Radio Free D'ni

This was an idea I’d been working on for a while, with alternative titles such as ‘Songs I can’t sing’ – because I can’t get through them without choking up.  Eventually we made it to air, but to remember (slightly too late) that May 1st is a holiday throughout Europe and most of our audience could well be in their garden having a barbecue…  Even so we had up to 23 listeners with 17 most of the time, which is very pleasing.

Pre and post-show were thrown together at the last minute from things that had not quite made it into recent shows.

This show was surprisingly hard to present.  As the last track in the postshow says, one of these days I’ll get an early night…

Preshow

Title	Artists	Album	Year
I Robot	The Alan Parsons Project	I Robot	1977
Eve Of The War	Richard Burton/Justin Hayward	Jeff Wayne’s The War Of The Worlds	1978
The Three Fates:	Emerson, Like & Palmer	Emerson, Like & Palmer	1970
Time Marches On	John Scofield	Blue Matter	1987

The Show

Indian Reservation	John D. Loudermilk	The Open Mind of John D. Loudermilk	1969
Cherry Pie	Sade	Lovers Live	2002
Sunshine Reggae	Laid Back	Keep Smiling	1983
My Feet Are Set For Dancing	Fairport Convention	Gladys’ Leap	1985
Honour and Praise	Fairport Convention	Gladys’ Leap	1985
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V)	Pink Floyd	Wish You Were Here	1975
Fantasia Lindum – Celestial Light	Amazing Blondel	Fantasia Lindum	1971
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX)	Pink Floyd	Wish You Were Here	1975
Albion Heart	The Albion Band	The Guv’nor’s Big Birthday Bash	2001
Bayonet Rap	Tom Paxton	The Compleat Tom Paxton	2002
Talking Vietnam Pot Luck Blues	Tom Paxton	The Compleat Tom Paxton	2002
Jimmy Newman	Tom Paxton	The Compleat Tom Paxton	2002
Made In Freesland	Godewind	20 Johr Platt ‘n Roll	1999
Close the Coalhouse Door	Alex Glasgow	Hi,Canny Man!’ Newcastle Songs	2002
	Billie Holiday	Live performance	1959
Wind Of Change	Scorpions	Crazy World	1990
Red Barchetta	Rush	Moving Pictures	1981

Postshow

The Hiring Fair	Fairport Convention	Gladys’ Leap	1985
Lost In Kashmir	The Hellecasters	Escape From Hollywood	1994
Lost In The Snow	Bruce Hornsby	Halcyon Days	2004
One of These Days I’ll Get an Early Night	Camel	Rain Dances	1977

I did a set for Earth Day, as part of the MOUL celebrations that were crowned by a wonderful dance set from the NULP dancers.  I played for an hour before they began, and chatted to you as well.  Here’s the playlist.

Acres Wild	Jethro Tull	Heavy Horses	1978
Catching the Sun	Spyro Gyra	Catching the Sun	1980
Winds On The Mountain	Incantation	On The Wing Of A Condor	1982
The Storm	Davy Spillane Band	Out of the Air	1988
Ode to Big Blue	Gordon Lightfoot	Don Quixote	1972
Before The Deluge	Moving Hearts	Moving Hearts	1981
Big Yellow Taxi	Joni Mitchell	Ladies of The Canyon	1970
Whose Garden was This	Tom Paxton	6	1970
King Of Trees	Cat Stevens	Buddha and the Chocolate Box	1974
Landscape	Amazing Blondel	England	1972
Cup of Wonder	Jethro Tull	Songs from the Wood	1977

Tom Paxton wrote Whose Garden Was This for the very first Earth Day in 1970.

Broadcast on Easter Sunday, proving that none of us looked at the public holiday dates before we announced the show time…  Nevertheless, a maximum of 29 with 22 – 24 all the way through.  Thank you all for listening, and this time it was something away from the mainstream.  Our skipping trip through Dave Swarbrick’s career seemed to go down well.  Here is the playlist.

Preshow

Bottom Of The Punchbowl/The Swallow Tail/Marquis Of Tullybardine	Dave Swarbrick	Rags, Reels & Airs	1967
The Deserter – Medley: The Lark In The Morning, Rakish Paddy, Foxhunter’s Jig, Toss The Feathers	Fairport Convention	Liege and Lief	1969
Flatback Caper	Fairport Convention	Full House	1970
The Hair of the Dogma/As Bitme/John Barleycorn	Fairport Convention	Tipplers Tales	1978
The Wee Cooper of Fyfe	Ian Campbell Folk Group	This Is The Ian Campbell Folk Group	1963

The Show

The Two Magicians	Martin Carthy	Martin Carthy	1965
Porcupine Rag	Dave Swarbrick	Rags, Reels & Airs	1967
The Salamanca Medley	Dave Swarbrick	Rags, Reels & Airs	1967
Hens March To The Middens	Dave Swarbrick	Rags, Reels & Airs	1967
Byker Hill	Martin Carthy with Dave Swarbrick	Byker Hill	1967
John Barleycorn	Martin Carthy with Dave Swarbrick	Byker Hill	1967
Come All Ye	Fairport Convention	Liege and Lief	1969
Matty Groves	Fairport Convention	Liege and Lief	1969
Walk Awhile	Fairport Convention	Full House	1970
Sloth	Fairport Convention	Full House	1970
The Journeyman’s Grace	Fairport Convention	Angel Delight	1971
The Hexhamshire Lass	Fairport Convention	Nine	1973
Rising For The Moon	Fairport Convention	Rising For The Moon	1975
Night-Time Girl	Fairport Convention	Rising For The Moon	1975
Royal Seleccion No. 13	Fairport Convention	The Bonny Bunch of Roses	1977
Jack O’Rion	Fairport Convention	Tipplers Tales	1978
Ye Marine’rs All	Fairport Convention	Tipplers Tales	1978
a. Wat Ye Wha I Met The Streen; b. The Ribbons Of The Redheaded Girl; c. Ril Gan Ainm	DaveSwarbrick	Smiddyburn	1981
a. Wishing; b. The Victor’s Return; c. The Gravel Walk	DaveSwarbrick	Smiddyburn	1981
79ths Farewell – Atholl Highlanders – De’il In The Kitchen	Dave Swarbrick + Simon Nicol	In The Club	1982
O’Carolans Farewell To Music	Dave Swarbrick + Simon Nicol	In The Club	1982
Carthy’s March – The Lemon Tree	Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick	Life and Limb	1990
Medley: Crazy Man Michael / To Althea From Prison / White Dress / Rosie	Dave Swarbrick	English Fiddler: Swarbrick Plays Swarbrick	2003

Postshow

The Bonny Black Hare	Fairport Convention	Angel Delight	1971
Hen’s March – Four Poster Bed	Dave Swarbrick + Simon Nicol	In The Club	1982
a. The Bride’s March; b. The Keelman’s Pertition	DaveSwarbrick	Flittin’	1983
Sovay	Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick	Life and Limb	1990
Close To The Wind	Dave Swarbrick And Simon Nicol	Close To The White Bear	1998
Fiddlestix	Dave Swarbrick And Simon Nicol	Close To The White Bear	1998
The Hen’s March/The Four Poster Bed	Fairport Convention	The History Of Fairport Convention	1972

 

A good crowd joined us to remember the career of Robert Stigwood and the artists and shows that he was responsible for.
He more or less invented the role independent record producer, changing the way that popular music was created and marketed, and was an important part of the development of both bands and shows that achieved worldwide recognition.

Radio Free D’ni isn’t quite in that league, but we did have up to 30 listeners, with about half of you with us on the plaza.

Pre and post show music consisted of items that had not made the cut for the show – and there were plenty of them, too.

Preshow

Title	Artist	Album	Year
Oh! Calcutta	Cast	Soundtrack	1969
I Feel Free	Cream	Fresh Cream	1966
5:15	The Who	Quadrophenia	1973
Willie and the Hand Jive	Eric Clapton	461 Ocean Boulevard	1974
I Shot the Sheriff	Eric Clapton	461 Ocean Boulevard	1974
Behind Blue Eyes	The Who	Who’s Next	1971
Squeeze Box	The Who	The Who By Numbers	1975
You’re The One That I Want	John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John	Grease – The Original Soundtrack	1978

The Show

Johnny Remember Me	John Leyton	single	1961
Happy Jack	The Who	A Quick One	1966
Slip Kid	The Who	The Who By Numbers	1975
SWLABR	Cream	Disraeli Gears	1967
Born Under A Bad Sign	Cream	Wheels of Fire	1968
Well All Right	Blind Faith	Blind Faith	1969
Can’t Find My Way Home	Blind Faith	Blind Faith	1969
Layla	Derek & The Dominos	Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs	1970
Tell the Truth	Derek & The Dominos	Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs	1970
Bad Love	Eric Clapton	Journeyman	1989
Motherless Children	Eric Clapton	461 Ocean Boulevard	1974
New York Mining Disaster, 1941	The Bee Gees	Bee Gees’ 1st	1967
Jive Talkin’	Bee Gees	Main Course	1975
Hair	London Cast	Hair	1969
Heaven On Their Minds	Murray Head	Jesus Christ Superstar	1970
Gethsemane (I Only Want To Say)	Ian Gillan	Jesus Christ Superstar	1970
Another Suitcase In Another Hall	Siobhan McCarthy	Evita (London Cast)	1978
Pinball Wizard	The Who	Tommy	1969
A Fifth Of Beethoven	Walter Murphy	Saturday Night Fever	1977
Disco Inferno	The Trammps	Saturday Night Fever	1977
Grease	Frankie Valli	Grease – The Original Soundtrack	1978
Greased Lightnin	John Travolta	Grease – The Original Soundtrack	1978
The Barber And His Wife	Cast	Sweeney Todd	1980
Hot Lunch Jam	Irene Cara	Fame OST	1980

Postshow

You Should Be Dancin’	The Bee Gees	Children of the World	1976
Had to Cry Today	Blind Faith	Blind Faith	1969
White Room	Cream	Wheels of Fire	1968
Anything For Your Love	Eric Clapton	Journeyman	1989
I Can See For Miles	The Who	The Who Sell Out	1967
Baba O’Riley	The Who	Who’s Next	1971

 

Yoda put on another light show for us in Magic Tolesa and we followed up with a dance party, as is traditional 🙂  The Kadish bay was a great place for the light show, with lots of space for the audience to spread out along and a big flat area to perform on.  The dance afterwards made use of one of the best dance floors in MOUL, the interior of the pyramid puzzle building.

The light show was accompanied by music from Malcolm Cecil, Robert Margouleff and the TONTO synthesiser, one of those unique electronic instruments that in fact turns up all over the place, but only credited in the small print, if at all.

Preshow

Title	Artists	Album	Year
A Rainbow in Curved Air	Terry Riley	A Rainbow in Curved Air	1971
Brandenburg Concerto #4 in G Major: III-Presto	Wendy Carlos	The Well-Tempered Synthesizer	1969

Show

Waves	Malcolm Cecil	Radiance	1981
Cybernaut	Tonto’s Expanding Head Band	Zero Time	1971
Timewhys	Tonto’s Expanding Head Band	Zero Time	1971
Ferryboat	Tonto’s Expanding Head Band	Tonto Rides Again	1996
Freeflight	Tonto’s Expanding Head Band	Tonto Rides Again	1996
Tontomotion	Tonto’s Expanding Head Band	Tonto Rides Again	1996

Dance party

Golden Years	David Bowie	Station to Station	1976
Chris Rea – Let’s Dance	Chris Rea	Dancing With Strangers	1987
I Love To Boogie	T.Rex	single	1976
Born To Be Wild	Steppenwolf	Born To Be Wild	1992
The Boys Are Back In Town	Thin Lizzy	Jailbreak	1976
China Grove	The Doobie Brothers	The Captain and Me	1973
Come On Eileen	Dexy’s Midnight Runners	Too-Rye-Ay	1982
Boogie Wonderland	Earth Wind And Fire	I Am	1979
Dancin’ in the Moonlight	Thin Lizzy	Bad Reputation	1977
Disco Inferno	Trammps	Disco Inferno	1976
Roadhouse Blues	The Doors	Morrison Hotel	1970
A Kind Of Magic	Queen	A Kind of Magic	1986
Good Lovin’ Gone Bad	Bad Company	Straight Shooter	1975
Just What I Needed	The Cars	The Cars	1978
Running In The Family	Level 42	Running In The Family	1987
Feelin’ Alright	Caravan	Better by Far	1977
The Invisible Man	Queen	The Miracle	1989
Dreamer	Supertramp	Crime of the Century	1974
Almighty Blues	Wishbone Ash	Bona Fide – Special Limited Edition	2006
My Future Ex-Wife	The Hamsters	Open All Hours	2004
Another One Bites The Dust	Queen	The Game	1980
You Can Call Me Al	Paul Simon	Graceland	1986
Hammer To Fall	Queen	The Works	1984
Walk Around Time	Robert Cray Band, The	Midnight Stroll	1990
Headlong	Queen	Innuendo	1991
Fantasized	Robert Cray	Strong Persuader	1986
Immigrant Song	Led Zeppelin	Remasters	1990
The Heart Of Rock & Roll	Huey Lewis & The News	Sports	1983
All Right Now	Free	Fire and Water	1970
Don’t Stop	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	1977
Stay With Me	Faces	A Nod Is As Good As A Wink . .	1971
Gonna Buy A Hat	Chris Rea	Dancing With Strangers	1987
I Can’t Dance To That	Chris Rea	Dancing With Strangers	1987
Great Divide	Bruce Hornsby	Spirit Trail	1996
Deal With the Preacher	Bad Company	Straight Shooter	1975
Preacher In The Ring Pt. I	Bruce Hornsby	Spirit Trail	1996
Everybody Needs Somebody to Love	Blues Brothers	The Blues Brothers	1980
See The Same Way	Bruce Hornsby	Spirit Trail	1996
King In A Catholic Style	China Crisis	Flaunt The Imperfection	1985
The Storm	Davy Spillane Band	Out of the Air	1988
Ragman	Deacon Blue	Raintown	1987
Sultans Of Swing	Dire Straits	Money For Nothing	1988
Dancing	Decameron	Tomorrow’s Pantomime	1976
Go Your Own Way	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	1977
My Brother Jake	Free	Highway	1970
Hip To Be Square	Huey Lewis And The News	Fore!	1986
Savoy	Jeff Beck	Jeff Beck’s Guitar Shop	1989
Trampled Underfoot	Led Zeppelin	Remasters	1990
The Ability To Swing	Thomas Dolby	Aliens Ate My Buick	1988

A second set of Covered Up songs, where we find the original versions of songs and then play one or two covers that are interesting and different from the original.  A bit nerd-ey perhaps, but fascinating if you are into that sort of thing.

Preshow

Title	Artists	Album	Year
Roll over Beethoven	Electric Light Orchestra	ELO 2	1973
L. A. Woman	Billy Idol	Charmed Life	2000
Cocaine	J.J. Cale	Troubadour	1976
Soul Man	The Blues Brothers	The Essentials: The Blues Brothers	2003
Then She Kissed Me	Kiss	Love Gun	1977
All Along The Watchtower	Jimi Hendrix	Electric Ladyland	1968
Shapes of Things	Rush	Feedback	2004
Summertime	Dave Edmunds	The Early Years (Disc 1)	1991
Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door	Guns N’ Roses	Use Your Illusion II	1991
Let the Good Times Roll (Remastered)	Man	All’s Well That Ends Well	2014

 

The Show

Cher – Believe (Rough Cut)	Cher	Believe	1998
Do you believe (in Kölle Alaaf)	Wise Guys	LIVE	2000
Delilah	Tom Jones	single	1968
Delilah	The Sensational Alex Harvey Band	Live At The BBC	2009
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction	The Rolling Stones	Forty Licks	1965
Satisfaction	CCS	Whole Lotta Love ( CCS I )	1970
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction	Devo	Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!	1978
All Along the Watchtower	Bob Dylan	John Wesley Harding	1967
All Along The Watchtower	The Hamsters	The Jimi Hendrix Memorial Concerts 1995	1996
The House of the Rising Sun	Georgia Turner	The Alan Lomax Popular Songbook	2003
The House of the Risin’ Sun	Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	1962
The House of the Rising Sun	The Animals	The Animals	1964
Whiskey In The Jar	The Dubliners	More of the Hard Stuff	1967
Whisky In The Jar	Thin Lizzy	single	1974
Whisky in the Jar	Metallica	Garage Inc.	1998
Roll Over Beethoven	Chuck Berry	single	1956
Roll Over Beethoven	Charlie Feathers	New Jungle Fever	1987
Tainted Love	Gloria Jones	single	1965
Tainted Love	Soft Cell	Non Stop Erotic Cabaret	1981
Go Now	Bessie Banks	Single	1964
Go Now	Simply Red	Stay (Expanded Edition)	2014
Flip Flop and Fly	Big Joe Turner	single	1955
Flip Flop And Fly	Vince Weber	Octoroon	1991
Higher Ground	Stevie Wonder	Innervisions	1973
Higher Ground	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Mother’s Milk	1989
Blinded By The Light	Bruce Springsteen	Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.	1973
Blinded by the Light	Manfred Mann’s Earth Band	The Roaring Silence	1976

Postshow

Come Together	Aerosmith	Best Of Aerosmith
Please Don’t Touch	Motörhead	Ace Of Spades	1981
New York Groove	Ace Frehley	Ace Frehley	2014
Before You Accuse Me	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Cosmo’s Factory	1970
Honky Tonk Woman	Jerry Lee Lewis	Last Man Standing	2006
Go Now	The Moody Blues	The Magnificent Moodies	1964

 

Radio Free D’ni provided some of the music for the St. Patrick’s Day parade and post-parade bop, and here is the playlist :).

The preshow was, as usual, designed to let people find the broadcast channel and get tuned in to the music.  Unfortunately, I had not created the playlists, and doing so took up so much processing power that the channel dropped out for most people.  However, I promised not to do that again, and the listeners returned…  at one point, 43 folks were listening, more than were in the cavern, and we still had 27 on line when I handed over to Joker at 15 KI.

Preshow

Title	Artists	Album	Year
Heart to Heart	Kenny Loggins	High Adventure	1982
Mirage	Jean-Luc Ponty	Enigmatic Ocean	1977
Solaris	CIALYN	The Descent Unseen	2015
Oxygène (Part II)	Jean-Michel Jarre	Oxygène	1976
Périapside	CIALYN	single	2016
Shock The Monkey	Peter Gabriel	Peter Gabriel 4 (Remastered)	2002

The main event began with the parade, following Minasunda’s artfully placed set of markers, which included instructions for dance moves or emotes to be performed in certain locations.

Parade

Slides	The Bothy Band	Out Of The Wind Into The Sun	1977
The Jolly Beggar Reel	Planxty	Planxty	1972
Chain Of Fools	The Commitments	The Commitments – Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	1991
Emerald	Thin Lizzy	Jailbreak	1976
Polkas a) trip to sado b) dan-ti-dan-dan	Donal Lunny	Coolfin	1998
Calum Sgaire	Bothy Band	Old Hag You Have Killed Me	1976
Larry Redican’s Hornpipe – The Green Banner	Jerry O’Sullivan	The Invasion	2001
The Kesh Jig/Give Us a Drink of Water/The Flower of the Flock/Famous Ballymote	Bothy Band	The First Album [“1975”]	1975
Double Jigs-Out On The Ocean~Tiocfaidh Tú Abhaile Liom (You Will Come Home With Me)	Planxty	Woman I Loved So Well	1980
Slip Jigs	Planxty	The Well Below The Valley	1988
The Pipe On The Hob	The Bothy Band	Out Of The Wind Into The Sun	1977
Cunla	Planxty	The Well Below The Valley	1988
Reels: The Old Torn Petticoat; The Dublin Reel; The Wind That Shakes The Barley	Planxty	Cold Blow And The Rainy Night	1974
Brian Boru’s March	The Chieftains	The Chieftains 2	1969
Hornpipes	Planxty	The Well Below The Valley	1988
Port Lúascaigh- Leppadumdowledum	Donal Lunny	Donal Lunny	1987
Introduction-Lucy’s Tune/Indiana Drones	Davy Spillane	Shadow Hunter	1990
The Tar Road to Sligo/Paddy Clancy’s	Bothy Band	The First Album [“1975”]	1975
Fionnghuala	Bothy Band	Old Hag You Have Killed Me	1976
The Mouseskin Shoe & Dancing in Allihies	Donal Lunny	Coolfin	1998
Atlantic Bridge	Davy Spillane Band	Out of the Air	1988

After the parade we went to the (green, of course) Greeters Pub for some  dancing

Dance

Music In The Glen	Bothy Band	Old Hag You Have Killed Me	1976
The Morning Star	Bothy Band	Out Of The Wind Into The Sun	1977
The Salamanca/The Banshee/The Sailor’s Bonnet	Bothy Band	The First Album [“1975”]	1975
Domino	Hozier	Hootenanny 2015	2015
Western Whisper	Davy Spillane	A Place Among The Stones	1994
The Night Visit	Christy Moore	The Christy Moore Collection 81-91	1991
Messenger Boy	Christy Moore	The Christy Moore Collection 81-91	1991
Lisdoonvarna	Christy Moore	The Christy Moore Collection 81-91	1991
Pigtown /, Tie the Ribbons / The Bag of Potatoes	The Chieftains	The Chieftains 2	1969
Mustang Sally	The Commitments	The Commitments – Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	1991
Take Me To The River	The Commitments	The Commitments – Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	1991
I Thank You	The Commitments	The Commitments Vol. 2	1992
Polkas: Dennis Murphy’s Polka; The 42 Pound Cheque; John Ryan’s Polka	Planxty	Cold Blow And The Rainy Night	1974
Reels	Planxty	The Well Below The Valley	1988
Reels-The Woman I Never Forgot (Canny’s)~The Pullett~The Ladies Pantalettes	Planxty	Woman I Loved So Well	1980
Dancing In The Moonlight (It’s Got Me In It’s Spotlight)	Thin Lizzy	Bad Reputation	1977
Chinatown	Thin Lizzy	Chinatown	1980
Whisky In The Jar	Thin Lizzy	single	1972
Poirt	Donal Lunny	Donal Lunny	1987
Glentown	Donal Lunny	Coolfin	1998
Fonn Mall	Donal Lunny	Donal Lunny	1987
Don’t Forget Your Shovel	Christy Moore	The Christy Moore Collection 81-91	1991
Volcano	U2	Songs of Innocence	2014
This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now	U2	Songs of Innocence	2014
The Boys Are Back In Town	Thin Lizzy	Jailbreak	1976
Waiting For An Alibi	Thin Lizzy	Black Rose: A Rock Legend	1979
Do Anything You Want To	Thin Lizzy	Black Rose: A Rock Legend	1979
In The Midnight Hour	The Commitments	The Commitments – Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	1991
Show Me	The Commitments	The Commitments Vol. 2	1992
Treat Her Right	The Commitments	The Commitments – Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	1991
The Storm	Davy Spillane Band	Out of the Air	1988
The Rocker	Thin Lizzy	Vagabonds of the Western World	1973
Don’t Believe A Word	Thin Lizzy	Johnny The Fox	1976
Bad Reputation	Thin Lizzy	Bad Reputation	1977
Hard To Handle	The Commitments	The Commitments Vol. 2	1992
Jailbreak	Thin Lizzy	Jailbreak	1976
Dedication	Thin Lizzy	Dedication: The Very Best of Thin Lizzy	1991