RITES OF MAY: preservation sound radio May 2020

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