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The Sonic Bloom

Jul 21, 2022 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

With Sonny Boy Williamson III

Sonny Bloom Williamson III

SB III in for Esoterica!

The Sonic Bloom
12:00 PM
The Delstars - Rocket 455
The Delstars Rocket 455
Peel Out!
12:05 PM
The Mamselles - Mack the Knife
The Mamselles Mack the Knife N
It's a Bubble Gum World BeatRocket 2021
Reissue of 1969 LP
12:07 PM
Grapes of Wrath - 'Cause It Was Her
Grapes of Wrath 'Cause It Was Her
Garage Punk Unknowns
12:08 PM
Torquays - Stolen Moments
Torquays Stolen Moments
Garage Punks Unknowns
12:11 PM
Big Star - When My Baby's Beside Me
Big Star When My Baby's Beside Me
No. 1 Record
12:16 PM
The Beatles - Revolution
The Beatles Revolution
The Beatles 1967-1970 (The Blue Album) UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 2010
12:16 PM
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12:20 PM
Ted Leo - I'm Looking Through You
Ted Leo I'm Looking Through You
Norwegian Wood/I'm Looking Through You
12:22 PM
The Beach Boys - I'm Waiting for the Day
The Beach Boys I'm Waiting for the Day
Pet Sounds Capitol Records 2012
12:25 PM
Elvis Costello - Less Than Zero
Elvis Costello Less Than Zero
My Aim Is True UMe/Elvis Costello 1977
12:27 PM
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12:29 PM
Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody
Eddie Cochran C'mon Everybody
Eddie Cochran: Legendary Masters Series No. 4
12:31 PM
Fairport Convention - The Ballad of Easy Rider
Fairport Convention The Ballad of Easy Rider
Richard Thompson (guitar, vocal): A Collection of Unreleased and Rare Material 1967-1976
Written by Roger McGuinn
12:36 PM
Dave Van Ronk - Teddy Bear's Picnic
Dave Van Ronk Teddy Bear's Picnic
Presents Peter and the Wolf with Uncle Moose and the Kazoo-Phonic-Jug Band
12:39 PM
The Holy Modal Rounders - Livin' Off the Land
The Holy Modal Rounders Livin' Off the Land
Good Taste Is Timeless Sundazed Music 1971
12:41 PM
Bobb Trimble - Selling Me Short While Stringing Me 'Long
Bobb Trimble Selling Me Short While Stringing Me 'Long
Take Me Home Vienna/Selling Me Short While Stringing Me 'Long
12:46 PM
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12:46 PM
Syd Barrett - Wolfpack / Effervescing Elephant
Syd Barrett Wolfpack / Effervescing Elephant
Barrett
12:51 PM
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
Tom Waits Rain Dogs
Rain Dogs Island Records 1985
12:55 PM
David Nance - When I Saw You Last Night
David Nance When I Saw You Last Night N
Pulverized and Slightly Peaced Petty Bunco 2022
1:00 PM
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1:01 PM
Black Sabbath - Embryo / Children of the Grave
Black Sabbath Embryo / Children of the Grave
Master of Reality
1:06 PM
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain / Can You Get To That
Funkadelic Maggot Brain / Can You Get To That
Maggot Brain Westbound Records 2021
1:17 PM
Sly and the Family Stone - (You Caught Me) Smilin'
Sly and the Family Stone (You Caught Me) Smilin'
The Essential Sly and the Family Stone
1:21 PM
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1:23 PM
Sleater Kinney - Respect / Big Big Lights
Sleater Kinney Respect / Big Big Lights
Free to Fight #1
1:25 PM
The Replacements - Androgynous
The Replacements Androgynous
Let It Be Ryko/Rhino 1984
1:29 PM
Stereolab - Avant Guard MOR
Stereolab Avant Guard MOR
Space Age Bachelor Pad Music
1:33 PM
James Chance and the Contortions - I Can't Stand Myself
James Chance and the Contortions I Can't Stand Myself
No New York
James Brown composition
1:39 PM
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1:39 PM
Can - November
Can November
Out of Reach
1:46 PM
my bloody valentine - Soon
my bloody valentine Soon
Glider - EP Sire/Warner Records 1989
1:55 PM
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1:56 PM
Cocteau Twins - Quisquose
Cocteau Twins Quisquose
Aikea-Guinea - EP 4AD 1985
2:00 PM
The Velvet Underground - Beginning To See The Light
The Velvet Underground Beginning To See The Light
The Velvet Underground Polydor
2:04 PM
Bobby Fuller Four - Misirlou
Bobby Fuller Four Misirlou
The Bobby Fuller Tapes, Vol. 2
2:10 PM
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2:11 PM
Fugazi - Waiting Room
Fugazi Waiting Room
13 Songs Dischord 1989
2:15 PM
Townes Van Zandt - Waiting Around to Die
Townes Van Zandt Waiting Around to Die
Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas
2:18 PM
The Rolling Stones - Factory Girl
The Rolling Stones Factory Girl
Beggars Banquet (Remastered) ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. 2018
2:19 PM
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2:21 PM
The Band - Life Is A Carnival
The Band Life Is A Carnival
Cahoots
2:23 PM
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Zig Zag Wanderer
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Zig Zag Wanderer
Safe As Milk Buddha Records 1999
2:26 PM
Mr. Sweety G. - At the Place to Be
Mr. Sweety G. At the Place to Be
Boombox 1
2:32 PM
Devo - Smart Patrol / Mr. DNA
Devo Smart Patrol / Mr. DNA
Duty Now for the Future (Deluxe Edition) Warner Records 2010
2:38 PM
Otis Redding - The Happy Song
Otis Redding The Happy Song
Star Collection: Otis Redding
2:40 PM
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2:42 PM
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Love Paris
Screamin' Jay Hawkins I Love Paris
Frenzy
2:45 PM
Ray Charles - Heartbreaker
Ray Charles Heartbreaker
Do the Twist With Ray Charles
2:47 PM
Them - I Can Only Give You Everything
Them I Can Only Give You Everything
Them - Featuring Van Morrison
2:50 PM
David Bowie - Suffragette City
David Bowie Suffragette City
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars Parlophone UK 2015
2:53 PM
Iggy Pop - The Passenger
Iggy Pop The Passenger
Lust for Life Virgin Catalog (V81) 2017
3:00 PM
Ray Charles - How Long Blues
Ray Charles How Long Blues
The Best of Ray Charles
Chat is archived.
Sonny Boy III (host) 12:07:13 PM
Afternoon!
Russell Edling 12:18:47 PM
sometimes.. you just wanna hear the godd@mn beatles ◡̈
Sonny Boy III (host) 12:19:12 PM
:)
Joe 12:20:27 PM
Sonny Boy .. ya do good work ..
Dan Ruccia 12:21:18 PM
Now I kinda wanna hear some dub Beatles
ROFFLESTOMP 12:23:14 PM
Dan, that well runs way deeper than Muzak. :)
Joe 12:29:25 PM
oh sweet vinyl .. sounds so vibrant .
Brian D 12:30:58 PM
1970 Albert Hall. Jan 9 1970. Jimmy Page's birthday!
Brian D 12:32:06 PM
Great DVD! Short on a title.. long on performances. The title is just.... "DVD" ha
Sonny Boy III (host) 12:32:12 PM
I stand corrected!
Sonny Boy III (host) 12:32:41 PM
That DVD was manna to me at age 16
David Shortell 12:33:31 PM
Roger McGuinn turned 80 last week, the same day as Harrison Ford.
Brian D 12:33:56 PM
Well.. earlyJanuary of 1970... a hair's breadth from 1969 so all good
Sonny Boy III (host) 12:37:58 PM
This is a children's show now
Brian D 12:38:44 PM
Mentioned this in Eso chat last week.. check out www.thegardentapes.co.uk if you have not already. A detailed look at how Led Zep live releases were constructed. Bits of this performance of this song layered & band-aided into this bit of that song from another night with audience cheers from another night with a drum intro from another and harmonized guitar parts from later in the SAME performance.... etc. So much fun
Sonny Boy III (host) 12:39:05 PM
very cool!
Brian D 12:40:48 PM
That person did extensive research using live tapes of many shows and compared/ contrasted with the official live releases.
Brian D 12:43:27 PM
Also worthy of reading is any review of their shows on the official site that are under the name Argenteum Astrum. Another person that really researched the live tapes/ cd bootlegs etc
DSM 12:47:46 PM
Loving the selections today SB3!
Sonny Boy III (host) 12:48:33 PM
Thanks!
Selecta Jerry 12:49:15 PM
I have some very nerdy Zep friends and watching or listening song remains the same or the bbc sessions with them is a trip
Selecta Jerry 12:51:38 PM
They also own every zep bootleg concert known like I said nerdy zep fans 😂
Sonny Boy III (host) 12:52:52 PM
Ever heard Rain Dogs at 45? Ooops
Brian D 12:53:23 PM
Ha! Tom on speed!
Ambrose Hughes 12:53:30 PM
Heheheh!
Dan Ruccia 12:53:39 PM
I always wondered what Waits would sound like as an alto
Ambrose Hughes 12:54:02 PM
Hello Sonny Boy!
Sonny Boy III (host) 12:54:25 PM
Hello hello
Brian D 12:54:52 PM
Love Marc Ribot gtr lines
David Shortell 12:55:35 PM
Bob Dylan's "input" in "The Ballad of Easy Rider" is an interesting story. He didn't want to be credited as a writer of the song.
Selecta Jerry 12:55:48 PM
Vinyl sounds nice sonny boy!
Sonny Boy III (host) 12:55:57 PM
Thanks Jerry!
Brian D 1:07:13 PM
Love this set!
Sonny Boy III (host) 1:11:38 PM
Thanks Brian!
Brian D 1:13:13 PM
Eddie Hazel tearing holes in the sky....
Brian D 1:15:58 PM
Nice! More of this great lp side
Sonny Boy III (host) 1:16:14 PM
Had to let it keep playing...
Ossy Hyouka 1:18:54 PM
Funkadelic, a Philly station classic!
Ossy Hyouka 1:19:17 PM
And Sly Family Stone
richard lyons 1:21:52 PM
Great show Sonny Boy III!
Sonny Boy III (host) 1:22:59 PM
Thank you!
David Shortell 1:24:20 PM
I guess Esoterica is going to Asbury Park today to see Electric Candlelight, who she interviewed on her show last week.
Sonny Boy III (host) 1:25:04 PM
Cool! I wasn't sure why she needed the sub.
Brian D 1:44:25 PM
A bit more like Can-tana ?
Sonny Boy III (host) 1:45:21 PM
hehe
Brian D 1:48:19 PM
Ha... speed again
DSM 1:48:34 PM
Like this slower take
Brian D 1:48:44 PM
Mmmmmyyyyy bbbblllooooddyyyy vvvvaaaalllleennntiiiiiinnnne
DSM 1:48:53 PM
lol
Brian D 1:49:02 PM
Interesting to hear it like this
DSM 1:49:43 PM
whoooaaaaaaa. haha, it's like they hit the warp speed lever
Sonny Boy III (host) 1:49:55 PM
wow thanks Brian... this 12" EP comes with no indication of what speed to play it at that I can find
Sonny Boy III (host) 1:50:13 PM
I just thought it was 33 rpm
DubNP 1:50:57 PM
MBV at all speeds.
ROFFLESTOMP 1:51:04 PM
Interesting take on 'Soon'
DSM 1:51:14 PM
I've done that with so many 12"s. Orchestral Manuevers in the Dark sound really good slowed down!
ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ 1:57:24 PM
Go slow
ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ 1:58:26 PM
🚸
Sonny Boy III (host) 1:59:04 PM
Wise words!
Ambrose Hughes 2:01:31 PM
Liz Fraser has a new record, Ray Of Light .
Ambrose Hughes 2:02:35 PM
*correction* Sun's Signature
Ambrose Hughes 2:12:59 PM
CLASSIC!
jimbeaux 2:13:45 PM
sbwiii...rain dogs on 45 made my day!
richard lyons 2:15:46 PM
Townesssss. Yay!
Sonny Boy III (host) 2:16:51 PM
errors are the portals of discovery
Selecta Jerry 2:23:54 PM
Making that quote as part of my e mail signature
Brian D 2:24:49 PM
CAPTAIN!
Sonny Boy III (host) 2:25:39 PM
O captain, my captain
ROFFLESTOMP 2:28:01 PM
The Balancing Act does a great version of this as do many others.Nothin' like the Capt'n though.
Brian D 2:33:10 PM
DEVO
richard lyons 2:33:38 PM
Speaking of Captain, Desert Cruising on deck :)
Sonny Boy III (host) 2:34:08 PM
I think Sara of Weather Report fame may be in for Ahab ce jour
Brian D 2:34:15 PM
Fun time teaching/ me learning this song and other Devo classics at School of Rock
richard lyons 2:35:03 PM
Ahh good to know!
Ossy Hyouka 2:36:05 PM
The sound of the 80s
Brian D 2:43:57 PM
Great Screaming Jay here
DSM 2:54:30 PM
Awesome show today, thanks Sonny!
Sonny Boy III (host) 2:55:14 PM
Thanks everyone for listening! It was a lot of fun playing something different than I normally do.
richard lyons 2:55:21 PM
For sure! Super show. Thanks for filling in:)
Richard from Rocky Hill 2:58:34 PM
@ Sonny Boy III (host) Been listening in car so couldn't chat ... but XLNT SUBBING JOB, SBW3rd!
Ambrose Hughes 2:59:26 PM
Very enjoyable listening, thanks Sonny Boy III!
Richard from Rocky Hill 2:59:37 PM
@ Sonny Boy III (host) Your sonic-ness has been in bloom these great three hours.
ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ 3:00:47 PM
Stepped on…
David Shortell 3:01:02 PM
Curses! Cut off!
David Shortell 3:01:29 PM
Upcoming Iggy film in Princeton:
David Shortell 3:01:32 PM
https://princetongardentheatre.org/films/tutankhamun
David Shortell 3:02:38 PM
He narrates.