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057R Not Your Average Christmas Music
Remastered from five years ago and not showing its age at all, a fine selection of Christmas music for children of all ages. It was appreciated by a slightly larger audience than the first time around too, which was very gratifying.
Preshow
| Title | Artists | Album | Year |
| Angels From The Realms of Glory | Rick Wakeman | Christmas Variations | 2000 |
| Solstice | Mary Jane | Solstice | 2014 |
| Santa Claws Is Coming to Town | Alice Cooper, Billy Sheehan, John 5 & Vinny Appice | We Wish You a Metal X-Mas and a Headbanging New Year | 2008 |
| Run Rudolph Run | Billy Gibbons, Dave Grohl & Lemmy Kilmister; | We Wish You a Metal X-Mas and a Headbanging New Year | 2009 |
| In Santa’s Claws | Pretty Maids | In Santa’s Claws | 1990 |
| Greensleeved | Jethro Tull | The Jethro Tull Christmas Album | 2003 |
| Winter Song | Lindisfarne | Nicely Out Of Tune | 1970 |
| The Nativity III: The Kings / Shepherd’s Arise | The Home Service | The Mysteries | 1997 |
Main show
| Gloria In Excelsis | Al Jarreau | Christmas | 2008 |
| Carol of the Bells | Pentatonix | That’s Christmas to Me | 2014 |
| White Winter Hymnal | Pentatonix | That’s Christmas To Me | 2014 |
| Pat A Pan | Mannheim Steamroller | Christmas In The Aire | 1995 |
| Gower Wassail | Steeleye Span | First Steps | 2002 |
| Kate Rusby / Joy to the World | Kate Rusby | While Mortals Sleep | 2011 |
| Yorkshire Merry Christmas | Kate Rusby | The Frost Is All Over | 2015 |
| Huron Carol | Heather Dale | This Endris Night | 2002 |
| The Boar’s Head Carol | Steeleye Span & Maddy Prior | A Rare Collection 1972-1996 | 1999 |
| Drive the Cold Winter Away | Johnny Coppin | A Country Christmas | 1995 |
| O Come, O Come, Immanuel | Annie Haslam | It Snows in Heaven Too | 2000 |
| Tune for a Blythsome Turkey | The Albion Band | Christmas Album | 1999 |
| Personent Hodie | The Albion Band | Another Christmas Present From The Albion Band | 2010 |
| Silent Night | Bela Fleck And The Flecktones | Jingle All The Way | 2008 |
| Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas | Manhattan Transfer | The Christmas Album | 1992 |
| Another Christmas Song | Jethro Tull | The Jethro Tull Christmas Album | 2003 |
| I Believe in Father Christmas | Greg Lake | Single | 1975 |
| Feliz Navidad | Chicago | Chicago Christmas: What’s It Going To Be, Santa | 2003 |
| Bouree | Jethro Tull | The Jethro Tull Christmas Album | 2003 |
| Santa Claus Is Coming To Town | The Supremes | Merry Christmas | 1965 |
| Merry Christmas Everybody | Slade | single | 1973 |
| A Christmas Carol | Tom Lehrer | The Remains Of Tom Lehrer | 2000 |
| Suddenly It’s Christmas | Loudon Wainwright III | Career Moves | 1993 |
| Stille Nacht | Carreras, Cole, Domingo | Celebration Of Christmas | 1996 |
| 1- ‘Gloria in excelsis Deo’; 2- ‘Et in Terra pax’; 3 – ‘Gratias agimus tibi’; 4 – ‘Propter magnam gloriam’ |
Kings College Choir, Academy of Ancient Music | Vivald: Gloria | 2002 |
| For unto us a child is born | Tavener Choir & Players | Andrew Parrott / Handel / Messiah | 1996 |
| Up On The Housetop | Al Jarreau | Christmas | 2008 |
Postshow
| Patapan | Heather Dale | This Endris Night | 2002 |
| Winter Wonderland | Dave Brubeck | A Dave Brubeck Christmas | 1996 |
| Santa Claus is Coming to Town | Dave Brubeck and Gerry Mulligan | Santa’s Bag – An All-Star Jazz Christmas | 1994 |
| Death Or Glory Wassail | Sid Kipper | Boiled In The Bag | 1997 |
| Herderkenslied | ‘t Kliekske | ‘t Is Met Dees Koude Winterse Dagen | 2000 |
| Salutation Carol (15th century MS) | The Sixteen, Harry Christophers | An Early English Christmas Collection | 2004 |
| Nowell sing we, both all and some (c.1450 Seldon MS) | The Sixteen, Harry Christophers | An Early English Christmas Collection | 2004 |
| Sing Lullaby | Polyphony, Stephen Layton | A Christmas Present from Polyphony | 2004 |
| Wintersmith | Steeleye Span | Wintersmith | 2013 |
| Hocus Pocus | Focus | Live, Old Grey Whistle Test | 1972 |
Not Your Average Christmas Music
This week, we feature the bits of Yuletide music that you are not already being mercilessly bombarded with at every street corner, store and mall and on the radio while driving.
See you in the Cavern,
Malaclypse
187 The Modern Jazz Quartet
The vibraphone-led cool jazz of the Modern Jazz Quartet took us into Winter, with a preshow featuring Charlie Parker’s band with the members of the quartet before their formation, and a postshow of collaborations.
Preshow
| Title | Artists | Album | Year |
| Perhaps | Charlie Parker | 1947-1949 | 2000 |
| Steeplechase | Charlie Parker | 1947-1949 | 2000 |
| Merry-Go-Round | Charlie Parker | 1947-1949 | 2000 |
| Anthropology | Charlie Parker Quintet | Complete Savoy Live Performances | 1998 |
| Cheryl | Charlie Parker Quintet | Complete Savoy Live Performances | 1998 |
| What’s This? | Charlie Parker Quintet | Complete Savoy Live Performances | 1998 |
| Chi Chi | Charlie Parker Quartet | 1952-1954 | 2006 |
| Si Si | Charlie Parker | 1951-1952 | 2003 |
| Back Home Blues | Charlie Parker | 1951-1952 | 2003 |
| Lover Man | Charlie Parker | 1951-1952 | 2003 |
Main Show
| Bags’ Groove | MJQ | The Modern Jazz Quartet | 1957 |
| Medley | MJQ | The Modern Jazz Quartet | 1957 |
| Night In Tunisia | MJQ | The Modern Jazz Quartet | 1957 |
| Django | MJQ | Django | 1956 |
| One Bass Hit | MJQ | Django | 1956 |
| La Ronde Suite | MJQ | Django | 1956 |
| Fontessa | MJQ | Fontessa | 1956 |
| Woody’n’You | MJQ | Fontessa | 1956 |
| Fun | MJQ | The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn | 1956 |
| Bluesology | MJQ | Scandinavia, April 1960 | 1960 |
| Vendome | MJQ | Scandinavia, April 1960 | 1960 |
| Pyramid | MJQ | Scandinavia, April 1960 | 1960 |
| Festival Sketch | MJQ | Scandinavia, April 1960 | 1960 |
| Blues In B Flat | MJQ | Blues On Bach | 1974 |
| Precious Joy | MJQ | Blues On Bach | 1974 |
| Blues In C Minor | MJQ | Blues On Bach | 1974 |
| Don’t Stop This Train | MJQ | Blues On Bach | 1974 |
| Blues in H (B) | MJQ | Blues On Bach | 1974 |
Postshow
| The Late Late Blues | Milt Jackson and John Coltrane | Bags and Trane | 1961 |
| Bags & Trane | Milt Jackson and John Coltrane | Bags and Trane | 1961 |
| Django (Instrumental) Michel Legrand | Michel Legrand featuring Miles Davis | Legrand Jazz | 1958 |
| Bags’ Groove (Take 2) | Miles Davis | Bags’ Groove | 1957 |
The Modern Jazz Quartet
This week’s show offers a look at the Modern Jazz Quartet, formed in 1952 and going until 1997. A development of Dizzie Gillespie’s backing band, the group centred around the vibraphone as the lead instrument, making for a unique sound.
See you in the Cavern,
Malaclypse
021R Rarities and What-ifs 3 Remastered
A remastered show from 2015, and a very good selection too.
Preshow.
| Title | Artists | Album | Year |
| Come All Ye | Fairport Convention | Liege and Lief (Remastered 2002) | 1969 |
| Fourtyfour | Fats Domino | The Fabulous Mr D | 1958 |
| I Want You To Know | Fats Domino | The Fabulous Mr D | 1958 |
| Dog Eat Dog | Fela Kuti | Shuffering and Shmiling | 1978 |
| The Chain | Fleetwood Mac | Rumours | 1977 |
Main Show
| Joy To The World | Three Dog Night | Naturally | 1970 |
| She Blinded Me With Science | Thomas Dolby | The Golden Age of Wireless | 1982 |
| Wild Honey | The Beach Boys | Wild Honey | 1967 |
| Oh Well | Fleetwood Mac | Then Play On | 1969 |
| Who Made Who | AC/DC | AC/DC Live | 1992 |
| Silver Machine | Hawkwind | single | 1971 |
| Walking The Ghost Back Home | The Bible | Walking The Ghost Back Home | 1986 |
| Summertime | Love Sculpture | Blues Helping | 1968 |
| Herr von Ribbeck auf Ribbeck im Havelland | Achim Reichel | Regenballade | 1978 |
| Resurrection Shuffle | Ashton, Gardner & Dyke | Ashton, Gardner & Dyke (bonus track) | 1971 |
| Here Comes The Night | The Beach Boys | L.A. (Light Album) | 1979 |
| I Apologize | Link Wray | Indian Child | 1993 |
| Milk and Alcohol | Dr. Feelgood | Private Practice | 1978 |
| Rant | Shawn Phillips | Spaced | 1977 |
| Journey Of The Sorcerer | Eagles | One Of These Nights | 1975 |
| Shine On You Crazy Diamond | Zither Manä | Endzeit für Götter | 1998 |
| Blue Suede Shoes | Carl Perkins | Single | 1956 |
| Old Black Joe | Crazy Cavan | Live At The Rainbow | 1978 |
| She’s Mine | Carl Wilson | Youngblood | 1984 |
| Hot Blooded | Foreigner | Double Vision | 1978 |
| Ich Steh Dir Bei | Heinz Rudolf Kunze | Richter-Skala | 1996 |
| Stay With Me | The Faces | A Nod Is As Good As a Wink… to a Blind Horse | 1971 |
| Break Away | The Beach Boys | Singles | 1969 |
| House Of The King | Focus | In and Out of Focus | 1971 |
Postshow
| Don’t Stop | Fleetwood Mac | Rumours | 1977 |
| Waiting for the Morning Light | Gene Simmons | A**hole | 2004 |
| Angry Young Man | Freddie Fingers Lee | Rockin’ With My Piano | 1981 |
| You Can Run | Freddie Fingers Lee | Rockin’ With My Piano | 1981 |
| One’s a Lonely Number | G.B. Band | single | 1981 |
| I Don’t Want to Be | Gavin DeGraw | Chariot | 2005 |
| The Present Tense | Geddy Lee | My Favorite Headache | 2000 |
| Jesus He Knows Me | Genesis | We Can’t Dance | 1992 |
| Peace In The End | Fotheringay | Fotheringay | 1970 |
Rarities and What-Ifs, pt. 3 remastered
This week, we’ll repeat ourselves with the third set of rare tracks and bits with a back story that originally aired six and a half years ago. Quite a diverse collection, too, even if we say so ourselves.
See you in the Cavern,
Malaclypse
186 Robert Wyatt
A lovely set confirming our commitment to bring you something different, out of the multiple stashes and overlapping preferences of our contributors. Robert Wyatt has a very rich catalog to draw from, covering a much wider range than almost anybody else. We did our best to hit the high points, and more than twenty of you agreed with us.
Preshow
| Title | Artists | Album | Year |
| Pataphysical Introduction – Part 1 | Soft Machine | The Soft Machine Volume Two | 1969 |
| A Concise British Alphabet – Part 1 | Soft Machine | The Soft Machine Volume Two | 1969 |
| Pig | Soft Machine | The Soft Machine Volume Two | 1969 |
| Dedicated to You But You Weren’t Listening | Soft Machine | The Soft Machine Volume Two | 1969 |
| Spaced Two | Soft Machine | Spaced | 1969 |
| Calyx Live | Robert Wyatt | EPs Disc 1 | 1999 |
| I Was Wrong | Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports | Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports | 1981 |
| Boo to You Too | Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports | Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports | 1981 |
| I’m a Mineralist | Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports | Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports | 1981 |
Main show
| I Should’ve Known | Soft Machine | Jet-Propelled Photographs | 1967 |
| Moon In June | Soft Machine | Third | 1970 |
| O Caroline | Matching Mole | Matching Mole | 1972 |
| Signed Curtain | Matching Mole | Matching Mole | 1972 |
| Nan True’s Hole | Matching Mole | Little Red Record | 1972 |
| Sea Song | Robert Wyatt | Rock Bottom | 1974 |
| I’m A Believer | Robert Wyatt | EPs Disc 1 | 1999 |
| Yesterday Man | Robert Wyatt | EPs Disc 1 | 1999 |
| Team Spirit | Robert Wyatt | Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard | 1975 |
| Shipbuilding | Robert Wyatt | EPs Disc 2 | 1999 |
| Biko | Robert Wyatt | EPs Disc 3 | 1999 |
| Gharbzadegi | Robert Wyatt | Old Rottenhat | 1985 |
| Pigs… (In There) | Robert Wyatt | EPs Disc 2 | 1999 |
| Chairman Mao | Robert Wyatt | EPs Disc 2 | 1999 |
| Shrinkwrap | Robert Wyatt | Dondestan | 1998 |
| The Duchess | Robert Wyatt | Shleep | 1997 |
| Blues In Bob Minor | Robert Wyatt | Shleep | 1997 |
| Lullaloop | Robert Wyatt | Cuckooland | 2003 |
| Stay Tuned | Robert Wyatt | Comicopera | 2007 |
Postshow
| Siam | Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports | Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports | 1981 |
| Wervin’ | Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports | Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports | 1981 |
| Hot River | Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports | Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports | 1981 |
| Kew, Rhone | John Greaves | Songs | 1994 |
| The Song | John Greaves | Songs | 1994 |
| What A Wonderful World | Wyatt/Atzmon/Stephen | ……for the Ghosts Within | 2010 |
Robert Wyatt
This week’s offering will be a look a the career of Robert Wyatt, originally drummer of prog rockers Soft Machine and Matching Mole, who had to switch to other instruments after an accident left him paraplegic. It’s a diverse career, with diverse instruments.
See you in the Cavern,
Malaclypse
056R Difficult Times Remastered
A show from five years ago, and at a point when we were getting really pretty good at doing this. Dialog tightened up and the show trimmed for length, cutting two Dave Brubeck tracks. We had a lot of those already. Our first broadcast of the show had 20 listeners, and we broke that with 21 this time – a nice milestone
Here’s the playlist, and a link to the lyrics for Rush’s Losing It, as requested earlier (click on the track title)
Preshow
Unsquare Dance is possibly the second most famous Dave Brubeck track after Take Five. Klaus Doldinger’s Timesignature is the sleeper here – it is in common time, but has the relevant title…
| Title | Artists | Album | Year | Time signature |
| Subdivisions | Rush | Signals | 1982 | 7/8 |
| The Tango King | Bruce Hornsby | Hot House | 1995 | 4/4 + 5/4 |
| Kid Gloves | Rush | Grace Under Pressure | 1984 | 5/4 alternating 4/4 |
| Timesignature | Klaus Doldinger | Constellation | 1983 | 4/4 |
| In The Dead Of The Night | UK | UK | 1978 | 7/4 |
| Take Five | Dave Brubeck Quartet | Time Out | 1959 | 5/4 |
The Show
| I Say A Little Prayer | Dionne Warwick | The Windows of the World | 1967 | 4/4, 10/4, 11/4 |
| Far More Blue | The Dave Brubeck Quartet | Time Further Out | 1961 | 5/4 |
| Living in the Past | Jethro Tull | Living in the Past | 1972 | 5/4 |
| Here Comes The Sun | The Beatles | Abbey Road | 1969 | Chorus 3/4 5/4 2/4 |
| Good Morning Good Morning | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | 1967 | 5/4, 4/4, 3/4 |
| Happiness Is a Warm Gun | The Beatles | The White Album | 1968 | complicated |
| Nothing Else Matters | Metallica | single | 1992 | 6/8 |
| Heart of Lothian | Marillion | Misplaced Childhood | 1985 | 7/4 + 5/4 |
| Dance of the Little Fairies | Sky | Sky 2 | 1980 | 7/4 |
| Solsbury Hill | Peter Gabriel | Car (Remaster) | 1977 | 7/4 |
| Money | Pink Floyd | The Dark Side Of The Moon | 1973 | 7/4 + 4/4 |
| Superconductor | Rush | Presto | 1989 | 7/4 alternating 4/4 |
| Rubylove | Cat Stevens | Teaser And The Firecat | 1971 | 7/8 |
| Wade In The Water | CCS | Whole Lotta Love | 1970 | 7/4 then 13/8 |
| Blue Rondo a la Turk | Dave Brubeck Quartet | Time Out | 1959 | 9/8 |
| Losing It | Rush | Signals | 1982 | 11/8 |
| Golden Brown | Stranglers | La folie | 1981 | 13/8 |
| Schism | Tool | Lateralus | 2001 | 12/8 as 5/8+7/8 |
| Turn It On Again | Genesis | Duke | 1980 | 13/4 – 4/4 – 9/4 – 13/4 – 4/4 – 9/4 |
| Happy Jack | The Who | A Quick One | 1966 | 13/4 |
| Tubular bells – Intro | Mike Oldfield | Tubular Bells | 1973 | 15/8 |
| Discipline | King Crimson | Discipline | 1974 | Drums 17/16, everyone else all over the place. |
| Hell’s Bells | Bill Bruford | One of a Kind | 1979 | 19/16 then 7/4 |
Postshow
Aretha’s version of Say A Little Prayer is the second best, after the Dionne Warwick original.
Unsquare Dance is possibly the second most famous Dave Brubeck track after Take Five.
Vix 9 is by Bela Fleck and the Wooten brothers, Victor on bass and Roy “Futureman” Wooten on drumitar, his own drum controller made in roughly the shape of a guitar. Bela Fleck is playing an electric banjo and synth pedals, and the live video of them playing this on Youtube is very impressive to watch.
| I Say A Little Prayer | Franklin, Aretha | The Very Best Of Vol.1 | 1994 | 4/4, 10/4, 11/4 |
| Unsquare Dance | The Dave Brubeck Quartet | Time Further Out | 1961 | 7/8 |
| Caesar’s Palace Blues | UK | Danger Money | 1979 | 5/4 |
| The Fish (Shindleria Praematurus) | Yes | Fragile | 1971 | 7/4 |
| Vix 9 | Bela Fleck & The Flecktones | Three Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest | 1993 | 9/8 |
| Kashmir | Led Zeppelin | Physical Graffiti | 1975 | Drums 4/4, all else 3/4 + 9/8 |
| Experience | Gentle Giant | In A Glass House | 1973 | 9/8 |
| Modern Love | Peter Gabriel | Car (Remaster) | 1977 | 11/8, 4/4 |
| Night Illusion | Gong | Gazeuse! | 1976 | 13/8, 17/8 |
Difficult Times, remastered
This week’s remastered show will be our first look at unusual time signatures, excluding the cheap 3/4 time. We will have something in almost every odd time signature from 2/4 all the way up to 19/16 changing to 7/4, and the title of that track will mislead many to believe it is by a different band and featuring an opener in 13/4 played over 4/4… but that is for another show on the same theme to resolve.
See you in the Cavern,
Malalcpyse
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