Tuesday February 22 2022

Anti-St Valentines Day Hangover;

JOY DIVISION ~ "LOVE WILL TEAR US APART";


BAUHAUS ~ "THE PASSION OF LOVERS";


WIRE ~ "STRANGE";


WIRE ~ "LOWDOWN";


THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS ~ "SO RUN DOWN";



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

1. The Buzzcocks ~ You Say You Don't Love Me ~ Singles Going Steady ~ IRS

2. Public Image Ltd ~ This Is Not A Love Song ~ Commercial Zone ~ Pil

3. The Bush Tetras ~ Too Many Creeps ~ Wild Things ~ Roir

4. Simply Saucer ~ She's A Dog ~ Cyborgs Revisited ~ Sonic Unyon ~ cc

5. The Psychedelic Furs ~ Wedding Song ~ The Psychedelic Furs ~ CBS

6. Siouxsie & The Banshees ~ Love In A Void ~ Once Upon A Time ~ Polydor

7. Fifth Column ~ All Women Are Bitches ~ 36C ~ cc

8. Diamanda Galas ~ Do You Take This Man ~ The Sporting Life ~ K

9. The Curse ~ Switchblade Love ~ Teenage Meat ~ OPM ~ cc

10. The Viletones ~ I Hate You / Without You ~ A Taste Of Honey ~ OPM ~ cc

11. The Dishrags ~ I Don't Love You ~ Love/Hate ~ OPM ~ cc

12. The Pretenders ~ Tattoo Love Boys ~ The Pretenders ~ Sire

13. Joy Division ~ Love Will Tear Us Apart ~ Factory

14. Bauhaus ~ The Passion Of Lovers ~ Singles 1970-85 ~ Beggar's Banquet

15. Wire ~ A Feeling Called Love ~ Red Flag ~ Harvest

16. The Buzzcocks ~ Ever Fallen In Love ~ Singles Going Steady ~ IRS

17. The Minutemen ~ Ain't Talking Bout Love ~ Tour-Spiel ~ Reflex

18. ZRO4 ~ Give Me Attention ~ (45) ~ s/r ~ cc

19. The Gruesomes ~ The Witch ~ Tyrants Of Teen Trash ~ OG! ~ cc

20. The Woodpeckers ~ Tainted Love ~ Simple Times ~ Point North ~ cc

21. The Splatcats ~ These Boots Are Made For Walking ~ 5 Big Ones ~ s/r

SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES ~ "LOVE IN A VOID";


THE BUZZCOCKS ~ "YOU SAY YOU DON'T LOVE ME";


THE PRETENDERS ~ "TATTOO LOVE BOYS";


THE BUSH TETRAS ~ "TOO MANY CREEPS";


PIL ~ "THIS IS NOT A LOVE SONG";


DIAMANDA GALAS ~ "DO YOU TAKE THIS MAN";

Tuesday February 8 2022

Black History Month Special; The Original Versions Of R&R Hits;

VERA WARD HALL ~ "TROUBLE SO HARD";


BIG JOE TURNER ~ "SHAKE RATTLE & ROLL";


THE CHORDS ~ "SH-BOOM";


THE CADETS ~ "STRANDED IN THE JUNGLE";


(artist/song/album/label);

1. Vera Ward Hall ~ Trouble So Hard ~ Alan Lomax Songbook (comp) ~ Smithsonian/Folkways

2. Wynonie Harris ~ Good Rocking Tonight ~ Box Set ~ JSP

3. James "Boodle It" Wiggins ~ Keep A Knockin' ~ Paramount Records Box Set ~ JSP

4. Smiley Lewis ~ I Hear You Knockin' ~ The Best Of ~ King

5. Big Joe Turner ~ Shake Rattle & Roll ~ Greatest Hits ~ Atlantic

6. Big Mama Thorton ~ Hound Dog ~ Duke/Peacock Records Greatest Hits (comp) ~ RCA

7. John Brim ~ Ice Cream Man ~ Chess Blues Box Set ~ Chess

8. Arthur Big Boy Cruddup ~ That's Alright Mama ~ Mean Old Frisco ~ Charly

9. Leadbelly ~ House Of The Rising Sun ~ Best ~ Fuel 2000

10. Muddy Waters ~ You Need Love ~ Box Set ~ Chess

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

12. The Cadets ~ Stranded In The Jungle ~ Rockin & Reeling ~ Crown

13. The Gladiolas ~ Little Darling ~ Doo Wop Box Set ~ Rhino

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

15. Little Willie John ~ Fever ~ Fever ~ Rhino

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

17. The Chords ~ Sh'Boom ~ Doo Wop Box Set ~ Rhino

18. Richard Berry ~ Louie Louie ~ Yama Yama ~ Ace

19. The Paragons ~ Tide Is High ~ Trojan Records Box Set ~ Trojan

20. Bobby Freeman ~ Do You Wanna Dance ~ Do You Wanna Dance ~ Jubilee

21. The Valentinos ~ It's All Over Now ~ The SAR Records Box Set ~ ABKCO

22. Lucious Curtis & Willie Ford ~ Staggolee ~ Deep River Of Song (comp) ~ Smithsonian/Folkways


THE RONETTES ~ "BE MY BABY";


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


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


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

Tuesday February 1 2022

Tributes to Don Wilson Of the Ventures, MX80 Sound singer/guitarist Bruce Anderson, Cynics drummer Bill Von Hagen, Disco Zombies singer Andy Ross and 50's & 60's Canadian Rockers R Dean Taylor, Mel Shaw and Mike Harrison of Grant Smith & The Power;

MEL SHAW ~ "MEAN LOVER";


GRANT SMITH & THE POWER ~ "KEEP ON RUNNING";


R DEAN TAYLOR ~ "THERE'S A GHOST IN MY HOUSE";


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

1. The Ventures ~ Telstar ~ The Ventures Play ~ EMI

2. Mel Shaw ~ The Swinging Sound ~ (45) ~ Sotan

3. The Ventures ~ Walk Don't Run ~ The Best Of ~ EMI

4. R Dean Taylor ~ At The Highschool Dance ~ Early Canadian Rockers (comp) ~ Collector ~ cc

5. Grant Smith & The Power ~ 99 1/2 Won't Do ~ Keep On Running ~ MGM ~ cc

6. The Ventures ~ Penetration ~ The Best Of ~ EMI

7. Mel Shaw ~ Mean Lover ~ (45) ~ Sotan

8. The Ventures ~ Let There Be Drums ~ The Best Of ~ EMI

9. Grant Smith & The Power ~ Keep On Running ~ Keep On Running ~ MGM ~ cc

10. R Dean Taylor ~ There's A Ghost In My House ~ (45) ~ Motown ~ cc

11. The Ventures ~ Twilight Zone ~ The Ventures In Space ~ EMI

12. The Ventures ~ Apache ~ The Ventures Play Telstar ~ EMI

13. The Cynics ~ Nothing ~ Sixteen Flights Up ~ Get Hip

14. The Disco Zombies ~ Top Of The Pops ~ (45) ~ The Invisible ~ Uptown

15. The Cynics ~ Blue Train Station ~ Blue Train Station ~ Get Up ~ cc

16. MX80 Sound ~ Why Are We Here ~ Crowd Control ~ Ralph

17. The Cynics ~ No Way ~ Blue Train Station ~ Get Hip

18. MX80 Sound ~ Someday You'll Be King ~ Out Of The Tunnel ~ Ralph

19. The Cynics ~ I Know ~ Sixteen Flights Up ~ Get Hip

20. The Cynics ~ I Want Love ~ Blue Train Station ~ Get Hip

21. The Cynics ~ Soul Searchin' ~ Blue Train Station ~ Get Hip

22. R Dean Taylor ~ It's A Long Way to St Louis ~ Early Canadian Rockers ~ Collector ~ cc

23. Grant Smith & The Power ~ Respect ~ Keep On Running ~ MGM ~ cc

THE VENTURES ~ "WALK DON'T RUN";


THE VENTURES ~ "TWILIGHT ZONE";


THE CYNICS ~ "CREEPIN"


THE DISCO ZOMBIES ~ "TOP OF THE POPS";


MX80 SOUND ~ "MAN ON THE MOVE";


MX80 SOUND ~ "WHY ARE WE HERE";