NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA . . . . . Route 66 Theme (opening theme) . . . . . Route 66 and Other Great TV Themes/More Hit TV Themes
THE ROLLING STONES . . . . .19th Nervous Breakdown . . . . . Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass)
THE MARBLE TEA . . . . . My Analyst Told Me . . . . . A Blizzard/A True Storm
JONATHAN RICHMAN & THE MODERN LOVERS . . . . . Government Center . . . . . 23 Great Recordings by Jonathan Richman ...
IKE REILLY . . . . . 7 Come 11 . . . . . Hard Luck Stories
BEN KWELLLER . . . . . Walk On Me . . . . . Sha Sha
NICK LOWE . . . . . Cruel To Be Kind . . . . . Quiet Please: The New Best of Nick Lowe
THE NEW YORK DOLLS . . . . . Lonely So Long . . . . . 'Cause I Sez So
PETER AND GORDON . . . . . I Go To Pieces . . . . . The British Invasion: History of British Rock, Vol. 3
MOJAVE 3 . . . . . Big Star Baby . . . . . Puzzles Like You
THE RASPBERRIES . . . . . Let’s Pretend . . . . . Capitol Collectors Series

EMMYLOU HARRIS . . . . . Wrecking Ball . . . . . The Best Of Sessions At West 54th
NEIL YOUNG . . . . . Oh Lonesome Me . . . . . After the Gold Rush
ROSANNE CASH & BRUCE SPRINGSGTEEN . . . . . Sea Of Heartbreak . . . . . The List
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN . . . . . One Step Up . . . . . Tunnel of Love
THE PERNICE BROTHERS . . . . . Zero Refills . . . . . Live a Little
THE WATSON TWINS . . . . . Tell Me Why . . . . . Talking to You Talking to Me

EELS . . . . . Little Bird . . . . . End Times
BOB DYLAN . . . . . Most Of The Time . . . . . Oh Mercy
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND . . . . . Pale Blue Eyes . . . . . The Velvet Underground
TINDERSTICKS . . . . . No Place So Alone . . . . . Falling Down a Mountain
THE PRETENDERS . . . . . Day After Day . . . . . Pretenders: Live In London
BE BOP DELUXE . . . . . Ships In The Night . . . . . Live! In the Air Age
PATRICK WOLF . . . . . Get Lost . . . . . The Magic Position
JOHN CALE . . . . . Perfect . . . . . Black Acetate
THE FLESH LIGHTS . . . . . Crush On You . . . . . Casual Victim Pile: Austin 2010
RICHARD HELL . . . . . Love Comes In Spurts . . . . . Time

THE POSTMARKS . . . . . All You Ever Wanted . . . . . Memoirs at the End of the World (Dig)
LEMON JELLY . . . . . His Majesty King Raam . . . . . LemonJelly.KY
THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES . . . . . Lone Summer Dream . . . . . Origin, Vol. 1
HOLLY MIRANDA . . . . . Sweet Dreams . . . . . Magician's Private Library
A BAND OF BEES . . . . . Sky Holds The Sun . . . . . Sunshine Hit Me
M. WARD . . . . . Hold Time . . . . . Hold Time
CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG . . . . . Vanities . . . . . Irm

The Marble Tea is the main music project of Knight Berman, Jr., a multi-talented guy who lives down the Jersey Shore and every so often releases an EP's worth of music—usually for free (at least at first). His latest maintains his usual high standards, and the title of the tune we heard, which seems clearly to have been inspired by the old Lambert, Hendricks and Ross song, conjured up a Rolling Stones track that I haven't played in a long time. After the Marble Tea's psychoanalytic session we moved on to Jonathan Richman & the Msodern Lovers offering to help improve the secretaries' mood over at the government offices, and then it was back to the personal with Ike Reilly looking to rekindle an old flame. Ben Kweller struggling to keep his relationship alive brought on an old favorite from Nick Lowe that really doesn't leave room for much of a response. The New York Dolls feeling down in the dumps fed nicely into a heartbreaking classic from Peter and Gordon, and then we heard a confused and unhappy Mojave 3 followed by the Raspberries hoping for better times ahead.

A wonderful live version from Emmylou Harris of a Neil Young song kicked off this section and led to a pair of Don Gibson tunes covered by others—the first by Neil from the early days, followed by Rosanne Cash from her latest disc, where she was joined by Bruce Springsteen. Then we heard Bruce taking a hard look at a relationship, which brought on the Pernice Brothers showing care and concern about a past love and the Watson Twins trying to understand why it all had to end.

Inspiration for Eels latest disc has clearly come from Mark Oliver Everett's recent divorce, and the track we heard to open this set shows how much he's struggled to move on. Bob Dylan evoking a similar mood was followed by the Velvet Underground with Lou Reed's powerful recollection of an affair he once had with a married woman. Tindersticks sounding like the VU told a sad tale of being replaced in a relationship by someone else, and then we heard the Pretenders with a song of yearning from their new live disc that rocks quite nicely followed by Be Bop Deluxe offering a handy simile for life without love. Patrick Wolf with an alluring invitation fed nicely into some noisy guitars backing a seemingly content John Cale; from there it was the Flesh Lights inspired by such mid-to-late '70s artists as Richard Hell, who we heard in an early version of the Heartbreakers to finish up.

The final section began with the Postmarks taking us on trippy journey to personal satisfaction, which brought on Lemon Jelly and their chilled-out meander through the far-off lands ruled by King Raam. Sweden's Soundtrack of Our Lives maintained the mood while adding some horns to the mix, which provided a nice link to the Holly Miranda track that followed. A Band of Bees pared that back to a muted trumpet accenting a calming flow, and then it was the sublime beauty of the title track to M. Ward's last disc feeding into the soft, strings-cushioned vocals of Charlotte Gainsbourg to close this one out.

Here's another one from the Pretenders