Playlists
211 Styx
A favourite band of many of our audience, much bigger in the US than Europe, and one I had never heard before…. in mitigation, I’m a sort-of-reformed jazz fan, via fusion and prog rock, so I’m approaching this sort of thing from a different direction. Edison let slip that, not only was a fan, but that in 1979 he was asked to try out for the band, when Dennis de Young temporarily left after the disagreement following “Babe”… A missed opportunity, or a lucky escape, perhaps.
080R Biting the Hand That Feeds You
Musicians being rude about the music business is not news, but getting their complaints issued on recordings is quite an accomplishment. Max Headroom only managed it on TV for a short while… A great selection, appreciated by a great audience.
210 Un-covered III
A third set of un-covered tracks, that is, tracks that have the same title but are otherwise not connected. It’s been a while since we did one of these, and this one went together very well.
079R Turn it Up!
One of our best shows, well deserving of a rebroadcast, but we were snookered by technical issues on the voice side – the music came through fine, so we carried on. I’m happy to do a repeat on an off day, do suggest a good one… Despite all that, 26 listeners at one point, which is very good by any standards for a niche Internet radio.
209 Larry Coryell and the Eleventh House
A trip to the land of jazz fusion, and one of the great groups that never quite managed to make it into the big time. We had a fine time at the abode of happiness, along with out audience, who were well entertained.
078R Lazy Days
A selection of laid-back tracks suitable for a late summer afternoon’s relaxation. And also an antidote to our often frantic pace. Well attended and appreciated, and we did not take any advantage of the somnambulent state of some of our audience to relieve them of their valuables. Honest, guv, it just fell into me hand.
208 Radiohead
A show long anticipated, put together for us by a collaborater from the cavern, and given a final polish with help from the Radio Free D’ni team. Possibly the most recent band we’ve featured as the subject of a whole show, it was interesting to all of us and may have converted one or two.
Preshow was live/accoustic stuff, postshow was collaborations, live performances and a track from Thom Yorke’s new band Smile.
076R Let’s Eat (Breakfast)
Updated from its first broadcast with some new tracks and better linking. I liked it, but I’m a bit biased. A very wide selection of genres and styles, yes, a smörgåsbord for breakfast. I got Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast out of the way in the preshow, which was padded out with stuff from the H section of the stash, Hayseed Dixie and Huey Lewis and the News.
The breakfast theme included Cyril Tawney’s Chicken on a Raft, a made-up sea shanty – Cyril served on diesel submarines – and includes some Royal Navy slang : a short glossary is included below Continue reading
207 Edison’s Review of the Year 2022
Ed chooses his favourite tracks from the past years new shows, and puts together a show of them. Very well attended, with at most 30 listeners, a good number for any Internet radio channel.
075R Diamonds and Ice
A remastered version of our 75th show, hence the shiney stuff. Over 20 on the stream, so a good audience, and most appreciative in the Cavern.