Yo La Tengo- Request-A Thon 2020 (25th Anniversary!)

Every spring for the past 25 years, Yo La Tengo has been on the airways at WFMU-FM in Jersey City, New Jersey taking and performing requests during their annual Request-A-Thon. This incredible feat is the highlight of the station's fundraising marathon where listeners can pledge money to help support the operations of the radio station. WFMU is a listener-supported independent community radio station and is committed to unstructured-format broadcasting. Yo La Tengo has lent their talent and generosity to the station with an annual 3 hour slot performing live requests from listeners that pledge $100 or more. For the band, almost nothing is off-limits, there are songs that regularly get requested and songs they don't know, sometimes performing them for the first time. Through it all, they are good sports and are game to try any weird and obscure requests, and this year is no exception.

Fortunately, this year's show took place about a week before COVID started shutting down gatherings and live performances, otherwise Yo La Tengo might not have played live in studio. Though I don't live anywhere near New Jersey, listening to this show is a highlight of my year and one of these years I'll listen live and pledge. I promise I will find out the date for 2021's program and participate in the fundraiser. In fact, it's never too late to pledge and donations to the station can be made here: https://pledge.wfmu.org/donate?step=landing 
Thanks to beatpop on Dime for once again recording and sharing the show. I look forward to next year!
Enjoy!

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Yo La Tengo
25TH Annual Yo La Tengo Requestathon!
Live on Todd-o-phonic Todd's show
with Gaylord Fields and Evan Funk Davies
WFMU-FM's Monty Hall
Jersey City, NJ USA 
March 07, 2020
7 sets from 3-6pm

Broadcast live over 91.1 WFMU-FM, Jersey City, NJ USA.

Lineage:
WFMU-FM > Sony XDR-F1HD > Edirol R-09HR (44.1/16) >
Sony Soundforge 10 > FLAC level 6 aligned on SB

Set 1:
01 - The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana) (1:45)
02 - Making Time (1:51)
03 - I'll Come Running (3:27)
04 - Death of a Clown (2:40)
05 - Meet on the Ledge (2:59)

Set 2:
06 - Moscow Nights (2:11)
07 - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (2:41)
08 - Morgus the Magnificent (2:26)
09 - She's Like Heroin to Me (2:16)
10 - If and When (2:39)

Set 3:
11 - It's a Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl (3:10)
12 - Heart Of Glass (2:53)
13 - Here Comes the Sun (2:28)
14 - Our Lips Are Sealed  (2:47)

Set 4:
15 - Green Onions (2:58)
16 - Last Days of Disco (5:50)
17 - Werewolves of London (4:51)
18 - Who Loves the Sun (2:10)
19 - Love Is the Drug (2:38)
20 - I'm Down (2:26)

Set 5:
21 - Corona (2:17)
22 - Ice Cream Man (2:56)
23 - Psycho Killer (4:07)
24 - Rebel Rebel (3:13)
25 - I Wanna Be Sedated (2:15)

Set 6:
26 - Outdoor Miner (2:31)
27 - Henry (1:05)
28 - Hey Joe (3:44)
29 - Gates of Steel (3:08)

Set 7:
30 - Baby's on Fire (2:00)
31 - Wild Honey (2:53)
32 - Peter Gunn/Annette's Got the Hits (8:48)

With references to:
Annette's Got the Hits - Redd Cross
Skin Deep - Nick Lowe
Cold Rain and Snow - Grateful Dead
Melody Nelson - Serge Gainsbourg
No More Pushing Joe Around - Daniel Johnston
Family Affair - Sly & The Family Stone
Senses Working Overtime - XTC
Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas
Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - Looking Glass
Runaway Train - Soul Asylum
Speed Racer Theme
Annette's Got the Hits - Redd Cross

Total Running Time: 1hr 36min 16sec

Personnel:
Georgia Hubley - drums, vocals
Ira Kaplan - guitar, keyboards, vocals
James McNew - bass

YO LA TENGO- 2020-03-07 Monty Hall, WFMU-FM Jersey City, NJ FLAC. rar