Tighten Up is broadcast live on Istanbul's Acik Radyo. Each week the play list follows a theme: a key word, a record label, a tribute to a musician and sometimes we feature a special guest who plays their favourite records.
Dec 26, 2009
Dec 20, 2009
Dec 12, 2009
Dec 5, 2009
Nov 28, 2009
Nov 21, 2009
Nov 15, 2009
United Artists Records
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This week we listen to some selected highlights from my collection of United Artists recordings.
- Rollin' And Tumblin', Canned Heat, Canned Heat, 1967, Liberty
- Imposters Of Life's Magazine, The Idle Race, Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond, 1967, Liberty
- I'm The Urban Spaceman, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Urban Spaceman, 1968, Liberty
- Green Door, Wynder K. Frog, Out of the Frying Pan, 1968, United Artists
- Split - Part One, Groundhogs, Split, 1971, Liberty
- Sleepwalker's timeless bridge, Amon Düül II, Wolf City, 1972, United Artists
- Unknown Number, Brinsley Schwarz, Silver Pistol, 1972, United Artists
- Silver Machine Hawkwind, 7", 1972, United Artists
- Moonshake, Can, Future Days, 1973, United Artists
- Super, Neu!, Neu! 2, 1973, United Artists
- Roxette, Dr Feelgood, Down By The Jetty, 1975, United Artists
- Get A Grip (On Yourself), The Stranglers, IV (Rattus Norvegicus), 1977, United Artists
- What Do I Get, Buzzcocks, Singles Going Steady, 1979, United Artists
- Turning Japanese, The Vapors, New Clear Days, 1980, United Artists
Nov 8, 2009
Nov 1, 2009
Oct 24, 2009
Pick of the Seaon (24.10.09)
This week's guest announcer: The delectable Mrs Johns
1) 25 o'clock, The Dukes of the Stratosphear, 25 o'clock, Virgin, 1985
2) It's All In My Mind, Teenage Fanclub, Man-Made, PeMa, 2005
3) Walking On A Dream, Empire Of The Sun, Walking On A Dream, EMI, 2008
4) I'll Be Your Man, The Black Keys, The Big Come Up Alive, 2002
5) Wolfman Jack, Todd Rundgren, Something/Anything?, Bearsville, 1972
6) Blue Honey, Pop Levi, The Return To Form Black Magick Party, Counter, 2007
7) Rock And Roll Queen, Mott The Hoople, Mott The Hoople, Island, 1969
8) Been There All The Time, Dinosaur Jr, Beyond, Blast First, 2007
9) Killer Without a Cause, Thin Lizzy, Bad Reputation, Vertigo, 1977
10) Small Town Talk, Bobby Charles, Bobby Charles, Bearsville, 1972
11) I Just Don't Know, Banchee, Banchee, Atlantic, 1969
12) Rumplestiltskin, Alan Hawkshaw, Mo'Hawk KPM, 2003
13) Electric Feel, MGMT, Oracular Spectacular, CBS, 2007
14) Low Yo Yo Stuff, Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band, Clear Spot, Reprise, 1972
15) Tighten Up, Archie Bell & The Drells, Tighten Up, Atlantic, 1968
Oct 17, 2009
Etien Rodes: Once More With Feeling (17.10.09)
This week's guest announcer: Marie
1) Jumpin Jack Flash, Wynder K. Frog, Out of the Frying Pan, United Artists, 1968
2) River Deep Mountain High, The Saints, I'm Stranded, EMI, 1977
3) God Only Knows, Great Monroe, Tout, Unreleased, 2006
4) It's All Over Now, Baby Blue, Them, Them Again, Decca, 1966
5) My Death, Scott Walker, Scott, Phillips, 1967
6) Blue Moon, Bob Dylan, Self Portrait, Columbia, 1970
7) Aux Armes Et Caetera, Serge Gainsbourg, Aux Armes Et Caetera, Phillips, 1979
8) La Fermeture Eclair, Delphine, Pop à Paris Vol. 1: Contact, Decca, 2003
9) Falling In Love, American Spring, It's Not That Bad, Columbia, 1973
10) Dolphins, Tim Buckley, Once I Was, Discreet, 1973
11) Ain't Got No/I Got Life, Nina Simone, Nuff Said!, RCA, 1968
Oct 10, 2009
One is the Loneliest Number (10.10.09)
This week's guest announcer: yours truly
1) Leave Me, Vashti Bunyan, Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind, Decca 1964 (Fat Cat 2005)
2) Lady, Dennis Wilson and Rumbo, 7", Stateside, 1970
3) Alone Again Or, Love Forever Changes, Elektra, 1967
4) One (Is The Loneliest Number), Harry Nilsson, Ariel Ballet, RCA, 1969
5) I'm Stranded, The Saints, I'm Stranded, EMI, 1977
6) Marooned, Wire, Chairs Missing, Harvest, 1978
7) The Loner, Neil Young, Neil Young, Reprise, 1968
8) Lonely Woman, Hugh Hopper, Hopper Tunity Box, Compendium, 1977
9) Lonely Man, Mellow Candle, Swaddling Songs, Deram, 1972
10) Long Gone, Syd Barrett, The Madcap Laughs, EMI, 1970
11) Oh Woman, Oh Why, Paul McCartney, Ram, Apple, 1971
12) Oh how I miss you, Broadcast, Ha Ha Sound, Warp, 2003
13) Come Back Baby, Bert Jansch, Nicola, Transatlantic, 1967
14) Never Again, The Sadies, New Seasons, Bloodshot, 2007
15) I'm Getting Back Into Getting Back Into You 2:35 Silver Jews Tanglewood Numbers Drag City 2005
Oct 3, 2009
Columbia (03.10.09)
1) Summertime, Billie Holiday, Billie Holiday Sings Standards, 1936
2) Blues Run The Game, Jackson C Frank, Jackson C Frank, 1965
3) Nobody, Lary Williams and Johnny "Guitar" Watson, 7", 1967
4) Sisters of Mercy, Leonard Cohen, The Songs of Leonard Cohen, 1967
5) Wasn't Born To Follow, The Byrds, The Notorious Byrd Brothers, 1968
6) S.F. Sorrow Is Born, The Pretty Things, S.F. Sorrow Is Born, 1968
7) Coming Down, The United States Of America, The United States Of America, 1968
8) If Not For You, Bob Dylan, The Bootleg Series (Volume 3), 1970
9) Mary Clark, Black Widow, Black Widow, 1971
10) O Caroline, Matching Mole, Matching Mole, 1971
11) Red China Blues, Miles Davis, Get Up With It, 1974
12) Jimmy Jazz, The Clash, London Calling, 1979
13) Electric Feel, MGMT, Oracular Spectacular, 2007
Sep 26, 2009
Sep 19, 2009
Sep 12, 2009
Sep 5, 2009
Aug 29, 2009
Aug 22, 2009
Aug 15, 2009
Aug 8, 2009
Aug 1, 2009
Jul 25, 2009
Jul 18, 2009
Jul 11, 2009
Jul 4, 2009
Jun 30, 2009
Jun 27, 2009
Jun 20, 2009
Stonedhenge (20.06.09)
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This week's guest announcer:
It's the longest day. When Hippies and soap opera actors across Britain gather at the ancient monoliths of Stonehenge to murmur incantations, wield the scythes and drink gallons of super-strength lager.
1) Who Loves The Sun The Velvet Underground, Loaded, 1970, Verve
2) Watch the Sunrise Big Star, #1 Record, 1972, Ardent
3) Hurry on Sundown Hawkwind, Hawkwind, 1970, United Artists
If his isn't the first time Hawkwind has been played on Turkish radio, I'll eat my velveteen jester hat.
4) Out of the Sun Joy Zipper, American Whip, 2004, Mercury
5) Full Moon, Hot Sun Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band, Unconditionally Guaranteed, 1974, Virgin
6) Salisbury Plain Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera, Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera, 1967, Direction
7) She Darked The Sun Dillard & Clark, The Fantastic Expedition Of Dillard & Clark, 1968, A&M
8) Sun Margo Guryan, Take A Picture, 1968, Franklyn/Castle
9) Saturday Sun Nick Drake, Five Leaves Left, 1969, Island
10) Sunset to Dawn The Sadies, New Seasons, 2007
11) The Earl Of Salisbury John Renbourn, Sir John Alot of Merrie England, 1968, Transatlantic
12) Solsbury Hill Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel, 1977, Atco
13) So Is the Sun World Column
14) Stonehenge Spinal Tap, This Is Spinal Tap, 1984, Polydor
What else?
Jun 13, 2009
Killer Queen
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It was on this day in 1984 that Marcus Sarjeant took a pot shot at the Queen with a blank-firing pistol. It's as good a pretext for a play list as any.
- Queen Bitch David Bowie, Hunky Dory, RCA, 1971
- Crazy Little Thing Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band, Clear Spot, Reprise, 1972
- Shot down The Sonics 7" Etiquette 1965
- Point Blank I Roy, Trojan Rockers Box Set, Trojan, 2006
- Shot By Both Sides (Original Single Version) Magazine, Real Life, Virgin 2007
- Queen of the Moonlight World Andy Roberts, Home Grown, RCA/Sanctuary (Gather in the Mushrooms) 1970
- In the Lost Queen's Eyes Comus, E.P., Dawn, 1971
- Little Miss Queen Of Darkness The Kinks, Face To Face, Pye, 1966
- Rock And Roll Queen Mott The Hoople, Mott The Hoople (Remaster), Island, 1969
- Bigmouth Strikes Again The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead, Rough Trade, 1986
- lank Generation Richard Hell & the Voidoids, Blank Generation, Sire, 1977
- The Madman Running Through The Fields Dantalian's Chariot, Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond, Columbia, 1967
- Killer Queen Queen, Sheer Heart Attack, EMI, 1974
Jun 6, 2009
Grand Prix
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It’s the formula one race in
Istanbul this week. And after the roaring success of last year, it probably
will be the last. So, a programme of car-related tunes this week. Brm brm.
- Grand Prix Johnny Pearson KPM 1017 - Impact And Action KPM 1967
- Fast Cars Buzzcocks, Another Music In A Different Kitchen, United Artists, 1978
- Wheels, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Gilded Palace Of Sin, A&M, 1969
- Ford Mustang, Serge Gainsbourg, Initials B.B., Phillips, 1968
- Dali's Car, Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band, Trout Mask Replica, Reprise, 1969
- Rat Race, The Specials, Too Much Too Young, 2 Tone, 1996
- Drag Racer, The Douglas Wood Group, 1982
- The Boy Racer, Mor
rissey, Southpaw Grammar, RCA, 1995
- The Hardest Button To Button ,The White Stripes, Elephant, V2, 2003
- Formula of Love, William Bell, The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968 (Disc 1), Stax, 1961
- Son Of Mustang Ford, Swervedriver EP Creation 1990
- Neil Jung, Teenage Fanclub, Grand Prix, PeMa, 1995
- The Chain, Fleetwood Mac, Rumours, Warner, 1977
May 23, 2009
I Can Sing a Rainbow
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We listen to the colours of the rainbow this week on TUWSJ. This week's guest announcers are Nick, Corey and Sylvain from Ankara.
- Little Red Lights Todd Rundgren Something/Anything?, 1972, Bearsville
- Yellow Bird Davy Graham, The Guitar Player , 1963, Golden Guinea/Pye
- Pink Flag Wire, Pink Flag, 1977, Harvest
- I'm So Green Can, Ege Bamyasi, 1972, United Artitsts
- The Orange County Lumber Truck [Live] The Mothers Of Invention, Weasels Ripped My Flesh, 1970, Reprise
- Purple Haze Toad, Dreams, 1975, Polydor
- Blue Honey Pop Levi The Return To Form Black Magick Party, 2007, Counter
- White Overalls La Düsseldorf, Viva, 1978, Teldec
- It really does sound like they're singin
- Chinese White Incredible String Band The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion 1967, Elektra
- Black Sand Brainticket, Cottonwoodhill, 1971, Bellaphon
- Esperando O Messias (Com Golden Boys) Marcos Valle, Marcos Valle (Quarentão Simpático), 1970, EMI
- Semi-Multicoloured Caucasian Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band, Ice Cream for Crow, 1982, Virgin
- From a Silver Phial Gene Clark, No Other, 1974, CBS
May 16, 2009
Animal Magic (16.05.09)
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This week's guest announcer: Nick from Ankara.
1) Philly Dog, Herbie Mann, The Best of Herbie Mann, Atlantic
2) The Girls And The Dogs, Scott Walker, Scott 2, 1968, Philips
3) Tropical Hot Dog Night, Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band, Shiny Beast, 1978, Warner
4) Oyster Perpetual, Hugh Hopper, Hopper Tunity Box, 1977
5) The Snake, The Pink Fairies, 7", 1971, Polydor
6) Horses, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Greatest Palace Music, 2004, Drag City
7) Call Me Animal, MC5, Back In The USA, 1970, Atlantic
8) Hey Chicken, Loose Fur, Born Again In The USA, 2006, Drag City
9) Silva The Cat, Jukka Tolonen
10) Tiger, Tiger, The Sadies, Stories Often Told,
11) Too Many Fish In The Sea, The Marveltettes
12) It Must Be A Camel, Frank Zappa, Hot Rats, 1969, Reprise
13) Sittin' On Top Of The World, Howlin' Wolf, The Real Folk Blues/More Real, 1953
14) Turkey In The Straw, Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt
May 9, 2009
The Piano Has Been Drinking
This week's guest announcer: Kevin from Çukur Cuma. A voice made for radio.
1) Tango Whiskeyman Can, Soundtracks, 1970, Liberty
2) Alchoholiday Teenage Fanclub, Bandwagonesque, 1991, Creation
3) Milk and Alcohol Dr Feelgood, Private Practice, 1979, United Artists
4) Yesterday's Wine Willie Nelson, Yesterday's Wine, 1971, Justice
Also to be found on the brilliant One Hell Of a Ride 4-CD Box Set.
5) Whiskey Man The Who, A Quick One, 1966, Polydor, Track, Brunswick
6) Beer As In Braindeer Matching Mole, Matching Mole, 1972, CBS
7) The Man Who Loved Beer Lambchop, How I Quit Smoking, 1996, Merge
8) Drinking Wine Spodyody Pere Ubu, Dub Housing, 1979, Virgin
9) Barstool Blues Neil Young, Zuma, 1975, Reprise
10) The Clouds Are Full Of Wine (Not Whiskey Or Rye) Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band, Lick My Decals Off, Baby, 1970, Straight/Reprise
11) Six Pack Tortoise, Standards, 2001, Thrill Jockey
12) Stinking Drunk Big Black, Atomizer, 1986, Touch & Go
On February 18, 2009, it was announced that Touch and Go would drastically downsize and shut down manufacturing and distribution services for many independent labels. A sad chapter for a great label.
13) Alcohol The Kinks, Muswell Hillbillies, 1971, Pye
14) The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening with Pete King) Tom Waits, Small Change, 1976, Asylum
May 1, 2009
Fallen Out
Merhaba, iyi aksamlar ve hos geldiniz.
Welcome to a new season of Tighten Up and to another few months of half-baked comments and badly researched facts interspersed with the words "fantastic" and "erm".
I'm still flogging the theme horse, but this time around it's looser. Rather than an hour of songs from a genre or period, every tune is feebly linked by it's title or some other weak connection. This week is an hour of songs covered by The Fall.
In 30 years the Fall have covered a bucket-load of covers and this is just a small selection of my favourites. I left out Ghost In My House by R Dean Taylor as I played it last season; I'll probably play it again.
1) Mr. Pharmacist The Other Half, GNP, 1966, reissued on Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968I, Rhino.
(Bend Sinister, 1986)
May contain obscure drug references. Possibly. (This comment is plagiarized from http://www.visi.com/fall/discog/covers.html, as is the whole idea.)
2) I Hate You The Monks, Black Monk Time, Polydor, 1966.
(Extricate, 1990)
If you can get it, there's some brilliant footage of the Monks on YouTube. Not to be confused with the band of the same name who did Nice Legs, Shame About the Face. Also a good tune, despite what Bob Brown says. He's so PC.
3) Popcorn Double Feature The Seachers, 7", Pye , 1967.
(Extricate, 1990)
4) The Legend Of Xanadu Dave, Dee, Dozy, Beeky, Mick and Titch, 7", Fontana, 1968.
The best whip-crack sound on record.
(NME compilation, 1992)
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(Infotainment Scam, 1993)
6) War Henry Cow and Slap Happy, In Praise Of Learning, Virgin, 1975.
(Middle Class Revolt, 1994)
7) Junkman Groundhogs, Split, Liberty, 1971
(Middle Class Revolt, 1994)
I was once in a bar listening to Steve Malkmus rattle on to me about The Groundhogs (and how he was pally with Tony McPhee, and the like). Typically, I was drunk and I think I called him a boring twat (or something similar). He didn't seem to notice. But he was dull.
8) Beatle Bones 'n' Smokin' Stones Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band, Strictly Personal, Blue Thumb, 1968
(Peel Session, 1996)
They'll be a Beefheart tune in every programme by the way.
9) Jungle Rock, Hank Mizell, 7", Eko, 1958
(Levitate, 1997)
10) I Come And Stand At Every Door The Byrds, Fifth Dimension, CBS, 1966
(Levitate, 1997)
11) This Perfect Day The Saints, 7", EMI, 1977
(Marshall Suite, 1999)
12) The Bourgeois Blues Leadbelly, Midnight Special, Library of Congress, 1938
(Are You Are Missing Winner, 2001)
13) I Can Hear The Grass Grow, The Move, 7", Deram, 1967.
(Fall Heads Roll, 2005)
Re-issued on the masterful Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond compilation. I love this tune. RIP Carl Wayne.
14) Coming Down The United States Of America, The United States Of America, CBS, 1968.
(Live, 2006. Mutated into Scenario & Over Over!, Reformation Post TLC, 2007)
Wisely re-issued by CBS as a £6.99 budget disc and not on 180gm virgin vinyl, which is pointless unless you have a very good record player.
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