Show 200

 

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Here it is: the 200th TUWSJ. It would have been 226th if I hadn't have taken a season off. So, without much pomp and circumstance, here a programme that commemorates the holiday of Thanksgiving in the US, where the family Johns are this week. 

1.  I Am A Pilgrim    Kentucky Colonels    Appalachian Swing!    1964    World Pacific 
2. Turkey In The Straw    Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt            
3. My Sweet Potato    Booker T & The MGs    The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968    1991    Stax
4. Thank You Friends    Big Star    Third    1974    Ardent
5. Give It Away    The Chi-lites    Give It Away    1969    Brunswick
6. Thanks    James Gang    Rides Again    1970    File
7. Give Me Some Loving    The Spencer Davis Group    Give Me Some Loving 7"    1966    Fontana
8. Thank You    Led Zeppelin    II    1969    Atlantic
9. What can I give you?    Margo Guryan    Take A Picture    1968    Oglio
10. Thank Goodness For The Rain    Peanut    One Kiss Can Lead To Another: Girl Group Sounds, Lost
11. And Found - Disc 4    2005    Rhino
12. Gimme Little Sign    Brenton Wood     Oogum Boogum        
13. Thank U Very Much    The Scaffold        2000    
14. I Give Up    Fugu    As Found    2005    3rd Side
15. Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself Again    Sly & The Family Stone    There's A Riot Going On    1971    Epic
16. Indian Giver    1910 Fruitgum Company    7"    1969    Buddah
17. Box Of Rain    The Grateful Dead    American Beauty    1970    Warner
18. Give Me Another Chance    Big Star    #1 Record    1972    Ardent 

Mythology

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From the dawn of civilisation come tales of myth and legend. And what fertile ground did they provide the bards of modern times. This week the programme comprises tunes that make reference to Greek and Roman gods and characters from mythology.  

1.  Hercules    Aaron Neville    Hercules    Mercury    197
2.  Venus de Milo    Television    Marquee Moon    Elektra    1977
3. Jason And The Argonauts    XTC    English Settlement    Virgin    1982
4. Time Of The Season    The Zombies    Odessey & Oracle     Decca    1965
5. Temporary Like Achilles    Bob Dylan    Blonde On Blonde    Columbia    1966
6. Blues For The Muse    Incredible String Band    The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion    Elektra    1967
7. Tales Of Brave Ulysses    Cream    Disraeli Gears    Reaction    1967
8. Diana (single)    Comus    E.P.    Dawn    1971
9. The Four Horsemen    Aphrodite's Child    666    Vertigo    1972
10. Song to the Siren    Tim Buckley    Starsailor    Straight    1970
11. Jupiter's Pop Music    Peter Thomas    Raumpatrouille (Space Patrol)    Polydor    1996
12. Some Velvet Morning    Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood    Some Velvet Morning 7"    Reprise    1968
13. Thirteen O'Clock Flight To Psychedelphia    Plato & The Philosophers    New Folder    Fairyland    1967
14. Hades Lady    Pop Levi    The Return to Form Black Magick Party       
15. Burcak    Mustafa Ozkent Orchestra    Genclik Ile Elele        1973
16. Give Me Some Loving    The Spencer Davis Group    Give Me Some Loving 7"    Fontana    1966
17. Give It To Me Baby    Rick James           

About Face

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The key word for this week's show is "face." And her is a picture of Face from the A-Team.

Flower People

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Continuing with our short series of play lists inspired by nature, this week the key word is flowers. Pictured above is the legendary Derek Smalls singing "Listen to the Flower People."

1. (Listen To The) Flower People    Spinal Tap    This Is Spinal Tap    1984    Polydor
2. Daisy Glaze    Big Star    Radio City    1973    Ardent
3. Dead Flowers    Townes Van Zandt    Road Songs    1993    Sugar Hill
4. Magnolia    J.J. Cale    Naturally    1999    A&M
5. Texas Rose Cafe    Little Feat    Sailin' Shoes    1972    Warner
6. Wildwood Flower    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band    Will The Circle Be Unbroken    1972    United Artists
7. Mud In Your Eye    Les Fleur De Lys    Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond    1966    Polydor
8. Ramblin' Rose    MC5    Kick Out the Jams    1968    Elektra
9. New Rose    The Damned    Damned Damned Damned    1977    Stiff
10. feeling in the living    Eden Rose    On the Way to Eden    1969    Katema
11. Daisy Temple    Serge Gainsbourg    Aux Armes et caetera    1979    Phillips
12. Buttercup    Winston Scotland    Trojan Box Set: Jamaican Hits Disc 3    2000   
13. King of Carrot Flowers Part 2 & 3    Neutral Milk Hotel    In the Aeroplane Over the Sea    1998   
14. Sunflower    Low    Things We Lost in the Fire        Recorder: ACXtractor
15. The First Picture Of You    Lotus Eaters    7"    1983    Sylvan
16. Tiptoe Through the Tulips With Me    Tiny Tim    God Bless Tiny Tim    1968    Reprise

Beasts of Pop

 

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The theme this week is animals. (Have I done this before?)

1. Good Night Baby    The Butterflys    Good Night Baby 7"    Red Bird    1964
2. Catholic Day    Adam & The Ants    Dirk Wears White Sox    Do It    1979
3. Wait For Tomorrow    The Barracudas    No Matter What You Do 7"    Smash    1968
4. Leaving Here    The Birds    7"    Decca    1965
5. Motorhead    Hawkwind    Warrior On The Edge Of Time    United Artists    1975
6. Pythagoras's trousers    Penguin Cafe Orchestra    Penguin Cafe Orchestra    EG    1981
7. Herstory    The Flying Lizards    The Flying Lizards    Virgin    1979
8. Six Pack    Tortoise    Standards    Thrill Jockey    2001
9. Long Title: Do I Have To Do This All Over Again    The Monkees    Head    Colgems    1968
10. Sittin' On Top Of The World    Howlin' Wolf    The Real Folk Blues/More Real    Chess    1953
11. Dressed In Black    The Pussycats    Dressd in Black 7"    Columbia    1966
12. Austin Osmanspare    Bulldog Breed    Made in England    Decca    1969
13. Signed Curtain    Matching Mole    Matching Mole    CBS    1972
14. Mr. Soul    Buffalo Springfield    Again    Atco    1967
15. Believe E. S. P.    Deerhoof    Friend Opportunity    Kill Rock Stars    2007
16. Cellophane Woman    The Sopwith Camel    The Sopwith Camel    Kama Sutra    1967
17. Bach Ze    The High Llamas    Snowbug    V2    1999

Terry Callier 1945-2012

Terry Callier RIP

Like, music

Sage advice

 

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This week's programme takes the word "like" as the theme. The, like, play list is literally below.

1. I've Got A Girl (Who Looks Like A Queen) [Aka Standing On The Corner]    The Lyrics    7"    Goldwax   
2. Love is Like An Itching In My Heart    Diana Ross & The Supremes    The Supremes A' Go-Go    Motown    1966
3. Loving You Was Like A Party    Marlena Shaw    Anthology        1975
4. Just Like Anything    Jackson C Frank    Jackson C Frank    Columbia    1965
5. A Woman Like You    Bert Jansch    Birthday Blues    Transatlantic    1969
6. Tell It Like It Is    Bill Fay    Time of the Last Persecution    Deram    1971
7. When I See Mommy I Feel Like a Mummy    Captain Beefheart    Shiny Beast    Warner    1978
8. You All Look Alike    The Byrds    Untitled    Columbia    1970
9. The Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This    Love    Forever Changes    Elektra    1967
10. What I Like About You    The Romantics    The Romantics    Nemperor    1980
11. Just Like Honey     The Jesus & Mary Chain    Psychocandy    Blanco Y Negro    1985
12. Lips Like Sugar    Echo & The Bunnymen    Echo & The Bunnymen    WEA    1987
13. Place I Know/Kid Like You    Arthur Russell    World of Echo    Upside    1986
14. I'd Like That    XTC    Apple Venus 1        1999
15. Everyday is Like Sunday    Morrissey    Bona Drag    RCA    1990