My coming out of age decade is the 80s. But we can all safely objectively admit that the best rock music came out between 1965 and 1975. Two of the strongest creators in that period left the planet recently within a week from each other. Legendary guitarist of Yardbirds Jeff Beck and founder of The Byrds David Crosby. Both left an permanent mark in the history of popular music. Beck as a guitarist and Crosby as a vocalist and songwriter. We merely use this sad moment to just take back the clock and listen to some music from the period when rock was truly innovative and fresh. Excuse my US vinyl for the Yardbirds, but that’s how it came out back then in glorious fake “electronically enhanced” stereo.
Byrds – Psychodrama City
Yardbirds – Train Kept A Rolling
Yardbirds – Evil Hearted You
Yardbirds – Shapes of Things
Yardbirds – Over Under Sideways Down
Yardbirds – Jeff’s Boogie
Jeff Beck – Hi Ho Silver Lining
Jeff Beck Group – Blues De Luxe
Jeff Beck Group – Spanish Boots
Jeff Beck Group – Ice Cream Cakes
Beck, Bogert and Appice – Superstition
Byrds – The Airport Song
Byrds – Wait and See
Byrds – Eight Miles High
Byrds – Wild Mountiain Thyme
Byrds – What’s Happening
Byrds – Renaiscance Fair
Byrds – Lady Friend
Byrds – Triad
Byrds – Draft Morning
David Crosby – Get Together.
A lot of new names for us this time. We start off with Jon McKiel of Canada. We also introduce Bonny Doon from Detroit, Cory Branan from Mississippi and Beth Bombara from St. Louis. Rob Clarke and his Wooltones sent us their brand new single, Hills from Sweden are here with the new record and Jeff Beck’s singer Imelda May has a new solo record. CJ Ramone, a man who once replaced Dee Dee Ramone in the Ramones has a solo album with The Adolescents as a backing band.
Today we feature music from the newest record label in Macedonia: Balkan Veliki. we spin remixes from Fonija, Bernays Propaganda and Esteban Gabridge. Also, we have new stuff from Cleveland’s Blue Arrow Records! Jonathan Richman has a new mp3 download which we hear is going really hot (lots of downloads) and Ethan Daniel Davidson has a new 45. We check both of these out in today’s show. We also feature new music from Jeff Beck and Personal And The Pizzas. We also have some new band: Pale Lights from Montreal, Canada, Sculpture Club from Salt Lake City and Lemon Twigs from Long Island. Lots of excitement also live in CLE: Radkey had a really cool gig. Hear an excerpt of it in today’s show.