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Martha and the Vandellas 'Dance Party' (1965)
By now yer rock 'n roll stethoscopes have heard that the hit makin' label Motown is celebratin' their golden anniversary. You know, 50 years. It was On January 12, 1959, when Berry Gordy took out an $800 loan to start the Tamla label. That's why today the doctors and nursemaids wanted to share with you a Martha and the Vandellas's pop-soul masterwork that we have had under lock 'n stethoscope f...
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Screamin' Jay Hawkins "I Put A Spell On You" (1956)
Today patients the doctors and nursemaids here at the asylum have been hangin' with Chaucer's little love birds and that slow gin fizz of Saint Valentine's love. You know, that one day outta the year when Cupid pulls a drive by bow n' arrow shoot out on yer heart. Oh, Oh, Oh, Ooo, Aghh...Typically on Valentine's Day we like to put together a V-day playlist for yer Saint Valentine's Day pleasure...
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Screamin' Jay Hawkins "I Put A Spell On You" (1956)
Today patients the doctors and nursemaids here at the asylum have been hangin' with Chaucer's little love birds and that slow gin fizz of Saint Valentine's love. You know, that one day outta the year when Cupid pulls a drive by bow n' arrow shoot out on yer heart. Oh, Oh, Oh, Ooo, Aghh...Typically on Valentine's Day we like to put together a V-day playlist for yer Saint Valentine's Day pleasure...
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Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers
Slash 'n burn slide guitarist Hound Dog Taylor was a polydactyly bluesman. That's right patients, a six fingered, six-string slinger. Crazy, we know... a medical condition that got the attention of our rock 'n roll stethoscopes. Apparently, Hound Dog had a wee sixth digit on each hand. But like all great bluesman lore, he amputated the extra digit one hazy night while drunk offa moonshine. Sure...
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Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers
Slash 'n burn slide guitarist Hound Dog Taylor was a polydactyly bluesman. That's right patients, a six fingered, six-string slinger. Crazy, we know... a medical condition that got the attention of our rock 'n roll stethoscopes. Apparently, Hound Dog had a wee sixth digit on each hand. But like all great bluesman lore, he amputated the extra digit one hazy night while drunk offa moonshine. Sure...
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Ike & Tina Turner Revue 'The Hunter' (1969)
Sock it to us patients. In 1969 the Ike & Tina Turner Revue recorded two blues drenched long-players for Bob Krasnow's Blue Thumb Records–Outta Season and The Hunter. Yeah, we can confirm that they both had some odd album art... Outta Season had Tina in white face while eatin’ a water melon and The Hunter captures Ike & Tina chilin' amongst some freaky deaky mannequins-Ike in his Beatle wig ha
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Eddie Floyd "Big Bird" (1968)
Eddie Floyd's "Big Bird" is hands down one of the doctors and nursemaids favorite tracks to come out of Soulsville U.S.A, you know patients... Stax Records. "Big Bird" was penned in 1968 while Floyd was sittin' at Heathrow Airport waitin' for a return trip to the U.S. to attend Otis Redding's funeral in Macon City Georgia. The tune originally appeared on Floyd's soul classic Rare Stamps and fea...
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The Soul Clan "Soul Meeting" (1968)
Patients, my oh my do we have a great cut of soul for all you out there in 115th Dreamland today. In 1968, a merry-go-round of soulsters known as the Soul Clan got together and released a classic single on Atlantic Records, “Soul Meeting” b/w “That's How I Feel”. This was the roster for those of you out there who aren’t familiar with the group: King Solomon Burke, Joe Tex, Don Covay, Ben
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The Soul Clan "Soul Meeting" (1968)
Patients, my oh my do we have a great cut of soul for all you out there in 115th Dreamland today. In 1968, a merry-go-round of soulsters known as the Soul Clan got together and released a classic single on Atlantic Records, “Soul Meeting” b/w “That's How I Feel”. This was the roster for those of you out there who aren’t familiar with the group: King Solomon Burke, Joe Tex, Don Covay, Ben
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Buddy Holly & The Crickets "That'll Be The Day" (1957)
Patients, we hope that you've been wearin' yer horn-rimmed glasses in honor of "The Day The Music Died". That's right patients, Feb. 3 marks the 50th anniversary of the plane crash in the frozen tundra of Clear Lake Iowa that killed rock 'n roll pioneer Buddy Holly, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens. In 16 months (Sept. 1957-Feb. 1959), Holly created a body of work that influe...
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Buddy Holly & The Crickets "That'll Be The Day" (1957)
Patients, we hope that you've been wearin' yer horn-rimmed glasses in honor of "The Day The Music Died". That's right patients, Feb. 3 marks the 50th anniversary of the plane crash in the frozen tundra of Clear Lake Iowa that killed rock 'n roll pioneer Buddy Holly, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens. In 16 months (Sept. 1957-Feb. 1959), Holly created a body of work that influe...
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The Priest They Called Him (A Junkies Christmas)
Is your mind on the blink? Are you searchin' for that immaculate fix? If so, er, well, now is yer time. Because today the doctors and nursemaids here at the asylum have a first of its kind. A collaboration of doom struck minds. In 1992, William S. Burroughs (the author of Naked Lunch) & Kurt Cobain (you know) released an 'album' entitled, The Priest They Called Him. The collaboration was caught...
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The Priest They Called Him (A Junkies Christmas)
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Wilson Pickett "In The Midnight Hour" (1965)
Patients, all the doctors and nursemaids know that yer stethoscopes shine in the midnight hour when they get out on the discotheque dance floor delayin' the beat and doin' the Jerk. Dig. Today we have a little bit of Pickett in our pockets with Wilson Pickett's third and best single on Atlantic, "In The Midnight Hour" b/w "I'm Not Tired" (1965). A dose of magic medicine indeed.Recorded at the S...
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