FROM WFMU & MIKE-SHELL
Michael Shelley's Magic Bag - Radio Show Favorites, Performed By Radio Show Favorites
This amazing collection has 21 guaranteed* #1 hit songs from some of the greatest music makers of today - and each one has been recorded EXCLUSIVELY FOR THIS COMPILATION!
In Spring of 2025 Michael put about 250 of his favorite recordings into a Dropbox. These were a wide range of songs that he loved and songs that WFMU listeners had shown special fondness for over the years AND they were all songs that were in need of being covered! Then he invited some of his favorite artists to have a listen and to pick a favorite to cover - and the results make up this fine collection.
Here is an alphabetical list of the amazing artists and songs - click on the band names for more info:
Beauty – Dot Dash (Wire)
Brower – Falling In Love (Street The Beat)
Doug Collins & The Receptionists – Last Night At A Party (Faron Young)
The Dahlmanns – Work To Do (America)
The Fastbacks – The One (The Lemon Twigs)
Freek's Garage – Pernambuco (Luiz Bonfa)
Robbie Fulks – Trans Am (The Skeletons)
Jay Gonzalez – Bird Of The World (Bill Fox)
Nick Lowe – Find Another Man (Travis Wammack)
Nite Sobs – Let Me Into Your Life (The Beat)
John Perrin – Something Happened (Adam Schlesinger)
The Roves – Mighty Like A Rose (Them)
The Rubinoos – Oui Madame (Les Ingénues)
Sam & Denny – What Makes You Run (Del Shannon)
Seely Jurgens Band – Just Haven't Met You Yet (Michael Bublé)
Ron Sexsmith – It's Getting Better (Cass Elliot)
Chris Sprague – Cavern (Frank Lee Sprague)
Benny Trokan & Jemma Rowlands – The Ugly Things (Brinsley Schwarz)
Rebecca Turner – I Want Some More (Colin Blunstone)
Ben Vaughn – Mr. Bus Driver (Bruce Channel)
Mike Viola – You Will Now, Won't You (The Bats)
CLICK HERE for liner notes to this collection
HUGE thanks to:
-Scott Anthony at Storybook Sound for mastering the project
-Steve McFarland for the package design & amazing Photoshop work!
-Tommy Dunbar for editing the video!
-All the bands and technicians who donated their time & creative genius to make this project happen!
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Michael Shelley 2026
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*not actually guaranteed