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Three Dog Night Suitable For Framing (1969, Dunhill) RIP Chuck Negron When I was a kid TDN was huge. HUGE. Over 20 smash hit songs & 9 Gold albums in 6 years. And then nothing. Drugs. Egos. Every cliche. Chuck seemed to be the problem. A tough road for a long time. #vinyl #nowspinnig #rip

J.S. Bach / Otto Klemperer Mass In B Minor (1749) (1968, Angel) I listen to a fair amount of classical music, primarily post-Wagner - 20th century. The powdered wig stuff is obviously great, but... The most gigantic thing ever! Under the baton of Klink's dad?! 🔥 #vinyl #nowspinning #bach

Scruffy The Cat Moons Of Jupiter (1988, Relativity) Even with their ultimate LP being produced by Jim Dickinson at Ardent in Memphis, Relativity just couldn't move the needle enough to keep this amazing band going. Same old story... #vinyl #nowspinnig

The Worst Of Jefferson Airplane (1970, RCA) Until I got this comp about a year ago I never gave the Airplane a 2nd thought. They were there. Couple of cool tunes. Blah blah. But everything on this record is GREAT! Makes me want to get their entire catalog. #vinyl #nowspinning

RIP Bob Weir 😢 #nowspinning

Diamanda Galas Broken Gargoyles (2022, self released) Music to frighten & delight the undead. 👹 I saw her in concert a few years ago in a decrepit/fantastic old theater in Downtown LA. I was the awkward bloodless doofus in a sea of vampires. #vinyl #nowspinning

Laurie Anderson Mister Heartbreak (1984, Warner Bros) I can't imagine an artist like LA getting signed to a major label today. Tom Waits is another. Zappa. There are quite a few of em. So much great music being left behind. Pity. #vinyl #nowspinning

Happy New Year Am I only one nerding out on these amazing PBR Godzilla cans? ☢️🇯🇵🐉

The Melvins Hold It In (2014, Ipecac) If you're not listening to the Melvins with your Christmas Eve coffee ☕...get with the program. Or something. #vinyl #nowspinning

The Last Emperor Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne & Cong Su (1987, Virgin Movie music) Haven't seen the movie. But this soundtrack is magnificent! Because Sakamoto & Byrne have 1/2 each, I wonder if there was a bitter behind-the-scenes battle for the full commission. Worked out. #vinyl #nowspinning

Play it Steve! RIP Steve Cropper If you can learn all of Steve's parts, that's all you'll ever need to be a great guitarist. Forget about the songwriting - you can't do that. #nowspinning #stax

Wire Chairs Missing (1978, Harvest) I was late coming to Wire. Shame. Better late than never. This album is a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ throwdown! Post-punk Saturday night special here. F the neighbors. #vinyl #nowspinning

Kraftwerk Autobahn (1974, Vertigo) Life hack: Nothing saves a dreary, rainy Saturday afternoon like hypnotic synthesizers & drum machines. #vinyl #nowspinning

Robert Gordon with Link Wray (1977, Private Stock) Picked up a couple of dollar-bin beauts this weekend. The debut of the charismatic rockabilly revivalist featuring legendary guitar lunatic. So much heart & soul. Wow!!! #vinyl #nowspinning

Intensified! Original Ska 1962-1966 (1979, Mango) More Intensified! Original Ska 1963-1967 (1980, Mango) Incredible (2 volume) compilations of the greatest Jamaican Ska groups of the mid-60s. Mango Records was the Caribbean imprint of Island Records. #vinyl #nowspinning #fridayvibes

CUP (Yuka Honda & Nels Cline) Spinning Creature (2019, Northern Spy) Super fantastic LP! Recording & touring with your spouse? I saw them on this tour and there seemed to be a few seconds of....something. It was great! #vinyl #nowspinning

The Golden Palominos s/t (1983, OAO) A veritable who's who of funky post punk oddballs: Anton Fier, Arto Lindsay, John Zorn, Bill Laswell, Fred Firth, the professor & Maryanne... This LP hits hard in surprising ways 42 years on. Let's see some ID!!! #vinyl #nowspinning

RIP John Lodge Even though the Moody Blues were hugely successful in their 60s-70s heydey, and again in the 80s, their legacy seems overshadowed by their (lesser) contemporaries. I don't understand it. Now with John's death only Justin Hayward remains.☹️ #nowspinning

Steve Reich Music For 18 Musicians (1998/2015) This American genius achieved 89 years on Friday. Originally composed/recorded in the mid-70s, Nonesuch got the gang back for a fresh recording of "18" in 1998 for CD release. (LP in 2015) This is among the greatest works of American music. #vinylsky

Yoko Ono Fly (1971, Apple) Relative to the subsequent 50+ years of unconventional recordings, this LP holds up as a landmark of experimental music. Easy to understand that it felt a bit shocking in 71. Fearless. Excellent. #vinylsky #nowspinning

The Ramsey Lewis Trio The In Crowd (1965, Cadet/Argo) Based on the popularity of the title track, both LP & single topped the charts 60 years ago along with Help! and I Got You Babe, and all the rest from that spectacular year. We need more funky instrumentals on the charts. #vinyl #nowspinning

Pere Ubu Terminal Tower (1985, TwinTone) Angular proto-punk compilation of their earliest non-album tracks, 1975-1980. A masterpiece of oddball future vision. Or something... #vinylskyl #nowspinning #saturdayspins

The Troggs is where it's at! Best Of The Troggs (1984, Rhino) 14 killers. #vinylsky #nowspinning

RIP Flo ☹️ Mark Volman has leveled up. The ultimate high harmony voice, story teller, & tambourine juggler. He & Howard Kaylan (Eddie) were responsible for some of the greatest California pop music of all time. #nowspinning #theTurtles #FloAndEddie

The soundtrack to the evening news. Everybody dance! 💃🏼🕺🏼 Edgard Varése The Varése Album (1972, Columbia Masterworks) This LP is a compilation of Robert Craft's incredible Music Of Edgard Varése Vol I & II from 1960 &1962 respectively. #nowspinning #vinyl #apocalypse

RIP Connie Francis She died a couple of days ago. I was a bit surprised that she was still with us TBH, but I shouldn't have been because she was tough as nails. Anyway, this 1963 compilation on MGM is my favorite greatest hits album ever. Don't let the ridiculous cover fool you. #nowspinning

Saw Elvis Costello last night for the 1st time since the 80s. He was passionate & the Imposters were absolutely killer. I never thought I'd see one of my favorite tunes from my fav EC album - but there it was... youtu.be/gGEuuMLKF1Q?...

Dionne Warwick The Windows Of The World (1967, Scepter) The songs of Bacharach & David are so oddly phenomenal. It took a superstar like Dionne to really make them shine and completely own the schizophrenic vibe of mid-60s popular music. #vinylsky #nowspinning #1967

June Christy Something Cool (1954, Capitol) June & Pete Rugolo were 2 recent escapees from Stan Kenton's exhausting treadmill. This is their 1st collab on a JC solo record. All the smoke, shadows, & dark innuendo of a Raymond Chandler femme fatale. #vinylsky #nowspinnig #mono #summer

RIP Sly ☹️ Sly and the Family Stone There's A Riot Going On (1971, Epic) This album is brilliant, timeless, essential. #nowspinnig

Jean-Luc Ponty Upon The Wings Of Music (1975, Atlantic) Other than the stuff he recorded w/ Zappa, I have no real feel for this dude's music, but this LP is killer. Avant-funk space-jazz. Or something. I may need to get another one. #nowspinnig #vinylsky

The Byrds Younger Than Yesterday (1967, Columbia) It's only in the last 3 or 4 years that I started to pay attention to The Byrds. Obv I was familiar with the hits, but no more. Turns out, they were great. It's great to discover an amazing catalog from ancient history. #MONO #nowspinning #vinyl

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#VinylSky #TuesdaySpins #IYKYK Genesis Live (1973, Charisma) Typically I ignore this LP for a long time and then one day I put it on arbitrarily and am again completely blown away by how f'n great it is. That day is today.

#VinylSky #FridaySpins Kronos Quartet White Man Sleeps (1987, Nonesuch) The stuffy, powdered wig classical establishment resents this group for success achieved outside the conventional boundaries. No need to fight it. The path forward is forward.

#VinylSky #FridaySpins Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Lotte Lenya The Threepenny Opera Originally performed in 1928, Lotte Lenya wanted to recreate the original with as many of the og performers as she could find in 1958. She did it. It is beyond amazing. She also did the same with Mahogany.

@sikklaffter.bsky.social So, Ventures In Space. My favorite Ventures album. Great essay in LCD. But nobody can tell me... Why the teenage couple in a hotrod at Inspiration Point on the cover? Sure, it's a stary night, but an "in space" theme needs more, no? Or maybe Ive got the wrong Forest Juziuk.

Mike Peters & Wayne Kramer at the Nuggets anniversary show 2 years ago. Sadly, both now departed. RIP ☹️ youtu.be/IvXM2aivMCQ?...

Hey now - The first bit of swag from @wfmu.bsky.social landed, and holy moly what a banger! The return of the Lowest Common Denominator Program Guide. I didn't expect such an elaborate art bomb 🎨💣🤯 A+ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #wfmu #SwagForLife

Thanks John Erik Hmiel and @jacobinmag.bsky.social for the thoughtful article on WFMU and our history: jacobin.com/2025/04/wfmu...

#VinylSky #MondaySpins #Boston #Jazz #IYKYK Among the greatest bands from the heydey of the Boston music scene was Russ Gershon's Either/Orchestra. I think Dial E ('86) & Radium ('88) were the only 2 (of 11) albums released on vinyl on Gershon's Accurate label. Crime noir jazz taxi ride after dark.

#VinylSky #SundaySpins #Stravinsky The Firebird, The Rite Of Spring, Pulcinella Suite, Scherzo Fantastique,.... The dude was incredible.

The last time I saw Clem Burke he was drumming in an all-star tribute to the Kinks in a benefit show for Autism in 2019. As he sat behind the back-line set and cracked the snare while adjusting the kit, he electrified the room. I've never seen anyone hit harder. RIP 😢🥁 youtu.be/TeN-gY2ZFU8?...

This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.

Come on out to Valley Village for Wednesday-weekend tiki drinks and great food - Chill vibe for a rockin' Piano-billy good time.

#ThursdaySpins #VinylSky King Curtis The Best Of/One More Time (1972, Prestige) A great example of music biz posthumous opportunism: Artist dies - back catalog compilation released. Aside from that cynicism, KC's recordings for Prestige in 1961-62 are 🔥🔥🔥

#WednesdaySpins #VinylSky Les McCann Much Less (1969, Atlantic) You search for an LP year after year at all your favorite haunts and nuthin... when all of a sudden BOOM - There it is 👉🏼😳 And priced for a cheapskate's budget.

Please join Ira today from 3-6:00pm as he co-hosts with the great Scott Williams for the WFMU fundraising drive! Listen and pledge! pledge.wfmu.org/payment/stri...