TONIGHT: THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE! (VOLUME 1) at PARTHENON BOOKS in Syracuse

FRIDAY JULY 19th

At 6:00 this evening I will be making an in-store appearance at PARTHENON BOOKS, 333 South Salina Street in Syracuse, speaking on behalf of my new book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1). I'll read a chapter or two from the book, chat with interested parties, sign autographs for those so inclined, and probably break out my Baron Daemon impression. 

But don't let THAT scare you away. Come on down to Parthenon! Hope to see you there. 

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My new book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) is now available for order; you can see details here. My 2023 book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones is also still available, courtesy of the good folks at Rare Bird Books. 

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl airs Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, streaming at SPARK stream and on the Radio Garden app as WESTCOTT RADIO. Recent shows are archived at Westcott Radio. You can read about our history here.

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THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE! (VOLUME 1): Link to my TV appearance, plus updates on other related stuff

I had an absolute blast yesterday with my Bridge Street appearance on Syracuse's NewsChannel 9. Bridge Street hosts Steve Infanti and Iris St. Meran made me feel welcome as we discussed my new book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1). Producer Erik Columbia complimented me for making the hosts laugh, and a splendid time was bludgeoned into the craniums of all. Many, many thanks to Erik, Steve, Iris, Kate Thornton, Tim Fox and everyone else at Bridge Street for all of the everything they did. If you missed it, you can see my Bridge Street segment here.

Next up, of course, is my in-store this Friday evening, July 19th, at Parthenon Books, 333 South Salina Street in Syracuse. Parthenon is across the street from The Landmark Theatre, a venue immortalized in my book's chapter about the Kinks. I'll be at Parthenon from 6 to 7 pm, chatting about all things GREM!, and probably reading a chapter or two from the book. Parthenon has GREM! in stock, so here's your chance to snag a copy for your own bad self.

Previously on The Adventures Of GREM!, we've seen recommendations of the book courtesy of The Ego Has Landed and Remember The Lightning, and thrilled to WDHA-FM The Rock Of New Jersey DJ Jim Monaghan's chat with me on his show All Mixed Up. Looking ahead, there will be a review of the book in the next issue of Shindig! magazine (# 154, on sale in August), and I'll be hypin' and hawkin' the book with David Bash and Mark Hershberger in mid-August on their essential weekly show Material Issues. In between your Shindig! and your Material Issues, my This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio co-host Dana Bonn and I will be guests on another of my favorite weekly podcasts; the specifics of that announcement will follow in due time. I'll also be doing a text Q & A with one of my favorite music journalists some time in the near future. Stay tuned!

And that's all that's set at the moment. If you have a forum, I'm open to to it. But first, let's see what we can do at Parthenon this Friday.

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My new book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) is now available for order; you can see details here. My 2023 book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones is also still available, courtesy of the good folks at Rare Bird Books. 

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl airs Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, streaming at SPARK stream and on the Radio Garden app as WESTCOTT RADIO. Recent shows are archived at Westcott Radio. You can read about our history here.

I'm on Twitter @CafarelliCarl

TODAY ON SYRACUSE TELEVISION: My new book THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE! (VOLUME 1)

WEDNESDAY JULY 17, 2024

Today, I will be appearing on the popular local morning TV talk show Bridge Street to discuss my new book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1). I will be an in-studio guest, and I hope my friends in the 315 can tune in to see me chatting with the Bridge Street hosts about all things GREM! Bridge Street airs from 10 to 11 am on Syracuse's NewsChannel 9.

This will be my third appearance on Bridge Street. Coincidentally, today's appearance comes precisely ten years after my Bridge Street debut, July 17, 2014, when I joined Flashcubes bassist Gary Frenay and my This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio co-host Dana Bonn to hype on behalf of Bright Lights!, the live Syracuse Punk And New Wave Reunion show that was happening that week in '14. And of course I was on Bridge Street last year promoting my then-new book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones. You can still see my 2023 Bridge Street Ramones appearance here; alas, the Bright Lights! spot has withdrawn its shy self from the interwebs. Time waits for no one!

It's always a pleasure to be on Bridge Street, and I'm very much looking forward to this opportunity to spread the GREM! Gospel. Bridge Street does not stream live, but today's individual show segments should be posted to Channel 9's website some time this afternoon. 

But if you're in Syracuse and its surrounding areas, you can tune in LIVE on colorful Channel 9 from 10 to 11 am. Channel 9? Hey! That was the home of Baron Daemon, whose single "The Transylvania Twist" earns a chapter in The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1).

Well then! I'm bringing my Baron Daemon 45 with me for good luck. Grab a hold of your baby and hold her tight....

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My new book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) is now available for order; you can see details here. My 2023 book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones is also still available, courtesy of the good folks at Rare Bird Books. 

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl airs Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, streaming at SPARK stream and on the Radio Garden app as WESTCOTT RADIO. Recent shows are archived at Westcott Radio. You can read about our history here.

I'm on Twitter @CafarelliCarl

Published Today: THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE! (VOLUME 1)

 

July 10th, 2024: Showtime.

My long-threatened book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) is published today as a paperback and an ebook. The paperback is distributed through Ingram, so your favorite local indie bookseller should be able to order one for you with dizzying efficiency. You know the drill: KEEP BOOKSTORES ALIVE! The physical release is ISBN-13: 9798227451941.

Autographed copies are currently in stock and available immediately from my friends at Kool Kat Musik. You can also order personalized autographed copies from me ($34 including shipping within the continental US, PayPal to ccdatsme@aol.com), but be aware that there may be a slight delay in shipping from my supply. For those still interested in picking up a copy of my first book, I have a very limited number of copies of Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones, $25 autographed from me via PayPal, same terms as above. The Ramones book remains available from the publisher Rare Bird Books, and the mighty Rare Bird's supply is deeper than mine. Your local indie bookstore can order that one, too!

Otherwise? The GREM! paperback and/or ebook are available from all of your usual big resources, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Apple (Apple has ebook only). Like Chickenman, I'm everywhere. 

(Well...maybe not quite everywhere. As an independent publication, The Greatest Record Ever Made! [Volume 1] isn't likely to appear on the shelves at most bookstores. But they CAN order it for you. And please let me know if you ever spot a copy of GREM! in the wild. That would be cool!)

Today, I'll be chatting about the book with Jim Monaghan, host of WDHA Morning Jolt and the weekly All Mixed Up on WDHA The Rock Of New Jersey. Jim's interview with me will air on the Sunday 7/14 edition of All Mixed Up, which beams its waves across the land from 7 to 10 am Eastern. Next Wednesday, July 17, I'll be an in-studio guest on the fab morning TV talk show Bridge Street on Syracuse's NewsChannel 9. And at 6:00 on Friday, July 19th, I'll be appearing in-person at Parthenon Books, 333 South Salina Street in Syracuse. Come on DOWN!

I have a couple of podcast appearances scheduled for August--details to follow--and I'll do more of 'em with anyone who offers me a platform for pontificatin'. Just show me to the podium, man. 

The book's first review appeared Monday, courtesy of my friend Dave Murray, followed on Tuesday by a recommendation from S. W. Lauden at Remember The Lightning. Bring 'em on. The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1). The long-threatened book is finally here.

If you like what you see here on Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do), please consider a visit to CC's Tip Jar. 

My new book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) is now available for order; you can see details here. My 2023 book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones is also still available, courtesy of the good folks at Rare Bird Books. 

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl airs Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, streaming at SPARK stream and on the Radio Garden app as WESTCOTT RADIO. Recent shows are archived at Westcott Radio. You can read about our history here.

I'm on Twitter @CafarelliCarl

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio # 1240: THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE! (VOLUME 1): 6/30/2024

My new book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) has been in the works for years. Its roots stretch back even before 2019 (when I first announced my intent to write the book), before 2016 (when I posted my first GREM! essay on my blog), and before 2011 or so, when I repeated a familiar mantra from this radio show, a mantra which eventually evolved into this book's premise:

An infinite number of tracks can each be THE greatest record ever made, as long as they take turns.

This week's edition of This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl celebrates the result of my long-threatened book's long and winding path to publication. The playlist collects a mere 48 of the 145 tracks discussed in my GREM! book, with minimal interruption. The interruptions, in fact, are readings of brief snippets from the book itself. So yeah, this one's all GREM! all the time.

Apologies to Crazy Elephant, Wilson Pickett, the Hollies, Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers, Petula Clark, Arthur Alexander, Translator, Lesley Gore, the Shangri-Las, the Shirelles, Pink Floyd, Gladys Knight and the Pips, the Bobby Fuller Four, Merle Haggard, the Temptations, Buddy Holly, Roberta Flack, Johnny Nash, the Rare Breed, the Rolling Stones, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Bob Dylan, the Kingsmen, Baron Daemon and the Vampires, the Marvelettes, the Who, Todd Rundgren, Shoes, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Ike and Tina Turner, the Ronettes, the Knickerbockers, the Wonders, the Dave Clark Five, James Brown, Grand Funk, the First Class, the Isley Brothers, Rick James, the Pandoras, Marvin Gaye, Linda Ronstadt, P. P. Arnold, Sammy Ambrose, Big Star, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, the New Pornographers, Yoko Ono, Donna Summer, Rufus, Heart, the Breakaways, the Easybeats, the Byrds, the 5th Dimension, the Jackson Five, Sly and the Family Stone, the Bangles, Headgirl, Millie Small, the Flirtations, the Spinners, the Partridge Family, Suzi Quatro, David Ruffin, Led Zeppelin, Freddie and the Dreamers, the Bandwagon, Don Henley, Ben E. King, Grandmaster and Melle Mel, the Velvet Underground, Del Shannon, the Cocktail Slippers, Sam and Dave, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, the Four Tops, Verdelle Smith, the Bob Seger System, Jive Five, Freda Payne, the Contours, the Go-Go's, the Supremes, the Beach Boys, Raspberries, the Selecter, Tracey Ullman, the Drifters, the Coasters, Cheap Trick, Tegan and Sara, David Bowie, the O'Jays, and the T-Bones...

...you're ALL in the book, along with two more by the Beatles, and each on equal footing with the artists and tracks we did manage to squeeze into this week's overstuffed playlist, and with an infinite number of other worthy tracks I might get around to discussing if I ever follow through with GREM! Volume 2.

Details on The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) and how to order it can be found here. And in that GREM! vein: This is what rock 'n' roll radio sounded like on another Sunday night in Syracuse this week.

Isn't it the greatest?

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl airs Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, streaming at SPARK stream, and on the Radio Garden app as WESTCOTT RADIO. Recent shows are archived at Westcott Radio

You can read all about this show's long and weird history here: Boppin' The Whole Friggin' Planet (The History Of THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO). 

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TIRnRR # 1240: 6/30/2024: Selections from THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE! (VOLUME 1)

THE RAMONES: Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio? (Rhino, End Of The Century)

GREM!: Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?

BADFINGER: Baby Blue (Apple, Straight Up)

CHUCK BERRY: Promised Land (MCA, The Anthology)

DUSTY SPRINGFIELD: I Only Want To Be With You (Mercury, The Very Best Of Dusty Springfield)

GREM!: Noise

THE SEX PISTOLS: God Save The Queen (Virgin, Kiss This)

ELVIS PRESLEY: Heartbreak Hotel (RCA, The Top Ten Hits)

BIG MAMA THORNTON: Hound Dog (Time-Life, VA: The Rock 'n' Roll Era Roots Of Rock: 1945-1956)

PATTI SMITH: Gloria (Arista, Land [1975-2002])

LITTLE RICHARD: The Girl Can't Help It (Specialty, The Georgia Peach)

NEIL DIAMOND: Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show (Columbia, VA: Once Upon A Time In...Hollywood OST)

THE RAMONES: Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (Rhino, Rocket To Russia)

GREM!: Does Amy Rigby dream about the Ramones?

AMY RIGBY: Dancing With Joey Ramone (Signature Sounds, Little Fugitive)

ARTHUR CONLEY: Sweet Soul Music (Rhino, Sweet Soul Music)

OTIS REDDING: (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (Rhino, Otis!)

ARETHA FRANKLIN: Respect (Atlantic, The Atlantic Singles Collection 1967-1970)

THE MONKEES: Porpoise Song (Theme From Head) (Rhino, Head)

PRINCE: When You Were Mine (Warner Brothers, The Hits/The B-Sides)

GREM!: We are the weird

THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS: You're Gonna Miss Me (Rhino, VA: Nuggets)

THE FLASHCUBES: No Promise (Northside, Brilliant)

TELEVISION: Elevation (Elektra, Marquee Moon)

THE RUNAWAYS: Cherry Bomb (Hip-O Select, The Mercury Albums Anthology)

GREM!: Springsteen's paperback novels

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: Girls In Their Summer Clothes (Columbia, Magic)

KISS: Shout It Out Loud (Mercury, Destroyer)

THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: Rock 'n' Roll Love Letter (Arista, The Definitive Collection)

THE CHAMBERS BROTHERS: Time Has Come Today (Columbia, The Time Has Come)

BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY: Piece Of My Heart (Columbia, Cheap Thrills)

THE FLAMIN' GROOVIES: Shake Some Action (Grown Up Wrong!, Between The Lines)

THE CARPENTERS: Only Yesterday (A & M, The Singles 1969-1981)

GREM!: July 1st, 1979

MATERIAL ISSUE: Kim The Waitress (Mercury, Freak City Soundtrack)

THE SPONGETONES: (My Girl) Maryanne (Loaded Goat, Always Carry On)

THE TRAAMPS: Disco Inferno (Rhino, Rhino Hi-Five: The Tramps)

HAROLD MELVIN AND THE BLUE NOTES: Don't Leave Me This Way (Epic, The Ultimate Blue Notes)

THE KINKS: Waterloo Sunset (Essential, Something Else)

HOLLY GOLIGHTLY: Time Will Tell (Damaged Goods, Truly She Is None Other)

GREM!: The beauty in their sadness

THE SMITHEREENS: Behind The Wall Of Sleep (Capitol, Blown To Smithereens)

THE COWSILLS: She Said To Me (Robin, Global)

LULU: To Sir, With Love [museum outings montage] (Retroactive, VA: To Sir, With Love OST)

THE GRATEFUL DEAD: Uncle John's Band (Rhino, The Very Best Of The Grateful Dead)

CAST OF WEST SIDE STORY: America (Columbia, VA: West Side Story OST)

EDDIE AND THE HOT RODS: Do Anything You Wanna Do (Captain Oi!, The Singles Collection)

GREM!: Be who you want to be, not whatever some gray THEY want you to be

JOAN JETT: Bad Reputation (Blackheart, Bad Reputation)

JOAN ARMATRADING: Me Myself I (A & M, Greatest Hits)

STEVIE WONDER: I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) (Tamla, Talking Book)

MARYKATE O'NEIL: I'm Ready For My Luck To Turn Around (n/a, 1-800-Bankrupt)

GREM!: Annus mirabilis

EYTAN MIRSKY: This Year's Gonna Be Our Year (M-Squared, Year Of The Mouse)

THE JAYHAWKS: I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (Columbia, Smile)

GREM!: An infinite number

THE BEATLES: Rain (Apple, Past Masters)

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NELSON RIDDLE: Batman Theme (Watchtower, VA: The Music Of DC Comics: Vol. 2)

THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE! (VOLUME 1)

                             

The first physical copies of my long-threatened book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) have arrived. The official street date for both the paperback and ebook is July 10th. If you have an independent bookstore in your area, I encourage you to consider ordering your copy from those nice folks. In Syracuse? HERE! In Buffalo? HERE! In Brockport, NY, where the book's foreword takes place? HERE! Hell, in St. Louis? HERE! The book is available through Ingram, so your favorite indie bookseller should not have any issue in securing you your very own GREM! as a special order. It is also, of course, available from all of the usual suspects, including Amazon and Barnes and Noble. I don't knock any of 'em. But I have a special place in my heart for the independent bookstores. KEEP BOOKSTORES ALIVE!

That said, logistics dictate that autographed copies have to come directly from me. I mean, I'll sign anyone's copy in person, but if you do want to order an autographed copy of GREM!, my PayPal stands ready. Autographed copies can be purchased for $34, PayPal only, including shipping to mailing addresses within the continental US. My PayPal address is ccdatsme@aol.com. 

And that's our story. This labor of love has been a long, long time in coming, and I remain hopeful that many of you will dig the result. I will be appearing on Syracuse's morning TV talk show Bridge Street on Wednesday, July 17th, and I will have an in-store at Syracuse's Parthenon Books on Friday, July 19th, at 6:00 pm. Hijinks? LET 'em ensue! And I thank you for your interest in The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1).

PREVIOUSLY ON THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE! (VOLUME 1):

Let's hear the hype again!

Our favorite records don’t live in isolation. Each one has a story.

Insisting that an infinite number of tracks can each be THE greatest record ever made (as long as they take turns), writer and DJ Carl Cafarelli's book THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE! (VOLUME 1) ties together threads connecting classic rock, soul, pop, punk, hip hop, and bubblegum across decades of hits, misses, critics’ darlings, one-hit wonders, Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, and complete unknowns. The result reads like an irresistible mix tape in book form, compelling the reader to follow its flow from song to song and chapter to chapter as if it were a novel.

As an experienced pop historian and journalist, Cafarelli knows the importance of recording facts and figures accurately. But passion is of equal importance. We don’t crank the volume for fave rave sounds as academics; we listen as fans, as people living our complicated lives with music as not merely its soundtrack, but as its heartbeat. Records reflect our hopes, our disappointments, our successes, our mourning, our love, our bitterness, our fear, and our will to dance in spite of it all.

Why did the Monkees go from the top of the pops in 1967 to seeming has-been status in 1968? How did James Brown respond to the British Invasion? What minefields of racism, sexism, homophobia, ambition, frustration, depression, or loss were navigated by Little Richard, Dusty Springfield, the Go-Go's, Elvis, Sly and the Family Stone, the Kinks, the Beach Boys, the Supremes, and Material Issue's Jim Ellison? Were the Ramones as much a bubblegum band as they were a punk band? When does a group succeed or fail in its quixotic quest to be the next Beatles?

And why does listening to pop music sometimes make us want to cry?

Carl Cafarelli is the author of the 2023 book Gabba Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones. He has written for Goldmine, DISCoveries, The Syracuse New Times, Feral House, Routledge, Visible Ink Press, AHOY Comics, and Rhino Records. Since 1998, he has been the co-host (with Dana Bonn) of the internationally-renowned weekly broadcast and internet radio show This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl, and he is the author of the daily blog Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do). THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE! (VOLUME 1) mixes history lessons, artist appreciation, and the ways in which the records we love can deeply affect our personal lives.

THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE! (VOLUME 1) is unlike any other rock or pop book you’ve ever seen. The infinite awaits. It's our turn now.

And here's the Table of Contents:

FOREWORD
DISCLAIMERS AND DECLARATIONS (A User's Guide To The Greatest Record Ever Made!)
THE RAMONES: Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?
BADFINGER: Baby Blue
CHUCK BERRY: Promised Land
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD: I Only Want To Be With You
THE SEX PISTOLS: God Save The Queen
ELVIS PRESLEY: Heartbreak Hotel
WILLIE MAE "BIG MAMA" THORNTON: Hound Dog
PATTI SMITH: Gloria
LITTLE RICHARD AND HIS BAND: The Girl Can't Help It
NEIL DIAMOND: Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show 
CRAZY ELEPHANT: Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'
WILSON PICKETT: In The Midnight Hour
THE HOLLIES: I Can't Let Go
MELANIE WITH THE EDWIN HAWKINS SINGERS: Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)
PETULA CLARK: Downtown
NELSON RIDDLE: Batman Theme
ARTHUR ALEXANDER: Soldier Of Love
TRANSLATOR: Everywhere That I'm Not
LESLEY GORE: You Don't Own Me
THE SHANGRI-LAS: Leader Of The Pack
THE SHIRELLES: Will You Love Me Tomorrow
THE RAMONES: Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
AMY RIGBY: Dancing With Joey Ramone
PINK FLOYD: Wish You Were Here
GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS: Midnight Train To Georgia
THE BOBBY FULLER FOUR: I Fought The Law
MERLE HAGGARD AND THE STRANGERS: Mama Tried
THE TEMPTATIONS: Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
BUDDY HOLLY: Peggy Sue/Everyday
ROBERTA FLACK: Killing Me Softly With His Song
JOHNNY NASH: I Can See Clearly Now
THE RARE BREED/THE OHIO EXPRESS: Beg, Borrow And Steal
ARTHUR CONLEY: Sweet Soul Music
OTIS REDDING: (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
ARETHA FRANKLIN: Respect
THE MONKEES: Porpoise Song (Theme From Head)
PRINCE: When You Were Mine
THE 13th FLOOR ELEVATORS: You're Gonna Miss Me
THE ROLLING STONES: Get Off Of My Cloud
PAUL REVERE AND THE RAIDERS: Just Like Me
BOB DYLAN: Like A Rolling Stone
THE KINGSMEN: Louie, Louie
BARON DAEMON AND THE VAMPIRES: The Transylvania Twist
THE MARVELETTES: I'll Keep Holding On
THE WHO: I Can't Explain
TODD RUNDGREN: Couldn't I Just Tell You
SHOES: Tomorrow Night
THE FLASHCUBES: No Promise
TELEVISION: Elevation
THE RUNAWAYS: Cherry Bomb
SMOKEY ROBINSON AND THE MIRACLES: The Tears Of A Clown
IKE AND TINA TURNER: River Deep--Mountain High
THE RONETTES: Be My Baby
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: Girls In Their Summer Clothes
KISS: Shout It Out Loud
THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: Rock And Roll Love Letter
THE KNICKERBOCKERS: Lies
THE WONDERS: That Thing You Do!
INTERLUDE The Tottenham Sound Of...The Beatles?!
THE DAVE CLARK FIVE: Any Way You Want It
JAMES BROWN: Please, Please, Please
GRAND FUNK: We're An American Band
THE FIRST CLASS: Beach Baby
THE ISLEY BROTHERS: Summer Breeze

RICK JAMES: Super Freak (Part 1)
THE PANDORAS: It's About Time
MARVIN GAYE: I Heard It Through The Grapevine
LINDA RONSTADT: You're No Good
P. P. ARNOLD: The First Cut Is The Deepest
SAMMY AMBROSE: This Diamond Ring
BIG STAR: September Gurls
THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET: Take Five
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS: All For Swinging You Around
THE BEATLES: Yesterday
THE BEATLES: Revolution
YOKO ONO: Kiss Kiss Kiss
DONNA SUMMER: I Feel Love
RUFUS: Tell Me Something Good
HEART: Kick It Out
PAUL COLLINS/THE BREAKAWAYS: Walking Out On Love
THE EASYBEATS: Friday On My Mind
THE BYRDS: Eight Miles High
THE CHAMBERS BROTHERS: Time Has Come Today
BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY: Piece Of My Heart
THE FLAMIN' GROOVIES: Shake Some Action
THE CARPENTERS: Only Yesterday
MATERIAL ISSUE: Kim The Waitress
THE 5TH DIMENSION: Medley: Aquarius/Let The Sun Shine In (The Flesh Failures)
THE JACKSON FIVE: I'll Be There
SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE: Everybody Is A Star
THE BANGLES: Live
HEADGIRL/MÖTOR HEADGIRL SCHOOL: Please Don't Touch
MILLIE SMALL: My Boy Lollipop
THE FLIRTATIONS: Nothing But A Heartache
THE SPINNERS: I'll Be Around
THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY: I Woke Up In Love This Morning
SUZI QUATRO: I May Be Too Young
DAVID RUFFIN: I Want You Back
LED ZEPPELIN: Communication Breakdown
FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS: Do The Freddie
THE BANDWAGON: Breakin' Down The Walls Of Heartache
DON HENLEY: The Boys Of Summer
BEN E. KING: Stand By Me  
THE SPONGETONES: (My Girl) Maryanne
THE TRAMMPS: Disco Inferno
HAROLD MELVIN AND THE BLUE NOTES: Don't Leave Me This Way
GRANDMASTER AND MELLE MEL: White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: I'll Be Your Mirror
DEL SHANNON: Runaway
THE COCKTAIL SLIPPERS: St. Valentine's Day Massacre
SAM AND DAVE: Soul Man
THE KINKS: Waterloo Sunset
HOLLY GOLIGHTLY: Time Will Tell
THE SMITHEREENS: Behind The Wall Of Sleep
THE COWSILLS: She Said To Me
ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS: (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?
THE FOUR TOPS: Reach Out I'll Be There
VERDELLE SMITH: Life Goes On
INTERLUDE Old Time Rock 'n' Roll
THE BOB SEGER SYSTEM: 2 + 2 = ?
JIVE FIVE WITH EUGENE PITT: What Time Is It?
LULU: To Sir, With Love [Museum Outings Montage]
FREDA PAYNE: Band Of Gold
THE CONTOURS: Do You Love Me
THE GO-GO'S: We Got The Beat
THE SUPREMES: You Keep Me Hangin' On 
THE BEACH BOYS: God Only Knows
RASPBERRIES: Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)
THE SELECTER: On My Radio
TRACEY ULLMAN: They Don't Know
THE DRIFTERS: On Broadway
THE COASTERS: Yakety Yak
CHEAP TRICK: Surrender
TEGAN AND SARA: Walking With A Ghost
DAVID BOWIE: Life On Mars?
THE O'JAYS: Put Your Hands Together
THE GRATEFUL DEAD: Uncle John's Band
RITA MORENO, GEORGE CHAKIRIS, SHARKS & GIRLS: America
EDDIE AND THE HOT RODS: Do Anything You Wanna Do
JOAN JETT: Bad Reputation
JOAN ARMATRADING: Me Myself I
STEVIE WONDER: I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)
MARYKATE O'NEIL: I'm Ready For My Luck To Turn Around
EYTAN MIRSKY: This Year's Gonna Be Our Year
THE JAYHAWKS: I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
An Infinite Number
INTERLUDE Underrating The Beatles
THE BEATLES: Rain
THE T-BONES: No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)
AFTERWORD

The infinite has arrived.

If you like what you see here on Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do), please consider a visit to CC's Tip Jar. 

Carl's book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones is available, courtesy of the good folks at Rare Bird Books. Gabba Gabba YAY!! https://rarebirdlit.com/gabba-gabba-hey-a-conversation-with-the-ramones-by-carl-cafarelli/

If it's true that one book leads to another, my next book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) will be published in July. Stay tuned. Your turn is coming.

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl airs Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, streaming at SPARK stream and on the Radio Garden app as WESTCOTT RADIO. Recent shows are archived at Westcott Radio. You can read about our history here.

I'm on Twitter @CafarelliCarl

THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE! (VOLUME 1): alternate cover graphics

As I prep for the July 10th publication of my long-threatened book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1), I want to share images of some of the graphics I considered using for the book's cover.

     THE GREATEST RECORD                        EVER MADE!                                      (Volume 1)      By Carl Cafarelli                  

     THE GREATEST RECORD                        EVER MADE!                                      (Volume 1)
         By Carl Cafarelli               

     THE GREATEST RECORD                        EVER MADE!                                       (Volume 1) By Carl Cafarelli   

     THE GREATEST RECORD                        EVER MADE!  

    (Volume 1) By Carl Cafarelli   

All of the above considered as elements creating the final design:

The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) is out July 10th as an ebook and as a physical paperback. ISBN for the physical book is 9798227451941, and I'm told it's available for bookstores to order through Ingram. It's happening. And it's happening now.

If you like what you see here on Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do), please consider a visit to CC's Tip Jar. 

Carl's book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones is available, courtesy of the good folks at Rare Bird Books. Gabba Gabba YAY!! https://rarebirdlit.com/gabba-gabba-hey-a-conversation-with-the-ramones-by-carl-cafarelli/

If it's true that one book leads to another, my next book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) will be published in July. Stay tuned. Your turn is coming.

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl airs Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, streaming at SPARK stream and on the Radio Garden app as WESTCOTT RADIO. Recent shows are archived at Westcott Radio. You can read about our history here.

I'm on Twitter @CafarelliCarl