Released in 1994, It’s A Wonderful Record is an EP that was originally released on vinyl by Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet. This Christmas and holiday themed release featured SMOASP playing different holiday songs in addition to some originals. When it was originally released the album featured one side that was recorded at 45 RPM while the other side (side two) was recorded at 33 1/3 RPM. Side one, the 45 RPM side featured the instrumental track “Winterfresh” with its shuffle beats and frosty rhythms that are complimented with jingle bells towards the songs close and a choir. Track two on side A is actually a track by New Orleans band M.O.T.O (Masters of the Obvious). “Christmas is Coming” is a short garage pop track that is also jangly and catchy.
Track three starts side two. It is SMOASP’s take on the Christmas classic “Deck the Halls.” It is brief and also features the Vienna Boys Choir (as mentioned in the song). This coupled with the band’s trademark instrumental rhythms makes for a brief, but fuzzy feeling atmosphere that is captured on this holiday classic. It’s a Wonderful Record ends with longer track “The 12 Answering Machine Messages of Christmas.” This track is made up of both spoken word and musical parts. It is both hilarious and festive. The band launches through phone machine messages, brief instrumental tracks and even a message from Joey Ramone in twelve separate segments all composed into one collage of sounds. This track is one of the highlights of this release. It shows the band in all with their irreverent humour and instrumental prowess all in one track. It’s A Wonderful Record ends with the band’s take on “We Wish You A Merry Christmas.” Following the release of this EP, Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet did the soundtrack to the film Double Happiness (released in 1995) and are featured on three tracks of Fred Schneider’s Just Fred album (released in 1996). Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet did a reissue campaign of their albums in 2016, along with a reunion, not all tracks from their releases were present. It’s A Wonderful Record was also one of the last releases by the band before their original split in 1996. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet has a myriad of different, unique and cool releases in their catalogue. This is just another example.
Show 914 Playlist (Originally Aired On December 25th, 2021)(2021 Holiday Episode):
1. James White - Christmas With Satan 2. Suicide - Hey Lord 3. Cristina - Things Fall Apart 4. Boris - Last Christmas 5. The Residents - Santa Dog '78 6. El Vez - Santa Claus Is Sometimes Brown 7. Iggy Pop - White Christmas 8. Arcade Fire - Jingle Bell Rock 9. King Khan & Friends - Christmas Time 10. The Galaxies - Please Come Home For Christmas 11. Mark Malibu & The Wasagas - Canadian Christmas 12. Surf Hermits - Santa's Rant 13. Low - Just Like Christmas 14. Descendants - Christmas Vacation 15. Duotang - Old Man Davie's Christmas Kingdom 16. The Ramblin' Ambassadors - Don't Fear the Reindeer 17. The Pointed Sticks - Power Pop Santa 18. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - Faster Santa Claus, Ho Ho Ho 19. The Damned - There Ain't No Sainty Claus 20. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - Santa's Compromise 21. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - Winterfresh 22. Thee Dundrells - Green Christmas 23. The Bell Peppers - I Can't Wait For Xmas 24. Deja Voodoo - Bugs For Christmas 25. Reigning Sound - If Christmas Can't Bring You Home 26. The Cosmonauts - It's Christmas Day 27. Quintron & Miss Pussycat - Jingle Bell Rock 28. Psychic Ills - Run Rudolph Run 29. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - The 12 Answering Machine Messages of Christmas
To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rockand click the December 25 file to download/stream the episode.
Show 913 Playlist (Originally Aired On December 18th, 2021)(The Scarlet Drops, Radiohead Kid A Mnesiac, The Beatles Let It Be):
1. Squid - Clapping Music 2. Ducks LTD - As Big As All Outside 3. Yoo Doo Right - The Moral Compass of a Self-Driving Car 4. Look Blue Go Purple - Cactus Cat 5. The Scarlet Drops - Dogma Self 6. The Scarlet Drops - Strain 7. The Adam Brown Band - Spirit Tacos 8. Ex~Po - Constant Commuter 9. Dean Marino - Pieces 10. Teke::Teke - Corpse Pose 11. Courtney Barnett - Turning Green 12. Casper Skulls - Thesis 13. Daniel Romano - Novus 14. Brown Hornet - Atomic Wasteland 15. Obits - Talkin' To The Dog (Live) 16. James Sullivan - Get Our Sense Away 17. Atomic 7 - Loving Not Goughing 18. Bloodshot Bill - Guess What 19. La Luz - Metal Man 20. Radiohead - The National Anthem 21. Radiohead - I Might Be Wrong 22. Radiohead - If You Say The Word 23. Radiohead - Trans-Atlantic Drawl 24. The Beatles - For You Blue (Take 4) 25. The Beatles - One After 909 (1969 Glyn Johns Mix) 26. The Beatles - I Got A Feeling (Take 10)
To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rockand click the December 18 file to download/stream the episode.
This week marked the 500th episode of Revolution Rock to air on CJAM FM’s airwaves in the Windsor/Detroit area. When I originally started the program back in June of 2004, I always wondered if I would make it to 500 episodes, well I suppose that now I have. When Revolution Rock started as a radio program back in 2004 CJAM was still located on 91.5 FM on the FM dial and the show focused specifically on 70s Punk and New Wave music. For approximately two years the show played that genre, rarely venturing outside of the world of the music created during that time period. At the time I created the program, CJAM had many “Punk” programs, but none of them for the most part really featured any music from the late 70s Punk scene specifically, whether in the UK or otherwise. The very first week that I was to be on the air, I recall going to CJAM FM located in the basement of the University of Windsor CAW Centre. I had been given the late night or graveyard shift from Midnight until 2 AM on Thursdays, a position I held for a few years. The very first time I was supposed to be on CJAM, I wasn’t able to get in the building. I told a bunch of my friends that I would be on the radio and they said they would be tuning in that night to hear my program, I was not aware at the time that University was locked on some occasions during late night hours. The next day at the University, some friends told me they heard my radio show, but “didn’t hear much talking from me”. Since I wasn’t there to do my program a CD was put on repeat for the night. It was rather fitting to know that being a radio DJ could be done by a CD player on repeat, but that was a rather short sighted point of view at the time, something that would change with time. This was also before the world of mp3/music playlists could be fully utilized by computers.
The following week I was able to get into the building and actually be on the air. I was extremely nervous to be on the radio live for the first time and when I walked into the studio, some friends of mine from the University's Communication Studies program were hosting their show. One of my colleagues was shirtless and for some reason sweaty and perhaps there were also some outside influences were at play that night. When I asked my colleague why he wasn’t wearing a shirt his reply was “It makes me perform better”. This was my first real introduction to the world of campus/community radio.
During the late night hours at CJAM FM, I explored the 70s Punk and New Wave genres, the music that influenced those genres in great detail and sometimes newer music. But at the time I was still a bit influenced by the mainstream media and way of thinking. Each week on Thursday night or Friday morning for that matter, I delved deeper into this world and in combination with my education at the University's Communication Studies program and the CJAM FM community, I began to think differently. I also learned a few valuable things from my experiences. On Thursday nights, the University had “Pub Night” and often confused drunk University students would wander into the lobby of CJAM FM, not located too far away from the bathrooms and the University Pub. They would at times yell out loud both profane and incoherent thoughts while I was talking on air during my program. This is where I learned, lock the door to CJAM when you are programming late at night. You never know who might wander in.
Then there were the late night callers. They would not be unlike the drunken University student wandering in from the Pub, sometimes starting phone calls either as prank calls where no one got the joke, or just to comment on the fact that they really hated what they were hearing. I recall one very specific instance when a caller phoned in, picking up the phone the anonymous caller on the other end said “Why aren’t you playing Techno music?” When I explained that my program focused on 70s Punk Rock they replied with “This makes me want to smash my head against a brick wall. It sucks!” then promptly hung up. As cruel as that sounds, there were also loyal callers that called in to make requests that were sometimes very obscure or just to tell me they liked what they were hearing in general. Some of those loyal listeners followed me when Revolution Rock switched time slots, which it did twice. For another few years, Revolution Rock aired Wednesday nights from 9-10:30 PM, I was followed by the Electronic program The Rhythm Gallery. It was also around this time in 2006, that I created this blog. It was created as a place to profile bands that were featured on the program and as a way to share my program online with a wider, more international audience.
In September of 2008, Revolution Rock moved to its current time slot Tuesday mornings from 10:30 AM – 12 PM. Since those early days in 2004, the program has evolved greatly in terms of content. Revolution Rock grew to incorporate Garage Rock, Surf, Alternative, Indie and many other related sub-genres into the shows format, but still keeping true to the 70s Punk and New Wave attitude and ethos that the genre helped to create. With the 500th, episode of Revolution Rock now over with I can’t help but think back to my first program in June of 2004. My sweaty shirtless friend introduced me to a world that I had not yet been exposed to. The shirt has now been taken off so to speak and I am no longer trapped between the confines of the mainstream way of thinking and the beginnings of my University education. In essence, I now perform better as a programmer with my metaphorical shirt off. I mean after almost ten years and 500 episodes, you would have to be right?
(NOTE: Revolution Rock switched time slots on May 24th, 2014. It can now be heard Saturday's from 7-9 PM on CJAM 99.1 FM)
The Play List:
1. Sun Stone Revolvers - Elmore's Surf
2. Action Makes - Nothing For Money
3. Simply Saucer - Get My Thrills
4. 63 Monroe - Twist My Wrist
5. The Victims - Open Your Eyes
6. St. Paul & The Broken Bones - The Glow
7. Holy Wave - How Do You Feel?
8. Them - You Just Can’t Win
9. Thee Oh Sees - Wait Let’s Go
10. Link Wray - Raunchy
11. Paul Jacobs - I Got It
12. No Fun - I Ain’t Got No Face
13. Carbonas - Hate You
14. Pointed Sticks - I’m Numb
15. The Scabs - Don’t Just Sit There
16. Ruefrex - Cross The Line
17. Slow - Have No Been The Same
18. The Replacements - Left Of The Dial
19. The Kinks - Powerman
20. Guided By Voices - A Good Flying Bird
21. The Clash - Deny
22. Ty Segall - Femme Fatale (Velvet Underground Cover)
23. The Black Lips - My Struggle
24. The Velvet Underground - Beginning To See The Light (Early Version)
To download this weeks program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rock and download the file for March 18. Or subscribe to Revolution Rock as a Podcast.
This week was my annual holiday edition of Revolution Rock. We heard two tracks from Manchester’s Surf combo The Bell Peppers. “I Can’t Wait For Xmas”, is a new Christmas song released in 2013 (and can be purchased on iTunes), but they also recorded a version of John Lennon’s 1971 song “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)”. That song was recorded for as stated online a “half planned Christmas EP” that was to be titled Jingle Bell Peppers. They did however put out a cool video to go along with “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)”. The video was compiled from stock footage of a child on Christmas and of clips of the cult Christmas movie Santa Claus that was directed and filmed in Mexico in 1959 by Rene Cardona. Originally the film was produced in Mexico as well and featured primarily Spanish dialogue, but an English version was also produced under the direction of K. Gordon Murray and released in 1960. The films plot tells the story of a demon named Pitch sent by Lucifer to ruin Christmas by eliminating Santa and to make all of the children of Earth evil. Santa does team up with Merlin the Wizard to help save the day, oh, and did I mention that in this film Santa’s workshop is set in outer space?
This Week's Play List:
1. Impact - Punk Christmas
2. The Damned – There Ain’t No Sanity Clause
3. By Divine Right – Mall Santa
4. Little Joey Farr – Rock N’Roll Santa
5. Caribou – The Snow Capes
6. Bright Eyes – Blue Christmas
7. The Tom Fun Orchestra – Christmas Dinner On A Coleman Stove
8. Prarie Cat – Count The Thoughts
9. Les Breastfeeders – Noel Dans Le Vent
10. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – My Christmas Wish
11. The Wailers – Maybe This Year
12. The Walkmen – New Year’s Eve
13. Mojo Nixon – Christmas, Christmas
14. Psychic Ills – Run Rudolph Run
15. Iggy Pop – White Christmas
16. Lou Reed – Xmas In February
17. Los Straitjackets – Christmas Weekend
18. The Falcons - Deck The Halls
19. The Pygmies – Father Christmas
20. The Pygmies – Pygmy Parumpapumpum
21. Leadbelly – Christmas Is-A-Coming
22. Chuck Berry – Christmas
23. The Bell Peppers – I Can’t Wait For Xmas
24. The Bell Peppers – Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
To download this weeks program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rock and download the file for December 24. Or subscribe to Revolution Rock as a Podcast.
This week's episode aired on December 25th, the first time that has ever happened in the entire time I have been on the air at CJAM FM. I played a collection of over twenty four not so average holiday songs. Check out the play list/download it below. I will be back in the New Year with a best of 2012 program and regularly scheduled programming.
Christmas play list:
1. Clyde Lasley & The Cadillac Baby Specials – Santa Came Home Drunk
2. Donovan – New Years Resolution
3. Wild Billy Childish & The Musicians of the British Empire – Mistletoe
4. The Pygmies – Santa Claus
5. Baby Eagle – Fearfully and Wonderfully
6. Eels – Christmas Is Going To The Dogs
7. Boxer The Horse – Material Xmas
8. Andrew Bird – Auld Lang Syne
9. Surfaris – A Surfer’s Christmas List
10. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet – Faster Santa Claus Ho, Ho, Ho
11. The Bayview Village People – Merry Xmas Everyone
12. Mother Mother – Hit Er Miss Christmas
13. The Shins – Wonderful Christmas Time
14. Yeah Yeah Yeah’s – All I Want For Christmas
15. REM – Christmas Griping
16. James Brown – Go Power At Christmas
17. James Brown – Hey America
18. Diamond Rugs – Christmas In Chinese Restaurant
19. Deja Voodoo – Bugs For Christmas
20. The Wailers – Please Come Home For Christmas
21. Reind Deers – White Xmas
22. The Nefidovs – Feliz Nefidov
23. The Sonics – Don’t Believe In Christmas
24. Keith Richards – Run Rudolph Run
To download this weeks program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rock and download the file for December 25. Or subscribe to Revolution Rock as a Podcast.
The Phantom was a 50’s Rockabilly artist that is best known for his song “Love Me”. While being initially a Country musician, it was the music of Elvis Presley that changed Jerry Lott’s style. The song is a rare, but frantic, explosive song caught in the moment. It is a song that could never be replicated twice, although it was the second take of the song that was released, the song that pre dates Punk falling under the Proto Punk category with enough attitude and energy that it sounds almost like The Cramps. From the first moments of the opening banshee wail, the listener is drawn into a wild Rock and Roll moment. It was recorded in 1958 by Jerry Lott and his band at Gulf Coast Studio in Mobile, Alabama, there were only two takes ever recorded of the song. Jerry Lott had this to say of the recording of “Love Me” in an interview with Derek Glenister in 1980:
"I'd worked three months on the other side of the record", he told Derek Glenister. "Somebody said, 'what you gonna put on the flip-side' I hadn't even thought about it. Someone suggested I wrote something like Elvis 'cause he was just a little on the wane and everybody was beginning to turn against rock 'n' roll. They said, 'See if you spark rock 'n' roll a little bit'... so that's when I put all the fire and fury I could utter into it. I was satisfied with the first take, but everybody said, 'let's try it one more time'. I didn't yell on the first take, but I yelled on the second, and blew one of the controls off the wall."
After recording the song, Jerry took the master tapes to Pat Boone, who was at the time on his way to church, Jerry convinced him to listen to the tape and Pat suggested Jerry change his name to The Phantom and agreed to release the song through his own label Cooga Mooga, but after signing a contract with Dot it was released in 1960. Much later an LP titled The Phantom Jamie Coe (that mislabeled Jerry Lott as Nick Todd) was compiled by Revival Records compiling nine songs by The Phantom and ten songs by Jamie Coe a 1950’s Rock musician from Detroit, Michigan.
Unfortunately Jerry would not make anymore recordings after 1966, when he fell off a 600 foot mountain side while driving in South Carolina that left him paralyzed, he passed away in 1983. But Rockabilly enthusiasts will always remember The Phantom from the mesmerizing “Love Me” song and the mysterious photograph that is featured on the singles cover. “Love Me” was later covered by The Cramps on their album Songs The Lord Taught Us and countless other artists since then. Jerry had this to say of the songs wildness that was captured on tape from the same interview with Derek Glenister from 1980:
"I'm telling ya", Lott continued, "it was wild. The drummer lost one of his sticks, the piano player screamed and knocked his stool over, the guitar player's glasses were hanging sideways over his eyes."
This week I Filled in for Some Folks Get The Blues (from 9-10:30 AM), which I will be doing for the next two weeks until the end of May. The show will be Folk, Country and Blues centric, but will also include glimpses of other Rock and Roll forms. Revolution Rock will follow this program from 10:30 to Noon featuring my usual blend of Garage, 70s Punk/New Wave, and Indie Rock.
Part One
Revolution Blues (Some Folks Get The Blues Fill In) Play List:
1. Lee Hazelwood – Run Boy Run
2. Dan Sartain – I Don't Want To Go To The Party
3. Dan Sartain - Love Is Crimosn
4. James OL & The Villains – Late Night Drive (Demo)
5. Johnny West – The Son Is A Red Ball Of Lies Tonight
6. The Lonesome Weekends - Wheels
7. Andre Williams & The Sadies - One Eyed Jack
8. Magnificent Bastards – White Noize
9. Johnny Cash – I Like The 309
10. Diamond Rugs – Out On My Own
11. John Mayal’s Bluesbreakers – Double Crossing Time
12. The Yardbirds – Psycho Daises
13. Tay Falco’s Panther Burns – Dateless Night
14. Jamie Coe – How Low Is Low
15. The Phantom – Tiger
16. Permanent Collection – It’s Alright
17. Ty Segall & White Fence – I Am Not A Game
18. The Spooky But Nice – Through The Night
19. Lost Patrol – You Just Care About Looks
20. Pointed Sticks – All That Matters (Stiff Sessions Version)
21. Hot Nasties – Lookin’ 4 U (Live)
22. The Meteors – Radioactive Kid
23. Visions – The Ghost
24. The Ride Theory – Devil In My Heart
25. The Phantom – Love Me
26. The Cramps – Mystery Plane
27. Modernettes – Won’t Have To Worry
28. The Black Angels – I’d Rather Be Lonely
29. The Kinks – Naggin’ Woman
30. The Gruesomes – Three Men One Coffin (Live)
31. Ramblin’ Ambassadors – Standoff At Calf Rrobe Bridge
32. The Space Plan – Trail The Rails
33. The Features – City Scenes
34. The Carbonas – Hate You
35. Actual Water – Pencil Legged
36. The Cigarettes – All They Want Is Your Money
37. The Laughing Clowns – Laughing Clowns
38. Rotten Tropics – Nightmare Index
39. The Strokes – Life Is Simple In The Moonlight
40. Light Bulb Alley – Tonight
41. Seven Story Redhead - There's A Time To Get Down
42. The Locusts Have No King - Come One, Come All
43. Dirty Pretty Things - Plasttk Hearts
44. The Damned – She’s So Messed Up (Live)
45. Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers – London Boys
46. Xena Zerox - Seconds
47. Jam – Billy Hunt
48. The Adverts - Safety In Numbers
49. True Lovers – Love and Affection
Today I filled in for the CJAM program Beating Time, usually hosted by Angela Womann Wednesdays from 10:30 to Noon on CJAM 99.1 FM. Today's show featured a variety of new and old music and some obscure 70s Punk.
Beating Time play list:
1. The Revolvers – Rock y Roll
2. The Smugglers – 5-4-3-2-1
3. Dan Sartain – Box Cutter In My Boot
4. Golden Hands Before God – Communist Party
5. Indian Wars - Just Can't Get Along With You
6. The Modernettes - Barbra
7. The Adverts – Quick Step
8. Bok Bok – Misfit
9. The Nerves – Hanging On The Telephone
10. The Pagans – I Juvenile
11. The Scabs – Amory Building
12. Le Butcherettes – Bang!
13. C’Mon – Underneath The X-Ray
14. The Mark Inside – Shots From A Broken Bottle
15. The Velvet Underground – Guess I'm Falling In Love (Live)
16. The Almighty Defenders – The Ghost With The Most
17. Link Wray – Deuces Wild
18. The Locusts Have No King – Song 6
19. Radio Birdman - Do The Pop!
19. The Carbonas - Blackout
20. Crocodiles – Neon Jesus
21. X – The New World
22. Cramps – Drug Train
23. The True Lovers – Guilty Pleasure #9
On Friday, I filled in for Friday At The Hideout from 8 to 10 PM on CJAM 99.1 FM. Here are some videos from bands featured on the program, the actual program can be downloaded below the play list, as usual.
Friday At The Hideout Fill In Play List:
1. The Damned – I Feel Alright (Live at The Paris Theatre, London 1977)
2. The Oblivians – Trouble
3. The Dirtbombs – What You’ve Got
4. Thee Oh Sees – Contraption/Soul Desert
5. Those Rogues – Girl
6. Thee Deuces – Hung Up On You
7. Free-For-All – Show Me The Way
8. Witness Inc. – Not You Girl
9. The Visitors – Miss You Too Much
10. Lost Patrol – Tell No Lies
11. Reigning Sound – Can’t Hold On
12. Golden Hands Before God – Blue
13. Ty Segall – Caesar
14. The Howlies – Whiskey Night
15. Deer Tick – Walkin Out The Door
16. Indian Wars – Just Can’t Get Along With You
17. Tell All Your Friends - Another House Party
18. The Strangeloves - Night Time
19. The Knickerbockers – Lies
20. The Lyrics - So What!!
21. The Association – One Too Many Mornings
22. The Bobby Fuller Four – Baby My Heart
23. The Cynics - Be True To Your School
24. Albert Hammond Jr. – Hard To Live In The City
25. The Androids – Roller Derby Queen
26. Rage – I’ve Got Your Number
27. Wire – Dot Dash
28. The Stranglers - Nuclear Device
29. The Clash - Protex Blue (Live Chorus TV, Paris 1980)
30. Mystics – Play Your Game
31. Public Image Limited - F.F.F
This Friday I filled in for CJAM's Willy Wilson on the program Friday's At The Hideout. A few months back I filled in for the very same show, my play list on this program reflected the Surf, Garage, Punk, and Folk genres. Willy Wilson also hosts the program The Motorcity is Burning every Tuesday at 7 PM, Friday's At The Hideout can be heard every Friday from 8-10 PM. The program can be downloaded below.
The Play List:
1. Link Wray - Law of the Jungle
2. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - Shake Some Evil
3. The Collectors - Eyes
4. The Townsmen - Back Yards
5. Prehistoric Cave Strokers - You're In You're Out
6. The Fuse - Sad Eyes
7. The Hi-Fi's - Look What You've Done
8. Sports - Played Yourself
9. Dum Dum Girls - Hold Your Hand
10. Kasabian - Neon Noon
11. Drew Smith - Smoke & Mirrors
12. Will Currie & The County French - Railroad
13. The Mekons - Geeshie
14. John Doe - Walking Out The Door
15. Twin Library - I Asked Her To Build Me A Phone
16. Chang-A-Lang - Japanese Eyes
17. The Remains - Don't Look Back
18. The Uniques - You Ain't Tuff
19. The Count Five - Psychotic Reaction
20. Square Root of Margaret - Attack of the Giant Problem vs. The Creature From The Planet of the Incredible Shrinking Solution
21. Mark Sultan - Mortal Man
22. Radio Birdman - Do The Pop!
23. The Misfits - Hollywood Babylon
24. Ramones - You Should Never Have Opened That Door
25. The Adverts - Safety In Numbers
26. Buzzcocks - I Don't Mind
27. The Exploding Hearts - I'm A Pretender
28. The D4 - Joe 90
29. The Clash - The Leader (Live Amsterdam 1981)
30. Dex Romweber Duo - Climb Down
31. Dave Allan & The Arrows - Outer Surf
32. Velvet Underground - I Found A Reason (Demo)
On Friday I filled in for the I Wear White Jeans program which usually airs every Friday night from 6:30 to 8 PM on CJAM FM. with host Jan Blondin. The program can be downloaded below.
The Play List:
1. The Rezillos - Mystery Action
2. Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - Baby Talk
3. The Pack AD - Sirens
4. The Polymorphines - Anna Lee
5. Invasions - Atlantic Blvd
6. The Nightcrawlers - Little Black Egg
7. Thee Dueces - You've Gotta Try
8. Blitzen Trapper - Might Find It Cheap
9. The Living Kills - My Gun's A Fist
10. Disband - One Man Army
11. The Government - Flat Tire
12. The Verdix - Lookin' Around
13. Dee Dee Ramone & the Chinese Dragons - What About Me?
14. Bok Bok - Come Back To Me
15. The Fall - Stepping Out
16. Terrorways - Never Been To Borstal
17. The Primmers - You're Gonna Get Done
18. Wreckless Eric - Reconnez Cherie
19. The Beachnuts - Cycle Annie
20. Dik Van Dykes - Garage Sale
21. The Stomach Mouths - Wild Trip
22. Painted Ship - And She Said Yes
23. Brazilian Money - Give Up That Dog
24. Thee Oh Sees - I Need Seed
25. The Hentchmen - Yesterday's Trash
This Friday I filled in for CJAM's Willy Wilson on the program Friday's At The Hideout. In the hideout this week at CJAM we took shelter in a collection of Garage Rock, Surf and Punk Rock. Willy Wilson also hosts the program The Motorcity is Burning every Tuesday at 7 PM, Friday's At The Hideout can be heard every Friday from 8-10 PM. The program can be downloaded below.
Friday's At The Hideout Play List:
1. The Stooges - Real Cool Time (Alternate Version)
2. Richard Hell & The Voidoids - I Wanna Be Your Dog (Live Max's Kansas City 1978)
3. Thee Oh Sees - I Need Seed
4. The Sonics - Psycho
5. The Black Lips - Mad Dog
6. Ty Segall - My Head Explodes
7. Hooded Fang - Vacationation
8. Link Wray - Dueces Wild
9. The Surfdusters - Save The Waves
10. Les Jaguars - Shake
11. The Tornadoes - Moon Dawg
12. Jan Davis - Watusi Zombie
13. The Black Lips - Hippie, Hippie, Hoorah
14. Solomon Burke - Detroit City
15. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Ramshackle Day Parade
16. Undertones - Here Comes The Summer
17. Wire - Sand In My Joints
18. The Diodes - Behind Those Eyes
19. The Red Squares - Ottawa Today
20. Pointed Sticks - Lies
21. The Gruesomes - Cave-in!
22. The Invasions - She'll Let you Know
23. The Shakers - Baby It's True
24. Deja Voodoo - Cheese and Crackers
25. The Cramps - TV Set
26. Nirvana - Very Ape
27. Alex Chilton - Lost My Job
28. Magic Hall of Mirrors - Your Mountaintop
29. Compulsive Gamblers - Don't Haunt Me
30. The Black Angels - 18 Years
31. Fire Engines - Get Up and Use Me
32. Public Image Limited - Analisa
33. New Clientelle - Shades
34. The Fall - Fiery Jack
Today I filled in for The Washing Machine, which airs every Thursday from 10:30 until Noon on CJAM 99.1 FM. I played a mix of Indie Rock, Garage, Punk, New Wave, Soul, and Blues music. You can also visit The Washing Machine Blog for more info.
Washing Machine Play List:
1. The Strokes - Gratisfaction
2. Dan Sartain - I Don't Wanna Go To The Party
3. Ugly Ducklings - I Wish You Would
4. The Detroit Cobras - Ya Ya Ya (Looking For My Baby)
5. John Lee Hooker - Jump Me One More Time
6. Johnny West - Purgatory Waltz
7. Papermaps - Reunion
8. Novels - Big Run
9. Novels - Record In Hand
10. Balkans - Edita V
11. Pluto - Cool Way To Feel
12. Eric's Trip - Follow
13. The Wipers - Tragedy
14. Booker T. Jones - The Vamp
15. Otis Redding - Down In The Valley
16. Tammi Terrell - What A Good Man He Is
17. Sloan - Follow The Leader
18. Hater - Blistered
19. Iggy Pop & James Williamson - Johanna
20. Dee Dee Ramone & The Chinese Dragons - Chatterbox
21. The Rapture - Out of The Races and Onto The Track
22. The Government - Real Computer
23. The Subway Sect - Ambition
24. The Kills - Satelllte
25. Black Lips - Mad Dog
Dick Dale is known as “The King of Surf Guitar” for a reason. In the early 60s, Dick Dale incorporated non-Western based scales into his music drawing on an Eastern cultural influence that would be embedded into many of his well known songs. Dale’s desire for a particular sound resulted in a number of things. One, was his use of guitar reverb that resulted in a “wet” guitar sound that would become a definitive sound in Surf music. Two, he pushed the limits of his equipment. Often blowing up guitar amplifiers for his hunger of loud sounds, Leo Fender would work with Dale to redefine not only guitar, and amplifiers, but also volume which until Dale came around wasn’t particularly that loud. Another interesting fact is that Dale is known for stringing his guitar in reverse since he is left handed. He often plays the chords upside down and backwards. Even when he has a left handed guitar in his possession it is stringed upside down.
Dick Dale quickly attracted attention locally for his wild live shows, drawing thousands of fans weekly for his live shows, which were usually at the Rendezvous Ballroom in California. With the Del-Tones as his backing band, Dick Dale released Surfers’ Choice in 1962. Recorded live at the Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa Beach, California, with some studio overdubs, the twelve track album helped to define the Surf music genre. With songs such as “Let’s Go Trippin’” which is often called the first Surf Rock instrumental recording, it helped to bring the concept of Surf music to parts of America. It should also be noted that “Let’s Go Trippin’” was initially released as a single in 1961 on Deltone Records, where it eventually reached # 60 on the national charts and even higher on local charts. Two more singles followed on Deltone “Jungle Fever” and “Surf Beat”. Following the release of Surfers' Choice, which was released on Deltone (Dick Dale’s own label) he acquired a recording contract with Capitol Records, which garnered him further distribution nationally. Word spread and Dick Dale began appearing on television shows and in films. In 1962, Dick Dale and His Del-Tones released “Misirlou”, which went to # 1 in Los Angeles. The song which is now his signature is a highly influential song and originates from a Folk song that has been played in numerous different languages and has ties to music origins such as Greek Rebetiko, Middle Eastern Belly Dancing, and Jewish Klezmer.
Dick Dale had this to say of the song in the Los Angeles Times in February 1981:
“I still remember the first night we played it ("Misirlou"). I changed the tempo, and just started cranking on that mother. And...it was eerie. The people came rising up off the floor, and they were chanting and stomping. I guess that was the beginning of the surfer's stomp.”
Dick Dale and His Del-Tones recorded King of Surf Guitar for Capitol Records, it was released in 1963. The album featured covers and originals and was named after Dale’s stage name “The King of Surf Guitar”. There are even vocals on some of the tracks by Dale (although there has been vocals on album every Dale album), the album features stand out tracks such as “King of Surf Guitar”, “Have Nagila”, and a cover of “(Ghost) Riders in the Sky”. Dick Dale’s next album on Capitol would be the album known as Checkered Flag. Released in 1963 this is the first album that Dick Dale recorded in the “Hot Rod” style of Surf music. At the time racing, cars, and surfing was deeply embedded in American culture. Many of the songs on the album featured themes relating to car racing and hot rods. Several of the songs actually feature car noises in them. The album was also a shift in Dale’s style. While his first two albums with The Deltones were known as Surf music, his “Hot Rod” Surf music differed with slightly different beats mixed in with elements of his earlier Surf style of music. Checkered Flag’s follow up was Mr. Eliminator in 1964. This album continued the theme of hot-rod’s and cars, but also showed off Dale’s Eastern music influence on the track “The Victor”. Following the release of Mr. Eliminator, Dale would record one more album with His Del-Tones backing him 1964’s Summer Surf.
Summer Surf is often cited as a return to Dick Dale’s early Surf style of music, but it also featured many new elemental features that were not as prominent on early Dick Dale recordings. The album has more of a production based nature, often sounding glossier than previous Dale recordings, reflecting a Phil Spector and Brian Wilson based production style. There are also numerous experimentations stemming from a variety of multi-cultural musical styles. “Spanish Kiss” exercises a Spanish guitar style of music, “The Star (of David)” reflects a Hebrew musical nature, the Gospel stylings on “Glory Wave” and Dale’s own Trumpet lead song “Never On A Sunday” all add to the experimental side of Summer Surf. The song “Banzai Wash Out” is a track amongst the songs found on this album, with its traditional Dick Dale guitar leads, keyboards and vocal harmonies it is undeniably a stand out track found here along with a few others. “Tidal Wave” incorporates an almost Waltz-like sound into Surf, and “Surfin’ Rebel”, and the title track “Summer Surf” all feature elements of classic Dick Dale Surf Rock with horn sections and fascinating guitar leads.
Dick Dale continued to perform live, in 1964 the British Invasion began to take over the charts and America. While a live album was released by Capitol in 1965, Rock out with Dick Dale and his Del-Tones: Live at Ciro's, Dale was dropped from Capitol Records. He remained popular, but in 1966 he was diagnosed with rectal cancer forcing him to temporarily retire from music. Dick Dale beat the cancer and began pursuing other interests, becoming an environmental activist. Dick Dale came back to music in 1986 by recording a benefit single for the UC-Irvine’s Medical Center Burn Unit, he also recorded an album Tigers Loose, which was released in 1986. Dale was also in the beach movie Back To The Beach. While Dale returned to music, his return would take off to greater proportions when his song “Misirlou” was featured in the 1994 movie Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino. Being used as the movies title track, Dick Dale was instantly exposed to a new and wider audience. Most recently Dick Dale’s music has been featured in the Guitar Hero video game series.
It should also be mentioned that today's episode of Revolution Rock (or Revolution Surf if you prefer), was co-hosted by Derk Brigante of CJAM's weekly Surf show Surphony of Derstruction. It can be heard every Tuesday night at 7 PM on CJAM 99.1 FM and streamed/downloaded via http://www.cjam.ca/
Revolution Surf Play List:
The Lively Ones – High Tide
Huevos Rancheros – Huevosaurus
PJ & Artie – Squad Car
Dick Dale & His Del-Tones – Night Rider
The Hot Rodders – The Creamer
Blue Demons – Apache
The Squires – The Sultan
Les Jaguars – Guitaire Extrodinaire
The Rhythm Surfers – 502 (Like Getting Pinched on 502)
Dave Myers Effect – Speed International
The Revelairs – San-Ho-Zay
The Avengers VI – Heartbreak
Looney Tunes – Desert Bound
Dick Dale & His Del-Tones – The Victor
Taekshi Terauchi – Kuroda Bushi
Fifty Foot Combo – Ali Baba
Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet – That Was Ear Me Callin’ A Horse
Atomic 7 – Stab It & Steer It
The Surfdusters – Chill Out
Mark Broadie & The Beaver Patrol – Theme From the Old West
The Von Drats – Church Key
The Robots – Stinky Juliens
The Challengers – Volcanic Action
The Tornadoes – The Gremmie
Dick Dale – Ho-Dad Machine
The Wipeouters – Shut Up, Little Man!
Los Straitjackets – Tempest
Link Wray – The Shadow Knows
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Anyone who has visited this website or CJAM's official website in hopes to download an archive of one of their shows will have come up short. CJAM's archives were down for a few weeks, but I am happy to say they are now back and available for your mass consumption!
Here's a look at what you may have missed on some recent episodes of Revolution Rock:
This show aired on February 15th and it focused on the Australian Punk legends The Saints. They have since gone onto cult like status, the show focused on the bands first three albums ((I'm) Stranded, Eternally Yours, Prehistoric Sounds) and a variety of outtakes and live recordings.
On February 8th, Revolution Rock celebrated Black History Month, by playing a selection of songs within the genres of Soul, Funk, Jazz, R&B, Reggae, and Blues. Two songs were featured on the show from the James Brown album James Brown Sings Raw Soul.
On February 1st, Derk Brigante of CJAM's Surphony of Derstruction filled in for Revolution Rock mixing in Surf, with Punk, New Wave and Garage Rock. The show can be seen as a taste of my annual Surf special which will air on CJAM February 22nd, 2011 from 10L30 AM - 12 PM.
January 25th, featured a spotlight on the Canadian Garage Rock band 49th Parallel. Also in the same broadcast there was music from U2, The Diodes, Rah Rah, The Micronite Filters, The Black Angels, Wavves, Modern Superstitions, The Misfits, The D4 and more!
Coming from Brisbane, Australia The Saints formed in 1974. They would take their influence from 50's bands such as Elvis Presley, Little Richard, 50's R&B, 60's Soul music and bands such as The Stooges, and The MC5. Before being named The Saints, the band was known briefly as Kid Galahad and The Eternals. The group consisted of Chris Bailey (vocals), Ed Kuepper (guitar), Ivor Hay (drums) and Kym Bradshaw on bass. The Saints decided to record the single "(I'm) Stranded" in August of 1976 independently after Kuepper, who was working at a record store at the time kept seeing boxes and boxes coming in of songs recorded by truckers and Country artists for promotional purposes. Inspired by the do it yourself ethic, "(I'm) Stranded" was recorded quickly in the studio. It came off sounding like nothing else in Australia at the time. The song featured the buzz saw sounding guitars of Ed Kuepper and the soulful singing stylings of Chris Bailey. The single (which was backed with the song "No Time") was released initially to a limited 500 pressing by The Saints on their own label, Fatal Records.
Shortly after its release, "(I'm) Stranded" was voted as "The Single of The Week" by Sounds Magazine in the UK. The single was on import and made it all the way to the UK, yielding a positive response. The song is seen as an important part of the history of not just Australian music, but in the beginnings of Punk pre-dating bands such as The Clash and Sex Pistols. The Saints were then offered a three album deal with EMI in the UK, which they accepted based on the response of the single. In June of 1976, the band headed into Window Studios in Brisbane, Australia to record their first full length album (I'm) Stranded.
With Rod Coe in the producer seat, the song writing team of Chris Bailey and Ed Kuepper converted their compositions into a ten track album. For the album the songs "(I'm) Stranded" and "No Time", were taken from the 1976 single (I'm) Stranded". The album sounded like a mix of Stooges Rock, The Missing Links, and 60s Soul music. The album received bad reviews upon its release in February 1977 in Australia. The album is now seen as a classic album and is often deemed as important and influential as albums by Sex Pistols and The Clash. There were songs such as "Messin' With The Kid" and "Story of Love" (slower soulful sounding tracks), "Demolition Girl", and "Erotic Neurotic", "Nights In Venice" (a wonderful fuzzy distorted song). The album also featured two cover songs, one "Wild About You" (originally by The Missing Links) and "Kissing Cousins" (originally by Elvis Presley). The Saints were then exported to Britain, where they played a show with Ramones and Talking Heads and The Roundhouse in London. Theoretically they should have done well, but The Saints were negatively received.
While their record company tried to sell the band along with the other bands in the UK Punk scene, the band did not agree with the labels tactics and did things their own way musically and in the fashion sense. They also lost bassist Kym Bradshaw around this time, he would be replaced by Algy Ward. The single "This Perfect Day" was released next in July of 1977. The single did very well showing commercial potential for the band, but unfortunately the single was out of stock for two weeks, which resulted in stalled success for the group. “This Perfect Day" did however make it to #34 on the UK singles charts. This did not stop the band, they proceeded back to the studio to record the One Two Three Four EP. It was recorded at AIR Studios in London, England in July of 1977 with Bill Price engineering. The blistering EP featured two cover songs and two re-recordings of songs found on the (I'm) Stranded album. The EP showed the evolution of the band, who were expanding their sound. The versions of "River Deep Mountain High" and "Lipstick On Your Collar" are raunchy and catchy. "Demolition Girl" and "One Way Street" rival the versions originally found on (I'm) Stranded. The One Two Three Four EP was originally released in October 1977 in Australia and September 1977 in the UK.
In the fall of 1977, The Saints began recording the album Eternally Yours. at Wessex, Roundhouse, and London Studios. The album was produced by Chris Bailey and Ed Kuepper with Bill Price and Mark Dearnley working the engineering duties. Eternally Yours showed off a more R&B sound reflecting their roots, sounding original and different from the other albums being released in London at the time. "Know Your Product" is a perfect example of the bands change in musical direction. The song while it featured song structures similar to other Saints songs, it also had a Stax influenced brass horns section. Lyrically the song reflected the bands situation in London and how they were trying to be forced into being lumped in the Punk scene at the time. Other great tracks include "Lost and Found", "A Private Affair", "Run Down", "Orstralia" and "(I'm) Misunderstood". “A Private Affair” also addresses the bands issues with being associated with the hype and commercialism of the London Punk scene at the time. There were other musical elements such as harmonica and more brass horn sections throughout the album. Acoustic based songs "Memories Are Made of This", "Untitled", and "A Minor Aversion" all add to the albums 13 song repertoire. The album ended with the song "International Robots", which was also originally going to be the title for the album. Eternally Yours was originally released in May of 1978 in Australia and April 1978 in the UK. It is one of the finest albums The Saints ever recorded.
After a European tour, with all the rising tensions amongst the band and their lack of success Chris Bailey quit the band. Wanting to go into a different music direction, he began assembling his own group, while the rest of The Saints began working on material for another album. Since the record company was losing faith in the band, they would not record the band if Chris Bailey was not in the group, so The Saints came to an agreement. In 1978, shortly after the release of Eternally Yours, they began work on what was to become Prehistoric Sounds. The album was drastically different than any of their previous efforts. The album was influenced more by Avant Garde Jazz, R&B and once again produced by Chris Bailey and Ed Kuepper with Bill Price and Jeremy Spencer Green Engineering. Combined with Rock and elements of the Saints early Punk sound, Prehistoric Sounds was an album ahead of its time.
The album art for Prehistoric Sounds, which depicts tall buildings sticking out of the water of a flooded city, is a distinctive example as to how different the album is. While the band may have been more experimental with this album, it is by no means a flimsy album. The song structures and arrangements are just as strong as any other Saints album. With songs such as "Swing For The Crime", "All Times Through Paradise", "Everyday's a Holiday, Every night's a Party", "Church of Indifference" and "Everything's Fine", the album was top notch. There were also cover versions of Aretha Franklin's "Save Me" and Otis Redding's "Security". Finally this album also featured the first solo song writing credit of singer Chris Bailey. "Take This Heart of Mine", featured lyrics and music written by Bailey, it reflects a Blues based influence. Lyrically the album as a whole addressed issues relating to alienation and as Kuepper has stated was written primarily from an Australian perspective. The album while it does have darker based lyrical themes, it often reflects a smooth, mesmerizing, hypnotic experience. The record company insisted that the first single to be released from the album was to be “Security” a cover of a song originally by Otis Redding. The album was not released in America and had a limited release. It was released in October of 1978 in the UK, but the cards had already been dealt and by the time Prehistoric Sounds hit Australia in February 1979, The Saints had imploded. Chris Bailey remained in London, while Kuepper moved back to Australia.
Chris Bailey would continue on with The Saints name only, while Kuepper pursued other music avenues such as The Laughing Clowns, The Aints and a solo career. Drummer Ivor Hay would go onto to play in a variety of bands even playing on a few later Saints album's, he would eventually form his own group Wildlife Documentaries. Bassist Algy Ward would go onto play bass in The Damned briefly and form his own Punk/Metal group Tank. Since then The Saints have gone onto influence numerous Australian bands and recently in 2007 and 2009, they reunited for some live shows. In 2008 Ed Kuepper joined Australia’s Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds as their touring guitarist when original guitarist Mick Harvey left the group. On January 2009, Kuepper, Bailey and Ivor Hay reunited to play the album (I’m) Stranded in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival in Melbourne, Australia (Archie Larzza provided the bass).
While The Saints went virtually under the radar at the time of their first incarnation, they released three, wonderfully crafted albums of music that captures the essence of Rock, Soul and R&B music with the raw essence of Punk. With each album The Saints recorded their sound progressed and developed from their early Soul and Punk stylings of (I’m) Stranded to the bigger R&B driven sound of Eternally Yours to the sophisticated and intense Jazz, Blues, and Soul of Prehistoric Sounds. In 2005, All Times Through Paradise a four disc box set featuring the first era of The Saints was released. The album features all three Saints albums, B-sides, outtakes and live recordings. The box set is now out of print, but as of 2007 all of The Saints albums (with their original line up) have been reissued with the bonus tracks that were featured on the box set.
Saints Play List:
1. (I'm) Stranded ((I'm) Stranded Single 1976)
2. No Time ((I'm) Stranded Single 1976)
3. Lost and Found (Eternally Yours 1978)
4. This Perfect Day (Eternally Yours 1978)
5. Lipstick On Your Collar (One Two Three Four EP 1977)
6. Knock on Wood (The Most Primitive Band In The World - Live Brisbane 1974)
7. Kissin' Cousins ((I'm) Stranded 1977)
8. Story of Love ((I'm) Stranded 1977)
9. Know Your Product (Eternally Yours 1978)
10. Memories are Made of This (Eternally Yours 1978)
11. All Times Through Paradise (Prehistoric Sounds 1978)
12. Brisbane (Security City) (Prehistoric Sounds 1978)
13. Church of Indifference (Prehistoric Sounds 1978)
14. River Deep Mountain High (One Two Three Four EP 1977)
15. (I'm) Misunderstood (Eternally Yours 1978)
16. Save Me (Prehistoric Sounds 1978)
17. Security (Prehistoric Sounds 1978)
18. Looking For The Sun (Prehistoric Sounds Outtake)
19. Champagne Misery (Eternally Yours Outtake)
20. Demolition Girl (One Two Three Four EP 1977)
21. A Private Affair (Eternally Yours 1978)
22. One Way Street (Live @ Hope and Anchor London 1977)
23. Nights In Venice (Live @ Paddington Town Hall Sydney 1977)
To download this weeks program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rock and download the file for February 15. Or subscribe to Revolution Rock as a Podcast.
Coming up in the remaining weeks of February Revolution Rock will feature more special programming. Last week Revolution Rock celebrated Black History Month playing a mix of Soul, Jazz, Funk, and R & B. Since CJAM’s archives are currently down, the shows can only be heard live on Tuesdays from 10:30 AM until Noon on the 99.1 FM dial in the Windsor/Detroit area or streamed online at http://www.cjam.ca/ . Check back if you missed the show, when the downloads are available again they will be posted on this site.
Here is a list of what is to come:
Lost and Found - The Saints Radio Feature
February 15th, 2010
10:30 AM - Noon
CJAM 99.1 FM (www.cjam.ca)
The show this week will focus on the music of the Australian band The Saints. The Saints mixed elements of Soul, R&B, and Proto-Punk, for a unique sound that was often defined as Punk, but it was also a sound with much more. Following their break up the band has gone on in a more cult like status often being cited as being as influential as bands such as The Clash and Sex Pistols. The show will focus on the bands first three albums ((I'm) Stranded, Eternally Yours, Prehistoric Sounds) and a variety of outtakes and live recordings.
Revolution Surf
February 22nd, 2010
10:30 AM - Noon
CJAM 99.1 FM (www.cjam.ca)
This show will mark my annual Surf show that occurs at the end of every February. This year will mark the fifth annual Surf show that I have done on the CJAM airwaves. Last year's show focused on the music of Link Wray, this year’s show will showcase a few of the songs from Surf legend Dick Dale. The show will also feature a mix of older Surf based groups mixed in with newer groups. Derk of CJAM's Surphony of Derstruction will join me as co-host.
James Brown is known as The Godfather of Soul. He released single after successful single taking over the R & B Charts with his style and groove, but his songs didn't just have the music the also had a message. Known for being prolific and releasing numerous songs that affected not only the music buying public, but also future musical artists, two songs in particular will be discussed here. They are both from his mid 60s period, which reflected an R & B/Soul sound. The first being a track entitled "Don't Be A Drop-Out". This song promoted education and stressed to young African American students to stay in school. At the time of the songs release in 1966, it spoke to a generation of young Americans during the Civil Rights movement, something that Brown would address on more than just this occasion.
The song “Money Won’t Change You Pt.1” was released as a single in 1966, but it did not chart and was not as well received as “Don’t Be A Drop-Out”. With lyrics like “Money Won’t Change You, But Time Will Take You On”, Brown weaves a story with a message in between this Soul stomper of a track. Part two of “Money Won’t Change You” was the B-Side to this single and both versions of the song with “Don’t Be A Drop-Out” can be found on the 1967 album James Brown Sings Raw Soul. The backing R & B vocal group for these songs and for a good part of James Browns’ early music career (from 1958-1968) were The Famous Flames. The band were usually not listed on album covers, which prevented them from being more well known at the time (they are more well known now). The band was founded by Bobby Byrd and lasted with Brown for the early part of his career. The band were on songs such as “Please, Please, Please”, “Think”, “I’ll Go Crazy”, and “Shout and Shimmy”. While the band stopped playing live with Brown in 1968, Bobby Bryd would rejoin James Brown in the 70s in a vocal based role as Brown gravitated from his early R & B sound to a Funk direction.
Brown’s hit singles coupled with his live performances which were beyond energetic, the hardest working man in show business was like no other. The songs mentioned here are just a small sample of the many great songs that James Brown has released throughout his decade spanning career and that have solidified him as the iconic Godfather of Soul.
This Week's Play List:
1. John Legend & The Roots - Compared to What
2. Booker T - Hey Ya
3. Otis Redding - Look At The Girl
4. The Supremes - Uptight (Everything's Alright) (Alternate Vocal)
5. Etta James - Street of Tears
6. Grant Green - Innercity
7. Fats Waller - Louisianna Fairytale 1935
8. Jimmy Cliff - You Can Get It If You Really Want
9. Scotty - Draw Your Brakes
10. Mikey Dread - Break Down The Walls
11. Bob Marley - Trenchtown Rock (Live at the Roxy 1976)
12. Chuck Berry - I Want To Be Your Driver
13. John Lee Hooker - It Serves You Right To Suffer
14. Solomon Burke - Detroit City
15. The Meters - The Hand Clapping Song
16. Sam & Dave - Don't Make It So Hard On Me
17. Bo Diddley - Gun Slinger
18. James Brown - Don't Be A Drop-Out
19. James Brown - Money Won't Change You
20. Bad Brains - Don't Bother Me
21. Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears - Gunpowder
22. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights
To download this weeks program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rock and download the file for February 8. Or subscribe to Revolution Rock as a Podcast.
Today Revolution Rock became Revolution Derk, when host of CJAM's Surfphony of Derstruction Derk filled in for me. He provided an excellent mix of Punk, Garage, New Wave, and Surf music. He also pulled double duty hosting his own show later the very same evening. Surphony of Derstruction can be heard on CJAM FM every Tuesday night from 7 PM - 8 PM. Be sure to check out the Surphony of Derstruction Blog for some cool videos and other surf related information.
This week's Play List:
1. Dave & The Customs - Ali Baba
2. Boomtown Rats - Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero)
3. The Blue Demons - Squad Car
4. The Dictators - Slow Death
5. The Pogues - Boys from the County Hell
6. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - Good Cop Bad Cop
7. The Fleshtones - This House is Empty
8. The Robots - Ride the Surf
9. The Eradicators - Love or Money
10. B-52's - Lava
11. Devo - Social Fools
12. The Treblemakers - Exploding Bikers from Hochelaga
13. Jeddah - Eleanor Rigby
14. The Deadlies - Pier Pressure
15. The Demics - 400 Blows
16. The Clash - Charlie Don't Surf
17. Takeshi Terauchi - Riders in the Sky
18. Fifty Foot Combo - Italian Fuzz
19. The Diodes - Tired of Waking Up Tired
20. Kenny & The Sultans - With Vigor
21. New York Dolls - Personality Crisis
22. Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Sweet Gene Vincent
23. Fingerprintz - Nervz
24. Boomtown Rats - Nothing Happened Today
To download this weeks program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rock and download the file for February 1. Or subscribe to Revolution Rock as a Podcast.
In the year 1978, a one off Christmas single was recorded by The Reind Dears. The band consisted of members of The Shirkers, Pin-Ups, Urban Verbs, and Nurses, who were all bands from the Washington, D.C. area. The band featured Howard Wuelfing on bass/vocals, Danny Frankel on drums, Tommy Kane on guitar, Martha Hull on vocals, Amy Tract on vocals and Marc Halpern on lead guitar. Being a fans of Christmas records this group of musicians decided to record a Punk Christmas single. Recorded in Don Zientara's basement studio during a seven hour session that included mixing, The Reind Dears released "Xmas (Is Going To Bring Me…)" backed with White Christmas on Limp in 1978. Being a few years before Ramones recorded their own Christmas song "(Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)", which was released on their 1989 album Brain Drain, the sleeve of the single featured a dedication to the band which can best be described by Howard Wuelfing:
"As I remember it, I was a fan of Xmas records and decided their should be a punk one. The sleeves said - "dedicated to the Ramones who should've thought of this first" and thereafter I did hand them copies."
As a bonus, here is a free download of the 1978 single by The Reind
Dears:
1. Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)
2. The Smithereens - Rudoplh, The Red Nosed Reindeer
3. The Dickies - Silent Night
4. The Celebate Rifles - Merry Xmas Blues
5. The Yobs - Another Christmas (Single Version)
6. Ten Million Lights - On A Holiday
7. By Divine Right - Mall Santa
8. Ox - Xmas in the Jailhouse
9. Arcade Fire - Jinglebell, Rock
10. Boxer The Horse - Material Christmas
11. The Zolas - Snow
12. The Details - Strings & Ribbons
13. Pearl Jam - Let Me Sleep (Its Christmas Time)
14. James Brown - Soulful Christmas
15. The Wailers - She's Coming Home
16. The Galaxies - Christmas Eve
17. The Sonics - The Village Idiot
18. The Pogues - Fairytale of New York City
19. Blondie - We Three Kings
20. Matt Black & The Doodlebugs - Punky Xmas
21. Husker Du - We Wish You A Merry Christmas
22. The Fall - No Xmas for John Quays
23. Stiff Little Fingers - White Christmas
24. The Ravers - Punk Rock Xmas
25. The Reind Dears - Xmas Is Going to Bring Me Down
26. The Greedies - A Merry Jingle
To download this weeks program, visit CJAM's schedule page for Revolution Rock and download the file for December 21st. Or subscribe to Revolution Rock as a Podcast.
Last week I filled in for Clara of The Washing Machine, playing a mix of Indie, Punk, and Alternative music. Her show can be heard regularly on Thursdays from 10:30 until noon on CJAM 99.1 FM.
Here is the play list, visit the Washing Machine blog for more info on another one of CJAM FM's great shows. The picture above was a Pop Art styled painting originally done by Roy Lichtenstein. More info on Roy's wonderful work can be found at http://www.lichtensteinfoundation.org/
Washing Machine Play List:
1. The Black Angels - Yellow Elevator # 2
2. Grinderman - What I Know
3. The Vaselines - Sex With An X
4. Suuns - Gaze
5. Clinic - Evelyn
6. Magic Hall of Mirrors - Crystal Ball
7. Twilight Hotel - Twilight Hotel
8. The Twilight Sad - Last Year's Rain Didn't Quite Fall So Hard
9. Tame Impala - Why Don't You Make Up Your Mind?
10. Heat-Ray - Oooh Yeah
11. Thrush Hermit - French Inhale
12. Square Root of Margret - Attack of the Giant Problem vs the Creature from the Planet of the Incredible Shrinking Solution
14. San Sebastian - Young Youth
15.Gemma Ray - Looking The World Over
16. The Crocodiles - Hearts of Love
17. April March - Chick Habit
19. Mongols - Natuoloid Reef
20. The Caesars - (I'm Gonna) Kick You Out
21. Fire Engines - Candy Skin
22. Buzzcocks - Harmony In My Head
23. The Modernettes - Static
24. The Black Lips - O Katrina!
The show which aired on October 14th can be downloaded here.
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