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Episode 19 - America (1968)

4:00pm, 1-17-2022
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Today on Mating Calls, we honor the legacy of MLK and the ongoing movement for civil rights by incorporating elements of the progressive rock radio genre that has its roots in the politically tumultuous year of 1968. Also the year that Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis, we start out the two-hour set with Nina Simone’s “Mississippi Goddam,” recorded live just days after King’s death. The set then progresses through jazz, soul, psychedelic, classic rock, folk, and country to give our listeners a sense of the political themes and musical textures of the time. 

Everything you hear on today’s show is from 1968, so grab your protest gear and flower power accessories as you prepare to be transported through time and space.


  • 4:00pm Mississippi Goddam - Live at Westbury Music Fair, Westbury, NY - April 1968 by Nina Simone on 'Nuff Said (RCA Records)
  • 4:07pm Frelon brun by Miles Davis on Filles De Kilimanjaro (Columbia Records)
  • 4:13pm Matrix by Chick Corea on Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (Blue Note Records)
  • 4:19pm Chain of Fools by Aretha Franklin on Lady Soul (Atlantic)
  • 4:21pm Ole Man Trouble by Otis Redding on The Dock of the Bay (Atlantic)
  • 4:24pm That's Life - Live At The Apollo Theater, 1967 by James Brown & The Famous Flames on 'Live' At The Apollo (Vol. II) (Polydor Records)
  • 4:29pm Foxey Lady - Afternoon Show by Jimi Hendrix on Miami Pop Festival (Experience Hendrix)
  • 4:33pm Moon, Turn the Tides...Gently Gently Away by Jimi Hendrix on Electric Ladyland (Experience Hendrix)
  • 4:34pm Voodoo Child (Slight Return) by Jimi Hendrix on Electric Ladyland (Experience Hendrix)
  • 4:39pm Magic Carpet Ride by Steppenwolf on The Second (Geffen Records)
  • 4:43pm Jewish by Spirit on The Family That Plays Together (Ode Records)
  • 4:46pm Fire by The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown on The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (Cherry Red Records)
  • 4:49pm Come And Get It by Blue Cheer on Outsideinside (PolyGram Records)
  • 4:52pm In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Single Version by Iron Butterfly on Light and Heavy/The Best of... (Rhino)
  • 4:55pm White Room by Cream on Wheels Of Fire (Polydor Records)
  • 5:01pm This Wheel's On Fire by The Band on Music From Big Pink (Capitol Records)
  • 5:04pm The Garden Of Earthly Delights by The United States Of America on The United States Of America (Columbia Records)
  • 5:07pm Trem Fantasma by Os Mutantes on Os Mutantes (Polydor Records)
  • 5:10pm Ribumbabap Rubadubaoumoum by Jefferson Airplane on Crown Of Creation (RCA Records)
  • 5:12pm Geléia Geral by Gilberto Gil on Tropicália Ou Panis Et Circensis (Fontana)
  • 5:15pm Street Fighting Man by The Rolling Stones on Beggars Banquet (ABKCO)
  • 5:19pm How Could I Be Such A Fool by Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention on Cruising With Ruben & The Jets (Zappa Family Trust)
  • 5:22pm The Gift (Stereo) by The Velvet Underground on White Light / White Heat (Verve Records)
  • 5:30pm Você Ainda Pode Sonhar (Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds) by Raulzito E Os Panteras on Raulzito E Os Panteras (EMI Music Brazil)
  • 5:33pm Suite No.1 by Giles, Giles & Fripp on The Cheerful Insanity Of Giles, Giles & Fripp (Decca Music Group)
  • 5:38pm Little Cowboy by Harry Nilsson on Aerial Ballet (RCA Records)
  • 5:39pm Rosacoke Street by Lee Hazlewood on Love and Other Crimes (Reprise Records)
  • 5:42pm Folsom Prison Blues - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA - January 1968 by Johnny Cash on At Folsom Prison (Columbia Records)
  • 5:45pm I Started A Joke by Bee Gees on Idea (Polydor Records)
  • 5:48pm Jugband Blues by Pink Floyd on A Saucerful of Secrets (Columbia Records)
  • 5:51pm America by Simon & Garfunkel on Bookends (Columbia Records)
  • 5:54pm Blackbird by The Beatles on The Beatles (Apple Records)
  • 5:57pm Glass Onion - Esher Demo by The Beatles on The Beatles (Super Deluxe) (Calderstone Productions)
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