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THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL with Rich Warren
December 31, 2005 New Year's Eve Request edition
8-10PM / 11:57-12:07AM
- Lead Belly:
The Midnight Special (theme) Last Sessions
Smithsonian Folkways SFCD-40068/71
- The Pajama Game (orig. B'way cast): Once-A-Year-Day! (first 2 minutes)
(Richard Adler/Jerry Ross)Columbia CK 32606
- Josh White: Raise a Ruckus (trad) Josh White The Elektra Years
Rhino Handmade RHM2 7879
- Judy Garland: Chicago (Fred Fisher)
Judy at Carnegie Hall Capitol WBO-1569
- Art Thieme: State of Illinois
(trad) Outright Bold-Faced Lies Kicking Mule KM-150
- Win Stracke: The 43rd Ward (Stracke) Songs of Old Town Flair S-912
- Yuri Rasovsky: The Chicago Language Tape (Old Town School 10/29/05) WFMT Recording
- Aliotta-Haynes-Jeremiah: Lake Shore Drive (Haynes/von Heitlinger) Quicksilver QSCD-1019
- Steve Goodman: City of New Orleans
No Big Surpise Red Pajamas RPJ-008
- The Bills: Banfield's John Vanden
(Marc Atkinson) Let Em Run Red House RHRCD-186
- Bonnie Koloc: Little Red Rooster
(Willie Dixon) Here To Sing Mr. Biscuit 02
- Hamilton Camp: Blame It on the Turkeys
(Hamilton Camp-John Brent) (Unity Church Chicago, March 31, 1985) WFMT Recording
- Lance Brown & Friends: Buzzards in Love private recording
- Alan Arkin: I Like You Columbia 45 rpm 4-43787
- Second City: I Hate Liver
(Raasche-Stahl) WFMT Recording
- Utah Phillips: Moose Turd Pie
(extended version) (WFMT NYE 1997) WFMT recording
- Dick McCormack: Waltzing Around in the Nude Fast Folk December 1985 FF210
- Nathan Caswell: Running Naked
Pulp Town self NC05CD
- Kristin Lems: Mammary Glands
Oh Mamaplus! Carolsdatter 83707 20602
- Peter Paul van Camp: A Milkman at Heart I'm Gonna Tell Likeable 02
- Judy Henske: Salvation Army Song (trad/Henske)
Judy Henske Collectors' Choice CCM-268-2
- John McCutcheon: Ashcroft's Army
Hail to the Chief! Appleseed 2003
- John Flynn: Minnie Lou
Dragon MettaFour 83707 72262
- Tom Paxton: Ashcroft WFMT recording
- Gamble Rogers:
The Passion of Miss Eulalah Singleterry The Warm Way Home Oklawaha OK 1002
- The Weavers: Goodnight Irene (H.Ledbetter) Kisses Sweeter Than Wine Omega OCD3021/22
- Tom Lehrer:
(I'm Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica The Remains of Tom Lehrer
Rhino R2 79831
- Candide (orig. cast Max Adrian): Best of All Possible Worlds (Bernstein/Richard Wilbur)
Columbia SK 48017
- Magpie: At the End of Another Year
(Bob Zentz) (New Year's Eve 1/1/2003) WFMT Recording
- Mohammed El-Bakkar & His Oriental Ensemble: Sauda Sauda (trad) Port Said
Hollywood Music Center HMC 1277 /
Black Watch: traditional pipe tunes / The Goons: Ying Tong Song
(Spike Milligan) World of the Goons Decca SPA 569
- Bells
- Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (orig. cast): If We Only Have Love
(Brel, trans. Eric Blau-Mort Shuman) Columbia Legacy SK 89998
NEW YEAR'S EVE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
Live portion December 31, 2005 (10PM-12MN)
- Mark Haines & Tom Leighton:
Waiting for the Ship (M.Haines)
Same Old Man (trad)
- Pete Morton:
Six Billion Eccentrics
Luckiest Man
- Aoife Clancy:
Sleeping Maggie (trad- Robt. Tannahill)
Banks of Sweet Primroses (Daithi Sproule/trad)
- John Flynn:
Fat Naked Angels
Big Boat Coming
- Mark Haines & Tom Leighton:
Welcome to Elmsdale / Port De Chene Girl (T.Leighton)
Does This Mean It's Over (M.Haines)
- Pete Morton:
Post Office Queue
Further
- Aoife Clancy:
Gypsy Davey (trad)
There Is Hope (Robbie O'Connell)
- John Flynn:
Two Wolves
There's No Them There (with ensemble)
- Mark Haines & Tom Leighton:
Raggle Taggle Gypsy (trad)
Planxty Irwin (Turloch O'Carolan) / St. Clements Jig (Barry & Robin Dramsfield)
- Pete Morton: Battle of Trafalgar
- Ensemble: Auld Lang Syne (Robt. Burns)
- Pete Morton: Another Train
- Aoife Clancy:
As I Roved Out (trad)
One Morning in May (trad)
- John Flynn:
Put Your Freedom Where Your Mouth Is
Not With My Jesus
- Mark Haines & Tom Leighton:
Hand to Hand (M.Haines)
High on the Hill (M.Haines)
- Pete Morton:
Harvest
Shores of Italy
- Aoife Clancy:
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine (trad-H.Ledbetter/Seeger-Hays)
Islanders Lament (Robbie O'Connell)
- John Flynn:
Trust the Rope
Benediction (with ensemble)
- Ensemble: When I'm Gone (grand finale) (Phil Ochs)
All songs by performer unless otherwise noted.
Host/producer: Rich Warren
Engineer: Eric Arunas
THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL with Rich Warren
January 1, 2006 Quiet Half-Hour
1:30-2:00 AM
- Tom Rush: Rockport Sunday
(instrumental) Circle Game Elektra 74018
- Eamon Friel: The Waltz of the Years
Thran THR 1003
- Dave Van Ronk: Urge for Going
(Joni Mitchell) and the tin pan bended and the story ended Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40156
- Gordon Bok Ann Muir Ed Trickett:
The Final Trawl (Archie Fisher) The First Fifteen Years
Folk-Legacy CD-1003
- Odetta: Blowing in the Wind
(Bob Dylan) Odetta Sings Folk Songs RCA Victor LSP-2643
- Dan Pelletier:
Hope in This World (Folkstage May 21, 2005) WFMT Recording
- Michael Smith: We Become Birds
Time Flying Fish FF 70613
Performer is composer unless otherwise noted. Song is album title
unless otherwise noted. Album titles are in italics, composers in parens ( ).
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