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RADIO DEER CAMP #249: JUNE 29th, 2025

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  RADIO DEER CAMP #249: JUNE 29th, 2025 Donate to help keep SPARK! Radio and RADIO DEER CAMP on the air at: http://sparksyracuse.org/support   Intro- LES HANDCLAPS: Surfin' Barista (Handclaps Records, Sessions: Brooklyn) SQUEEZE: This Summer (A&M, Ridiculous) WAR: Summer (Hip-O, Icon: The Hits) THE PRETTY THINGS: Summertime (Repertoire, Still Unrepentant) THE MONKEES: The Door Into Summer [Alternate Version] (Rhino, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd- Deluxe Edition) THE COURETTES: California (Damaged Goods, The Soul Of…The Fabulous Courettes) GENE CLARK: Los Angeles (Rhino, Where the Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965–1968) THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS: Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon) ( Grapefruit, Heroes And Villains The Sound Of Los Angeles 1965-68) PHIL OCHS : Tape From California ( A&M , Gunfight At Carnegie Hall) MUDCRUTCH: Scare Easy (Reprise, Mudcrutch) MARSHALL CRENSHAW: Stormy River (429, Jaggedland) JIM BABJAK’S B...
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RADIO DEER CAMP #247: JUNE 22nd, 2025

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RADIO DEER CAMP #247: JUNE 22nd, 2025 Donate to help keep SPARK! Radio and RADIO DEER CAMP on the air at: http://sparksyracuse.org/support Intro- LES HANDCLAPS: Surfin' Barista (Handclaps Records, Sessions: Brooklyn) OTIS REDDING: Security (Volt, Pain In My Heart) JOSEPH HENRY & THE MIGHTY IMPERIALS: Never Found A Girl (Daptone, Thunder Chicken) HONEY CONE: One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Rhino, Can You Dig It   - The '70s Soul Experience) THE MONKEES: Goin' Down (Colgems, 66-1012) THE SPONGETONES: Lulu's In Love (Big Stir, Single) JANE WIEDLIN: Blue Kiss (IRS, Jane Wiedlin) THE SILENCE: Hey You, Lolita ( Grapefruit , A Slight Disturbance In My Mind-The British Proto-Psychedelic Sounds of 1966) THE McCOYS : Say Those Magic Words ( Bang , B-549) THE GRIP WEEDS: Soul Bender (Jem, Soul Bender) THE DAN DEES: Think About It (AIP, Pebbles Vol. 21) BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: I'm A Rocker (Columbia, The River) CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND : Droupout...
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RADIO DEER CAMP #246: JUNE 15th, 2025

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  RADIO DEER CAMP #246: JUNE 15th, 2025 Donate to help keep SPARK! Radio and RADIO DEER CAMP on the air at: http://sparksyracuse.org/support Intro- LES HANDCLAPS: Surfin' Barista (Handclaps Records, Sessions: Brooklyn) CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND: Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I Do (Buddah, Safe As Milk) THE SMITHEREENS: Everything I Have Is Blue [Guitar Mix] (Capitol, From Jersey It Came: The Smithereens Anthology) PAUL McCARTNEY: On The Way (Columbia, McCartney II) THE PRETTY THINGS: Don't Bring Me Down (Sire, The Vintage Years) TONY MARSICO & THE UGLY THINGS: Goodbye To Lonely Town (Rum Bar, No Future) SMALL FACES: Talk To You (Immediate, There Are But Four Small Faces) THE SAVAGE RESURRECTION: Thing In “E” ( Rhino , San Francisco Nuggets) BADFINGER : Carry On 'Till Tomorrow ( Apple , Magic Christian Music) THE PRODUCERS: She Sheila (Portrait, You Make The Heat) THE HOODOO GURUS: She (Elektra, Mars Needs Guitars) TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS:...
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In Memory Of Brian Wilson

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For Brian Wilson.. Brian miraculously began touring again in 1999, and in 2000, he did a tour performing the entire Pet Sounds album, with orchestra in many cities.  I got tickets for the Philadelphia performance, and later found out that the tour would be stopping in Harrisburg, PA. the following night.  With Harrisburg being about a half an hour from my home, I couldn’t very well let Brian get that close and not be there as well. The Philadelphia show was memorable for a number of reasons, even beyond being my first Brian Wilson concert (I’d seen him with The Beach Boys years earlier at Live Aid, which basically meant I watched him on a screen way at the back of JFK Stadium).  There was a full orchestra at this date, and being Philadelphia, a lot of Brian’s family and friends had traveled to attend the show.  I was able to come up with backstage passes after the show, thanks to some old radio friends.  We met many of the members of Brian’s incredible backin...
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