Playlist for Rick Biskit Roth on WMBR's If 6 Was 9, Tuesday, October 29, 2024 (4-7am)

Time:

4:00

Artist:

Grateful Dead

Song:

Box of Rain ["Let Phil sing!" - lead singer: Phil Lesh]

Album:

American Beauty

Format:

American Beauty

Misc:

(Warner Brothers, Nov 1970)

Comment:

David Nelson (of The New Riders of the Purple Sage), lead guitar // "Let Phil sing!" - often heard at Dead shows.

Time:

4:06

Artist:

The Trashmen

Song:

Ghost Riders In The Sky [Recorded March 1964]

Album:

Great Lost Album!

Format:

Miriam Linna - linear notes

Great Lost Album! [Miriam Linna - linear notes]

Misc:

BED • (Sundazed, 1990)

Comment:

The biggest hit of this song was for Vaughn Monroe, 1949 // Click on the Link above, to view the CD.

Time:

4:08

Artist:

Grateful Dead [Jerry Garcia]

Song:

Cream Puff War [Live, rom The Matrix - San Francisco, CA / Also released as a single *]

Album:

Originally on their debut/ self-titled LP: March 17, 1967

Format:

Originally on their debut/ self-titled LP: March 17, 1967

Misc:

[Performance:] • (Dec 1st, 1966)

Comment:

* - Also released in March 1967 / Click on the Link above, to hear this live performance.

Time:

4:17

Artist:

Grateful Dead [Back cover refers to them as 'San Francisco's Grateful Dead.']

Song:

Cold Rain and Snow [Live: origin- ally on their debut/ self-titled LP: March 17, 1967]

Album:

Live at Winterland, San Francisco, CA

Format:

Live at Winterland, San Francisco, CA

Misc:

[Performance:] • (Oct 22, 1967)

Comment:

Song was also known as "Cold Rain and Snow" - an American murder ballad; it first appeared in print in the 1917 compilation "English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians".

Time:

4:20

Artist:

Grateful Dead [Phil LESH, Robert Hunter]

Song:

The Eleven [LIVE, 1969]

Album:

Live, Fillmore West, San Fransisco, CA:

Format:

Performed: Feb 26th, 1969

Live, Fillmore West, San Fransisco, CA: [Performed: Feb 26th, 1969]

Misc:

[Original release *:] • (WB, Nov 1969)

Comment:

* - On the "Live/Dead" 2-LP set / This was the first live rock album to use 16-track recording.

Time:

4:37

Artist:

The Trashmen

Song:

Ghost Riders In The Sky [Recorded March 1964]

Album:

Great Lost Album

Format:

Miriam Linna - linear notes

Great Lost Album [Miriam Linna - linear notes]

Misc:

BED • (Sundazed, 1990)

Comment:

The biggest hit of this song was for Vaughn Monroe, 1949 // Click on the Link above, to view the CD.

Time:

4:38

Artist:

Grateful Dead [Phil Lesh, Robert McLane Petersen]

Song:

New Potato Caboose [Lead vocals: Weir]

Album:

Anthem of the Sun

Format:

their 2nd studio LP

Anthem of the Sun [their 2nd studio LP]

Misc:

(Warner Brothers, July 1968)

Time:

4:47

Artist:

Grateful Dead [Phil Lesh, Peter Monk]

Song:

Passenger [LIVE * / May 28, 1977]

Album:

To Terrapin: Hartford '77

Format:

CD - Rhino, April 2009

To Terrapin: Hartford '77 [CD - Rhino, April 2009]

Misc:

[Original LP:] • (Arista, July 1977)

Comment:

* - Recorded at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, CN

Time:

4:50

Artist:

Grateful Dead [Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter]

Song:

Scarlet Begonias

Album:

From the Mars Hotel

Format:

their 7th studio LP *

From the Mars Hotel [their 7th studio LP *]

Misc:

(Grateful Dead, June 1974)

Comment:

* - The working title for the album was "Ugly Roomers".

Time:

4:54

Artist:

The Trashmen

Song:

Ghost Riders In The Sky [Recorded March 1964]

Album:

Great Lost Album

Format:

Miriam Linna - linear notes

Great Lost Album [Miriam Linna - linear notes]

Misc:

BED • (Sundazed, 1990)

Comment:

The biggest hit of this song was for Vaughn Monroe, 1949 // Click on the Link above, to view the CD.

Time:

4:55

Artist:

Grateful Dead [Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter]

Song:

Unbroken Chain

Album:

From the Mars Hotel

Format:

their 7th studio LP *

From the Mars Hotel [their 7th studio LP *]

Misc:

(Grateful Dead, June 1974)

Comment:

* - The working title for the album was "Ugly Roomers".

Time:

5:02

Artist:

Grateful Dead

Song:

Fire On The Mountain

Album:

Shakedown Street

Format:

their 10th album

Shakedown Street [their 10th album]

Misc:

(Arista, Nov 1978)

Time:

5:06

Artist:

Grateful Dead

Song:

Touch Of Grey [Their only Top-40 single - released in Sept 1987]

Album:

In the Dark

Format:

Threir 12th studio LP, and 1st in 6 years

In the Dark [Threir 12th studio LP, and 1st in 6 years]

Misc:

[LP:] • (Arista, July 1987)

Time:

5:11

Artist:

Grateful Dead [Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Robert Hunter]

Song:

St. Stephen

Album:

Aoxomoxoa

Format:

3rd studio LP - title is a meaningless palindrome, usually pronounced "/ɒksə.məksˈoʊə/."

Aoxomoxoa [3rd studio LP - title is a meaningless palindrome, usually pronounced "/ɒksə.məksˈoʊə/."]

Misc:

(Warner Brothers, June 1969)

Comment:

In 1991 "Rolling Stone" selected this album as having the eighth best album cover of all time; IF you're curious, click on the Link above, to view it

Time:

5:15

Artist:

Grateful Dead [Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter]

Song:

Truckin' [This refers to a drug raid of their hotel in New Orleans, earlier in 1970]

Album:

American Beauty

Format:

their 5th studio CD

American Beauty [their 5th studio CD]

Misc:

(Warner Brothers, Nov 1970)

Comment:

Also released as a single, Jan 1971 - Click on the link above, to view.

Time:

5:20

Artist:

The Trashmen

Song:

Ghost Riders In The Sky [? .klk;]

Album:

Great Lost Album!

Format:

? ml.

Great Lost Album! [? ml.]

Misc:

BED • (Sundazed, 1990)

Time:

5:23

Artist:

Grateful Dead [Jerry Garcia, John Dawson, Robert Hunter {lyrics}]

Song:

Friend of the Devil [Covered by NRPS, Bob Dylan, Ministry, Tom Petty , Chris Smither, Ramblin' Jack Elliott]

Album:

American Beauty

Format:

their 5th studio album] [2013 Remaster]

American Beauty [their 5th studio album] [2013 Remaster]]

Misc:

(Warner Brother, Nov 1970)

Comment:

In 2015, the album was ranked #215 on the "Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums Of All time".

Time:

5:26

Artist:

Los Straitjackets [Jack Marshall]

Song:

The Munsters Theme [Fom the 1964 - 1966 TV series *]

Album:

Halloween Hootenany

Format:

Halloween Hootenany

Misc:

(Zombie A Go-Go Records , 1998)

Comment:

* - About a Transylvanian-American family living at 1313 Mockingbird Lane, in the fictional city of "Mockingbird Heights".

Time:

5:29

Artist:

Vic Mizzy [Vic Mizzy] [Billed as 'Vic Mizzy, His Orchestra And Chorus']

Song:

Addams Family Main Theme [Single was titled 'Main Theme The Addams Family']

Album:

Original Music From The Addams Family

Format:

LP - 1965

Original Music From The Addams Family [LP - 1965]

Misc:

[Original single:] • (RCA Victor, Nov 1964)

Comment:

Click on the Link above, to view the original single

Time:

5:30

Artist:

Cab Calloway

Song:

The Ghost of Smokey Joe [From "Cotton Club Parade" - (World's Fair Edition)]

Album:

Non-LP, till the 1956 album 'Cab Calloway'

Format:

LP - epic

Non-LP, till the 1956 album 'Cab Calloway' [LP - epic]

Misc:

[Original 10' LP::] • (Okeh, 1940)

Comment:

Click on the Link above, to view the original 10" shellac record

Time:

5:32

Artist:

Ronnie Dawson

Song:

Rockin' in the Cemetery

Album:

Rockinitis

Format:

Rockinitis

Misc:

(UK No Hit Records, 1989)

Time:

5:36

Artist:

Roswell Rudd

Song:

Satan's Dance

Album:

Everywhere

Format:

his 1st solo album

Everywhere [his 1st solo album]

Misc:

(Impulse Records, 1967)

Time:

5:37

Artist:

Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity [Donovan Leitch]

Song:

Season of the Witch [Originally by Donovan, Aug 1966]

Album:

Open

Format:

Her 2nd solo LP

Open [Her 2nd solo LP]

Misc:

(Atco, 1967)

Time:

5:45

Artist:

Procol Harum [Keith Reid, Gary Brooker]

Song:

The Devil Came From Kansas [B-side of 'Boredom' single]

Album:

A Salty Dog

Format:

their 3rd LP - May 1969

A Salty Dog [their 3rd LP - May 1969]

Misc:

(A&M, Sept 1969)

Comment:

Gary Brooker, the founder, lead singer, pianist and frequent songwriter of Procol Harum, died Feb 19th at the age of 76. / Click on the Link above, left, to view the original single

Time:

5:50

Artist:

Fleetwood Mac [Jeremy Spencer]

Song:

Blood On The Floor

Album:

Kiln House

Format:

their 4th studio album

Kiln House [their 4th studio album]

Misc:

(Reprise, Nov 1970)

Comment:

The first album after founder Peter Green left, and last album to feature Jeremy Spencer. Christine McVie did backing vocals, keyboards and thec over art, although she was not a full member of the band until shortly after the album's completion. / Click on the Link above, to view the original album, designed by Christine McVie.

Time:

5:52

Artist:

The Pogues

Song:

Whiskey You're The Devil [Elvis Costello - producer / B-side of 'A Pair Of Brown Eyes']

Album:

Red Roses For Me

Format:

Bonus track on the 2004 CD reissue

Red Roses For Me [Bonus track on the 2004 CD reissue]

Misc:

[Original single:] • (UK Stiff, March 1985)

Comment:

Click on the Link above, left, to view the original single

Time:

5:54

Artist:

The Yardbirds [Graham Gouldman *]

Song:

Evil Hearted You [Released as a single in the UK, but not the US]

Album:

Having a Rave Up with The Yard- birds

Format:

Having a Rave Up with The Yard- birds

Misc:

[Original UK single:] • (UK Columbia, Oct 1st, 1965)

Comment:

* - he also wrote 'For Your Love' and 'Heart Full Of Soul', their previous two singles / Music critic Cub Koda described this as a "minor-key pop classic" and Beck's solo as "equal parts classical and James Bond soundtrack"

Time:

5:57

Artist:

Enoch Light and the Light Brigade [Donovan Leitch]

Song:

Season of the Witch [Originally by Donovan, Aug 1966 *]

Album:

The Brass Menagerie 1973

Format:

His 46th(!) studio album

The Brass Menagerie 1973 [His 46th(!) studio album]

Misc: