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Volume 03 Episode 217 – Slipped Her Iron Chain

Air Date: 2022-09-13

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Toy Dolls “Nellie The Elephant” from Nellie The Elephant 1982

Creeper “Paradise” from Sex, Death & the Infinite Void 2020

Pearl Jam “Yellow Ledbetter” from 2022/05/12 Oakland Arena, Oakland, California 2022 N

Broken Social Scene “All My Friends” from Old Dead Young (B-Sides & Rarities) 2022 Originally released in 2006 on “To Be You And Me”

Orville Peck “Outta Time” from Bronco 2022 N

Frank Zappa “Patrick’s Erie ’76 Solo” from Zappa / Erie (Live) 2022 N Recorded live at Erie County Fieldhouse, November 12th, 1976

Neil Young “Sugar Mountain (Live)” from Royce Hall 1971 (Live) 2021 N Recorded live at Royce Hall at UCLA on January 30th, 1971

Dead and Company “Brown-Eyed Women” from 06/18/22 Folsom Field, Boulder, CO 2022 N

My Morning Jacket “Dondante” from MMJ Live Vol. 1: Live 2015 2021 Recorded live over the course of the Waterfall Tour, 2015

Which Song Should Be Featured in April’s Search and Recover Special?

The Last Tuesday Treat of April will be a Search and Recover Special! Listeners will decide between two classic songs; we’ll search out an hour’s worth of covers of the winner for Wonderland’s April 26th show.

One choice is Fever, written by Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell and first recorded by Little Willie John for his 1956 debut. Fever has since been covered by the likes of Peggy Lee, Elvis Presley, Madonna, The Cramps, and many more.

Or, vote for Cry My a River, written by Arthur Hamilton and first recorded in 1955 by Julie London. Barbara Streisand, Joe Cocker, and Aerosmith are among the many artists who have since recorded versions of this classic torch song.

Voting is open until April 22nd!

Which song should be featured in April's Search & Recover Special?

  • "Fever" (originally recorded by Little Willie John) (80%, 4 Votes)
  • "Cry Me a River" (originally recorded by Julie London) (20%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 5

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Volume 03 Episode 161 – Live but Not Really

Air Date: 2021-08-03

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Jethro Tull “One Brown Mouse” from Hard Times Of Old England 2021 N Recorded live at Stadthalle, Freiburg, Germany, on April 30th, 1982.

Oysterhead “Oz Is Ever Floating” from 2021/07/03 Scranton, PA 2021 N Recorded live at The Peach Music Festival in Scranton, PA on July 3rd, 2021.

Gov’t Mule “Tomorrow Never Knows” from 2021/05/01 Westville Music Bowl, New Haven, CT 2021 N Original artist: The Beatles. Recorded live at the Westville Music Bowl, New Haven, CT on May 1st, 2021.

Tedeschi Trucks Band Featuring Trey Anastasio “Layla” from Layla Revisited (Live At Lockn’) 2021 N Original artist: Derek & The Dominos. Recorded live at LOCKN’ Festival in Arrington, VA on August 24, 2019.

Anthony Braxton “The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)” from Quartet (Standards) 2020 2021 N Original artist: Simon & Garfunkel.

Miles Davis “Time After Time” from Merci Miles! (Live At Vienne) 2021 N Original artist: Cyndi Lauper. Recorded live at the Vienne Jazz Festival in Vienne, France, on July 1st, 1991.

Miles Davis “Wrinkle” from Merci Miles! (Live At Vienne) 2021 N Recorded live at the Vienne Jazz Festival in Vienne, France, on July 1st, 1991.

WESU Middletown’s Favorite Songs

WESU is putting together a list of their Favorite Songs! We’d love for our listeners to participate and to share the music that enriches their lives.

Listeners can share their 20 favorite songs via the ballot at this link: http://www.wesufm.org/favorite-songs

Voting is open through April 15th, 2021.

The ballot requires you to submit the song title, recordings artist, and release title. Comments are optional – but they are strongly encouraged!

Once you start filling out the form, you’ll need to complete it in one sitting. It’ll be helpful if you put your list together on paper / in a text document first so you can easily enter it into the form.

Random Questions and Answers:
Q: How should I rank them?
A: #1 should be your favorite and #50 should be your least-favorite of your top #20. If you’re struggling to sort them, don’t! This is supposed to be a fun exercise, not torture!

Q: How will the ballots be counted?
A: Every song on every ballot will be awarded points based on its ranking. We’ll aggregate them into a master list sorted by combined points.

Q: What if some of my favorite songs are embarrassing or not appropriate for WESU airplay?
A: Live your truth! This is about sharing with the music that makes us feel happy, connected, proud, alive, electrified, etc! Share what you love!

Which album should be featured for January’s Cover to Cover Special?

Wonderland’s Last Tuesday Treat for January will be a Cover to Cover special, where we’ll air a track-by-track tribute to a classic album. Cast your vote and determine whether Bob Dylan’s 1965 “Highway 61 Revisited” of the Grateful Dead’s 1970 “American Beauty” will be featured. Voting is open until January 22nd, and the special will air on January 26th.

Which album should be featured for January's Cover to Cover special?

  • "American Beauty" by the Grateful Dead (1970) (67%, 10 Votes)
  • "Highway 61 Revisited" by Bob Dylan (1965) (33%, 5 Votes)

Total Voters: 15

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Volume 03 Episode 97 – How About Cow

Air Date: 2020-05-05

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Laurie Anderson “Babydoll” from Strange Angels 1989

Brian Fallon “I Don’t Mind (If I’m With You)” from Local Honey 2020 N

Stephen Stills “As I Come Of Age” from Stills 1975

David Bowie “The Man Who Sold The World” from ChangesNowBowie 2020 N Recorded in 1996 for BBC Radio One

Floral Tattoo “(Foreword)” from You Can Never Have A Long Enough Head Start 2020 N

Floral Tattoo “Life In Color” from You Can Never Have A Long Enough Head Start 2020 N

The Boomtown Rats “Sweet Thing” from Citizens of Boomtown 2020 N

Big Blood “Insecure Kids” from Do You Wanna Have A Skeleton Dream? 2020 N

Liela Moss “New Leaves” from My Name Is Safe In Your Mouth 2018

Tindersticks “Show Me Everything” from The Something Rain 2012

Trey Wright Trio “Analyse” from Radiohead in Jazz 2019 N V/A

Karl Hector & The Malcouns “Mother Seletta” from Non Ex Orbis 2019

The Souljazz Orchestra “House Of Cards” from Chaos Theories 2019

Who should be celebrated with an August “Very Merry Unbirthday”?

August’s Last Tuesday Treat will be a Very Merry Unbirthday special, in which Wonderland will celebrate the work of an artist chosen by the listeners.  Use the poll below to vote for either:

  • Laurie Anderson, avant-garde performer and composer who has experimented both with musical forms and the tools of making music.
  • Mark Lanegan, pioneer of alternative rock whose prolific career as a member of Screaming Trees and a solo performer is supplemented with dozens of high-profile collaborations.

Which artist should be celebrated with an August "Very Merry Unbirthday"?

  • Laurie Anderson (100%, 1 Votes)
  • Mark Lanegan (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 1

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Vote for July’s Last Tuesday Treat!

Wonderland’s Last Tuesday Treat for July will be a Search and Recover special, featuring an hour of covers of a single song.

The options are:

  • Afro Blue, a jazz song written by Mongo Santamaría and originally recorded by the Cal Tjader Sextet before being popularized by John Coltrane.
  • Friend of the Devil, by The Grateful Dead.

Voting ends on Friday, July 26th!

Which song should be featured on Search and Recover?

  • Afro Blue, written by Mongo Santamaría and recorded by John Coltrane (100%, 4 Votes)
  • Friend of the Devil, by The Grateful Dead (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 4

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