Darkness

Jackie Mittoo

 

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As the winter months drag on and I'm still waking up with the nipper before sunrise, this week's programme is therefore about darkness. But fear not, dear listener, "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" is not on the play list.

1. Darker Shade of Black    Jackie Mittoo    The Keyboard King at Studio One    Studio 1   
2. She Darked The Sun    Dillard & Clark    The Fantastic Expedition Of Dillard & Clark    A&M    1968
3. Dark End Of The Street    The Flying Burrito Brothers    The Gilded Palace Of Sin    A&M    1969
4. In My Hour Of Darkness    Gram Parsons    Grievous Angel    Reprise    1973
5. Doctor Dark    Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band    Lick My Decals Off, Baby    Straight    1970
6. Dark-Eyed Woman    Spirit    Clear    Epic    1969
7. Powers of Darkness    Ronno    4th Hour of My Sleep 7"    Vertigo    1971
8. Wait Until Dark    Scott Walker    Scott 2    Phillips    1968
9. In Dark Trees    Brian Eno    Another Green World    Island    1975
10. Dark Entries    Bauhaus    1979-1983    Beggars Banquet    1985
11. Little Miss Queen Of Darkness    The Kinks    Face To Face    Pye    1966
12. Dark Globe    Syd Barrett    The Madcap Laughs    Harvest    1970
13. Second Dark Age    The Fall    Early Fall, 1977-1979    Step Forward    1981
14. Darklands    The Jesus & Mary Chain    Darklands    Blanco Y Negro    1987
15. Dark in Mind    Biff Bang Pow!    Love Is Forever    Creation    1988
16. I See A Darkness    Bonnie 'Prince' Billy    I See A Darkness    Drag City    1999

Family Affair

 

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It's all about families this week, as we listen to a play list comprising songs with relatives and family in the title.

1. Family Entertainment    The Undertones    The Undertones    1979    Sire
2. We're A Happy Family    The Ramones    Rocket To Russia    1979    Sire
3. The Family    Mr Brooks    Gather in the Mushrooms    2004    Transatlantic
4. Take It Easy My Brother Charles    Jorge Ben    Big Ben    1965    Phillips
5. Brother John    Bread, Love & Dreams    Amaryllis    1971    Decca
6. Sister Lonely    Lothar And The Hand People    Space Hymn     1969    Capitol
7. You And Your Sister    Chris Bell    I Am The Cosmos    1992    Rykodisc
8. Her Mothers Daughter    Dory Previn    Mythical Kings And Iguanas    1971    United Artists
9. Some Mother's Son    The Kinks    Arthur - Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire    1969    Pye
10. Gigolo Aunt    Syd Barrett    Barrett    1970    Harvest
11. Third Uncle    Brian Eno    Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)    1974    thedonga
12. Grandma's Lawn (Mono)    Caravan    Caravan    1969    Verve
13. My Grandfather's Clock    John Fahey    Days Have Gone By    1967    Takoma
14. My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama    The Mothers of Invention    Weasels Ripped My Flesh    1970    Reprise
15. Our Fathers    Stump    Quirk Out    1986    Stuff
16. It's A Family Affair    Sly & The Family Stone    There's A Riot Going On    1971    Epic

Space is the Place

 

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A theme that has escaped me until now: Space. It seems like such an obvious choice and one I'll probably have another go at. Sun Ra didn't make it this time as many of his songs are too long, but enjoy the video instead.

1. Theme From Space 1999    The Barry Gray Orchestra    Space 1999    1975   
2. Space-Patrol (Raumpatrouille)    Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra    Raumpatrouille OST    1966    Polydor
3. Mr. Spaceman    The Byrds    Fifth Dimension    1966    Columbia
4. Astronomy Domine    Pink Floyd    Piper At The Gates Of Dawn    1967    EMI
5. Let Me Go    The Rockets    The Rockets    1968    Rev-Ola
6. Outta Space    Billy Preston    I Wrote a Simple Song    1972    A&M
7. Space Truckin'    Deep Purple    Machine Head    1972    EMI
8. Big Eyed Beans From Venus    Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band    Clear Spot    1972    Reprise
9. Solar Flares    Robert Wyatt    Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard    1975    Virgin
10. I Am The Cosmos    Chris Bell    7"    1975    Car
11. Bike Ride To The Moon    The Dukes of the Stratosphear    25 o'clock    1985    Virgin
12. Hey Man    Spacemen 3    Sound Of Confusion    1986    Fire
13. Planet Earth (Single Version)    Duran Duran    Duran Duran    1981    Harvest
14. Guiding Star    Teenage Fanclub    Bandwagonesque    1991    Creation
15. Master of the Universe    Hawkwind    In Search Of Space    1971    United Artists

 

Alex's Pick of 2012

 

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Alex joins me in the studio again to share his top 10 picks of new music in 2012.  

1. Intro / Pathos, Pathos    Kishi Bashi    151a    
2. True Thrush    Dan Deacon    America    
3. So Destroyed    Prince Rama    Top Ten Hits Of The End Of The World    
4. A New Town    Field Music    Plumb    
5. Genevieve    Stealing Sheep    Into The Diamond Sun    
6. I Belong In Your Arms    Chairlift    Something    
7. OK    Micachu And The Shapes    Never    
8. Chasing Consummations    Shrag    Canines    
9. The Trouble with Candyhands    Deerhoof    Breakup Song    
10. Apocalypse Dreams    Tame Impala    Lonerism 

 

Real gone

Dave Brubeck

 

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The end of 2012is upon us and so this programme commemorates just some of the musicians that passed on during the past 12 months.

1. Deep River Blues    Doc Watson    Doc Watson    1964    Vanguard
2. Turkey In The Straw    Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt           
3. Out On The Side    Dillard & Clark    The Fantastic Expedition Of Dillard & Clark    1968    A&M
4. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down    The Band    The Band    1969    Capitol
5. Miss Pitiful    Etta James    The Essential Etta James Disc 2    1993   
6. Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)    Frank Wilson    7"    1966    Motown
7. Look At Me Now    Terry Callier    7"    1968    Cadet
8. Eastern Standard Time    The Skatalites    The Skatalite!    1969    Treasure Isle
9. Time Is Tight    Booker T & The MG's    Up Tight    1968    Stax
10. Root Down    Beastie Boys    Ill Communication    1994    Grand Royal
11. A little bit me a little bit you    The Monkees    7"    1967    Colgems
12. Can You Dig My Vibrations?    Sir Douglas Quintet    Sir Douglas Quintet + 2 = [Honkey Blues]    1968    Smash
13. May I, Rheinhardt & Geraldine, Colores Para Dolores    Kevin Ayers    Shooting At The Moon    1971    Harvest
14. Fireball    Deep Purple    Fireball    1971    Harvest
15. Laundromat    Rory Gallagher    Rory Gallagher    1971    Chrysalis
16. L'Hotel Particulier    Serge Gainsbourg    Histoire De Melody Nelson    1971    Phillips
17. Wayside    Artful Dodger    Artful Dodger    1975    Columbia

Christmas Compilation

 

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The obligatory scraping-the-bottom-of-the-barrel Christmas show.

1. Breaking Up Christmas    Camp Creek Boys    Old Time String Band    1967   
2. Christmas Swing    Django Reinhardt    Best Of Django Reindhart    1937   
3. How I Hate To See Christmas Come Around    Jimmy Witherspoon    Jingle Blues       
4. O Tannenbaum    Vince Guaraldi    A Charlie Brown Christmas    1965    Fantasy
5. Little St. Nick    The Beach Boys    The Beach Boys' Christmas Album     1964    Capitol
6. Marshmallow World    Darlene Love    A Christmas Gift For You From Philles Records    1963    Philles
7. Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto    James Brown    Funky Christmas    1968    Polydor
8. Ding Dong Bell    The Ethiopians    7"    1968    Crab
9. Hard Candy Christmas    Kenny Rogers/Dolly Parton    Once Upon a Christmas    1984    RCA/BMG
10. Christmas Eve Is Coming, Anna    Norman Blake    Meeting On Southern Soil    2002    Red House
11. Merry Christmas Baby    Chuck Berry    St. Louis to Liverpool    1964    Chess
12. Mistress for Christmas    ACDC    The Razor's Edge    1990    Atco
13. There Ain't No Santa Claus On The Evenin' Stage    Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band    The Spotlight Kid    1972    Reprise
14. Christmas Bop    Marc Bolan & T. Rex    Messing with the Mystic (Unissued Songs 1972-1977)    1975    Fly
15. A Christmas Song    Jethro Tull    The Jethro Tull Christmas Album    2003   
16. Jesus Christ    Big Star    Third    1974    Ardent
17. Father Christmas Is Dressed In Green    Billy Childish & The Musicians of the British Empire    Christmas 1979    2007   
18. Father Christmas    The Kinks    7"    1977    Arista

Happy Brithday Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention playing the first part of "King Kong" from the Mother's fifth album "Uncle Meat" from 1968 on Bizarre/Reprise.

The performance was filmed at the BBC's now-closed Maida Vale studios on October 23rd, 1968, and broadcast on the TV show Colour Me Pop. This is one of only a few surviving pieces of footage from the programme.
 
Frank Zappa guita, Jimmy Carl Black, drums, Artie Tripp drum, Roy Estrada bass, Don Preston Vox organ, Bunk Gardner sax, Ian Underwood sax, James Sherwood tambourine.