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A December to Remember

noreply@blogger.com (R. Hucek) — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 08:01:00 +0000

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Two Toppers in one month? That's madness! Christmas madness? New Year's fever?? Hanukkah insanity???

And yet it is so.

Features music by The Cyrkle, Heavenly Melody, Feebe N' the Ragweed Patche, Sam Cooke, Nichts, Leo Kottke, Charanjit Singh, Penny Saints, Tide Cartwright, Heavenly Melody (again), JJ Cale, Peter Peter Ivers Band, Dave Frishberg, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, The Sandals, The Soul Stirrers (with Sam Cooke), and Chrome off their Alien Soundtracks LP.

Not Unlike 'Toppers

noreply@blogger.com (R. Hucek) — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 07:50:00 +0000

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Fading

noreply@blogger.com (R. Hucek) — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 07:02:00 +0000

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Features fine music by Mike Hankinson, Percy Sledge, Spanky & Our Gang, The Eden Electric Ensemble, Phil Niblock, LL Cool J, Gerry Mulligan, Reunion, Leonard Nimoy, Butthole Surfers, Devo, composer Raymond "Def" Leppard, and more.

Melancholy

noreply@blogger.com (R. Hucek) — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 06:20:00 +0000

direct download here: https://ia802703.us.archive.org/30/items/melancholy_202306/Melancholy.mp3

Featuring music by People Under the Stairs, Angie Carroll, Washington Phillips and more.

This show is dedicated to the late Bob Bittner, owner of WJIB and the other Memories Stations, who inspired this very series.

It's eBaum's World

noreply@blogger.com (R. Hucek) — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 07:09:00 +0000

Featuring music by The Mamas and Papas, The Chordettes, The Cousins, Nina Simone, NNB, The Stonemans, The Artifacts, Heaven's Magic, Mark Dinning, Garnett Mimms, Focus, Al Hirt, Elton John, The Poni-Tails, Pharoah Sanders and more top artists of todaye.

Direct download here: https://ia801608.us.archive.org/9/items/its-e-baums-world/It%27s%20eBaum%27s%20World.mp3

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Carefree

noreply@blogger.com (R. Hucek) — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 11:07:00 +0000

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An Atmospheric River

noreply@blogger.com (R. Hucek) — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 07:28:00 +0000

Download here: https://ia601408.us.archive.org/24/items/atmospheric-river/Atmospheric%20River.mp3

Letter to the Editor

noreply@blogger.com (R. Hucek) — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 18:30:00 +0000

Download here: https://ia601505.us.archive.org/31/items/letter-to-the-editor/Letter%20to%20the%20Editor.mp3

Motley Dugan's Tale

noreply@blogger.com (R. Hucek) — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 08:39:00 +0000

Download directly at: https://ia902503.us.archive.org/11/items/motley-dugans-story/Motley%20Dugan%27s%20Story.mp3

Nuked

noreply@blogger.com (R. Hucek) — Tue, 10 May 2022 07:33:00 +0000

https://ia802501.us.archive.org/0/items/Toppers_nuked_202205/Nuked.mp3

It was worth it.

Spotlight on Millie Small

noreply@blogger.com (R. Hucek) — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 07:01:00 +0000

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Hear three delightful songs by the Jamaican chanteuse best-known for her hit "My Boy Lollipop," as well as tasteful filler music by Ronnie Aldrich, Lou Rawls, Charol, and more.

Hammock

noreply@blogger.com (R. Hucek) — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 19:29:00 +0000

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My Pet Peeves

noreply@blogger.com (R. Hucek) — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 07:24:00 +0000

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Featuring the music of Else Anderson, Willie Hutch, The Beach Boys, ImpLOG, Joya Landis, Balsara and his Singing Sitars, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Maximum Joy, The Admirals, Shao Fong Fong, The Great Society, Big Brother and the Holding Company, The Ethiopians, and more.

Open the Window to Your Mind

noreply@blogger.com (R. Hucek) — Sat, 31 Jul 2021 17:59:00 +0000

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All Request

noreply@blogger.com (R. Hucek) — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 04:09:00 +0000

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Toppers by the Book

noreply@blogger.com (R. Hucek) — Thu, 06 May 2021 21:26:00 +0000

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Juice Bar

noreply@blogger.com (R. Hucek) — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 07:50:00 +0000

or download here: https://ia801500.us.archive.org/29/items/vom_20210330/Vom.mp3

Tree-Poppers

noreply@blogger.com (R. Hucek) — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 20:07:00 +0000

Download directly here: https://ia601406.us.archive.org/16/items/tree-poppers/Tree-Poppers.mp3

Saying the Quiet Part Loudermilk

noreply@blogger.com (R. Hucek) — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 06:20:00 +0000

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A Cavalcade of Sound

noreply@blogger.com (R. Hucek) — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 07:59:00 +0000

Download directly here: https://ia601506.us.archive.org/33/items/cavalcade-of-sound/Cavalcade%20of%20Sound.mp3

Virtual Music

noreply@blogger.com (R. Hucek) — Thu, 28 May 2020 08:17:00 +0000

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Coronavirus Journey

noreply@blogger.com (R. Hucek) — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 05:25:00 +0000

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The Covid-19 pandemic has effected life everywhere, even in Good Music Land. Hear your host's harrowing story of his personal struggles to a soundtrack of fine oldies, plus a number of original tracks-- a power ballad, a synth number, a helpful public service announcement, and more-- debuting on this very broadcast. (Links will be available soon to hear these tracks individually, should anyone ever wish to subject themselves to them again.)

Featuring Burl Ives, Steve Elliott, Paul McCartney, Juan Bastos, The New Year with "My Bleeding Wound," The Police, Frank and His Sisters, Touch, Beck, and Colin Blunstone. Soundtrack work in the background is mainly the work of John Ottman from the 1995 neo-noir The Usual Suspects, as well as a single track from the original soundtrack to Capricorn One (1978).

Express Yourself

noreply@blogger.com (R. Hucek) — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 10:35:00 +0000

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A Day at the Beach

noreply@blogger.com (R. Hucek) — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 09:26:00 +0000

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Begins with a mega-remix of Roger Whittaker's "Durham Town" and features songs by the Lovin' Spoonful and Todd Rundgren from his visionary home-recorded album A Wizard, A True Star.

Cold Outside

noreply@blogger.com (R. Hucek) — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 09:15:00 +0000

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Toppers weighs in on one of the most contentious issues roiling the oldies airwaves in America today: is it OK to play a certain classic late fall/ early winter song?