Friday, August 30, 2013

August 30, 2013, Playlist with Host Alex McNeil

Kicking off Labor Day Weekend with songs about work, jobs, etc.

  1. Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons (CD, 1955)
  2. Fontane Sisters - Banana Boat (45, 1957)
  3. Rays - Elevator Operator (CD, 1958)
  4. Wink Martindale - Black Land Farmer (CD, 1961)
  5. Ray Smith - Travlin' Salesman (CD, 1961)
  6. Tokens - Get a Job (CD, 1969)
  7. Miracles - Got a Jb (CD, 1959)
  8. Roy Orbison - Workin' for the Man (CD, 1962)
  9. Keith Hampshire - Big Time Operator (CD, 1973)
  10. Yardbirds - Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor (CD, 1967)
  11. Beatles - Lovely Rita (CD, 1967)
  12. R.B. Greaves - Paperback Writer (45, 1971)
  13. Searchers - Second Hand Dealer (CD, 1967)
  14. Traffic - Dealer (CD, 1967)
  15. Merry Clayton - Usher Boy (CD, 1963)
  16. Jerry Butler - Hey, Western Union Man (CD, 1968)
  17. Lee Dorsey - Workin' in a Coal Mine (CD, 1966)
  18. Marva Whitney - You've Got to Have a Job (LP, 1969)
  19. Isley Brothers - Work to Do (LP, 1972)
  20. Dave Dudley - Truck Drivin' Son-of-a-Gun (CD, 1965)
  21. Norma Jean - Truck Driving Woman (LP, 1968)
  22. Lynn Anderson - Auctioneer (LP, 1969)
  23. Billie Jo Spears - Mr. Walker, It's All Over (LP, 1969)
  24. Merle Haggard - Workin' Man Blues (CD, 1969)
  25. Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (LP, 1969)
  26. Rolling Stones - Factory Girl (CD, 1968)
  27. Steppenwolf - Smokey Factory Blues (LP, 1975)
  28. Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Feel Like a Number (LP, 1981)
  29. Rolling Stones - The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man (CD, 1965)
  30. Kinks - Session Man (LP, 1966)
  31. Clifford T. Ward - Session Singer (CD, 1972)
  32. Moody Blues - I'm Just a Singer (CD, 1973)
  33. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Workin' for MCA (LP, 1974)
  34. Cream - Politician (CD, 1968) (BBC)
  35. Johnny Rivers - Secret Agent Man (CD, 1966)
  36. Bob & Ray - Elmer W. Litzinger, Spy (CD)
  37. Earle Hagen - I Spy (LP, 1966)

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Tuesday, August 27, 2013 - Eli Polonsky

A mostly request show.

12:03. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Who Do You Love - LIVE
12:16. The Kinks - Naggin' Woman - REQ
12:18. David Bowie - Moonage Daydream - REQ
12:25. The Remains - Why Do I Cry - REQ
12:28. The Yardbirds - I'm A Man - LIVE
12:42. Yes - Close To The Edge - REQ
01:01. Lou Reed - Satellite Of Love - REQ • LIVE
01:09. Blind Faith - Do What You Like - REQ
01:26. Traffic - Empty Pages - REQ
01:30. Mountain - Nantucket Sleighride - REQ • LIVE
01:50. The Grateful Dead - Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad - REQ • LIVE
01:56. Richie Havens - Freedom - LIVE

Thanks for listening!
Eli Polonsky

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Monday 8/26/13 with "Mighty Slim"

01. Jeff Beck - Morning Dew - Live '71
02. The Who - A Quick One (While He's Away) - 2-15-70 Hull, Eng.
03. Paul McCartney - Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite - 7-9-13 Fenway Park
04. Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You - 3-21-70 P.N.E Colliseum Vancouver
05. Robert Plant - I'm Your Witchdoctor - 10-18-12 Live in Rio
06. Booker T and the Mgs - Time is Tight (alt. version)
07. Bob Dylan - Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues - 1-14-74 Afternoon Show Boston Garden
08. Merry Clayton - Southern Man
09. James Gang - Lost Woman
10. War - Southern Part of Texas
11. Albert King - Killing Floor - 8-20-72 L.A. Forum

George Duke R.I.P 1946-2013
12. Jean Luc-Ponty - King Kong
13. Frank Zappa - Cletus Awreetus Awrightus
14. George Duke - Funny Funk
15. George Duke - Love w/Frank Zappa on guitar
16. Zappa Plays Zappa feat. George Duke - The story of joining the Mothers -> Uncle Remus - 12-4-10 Henry Fonda Theater

Friday, August 23, 2013

August 23, 2013, Playlist with Host Alex McNeil

Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington, DC.

  1. Marian Anderson - He's Got the Whole World in His Hands (LP, 1957)
  2. Bob Dylan - When the Ship Comes In (CD, 1964)
  3. Peter, Paul & Mary - Blowin' in the Wind (CD, 1963)
  4. Bob Dylan - Only a Pawn in Their Game (CD, 1964)
  5. Mahalia Jackson - How I Got Over (LP)
  6. Odetta - I'm on My Way (LP)
  7. Joan Baez - We Shall Overcome (45, 1963)
  8. Peter, Paul & Mary - Where Have All the Flowers Gone (CD, 1962)
  9. Josh White - Free and Equal Blues (LP)
  10. Rev. Martin Luther King - I Have a Dream (45, 1968)
  11. Kingston Trio - Road to Freedom (CD, 1963)
  12. Byrds - Chimes of Freedom (CD, 1965)
  13. Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam (CD, 1964)
  14. Ike & Tina Turner - Keep on Pushin' (CD)
  15. Impressions - We're a Winner (CD, 1968)
  16. Soul Stirrers - Wade in the Water (CD, 1960)
  17. Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come (CD, 1965)
  18. Gladys Knight & the Pips - Friendship Train (CD, 1969)
  19. Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers - Does Your Mama Know About Me (LP, 1968)
  20. Rodriguez - Inner City Blues (CD, 1971)
  21. Kim Weston - Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing (45, 1968)
  22. James Brown - Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud) (CD, 1968)
  23. Hank Ballard with the Dapps - How You Gonna Get Respect (45, 1968)
  24. Solomon Burke - I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free) (CD, 1968)
  25. Johnnie Taylor - I Could Never Be President (LP, 1969)
  26. James Carr - Freedom Train (CD, 1969)
  27. Staple Singers - Freedom Highway (CD, 1965)
  28. Unifics - People Got to Be Free (CD, 1969)
  29. Steve Miller Band - Don't Let Nobody Turn You Round (LP, 1969)
  30. Jimi Hendrix - Freedom (CD, 1971)
  31. Lorraine Ellison - If I Had a Hammer (CD, 1967)
  32. Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions - Choice of Colors (CD, 1969)
  33. Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (CD, 1971)
  34. Sly & the Family Stone - Everyday People (CD, 1969)

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Tuesday, August 20, 2013 - Eli Polonsky

12:01. Sly & The Family Stone - Sex Machine
12:15. The Chambers Brothers - Love, Peace And Happiness (excerpt) - LIVE
12:23. Lindisfarne - Clear White Light, Part II - REQ
12:27. Jethro Tull - With You There To Help Me - REQ
12:33. The Creation - Making Time - REQ
12:37. The Electric Prunes - The Great Banana Hoax - REQ
12:43. Deep Purple - Speed King - REQ • LIVE
12:50. The Beatles - I Want You (She's So Heavy) - REQ
12:57. Blood, Sweat & Tears - I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know - REQ
01:08. Kaleidoscope - Pulsating Dream - REQ
01:10. The Who - Run, Run, Run
01:13. Southwest F.O.B. - Smell Of Incense - REQ
01:17. Steppenwolf - Rock Me
01:22. Hawkwind - We Took The Wrong Step Years Ago - REQ • B'day

Promotion for The Last Waltz tribute benefit concert at the Bull Run, Shirley, MA 8/25:
01:30. The Band - The Shape I'm In - LIVE
01:34. The Band (w/The Staple Singers) - The Weight - LIVE

Ticket giveaway promotion: Rhythm and Roots festival, Charlestown RI, 8/30-9/1:
01:40. Maria Muldaur - Three Dollar Bill
01:48. Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band with Maria Muldaur - Chevrolet
01:51. Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band - Ella Speed
01:56. Taj Mahal - Fishing Blues

Thanks for listening!
Eli Polonsky

Friday, August 16, 2013

August 16, 2013, Playlist with Host Alex McNeil

More records that were hits on the UK "Pirate Radio" stations, but not in the US:

  1. Shadows - Apache (CD, 1960) [oops, wrong song.  That one predated the Pirate stations]
  2. Brian Poole & the Tremeloes - Someone Someone (45, 1964)
  3. Jackie Trent - Where Are You Now (CD, 1965)
  4. Twinkle - Terry (CD, 1965)
  5. Searchers - He's Got No Love (CD, 1965)
  6. Kinks - See My Friends (CD, 1965)
  7. Yardbirds - Still I'm Sad (CD, 1965)
  8. Pretty Things - Honey I Need (CD, 1965)
  9. Drifters - Come on Over to My Place (CD, 1965)
  10. Otis Redding - My Girl (CD, 1966)
  11. Roy C - Shotgun Wedding (CD, 1966)
  12. Little Richard - I Need Love (CD, 1966)
  13. Spencer Davis Group - Keep On Running (CD, 1965)
  14. Alan Price Set - I Put a Spell on You (LP, 1966)
  15. Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames - Get Away (45, 1966)
  16. Hedgehoppers Anonymous - It's Good News Week (45, 1965)
  17. Cat Stevens - Matthew and Son (45, 1967)
  18. Alan Bown Set - Headline News (CD, 1966)
  19. Zoot Money's Big Roll Band - Big Time Operator (CD, 1966)
  20. Outer Limits - Just One More Chance (LP, 1967)
  21. Dubliners - Seven Drunken Nights (CD, 1967)
  22. Kit Kats - That's the Way (CD, 1966)
  23. Nancy Sinatra - You Only Live Twice (CD, 1967)
  24. Monkees - Randy Scouse Git (Alternate Title) (CD, 1967)
  25. Bobby Goldsboro - No Fun at the Fair (LP, 1967)
  26. Cliff Richard - Blue Turns to Grey (CD, 1966)
  27. Twice As Much - Sittin' on a Fence (CD, 1966)
  28. David Garrick - Lady Jane (CD, 1966)
  29. Chris Farlowe - Out of Time (CD, 1966)
  30. Dusty Springfield - Goin' Back (CD, 1966)
  31. P.P. Arnold - The First Cut Is the Deepest (CD, 1967)
  32. Sandie Shaw - Message Understood (CD, 1965)
  33. Keith West - Excerpt from a Teenage Opera (CD, 1967)
  34. Dave Davies - Death of a Clown (CD, 1967)
  35. Dave Clark Five - Tabatha Twitchit (LP, 1967)
  36. David & Jonathan - She's Leaving Home (45, 1967)

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - Eli Polonsky

12:02. Eden's Children - Sure Looks Real
12:07. Aorta - What's In My Mind's Eye
12:09. HP Lovecraft - Mobius Trip
12:12. Peanut Butter Conspiracy - Too Many Do
12:18. The Beatles - It's All Too Much - REQ
12:27. The Allman Brothers Band - High Falls - REQ
12:41. Buffalo Springfield - Expecting To Fly
12:45. Cream - We're Going Wrong - REQ
12:49. The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane - REQ • LIVE
12:54. Blue Öyster Cult - Fireworks - REQ
12:57. Pink Floyd - See Emily Play
01:02. Humble Pie - Hallelujah I Love Her So - LIVE • S-REQ
01:10. Savoy Brown - Louisiana Blues
01:19. New Riders of The Purple Sage - Panama Red - REQ

Ticket giveaway promo - Railroad Earth in Lowell 8/15
01:24. Railroad Earth - Luxury Liner (2005)

01:32. The Flying Burrito Brothers - Christine's Tune
01:35. The Byrds - You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
01:38. The Merry-Go-Round - Live
01:40. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Pride Of Man
01:45. Country Joe & The Fish - Bass Strings - REQ
01:50. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Almost Cut My Hair

Thanks for listening!
Eli Polonsky

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

August 12, 2013 Playlist w/ Host Bob Dubrow

Set 01:
1. The Incredible String Band - "Bell Ringing" (Live at the Fillmore 1968 2013)
2. New Tweedy Bros. - "Her Darkness in December" (The New Tweedy Bros! 1967)
3. Timothy Leary - various tracks interspersed in this set (Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out 1966)
4. Country Joe & The Fish - "Section 43 (original stereo mix)" (2013 CD re-release of Electric Music For the Mind and Body 1967)
5. Jefferson Starship (w/ Tom Constanten) - "Dark Star" (Roswell UFO Festival 2009 2010)
6. Donovan - "New Year's Resolution (Donovan's Celtic Jam)" (1971 from Breezes of Patchouli box 2013)

Set 02:
1. Grand Funk Railroad - "Heartbreaker" (On Time 1969)
2. SRC - "Across the Land of Light" (Traveler's Tale 1970)
3. The End - "Shades of Orange" (Introspection 1968)
4. Egg - "Contrasong" (The Polite Force 1971)
5. The Doors - "Wishful Sinful" (The Soft Parade 1969)

Set 03:
1. Richard & Linda Thompson - "Backstreet Slide" (live Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA 6/6/1982 from 2010 Rhino Handmade CD re-release of Shoot Out the Lights 1982)
2. Barclay James Harvest - "I'm Over You" (1972 from Taking Some Time On: The Parlophone-Harvest Years 1968-73 compilation 2011)
3. Pete Ham - "Dawn" (1970 from Golders Green compilation 1999)
4. The Lions - "If You Gotta Go, Go Now" (Many Sides of Lions 1966)
5. Principal Edwards - "Master Chap" (Round One 1974)

Set 04:
1. Larry Coryell and Steve Khan - "Son of Stiff Neck" (Two For the Road 1977)
2. T.Rex - "Buick Mackane" (different song with same name from 2002 CD re-release of 1972's The Slider)
3. New Riders of the Purple Sage - "Whatcha Gonna Do" (Veneta, Oregon August 27, 1972 2004)
4. The Band w/ Bob Dylan- "Don't Ya Tell Henry" (bonus track from 2001 CD re-release of 1972's Rock of Ages)
5. Big Brother and The Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin - "Jam - I'm Mad (Mad Man Blues)" (Live at the Carousal Ballroom 1968)

Outro: Harry Nilsson - "One" (previously unreleased demo The RCA Albums Collection box 2013)

Friday, August 09, 2013

August 9, 2013, Playlist with Host Alex McNeil

Records that were hits on the UK "Pirate Radio" stations, but not in the US:

  1. Them - Baby Please Don't Go (CD, 1965)
  2. Moody Blues - From the Bottom of My Heart (CD, 1965)
  3. Dave Berry - The Crying Game (CD, 1964)
  4. Rockin' Berries - He's in Town (CD, 1964)
  5. Hollies - Yes I Will (CD, 1965)
  6. Sandie Shaw - There's Always Something There to Remind Me (CD, 1964)
  7. Chris Andrews - Yesterday Man (LP, 1965)
  8. Sorrows - Take a Heart (CD, 1965)
  9. Everly Brothers - The Price of Love (CD, 1965)
  10. Roy Orbison - Lana (CD, 1966)
  11. Jim Reeves - Distant Drums (CD, 1966)
  12. P.J. Proby - Let the Water Run Down (CD, 1965)
  13. Walker Brothers - My Ship Is Coming On (CD, 1965)
  14. Roulettes - The Long Cigarette (CD, 1965)
  15. Paul & Barry Ryan - Don't Bring Me Your Heartaches (45, 1965)
  16. Neil Christian - That's Nice (CD, 1966)
  17. Graham Bonney - Super Girl (CD, 1966)
  18. Manfred Mann - Just Like a Woman (CD, 1966)
  19. Paul Jones - High Time (CD, 1966)
  20. Alan Price Set - Hi-Lilli, Hi-Lo (LP, 1966)
  21. Cream - Wrapping Paper (CD, 1966)
  22. Velvelettes - He Was Really Sayin' Somethin' (CD, 1967)
  23. Lee Dorsey - My Old Car (CD, 1967)
  24. Ben E. King - Tears Tears Tears (CD, 1967)
  25. Olympics - Baby Do the Philly Dog (LP, 1967)
  26. Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Bend It (45, 1966)
  27. Who - I'm a Boy (LP, 1966)
  28. Small Faces - My Mind's Eye (CD, 1966)
  29. Seekers - Morningtown Ride (CD, 1966)
  30. Lulu - The Boat That I Row (CD, 1966)
  31. The Move - Night of Fear (CD, 1967)
  32. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Hey Joe (CD, 1967)
  33. Traffic - Paper Sun (CD, 1967)
  34. Pink Floyd - See Emily Play (CD, 1967)
  35. Spencer Davis Group - Time Seller (LP, 1967)
  36. Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers - Got to Get You into My Life (CD, 1966)

Wednesday, August 07, 2013

Tuesday, August 6, 2013 - Eli Polonsky

In tribute to keyboardist George Duke, d.8/5/13
12:01. Frank Zappa & the Mothers Of Invention - Don't You Ever Wash That Thing? - LIVE
12:12. Frank Zappa & the Mothers Of Invention - Inca Roads - REQ
12:20. The Jean Luc Ponty Experience w/The George Duke Trio - Canteloupe Island - LIVE
12:30. Frank Zappa & the Mothers Of Invention - Montana
12:37. Frank Zappa & the Mothers Of Invention - Be-Bop Tango (excerpt) - REQ
12:43. The Jean Luc Ponty Experience w/The George Duke Trio - Foosh - LIVE

12:53. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks

In tribute to Jerry Garcia, b.8/1/42, d.8/9/95
01:02. Merl Saunders/Jerry Garcia - The Harder They Come - LIVE
01:09. New Riders Of The Purple Sage - The Weight - LIVE
01:17. The Grateful Dead - Dark Star (8-27-72 Oregon) - LIVE
01:54. Old and In The Way - Midnight Moonlight - REQ • LIVE

Thanks for listening!
Eli Polonsky

Friday, August 02, 2013

August 2, 2013, Playlist with Host Alex McNeil

More covers of songs first popularized by British artists (other than the Beatles or the Stones) -- see also July 12 Playlist:

  1. Judy Collins - Sunny Goodge Street (LP, 1967)
  2. Hardtimes - Colours (CD, 1967)
  3. Herbie Mann - There Is a Mountain (LP, 1967)
  4. Claudine Longet - Catch the Wind (LP, 1969)
  5. Sandpipers - Jennifer Juniper (LP, 1968)
  6. Trini Lopez - Lalena (LP, 1969)
  7. Willie Bobo - Sunshine Superman (45, 1966)
  8. El Chicano - I Feel Free (LP, 1972)
  9. Rotary Connection - We're Going Wrong (CD, 1969)
  10. Joel Grey - White Room (CD)
  11. Jackie DeShannon - Sunshine of Your Love (CD, 1968)
  12. Rotary Connection - Tales of Brave Ulysses (CD, 1969)
  13. Bards - My Generation (CD, 1967)
  14. Opal Butterfly - Mary Ann with the Shaky Hand (CD, demo)
  15. Pudding - Magic Bus (CD, 1967)
  16. Baja Marimba Band - Georgy Girl (LP, 1967)
  17. Doors - Gloria (45, 1984)
  18. El Chicano - Brown Eyed Girl (CD, 1972)
  19. Johnny Rivers - Into the Mystic (CD, 1970)
  20. Richie Havens - Wild Night (LP, 1976)
  21. Trumpets Ole - Midnight in Moscow (LP)
  22. Patti Labelle and the Bluebelles - A Groovy Kind of Love (CD, 1966)
  23. Barbara Acklin - To Sir with Love (CD, 1968)
  24. Hesitations - Whiter Shade of Pale (45, 1968)
  25. Dells - It's Not Unusual (CD, 1965)
  26. Lorraine Ellison - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (CD, 1976)
  27. Jordan Brothers - Gimme Some Lovin' (45, 1967)
  28. C.C.S. - Whole Lotta Love (45, 1971)
  29. Brooklyn Bridge - Nights in White Satin (LP, 1970)
  30. Eddie Rambeau - Concrete and Clay (CD, 1965)
  31. Ladybugs - How Do You Do It (LP, 1965)
  32. Sonny James - A World of Our Own (LP, 1968)
  33. Cher - Girl Don't Come (LP, 1965)
  34. Dana Gillespie - Pay You Back with Interest (CD, 1967)
  35. Senator Bobby - Wild Thing (CD, 1967)
  36. Gary & the Hornets - A Kind of Hush (45, 1967)
  37. David & Jonathan - A Must to Avoid (LP, 1966)
  38. Beau Brummels - Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter (LP, 1966)