NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA . . . . . Route 66 Theme (opening theme) . . . . . Route 66 and Other Great TV Themes/More Hit TV Themes
THE BEATLES . . . . . Strawberry Fields Forever . . . . . Magical Mystery Tour
AK-MOMO . . . . . Woman To Control . . . . . Return to N.Y.
CAMERA OBSCURA . . . . . Away With Murder . . . . . My Maudlin Career
THE ORANGE PEELS . . . . . The Pattern On The Wall . . . . . So Far
A.C. NEWMAN . . . . . The Heartbreak Rides . . . . . Get Guilty
TODD RUNDGREN . . . . . Couldn’t I Just Tell You . . . . . Something/Anything?
THE CAESARS . . . . . Strawberry Weed . . . . . Strawberry Weed

ELVIS COSTELLO . . . . . Sulphur To Sugarcane . . . . . Secret, Profane and Sugarcane
DAN HICKS & HIS HOT LICKS . . . . . Milk Shakin’ Momma . . . . . Original Recordings
VICTORIA SPIVEY & HER CHICAGO FOUR . . . . . Any-Kind-A-Man . . . . . Blues Masters, Vol. 11: Classic Blues Women
SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON . . . . . Bring It On Home . . . . . The Best of Chess Blues, Vol. 2
BOB DYLAN . . . . . Jolene . . . . . Together Through Life
MIKE BLOOMFIELD & AL KOOPER . . . . . That’s All Right . . . . . Live Adventures Of Michael Bloomfield & Al Kooper
BOOKER T. . . . . . Potato Hole . . . . . Potato Hole
JAMES BROWN . . . . . Licking Stick-Licking Stick . . . . . Star Time (4CD)

HERMAN’S HERMITS . . . . . No Milk Today . . . . . Herman's Hermits - Their Greatest Hits
THE POSTMARKS . . . . . Goodbye . . . . . The Postmarks
ELVIS PERKINS . . . . . 123 Goodbye . . . . . Elvis Perkins in Dearland
GRIZZLY BEAR . . . . . Two Weeks . . . . . Veckatimest
THE BEACH BOYS . . . . . I’m Waiting For The Day . . . . . Pet Sounds
THE SINGLES . . . . . I’ll Be Good To You . . . . . Better Than Before
COCKTAIL SLIPPERS . . . . . Anything You Want . . . . . Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS . . . . . Hungry . . . . . Paul Revere & The Raiders - Greatest Hits
MARY WEISS . . . . . My Heart Is Beating . . . . . Dangerous Game
MEAT LOAF . . . . . You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) . . . . . Bat Out of Hell

JARVIS COCKER . . . . . Leftovers . . . . . Further Complications
LOU REED . . . . . A Gift . . . . . Coney Island Baby
EEF BARZELAY . . . . . How Dare They . . . . . Lose Big
PJ HARVEY & JOHN PARISH . . . . . Passionless, Pointless . . . . . A Woman A Man Walked By
ST. VINCENT . . . . . The Party . . . . . Actor
KATE BUSH . . . . . Wuthering Heights . . . . . The Kick Inside
MONTY PYTHON . . . . . Novel Writing (Live From Wessex) . . . . . Matching Tie and Handkerchief

An old favorite from the Beatles kicked this one off, and the distinctive mellotron that is heard throughout was echoed in the AK-MOMO track that followed. A tune with a nice hook from Camera Obscura shifted the empahasis more in a pop direction, which was emphasized by the Orange Peels track that followed. A.C. Newman continued down that path and fed into one of Todd Rundgren's three-minute pop specialties, and then it was the Caesars bringing us right back to where we started, more or less, with the title tune from their last disc.

This next section began with a new one from Elvis Costello that's essentially a risque travelogue of a good portion of America set to a sound that immediately conjured up Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks. From there the sexual innuendo just kept on coming, with Victoria Spivey & her Chicago Four from 1936 leading to some Chicago blues by Sonny Boy Williamson from 1963. That sound was carried on with one from Bob Dylan's latest that borrows a title from Dolly Parton, and then it was Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield covering an Arthur "Big Boy" Cruddup number that's been done by many over the years. Then it was the title track from Booker T.'s latest disc adding a bit of funk to the mix before James Brown took us even deeper to close it out.

Some British Invasion pop from Herman's Hermits led off a set that moved from forlorn to hopeful in affairs of the heart by the time it was over. So we had the Postmarks with the big kissoff from their first disc followed by Elvis Perkins with what appears to be the ultimate farewell. A new one from Grizzly Bear seemed to offer a sliver of possibility, and then it was the Beach Boys trying the patient route. The Singles track that followed starts with a bit of a tribute to the Beach Boys vocal harmonies and then goes on to promise only the best; from there the Cocktail Slippers take it one step further; Paul Revere & the Raiders have an appetite that needs sating; Mary Weiss has a few stipulations that must be met; and Meat Loaf is ready to commit (even if she does say that to all the guys).

The final section started three examples of sly humor in song, beginning with Jarvis Cocker pulling out all his best paleontology-related lines while attempting to pick up a woman he met at a museum followed by Lou Reed explaining why the ladies like him so much and Eef Barzelay observing the lengths that self-possession can go. From there the mood turned darker with PJ Harvey and John Parish, and then it was St. Vincent either unsure or ambivalent (or maybe both) about the situation she's in followed by a trip into pure romance with Kate Bush condensing Emily Bronte's novel into four-plus minutes, which is how we ended up at Monty Python's brilliant sketch that presents Thomas Hardy writing his latest novel as a sporting event as seen throught the eyes of TV announcers.

Here's another one from Todd Rundgren