Radio Free D’ni

178 Review of the Year 2021

Our anniversary show is always a Review of the Year, where Ed picks his favourites from the previous year’s shows.  Now we are broadcasting Remastered shows on the alternate weeks, Ed takes his pick from just the new shows, 24 of them in the past year.  We broadcast our first show in August 2014. August 2021 marks the end of our seventh year of shows, and begins our eighth.  We had a good audience for the show too, something that doesn’t always happen in the holiday season.

Preshow

Title Artists Album Year Show
Places to Go Tony Levin Resonator 2006 What’s That Sound? 154
Down Where the Drunkards Roll Richard & Linda Thompson I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight 1974 Richard Thompson 155
Good Vibrations The Beach Boys Smiley Smile 1967 Singing Together 156
The Lamplighter Ekseption Ekseption 3 1970 Going Dutch 157
Finishing The Hat Mandy Patinkin Stephen Sondheim: The Story So Far… Disc 3 2008 Stephen Sondheim 158
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) James Taylor James Taylor Live 1993 James Taylor 159
Solsbury Hill Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel 1 (Car) 1977 Peter Gabriel 160

Main Show

Games Without Frontiers Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel 3 (Melt) 1980 Peter Gabriel 160
Jessica The Allman Brothers Band Brothers And Sisters 1973 Southern Rock 161
Southern Steel Steve Morse Band Southern Steel 1991 Southern Rock 161
Runaround Van Halen For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge 1991 Lost in 2020 162
Angie Baby Helen Reddy Free and Easy 1974 Lost in 2020 162
I Think of You Renaissance Turn of the Cards 1974 Rennaissance 163
Kings and Queens Renaissance Renaissance 1969 Rennaissance 163
Fashion David Bowie Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) 1980 MOULa 11th Anniversary 164
The Fez Steely Dan The Royal Scam 1976 MOULa 11th Anniversary 164
Observations from a Hill Family Family Entertainment 1969 Family 165
Coyote Joni Mitchell Shadows And Light 1979 International Women’s Day 166
Bette Davis Eyes Kim Carnes In the 80s Collection 1981 International Women’s Day 166
Vulcan Worlds Return To Forever The Anthology 1974 Chick Corea 167
Roc Alpin Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes Paix 1972 French Prog 168
If You Need Somebody Bonnie Raitt Dig In Deep 2016 Conversations with the Blues 169
Redemption Joe Bonamassa Redemption 2018 Conversations with the Blues 169
She’s Gone Hall & Oates Abandoned Luncheonette 1973 Daryl Hall and John Oates 170
Timewhys Tonto’s Expanding Head Band Zero Time 1971 Malcolm Cecil 171
Twenty One Jan Hammer Group Oh Yeah? 1976 Power Fusion 172
The Lady Is A Tramp Frank Sinatra My Way: The Best Of Frank Sinatra 2002 Frank Sinatra 173

Postshow

Lifetime Of A Journey Kaipa Keyholder 2003 Scandinavian Prog 174
I Am A Town Mary Chapin Carpenter The Essential Mary Chapin Carpenter 2004 …to look for America 175
America Simon & Garfunkel Almost Famous 2000 …to look for America 175
Funk It Funk Factory Funk Factory 1976 Play That Funky Music 176
Some Skunk Funk The Brecker Brothers The Brecker Bros. 1975 Play That Funky Music 176
Incense and Peppermints Strawberry Alarm Clock Incense and Peppermints 1968 We Love The Flower Girl 177

052R On The Road Again Remastered

A solo show, as Malaclypse was on holiday.  Script heavily updated, and postshow extended because there were still people listening… Thanks, guys.

Preshow

Title Artists Album Year
a. Wat Ye Wha I Met The Streen; b. The Ribbons Of The Redheaded Girl; c. Ril Gan Ainm DaveSwarbrick Smiddyburn; Flittin 1996
Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow Dave Pegg The Cocktail Cowboy Goes It Alone… 1984
Here We Go Again Dave Mason Headkeeper 1972
Mischief Dave Greenslade The Pentateuch Of The Cosmogony 1979
Cars Gary Numan The Pleasure Principal 1979
I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound Tom Paxton Ramblin’ Boy 1964
Tomorrow’s Girls Donald Fagen Kamakiriad 1993
I Can See For Miles The Who The Who Sell Out 1967

Main Show

On the Road Again Canned Heat Boogie With Canned Heat 1968
On the Road Again The Lovin’ Spoonful Do You Believe in Magic 1965
On the Road Again Willie Nelson single 1979
Taxi Rosie Vela Zazu 1986
Taxi Driver The Hamsters Open All Hours 2004
Big Yellow Taxi Joni Mitchell Miles of Aisles 1974
Mustang Sally Wilson Pickett The Wicked Pickett 1966
Drive Me Blodwyn Pig Getting To This 1970
Davy’s On The Road Again Manfred Mann’s Earth Band Watch (Remastered) 1978
Drive The Cars Heartbeat City 1984
Fun, Fun, Fun (Single Version) The Beach Boys Singles 1964
Highway Star Deep Purple Machine Head 1972
Joy Ride Lee Ritenour Treasure-Rit 2003
Texas Twister Little Feat Representing the Mambo 1990
Life in the Fast Lane Eagles Hell Freezes Over 1994
Ridin’ Thumb Three Dog Night Cyan 1973
I’m Gonna Be The Proclaimers Sunshine On Leith 1988
Midnite Cruiser Steely Dan Can’t Buy A Thrill 1972
Nobody’s Car Jethro Tull Under Wraps 1984
Gridlock Warren Zevon Transverse City 1989
Outward Bound Wishbone Ash New England 1976
The Road Less Traveled Joe Sample Ashes to Ashes 1990
L.A. Woman The Doors L.A. Woman 1971
The Long And Winding Road The Beatles Let It Be 1970

Postshow

Extended.  Well, I had the tracks cued up and people were listening

Don’t Stop Fleetwood Mac Rumours 1977
Rockin’ Down the Highway The Doobie Brothers Toulouse Street 1972
Road Trip Runrig Everything You See 2007
On The Western Skyline Bruce Hornsby And The Range The Way It Is 1986
Down The Road Little Feat Feats Don’t Fail Me Now 1974
Grease The Wheels JCM Heroes 2018
Crosstown Traffic The Hamsters Hamster Jam 1991
Just Another Country Road Robben Ford A Day In Nashville 2014
On This Winding Road Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn Echo In The Valley 2017
Night Drive Michael Chapman Wrecked Again 1972
Roadsinger Yusuf Islam Roadsinger (To Warm You Through The Night) 2009
1952 Vincent Black LIghtning Richard Thompson Cambridge Folk Festival 2010
Open Road Wishbone Ash Number The Brave 1981
The Valley Road Bruce Hornsby & The Range Scenes From the Southside 1988
On Liberty Road Spyro Gyra Love & Other Obsessions 1995
Down The Road Stephen Stills, Manassas Down The Road 1973
Road Games Allan Holdsworth Road Games 1983
The Road Not Taken Bruce Hornsby & The Range Scenes From the Southside 1988
Riders On The Storm The Doors L.A. Woman 1971

On the Road Again Remastered

This week’s show will be an updated version of our second set of road songs from five years ago, to be enjoyed whether you’re in the car, the armchair, or wherever your travels take you.

See you in the Cavern,
Malaclypse

177 We Love The Flower Girl: L.A. Sunshine, Psychedelia and Harmony Pop

A welcome diversion to a less complicated time, the late Sixties on the West Coast of the US and the pop scene there.  A show full of three-minute singles from some lesser-known bands from that era.

Very well attended too, with a peak of 25 listeners and 24 for most of the show.  Hope to see you all again.

Preshow

Title Artists Album Year
Happy Together The Turtles Happy Together 1967
You Don’t Have to Walk in the Rain The Turtles Turtle Soup 1969
The Walking Song The Turtles Happy Together 1967
Too Young to Be One The Turtles Happy Together 1967
Baby, You’re Free The Cyrkle Red Rubber Ball 1966
I’m Not Sure What I Wanna Do The Cyrkle Neon [Expanded] 1967
Take a Giant Step The Monkees The Monkees 1966
The Door Into Summer The Monkees Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd 1967
Someday Man The Monkees Instant Replay 1969
Sundown, Sundown Nancy & Lee Fairy Tales and Fantasies 1968
Break Away [*] The Beach Boys single 1969

Main Show

The Rain, the Park and Other Things The Cowsills The Cowsills 1967
We Can Fly The Cowsills We Can Fly 1968
Love and Sunshine The Love Generation Montage 1968
Let the Good Times In The Love Generation Montage 1968
Just Beyond Your Smile The Sunshine Company Happy Is 1967
Come On Down to My Boat Every Mother’s Son Every Mother’s Son 1967
It’s a Wonder Afterglow Afterglow 1968
By My Side Afterglow Afterglow 1968
The Horse I Rode Ran off My Merry-Go-Round Aquarian Age Good Weather Machine (Sunshine, Soft & Studio Pop 1966-1972) [2020] 1968
Mrs. Bluebird Eternity’s Children Eternity’s Children 1968
Sunshine Among Us Eternity’s Children Eternity’s Children 1968
Rumors Eternity’s Children From Us Unto You: The Complete Singles [2005] 1967
(Would You Believe) It’s Raining Flowers in My House Sidewalk Skipper Band Book A Trip: The Psych Pop Sounds Of Capitol Records [2010] 1967
The Continental The Groop The Groop 1968
When Will You Happen to Me? The Human Jungle Poppies 1967
Say You Do The Anita Kerr Singers Sounds 1968
Mr Sun The Lettermen Spring! 1967
The Proper Ornaments The Free Design Kites Are Fun 1967
Bubbles The Free Design Stars/Time/Bubbles/Love [Bonus Tracks] 1970
Lazy Day Spanky and Our Gang Spanky and Our Gang 1967
Why Did I Get So High The Peanut Butter Conspiracy The Peanut Buitter Conspiracy Is Spreading 1967
Good Times The Art of Lovin’ The Art of Lovin’ 1968
You’ll Walk Away The Art of Lovin’ The Art of Lovin’ 1968
All I Really Want The Growing Concern The Growing Concern 1967
It Ain’t Necessarily Byrd Avenue The Serendipity Singers Love is a State of Mind 1968
Beverly Believer The Serendipity Singers Love is a State of Mind 1968
Foolin’ Around Twinn Connexion Twinn Connexion 1968
I Think I’ll Just Go Over and Find Me a Flower Twinn Connexion Twinn Connexion 1968
I Think I’ll Just Go and Find Me a Flower Moorpark Intersection Book A Trip: The Psych Pop Sounds Of Capitol Records [2010] 1967
Sunny Days The Tuneful Trolley Island in the Sky 1969
I Remember Long Ago The Peppermint Trolley Company Beautiful Sun 1968
The Shade of The Sun The New Wave The New Wave 1967
Walkin’ On Down The Street The New Wave The New Wave 1967
The Know It All The Millennium Begin 1968
Hotel Indiscreet Sagittarius Present Tense 1968
Everyone’s Gonna Wonder The Avengers The Avengers 1967
Rainy Day Girls The Sound Laboratory Alice In Wonderland & Other Rainy Day Girls: The Great Lost Southern Popsike Trip [2013] 1968
21st Century Girl The Sound Laboratory Alice In Wonderland & Other Rainy Day Girls: The Great Lost Southern Popsike Trip [2013] 1969
Good Feelin’ Time The Yellow Balloon The Yellow Balloon 1967
Close to Carmel The Fun and Games Elephant Candy 1968
Incense and Peppermints Strawberry Alarm Clock Incense and Peppermints 1968
Tomorrow Strawberry Alarm Clock Incense and Peppermints 1968
Sit With the Guru Strawberry Alarm Clock Incense and Peppermints 1968

Postshow

Paul’s Circus The Art of Lovin’ The Art of Lovin’ 1968
Book a Trip This Side Up Book a Trip 1967
You Could Be Born Again The Free Design You Could Be Born Again [Bonus Tracks] 1968
Hard Hard Year The Growing Concern The Growing Concern 1967
Not From You The New Wave The New Wave 1967
I Try to Think of You When I Can The Groop The Groop 1968
Hey Look Around The Love Generation Let the Good Times In 1968
February Sunshine The Giant Sunflower Good Weather Machine 1968
Happiness The Anita Kerr Singers Sounds 1968
Cynthia At the Garden Sidewalk Skipper Band Book a Trip 1967
Pleasant Valley Sunday The Monkees Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd 1967

LA Sunshine and Psychedelia

This week’s showing will concentrate on things that happened in the mid to late 1960s in California, from harmony to West Coast… featuring the bands you haven’t heard. Yet.

See you in the Cavern,
Malaclypse

048R Connections 1: The Clapton Complex – Remastered

A very fine show from our past, updated with some more refined text.  Well received too, more listened in than on its first broadcast.  This is what we like to see.

Mal posted some of his research notes as a follow-up to the first broadcast, and you can find them here.

Preshow.

Title Artists Album Year
Itchycoo Park The Small Faces There Are But Four Small Faces 1967
Slunky Eric Clapton Eric Clapton 1970
I Ain’t Superstitious Jeff Beck Truth 1968
Tenth Avenue Breakdown Supertramp Slow Motion 2002
High Eric Clapton There’s One in Every Crowd 1975
Ballroom Dancing Paul McCartney Tug Of War 1982

Main Show

You Got Me Rocking The Rolling Stones Forty Licks 1994
Stay With Me The Faces A Nod’s as Good as a Wink… to a Blind Horse 1971
It’s All Over Now Rod Stewart Gasoline Alley 1970
Rice Pudding The Jeff Beck Group Beck-Ola 1969
Shapes Of Things The Yardbirds single 1966
Five Long Years The Yardbirds Five Live Yardbirds 1964
While My Guitar Gently Weeps The Beatles The Beatles 1968
Get Back The Beatles Let It Be 1970
Do What You Like Blind Faith Blind Faith 1969
Blue Light David Gilmour About Face 1984
Brother Where You Bound Supertramp Brother Where You Bound 1985
The Rocker Thin Lizzy Live and Dangerous 1983
The Dogs Of War Pink Floyd A Momentary Lapse Of Reason 1987
Mother Pink Floyd The Wall 1979
Hold The Line Toto Toto 1978
Going Up The Country Canned Heat Living the Blues 1968
Pet Sounds The Beach Boys Pet Sounds 1966
California Calling The Beach Boys The Beach Boys 1985
No More Lonely Nights (Ballad) Paul McCartney Give My Regards to Broad Street 1984
Steel Claw Dave Edmunds Riff Raff 1984

Postshow

Shapes Of Things Jeff Beck Truth 1968
Mainline Florida Eric Clapton 461 Ocean Boulevard 1974
All Lovers Are Deranged David Gilmour About Face 1984
Had to Cry Today Blind Faith Blind Faith 1969
You Win, I Lose Supertramp Some Things Never Change 1997
If You Wanna Paul McCartney Flaming Pie 1997
After Midnight Eric Clapton Eric Clapton 1970

Connections I: The Clapton Complex

This week’s show is a remastered version of our first exploration of the connections between various musicians and bands, with a few details on how those connections came to be.

See you in the Cavern,
Malaclypse

176 Play That Funky Music

The Radio Free D’ni schedule covers every Sunday these days, and I forgot to check on the dates for Mysterium, so we coincided.  It was a very pleasant surprise to find sixteen people in the cavern when I got there, and a total audience of 28 overall during the show – one of our best attended for a while.  The subject of the show seems to have been a big hit as well 🙂

Preshow

Title Artists Album Year
What In the Funk Do You See Wild Cherry Wild Cherry 1976
Too Young to Die Jamiroquai High Times 2006
I Like It The Players Association Turn the Misic Up 1978
Some Skunk Funk The Brecker Brothers The Brecker Bros. 1975
Som Punk Funk Steve Khan Tightrope 1977
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing Leo Sayer You Make Me Feel Like Dancing 1976
You Should Be Dancing The Bee Gees Saturday Night Fever OST 1977

Main Show

Play That Funky Music Wild Cherry Wild Cherry 1976
Pick Up the Pieces Average White Band The Very Best Of 2006
When Will You Be Mine Average White Band The Very Best Of 2006
Turn the Music Up The Players Association Turn the Music Up 1977
Ride the Groove The Players Association Turn the Music Up 1977
Sproutin’ Out Olympic Runners Put the Music Where Your Mouth Is 1974
Dump the Bump Olympic Runners Out in Front 1975
Funk It Funk Factory Funk Factory 1976
Dancer Queen Hot Space 1982
Cool Cat Queen Hot Space 1982
John, I’m Only Dancing (Again) David Bowie The Platinum Collection 2005
Funk It Up The Sweet Off the Record 1977
Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part 3 Ian Dury Reasons to Be Cheerful 2005
Jack Shit George Ian Dury Reasons to Be Cheerful 2005
Don’t Talk to Me About Love Altered Images Happy Birthday 2007
Rip It Up Orange Juice Rip It Up 1983
Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) Haircut 100 Pelican West 1981
Ooh to Be Ah Kajagoogoo White Feathers 1983
Emergency on Planet Earth Jamiroquai High Times 2006
You Know What I Mean Jeff Beck Blow By Blow 1975
Head for Backstage Pass Jeff Beck Wired 1976
You Gotta Get It While You Can Larry Carlton Sleepwalk 1982
Black Cow Steely Dan Aja 1977
I Got the News Steely Dan Aja 1977

Postshow

Step Back in Time Kylie Minogue Rhythm of Love 1990
Whenever You Need Somebody Rick Astley Whenever You Need Somebody 1987
Grab It Olympic Runners Put the Music Where Your Mouth Is 2010
Cosmic Strut Mahavishnu Orchestra Visions of the Emerald Beyond 1975
Rissoled Gonzalez Gonzalez 1974
No Reply At All Genesis Abacab 1981
Goodnight Tonight Wings Back to the Egg 1979

Play that Funky Music!

This week, we will play some funky stuff, and look into how Funk has influenced the entirety of Rock music.

See you in the Cavern,
Malaclypse