Thursday, February 27, 2020

Tuesday Feb.25 2020

With guests The Enchanters and tributes to Crazy Cavan, Little Henry Grey & Cosmo & Counts bassist Wayne King;

LITTLE HENRY GREY ~ "MATCHBOX BLUES";


COSMO & THE COUNTS ~ "A LITTLE MIXED UP";


COSMO & THE COUNTS ~ "YOU CAN'T GET KISSED";


(artist/song/album/label/cancon);

1. The Vogues ~ 5 O'Clock World ~ The Super Box Of Rock (comp) ~ Dominion

2. Elmore James ~ Dust My Broom ~ Box Set ~ Capricorn

3. Crazy Cavan & His Rhythm Rockers ~ Teddy Boy Boogie ~ Crazy Times ~ Instant

4. Cosmo & The Counts ~ All Mixed Up ~ The Best Of Tilt Records (comp) ~ Tilt

5. Crazy Cavan & His Rhythm Rockers ~ Rockabilly Rules OK ~ Crazy Times ~ Instant

6. Cosmo & The Counts ~ The Tastee Twist ~ The Best Of Tilt Records (comp) ~ Tilt

7. Crazy Cavan & His Rhythm Rockers ~ Rock Around With Ollie Vee ~ Crazy Times ~ Instant

8. Little Henry Grey ~ I Declare That Ain't Right ~ Chess Blues Box Set ~ Chess

9. Crazy Cavan & His Rhythm Rockers ~ Teddy Boy Jive ~ Crazy Times ~ Instant

10. The Enchanters ~ High Heel Roller Skates ~ (45) ~ indie ~ cc

11. The Enchanters ~ Torture Chamber ~ (45) ~ Transister 66 ~ cc

12. The Enchanters ~ Fire Truck ~ (45) ~ indie ~ cc

13. The Enchanters ~ Backstabber ~ (45) ~ Transister 66 ~ cc

14. Artificial Dissemination ~ I Don't Wanna Sing ~ Past Present Future ~ Seminal ~ cc

CRAZY CAVAN ~ "TEDDY BOY BOOGIE";


CRAZY CAVAN ~ "BOPPIN & SHAKIN";


CRAZY CAVAN ~ "ARE YOU STILL CRAZY" & "BONIE MARONIE";


THE ENCHANTERS ~ "FIRE TRUCK";


Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Tuesday Feb.18 2020

Black History Month Special; Original Versions Of Rock & Roll Hits;

BIG JOE TURNER ~ "SHAKE RATTLE & ROLL";


TINY BRADSHAW ~ "BRADSHAW BOOGIE";


LITTLE WILLIE JOHN ~ "FEVER";


(artist/song/album/label/cancon);

1. Wynonie Harris ~ Good Rockin’ Tonight ~ Good Rockin’ In Here (comp) ~ King

2. Solomon Linda & His Original Evening Birds ~ Mbube ~ The Secret Museum Of Mankind (comp) ~ Yazoo

3. Vera Ward Hall & Dock Reed ~ Trouble So Hard ~ Alan Lomax Songbook (comp) ~ Smithsonian/Folkways

4. James “Boodle It” Wiggans ~ Keep A Knockin’ ~ Paramount Records Box Set ~ JSP

5. Leadbelly ~ House Of The Rising Sun ~ The Essential ~ Fuel 2000

6. Richard Berry ~ Louie Louie ~ Best Of Louie Louie (comp) ~ Rhino

7. The Chords ~ Sh-Boom ~ Doo Wop Box Set ~ Rhino

8. The Gladiolas ~ Little Darlin’ ~ Doo Wop Box Set ~ Rhino

9. Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup ~ That’s All Right Mama ~ Mean Ole Frisco ~ Charly

10. Big Joe Turner ~ Shake Rattle & Roll ~ Greatest Hits ~ WEA

11. Tiny Bradshaw ~ Train Kept Rollin’ ~ Walk That Mess ~ King

12. Big Mama Thornton ~ Hound Dog ~ Duke Peacock’s Greatest Hits (comp) ~ MCA

13. Shorty Long ~ Devil With The Blue Dress ~ Songs The Cramps Taught Us (comp) ~ Crypt

14. Little Willie John ~ Fever ~ Fever ~ Rhino

15. The Toys ~ Can’t Get Enough Of You Baby ~ The Dyno-Voice Records Story (comp) ~ West Side

16. The Ronettes ~ Baby I Love You ~ Phil Spector Box Set ~ ABKCO

17. Nina Simone ~ Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood ~ Best Of ~ Tomato

18. Leadbelly ~ Black Betty ~ The Essential ~ Fuel 2000

BIG MAMA THORNTON ~ "HOUND DOG" & "DOWN HOME SHAKEDOWN";


THE RONETTES ~ "BE MY BABY" & "SHOUT";


THE CHORDS ~ "SH-BOOM";


LEADBELLY ~ "IN THE PINES", "PICK A BALE OF COTTON", GREY GOOSE" & "TAKE THIS HAMMER";


ARTHUR BIG BOY CRUDUP ~ "SO GLAD YOU'RE MINE";

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Tuesday February 11 2020

Black History Month Special ~ From Gospel to Doo-Wop;

THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA ~ "TOO CLOSE TO HEAVEN";


THE DIXIE HUMMINGBIRDS ~ "EVERY CHILD OF GOD";


THE MOONGLOWS ~ "I KNEW FROM THE START";


THE SILHOUETTES ~ "GET A JOB";


(artist/song/album/label/cancon);

1. The El Dorados ~ At My Front Door ~ Doo Wop Box Set ~ Rhino

2. Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers ~ Jesus Gave Me Water ~ The Complete Specialty Records Recordings Box Set ~ Specialty

3. The Blind Boys Of Alabama ~ Swinging On The Golden Gate ~ The Sermon ~ Specialty

4. The Dixie Hummingbirds ~ Let's Go To The Programs ~ The Best Of ~ MCA

5. The Harmonizing Four ~ I Saw The Light ~ Working For The Lord ~ Jewel

6. The Dixie Hummingbirds ~ Loves Me Like A Rock ~ The Best Of ~ MCA

7. The Blind Boys Of Alabama ~ Soldier ~ Spirit Of The Century ~ Real World

8. The Dixie Hummingbirds ~ Jesus Children Of America ~ The Best Of ~ MCA

9. The Blind Boys Of Alabama ~ Amazing Grace ~ Spirit Of The Century ~ Real World

10. The Meditation Singers ~ WDIA Station ID ~ Good News ~ Specialty

11. The Contours ~ Do You Love Me ~ Do You Love Me ~ Motown

12. The Eternals ~ Rockin In The Jungle ~ Doo Wop Box Set ~ Rhino

13. The Silhouettes ~ Get A Job ~ Doo Wop Box Set ~ Rhino

14. Isley Bros ~ Respectable ~ Shout ~ RCA

15. Willie Dixon ~ 29 Ways ~ Box Set ~ Chess

16. The Monotones ~ The Book Of Love ~ Doo Wop Box Set ~ Rhino

17. The Moonglows ~ See Saw ~ The Best Of ~ Chess

18. Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters ~ Money Honey ~ Box Set ~ Rhino

19. The Contours ~ First I Look At The Purse ~ Do You Love Me ~ Motown

20. The Spaniels ~ Good Night Sweetheart Goodnight ~ Vee-Jay Records Box Set ~ Shout Factory

CLYDE McPHATTER ~ "ROCK & CRY";


SAM COOKE ~ "BLOWING IN THE WIND";


THE CONTOURS ~ "DO YOU LOVE ME";

Thursday, February 6, 2020

Tuesday February 4 2020

With Tributes to Andy Gill of Gang Of Four, Ivan Kral of Patti Smith and Iggy Pop's bands and Reed Mullin of Corrosion Of Conformity;

PATTI SMITH ~ "BECAUSE THE NIGHT";


IGGY POP ~ "DOG FOOD";


IGGY POP ~ "I'M BORED";


THE FEELIES ~ "SOONER OR LATER";


(artist/song/album/label/cancon);

1. Gang Of Four ~ At Home He's A Tourist ~ Entertainment ~ WEA

2. Iggy Pop ~ I'm A Conservative ~ Soldier ~ Arista

3. Gang Of Four ~ I Found That Essence Rare ~ Entertainment ~ WEA

4. Patti Smith ~ So You Wanna Be A Rock & Roll Star ~ Horses ~ Arista

5. Iggy Pop ~ Dog Food ~ Soldier ~ Arista

6. Gang Of Four ~ Ether ~ Entartainment ~ WEA

7. Patti Smith ~ Gloria ~ Horses ~ Arista

8. Slow Horse ~ Damaged Goods ~ (single) ~ s/r

9. The Feelies ~ Dancing Barefoot ~ Four Free Feelies ~ A&M

10. The Enchanters ~ High Heel Roller Skates ~ (single) ~ s/r ~ cc

11. Corrosion Of Conformity ~ Deliverance ~ Deliverance ~ Sony

12. The Enchanters ~ Fire Truck ~ (single) ~ s/r ~ cc

13. Corrosion Of Conformity ~ Lord Of This World ~ Black Sabbath Tribute (comp) ~ Sony

14. Doghouse Rose ~ I'm Gonna Drink ~ Bourbon & Gasoline ~ s/r ~ cc

GANG OF FOUR ~ "DAMAGED GOODS";


GANG OF FOUR ~ "I LOVE A MAN IN A UNIFORM";


GANG OF FOUR ~ "TO HELL WITH POVERTY";


CORROSION OF CONFORMITY ~ "TECHNOCRACY";

Sunday, February 2, 2020

Tuesday Jan.28 2020

All Things Scottish For Robbie Burns Day;

(artist/song/album/label/cancon);

LONNIE DONEGAN ~ "BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS";


THE SHAKIN' PYRAMIDS ~ "TAKE A TRIP";


THE SKIDS ~ "THE SAINTS ARE COMING";


THE SKIDS ~ "INTO THE VALLEY";


1. The Skids ~ Into The Valley ~ Scared To Dance ~ Virgin

2. Big Country ~ Fields Of Fire ~ The Crossing ~ Mercury

3. Simple Minds ~ Thirty Frames A Second ~ Empires & Dance ~ Arista

4. The Poets ~ That's The Way It's Got To Be ~ Nuggets Box Vol.2 ~ Rhino

5. Simple Minds ~ Changeling ~ Reel To Real Cacophony ~ Arista

6. The Poets ~ Baby Don't You Do It ~ Immediate Records Box Set ~ Charly

7. The Skids ~ The Saints Are Coming ~ Scared To Dance ~ Virgin

8. The Jesus & Mary Chain ~ Taste Of Cindy ~ Psychocandy ~ Blano Y Negro

9. The Real MacKenzies ~ Swords Of 1000 Men ~ Loch'd & Loaded ~ Honest Don's ~ cc

10. Big Country ~ Close Action ~ The Crossing ~ Mercury

11. Aztec Camera ~ Jump ~ Backwards & Forwards ~ Sire

12. Lonnie Donnegan ~ House Of The Rising Sun ~ Lonnie Rides Again ~ Castle

13. The Shakin' Pyramids ~ Teenage Boogie ~ Skin 'Em Up ~ Virgin

14. The Shakin' Pyramids ~ Take A Trip ~ Shake 'Em Up ~ Virgin

15. The Swingin' Blackjacks ~ Little Red Head ~ Four Hard Shots ~ s/r ~ cc

16. The Swingin' Blackjacks ~ Little Easter ~ Four Hard Shots ~ s/r ~ cc

17. The Sick Boys ~ Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In ~ From There To Here ~ Stumble ~ cc

SIMPLE MINDS ~ "WATERFRONT";


SIMPLE MINDS ~ "I TRAVEL";


THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN ~ "NEVER UNDERSTAND";


BIG COUNTRY ~ "IN A BIG COUNTRY";