The Original Fusion 45 (Gotta Get Me A TV Special)

I launched Fusion 45 almost two years ago because I wanted to spend more time with my record collection (and less time with my kids!) in the studio I’d spent a lot of time and money building. (OK, the part about my kids is not exactly true; but when the going gets tough, it’s certainly an attractive refuge. My wife, the nurturer, understands.)

What I’ve gotten is more time with my computer. Damn, another plan foiled.

The very first Fusion 45 post was a mix of songs that happened this way: I took 12 records off the shelf, numbered them 2 through 12. I rolled a pair of dice to determine the record (2 through 12) and then the cut (2 through 12) that I would play. Unfortunately, Cut #1 never got played (poor, sad Cut #1).

Today, Mr. Peabody is setting the Wayback Machine for December 2006 for the first Fusion 45 mix in a mighty long time. A couple of changes: no dice, baby, just a random stack of records sitting on the studio floor and the tunes are set up individually (not in one big ole MP3).

John Stewart – Midnight Wind

Maria Muldaur – Any Old Time

Stephen Stills- Song Of Love/Rock And Roll Crazies/Cuban Bluegrass

Laura Nyro – Blackpatch

Linda Ronstadt – Up To My Neck In Muddy Water

Allan Sherman – Shake Hands With Your Uncle Max

Three Dog Night – Southbound

Marty Robbins – Foggy Foggy Dew

Steve Miller Band – Going To The Country

Robert Gordon And The Wildcats (with Link Wray) – Red Hot

Jerry Butler – Find Another Girl
Style Council – Life At A Top Peoples Health Farm
T. Rex – Mambo Sun
Groove Collective – Earth To Earth
Seals and Crofts – East of the Ginger Trees
Roxy Music – To Turn You On
The Who – Let’s See Action
The Replacements – Asking Me Lies
Bruce Springsteen – Spare Parts
Rufus and Carla – Night Time Is The Right Time
Marty Robbins – Saddle Tramp
James Taylor – Gorilla
Jules Shear – I Need It
Michael Franti and Spearhead – Yell Fire
Grand Funk – Rain Keeps Fallin’
Sly and The Family Stone – Runnin’ Away
Lou Reed – I’m So Free
The Waterboys – And A Bang On The Ear
Sarah Vaughn – Just Friends

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Recorded live at The Buddha Barn on July, 16, 2007

• Jimmie Rodgers – Oh-Oh I’m Falling In Love Again (Single, 1958)
• Linda Ronstadt – I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight (Hand Sown…Home Grown, Capitol, 1969)
• The Broken Homes – Seeds I’ve Sown (Straight Line Through Time, MCA, 1988)
• The Clash – Train In Vain (London Calling, Epic, 1979)
• Nick Lowe – Tanque-Rae (Abominable Showman, Columbia, 1983)
• Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper – Wash Dishes No More (Bo Day Shus, Enigma, 1987)
• English Beat – Mirror In The Bathroom (What Is…, IRS, 1983)
• Archie Bell and The Drells – Just Can’t Stop Dancin’ (I Can’t Stop Dancin’, Atlantic, 1968)
• The Guess Who – Proper Stranger (American Woman, RCA, 1970)
• Wilson Pickett – Mustang Sally (Wicked Pickett, Atlantic, 1966)
• Roxy Music – Oh Yeah (Flesh + Blood, Virgin, 1980)
• Marty Robbins – Saddle Tramp (Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs, Columbia, 1959)
• Graham Parker – Stupefaction (The Up Escalator, Arista, 1980)
• R.E.M. – Disturbance At The Heron House (Document, IRS, 1987)
• Flatt and Scruggs – Life of Trouble (Folk Songs of Our Land, Columbia, 1962)
• The Fifth Dimension – Ticket to Ride (Magic Garden, Soul City, 1967)
• The Police – Miss Gradenko (Synchronicity, A and M, 1983)
• Jim Croce – Careful Man (Life and Times, ABC, 1973)

Remembering Fagan’s