It is Christmas Eve. Your afternoon excuse  for a holiday hoopla filled with weird and wonderful seasonal tunes is right here. While spirited and at times invigorating, these are not traditional holiday singalong. Come on ye krispy kringles, ’tis the season, so step away from the button down world, deck the halls and have a cool yule of a time.

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Playlist (Artist -Title) 

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman?  –  Maximum Radiation Level

The Three Wise Men – Mr. Mojo’s Christmas
The Sonics – Santa Claus
The Sportsmen – Reindeer Rock
Jackie & The Cedrics – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Bob Seger & the Last Heard – Sock It To Me Santa

The Bellrays – All I Want to Do is Shag For Christmas
Bill Cosby – Merry Christmas Mama
Kay Martin – I Want A Casting Couch For Christmas
The Fleshtones – Super Rock Santa

Antonio Fargas (Huggy Bear) – It’s Christmas
T-Rex – Christmas Bop

The Cadillacs – Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer
Little Bobby Ray – Rockin “J” Bells
Marv Meredith & His Orchestra – Swingin’ Sleighbells

Gene Autry – (Hard Rock, Coco & Joe) The 3 Little Dwarfs
Ral Donner – Things That Make Up Christmas Day
Charlie Stewart – Santa Claus Won’t Come This Year
Jim Hubler – All I Want for Christmas is A CB

Jospeh Spence – Santa Claus is Comin’ To Town
Lord Weatherby – Santa Claus is Freaking Me Out
Fat Daddy – Fat Daddy
Oscar McLollie & His Honey Jumpers – Dig That Crazy Santa Claus
Hasil Adkins – Blue Christmas

The Chesterfield Kings – Hey Santa Claus
Jerry & The Landslides – Get Off My Roof
The Grip Weeds – Welcome Christmas
Rockfield Chorale – Jingle Jangle
Chris Stamey & The Db’s – Christmas Time
Donny Burns – Cool Yule

Andre Williams – Poor Mr. Santa
Nathaniel Mayer & The Shanks – Mr. Santa Claus
The Boys Next Door – The Wildest Christmas
Brad Gordon – God Rest Spaghetti Western

Jack Scott – There’s Trouble Brewin’
The Kaisers – Tipsy

NRBQ – Christmas Wish

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This week, Listen Up! explores the sounds of New York City, primarily the Lower East Side, from Harry Smith’s Anthology of Folk Music and linking it to the late 70’s CBGB’s scene that flourished around The Ramones and others. Here that and lots of stuff for the in between years.

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Playlist (Artist -Title – Year of song) 

Opening Theme

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

Versey and William Smith – When That Great Ship Went Down – Anthology Of American Folk Music – 1927
The Holy Modal Rounders – Euphoria -The Holy Modal Rounders -1964
Hoyt Floyd  Floyd Ming & His Pep Steppers- Indian War Whoop – 1928
The Holy Modal Rounders – Sweet Apple Cider – Indian War Whoop – 1967
The Holy Modal Rounders – My Mind Capsized – The Moray Eels Eat The Holy Modal Rounders -1968

Lou Reed/John Cale – I’m Waiting For The Man – Peel Slowly and See – 1965
The Fugs – Slum Goddess – The Fugs First Album -1965
The Fugs – Frenzy – The Fugs 1966

The Velvet Underground – I’m Waiting For The Man – The Velvet Underground & Nico -1967
The Fugs – I Couldn’t Get High – The Fugs First Album -1965
The Fugs – I Saw The Best Minds of My Generation -Virgin Fugs -1967
The Godz – Radar Eyes – Godz 2 -1967

The Godz – Permanent Green Light -Godz 2 -1967
Silver Apples – Oscillations -Silver Apples -1968
Yoko Ono – Mrs. Lennon – Fly -1971

David Peel & The Lower East Side – Lower East Side – The American Revolution- 1970
David Peel & The Lower East Side – I Want To Kill You – The American Revolution- 1970

The Seeds – Pushin’ Too Hard – Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968- 1966
Television – Psychotic Reaction – Poor Circulation -1974
Wayne County & The Electric Chairs – I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night
Patti Smith – Gloria -Storm The Gates of Heaven -1978

New York Dolls – Personality Crisis – New York Dolls -1973
The Dictators – The Next Big Thing – Go Girl Crazy -1975
The Ramones – Beat On The Brat – Ramones -1976

Television – Friction – Marquee Moon – 1977
Suicide – Rocket USA -Suicide -1977
Blondie – X Offender – Blondie -1976

Talking Heads – No Compassion – Talking Heads: 77  – 1977

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Another week flies by like nothing and before we know it, it is time for another Listen Up! show.

Who knows what I’ll play, but I have a giant pile of records and I’m bearing down the tracks, headed straight for your ear canals.

It’s Fund Drive time again at G-town Radio (where Listen Up! is produced) and we need your support to make it a success. It’s quick and incredibly important. We’re looking for 500 people to donate $10 (you can donate less or more) Visit the Donate page for a note from Station Manager Jim Bear and links to donate online and directions to pay by check. G-town Radio is a tax exempt non-profit and all donations are tax deductible. Please be one of our Fantastic 500 today!

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Playlist (Artist -Title – Year of song) 

Opening Theme

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

Russell Morris – Real Thing – The Rubble Collection Volume 11 – 1969
Eddie Callahan – Where Will We Be Tomorrow – False Ego – 1975
Bob Dylan – She’s Your Lover Now – Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991 – 1966

Purple Canteen – Brains in My Feet – Psychedelic Minds Vol. 1 – 1968
Mr. Airplane Man – C’mon DJ – C’mon DJ – 2004
Cass McCombs – Tourist Woman – Prefection – 2005

Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band – Son of Mirror Man -Mere Man – Strictly Personal – 1968

Jacques Dutronc – Hippie Hippie Hourrah – Jacques Dutronc -1968
Can – Vitamin C- Ege Bamyasi – 1972
The Unfolding – Love Supreme Deal Meditations –  How To Blow Your Mind And Have A Freak-Out Party – 1967
Alice Coltrane – Journey In The Satchidananda – Journey In The Satchidananda -1971

The Asteroid #4- My Love – These Flowers Of Ours: A Treasury Of Witchcraft And Devilry -2008
The Attractions – Slow Patience – Mad About The Wrong Boy – 1980
Anton Barbeau – I’m Always Offending my Sensitive Friends – King of Missouri -2003
Robyn Hitchcock – The Lizard – Black Snake Diamond Role -1981

The Hobbits – Down To Middle Earth – Down To Middle Earth -1967
Fairfield Parlour – Sunny Side Circus – From Home To Home -1970
The Glass Keys – Workshop of My Mind – From The House of Lords -196?
The Californians – Cooks of Cake and Kindness – The Rubble Collection Vol 3. – 1969

Gandalf – Golden Earrings – Gandalf -1969
Duffy – Come Back, Come Back – On The Fringes of Freaked-Out Lunacy – 1968
13th Floor Elevators – Never Alone – Bull of The Woods – 1968

The Byrds – Why – Younger Than Yesterday -1967
The Pretty Things – Defecting Grey – The Singles A’s & B’s -1967
Sun Ra – I am Strange – I Am Strange/I Am An Instrument -195?

The United States of America – Coming Down – The United States of America

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This Monday’s Listen Up! show will feature demo’s of songs, “lost” and unreleased tunes and recordings from early lineups of bands before they became “known”.

It’s Fund Drive time again at G-town Radio where Listen Up! is produced) and we need your support to make it a success. It’s quick and incredibly important. We’re looking for 500 people to donate $10 (you can donate less or more) Visit the Donate page for a note from Station Manager Jim Bear and links to donate online and directions to pay by check. G-town Radio is a tax exempt non-profit and all donations are tax deductible. Please be one of our Fantastic 500 today!

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Playlist (Artist -Title – Year of song) 

Opening Theme

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

Background Music

The Space Negros Do Generic Ethnic Muzak Versions of All Your Favorite Punk/Psychedelic Songs From the Sixties

Davey Jones & The King Bees – Liza Jane – 1964
David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust (demo) – 1971
David Bowie/Iggy Pop – Lust For Life (demo) -1977

The Ravens – I Believed You -1963
Ray Davies – I Go To Sleep – 1965
The Beatles – Dear Prudence (DEMO) -1968
The Beatles – While My Guitar Gently Weeps (demo) -1968
Icewater – Sunshine –  197?

The Mynah Birds – It’s My Time – 1965
Arthur Lee and the L.A.Gs – Rumble Still Skins – 1963
The Byrds – Stranger in A Strange Land -1965
Blackburn and Snow – Stranger in a Strange Land -1965

Moving Sidewalks – 99th Floor – 1967
Stalk-Forrest Group – Arthur Comics – 1970
Stalk- Forrest Group – Curse of The Hidden MIrrors -1970
The Spiders – Don’t Blow Your Mind – 1965
Alice Cooper – Reflected – 1969

Giles, Giles & Fripp – Thursday Morning – 1968
Gilles, Giles & Fripp – I Talk With The Wind (With Judy Dyble) -1968
Mabel Greer’s Toyshop – Beyond and Before – 1968

Brian Eno & The Winkies – I’ll Come Running – 1974
Brian Eno & The Winkies – Baby’s on Fire -1974

The Primitives – The Ostrich -1964
The Beachnuts – Cycle Annie -1964
Lou Reed – Perfect Day (demo) -1972

Andy Partridge – All I Dream of Is A Friend -1995
The Dukes of Stratosphere – What In The World? (demo) – 1985
The Helium Kidz – Adrenaline  -1976
The Beach Boys – I Guess I’m Dumb – 1965

Glen Campbell – I Guess I’m Dumb -1965

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Listen Up! presents a cornucopia of music from those overlooked recordings that fill up crates and shelves of music. Enjoy the menu of aural food options.

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

Opening Theme

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

Background Music

Carl Orff-  Schulwerk Volume 1: Musica Poetica

NRBQ – Imaginary Radio – Dummy – 2004
The Beatles – Child of Nature – The Esher Demos – 1968
Sun Ra – Rocket #9 – The Singles – 1960
Hawkwind – Time We Left This World Today -Doremi Fasol Latido – 1972

Kim Salmon & The Surrealists – You’re Such A Freak – Ya Gotta Let Me Do My Thing – 1997
Gil Evans Orchestra- 1983 A Mermaid I Should Turn To Be – Plays The Music of Jimi Hendrix – 1974

Mothers of Invention – Let’s Make The Water Turn Black – We’re Only In It For The Money – 1967
The GTO’s – I’m In Love With The Ooo-Ooo Man – Permanent Damage – 1969

Allen Ginsberg With  The Glouns – Birdbrain – 1980
Pink Fairies – Right On, Fight On – What A Bunch Of Sweeties -1972
Daevid Allen – It’s the Time of Your Life – Banana Moon – 1972

James Last – Mr. Giant Man – Voodoo Party – 1971
Justice League Of America – Metamorpho The Element Man Song -Stories And Songs About The Justice League Of America – 1966

Bobbi Blake – I Like Yellow Things – MSR Madness  Vol 5 – 197?

The Handsome Family – Weightless Again – Through The Trees – 1998
Lee Hazlewood – Pour Man – Love and Oher Crimes – 1968
The Gun Club – Run Through The Jungle – Miami – 1982
Go To Blazes – Bloody Sam – Anytime…Anywhere – 1994
The Clash – Bank Robber – Black Market Clash – 1980

Phil Manzanera – Big Day – Diamond Head –  1975
Dengue Fever – One Thousand Tears of A Tarantula -Escape from Dragon House – 2005
Talking Heads – Memories Can’t Wait – Fear of Music – 1979

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Zig Zag Wanderer – Safe As  Milk – 1967
Richard Hell & The Voidoids – The Kid With The Replaceable Head – Destiny Street – 1982

Edith Masey – Punks Get off The Grass – Punks, Get Off The Grass / Big Girls Don’t Cry – 1982

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Sport the paisley shirt or that polka dotted mini skirt because Listen Up! will be exploring those sounds from the 80’s Garage Rock “revival” scene. Lots of fuzz, jangle and distortion played on vintage gear with terse and catchy songs made with minimal recording budgets. Not to mention….a load of fun.

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

Opening Theme

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

Background Music

The Space Negros Do Generic Ethnic Muzak Versions of All Your Favorite Punk/Psychedelic Songs From the Sixties

The Lyres – Buried Alive – AHS 1005 – 1981
The Chesterfield Kings – She Told Me Lies – She Told Me Lies / I’ve Gotta Way With Girls – 1984
The Nomads – I Can’t Use The Stuff I Used To Use – Raw and Rare – 1983
Thee Milkshakes – I’m Out of Of Control – Thee Knights of Trashe – 1984

Boys From Nowhere – You Can Make It – Beg/You Can Make It – 1984
The Cynics – Girl, Your On My Mind – Rock ‘N’ Roll – 1989
The Mosquitos – Put Your Foot Down – That Was Then, This Is Now – 1985
The Secret Service – It’s All Happening Here – It’s All Happening – 1988

The Fuzztones – Ward 81 – The Rebel Kind – 1983
The Mad Violets – Psilocybe – Battle of the Garages Vol. 2 America’s Psychedelic Underground – 1984
Plasticland – Sipping The Bitterness – Plasticland- 1984
The Endorphins – Amazon Wood – Beasts From The East – 1986

The Creeps – Just What I Need – Enjoy The Creeps – 1986
Crawdaddys – Your Gonna Need Love Someday – Here ‘Tis – 1987
Teenbeats – Teenage Beat – Teenage Beat/Strength of The Nation – 1980
Psychotic Turnbuckles – Cool It – Beyond The Flip Out – 1987
The Misanthropes – Why Do You Treat Me So Bad? – Why Do You Treat Me So Bad? EP – 1988

The Pandoras – Hot Generation – Hot Generation/You Don’t Satisfy – 1984
The Dentists – Strawberries Are Growing In My Garden -Some People Are on the Pitch They Think It’s All Over It Is Now – 1985
The Point – All My Life – Magic Circle – 1983
The Things – Girls Of The World – Goldmine Presents Garage Sale! -1985
Mystic Eyes – I Lost My World – Goldmine Presents Garage Sale! -1985

The Creatures of The Golden Dawn – Cy-o-nide – Standing At The Gates of Time – 1986
The Cheepskates – Run Better Run – Run Better Run – 1984
Sharp Turn – Everybody Knows But Me – Battle of the Garages Vol. 2 America’s Psychedelic Underground – 1984
Thanes – I Am Alone – Dimensions of Sounds – 198?
The Twisted – Shez Wicked – Shez Wicked/The Thing – 1984

The Headless Horsemen – Gotta Be Cool – Gotta Be Cool – 1988
The Odds – I”l Make You Sorry – Battle of the Garages Vol. 2 America’s Psychedelic Underground – 1984
The Addition – Obnoxious Girls – Goldmine Presents Garage Sale! -1985
The Optic Nerve – Ain’t That A Man – Ain’t That A Man – 1986
The Sickidz – LSD – The Rebel Kind – 1983
The Skeptics – The Ghost of Abraham Lincoln – Worry Beads -1985

The Slickee Boys – Invisible People – The Rebel Kind – 1983

Listen Up! returns with another intoxicating blend of sound. Join me as I dig up those hidden jewels of recorded music languishing below the surface . Orbit the universe and experience time travel. You will levitate, hear the future and revisit the past. Well…maybe not, but we can pretend.

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

Opening Theme

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

Background Music

Lord Sitar

Photon Band – Saturn Returns – Our Own ESP Driven Scene: Singles, Comps. & Outtakes 1995-2000 – 1999
Music Emporium – Nam Myo Renge Kyo – Music Emporium- 1969
John Entwistle – Heaven and Hell –  Smash Your Head Against The Wall – 1971
Pete Townshend – Pure and Easy – Who Came First – 1972

Kevin Ayers – O Wot a Dream – The BBC Sessions 1970-1976 – 197?
Brother JT – Flaming –  Asyd Vinyl (A Tribute To Syd Barrett) -2000
Pink Floyd – Childhood’s End – Obscured By Clouds – 1972
Noctorum – A Girl In Every Graveyard – Sparks Lane – 2002

David Neil – Higher Than Yesterday – The Wilderness Years – 2011
The Church – Hounds of Love – Coffee Hounds – 2009
Asteroid #4 – To Be In Your Eyes – An Amazing Dream – 2006
Mike McGear – The Man Who Found God On The Moon – McGear – 1974

Witch – Little Clown – Lazy Bones!! – 1975  (Zambia)
The Third Eye – Valley of Sadness – Love, Peace & Poetry African Psychedelic Music – 1968 (South Africa)
Question Mark – Freaking Out – Nigeria Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-Rock & Fuzz Funk in 1970’s – 1977  (Nigeria)

Hawkwind – Silver Machine – single – 1972
Eno – Seven Deadly Finns – Eno Box II Vocals – 1974
Ultravox! – The Wild, The Beautiful and The Damned – Ultravox! – 1977
Mick Ronson – Only After Dark – Slaughter on 10th Avenue – 1974
Tubeway Army – Are ‘Friends’ Electric? – Replicas – 1979

Sensations’ Fix – Grown On You- Music Is Painting In The Air (1974 – 1977) – 1977 (Florence, Italy)
Magic Shoppe – Shangri- La In Reverse – Triangulum Australe E​.​P. -2012
Damon – Song Of A Gypsy – Song of A Gypsy -1970

Photon Band – Saturn Returns Again – Oh The Sweet, Sweet  Changes – 2000

This week, it is Monster Au- Go-Go. A cool ghoul party is going on and it is filled with slimy and zany obscuro rock and roll and assorted other tricks and treats of a Halloweeny nature. Streaming live from 2pm – 4pm EST. .

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Playlist (Artist -Title) 

Opening Theme

Man or Astroman  –  Maximum Radiation Level

Jimmy Smith- The Munsters Theme
The Frantics – Werewolf
Tarantula Ghoul – Graveyard Rock
The Black Albinos – Ghost Party
The Connoisseurs – Count Macabre

The Geval Trio – Psicosis
Los Shains – El Monstruo
Dickie Goodman – Dracula Drag
The Ventures – Swinging Creeper
Mr. Gasser & The Weirdos – Hearse With A Curse
Larry and Blue Notes – Night of the Sadist
The Whips – Yes, Master

The Duponts – Screamin’ Ball
Ronnie Cook & The Gaylords – Goo Goo Muck
The Three Stooges (Mac Rebennack (Dr. John), Jerry Byrne and Ronnie Barron) – You’re My Girl
Cobwebs – Devil Girl ‘66
Frankie Stein & His Ghouls – Knives and Lovers

Bill Taylor – Wombie Zombie
Lord Luther – Teenage Creature
Bobby Bare – Vampira
Danny Ware – The Zombie Stomp

The Symbols – Do The Zombie
The Devils – The Devil Dance
Maury Lewis – The mummy
The Monstrosities – Dance Along With Dracula (Doin’ The Drac)
Gene “Bowlegs” Miller – Frankenstein Walk
The Traits – Nobody Loves The Hulk

Marie Roberson – Hell Bound Train
Jimmy Minor – Satan’s Chauffeur
The Fabulous Wailers – High Wall
Harry Belafonte – Zombie Jamboree
Brita Borg – Frankenstein Rock
Kip Tyler & The Flips – She’s My Witch

Deadly Ones – It’s Monster Surfing Time
Al Saxon – Evil Eye
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – I Hear Voices

Screaming Lord Such – Monster Man
Dave Gardner – Mad Witch
Jim Burgett – Jekyll & Hyde
Roy Clark – Spooky Movies
The Sonics – The Witch

Billy Strange – The Munsters Theme