You Know Who... Is Looking for His Cables

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Call it "Corporate Rock" if you
want, but Journey brought the
"must-hear" track of the show.
Good show, and technically it went pretty smoothy. Ironically the only technical hiccup that happened as when I tried to prevent another technical hiccup (I had forgotten to put the iPad into a privacy mode to prevent the mishap that ended last week’s show prematurely. Evidently, opening the settings mutes other apps.). Oh well.
 
I knew that I had to give a shout-out to Neal Sedaka, who passed last Friday. Only during the show did the news come out about John P. Hammond. With a little behind the scenes fumbling, I was able to pay tribute to him too. (I spend a bit of time talking about how his father was active in the nascent civil rights movement, but I think I neglected to say the punchline; that the “P” stood for Paul, and was named for the legendary black singer/actor/activist Paul Robeson.)
 
In any event, today’s show is worth listening to if only for the Journey’s live performance of “Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’.” It’s finding recordings such as that which make me continue doing this thankless enterprise.
 
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LIC Radio 3/2/83
 
 
Miles Davis
"Amanaura" or “Miss Last Summer”
(Miles Davis)
Take 11? Columbia Studio B, New York, NY, 3/2/78
Unreleased
 
Featuring Larry Coryell on guitar
 
 
Neil Sedaka
“The Immigrant”
(Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody)
From Laughter in the Rain  (Polydor, 1974)
Neil Sedaka, 1973
Photo by Michael Putland

 
Wesley Willis
“Rock N Roll McDonalds”
(Wesley Willis)
From Greatest Hits  (Alternative Tentacles, 1995)
 
 
Be-Bop Deluxe
“Possession”
(Bill Nelson)
BBC Sight & Sound in Concert, Golders Green Hippodrome, London, UK, 1/19/78
Studio version released on Drastic Plastic  (Harvest, 1978)
 
 
Them Crooked Vultures
“Nobody Loves Me and Neither Do I”
(Josh Homme, John Paul Jones, Dave Grohl)
Hordern Pavillion, Sydney, AU, 1/26/10
Studio version released on Them Crooked Vultures  (DGC/Interscope/RCA, 2009)
 
 
George Thorogood and the Destroyers
“Who Do You Love?”
(Ellas McDaniel)
Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA, 3/2/85
Destroyers’ studio version released on Move It On Over  (Rounder, 1978)
Originally recorded by Bo Diddley; released as single A-side (Checker, 1956)
 
 
Genesis
“The Fountain of Salmacis”
(Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Mike Rutherford)
Paris Theatre, London, UK, 3/2/72
Studio version released on Nursery Cryme  (Charisma, 1971)
 
 
Gary Wright
“Dream Weaver”
(Gary Wright)
Atlanta Civic Center, Atlanta, GA, 3/2/77
Studio version released on The Dream Weaver  (Warner Bros., 1975)
 
 
Thin Lizzy
“Hollywood (Down on Your Luck)”
(Scott Gorham, Phil Lynott)
Palais D'hiver, Lyon, FR, 3/2/82
Studio version released on Renegade  (Vertigo, 1982)
 
 
Journey
John P. Hammond, 1990
Photo by Paul Natkin
"Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'"
(Steve Perry)
Budokan Hall, Tokyo, JP, 3/2/83
Studio version released on Evolution  (Columbia, 1979)
 
 
John Hammond
“Shake for Me”
(Willie Dixon)
From Southern Fried  (Atlantic, 1969)
 

Buzzcocks
“Everybody's Happy Nowadays”
(Pete Shelley)
Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL, 3/2/79
Studio version released as single A-side (United Artists/I.R.S., 1979)
 
 
Madness
“Our House”
(Chris Foreman, Cathal Smyth)
Dominion Theatre, London, UK, 3/2/83
Studio version released on The Rise & Fall  (Stiff, 1982)
 
 
Alice In Chains
“Them Bones”
(Jerry Cantrell)
Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland, 3/2/93
Studio version released on Dirt  (Columbia, 1992)
 
 
Yo La Tengo
“Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows”
(Marvin Hamlisch, Howard Liebling)
WFMU-FM Studios, Jersey City, NJ, 3/2/12
Originally recorded by Leslie Gore; released on Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts
(Mercury, 1963)
 
Yo La Tengo


Yo La Tengo
“Cheese and Onions”
(Neil Innes)
WFMU-FM Studios, Jersey City, NJ, 3/2/12
Originally recorded by The Rutles; released on The Rutles  (Warner Bros., 1978)
 
Yo La Tengo’s performances were part of the WFMU All Request Marathon, a.k.a. Murdering the Classics 2012
 
 
Steely Dan
“Kid Charlemagne”
(Walter Becker, Donald Fagen)
Chicago Theater, Chicago, IL, 9/3/09
Studio version released on The Royal Scam  (ABC, 1976)
 
Special Guest: Larry Carlton – Guitar
 
 
Lou Reed
“I’m So Free”
(Lou Reed)
Alice Tully Hall, New York, NY, 1/27/73
Studio version released on Transformer  (RCA Victor, 1972)
 
 
Lou Reed
“Dirty Blvd.”
(Lou Reed)
Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK, 3/23/92
Studio version released on New York  (Sire, 1989)
Lou Reed, 1975. Photo by Mick Rock
"Give me your hungry, your tired, your poor
I'll piss on 'em
That's what the statue of bigotry says"

 
Pat Martino Quartet
“Song Bird”
(Pat Martino)
Keystone Korner, San Francisco, 3/2/77
Studio version released on Joyous Lake  (Warner Bros., 1977)
 
Pat Martino - guitar
Delmar Brown - keyboards
Mark Leonard - bass
Kenwood Dennard – drums

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