Show 191: The Paisley Underground – Playlist and Archived Stream

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This week on Listen Up!, we focus on the sounds associated with the “Paisley Underground” and the surrounding scene of Southern California/L.A and Sacramento/Davis during the 1980’s.
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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song)

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996

Prince – Paisley Park-Around The World In A Day – 1985
15 Minutes – That’s What You Always Say-Various: Only 39,999,999 Behind “Thriller” – Down There Records 1981-1988 – 1981
Rain Parade – Kaleidoscope –Emergency Third Rail Power Trip – 1983
The Three O’Clock – Mrs. Green –Arrive Without Travelling – 1985
Game Theory – Girl With A Guitar –Big Shot Chronicles (Reissue) -1986

The Long Ryders – Ivory Tower- Native Sons – 1984
The Prime Movers – Museum –Museum –1984
The Things – Outside My Window –Outside My Window – 1986
The Last – December Song –Painting Smiles On A Dead Man – 1983

The Bangs – Call On Me-Getting Out Of Hand/Call On Me -1981
Wednesday Week – You Wanted To Hang Around – Various: The Girls Can’t Help It – A Modern Girl Group Compilation ‎-1984
The Plimsouls – Inch By Inch –Everywhere At Once – 1983
Broken Homes – Yes, It’s All Over Now-Broken Homes – 1986
28th Day – Where The Bears Sing –28th Day – 1985

Dream Syndicate – Still Holding On To You-Medicine Show-1984
The Leaving Train – Leaving Train –Well Down Blue Highway – 1984
Thin White Rope – Thing –Moonhead – 1987
The Gun Club -Carry Home -Miami -1982

Danny & Dusty – Bend In The Road – Lost Weekend-1985
True West – Hollywood Holiday –Hollywood Holiday -1983
Pontiac Brothers – She Knows It –Fiesta En La Biblioteca – 1986
Green On Red – A Tragedy-Various: Only 39,999,999 Behind “Thriller” – Down There Records 1981-1988 – 1982

Opal – Empty Box Blues – Early Recordings – 1985
Eyes of Mind – Dream Life –Tales Of The Turquoise Umbrella – 1984
Alternate Learning – Another Wasted Afternoon- Blaze of Glory (Game Theory Reissue)-1982

The Pandoras – I Live My Life –It’s About Time – 1984
The Bangles – He’s Got A Secret –All Over the Place – 1984
The Salvation Army – While You Were In Your Room Talking To Your Wall-The Salvation Army – 1982

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

 

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Show 190: Soon There’ll Be Thunder – Playlist and Archived Stream

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Meshing known and unknown platters of sound, as well as the dregs irresponsibly into a decadent mind melting music based cocktail.

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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song)

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996

The United States Of America – Where Is Yesterday –The United States Of America – 1968
Curt Boettcher – Lament of The Astral Cowboy –The Millennium At Last – 1969
Black Sabbath – Caravan (alternative take)-Paranoid (Deluxe Edition) – 1970
Eddie Callahan – Flying –False Ego – 1976

Gandalf – Can You Travel In The Dark Alone – Gandalf – 1968
The Poppy Family – Beyond The Clouds –  Which Way You Goin’ Billy? – 1969
The Byrds – Everybody’s Been Burned – Younger Than Yesterday – 1967

West Coast Workshop – We’re Off To See The Wizard – The Wizard Of Oz And Other Trans Love Trips – 1967
Anton Barbeau – Dust Beneath My Wings –Antronica – 2014
Pretty Things – Bracelets of Fingers – S.F.Sorrow – 1968
Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Myth Science Solar Arkestra – Springtime Again-Sleeping Beauty – 1979

Linda Martell – Color Him Father – Various:Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music 2009 – 1970
Kathy Heidiman – Sleep A Million Years- Various: Wayfaring Strangers: Cosmic American Music – 19??
Joni Mitchell – Songs To Aging Children Come –Clouds – 1969
John Martyn – Woodstock –Stormbringer! – 1970
Neil Young – Tell Me Why –After The Gold Rush – 1970
F.J. McMahon – The Spirit Of The Golden Juice-The Spirit Of The Golden Juice – 1969

Eternity’s Children – Mrs Bluebird – Eternity’s Children – 1968
Juliet Lawson – Playing No Song –Boo – 1972
Ed Askew – Rainy Day Song – Rainy Day Song – 2008
Kaplan Brothers – Happy- The Kaplan Brothers – 1977

Jorma Kaukonen – Sweet Hawaiian Sunshine – Quah – 1974
Music Emporium – Velvet Sunsets –Music Emporium – 1968
The Beau Brummels – Magic Hollow –Triangle – 1967
The Chocolate Watchband – In The Past –The Inner Mystique – 1968

Norma Tanega – Walkin’ My Cat Named Dog –Walkin’ My Cat Named Dog -1968
Bongwater – Just May Be The One –Double Bummer – 1988
The Black Hollies – Hamilton Park Ballerina- Casting Shadows – 2008

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

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Show 189: It’s Happening Now! – Playlist and Archived Stream

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Slices of swirling sunshine pop, pinches of pleasing psychedelia, grams of groovy garage, along with pepperland adventures and easy listening freak outs for the musical forest of your mind.

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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song)

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996

The Blades of Grass – I Love You Alice B. Tolkas- The Blades Of Grass Are Smoking – 1968
The Explorers Club – Lost My Head –Freedom Wind – 2008
The Holy Mackerel – The Secret Of Pleasure – The Holy Mackerel – 1968
Mint – LUV (Love By Numbers)- Various: The Rubble Collection 10 – 1968

Angie Cat – Angie Cat –Angie Cat/Quiero Volver A Sonar – 1969
Franciose Hardy – Empty Sunday –En Anglais – 1968
Daughters Of Albion – Still Care About You –Daughters Of Albion – 1968
Rainy Day – Flying On The Ground Is Wrong- Rainy Day – 1984

Buffalo Springfield – Broken Arrow –Buffalo Springfield Again – 1967
Tim Buckley – Valentine Melody –Tim Buckley – 1966
Margo Guryan – Love –Take A Picture – 1968

Big Jim Sullivan – Translove Airways (Fat Angel) –Sitar Beat – 1968
Spring Fever – Stop!-“Stop!”/”You Made My Life” – 1968
Miss Abrams and The Strawberry Point Third Grade Class – Mill Valley –Miss Abrams and the Strawberry Point 4th Grade Class – 1970
Langley Schools Music Project – Desperado –Innocence & Despair – 1977

Paul Parrish – Walking In The Forest (Of My Mind)-The Forest Of My Mind – 1968
Colours – Love Heals –Colours – 1968
The Dave Clark Five – Maze Of Love –The History Of The Dave Clark Five -1968
The Creation – Midway Down –We Are Paintermen – 1967
Hamilton Streetcar – Invisible People – Various: Highs In The Mid Sixties Volume 3 – 1967

Tina Mason – Finder Keepers –Finders Keepers/Any Way That You Want Me – 1967
Dana Gillespie – You Just Gotta Know My Mind – Various: The Girls’ Scene – 1968
Flower Children – Mini-Skirt Blues – Various: Born Bad Volume Six – 1967
Monks – Boys Are Boys and Girls Are Choice-Black Monk Time – 1966
Paul Revere & The Raiders – I Had A Dream – Revolution! – 1967

Asylum Choir – Welcome To Hollywood –Look Inside The Asylum Choir – 1968
Janis Ian – Go ‘Way Little Girl –Janis Ian – 1967
Brewer And Shipley – An Incredible State Of Affairs –Down In L.A.- 1968
The Monkees – Circle Sky – Head- 1968

Brute Force – In Jim’s Garage – Confections Of Love – 1967
Donna Marie – Sunshine Mind –He Gives Me Love (La, La, La)/Sunshine Mind– 1968
The Changing Scene – Melody Of Love –The Changing Scene – 1970
The New Wave – Little Dreams-Little Dreams: The Canterbury Recordings –1967

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

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Show 188: Two Hours of Music Diversions – Playlist and Archived Stream

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Another week, another journey through the music vault for a time shifting musical trip filled with psych tinged sounds, garage nuggets, proto punk, unpopular pop songs and assorted other strange and wonderful delights.

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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song)

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996

Alec K Redfearn & The Eyesores – Fire Shuffle – Sister Death – 2012
Erin Koray – Mechul –Meçhul: Singles & Rarities – 1968
Alice Cooper – Field Of Regret – Pretties For You – 1969

Brother JT – Celebrate Your Face –The Svelteness of Boogietude – 2013

The Bonniwell Music Machine – Bottom Of The Soul – Beyond The Garage – 1969
The GTVs – Lingering Chills –Lingering Chills b/w Emperor’s New Jam – 2016
The Cellar Dwellers – Dwellin’ –Wonderin’ Why? / Dwellin’ – 1987
The Satelliters – Lost In Time – Outta Here! – 2010

TV Theme – Underdog – Various: Television’s Greatest Hits, Volume II – 1967
The Dictators – Two Tub Men – Go Girl Crazy – 1975
Personal And The Pizzas – I Don’t Wanna Be No Personal Pizza – Raw Pie – 2010
Snake Out – Green Acres – Live Pizza – 1986
The Real Kids – Hot Dog –Grown Up Wrong – 1976
Shannon And The Clams – Cat Party – I Wanna Go Home – 2009
The Rolling Stones – Grown Up Wrong – 12×5 – 1964

Shakane – Find The Lady – Rhona/Find The Lady – 1970
Rahsaan Roland Kirk – Take Me Girl, I’m Ready – Blackness – 1972
Masters Of Soul – Super Lady – Right On! Rare & Unreleased Texas Soul 1968-1975 – 1971

Dust – :Love Me Hard – Dust – 1971
Hawkwind – Kings of Speed – Warrior On The Edge Of Time – 1975
UFO – Silver Bird – UFO II – 1970
Bruce Haack – Army Ants In Your Pants –Listen Compute Rock Home – 1974
Snakefinger – Golden Goat –Greener Postures – 1980
Alex Chilton – I Wish I Could Meet Elvis – 1970 – 1970
Elvis Presley – Beach Shack – Spinout – 1966

Harlem – Spray Paint – Hippies – 2010
Slade – Sweet Box –Play It Loud – 1970
Los Pets – Hello, I Love You -Various ‎– Los Nuggetz – 1960’s Punk, Pop And Psychedelic Music From Latin America – 1969

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

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