Christmas 2020

Tracklist: Like what you hear? Let us know by LEAVING A COMMENT! Can’t get enough Christmas music? Load up our special episodes for Christmas 2019 and Christmas 2018. Note: The “Play this track” cues below may be off by several seconds on mobile devices. DAN PUGACH NONET FEATURING NICOLE ZURAITIS “Sleigh Ride” Here we are […]

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Ace in the Hole

Tracklist: Like what you hear? Let us know by LEAVING A COMMENT! Note: The “Play this track” cues below may be off by several seconds on mobile devices.  THE BEATLES: “Strawberry Fields Forever” (Take #4) Another way to hear The Beatles’ gem … before the overdubs —Rock Stamberg TERRY MELCHER: “These Days” This radical […]

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Gotta Get Up

Tracklist: Like what you hear? Let us know by LEAVING A COMMENT! Note: The “Play this track” cues below may be off by several seconds on mobile devices. HARRY NILSSON: “Gotta Get Up” Nilsson’s first “rock” song. That voice. —Rock Stamberg THE KINKS: “This Time Tomorrow”  Another great—yes, great—Kinks song that flew under the radar. […]

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Pure and Easy

Tracklist: Like what you hear? Let us know by LEAVING A COMMENT! Note: The “Play this track” cues below may be off by several seconds on mobile devices. ELVIS COSTELLO: “Miracle Man” My Aim is True is in the rarefied group of strongest debut recordings. The songwriting, lyrics and performance are all top notch. I […]

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Ain’t Had Enough Fun

Tracklist: Like what you hear? Let us know by LEAVING A COMMENT! Note: The “Play this track” cues below may be off by several seconds on mobile devices. BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS: “Smiling Phases” This is one of my favorite tracks from one of my favorite jazz rock albums. I rank the first two BST […]

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Got the Feeling

Tracklist: Like what you hear? Let us know by LEAVING A COMMENT! Note: The “Play this track” cues below may be off by several seconds on mobile devices. JEFF BECK GROUP: “Got the Feeling” In the world of Jeff Beck fans, Truth and Blow by Blow are the universal keystones. To a much smaller cadre […]

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So This Is Christmas: Christmas 2019

Tracklist: Like what you hear? Let us know by LEAVING A COMMENT! Note: The “Play this track” cues below may be off by several seconds on mobile devices. John Stix’s Song Notes: JAMES TAYLOR: “Go Tell It on the Mountain” JT has done a good amount of Christmas music. Much of it is too slick […]

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Join the Band

Tracklist: Like what you hear? Let us know by LEAVING A COMMENT! Note: The “Play this track” cues below may be off by several seconds on mobile devices. Song Notes: JONI MITCHELL & TOM SCOTT AND THE L.A. EXPRESS: “Big Yellow Taxi” Tom Scott and the L.A. Express were Joni Mitchell’s touring band in 1974 […]

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A Tribute to George Martin

SEATRAIN: “I’m Willing” Back in the early 1970s, Singer Sewing Centers sponsored live radio broadcasts. They did this because they wanted you to know they had large record departments in their retail sewing centers. One of these broadcasts, which I still have on cassette tape, was by the group Seatrain. I was sold by that radio concert.

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Melody Motel

FLEETWOOD MAC: “Second Hand News” What a great album opener. Rumours was *the big one* for Fleetwood Mac and it’s fitting they led it off with this amazing Lindsey Buckingham song. Deceptively bouncy and even fun, performance-wise, its stealth personal lyrics foreshadowed Buckingham’s increasing position in the Mac and subsequent reputation as a musical eccentric to be reckoned with.

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