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The New Abnormal

Dec 2, 2022 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Music

With ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ

Exploring multiple facets of jazz-adjacent prog-rock, edgy fusion, Canterbury, Zeuhl, Rock-In-Opposition, avant-prog, Rock Progressivo Italiano, world music, ambient, anything virtuosic.

A musical trip through 1972

7:01 AM		Donny Osmond Puppy Love Portrait of Donny Universal Records 1972 The Justin Bieber of his generation.
7:04 AM		Set Break: over “Floating Clouds” by Roberto Cacciapaglia Motown hits from 1972, heard on the AM stations near Detroit.
7:06 AM		The Supremes Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love Floy Joy Motown 1972
7:09 AM		Jackson 5 Don't Let Your Baby Catch You Lookin' Through The Windows Motown 1972
7:12 AM		Stevie Wonder Girl Blue Music Of My Mind UNI/MOTOWN 1972
7:16 AM		Set Break: over “Beijo (Interlude)” by Earth, Wind & Fire Additional soul hits during 1972.
7:17 AM		Blood, Sweat & Tears Snow Queen New Blood Legacy Recordings 1972 American jazz-rock group, formed in 1967 in New York City, noted for their combination of brass and rock band instrumentation.
7:22 AM		War The World Is a Ghetto The World is a Ghetto Avenue Records 1972 Funk group that started in the early 1970s in Southern California.
7:32 AM		Earth, Wind & Fire Time Is on Your Side Last Days and Time (Remastered) Legacy Recordings 1972 Soul funk band, founded in Chicago in 1970.
7:36 AM		Set Break: over “Where Have I Danced With You Before” by Return To Forever ...meanwhile in Nigeria...
7:37 AM		Fela Ransome-Kuti & The Africa '70 Roforofo Fight Roforofo Fight Jofabro 1972 Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti. Born 15 October 1938, in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Died on 2 August 1997. His various groups were large jazz, funk, and afrobeat collectives. (edited out ~ 20 seconds for airplay)
7:52 AM		Set Break: over “Mana” by Zuco 103 Making the trip from Detroit to Philadelphia...
7:55 AM		Yes America (Single Edit) single Atlantic 1972 Yes are an English rock band who achieved worldwide success with their progressive, art, and symphonic style of rock music. Regarded as one of the pioneers of the progressive genre, Yes are known for their lengthy songs, mystical lyrics, and elaborate album art. (It is also their perceived pretentiousness that helped fuel the backlash against prog rock in the mid-1970s.) This cover of Paul Simon's "America" was released as a single around the time of "Close To The Edge".
7:59 AM		Jethro Tull Thick As a Brick, Pt. 1 Thick As a Brick (Remastered) Parlophone UK 1972 British rock group that was formed in 1967-1968. The group's music is marked by the distinctive vocal style and lead flute work of front man Ian Anderson. I am airing just a 6 minute excerpt ("radio edit") from this epic 44 minute song.
8:05 AM		Little Feat Easy to Slip Sailin' Shoes Warner Records 1972 Little Feat was formed in 1969 when Lowell George and Roy Estrada left or were fired from The Mothers of Invention. They folded jazz, funk, and country into their own style of rock.
8:08 AM		Steely Dan Do It Again Can't Buy a Thrill Geffen* 1972 Rock band from New York, formed in 1972 by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen.
8:14 AM		Grateful Dead China Cat Sunflower (Live in Paris) Europe '72 (Live) [Remastered] Rhino/Warner Records 1972 Grateful Dead was an American rock band (1965–1995) formed in the San Francisco Bay Area.
8:19 AM		Allman Brothers Band Blue Sky Eat A Peach Capricorn 1972 Blues rock/southern rock from Georgia, active on and off from 1969-2014.
8:24 AM		Set Break: over “Naima [Alternate - Take 4]” by Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin
8:27 AM		Caravan Waterloo Lily Waterloo Lily (Remastered) Decca Music Group Ltd. 1972 UK Progressive rock band from Canterbury, Kent, England. formed in January 1968.
8:34 AM		Gentle Giant The Boys In The Band Octopus Virgin EMI 1972 Gentle Giant was an eclectic progressive rock band formed in 1970 in London, UK- Disbanded in 1980.
8:38 AM		Emerson, Lake & Palmer Trilogy Trilogy BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. 1972 Emerson, Lake & Palmer, also commonly referred to as ELP or EL&P, were formed in 1970 by members of The Nice (Keith Emerson), King Crimson (Greg Lake) and Atomic Rooster (Carl Palmer). The band are notable for their classical and jazz influenced compositions, and virtuoso musicianship.
8:47 AM		Genesis Watcher of the Skies Foxtrot Virgin Catalogue 1972 Formed in Godalming, Surrey, South East England, UK in 1967. Their early work is characterized by complex song structures, elaborate instrumentation and the theatrical antics of founder member and vocalist Peter Gabriel, who left the band in August 1975. Drummer Phil Collins then assumed the role as lead vocalist, and steered the group towards accessible pop music.
8:54 AM		Santana Every Step of the Way Caravanserai Columbia 1972 American latin-rock group, formed in the late 1960s, led by guitarist Carlos Santana. They fuse rock with jazz and Latin music. Caravanserai marked the start of a new chapter in Santana's career, as the band moved away from rock and towards a more experimental and complex sound.
9:03 AM		Set Break: over “No Swinging The Club In The Car” by Cliff Martinez
9:06 AM		Can Vitamin C Ege Bamyasi United Artists Records 1972 German experimental rock band formed in Cologne circa 1968. Can are well-known as one of the key pioneers of Krautrock, particularly during the era when fronted by Japanese singer Kenji "Damo" Suzuki who turned their sound towards a crazy mixture of improvisation, noise, mantra and funk rhythms.
9:09 AM		Gong What Do You Want? Continental Circus Universal Music Division Mercury Records 1972 Psychedelic rock band formed by Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth in France in 1969. Gong became pioneers of a new brand of psychedelia/space-rock/trip-rock - with a conceptual ethos involving aliens and alternative realities. They were an international outfit, increasingly linked to other bands of the Canterbury scene. "Continental Circus" is the original soundtrack album of the 1972 French documentary film, released just after "Camembert Electrique", and just prior to their "Radio Gnome Invisible" trilogy. The track "What Do You Want?" is the same piece as "Fohat Digs Holes in Space" on Camembert Electrique, but the version here lacks the intro, has different lyrics
9:18 AM		Supersister Radio Pudding En Gisteren Universal Music, a division of Universal International Music BV 1972 Dutch progressive rock band, existed from approx. 1970-1974. Often lumped in with the Canterbury scene, due to their similarities with Caravan.
9:21 AM		Frank Zappa For Calvin (And His Next Two Hitch-Hikers) The Grand Wazoo Reprise Records 1972 The Grand Wazoo is a very jazzy record from Frank Zappa, who hired a big band with horns and woodwinds. It was written and recorded during Zappa's period of convalescence after being assaulted in December 1971 in London. Calvin is probably "Cal" Schenkel (born January 27, 1947, Willow Grove, PA), who designed this and many other Zappa album covers.
9:28 AM		Univeria Zekt Ourania The Unnamables Theleme 1972 "Univeria Zekt" was a pseudonym used by the French band "Magma". The side project attempted to create a training wheel version of their first two albums in order to help ease the music loving public into their strange take on jazz-fusion. "The Unnamables" was a watered down Zeuhl with less progressive compositions that were easier to digest.
9:32 AM		Jade Warrior Borne On The Solar Wind Last Autumn's Dream Vertigo 1972 Jade Warrior were formed in the UK in 1970. They were categorized as a psychedelic space rock group, but their music is hard to describe, incorporating many elements. Their mostly instrumental compositions had lush chords, and often had a wide dynamic range, from delicate hand bells to sudden loud crunches. "Last Autumn's Dream" is their third release, and hints at the direction they would go in their prime period on Island Records (1974-1978).
9:35 AM		Popol Vuh Kyrie Hosianna Mantra Pilz 1972 Popol Vuh were founded in Munich Germany in 1969. (Their name comes from a Mayan book of history and myth Wikipedia). "Hosianna Mantra" is their third release, and marked a turning point, when the band got away from electronic instrumentation in favor of acoustic elements and vocals.
9:40 AM		Set Break: over “Morgengruß” by Popol Vuh Rock Progressivo Italiano (RPI) was exploding in 1972. Read about that scene in Prog Archives.
9:43 AM		Il Balletto Di Bronzo La Tua Casa Comoda Ys Polydor 1972 Italian progressive rock band from Naples, initially active during the late 1969–1973.
9:46 AM		Raccomandata Ricevuta Ritorno L'ombra Per... Un Mondo Di Cristallo WM Italy 1972 Raccomandata Ricevuta Di Ritorno (often abbreviated RRR) was a progressive rock band original from Roma, founded in 1972. In typical RPI fashion, they released one great LP, then promptly disappeared.
9:50 AM		Set Break: over “E.F.S. No. 7” by Can Another international scene was "Anatolian Rock" in Turkey, based on the folklore heritage of Anatolia, enriched by modern rhythms, stimulating the formation of numerous new groups. Read about that here: Wikipedia
9:51 AM		Erkin Koray & Ter Hor Görme Garibi Hor Görme Garibi / Züleyha İstanbul Plak 1972 Erkin Koray (Born: 24 June 1941) is a Turkish singer-songwriter, guitarist and one of the pioneers of Anatolian rock.
9:55 AM		Moğollar Alageyik Destanı Alageyik Destanı / Moğol Halayı - Single Türküola 1972 Moğollar were from Anatolian villages and became friends in the 1960's, bonding over their love of traditional Turkish music and the new European pop. Their music was on the top of the Turkish Hit Parade.
9:58 AM		Set Break founded in 1964 in Köln, Germany. Moved to Instanbul, Turkey in 1973. is a reissue label started in London in 2013. They have also reissued some Anatolian Rock.

Chat is archived.

🐶💓 Good morning.

God morning, sir.

Buenos Dios.

Ooh that voice effect

I could not leave this song alone.

Beautiful.

Good morning, Dave and TAndy.

@Dave, why is today's show looking at 1972?

Good morning, Rob from MD.

Also, will there be Popcorn?

Since Cap'n Ahab did 1992, and Lizbot did 1982, I thought I should continue the pattern.

Cool beans

Are you taking requests?

I was not born then, nor is it my birthday. But 1972 was a formative year for me, musically.

Good morning, Rob.

The show is all charted out by now. But what were you thinking of, Rob from MD?

If I could, I would offer a 1992 rave special to add on to the xxx2 line ;)

I was hoping Jerry Gordon would hit 1962.

"The Justin Bieber of his generation." Love that one ǝʌɐꓷ!

If we WPRB DJs had better coordination, we could have clustered these specials into one week.

Good morning, Rofflestomp.

I would possibly sacrifice some sleep to listen to a Jerry Gordon special

@Rob from MD, I see you have the correct Iran flag.

Good morning! That would be time contraction! The phyics dept. might want to have a word... :)

Blood Sweat & Tears probably influenced the sound of Snarky Puppy a bit.

DtO, I didn't have any requests in mind, yet. Other than Popcorn, which was big international hit

Good morning Roffle

Oh yeah, Popcorn. Totally forgot about that one. That was indeed from 1972.

DtO, I'm glad I do have the correct Iranian flag. It's the only one that Emojipedia has available.

Popcorn was a big enough hit here, and it was a huge hit in Italy too, which is where my family moved to in 1972 (my father was in the military).

Popcorn was released in many countries in 1972 on their own domestic labels.

Hi Rob, OMGosh, 1972 Italy. Visions of sports cars doing dagerious things on mountain roads. Cool.

✨️ 1️⃣ 9️⃣ 7️⃣ 2️⃣✌️ 💕

¡ ǝuᴉʇsᴉɹɥꓛ `ᵷuᴉuɹoɯ poo⅁

Good morning Roffle, Christine!

¡ʎpoqʎɹǝʌǝ 'ƃuıuɹoɯ pooƃ

I got the track and LP name switched.

How dare

Ha! Good morning coffee crew!

Good morning 🌞

¡ ꓪꓢꓷ sᵷui̩ʇǝǝɹ⅁

🙃

deeeeeteeeeeeohhhhhhhh!

¡ oooonɐǝqɯi̩ꓩ oonɐǝ⅄

yeooo

Good morning Christine, DSM, jimboo

Howdy rob DSM emojiqueen TAndy Roffle!

This is a pretty perfect song to drive across the country with.

Loved my older brothers' 8tracks! Still have some and a player to boot!

Fela Roforofo was so nice to hear this a.m. Thanks

Good morning, Brian D.

I still recall hearing the awful *chunk chunk* as the 8-Track player switched in the middle of a song. What an awful format.

Oooi love this one! Ian & Martin and co .

Hahaha this is a great one

I could not air the entire epic 44 minute composition. 😞

Nice fall or winter sunny day driving around and the live Bursting Out lp playing is a good time

... could not air the entire epic 44 minute composition... - Wot's all this then about 8 tracks? Ha

This set is like going over to FM from AM back in the day..

O cool at least we get past the usual fm cutoff point here! Saved

🤘👍

@Rofflestomp, that is exactly what happened. My ears had been imprisoned by AM radio until 1972.

Sorry, Brian D., but I did have to air a single version.😞

"Try modulating and articulating all the feelings that we have for you DR. MOK!"

ʞoꓪ noʎ oʇ sᵷuᴉʇǝǝɹ⅁

Salutations

Usually fm radio cuts it off after 2-3 minutes. HEY....LOWELL!

Good morning, Doctor and Brian

Did anyone poke Jerry Gordon about 1962?

I did not, Mok

One of Lowell's best. And a short little tune at that.

Great vocals

Every other person in the back row still among us....

Well, he's no Donny Osmond...🙄

RIP Ritchie, Paul & Lowell

This opening makes me think of McGruff the crime dog

Is this the part where someone exclaims in chat, "ELECTRIC SITAR!" ?

Sitar guitar!

Ha! Jinx.

Brian D., quickest draw!

I won't even start on my OBSESSION with Indian music....

Wanted to put in some "Raga Rock" from 1972, like Oregon, but ran out of time.

ikr

Denny Dias on the sit .. from Philly ! Wonder if Jerry G knows him

Retro b-side special coming never

What year did your obsession with Indian music begin Dave?

A raga is time intesive for sure.

I wonder if we'll be miles away on a corner later....

CHINA CAT!

1972 the best year of the Dead

Bobby Weir on lead guitar here

For the intro and verse part that is

@ DSM, ~ 1974. I think it was IOQ had a progressive rock weekend, with blocks of different bands. I heard one of those Beatles songs with a sitar in it. Opened a whole new world for me.

That other Jerry G ha

China cat didn't get really jammy until 73

The dearth of Raga Rock may call for '72, Part II.

30/30 for the quiz month Mok. But they made it too easy in past 3 years

sitar is a gateway drug

Double time! Drummer Billy K!

Eric mintel quintet last night was fantastic btw

always forget that Mickey was not in band in 72

Ooh cool! Glad you got to see him Mok! Keeping Guaraldi spirit going

There's that durned 8 track again ha

The Guaraldi camp is really putting out the mega sets these days. That recent Black Orpheus set is wonderful

I tuned in (in my car) as America was winding down, then heard Thick as a Brick began and thought I was listening to WMMR in a time warp back to 1972 (or had been transported 50 light years away).

You should be Dave the not so obscure today

Our Obscurantist host is hitting the mark!

It'll get obscure soon enough...

Good morning, Mike T.

Yes, this is a time warp show.

oh good

Ha ha, Christine!

Top of this beautiful sunny morning!

Blue Sky.

The callback that won't die

The last recorded guitarmonies from Betts/Allman twin guitar team

Yeah, such a loss.

"Ah.. ya no está el prog en la radio... Que bueno!"

This analysis of Mr. Blue Sky gave me joy.

https://youtu.be/TbsTqPH0DnE

Ahhhh love this one... especially when the pounding bass synth starts later... ouch

@Mike, that link leads to ELO.

this performance with Dickie and Warren still blowns my mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggeab0lKz2c

Ouch

Yes a different Blue Sky Mister... & that's not a large capacity squirt gun toy for the pool either...

The youtuber is named "The Charismatic Voice". Her analysis and reactions are full of infectious joy.

I'll give it a listen after the show.

anyone sift through all these RSD releases.. It's too much for one earthling

I always thought the rhythm here was a secret message in Morse Code.

🦊💃

i think i hear the morse code message..."Oh here's to my sweet Satan...."

ooops wrong record

I knew it! EVIL!

Throw all this prog in the dumper! I'm going to listen to Puppy Love from now on!

Hahahahaha

🐶💓

A couple years ago, a student played me a solo performance by Dave Matthew's performance (couldn't say I was a fan at the time), Toward he finish, there was a little passage that cuased me to say to him, "I know this bit but can't place it, reminds me of Peter Gabriel though." He laughed and said I was close. A memorable experience with a memorable student.

Dave Matthew's guitarist.

Class begins.

Guitar player left the band later... guess he just couldn't.. Ha--- (ducks the tomatoes and tormatoes thrown here)

The guitar hum here is incredible potential energy.

love this Santana album

Ol Chuck Saint Annes again yeah!

This is a great headphones lp yeah. Love this one all the way through.

After becoming habituated to these rhythms, I have a hard time enduring the 4/4 corporate rock beat.

All the love in the universe is the track that stands out for me

but yeah..the entire thing..sheesh

Mok, it was a tossup which track I should play from Caravanserai.

it's good like bourbon chicken from the food court 🐔

Or just bourbon 🥃

this is truth

Blessed be Santana

This era of Santana never fails to explode me brain

Aye, DSM

Ready for my kraut vitamin infusion, Doctor DTO!

💉💉💉🍊🍊🍊

Und you vill enchoy it!

that bass cross fade *chef's kiss*

🙏

🤪

You Can Gong too

Lighting my Gong right now

don't spill any gong water

I can't get the stereo separation or crossfade on my mono combo radio/8 track player :(

Here's some watered down Zeuhl.

Watery Zeuhl gruel?

For those with delicate constitutions.

This Zeuhl is skimmed!

Easier on baby's stomach

Please, Sir, do not thin down our meager zeuhl gruel! I can barely stand up for want of spiritual nourishment.

On a 90+ degree day I just can't stomach full fat Zeuhl, that's when I reach for Univeria Zekt!

I know, but this was their only release from 1972. This was still the early days of Magma, when their vision was still forming.

#1 track of the show right here

"Sudden Loud Crunches" could be a WPRB show title.

Btw, the Jade Warrior track was gorgeous.

Jade Warrior has so much gorgeous music. They're hard to program into the show, though. Because of the long quiet parts and sudden crashes.

Popol Vuh is my go to "mountain driving" music

A little bit of raga rock in here.

Sitarist Al Gromer Khan was in Popol Vuh for a while.

This is so dreamy

..and it's over.

Cheers to Captain Ahab!

Credit goes to Cap'n Ahab for bringing Anatolian Rock to the WPRB audience.

Hear hear!

Love the Turk Rock excursions yes

Thanks, Dave the Obscure...this was an excellent show! 1972 just has too many treasures.

I'm glad you were able to catch the show.

righteous selections

Thanks for the hell of a show this morning!

Thanks for the 72 review Dave! Later everyone!

Thanks for listening, and participating in the chat. Stay tuned to ‘PRB for 🏃🚦Running Redlights with Jen.

So much great '72 today! I was alive but a bit too young to know what good music was.

Thanks for checking in Bud. I was only becoming aware of good music in 1972.

ooh I took a long walk and missed Gong. Dang

For more of this greatness the great Selda Bağcan "Meydan Sizindir". That was my door opening song to Anatolian. https://youtu.be/O1vR0Bk-NdU

I think we need a 1972 part 2

Seconded.

🥙🥙🥙🥙

Thirded, Bud.