Episodes
A December to Remember
December 31, 2023 08:01 - 69.1 MBor direct download here. Two Toppers in one month? That's madness! Christmas madness? New Year's fever?? Hanukkah insanity??? And yet it is so. Features music by The Cyrkle, Heavenly Melody, Feebe N' the Ragweed Patche, Sam Cooke, Nichts, Leo Kottke, Charanjit Singh, Penny Saints, Tide Cartwright, Heavenly Melody (again), JJ Cale, Peter Peter Ivers Band, Dave Frishberg, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, The Sandals, The Soul Stirrers (with Sam Cooke), and Chrome off their Alien Soundtracks LP.
Fading
October 11, 2023 07:02 - 133 MBdirectly available here: TOOOOOOOOOOPERS Features fine music by Mike Hankinson, Percy Sledge, Spanky & Our Gang, The Eden Electric Ensemble, Phil Niblock, LL Cool J, Gerry Mulligan, Reunion, Leonard Nimoy, Butthole Surfers, Devo, composer Raymond "Def" Leppard, and more.
Melancholy
June 14, 2023 06:20 - 122 MBdirect download here: https://ia802703.us.archive.org/30/items/melancholy_202306/Melancholy.mp3 Featuring music by People Under the Stairs, Angie Carroll, Washington Phillips and more. This show is dedicated to the late Bob Bittner, owner of WJIB and the other Memories Stations, who inspired this very series.
It's eBaum's World
April 25, 2023 07:09 - 137 MBFeaturing music by The Mamas and Papas, The Chordettes, The Cousins, Nina Simone, NNB, The Stonemans, The Artifacts, Heaven's Magic, Mark Dinning, Garnett Mimms, Focus, Al Hirt, Elton John, The Poni-Tails, Pharoah Sanders and more top artists of todaye. Direct download here: https://ia801608.us.archive.org/9/items/its-e-baums-world/It%27s%20eBaum%27s%20World.mp3 Check out toppers.show too!
Carefree
January 16, 2023 11:07 - 117 MBor directly download here: https://ia904703.us.archive.org/12/items/carefree-toppers/CarefreeToppers.mp3
An Atmospheric River
November 12, 2022 07:28 - 140 MBDownload here: https://ia601408.us.archive.org/24/items/atmospheric-river/Atmospheric%20River.mp3
Letter to the Editor
August 17, 2022 18:30 - 127 MBDownload here: https://ia601505.us.archive.org/31/items/letter-to-the-editor/Letter%20to%20the%20Editor.mp3
Motley Dugan's Tale
June 14, 2022 08:39 - 123 MBDownload directly at: https://ia902503.us.archive.org/11/items/motley-dugans-story/Motley%20Dugan%27s%20Story.mp3
Nuked
May 10, 2022 07:33 - 125 MBhttps://ia802501.us.archive.org/0/items/Toppers_nuked_202205/Nuked.mp3 It was worth it.
Spotlight on Millie Small
February 08, 2022 07:01 - 136 MBDownload directly here: https://ia801503.us.archive.org/5/items/toppers-millie-small/Toppers%20Hurdy%20Gurdy.mp3 Hear three delightful songs by the Jamaican chanteuse best-known for her hit "My Boy Lollipop," as well as tasteful filler music by Ronnie Aldrich, Lou Rawls, Charol, and more.
Hammock
December 14, 2021 19:29 - 123 MBOpen directly here: https://ia601506.us.archive.org/0/items/hammock_202112/Hammock.mp3
My Pet Peeves
October 12, 2021 07:24 - 131 MBor open directly here: https://ia601500.us.archive.org/27/items/my-pet-peeves/My%20Pet%20Peeves.mp3 Featuring the music of Else Anderson, Willie Hutch, The Beach Boys, ImpLOG, Joya Landis, Balsara and his Singing Sitars, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Maximum Joy, The Admirals, Shao Fong Fong, The Great Society, Big Brother and the Holding Company, The Ethiopians, and more.
Open the Window to Your Mind
July 31, 2021 17:59 - 121 MBor download here: https://ia601505.us.archive.org/23/items/windowto-your-mind/WindowtoYourMind.mp3
All Request
June 22, 2021 04:09 - 123 MBor download here: https://ia801503.us.archive.org/35/items/all-request/All%20Request.mp3
Toppers by the Book
May 06, 2021 21:26 - 126 MBor download here: https://ia801503.us.archive.org/33/items/by-the-book/By%20the%20Book.mp3
Juice Bar
March 31, 2021 07:50 - 132 MBor download here: https://ia801500.us.archive.org/29/items/vom_20210330/Vom.mp3
Tree-Poppers
December 08, 2020 20:07 - 124 MBDownload directly here: https://ia601406.us.archive.org/16/items/tree-poppers/Tree-Poppers.mp3
A Cavalcade of Sound
August 11, 2020 07:59 - 138 MBDownload directly here: https://ia601506.us.archive.org/33/items/cavalcade-of-sound/Cavalcade%20of%20Sound.mp3
Virtual Music
May 28, 2020 08:17 - 130 MBor download directly here: https://ia801509.us.archive.org/12/items/virtual-music-TOOOOPERS/VirtualMusic.mp3
Coronavirus Journey
April 28, 2020 05:25 - 141 MBor download directly here: https://ia601501.us.archive.org/16/items/coronavirus-toppers/Coronavirus%20Toppers.mp3 The Covid-19 pandemic has effected life everywhere, even in Good Music Land. Hear your host's harrowing story of his personal struggles to a soundtrack of fine oldies, plus a number of original tracks-- a power ballad, a synth number, a helpful public service announcement, and more-- debuting on this very broadcast. (Links will be available soon to hear these tracks individuall...
Express Yourself
February 25, 2020 10:35 - 135 MBor direct download here: https://ia801506.us.archive.org/28/items/expressyourself_202002/Express%20Yourself.mp3
A Day at the Beach
January 07, 2020 09:26 - 127 MBor direct download here: https://ia801502.us.archive.org/11/items/adayatthebeach_202001/A%20Day%20at%20the%20Beach.mp3 Begins with a mega-remix of Roger Whittaker's "Durham Town" and features songs by the Lovin' Spoonful and Todd Rundgren from his visionary home-recorded album A Wizard, A True Star.
Cold Outside
November 19, 2019 09:15 - 135 MBor download directly HERE Toppers weighs in on one of the most contentious issues roiling the oldies airwaves in America today: is it OK to play a certain classic late fall/ early winter song?
Biden 20 20
November 05, 2019 18:35 - 142 MBor directly download here: https://ia801503.us.archive.org/28/items/biden2020/Biden%2020%2020.mp3
Toppers / Not Toppers
October 03, 2019 01:43 - 62.1 MBDirect download here: https://ia801507.us.archive.org/22/items/toppersNOTtopperss/toppersNOTtopperss.mp3 Guest host: Marshall Applewhite Toppers production being at an all time low, we were forced to dredge up this show (designed by the Gilboard without the benefit of a host) in order to meet demand. Hear songs with helpful spiritual commentary by Marshall Applewhite, filling in for Gil from the Great Beyond, and marvel at the junction of supply and demand in today's busy online mus...
Tips
July 12, 2019 08:55 - 132 MBor download show directly here: https://ia601409.us.archive.org/3/items/tips_20190712/tips.mp3 Who knows, you might learn something! Featuring music by Electronic Concept Orchestra, Baroque Jazz Trio, Ghetto Brothers, Oiling Boiling, Fred Waring, Johnny Largo, Velvet Hammer, Wendell Austin, Barbara Moore, Johnny Largo, Johnny McGee, Virgin Insanity, Synthesia, Led Zeppelin, Mark Dinning, Malauwi, Spitfire Debs, "Whoopee" John Wilfahrt and His Band, and Bing Crosby with Woody Herman's Ban...
Dreamland
March 12, 2019 05:38 - 142 MBor download directly HERE P L A Y L I S T John Fahey "Lewisdale Blues" The Voice of the Turtle (1968) Keope "Latin Luau" The King and I (1986) Lee Fields "Ladies" My World (2009) Leonard Kwan "SASE" The Old Way (1974) Burl Ives "Thirty Thousand Feet over Denver" A Little Bitty Tear: The Nashville Years, 1961-1965 Peter Howell & John Ferdinando "Fishing" Tomorrow Come Someday (1969) Steve Fisk "Love Is (Version)" Kiss this Day Goodbye (1983) Maki Asakawa "Konna Fūni Sugite Ik...
Seasonal Depression
February 19, 2019 11:59 - 122 MBor download directly here: https://ia801505.us.archive.org/3/items/SeasonalDepression/Seasonal%20Depression.mp3
Letting the Music Speak for Itself
January 08, 2019 10:52 - 144 MBor download directly here Features music from Peter Howell & John Ferdinando in a number of guises, from Friends to Agincourt, as well as other artists.
Toppers Presents Chanukah
December 11, 2018 11:21 - 143 MBor download directly here: https://ia601505.us.archive.org/17/items/Channukah/Channukah.mp3
The Wrong Duration
November 19, 2018 10:17 - 126 MBor download here: https://ia601504.us.archive.org/30/items/WRONGDURATION/WRONG%20DURATION.mp3 Features the music of Lew Childre (both father and son) as well as tunes by various Hit Artists of today such as Adam Green, Brute Force, Filipino classic disco band Hot Dog, Bathroom Renovations, Perry Como, Tommy Dorsey & Orchestra with "Tea for Two," DJ Quik, Emmett Rhodes, Dinosaurs with Horns, The Scrotum Poles, Jim Croce, Kraftwerk, Jo Stafford, Ben Selvin and His Orchestra and more.
Takin' It Easy
September 02, 2018 05:48 - 130 MBOr download the file directly ***HERE*** Goodbye, summer! It's been fun hanging around the pool with you, takin' it easy. Let's the two of us hear Donovan with his "Divine Days of Deathless Delight," then some Dick Hyman electronic covers, The Chris Christianson Show with "Sweet Mental Revenge," The Knights with "Tipping Strings," Led Zeppelin crossing "The Ocean," The New Tweedy Bros. being lazy, folkman Jim Croce doing one of his best-known numbers, followed by a single commercial ...
Toppers Suicide (Don't Do It!)
July 12, 2018 06:12 - 139 MBor download directly here: https://ia801502.us.archive.org/33/items/ToppersSuicide/Toppers%20Suicide.mp3
No One
May 22, 2018 19:14 - 133 MBor download directly here: https://ia801509.us.archive.org/32/items/Toppers_Radio_Podcast_NoOne_201805/no%20one.mp3
Toppers Anti-Drug: Kratom
April 07, 2018 07:25 - 137 MBor direct download: https://ia801508.us.archive.org/10/items/ToppersANtiDrug/Toppers%20ANti-Drug.mp3 Drugs. Why not? Let's find out together. SONGS: Smokey and His Sister "Lonely Together" (1968) Donald Byrd "Fancy Free" (1970) Cream "NSU" (1966) L.A. Dream Team "Calling On the Dream Team (Original 12" Version)" (1985) Cliff Bruner and His Texas Wanderers "Little White Lies" (1939) Lazy Smoke "How Was Your Day Last Night?" (1969) Unsolved Mysteries Final Credits Theme Song (1988) Michae...
Easy Listening II: The Radio Show that Makes You Bored
March 13, 2018 10:26 - 137 MBor download here directly: https://ia601506.us.archive.org/25/items/topperseasylistening2/topperseasylistening2.mp3 MUSIC AND MORE MUSIC!
Easy Listening Music
January 09, 2018 06:06 - 137 MBor direct download: here Want something easy to listen to? Whether it's Rotomagus, Girls of the Golden West, The Sound Symposium, Michael Hurley, Geto Boys, The Superfine Dandelion, Broadcast, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Dr. Smith's Champion Hoss Hair Pullers, Tracey Dey, Gene Ross, The Pilgrim Travelers, Jeannie Hoffman and David Friesen, or Steely Dan-- you'll find exactly what you were looking for here.
Falling Leaves
October 11, 2017 07:12 - 131 MBor download directly here: GRONKsGREATESTcatch Let's hear from Vietnam soul veteran James Armstrong, The Golden Gate Quartet with "Same Train," cocaine country combo Little Feat, Apple and Three Oranges, Fred Weinberg, Los Angelino commando Ariel Pink, Los Diplomaticos (twice), Perfurd Burtner and his Gong Gong Gong, The Amoebas, Ralph Lowe with poignant observational TV song-poem "The Crime Shows," Bob Snyder, The Kit-Kats, The Newbeats, Moses Josiah and His Musical Saw, Los Yetis, and mo...
Three Long Songs
August 17, 2017 02:10or download or download directly here: https://ia801509.us.archive.org/16/items/TOPPERSThreeLongSongs/TOPPERS%20Three%20Long%20Songs.mp3 Nothing but three very long jams to relax, garden, meditate, pray, sleep, or repair plumbing to. Enjoy! BAND / SONG/ ALBUM / COUNTRY / YEAR 1. Niagara "Sangandongo" Niagara (Germany, 1970) 2. A Taste of Blues "Schizofrenia" Schizofrenia (Sweden, 1969) 3. Hampton Grease Band "Halifax" Music to Eat (USA, 1971)
Story of the 4th of July
July 12, 2017 10:30Or download directly: here Featuring lots of John Williams soundtracks (from Home Alone, Forrest Gump, and other movies) and ELO background music. Jeremy - "Listen to the Wind" (Loneliness is Such a Sad Affair, 1976) ELO - "Daybreaker" (On The Third Day, 1973) Donovan - "House of Jansch"(Mellow Yellow, 1967) Edoardo Vianello - "Windsurf"(Windsurf, 1982) Ju Suk Reet Meate - "Untitled" (Ju Suk Reet Meate 1978) ELO - "Bluebird is Dead" (The Third Day, 1973) Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs - "S...
My Wisps
June 05, 2017 08:11or direct download here: https://ia601500.us.archive.org/4/items/TOPPERSWispsShow/TOPPERS%20Wisps%20Show.mp3 Featuring music by the Mamas and Papas, Roy Esser, The Monks, Hutton School Choir, Ray Conniff, Harry "Mac" Mclintock, The Ames Brothers, and two songs each by The Seeds, Italian singer Bobby Solo, and English songstress Shirley Collins... + more.
Tapas
April 11, 2017 09:16Or download here: https://ia601504.us.archive.org/2/items/Tapas_201704/Tapas.mp3 Little platters of flavors from around the world, but mostly from whatever country it is that generates song-poems. Which is America, actually. So all the flavors are from America, and are bad. Better luck next time!