Dr. B's Playlists

WRFI is archiving my programs for two weeks after they air on Saturdays, 1-3PM.

Go to: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/calendar, and click on "Bartlemania" (Saturday at 1PM, natch). You will be redirected to a page with a media player and a playlist.

WBDY-LP is also allowing its Patreon subscribers to hear anything in its online archive, including previous episodes of Bartlemania.

13:00:00 - 3:07 - Silicon Teens - Chip 'N' Roll - Music For Parties - Mute

13:03:05 - 2:24 - Jungle Fire - Comencemos (let's start) - Colemine Singles-20 - 45rpm - Colemine

13:05:54 - 2:42 - Bush Tetras - You Can't Be Funky - Boom In The Night - ROIR

13:08:35 - 4:53 - Incredible Bongo Band - Apache - Bongo Rock - Strut

13:13:23 - 9:39 - Isaac Hayes - Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquadalymistic - Hot Buttered Soul - Stax

13:23:31 - 10:00 - Herbie Mann - Push Push - Push Push - Embryo

13:33:28 - 4:41 - Kraftwerk - Elektro Kardiogramm - Minimum-Maximum - Astralwerks

13:38:17 - 3:38 - Tetes Noires - Playground Ditties/Way Of The World - First EP, 1983 - Rapunzel Records

13:41:49 - 4:26 - Camper Van Beethoven - Pictures of Matchstick Men - Camper Van Beethoven - Spin Art

13:46:11 - 2:43 - Bonzo Dog Band - Can Blue Men Sing The Whites? - Urban Spaceman - One-Way

13:48:52 - 3:11 - Fairport Convention - It's All Right Ma, It's Only Witchcraft - Fairport Convention - Polydor

13:52:42 - 5:18 - Jack Bruce - HCKHH Blues (excerpt) - Things We Like - Polydor

14:00:24 - 10:17 - Blues Control - Piece Number 2 - Pirate House, Ithaca, NY, 2-FEB-2013 - no label

14:09:23 - 5:51 - Daniel Carter & Jackie O M*therf***er - Untitled 2 - U-Sound,Vol 1 - Paralellism

14:14:40 - 5:24 - Michael Hurley - The Aliens - U-Sound Vol 1 - Paralellism

14:19:37 - 4:25 - Decaer Pingh - Further Adventures of Wink Schmoke & The Family Skank - U-Sound, Vol 1 - Paralellism

14:23:39 - 18:58 - Sun Spells - Improvisation (excerpt) - Pirate House, Ithaca, NY, 2-FEB-2013 - no label

14:42:12 - 8:27 - Cosmic Jokers - Im Reich Der Magier - Sci-Fi Party - Spalax

14:50:07 - 6:45 - Philip Glass - Knee Play 4 - Einstein On The Beach (1976) - Sony Classical

Monday, March 09, 2026

Bartlemania, Week Of March 14, 2026

The Doctor's social media links:

WRFI is archiving my programs for two weeks after they air on Saturdays, 1-3PM.

Go to: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/calendar, and click on "Bartlemania" (Saturday at 1PM, natch). You will be redirected to a page with a media player and a playlist.

WBDY-LP is also allowing its Patreon subscribers to hear anything in its online archive, including previous episodes of Bartlemania.

13:00:00 - 3:08 - Silicon Teens - Chip 'N' Roll - Music For Parties - Mute

13:03:08 - 1:34 - Leroy Anderson - The Typewriter - Greatest Hits - RCA

13:04:58 - 3:32 - The Vaselines - Son Of A Gun - Enter The Vaselines - Sub Pop

13:08:27 - 3:37 - Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Rockin' Shopping Center - Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Omnivore

13:12:00 - 4:57 - Snakefinger - Bring Back Reality - Manual of Errors - TEC Tunes

13:17:23 - 12:54 - Frank Zappa - The Gumbo Variations - Hot Rats (original 1969 mix) - zappa.com

13:30:36 - 8:33 - Johnny Dowd - A Picture From Life's Other Side - Live at the Night & Day Cafe, Manchester, UK - johnnydowd.com

13:39:09 - 2:29 - Spirit - Atomic Boogie - The Mercury Years - Mercury

13:41:32 - 1:59 - Ed Sanders - Nonviolent Direct Action - Beer Cans On The Moon - Reprise

13:43:52 - 2:38 - The Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl - Death Rides A Pale Cow - Restless

13:46:27 - 5:05 - Grateful Dead - Eyes of the World - Wake of the Flood (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) - Grateful Dead Productions

13:51:46 - 3:27 - Giles, Giles & Fripp - Passages of Time - The Brondesbury Tapes (1968) - Voiceprint

13:55:09 - 2:51 - Dub Specialist - Granny Scratch Scratch (excerpt) - Roots Dub - Winro

14:00:10 - 8:07 - CAN - Cuxhaven 76 Zwei (Two) - Cuxhaven 1976 - Spoon

14:07:56 - 12:55 - Jack Rose - Spirits In The House - Tour-Only CD - Archive CD

14:20:40 - 10:11 - John Fahey - What The Sun Said - The Dance of Death & Other Plantation Favorites - Takoma

14:31:09 - 18:00 - Baffo Banfi - Goodbye My Little Star - Galaxy My Dear - Red Record

14:49:27 - 8:33 - Egg - Boilk (Including Bach's Durch Adams Fall Ist Ganz Verderbt)(excerpt) - The Polite Force - Esoteric

Sunday, March 01, 2026

Bartlemania, Week Of March 7, 2026

The Doctor's social media links:

WRFI is archiving my programs for two weeks after they air on Saturdays, 1-3PM.

Go to: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/calendar, and click on "Bartlemania" (Saturday at 1PM, natch). You will be redirected to a page with a media player and a playlist.

WBDY-LP is also allowing its Patreon subscribers to hear anything in its online archive, including previous episodes of Bartlemania.

13:00:00 - 3:08 - Silicon Teens - Chip 'N' Roll - Music For Parties - Mute

13:03:07 - 1:42 - Robyn Hitchcock - Uncorrected Personality Traits - I Often Dream Of Trains - Rhino

13:05:12 - 5:04 - Black Sabbath - Sweet Leaf - Master of Reality - Rhino

13:10:09 - 3:52 - The Rolling Stones - Sway - Sticky Fingers - Capitol

13:13:51 - 3:44 - Urge Overkill - The Break - Exit The Dragon - Geffen

13:17:57 - 6:02 - The James Gang - Bluebird - Yer Album - MCA

13:22:57 - 6:19 - Acid Mothers Temple - Electric love Machine - Spaceland, Los Angeles, June 6, 2004 - https://archive.org/details/AMT2004-06-06

13:30:06 - 3:43 - Cibo Matto - Sci-Fi Wasabi - Stereotype A - WB

13:34:21 - 5:16 - Gary Numan & Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric (demo) - Replicas Redux - Beggars Banquet

13:34:21 - 5:16 - Lard - Drug Raid At 4AM - The Last Temptation of Reid - Alternative Tentacles

13:44:55 - 2:08 - Norma Tanega - Maggie My Dog - I'm the Sky, Studio and Demo Recordings, 1964 - 1971 - https://anthologyrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/i-m-the-sky-studio-and-demo-recordings-1964-1971

13:46:58 - 2:40 - Mephistopheles - In Frustration I Hear Singing - In Frustration I Hear Singing - Reprise

13:49:34 - 2:23 - Dr. West's Medicine Show And Junk Band (Norman Greenbaum) - How Lew Sin Ate - The Eggplant That Ate Chicago - Go-Go

13:52:52 - 5:08 - The Art Of Noise - Beat Box (Diversion One) (excerpt) - Who's Afraid Of The Art Of Noise - Island

14:00:05 - 11:31 - Josh Oxford And Co. - Tritox (w-Band Intro) - Live At Lot 10, Dec 20 2019 - no label

14:12:05 - 10:30 - The Electric Golem - Smiling Like An Angry Turtle Reworked 2 - Smiling Like An Angry Turtle - Level Green

14:21:39 - 10:23 - Jan Steele-John Cage - Distant Saxophones - Voices & Instruments - https://jansteelejohncage.bandcamp.com/album/voices-and-instruments

14:31:32 - 5:54 - The Blitzoids - Anniversary Mix - Stealing From Innocent Children-Look Up - Ad Hoc

14:36:59 - 9:23 - Boreal Path - Life in Cataracts Poured Down - Boreal Covenant

14:45:41 - 12:12 - A Produce - The Dreaming Room (Live) - Land Of A Thousand Trances - Independent Project Records

Sunday, February 22, 2026

Bartlemania, Week Of February 28, 2026

The Doctor's social media links:

WRFI is archiving my programs for two weeks after they air on Saturdays, 1-3PM.

Go to: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/calendar, and click on "Bartlemania" (Saturday at 1PM, natch). You will be redirected to a page with a media player and a playlist.

WBDY-LP is also allowing its Patreon subscribers to hear anything in its online archive, including previous episodes of Bartlemania.

13:00:00 - 3:09 - Silicon Teens - Chip 'N' Roll - Music For Parties - Mute

13:03:06 - 2:48 - The Cleavers - Guns - Demo Cassette - no label

13:06:21 - 2:33 - Bull Moose Jackson - Meet Me With Your Black Dress On - Bad Man Jackson - Proper

13:08:53 - 3:06 - Danny Gatton & Robert Gordon - Cruisin' - The Humbler - NRG

13:11:55 - 2:40 - The Bad Livers - One More Night In A Hotel - Blood & Mood - Sugar Hill

13:14:56 - 3:20 - R Stevie Moore - Why Should I Love You? - Glad Music - rsteviemoore.bandcamp.com

13:18:08 - 3:54 - Lightnin' Hopkins - Open Up Your Door - Free-Form Patterns - Charly

13:21:57 - 3:18 - The Traveling Wilburys - The Devil's Been Busy - The Traveling Wilburys Collection - Rhino

13:25:43 - 4:36 - Elton John - Screw You - Rare Masters - Polydor

13:30:13 - 4:18 - Jean Shepherd - Monkey On My Back - Jean Shepherd & Other Foibles - Collectors Choice

13:34:27 - 2:28 - Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper - Legalize It - Root Hog Or Die - IRS

13:37:25 - 7:50 - Frank Zappa - Pound For A Brown, Part 2 - The Mothers, 1971 - zappa.com

13:45:14 - 3:12 - Karma - Tributo Ao Sorriso - Karma - Sony

13:48:24 - 2:15 - The Yellow Balloon - Yellow Balloon - The Yellow Balloon - Sundazed

13:51:12 - 3:48 - UK Subs - Police State - Left For Dead - ROIR

13:55:00 - 3:00 - Roy Ayers - I Did It In Seattle (excerpt) - Virgin Ubiquity - BBE

14:00:16 - 3:02 - Avi C. Engel - Raven Asleep - A Little Light - https://aviengel.bandcamp.com/album/a-little-light

14:02:47 - 10:31 - Mount Shrine - Earth Bridge - Shortwave Ruins - Cryo Chamber

14:12:46 - 9:41 - PearlyKesh - Octo 9 - Ongoing October 2023 - https://pearlykesh.bandcamp.com/album/ongoing-october-2023

14:21:12 - 8:32 - Water Is The Sun - Inward She Turns Her Feathered Hand/Western Grave - Ritual Fever - Bluesanct

14:28:32 - 12:25 - Tangerine Dream - Journey Through A Burning Brain - Electronic Meditation - Relativity

14:41:57 - 12:28 - Robert Fripp - Loop 4 and Solo - The Kitchen, New York, Feb 5, 1978, First Show - https://www.dgmlive.com/

14:54:52 - 3:07 - Jimi Hendrix Experience - Third Stone From The Sun (excerpt) - Are You Experienced? - MCA

Sunday, February 15, 2026

Bartlemania, Week Of February 21, 2026

The Doctor's social media links:

WRFI is archiving my programs for two weeks after they air on Saturdays, 1-3PM.

Go to: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/calendar, and click on "Bartlemania" (Saturday at 1PM, natch). You will be redirected to a page with a media player and a playlist.

WBDY-LP is also allowing its Patreon subscribers to hear anything in its online archive, including previous episodes of Bartlemania.

13:00:00 - 3:08 - Silicon Teens - Chip 'N' Roll - Music For Parties - Mute

13:03:06 - 9:15 - Steppenwolf - Monster - Monster - MCA

13:12:31 - 2:28 - The Byrds - I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better (alt ver) - Mr Tambourine Man - Columbia

13:14:57 - 2:41 - Mystic Astrologic Crystal Band - It's Strange - Flowers Never Cry (reissue) - Drop Out

13:17:34 - 6:52 - Arthur Brown/Rustic Hinge - Crystallized Petard - Replicas/Strangelands - Reckless

13:25:00 - 3:47 - Captain Beefheart - Moonlight On Vermont - Trout Mask Replica - Reprise

13:28:47 - 2:45 - Cro-Magnon - First World Of Bronze - Orgasm - ESP-Disk

13:31:32 - 2:46 - Holy Modal Rounders - My Mind Capsized - The Moray Eels Eat The Holy Modal Rounders - Water

13:34:42 - 3:21 - Rolling Stones - Can't You Hear Me Knocking (alt ver) - Sticky Fingers (dlx ed) - Rolling Stones Records

13:38:03 - 9:51 - Cat Mother & The All Night Newsboys - Track In 'A' (Nebraska Nights) - The Street Giveth & The Street Taketh Away - Polydor

13:48:21 - 3:09 - Sume ("Where") - Erkigsinek Sapinarama (Uro) - Sumut ("Where To") - Ulo

13:51:27 - 2:09 - Titanic - Cry For A Beatle - Titanic - Repertoire

13:54:12 - 3:48 - Pussy - GEAB (excerpt) - Pussy Plays - Background

14:00:05 - 8:41 - Samuel Prody - Hallucination - Samuel Prody - https://samuelprody.bandcamp.com/album/samuel-prody

14:08:38 - 7:36 - Quill - Shrieking Finally - Quill - Wounded Bird

14:16:40 - 16:52 - Nektar - A Tab In The Ocean (original 1972 mix) - A Tab In The Ocean (dlx ed) - Purple pyramid

14:33:38 - 8:31 - Can - Quantum Physics - Soon Over Babaluma - Restless Retro

14:41:58 - 11:36 - Henry Wolff & Nancy Hennings - Through The Void - Tibetan Bells 2 - Celestial Harmonies

14:54:00 - 4:00 - Pas Musique - Shout At The Horizon (excerpt) - Come Follow Me - Alrealon

Sunday, February 08, 2026

BARTLEMANIA - Week of February 14, 2026 (archive)

The Doctor's social media links:

WRFI is archiving my programs for two weeks after they air on Saturdays, 1-3PM.

Go to: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/calendar, and click on "Bartlemania" (Saturday at 1PM, natch). You will be redirected to a page with a media player and a playlist.

WBDY-LP is also allowing its Patreon subscribers to hear anything in its online archive, including previous episodes of Bartlemania.

21:00:00 - 3:15 - Silicon Teens - Chip 'N' Roll - Music For Parties - Mute

21:03:15 - 1:30 - Unknown - Intro (excerpt) - not on album - no label

21:04:39 - 3:00 - The Beatles - Rain (2022 Stereo Mix) - Revolver (Super deluxe ed) - Parlophone

21:07:59 - 3:58 - Radio Birdman - Aloha Steve and Danno - The Essential Radio Birdman - Sub Pop

21:11:52 - 3:36 - Lou Reed - Hangin’ ’Round - Transformer - RCA

21:15:19 - 2:37 - Snakefinger - Talking In The Town (Bonus Track) - Manual of Errors - TEC Tones

21:18:15 - 3:34 - Traffic - Medicated Goo - Welcome To The Canteen - Island.

21:21:41 - 3:34 - Skyhooks - Horror Movie - Ego Is Not A Dirty Word - Mercury

21:25:12 - 3:00 - Mason Williams - The Exciting Accident - Hand Made - WB

21:28:48 - 11:32 - Crack The Sky - Ice - Live Sky - Lifesong

21:40:41 - 10:05 - The Tea Company - Flowers - Come and Have Some Tea With The Tea Company - Smash

21:51:02 - 2:44 - Young Marble Giants - Ode to Booker T - Colossal Youth (deluxe ed) - Domino

21:53:44 - 3:12 - Bruce Haack - OO-Bah Humbug - Ebenezer Electric - Dimension

21:57:20 - 0:40 - Sandy Nelson - Drums A Go Go (excerpt) - King of the Drums - See For Miles

22:00:16 - 8:49 - Coldcut with Lisa Stansfield - People Hold On - The Blaze Mix - 12-inch - Ahead Of Our Time

22:09:03 - 6:41 - Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Reasons To Be Cheerful Part 3 - Do It Yourself (expanded) - Fuel

22:16:07 - 11:23 - Gong - You Never Blow Yr Trip Forever - Gong You - Virgin

22:27:17 - 3:32 - Kenneth Patchen & The Jazz Chamber Sextet - Do The Dead Know What Time It Is? - Kenneth Patchen Reads His Poetry with Jazz - Two-Beat Beatniks

22:31:20 - 2:46 - The Residents - Six things to a Cycle-part 1 - Fingerprince - ESD

22:34:05 - 1:39 - The Residents - Six things to a Cycle-part 2 - Fingerprince - ESD

22:35:44 - 2:26 - The Residents - Six things to a Cycle-part 3 - Fingerprince - ESD

22:38:09 - 3:49 - The Residents - Six things to a Cycle-part 4 - Fingerprince - ESD

22:41:58 - 4:49 - The Residents - Six things to a Cycle-part 5 - Fingerprince - ESD

22:46:48 - 2:18 - The Residents - Six things to a Cycle-part 6 - Fingerprince - ESD

22:49:45 - 9:15 - Robert Fripp - Loop 1 (excerpt) - The Kitchen, New York, February 5th, 1978 - DGMLive

Sunday, February 01, 2026

Bartlemania - Week of February 7, 2026

The Doctor's social media links: