Shady Green and His Wayback Machine Vol. 3: Hey Tonight, Drop Out With Me, Little Girl!

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"Hawaii Five-O" - The Ventures
(Mar to May 1969, highest chart pos. #4 Hot 100/#6 Cash Box)

Visions of Jack Lord's hair flashing through my noggin as the best-selling

instrumental band of all time, The Ventures, get the old adrenaline pumping

and kick-off the show with the theme from the hit TV series "Hawaii Five-O,"

a top 5 hit from 1969. I've always wanted to say this: "Book 'em, Danno!"

How're you doing? I'm Shady Green

and I'm glad you hopped aboard my

Wayback Machine for another trip

back to one of the most exciting

periods in music history, the mid

60s through the early 70s.

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Up next, here's a San Francisco based

folk-rock and psychedelic pop band
that racked up a string of hits as long

as a comet tail - 14 top 40 singles in

all. I'm talking about The Grass Roots,

and here they are with a groovy tune

from 1971-- "Temptation Eyes."

"Temptation Eyes" - The Grass Roots

(Feb./Mar. 1971, highest chart pos. #15 Hot 100/#16 Cash Box)

Retrosonic Radio in Futuresonic Stereo Surround - that's S-P-M-M,

and you just heard "Temptation Eyes" by The Grass Roots, a great

single that peaked at #15, surprisingly low considering the fact that

the record spent a whopping 18 weeks on the chart. That's longer

than any of the band's other releases including their

biggest hit "Midnight Confessions."

Here's another song that under-performed

on the U.S. chart, but the reason is clear.

It's The Rolling Stones with the follow-

up to their smash hit "Jumpin' Jack Flash."

This single was released in the U.S. shortly

after the violent clashes between police

and anti-Vietnam War protesters at the

1968 Democratic National Convention

in Chicago. Fearing the song would

incite more violence, local stations

refused to play it. 

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FYI, the original picture sleeve of this single is one of the rarest and most

valuable in the world, worth well over a thousand dollars. Here they are,

The Stones, with the song banned in Chi-town-- "Street Fighting Man!"

"Street Fighting Man" - The Rolling Stones

(Sept. 1968, highest chart pos. #30 Cash Box/#48 Hot 100)

Banned in The Windy City, The Rolling Stones song "Street Fighting Man."

Incidentally "The Boss" - Brice Springsteen- called the song's lyrics

 "What can a poor boy do but sing in a rock and roll band?"

one of the greatest rock and roll lines of all time.

If you're just tuning in, your riding the

Wayback Machine with Shady Green,

The Dean of Keen, on S-P-M-M... the

#1 station for a rock and roll nation! 

Time now for some Rapp music.

I'm talking about the late, great

songwriter/musician Tom Rapp,

one of the most eloquent and

distinctive voices of my

g-g-generation. 

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In 1967 Rapp and his psychedelic folk rock band Pearls Before Swine released
their first single for ESP records. Turn on, tune in-- "Drop Out" with me!

"Drop Out!" - Pearls Before Swine

(from Oct. 1967 album One Nation Underground)

From their 1967 debut album One Nation Underground, that was Tom Rapp

and PBS - Pearls Before Swine - with "Drop Out!" PBS was noteworthy

for using an assortment of esoteric musical instruments in their studio

recordings, the kind rarely found on pop or rock recordings.

Shady Green and the Wayback Machine...

and we're right smack dab in the middle

of a seven-in-a-row block party here

on S-P-M-M radio where all the

cool oldies come to play. 

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Our magical mystery tour continues now

with The Doors and a song from their

second album Strange Days--

"You're Lost Little Girl." 

"You're Lost little Girl" - The Doors

(from Sept. 1967 album Strange Days)

The Doors with "You're Lost Little Girl." Released at the beginning of fall

in 1967, Strange Days is considered by many critic and fans including me,

Shady Green, to be The Doors' strongest, most interesting and best album.

Yet at the time of its release, it was overshadowed by the band's self titled

debut album and sales were disappointing. Strange days indeed!

Shady Green, The Dean of Keen. I don't

know about you, but I'm psyched. On

my turntable now is a power platter by

John Fogerty and his roots rock band

Creedence Clearwater Revival. This

single was released as a double A

sided record which means there

was no designated B side. Here's

a hint. The first A side features

"Have You Ever Seen The Rain." 

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Retrosonic Radio in Futuresonic Stereo Surround... that's S-P-M-M, and here's

the second song on that super slab, a CCR sonic boom-- "Hey Tonight!"

"Hey Tonight" - Creedence Clearwater Revival

(Feb./Mar. 1971, highest chart pos. #8 Hot 100/#1 Denmark & Germany,

released as a double A side single with "Have You Ever Seen The Rain")

CCR with "Hey Tonight," one of the songs on their double A-side

release that also featured "Have You Ever Seen The Rain."

Both songs on that 1971 single cracked the top 10.

That does it for this voyage

of the Wayback Machine.

Thanks for riding along.

Stay tuned on the B side

of news for your buddy

and mine, that lovable

nosy neighbor Ernest P.

Worrell, who'll drop by

to Rock-A-Billygoat

right here on S-P-M-M...

the station with personality.

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and I'll be back soon with more groovy greats from the Summer of Love and
the Woodstock era. To play us off, Norman Greenbaum with his gospel rock
classic from 1970 - "Spirit In The Sky." Norman's nifty number spent two
weeks atop the Cash Box chart but was held back at #3 on the Billboard
Hot 100, denied the top spot by the Jackson 5 hit "ABC" and by
The Beatles with "Let It Be." Thanks again for joining the fun.
Now this is Shady Green, The Dean of Keen, over and out!

"Spirit In The Sky" - Norman Greenbaum

(Mar. to May 1970, highest chart pos. #1 Cash Box/#3 Hot 100)

Shady Green and his Wayback Machine - Vol. 1: In The Year 2525 (Exordium And Terminus)

BOOTH ANNOUNCER GARY OWENS:

...and the cow was returned to its rightful owner.

And that's the latest from S-P-M-M news...
fast, up-to-the-minute, completely fake
and proud of it. Now stand by for

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 AND HIS 
 WAYBACK MACHINE 

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"In The Year 2525 (Exordium And Terminus)" - Zager And Evans

(July 1969, highest chart pos. #1, from the album
2525 {Exordium & Terminus})

Zager and Evans kicking off the maiden voyage of the Wayback Machine
with a record that spent 6 weeks at number one in the "Summer of '69" -
"In the Year 2525." See what I did there? I named two hit songs
back-to-back, each one referring to a specific year.

Hi there! This is your retrosonic rocker, Shady Green, The Dean of Keen,
card carrying member of The Shady Bunch here on S-P-M-M, the station
that's #1 for music and fun. You're my DJ co-pilot so let's spin another
late 60s sizzler and keep this 7-in-a-row block party going strong!

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Our next stop on the good ship Psychedelic Lollipop is late summer/early fall of 1968.
That's when The Grass Roots were riding high on the strength of their biggest hit,
a record that reached the top 5 in the U.S. and Canada- "Midnight Confessions!"

"Midnight Confessions" - The Grass Roots

(Sept./Oct. 1968, highest chart pos. #5)

"Midnight Confessions" from The Grassroots,

one of America's most successful bands with

an impressive 21 singles on the Billboard

chart. Your dial is set to S-P-M-M... the

place for good music, good memories

and good times, and you're traveling

through music history in the

Wayback Machine.

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You and me, Shady Green, and the The Shady Bunch here at S-P-M-M.

We're happy together, and now let's hear from the groovy guys who

recorded that chart topper along with this 1966 hit, "You Baby."

They call themselves-- The Turtles!

"You Baby" - The Turtles 
(Mar. 1966, highest chart pos. #20)

The Turtles and "You Baby" here on the all new S-P-M-M -

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If you're just joining me, you're riding the

Wayback Machine with Shady Green, your

Dean of Keen. Now let's take a stroll through

your mind with "Reflections," the first psych-

edelic pop record released by Motown's top

girl group, The Supremes, and their first single

using a new group name - the Cabbage Patch

Dolls... uh, I mean Diana Ross & The Supremes!

"Reflections" - Diana Ross And The Supremes

(Sept. 1967, highest chart pos. #2)

Diana Ross And The Supremes looking in the

mirror-mirror on the wall and reflecting on

the years when they were known simply as

The Supremes and we loved them just the

same. Shady Green here and, ya know,

it just occurred to me that people are

strange, especially when you're a

stranger. Right? Faces look ugly,

women seem wicked and streets

are un-e-vun when you're down.

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Well I'm here to tell ya, friends and neighbors... that strange days have

found us. They dun tracked us down! It's Morrison and The Doors

with the title track from their second album, one that made

Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest of all time--

Strange Days!

"Strange Days" - The Doors
(from Sept. 1967 album Strange Days)

"Strange Days" with The Doors on the all new S-P-M-M...

Futuresonic Radio. For those of you tuning in for the first

time, I'm Captain Shady Green and these are the voyages

of the starship Wayback. My five year mission (or until I

get canned, whichever comes first) is to boldly go to the

little boy's room whenever a long record is playing.

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It should come as no surprise, therefore, that I play lots of album tracks...

with "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" being my favorite. :) Now let's check the Status Quo,

a London based psychedelic group that had more chart hits in the UK than

any other rock band - more than 60 in all. This was their first one...

a biggie on both sides of the pond-- "Pictures Of Matchstick Men!"

"Pictures of Matchstick Men" - The Status Quo

(June/July 1968, highest chart pos. #12, from Sept. '68 album

Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo)

Darkness falls across the land. The midnight hour is close at hand,

and you know what that means. Tonight's time travel trip has come

to an end and I need to scram outta here. Thanks for joining me.

Stay tuned for my good buddy, your all night satellite, Toto Moto,

coming up on the flipside of news to take you thru the wee hours.

I hope you'll join me next time for the ride of your life in my
big bright green Wayback Machine.

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Till then, till we meet again, this is Shady Green saying keep it

here on S-P-M-M, the #1 station..... for a rock 'n' roll nation!

"The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine" - Simon And Garfunkel

(Aug. 1966, B side of "The Dangling Conversation," from

Oct. 1966 album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme)