154 What’s That Sound?

Published August 30, 2020 | By Alan DJ

A celebration of unusual sounds and instruments in jazz, rock and pop settings, the show was well attended by a changing crowd. The instruments and sounds are revealed below.

Preshow

Title	Artists	Album	Year	Strange sound
Percolations – Part I & II	Gong	Gazeuse!	1976	Mallet percussion
I Need You To Turn To	Elton John	Elton John [1990 CD Reissue]	1970	Harpsichord
Sock Puppets – Flyover	Iain Ballamy	MirrorMask	2005	Cimbalom, accordian, tuba
Etude in the Key of Guildford	Tony Levin	World Diary	1995	Chapman Stick
Penny Lane	The Beatles	Magical Mystery Tour	1967	Harpsichord
Mother Nature’s Son	Gryphon	Raindance	1975	Bassoon
Skyline Pigeon	Elton John	Empty Sky (Remaster)	1969	Harpsichord
Throwdown at the Hoedown	Béla Fleck & The Flecktones	Left of Cool	1998	Banjo

Main Show

Special Delivery Stomp	Artie Shaw	Traffic Jam	1940	Harpsichord
For Your Love	The Yardbirds	Yardbirds Story: 1963-66	1965	Harpsichord
Fixing A Hole	The Beatles	Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band	1967	Harpsichord
Here We Go Again	Dave Mason	Headkeeper	1972	Harpsichord
Golden Brown	Stranglers	La folie	1981	Harpsichord
King Henry’s Madrigal	Jethro Tull	20 years of Jethro Tull – Radio Archives and Rare Tracks	1988	Harpsichord
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)	Modern Jazz Quartet	Pyramid	1959	Vibraphone
Good Vibrations	The Beach Boys	Smiley Smile	1967	Theremin and cello
Fat Man	Jethro Tull	Stand Up [Remastered]	1969	Mandolin
Great Expectations	Miles Davis	Isle of Wight	1970	Sitar and tabla
New York Girls	Steeleye Span	Commoner’s Crown	1975	Ukelele by Peter Sellers
Journey Of The Sorcerer	Eagles	One Of These Nights	1975	Banjo
White Wheeled Limousine	Bruce Hornsby	Hot House	1995	Banjo
Big Riff And Mando	Jethro Tull	Rock Island	1989	Mandolin
Places to Go	Tony Levin	Resonator	2006	Chapman Stick
Wish You Were Here (With Stéphane Grappelli)	Pink Floyd	Wish You Were Here CD2	2011	Violin by Stéphane Grapelli
Goin’ Up the Country	Canned Heat	single	1968	Quillls
The Tears Of A Clown	Smokey Robinson and The Miracles	Make It Happen	1967	Bassoon
It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘N’ Roll)	AC/DC	High Voltage	1976	Bagpipes
Saturday	Decameron	Third Light, Tomorrow’s Pantomime	1976	Cor Anglais
Twist in My Sobriety	Tanita Tikaram	Ancient Heart	1988	Oboe
Wild Thing	The Troggs	From Nowhere	1966	Ocarina
The Condor Dance	Incantation	On The Wing of a Condor	1982	Pan pipes
Three Clowns	Weather Report	Black Market	1976	Lyricon
Dreamer	Dennis Wilson	Pacific Ocean Blue	1977	Bass harmonica
Lone Digger	Caravan Palace	Robot Face	2015	Baritone sax, trombone, midi controller
Nine to Five	Dolly Parton	Nine to Five and Odd Jobs	1980	Fingernails

Postshow

Lady Jane	The Rolling Stones	Aftermath	1966	Dulcimer
Break it Down	Tony Levin	Resonator	2006	Chapman Stick
Ballade	Terje Rypdal	Odyssey	1975	Trombone – in a fusion band
Winds On The Mountain	Incantation	On The Wing of a Condor	1982	Panpipes
Wild Honey	The Beach Boys	Wild Honey	1967	Theremin
Not Just Another Pretty Bass	Tony Levin	Stick Man	2007	Chapman Stick
Getting Better	The Beatles	Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band	1967	Piano played with plectrum

As promised, this is a bass harmonica… Brendan Power Harmonica

and this is Tommy Morgan, who played it on Good Vibrations. Tommy Morgan | Discography | Discogs

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