Listen Up! returns with a mix of obscure and rare releases to unexpected gems from well-known acts. Join the sound hounds, bop cats, intergalactic voyagers and cosmic Santa Clauses for some tasty mid-afternoon music treats.
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Playlist (Artist -Title – Album – Year Of Song Release)
Opening Theme
Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level – 1996
Background Music
Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra – Twenty Easy Listening Classics
David Crosby – Music is Love – If Only I Could Remember My Name – 1971
Bob Dylan & The Band – Hazel – Planet Waves – 1974
Hope Sandoval & The Warm Intentions – Golden Hair – The Madcap Laughs Again – 2010
Syd Barrett – Love You – The Madcap Laughs -1970
Dream Syndicate – When You Smile – The Days of Wine and Roses -1982
The Rolling Stones – Child of The Moon – Jumping Jack Flash/Child Of The Moon -1968
Spacemen 3 – I Love You – Recurring – 1990
The Banana Splits – I Enjoy Being A Boy – The Banana Splits – Doin’ The Banana Split -1969
The Original Sins – Sugar Sugar – Just 14/ Sugar Sugar -1986
The Wedding Present – She’s My Best Friend – Seamonsters -1990
The Velvet Underground – I’ll Be Your Mirror – The Velvet Underground and Nico – 1967
Rainy Day – I’ll Keep It With Mine – 1984
Cult Hero (The Cure) – I Dig You – I’m a Cult Hero/I Dig You -1979
Game Theory – Last Day That We’re Young – Lolita Nation – 1987
The Church – To Be In Your Eyes – The Blurred Crusade – 1982
The Smiths – Cemetery Gates – The Queen Is Dead – 1986
The Fuzztones – Ward 81 – Lysergic Emanations – 1985
T-Rex – Baby Strange – The Slider -1972
Hoodoo Gurus – Like Wow, Wipeout – Mars Needs Guitars – 1985
Beat Happening – Bad Seed – Beat Happening -1985
The Kinks – Animal Farm – The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society -1968
David Bowie – Kooks – Hunky Dory – 1971
New York Dolls – Private World – New York Dolls – 1973
Iggy Pop – Some Weird Sin – Lust For Life -1977
The Cramps – New Kind Of Kick – Bad Music For Bad People – 1981
Alex Chilton – The EMI Song (Smile For Me) – Free Again: 1970 Sessions -1970
Opal – My Only Friend – Early Recordings -1989
The Byrds – Here Without You – Preflyte -1965
The Replacements – I Will Dare – Let It Be -1984