Featured Artists

Well, of course, I have have to start off with my SLAVE to the SQUAREwave feature first! Here's a couple tracks that David played this week that I haven't already posted! First up is the great Hopeless Believers, followed by Big Change - both tracks are on their Big Change CD. The version of Big Change I'm posting is an extended version that was available on a promo.



SLAVE to the SQUAREwave - Hopeless Believers

SLAVE to the SQUAREwave - Big Change (Extended Version)

Just in case you've just arrived on the planet, these guys are doing a show at the Diesel Playhouse in Toronto on June 15th - be there and be square!!

Now for some more tracks from the shows this week. I'll start with another track from the great Long John Baldry - A Thrill's A Thrill



Long John Baldry - A Thrill's A Thrill


Next up is another from Klaatu - Dear Christine



Klaatu - Dear Christine

Here's a great 'NY rarity that thankfully David continues to spin on a regular basis - the great track 'Toast' by Streetband (featuring vocals by none other than Paul Young!)



Streetband - Toast

And another great track, Flash & The Pan's California



Flash and the Pan - California

And here's one from The Lords of the New Church - Johnny Too Bad. These guys are another great overlooked band in my view. This is from their second album: Is Nothing Sacred? - just about all of their stuff is well worth a listen!



The Lords of the New Church - Johnny Too Bad


And yet another great track by the Comsat Angels - Day One



The Comsat Angels - Day One

And Worlds Away by Strange Advance



Strange Advance - Worlds Away

Here's one more for tonight's post - Graham Parker's - I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down



Graham Parker - I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down

And one last item for tonight. David played the great track The Formula by Thinkman, which was essentially Rupert Hine. To find that album, along with additional Thinkman and Rupert Hine releases (you need to go back a month or two to find them all) - I strongly suggest you go visit R0bert P0land's Blog.

May 30, 2008

Alice In Videoland - Going Down
Alphaville - Big In Japan
Autograph - Turn Up the Radio
Breeding Ground - Reunion
Concrete Blonde - Caroline
Darkroom - A Test of Time
David Usher - Black Black Heart
Dee Long - Good Night Universe
DJ Champion - No Heaven
Dominic - X-Plosion
Eric Clapton - Layla (Unplugged)
Fine Young Cannibals - Suspicious Minds
Flash & The Pan - California
Groundhogs - Split Part II
Howard Devoto - The Rainy Season
Hunter Valentine - Staten Island Dream Tour
Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child (Wild One) (Ext)
James Collins - He's Planning His Funeral
Japan - All Tomorrow's Parties
Jimi Hendrix - (Have You Ever Been To) Eectric Ladyland
Joel Plaskett Emergency - Fashionable People
Kissing The Pink - One Step
Klaatu - Dear Christine
Local H - Hands On The Bible
Long John Baldry - A Thrill's A Thrill
Magazine - The Light Pours Out Of Me
Martha & The Muffins - Rainbow Sign
Nightwish - Eva
Pink Floyd - Have A Cigar
Priddle Concern - Dive
Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missle F1-11 (Extended)
Simple Minds - Love Song
SLAVE to the SQUAREwave - Summertown
SLAVE to the SQUAREwave - Big Change
Spiral Beach - Teddy Black
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Sebastian
Streetband - Toast
Talking Heads - Take Me to the River
TBA - Love Across The Nation
The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
The Fixx - Red Skies
The Lords of the New Church - Johnny Too Bad
The Motels - Suddenly Last Summer
The Stranglers - Skin Deep
The Strawbs - Lay A Little Light On Me
The Tubes - Boy Crazy
The Waterboys - Blues For You Baby
The Wombats - Let's Dance To Joy Division
Thinkman - The Formula
Tom Robinson Band - 2-4-6-8 Motorway

Note: tracks above are presented in alphabetical order rather than the order they were played. Anything that couldn't be partially ID'd isn't included.

May 29, 2008

?? Ready Steady Go (?)
Alabama 3 - Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlife
Andy Griffith Show Theme
Billy Idol - Hot In The City
Cake - Strangers In The Night
Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Cutter
Five Star Fall - Mercurial Girl
Gabe Lee - Spiderman
Garbage - Stupid Girl
Graham Parker - I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
Hunter Valentine - Van City
Isaac Hayes - Walk On By
Jeff Healey Band - I Think I Love You Too Much
Jeremy Fisher - Lemon Meringue Pie
Kirsty MacColl Feat. The Pogues - Miss Otis Regrets/Just One Of Those Things
Leon Russell - Delta Lady
Love & Rockets - If There's A Heaven Above
Madness - One Step Beyond
Meat Puppets - ??
Priddle Concern - Dive
Pukka Orchestra - Might As Well Be On Mars
Rita Marley - One Draw
Roger Waters - Perfect Sense (Part I)
Rough Trade - Weapons
Satellite Party - The Solutionists
Simple Minds - Waterfront
SLAVE to the SQUAREwave - Hopeless Believers
Steppenwolf - Snowblind Friend
Strange Advance - Worlds Away
Television - Marquee Moon
The 69 Eyes - Betty Blue
The Band - Whispering Pines
The Box - Live on TV
The Clash - The Magnificent Seven
The Comsat Angels - Day One
The Crystal Method - Name Of The Game
The Fall - Hit The North
The Inspiral Carpets - This Is How It Feels
The Motors - Love & Loneliness
The Reverend Horton Heat - That's Showbiz
The Sisters of Mercy - Some Kind Of Stranger
The Start - Hey You
The Stranglers - Golden Brown
The Tourists - I Only Want To Be With You
The Tubes - What Do You Want From Life?
The Water Walk - Never Leaving Eden Again
Tom Robinson - One Fine Day
Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
Vis A Vis - Shadowplay
XTC - Senses Working Overtime

Note: tracks above are presented in alphabetical order rather than the order they were played. Anything that couldn't be partially ID'd isn't included.

Featured Artist

Well, it's about time I got around to featuring SLAVE to the SQUAREwave! Watch this blog for the next few weeks for much more on this great band that was voted 'Best New Band of 2005' by David! If you listen to David's show, you should be well aware that the Slaves are playing a show at the Diesel Playhouse in Toronto on Sunday, June 15, 2008. It should be a great show as the band is just back from a mini-tour with dates in Montreal and Ottawa. I've seen them a few times myself and plan to be at this one as they always put on a great show. Also, for more info on the band you should head over to their website and myspace pages.



Over the past week or so, I've struck up an e-mail conversation with Rob from the band, initially to get the OK to do a post on them and then for more and more information - many thanks go to Rob for giving me the OK to go ahead with my posts and patiently responding to my many questions and requests!

To get everyone in the mood for the upcoming show, here's a few tracks to sample that David spins fairly regularly. First up are a couple great tracks 'Heavy Bones' and 'Summertown' that first appeared on their self titled CD that was released in 2000.



SLAVE to the SQUAREwave - Heavy Bones

SLAVE to the SQUAREwave - Summertown

Last for today's post is their latest single 'New York's A Go-Go' that appears on thier latest album 'Big Change' that was released in 2007.



SLAVE to the SQUAREwave - New York's A Go-Go

May 23, 2008

I wasn't able to listen to this show.

Here's an update for this post with Friday's playlist. A huge thanks to Miss Parker for helping out and compiling this list. I was able to nail down a couple of the question marks, but the majority is her work!

?? (cover – not the Animals) – Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
?? (cover) – Ferry Cross the Mersey
69 Eyes – Don’t Turn Your Back on Fear
Apollo 44 – Can’t Stop the Rock
Bauhaus – Ziggy Stardust
Blancmange – Blind Vision
Blue Peter – Radio Silence
Boomtown Rats – Rat Trap
Cabaret Voltaire – Crackdown
Cherry Poppin Daddies – Zoot Suit Riot
Dee Long - Mad Magazine
Depeche Mode – Precious
Duane Eddy – Rebel Rouser
Eight Seconds – Kiss You (When it’s Dangerous)
Frank Zappa - I'm The Slime
Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Welcome to the Pleasure Dome
Front Line Assembly - Civilization
Front Line Assembly – Everything Must Perish (?)
Ian Dury – Sex and Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll
INXS – Original Sin (extended)
Japan – Gentlemen Take Polaroids
Jeff Healey Band – Angel Eyes
Leon Russell – A Song for You
Lightning Seeds – Pure
Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Fox on the Run
Matthew Good Band – Hello Time Bomb
Midnight Oil – Beds are Burning
Moist - Breathe
Moody Blues – Melancholy Man
Nightwish – I Wish I Had an Angel
Pete Shelley – Homosapien
Peter Murphy – Cuts You Up
Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd – Shine on You Crazy Diamond
Portishead – Fun for Me
Priddle Concern – Dive
Primal Scream (? – definitely not the original ‘60’s version) - 96 Tears
Scissor Sisters – Tits on the Radio
Screaming Blue Messiahs – I Wanna Be a Flintstone
Slave to the Squarewave – Pumpin’ Up the P House
Tears For Fears – Change
The Cliks - Nobody Else Will
The Populars – Smart Bomb
The The – Armageddon Days
Thomas Dolby – Europa and the Pirate Twins
Thompson Twins – Hold Me Now

Note: tracks above are presented in alphabetical order rather than the order they were played. Anything that couldn't be partially ID'd isn't included.

Featured Artists

Here's a few tracks featured on Thursday night's show:

First up is Tom Robinson's Atmospherics: Listen To The Radio that appeared on his album Hope & Glory. That entire album and some additional material is available for free on Tom's website. The Pukka Orchestra did a great cover of this back in the 80's as well.

Here's what Tom had to say on his free download page - interesting to know the split of the proceeds from downloads (based on UK iTunes pricing)!

Free Downloads: iTunes downloads cost 79p per track. Writer/publisher get 6p, Performer 6-8p, Visa/Mastercard 7p, Apple 12p, and Record Company almost 50p. Sod that. Help yourself to my songs & share them with your friends: right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) on titles to download. Optional: if you'd like to help with hosting costs, click below



Tom Robinson - Atmospherics: Listen To The Radio

Next up is a track by a relatively obscure band - The Kane Gang. Last night David played their track 'What Time Is It?'



The Kane Gang - What Time Is It?

Another relatively obscure artist - Robert Hazard with Escalator of Life:



Robert Hazard - Escalator of Life

Next is Pigbag with Papa's Got A Brand New Pig Bag:



Pigbag - Papa's Got A Brand New Pig Bag

And another track by the great Godley & Creme - An Englishman In New York:



Godley & Creme - An Englishman in New York

Finally for today is Tonio K. with The Funky Western Civilization



Tonio K - The Funky Western Civilization

May 22, 2008

?? - Sunday Morning, Coming Down
A-Ha - Crying In The Rain
Be Bop Deluxe - Surreal Estate
Blue Peter - Equalizer
Bob Geldof - This Is The World Calling
Buffalo Springfield - Bluebird
Champion Heartache - ??
Concrete Blonde - Everybody Knows
Crash Vegas - Pocahontas
Danny Marks - Big Town Boy
Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party
David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World
Dr. John - Right Time, Wrong Place
Elton John - This Train Don't Stop There Anymore
Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven (Instrumental)
Frank Zappa - Peaches En Regalia
Gary Numan - Cars
Godley & Crème - An Englishman In New York
Golden Dogs - Saints At The Gates
Harrison Fjord - Docking With Jesus
Iggy Pop - I'm Bored
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses
Lewis Furey - Cops Ballet/Rubber Gun Show/Top Ten Sexes
Nazareth - Love Hurts
Phil Lynott - Solo In Soho
Pig Bag - Papa's Got A Brand New Pig Bag
Pink Floyd - One Slip
Pixies - Wave Of Mutilation (UK Surf)
Prodigy - Their Law (Featuring Pop Will Eat Itself)
Rammstein - Spring
Robert Hazard - Escalator Of Life
Satellite Party - The Solutionists
Simple Minds - Promised You A Miracle
Slave To The SQUAREwave - Hopeless Believers
Sly & The Family Stone - Everday People
Spirit Of The West - Enough, Already Alright (Hello Cleveland)
Squeeze - Slap & Tickle
Status Quo - The Party Ain't Over Yet
Status Quo (?) - Come On You Reds
Tal Bachman - Darker Side Of Blue
Ten Years After - I'd Love To Change The World
The Box - L'Affaire Dumoutier
The Clash - Jimmy Jazz
The Cure - The Walk
The Kane Gang - What Time Is It?
The Maisonettes - Heartache Avenue
The Motels - Suddenly Last Summer
The New Pornographers - Myriad Harbour
The Who - Eminence Front
Tim Curry - Birds Of A Feather
Tom Robinson Band - Atmospherics: Listen To The Radio
Tonio K. - The Funky Western Civilization
U2 or members of U2 (?) - Mission Impossible Theme

Note: tracks above are presented in alphabetical order rather than the order they were played. Anything I couldn't ID isn't included.

Featured Artists

Here's a few more tracks that were played in Friday night's show:

I'll start off with Blank Generation by Richard Hell & The Voidoids:



Richard Hell & the Voidoids - Blank Generation

The next track I'll feature is by Julian Cope - Sunspots. I have to say Julian is a favourite artist of mine - I hadn't really heard much, if any, of Julian or The Teardrop Explodes before a friend with an extra ticket to his 1995 show at Lee's Palace in Toronto and asked me to go. Luckily, I agreed to go even though I didn't really know who he was at the time. Long story short - it was an amazing show and turned me into a big Cope fan. If you are looking for any Cope or Cope-related releases - do yourself a huge favour and go have a look at the following blog. I discovered that amazing blog a month or so ago and I'm still working through all the Cope releases available there, plus a host of other amzaing music is posted as well!



Julian Cope - Sunspots

Finally, I'm posting a great track by Fiction Factory, a band that I think just about everybody thinks was a only a one-hit wonder for their 80's hit '(Feels Like) Heaven' However, that's not what David played or the track I'm going to post - instead he played another great track fron their 'Throw The Warped Wheel Out' album (which is availalbe for download at this blog) but instead I'm posting the 12" version of Ghost of Love which was the single release after (Feels Like) Heaven.



Fiction Factory - Ghost of Love



Fiction Factory - Throw The Warped Wheel Out Link

If you can't tell by now, I don't quite agree with the common perception that Fiction Factory was a one-hit wonder. Back in the 80's I had both 'Throw The Warped Wheel Out' and their follow-up album which was called 'Another Story' on vinyl, both of which got fairly regular play on my turntable and in my opinion were both pretty solid albums. Another Story has never been released on CD and seems to be pretty hard to come by in web searches I've done, so as a bonus, here's a vinyl rip of that full album for download!



Fiction Factory - Another Story

May 16, 2008

Adrian Belew - Elephant Talk
a-Ha - The Sun Always Shines On T.V.
Bauhaus - She's In Parties
Breeding Ground - Happy Now I Know
Chalk Circle - April Fool
Cottage Industry - Things Go Up
Daniel Lanois - The Maker
David Bowie - Queen Bitch
Dee Long - Good Night Universe
Depeche Mode - Route 66
Devo - Whip It
Dr. John - I Walk On Guilded Splinters
Echo & The Bunnymen - Silver
Fiction Factory - Ghost Of Love
Goldfrapp - Ride A White Horse
Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Do It)
Heaven 17 - Let Me Go
HIM - You Are The One
Hunter Valentine - Staten Island Dream Tour
Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
INXS - Need You Tonight
Jeff Beck - Blues Deluxe
Jerry Lee Lewis - Evening Gown (with Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood)
Joel Plaskett Emergency - Fashionable People
Jools Holland - ??
Julian Cope - Sunspots
Lindsey Buckingham - Holiday Road
Love & Rockets - Ball Of Confusion
Mark Knopfler - Wanderlust
Martha & The Muffins - Echo Beach
Moev - Head Down
Oingo Boingo - Same Man I Was Before
Orange Juice - Rip It Up
Perth County Conspiracy - The Americanadian Way
Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation
Roger Waters - Watching TV
Rough Trade - Weapons
Scissor Sisters - Lovers In The Backseat
Shriekback - Nemesis
Slave To The SQUAREwave - New York's A Go Go
Stevie Ray Vaughn (?) - ??
Talking Heads - Burning Down The House
The Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)
The B-52's - Planet Claire (Original 12" Mix)
The Band - Shine The Light
The Boomtown Rats - Joey's On the Streets Again
The Crimea - Opposite Ends
The Crystal Method - Name Of The Game
The Diodes - Tired of Waking Up Tired
The Kinks - Victoria
The Motors - Airport
The Spoons - 2,000 Years
The Villains - Wendy's Melody
The Waterboys - Independence Day
Ultravox - Love's Great Adventure

Note: tracks above are presented in alphabetical order rather than the order they were played. Anything I couldn't ID isn't included.

Featured Artists

Well, I'll start off with David's little opening tribute to the Victoria Day Weekend (did anyone catch what the little snippet he played before going into Holiday Road was?):



Lindsey Buckingham - Holiday Road



The Kinks - Victoria

Here's a few from Thursday's show - first a track from the great Canadian band Klaatu with Little Neutrino from their debut album 3:47 E.S.T. Does anyone not know about the whole Beatles rumour story and that their name came from the 50's sci-fi movie 'The Day The Earth Stood Still'? Leave me a comment if you're interested in some more on that story (or do your own web search!)



Klaatu - Little Neutrino

Next up is an extended version of Belouis Some's track 'Some People' - I'm not sure what version David played.



Belouis Some - Some People

Next is another Canadian track, this time from The Extras - Jealous Girl, which is from their Bit Parts album, which was re-released on CD as part of the Ripe CD which is available at the 'Buy CD' link at the following website. You can also find another CD there that Leon Stevenson was involved with and David has played some tracks from.



The Extras - Jealous Girl

I found Robin Trower's Bridge of Sighs album posted at this blog. The Blues Town blog is well worth some additional searching as there is a bunch of great blues that gets posted there. Actually, I also found an Elliot Murphy album that contains the great track 'Everything I Do (Leads Me Back To You)' track which also features vocals by Bruce Springsteen. David spins that track semi-regularly as well - I've been looking for that track for quite a while and it was just posted there yesterday!

May 15, 2008

?? - It's All In The Spoken Word (?)
?? (cover of Neil Young) - Helpless
Belouis Some - Some People
Blue Peter - Video Verite
Champion Heartache - ??
Cliks - Nobody Else Will
Colin James - Why'd You Lie
David Usher - Black Black Heart (slower version)
Dee Long - Wicked
Elvis Costello - The Other Side Of Summer
Everclear - Brown Eyed Girl
Fabulous Poodles - Tit Photographer Blues
Five Star Fall - Mercurial Girl
Frank Zappa - Flakes
Genesis - The Carpet Crawlers 1999
Godley & Crème - Snack Attack
Harrison Fjord - Docking With Jesus
Interview - St Jean Wires
Japan - Quiet Life
Jimi Hendrix - Angel
Jona Lewie - (You'll Always Find Me) In The Kitchen At Parties
Kate Bush - Babooshka
Klaatu - Little Neutrino
Lee Michaels - Do You Know What I Mean
Lyle Lovett - I've Been To Memphis
Michael Andrews (Featuring Gary Jules) - Mad World
Patti Smith - Because The Night
Priddle Concern - Dive
Robbie Robertson - Somewhere Down The Crazy River
Robin Trower - Bridge Of Sighs
Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Atari Baby
Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Advert/Love Missle F1-11 (snippet)
Simple Minds - Someone Somewhere In Summertime
Slave To The SQUAREwave - Pumpin' Up The 'P' House
Snowy White - Bird Of Paradise
Spiral Beach - Kind Of Beast
Squeeze - Another Nail In My Heart
Talking Heads - Mr. Jones
The 69 Eyes - Dawn's Highway
The Band - The Weight
The Comsat Angels - On The Beach
The Extras - Jealous Girl
The Fixx - Deeper & Deeper
The Icicle Works - Whisper To A Scream
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Sidewalking
The Kinks - A Rock'N'Roll Fantasy
The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet
The Populars - Smartbomb
The Waterboys - Blues For You Baby
Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric?
William Shatner - Common People

Note: tracks above are presented in alphabetical order rather than the order they were played. Anything I couldn't ID isn't included.

Featured Artists

Finally able to get back to the blog. Here's a couple tracks based on Friday night's show.

First is another track by Icehouse - Hey Little Girl



Icehouse - Hey Little Girl

Second is Sun City by Artists United Against Apartheid



Artists United Against Apartheid - Sun City

Finally, here's one I was surprised to not find on iTunes - Camper Van Beethoven's Take The Skinheads Bowling - a classic. There was a bunch of Camper tunes available, but not this one!



Camper Van Beethoven - Take The Skinheads Bowling

May 9, 2008

?? - Happy Birthday
Artists United Against Apartheid - Sun City
Big Country - In A Big Country
Blackmore's Night - Wish You Were Here
Camper Van Beethoven - Take the Skinheads Bowling
Carole Pope - Dream6
Chalk Circle - 20th Century Boy
Concrete Blonde - Caroline
David Bowie - Cat People (Putting Out Fire) Original Soundtrack Version
Deadeye Dick - New Age Girl
Dee Long - Good Night Universe
Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumours
Elf Power - Spiral Stairs
Figurines - Silver Ponds (12")
Filter & The Crystal Method - (Can't You) Trip Like I Do
Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage
Gary Numan - Cars
George Harrison - Medley - Stoller - Pomus , Jumpin' Jack Flash , Youngblood
Hunter Valentine - Staten Island Dream Tour
Icehouse - Hey Little Girl (remix)
Iggy Pop - Play It Safe
Images In Vogue - Call It Love
Japan - Television
Jo Jo Gunne - High School Drool
John Martyn - I'd Rather Be The Devil
Leonard Cohen - The Future
Love & Rockets - So Alive
M + M - Black Stations / White Stations
Madness - Our House
Ministry - Everyday Is Halloween
National Velvet - Sex Gorilla
Oingo Boingo - I Am The Walrus
Peter Murphy - Indigo Eyes 98
Pop Will Eat Itself - Def Con One (remix with a Stooges guitar riff sampled)
Roger Waters - Perfect Sense (Part I)
Rumour - Emotional Traffic
Rupert Hine - The Setup
Scissor Sisters - Laura
Segarini - Gotta Have Pop
Simple Minds - Shake Off The Ghosts
Skinny Puppy or Frontline Assembly (?) - sample that said: 'No Medical Basis for Circumcision'
Slave To The SQUAREwave - New York's A Go Go
The Fall - Hit The North
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
The New Pornographers - Myriad Harbour
The Populars - Smartbomb
The Spoons - Old Emotions
The Stranglers - Skin Deep
The The - This Is The Day
Wall Of Voodoo - Ring Of Fire
XTC - Making Plans For Nigel

Note: tracks above are presented in alphabetical order rather than the order they were played. Anything I couldn't ID isn't included.

Sorry, I didn't do the last.fm playlist tonight - please leave a comment if you miss that part of my posts.

May 8, 2008

Well, I couldn't check in until around 8:30 tonight, so any help with the playlist for the first part of the show again would be greatly appreciated! Thanks again to Glen for filling in some holes for me - list updated to reflect those additions!

?? - James Bond Theme (?)
Allman Brothers Band - Who To Believe
Be Bop Deluxe - Japan
Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face
Blue Peter - Radio Silence
Bram Tchaikovsky - Girl Of My Dreams
Cabaret Voltaire - Sensoria
David Usher - Too Close To The Sun
Eels - Novacaine For The Soul
Fiat Lux - Photography
Fingerprintz - Wet Job
Goddo - Oh Carole (Kiss My Whip)
Golden Dogs - Saints At The Gates
Golden Earring - Vanilla Queen
Hawaiian Pups - Baby Judy
Horslips - The Man Who Built America
Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Jamie Lidell - Little Bit Of Feel Good
Jeff Healey - Angel Eyes
Joy Division - Atmosphere
Klaatu - Doctor Marvello
Leon Russell - It's A Hard Rain Gonna Fall
Lighthouse - 1849
Long John Baldry - Flying
Love Spit Love - How Soon Is Now?
Martha & The Muffins - Where The Blue Meets Green
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Messiah Ward
Paul Weller - You Do Something To Me
Pink Floyd - Arnold Layne
Priddle Concern - Dive
Procol Harum - Gand Hotel
Ray Charles - Georgia on My Mind
Roderick Falconer - Play It Again
Roger Waters - 5.01 AM (The Pros & Cons Of Hitch Hiking - Part 10)
Scissor Sisters - Lovers In The Backseat
Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Bullet With Butterfly Wings
Slave To The SQUAREwave - Gorrilla Swingin' Discotheque
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes - Walk Away Renee
Spoons - Nova Heart
Strange Adavnace - We Run
The Alan Parsons Project - The Raven
The Band - Chest Fever
The Box - Closer Together
The Clash - Police On My Back
The Cure - The Walk
The Dream Academy - The Love Parade
The Grapes Of Wrath - See Emily Play
The Kane Gang - Gun Law
The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There
The Vanity Project - So. Cal
Thunderclap Newman - Accidents
Tom Robinson Band - 2-4-6-8 Motorway
Tommy Bolin - Post Toastee
Warren Zevon - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Note: tracks above are presented in alphabetical order rather than the order they were played. Anything I couldn't ID isn't included.

Sorry, I didn't do the last.fm playlist tonight - please leave a comment if you miss that part of my posts.

Featured Artists

A bunch of tracks to feature tonight, what a great show!

I'll start off with a great one by Long John Baldry called Flying. I was actually disappointed not to find this one on iTunes - I really thought it would be there as I was able to pick up a copy of the great album that this track is from (It Ain't Easy) back when it was re-released on CD back in 2005 - shortly after Long John's unfortunate death. I still remember David's show where he did a great tribute to Long John at that time. What can I say about Long John and this great album? I guess I'll just re-tell a story that I'm pretty sure I've heard David tell. Long John was at least part of the reason that the U-Know Awards (which eventually became the Casby's) were created - when Long John was nominated in the 80's as best 'New Artist' by the Juno Awards, that showed just how far out of touch with music those awards were and David decided that there should be an alternative. The nomination in that category completely ignored the incredible legacy that Long John had already established in his long career to that point!

If you enjoy the track I've posted, please go to Long John's website and order a copy of the CD - you won't be disapponted. My favourite selection on that album is actually a combination of the first two tracks - a spoken word opener: 'Conditional Discharge' and the amazing 'Don't Try To Lay No Boogie Woogie On The King Of Rock'N'Roll'. Fortunately, both those tracks are available on iTunes (the Canadian store anyways) on a release titled 'Rhino Hi-Five - Long John Baldry EP'. That selection is VERY high up on my all-time favourite tracks!



Long John Baldry - Flying

Next up is a great track by Thunderclap Newman - Accidents. If you've never heard of Thunderclap Newman - you still might still have heard their great track 'Something In The Air' - that was a reasonably big hit in when it was released in 1969 and was featured in the movie 'Almost Famous' in 2000.



Thunderclap Newman - Accidents

Another great song - Grand Hotel by Procol Harum.



Procol Harum - Grand Hotel

This is another great track - 1849 by Lighthouse. There's a recent band also called Lighthouse that I know nothing about. This track is from a Canadian band from the early 70's that featured Skip Prokop who was once a CFNY DJ! Skip has a website that sells CD's but unfortunately not any Lighthouse CD's that I could find.



Lighthouse - 1849

David just kept them coming, here's Leon Russell's It's A Hard Rain Gonna Fall - a great Dylan cover.



Leon Russell - It's A Hard Rain Gonna Fall

and Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes - Walk Away Renee



Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes - Walk Away Renee

Next up is Be Bop Deluxe with the track 'Japan'. I originally thought that this was on their 1978 album 'Drastic Plastic', but it may have been just released as a single in 1977. That's what's great about David's show - he preserves obsure tracks like this that everyone else has forgotten about (or never noticed in the first place!)



Be Bop Deluxe - Japan

And a band I've featured a couple times before, here's Closer Together by The Box



The Box - Closer Together

And last for tonight is the track Photography by Fiat Lux



Fiat Lux - Photography

Featured Artists

Here's a couple from the Friday show this week.

First is a great cover of the Electric Prunes' signature hit I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) by an 80's band called the Thought. I was fortunate enough to get this from a post on a great 80's website and posting board - my thanks and compliments to the original poster!

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The Thought - I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night


Next is another great Boys Brigade track - Into The Flow



Boys Brigade - Into The Flow

There were some other tracks from tonight that I thought I would be able to post, for instance, "Like Dust, I Was Blown Away Like Dust" that The Passion Puppets' album Beyond The Pale is available on iTunes.



Similarly, I was telling "The Story of The Blues" because I was hoping to post that great track by The Mighty Wah!, but that and a bunch of their other songs are also available on iTunes, even the 9 minute extended 12" version!

May 2, 2008

Here's a new first. I recorded about a minute of a track I couldn't ID that was played around 9:30. If you're interested, please have a listen and if you know the song or artist, please leave me a comment.

?? - ?? - now ID'd see the comments!
?? (Cover of Genesis) - Watcher Of The Skies
?? (Cover of Jimi Hendrix) - Little Wing
After The Fire - Der Kommissar (Long Version)
Age Of Electric - Remote Control
Ali Slaight - Hey You
Alice In Videoland - Going Down
Alphaville - Forever Young
Autograph - Turn Up the Radio
Boys Brigade - Into The Flow
Busted - Thunderbirds Are Go
Champion Heartache - Snow Drift
China Crisis - Working With Fire & Steel
Chris Spedding - Guitar Jamboree
Dee Long - Good Night Universe
Dr. John - Accentuate The Positive
Eight Seconds - Kiss You When It's Dangerous
Frank Zappa - Dancin' Fool
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
Gary Numan - We Are Glass
Heaven 17 - Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry
Hunter Valentine - Van City
Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Spasticus Autisticus
James Collins - Since Tina Moved In
Klaatu - Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft
Level 42 - Hot Water
Magazine - The Light Pours Out Of Me
Martha & The Muffins - Echo Beach
Moev - Alibis
Nash The Slash - Who Do You Love
Nightwish - Sleeping Sun
Oingo Boingo - Weird Science
Paul Young - Come Back & Stay
Pink Floyd - ?? Instrumental - David talked about this being the final encore of a show he saw in Montreal
Roger Waters - Towers Of Faith
Romeo Void - Never Say Never (ext)
Rough Trade - Weapons
Simply Red - Jericho
Slave To The SQUAREwave - New York's A Go Go
Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music
Spiral Beach - Teddy Black
Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
The Boomtown Rats - Dave
The Cure - Lovesong
The Isley Brothers - Shout
The Mighty Wah! - The Story Of The Blues
The Passion Puppets - Like Dust
The Populars - Smartbomb
The Selecter - James Bond
The Sisters of Mercy - Dominion/Mother Russia
The Stranglers - Peaches
The Thought - I Had Too Much Too Dream (Last Night)
The Water Walk - Never Leaving Eden Again

Note: tracks above are presented in alphabetical order rather than the order they were played. Anything I couldn't ID isn't included.

The Search...

Does anybody have any good stories about a great quest for a song that you just HAD to have? I've had a few that took many years to track down. Now we think a search that takes a couple months was a tough one! Anyone remember a time before you could google lyrics and ID a previously unknown track halfway through the song and locate a copy to download with TotallyFuzzy by the time the song is over? (OK, it's usually not quite that easy in most cases). :-)

One that still sticks out for me was my quest for the track Catwalker by the Diodes. I first heard that song on CFNY back in the mid 80's. I was convinced that it was by the Stranglers for some reason, so I picked up their album Feline album first. Over the years of my search I became a big fan of the Stranglers due to various albums I bought hoping that I might find the track that was eluding me (at least that wasn't a bad thing). At some point I caught at least part of the song on a cassette. Eventually in the mid to late 90's I was able to get that track ID's on the spiritofradio.ca site - so that search only took 10 years or so!



The Diodes - Catwalker


I don't know about others, but I can remember buying vinyl, never having heard of a band based on recommendations of a music store clerk. Or how about buying two or three versions of a track before getting the 'right' version!

May 1, 2008

Tonight I missed the first hour and a half of the show, so only included the tracks that were ID'd on The Rock's Nielsen BDS service that shows up on the listen live feed. If anyone knows of tracks that were played early in the show that don't show up below, please let me know in the comments! Thanks to Glen's comment I've now added some of the songs I missed to this show's playlist.

?? (Cover of The Beatles) - Fool On The Hill
?? (Pink Floyd Cover) - Another Brick In The Wall (Part II)
54-40 - Radio Luv Song
a-Ha - Crying In The Rain
Blackmore's Night - I Still Remember
B-Movie - Nowhere Girl (Extended Version)
Cake - Never There
Carole Pope - Love Strikes Hard
City Boy - 5,000 Years/Don't Know Can't Tell
Cottage Industry - Things Go Up
DJ Champion - No Heaven
Garfield - ??
Harrison Fjord - Docking With Jesus
Hunter Valentine - Staten Island Dream Tour
Icehouse - Great Southern Land
Japan - Rhodesia
Jeff Healey - Angel Eyes
Jeremy Fisher - High School
Jimi Hendrix - May This Be Love
Joe Jackson - Real Men
John Lee Hooker - Chill Out
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Johnny Clegg & Juluka - Scaterlings Of Africa
Local H - Hands On The Bible
Long John Baldry - East Virginia Blues
Mahogany Rush - Sister Change
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The Light
National Velvet - Flesh Under Skin
Oingo Boingo - You Really Got Me
Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Walkin' Blues
Pink Floyd - The Dogs Of War
Powder Blues Band - Sweet Little Girl
Rammstein - Du Hast
Roger Waters - Leaving Beirut
Sam Roberts - The Canadian Dream
Scissor Sisters - Return To Oz
Shriekback - Lined Up
Simply Red - Positively 4th Street
Slave To The SQUAREwave - Hopeless Believers
Talking Heads - Take Me to the River
TBA - Love Across the Nation
The 69 Eyes - Betty Blue
The Band - Such A Night
The Cure - A Night Like This
The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize?
The Fools - Psycho Chicken
The Psychedelic Furs - Heartbreak Beat
The Tea Party - Paint It Black
The Tubes - Tubes World Tour
The Who - Boris The Spider
Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
Willy Deville - Needles & Pins

Note: tracks above are presented in alphabetical order rather than the order they were played. Anything I couldn't ID isn't included.

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Here's an instant post from tonight's show - now playing is City Boy's 5,000 Years which is on their debut self titled album. That can be found for download at the following link:



City Boy Link


David plays a bunch of great tracks from this band (Young Men Gone West, The Greatest Story Ever Told and a number of others). They seem to have been lost in the late 70's punk explosion as they didn't fit in very well with with the direction music was heading in at the time. This is one of the many bands that David plays regularly that I've thought - how did I miss them?

Ok, here's another one from tonight. David just played Johnny Clegg & Juluka (or Johnny Clegg & Savuka depending on the release it seems) - Scaterlings of Africa - this one is available on iTunes, but it's also available as a free full track mp3 download at last.fm - cool!




Johnny Clegg at Last.fm


And he just keeps them coming -

David played some Garfield (not the cat) - that's a rather annoying fact you have to live with in any web search for this obscure Canadian artist. Here's a link to a YouTube video someone made of the great track 'Private Affair'. I hope to have more to post about Garfield in the future



And I have to edit this post one more time. Now David played the track I Still Remember by Blackmore's Night. Again, this is another band that he regularly plays a number of great tracks from. I recently found a few of their albums available for download at the following blog:



Blackmore's Night Link