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ROCKOLLECTIONS: VOL2- THE ORIGINALS PT.2 END

Got some more Cover Versions and The Originals.

The Surprise in here will probably be the Rolling Stones, with their first Top Ten song here in the U.S.

It was originally done by a lady who was so bitter about their hit she never sang it again!

And give the Stones a good listen- after years of only ever hearing the song in Mono, it is in True Stereo here!

I caught up with a bunch of them that have been floating…
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Added by Mike Pell on April 7, 2015 at 11:27pm — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: VOL2- THE ORIGINALS PT.1

Funny thing, I did Volume One of The Originals last April 8th- strange that the same Thought Bubble would arise at the very same time of year!

This year the thought was inspired by two Vinyl Albums I just happened to see.

One containing a forgotten Bonus EP that I will probably never play on the show again!

I'll begin with…
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Added by Mike Pell on April 5, 2015 at 10:38pm — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: BOND...JAMES BOND PT.2 END

It's time I mentioned Ian Fleming, the author of the novels and stories the Bond Industry has been built on.

I read many of them, and Sean Connery was always the man I visualized as James Bond.

And I always will.

Although I do like the new guy, Daniel Craig, and started watching again.

The others...yecch!

We'll be getting…
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Added by Mike Pell on April 1, 2015 at 2:24pm — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: BOND...JAMES BOND PT.1

A week of computer problems necessitates a re-run, I had to choose quickly and picked this one!

It seems like the James Bond Movies have been around forever- we know Diamonds Are!

And the Songs that go with them.

I'll start with the first one and go from there.

Trying to fit in as many as I can in the two halves of the show, I will have to skip a few from the…
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Added by Mike Pell on March 29, 2015 at 10:32pm — 6 Comments

Vin Scelsa Announces His Retirement

Vin Scelsa (photo by David Vanderheyden)

Vin Scelsa is hanging up his headphones. A pioneer of freeform FM radio and a New York icon for five decades, Vin announced on Saturday night during "Idiot's Delight"®, his weekly program on WFUV (90.7 FM/wfuv.org), that he will retire and do his final show on May 2, 2015, from…

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Added by Mike Pell on March 29, 2015 at 10:42am — 2 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: VOL2- ODDS & ENDS PT.2 FINISH

I'll finish off my Odds & Ends show with another long set.

Over the years, and decades again, I had always meant to put these songs together for a set, and whenever I would hear one of them it would remind me of that.

As promised in the prior Episode, using the Titles of these Tunes, it's instructions on doing The Mike Pell Shuffle, LOL!

And I'll close this Volume Two out with one of my fave artists- he's been around since the 50's and is still making excellent, valid…

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Added by Mike Pell on March 26, 2015 at 7:08am — 2 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: VOL2- ODDS & ENDS PT.1

Alright, alright, you will hear me say it's July 19th in here- a tipoff that it's a re-run from 2011.

I was busy and had my Personal Holiday these past days and couldn't find the time for a new show.

But I had fun, and this show will reflect that and be fun- a relaxed, chilled out edition of Rockollections with a lot of Music and little of me.

There are hundreds of ideas in my head for shows, and some ideas have been…
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Added by Mike Pell on March 22, 2015 at 10:33pm — 2 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: ST. PATRICK'S DAY PT.2 END

It's going on right now as I write this, St. Patrick's Day, and the marchers are parading.

It is also my Irish friend Dave Kenny's Birthday.

Oh the stories we could tell- drinking in Irish Bars up in the Bronx, all boroughs actually, all cities for that matter!

And they loved us in Canada, lol!

One night we invented Drunk Rock...a good story I must tell some day.

Continuing with my Roots Music, songs I used to…
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Added by Mike Pell on March 17, 2015 at 6:10pm — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: ST. PATRICK'S DAY PT.1

This show will be broadcast on Tuesday March 17th, St. Patrick's Day, and while over the years it has landed on the day of the show, I've only played a song or two to acknowledge it.

This year will be different.

For the first time ever, I will do a whole show dedicated to St. Patrick's Day.

And don't be frightened, I'll have Artists you know or have heard of, lol!

This is Roots Music for me, so join me as I…
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Added by Mike Pell on March 15, 2015 at 11:43pm — 5 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: TRIOS PT.4 END

This is it, I am going to wrap it up with the Trios.

At least for now- there were many Leftovers, and I'd like to revisit some of the Groups I did play.

So it would seem a Sequel is called for at some future date.

There are Bands in here that can really create a sound and knew very well how to make our Music!

This short Series was a lot of fun for me.

I can only hope you feel the same way.

And that I brought…
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Added by Mike Pell on March 11, 2015 at 4:31pm — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: TRIOS PT.3

More Trios, and some songs doubtful are on today's Radio Computerized Playlists.

This Chapter is mostly 60's, but with dips into the 50's and 70's.

Included, a Band that shocked me by how full and loud a sound they had.

Remember, the Beatles were 4 guys and the Rolling Stones were 5!

And another that seemed to revel in having lost members, proudly proclaiming they were now a Trio.

Plus Musicians who got together…
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Added by Mike Pell on March 8, 2015 at 11:44pm — 4 Comments

Do College Students Know Who McCartney and Jagger Are?

Do College Students Know Who McCartney and Jagger Are?


Dan Joseph Asks College Students If

They Know Who Paul McCartney Is
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Added by Mike Pell on March 6, 2015 at 4:17am — No Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: TRIOS PT.2

Prompted by March 3rd, or 03/03, I'll continue with Trios.

Remember the Girl Groups of the early 60's?

I'll have a couple that immediately come to mind.

And a Band that was a Trio that became Bigger, as well as one that was Bigger and became a Trio- not all that unusual in Rock & Roll.

To close this Episode, a Song for the Spiritual Side of this time of year.

This will be continued next week!

Hope you…
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Added by Mike Pell on March 4, 2015 at 1:03am — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: TRIOS PT.1

Here's how this show came about.

I noticed it would be broadcast on March 3rd, or 03/03.

And that made me think of Trios.

Simple as that.

Join me for a listen!

 

Here are the links to Part 1 of what will probably be 4 about 3, lol, at Mike Pell Rockollections:

 

At Podomatic:

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Added by Mike Pell on March 1, 2015 at 11:35pm — 8 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: VOL2- THE BRITISH INVASION PT.2

I'll start this Episode with something that has bothered me for a long time and has nothing to do with the British Invasion.

It has to do with "Sports".

IN NO WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM IS THIS A SPORT, LOL!

And I'll even have a Song for it.

Then we'll spend some time with one of my favorites, The Yardbirds- looking back, a band that should have been much bigger than they were.

With some examples of how adventurous both Eric…
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Added by Mike Pell on February 25, 2015 at 12:11am — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: VOL2- THE BRITISH INVASION PT.1

A New Year and a New Look at the British Invasion.

February always reminds me of the Beatles arrival in America in 1964, and that started the onslaught.

A good thing too, because Radio and Rock & Roll were suffering from a long period of Forty Miles Of Bad Road!

I'll have some Musical Questions, some songs that will test your memory- and given a choice between Do's and Dont's, I'll always go with Dont's.

Give a…
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Added by Mike Pell on February 22, 2015 at 11:45pm — 6 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED PT.6 END

Buddy Holly was a Pioneer, using instruments on his songs no one else was doing, and getting into some Latin rhythms.

He was not really very good looking, nothing like Elvis or the other pretty boys, with his thick black glasses, bad teeth, etc.

But importantly, that allowed any average young guy to hope he too could become a Rock & Roll Star.

And Holly and the Crickets were self-contained- they wrote their own…
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Added by Mike Pell on February 18, 2015 at 10:56pm — 6 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED PT.5

Alright, look at it this way, this is the 3rd HOUR, not the 3rd week commemorating Feb 3rd, 1959.

And this episode is about Buddy Holly because Holly was the major loss.

J.P. Richardson, The Big Bopper, undoubtedly would have returned to Radio.

Richie Valens was a wild card- he could have fizzled out or gone on to better things.

But Buddy already had an extensive catalogue of Music that musicians continue to play to…
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Added by Mike Pell on February 16, 2015 at 6:14pm — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED PT.4

This Chapter opens with a surprising Buddy Holly cover, that was also surprisingly done by Blind Faith on their one and only studio album.

After a little more Buddy, I'll play you another interview you probably have never heard.

This time it's Dick Clark with Buddy & The Crickets on the old American Bandstand, and again in October of 1958, just months before Holly's death.

And another bit of strangeness, one of the…
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Added by Mike Pell on February 11, 2015 at 12:13pm — 2 Comments

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