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Episode #1768

Program #1768

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Saturday, May 18, 2002

New arrangements of rock songs from Jimi Hendrix, Prince, the Beatles, The Clash, Kate Bush, David Byrne, Nirvana, and the Who; by Benjamin Verdery, the Blue Rubies, Aki Takahashi, Sonny Sharrock, Caetano Veloso, Unsung String Duo, and the Abaca String Band.

NEW SOUNDS with John Schaefer, a Production of WNYC-FM

PROGRAM #1768, rock songs, New Sounds-style (First aired on March 15, 2000)

ARTIST(S)

RECORDING

CUT(S)

SOURCE

Unsung String Duo

Live, WNYC, April 1995

Doctrine of Denial [5:00]

Not commercially available.

Blue Rubies

Private tape

Somebody Got Murdered [5:30]

Not commercially available.

Benjamin Verdery

Ride The Wind Horse

Little Wing [2:30]

Newport Classics #85509** (http://newport-cd.com/ )

Kronos Quartet

Sculthorpe/Sallinen/ Glass, etc.

Purple Haze [3:00]

Nonesuch #79111**

Les Miserables Brass Band

Manic Traditions

Manic Depression [5:00]

Northeastern #5004. May now be out of print.

The Tango Project

White Rabbit

White Rabbit [5:30]

Newport Classics #85536** (http://newport-cd.com/ )

Blue Rubies

Legacy: A Collection of New Folk Music

When U Were Mine [4:30]

Windham Hill Records, available in stores, or through http://www6.cddb.com

Caetano Veloso

Live, WNYC, February 1990

Nothing But Flowers [4:40]

Not commercially available.

Aki Takahashi

Norwegian Wood - Hyper Music from Lennon & McCartney

Happiness Is A Warm Gun [3:00]

EMI/Japan #TOCE-7345. Not released outside Japan. A similar CD called "Hyper Beatles" is available in stores or online (see above.)

Sonny Sharrock Band

Highlife

Kate (Variations on a Theme by Kate Bush) [6:00]

Enemy #119-2. Enemy Records, 11-36 31 Ave, Long Island City NY 11106

Abaca String Band

Live From Chautauqua

Pinball Wizard [2:30]

Abaca Productions, 711 West End Ave, NY NY 10025, 212-316-6372

**In most better stores; in NY, try J&R on Park Row, Tower Records, Virgin megastore at Times Square, HMV, Other Music on 3rd St., etc.

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