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WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

The New Abnormal

Dec 7, 2022 3:00 AM – 6:00 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

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The New Abnormal
3:01 AM
Donny Osmond - Puppy Love
Donny Osmond Puppy Love
Portrait of Donny Universal Records 1972

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The Justin Bieber of his generation.

3:04 AM
Set Break: over “Floating Clouds” by Roberto Cacciapaglia

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Motown hits from 1972, heard on the AM stations near Detroit.

3:06 AM
The Supremes - Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love
The Supremes Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love
Floy Joy Motown 1972

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3:09 AM
Jackson 5 - Don't Let Your Baby Catch You
Jackson 5 Don't Let Your Baby Catch You
Lookin' Through The Windows Motown 1972

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3:12 AM
Stevie Wonder - Girl Blue
Stevie Wonder Girl Blue
Music Of My Mind UNI/MOTOWN 1972

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3:16 AM
Set Break: over “Beijo (Interlude)” by Earth, Wind & Fire

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Additional soul hits during 1972.

3:17 AM
Blood, Sweat & Tears - Snow Queen
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.

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3:22 AM
War - The World Is a Ghetto
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.

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3:32 AM
Earth, Wind & Fire - Time Is on Your Side
Earth, Wind & Fire Time Is on Your Side
Last Days and Time (Remastered) Legacy Recordings 1972

Soul funk band, founded in Chicago in 1970.

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3:36 AM
Set Break: over “Where Have I Danced With You Before” by Return To Forever

...meanwhile in Nigeria...

3:37 AM
Fela Ransome-Kuti & The Africa '70 - Roforofo Fight
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.

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(edited out ~ 20 seconds for airplay)

3:52 AM
Set Break: over “Mana” by Zuco 103

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Making the trip from Detroit to Philadelphia...

3:55 AM
Yes - America (Single Edit)
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.)

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This cover of Paul Simon's "America" was released as a single around the time of "Close To The Edge".
3:59 AM
Jethro Tull - Thick As a Brick, Pt. 1
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.

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I am airing just a 6 minute excerpt ("radio edit") from this epic 44 minute song.
4:05 AM
Little Feat - Easy to Slip
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.

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4:08 AM
Steely Dan - Do It Again
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.

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4:14 AM
Grateful Dead - China Cat Sunflower (Live in Paris)
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.

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4:19 AM
Allman Brothers Band - Blue Sky
Allman Brothers Band Blue Sky
Eat A Peach Capricorn 1972

Blues rock/southern rock from Georgia, active on and off from 1969-2014.

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4:24 AM
Set Break: over “Naima [Alternate - Take 4]” by Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin

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4:27 AM
Caravan - Waterloo Lily
Caravan Waterloo Lily
Waterloo Lily (Remastered) Decca Music Group Ltd. 1972

UK Progressive rock band from Canterbury, Kent, England. formed in January 1968.

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4:34 AM
Gentle Giant - The Boys In The Band
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.

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4:38 AM
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy
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.

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4:47 AM
Genesis - Watcher of the Skies
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.

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4:54 AM
Santana - Every Step of the Way
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.

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5:03 AM
Set Break: over “No Swinging The Club In The Car” by Cliff Martinez

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5:06 AM
Can - Vitamin C
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.

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5:09 AM
Gong - What Do You Want?
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.

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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
5:18 AM
Supersister - Radio
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.

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5:21 AM
Frank Zappa - For Calvin (And His Next Two Hitch-Hikers)
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.

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Calvin is probably "Cal" Schenkel (born January 27, 1947, Willow Grove, PA), who designed this and many other Zappa album covers.

5:28 AM
Univeria Zekt - Ourania
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.

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5:32 AM
Jade Warrior - Borne On The Solar Wind
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).

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5:35 AM
Popol Vuh - Kyrie
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.

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5:40 AM
Set Break: over “Morgengruß” by Popol Vuh

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Rock Progressivo Italiano (RPI) was exploding in 1972. Read about that scene in Prog Archives.

5:43 AM
Il Balletto Di Bronzo - La Tua Casa Comoda
Il Balletto Di Bronzo La Tua Casa Comoda
Ys Polydor 1972

Italian progressive rock band from Naples, initially active during the late 1969–1973.

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5:46 AM
Raccomandata Ricevuta Ritorno - L'ombra
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.

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5:50 AM
Set Break: over “E.F.S. No. 7” by Can

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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

5:51 AM
Erkin Koray & Ter - Hor Görme Garibi
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.

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5:55 AM
Moğollar - Alageyik Destanı
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.

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5:58 AM
Set Break

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