Guns & Roses: Jumpin' Jack Flash

Band Of Susans: Child Of the Moon

The Flies: 2000 Light Years From Home

Kiss: 2000 Man

The Damned: Citadel

Billy Bragg: She Smiled Sweetly

Social Distortion: Backstreet Girl

Blind Faith: Under My Thumb

The Searchers: Take It Or Leave It

Black Francis (Frank Black): Down In the Hole

The Dead Boys: Tell Me

Johnny Thunders: As Tears Go By

Lindsay Buckingham: I Am Waiting

Johnny Adams: Salt Of The Earth

Patti Smith: Gimmie Shelter

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VE 183 Midsummer Songs

Led Zeppelin: Dancing Days

Style Council: Long Hot Summer

The Who: Sea And Sand

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Even The Losers

Sweet: California Nights

Patti Smith: Redondo Beach

Neil Young: Long May You Run

Paul McCartney: Heart Of the Country

REM: Gardening At Night

The Guess Who: No Time

B52s: Summer Of Love

Dave Loggins: Please Come To Boston

Big Audio Dynamite: E=MC2

Bee Gees: You Should Be Dancing

Eddie Cochran: Sumertime Blues

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Inside the birthplace of some of the great rock albums of the 60s--RCA in Hollywood, with rare versions of classic songs recorded there by The Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane and more.  A preview of the new Pearl Jam LP coming this fall.  And remembering a "Good Rat" as Long Island music legend Peppi Marcello passes.

VE 182

Arcade Fire: Sprawl 2

Bright Eyes: Four Winds

Mountain Goats: Harlem Roulette

Byrds: Eight Miles High

Rolling Stones: 19th Nervous Breakdown

Mike Nesmith: Listen To The Band

Jefferson Airplane: Somebody To Love

Jefferson Airplane: White Rabbit

Nilsson: Everybody's Talkin'

Pearl Jam: Mind Your Manners

Little Green Cars: The John Wayne

Dead Weather: Are Friends Electric

Heartless Bastards: Got To Have Rock And Roll

Good Rats: Don't Hate The Ones Who Bring You Rock And Roll

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7 Great American Stories In Song (For Independence Day)

Van Morrison: Almost Independence Day

The Doors: LA Woman

Tom Waits: Burma Shave

Marvin Gaye: Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)

Bob Dylan: Joey

Bruce Springsteen : 4th Of July Asbury Park (Sandy)

The Band: Acadian Driftwood

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