Hair force

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A feud has rent the Amish community of Ohio asunder, caused, apparently by a spiritual dispute. Members of a splinter group of the cult have been kidnapping their brethren (and cousin-en and mother-sister-en) and cutting off beards and hair to express their anger. So, tos week is all about hair.

1. Amish Town, Lynn "Chirps" Smith, Down in little Egypt, 2003, Vigortone
2. Almost Cut My Hair, Crosby, Still, Nash & Young, Déjà Vu, 1970, Atlantic
3. Long Hair Soulfull, The National Gallery, The National Gallery (Performing Interpretations of the Paintings of Paul Klee), 1968, Philips
4. Golden Hair, Syd Barrett, The Madcap Laughs, 1970, Harvest
5. Pretty Golden Hair, Al Stewart , Bed-Sitter Images, 1967, CBS
6. On My Mind, Mustache Wax, On My Mind 7", 1965, Inner
7. Mustache Wax, The Flat Iron String Band, The Flat Iron String Band, 2009, Yodel-Ay-Hee
8. The age of aquarius, London Cast, Hair (Original London Cast) , 1968, Universal Distribution
9. The Girl With The Sun In Her Hair, John Barry, Music For The Sunsilk Commercial, 1967, CBS
10. Lemon Haired Ladies, Dory Previn, Mythical Kings And Iguanas, 1971, United Artists
11. Long Hair Music, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, The Impossible Dream, 1974, Vertigo
12. Gippy Get Your Hair Cut, Kessinger Brothers, Kessinger Brothers Vol. 3 (1929-1930), 1997, Document
13. The Hair Shirt, The Birthday Party, The Birthday Party, 1980, Missing Link
14. Cut Your Hair, Pavement, Crooked Rain, 1994, Matador
15. My Impure Hair, Blonde Redhead, 23, 2007, 4AD

Bert Jansch 1943-2011

Goodbye Bert.

Rates mates

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This week – after many minutes spent fiddling with the new-look facebook and having decided that it's quite rubbish – the theme of the show is friends (the Rembrandts will not be played, nor will anything from the Beach Boys' record above).

1. A Friend Of Mine, The Geminis, 7", 1966, (from the compilation One Kiss Can Lead To Another: Girl Group Sounds, Lost And Found, Disc 2, Rhino)
2. My Friend Jack, The Smoke, It's Smoke Time, Island, 1966
3. No Friend Of Mine, The Sparkles, 7", Hickory, 1967 (from the compilation Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era, Disc 2, Rhino)
4. Friends and Lovers, Spider John Koerner, Running, Jumping, Standing Still, Elektra, 1967
5. All of My Friends Were There, The Kinks, 1967, The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society, Pye
6. Friends Of Mine, The Zombies, Odessey & Oracle, Decca, 1968
7. Friends, Thoughts and Words, Thoughts and Words, Liberty, 1969
8. All my Friends are Back Again, Al Jones, Jonesville, The Village Thing, 1972
9. Thank You Friends, Big Star, Third, Ardent, 1974
10. Friends Of Mine, Buzzcocks, Spiral Scratch, New Hormones, 1977
11. Farewell My Friend, Dennis Wilson, Pacific Ocean Blue, Caribou, 1977
12. Are Friends Electric, Gary Numan, 7", Beggars Banquet, 1985
13. We're Just Friends, Wilco, Summerteeth, Reprise, 1999
14. Meet Some Friends, International Pony, We Love Music, Skint, 2002
15. All My Friends, Pavement, Crooked Rain, Matador, 2004
16. Friends, Dinosaur Jr, Farm, DHZ, 2009
17. Friends They Are Jewels, Iron & Wine, Around The Well, Sub Pop, 2009

Lifght Fantastic

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This week, we celebrate the as-yet uncorroborated experiment at the CERN laboratory that fired particles faster than the speed of light. This week's programme is about light and particles and such. I never really liked British Sea Power when I lived in the same town and saw them a few times – I still don't. But this opening song is pretty nice.

1. Atom, British Sea Power, Do You Like Rock Music?, 2008
2. 2000 Light Years From Home, The Rolling Stones, Their Satanic Majesties Request, Decca, 1967
3. Places of Light, Brainticket, Cottonwoodhill, Bellaphon, 1971
4. Faster and Faster, Eden Rose, On the Way to Eden, Katema, 1969
5. Into The Atom Age, XTC, White Music, Virgin, 1978
6. Guiding Light, Television, Marquee Moon, Elektra, 1977
7. I See The Light, The Five Americans, 7", 1965 (from the compilation Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era, Disc. 2, Rhino)
8. Light Is Faster Than Sound, Janis Joplin, Big Brother And The Holding Company, 1967
9. Light Flight, Pentangle, Basket Of Light, Transatlantic, 1969
10. Light, Amon Düül II, Carnival in Babylon, United Artists, 1972
11. White Light, Gene Clark, White Light, A&M, 1971
12. Eternal Light, Teenage Fanclub, A Catholic Education, Paperhouse, 1990
13. Superspace, Quickspace Supersport, Kitty Yo
14. I Saw The Light, Todd Rundgren, Something/Anything?, Bearsville, 1972

Random

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I let shuffle take control of the play list this week because, frankly, I didn't have any ideas. I was fairly pleased with what it selected.

1. The Needle And The Damage Done, Neil Young, Harvest, Reprise
2. The Perfect Needle, The Telescopes, Taste, What Goes On, 1989
3. You'll have to go sideways, The Soft Boys, Underwater Moonlight, 1980
   
4. On Your Radio, Joe Jackson, This Is It, A&M, 1997
5. Please, Please, Please, The Who, The Who Sings My Generation, Brunswick, 1966
6. Willie and the Hand Jive, Johnny Otis, 7", 1959
7. That's When The Tears Start, The Blossoms, Good, Good Lovin' 7", Reprise, 1965
8. I See You, The Byrds, Fifth Dimension, Columbia, 1966
9. A House Is Not A Motel, Love, Forever Changes, Elektra, 1967
10. Don't go away, Margo Guryan, Take A Picture, Oglio, 1968
11. Little Hands, Skip Spence, Oar, Columbia, 1969
12. Life On Mars, David Bowie, Hunky Dory, RCA, 1971
13. One Morning, Brainticket, Psychonaut, Bellaphon, 1971
14. Dream Lover, Big Star, Third, Ardent, 1974
15. Lost Lover Blues, John Renbourn, Another Monday, Transatlantic, 1967
16. Streets Of Baltimore, Gram Parsons, G.P., Reprise, 1973
17. Self Preservation Society, Quincy Jones, The Italian Job

Fruits

Here is a weird picture of a middle-aged man dressed as Carmen Miranda
(He is actually a motivational speaker)

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You may scoff at the choice of theme this week, but a brief look at the back catalog of fruit-related tunes throws up some rather tasty tracks. Excuse the two horrendous puns – I couldn't resist.

1. Letter full of tears, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Letter full of tears 7", Fury, 1961
2. Ironside, Quincy Jones, Ironside (OST), NBC, 1967
3. Motorcycle Irene, Moby Grape, Wow, Columbia, 1968
4. I Have Known Love, Silver Apples, Contact, Kapp, 1969
5. Go All The Way, The Raspberries, Greatest Hits, Capitol, 1972
6. Part Of The Union, The Strawbs, Bursting At The Seams, A&M, 1973
7. Brown Rice, Don Cherry and Charlie Haden, Brown Rice, EMI, 1975
8. So 1950's, Cherry Vanilla, Bad Girl, RCA, 1978
9. Shake Your Groove Thing, Peaches & Herb, Shake Your Groove Thing 7", Polydor, 1978
10. The Modern Dance, Pere Ubu, The Modern Dance, Blank Records, 1978
11. Rip it up, Orange Juice, Rip It Up, Polydor, 1982
12. Since Yesterday, Strawberry Switchblade, Since Yesterday 7", WEA, 1985
13. Happy Head, The Mighty Lemon Drops, Happy Head, Chrysallis, 1986
14. Into Your Arms, The Lemonheads, Come on Feel the Lemonheads, Atlantic, 1993
15. Bodyquest, Lemon Demon, 2010

The Mighty Wah Wah

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It's been 55 years since the invention of the wah-wah pedal by Brad Plunkett for the Warwick company. So here are some songs featuring wah-wah. Some conspicuous absences, I know, such as Miles Davis and Nick Turner, but it's only a pretext to play some groovy numbers, not a history lesson.

1. White Room, Cream, Wheels of Fire, Polydor, 1968
2. Voodoo Chile (Slight Return), Jimi Hendrix, Electric Ladyland, Track, 1968
3. 1969, The Stooges, The Stooges, Elektra, 1969
4. Up on cripple creek, The Band, The Band, Capitol, 1969
5. Rock n Roll The Joint, Twink, Think Pink, 1970
6. Burcak, Mustafa Ozkent Orchestra, Genclik Elele, 1970
7. Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself Again, Sly & The Family Stone, There's A Riot Going On, Epic, 1971
8. Outta Space, Billy Preston, I Wrote a Simple Song, A&M, 1972
9. Fencewalk, Mandrill, Composite Truth, Polydor, 1972
10. Superfly, Curtis Mayfield, Superfly (OST), Curtom, 1972
11. Inspiration Information, Shuggie Otis, Inspiration Information, Epic, 1974
12. Get Up Offa That Thing, James Brown, 7", Polydor, 1976