Playlist February 16 2024

The Revolutionary Piano of Sticky Topkins" 

Nicky Hopkins 80th Birthday February 24th 2024

 Nicky Hopkins "Goldfinger"  The Revolutionary Piano Of Nicky Hopkins 1966  CBS

 The Kinks "Session Man"  Face To Face 1966  Reprise

 The Sessions "Let Me In"  Single 1965  Fontana - W/ Ritchie Blackmore on Guitar and Miki Dallon Vocals

 Cyril Davies and His R&B All Stars "Country Line Special"  Single 1963  PYE - Nicky's first session release

 Roy Harper "Exercising Some Control"  Folkjokeopus 1969  Liberty

 Cat Stevens "Matthew and Son"  Single 1967  Deram - Cat's second single

 The Mood Mosaic "Chinese Chequers"  Single 1967 Columbia - Mark Wirtz production with Ladybirds

 The Pretty Things "Midnight to Six Man"  Single 1966 Fontana

 The Who "The Ox"  The Who Sings My Generation 1966  Decca

 The Creation "Biff Bang Pow"  Single 1966  Planet

 The Move "Hey Grandma"  Move 1968  Regal Zonophone - Moby Grape cover

 The Rolling Stones "We Love You"  Single 1967  London

 Vashti (Bunyan) "Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind"  Single 1965  Decca - Jagger/Richards Song. Produced Andrew Loog Oldham

 Billy Nichols "Question Mark"  Would You Believe 1968 Immediate Records

 The Small Faces "Me You and Us Too"  Here Come The Nice 2014  Immediate/Charly - rec 1968 early version of Wham Bam Thank You Mam

 Del Shannon "My Love Has Gone"  Home and Away 2006  Parlophone - Immediate (unreleased  1968 album)

 Duncan Browne "On the Bombsite" Single 1968  Immediate

 The Easybeats "Heaven and Hell"  Single 1967  United Artists - Banned by the BBC

 The Hollies "Listen to Me"  Single 1968  Epic - Last single with Graham Nash

 The Truth "Sueno" Single 1968  Decca - Young Rascals cover

 The Kinks "Sunny Afternoon"  Single 1966  Reprise

 Nicky Hopkins and The Whistling Piano "Mr Pleasant"  Single 1967  Decca - Kinks cover

 The Beatles "Revolution"  Single B-Side 1968  Apple

 George Harrison "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)"  Single 1973  Apple

 John Lennon "Jealous Guy"  Imagine - Ultimate 2018  Apple - Backing Track version

 Ringo Starr "You're Sixteen You're Beautiful (And You're Mine)"  Single 1973 Apple - Johnny Burnette cover

 Paul McCartney "That Day Is Done"  Flowers In The Dirt 1989  Capitol - Co written with Elvis Costello

 Nicky Hopkins "Edward"  The Tin Man Was A Dreamer 1973 Columbia - With George Harrison and friends

 The Rolling Stones "Monkey Man"  Let It Bleed 1969 \ London

 Jim Price "Food For My Soul" \ Kid's Nowadays Ain't Got No Shame 1971 \ A and M Records - Stones horn player and friends

 Harry Nilsson "At My Front Door"  Son Of Schmilsson 1972  RCA Records

 Jeff Beck "I've Been Drinking"  Single B-Side 1968  Columbia - Flip of Love Is Blue with Rod Stewart

 Donovan "Goo Goo Barabajagal"  Single 1969  Epic - with Jeff Beck Group

 Donovan "The Stromberg Twins"  Barabajagal 2005  Epic - With Jeff Beck Group (rec 1969 unreleased at the time)

 Jeff Beck "Girl from Mill Valley"  Beck-Ola 1969  Epic - Nicky Hopkins writer

 Steve Miller Band "Baby's House"  Your Saving Grace 1969  Capitol Records

 Jefferson Airplane "Wooden Ships"  Volunteers 1969  RCA Victor

 Quicksilver Messenger Service "Fresh Air"  Just for Love 1970  Capitol Records

 Joe Cocker "You Are So Beautiful"  Single 1974  A and M Records

 Rolling Stones "Loving Cup"  Exile On Main Street 1972  Rolling Stone

 Sweet Thursday "Rescue Me"  Sweet Thursday 1969 Tetragrammaton - Session group

 The Who "The Song Is Over"  Who’s Next : Life House (Super Deluxe) 2023  Polydor - Backing Track

 Nils Lofgren "I Go to Pieces"  Night Fades Away 1981  Backstreet Records - With Del Shannon

 Graham Parker "Big Fat Zero"  Another Grey Area 1982  Arista

 Matthew Sweet "Do It Again"  Altered Beast 1993 Volcano

 John Lennon "Imagine (Take 1)"  The John Lennon Anthology 1998  Capitol. - With Nicky on Electric Piano/ John on Piano

 Playlist February 9 2024

It Was 60 Years Ago Today

A Black History month look into the roots of the British invasion sound

 The Top Notes "Twist And Shout"  Single 1961  Atlantic

 The Isley Brothers "Shout, Pt. 1"Single 1959  RCA Victor

 Little Richard "Rip It Up"  Single 1956  Specialty

 Arthur Alexander "A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues"  Single B-Side 1962  Dot Records - Flip of You Better Move On - Debut single

 Chuck Berry "Rock and Roll Music"  Single 1957 Chess

 Muddy Waters "Got My Mojo Working" \ Single 1957 \Chess

 Ray Charles "Mess Around" \Single 1953\ Atlantic

 The Five Du-Tones "Shake a Tail Feather" \Single 1963 \One-Derful! - Chicago group Wr Andre Williams

 Slim Harpo "(I'm A) King Bee" Single B-Side 1957  Excello - Flip of Got Love If You Want It

 Howlin' Wolf "The Red Rooster" Single 1961  Chess - AKA Little Red Rooster

 Lee Dorsey "Ride Your Pony"  Single 1965  Amy

 The Coasters "I'm a Hog for You" Single B-Side 1959  Atco = B-Side to Poison Ivy

 The Coasters "Poison Ivy"  Single 1959  Atco

 Benny Spellman "Fortune Teller" Single B-Side 1962  Minit - Flip of Lipstick Traces (on A Cigarette)

 Doris Troy "Just One Look"  Single 1963  Atlantic

 The Miracles "You Really Got a Hold On Me"  Single B-Side 1962  Tamla - Happy Landing a Side (With Smokey Robinson

 Sam and Dave "Hold On, I'm Comin"  Single 1966  Stax

 Chuck Berry "Come On" Single 1961  Chess

 Bo Diddley "Pretty Thing"  Single 1955  Checker

 Elmore James and His Broom Dusters "Rollin' and Tumblin'" Single 1960  Fire Records - Original version Roll and Tumble Blues by Hambone Willie Newbern 1929 Okeh Records

 Muddy Waters "Rollin' Stone"  Single 1950  Chess - follow up 45 to his version of Rollin' and Tumblin'

 Derek Martin "Daddy Rollin' Stone" Single 1963  Crackerjack Records - Original by Otis Blackwell  1953

Big Bill Broonzy "Key to the Highway"  Single 1941  Okeh - Big Bill on label

 Nat King Cole "Route 66" Single 1946  Capitol - With King Cole trio

 Richard Berry and The Pharaohs "Have Love, Will Travel"  Single 1960  Flip

 Wilbert Harrison "Kansas City"  Single 1959  Fury - Original by Little Willie Littlefield 1952 on Federal records

 Little Richard "Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey (Goin' Back To Birmingham)"  Single B-Side 1958  Specialty - Good Golly, Miss Molly flip

 Eddie Holland "Leaving Here" Single 1963  Motown

 Huttie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter "The Midnight Special"  Single 1940  RCA Victor - With Golden Gate Quartet

 The Impressions "You Must Believe Me"  Single 1964  ABC- Paramount

 James Ray "If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody"  Single 1961  Caprice

 Richie Barrett "Some Other Guy"  Single 1962  Atlantic

 Billy Boy "I Wish You Would"  Single 1955  Vee-Jay Records - AKA Billy Boy Arnold

 Bo Diddley "Mona (I Need You Baby)"  Single B-Side 1957  Checker - Hey! Bo Diddley a-side

 Little Richard "Long Tall Sally"  Single 1956  Specialty

 Ernie K-Doe "A Certain Girl"  Single 1961  Minit

 Larry Williams "Bad Boy"  Single 1959  Specialty - Now Junior Behave Yourself

 Rosco Gordon "Just a Little Bit"  Single 1959 Vee Jay Records

 Slim Harpo "Got Love if You Want It"  Single 1957  Excello

 Muddy Waters "Just Make Love to Me"  Single 1954  Chess -AKA I Just Want To Make Love To You

 The Contours "Do You Love Me"  Single 1962  Motown

 Bo Diddley "Who  Do You Love"  Single 1956  Checker

 James Brown and The Famous Flames "Please,Please,Please"  Single 1956  Federal

 Big Joe Williams "Baby Please Don't Go"  Single 1947  Columbia - Originally recorded 1935 and 1941 for Bluebird records

 Hank Ballard And The Midnighters "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go"  Single 1960  King - AKA There's A Thrill On The Hill

 Chuck Berry "Around and Around"  Single B-Side 1958  Chess - Other side of Johnny B Goode

 John Lee Hooker "Boom Boom" Single 1962  Vee-Jay Records

 James Brown and The Famous Flames "I'll Go Crazy"  Single 1960  Federal

 The Exciters "Do-Wah-Diddy"  Single 1963  United Artists

 Bobby Parker "Watch Your Step"  Single 1961  V-Tone

 Arthur Alexander "You Better Move On"  Single 1962  Dot Records

 Solomon Burke "Cry to Me" Single 1961  Atlantic

 Jimmy Reed "I Ain't Got You"  Found Love 1960  Vee Jay Records

 Bo Diddley "Cadillac"  Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger 1960 Checker

 Larry Williams "She Say "Yeah""  Single B-Side 1958 Specialty = B-side to Bad Boy

 Little Richard "Tutti Frutti"  Single 1955  Specialty - Debut single

 Tommy Tucker "Hi-Heel Sneakers"  Single 1964 Checker

 Jimmy Reed "Bright Lights, Big City"  Single 1961  Vee- Jay Records

 Little Willie John "Fever"  Single 1956  King

 Howlin' Wolf "Spoonful"  Single 1960  Chess

 Muddy Waters "Mannish Boy"  Single 1955  Chess - Answer record to Bo Diddley's I'm A Man

 Ray Charles "What I'd Say Pt, 1 and 2"  Single 1959  Atlantic

 Irma Thomas "Time Is On My Side"  Single 1964  Imperial

 Playlist January 19 2024

Mature Victors Of Athens

 R.E.M. "Radio Free Europe"  Cassette Set 2021  Craft Recordings - Band Preferred Mitch Easter Production of Debut Single  rec April 15 1981

 Pylon "Cool"  Single 1979  Db

 The B-52's "Rock Lobster"  Single 1978  Db Records - Original Single version

 The Squalls "Cindy"  Rebel Shoes 1987  Dog Gone It

 Kilkenny Cats "Attractive Figure"  Single 1984  Coyote

 Dreams So Real "Everywhere Girl" Single 1985 Coyote - Peter Buck Production

 Oh-Ok "Guru"  Furthermore What EP 1983  DB - Lynda Stipe, Linda Hopper and Matthew Sweet plus

 The Buzz Of Delight "Southern"  Sound Castles 1984  Db - Matthew Sweet

 Matthew Sweet "Blue Fools"  Inside 1986  Columbia - Vicki and Debbie Peterson on Backing Vocals

 Flat Duo Jets "Wild Trip"  Go Go Harlem Baby 1991  Sky Records - Dexter Romweber - Ventures cover

 Magnapop "Favorite Writer"  Magnapop 1992  Play It Again Sam - Live VPRO Radio 1992 with Linda Hopper

 Love Tractor "Fun To Be Happy"  Love Tractor 1982  Db - Debut LP

 The Side Effects "Raining"  The Side Effects 1981 Db - Kit Swartz also member of Love Tractor

 The Method Actors "(Do) the Method"  This Is It - Single 1980  Armageddon - Michael Richmond also member of Love Tractor

 Love Tractor "Neon Lights"  'Til the Cows Come Home - EP 1984  Db - Kraftwork cover

 Vic Chesnutt "Until the Led" The Salesman and Bernadette 1998  Capricorn - Lambchop as backing band

 Chickasaw Mudd Puppies "Words and Knives"  8-Track Stomp 1991  Mercury Records - Michael Stipe and Willie Dixon Production

 Widespread Panic "Aunt Avis"  Bombs  and Butterflies 1997  Capricorn - Featuring Vic Chesnutt

 Vic Chesnutt "Aunt Avis"  Drunk (reissue Bonus Tracks) 2004  New West Records - Original Acoustic version rec 1994

 Elf Power "Separating Fault"  When the Red King Comes 1997  Arena Rock

 The Gerbils "Crayon Box"  Grin Single B-Side 1996  Spare Me

 Of Montreal "The Trouble With April" Single 1999  Kindercore

 Great Lakes "Giants and Tigers"  Great Lakes 2000  Kindercore

 The Late B.P. Helium "Don't Let Me Wait Too Long"  Kumquat Mae - EP 2002  Orange Twin Records - George Harrison cover

 The Olivia Tremor Control "Love Athena"  California Demise EP 1994  Elephant Six - Debut single

 Major Organ And The Adding Machine "Your Moonpie Eye"  Major Organ and the Adding Machine 2001  Orange Twin Records - Performed by the Elephant Six Orchestra

 Neutral Milk Hotel "Little Birds"  Single 2023  Merge Records - Unfinished Version One rec 1998

 Pipes You See, Pipes You Don't "Million Pieces"  Individualized Shirts 2004  Orange Twin - Peter Erchick of OTC

 The Sunshine Fix "The Sound's Around You"  The Future History of a Sunshine Fix 2001  Kindercore - Bill Doss of OTC

 Circulatory System "A Peek"  Circulatory System 2001  Elephant Six

 The Instruments "Sad Song"  Billions of Phonographs 2001  Orange Twin - Heather McIntosh and Elephant Six members

 Olivia Tremor Control "I Have Been Floated"  Black Foliage Vol. 1 1999  Flydaddy

 Neutral Milk Hotel "Engine (1993)"  Holland 1945 Single B-Side 1998  Blue Rose - Alternate version

 Ruby The Rabbitfoot "As Bad as I Am"  New As Dew 2014  Normaltown Records

 R.E.M. "The Voice Of Harold"  12" Single B-Side 1984  IRS - Music of 7 Chinese Brothers with Stipe reading Liner notes from a Southern Gospel record (Temple LST-390)

 Drive-by Truckers "The Living Bubba"  Gangstabilly 1998  Soul Dump

 Dead Confederate "Giving It All Away"  Sugar 2010  Razor and Tie - with J Mascis

 Bar-B- Que Killers "Greatneck"  Comely 1987  Fundamental

 Love Tractor "60 Degrees and Sunny" Single 2020  HHBTM - Reunion single

 Elf Power "The Sun Is Forever"  The Winter Is Coming 2000  Sugar Free

 Matthew Sweet "I've Been Waiting"  Goodfriend (Another Take on Girlfriend) 1992  Zoo Entertainment - Live in Cleveland 3-26-1992

 The Olivia Tremor Control "Jumping Fences"  Music From The Unrealized Film Script: Dusk At Cubist Castle 1996  Flydaddy

 The B-52's "Don't Worry"  Whammy! 1983  Warner Records - Yoko Ono cover pulled after first pressings

 Pylon "Crazy"  Single 1981  Db

 R.E.M. "1,000,000"  Murmur (Deluxe Edition) 2008  IRS - Live Toronto 1983

 The Futurebirds "Midnight"  v/a 2015 Southern Music Sampler 2015  Oxford American

 Playlist December 15 2023 with MB

Shiny Lush Pearlies

 One Thousand Violins "Why Is It Always December?"  John Peel Session 2023  Precious Recordings Of London - September 25th 1985

 Orange Juice "Consolation Prize"  The Glasgow School 2005  Domino Recordings - Postcard LP "Ostrich Churchyard" September 1992 rec 1981

 Jeff Tweedy "Full Of Wonder Once Again"  Single 2023  Dead Oceans - Bill Fay cover

 Brian Wilson "Wonderful"  I Just Wasn't Made for These Times 1995  MCA

 Plasticland "Wonder Wonderful Wonderland" Wonder Wonderful Wonderland 1985  Pink Dust - New LP planned for 2024 !!

 Iron and Wine "Boy with a Coin"  Who Can See Forever Soundtrack 2023  Sub Pop Records - Live at Haw River Ballroom

 Steve Wynn "Glide"  Journeyman 2023  Blue Rose - Live in Germany 2023

 Randy Newman "In Germany Before the War"  Little Criminals 1977  Warner Records

 Brian Eno "By This River"  Before and After Science - Ten Pictures 1977  Island

 Woods "Double Dream"  Perennial 2023 Woodsist

 Purple Mountains "All My Happiness is Gone"  Purple Mountains 2019  Drag City Records - Backing band is woods

 Modern English "Mesh and Lace"  Smiles and Laughter 7" 1981  4 A D

 Sam Phillips "Taking Pictures"  Fan Dance 2001  Nonesuch Records

 A.C. Marias "Sometime"  One of Our Girls (Has Gone Missing) 1989  Mute - With Bruce Gilbert of Wire

 Joni Mitchell "Dreamland"  Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975) 2023   Rhino/Elektra - Demo 1975

 Emmylou Harris "Before Believing" First Album Demos 2023  Amoeba - Demo 1973

 Gram Parsons and The Fallen Angels "Rock and Roll Medley"  The Last Roundup 2023  Amoeba - Live at Bijou Cafe  March 16th 1973

 Julie Byrne "These Days"  Julie Byrne with Laugh Cry Laugh - EP 2023  Ghostly International - Jackson Browne cover

 Joy Division "These Days" Single B-Side 1980 Factory

 Yo La Tengo "Apology Letter"  The Bunker Sessions - EP 2023  Matador - Bunker Session

 The Feelies "Seven Days"  Uncovered 2016  Bar None - Dylan cover

 Bob Dylan "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"  Shadow Kingdom 2023  Columbia/Legacy

Micky Dolenz "Shiny Happy People"  Dolenz Sings R.E.M. - EP 2023  7a Records - R.E.M. cover

 The Bangles "Open My Eyes"  Sweetheart of the Sun 2011  Down Kiddie! - Nazz cover

 The Chills "Ghosts"  Brave Words (2023 Expanded and Remastered) 2023  Fire Records

 The Who "Bargain" Who’s Next : Life House  2023  Polydor - Live at the Young Vic Theatre London 1971

 Helen Love "Tommy Gun" Steve Lamacq Session 2023  Precious Recordings Of London - September 16 1998 - Clash cover

 Man Or Astroman? "Sferic Waves"  John Peel Session 2023  Chunklet - Rec March 1995

 The Seeds "Nobody Spoil My Fun"  The Seeds  2013 GNP Crescendo Records - Alternate Overdub, Take 3A rec 1966

1Emma Anderson "I Was Miles Away"  Pearlies 2023  Sonic Cathedral - Former member of Lush

 Vashti Bunyan "I'd Like to Walk Around In Your Mind"  Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind (Singles and Demos 1964 to 1967) 2007  DiCristina -  Unreleased Single for Immediate, 1967

 David Axelrod "The Dr and The Diamond"  David Axelrod 2001  Mo'Wax

 The Flirtations "Nothing But A Heartache"  Single 1969  Deram

 Shocking Blue "Send Me a Postcard"  Shocking Blue 1968 Colossus

 Chris Bell "I Am the Cosmos"  Single 1978  Car - Former member of Big Star

 The Byrds "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better" Single B Side 1965  Columbia

 The Velvet Underground and Nico "I'll Be Your Mirror"  The Velvet Underground and Nico 1967  Verve

 Richard Davies "Sign Up Maybe For Being"  There's Never Been A Crowd Like This 1996  Flydaddy - one half of Cardinal

 Petula Clark "Don't Sleep In the Subway"  Single 1967  Pye

 Chris Harwood "When I Come Home"  Nice to Meet Miss Christine 2006 Finders Keepers - Rec 1973

 Emma Anderson "Inter Light"  Pearlies 2023  Sonic Cathedral

Julian Cope "Avebury Eclipsed"  Cope's Notes #5 : The Modern Antiquarian 2023  Head Heritage

 Playlist December 8 2023 with Vic

Infinite Surprises

 Swansea Sound "Music Lover"  Music Lover EP 2022  Skep Wax

 Gram Parsons and The Fallen Angels "Introduction/Flint Hill Special"  The Last Roundup 2023  Amoeba - Bijou Cafe Philadelphia March 16th 1973

 Gram Parsons and The Fallen Angels "We'll Sweep Out The Ashes"  The Last Roundup 2023  Amoeba - Live Bijou

 Gram Parsons and The Fallen Angels "Don't Let Her Know"  Emmylou Harris First Album Demos 10" EP 2023  Amoeba - Oliver's Boston March 19th 1973

 Juliana Hatfield "Bluebird Is Dead"  Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO 2023  American Laundromat Records - Cover of ELO B-Side

 Hand Habits "The Bust of Nefertiti"  Sugar the Bruise - EP 2023  Fat Possum

 Wilco "Infinite Surprise"  Cousin 2023 dBpm Recordings

 Micky Dolenz "Leaving New York"  Dolenz Sings R.E.M. - EP 2023  7a Records - R.E.M. cover

 The Clientele "Lady Grey"  I Am Not There Anymore 2023  Merge Records

 Kevin Ayers "The Lady Rachel"  Single 1972  Harvest - Single version with full orchestration

 The Kingsmen "Guess I Was Dreaming"  Single B-Side 1968  Wand - Cover of Fairytale song - Their last single

 Patti Smith "Beneath the Southern Cross"  Gone Again 1996  Arista

 PJ Harvey "A Noiseless Noise"  I Inside the Old Year Dying 2023  Partisan Records / Liberator Music

Denny Laine :Say You Don't Mind" Single 1967 Deram 0 RIP Denny - Debut Solo Single

 The Lemon Twigs "What You Were Doing"  Everything Harmony 2023  Captured Tracks - Shindig's album of the year

 Fleetwood Mac "Albatross" Single 1969  Blue Horizon

 Mapache "Where'd You Go?"  Swinging Stars 2023 Innovative Leisure/Calico Discos

 David Crosby "Laughing"  If I Could Only Remember My Name 1971  Atlantic - In reference to George Harrison comment

 The Rolling Stones "The Lantern"  Their Satanic Majesties Request 1967  London Records - Album released on this date

 The Chills "Nowhere"  Scatterbrain-Storms: Outtakes - Single 2022  Fire Records

 The Replacements "Nowhere Is My Home (Alternate Version)"  Tim (Let It Bleed Edition) 2023 on Rhino/Warner Records - Alex Chilton production

 Man or Astro-Man? "Time Bomb"  Radcliffe Session 1994 - EP 2023  Astro Technologies - Broadcast August 29 1994

 The Courettes "Hoodoo Hop"  We Are the Courettes 2018  Damaged Goods Records

 Monty Python "Henry Kissinger"  Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album 1980  Arista

 Full Time Men "TOT (Toilet of Time)"  Part Time Job 2023  Yep Roc Records

 The Doors "Light My Fire"  Live at The Matrix 2023  Rhino/Elektra - Live at Matrix, 03/07/67

 The Doors "L.A. Woman, Pt. 2"  L.A. Woman (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) 2021  Rhino/Elektra - Jim Morrison's 80th Birthday - L.A. Woman Sessions 1970/1

 Julian Cope "At Home He Feels Like A Tourist"  Copes Notes #4 The Black Sheep 2023  Head Heritage

 Gang of Four "At Home He's a Tourist"  Entertainment! 1979  Warner Bros

 Eli "Paperboy" Reed "Do It Again"  Hits and Misses 2023  Yep Roc Records - Steely Dan cover

Barbara Manning "Temperature's Rising"  Charm of Yesterday…Convenience of Tomorrow 2023  Ba Da Bing! - Galaxie 500 cover

 Kevin Morby "Going To Prom"  More Photographs (A Continuum) 2023  Dead Oceans

 The Undertones "It's Going to Happen!"  Positive Touch 1981 Ardeck

 Salvation Army "Happen Happened"  Single B-Side 1981  New Alliance - Pre Three O Clock

 Traffic "No Face, No Name and No Number"  Mr. Fantasy 1967  United Artists - Debut LP released in England on this date

  Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians "Airscape"  Element of Light 1986  Glass Fish

 Amy Rigby "Devil's Been Busy"  Cut Two 2023  Southern Domestic - Traveling Wilbury's cover

 Kurt Vile "Tom Petty’s Gone (But Tell Him I Asked For Him)"  Back to Moon Beach 2023  Verve Forecast

 Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers "Something Else!"  Damn the Torpedoes (Deluxe Edition) 2010  Geffen - Eddie Cochran cover - Live Hammersmith Odeon March 6 1980

 Playlist November 17 2023 with The DJ's Daughter

Zen and Tao

 Vivian Stanshall "Entre Act pt 1"  Rawlinson's End 2023  Snapper Music

 Yo La Tengo "Fallout"  The Bunker Sessions - EP 2023 Matador - Live at The Bunker Studio 2023

 Chris Farlowe "Out Of Time"  Paint It Farlowe 1967  Immediate - Stones cover produced by Mick Jagger

 David Dreamer "Now and Then"  Single 2023  Self released - Done 1964 style

 Uni Boys "I Want It Too"  Buy This Now! 2023  Curation Records

 The Mountain Goats "Murder at the 18th St. Garage"  Jenny from Thebes 2023  Merge Records

 The Blues Magoos "Gotta Get Away"  Psychedelic Lollipop 1966  Mercury Records

 Strangers In a Strange Land "Xylazine" Strangers in a Strange Land 2023  Strangers In A Strange Land

 The Dukes of Stratosphere "You're My Drug"  Psonic Psunspot 1987  Geffen

 Full Time Men "We Were Using"  Part Time Job 2023 Yep Roc Records

 Vivian Stanshall "Entre Act pt 2"  Rawlinson's End 2023  Snapper Music

 Russell Morris "The Real Thing Pts 1 + 2"  Single 1969  EMI Australia

 Emma Tricca and Bridget St. John "Rubies"  Single 2023  Bella Union

 Luluc "Diamonds" Diamonds 2023  Community Music - Name checks Doug Sahm

 Sir Douglas Quintet "La Lune Fue Culpable"  Interpreta en Espanol EP 2013  Sundazed - And It Didn't Even Bring Me Down  Rec 1970

 Vivian Stanshall "Diplodocus v Concreton pt 1"  Rawlinson's End 2023  Snapper Music

 Sly & The Family Stone "We Love All (Freedom)"  Live at the Fillmore East October 4th & 5th 1968 2015  Epic - cover of Uncut and New Biography - Rec Oct 4 1968 early show

 Tommy Sean "Now and Then"  Single 2023  Noisewater - 1965 ish version

 The Garment District "Left on Coast"  Flowers Telegraphed to All Parts of the World 2023  HHBTM Records - Jennifer Baron - Pittsburg

 Vivian Stanshall "Diplodocus v Concreton pt 2"  Rawlinson's End 2023  Snapper Music

 The Undertones "Forever Paradise"  Positive Touch 1981 Ardeck

 Swansea Sound "Paradise"  Twentieth Century 2023  Skep Wax Records

 Calexico "Alone Again Or"  Alone Again Or - EP 2003  City Slang - Love Forever Changes released Nov 17th 1967

 Yo La Tengo "A House Is Not a Motel"  River Of Water -Single B-Side 1985  Egon - Second single

 Love "Andmoreagain"  Forever Changes 1967 Elektra - Alternate mix

 Jeff Tweedy "Johnsburg Illinois"  Orbit One 2023  dBpm Records - Tom Waits cover

 Tom Waits "16 Shells From A 30.6"  Swordfishtrombones 1983  Island Records

 Vivian Stanshall "Diplodocus v Concreton pt 3"  Rawlinson's End 2023  Snapper

 Joni Mitchell "In France They Kiss On Main Street"  Archives Vol. 3-The Asylum Years (1972-75) 2023  Rhino - Demo

 Jeff Tweedy "Kokomo IN"  Orbit One 2023  dBpm Records - Japanese Breakfast cover

 Emilia Sjöholm "Now and Then"  Single 2023  Sjöholm Records

 Elaine Malone "Nothing is Real"  Pyrrhic 2023  Pizza Pizza Records

 Vivian Stanshall "Diplodocus v Concreton pt 4"  Rawlinson's End 2023  Snapper Music

 Barbara Manning "Twilight"  Charm of Yesterday Convenience Of Tomorrow 2023  Ba Da Bing - Elliott Smith cover

 Elliott Smith "Bottle Up and Explode!"  XO 1998 DreamWorks

 Julian Cope "Rothieman" Cope's Notes #5 : The Modern Antiquarian 2023  Head Heritage

 The Kinks "Holiday Romance"  Soap Opera 1975  RCA

 The Who "Behind Blue Eyes"  Who’s Next : Life House  2023  Polydor - Live at The Young Vic 1971

 The Third Mind "A Little Bit of Rain"  The Third Mind 2 2023  Yep Roc Records - Fred Neil cover

 The MonaLisa Twins "Now and Then"  Single 2023 Woolgoose

 Crumb and Melody's Echo Chamber "Le Temple Volant"  Single 2023  Crumb Records

 Say She She "Silver"  Silver 2023  Karma Chief Records

 The Beatles "Now And Then" Single 2023  Apple - The Final SIngle??

 The Mosquitos "That Was Then, This Is Now"  That Was Then, This Is Now 1985  Valhalla - Later covered by the Monkees

 Vivian Stanshall "Peristaltic Waves" Rawlinson's End 2023  Snapper Music

 Playlist November10 2023 with Dr Koolarama

Cha Cha Guitars

 The Beatles "Hello, Goodbye"  Anthology Vol 2 1996  Apple - Take 16 - Saville Road Videos shot on this day 1967

 The Long Ryders "September, November Sometime"  Live EP: Copenhagen '23 -  2023  Cherry Red Records -  Long awaited Box Set arriving in January 2024

 Steve Wynn "Shelley's Blues, Pt. 2"  Journeyman 2023  Blue Rose Records - Live at Music Star  Germany May 24 2023

 The Replacements "Hitchin' a Ride"  Tim (Let It Bleed Edition) 2023  Rhino/Warner Records - Vanity Fair cover (1969) - Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11 1986

 The Replacements "Trouble Boys"  Tim (Let It Bleed Edition) 2023  Rhino/Warner Records - Rockpile cover - Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11 1986

 Brinsley Schwarz "What's so Funny 'Bout (Peace Love and Understanding) [Live]"  New Favourites 2019 Mega Dodo - Live 1974 - Box Set of complete recordings out this month.

 Patti Smith "Land: Horses / Land of a Thousand Dances / La Mer(de)"  Horses  1975  Arista - Released on this date  Nov 10th 1975

 Chris Kenner "Land of a Thousand Dances"  Single 1962  Instant Records - Original version - a hit For Him on Atlantic records 1966

 The Cramps "Shombalor"  Blues Fix EP 1992  Big Beat - cover of Sheriff and The Ravels

 Vivian Stanshall "Octavia Pt 1" Rawlinson's End 2023  Snapper Music

 Pauline Murray and the Invisible Girls "Searching For Heaven"  Single 1981  Illusive - her 3rd and last single

 Joni Mitchell "Help Me" Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975) 2023  Rhino/Elektra - Court and Spark Demo - Summer 1973 - Happy 80th Joni earlier this week

 Dusty Springfield "Have a Good Life Baby"  Dusty In Memphis (Deluxe Edition) 1999 Rhino Atlantic - Jeff Barry Production rec 1971

 The Third Mind "Why Not Your Baby"  The Third Mind 2 2023  Yep Roc Records - Gene Clarke cover - Jesse Sykes on vocals

 Vivian Stanshall "Octavia Pt 2"  Rawlinson's End 2023  Snapper Music

 Barbara Manning "I'm Running"  Charm of Yesterday Convenience Of Tomorrow 2023 Self Released

 The Nomads "The Way (You Touch My Hand)"  Where The Wolf Bane Blooms 1983  Amigo - The Swedish sounds around

 Full Time Men "Reinvented"  Part Time Job 2023  Yep Roc Records - Back after too many years - Keith Streng Peter Buck and friends

 The Turtles "She's My Girl"  Single 1967  White Whale - Fall 1967  release

 Dwight Twilley Band "Baby Let's Cruise"  Sincerely 1976  Shelter - RIP Dwight - From debut LP

 Kate Bush "Big Stripey Lie"  The Red Shoes 1993  Columbia - New Member of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

 Julian Cope "An Inventory of Megaliths"  Cope's Notes #5 : The Modern Antiquarian 2023  Head Heritage - On the 25th anniversary of his book "The Modern Antiquarian" 

 The Soft Boys "Only the Stones Remain"  Single 1981  Armageddon

 Vivian Stanshall "Cul- De-Sac Pt 1"  Rawlinson's End 2023  Snapper Music

 Link Wray and The Wrayman "Guitar Cha - Cha"  Walking With Link 1992  Epic - Recorded 1959 - Finally in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

 Lankum "Netta Perseus"  False Lankum 2023  Rough Trade - New Irish Music and direction

 King Crimson "21st Centry Schizoid Man"  An Observation by King Crimson 1969  Atlantic - Greg Lake's Birthday 1947 (died 2016)

 The Wondermints "In and Around Greg Lake"  Bali 2004  Varese Sarabande

 Vivian Stanshall "Cul- De-Sac Pt 2"  Rawlinson's End 2023  Snapper Music

 Telehealth "Mindtrap"  Single 2023  Sub Pop Records - Single of the month

 Neil Young "I've Been Waiting for You"  Sugar Mountain - Live At Canterbury House 1968 2008  Reprise - Recorded on this Date November 10 1968

 Neil Young "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing"  Sugar Mountain - Live At Canterbury House 1968 2008  Reprise - Same

 Jeff Tweedy "Broken Arrow"  Orbit One 2023  dBpm Records - From his Starship Casual Patron collection

 Kurt Vile "Another Good Year For The Rroses"  Back to Moon Beach EP 2023  Verve Forecast - Cate Le Bon production

 The Jayhawks "Blue"  Tomorrow the Green Grass 1995  American Recordings 

 Vivian Stanshall "Cul- De-Sac Pt 3"  Rawlinson's End 2023  Snapper Music

 Wilco "Meant To Be"  Cousin 2023  dBpm Records

 Talking Heads "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)"  The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads  2004 on Rhino/Warner Records - Live Sun Plaza Concert Hall Tokyo Japan February 27 1981

 Ducks Ltd. "The Main Thing"  Single 2023  Carpark - Toronto Canada

 The Chills "Creep"  Brave Words 2023  Fire Records2023 Remaster - Alternate title "Ice"

 Vivian Stanshall "Octavia Pt 6"  Rawlinson's End 2023  Snapper Music

  Rachael Lavette "Let Me Unlock Your Full Potential"  Big Dreams 2023  Rest Energy - More new Irish Sounds

 Portishead "The Rip"  Third 2008 Go! Discs

 Neil Young and Crazy Horse "Don't Forget Love"  Barn 2020  Reprise

 Vivian Stanshall "Tour de Farce"  Rawlinson's End 2023  Snapper Music

 Playlist September 15 2023

Call Me Brenda

 Vivian Stanshall "Eggs Is Eggs Pt 1" Rawlinson's End 2023  Snapper Music

 Pete Townshend "Teenage Wasteland" Lifehouse Chronicles 2000 Eel Pie Recordings - Pre -Baba O'Riley demo

 Black Flag "Wasted" Nervous Breakdown - EP 1978 SST Records

 The Ventures "Vibrations"  New Space 2023 Hi-Tide Recordings

 Woods "Another Side" Perennial 2023  Woodsist

 Vivian Stanshall "Eggs Is Eggs Pt 2" Rawlinson's End 2023 Snapper Music

 Primal Scream "Crystal Crescent" Reverberations (Traveling In Time) 2023 BBC - John Peel December 1 1985

 Alex Kacimi with Audrey K "Les Avant-Gardes" Single 2023 Echo Orange

 The Reds, Pinks and Purples "I Still Owe You Everything" f The Town That Cursed Your Name 2023 Tough Love Records

 The Handsome Family "Two Black Shoes" Hollow 2023 Milk and Scissors - Live at Shitty Barn Oct 4th

 Tom Waits "Big Black Mariah" Rain Dogs 1985 Island Records

 Vivian Stanshall "Eggs Is Eggs Pt 3" Rawlinson's End 2023 Snapper Music

 The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band "Ritual #1" A Door Inside Your Mind 2023 Grapefruit - Alternate version

 The 3 Clubmen "Green Green Grasshopper" The 3 Clubmen EP 2023  Ape Recordings

 The Chills "Oncoming Day" Kaleidoscope World 2016 Captured Tracks - Early Version

 Swansea Sound "Far Far Away" Twentieth Century 2023  Skep Wax Records - Tribute to Pete Shelley

 Buzzcocks "I Look Alone" v/a C:81 Cassette1981 NME

 Yo La Tengo "Tonight’s Episode" This Stupid World 2023 Matador

 The Anchoress "Love Will Tear Us Apart" Single 2023 Drowned In Sound - Joy Division cover by Catherine Anne Davies

 Vivian Stanshall "Eggs Is Eggs Pt 4" Rawlinson's End 2023 Snapper

 Margo Cilker "Lowland Trail" Valley Of Heart's Delight 2023 Fluff and Gravy - Live at Shitty Barn October 11th

 Gaye Su Akyol "Love Buzz" Single 2023 Sub Pop Records - July Singles Club - Shocking Blue/Nirvana cover

 Thrash Palace "Go" Single 2023 Sub Pop Records - August Singles Club

Jessica Winter and Jonathon Snipes "All I Need" Single 2023 Sub Pop Records - September Singles Club

 Julie Byrne "Lightning Comes Up From the Ground" The Greater Wings 2023 Ghostly International

 The Clientele "Dying in May"  I Am Not There Anymore 2023 Merge Records

 Vivian Stanshall "Eggs Is Eggs Pt 5" Rawlinson's End 2023 Snapper Music

 Robin Hood "The Prophet" Robin Hood 2023 Head Heritage - Robin Hood is Julian Cope?

 The Teardrop Explodes "When I Dream" from Kilimanjaro 2010  Mercury - John Peel April 24 1980

 Vivian Stanshall "Gecko" Dog Howl In Tune 2023 Snapper Music

 Devendra Banhart "Twin" Flying Wig 2023 Mexican Summer

 Sonic Youth "Drunken Butterfly" Live in Brooklyn, Ny. 2023  Goofin - 'Live in Brooklyn, NY

 Spoon "TV Set" Single 2015 Headz - Cramps cover

 John Cooper Clarke "He Doesn't Try"  Anthologia 2015 Sony Music UK - with the Invisible Girls - Recently in Chicago

 Vivian Stanshall "The Pipes Pt 1" Rawlinson's End 2023 Snapper Music

 Allah-Las "GB BB"  Zuma 85 2023 Innovative Leisure/Calico Discos

 Prince & the Revolution "Raspberry Beret" Around The World In A Day 1985 Paisley Park/ Warners Bros

 Wilco "Evicted" Cousin 2023  dBpm Recordings

 Mapache "Reflecting Everything" Swinging Stars 2023 Innovative Leisure/Calico Discos

 Kevin Morby "This Is a Photograph II" More Photographs (A Continuum) 2023 Dead Oceans

 Rain Parade "Green" Last Rays of a Dying Sun 2023 Label 51

 Vivian Stanshall "The Pipes Pt 2" Rawlinson's End 2023 Snapper Music

 The Doors "People Are Strange " Live At the Matrix 2013 Rhino/Elektra Live 1966

 The Band "King Harvest (Has Surely Come)" The Band (Expanded Edition) 2000 o Capitol Records - Alternate Performance

 Nilsson "All I Think About Is You"  Knnillssonn 1977 RCA - Demo with Dr John on Piano

 Neil Young and Crazy Horse "Born to Run" Ragged Glory - Smell The Horse 1990 Reprise - recorded 1990

 Vivian Stanshall "The Crackpot" Rawlinson's End 2023Snapper Music

 Playlist September 8 2023

Ugly Things Beautiful Things 

Celebrating 40 years of Ugly Things Fanzine

 The Seeds "Pushin' Too Hard (Take 1)"  The Seeds 2012  GNP Crescendo Records - Rec 1966

 The Music Machine "Trouble"  (Turn On) The Music Machine 1966  Original Sound

 The Lyrics "So What!!"  Single 1965  Era - Carlsberg Ca band

 The Pretty Things "Don't Bring Me Down"  Live at the BBC 2021  Repertoire Records - Beat Room  December 24 1964

 Downliners Sect "Hurt by Love"  The Sect 1964  Columbia UK

 The Gants "I Wonder" Single 1967  Liberty -From Greenwood

 Mississippi

 The Kinks "All  Day And All Of The Night"  Single 1964  Pye

 Downliners Sect "Why Don't You Smile Now"  Single 1967 Columbia UK - Early Lou Reed/John Cale Composition

 The Druids of Stonehenge "Who Do You Love" v/a Garage Beat '66 Speak Of The Devil 2007  Sundazed - Unreleased Tracks Rec 1965 NYC ensemble.

 The Monks "Monk Time"  Black Monk Time 1966  Polydor Germany - American GI's in Germany

 Screaming Lord Sutch "Don't You Just Know It"  Single B-Side 1963  Decca - Flip of Jack The Ripper

 The Birds "No Good Without You Baby"  Single 1965  Decca - Ronnie Wood

 Crime "Frustration"  Murder By Guitar Single 1977 Crime Music - San Fran group

 The Creation "For All That I Am"  Single 1968  Hit-Ton

 The Outsiders "Touch"  Single 1966  Relax - Dutch groop with Wally Tax

 The Real Kids "All Kindsa Girls"  Single 1977  Sponge Records - Original single version

 The Music Machine "Absolutely Positively"  Single B-Side 1967  Original Sound - flip of Double Yellow Line

 Kim Fowley "Underground Lady"  Single 1965  Living Legend - Singing over abandoned scrap

 backing track

 The Yardbirds "Think About It"  Single 1968  Epic - Jimmy Page on Guitars - Last Yardbirds Single Flip of Goodnight Sweet Josephine

9:00 PM The Misunderstood "Children of the Sun"  Single 1969  Fontana - Rec 1966 Glenn Campbell Guitarist

 The Move "Move"  Move 2007  Salvo - Planned B-Side to I Can Hear the Grass Grow 1967 but scrapped  - Roy Wood song

 Belfast Gypsies "Secret Police" Gloria's Dream EP 1967  Disques Vogue - Post Van Morrison Them

 The Bush "Got Love If You Want It"  Single B-Side 1965  Hiback - Riverside County CA - Flip of 1st 45

 The Kinks "You Really Got Me"  Kinks (Deluxe Edition) 2011  Castle  - Saturday Club September 19 1964

 MC5 "Kick Out the Jams"  Single 1968  Elektra - Rare Preview Version release pre LP

 Bo Diddley "Pretty Thing"  Single 1955  Checker - Debut Single

 The Spades "We Sell Soul"  Single B-Side 1965  Zero Records - Pre-Thirteenth Floor Elevators

 The Masters Apprentices "Living In a Child's Dream"  Single  1967 Astor - Australian band

 Q65 "The Life I Love"  Single 1966 Decca - Dutch Groop

 The Pleasure Seekers "Never Thought You'd Leave Me"  Single 1965  Hideout - Michigan girls inc Suzi Quatro

 Wimple Winch "Rumble on Mersey Square South"  Single 1966  Fontana

 Love "Orange Skies"  Da Capo 1966  Elektra

 The Nazz "Forget All About It"  Nazz Nazz 1969  SGC

 Flamin' Groovies "I Can't Hide"  Shake Some Action 1976  Sire

 The Rolling Stones "Don't Lie to Me"  Metamorphosis 1975  Decca - Rec 1965

 The Small Faces "That Man"  From The Beginning 1967  Decca - Demo rec 1966

 The Clingers "Gonna Have a Good Time Tonight"  Single 1969  Columbia - Easybeats cover

 The Human Expression "Optical Sound" Single 1967  Accent

 The Lovin' Spoonful "Do You Believe In Magic?"  Single 1969  Kama Sutra

 The Weirdos "A Life of Crime" Destroy All Music EP 1977  Bomp! Records

 Things to Come "Sweetgina"  Single 1966  Starfire

 The Giant Sunflower "February Sunshine"  Single 1967  Take 6 - Eddie Hoh drummer

 Doctors of Madness "Sons of Survival"  Sons of Survival 1978  Polydor

 The Equals "Police On My Back"  Baby, Come Back 1968  RCA

 The Rising Storm "Frozen Laughter"  Calm Before... 1967  Remnant

 The Other Half "Mr Pharmacist"  Single 1966  GNP- Crescendo - Randy Holden

 The Knaves "Leave Me Alone"  Single 1966  Glen Records - Chicago band

 Lobby Loyde and The Coloured Balls "Liberate Rock"  Single 1972  Havoc Records - Melbourne band

 The Groupies "Primitive"  Single 1966  Atco

 The Pretty Things "S.F. Sorrow Is Born"  Live At The BBC 2021  Repertoire - Mark Lamarr Show Radio 2 March 28 2009

 Cheap Trick "Oh Candy"  Single 1977  Epic - Debut 45

 The Velvet Underground "Run Run Run"  The Velvet Underground and Nico 1967  Verve

 Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera "Flames"  Single 1967  Direction

 Clear Light "Black Roses"  Single 1967  Elektra

 The Troggs "Lost Girl"  Single 1966  Atco - Debut

 The Zombies "Going To A Go Go"  Into The Afterlife 2007  Big Beat - Live 1966

 The Magicians "An Invitation to Cry"  Single 1965  Columbia

 Playlist August 18 2023

The Second Coming of Elvis

The Pub Rock years 1970-78

 Nick Lowe "So It Goes" Single 1976 Stiff Records - 1st Single on Stiff August 14th 1976

 Elvis Costello "Less Than Zero"  Single 1977  Stiff Records - Debut 45 Buy 11  March 1977

 Graham Parker and The Rumour "Silly Thing"  Single 1976  Phonogram Debut 45 March 1976

 Bees Make Honey "Caledonia"  Single B-Side 1973  EMI - Started playing at the Tally Ho Pub

 Eggs Over Easy "111 Avenue C"  London '71 2020  Yep Roc Records - Recorded London Olympic Studios 1971 released 2020

 Brinsley Schwarz "Shining Brightly"  Brinsley Schwarz 1970  Capitol - Original album mix with Bongos coda

 Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers "9 - 5 Songwriting Man"  Bongos over Belham 1974  Mooncrest - featuring Philip "Snakefinger" Lithman

 Legend "Cheque Book"  Legend 1971  Vertigo - Featuring Mickey Jupp

 Dave Edmunds "Down, Down, Down"  Single 1972 Regal Zonophone

 Ducks Deluxe "Coast to Coast"  Single 1973  RCA - with Martin Belmont and Sean Tyla - Debut Single

 Kilburn and the High Roads "Billy Bentley (Promenades Himself In London)"  Single B-Side 1974 Dawn - With Ian Dury

 Dr Feelgood "She Does It Right"  Single 1975  United Artists - 3rd 45

 The Count Bishops "Teenage Letter"  Speedball - EP 1975  Chiswick

 Jona Lewis "Piggy Back Sue"  Single 1974  Sonet

 The Gorillas "She's My Gal"  Single 1976  Chiswick - Soon to be Hammersmith Gorillas

 Nick Lowe "Fool Too Long"  The Wilderness Years 1991 Demon - written for and rejected by Dr Feelgood 1975 Danny Roogalator Alder on guitar

 Flip City "Imagination (Is A Powerful Deceiver)"  My Aim Is True  Bonus disc 2001 Rhino - Rec Jan 1975  Elvis D.P. Costello

 Rusty "Maureen and Sam"  The Resurrection Of Rust - EP 2022  EMI - D.P. McManus and Allan Mayes - Evolved into Ghost Train

 Brinsley Schwarz "Funk Angel" Despite It All 1971  Capitol - Remix version

 Dave Edmunds and the Electricians "You Kept Me Waiting" v/a Stardust Soundtrack UK 1974  Ronco - Electricians = Brinsley's

 Graham Parker "That's When You Know"  That's When You Know 2001  Mercury - Rec early 1975 above the Hope and Anchor pub

 Chris Spedding "Bedsit Girl"  Chris Spedding 1976  RAK

 Mickey Jupp "Old Rock 'N' Roller"  Single 1978  Stiff Records - Rockpile backing group

 Ian Gomm "Hold On" Single 1978  Albion - Former member of Brinsley Schwarz

 Brinsley Schwarz "Hooked On Love"  Please Don't Ever Change 1974  United Artists - Ian Gomm song

 Graham Parker and The Rumour "Howlin' Wind" Howlin' Wind 1976  Mercury - with Brinsley Schwarz and Bob Andrews plus Martin Belmont

 Ducks Deluxe "Love's Melody"  Taxi To The Terminal Zone 1974  RCA - second and last LP

 Elvis Costello "I Hear A Melody"  My Aim Is True Deluxe Edition 2007  Hip-O Records - Pathways Studio demo Late 1976

 Wreckless Eric "(I'd go the) Whole Wide World"  Single 1977  Stiff Records - Buy 16

 Elvis Costello "Wave A White Flag"  My Aim Is True 2001  Rhino - Demo for Charlie Gillett's Honky Tonk Radio Show 1976

 Graham Parker "Between You and Me"  v/a The Honky Tonk Demos 1976  Oval - Early demo For Honky Tonk July 1975

 Dire Straits "Sultans of Swing" v/a The Honky Tonk Demos 1979  Oval - Demo for Honky Tonk 1976

 Nick Lowe "Heart"  Wilderness Years 1991  Demon - Early Demo

 Kilburn and the High-Roads "Rough Kids"  Single 1974  Dawn

 Max Wall "England's Glory" Single 1977 Stiff Records - Ian Dury song - Dave Edmunds Producer - English Comedian

 The 101'ers "Keys To Your Heart"  Single 1976  Chiswick - Early Joe Strummer

 Eddie And The Hot Rods "Teenage Depression"  Single 1977  Island Records

 Billy Bremner "The Creature From The Black Lagoon" v/a Surrender To The Rhythm 2020  Grapefruit - Rec 1978

 Dr Feelgood "Milk and Alcohol"  Single 1978  United Artists - Nick Lowe co writer

 Roogalator "Ride With The Roogalator" v/a Surrender To The Rhythm 2020  Grapefruit - Danny Adler rec 1973

 Nick Lowe "(I've Been Taking The) Truth Drug"  Single 1976  Dynamite - Holland release - Recently

 played live by Elvis C

 Brinsley Schwarz "There's a Cloud In My Heart"  Single 1975  United Artists - Non LP Single - Nick Lowe song

 Graham Parker "Back to The Schooldays"  A Bunch Of Stiffs 1978  Stiff records - Different version slightly

 Nick Lowe "Cruel to Be Kind"  Single B-Side 1978  Radar - Original (best) version Flip of Little Hitler

 Elvis Costello "Waiting for the End of the World"  My Aim Is True 1977  Stiff Records - With Clover

 Graham Parker and The Rumour "White Honey"  Live at the Marble Arch 1976  Mercury - Promo only Live Bootleg

 Brinsley Schwarz "Home in My Hand"  Please Don't Ever Change 1974  United Artists

 Elvis Costello and The Attractions "Welcome To The Working Week"  My Aim Is True Deluxe Edition 2007  Hip-O Records - Live at The Nashville Rooms August 7th 1977

 Elvis Costello and The Attractions "Blame It On Cain"  My Aim Is True Deluxe Edition 2007  Hip-O Records - Same

 Nick Lowe "Heart of the City (Live)"  Jesus of Cool 1978  Radar

 Playlist August 11th 2023

Modern Psych 2000

 The Dream Syndicate "The Slowest Rendition Pt 1" The Universe Inside 2020  Anti/Epitaph

 The War On Drugs "Come To The City"  Slave Ambient 2011  Secretly Canadian

 Public Service Broadcasting "The Other Side"  The Race For Space 2015  Test Card Recordings - Talk over

 Broadcast "Pendulum"  Haha Sound 2003  Warp Records

 Super Furry Animals "Receptacle for the Respectable"  Rings Around The World 2001  Epic - Macca on Carrot Crunching

 Thee Oh Sees "Lupine Ossuary"  Mutilator Defeated At Last 2015  Castle Face

 Wooden Shjips "For So Long"  Dos 2009 Holy Mountain

 Natural Information Society and Bitchin Bajas "Anemometer"  Automaginary 2015  Drag City - talk over

 Dungen "Lipsill"  Ta Det Lugnt 2004 Subliminal Sounds

 The Flaming Lips "Are You a Hypnotist??"  Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots 2002  Warner Records

 Spiritualized "The Morning After"  And Nothing Hurt 2018 Fat Possum

 Panda Bear "Ponytail"  Person Pitch 2007 Domino Recording 

 Melody's Echo Chamber "Breathe In, Breathe Out"  Bon Voyage 2018 Fat Possum / Hostess

 SUSS "Home" Promise 2020  Northern Spy Records - talk over

 The Rain Parade "Last Rays Of A Dying Sun"  Last Rays Of A Dying Sun 2023  Label 51

 Tame Impala "Elephant"  Lonerism B-Sides and Remixes - EP 2018  Universal Music - Todd Rundgren remix plus Syd Barrett

 Cate Le Bon "Falcon Eyed"  Cyrk 2012 Amplify Music

 Ty Segall "The Connection Man"  Manipulator 2014  Drag City Records

 Moon Duo "Eternal Shore"  Stars Are the Light 2019 Sacred Bones

 Zombi "Shrunken Heads"  Escape Velocity 2011  Relapse Records - talk over

 Animal Collective "Also Frightened"  Merriweather Post Pavilion 2009  Domino Recording 

 Of Montreal "Spike the Senses"  Satanic Panic in the Attic 2004  Polyvinyl Records

 Jacco Gardner "Summer's Game"  Cabinet Of Curiosities 2013 Trouble In Mind

 Gwenno "Chwyldro"  Y Dydd Olaf 2015  Heavenly Recordings

 Deerhunter "Memory Boy"  Halcyon Digest 2010  4AD

 Khruangbin "August 10"  Con Todo El Mundo 2018  Dead Oceans - talk over

 Grizzly Bear "Foreground"  Veckatimest 2009  Warp Records

 The Third Mind "Morning Dew"  The Third Mind 2020  Yep Roc Records

 Robyn Hitchcock "The Feathery Serpent God"  Shufflemania 2022  Tiny Ghost Records

 The Black Angels "Science Killer" Directions to See a Ghost 2008 Light In The Attic

 MGMT "Lady Dada's Nightmare"  Congratulations 2010  Columbia - talk over

 Temples "Mesmerise"  Sun Structures 2014  Fat Possum

 Yo La Tengo "Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind"  I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass 2006  Matador

 Goat "Goatlord"  World Music 2012  Rocket Recordings

 Heron Oblivion "Oriar"  Heron Oblivion 2016  Sub Pop Records

 Public Service Broadcasting "Gagarin"  The Race For Space 2015 Test Card Recordings - talk over

 Ty Segall and White Fence "(I Can't) Get Around You"  Hair 2012  Drag City Records

 Allah-Las "Catalina"  Allah-Las 2013  Innovative Leisure

 The Coffin Daggers "Interstellar Overdrive"  The Coffin Daggers 2002  Urko Records

 The Dream Syndicate "The Slowest Rendition Pt 2"  The Universe Inside 2020  Anti/Epitaph - Dedicated to Scott McCaughey

 Playlist July 21 2023 Non- Fiction Jones

The Medium Is The Massage

 Marshall McLuhan "The Medium Is The Massage pt 1"  The Medium Is The Massage 1967  Columbia

 George Harrison "Glass Box"  Wonderwall Music 1968  Apple - For Jane Birkin

 Marshall McLuhan "The Medium Is The Massage pt 2"  The Medium Is The Massage 1967  Columbia

 Andy Partridge "Space Wray"  Fuzzy Warbles, Vol. 1 2002  Ape House Limited

 Marshall McLuhan "The Medium Is The Massage pt 3"  The Medium Is The Massage 1967  Columbia

 The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band "High Coin"  Part One 1966  Reprise Records

 Marshall McLuhan "The Medium Is The Massage pt 4"  The Medium Is The Massage 1967  Columbia

 Jerry Garcia "Late for Supper" Garcia 1972  Round Records

 Marshall McLuhan "The Medium Is The Massage pt 5"  The Medium Is The Massage 1967  Columbia

 Frank Zappa "Party Scene from "Mondo Hollywood""  Mystery Disc 2012 Frank Zappa CatalogMothers rec1966

 Marshall McLuhan "The Medium Is The Massage pt 6"  The Medium Is The Massage 1967  Columbia

 The Residents "In Between Dreams"  Commercial Album 1980  Ralph Records

 Marshall McLuhan "The Medium Is The Massage Pt 7" The Medium Is The Massage 1967  Columbia

 Pink Floyd "Pow R. Toc H. edit"  Piper at the Gates of Dawn 1967  EMI Columbia

 Marshall McLuhan "The Medium Is The Massage pt 8"  The Medium Is The Massage 1967  Columbia

 Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship "X-M"  Blows Against the Empire 1970  RCA Records Label

 Marshall McLuhan "The Medium Is The Massage pt 9"  The Medium Is The Massage 1967 Columbia

 The United States of America "The American Way Of Love:Part III- Love Is All" from The United States Of America 1968 on Columbia

Based on the 1967 Book "The Medium Is The Massage : An Inventory of Effects" by Marshall McLuhan

 Playlist July 21 2023

Lady Rawlinson's Lilt or Do Dogs Howl in Tune?

 SBT "13 St #2"  Single B-Side 2022  Ocean Omen - Sarabeth Turek

 Vivian Stanshall "Made Of Stone"  Dog Howl In Tune 2023  Madfish - Rec 1995 or so

 The Velvet Underground "Stephanie Says"  VU 2015  Polydor - rec 1968

 Robyn Hitchcock "Caroline Says" v/a Stereo-Phonic Pop Culture 1996  Pop Culture Press Mag - Live CBC-FM Vancouver BC 1995

 John Cale "Sylvia Said" Single B-Side 1974  Island - Flip of The Man Who Couldn't Afford To Orgy

 The Teardrop Explodes "I'm Not The Loving Kind"  Culture Bunker 1978 - 82 2023  UMC  - Producers Workshop  Rec 1982 Potential single - John Cale cover

 Marshall McLuhan "The Medium Is The Massage"  Single 1967  Columbia - promo Edited version

 Swansea Sound "Keep Your Head On"  Single 2023 Skep Wax Records

 PJ Harvey "A Child's Question, July" I Inside the Old Year Dying 2023  PTKF

 The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band "A Child's Guide To Good And Evil"  A Child's Guide To Good And Evil 1968  Reprise - Alternate Mix

 The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band "Radio Spot"  A Door Inside Your Mind 2023  Grapefruit - Complete Reprise recordings

 Kristen Hersh "Ms Haha"  Clear Pond Road 2023  Fire Records - Forthcoming new album

 Vivian Stanshall "Lady Rawlinson's Lilt pt 1"  Rawlinson's End 2023  Madfish - rec John Peel Show 1988 1991

 Beck "Old Man" Single 2023 Capitol Records - Neil Young cover

 The Ghost Particles "Even In The Darkest Hour" The Ghost Particles 2022  Artisanal Records

 Vivian Stanshall "Lady Rawlinson's Lilt pt 2"  Rawlinson's End 2023  Madfish

 The 3 Clubmen "Look At Those Stars"  The 3 Clubmen EP 2023  Ape House Records

Nick Lowe's Mojo Playlist 

 Cliff Richard and The Drifters "Apron Strings"  Living Doll Single B-Side 1959  Columbia UK

 Chubby Checker "Limbo Rock" Popeye (The Hitchhiker) Single B-Side 1963  Parkway

 Desmond Dekker and The Aces "Fu Man Chu"  Action! 1967  Trojan Records

 Bill Haley and The Comets "That's How I Got To Memphis"  Single 1969  United Artists - Tom T Hall cover

 Bobby Womack "Lookin' for a Love"  Single 1974  United Artists

 Nick Lowe "I'll Give You All Night To Stop"  Dig My Mood Rarities EP 2023  Yep Roc Records - Rec 1995 with The Impossible Birds

 The Baseball Project "The All Or Nothings"  Grand Salami Time! 2023  Omnivore Recordings

 The Small Faces "All Or Nothing"  The BBC Sessions 2000  Fuel 2000 - Saturday Club August 30 1966

 Spoon "She's Fine, She's Mine"  Memory Dust EP 2023  Matador - Bo Diddley cover

 Vivian Stanshall "Lady Rawlinson's Lilt pt 3"  Rawlinson's End 2023  Madfish

 Cornelius "Sparks"  Dream in Dream 2023  WM Japan

 The Rain Parade "Angel Sister"  Last Rays Of A Dying Sun 2023  Label 51

 The Dream Syndicate "Some Kinda Itch"  The Days Of Wine and Roses 40th Anniversary 2023  Fire - Recorded Back Stage Tuscon AZ 1982

 Frankie and the Witch Fingers "Futurephobic"  Data Doom 2023  Greenway

 Devo "Pink Pussycat"  Duty Now for the Future 1979  Warner Records

 Man ...Or Astroman? "Nitrous Burnout"  Peel Sessions 1994 EP 2023  Chunklet

 Pink Floyd "In the Beechwoods"  The Early Years, 1965-1967: Cambridge St/ation 2016  Pink Floyd Records - Have You Got it Yet? Syd Barrett movie Point Theaters July 31st

 Pink Floyd "Walk with Me Sydney"  The Early Years, 1965-1967: Cambridge St/ation 2016  Pink Floyd Records - rec 1965 pre record deal

 Syd Barrett "Swan Lee (Silas Lang)"  Opel 1993  Harvest

 Pink Floyd "Flaming"  The Early Years, 1967-1972: Cre/ation 2016  Pink Floyd Records - BBC Session, 25 September 1967

 Frank Zappa "Love Will Make Your Mind Go Wild"  Funky Nothingness 2023 Frank Zappa Catalog - rec 1969

 Little Dragon "Tumbling Dice"  Slugs of Love 2023  Ninja Tune

 The Rolling Stones "Tumbling Dice"  Exile On Main Street 1972  Rolling Stone Records

 Vivian Stanshall "Lady Rawlinson's Lilt pt 4"  Rawlinson's End 2023  Madfish

Wilder Side One (Original UK LP Tracklisting)

 The Teardrop Explodes "Bent Out Of Shape"  Culture Bunker 1978 - 82 2023  UMC - Skinner Session  17th August 1981

 The Teardrop Explodes "Colours Fly Away" Culture Bunker 1978 - 82 2023  UMC - Live At Club Zoo, Liverpool, UK  25th November 1981

 The Teardrop Explodes "Seven Views of Jerusalem"  Wilder 1981  Mercury - LP version

 The Teardrop Explodes "Pure Joy"  Culture Bunker 1978 - 82 2023  UMC - Live At Club Zoo, Liverpool, UK  25th November 1981

 The Teardrop Explodes "Falling Down Around Me"  Culture Bunker 1978 - 82 2023  UMC - Bearshank Lodge  April 1981

 The Teardrop Explodes "Culture Bunker" Culture Bunker 1978 - 82 2023  UMC  - Live At Club Zoo, Liverpool, UK  25th November 1981

 Playlist July 14 2023

Stuck In A Pickle Jar

 Teke::Teke "Setagaya Koya"  Hagata 2023  Kill Rock Stars

 The Teardrop Explodes "Brave Boys Keep Promises"  Culture Bunker 1978 - 82 2023  UMC  - Cargo Studios, Rochdale / November 1979

 The Wedding Present "Summer"  24 Songs 2022  Scopitones - Single a month compilation

 Julie Byrne "Summer Glass"  The Greater Wings 2023  Ghostly International

 Babe Rainbow "Sunshine"  Fresh As A Head Of Lettuce - EP 2023  Eureka Music

 Jessica Pratt "Greycedes"  On Your Own Love Again 2015  Drag City Records - Mojo pick as Nick Drake inspired

 Woods "Between the Past"  Perennial 2023  Woodsist - Forthcoming new release

 Anna St. Louis "Morning" In the Air 2023  Woodsist / Mare

 Allah-Las "Zuma 85"  Zuma 85 2023  Innovative Leisure/Calico  - Forthcoming new release this fall

 Curtis Mayfield "The Underground" Superfly (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) [25th Anniversary  1997  Curtom Classics - Demo  rec 1971/2

 The Jam "Going Underground"  Single 1978  Polydor

 The 3 Clubmen "Racecar"  The 3 Clubmen EP 2023Ape Records - Feat Andy Partridge

 Jess Williamson "Hunter"  Time Ain't Accidental 2023  Mexican Summer

 The Beach Boys "Honkin' Down the Highway"  Love You 1977  Reprise Records

 The Ramones "Touring"  Pleasant Dreams (the New York Mixes) 2023  Rhino/Sire - Rec 1981

 M. Ward "Engine 5"  Supernatural Thing 2023  Anti/Epitaph - feat. First Aid Kit

 The Dream Syndicate "Tell Me When It's Over"  The Days of Wine and Roses (40th Anniversary ) 2023  Fire  - Live at  The Country Club Reseda CA July 24 1982

 The English Beat "Save It For Later" Special Beat Service 2012  Edsel - Live at Hammersmith Palais October 1 1982

 Calexico "Quattro"  Feast of Wire (20th Anniversary) 2023  Quarterstick Records - Live at China Theatre Stockholm, April 25 2003

 Sonic Youth "Death Valley '69"  Live In Brooklyn 2011 2023  Silver Current Records - Final US show August 12 2011

 The Moody Blues "The Dream"  To Our Children’s Children’s Children (50th Anniversary ) 2023  UMC  - BBC Radio David Symonds' Sunday Concert Dec 17 1969

 The Moody Blues "Have You Heard/ The Voyage/ Have You Heard"  To Our Children's Children's Children (50th Anniversary) 1969 UMC  - BBC Radio David Symonds' Sunday Concert Dec 17 1969

 SunYears "Last Night I Dreamt That I Met Phil and Don"  Come Fetch My Soul! 2023  Yep Roc Records - feat. Fruit Bats

 The Everly Brothers "Bye, Bye Love" Single 1957  Cadence - Debut single - They broke up on stage on July 14 1973 Knotts Berry Farm CA

 Pernice Brothers "Crestfallen"  Overcome By Happiness 1998  Sub Pop - recently reissued

 The Reds, Pinks and Purples "The Town That Cursed Your Name"  The Town That Cursed Your Name 2023  Tough Love Records

 Suki Waterhouse "Every Day's a Lesson in Humility"  Single B-Side  2023  Sub Pop Records - With Belle and Sebastian - Sub Pop Single of the Month July

 T. Rex "Ride a White Swan" Single 1970  Blue Thumb Records

 The Midnight Callers "Step!"  Rattled Humming Heart 2023 JEM

 Vibravoid "The Secrets In Her Eyes"  Single 2022  Hypnotic Bridge - German ensemble

 The Piaggio Soul Combination "Space Diary"  Single 2022  Hypnotic Bridge - Milan Italy

 The Violet Minefield "Tell Me"  Single 2022  Hypnotic Bridge - LA

 Black Snake Moan "Fire" Single 2023  Hypnotic Bridge Records - Viterbo Italy

 The Guy Hamper Trio "Fire"  Single B-Side 2023  Spinout Records - Hendrix cover with James Taylor on Hammond Organ

 Man ...Or Astroman "Theme from The Munsters"  Radio Scotland 1994 EP 2023  Chunklet

 Man... Or Astroman "Transmissions From Uranus"  John Peel Session EP 1993 2023  Chunklet

 Mega Bog "Don't Doom Me, Now"  End of Everything 2023  Mexican Summer

 Hand Habits "Andy in Stereo"  Sugar the Bruise - EP 2023 Fat Possum

 The Apples In Stereo "Strawberryfire"  Her Wallpaper Reverie 1999  Elephant 6 / Spinart

The Teardrop Explodes "Wilder" Side 2 (Original UK Tracklisting) alternate/live version

 The Teardrop Explodes "Passionate Friend"  Culture Bunker 1978 - 82 2023  UMC - Live At Club Zoo, Liverpool, UK / 22th December 1981

 The Teardrop Explodes "Tiny Children"  Culture Bunker 1978 - 82 2023  UMC  - Air Studios Rough Mix 1981

 The Teardrop Explodes "Like Leila Khaled Said"  Culture Bunker 1978 - 82 2023  UMC  - Live At Club Zoo, Liverpool, UK / 25th November 1981

 The Teardrop Explodes "…And The Fighting Takes Over"  Culture Bunker 1978 - 82 2023  UMC  - Warner Brothers Demo / 1981 / Zoology Version

 The Teardrop Explodes "The Great Dominions"  Culture Bunker 1978 - 82 2023  UMC  - Live At The Guildford Civic, UK / 18th June 1981

 Nelson Bragg "Carry On Til Tomorrow" v/a Shine On: A Tribute to Pete Ham 2023  Y and T  Records - Badfinger cover

 Robyn Hitchcock "The Sparkling Duck"  Life After Infinity 2023  Tiny Ghost Records

 Playlist June 16 2023

It's Vox Happening!

Vox Teen Beat '65-'67

 Sounds Incorporated "In the Hall of the Mountain King"  Single 1965  Columbia (UK)

 The Electric Prunes "Vox Wah-Wah Radio Spot" Then Came The Dawn: Complete Recordings 1966-1969 2021  Grapefruit - Rec circa 1967

 The Byrds "So You Want to Be a Rock 'N' Roll Star"  Single 1967  Columbia

 The Rolling Stones "Let's Spend the Night Together"  7" Single 1967  London - Brian Jones on Vox "teardrop" Guitar

 The Animals "Baby Let Me Take You Home"  Single 1964  MGM Records

 The Doors "Take It As It Comes"  The Doors 1967 Elektra

 Nancy Sinatra "In Our Time" Single 1966  Reprise

 Dino, Desi and Billy "The Rebel Kind"  Single 1965 Reprise

 The Yardbirds "Heart Full Of Soul"  Single 1966  Epic - "Sitar" sound

 Hermans Hermits "No Milk Today"  Single 1966  MGM

 Bob Dylan "Absolutely Sweet  Marie" Blonde On Blonde 1966  Columbia

 Paul Revere and The Raiders "Ride Your Pony" Just Like Us! 1966  Columbia - Reissue Bonus Track circa 1965

 ? and The Mysterians ""8" Teen"  Single B Side 1966  Cameo Parkway

 The Zombies "Don't Cry for Me"  Zombie Heaven 2007  Big Beat - Rec July 1965 - Undubbed Version

 Dusty Springfield "If It Don't Work Out"  You Don't Have to Say You Love Me 1965  Phillips - Zombies Penned number

 James Brown and His Famous Flames "Don't Be a Dropout" Single 1966 on King Records

 Sonny and Cher "It's Gonna Rain"  I Got You Babe Single B-Side 1965  Atco

 The Sir Douglas Quintet "The Rains Came"  Single 1966  Tribe

 Vox Instruments "The Vox Wah- Wah Pedal" Single 2023  Phantom Books - Vox: It's What Happening Book

 The Standells "Medication"  Dirty Water 1966  Tower

 The Searchers "Western Union" Single 1967  PYE Records - cover of Five Americans hit

 The Supremes "You Keep Me Hangin' On"  Single 1966  Motown

 The Supremes "Coca-Cola Commercial" More Hits by The Supremes 2011 Motown - Baby Love version 1966

 The Gentrys "Keep on Dancing"  Keep On Dancing 1965  MGM

 Freddie And The Dreamers "Do The Freddie"  Single 1965  Mercury

 Roy Orbison "The Fastest Guitar Alive"  Single 1967  MGM - Title song of Movie

 Elvis Presley "Guitar Man"  Platinum - A Life In Music 1997 RCA Records  -  rec  1967 - Alternate Take 4

 Annette Funicello "Swingin' and Surfin'"  Annette's Beach Party 1963 Buena Vista Records

 The Leaves "Too Many People"  Single 1966  Mira

 Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band "Frying Pan"  The Legendary A&M Sessions - EP 1984  A and M - Rec 1966

 The Beach Boys "Wouldn't It Be Nice?"  Stack-o-Tracks 1968  Capitol Records - 1966 Instrumental version Featuring the Mando Guitar

 Petula Clark "I Know A Place"  Single 1965  Pye

 The Who "Our Love Was, Is"  The Who Sell Out 1967  Decca - Mono Version

 The Electric Prunes "I Happen to Love You" Then Came The Dawn: Complete Recordings 1966-1969 2021  Grapefruit - 1967 Featuring the Phantom Organ Guitar

 Vox Instruments "Vox Is The Sound, The Sound At The Top!"  Single 2023  Phantom - Rec circa 1967

 Jefferson Airplane "Plastic Fantastic Lover"  Surrealistic Pillow 1967  RCA

 The Beatles "I'm Down"  Anthology Box Set 2010  Apple Records - Take 1 rec June 14 1965 - Plastic Soul - Featuring the Vox Continental organ

 Gerry and the Pacemakers "It's Gonna Be Alright"  Single 1965  Parlophone

 The Lovin Spoonful "She's Still a Mystery"  Single 1967  Kama Sutra

 The Turtles "Outside Chance"  Single B - Side 1967 White Whale

 The Kinks "See My Friends"  At the BBC 2012  Castle Communications - BBC Session -Live at Aeolian Hall, August 1965

 The Dave Clark Five "Try Too Hard"  Single 1966  Epic

 The Monkees "Mary, Mary"  More of the Monkees 1967  Colgems

 Simon And Garfunkel "We've Got A Groovy Thing Goin'"  Single B Side 1965  Columbia

 The Mamas and The Papas "Somebody Groovy"  Single B -Side 1966  Dunhill

 Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs "(I'm In With ) The Out Crowd"  Single 1966  MGM

 The Velvet Underground "Venus In Furs"  Scepter Studio Sessions 2012  Universal - Recorded to acetate April 25 1966

 Manfred Mann "Tired of Trying, Bored with Lying, Scared of Dying"  No Living Without Loving - EP 1965  Ascot

 The Music Machine "Double Yellow Line"  Single 1967  Original Sound

 The Hollies "Don't Run and Hide "  Single B-Side 1966  Imperial - Flipside to Bus Stop

 The Seeds "Just Let Go"  A Web Of Sound 1967  GNP Cresccendo Records

 The Seekers "Georgy Girl"  Single 1966  Capitol Records

 The Walker Brothers "Love Her"  Introducing The Walker Brothers 1965  Smash Records

 Danny Hutton "Roses and Rainbows"  Single 1965  Hanna Barbera Records

 The Woolies "Who Do You Love"  Single 1966 Dunhill

 The Robbs "Race with the Wind" The Robbs 1967  Mercury

 The Electric Prunes "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)"  Single 1967  Reprise

Based on the Book "Vox Teen Beat: The Complete Collection 1965-67"

Phantom Books 2023

Playlist May 19 2023

 Plastic Parrots Suffocating in New England

 The Beach Boys "I'm The Pied Piper" Sail On Sailor – 1972 2022 on Capitol Records - Alternate Take 

 Todd Rundgren "Never Never Land"  A Wizard, a True Star 1973  Bearsville

 The Lemon Twigs "Ghost Run Free"  Everything Harmony 2023  Captured Tracks

 Lyme & Cybelle "Follow Me"  Single 1966  White Whale - Warren Zevon and Violet Santangelo

 The Dream Syndicate "Every Time You Come Around" Ultraviolet Battle Hymns and True Confessions 2022  Fire Records

 Skull Practitioners "Exit Wounds"  Negative Stars 2023  In The Red - Jason Victor project

 Emma Tricca "Through the Poet's Eyes"  Aspirin Sun 2023  Bella Union

 Kassi Valazza "Watching Planes Go By"  Kassi Valazza Knows Nothing 2023  Fluff and Gravy

 Shannon Lay "From The Morning plus Horn" Covers Vol 1 2023  Sub Pop - Nick Drake covers

 Pete Townshend "Melancholia"  Scoop Vol 1 1983  Atco - Demo recorded 1966 - Happy Birthday Pete  #78

 King Tuff "How I Love"  Smalltown Stardust 2023  Sub Pop Records

 The Ramones "I Can't Get You Out of My Mind"  Pleasant Dreams - New York Mixes 2023 Sire - Happy Birthday Joey #72 - recorded 1981

 Shangri-Lass "Parallel" Over and Over - EP 2023  Redundant Span Records

 The Shangri-Las "Love You More Than Yesterday"  Single B-Side 1966 Red Bird - flipside of Past, Present and Future

 Southern Culture On the Skids "Run Baby Run"  At Home with Southern Culture on the Skids 2021  Kudzu Records

 Garbage "Run Baby Run"  Bleed Like Me 2005  Infectious Music

 Monty Python "Parrot Sketch"  Live At Drury Lane 1974 Famous Charisma Label

 The Cramps "Garbageman"  Songs the Lord Taught Us 1980  IRS Records - You Gotta Beat It With A Stick

 The Courettes "Hop A Twig"  Single 2020  Damaged Goods - Boom Dynamite!! Compilation now available in the USA

 Iraina Mancini "Cannonball" Single 2023 Needle Mythology

 Heavenly "C Is the Heavenly Option" from Le Jardin de Heavenly 1992  Sarah Records - Duet with Calvin Johnson (Beat Happening) - LP recently reissued on Skep Wax

 Panic Pocket "Get Me" f Single 2023 Skep Wax

 Selkie "Special Friend"  Single 2023  Skep Wax - French Boy/Girl duo

 Kirsty MacColl "A New England"  Single 1985  Stiff records - Billy Bragg cover

 Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers "New England"  Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers 1976  Beserkley - Jonathan celebrated a birthday this week #72

 The Heartbeats "A Thousand Miles Away"  Single 1956  Rama

 The Plimsouls "A Million Miles Away "  Live! Beg, Borrow & Steal 2010  Alive Naturalsound - Oct 31 1981 at The Whiskey a Go Go

 The 3 Clubmen "Aviatrix"  The 3 Clubmen EP 2023  Ape House - Andy Partridge, Jen Olive and Stu Rowe

 Brian Eno "Burning Airlines Give You So Much More"  Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy 1974  Island - Brian turned 75 earlier this week

 Plasticland "Radiant Fuzzbox Wig"  Dappersnapping 1994 Repulsion Records

 Pink Floyd "Paintbox"  Single 1967  Columbia UK

 The Teardrop Explodes "Suffocate (with Strings)"  Culture Bunker 2023  Universal - Forthcoming Box set Rec 1981

 The Zombies "Rediscover"  Different Game 2023  Cooking Vinyl Limited

 Angel Olsen "Nothing's Free" Forever Means - EP 2023  Jagjaguwar

 Joker Out "New Wave (feat. Elvis Costello)"  Single 2023  Self Released - Slovenia's Eurovision entry

 Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians "Airscape"  Element of Light 1995 Rhino Records - Live version 1986 on reissue

 Robyn Hitchcock "Veronica's Chapel" Life After Infinity 2023  Tiny Ghost Records

 Country Joe and The Fish "Cetacean"  Together 1968  Vanguard Records - RIP Bruce Barthol bassist

 H. Hawkline "Plastic Man"  Milk For Flowers 2023  Heavenly Recordings

 The Kinks "Plastic Man"  Single 1969  PYE - Last song with  Pete Quaife Bassist

 Frank Zappa / The Mothers of Invention "Plastic People"  You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol 1 1988  Rykodisc - Live Feb 13 1969 The Factory in the Bronx

 The Sonics "Louie Louie"  The Sonics Boom 1966  Etiquette Records - Cover stars of latest Shindig! Magazine

 Paul Revere and The Raiders "Louie, Go Home"  Midnight Ride 1966  Columbia

 Modern Cosmology "A Time To Bloom"  Single 2023 Elefant - Laetitia Sadier & Mombojó

 Playlist May 12 2023

For The Birds

Sandor Katz "In May" Adam Zagajewski poem

Makaya McCraven "For the Birds" 

Laurie Anderson "Before the World" 

Michael Rother and Vittoria Maccabruni "Fly Away (With the Songs)" 

 Sean Penn "Counting Birds" Jim Harrison poem

Nick Rhodes and Wendy Bevan "The Calling" 

Damon Albarn, Mark Ronson and Wale "Bird Calling" 

David Van Tieghem "Birdbrain"

 Jarvis Cocker "Abide" Jake Adam York poem

Jarvis Cocker "Cuckoo Song" 

The Haden Triplets "Cuckoo Bird" 

Jeff Goldblum "Lsd" Alex Dimitrov poem

Calexico "Great Blue Heron" 

Steve Gunn "Birdsong" 

Bobby Cannavale "Weird Bird" Shel Silverstein poem

Elvis Costello "And Your Bird Can Sing/The Birds Will Still Be Singing" Beatles cover done solo

Bob Balaban "The Hidden Singer" Wendell Berry poem

Thurston Moore and Wobbly "Kookaburra Boogie"

Stephen Merritt "If I Were A Kookaburra" 

Stella Donnelly "Perth To Melbourne"

Cazzie David  "To This May" W.S.Merwin poem

Terry Riley "St. Francis and the Birds" 

Donald Ray Pollock "Hummingbird" Raymond Carver

Karen O "Hum Hum Hum" 

The Flaming Lips "Lucifer Hummingbird" 

Beck "Archangel" 

Tilda Swinton "Sparrow" Norman MacCaig poem

John Cale "Mr. Sparrow" 

Molly Rosen "Sparrow, Sparrow, What Did You Say" Ada Limon

Jeff Tweedy "Bell Minor" 

Mac McCaughan "Tanager Time" 

Larry "Ratso" Sloman "136 Syllables at Rocky Mountain Dharma Center" Allen Ginsburg Poem

Aska Matsumiya "Tori No Uta" 

Kaoru Watanabe "Kachofugetsu" 

Sofia Subercaseaux "I Put on My Fur Coat" Jane Wong poem

 Girlpool "Tinseltown" 

Mickey Sumner "State Bird" Ada Limon

Inara George and Van Dyke Parks "Red Tailed Hawk" 

Devendra Banhart "Ka" 

Olivia Chaney "The Hawk & The Crow" 

Tennessee Thomas "The Garden" Mark Strand poem

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis "Wood Dove" 

Vanbur "My Dove, To Sleep" 

Lee Ranaldo and Michael McClure "Forty Songs" 

Florence Welch "Wild Geese" Mary Oliver

C.U.P. "Overview" Yuka C Honda and Nels Cline

Toni Collette "In the World" Brigid Lowry poem

Daniel Lanois "Thornbird" 

SQÜRL "Dawn Chorus" 

Mike Campbell "Unbroken Wing" 

Kurt Vile "Wounded Bird" 

Beach House "Sanctuary" 

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith "Migration" 

Blake Mills "Nouns of Assemblage"

 Karen Elson "Fly On" 

ANOHNI and Yoko Ono "I Love You Earth (Thomas Bartlett Remix)"  

All selections from the 20 LP collection "For the Birds: The Birdsong Project" 2022 The Birdsong Project

 Playlist April 21 2023

Can You Dig It?

 Alice Cooper "Hello Hooray" Billion Dollar Babies 1973  Warner Records - #1 Hit Record 1973

 Rain Parade "Forgetfulness"  Single B-Side 2023  090 Records

 The Zombies "Hung Up On a Dream"  Odessey and Oracle 1968  Date Records - LP released April 19 1968

 The Mothers of Invention "Are You Hung Up?"  We're Only In It for the Money 1968  Verve Records

 The Mothers of Invention "Who Needs the Peace Corps?"  We're Only In It for the Money 1968  Verve Records

 Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band "Clear Spot"  Clear Spot 1972  Reprise Records - Instrumental Rough Mix

 Iggy Pop "I'm Bored"  New Values 1979 Arista - Happy 76th Birthday!!

 Television Personalities "Geoffrey Ingram"  And Don't the Kids Just Love It 1981Whaam! Records - RIP Murray Melvin = Geoffrey Ingram" in "A Taste Of Honey"

 Rita Tushingham and Lynn Redgrave "Smashing Time (Main Title)"  Smashing Time Soundtrack 1967  ABC - Also starring Murray Melvin

 Television Personalities "Smashing Time"  Single 1980 Rough Trade

 Monty Python's Flying Circus "Spanish Inquisition"  Another Monty Python Record 1972  Kama Sutra

 Lulu And The Luvers "Surprise, Surprise"  Single B-Side 1965  Decca - Rolling Stones cover w/Jimmy Page on Guitar

 David Bowie "Watch That Man"  Aladdin Sane 1973  RCA Records - Released April 19th 1973

 Eyelids "Lyin' in Your Tomb"  A Colossal Waste of Light 2023  Jealous Butcher Records - Peter Buck Producer and Guitar

 The Bad Ends "The Ballad of Satan’s Bride"  The Power and the Glory 2023  New West Records - Bill Berry (REM) Drums

 Johnny Wright "Let Jesus Turn You On" Single 1971  Decca

 Lonnie Holley "Oh Me, Oh My"  Oh Me Oh My 2023  Jagjaguwar - With Michael Stipe

 R.E.M. "9-9"  Murmur 1983 IRS - Released April 12 1983

 The Beatles "And Your Bird Can Sing"  Revolver 2022 Capitol - Second version Take 5 rec 1966

 The Cure "Friday I'm In Love"  Wish 1992  Elektra Records - Happy 64th Birthday Robert Smith!

 Prince "Dirty Mind"  Single 1982  Warner - RIP Prince 2016

 Talking Heads "Once In a Lifetime"  Remain In Light 1980  Warner Records

 Susanna Hoffs "Only You"  The Deep End 2023  Baroque Folk Records - Yaz(oo) cover

 The No Ones "Song for George"  My Best Evil Friend 2023  Yep Roc Records - Harrison, of course

 Del Shannon "Walk Away"  Rock On! 1991  Silvertone - With Tom Petty and Band plus Jeff Lynne

 Monty Python's Flying Circus "Spanish Inquisition pt 2"  Another Monty Python Record 1972  Kama Sutra

 Peter Case "Wandering Days"  Doctor Moan 2023 Sunset Blvd Records

 boygenius "Without You Without Them"  the record 2023  Interscope Records

 boygenius "$20"  the record 2023  Interscope Records

 The Teardrop Explodes "Poppies In The Field"  Culture Bunker 2023  Universal - Cargo Studios version 1980

 The Clean "I Wait Around"  Vehicle 2020 Merge Records

 Shana Cleveland "Light on the Water"  Manzanita 2023  Hardly Art

 Shana Cleveland "Quick Winter Sun"  Manzanita 2023  Hardly Art

 Sandy Denny "Full Moon"  Who Knows Where The Time Goes 1985  Hannibal Records - RIP Sandy Denny 1978, Recorded 1976

Janis Joplin "Maybe" v/a The Sullivan Years - Born Tp Be Wild 1991 TVT Records/1001 Sundays - Rec March 16 1969. She Played Royal Albert Hall on April 21st 1969

 Daddy Long Legs "Silver Satin"  Street Sermons 2023  Yep Roc Records - with Wreckless Eric

 Wanda Jackson "Funnel of Love"  Heart Trouble 2003  CMH Records - with The Cramps

 Rex Allen Jr. "I Back Up"  Single 1971 SSS International

 Death Valley Girls "Say It Too" Islands in the Sky 2023  Suicide Squeeze Records

 Those Pretty Wrongs "New September Song"  Holiday Camp 2023  Curation Records - Jody Stephens Drums (Big Star)

 Big Star "When My Baby's Beside Me"  Nothing Can Hurt Me 2013  Omnivore Recordings - Alternate Mix rec 1972

 Monty Python's Flying Circus "Spanish Inquisition pt 3"  Another Monty Python Record 1972  Kama Sutra

 The Pop Group "She Is Beyond Good and Evil" Single 1979  Rough Trade - RIP Mark Stewart

Also Dug It's

 The Peanut Butter Conspiracy "It's a Happening Thing"  The Peanut Butter Conspiracy Is Spreading 1967  Columbia

 Anthony and The Imperials "Don't Tie Me Down"  Single 1967 VEEP - No longer Little Anthony

 The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band "I Won't Hurt You"  Part One 1967  Warner Records

 The Monocles "The Spider and The Fly"  Single 1967  Chicory Records

 Pearls Before Swine "Drop Out!" One Nation Underground 1967  Esp Disks

 The Yellow Balloon "Yellow Balloon"  The Yellow Balloon 1967  Canterbury Records - Don Grady of My Three Sons fame

 Lothar And The Hand People "Milkweed Love"  Introducing.... 1968  Capitol

 Luke And The Apostles "Been Burnt"  Single 1967  Bounty/Elektra - Canadian band

 Wayne Cochrane and The C C Riders "Going Back To Miami"  Single 1968  Mercury

 The Moving Sidewalks "99Th Floor"  Single 1968  Tantara - Pre ZZ Top

? and The Mysterians "96 Tears" Single 1966 CameoParkway - Not on any Nuggets!!??

 Playlist April 14 2023

Come On Time!!

 The Beatles "Taxman"  Revolver 1966  Capitol - Take 11

 Gillian Welch "April the 14th Part 1" Time (The Revelator) 2001  Acony Records - Lincoln Shot 1865, Titanic hits iceberg 1912 and Dust Bowl Disaster 1935

 Low "Walking Into The Sea (Acoustic)" v/a A Giant Has Nowhere To Go 2023 Tongue Master Records - Selections from "Comes With A Smile" magazine.

 Robyn Hitchcock "Celestial Transgression"  Life After Infinity 2023  Tiny Ghost Records - Forthcoming Instrumental Album

 Gillian Welch "Ruination Day Part 2"  Time (The Revelator) 2001  Acony Records

 The Rain Parade "Last Rays Of A Dying Sun" Single 2023  090 Records - Title track of forthcoming new album

 The Long Ryders "Seasons Change"  September November 2023  Cherry Red Records

 The Byrds "Universal Mind Decoder"  The Notorious Byrd Brothers 1967  Columbia - Early instrumental version of Change Is Now with McGuinn on guitar

 boygenius "$20"  the record 2023  Interscope Records - The NEW supergroup

 King Tuff "Rock River"  Smalltown Stardust 2023  Sub Pop Records

 Creedence Clearwater Revival "Green River" At The Royal Albert Hall 2022  Craft Recordings -  At The Royal Albert Hall / London, UK / April 14, 1970

 Bob Dylan "Dirt Road Blues (Version 2)" Fragments - Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 17 2023  Columbia/Legacy

 The B 52's "Dirty Back Road" Wild Planet 1980  Warner Records

 The Teardrop Explodes "Bouncing Babies"  Culture Bunker 2023  Universal - 1980 Cargo Studio version

 The Teardrop Explodes "Bouncing Babies Dub"  Cope's Notes #1: The Teardrop Explodes 2019  Head Heritage

 Echo and the Bunnymen "Action Woman" It's All Live Now 2017 WM UK - Live Gothenburg Sweden Radio KAREN April 25 1985 - Litter cover - Also Secret track on a "Pebbles" CD edition

 Yo La Tengo "Fallout"  This Stupid World 2023  Matador

 The New Pornographers "Cat and Mouse With the Light"  Continue as a Guest 2023  Merge Records

 The Zombies "Come On Time"  Zombie Heaven  1997 Big Beat - Unreleased  song from Bunny Lake Is Missing

 The Zombies "Nothing's Changed"  Bunny Lake Is Missing (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 1965  RCA - Movie soundtrack version

 The Zombies "Bunny Lake Promo Spot (Come On Time)"  Zombie Heaven 1997  Big Beat - Wis Film Fest showing  Bunny Lake is Missing Wednesday April 19th  plus Zombies new documentary "Hung Up On A Dream" before

 The Zombies "Just Out of Reach"  Bunny Lake Is Missing (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 1965  RCA - Final version of Come On Time

 The Zombies "Runaway"  Different Game 2023  Cooking Vinyl Limited

 Del Shannon "Runaway" Stranger In Town Collection 2023  Edsel - Crime Story version 1986

 Eyelids "Runaway, Yeah"  A Colossal Waste of Light 2023  Jealous Butcher Records - Peter Buck Production

 The Undertones "(She's a) Runaround"  The Undertones 1979  Sire - A tribute of sorts to Seymore Stein

 Panic Pocket "Mad Half Hour"  Single 2023  Skep Wax

 Special Friend "Bete"  Wait Until The Flames Come Rushing In 2023  Skep Wax - French Boy/Girl duo

 Hand Habits "Something Wrong"  Sweet The Bruise 2023  Fat Possum

 Duane and Miriam Eddy "Guitar In My Mind"  Single 1967  Reprise Records - Miriam Eddy  = Jessi Colter in a few years

 Things To Come "Hello"  Single 1968 Warner Bros. records - David Crosby Production

 The Flying Burrito Brothers "Do Right Woman (Do Right Man)"  The Gilded Palace Of Sin 1969  A and M - David Crosby on Backing vocals uncredited

 Peter Case "That Gang of Mine"  Doctor Moan 2023  Sunset Blvd Records

 Nick Lowe "So It Goes" Single 1976  Stiff Records - Debut Stiff Single BUY 1

 The No Ones "Slowdown" My Best Evil Friend 2023 Yep Roc Records - Name checks Nick

 Badfinger "Just A Chance"  Wish You Were Here 1974  Warner Records

 Margaritas Podridas "Filosa" Single 2023  Sub Pop Records - Sub Pop Single of the Month April

 Brontez Purnell "Jaboukie" Single 2023 Sub Pop Records - Sub Pop Single of the Month May

 Wristwatch "Rules"  II 2023 FDH Records - Upcoming new second long player

 Dorothy Moskowitz and The United States of Alchemy "My Doomsday Serenade"  Under an Endless Sky 2023  Tompkins Square - Dorothy Moskowitz of The United States Of America band

 The United States Of America "Coming Down"  The United States Of America 1968  Columbia

 Shana Cleveland "Mystic Mine"  Manzanita 2023  Hardly Art - Member of La Luz

 Phil Manzanera "Diamond Head"  Diamond Head 1975  Atco

 Ryuichi Sakamoto "We Love You" Beauty 1990  Virgin Records - Stones cover with Robert Wyatt vocals - RIP Ryuichi - Check out RTQE on April 9th for tribute show

Television Personalities "The Boy In The Paisley Shirt" They Could Have Been Bigger Than The Beatles 1982 Whaam!! - RIP Mary Quant

 The Church "C'est La Vie" The Hypnogogue 2023  Communicating Vessels - 26th LP with Steve Kilbey

 Chuck Berry "You Never Can Tell"  Single  1964 Chess records - AKA C'est La Vie

 Death Valley Girls "Islands in the Sky" Islands in the Sky 2023  Suicide Squeeze Records

 Wednesday "TV in the Gas Pump"  Rat Saw God 2023  Dead Oceans