154R Unexpected Instruments
A puzzle show for a puzzle-loving audience, subtitled What’s That Sound? We explained as we went along, and here is the playlist with annotations 🙂
Preshow
| Title | Artists | Album | Year | Instruments |
| Percolations – Part I & Part II | Gong | Gazeuse! | 1976 | Mallet percussion |
| I Need You To Turn To | Elton John | Elton John [1990 CD Reissue] | 1970 | Harpsichord |
| Sock Puppets – Flyover | TieT | 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 | 2003 | harpsichord |
| For Your Love | The Yardbirds | Yardbirds Story: 1963-66 Disc 3 | 2002 | H 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 (Disc 1) – The 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 | M Theremin and cello |
| Fat Man | Jethro Tull | Stand Up [Remastered] | 1969 | Mandolin |
| Great Expectations | Miles Davis | Isle of Wight | 1970 | H Sitar and tabla |
| New York Girls | Steeleye Span | Commoner’s Crown | 1975 | M Ukelele – Peter Sellers |
| Journey Of The Sorcerer | Eagles | One Of These Nights | 1975 | M Banjo |
| White Wheeled Limousine | Bruce Hornsby | Hot House | 1995 | Banjo |
| Big Riff And Mando | Jethro Tull | Rock Island | 1989 | M 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 | H Stephane Grapelli violin |
| Goin’ Up the Country | Canned Heat | single | 1968 | Quillls |
| The Tears Of A Clown | Smokey Robinson and The Miracles | Sounds of the Seventies – 1970 | 1970 | Bassoon |
| It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘N’ Roll) | AC/DC | High Voltage | 1976 | M 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 | H ocarina |
| The Condor Dance | Incantation | On The Wing of a Condor | 1982 | Pan pipes |
| Three Clowns | Weather Report | Black Market | 1976 | H Lyricon |
| Dreamer | Dennis Wilson | Pacific Ocean Blue | 1977 | M bass harmonica |
| Lone Digger | Caravan Palace | Robot Face | 2015 | |
| Nine to Five | Dolly Parton | Nine to Five and Odd Jobs | 1980 | M 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 |
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