Program 544: Fun with Music

KALW Broadcast Date: December 28, 2018 | Host: Mark Abramson

This is our last program for 2018, and we thought it would be in the spirit of the end-of-year holidays to play some tracks where the composers and musicians involved were not taking themselves too seriously, or expressing themselves in a playful way.

The music comes from all corners of our little musical niche, and we hope they enhance your New Yearโ€™s Eve party mood. Expect to hear recordings from Laurie Anderson, John Cale, Charles Mingus, and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, among others.

Program Audio

30-Second Spot

Track Info & Links
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Title: Walk the Dog (1982)
Composer: Laurie Anderson
Performers: Laurie Anderson โ€“ vocals, harmonizer, electric violin
Recording Title: Talk Normal: The Laurie Anderson Anthology
Record Label: Warner Brothers
Catalog Number:ย R2 76648

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Title: Tillid
Composer: Lily Greenham
Performers: Lily Greenham
Recording Title: Lingual Music
Record Label: Paradigm Discs
Catalog Number:ย PD-22

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Title: Revolution 9
Composer: John Lennon/Paul McCartney
Performers: The Beatles
Recording Title: The Beatles (White Album)
Record Label: Apple Records
Catalog Number:ย 0946 3 82466 2 6

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Title: Legs Larry at Television Centre (1972)
Composer: John Cale
Performers: John Cale, violas; Legs Larry Smith, vocal
Recording Title: The Academy in Peril
Record Label: Reprise (Warner Brothers)
Catalog Number: 7599-26930-2

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Title: Concerto for Two Pianists and Five Tape Recorders (1960)
Composer: Terry Riley
Performers: Terry Riley and LaMonte Young
Recording Title: Music for the Gift
Record Label: organ of Corti
Catalog Number: 1

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Title: Eat That Chicken (1961)
Composer:ย Charles Mingus
Performers: Charles Mingus, piano and vocals; Rahsaan Roland Kirk, tenor saxophone; Booker Ervin, tenor saxophone; Jimmy Knepper, trombone; Doug Watkins, bass; Dannie Richmond, drums
Recording Title: Oh Yeah
Record Label: Atlantic Jazz
Catalog Number: 90667-2

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Title: Blues Noรซl (1999)
Composer: John Zorn
Performers: Michael Blair โ€“ percussion, voice; Anthony Coleman โ€“ piano, organ, celeste,harpsichord; Fred Frith โ€“ guitars, bass; Ikue Mori โ€“ drum machine, voice; David Weinstein โ€“ sampler; John Zorn โ€“ alto
Recording Title: Goddard Spillane
Record Label: Tzadik Records
Catalog Number:ย 7324

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Title: The Intro and The Outro (1967)
Composer: Vivian Stanshall
Performers: Bonzo Dog Doo-Dh Band
Recording Title: Gorilla
Record Label: Liberty/EMI
Catalog Number:ย 0946 3 87889 2 8

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Title: I Will Survive (2016)
Composer: Freddie Perren, Dino Fekaris
Performers: Igudesman & Joo
Recording Title: You Just Have To Laugh
Record Label: CD Baby
Catalog Number: n/a

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Title: The End of a Symphony (1964)
Composer: n/a
Performers: Allan Sherman, The Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur
Fiedler, conductor
Recording Title: Peter and the Commissar
Record Label: BMG
Catalog Number:ย DMC13631

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