Playlists
235 Lou Reed: The RCA and Arista years 1971-86
A tribute assembled by Hugh to mark the tenth anniversary of Lou Reed’s passing. I was absent, but by all reports it went well.
104R The Who, part I
Covering the period from their first releases up to the death of Keith Moon, we began with some early-ish single releases including The Ox, an Entwistle showcase using his nickname. A long main show – well, there was a lot to cover – and finishing with some live bonus tracks from The Who By Numbers. A good solid show, though I say it myself.
234 By The Book, Chapter 3
The third in our occasional series of music with literary inspirations, assembled by Hugh with some new performances for our ears. The preshow tracks all had “book” in the title, and the postshow ones “read”.
103R Cream
A good attendance for a late summer show, and a good time was had. I had to cry off with very little notice due to a mixup in arrangements for my son’s birthday, which had been rearranged as an evening meal instead of the lunchtime/afternoon pub meal and etc that I had expected. Malaclypse and Root Beer held the fort magnificently.
233 Santana, 1977 – 88
The second of our review of the history of Santana, the band and the musician, covering the late Seventies and the bulk of the Eighties. A certain amount of generic Eighties sound inevitably crept in, but Carlos’ guitar was always distinctive.
044R Rarities and What-ifs 5
A long-awaited remaster of RaWI 5, coming at the end of the holidays, still attracted a good audience. Lots of variety here.
232 Faces, Small and large
A show inspired by a live set recorded for the BBC by the Faces saw us look into their precursors the Small Faces and the way some of the big names went before and after being in the band. Hence the large faces reference in the show title.
Some really good music from folk like Rod Stewart and Ron Wood “before they were famous” so to speak.
102R Bill Bruford part 2
Bruford’s later career, jazzy, avant-garde and experimental, and some very fine music.
231 Ed’s Review of the Year
Edison Rex’s annual review of our new content over the past 12 months, with a selection of his favourites from the shows. A good selection this year, and a very entertaining show with more than a hint of Blues.
101R Bill Bruford part 1
The first part of our Bill Bruford collection, tracks from Yes, King Crimson, UK, King Crimosn and Bruford. Part 2 will be later stuff, Earthworks plus work as a sideman.