Playlists
216 Lost in 2022
Our regular annual look back at musicians lost in the previous year had extra sadness this time, with one of our own from the cavern, DifferentDave, being among those memorialised.
042R A History of Pink Floyd part 1
Our first show of the year, and we were all getting over the holiday I think, with a smaller but no less enthusiastic audience than we are used to.
The History will be spaced out over several weeks, to avoid overloading on Pink. and indeed on Floyd.
Preshow
| Title | Artists | Album | Year |
| 5 A.M. | David Gilmour | Rattle That Lock (Deluxe) | 2015 |
| Clowns & Jugglers | Syd Barrett | Opel | 1988 |
| Rattle That Lock | David Gilmour | Rattle That Lock (Deluxe) | 2015 |
| Short and Sweet | David Gilmour | David Gilmour | 1978 |
| Long Gone | Syd Barrett | The Madcap Laughs | 1970 |
| On an Island | David Gilmour | On An Island | 2006 |
| Late Night | Syd Barrett | The Madcap Laughs | 1970 |
Main Show
| Arnold Layne | Pink Floyd | The first Three Singles | 1967 |
| Paint Box | Pink Floyd | The first Three Singles | 1967 |
| Lucifer Sam | Pink Floyd | The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn | 1967 |
| Pow R. Toc H. | Pink Floyd | The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn | 1967 |
| Interstellar Overdrive | Pink Floyd | The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn | 1967 |
| Apples And Oranges | Pink Floyd | The first Three Singles | 1967 |
| Jugband Blues | Pink Floyd | A Saucerful Of Secrets | 1968 |
| A Saucerful Of Secrets | Pink Floyd | A Saucerful Of Secrets | 1968 |
| The Nile Song | Pink Floyd | More (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) | 1969 |
| Cymbaline | Pink Floyd | More (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) | 1969 |
| Dramatic Theme | Pink Floyd | More (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) | 1969 |
| Careful With That Axe, Eugene | Pink Floyd | Ummagumma | 1969 |
| Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun | Pink Floyd | Ummagumma | 1969 |
| Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict | Pink Floyd | Ummagumma | 1969 |
| The Grand Vizier’s Garden Party, Part 1 | Pink Floyd | Ummagumma | 1969 |
| The Grand Vizier’s Garden Party, Part 2 | Pink Floyd | Ummagumma | 1969 |
| The Grand Vizier’s Garden Party, Part 3 | Pink Floyd | Ummagumma | 1969 |
| Atom Heart Mother Suite | Pink Floyd | Atom Heart Mother | 1970 |
Postshow
| Raise My Rent | David Gilmour | David Gilmour | 1978 |
| No Man’s Land | Syd Barrett | The Madcap Laughs | 1970 |
| No Way | David Gilmour | David Gilmour | 1978 |
| Octopus | Syd Barrett | The Madcap Laughs | 1970 |
| Near the End | David Gilmour | About Face | 1984 |
| And Then… | David Gilmour | Rattle That Lock (Deluxe) | 2015 |
215 Christmas with Radio Free D’ni, 2022
A show to round off the year and wish all our listeners a Merry Christmas season and a guid New Year. Some old favourites and a lot of new things as well, all well appreciated by our listeners in the Cavern and outside too. 27 connections at best, and of course we don’t know how many folks are listening on each connection.
084R Have a Drink On Us
Drinking-related songs, and not all to do with alcohol. Useful as preparation for the party season, maybe.
214 Ringo Starr
A very populatr show, well attended and very enlightening, as Ringo showed a good deal of singing ability, belying his reputation. Our thanks to Martin for the show.
038R Lost in 2017 Remastered
Remastering a Lost In… show is a tricky concept for us, and we did our best to renew the show by offering different tracks in celebration of the lost artists, which ended up extending the show, but making it better. Continue reading
213 John Coltrane
A fine show, and a bit edgy, as Coltrane is not an easy subject and can divide opinion along sharp lines. I’m pleased to say it was well attended and appreciated, up to 24 listeners at one point and over 20 for the whole show. Assembled by Hugh, for one of his favourite musicians, and very well done.
082R Un-covered
The first set of Un-covered tracks that we put together, with some rather fine juxtapositions. 21 listeners at one point, which is a very satisfying statistic.
212 Greenslade
Another show from esteemed collaborator Martin Lewis, this time on a prog rock band who began as a quartet with two keyboards, bass and drums, and no guitarist. Formed out of the ashes of Colosseum, a pioneering prog band, it continued in that direction. A good selection of tracks covering their two periods recorded in studio albums, appreciated by 25 listeners at one point.
081R By The Book, Chapter 2
A refurbished show with a completely new preshow and updated lyrics, sorry, script.
A fun-packed show with a bit more chat than usual. Well, I had the books to write about as well as the tracks…
I did promise during the show to say a bit more about the Mock Turtle. Alice In Wonderland, if you don’t know already, is slotted into the “nonsense” category by many, but it truth it is much more complicated than that. The author, Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll is a pen-name) was a mathematics don at Oxford (having achieved a Second in Divinity and a First in Mathematics, and been awarded a Fellowship for life, no mean achievement) and contributed important work in the fields of symbolic logic and what is today known as game theory. The Alice books are full of logical allusions, as well as literary references and puns. The original illustrations for the books were done by celebrated illustrator and cartoonist Sir John Tenniel, to Dodgson’s exacting and profuse directions, and should be considered as part of the story.
So, the Mock Turtle is an allusion to a culinary dish called Mock Turtle soup, which is a dish that tries to replicate the taste of green turtle soup using items more easily available. The main component is a calf’s head, boiled, and the meat recovered for use in the soup, along with oysters and a few other things. Hence Tenniel, under Dodgson’s instructions, made the Mock Turtle have a turtle’s body and front flippers, but a calf’s head, feet and tail. A clever visual joke, sadly lost on today’s audience who have no reason to know what Mock Turtle soup is made out of. The text of the relevant chapter can be found here, and will explain the whole “Fainting in Coils” thing (painting in oils, in case it’s not obvious)
I’ll link to as many helpful pages for the books and songs as I can below.