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ANDREW GOLD
Son of an Oscar-winning composer and a famous movie studio vocalist, Gold was more than singer of a couple of dippy TV themes; he was the secret weapon behind the Linda Ronstadt hits, a masterful pop parodist and one of Hollywood’s great rock recording artists. – Joel Selvin

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SAN FRANCISCO'S GREATEST HITS: '67-'68
Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Country Joe and the Fish, Big Brother and the Holding Company — San Francisco was the center of the rock universe and these were the landmarks of that golden era.

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GOLDEN AGE OF INSTRUMENTALS
From Cozy Cole to James Booker, Booker T. to Duane Eddy, the art of the instrumental for 45 RPM single.

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VIETNAM -THE WAR ON RECORD
Taken from the exhaustive 13-CD box set from Germany’s Bear Family Records (courtesy Country Joe McDonald). Produced by Elliott Peltzman.

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FAKE BANDS
From the Monkees to Spinal Tap, movies and television have always been making up rock bands who then have to make records. A collection of the greatest hits by the never were’s.

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AHMET ERTEGUN
A look back at the founder of Atlantic Records through the records he produced; Ray Charles, Sonny and Cher, Rockin’ Dopsie & the Zydeco Twisters.

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VAN COMES TO AMERICA
Van Morrison’s bumpy route to rock stardom started with the trip to California where his first band, Them, broke up and continued when he was brought to New York City to make “Brown Eyed Girl” with a batch of session musicians and Brill Building record producer.

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HIT THAT JIVE JACK: THE SLIM GAILLARD STORY
“To Slim Gaillard,” wrote Jack Kerouac in “On the Road,’ “life was just one big O-rooni.” The little known jazz jivester, who hung and swung with Dizzy and Bird, made the scene with all the cats, and strummed and played groovy numbers like “Flat Foot Floogie.” Very vouty.

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THE TIKI ROOM
Welcome to paradise. Put on a Hawaiian shirt, toss a chunk of pineapple in your cocktail and join us for the exotic world of the basement record library, from Santana to Martin Denny.

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SAL VALENTINO
The great vocalist behind “Laugh Laugh” visits the basement record library to talk story and share some rare records from San Francisco’s first hit rock group.

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YOUNG PHIL SPECTOR
After graduating high school in Los Angeles, 19 year-old Phil Spector went to New York to serve an apprenticeship, working with Leiber and Stoller and others on a succession of unsuccessful singles that are among the rarest records in the basement record library.

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ORGAN ROOM
Published on August 20, 2010 -Cocktails are served. The organ is ready. Pull up a chair and enjoy an evening at the organ room with Booker T., Lee Michaels, Jimmy Smith, and many surprise guests.

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CHARITY RECORDS
Published on August 3, 2010 -After “We Are the World,” there were a slew of all-star charity records you never heard. Remember Ferry Aid? Or Michael Jackson’s all-star tribute to 9-11, released only on the Internet? Bono's teen-pop take on "What's Goin' On" for AIDS in Africa? There are all down here in the basement record library.

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THE MUSIC OF JACK NITZSCHE
Published on July 25, 2010 -From “The Lonely Surfer” to “Up Where We Belong,” from arranging the historic Wall of Sounds sessions for producer Phil Spector to cutting movie soundtrack albums with Captain Beefheart and Miles Davis, the late Jack Nitzsche had one of the most amazing careers in music ever.

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GEORGE MARTIN: THE MAN BEHIND THE BEATLES
Published on July 12, 2010 - An audio biography of the record producer who signed the Beatles and remained behind the glass through the band’s entire career, Sir George Martin.