Radio Free D'ni

A show concentrating on bass-players and playing both solo works and work with the groups they made famous 🙂  This first show includes Paul McCartney, Mark King, John Entwistle, Geddy Lee, Dave Pegg, Jeff Berlin, Patrick Scales, Tony Levin, Jaco Pastorious and Rick Kemp.  A vast coverage, and most have found fame in more than one group.

Ed was away from his desk and the show was broadcast by AlanDJ, with Mal on the plaza to back me up.  I lost connection to the radio stream during the postshow, and by the time I’d got it back, the audience had (quite understandably) dispersed.  It was a very complex show, as the playlist makes clear – still I did have time to include two requests in the postshow.

Preshow

	Title	Artists	Album	Year
101	Introduction	Chicago	Chicago Transit Authority	1969
102	Airship Pirate	Abney Park	Lost Horizons	2008
103	Albert’s Shuffle	Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper and Stephen Stills	Super Session	1968
104	Dodgy Boat	Allan Holdsworth	Wardenclyffe Tower	1992
105	Toye	Amazing Blondel	Fantasia Lindum	1971
106	Theme (Paganini Caprice in A Minor No. 24 and Variations 1-4)	Andrew  Lloyd Webber	Variations	1978
107	Cut The Cake	Average White Band	Volume 8	1980
108	Hot Water (MK)	Level 42	World Machine	1985

The Show

201	Something (PM)	The Beatles	Abbey Road	1969
202	Goodnight Tonight (PM)	Paul McCartney	single	1979
203	One Man (MK)	Mark King	One Man	1999
204	The Chinese Way (MK)	Level 42	The Pursuit of Accidents	1982
205	Dancing Master (JE)	John Entwistle	Too Late The Hero	1981
206	Substitute (JE)	The Who	single	1966
207	Grace To Grace (GL)	Geddy Lee	My Favorite Headache	2000
208	Red Barchetta (GL)	Rush	Moving Pictures	1981
209	The Swirling Pit (DP)	Dave Pegg	The Cocktail Cowboy Goes it Alone	1984
210	Dirty Linen (DP)	Fairport Convention	Full House	1970
211	The Clasp (DP)	Jethro Tull	Broadsword And The Beast	1982
212	Bach (JB)	Jeff Berlin	Crossroads	1998
213	Joe Frazier (JB)	Bill Bruford	Gradually Going Tornado	1980
214	Escape (PS)	Passport	Passport Live	2000
215	Not Just Another Pretty Bass (TL)	Tony Levin	Stick Man	2007
216	San Jacinto (TL)	Peter Gabriel	Peter Gabriel 4	2002
217	Three of a Perfect Pair (TL)	King Crimson	Three of a Perfect Pair	1984
218	Portrait Of Tracy (JP)	Jaco Pastorius	Jaco Pastorius	1976
219	In France They Kiss On Main Street (JP)	Joni Mitchell	Shadows And Light	1979
220	Birdland (JP)	Weather Report	Heavy Weather	1977
221	Rabbit Hills (RK)	Michael Chapman	Fully Qualified Survivor	1970
220	Robbery With Violins (RK)	Steeleye Span	Parcel of Rogues	1973

Requests and postshow

298	Gut String Theory (TL) (request)	Tony Levin	Stick Man	2007
299	Places To Go (TL) (request)	Tony Levin	Resonator	2006
300	Michelle (PM)	The Beatles	Rubber Soul	1965
301	Stung, Mccartney’d, & Bruced (JB)	Jeff Berlin	Taking Notes	1997
302	Break it Down (TL)	Tony Levin	Resonator	2006
303	The Pursuit of Accidents (MK)	Level 42	The Pursuit of Accidents	1982

 

A fourth set of Rarities and What-ifs, with contributions from both Malaclypse and myself (AlanDJ).  We try to keep a running list of this sort of thing as we find them, and serve up helpings every so often 🙂

	Title	Artists	Album	Year
201	Make Me Smile	Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel	The Best Years of Our Lives	1975
202	Class of ’55	Carl Perkins	Class of ’55	1986
203	This Wheel’s on Fire	Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity	single	1968
204	Heading For The Light	Traveling Wilburys	Traveling Wilburys Vol.1	1988
205	Der Friedhof meiner Träume	Carom	Carom	1994
206	Cenotaph/Letter From Amsterdam	Chris Rea	Deltics	1979
207	Cannonball	Sky	Sky	1979
208	River Boat Song	J.J. Cale	Travel-Log	1989
209	Paper Plane	Status Quo	Aquostic (Stripped Bare)	2014
210	Rockabilly Rules OK	Crazy Cavan	Mr Cool	1979
211	Aber bitte mit Sahne	Udo Jürgens	Best of Udo Jürgens	2009
212	The Witch	The Rattles	Single	1970
213	To Tame A Land	Iron Maiden	Piece Of Mind	1983
214	Resurrection Shuffle	Ashton, Gardner & Dyke	Ashton, Gardner & Dyke	1971
215	Bluebirds Over The Mountain	The Beach Boys	20/20	1969
216	Thirteen Days	J.J. Cale	5	1979
217	User-Friendly	Ian Anderson	Walk Into Light	1983
218	Groovin’ With Mr. Bloe	Mr. Bloe	single	1970
219	Rock ‘N Roll Dream	AC/DC	Black Ice	2008
220	Motor Bikin’	Chris Spedding	single	1975
221	Mr. Make Believe	Gene Simmons	Gene Simmons	1978
222	Bleib Hier	Heinz Rudolf Kunze	Richter-Skala	1996
223	Auf Immer Und Ewig	Chris Rea	On The Beach	1986
224	This Is Hip	John Lee Hooker	Mr. Lucky	1991
225	Theme from Shaft	Isaac Hayes	single	1971
226	25 Or 6 To 4	Chicago	Chicago II (silver bar)	1970

 

Our First Anniversary show was hosted by Edison who presented a retrospective of his favourites from our first year’s broadcasts.

	Title	Artists	Album	Year
1	Crime Of The Century	Supertramp	Paris	2002
2	Bloody Well Right	Supertramp	Crime of the Century	1974
3	A Whiter Shade Of Pale	Procol Harum	A Whiter Shade of Pale	1967
4	The Great Deceiver	King Crimson	Starless & Bible Black	1974
5	Framed	Alex Harvey and His Soul Band	Alex Harvey and His Soul Band	1964
6	Long Hair Music	The Sensational Alex Harvey Band	The Impossible Dream	1974
7	A Very Smelly Grubby Little Oik	Caravan	Blind Dog At St.Dunstan’s	1976
8	Feelin’ Alright	Caravan	Better by Far	1977
9	Ride On	AC/DC	Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap	1981
10	Get It Hot	AC/DC	Highway To Hell	1979
11	Brighter Than a Star	Gandalf	Colors of a New Dawn	2004
12	Letting Me Down	Joss Stone + Jools Hollands R+B Orchestra	Jools Hootenannny 2014	2014
13	Senor Blues	David Sanborn	live performance, Later	2005
14	Then	Yes	Time And A Word	1970
15	Wheel of Fortune	Badger	One Live Badger	1973
16	Safety dance	Men Without Hats	Rhythm of Youth	1983
17	Best Years of our Life	Iron Butterfly	Metamorphosis	1970
18	She Blinded Me With Science	Thomas Dolby	The Golden Age of Wireless	1982
19	Silver Machine	Hawkwind	single	1972
20	Werewolves of London	Warren Zevon	Stand in the Fire	1980
21	Money For  Nothing	Dire Straits	Money For Nothing	1988
22	Surfin’ bird	The Trashmen	Single	1963
23	Tip toe thru’ the tulips with me	Tiny Tim	Single	1968
24	China Grove	The Doobie Brothers	The Captain and Me	1973
25	Takin’ It To The Streets	The Doobie Brothers	Takin’ It To The Streets	1976

 

26	Atlantic Bridge	Davy Spillane Band	Out of the Air	1988
27	Seascape	Amazing Blondel	England	1972
28	Birdland	The Manhattan Transfer	Extensions	1979
29	The Tears Of A Clown	Smokey Robinson and The Miracles	single	1970
30	Force Ten	Rush	Hold Your Fire	1987
31	Driven	Rush	Test for Echo	1996

 

Covering the band from Power Windows in 1985 to the present day

	Title	Artists	Album	Year
101	Mystic Rhythms	Rush	Power Windows	1985
102	Force Ten	Rush	Hold Your Fire	1987
103	Driven	Rush	Test for Echo	1996
104	Show Don’t Tell	Rush	Presto	1989
105	Secret Touch	Rush	Vapour Trails	2002
106	Dreamline	Rush	Roll the Bones	1991

The Show

201	Marathon	Rush	Power Windows	1985
202	Grand Designs	Rush	Power Windows	1985
203	Second Nature	Rush	Hold Your Fire	1987
204	Mission	Rush	Hold Your Fire	1987
205	War Paint	Rush	Presto	1989
206	Available Light	Rush	Presto	1989
207	Roll the Bones	Rush	Roll the Bones	1991
208	Where’s My Thing?	Rush	Roll the Bones	1991
209	Between Sun And Moon	Rush	Counterparts	1993
210	The Speed of Love	Rush	Counterparts	1993
211	Totem	Rush	Test for Echo	1996
212	Limbo	Rush	Test for Echo	1996
213	Ghost Rider	Rush	Vapour Trails	2002
214	Peaceable Kingdom	Rush	Vapour Trails	2002
215	How It Is	Rush	Vapour Trails	2002
216	Heart Full of Soul	Rush	Feedback	2004
217	Shapes of Things	Rush	Feedback	2004
218	We Hold On	Rush	Snakes & Arrows	2007
219	Malignant Narcissism	Rush	Snakes & Arrows	2007
220	Spindrift	Rush	Snakes & Arrows	2007
221	The Anarchist	Rush	Clockwork Angels	2012
222	Wish Them Well	Rush	Clockwork Angels	2012

Postshow

301	Stick It Out	Rush	Counterparts	1993
302	Far Cry	Rush	Snakes and Arrows	2007
303	Test for Echo	Rush	Test for Echo	1996
304	The Big Money	Rush	Power Windows	1985
305	Workin’ Them Angels	Rush	Snakes and Arrows	2007
306	Headlong Flight	Rush	Clockwork Angels	2012

 

Covers this Canadian rock band from the eponymous first album up to 1984’s ‘Grace Under Pressure’.  Rush veer from Prog Rock almost to Metal and back again, with some very original influences.

	Title	Artists	Album	Year
101	Distant Early Warning	Rush	Grace Under Pressure	1984
102	Subdivisions	Rush	Signals	1982
103	Entre Nous	Rush	Permanent Waves	1980
104	Here Again	Rush	Rush	1974
105	Tom Sawyer	Rush	Moving Pictures	1981
106	New World Man	Rush	Signals	1982
107	The Spirit Of Radio	Rush	Permanent Waves	1980

The Show

201	Finding My Way	Rush	Rush	1974
202	Before and After	Rush	Rush	1974
203	Fly by Night	Rush	Fly by Night	1975
204	Rivendell	Rush	Fly by Night	1975
205	I Think I’m Going Bald	Rush	Caress of Steel	1975
206	Bastille Day	Rush	Caress of Steel	1975
207	Lessons	Rush	2112	1976
208	The Twilight Zone	Rush	2112	1976
209	Something For Nothing	Rush	2112	1976
210	Xanadu	Rush	A Farewell To Kings	1977
211	Cinderella Man	Rush	A Farewell To Kings	1977
212	Madrigal	Rush	A Farewell To Kings	1977
213	The Trees	Rush	Hemispheres	1978
214	Circumstances	Rush	Hemispheres	1978
215	Natural Science	Rush	Permanent Waves	1980
216	Vital Signs	Rush	Moving Pictures	1981
217	YYZ	Rush	Moving Pictures	1981
218	Losing It	Rush	Signals	1982
219	Countdown	Rush	Signals	1982
220	Afterimage	Rush	Grace Under Pressure	1984
221	Kid Gloves	Rush	Grace Under Pressure	1984

Postshow

301	The Camera Eye	Rush	Moving Pictures	1981
302	The Necromancer	Rush	Caress of Steel	1975
303	2112	Rush	2112	1976
304	Cygnus X-1	Rush	A Farewell To Kings	1977
305	Cygnus X-1 Book II : Hemispheres	Rush	Hemispheres	1978
306	By-Tor and the Snow Dog	Rush	Fly by Night	1975

 

And what is Prog Folk, you ask? Well, there are a few definitions, but the one I worked with is Folk, but with a tendency towards modern instrumentation (“Electric Folk” if you like), placing a high value on good musicianship, a certain whimsicality in titles and in execution, often straying far from traditional tunes, but still retaining an overall “folk” feel.

Very hard to cut down the mass of tracks, even after putting some in the preshow and more in the postshow.  We may revisit this subject

 

	Title	Artists	Album	Year
101	Autumn: Heroine’s Theme/Deep Summer’s Sleep/The Winter Long	The Strawbs	Hero and Heroine	1974
102	The Storm	Davy Spillane Band	Out of the Air	1988
103	Elgeebar	Davy Spillane	A Place Among The Stones	1994
104	Road To Kingdom Come	Lindisfarne	Nicely Out Of Tune	1970
105	Rock And Roll Away	Decameron	Third Light	1975

The Show

201	Meet Me On The Corner	Lindisfarne	Fog On The Tyne	1971
202	A Glimpse of Me	Decameron	Mammoth Special	1974
203	Lady Fuschia	Strawbs	Bursting At The Seams	1973
204	Letters From Home	Horslips	The Man Who Built America	1978
205	On the Border	Al Stewart	On the Border	1999
206	Atlantic Bridge	Davy Spillane Band	Out of the Air	1988
207	Seascape	Amazing Blondel	England	1972
208	On Reflection	Gentle Giant	Free Hand	1975
209	Promised Rain	Davy Spillane	A Place Among The Stones	1994
210	Solid Air	John Martyn	Solid Air	1973
211	Toye	Amazing Blondel	Fantasia Lindum	1971
212	Couldn’t Love You More	John Martyn	Glorious Fool	1981
213	Les Sept Jours De Mai	Malicorne	Le Bestiaire	1979
214	Music In The Glen	Bothy Band	Old Hag You Have Killed Me	1976
215	The Advent Of Panurge	Gentle Giant	Octopus	1972
216	Queen Of Dreams	Strawbs	Grave New World	1972
217	Saturday	Decameron	Third Light	1975
218	Estampie	Gryphon	Midnight Mushrumps	1974
219	Boy Of Bedlam	Steeleye Span	Please To See The King	1971
220	Clear White Light – Part 2	Lindisfarne	Nicely Out Of Tune	1970
221	Female Drummer	Steeleye Span	Please To See The King	1971
222	Soldat de la République	Malicorne	Balançoire en Feu	1981
223	Old Hag You Have Killed Me	Bothy Band	Old Hag You Have Killed Me	1976

Postshow

301	Late on Lady Day	Decameron	Mammoth Special	1974
302	Landscape	Amazing Blondel	England	1972
303	The Runaway	Gentle Giant	In a Glass House	1973
304	Playing The Game	Gentle Giant	The Power and The Glory	1974
305	Hero and Heroine	The Strawbs	Hero and Heroine	1974
306	Three Seasons Almaine	Amazing Blondel	Fantasia Lindum	1971
307	Year Of The Cat	Al Stewart	Year of the Cat	1976

Another selection of rarities and what-ifs with contributions from the whole team.

	Title	Artists	Album	Year
1	Joy To The World	Three Dog Night	Naturally	1970
2	She Blinded Me With Science	Thomas Dolby	The Golden Age of Wireless	1982
3	Wild Honey	The Beach Boys	Wild Honey	1967
4	Oh Well	Fleetwood Mac	Then Play On	1969
5	Who Made Who	AC/DC	AC/DC Live	1992
6	Silver Machine	Hawkwind	single	1972
7	Walking The Ghost Back Home	The Bible	Walking The Ghost Back Home	1986
8	Summertime	Love Sculpture	Blues Helping	1968
9	Herr von Ribbeck auf Ribbeck im Havelland	Achim Reichel	Regenballade	1977
10	Resurrection Shuffle	Ashton, Gardner & Dyke	Ashton, Gardner & Dyke	1971
11	Here Comes The Night	The Beach Boys	L.A. (Light Album)	1979
12	I Apologize	Link Wray	Indian Child	1993
13	Milk and Alcohol	Dr. Feelgood	Private Practice	1978
14	Rant	Shawn Phillips	Spaced	1977
15	Journey Of The Sorcerer	Eagles	One Of These Nights	1975
16	Shine On You Crazy Diamond	Zither Manä	Endzeit für Götter	1998
17	Blue Suede Shoes	Carl Perkins	Single	1956
18	Old Black Joe	Crazy Cavan	Live At The Rainbow	1978
19	She’s Mine	Carl Wilson	Youngblood	1984
20	Hot Blooded	Foreigner	Double Vision	1978
21	Ich Steh Dir Bei	Heinz Rudolf Kunze	Richter-Skala	1996
22	Stay With Me	The Faces	A Nod’s As Good As A Wink…	1971
23	Phoenix Rising	Annihilator	Set the World on Fire	1993
24	The Best Is Yet to Come	Scorpions	Sting In the Tail	2010
25	Break Away	The Beach Boys	Single	1969
26	House Of The King	Focus	In and Out of Focus	1971

 

We assembled some tracks of rock music that have some funny element to them, and hope to amuse.  There was also be some dancing 🙂

	Title	Artists	Album	Year
201	Good Morning Judge	10cc	Deceptive Bends	1977
202	Your Cash Ain’t Nothin’ But Trash	Steve Miller Band	The Joker	1973
203	Money For  Nothing	Dire Straits	Money For Nothing	1988
204	Breakdown of the Song	Decameron	Mammoth Special	1974
205	Have A Cigar	Pink Floyd	Wish You Were Here	1975
206	Dupscheck	Otto Waalkes	Otto – Die CD Das Allerbeste	1973
207	Those Feat’ll Steer Ya Wrong Sometimes	Little Feat	Representing the Mambo	1990
208	Places to Go	Tony Levin	Resonator	2006
209	Taxi Driver	The Hamsters	Open All Hours	2004
210	Manic Mechanic	ZZ Top	Degüello	1979
211	Big Balls	AC/DC	Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap	1981
212	It Came Out Of The Sky	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Willy and the Poor Boys	1970
213	Behind You	Caravan	Better by Far	1977
214	Would You	Touch & Go	I Find You Very Attractive	2000
215	Nice Legs Shame About Her Face	Monks	Bad Habits	1979
216	Reasons To Be Cheerful	Ian Dury and The Blockheads	single	1979
217	Do The Strand	Roxy Music	For Your Pleasure	1973
218	The Lone Ranger	Quantum Jump	Quantum Jump	1977
219	Fat Man	Jethro Tull	Stand Up	1969
220	No One’s More Important Than the Earthworm	Stackridge	Extravaganza	1975
221	Sample The Dog	Timbuk3	Espace Ornano	1993
222	Werewolves of London	Warren Zevon	Stand in the Fire	1980
223	Elephant Talk	King Crimson	Discipline	1974
224	Saturday Night Fish Fry	Vince Weber	Boogie On A Blue Song	1987
225	Bring It To Jerome	Bo Diddley	Greatest Hits
226	Take It Back	Cream	Disraeli Gears	1967
227	Say Man	Bo Diddley	Greatest Hits
228	I’d Love Just Once To See You	The Beach Boys	Wild Honey	1967

 

A set of tracks to celebrate – well whatever is important. There are several D’ni holidays around this time, but why should we wait for a big event in any case?

Ed was away on business so AlanDJ broadcast the show with Mal helping on the plaza.

	Title	Artists	Album	Year
101	Here Comes The Weekend	Dave Edmunds	Get It	1977
102	Wind Of Change	Scorpions	Crazy World	1990
103	There’s Gonna Be Some Rockin’	AC/DC	Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap	1981

The Show

201	It’s Only Just Begun	Solution	The Best of Solution Live	1991
202	Welcome The Day	Caravan	Cunning Stunts	1975
203	Celebration Day	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin III	1970
204	Don’t Stop	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	1977
205	Hearthammer	Runrig	The Big Wheel	1991
206	Feelin’ Alright	Dave Mason	Headkeeper	1972
207	Meet Me On The Corner	Lindisfarne	Fog On The Tyne	1971
208	Sunshine Day	Osibisa	Welcome Home	1975
209	Jive Hoot	Bob Brookmeyer	Bob Brookmeyer & Friends	1964
210	You’ve Got A Friend	Carole King	Tapestry	1971
211	Fantasia Lindum – Celestial Light	Amazing Blondel	Fantasia Lindum	1971
212	Let’s Dance	Chris Rea	Dancing With Strangers	1987
213	Lunatic Dancing	Passport	Move	1998
214	Birdland	The Manhattan Transfer	Extensions	1979
215	I’m a Believer	The Monkees	single	1966
216	Perfect Timing	Kiki Dee	Perfect Timing	1981
217	The Future’s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades	Timbuk3	Greetings From Timbuk3	1986
218	Listen to the Music	The Doobie Brothers	Live at the Wolf Trap	2004
219	Celebration	Kool & The Gang	Celebrate!	1980
220	Here Comes The Sun	The Beatles	Abbey Road	1969
221	Have A Drink On Me	AC/DC	Back In Black	1980
222	Raise Your Glasses	KISS	Psycho Circus	1998
223	Lookin’ for the Heart of Saturday Night	Dion	Return of the Wanderer	1992
224	Almost Saturday Night	John Fogerty	John Fogerty	1975
225	Party	Paul McCartney	Run Devil Run	1999
226	Celebrate The News	The Beach Boys	Singles	1969
227	Celebration Day (Live)	Led Zeppelin	The Complete Led Zeppelin	2007

This is a set of tracks put together for us by our friend Boywhith, who joined us on the plaza (as he often does) to discuss his choices in chat.  He left us to do the talking 🙂

	Title	Artists	Album	Year
1	Popcorn	Hot Butter	Single	1972
2	Clown feet	David O’Brien	Doug (2 Minute Brownie in a Mug)	2013
3	Surfin’ bird	The Trashmen	Single	1963
4	Dance Cleopatra dance	Prince Buster	Single	1972
5	Bonnie and Clyde	Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot	Single	1968
6	Je t’aime … moi non plus	Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg	Single	1969
7	Speedy Gonzales	Pat Boone	single	1962
8	Pluto the dog	Manfred Mann’s Earth Band	Solar fire	1973
9	Antistar	Massive Attack	100th Window	2003
10	2000 Light years from home	The Rolling Stones	Single	1967
11	Big six	Judge Dread	Single	1972
12	Pi	Kate Bush	Aerial	2005
13	You know my name (look up the number)	The Beatles	Single	1970
14	Tip toe thru’ the tulips with me	Tiny Tim	Single	1968
15	Fool’s overture	Supertramp	Even in the Quietest Moments	1977
16	They’re Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haa!	Napoleon XIV	single	1962
17	Careful with that axe, Eugene	Pink Floyd	Ummagumma	1969
18	Johnee Jingo	Todd Rundgren	A Capella	1986
19	Are you that somebody?	Aaliyah	Single	1998
20	Regiment	Brian Eno and David Byrne	My Life in the Bush of Ghosts	1981
21	Elyme et les spheres d’Ahnonay	Olivier Maurey	L’Age des Sons	2010
22	The thing	Phil Harris	Single	1950
23	The box	Orbital	Single	1996
24	Popcorn	The Muppets	Single	2010