This week, Listen Up! gets lost in an 80s/90s post punk haze.

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Love & Rockets – Haunted When The Minutes Drag-Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven-1985
Spiritualized – If I Were With Her Now –Lazer Guided Melodies-1992
The Mission – Wasteland-God’s Own Medicine-1986

Psychedelic Furs – Dumb Waiters – Talk Talk Talk – 1981

Adam and The Ants – Ant Invasion –Kings of the Wild Frontier-1980
Joy Division – Atrocity Exhibition – Closer – 1980
Siouxie and the Banshees – Trust In Me- Through the Looking Glass-1987

Scientists – Swampland – Various: Born Out Of Time (The Australian Indie Sound 1979-88) – 1983
The Monochrome Set – On The Thirteenth Day – Various: Another Splash Of Colour: New Psychedelia In Britain 1980-1985
Firmament & the Elements – The Festival of Frothy Muggament-The Festival Of Frothy Muggament ‎(7″)-1981
Wire – On Returning- 154 – 1979

Knox – Gigolo Aunt –Gigolo Aunt ‎(7″)-1980
The Soft Boys – Sandra’s Having Her Brain Out – Can of Bees – 1979
The Dukes Of Stratosphear – My Love Explodes – 25 O’clock – 1985
Cleaners From Venus – Wivenhoe Bells II- Midnight Cleaners-1982

Lords of New Church – Russian Roulette-Lords of New Church-1982
The Church – Tantalized -Heyday-1985
Michael Moorcock’s Deep Fix – – Brothel In Rosenstrasse –Brothel In Rosenstrasse ‎(7″)-1982

The Chameleons – Tears -Strange Times-1986
The Teardrop Explodes – The Culture Bunker-Wilder-1981

Echo and the Bunnymen – Villiers Terrace- Crocodiles -1980
Orange Juice – Falling and Laughing-You Can’t Hide Your Love Forever-1982
Dead Can Dance – In Power We Trust The Love Advocated-Dead Can Dance-1984
Bauhaus – Dancing –Mask-1981

Japan – Fall In Love With Me-Quiet Life-1979

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That weekly radio show called Listen Up! filled with music that you tune into every Wednesday from 2-4pm (unless you are one of those busy “on demand” types and thus tune in via an archived stream) happened again.

801 – T.N.K. – Live –  1976
The Oakland Elementary School Arkestra – We Travel The Spaceways-The Saga Of Padani-1994
Funkadelic – I’ll Bet You-Funkadelic-1970

Psyclone Rangers – Christine Indecision – Feel Nice – 1993
Screaming Trees – Transfiguration –Even If And Especially When-1987

Dream Syndicate – When You Smile –Days Of Wine & Roses-1982
Simon Joyner and David Nance – Dancing With Mr. D-Goats Head Soup – 2017

The Mekons – Hole In The Ground –The Mekons Honky Tonkin’-1987
Jack Kittel -Psycho -1973
James O’Leary – South Bound 81 –Various – Only In America Volume 2 – 1982
Michael Chapman –  Among the Trees-Rainmaker-1969
Andy McLeod – In The Light Of Day –In the Light of the Day-2017
Mud Pie Sun- Snowshoe Blues-Wooden Circle-2012

Marah – Christian Street –Kids In Philly-2000
Bob Dylan – Watching The River Flow –Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits, Vol. 2-1971
Low Cut Connie – Angela – Dirty Pictures (Part 1)-2017
The Compulsive Gamblers – Stop & Think It Over-Crystal Gazing Luck Amazing-2000

Chris Bell – I Am The Cosmos –I Am The Cosmos-1978
Prix – Love You All Day Long –Historix-1975
The Posies – Will You Ever Ease Your Mind-Amazing Disgrace-1996

Filthy Friends – Despierta-Invitation-2017

Peter Perrett – Hard To Say No –How The West Was Won-2017
Peter Laughner – Sylvia Plath -Take the Guitar Player for a Ride
The Original Sins – Forest From The Trees – Move-1992
Soft Boys – The Queen Of Eyes-Underwater Moonlight-1980

The Mountain Goats – Andrew Eldritch Is Moving Back To Leeds –Goths -2017
Leonard Cohen – Sisters Of Mercy-Songs Of Leonard Cohen-1967

Television Personalities – Part Time Punks-Yes Darling, But Is It Art?-1980

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Garage rock, rock & roll, three-chord wonders, snarl, snotty punk,/post-punk, glam stompers, art-damaged weirdos, phasing and fuzz, sludge, trash ,paisley, black, velvet and leather, feedback, beads, and safety-pins, drippy mascara, psych rock…obscurities & rarities, past and present, and assorted goo goo muck.

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

Opening Theme

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

Des Demonas – The South Will Never Rise Again-Des Demonas-2017
Teeenage Fanclub – Bad Seed-Deep Fried Fanclub-1995
Beat Happening – Bewitched -Jamboree-1988
Iggy & The Stooges – Gimme Danger- Raw Power -1973

Amyl and the Sniffers -Some Mutts Can’t Be Muzzled-Some Mutts (Can’t Be Muzzled) / Cup Of Destiny -2018
The Queers – Punk Rock Girls –Don’t Back Down-1996
The Muffs – Oh Nina –Blonder and Blonder-1995
Suzi Quatro – Tear Me Apart-Aggro-Phobia-1976
Shonen Knife – Twist Barbi -Let’s Knife-1992

The Hi-Risers – I’m In Love With My Record Collection –Hang Around With You-2012
The Nude Party – Records –The Nude Party-2018
John Wesley Harding – Making Love To Bob Dylan-Pieces of the Past-2013
Bull Moose Jackson – Big Ten Inch Record – Various: The King R&B Box Set – 1952

Jon Spencer – Do The Trash Can –Spencer Sings The Hits-2018
The Cramps – Save It –Bad Music For Bad People-1984
Dirty Fences – 911-Goodbye Love-2017
The Jesus And Mary Chain – Just Like Honey –psychocandy-1985
Red House Painters – Shock Me-Retrospective-1994

The Rubinoos – Rock and Roll Is Dead –The Rubinoos-1977
Kenny – Baby I Love You, OK!- Various: Life on Mars: Glam Rock of the Early 70’s- 
Bay City Rollers – The Bump –All Of Me Loves All Of You/The Bump – 1974
Baby Grande – Gettin’ Away With Murder -1975-77-1976
T. Rex – Baby Strange – The Slider– 1972
Cheap Trick – Hot Love-Cheap Trick-1977

Big Dipper – You’re Not Patsy –Supercluster: The Big Dipper Anthology-1987
The Hellacopters – Rescue –Head Off-2008
Blue Oyster Cult – O.D’d On Life Itself –Tyranny and Mutation-1973

Clown Alley – On The Way Up –Circus Of Chaos-1986
Swamp Oaf -Sad Minnow-Swamp Oaf-1989

Jack Oblivion -Honey, I’m Too Old For You –American Slang-1997
The Ar-Kaics – You Turn Me Bad –In This Time-2018
Terry & Louise – (I’m) Looking For A Heart -… a Thousand Guitars-2018
The Cute Lepers -Foxy Society –Adventure Time-2011
The Whiffs – Forgot Your Name –Take a Whiff-2017
Pip Bloom – Pussycat-Paycheck-2018

Buzzcocks – Love You More-Singles Going Steady-1977

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Wrapping up the look back at 2018 music wise on Listen Up! “The Revolution Will Be Reissued – Fave reissues of 2018”. Hear selections from reissues, compilations, live albums, lost recordings, expanded releases and more.

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

Opening Theme

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

Bobbie Gentry – Papa, Won’t You Let Me Go To Town With You –The Girl From Chickasaw County-1967
Primal Scream – Billy/To Love Somebody-Give Out But Don’t Give Up: The Original Memphis Recordings-1993
The Band – I Shall Be Released (a cappella)-Music From Big Pink (50th Anniversary Edition)-1968

Bob Dylan – Idiot Wind –More Blood, More Tracks -1975
Gene Clark – Down On The Pier –Gene Clark Sings For You

Miriam Makeba – A Piece Of Ground –Pata Pata – 1967
Joe Strummer – London Is Burning -Joe Strummer 001–

Popera Cosmic – Poursuite –Les Esclaves-1969
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Rainy Day, Dream Away-Electric Ladyland: 50th Anniversary Edition-1968
Basa Basa – African Soul Power-Homowo-1979
Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes – Ame Debout-Ame Debout-1971

Prince – Wednesday-Piano & a Microphone 1983-1983
Morrison Kincannon – Summer Days-Beneath The Redwoods-1975
Spriguns – White Witch-Various: When the Day Is Done: The Orchestrations of Robert Kirby-1977
The Kinks – Time Song-The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society – 1968

Liz Phair – Don’t HolyrBreath-Girly-Sound to Guyville-1991
Alexander ‘Skip’ Spence – It Ain’t Nice-AndOarAgain-1969
Ursula K. Le Guin & Todd Barton – Heron Dance-Music and Poetry of The Kesh-1985

The Beatles – Dear Prudence (Esher Demo)-The Beatles -1968
Love – Wonder People (I Do Wonder)-Forever Changes (50th Anniversary Edition)– 1968
The Choir – Anyway I Can-1969 Artifact: The Unreleased Album-1969

Sensation – Sensation –Sensation
Roxy Music – Re-Make / Re-Model (Peel Session, 4th January 1972)-Roxy Music -1972
The Brotherhood – Color Line –Stavia-1972
Zuider Zee – Haunter of Darkness-Zeenith – 1973

Skull Snaps – New Day-Skull Snaps-1973

 

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