This month’s Preservation Sound Radio show has aired. This program is a mix of 1950s+60s ‘Academic’ and ‘new music’ combined with spiritual jazz, New Age, and ambient, assembled and broadcast from the original LPs. In case you caught the show when it aired on June 10, here’s the tracklist.

1. Magical Power Mako ‘Tundra” from ‘Super Record’ MR5055 1975
2. Roger Powell “Lumia” from ‘Cosmic Furnace’ Atlantic LP SD7251 1973
3. George Duke “North Beach” from ‘Faces in Reflection’ BASF LP MC22018 1974
4. Pascal Laguirand “Abalii” from ‘De Harmonia Universalia’ Minos LP 1002 1980
5. David Bowie “Subterranean” from ‘Low’ RCA LP CPL1-2030 1977
6. Robert Ashley ‘she was a visitor’ from “extended voices” Odyssey LP 32 16 0156 1967
7. Lonnie Liston Smith “Let us go into the house of the Lord” from ‘Astral Travelling’ FD 10163 1973
8. Alice Coltrane “Hare Krishna” from ‘Universal Consiousness’ Impulse LP AS-9210 1971
9. Beaver/Krause “By Your Grace” from ‘Gandharrva’ WS 1909 1971
10. Keith Jarrett “First” from ‘Invocations’ ECM LP ECM D 1201 1981
11. Reinhard Lakomy “Das geheime Leben” from the LP of the same title, Amiga 8 55 893 1982
12. Gigi Masin “Celebration of Eleven/The Sea of Sand” from ‘Wind’ BAR003/15 1986 (2015 repress)
13. Henry Cowell “Aeolian Harp” from ‘Sounds of New Music,’ Folkways FX6160 1957
14. Alexi Lubimov “Fur Alina” from the LP ‘Arvo Part’ MRP 115 2017
15. Vladimir Ussachevsky “Sonic Contours” from ‘Sounds of New Music,’ Folkways FX6160 1957
16. Roger Eno “A Paler Sky’ from the LP ‘Voices’ EGED 42 1985
17. Raul Lovisoni / Francesco Messina “Prati bagnati del monte Analogo” from the LP of the same title, 1979, 2018 pressing on SV130
18. Harold Budd “Sandtreader” from ‘Lovely Thunder’ EGED46 1986
19. Wendy Carlos (as Walter Carlos) “Summer” from ‘Sonic Seasonings’ Columbia LP KG31234 1972
20. Morton Feldman ‘Chorus and Instruments II’ from “extended voices” Odyssey LP 32 16 0156 1967
21. Emerson Meyers & Assoc. “Moonflight Sound Pictures” from ‘Provocative Electronics’ WGS-8129 1970
22. Roberts Owen “homage to max Ernst” from ‘Immature Oocytes” Mortsleam Records 1982
23. Francois De Roubaix “Mort d’un Guide” from ‘Volume’ 3’ Barclay LP 80291 1979
24. Arnold Walter, Harvey Olnick, Myron Schaeffer “Summer Idyl” from ‘Electronic Music’ folkways LP FM33436 recorded 1959 rel 1967
25. Terry Riley “Poppy Nogood and the phantom band” from ‘A Rainbow in curved Air” Columbia MS7315 1969
26. Eduard Artimiev track A1 from the OST to ‘Stalker’ rec 1979, rel SV109 2014
27. Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind “Rocky Mountains” from the OST to ‘The Shining’ HS3449 1980
28. Johann Johannsson “Mandy Love Theme” from the OST to ‘Mandy’ Lakeshore Records 2018
29. Steven Halpern “moonrise over orion” from ‘Zodiac Suite’ HS771 1977
30. Freddie Hubbard “Monodrama” from ‘sing me a song of songmy’ Atlantic SD 1576 1971
31. Steve douglas “Time Capsule” from his LP ‘The Music Of Cheops” CH-1 1976
32. Sven Grunberg ‘Hingus’ from OM, Melodiya C60 27019 002 1988
33. Bo Hansson “Time and Space” from ‘Attic thoughts” SIRE LP sasd 7525 1976
34. Dominique Guiot “Ballet Amoureux Des Dauphins” from ‘L’ Univers De La Mer’ AV4160 1979
35.  James Newtown Howard “Rose ’68 ’69” from ‘From Inside’ BVHAAST LP 019 1978

This month’s Preservation Sound Radio show has already aired, but you can stream the entire program from the WPKN FM archives for the next few weeks. Click here to stream the show. RITES OF MAY is a three-hour psych-folk celebration of Spring. As usual all of the audio is taken directly from my vinyl LP stacks. This show was transferred with a Technics 1200 w/ Shure 44-7 cartridge and Ramko SP8-E preamp. Bonus announcements via period recordings of Louise Huebner and Dr Edward Teller. Here’s the track list.

1. Catherine Ribiero +2 Bis “Un Sourire, Un Rire, Des Esclats” FLDX 487
2. Vangelis O. Papathanassiou “Ritual” from the LP ‘Earth’ Vertigo 6499 693
3. Simon Finn “Laughing til Tomorrow” Cherry Red Records 1970
4. Jean-Bernard Raiteux “Kathleen Writhes” from the OST to ‘Les Demons’
5. Eigo Kawashima and homo sapiens “bye bye bye” 1975 Elektra Japan L-6101E
6. The Beau Brummels “The Wolf Of Velvet Fortune” from their LP ‘Triangle’ Warner WS 1692
7. Glass Harp “Southbound” Decca DL 75261
8. Karen Beth “Something To Believe in” from ‘the joys of life,’ Decca DL 75148
9. Osamu Kitajima “Immortality” PSI 004-2
10. Black Sabbath “Lord Of This World” from the LP ‘Master of Reality,’ warner brothers BS 2562 1971
11. Nico “Secret Side” from the 1971 BBC Session, Gearbox LP GB1533
12. Marcus “Grains Of Sand’ from his Kineic/Columbia LP Z 30207
13. David Crosby “Traction in the rain” from the LP ‘If I Could Only Remember My Name’ Atlantic LP SD 7023
14. Higelin & Areski “Remember” Saravah France LP SH 10005, 1969
15. Folk Music of the world ‘Grand Nord’ “Järnefelt” CV1117
16. Magical Power Mako ‘Sound Mother Earth’ from SUPERRECORD Polydor Japan MR 5055
17. Orpheus “the dream” MGM SE-4524
18. Bonnie Koloc “My aunt Edna” from her s/t LP Ovation # OVQD 1429
19. Cem Karaca “Foam on the sea”
20. Elyse Weinberg “Here In My Heart” from the LP ‘Elyse’ Tetragammon LP T-117
21. Don Cooper “Sad Eyed Queen of the Mountain” from ‘Bless the Children’ Roulette SR-42046
22. Tim Buckley “Had A Talk With My Woman” from ‘Lorca’, Elektra EKS-74074 1970
23. Yuri Morozov “Blue Star Wanderer” BUTR14LP
24. Cro Magnon “First World Of Bronze” from their S/T ESP Disk LP #2001 1969
25. Alexander Gradsky “You and me” circa 1972 Melodiya LP C60 2447 004
26. Sandy Bull “Electric Blend” from ‘The Essential Sandy Bull’ Vanguard VSD 59/60
27. Buffy St Marie “God is alive, Magic is afoot” from her LP ‘Illuminations’ Vanguard  VSD 79300
28. Brigitte Fontaine and Areski “Ragilia” from the LP ‘L’Incendie’ BYG Records N. 529026  
29. Total Issue “Dis Mais Dis” from their S/T LP UAS France 29 174
30. Sopwith Camel “Dancin Wizard” from their LP “The Miraculous Hump Returns From The Moon” Reprise LP MS 2108 1973
31. US69 “Im On My Way” from their Buddah LP BDS 5035
32. Tyrannosaurus Rex “By The Light of The Magical Moon” from their Blue Thumb LP ‘A Beard of Stars’ BTS 8818
33. Pearls Before Swine “The Old Man” from the LP ‘The Use Of Ashes’ Reprise 6405 1970
34. Pugh “Signe” from his S/T LP Metronome MLP-15.336
35. The Seeds “Six Dreams” from their GNP LP “Future” GNP 2038
36. Jake Holmes “too long” from ‘The Above Ground Sound Of Jake Holmes” Tower LP ST 5079 
37. Jonathan & Leigh “Summer Sorrow” from their Vanguard LP ‘Third and Main’ VRS-9257 1967
38. The Incredible String Band “Footsteps of the Heron’ from their s/t LP Elektra EKS-7322
39. Exuma “Baal” from ‘Exuma II” Mercury SR 61314
40. Victoria “A Famous Myth” from her LP ‘Secret of the Bloom’ San Francisco LP SD201 1969
41. Georgia Kelly “The Sound Of Spirit” from her LP of the same name, HERU-104 1981

Hey yall… this month’s Preservation Sound Radio show has already aired, but you can catch in the WPKN archive thru April 26 2020 at this link. This episode is a deep deep trip into v obscure 1968-1976 moody light rock and psych. As usual, the entire show is assembled directly from the original LPs. An alternate pop past that never was. Here’s what you’ll hear:

1. tranquility “can i see you”
2. kevin john agosti “enchanted lady” (no link avail)
3. danny cox “dear prudence”
4. love “dream”
5. the illusion “angel” (set break)
6. elephants memory “wind ridge” (no link avail)
7. grin “if i were a song”
8. the flamin groovies “golden clouds”
9. burton and cunico “run for your life”
10. silver metre “superstar” (set break)
11. keith “trixon’s election”
12. edison electric band “over the hill”
13. stephen and the farm band “come on back” (no link avail)
14. zephyr “keep me”
15. dinsmore payne “evinrood” (set break)
16. blues project “plain and fancy”
17. john ussery “through the fire”
18. moby grape “about time”
19. anthem “ibis”
20. the buoys “tell me heaven is here”(set break)
21. the troggs “a different me”
22. parrish and gurvitz “why”
23. gabriel bondage “in the daylight”
24. sweet pain “start off with you”
25. tin tin “benny the wonder dog” (set break)
26. autosalvage “100 days”
27. sweet thursday “dealer”
28. michael nesmith “rainmaker”
29. dennis linde “DR31” (whole album link)
30. west “funeral on the beach” (set break)
31. odetta “no expectations”
32. bonnie koloc “hold on to me”
33. the cornbread “across the frozen ground”
34. john kay “two of a kind”
35. luther grosvenor “love the way” (set break)
36. velvet night “the weight” (whole album link)
37. the american dream “storm”
38. the wizards from kansas “misty mountainside”
39. michael stanley “denver rain”
40. stealers wheel “over my head” (set break)
41. saint steven “grey skies”
42. joey stec “i wish it would rain”
43. leigh stephens “chunk of funk”

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