NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA . . . . . Route 66 Theme (opening theme) . . . . . Route 66 and Other Great TV Themes/More Hit TV Themes
VAMPIRE WEEKEND . . . . .White Sky . . . . . Contra
GEORGE GERSHWIN AND PAUL WHITEMAN . . . . . Rhapsody In Blue . . . . . Internet Archive
AL KOOPER . . . . . New York City (You’re A Woman) . . . . . Rare + Well Done: The Greatest & Most Obscure Recordings
THE DRIFTERS . . . . . On Broadway . . . . . The Very Best of The Drifters
NEW YORK DOLLS . . . . . Trash . . . . . 'Cause I Sez So
LOU REED . . . . . Walk On The Wild Side . . . . . Transformer

THE MINUS 5 . . . . . The Lurking Barrister . . . . . Killingsworth
THE KINKS . . . . . Sunny Afternoon . . . . . The Kink Kronikles
IKE REILLY . . . . . Lights Out (Anything Goes) . . . . . Hard Luck Stories
SUPER FURRY ANIMALS . . . . . Inconvenience . . . . . Dark Days/Light Years
THE SILENT LEAGUE . . . . . Victim Of Aeroplanes . . . . . Of Stars and Other Somebodies
WEST INDIAN GIRL . . . . . To Die In L.A. . . . . . 4th & Wall
YO LA TENGO . . . . . Here To Fall . . . . . Popular Songs
THE ELECTRIC FLAG . . . . . Peter’s Trip . . . . . The Trip: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

EELS . . . . . Little Bird . . . . . End Times
TOUSSAINT MCCALL . . . . . Nothing Takes The Place Of You . . . . . Hairspray: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
RICHARD HAWLEY . . . . . Precious Sight . . . . . Late Night Final
FINDLAY BROWN . . . . . Holding Back The Night . . . . . Love Will Find You
ROY ORBISON . . . . . She’s A Mystery To Me . . . . . Mystery Girl
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS . . . . . Stranger In The House . . . . . This Year's Model (With Bonus Disc)
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND . . . . . Thunder Road . . . . . Hammersmith Odeon, London '75 (2CD)

RINGO STARR . . . . . Peace Dream . . . . . Y Not
ELVIS PERKINS . . . . . While You Were Sleeping . . . . . Ash Wednesday
AIR . . . . . Somewhere Between Waking And Sleeping . . . . . Pocket Symphony
MITCHELL FROOM . . . . . A Lullaby . . . . . A Thousand Days
NATACHA ATLAS . . . . . Adam’s Lullaby . . . . . Something Dangerous
IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS . . . . . Lullaby For Francies . . . . . Do It Yourself
NEIL FINN . . . . . Lullaby Requiem . . . . . One All
SPOON . . . . . Goodnight Laura . . . . . Transference
THE BEATLES . . . . . Good Night . . . . . The White Album (Remastered)

A tune from Vampire Weekend's new disc opened this show; it appears to be situated in a chunk of midtown Manhattan as it references certain landmarks, including the GM building and the Museum of Modern Art. That brought to mind Woody Allen's Manhattan, which used George Gershwin's music for it's soundtrack; we heard the original 1924 recording of this masterpiece with Gershwin on piano. Al Kooper was next with the title track from his 1971 album, and that was followed by the Drifters with a tune that I always associate with a 1960s Radio Free Europe TV commercial. We heard the New York Dolls from last year's disc offering their reggae reworking of an old favorite, and then the finishing touch was provided by Lou Reed with his snapshot of the New York City universe that revolved around Andy Warhol in the late '60s and early '70s.

I love the title of the Minus 5 tune that kicked off this section, and then we heard tracks from the Kinks and Ike Reilly featuring folks who probaly could have used a lawyer laying in the weeds. Super Furry Animals beset by a litany of problems brought on the Silent League narrowing the focus to one rather large predicament, and then we moved in a more psychedelic direction with West Indian Girl lost in the haze. Yo La Tengo kept us in that trippy place and then we finished with the Electric Flag from the soundtrack to an old Roger Corman flick that starred Peter Fonda as a guy who undergoes his first acid experience.

Mark Oliver Everett, who likes to be known as E, has released a new Eels disc, and it appears he's having a tough time coping with his recent divorce, as the final track from the album makes abundantly clear. Toussaint McCall maintained the gutted-by-your-leaving vibe, and the mournful organ on that one fed nicely into a Richard Hawley track that carries a similar sound. Findlay Brown followed with one that conjured up Roy Orbison, here performing a tune written by Bono and The Edge. That led to a rearranged Elvis Costello & the Attractions song for a 1978 John Peel session that almost sounds like it could be an outtake from a Bruce Springsteen session, and then we finished up with the Boss and the E Street Band recorded live in London in 1975.

Ringo Starr's new disc includes a couple of tracks with Paul McCartney; here he plays bass on a tune that sent us down a path designed especially for all the insomniacs in the listening audience. So we heard Elvis Perkins filling us in on what happened after we nodded off; Air taking us to that strange place that you inhabit just before you open your eyes; Mitchell Froom serving up a lovely piano meditation; Natacha Atlas combining her Middle Eastern-influenced singing with accompaniment from the Prague Symphony Orchestra; Ian Dury & the Blockheads covering all of the Franci/e's, be they male or female, with some excellent reggae; Neil Finn offering one straight from the heart; Spoon departing from their usual sound with a simple piano ballad; and the Beatles with Ringo on lead vocals stamping the seal on this one as we fade off.

Here's another one from Elvis Costello & the Attractions