Playlists
73 Rock Humour II: Turned Up To 11
Preshow was a selection from the G section of the stash, plus Hayseed Dixie to set the scene for the show. Postshow was stuff that didn’t quite make the grade for the show, plus a repeat of The Eagles’ Get Over It for AyaHawkeye who had the stream drop out for her during that track. 30 top, 26 most of the time.
Preshow
Title | Artists | Album | Year |
Percolations – Part I & Part II | Gong | Gazeuse! | 1976 |
Work | Gordon Giltrap & Rick Wakeman | From Brush & Stone | 2009 |
Minstrel of the Dawn | Gordon Lightfoot | If You Could Read My Mind | 1970 |
If You Could Read My Mind | Gordon Lightfoot | If You Could Read My Mind | 1970 |
Estampie | Gryphon | Midnight Mushrumps | 1973 |
Don’t Fear the Reaper | Hayseed Dixie | Hair Down To My Grass | 2014 |
The Show
Little Old Lady from Pasadena | Jan and Dean | single | 1964 |
Andy Warhol | David Bowie | Hunky Dory | 1971 |
Court In The Act | Lindisfarne | Dingly Dell | 1972 |
Law Of The Bungle Part II | Jethro Tull | Nightcap (Disc 1) The Chateau D’Isaster Tapes | 1973 |
Workin’ For MCA | Lynyrd Skynyrd | Second Helping | 1973 |
A Glimpse of Me | Decameron | Mammoth Special | 1974 |
The Galloping Gaucho | Stackridge | Pinafore Days | 1974 |
Art for Art’s Sake | 10cc | How Dare You! | 1975 |
A Very Smelly Grubby Little Oik | Caravan | Blind Dog At St.Dunstan’s | 1976 |
Knife and Fork | Rockpile | Seconds of Pleasure | 1980 |
Lawyers, Guns and Money | Warren Zevon | Stand in the Fire | 1980 |
Down Under | Men At Work | Business As Usual | 1981 |
Snack Attack | Godley – Creme | Ismism | 1981 |
The Future’s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades | Timbuk3 | Greetings From Timbuk3 | 1983 |
Show Business | AC/DC | ’74 Jailbreak (High Voltage 1974) | 1984 |
You Can Call Me Al | Paul Simon | Graceland | 1986 |
Gonna Buy A Hat | Chris Rea | Dancing With Strangers | 1987 |
Talking New Bob Dylan | Loudon Wainwright III | History | 1992 |
Get Over It | Eagles | Hell Freezes Over | 1994 |
C’est What? | Supertramp | Some Things Never Change | 1997 |
Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick | Ian Dury and the Blockheads | Reasons To Be Cheerful | 1999 |
Takin’ Care Of Business | Bachman-Turner Overdrive | A Knight’s Tale | 2001 |
Chocolate Chip Cookies | Wise Guys | Wo der Pfeffer wächst | 2004 |
Postshow
Lily The Pink | Scaffold | single | 1968 |
Rubber Bullets | 10cc | 10cc | 1973 |
Sand In My Face | 10cc | 10cc | 1973 |
Say Hello to the Band | Decameron | Say Hello To The Band | 1973 |
Oh Effendi | 10cc | Sheet Music | 1974 |
Art School Canteen | Godley – Creme | L | 1978 |
Gertcha | Chas ‘n’ Dave | Don’t Give a Monkey’s | 1979 |
Heavy Duty | Spinal Tap | This Is Spinal Tap | 1984 |
Get Over It | Eagles | Hell Freezes Over | 1994 |
72 Gentle Giant
We were without Edison for this show, as he was having some well-earned time off. The show was presented by me, AlanDJ, and I nearly always remembered to shut my mic off between announcements…
We got up to 20 listeners at one point, which was better than expected given that it is the first weekend of the British school holidays and the US folks have been on holiday for a while. Thanks for listening, as always, and mention us to your friends…
Given that I was doing the broadcast all on my tod, I started the preshow early and also went on a bit longer with the postshow, moving on to game soundtrack music and then a ‘Fire’ theme.
Preshow
Title | Artists | Album | Year |
Pigalle | Bill Bruford’s Earthworks | All Heaven Broke Loose | 1991 |
Palewell Park | Bill Bruford | Gradually Going Tornado | 1980 |
Why Should I Lend You Mine (When You’ve Broken Yours Off Already)… | Brand X | Moroccan Roll | 1977 |
Heroes No More | Gentle Giant | Civilian | 1980 |
Two Weeks In Spain (live) | Gentle Giant | GG at the GG (DVD) | 1978 |
I Lost My Head (live) | Gentle Giant | GG at the GG (DVD) | 1978 |
On Reflection | Gentle Giant | Free Hand | 1975 |
Working All Day | Gentle Giant | Three Friends | 1972 |
Raconteur, Troubadour | Gentle Giant | Octopus | 1972 |
Proclamation | Gentle Giant | The Power and The Glory | 1974 |
Interview | Gentle Giant | Interview | 1976 |
For Nobody | Gentle Giant | The Missing Piece | 1977 |
Give It All Back | Simon Dupree and The Big Sound | single | 1969 |
The Show
Kites | Simon Dupree and The Big Sound | single | 1967 |
Funny Ways | Gentle Giant | Gentle Giant | 1970 |
Wreck | Gentle Giant | Acquiring The Taste | 1971 |
Mister Class And Quality? | Gentle Giant | Three Friends | 1972 |
The Boys In The Band | Gentle Giant | Octopus | 1972 |
River | Gentle Giant | Octopus | 1972 |
The Runaway | Gentle Giant | In A Glass House | 1973 |
Way Of Life | Gentle Giant | In A Glass House | 1973 |
Cogs In Cogs | Gentle Giant | The Power and The Glory | 1974 |
The Face | Gentle Giant | The Power and The Glory | 1974 |
Free Hand | Gentle Giant | Free Hand | 1975 |
On Reflection (live) | Gentle Giant | GG at the GG (DVD) | 1978 |
Talybont | Gentle Giant | Free Hand | 1975 |
Empty City | Gentle Giant | Interview | 1976 |
I Lost My Head | Gentle Giant | Interview | 1976 |
Two Weeks In Spain | Gentle Giant | The Missing Piece | 1978 |
I’m Turning Around | Gentle Giant | The Missing Piece | 1977 |
As Old As You’re Young | Gentle Giant | The Missing Piece | 1977 |
Giant For A Day | Gentle Giant | Giant For A Day! | 1978 |
Friends | Gentle Giant | Giant For A Day! | 1978 |
Rock Climber | Gentle Giant | Giant For A Day! | 1978 |
Convenience (Clean And Easy) | Gentle Giant | Civilian | 1980 |
Postshow
The Advent Of Panurge | Gentle Giant | Octopus | 1972 |
Knots | Gentle Giant | Octopus | 1972 |
In A Glass House | Gentle Giant | In A Glass House | 1973 |
Playing The Game | Gentle Giant | The Power and The Glory | 1974 |
Mountain Time | Gentle Giant | The Missing Piece | 1977 |
Take Me | Gentle Giant | Giant For A Day! | 1978 |
Post-postshow
On Reflection | Gentle Giant | Free Hand | 1975 |
Give It All Back | Simon Dupree and The Big Sound | Without Reservations | 1969 |
Two Weeks In Spain | Gentle Giant | The Missing Piece | 1977 |
Burn You Up, Burn You Down | Peter Gabriel | Hit | 2003 |
Theme From Amateria | Soundtrack | Myst III Exile | 2001 |
Main Theme | Jack Wall | Myst IV Revelation | 2004 |
Curtains | Peter Gabriel | Myst IV Revelation | 2005 |
Stand in the Fire | Warren Zevon | Stand in the Fire | 1980 |
Fire On The Cross | Bruce Hornsby And The Range | A Night On The Town | 1990 |
Light My Fire | The Doors | The Doors | 1967 |
Firefly In The Night | Rupert Hine | The Wildest Wish To Fly | 1983 |
Fire And Water | Free | The Free Story | 1989 |
Wild Fire Woman | Bad Company | Straight Shooter | 1975 |
Chariots of Fire | Vangelis | Chariots of Fire | 1981 |
Fire in the Hole | Steely Dan | Can’t Buy A Thrill | 1972 |
Fire | Osibisa | Happy Children | 1973 |
Fire at Midnight | Jethro Tull | Songs from the Wood | 1977 |
Firesign | Wishbone Ash | No Smoke Without Fire | 1978 |
Fire At Night | Gregg Rolie | Gringo | 1987 |
A Fire is Burning | Oysterband | Alive and Acoustic | 1998 |
Cold Fire | Rush | Counterparts | 1993 |
Fire Down Below | The Hamsters | Condensed Hamsters | 1990 |
Jackie Blue | Ozark Mountain Daredevils | It’ll Shine When It Shines | 1974 |
This Wheel’s on Fire | Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity | Music From The Big Pink | 1968 |
Fire Water | Jazz Crusaders | Pacific Jazz Quintet Studio Sessions | 2005 |
Fire And Rain | James Taylor | Sweet Baby James | 1970 |
71 No More Fillers Any More
A fine time was had with our No More Fillers Any More show on Sunday 9th July.
Preshow is still from the G section, and the postshow was the Big Hits from the albums we had featured in the show.
Fewer tracks in this show as more of them were longish album tracks, and grouped in pairs.
15 listeners max, 13 for most of the time.
The next show will be a light frolic through the 10-year career of odball prog rockers Gentle Giant.
Preshow
Title | Artists | Album | Year |
Turnstile | Gerry Mulligan | The Gerry Mulligan Quartet | 1987 |
The Cat Walk | Gerry Mulligan | Gerry Mulligan meets Ben Webster | 1990 |
Baker Street | Gerry Rafferty | City to City | 1978 |
Caesar Augustus | Gordon Giltrap & Rick Wakeman | From Brush & Stone | 2009 |
Stuck In The Middle With You | Stealers Wheel | Stealers Wheel | 1972 |
The Show
Come All Ye | Fairport Convention | Liege and Lief | 1969 |
Crazy Man Michael | Fairport Convention | Liege and Lief | 1969 |
The Changeling | The Doors | L.A. Woman | 1971 |
The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) | The Doors | L.A. Woman | 1971 |
Rudy | Supertramp | Crime of the Century | 1974 |
Bloody Well Right | Supertramp | Crime of the Century | 1974 |
Tenement Funster/Flick of the Wrist/Lily of the Valley | Queen | Sheer Heart Attack | 1974 |
Stone Cold Crazy | Queen | Sheer Heart Attack | 1974 |
Shadows Of | Gong | Gazeuse! | 1976 |
Esnuria | Gong | Gazeuse! | 1976 |
Weathercock | Jethro Tull | Heavy Horses | 1978 |
No Lullaby | Jethro Tull | Heavy Horses | 1978 |
Mandrake | Passport | Ataraxia | 1978 |
The Secret | Passport | Ataraxia | 1978 |
The Camera Eye | Rush | Moving Pictures | 1981 |
YYZ | Rush | Moving Pictures | 1981 |
On The Western Skyline | Bruce Hornsby And The Range | The Way It Is | 1986 |
The Wild Frontier | Bruce Hornsby And The Range | The Way It Is | 1986 |
Postshow
Riders on the Storm | The Doors | L.A. Woman | 1971 |
Dreamer | Supertramp | Crime of the Century | 1974 |
Killer Queen | Queen | Sheer Heart Attack | 1974 |
Night Illusion | Gong | Gazeuse! | 1976 |
And the Mouse Police Never Sleeps | Jethro Tull | Heavy Horses | 1978 |
Tom Sawyer | Rush | Moving Pictures | 1981 |
The Way It Is | Bruce Hornsby And The Range | The Way It Is | 1986 |
70: Girls…
Radio Free D’ni’s 70th show played to a good audience on the plaza and on the air. We had a busy night with 24 tracks in the show, most of them being 3-minute singles, and all on the theme of girls names. We had some response to our call for requests, and more came in during the show, so we’ll keep those for next time. You can still contact us via the website, or in the game, and let us know of a track you would like – if we have it, we will try to play it.
The next show of this type will concentrate on boys names, of which there are somewhat fewer examples but still plenty around.
The preshow had some more tracks from the G section of my stash – Genesis and Gerry Mulligan. Postshow was some of the tracks that almost made it into the show.
22 listeners max, 17 average. I blame the summer holidays.
Preshow
Title | Artists | Album | Year |
Deep In The Motherlode | Genesis | And Then There Were Three | 1982 |
The Lady Lies | Genesis | And Then There Were Three | 1982 |
Follow You Follow Me | Genesis | And Then There Were Three | 1982 |
Blueport | Gerry Mulligan | Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band | 1960 |
Black Nightgown | Gerry Mulligan | Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band | 1960 |
The Show
Rock’n’Roll Ruby | Warren Smith | Memorial Album | 1956 |
Mustang Sally | Wilson Pickett | The Wicked Pickett | 1966 |
Dear Prudence | The Beatles | The Beatles [White Album] | 1968 |
Lady Madonna | The Beatles | single | 1968 |
Martha My Dear | The Beatles | The Beatles [White Album] | 1968 |
Suzie Q. | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 1968 |
Proud Mary | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Bayou Country | 1969 |
Layla | Derek & The Dominos | Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs | 1970 |
Hello Mary Lou | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Mardi Gras | 1972 |
Marcella | The Beach Boys | Carl & The Passions – So Tough | 1972 |
Anne of Cleves | Rick Wakeman | The Six Wives of Henry VIII | 1973 |
Gudbuy T’ Jane | Slade | Sladest | 1973 |
Loose Lucy | Grateful Dead | From The Mars Hotel | 1974 |
Whole Lotta Rosie | AC/DC | Let There Be Rock | 1977 |
Roxanne | The Police | Outlandos d’Amour | 1978 |
Bette Davis Eyes | Kim Carnes | Mistaken Identity | 1981 |
Beautiful Marilyn Monroe | Kenneth Swanström | Pumpin’ Piano Rock | 1982 |
Rosanna | Toto | Toto IV | 1982 |
The Wind Cries Mary | The Hamsters | Electric Hamsterland | 1990 |
Hanging At Tom & Rita’s | The Hellecasters | Escape From Hollywood | 1994 |
Gaslighting Abbie | Steely Dan | Two Against Nature | 2000 |
Gloria | Van Morrison | Live: Jools Holland, Later | 2011 |
De Wind secht Maria | Torfrock | Die Bagaluten – Fete | 2012 |
Anisina | Pink Floyd | The Endless River | 2014 |
Postshow
Gloria | Jimi Hendrix | Experience Hendrix (Disc 2) | 2000 |
Mary Lou | Rednex | Sex & Violins | 1995 |
Billie Jean | Michael Jackson | Thriller | 1982 |
Eleanor Rigby | The Beatles | Revolver | 1966 |
Miss Judy’s Farm | Faces | A Nod Is As Good As A Wink . . To A Blind Horse | 1971 |
Waterloo Lily | Caravan | Waterloo Lily | 1972 |
69 A History of Creedence Clearwater Revival
Excellent show put together by Mal. Preshow and postshow contained more tracks from the history of this short-lived but influential group. 19 listeners at maximum, 16 for most of the time.
Preshow
Born On The Bayou | Creedence Clearwater Revival | The Concert | 1970 |
Radar | John Fogerty | Deja Vu All Over Again | 2004 |
Bad Bad Boy | John Fogerty | Blue Moon Swamp | 1997 |
Bad Moon Rising | Creedence Clearwater Revival | The Concert | 1970 |
Change In The Weather | John Fogerty | Eye Of The Zombie | 1986 |
She’s Got Baggage | John Fogerty | Deja Vu All Over Again | 2004 |
Rockin’ All Over The World | John Fogerty | John Fogerty | 1975 |
The Old Man Down The Road | John Fogerty | Centerfield | 1985 |
Headlines | John Fogerty | Eye Of The Zombie | 1986 |
Almost Saturday Night | John Fogerty | John Fogerty | 1975 |
Hey Tonight | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Live in Germany | 1971 |
The Show
Suzie Q. | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 1968 |
I Put a Spell on You | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 1968 |
Ninety-Nine And a Half (Won’t Do) | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 1968 |
Walk on the Water | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 1968 |
Bootleg | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Bayou Country | 1969 |
Born On The Bayou | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Bayou Country | 1969 |
Keep On Chooglin’ | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Bayou Country | 1969 |
The Night Time Is The Right Time | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Green River | 1969 |
Wrote A Song For Everyone | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Green River | 1969 |
Effigy | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Willy and the Poor Boys | 1970 |
It Came Out Of The Sky | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Willy and the Poor Boys | 1970 |
Fortunate Son | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Live in Germany | 1971 |
Who’ll Stop The Rain | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Cosmo’s Factory | 1970 |
I Heard It Through The Grapevine | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Cosmo’s Factory | 1970 |
Run Through The Jungle | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Cosmo’s Factory | 1970 |
Chameleon | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Pendulum | 1970 |
It’s Just a Thought | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Pendulum | 1970 |
Pagan Baby | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Pendulum | 1970 |
Rude Awakening #2 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Pendulum | 1970 |
Sail Away | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Mardi Gras | 1972 |
Door to Door | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Mardi Gras | 1972 |
Sweet Hitch-Hiker | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Mardi Gras | 1972 |
Postshow
Green River/Suzie Q. | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Live in Germany | 1971 |
Deja Vu (All Over Again) | John Fogerty | Deja Vu All Over Again | 2004 |
Walking In A Hurricane | John Fogerty | Blue Moon Swamp | 1997 |
In The Garden | John Fogerty | Deja Vu All Over Again | 2004 |
Night Time is the Right Time | Creedence Clearwater Revival | The Concert | 1970 |
Flyin’ Away | John Fogerty | John Fogerty | 1975 |
Sail Away | John Fogerty | Eye Of The Zombie | 1986 |
68 A Bad Year for Good Music IV. George Martin
Show 68 was a celebration and a fast trip through the musical career of George Martin, the ‘fifth Beatle’
A man who became the head of the Parlophone label when it was EMI’s second string and turned it around with a wide range of artists, chief of which were The Beatles. A musician too, who played keyboards on all the early Beatles tracks, and wrote, arranged and conducted orchestral accompaniment, as well as film scores and other works.
Preshow was from the stash, where we have reached F – in this case Focus and Free.
Postshow contained tracks cut from the main show for time – there’s a lot of George Martin out there for you still to discover.
It has been suggested that a History of The Beatles might be well accepted – what do you think?
Preshow
Anonymus | Focus | In And Out Of Focus | 1970 |
House Of The King | Focus | In And Out Of Focus | 1970 |
Round Goes The Gossip | Focus | Focus III | 1973 |
Sylvia | Focus | Focus III | 1973 |
Elspeth Of Nottingham | Focus | Focus III | 1973 |
Fire And Water | Free | Fire and Water | 1970 |
The Stealer | Free | Highway | 1970 |
My Brother Jake | Free | single | 1971 |
The Show
You’re Driving Me Crazy | The Temperance Seven | single | 1961 |
Hole In The Ground | Bernard Cribbins | single | 1962 |
Sun Arise | Rolf Harris | single | 1962 |
Time Beat + Waltz in Orbit | Ray Cathode (Maddalena Fagandini and George Martin.) | single | 1962 |
How Do You Do It | Gerry and the Pacemakers | Single | 1963 |
Please Please Me | The Beatles | Please Please Me | 1963 |
I Want To Hold Your Hand | The Beatles | single | 1963 |
A Hard Day’s Night | The Beatles | A Hard Day’s Night (July 64) | 1964 |
Eight Days A Week | The Beatles | Beatles For Sale (December 64) | 1964 |
Ill Wind | Flanders And Swann | At The Drop Of Another Hat | 1964 |
In My Life | The Beatles | Rubber Soul (December 65) | 1965 |
Ticket To Ride | The Beatles | Help! (August 65) | 1965 |
Yesterday | The Beatles | Help! (August 65) | 1965 |
Eleanor Rigby | The Beatles | Revolver | 1966 |
Tomorrow Never Knows. | The Beatles | Revolver | 1966 |
Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | 1967 |
Fixing A Hole | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | 1967 |
Lovely Rita | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | 1967 |
Penny Lane | The Beatles | single | 1967 |
Strawberry Fields Forever | The Beatles | single | 1967 |
While My Guitar Gently Weeps | The Beatles | The Beatles [White Album] | 1968 |
Here Comes The Sun | The Beatles | Abbey Road | 1969 |
Something | The Beatles | Abbey Road | 1969 |
Hymn to Him | Mahavishnu Orchestra | Apocalypse | 1974 |
The Road To Venezuela | Stackridge | Pinafore Days | 1974 |
Blue Wind | Jeff Beck | Wired | 1976 |
Baby Loves To Rock | Cheap Trick | All Shook Up | 1980 |
Postshow
Right Said Fred | Bernard Cribbins | single | 1962 |
Love Me Do | The Beatles | Please Please Me | 1963 |
The Gas-Man Cometh | Flanders And Swann | At The Drop Of Another Hat | 1964 |
Norwegian Wood | The Beatles | Rubber Soul | 1965 |
Yellow Submarine | The Beatles | Revolver | 1966 |
Martha My Dear | The Beatles | The Beatles [White Album] | 1968 |
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer | The Beatles | Abbey Road | 1969 |
Dangerous Bacon | Stackridge | Pinafore Days | 1974 |
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat | Jeff Beck | Wired | 1976 |
Pasadena | The Temperance Seven | single | 1961 |
67 Unexpected Instrumentals
The show was mainly about instrumentals that had been made by vocal bands, with a few others that were unexpected in other ways.
The preshow was all tracks that missed out on being in the main show, because they were’nt unexpected enough or because we’d played them recently. The version of Soul Sscrifice from Woodstock contains the best drum solo that Mike Shrieve ever recorded, which must have been a bit of an albatross for his subsequent career – he was just 19 at the time.
Preshow
Title | Artists | Album | Year |
Pet Sounds | The Beach Boys | Pet Sounds | 1966 |
Mongonucleosis | Chicago | Chicago VII | 1974 |
Crazy Boogie | Crazy Cavan | Crazy Rhythm | 1975 |
Samba Pa Ti | Santana | Abraxas | 1970 |
Boogie Woogie Runner | Vince Weber | The Boogie Man | 1973 |
Boogie Woodie | The Beach Boys | Surfer Girl | 1963 |
Catfish Stroll | The Catfish | Blackjack | 1992 |
Soul Sacrifice (Live from Woodstock) | Santana | Santana (30th Anniversary edition) | 1969 |
Sabre Dance ’94 | Dave Edmunds | Plugged In | 1994 |
The Show
Poorboy Shuffle | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Willy and the Poor Boys | 1970 |
Flying | The Beatles | Magical Mystery Tour | 1967 |
Love Theme from Kiss | Kiss | Kiss | 1974 |
L’Auberge Du Sanglier / A Hunting We Shall Go / Pengola / Backwards / A Hunting We Shall Go (Reprise) | Caravan | For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night | 1973 |
2120 South Michigan Avenue | The Rolling Stones | Around and Around | 1964 |
Apologies To Pearly | ZZ Top | Rio Grande Mud | 1972 |
YYZ | Rush | Moving Pictures | 1981 |
The Ox | The Who | My Generation | 1965 |
Albatross | Fleetwood Mac | single | 1968 |
Denny’s Drums | The Beach Boys | Shut Down Vol. 2 | 1964 |
Chase the Ace | AC/DC | Who Made Who | 1986 |
Rondo | The Nice | The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack | 1967 |
Farandole | Love Sculpture | Forms and Feelings | 1970 |
Journey Of The Sorcerer | Eagles | One Of These Nights | 1975 |
Side o’the Road | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Willy and the Poor Boys | 1970 |
Music For Gong Gong | Osibisa | Osibisa | 1971 |
Stranger In Nevada | Matchbox | Midnite Dynamos | 1981 |
In A Black Box | Ian Anderson | Divinities: Twelve Dances With God | 1995 |
Robbery With Violins | Steeleye Span | Parcel of Rogues | 1973 |
Goin’ Back Home | John Fogerty | Eye Of The Zombie | 1986 |
Debut | Colosseum | Morituri te Salutant / Those Who Are About To Die Salute You | 1969 |
Losfer Words (Big ‘Orra) | Iron Maiden | Powerslave | 1984 |
Green Onions | Booker T. and the M.G.’s | Green Onions | 1962 |
How Dare You | 10cc | How Dare You! | 1976 |
Moby Dick | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin II | 1969 |
Rat Salad (Instrumental) | Black Sabbath | Paranoid | 1970 |
Postshow
D.T. | AC/DC | Who Made Who | 1986 |
Dodgy Bastards | Steeleye Span | Dodgy Bastards | 2016 |
Interstellar Overdrive | Pink Floyd | The Piper at the Gates of Dawn | 1967 |
Blues Helping | Love Sculpture | Blues Helping | 1968 |
66 Songs That Get Under Your Skin
This was an idea I’d been working on for a while, with alternative titles such as ‘Songs I can’t sing’ – because I can’t get through them without choking up. Eventually we made it to air, but to remember (slightly too late) that May 1st is a holiday throughout Europe and most of our audience could well be in their garden having a barbecue… Even so we had up to 23 listeners with 17 most of the time, which is very pleasing.
Pre and post-show were thrown together at the last minute from things that had not quite made it into recent shows.
This show was surprisingly hard to present. As the last track in the postshow says, one of these days I’ll get an early night…
Preshow
Title | Artists | Album | Year |
I Robot | The Alan Parsons Project | I Robot | 1977 |
Eve Of The War | Richard Burton/Justin Hayward | Jeff Wayne’s The War Of The Worlds | 1978 |
The Three Fates: | Emerson, Like & Palmer | Emerson, Like & Palmer | 1970 |
Time Marches On | John Scofield | Blue Matter | 1987 |
The Show
Indian Reservation | John D. Loudermilk | The Open Mind of John D. Loudermilk | 1969 |
Cherry Pie | Sade | Lovers Live | 2002 |
Sunshine Reggae | Laid Back | Keep Smiling | 1983 |
My Feet Are Set For Dancing | Fairport Convention | Gladys’ Leap | 1985 |
Honour and Praise | Fairport Convention | Gladys’ Leap | 1985 |
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V) | Pink Floyd | Wish You Were Here | 1975 |
Fantasia Lindum – Celestial Light | Amazing Blondel | Fantasia Lindum | 1971 |
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX) | Pink Floyd | Wish You Were Here | 1975 |
Albion Heart | The Albion Band | The Guv’nor’s Big Birthday Bash | 2001 |
Bayonet Rap | Tom Paxton | The Compleat Tom Paxton | 2002 |
Talking Vietnam Pot Luck Blues | Tom Paxton | The Compleat Tom Paxton | 2002 |
Jimmy Newman | Tom Paxton | The Compleat Tom Paxton | 2002 |
Made In Freesland | Godewind | 20 Johr Platt ‘n Roll | 1999 |
Close the Coalhouse Door | Alex Glasgow | Hi,Canny Man!’ Newcastle Songs | 2002 |
Billie Holiday | Live performance | 1959 | |
Wind Of Change | Scorpions | Crazy World | 1990 |
Red Barchetta | Rush | Moving Pictures | 1981 |
Postshow
The Hiring Fair | Fairport Convention | Gladys’ Leap | 1985 |
Lost In Kashmir | The Hellecasters | Escape From Hollywood | 1994 |
Lost In The Snow | Bruce Hornsby | Halcyon Days | 2004 |
One of These Days I’ll Get an Early Night | Camel | Rain Dances | 1977 |
Earth Day 2017
I did a set for Earth Day, as part of the MOUL celebrations that were crowned by a wonderful dance set from the NULP dancers. I played for an hour before they began, and chatted to you as well. Here’s the playlist.
Acres Wild | Jethro Tull | Heavy Horses | 1978 |
Catching the Sun | Spyro Gyra | Catching the Sun | 1980 |
Winds On The Mountain | Incantation | On The Wing Of A Condor | 1982 |
The Storm | Davy Spillane Band | Out of the Air | 1988 |
Ode to Big Blue | Gordon Lightfoot | Don Quixote | 1972 |
Before The Deluge | Moving Hearts | Moving Hearts | 1981 |
Big Yellow Taxi | Joni Mitchell | Ladies of The Canyon | 1970 |
Whose Garden was This | Tom Paxton | 6 | 1970 |
King Of Trees | Cat Stevens | Buddha and the Chocolate Box | 1974 |
Landscape | Amazing Blondel | England | 1972 |
Cup of Wonder | Jethro Tull | Songs from the Wood | 1977 |
Tom Paxton wrote Whose Garden Was This for the very first Earth Day in 1970.
65 A Bad Year for Good Music III – Dave Swarbrick
Broadcast on Easter Sunday, proving that none of us looked at the public holiday dates before we announced the show time… Nevertheless, a maximum of 29 with 22 – 24 all the way through. Thank you all for listening, and this time it was something away from the mainstream. Our skipping trip through Dave Swarbrick’s career seemed to go down well. Here is the playlist.
Preshow
Bottom Of The Punchbowl/The Swallow Tail/Marquis Of Tullybardine | Dave Swarbrick | Rags, Reels & Airs | 1967 |
The Deserter – Medley: The Lark In The Morning, Rakish Paddy, Foxhunter’s Jig, Toss The Feathers | Fairport Convention | Liege and Lief | 1969 |
Flatback Caper | Fairport Convention | Full House | 1970 |
The Hair of the Dogma/As Bitme/John Barleycorn | Fairport Convention | Tipplers Tales | 1978 |
The Wee Cooper of Fyfe | Ian Campbell Folk Group | This Is The Ian Campbell Folk Group | 1963 |
The Show
The Two Magicians | Martin Carthy | Martin Carthy | 1965 |
Porcupine Rag | Dave Swarbrick | Rags, Reels & Airs | 1967 |
The Salamanca Medley | Dave Swarbrick | Rags, Reels & Airs | 1967 |
Hens March To The Middens | Dave Swarbrick | Rags, Reels & Airs | 1967 |
Byker Hill | Martin Carthy with Dave Swarbrick | Byker Hill | 1967 |
John Barleycorn | Martin Carthy with Dave Swarbrick | Byker Hill | 1967 |
Come All Ye | Fairport Convention | Liege and Lief | 1969 |
Matty Groves | Fairport Convention | Liege and Lief | 1969 |
Walk Awhile | Fairport Convention | Full House | 1970 |
Sloth | Fairport Convention | Full House | 1970 |
The Journeyman’s Grace | Fairport Convention | Angel Delight | 1971 |
The Hexhamshire Lass | Fairport Convention | Nine | 1973 |
Rising For The Moon | Fairport Convention | Rising For The Moon | 1975 |
Night-Time Girl | Fairport Convention | Rising For The Moon | 1975 |
Royal Seleccion No. 13 | Fairport Convention | The Bonny Bunch of Roses | 1977 |
Jack O’Rion | Fairport Convention | Tipplers Tales | 1978 |
Ye Marine’rs All | Fairport Convention | Tipplers Tales | 1978 |
a. Wat Ye Wha I Met The Streen; b. The Ribbons Of The Redheaded Girl; c. Ril Gan Ainm | DaveSwarbrick | Smiddyburn | 1981 |
a. Wishing; b. The Victor’s Return; c. The Gravel Walk | DaveSwarbrick | Smiddyburn | 1981 |
79ths Farewell – Atholl Highlanders – De’il In The Kitchen | Dave Swarbrick + Simon Nicol | In The Club | 1982 |
O’Carolans Farewell To Music | Dave Swarbrick + Simon Nicol | In The Club | 1982 |
Carthy’s March – The Lemon Tree | Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick | Life and Limb | 1990 |
Medley: Crazy Man Michael / To Althea From Prison / White Dress / Rosie | Dave Swarbrick | English Fiddler: Swarbrick Plays Swarbrick | 2003 |
Postshow
The Bonny Black Hare | Fairport Convention | Angel Delight | 1971 |
Hen’s March – Four Poster Bed | Dave Swarbrick + Simon Nicol | In The Club | 1982 |
a. The Bride’s March; b. The Keelman’s Pertition | DaveSwarbrick | Flittin’ | 1983 |
Sovay | Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick | Life and Limb | 1990 |
Close To The Wind | Dave Swarbrick And Simon Nicol | Close To The White Bear | 1998 |
Fiddlestix | Dave Swarbrick And Simon Nicol | Close To The White Bear | 1998 |
The Hen’s March/The Four Poster Bed | Fairport Convention | The History Of Fairport Convention | 1972 |