Radio Free D'ni

Broadcast 17th April 2016 Tracks longer than 10 minutes each.  In place of In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida (which we were asked *not* to play) there is Return to The Garden Of Eden by the Bollock Brothers.  There’s just no pleasing some people… Preshow Index Title Artists Album Year 101 The Outlaw Torn Metallica Load 1996 102 Long Lankin…

Broadcast on 3rd April 2016 A selection of tracks taken from appearances on the Jools Holland “Later…” shows for late 2015.  Preshow is stuff from my stash – just getting to the letter “C”. Preshow Title Artists Album Year 101 Breadfan Budgie Never Turn Your Back on a Friend 1973 102 Boom Boom CCS A’s,…

Broadcast March 20th, 2016 A selection from the extensive discography of master of the keyboard and prog rock legend Keith Emerson. whose death was announced a few days earlier. He was a gifted player, one of the most technically accomplished keyboard players in rock.  There were more tracks than could fit into a 2 hour…

Broadcast March 6th, 2016 A set of long tracks, 10 minutes or more, to allow you to really get into the song. Preshow Title Artists Album Year 101 Driftin’ Blues Eric Clapton E.C. Was Here 1975 102 Nothing To Fear Chris Rea God’s Great Banana Skin 1992 103 There’s No Way Out of Here David…

Broadcast 21st February 2016 Inspiration failed to descend for me, and our friend Janeerah helped out with a set of electronic music featuring Vangelis. His full name is Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou, and he first become known in Europe as part of an all-Greek prog rock band Aphrodite’s Child (which had Demis Roussos on vocals) before…

Preshow Echoes Pink Floyd Meddle 1994 A Rainbow in Curved Air Terry Riley A Rainbow in Curved Air 1971 The Show Myst Theme Robyn Miller Myst – Soundtrack 1998 Bonus – Fireplace Theme Robyn Miller Myst – Soundtrack 1998 Finale – Finale Robyn Miller Myst – Soundtrack 1998 Fissure Soundtrack Riven 1997 Main Theme Soundtrack…

Broadcast 7th February 2016 Preshow and postshow is Clannad, all unfortunately without Enya… Eithné Ny Brennan, or to use her stage name, Enya, began as a member of the family band, Clannad but went solo very quickly, not being happy as a junior member of a large musical clan. AlanDJ was not present for this…

There was deep sadness all over the world when another iconic performer died on January 10th 2016.  David Bowie had been diagnosed with liver cancer in late 2014 but told few people outside his immediate family.  He had successfully kept his public and private lives separate for most of his career, and did not want…

A second show featuring bassists, solo and in the groups they played with, tinged with some sadness as Lemmy Kilminster had passed away suddenly over the Christmas holiday.  The other bassists were Donald “Duck” Dunne, Jack Bruce and John Wetton. Two tracks in the postshow have an elegiac intention, Family’s ‘The Weaver’s Answer’ and Colosseum’s ‘Elegy’.…

Another History, containing (as usual) significant tracks and not just Greatest Hits.  Both Malaclypse and I (AlanDJ) are big Tull fans so the track choices are very much a collaborative effort.  Between us we have everything Ian Anderson has recorded, in or out of Tull, and quite a lot from some of the significant band…