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ROCKOLLECTIONS: THE SOUNDS OF PETS PT.2 END

Did I mention Paul McCartney has said the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds was the driving force for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, lol?
He also has said God Only Knows is the best song ever written.
We continue with the other side of the album.
And in the interest of aural purity, I want you to know that I played the vinyl mono version of Pet Sounds for these two parts- the way Brian Wilson intended it to be heard.
Enjoy!

Mike

Tags: Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, God Only Knows, Paul McCartney, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Vinyl Mono Album

RockRoll360 #106 - Woo Hoo ( Part 2 )

The 5.6.7.8.’s above….

Here is Part 2 of Woo Hoo
This compilation was put together back in 2005.

The featured gems here are by 5.6.7.8.’s, The Fools and
Supertramp. You might want to crank up Supertramp a little.

Please subscribe, forward, pass on and share !!

Music includes …..

MY CITY WAS GONE   /   THE PRETENDERS
SUICIDAL DREAM   /   SILVERCHAIR
GOODNIGHT MOON   /   SHIVAREE
WOO HOO   /   5, 6, 7, 8’s
SCHOOL   /   SUPERTRAMP
EXCITABLE BOY   /   WARREN ZEVON 
TOM DOOLEY  ( Rated R )  /   THE FOOLS
BEAUTIFUL    ( Recorded somewhere in a small club )  /   JASON MRAZ
YOU AND I BOTH   /   JASON MRAZ
HEART OF THE COUNTRY   /   PAUL McCARTNEY

Sound bites include …

Safe Driving Promo   /   Sound Bite From James Dean
One toke   /   Sound Bite
And now for something completely different 
                                            /   Sound Bite from Monty Python
Ed Sullivan (Here’s a amazing act……   /   Sound Bite from Ed Sullivan
Na Na Na Na Na Na Hey Jude       (Background Vocal)   
                                                           /   Sound Bite from Linda McCartney
Answering machine   /   Sound Bite
Koo Koo Clock   /   Sound Bite
Spitting mad   /   Unknown Sound Bite
It’s over Bullwinkle >What   /   Sound Bite from Rocky & Bullwinkle
Kick ass  /  Sound Bite from Cartman in South Park

Tags: 5 6 7 8's, aaa radio, Classic Rock, eclectic, Ed Sullivan, free mp3, freeform, james dean, jason mraz, linda mccartney, Monty Python, mp3, music, Paul McCartney, progressive album rock, Rock, RockRoll360, rocky and bullwinkle, shiveree, silverchair, south park, supertramp, the fools, the pretenders, Warren Zevon, WLSO

RockRoll360 #079 - Apple Scruffs ( Part 1 )

 

Welcome to Apple Scruffs ! … Nothing special here, just a little Beatle thing
going on here … Play, Download, Share and Enjoy.

Music includes ::::::: 

GIRL - THE BEATLES
APPLE SCRUFFS - GEORGE HARRISON
PIGGY IN THE MIDDLE - THE RUTLES
IT’S JOHNNY BIRTHDAY - GEORGE HARRISON
ISOLATION  ( Outtake) - JOHN LENNON
ABOUT YOU - PAUL McCARTNEY
BACK OFF BOOGALOO - RINGO STARR
TWIST AND SHOUT - THE MAMAS AND PAPAS
HAVE A CIGAR - PRIMUS
NO ONE KNOWS - QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE

Sound Bites includes ::::::::

WABC  Beatles Bumper - Radio Jingle
Beach Boys asked The Beatles - Sound Clip
WPRO  ( The Station that Reaches The Beaches) - Radio Jingle
She’s Dead - Sound Clip From  The Sopranos

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RockRoll360 #068 - Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree ( Pt. 1 )

 

 A Special from me to you - No interruptions of Great Classic Rock Christmas Tunes.
Don’t forget to check out Christmas Boogie with - The Chipmonks 10 years later from their original tune with Canned Heat.
It’s 1968 brother not 1958. Great funny tune - Alvin also gets a little carried away.
Also Bing Crosby & David Bowie with a beautiful version of Little Drummer Boy.

Merry Christmas and God Bless You All.     
                                               Michael J. Andrade

CHRISTMAS MUST BE TONIGHT- THE BAND
RUN RUDOLPH RUN - CHUCK BERRY
GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN - BARENAKED LADIES with SARAH McLACHLAN
Sam Kopper of WBCN in Boston, Christmas morning from December 1969
A 1963 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE  - BEATLES
ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE  - BEATLES
SO THIS IS CHRISTMAS  - JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO
SIMPLY HAVING A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS TIME - PAUL McCARTNEY
WBCN Christmas I.D. From Bing to Bono
CHRISTMAS BOOGIE  - CANNED HEAT WITH THE CHIPMUNKS
CHRISTMAS IS THE TIME TO SAY I LOVE YOU  - BILLY SQUIER
ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE  - THE BEACH BOYS
PEACE IN EARTH / LITTLE DRUMMER BOY  - BING CROSBY AND DAVID BOWIE

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ROCKOLLECTIONS: REMEMBERING JOHN LENNON PT.1

Last week we did George Harrison, this week it is John Lennon’s turn.
As you should know, he was shot and killed on Dec.8, 1980.
I was looking for a way to open this show, when those “You Are Here” signs occured to me.
Everybody has to be somewhere, so you are here!
I have some rare and unusual Lennon things, in this chapter going back to his Beatle days.
Included is a version of his Norwegian Wood, in which George first unveiled his sitar playing to us.
You’ll hear John and Paul, but George is playing those SITAR chords on GUITAR.
We’ll have some older Beatle things as well.
I’ll tell you about what some of John’s last day was like.
And you’ll hear a very interesting story from George Martin about the animal sound effects on Good Morning Good Morning from Sgt. Pepper, and what the order of succession of them was supposed to represent.
Then I will play you just the isolated animal effects!
Speaking of animals, a Walrus counts, right?
We will close this one out with another isolated bit, this time that radio broadcast of Shakespeare’s King Lear that John used in…well, you know!
Hope you enjoy this one- it was a lot of fun for me to get to play these things for more than just the people who come over to my house.
There will be another episode on Mr. Lennon shortly.

Mike

Tags: Beatles, December 8th 1980, George Harrison, George Martin, Good Morning Good Morning, I Am The Walrus, King Lear, Norwegian Wood, Paul McCartney, Sgt. Pepper, Shakespeare, Sitar

ROCKOLLECTIONS: 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF EAGLE LANDING-SPACE:THE FINAL FRONTIER PT.6

Before moving on with this chapter of Space, I owed you some ID’s from the previous episode.
The debt will be paid.
And a Shoutout to my buddy Mike Hennessy, for sending me a clean CD copy of a song I only had on vinyl- thanks, pal.
Some more info about our astronauts you may not have known- they had some difficulty getting back in the module with 2 boxes of more than 48 pounds of lunar surface material.
Wait till you hear some of the equipment they tossed out, had to throw away, to make the module lighter for the trip home.
And Aldrin accidentally broke the circuit breaker switch to the MAIN engine for liftoff to get back home.
Nice going Buzz!
But the day was saved with a common item and some good old American ingenuity!
Back to our Proprietary Moon songs, I have a song Johnny Cash and Paul McCartney wrote together while on vacation in Jamaica.
We’ll hear them sing it together.
Now with the sorry state of today’s radio, where else can you hear stuff like that but here at Rockollections?
Then I’ll go Cajun with a great, underrated singer/songwriter, followed by a terrific live rocker by a long lasting band.
Now, I should point out that poetic license allows me to play Moon songs wherein the Moon mentioned could be the name of a bar or a whorehouse.
Where did I put that damned poetic license anyway, lol?
There was one I couldn’t resist playing, that would make my Mom proud. It was # 2 in 1956 amidst all the Elvis and others, as Rock & Roll was starting to really take over the charts.
Don’t get me wrong though. My Mom LOVED Elvis! AND Rock & Roll!
Our astronauts take off leaving behind monitoring devices, an American flag and a plaque.
And to end this one, I thought it might be interesting to play five pieces of music…all instrumentals…that should trigger a mental image in your mind of things relating to Space.
No lyrics, no spoken words!
Let’s see if it works.
More Space coming.

Mike

Tags: Buzz Aldrin, Cajun, Elvis Presley, Jamaica, Johnny Cash, Michael Collins, Mike Hennessy, Neil Armstrong, Paul McCartney

RockRoll360 # 026 - Scooby Snacks - Pt. 2

Let’s continue on with Part 2 of Scooby Snacks.

Great deep tracks downloaded on this one includes John Lee Hooker,
Los Lobos, and Mott The Hopple. Also a emergency P.M.S.  Test.So enjoy and please pass it on . EVERY ONE’S A WINNER - HOT CHOCOLATE
BOOM BOOM - JOHN LEE HOOKER
BLACK VELVET - ALANNAH MYLES
KIKO AND THE LAVENDER MOON - LOS LOBOS
TINY BUBBLE - PAUL McCARTNEY
WHAT’S YOUR NAME - DON AND JUAN
OH MY MY - RINGO STARR
VIOLENCE - MOTT THE HOPPLE
MY FRIENDS - THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
RAG MAMA RAG - THE BAND

Sound Bite includes ::::

Bohemiath   (Monster Truck Rally Dialogue) - STEVEN WRIGHT
SCHAEFER BEER - Radio  Commercial
Timmy Is Retarded - Comedy Bite from South Park
WABC - Radio Jingle
EMERGENCY P.M.S. TEST - Comedy

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RockRoll360 #014 - Sittin In Limbo - Pt. 2

It’s Monday - It’s June - and it’s Part 2 of  Sittin’ In Limbo.

Great different versions of “Thank You” a Led Zepplin tune
done by Tori Amos and “Stormy Monday” a T-Bone Walker tune
done by an artist who was taken from us way too early, Eva Cassidy
are found here.
Also a great favorite of mind “Willow” is on the list.

Relax and enjoy now ” Sittin’ in Limbo ” (Part 2)

PLAY ME -  NEIL DIAMOND
4 + 20 -  CROSBY STILL NASH & YOUNG
THE NEEDLE AND THE DAMAGE DONE  (Live) - NEIL YOUNG
DOG AND BUTTERFLY (Acoustic - Live) -  HEART
STORMY MONDAY    ( Live) -  EVA CASSIDY
WILLOW -  JOAN ARMATRADING
SITTIN IN LIMBO -  JIMMY CLIFF
OLD OLD WOODSTOCK -  VAN MORRISON
THANK YOU -  TORI AMOS
SINGALONG JUNK -  PAUL McCARTNEY

Don’t look for any sound bites on this episode.  Sorry!

They will return in regular 360 Format - Friday in Episode #015

This compilation was made during the year of 2004.

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Tags: 360, Acoustic, Crosby Stills and Nash, Eva Cassidy, heart, Joan Armatrading, mixed, Neil Diamond, Neil Young, Paul McCartney, soft rock, Tori Amos, Van Morrison, wlso.fm

RockRoll360 #012 - Moonage Daydream - Pt. 2

 

Hello Podsters !! - Hope you all had a great Memorial Day Weekend.
I also hope you all remembered the fallen soldiers who made
freedom ring on and on for the past 233 years for our country.

And welcome finally to the unofficial start of summer, 
& Part 2 of Moonage Daydream.

One of my favorite tunes here on Part 2 is from Dr. Hook,
“Everybody’s Making It Big But Me”, yes even better and funnier than  
“Cover Of The Rolling Stone”. Also gems by Parliament, Feist & ZZ Top.

By the way, I have been trying to narrate these podcast
but with no success. I think it’s a sound card problem.
So until your hear my voice, enjoy while you can.   LOL!!!

Rock On Podsters with ………..

DO YOU REMEMBER ROCK ‘N’ ROLL RADIO - THE ROMONES
EVERYBODY’S MAKING IT BIG BUT ME - DR. HOOK AND THE MEDICINE SHOW
LIVE AND LET DIE - McCARTNEY AND WINGS
LIFT ME UP - MOBY
UP FOR THE DOWN STROKE - PARLIAMENT
MY MOON MY MAN - FEIST
2 O’CLOCK IN THE A.M - SWATI
JIGSAW FALLING INTO PLACE -RADIOHEAD
JESUS JUST LEFT CHICAGO - ZZ TOP

Sound Bites include:::::

WBCN    ( In Boston ) - Radio I.D. from Charles Laquidera 
The National Toilet - Sound Bite from The Firesign Theatre  
Soooooooooool Train - Sound Bite intro  from T.V’s  Soul Train 
Yeah … Just like squares - Sound Bite from  Leave It To Beaver 
I crash my van into Jesus - Sound Bite from the movie  Saved
Is it all over Rock …I guess so - Sound Bite from  “Rocky & Bullwinkle”
Rocky & Bullwinkle intro song - Sound Bite from  “Rocky & Bullwinkle”

Next two parts of RockRoll360 Podcast will be in the acoustic mood.
So come and rejoin me Friday. 

Tags: aaa radio, Classic Rock, classic underground, dr. hook, eclectic, feist, firesign theatre, free mp3, freeform, leave it to beaver, mixed, mp3, music, parliament, Paul McCartney, Rock, RockRoll360, romones, soul train, swati, wbcn, WLSO

ROCKOLLECTIONS: REMEMBERING GEORGE & JOHN PT.2 2006 VERSION

I will now continue with the 2006 show I did, and a good time to point out that in 2007 I did full shows for EACH of them. You can hear them here by simply scrolling back on the words “previous posts”.
And also to announce there will be another new George & John show within the next few days, from this year 2008.

While most were watching Monday Night Football, I remember I was watching a hockey game (it’s a BETTER game!) on TV with a buddy when the phone rang and another friend told me John was shot.
I quickly put the stereo on to WNEW-FM, then the best rock station in the world, and Vin Scelsa was playing Springsteen’s “Jungleland”.
My heart sank, I knew instinctively we had lost him!
In this episode, I decided to play songs ABOUT John- as a little cottage industry has sprung up regarding that. And as it turned out, I didn’t have enough time to even play what I brought with me.
I remarked that there was a great shortage of songs about George Harrison or his death. None really. Maybe that is because it didn’t come so suddenly and in such a violent fashion.
But with intentional irony, I mentioned even George had written a song for John, and of course we will open with that.
I think you will hear some very interesting things here. George Martin’s comments on John’s death. A Letter To John written and read by Paul McCartney at Lennon’s induction ceremony to the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, and of course the song he wrote for John. An underrated song by Mickey Hart, drummer for the Grateful Dead, that has never gotten any airplay, and includes John Lennon and others.
And the other usual surprises I hope you have come to expect.
Rest in peace, George and John. We are diminished by your absence. Mike

Tags: A Letter To John, Bruce Springsteen, Grateful Dead, Jungleland, Mickey Hart, Monday Night Football, Paul McCartney, Vin Scelsa, WNEW-FM

ROCKOLLECTIONS: ODDS AND ENDS VOL.1- PT.2

Finishing up with our first Odds & Ends, after a few songs for Heather, I’ll open with one for Paul should he decide to get married again, by a Dutch group called Smyle that had the Beatle sound down pat- especially the John Lennon voice.
I have never wanted Rockollections to be labeled an Oldies show, or a Classic Rock one.
Especially in the Theme shows, if I play an old record, I am using it in a contemporary way.
Besides, some of the older music I play was NEVER played on the radio at all- so throw the Classic tag away.
I just play what I consider the best or most interesting songs I can think of, irregardless of when it was made!
And I have nothing against new music- except maybe that most of it sucks, lol!
I wanna play 3 new songs for you though.
One each by the G-Men, Amer Diab and Mark Wayne Glasmire (and I had fun with his triple name, lol!).
Give a listen and see what you think.
They were the ones I chose that day, and there are more than 3 new songs I enjoy- just want to make that clear to any folks that think I am not open-minded.
The song by Glasmire is about a relationship that has a chance at getting back together.
Made me think of a song by the Del Fuegos, but with less of a chance at reconciliation in it.
After the new stuff, I must say it IS still fun to play the old ones, and I will continue to do so!
So I will end with first, a Chiffons number you should know- but without any MUSIC!
And lastly, Brian Wilson with his daughters, singing a song that tells me I should do these Odds & Ends more often.
Enjoy!

Mike

Tags: Amer Diab, Brain Wilson, Chiffons, Classic Rock, Del Fuegos, G-Men, Heather McCartney, Jojn Lennon, Mark Wayne Glasmire, Oldies, Paul McCartney, Smyle

ROCKOLLECTIONS: ODDS AND ENDS VOLUME 1- PT.1

After all those Flowers & Gardens & things, I thought I’d take a Personal Day.
Just grabbed some Odds & Ends in the form of CD’s and records and brought them in to the station.
I said to myself, let’s really go free-form and see what happens.
I must thank my pal, Mike Hennessy, for the opening song of the day.
He sent it to me, I didn’t even know it existed, and a perfect fit.
Nice pickup Mickster!
Then a song specifically for Odds & Ends.
After that, something that has been nagging me.
That whole Paul McCartney/Heather Mills divorce.
As I say in the show, I think more people are sympathetic to Paul, and regard Heather as something of a gold-digger.
From the getgo, a song jumped out at me that summed up my feelings on the subject.
That led to another similar song, but the 1st one is the one that says it best for me.
It also occurred to me that McCartney has a song from a fairly recent album called From A Lover To A Friend.
Don’t think he’s going to be singing that too much in concert for a while, lol!
But I wanted to play something by Paul, so why not a very overlooked one that nobody plays anymore?
Probably because it is long, and that upsets radio nowadays- gets in the way of the commercials, and the DJ’s mindless chatter.
So a multi-tuned cut, a terrific example of McCartney the Prolific Tunesmith- songs tumbling together as if he couldn’t contain all the melodies in his head. (And the last in the bunch is my favorite!)
Engineer Ken said he hadn’t heard it in years, see if the same applies to you.
More Odds & Ends to follow- including some NEW music!
Mike

Tags: From A Lover To A Friend, Heather Mills, Mike Hennessy, Paul McCartney, Personal Day