Unfortunately, today’s show dominates with a no less than five obituaries. We pay respects to Vlada Divljan, Andy Fraser (from Free), Sam Andrew (from Big Brother and The Holding Company), Michael Brown (from Left Banke) and Daevid Allen (from Gong).
We also hear new music for Tav Falco, Paul Kelly and Summer Cannibals from Portland OR. Our friends at the Blue Arrow Records bacame a record label. They issued two new singles for Jonathan Richman – so cool!!!
Jennifer – Chelsea Morning;
Free – All Right Now;
Summer Cannibals – Something New;
Le Cinema – Marshall (feat. Vlada Divljan);
Idoli – Nebeska tema;
Gile i Vlada – Pobuna;
Tav Falco – Whistle Blower;
Tav Falco – Bourgeois Blues;
Big Brother And The Holding Company – Summertime;
Gong – You Can’t Kill Me;
Stevie Ray Vaughn – Rude Mood (Blues Alphabet);
Jonathan Richman – Wait Wait;
Paul Kelly and Vika Bull – Sweet Guy;
Paul Kelly – Sweet Guy (Live in CLE);
Lotion – Walk Away Renee;
Left Banke – Walk Away Renee.
Today we start off with a one man band from Utrecht in Netherlands, Robbing Banks. Then we have a new super-group called Diamond Rugs consisted of John McCauley and Robbie Crowell from Deer Tick, Ian Saint Pé from Black Lips and Steve Berlin from Los Lobos. Then we hear two different tributes to The Rolling Stones – one by Broadway Lafayette and the other from Shiny Darkly. Low Cut Connie has a new single. R. Stevie Moore joins forces with Jason Falkner (ex Three O’Clock) for a one-time album called Make It Be. Finally, new exciting band from Macedonia, Bernays Propaganda closes the show today.
Today’s show is another one of our vinyl junkyard editions. Just to remind you, in vinyl junkyard specials I play almost entire LPs that I found dirt cheap somewhere laying in some bargain bin at a record store. Usually the stuff comes from The Blue Arrow Records in Cleveland. Two records that inspired today’s and next week’s show are A Bunch of Stiff Records and Stiffs Live – two LPs put together by the legendary Stiff Records label back in the late 70s. We will hear almost all tracks from these two LPs. In addition to that, we will hear some 45s that came out on that legendary label. Actually, they were much better known for their 45s, but they early singles are notoriously difficult to come by in original editions and they definitely are not dirt cheap. But the LPs are easier to find and just as exciting. A lot of the stuff from Stiff records has come out on CDs by now, but listening to the original vinyl has its charm. Check out some Stiff music!