With Mindtrain on Monday nights, the music I choose to play leans toward stuff that is dark, strange and mysterious. For tonight’s unscheduled broadcast, subtitled From Skeeter Davis to Zola Jesus, I wanted to feature some of the more mainstream songs in my music library. There may be one or two ‘guilty pleasures’ among this playlist, but these are records I love and cherish without shame or irony. And aside from the Zola Jesus and Marc Almond tracks, these songs are all oldies but goodies, ranging from Top 40 hits of the 60s & 70s through New Wave and Indie treasures from the 80s & 90s (I regret now that I failed to include anything by Propaganda… maybe next time).

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The playlist gives artist name, song title, and album title (in that order). A space between lines of text indicates the break between sets where track announcements were made.

Playlist for Ferrara’s Enchanted Jukebox 01 – 19 August 2011

• Zola Jesus – Night – Stridulum

• Tiny Tim – Welcome To My Dream – God Bless Tiny Tim
• Marc Almond & Michael Cashmore – Boy Caesar – Feasting With Panthers
• Linda Ronstadt – Long Long Time – Silk Purse
• King Crimson – In The Wake Of Poseidon (Including “Libra’s Theme”) – In The Wake Of Poseidon
• Procol Harum – A Salty Dog – A Salty Dog
• Elton John – Come Down In Time – Tumbleweed Connection
• Siouxsie And The Banshees – Dazzle – Hyaena
• Buffalo Springfield – Expecting To Fly – Buffalo Springfield Again
• Dune & The London Session Orchestra – Sea Song – Forever
• Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood – Some Velvet Morning – Greatest Hits
• k.d. lang – Constant Craving – Ingenue
• Michael Gira – Blind – Drainland

• Charlie Feathers – Johnny Come Listen (Version 1) – Get With It: Essential Recordings (1954-69)
• Timi Yuro – Make The World Go Away – The Best Of Timi Yuro
• Skeeter Davis – The End Of The World – The Essential Skeeter Davis
• The Rose Of Avalanche – L.A. Rain – First Avalanche
• Opal – Soul Giver – Happy Nightmare Baby
• Luna – Bonnie And Clyde (The Clyde Barrow Version) – Penthouse
• The Reivers – Translate Slowly – Translate Slowly
• The Psychedelic Furs – Sister Europe – The Psychedelic Furs
• 10cc – I’m Not In Love – The Original Soundtrack
• Glen Campbell – Wichita Lineman – Tarnation (Original Soundtrack)
• The Edge & Sinead O’Connor – Heroine – Captive (Original Soundtrack)

• William S. Burroughs – Ich Bin Von Kopf Bis Fuss Auf Liebe Eingestellt (Falling In Love Again) – Dead City Radio