Monday, March 27, 2006

March 27 Playlist w/ Host Bob Dubrow

Background music by Beaver and Krause - In a Wild Santuary (1970)

Set o1:
1. Trapeze - "Suicide" (Trapeze 1970)
2. Web - "Ymphasomniac" (I Spider 1970)
3. The Gods - "Maria" (1969 bonus track from CD rerelease of To Samuel a Son 1995)
4. Toe Fat - "Indian Summer" (Two 1971)
5. The July Four - "Frightened Little Girl" (date? from V/A: Fading Yellow Vol. 2 compilation)
6. Tempest - "Waiting For a Miracle" (Living in Fear 1973)
7. Gravy Train - "Messenger" (Ballad of a Peaceful Man 1970)

Set 02: All recently released on the Sunbeam Records label out of the UK
1. Moonkyte - "Way Out Hermit" (Count Me Out 1971)
2. Synanthesia - "The Tale of the Spider and the Fly" (Synanthesia 1969)
3. Lazy Farmer - "Sally in the Garden" (Lazy Farmer 1975)
4. Clive Palmer - "Banjoland" (1967 long lost album Banjoland 2006)
5. Robin Scott - "Point of Leaving" (Woman From the Warm Grass 1969)
6. Juliet Lawson - "Let Me Not Put You Down" (Boo 1972)

Set 03:
1. Eric Burdon & The Animals - "Colored Rain" (Love Is 1968)
2. Fickle Pickle - Sam and Sadie" (1970 from V/A: Psychedelic Pstones Vol. 3: House of Many Windows compilation 2003)
3. Autosalvage - "Rampant Generalities" (Autosalvage 1968)
4. The Artwoods - "I Feel Good" (1966 from 100 Oxford Street compilation 1983)
5. The Kyngs - "Find Me Gone" (date? from V/A: Quagmire Volume 1: Sixties Punk Mysteries from the USA compilation)
6. Chains - "It's a Shame" (date? from V/A: Quagmire Volume 2: Sixties Punk in the USA!compilation)
7. The New Tweedy Brothers - "I Can See It" (Ridon 1968)

Set04:
1. Phils Ochs - "I Ain't Marching Anymore" (1965 from V/A: Great Lost Elektra Singles compilation 2005)
2. Gil Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson - "H20gate Blues" (Winter in America 1973)

Saturday, March 25, 2006

March 23, 2006, playlist with host Alex McNeil

Song titles of two or fewer characters:
1. Speidels - No (CD, 1958)
2. Dodie Stevens - No (CD, 1960)
3. Paragons - If (45, 1961)
4. Ron & Bill - It (CD, 1959)
5. Genesis - It (LP, 1974)
6. Sparks - BC (LP, 1975)
7. Dwight Twilley Band - TV (LP, 1976)
8. Neil Young - L.A. (LP, 1973)
9. Thad Jones & Mel Lewis - Us (LP,1970)
10. Jackie DeShannon - L.A. (CD, 1968)
11. Moby Grape - He (LP, 1968)
12. Rod McKuen - We (LP, 1969)
13. Black Oak Arkansas - Up (LP, 1973)
14. Paul Kantner & Jefferson Starship - XM (CD, 1972)
15. Ben E. King - I (Who Have Nothing) (CD, 1963)
16. Last Poets - OD (LP, 1971)
17. Stevie Wonder - As (45, 1978)
18. Spike Milligan & Ed Welch - Q.8 (LP)
19. Pink Floyd - If (LP, 1969)
20. Moody Blues - OM (LP, 1968)
21. Alan Stivell - Ys (LP, 1970)
22. Laura Nyro - Lu (CD, 1969)
23. Rock Follies of '77 - OK (LP, 1978)
24. Shawn Phillips - We (LP, 1973)
25. Knight Riders - I (CD, 1968)
26. Bread - If (LP, 1970)
27. Telly Savalas - If (CD, 1974)
28. Allan Sherman - Me (LP)
29. Mel Brooks, Rita Moreno & Short Circus (from Electric Company ) D (LP, 1974)
30. Rare Earth - Ma (CD, 1973)
31. Bulldog - No (LP, 1972)

Sunday, March 19, 2006

Playlist for Friday, March 17th, 2006

Intro: "About Noon" - The Mar-Kays

Jole Greenlee's 1 hour guest set:

Ernie and the Top Notes - "The Dap Walk"
Preston Love - "Chicken Gumbo"
Soul Vibrations - "The Dump"
Sugarman 3 - "Modern Jive"
The Meters - "Do the Dirt"
Archie Bell and the Drells - "I Just Can't Stop Dancing"
The Maytals - "Loving Spirit"
Fela - "Jeum Ko Ku"
Segun Bucknor - "La La La"
Antibalas - "Gabe's New Joint"
Al Green - "Light My Fire"
Labelle - "Moonshadow"
Bill Withers - "Let It Be"
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - "What Have You Done for Me Lately?"

Christopher's hour:

Willie Dixon - "Nervous"
Junior Kimbrough - "Stay All Night"
Bill Gillum - "Is That a Monkey You Got?"
Jimmy Rushing - "You Can't Run Around Blues"
The Grodeck Whipperjenny - "Sitting Here on a Tongue"
The Kinks - "The Village Green Preservation Society"
Cat Stevens - "Here Comes My Baby"
The Tremelos - "Even the Bad Times Are Good"
J.D. Blackfoot - "We Can Try"
The Beat - "Rock N Roll Girl"
Sonny Burgess - "Red Headed Women"
Demon Fuzz - "I Put a Spell on You"
Dorothy Ashby - "Soul Vibration"
Purple Image - "Lady"
John Lennon - "The Luck of the Irish"

Outro: "Yegelle Tetzeta" - Mulatu Astake

Friday, March 17, 2006

March 16, 2006, playlist with host Alex McNeil

Celebrating St. Patrick's Day one day early!
1. Glen Campbell - Green Green (LP, 1963)
2. Abbey Tavern Singers - Off to Dublin in the Green (45, 1966)
3. Irish Rovers - Whiskey on a Sunday (45, 1968)
4. Van Morrison - Green (LP, 1973)
5. Jeff Beck - Greensleeves (LP, 1968)
6. Everly Brothers - Bowling Green (CD, 1967)
7. Everly Brothers - Green River (CD, 1972)
8. Kinks - Village Green (CD, 1968)
9. Kinks - Willesden Green (LP, 1969)
10. Eddie Albert - Green Acres (LP, 1966)
11. Texans - Green Grass of Texas (CD, 1961)
12. Al Green - Don't Hurt Me No More (LP, 1968)
13. Garland Green - Jealous Kind of Fella (LP, 1969)
14. Barbara Greene - Young Boy (CD, 1968)
15. Vernon Greene & Medallions - Am I Ever Gonna See My Baby Again (CD, 1968)
16. Charles Randolph Grean Sounde - Quentin's Theme (LP, 1969)
17. Jack Palance - Green Green Grass of Home (CD, 1970)
18. Vogues - Green Fields (LP, 1969)
19. Knickerbockers - Sweet Green Fields (CD, 1967)
20. Doris Duke - Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You (CD, 1971)
21. Brenda Lee - The Grass Is Greener (CD, 1963)
22. Jackie DeShannon - The Greener Side (CD, 1967)
23. Kenny Ball - Green Leaves of Summer (45, 1962)
24. June Valli - Apple Green (CD, 1960)
25. Roger Miller - Little Green Apples (LP, 1968)
26. Festivals - Green Grow the Lilacs (CD, 1970)
27. Booker T & MGs - Green Onions (CD, 1962)
28. Greenbeats - You Must Be the One (CD, 1964)
29. Greenslade - Theme for an Imaginary Western (LP, 1974)
30. Mitch Greenhill & Friends - Dancing in the Street (LP, 1965)
31. Lorne Greene - The Man (45, 1965)
32. Greenwoods - Please Don't Sell My Daddy No More Wine (45, 1966)
33. Peter Green - Funky Chunk (LP, 1979)
34. Kingsmen - Jolly Green Giant (LP, 1965)
35. Gerry Marsden - Gilbert Green (CD, 1967)
36. Sugarloaf - Green Eyed Lady (LP, 1970)
37. B. Bumble & Stingers - Green Hornet Theme (45, 1966)
38. American Breed - Green Light (CD, 1968)
39. Tim Hardin - Green Rocky Road (LP, 1967)
40. Small Faces - Green Circles (CD, 1968)
41. Green Slimes - Green Slime (LP, 1969)
42. Pearls Before Swine - Green and Blue (LP, 1968)
43. Sir Julian - Green Tambourine (CD, 1968)

Monday, March 13, 2006

March 13 Playlist w/ Host Bob Dubrow

Background music provided by The John Schroeder Orchestra - The Dolly Catcher (1967)*

And here we are with a third round...Show #3 featuring music played from releases on the UK's Radioactive Records. Parts 1 and 2 aired in December '05 and January '06 respectively. Songs found on that imprint are denoted with an asterisk. (Please see disclaimer below)

Set 01:
1. Chariot - "Gamblin' Man" (Chariot 1968)*
2. Fresh Air - "December" (A Breath of Fresh Air 1969)*
3. Flower Travellin' Band - "Satori Part 2" (Satori 1971)*
4. Thundertree - "1225: (a) Alone Am I (b) Softly (3) I Travel Alone" (Thundertree 1970)*
5. Smokin' Willie - "House of the Risin' Sun" (Smokin' Willie 1970)*
6. Crow - "Evil Woman (Don't Play Your Games With Me" (Crow Music 1969)
7. The Misunderstood - "I'm Not Talkin'" (The Legendary Goldstar Album 1966)
8. Fat - "Duck Sweat" (Fat 1970)*

Set 02:
1. The Summer Sounds - "The Leaves Are Turning Brown" (The Summer Sounds 1969)*
2. Floor - 'Trusting Mr. Jones" (1st Floor 1967)*
3. Snow - "Bab's Song" (Snow 1968)*
4. Yama and The Karma Dusters - "I Want to Talk to You" (Up From the Sewers 1971)*
5. Water Into Wine Band - "The Start of a Run" (Hill Climbing For Beginners 1974)*
6. Jake Holmes - "Houston Street" (A Letter to Katherine December 1968)*
7. The Strawbs - "Queen of Dreams" (Grave New World 1972)
8. Folly's Pool - "Folly's Pool" (Folly's Pool 1977)*

Set 03:
1. The Who - "Shakin' All Over/Spoonful/Twist and Shout" (Live at The isle of Wight Festival 1970)
2. Magi - "I Didn't Ask You" (Win or Lose 1976)*
3. The Beatles featuring Tony Sheridan - "Ain't She Sweet" (1961 from The Beatles' featuring Tony Sheridan Deluxe Edition 2004)
4. Randy California - "devil" (Kapt. Kopter and The (Fabulous) Twirly Birds 1972)
5. Frank Zappa - "The Moon Will Never Be the Same" (work demo somewhere 1962-64 from Joes Xmasage 2005)

Disclaimer: I have recently been made aware that it is quite likely that Radioactive is in the habit of illegally producing these CDs without permission from the artists. More than a handful of bands whose music has been put out on the label have made this claim. It has been said that much of their product is made via "unsanctioned needle drops": i.e. illegitimately processed from clean vinyl as opposed to the master tapes. So the moral question I sit here with is: Having come to this knowledge, should I be promoting the label by playing their goods on air?

And I have decided I am too much a music whore to ignore this music (which I always win on Ebay at reduced prices), very much still want to continue to share it with others via radio, and know of no other way to afford its purchase (original vinyl copies? Oh come now!). I will therefore continue to play these CDs while supplying a disclaimer during the show as to the potential for their dubious provenance. And will stick this particular disclaimer on each playlist of shows dedicated to the Radioactive label.

Comments are welcome re: this ethical dilemma!

Thursday, March 09, 2006

March 9, 2006, playlist with host Alex McNeil

6 x 6: Six sets of the same six songs. . .

1. Johnny Mathis - Misty (CD, 1959)
2. Sam Cooke - Summertime (LP, 1957)
3. Tommy Tucker - Hi Heel Sneakers (CD, 1964)
4. Chris Kenner - Land of 1000 Dances (with full intro, LP, 1963)
5. LaVern Baker - Fly Me to the Moon (45, 1965)
6. Stevie Wonder - Uptight (CD, 1966)

7. Lloyd Price - Misty (CD, 1963)
8. Marcels - Summertime (LP, 1961)
9. Stevie Wonder - Hi Heel Sneakers (LP, 1965)
10. Cannibal & Headhunters (with long intro, LP, 1965)
11. Bobby Womack - Fly Me to the Moon (CD, 1968)
12. Nancy Wilson - Uptight (CD, 1966)

13. Richard "Groove" Holmes - Misty (LP, 1966)
14. Chris Columbo Quintet - Summertime (45, 1963)
15. Ramsey Lewis Trio - Hi Heel Sneakers (LP, 1966)
16. Electric Indian - Land of 1000 Dances (45, 1969)
17. Joe Harnell - Fly Me to the Moon (45, 1963)
18. Ramsey Lewis - Uptight (LP, 1966)

19. Vibrations - Misty (CD, 1965)
20. Billy Stewart - Summertime (LP, 1966)
21. Sugar Pie DeSanto - Slip In Mules (No Hi Heel Sneakers) (45, 1964)
22. Wilson Pickett - Land of 1000 Dances (CD, 1966)
23. Sam & Bill - Fly Me to the Moon (45, 1966)
24. Bill Cosby - Little Ole Man (45, 1967)

25. Magnificent Men - Misty (CD, 1967)
26. Jackie DeShannon - Summertime (CD, 1964)
27. James Burton - Hi Heel Sneakers (CD, 1971)
28. Major Lance - Land of 1000 Dances (LP, 1964?)
29. Astrud Gilberto - Fly Me to the Moon (CD, 1965)
30. Supremes & Temptations - Uptight (LP, 1969)

31. Ray Stevens - Misty (LP, 1975)
32. Rick Nelson - Summertime (CD, 1962)
33. Jerry Lee Lewis - Hi Heel Sneakers (LP, 1964)
34. Round Robin - Land of 1000 Dances (The Na Na Song) (45, 1965)
35. Tony Bennett - Fly Me to the Moon (LP, 1965)
36. Jazz Crusaders - Uptight (45, 1966)

Sunday, March 05, 2006

Playlist for Friday, March 3 w/ Christopher Vyce

Intro: "About Noon" - The Mar-Kays

The Rolling Stones - "Can't You Hear Me Knocking?"
The Real Kids - "Solid Gold"
Small Faces - "Understanding"
Elvis Presley - "My Baby Left Me"
Free - "Wishing Well"
Eddie Cochran - "Somethin' Else"
Joe South - "Games People Play"
The Dave Clark Five - "Any Way You Want It"
The Barbarians - "Take It or Leave It"
James Taylor and the Flying Machine - "Knocking 'Round the Zoo"
Demon Fuzz - "Disillusioned"
Roxy - "You Got A Lot of Style"
Traffic Sound - "Suavecito!"
Gary Higgins - "Don't You Know?"
The Damnation - "Easy Come Easy Go"
The Leathercoated Minds - "Non-Stop"
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - "Better Day"
Margaret Johnson - "Dead Drunk Blues"
Willie Dixon & Memphis Slim - "Sittin' and Cryin' the Blues"
"Spider" John Koerner - "Down to Louisiana"
Lonnie Johnson with Elmer Snowden - "St. Louis Blues"
The Doors - "Peace Frog"
Stud Cole - "Oh...I Love You!"
The Misunderstood - "Bury My Body"
Mountain - "You Can't Get Away"
The Blues Project - "Where There's Smoke...There's Fire"
The British Modbeats - "Whatcha Gonna Do About It?"
Brett Smiley - "Pre-Columbian Love"
The Savage Resurrection - "Thing in 'E'"
The Move - "Something"
The Velvet Underground - "After Hours"
Bob Dylan - "Visions of Johanna"

Outro: "Yegelle Tetzeta" - Mulatu Astake

Playlist for March 2 w/Christopher Vyce (Filling in for Alex McNeil)

The Monkeys - "Opening Ceremony"
Syd Barrett - "No Good Trying"
Cream - "World of Pain"
The Rolling Stones - "In Another Land"
The Electric Prunes - "The Great Banana Hoax"
The Soft Machine - "Hope for Happiness"
Strawberry Alarm Clock - "Strawberries Mean Happiness"
The Paisleys - "Cosmic Mind at Play"
Can - "Thief"
Fever Tree - "Man Who Paints Pictures"
William Burroughs - "Capt. Clark Welcomes You Aboard"
Pink Floyd - "Astronomy Domine"
Blue Cheer - "Out of Focus"
The Action - "Come Around"
H.P. Lovecraft - "Let's Get Together"
Eric Burdon and the Animals - "The Black Plague"
The Mothers of Invention - "Are You Hung Up?"
The Dukes of Stratosphear - "What In the World?"
Jefferson Airplane - "Plastic Fantastic Lover"
Nazz - "She's Goin' Down"
Iron Butterfly - "Flowers and Beads"
The Byrds - "2-4-2 Fox Trot"
The Beatles - "Baby You're a Rich Man"
The Doors - "The Soft Parade"
The Daisy Chain - "Because of You"
Nick Drake - "Pink Moon"
Linda Perhacs - "Paper Mountain Man"
The United States of America - "American Metaphysical Circus"
The Fugs - "Ah, Sunflower Weary of Time"
Timothy Leary - from "What Do You Turn On When You Turn On?"
Capt. Beefheart - "Beatle Bones and Smokin' Stones"
Serpent Power - "Dope Again"
Serpent Power - "Open House"
The Byrds - "Farewell"

Aren't you glad Alex returns next week?