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July 11, 2011 episode of Connections on WPKN with Eric Cocks. Starts with The Beatles and Bob Dylan in Mono Part 2, with an extended segment of mono mixes, before going on to eclectic new and vintage music.

Until the late 1960's, monaural one channel mixes were the primary focus of producers and engineers. Stereo was an afterthought.  In the cd era, many listeners lost sight of the phenomenal audio quality of mono mixes of The Beatles and Bob Dylan. There's an intimacy to these mixes that lets you hear what these artists intended, as if you're right there in the studio next to them. In some cases, the differences are subtle. There's more warmth or presence, and better tone on the instruments. In other cases, there are guitar parts or effects that are not on the stereo mixes. This segment explores both.

After that, there's new music by Et Tu Bruce, a great new band out of England. Plus Matthew Dear, Superhumanoids, The Zombies, Brian Eno, Mike Viola, Joseph Arthur, Gillian Welch, Iggy Pop, Rickie Lee Jones, The Section Quartet, Bo Diddley, The Beach Boys, Silver Apples, David Bowie, Reperata & The Delrons, The Rolling Stones, John Hartford, Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr and more.

Also new music from the brilliant Elliott Randall, with HeartStrings, his new cd... available in pristine audio quality at elliott-randall.com. He says the cd is the best way to hear it...

Plus, the rare first demo of We Gotta Get Out Of This Place from songwriter Barry Mann, along with an Elvis Costello demo, a new version of She's Not There by Neko Case and Nick Cave, along with great instrumentals from Jewels and Binoculars, including their wonderful interpretation of Visions Of Johanna.

Also an excerpt of an interview with Sam Phillips talking about So Glad You're Here, from her terrific new cd, Solid State.

Thanks for tuning in. See you next time...

Also in the archives: 

Part 1 of Dylan and The Beatles in mono is available at http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/18173

Part 3 of Dylan and The Beatles in mono and more is at: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/23973

Part 4 of The Beatles and Dylan in mono, plus more music and a live interview with Warren Zanes: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/24817

The Smile Sessions and more... an in depth exploration of highlights and outtakes from the masterpiece created by Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks, The Beach Boys and brilliant session musicians, recorded in 1965-67, unreleased until Nov 2011: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/27289

Sam Phillips Interview: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/14471

Tommy James Interview: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/23882

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Connections... with Eric Cocks

Explores the connections between songs, songwriters, musicians, producers and people... often in surprising ways.

Vital, intelligent music with true artistic vision.

Includes extended features on specific artists such as Bob Dylan, The Kinks, The Beatles and far more. Also comedy by Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Eddie Izzard, Paul Krassner and others with a rock and roll renegade attitude. In depth explorations of early electronic music (and how it relates to current music). Vital new music that deserves to be heard. Surf music. Garage bands. British invasion. Rock and Roll. John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Jimi Hendrix, Laurie Anderson, William Burroughs, Robert Anton Wilson, The Blues Magoos, David Bowie, The Beach Boys, Dr Fiorella Terenzi, Beethoven, Bo Diddley, The Rolling Stones, Alex Chilton, Tom Petty, The Pretenders, Blondie, demos, rarities, unreleased new music and far more may be part of any given show. Also live interviews of performers, writers, producers, engineers, session musicians and people behind the scenes. Plus unexpected surprises...

Previous in depth interviews include Sam Phillips, Peppy Castro of The Blues Magoos, author/comedian Paul Krassner, Chris Frantz, Neil Innes, Tommy James, legendary session musician Carol Kaye and more. All are available in archives for about 385 days. (Maybe that'll get extended one day.)  Stay tuned for future interviews and special features.

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