60 Playing The Game

Published February 5, 2017 | By Alan DJ

Radio Free D’ni’s 60th show coincided with the 7th anniversary of MOULa’s revival, and in honour of that we had a selection inspired by playing the game – adventure games mostly, and the various Uru incarnations especially.

The preshow was selections from the end of the ‘D’ section and the start of ‘E’ from my CD stash. The Nightfly is on later than we are and has to deal with much wierder callers.

Track	Artists	Album	Year
The Nightfly	Donald Fagen	The Nightfly	1982
Trans-Island Skyway	Donald Fagen	Kamakiriad	1993
Take the ‘A’ Train	Duke Ellington	Ain’t Misbehavin’	2000
Karn Evil 9 (1st Impression, Part 2)	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Brain Salad Surgery	1973
Knife-Edge	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Emerson, Lake and Palmer	1970
No Alibis	Eric Clapton	Journeyman	1989

The show reveals my like of jazz, prog and guitarists. This should be no surprise by now.

Track	Artists	Album	Year
Expresso	Gong	Gazeuse!	1976
Age of information	Bill Bruford	Gradually Going Tornado	1980
One of These Days I’ll Get an Early Night	Camel	Rain Dances	1977
Playing The Game	Gentle Giant	The Power and The Glory	1974
Walking Shoes	Gerry Mulligan	The Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet Baker	1952
Gonna Buy A Hat	Chris Rea	Dancing With Strangers	1987
The Road She Walked Before	Colosseum	Those Who are About to Die Salute You	1969
Panic Station	Allan Holdsworth	Metal Fatigue	1985
The Sliding floor	Bill Bruford	Gradually Going Tornado	1980
Equinoxe Part 4	Jean Michel Jarre	Équinoxe	1978
Slow Walker	Béla Fleck & the Flecktones	Left of Cool	1998
Slightly Dirty	Larry Carlton	Sapphire Blue	2003
Fun In The Dark	Lee Ritenour	Larry & Lee	1995
Unorthodox Behaviour	Brand X	Unorthodox Behaviour	1976
Night Illusion	Gong	Gazeuse!	1976
Curse Of The Traveller	Chris Rea	Dancing With Strangers	1987
The Road Less Traveled	Joe Sample	Ashes to Ashes	1990
Turn It Up	Robert Plant	Lullaby And… The Ceaseless Roar	2014
Far From The Beaten Paths	Jean-Luc Ponty	Individual Choice	1983
Dancing	Decameron	Tomorrow’s Pantomime	1976
Let’s Dance	Chris Rea	Dancing With Strangers	1987

The postshow had some of the tracks that almost made it into the show. Rush’s Farewell to Kings is obvious, Places to Go is what we all have, the Cannonball is found in Teledahn (in the gun) and could also be the imitation stone of Sisyphus in the Path of the Shell. Several places could be a Temple of the Winds. Running on Three is what it feels like when you can’t quite solve a puzzle and Available Light is needed in Kadish Tolesa, in the moon room and the pyramid.

Track	Artists	Album	Year
A Farewell To Kings	Rush	A Farewell To Kings	1977
Places to Go	Tony Levin	Resonator	2006
Cannonball	Sky	Sky	1979
Temple Of The Winds	Bill Bruford’s Earthworks	All Heaven Broke Loose	1991
Running on Three	Brand X	Unorthodox Behaviour	1976
Available Light	Rush	Presto	1989

Up to 33 listeners for this show, boosted by the Anniversary events. Do come and listen again.

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