Category: Radio Shows

Really excited to share this one with y’all: it has been a dream of mine for many years to assemble an all- USSR + Eastern Bloc Rock/Prog/Funk show.

Click here to stream the show (until July 12, 2019)

Tracking down all these records (everything is from the original 70s+80s vinyl LPs) took some doing but it was worth it… there is so much obscure and frankly incredible material on Melodiya, Amiga, and the various Czech and Polish and Hungarian labels from the Iron-Curtain days. Here’s the set list, and where possible I’ve included a YouTube link- it’s very hard to locate this stuff on YouTube, or anywhere else, as many of these files are posted using only Cyrillic characters. A few other caveats: I had to rely on Goggle Translate for the song titles and the artist names, so I can’t say for certain if any of this info is 100% accurate. At the very least though, it should provide the motivated crate-digger with some basic starting points for tracking down some of these records. Enjoy –

1. Funny Children “Our Song”
2. Romance For Lovers OST (Alexander Gradsky et al) “Search”
3. Alla Pugacheva “Tambourine Shaman”
4. Omega “After a Difficult Year”
5. Gunnar Graps + Magnetic Band “Our Lawyers” /// SET BREAK///
6. Alla Pugacheva “Sonnett” *Sampled in 50 Cent’s ‘Piggy Bank’*
7. Sigfried Walendy “Papa Joe”
8. Sofia Rotaru “Road”
9. Magnetic Band “Troubadour”
10. Iberia Ensemble “Traveling” /// SET BREAK///
11. Plastic People of the Universe “Toxic”
12. The Young Seven “Letter Father”
13. Ensemble Singing Hearts “Where to find love”
14. No To Co “Sunday”
15. Omega “Ten Thousand Steps” /// SET BREAK///
16. Electra “The Rooster with the Red Comb”
17. Alla Pugacheva “Fully Around The Sages”
18. Psycho “Nomina Sunt Odiosa”
19. Hungaria “Steffi Come”
20. Studio 66 “Not A Student” /// SET BREAK///
21. Funny Children “Always Away”
22. Gunnar Graps + Magnetic Band “Money Wall”
23. Ruja “It’s here you were born”
24. Puhdys “Doors open to the city”
25. Omega “Girl with Pearls in her hair” *Sampled in Kanye’s ‘New Slaves’ ///SET BREAK///
26. Czelaw Nieman “Pebble”
27. David Tukhmanhov “Mentally Enter Your Cabinet”
28. Arsenal “The Tree”
29. Electra “The Smile” (2nd half of song)
30. Yacheslav Ganelin “Devil’s Bride O/S/T”
31. No To Co “Dimi” ///SET BREAK///
32. Vitamin “(title uncertain)”
33. Karat “The Blue Planet”
34. Vaclav Neckar + Bacily “Time Machine”

This month’s Preservation Sound Radio show has been broadcast, but you listen to an archive stream now through November 11.  This month’s show focused on rare 70’s soul and soul jazz.

Here’s the link to listen to the show…

…and here’s the setlist.  Some v great and v rare cuts here, all from the original LPs.  Check it out…

Setlist:

1. the southside movement “I’ve been watching you”
2. Candi Staton “i’ve got evidence”
3. brother to brother “in the bottle
4. Baby Huey “Hard times
5. the escorts “all we need is one more chance”  (*SET BREAK*)
6. the last poets “time
7. Eugene McDaniels “the silent majority”
8. fred wesley “damn right i am somebody”
9. kool & the gang “ancestral ceremony
10. mandrill “Tee Vee” (*SET BREAK*)
11. Honey Cone “Sunday morning people”
12. Andre Crouch “Everything changed”
13. New york city “Hang your head in shame”
14. smith connection “I’ve been in love”
15. the true reflection “whisper” (*SET BREAK*)
16. james brown “woman”
17. Laura Lee “women’s love rights”
18. cornelius bros and sister rose “let me down easy”
19. the dramatics “in the rain”
20. don covay “I was checking out she was checking in” (*SET BREAK*)
21. the emotions “Going on strike”
22. betty wright “come on up”
23. john & ernest “superfly meets shaft”
24. marvin gaye “T plays it cool”
25. crown heights affair “you can’t bend my super rod” (*SET BREAK*)
26. Act 1 “friends or lovers”
27. brook benton “take a look at your hands”
28. mavis staples “son of a preacher man”
29. joe tex “the love you save”
30. sam & dave “i’ve seen what loneliness can do” (*SET BREAK*)
31. Julius Brockington “love world”
32. william fischer “patience is a virtue”
33. Placebo “inner city blues”
34. the equatics “ain’t no sunshine”
35. bob james “Nautilus” (*SET BREAK*)
36. Sun Ra “We travel the spaceways” (live at Montreaux)
37. Funkadelic “tales of kid funkadelic”
38. Yusef Lateef “destination paradise”
39. Herbie mann “come together”

 

 

This month’s Preservation Sound Radio show has aired, but you can stream the program at this link until September 9th 2018.  Solo show this month; typical 1967 – 1982 rock, new-wave,  soul, and psych sorta LPs that I usually play but the show is ALL-NEW this month,,, been a good month for crate digging.  Please note that there is a skip at the beginning of the stream, so the first track (Stratford’s own EPITOME, 1977 Dolls-esque punk cover of “Transistor Sister”)  was lost… also several other random skips in the stream… the station had server issues that night apparently…

Setlist:

1. Epitome TRANSISTOR SISTER (missing)
2. sniff n the tears DRIVERS SEAT
3. the psychedelic furs FOREVER NOW
4. automatic man PEARL
5. Jim carroll LORRAINE

(set break)

6. atomic rooster TOMORROW NIGHT (stream damaged)

7. uriah heep DREAMIN  (stream damaged)

8. the witch BLACK TEARS

9. hal Atkinson UNTIL YOUVE BEEN ON A HARLEY DAVIDSON

10. circuit rider HOW LONG

(set break)

11. rick danko BRAIN WASH

12. Gary wright TWO FACED MAN

13. John Lennon MIND GAMES

14. bernie schwartz CANT GO ON

(set break)

15. terry reid SEED OF MEMORY

16. marcus GRAINS OF SAND

17. hackamore brick GOT A GAL NAMES WILMA

18. cat mother TRACK IN A

19. kyle I THINK IM GONNA RAIN

(set break)

20. bonnie koloc ANGEL FROM MONTGOMERY

21.roy harper SHES THE ONE

22. nicky hopkins DOLLY

23. michael kamen HOT AS THE SUN

24. ricki illonga STOP DREAMING MR D

(set break)

25. faith FREEDOM

26. gil scott heron THE BOTTLE

27. brother to brother I WISH IT WOULD RAIN

28. millie jackson TELL HER ITS OVER

29. mystic moods orchestra MIDNIGHT SNACK

(set break)

30. wee AEROPLANE (REPRISE)

31. clearlight symphony SIDE 1 EXCERPT

32. lord buckley MARQUIS DE SADE (EXCERPT)

33. cromagnon CALEDONIA

34. csny OHIO (Live NJ 1970)

(set break)

35. airport convention TIME WILL SHOW THE WISER

36. kevin john agosti OREGON

37. brethren SUCCESS BRAND OIL

Dave Zamboni, Emily Illsa and Masa Funiculaire joined me in the WPKN-FM studio for a second three-hour all-80s vinyl show.  As usual the emphasis is on new wave and post punk sounds.  The show has been archived and available for streaming until August 12 2018s, so don’t snooze!  Here’s the link. Safari seems to work best.  The setlist:

1. theme from ‘forbidden world’ SUSAN JUSTIN

2. that summer feeling JONATHAN RICHMAN

3. good friend THE VIOLENT FEMMES

4. the telephone always rings FUN BOY THREE

5. reap the wild wind ULTRAVOX

6. nice ago YMO

(set break)

7. everybody wants you BILLY SQIER

8. touch and go THE CARS

9. head-on THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN

10. i got you SPLIT ENZ

11. india THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS

(set break)

12. mad at you JOE JACKSON

13. love +1 HAIRCUT 100

14. only a lad OINGO BOINGO

15. don’t go YAZOO

16. e=mc2 BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE

(set break)

17. waiting (if i had a photograph) FLOCK OF SEAGULLS

18. moonshine STEREO

19. o superman LAURIE ANDERSON

20. cry baby cry THROWING MUSES

21. brass neck THE WEDDING PRESENT

(set break)

22. 7 minutes to midnight WAH

23. paint a vulgur picture THE SMITHS

24. better things THE KINKS

25. happy hour THE HOUSE MARTINS

26. julie loves johnny THE EASTERN DARK

(set break)

27. my city was gone THE PRETENDERS

28. she pays the rent THE LYRES

29. flip your wig HUSKER DU

30. no looking back BLUE ORCHIDS

31. my dreams THE GUN CLUB

(set break)

32. the rainy season HOWARD DEVOTO

33. haunted LOVE AND ROCKETS

34. this is your life GLAXO BABIES

35. fragile TOM VERLAINE

(set break)

36. two guitars YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS

37. fall on me REM

38. circles CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN

39. wuthering heights (1986 vocal) KATE BUSH

40. vanishing girl DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR

you can stream the complete 3hr 6.13.2018 WPKN FM show at this link ///click here/// link will be active for 30 days, so don’t snooze, some very rare numbers here…

SETLIST

1. alan price LUCKY MAN

2. terry reid SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YR PEACE

3. fluff YOU MAKE ME LOSE CONTROL

4. catmando TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF YOUR LIFE

5. five man electrical band SIGNS

(mic break)

6. frijid pink A SONG FOR FREEDOM

7. elephant’s memory MONGOOSE

8. kongos HE’S GONNA STEP ON YOU AGAIN

9. john entwhistle I WONDER

10 . mike wilhelm GOING TO CANADA / STYROFOAM

11. fusion GOIN UP TO CARSDALE

(mic break)

12. blue cheer SANDWICH

13. alexander gradsky ROMANCE FOR LOVES (EXCERPT)

14. pink floyd ASTRONOMY DOMINE

15. amsterdam INDIAN PIPE

16. quicksilver messenger service CODINE

(mic break)

17. tranquility COULDNT POSSIBLY BE

18. king crimson EPITAPH

19. pelican GOLDEN PROMISES

20. manfred mann SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT

21. thin lizzy SPIRIT SLIPS AWAY

22. rolling stones NO USE IN CRYING

(mic break)

23. spooky tooth I AM THE WALRUS

24. tin tin SPIRITS ON THE STARBOARD

25.  sammy johns CHEVY VAN

26. gallery I BELIEVE IN MUSIC

27. jim dawson THE GOOD EARTH

28. the great grizzly bear hunt I DREAMED I SAW ST AUGUSTINE

(mic break)

29. black pearl PEOPLE GET READY

30. the sopwith camel DANCIN WIZARD

31. mike yanoska SONG

32. fairport convention EASTERN RAIN

(mic break)

33. country joe and the fish WHO AM I

34. yes YESTERDAY & TODAY

35. john prine ANGEL FROM MONTGOMERY

Last night’s show has already aired, but you can stream it for a limited time at this link.  The theme for this show was THE 80s and I had three guest selectors in the studio with me.  All vinyl as per usual.  Here’s the playlist:

Neneh Cherry “Buffalo Stance”
Tina Turner “Better Be Good to Me”
A Flock Of Seagulls “Space Age Love Song”
Jan Hammer “Theme from Miami Vice”
Fleetwood Mac “Seven Wonders (Remastered)”
Kate Bush “Cloud Busting”
Grace Jones “Nipple to the Bottle”
Beastie Boys “Egg Raid on Mojo”
Flock of Seagulls “Telecommunication”
Glaxo Babies “This is your life”
Au Pairs “Don’t Lie Back”
The Vapors “talk talk”
New Order “the village”
Shannon “Let the Music Play”
Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark “Telegraph”
NRBQ “Captain Lou”
Book of Love “boy”
Two Party System “safety in numbers”
Mystery Girls “Mystify Me”
Kristy MacColl “A New England (12″ Mix)”
The Cult “Big Neon Glitter”
The Smiths “Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This Once Before”
Echo & The Bunnymen “The Killing Moon”
Orange Juice “What Presence?!”
Billy Idol “eyes without a face”
Inxs “New Sensation”
The Pretenders “Middle of the Road”
Barrence Whitfield & The Savages “Georgia Slop”
The Pogues “If I Should Fall from Grace With God”
Blue Orchids “Dumb Magician”
The Clash “Atom Tan”
Big Dipper “Ron Klaus Wrecked His House”
New Order “Age of Consent”
The Go-Betweens “Cattle and Cane”
The Sea Urchins “Cling Film”
The John Black Experience “crystal mirror”
Enya “Storms in Africa”
Momus “Flame into Being”
Jane Birkin “Baby alone in Babylone”
The Philistines Jr. “Tarzan at the Met”
Jane’s Addiction “Up the Beach”
The Smiths “I Know It’s Over”
The Commodores “Nightshift (Single Version)”
Devo “beautiful world”
Cocteau Twins “Cico Buff”

Jason Hammel (Vosotros, Mates Of State) and Emily K Larned (Muffinbones) join me in the studio for three hours of HVY 90S NOSTALGIA all broadcast from the original 45s and 33RPM LP records.  Check it out ::: This program has already aired, but u can Click here to stream the show until May 2018.

Setlist:

1. Guided by Voices – My Son Cool

2 Helium – Baby Vampire Made Me

3 heavens to Betsy – calculated

4 beck – Asshole

Last night was the first P-S-R broadcast of ’18.  The show has been archived and you can stream it until April 15 2018 at this link.  Don’t snooze this is a good one – the first two hours are post punk /new wave and the last hr is moody 70s doper jams.  All from the original LPs.   GET IT ::::::::::

1. Joachim Witt GOLDERNER REITER
2. Grauzone EISBAR
3. Greg Kihn THE BREAKUP SONG
4. Soft Boys I WANNA DESTROY YOU
5. Hot Head Slater IT HAPPENED TO ME
6. 999 HOMICIDE
7. Romeo Void NVR SAY NVR
8. The Flying Lizards HER STORY
9. Anika YANG YANG
10. Alva KOPA
11. Glaxo Babies AVOIDING THE ISSUE
12. Siouxsie and the Banshees JIGSAW FEELING
13. Blue Orchids DUMB MAGICIAN
14. MI-Sex COMPUTER GAMES
15. Yello NIGHT FLANGER
16. Magazine DEFINITIVE GAZE
17. Higelin BOOGIE ROUILLE
18. The Only Once ANOTHER GIRL ANOTHER PLANET
19. Nick Lowe HEART OF THE CITY
20. INXS DONT CHANGE
21. MX80 Sound MAN ON THE MOVE
22. Larry Wallis POLICE CAR
23. The Chameleons DONT FALL
24. Simple Minds SPEED YOUR LOVE TO ME
25. Soft Boys INSANELY JEALOUS
26. Talk Talk HATE
27. Colin Newman FISH 3
28. Lilliput HITCH HIKE
29. The Raincoats IN LOVE
30. Violent Femmes GOOD FEELING
31. Robert Wyatt AT LAST I AM FREE
32. Can DEADLOCK (theme from the film)
33. Peirre Bachelet & Herve Roy EMANUELLE THEME
34. Total Issue LES MARINS
35. Plain Jane SILENCE
36. John Kay TWO OF A KIND
37. The Appletree Theatre WHAT A WAY TO GO
38. The Rationals GLOWIN’
39. Fluff WHOS GONNA LOVE ME
40. Elephants Memory PIECE NOW
41. Blue Cheer SATURDAY FREEDOM
42. Lee Python Jackson IN A BROKEN DREAM
43. The Instincts DONT LOOK BACK
44. Don Walker DEAR PRUDENCE

Hey yall here’s the playlist for the show that aired last night,,, it’s pretty all-over-the-place but many offbeat gems in here….

click here to listen until Jan 13 2018

1. fumio nunoya “Arthur Hakage….”

2. Mickie D’s Unicorn “In the times of the unicorn”

3. Gabriel Bondage “No Winners”

4. Comus “to keep from crying”

5. Jim Sullivan “Rosey”

(announce)

6. Vangelis “let it happen”