Serenade to a Cuckoo Fri Sep 9 with Jerry Gordon on WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

Welcome everybody to Serenade to a Cuckoo & Jerry's Room.

Hey Jerry, happy Friday!

Hi Christine! How are you?

Hello hello! Great start

Hey Brian!

Thanks, Brian, this kind of brings together all of CTI

Sounding good. 📱 I'm currently in Killarney, but listening to WPRB through the magic of Wi-Fi and the Interwebs.

Thank you for that. Don't rush home, it's more fun where you are

Hello friends - great version of the theme, Jerry!

Thanks Readie, how are you?

Thanks for checking in!

Well, Jerry, having lunch with y'all today!

I'm glad!

Loving retirement!

*sporting native American headdress*

Christine, hi! Nice to see you! How are you enjoying Killarney?

Afternoon Jerry!

The stream is being weird

There he is!

Love Niki w Jerry and Merl

Hi Brian and Mok!

Yes, Mok, I can dig your garb

Hi Stephen, glad you're here. I appreciate your support and promotion (on Facebook)

Readie, I didn't know you retired but good for you!

Theme song time...! 🐦 🎵

I'm going to be Keef Hartley for Halloween 🎃

Haaaaaaaa!

Hi Readie! I am envious of your retired status. Ireland has been incredible. A trip of a lifetimeso dar

A trip of a lifetime so far.

Thanks, Jerry, it was a tough decision, but I love the peace of mind and feeling of freedom!

There's an album cover of him on a horse. You will need one for the end of October!

@Mok

My friend has a horse farm so I'm all set ,👍

Christine, enjoy! Ireland is on my list...how is international travel these days?

Readie, it's a bold move. Congratulations, time to enjoy!

It has been very easy so far @Readie. I can only speak for myself, but hardly anything has gone wrong. Everything has gone right. ☘️

Christine, you are charmed and have the luck of the Irish!

Thanks, Jerry - you are so right!

Thanks for that, Christine, I have heard so many stories ...do you mind if I ask you- are you doing a tour or DIY?

I'm doing a two week small group tour with my cousin and her husband. It's been great Craic!

Sounds awesome, Christine! I will have to get moving! You are an inspo!!

I like this Nina, Jerry, haven't heard it before!

ah man what film was it that opens with Randy Newman / Baltimore

The Tamlins with sly and Robbie Baltimore 🔥🔥🔥

Thanks for the shout Jerry g! Big up

maybe it was Major League hmmm

Thanks, SJ! You blew me away with that one. But you always blow me away with your "repertoire", pace, and joy for music!

I don't know, Mok, but I saw it too!

Readie, it was a bold move to have Nina sings to a reggae beat on that track, and whether she liked it or not (she thought the idea was silly) she knocked it out of the park.

It was listener Gboss who emailed me a whole detailed review and history of Baltimore. Wprb listeners are the best

Definitely cool

Agree, Jerry G! She was a consumate PRO!

Plus he cooks a mean barbecue!

Selecta J! Good to seebyou!

Was driving back from lunch when the track played. Thank you for playing it, Jerry. It's a favorite.

*consummate*

If I'm not mistaken, the Tamlins version was actually covering Nina and Creed's version of the song and came after that.

Hey Readie beautiful day

gboss, what a compliment you got from Selecta J. The fact you had this knowledge is pretty amazing and tasteful

I watched some videos of Sly and Robbie and the Tamlins and they all took credit for hearing the song and wanting to do a version of it.

I know, I'm blushing.

Thank you for that info, Gboss

My pleasure, Jerry!

It's gorgeous! Windows open! Selecta, I bet you're on the decl enjoying it!

*deck*

I can't type today! Multi-tasking... lol

I Had Gboss come on the radio and discuss it. He was a true professional lol

He shot me pictures of his barbq ribs and I know right then I had to invite him to the dub bunker

🔥🔥🔥

that's a strange way to say, "unprepared and nervous" selecta!

That was a good idea, SJ

Good times 😂🤣

I like to have people listen to the RN->Nina->Tamlins versions of that song in order. It's revelatory.

And to drop the needle on the record after our discussion was a thrill

Hey Jerry, lovely sounds for a truly lovely day

Hey DSM, thank you! Glad you are enjoying the day and the music!

@Christine, we will need some meal details at some point

Great version of Autumn Leaves there

Christine is in Ireland? I will be heading there in October ☘️☘️

Mok, late reply, yep .. first thing i thought of was the mid 70s New Year's Eve show with Nicky Hopkins sitting in w Jerry, Merl etc. Nicky gets little instrumental tidbits as segue pieces between songs. Nice

Loved that tape

Wow, Selecta! good to hear you are going to the Emerald Isle! Are you joining a tour or DIY?

that Let It Rock album is something else. and yup..Niki rides those solos like noneother

Readie hello! Happy weekend! Countdown to my return to Ocean Grove just days away....

DIY with friends and a wedding

Nicky. I keep typing my couisins spelling

Dromo castle in county Clair

Hi Jerry G., I’m tuning in a little late. Hearing some nice music!

Hey Brian! OG sounds inviting rn! I just got back from an epic family vaca in the Poconos...so great. May get back to OG this fall if I can swing it!

Selecta, sounds like a great destination for a wedding!

Big up, Selecta Jerry! ☘️ Are you going to Dromoland Castle Hotel?

Killer Joe!

Pocono trip sounds lovely!

Thanks Rob F. Playing all CTI recordings until 2

And greetings to Selecta Jerry and all others in the chat

@DSM it's 6:30 here and we're all having a cocktail before dinner. We've had some incredible food so far, and some meh food.

Yes, Brian, it was, only rained one day...the cool mountain breeze was excellent!!

Nothing like Jobim's Wave on a nice sunny breezy day!

Hi Rob F!

@Christine, The incredible part sounds fantastic haha. Enjoy the cocktails! Having a lunch beer myself along side a burrito.

Brian, I was just thinking that!

That's our DSM!

haha, Cheers Jerry!

Painless....

Yes @christine wedding is at the castle

@DSM, that sounds perfect. 🍺 🌯

I can't wait to lift my glass to you and Christine after the show! I want to join the beer for lunch crowd

*choppers appear over the hill... Loudon Wainwright III has his acoustic gtr out...

4077....

Ha!

A wedding at a castle in Eire...how romantic is that?!?!

@Selecta, you are in for a real treat. Have you been to Dromoland Castle before? A wedding there will be incredible! They have a world-class golf course taswell

I’m excited my Irish is in a lather ☘️☘️☘️

...there as well. We stayed there Tuesday& Wednesday night, and it was an unmatched experience. I want to hear a report!

CHristine and Selecta, do you have family or ancestry in Ireland?

Been to in and around Dublin before but first trip to just wander the country

Yes my heritage is back to county Clare

@Readie, my cousin (who I am traveling with) share one set of grandparents. One came o the US from County Mayo & one from County Kerry. We are in County Kerry right now.

So cool, Christine and Selecta! My people are from Mayo!

<---County Carlow here

We have a castle ha! Or a Grove really

Man a bunch of Irish folk in Jerry G’s chat 😂

It's great that people can share that and be proud!

Nice, @Brian and @Readie! ☘️

This place is so beautiful and feels so familiar, I won't want to leave.

I could hear this Brazil bent all day..

That is nice, Christine! You have seen the beauty from which your people came. And I'm sure way better vibes in 2022

Guahchi guaro!

Never forget on my first trip to Ireland I was just off the plane and a valet man reached for my bag and saw my last name on the tag. He put the bag down turned to me and said “welcome home son” it melted my heart

Cool, Brian! Irish folk all over the place up in here!

You mean Enrico Calamari's theme song ha! Who's this Will character ha...!Montuno, Mambo y Mas siempre!

@ Selecta - I got a tear in my eye reading that! That is beautiful! I would never want to leave!

Yeah....just who IS this Will Constantine

Y'all can visit our castle anytime . Admission is free

Does W. Constantine have a program anymore? Haven't heard him in a while..

@readie 💚💚💚

Watch out for those two day holes Jerry!

Great story, Selecta.

Ian Stewart (the 6th Rolling Stone) refused to play minor chords. He liked the straight ahead rock n roll stuff. So Nicky Hopkins often got the call when an intricate, colorful keyboard part was needed.

Thanks for sharing that story, Selecta!

... chord pro-gresh-ee-an man.... Love Ray"s delivery and writing. Kinks are #1 out of the invasion for me

Ahh ... Love this Satanic Mag. LP

Perhaps my fav Stones album

Classic! Often unfavorably compared to Sgt. Pepper, or at least it was back in the day. Right on, Mike!

Two different animals, Jerry

Rob Ebert, Will intends to come back in the near future. He doesn't have the computer equipment to live broadcast, nor does he want it!

Luddite!! :)

....

Sorry luv... dropped me cello down the stairs i did.. apples and pears...

One of my all time fave Stones songs here. Powerful song

Sure is

Both albums came out around the same time, were early concept albums that were a new path for those artists. Then they got compared, I remember it so clearly

Truth

Speaking of truth, Mike...

I think Satanic is a bit more psychedelic than Pepper

Def

Ha!...Truth indeed

Hmmm ... I think Jimi was the Jimi of the time ha... but that's just me

Beck existed in a Jimi free environment for awhile

Such a great super group this Jeff lp

Jeff follows the Jeff muse... disappears for years, decade etc... tinkers w his cars... then resurfaces to shred us all

Have not heard anyone else that sounds like Jeff. 1 of a kind

Heavy, indeed!

Loved the Blow by Blow - Wired period

Always with the impeccable taste, MC

Gracias!

Ya the real show burner Revolution! Love that. And the fuzzed out sound

This one's great too for sure

This Revolution slayed me then, and it still has that power! YEAH!! Lennon

In

Love the slow one also, Bri...hard to choose a fave.

Yeah, Selecta!!!!!

The David Frost Show version!

Overdrive the recording console in the studio! Those crazy schoolboys really did take over! Stand aside Mr Martin ha

This is good...sounds like they used the original track and did a live version over it...

I don't hear any piano

@Bri- yeah, you know it!

Or Smother Brothers Show version if you like

CRANK IT!

Yeah I am hearing all sorts of diff sounds brought to the forefront. Must be from the box set

They did Readie

It’s back there mok

These blokes' EMI labelmates, Tomorrow, recorded a song called "Revolution" the previous year.

Live vocals

Nicky elec piano was down in the mix ya

Thx, MC, Lennon did that in the past...with the Plastic Ono Band...

Hi David, you are bringing it once again!

yep

Yeah, Mike, that's very cool!

The She's a a Rainbow earlier had some really bright details too. I'm sitting closer to the left speaker as well

that was the remaster version from the anniversary album, I think

The oo la la's and all the string section craziness was really detailed

Is it that our old ears can’t deal with these modern remasters?

I love all those box set extras and redos. and the originals. Gotta get em all !

Sometimes they confuse my senses

We hear something different from decades ago and we get a twitch

Yes, Bri, and the insane Macca vox in there as well..

One of these days I'll find a mono Santanic

Be-ATTLE GEORGE!

To quote Clang.

Help!

Help me cope with this heavy load 🔥🔥

Some people online were confused on the Led Zep I reissue from 2014 or so when Good Times ... started w guitar in a "different" speaker. Turns out that Page actually made the left / right like it was originally in 1969. Many years of people hearing the 70s and 80s reissues made them think it was "changed".

I think Ringo is in Easton tonight

Yep- a shout to Brian on the Be-attle George thing! Lol!

Stones realeased a 50th anniv Satanic with both mono and stereo versions. 2017

Man, this song brings back so many mem'ries...more poignant now than ever!!

Bee-attle George is my #1

Who produced this Ringo track?

oh, yeah, Bri!

A very sentimental and excellent song, good for people getting "older"

Oh, man, you're so right, Jerry G!

And I was so young when I first heard it!

Produced by Richard Perry

LIke the Kinks songs "Picture Book" and "People Take Pictures of Each Other", Jerry.

Crohn's disease is when you poop a lot, right?

I don't think so, but not sure.

I don't know them, David, I will listen to them

Totally sussed... indeed

It's a digestive disorder

Thx, MC, yeah, looked him up - a Yank who shares Paul McCartney's birthdate 18 June, 1942...cool

And does one poop alot?

This who track sounds strange to my ears as well remastered touch strikes again

My old band used to cover this medley. Fun to play live. Crowd shouting. Dynamics of the quieter See Me Feel Me section. Buildup at the end. good time

I saw a stage production of "Tommy" recently. "Hey you smoking mother nature" and "You know where to put the cork" were among the lines that were changed. Too corny?

Jerry G, is your on air mic on? That sometimes made things tinny in past i think you mentioned

Yes, it was for this track

I had a friend in college with Crohn's..it's terrible

Aha! Crohns is not fun. Know several friends who suffer. Can't be simplified by a symptom of "doing something a lot ". Many factors. Limited actions and travels can be a problem

My buddy had part of his intestines removed. Yeah no fun

Same. Surgeries ongoing for years. Infections. But some can keep it at bay and live ok lives. Different people diff stories

The operations killed Nicky Hoopokins

Nicky makes this version happen!

Whoa what a version

Still recovering from the purple berries

Mmmmm berries

Ha!!

Is that David Frieberg on the co vocals?

Doesn't sound like one of the originals. JORMA now with that killer guitar! TONE!

I don't think so, Brian, but...

Well I got no work done again this Friday afternoon Jerry G thanks a lot 😀

Haha, love it!

LOL, Selecta... yeah Jerry G... still trying to prep for my show later... what a great distraction...LOL!

Epic show and great chat!

The credits on the Airplane version include : David Crosby: Sailboat. HA HA

Sounds about right. And it's a schooner!

Great show, Jerry! Sorry couldn't chat today.

Not Douchecanoe? :)

Also, I am filing in for Kat FYI:)

Must be just a subdued Kantner or Balin w a different vocal delivery

Dino!

Hi Esoterica, I wish I knew so I could have announced it!

What a great song this is

PEBBLES! BAM BAM!

Who didn't Nicky Hopkins play with

JA played this at Woodstock but it wasn't in the movie. CSN's performance of it was included instead.

sorry running late today!

love this groivy song

GROOVY

Like you! Have a great show, Esoterica!

Thanks for the tunes, Jerry!

Cipollina. Totally important SF guitar sound member

aw thanks.... on both counts

thanks, gboss, thanks for checking in, appreciated

no one os as groovy as you jerry.

Hi and bye Jerry, just caught the last few songs, thanks for the history lesson on N.H.

Have another hit and call it a week

No more Running Red Lights after the show,eh?

enjoy your weekend

Jorma, John Cip, Jerry, Carlos &others

Thank you, Jerry! 💯

Ah man now I need to pop in Gravenitis and Cipolina Band

You missed the Irish discussion Bo

Thanks Jerry!

Jen Redlights is 10am Fri now

Thanks, Christine, thanks everybody!

The strip on the "Volunteers" back cover intrigued me. It was years before I found a book compiling Dan O'Neill's "Odd Bodkins".

Thanks, Ambrose! Thanks Brian, everybody!

@MC- Redlights is on before Jerry this Fall!

And Jen rocked it today!

@Brian D. That figures!😖

Indeed, Bri!

Thx, Jerry - good to chat with y'all!

Thanks, Readie, enjoyed

NRPS

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12:29 PM		George Benson White Rabbit White Rabbit Epic/Associated 1971
12:36 PM		Hubert Laws Moment's Notice In the Beginning Epic 1974
12:44 PM		Jim Hall You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To Concierto Legacy/Epic Associated 1975
12:47 PM		Nina Simone Baltimore Baltimore Epic/Associated/Legacy 1978
12:59 PM		Joe Farrell Follow Your Heart Joe Farrell Quartet Legacy Recordings 1970
1:04 PM		Randy Weston Night In Medina Blue Moses (CTI Records 40th Anniversary Edition) Masterworks Jazz 1972
1:13 PM		Chet Baker Autumn Leaves She Was Too Good to Me CBS Associated 1974
1:22 PM		Wes Montgomery A Day in the Life A Day in the Life (Reissue) A&M 1967
1:26 PM		Quincy Jones Killer Joe Walking In Space A&M 2013
1:32 PM		Antônio Carlos Jobim Wave Wave Verve Reissues 2014
1:38 PM		Paul Desmond Theme from "MaS*H" Pure Desmond
1:39 PM		Milton Nascimento Rio Vermelho Courage A&M JAZZ 1969
1:57 PM		Anita O'Day & Cal Tjader Peel Me A Grape Time For 2 Verve Reissues 1999
1:57 PM		Astrud Gilberto Misty Roses 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection - The Best of Astrud Gilberto Verve Reissues 2005
1:57 PM		Cal Tjader Soul Sauce (Guachi Guara) Soul Sauce Verve 1995
2:31 PM		The Kinks Session Man Face to Face Sanctuary Records 1966
2:33 PM		The Rolling Stones She’s a Rainbow Their Satanic Majesties Request (50th Anniversary Special Edition) ABKCO Music & Records 2017
2:34 PM		The Rolling Stones Monkey Man Let It Bleed Universal Music Group International 2002
2:34 PM		Jeff Beck You Shook Me Truth Epic 1968
2:35 PM		Jeff Beck All Shook Up Beck-Ola Epic 1969
2:42 PM		The Beatles Revolution The Beatles 1967-1970 (The Blue Album) UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 2010
2:44 PM		John Lennon Oh My Love Imagine (Remastered) Parlophone Catalogue 2010
2:45 PM		George Harrison Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) Living In the Material World (Bonus Tracks Version) UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 2014
3:02 PM		Ringo Starr Photograph Ringo Parlophone 1973
3:05 PM		The Who We're Not Gonna Take It Tommy UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 1969
3:05 PM		Jefferson Airplane Wooden Ships Volunteers (Bonus Track Version) RCA/BMG Heritage 2004
3:07 PM		Quicksilver Messenger Service Fresh Air Just for Love Capitol Records 1970

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