD	2015	*	0:31:48 (Pop-up)
Muck and the Mires	Cheating Yourself	Dial 'M' For Muck	Dirty Water	2015	CD	2015		0:34:16 (Pop-up)
Forz	In My Mind "In My Mind" by "Forz"	The Forz	The Forz	2014	CD	2014		0:37:01 (Pop-up)
Mike Rabin & the Demons	Head Over Heels	VA: Freddie & the Dreamers and Other Great English Stars	Tower	1964	LP	1964		0:39:40 (Pop-up)
Prophets	My Little Girl "My Little Girl" by "Prophets"	VA: Hen's Teeth Vol. 2 - Blocked! Rare Beat & Psychedelia	Hen's Teeth Records	1996	CD	1965		0:41:30 (Pop-up)
Troggs	From Home "From Home" by "Troggs"	Wild Thing	Atco	1966	LP	1966		0:43:54 (Pop-up)
Routes	Meant to Be "Meant to Be" by "Routes"	b/w "Why I Cry" and "I Said Move"	Hidden Volume	2015	7"	2015	*	0:46:13 (Pop-up)
Los Brincos	Sola "Sola" by "Los Brincos"	Grandes Exitos	Serdisco	1996	CD	1965		0:49:47 (Pop-up)
Ray Columbus	We Want a Beat "We Want a Beat" by "Ray Columbus"	VA: Keep Lookin' -- 80 More Mod, Soul & Freakbeat Nuggets	RPM	2014	CD box set	1966	*	0:51:53 (Pop-up)
Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart	The Ambushers	c/w I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight	A&M	1967	7"	1967		0:54:10 (Pop-up)

Pacifics	Say You Love Me "Say You Love Me" by "Pacifics"		Mistkafer	2015	EP	2015. 7" vinyl EP	*	1:07:50 (Pop-up)
Ban	Place of Sin "Place of Sin" by "Ban"	VA: With Love, A Pot Of Flowers	Big Beat	2010	CD	1966. Unreleased at the time.		1:09:31 (Pop-up)
La Nueva Generacion	Mas Me Enamoro De Ti	VA: Chicas! Volume 2 -- Spanish Female Singers 1962-1974	Vampisoul	2015	CD	1969	*	1:12:35 (Pop-up)
Bill Locke	She's Got Soul "She's Got Soul" by "Bill Locke"	VA: Modernists - A Decade of Rhythm & Soul Dedication	Kent	2015	CD	1968	*	1:15:36 (Pop-up)
GTVs	Organ Donors "Organ Donors" by "GTVs"	c/w Here's a Thing	Hidden Volume	2015	7"	2015	*	1:17:57 (Pop-up)
Cross Section	Hi Heel Sneakers "Hi Heel Sneakers" by "Cross Section"	OST: Quadrophenia	Polydor	1979	2LP	1978		1:20:59 (Pop-up)
Charts	Desiree "Desiree" by "Charts"	c/w Fell in Love With You Baby	Wand	1966	7"	1966		1:23:31 (Pop-up)
Joyce Harris	Don't Knock It "Don't Knock It" by "Joyce Harris"	VA: Souvenirs of the Soul Clap Vol. 2	Norton	2015	LP	1962	*	1:26:39 (Pop-up)
Thigh Highs	Submarina "Submarina" by "Thigh Highs"	These Are The Thigh Highs	Thightones	2015	EP	2015	*

Zoltars	We Missed Out "We Missed Out" by "Zoltars"	The Zoltars	Happenin	2015	LP	2015	*	1:40:09 (Pop-up)
Syn	Created By Clive "Created By Clive" by "Syn"	Original Syn 1965-2004	Umbrello	2005	CD	1967. RIP Chris Squire.		1:42:02 (Pop-up)
Pink Floyd	It Would Be So Nice "It Would Be So Nice" by "Pink Floyd"	Shine On	EMI	1992	CD box set	1968. From "The Early Singles" bonus CD included with this box set		1:44:26 (Pop-up)
Condor	Lei Per La Vita "Lei Per La Vita" by "Condor"	VA: Wildworld Volume 3: Roma Raveup -- The Italian Scene 65-67	Wildworld	2002	CD	1967. Italian version of "Trapped" by Los Bravos		1:47:58 (Pop-up)
Raws	When I Walked "When I Walked" by "Raws"	VA: Copenhagen Beat - 29 rare tracks from the Danish Beatscene 1965/68	Hit 'n' Beat	2000	CD	1966		1:50:37 (Pop-up)
Who	Motoring "Motoring" by "Who"	Two's Missing	MCA	1987	LP	1965. Unreleased at the time.		1:53:57 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	11:01am Dominick: www.youtube.com...
	11:03am SmokinJ: No MC5 Mike? ;)
	11:03am lloyd michigan: No Michael?
	11:06am Marc Francis: WOOOOP. Good morning all y'all.
	11:08am Mike Sin: Good morning folks! Hi Marc, Lloyd, Smokin' J, and Dominick!
	11:15am Nardo: Elements song was definitely some power pop pop!
	11:16am Uncle Michael: I'm out in the car running 4th of July errands and rockin the optical sound. It's great!
	11:19am common: good to hear you today mike sin happy 4th everyone
	11:20am lloyd michigan: Good morning, Mike!
	11:20am SmokinJ: The Murphy bro's!
	11:21am adrienn_e: Glad to hear the last made the cut this time!
	11:22am KP: Going Fourth with Mike Sin
	11:23am Ken From Hyde Park: I'm at the town parade. If I had some WFMU signs to hang on my car, I could've represented.
	11:25am Mailman Tom: Good morning, fellow sinners !
	11:30am Frank Above: Hey Mike!
	11:34am Sonny Rickles: Mike Sin spinnin the tunes! Happy 4th!
	11:37am Mike Sin: Hey all -- thanks for being here!
	11:37am fleep: Flag up! Marinating!
	11:39am Frank Above: The Forz! Nice!
	11:43am johnk77: just finishing breakfast weather map says storm front just approaching jersey city in my mind's eye i am riding in mike sin's hot rod
	11:46am Marc Francis: Thanks for having us Mike!
	11:47am Tom from Detroit: Happy 4th mike
	11:48am Tom from Detroit: We'll have ya outta there in no time.
	12:00pm P-90: Yes it was done for the soundtrack.
	12:03pm Marc Francis: 4 songs = ep in my head.
	12:04pm pim: An EP (short for extended play) is a musical recording that contains more music than a single, but is usually too short to qualify as a full studio album or LP. - wiki
	12:07pm David Shortell: Boyce and Hart also wrote a song for the previous Matt Helm flick (Murderers' Row) called ""If You're Thinkin' What I'm Thinkin'". It's performed by Dean Martin's son's group, "Dino, Desi & Billy"!
	12:10pm drewo: I enjoy Saranac Ginger Beer in my Dark & Stormy's.
	12:13pm noel: Goya is a decent American one but Idris "fiery" is best.
	12:13pm art: "Ginger Apple Cider" by Aaron Burr Cidery (local to Hudson Valley) makes a dry natural version of ginger beer. A bit pricey, but it's not sweet at all, about 8% alc. and tastes like ginger beer before America grew back their baby teeth (or obsession w/ sweets.)
	12:15pm Stefan Dz: Ginger beer? Have you ever tried plain old Goya Ginger Beer? One of its active ingredients is capsacin, the chemical extract from chili peppers them their heat. It's thirst quenching but it has a strong bite distinctive from European style ginger beers. Highly recommended for a hot summer day.
	12:16pm Stefan Dz: That should have read "that gives them their heat."
	12:19pm drewo: Jacco Gardner and his band played an excellent set this past week here in Tucson. The band did a nice job replicating the baroque psych pop stylings of his new disc 'Hypnophobia'. Heady stuff.
	12:25pm Joe B: show sounding great Mike!
	12:25pm Tom from Detroit: Put that wig hatON yo heayad now baby!
	12:28pm dennis diken: this version of "Desiree" is blowing my mind! love the original, never heard the remake, and by the same group. very cool!
	12:28pm Artie Haywire: Great show, Mike!
	12:35pm fredr: Always a great show Mike. Pleasure to hear you again. Happy 4th!!
	12:37pm middlebun: Reed's ginger beer is good. Available at Trader Joe's.
	12:40pm Tom from Detroit: I love that johnny hurricane@ star club live version of sneakers. I think it might have been you mike that got me hip to that one....
	12:44pm Snortley: Yes, Reed's. Made with lots of natural ingredients. Many different versions and flavors. I like to make shandy by mixing Red Stripe with their Raspberry Brew.
	12:48pm fredr: You can really appreciate what a great guitarist Syd Barrett was in this song.
	12:50pm Stuart Rose: And what a melody make ole' Syd was. How many songs were we deprived of when Syd wandered off.
	12:52pm David Shortell: I believe David Gilmour was the guitarist on that Rick Wright song.
	12:54pm fredr: I stand corrected David. It was the flip side of Julia Dream which was sung by D Gilmour. Sorry for that!
	12:55pm Stuart Rose: Yikes, I think you're right, David. This isn't a Syd song, and the atmospheric guitar does sound like Gilmore's typical sound.
	12:58pm Stuart Rose: Yikes, David, you're right. Always in the mood to give Syd credit. It did have that Gilmour guitar sound, spare and dreamy. Didn't Wright also pen San Tropez?Another mellow beauty.
	12:59pm P-90: Thanks, Mike Sin! Catch you on the flipside!
	1:00pm drewo: It was so nice! Thanks for the show Mike.
	1:01pm Marc Francis: Thanks Mike!!!!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Brian Howard and the Silhouettes	Back In The U.S.A.	VA: Rare 60's Beat Treasures, Vol. 4	Gone Beat	1999	CD	1964		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Rory Storm & the Hurricanes	America	VA: Liverpool 1963-1968	See For Miles	1983	LP	1964		0:01:48 (Pop-up)
Monica	Freedom "Freedom" by "Monica"	VA: Le Beat Bespoke 6 - 20 Tailor Made Cuts	Detour	2015	CD	1972	*	0:04:48 (Pop-up)
Kurt Baker	Quit Dancing With My Girl	Brand New B-Sides	Rum Bar	2014	CD	2014		0:07:03 (Pop-up)
Elements	Caught in a Storm "Caught in a Storm" by "Elements"	VA: Acid Jazz Mod	Not Bad	2014	CD	2008	*	0:08:52 (Pop-up)
The Last	The Rack "The Rack" by "The Last"	L.A. Explosion!	Bomp	2003	CD	1979. CD reissue of the band's sole LP with bonus tracks		0:12:05 (Pop-up)
Adam and the Ants	B Side Baby "B Side Baby" by "Adam and the Ants"	Family of Noise	Pure Sound	2010	LP	1978 demo for Decca records.		0:13:46 (Pop-up)
Eddie and The Hot Rods	Quit This Town	Life On The Line	Island	1977	LP	1977		0:15:57 (Pop-up)
Shoes	Hate to Run "Hate to Run" by "Shoes"	Primal Vinyl	Alive Natural Sound	2015	LP	1980	*	0:18:32 (Pop-up)
Squire	Live Without Her Love "Live Without Her Love" by "Squire"	Hits From 3000 Years Ago	Hi-Lo	1984	LP	1981

Warm Soda	Find that Girl "Find that Girl" by "Warm Soda"	Symbolic Dream	Castle Face	2015	CD	2015	*	0:31:48 (Pop-up)
Muck and the Mires	Cheating Yourself	Dial 'M' For Muck	Dirty Water	2015	CD	2015		0:34:16 (Pop-up)
Forz	In My Mind "In My Mind" by "Forz"	The Forz	The Forz	2014	CD	2014		0:37:01 (Pop-up)
Mike Rabin & the Demons	Head Over Heels	VA: Freddie & the Dreamers and Other Great English Stars	Tower	1964	LP	1964		0:39:40 (Pop-up)
Prophets	My Little Girl "My Little Girl" by "Prophets"	VA: Hen's Teeth Vol. 2 - Blocked! Rare Beat & Psychedelia	Hen's Teeth Records	1996	CD	1965		0:41:30 (Pop-up)
Troggs	From Home "From Home" by "Troggs"	Wild Thing	Atco	1966	LP	1966		0:43:54 (Pop-up)
Routes	Meant to Be "Meant to Be" by "Routes"	b/w "Why I Cry" and "I Said Move"	Hidden Volume	2015	7"	2015	*	0:46:13 (Pop-up)
Los Brincos	Sola "Sola" by "Los Brincos"	Grandes Exitos	Serdisco	1996	CD	1965		0:49:47 (Pop-up)
Ray Columbus	We Want a Beat "We Want a Beat" by "Ray Columbus"	VA: Keep Lookin' -- 80 More Mod, Soul & Freakbeat Nuggets	RPM	2014	CD box set	1966	*	0:51:53 (Pop-up)
Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart	The Ambushers	c/w I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight	A&M	1967	7"	1967		0:54:10 (Pop-up)

Pacifics	Say You Love Me "Say You Love Me" by "Pacifics"		Mistkafer	2015	EP	2015. 7" vinyl EP	*	1:07:50 (Pop-up)
Ban	Place of Sin "Place of Sin" by "Ban"	VA: With Love, A Pot Of Flowers	Big Beat	2010	CD	1966. Unreleased at the time.		1:09:31 (Pop-up)
La Nueva Generacion	Mas Me Enamoro De Ti	VA: Chicas! Volume 2 -- Spanish Female Singers 1962-1974	Vampisoul	2015	CD	1969	*	1:12:35 (Pop-up)
Bill Locke	She's Got Soul "She's Got Soul" by "Bill Locke"	VA: Modernists - A Decade of Rhythm & Soul Dedication	Kent	2015	CD	1968	*	1:15:36 (Pop-up)
GTVs	Organ Donors "Organ Donors" by "GTVs"	c/w Here's a Thing	Hidden Volume	2015	7"	2015	*	1:17:57 (Pop-up)
Cross Section	Hi Heel Sneakers "Hi Heel Sneakers" by "Cross Section"	OST: Quadrophenia	Polydor	1979	2LP	1978		1:20:59 (Pop-up)
Charts	Desiree "Desiree" by "Charts"	c/w Fell in Love With You Baby	Wand	1966	7"	1966		1:23:31 (Pop-up)
Joyce Harris	Don't Knock It "Don't Knock It" by "Joyce Harris"	VA: Souvenirs of the Soul Clap Vol. 2	Norton	2015	LP	1962	*	1:26:39 (Pop-up)
Thigh Highs	Submarina "Submarina" by "Thigh Highs"	These Are The Thigh Highs	Thightones	2015	EP	2015	*

Zoltars	We Missed Out "We Missed Out" by "Zoltars"	The Zoltars	Happenin	2015	LP	2015	*	1:40:09 (Pop-up)
Syn	Created By Clive "Created By Clive" by "Syn"	Original Syn 1965-2004	Umbrello	2005	CD	1967. RIP Chris Squire.		1:42:02 (Pop-up)
Pink Floyd	It Would Be So Nice "It Would Be So Nice" by "Pink Floyd"	Shine On	EMI	1992	CD box set	1968. From "The Early Singles" bonus CD included with this box set		1:44:26 (Pop-up)
Condor	Lei Per La Vita "Lei Per La Vita" by "Condor"	VA: Wildworld Volume 3: Roma Raveup -- The Italian Scene 65-67	Wildworld	2002	CD	1967. Italian version of "Trapped" by Los Bravos		1:47:58 (Pop-up)
Raws	When I Walked "When I Walked" by "Raws"	VA: Copenhagen Beat - 29 rare tracks from the Danish Beatscene 1965/68	Hit 'n' Beat	2000	CD	1966		1:50:37 (Pop-up)
Who	Motoring "Motoring" by "Who"	Two's Missing	MCA	1987	LP	1965. Unreleased at the time.		1:53:57 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	11:01am Dominick: www.youtube.com...
	11:03am SmokinJ: No MC5 Mike? ;)
	11:03am lloyd michigan: No Michael?
	11:06am Marc Francis: WOOOOP. Good morning all y'all.
	11:08am Mike Sin: Good morning folks! Hi Marc, Lloyd, Smokin' J, and Dominick!
	11:15am Nardo: Elements song was definitely some power pop pop!
	11:16am Uncle Michael: I'm out in the car running 4th of July errands and rockin the optical sound. It's great!
	11:19am common: good to hear you today mike sin happy 4th everyone
	11:20am lloyd michigan: Good morning, Mike!
	11:20am SmokinJ: The Murphy bro's!
	11:21am adrienn_e: Glad to hear the last made the cut this time!
	11:22am KP: Going Fourth with Mike Sin
	11:23am Ken From Hyde Park: I'm at the town parade. If I had some WFMU signs to hang on my car, I could've represented.
	11:25am Mailman Tom: Good morning, fellow sinners !
	11:30am Frank Above: Hey Mike!
	11:34am Sonny Rickles: Mike Sin spinnin the tunes! Happy 4th!
	11:37am Mike Sin: Hey all -- thanks for being here!
	11:37am fleep: Flag up! Marinating!
	11:39am Frank Above: The Forz! Nice!
	11:43am johnk77: just finishing breakfast weather map says storm front just approaching jersey city in my mind's eye i am riding in mike sin's hot rod
	11:46am Marc Francis: Thanks for having us Mike!
	11:47am Tom from Detroit: Happy 4th mike
	11:48am Tom from Detroit: We'll have ya outta there in no time.
	12:00pm P-90: Yes it was done for the soundtrack.
	12:03pm Marc Francis: 4 songs = ep in my head.
	12:04pm pim: An EP (short for extended play) is a musical recording that contains more music than a single, but is usually too short to qualify as a full studio album or LP. - wiki
	12:07pm David Shortell: Boyce and Hart also wrote a song for the previous Matt Helm flick (Murderers' Row) called ""If You're Thinkin' What I'm Thinkin'". It's performed by Dean Martin's son's group, "Dino, Desi & Billy"!
	12:10pm drewo: I enjoy Saranac Ginger Beer in my Dark & Stormy's.
	12:13pm noel: Goya is a decent American one but Idris "fiery" is best.
	12:13pm art: "Ginger Apple Cider" by Aaron Burr Cidery (local to Hudson Valley) makes a dry natural version of ginger beer. A bit pricey, but it's not sweet at all, about 8% alc. and tastes like ginger beer before America grew back their baby teeth (or obsession w/ sweets.)
	12:15pm Stefan Dz: Ginger beer? Have you ever tried plain old Goya Ginger Beer? One of its active ingredients is capsacin, the chemical extract from chili peppers them their heat. It's thirst quenching but it has a strong bite distinctive from European style ginger beers. Highly recommended for a hot summer day.
	12:16pm Stefan Dz: That should have read "that gives them their heat."
	12:19pm drewo: Jacco Gardner and his band played an excellent set this past week here in Tucson. The band did a nice job replicating the baroque psych pop stylings of his new disc 'Hypnophobia'. Heady stuff.
	12:25pm Joe B: show sounding great Mike!
	12:25pm Tom from Detroit: Put that wig hatON yo heayad now baby!
	12:28pm dennis diken: this version of "Desiree" is blowing my mind! love the original, never heard the remake, and by the same group. very cool!
	12:28pm Artie Haywire: Great show, Mike!
	12:35pm fredr: Always a great show Mike. Pleasure to hear you again. Happy 4th!!
	12:37pm middlebun: Reed's ginger beer is good. Available at Trader Joe's.
	12:40pm Tom from Detroit: I love that johnny hurricane@ star club live version of sneakers. I think it might have been you mike that got me hip to that one....
	12:44pm Snortley: Yes, Reed's. Made with lots of natural ingredients. Many different versions and flavors. I like to make shandy by mixing Red Stripe with their Raspberry Brew.
	12:48pm fredr: You can really appreciate what a great guitarist Syd Barrett was in this song.
	12:50pm Stuart Rose: And what a melody make ole' Syd was. How many songs were we deprived of when Syd wandered off.
	12:52pm David Shortell: I believe David Gilmour was the guitarist on that Rick Wright song.
	12:54pm fredr: I stand corrected David. It was the flip side of Julia Dream which was sung by D Gilmour. Sorry for that!
	12:55pm Stuart Rose: Yikes, I think you're right, David. This isn't a Syd song, and the atmospheric guitar does sound like Gilmore's typical sound.
	12:58pm Stuart Rose: Yikes, David, you're right. Always in the mood to give Syd credit. It did have that Gilmour guitar sound, spare and dreamy. Didn't Wright also pen San Tropez?Another mellow beauty.
	12:59pm P-90: Thanks, Mike Sin! Catch you on the flipside!
	1:00pm drewo: It was so nice! Thanks for the show Mike.
	1:01pm Marc Francis: Thanks Mike!!!!

Optical Sound with Mike Sin: Playlist from July 4, 2015

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