This week, Listen Up! brings you two solid hours filled with British Mod and Freakbeat sounds along with other 60’s Brit Pop pounders!

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

Opening Theme

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

Background Music

Selected works from composer John Barry

Bonzo Dog Band – Cool Britannia – Gorilla – 1967

The  Creation – Biff Bang Pow – Our Music Is Red With Purple Flashes – 1967

The Action – I’ll Keep Holding On – The Ultimate! Action – 1966

The Eyes – When The Night Falls – Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond – 1965

The Quick – Bert’s Apple Crumble – The Mod Scene – 1967

The Syn – Grounded – Original Syn – 1967

John’s Children – Desdemona –  Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond – 1967

The Human Instinct – Pink Dawn –Staircase to Nowhere – 1968

The Pretty Things – Midnight to 6 – The Singles A’s & B’s – 1966

The Syndicats – Crawdaddy Simone – You’re Holding Me Down – 1965

The Wards of Court – How Could You Say One Thing – The Mod Scene -1967

The Rolling Stones – Citadel – Their Satanic Majesties Request – 1967

The Chants R&B – I’m Your Witch Doctor – Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond – 1965

The Pete Best Combo – The Way I Feel About You – Beyond The Beatles – 1966

The Primitives – You Said – Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond -1965

The Poets – That’s The Way It’s Got To Be – The Immediate Records Story – 1965

The Birds – No Good Without You Baby – The Collector’s Guide to Rare British Birds – 1965

The La De Das –How Is The Air Up There? – Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond – 1966

The Mark Four – I’m Leaving – Maximum Freakbeat -1965

The Move – Fire Brigade – The Move Anthology – 1968

The Idle Race – Imposters Of Life’s Magazine – Back To The Story – 1967

The Troggs – 66-5-4-3-2-1 – Trogglodynamite – 1966

The Score – Beg Me – The Mod Scene – 1966

Eyes of Blue – Supermarket Full Of Cans – The Mod Scene – 1967

The Flies – I’m Not Your Stepping Stone – The Electric Crayon Set: Rubble, Vol. 5 – 1966

The Who – So Sad About Us – A Quick One – 1966

The Kinks – Victoria – Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) – 1969

The Attack – We Don’t Know – The In Crowd – 1967

The Fire – Father’s Name Was Dad – Chocolate Soup For Diabetics – 1968

The Small Faces – Understanding – The Anthology 1965-1967 – 1966

The Buzz – You’re Holding Me Down – Joe Meek; The Alchemist of Pop – 1966

The Downliners Sect – Why Don’t You Smile Now – Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond – 1965

Les Fleur De Lys – Mud In Your Eye – Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond -1966

The Yardbirds – Stroll On – Ultimate! – 1966

The Open Mind – Magic Potion – Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond – 1969

Denis Couldry & The Next Collection – I Am Nearly There –Freakbeat Scene -1968

The Blue Stars – I Can’t Take It – Trans-World Punk Rave-Up Volume Two – 1966

Timebox – Poor Little Heartbreaker – The Deram Anthology – 1969

Billy Nichols – London Social Degree – Real Life Permanent Dreams – 1968

Listen Up! pays tribute to the late Joe South who passed away last week. He didn’t get much credit outside of the snobbiest rock snob circles, but the man wrote some classic tunes that became huge hits for other artists, like “Hush,” “Rose Garden,” “Down in the Boondocks,” and “Games People Play.” Hey even laid down some tasty guitar work on Aretha Franklin and Bob Dylan albums.

The songs of Joe South are passionate and righteous, empathetic and generous and those are under appreciated qualities these days. All the more reason to pay tribute to the songs and session work of Joe South (from South’s own fantastic recordings as well as a few covers of his songs).

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

Opening Theme

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

Background Music

King Curtis – Games People Play – Wounded Bird – 1969

Veijo  Airaksinen – Rose Garden – Mr.Frosty – ?

Joe South – Hush – Games People Play – 1969

Joe South – The Purple People Eater Meets The Witch Doctor – The Rockin’ South – 1958

The A-Bones – I’m Snowed – Daddy Wants a Cold Beer and Other Million Sellers – 2004

The Tams – Untie Me – Time For The Tams – 196?

Joe South – Games People Play – Games People Play – 1969

Bryan Ferry – Walk A Mile In My Shoes – Another Place, Another Time – 1974

Joe South – What Makes Lovers Hurt One Another – Don’t It Make You Want to Go Home? – 1970

Kelly Hogan – The Greatest Love – The Joe South Tribute Record – 2005

Joe South – Mirror Of Your Mind – Anthology A Mirror Of His Mind – 1968

Ben Vaughn – Dark Glasses – Mono USA – 1994

Arthur Alexander – Concrete Jungle – The Monument Years – 196?

The Believers – Soul Raga Simmerin’ – Voyages into Psychedelia – 1968

Tommy Roe – Sheila – At The Hop – 1962

Bob Dylan – Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again – Blonde on Blonde – 1966

Aretha Franklin – Chain of Fools – Lady Soul – 1968

Joe South – Million Miles Away – Don’t It Make You Want To Go Home? – 1969

Joe South – Children – Anthology A Mirror of His Mind – 1970

Joe South – Fool Me – Joe South – 1971

Ron Silva & The New Believers – I Knew You When – The Joe South Tribute Record – 2005

Joe South – Rose Garden – Introspect – 1969

Chuck Prophet – Don’t It Make You Want To Go Home? – The Joe South Tribute Record – 2005

Paul Revere & The Raiders – Birds of  a Feather – Indian Reservation – 1971

Joe South & The Believers  – Hearts Desire – 1968

Joe South – Party People – Games People Play – 1969

The Barracudas – Down In The Boondocks – Bucket Full of Brains 45 –  2006

Gene Vincent – Gone Gone Gone – The Crazy Beat of Gene Vincent – 1963

Joe South – Don’t Throw Your Love to The Wind – Introspect – 1969

Joe South – All My Hard Times – Introspect – 1969

Joe South – These Are Not My People – Games People Play – 1969

This Monday’s show (Sept. 3rd): Try To Change the World With a Plastic Platter. It is Labor Day and Listen Up! could celebrate those factory workers, the miners and the people who build our roads and our bridges. But nope, instead we are  going to celebrate the labors of the music star.

The excesses of grueling tours, and the dealing with record labels and industry scum will all be sung. So share the life a rock star this Monday afternoon.

Groupies, French champagne and other perks not included.

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

Opening Theme

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

Background Music

Various versions of the song “Wheels”

Talk with Chet Atkins “Wheels” in background

The Byrds – So You Want to Be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star – Younger Than Yesterday – 1967

Art Brut – Formed A Band – Bang Bang Rock and Roll – 2005

Sleater-Kinney – Entertain -The Woods – 2005

Wreckless Eric – A Popsong – Big Smash – 1980

The Clash – Garageland – The Clash – 1977

Talk with Chet Atkins “Wheels” in background

Nick Lowe – I Love My Label – A Bunch of Stiff Records – 1977

Graham Parker – Mercury Poisoning – Squeezing Out Sparks – 1979

The Sex Pistols – EMI – Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols – 1977

Jeffrey Lewis – Don’t Let the Record Label Take You Out to Lunch –  It’s the Ones Who’ve Cracked That the Light Shines Through – 2003

Talk with James Last “Wheels” in background

Yo La Tengo – We’re An American Band – I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One – 1997

Ben Vaughn – Rhythm Guitar – Ben Vaughn Blows Your Mind – 1988

Redd Kross – Play My Song – Neurotica – 1987

The Frampton Brothers – The Beginning Of The End Of The Fun Years – File Under F For Failure – 1999

Talk with The Shaggs  “Wheels” in background

The Smiths – Paint a Vulgar Picture – Strangeways, Here We Come – 1987

Badfinger – Hey, Mr. Manager – Head First – 1974

Warren Zevon – Even A Dog Can Shake Hands – Sentimental Hygiene – 1987

Aimee Mann – Nothing Is Good Enough – Bachelor #2 -2000

French,Frith,Kaiser,Thompson – Now That I Am Dead – Invisible Means – 1990

Talk with Billy Vaughn “Wheels” in background

Mose Allison – The Getting Paid Waltz – My Backyard – 1990

Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper – Where the Hell’s My Money? – 1986

Frank Zappa – Rudy Wants to Buy Yez a Drink – Chunga’s Revenge – 1970

Talk with The Jumping Jewels ‘Wheels” in background

The Rolling Stones – The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man – Out of Our Heads – 1965

Belle and Sebastian – Seymour Stein – The Boy with the Arab Strap – 1998

Gang Of  Four – Producer – Attack Of The Killer B’s – 1983

Dead Kennedys – Pull My Strings – Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death – 1987

Todd Rundgren – An Elpee’s Worth of Toons – Todd – 1974

The Kinks – The Moneygoround – Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One – 1970

Talk with The String-a-longs “Wheels” in background

Mott The Hoople – Saturday Gigs – Shades Of Ian Hunter & Mott The Hoople – 1974

The Frogs – I Only Play 4 Money – Starjob -1997

Talk with NoMan “Wheels” in background

This Monday’s Show (August 20th): Lie down in a field of brightly colored flowers below a bright yellow sun and an endless neon sky…or if you don’t live around any places like that just close your eyes and let your mind interact with the music and make something beautiful and maybe even a little strange.

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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 Sounds of Nature – Birds Chirping

 Opal – My Only Friend – Early Recordings – 1989

The Brian Jonestown Massacre – All Around You (Into) – Their Satanic Majesties Other Request – 1996

The Doors – Indian Summer – Morrison Hotel – 1966

Tim Buckley – Phantasmagoria in Two –Goodbye and Hello – 1967

Faine Jade – People Games Play – Introspection: A Faine Jade Recital -1968

ANNOT RHÜL – Ghost Children (The Haunted Mansion Part II) – Lost In The Wood – 2007

Mud Pie Sun – Worrisummer – Wooden Circle – 2012

The Honey Pot – Sweet Orange Sunshine –  Trip Inside This House Present Summer Solstice Volume V – 2012

Pink Floyd – Grantchester Meadows – Ummagumma – 1969

Asteroid # 4 – My Love – These Flowers of Ours – 2008

Sand Pebbles – Entrance To Stream  (Will Carruthers Remix) – Dark Magic – 2011

Eden Ahbez – Full Moon – Eden’s Garden – 1960

Mercury Rev – Tonite It Shows – Deserter’s  Songs – 1998

The Monkees – Porpoise Song – Head – 1968

The Beatles – Long, Long, Long – The Beatles (White Album) – 1968

The 13^th Floor Elevators – Splash 1 – The Psychedelic Sound Of The 13^th Floor Elevators – 1966

The House of Fire – Crystal Gazing – The Morning Light – 2012

The Church – Locust – Block EP – 2005

The New Mystikal Troubadours – Morning High – The New Mystikal Troubadours III – 2011

Super Furry Animals – Gathering Moss – Fuzzy Logic – 2006

Cardinal – Silver Machines – Cardinal -2005

The Espers – Flaming Telepaths – The Weed Tree – 2005

The Hooterville Trolley – No Silver Bird – Beyond The Calico Wall – 1968

Background Music:  The Brian Jonestown Massacre – All Around You (Outro) – Their Satanic Majesties Other Request – 1996

 

This Monday’s Show (August 13th) Motor City Is Burnin’ and we are gonna get raw, rough, and messy as we feature the high energy rock sounds of Metro Detroit from the late 60’s and 70’s spitting out a healthy dose of anger, determination and attitude.

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

Opening Theme

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

Background Music

THAT MOTOWN SOUND – 29 Detroit Instrumentals by Choker Campbell bands Earl Van Dyke

The  MC5 – Ramblin’ Rose – Kick out The Jams -1969

The Amboy Dukes – You Talk Sunshine, I Breathe Fire – Journey To The Center of The Mind -1968

Terry Knight and The Pack  – How Much More?  – The Pack Anthology: The Singles 1965-1968 – 1967

The Rationals – Guitar Army – Think Rational – 1969

Detroit – Rock  ‘n’ Roll – Detroit With Mitch Ryder – 1971

The Up – Together – Killer Up – 1970

Bob Seger and The Last Herd – Heavy Music (part 1) – Lost Jukebox – 1967

Frigid Pink – House of The Rising Sun – Frigid Pink – 1970

A Jack Van Impe Warning

The Stooges – I Wanna Be Your Dog – The Stooges – 1969

Savage Grace – All Along The Watch Tower – Savage Grace -1970

Alice Cooper  – Long Way To Go – Love It To Death – 1971

The Third Power – Persecution – Believe -1970

SRC – Black Sheep – SRC -1968

The Pleasure Seekers – What A Way To Die – What A Way To Die – 1966

Don and The Wanderers – On The Road – 1968

Southbound Freeway – Psychedelic Used Car Lot Blues – Michigan Nuggets – 1967

The Amboy Dukes – Journey To The Center of Your Mind – Journey To The Center of The Mind -1968

Frost – Rock and Roll Music – Rock and Roll Music – 1969

Ormandy – Good Day – Michigan Nuggets – 1970

The Underdogs – Love’s Gone Bad – Michigan Nuggets – 1967

The Woolies – Who Do You Love? – Michigan Nuggets – 1966

The Unrelated Segments – Story Of My Life – Nuggets – 1967

Tidal Waves – Farmer John – Michigan Nuggets – 1966

Flaming Ember – Gotta Get Away – Sunshine – 1967

The MC5 – Looking At You – Borderline – 1970

Sonics Rendezvous Band – Electrophonic Tonic – Motor City Is Burnin’ – 1977

Ascension – Get Ready –  Detroit Michigan 1972 – 1972

Wayne Kramer – Get Some – 1977

The Stooges – Down On The Street – Funhouse – 1970

This  Monday’s Show (August 6th) is August Au-Go-Go, unleashing an audio avalanche of crazy rock AND roll, garage rock, hopped up and drunk rockabilly, hillbilly horrors, raunchy soul, voodoo R & B, insane instrumentals and more. The wild, the weird and the wonderful mix it up for two hours of afternoon 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 music of Vic Mizzy

The Sonics – Maintaining My Cool – Maintaining My Cool – 1966

Electric Prunes – Never Had It Better – Underground – 1967

The Alarm Clocks – No Reason To Complain –  Yeah!: Savage  Ohio Garage Raunch – 1966

Faron Young – I’m Gonna Live Some Before I Die – Live Fast, Love Hard: Original Capitol Recordings – 1956

Nervous Norvus – Dig – Transfusion/Dig – 1956

Roscoe Gordon – Let’s Get High – Let’s Get High: The Man About Music From Memphis –  195?

Lovin’ Spoonful – Pow! – What’s Up Tiger Lily – 1966

The Devils – Devil Dance – 196?

Brice Coefield – Cha Cha Twist – Cha Cha Twist / Tempted – 1960

Don Gardner – My Baby Likes To Boogaloo – Shakin’ Fit – 1967

Hoodoo Gurus – Like Wow, Wipeout – Mars Need Guitars – 1985

Ann Margret – 13 Men – The Vivacious One -1962

Elvis Presley – Adam and Evil – Spinout  -1966

The Cramps – Like A Bad Girl Should – Big Beat From Badsville -1997

Radio Stars – Dirty Pictures – Submarine Tracks & Fool’s Gold -1977

Frankie Laine – Jezebel –  Greatest Hits – 1951

Annette Funicello – Don’t Stop Now  – Beach Party -1963

Thee Headcoatees – Fish Pie – We Got 7 Inches, But We Wanted Twelve! -1992

Little Phil and The Night Shadows – Sixty Second Swinger –  Sixty Second Swinger / In the Air -1966

Ike and Tina Turner – Contact High – Come Together – 1970

The Standells – Medication – The Very Best of The Standells – 1966

The Sorrows – You Got What I Want – Take a Heart -1965

Nick Lowe – Truth Drug –  Keep It Out Of Sight /Truth Drug – 1976

The Wailers – Hung Up –Wailers Wailers Everywhere – 1965

Allen Toussaint – Java – The Wild Sound of New Orleans -1958

Slim Gaillard – Potato Chips – Laughing In Rhythm -1952

Little Milton – Grits Ain’t Groceries – Grits Ain’t Groceries -1969

Dave Clark Five – Concentration Baby – The History of the Dave Clark Five -1967

Eddie Noack – Gentlemen Prefer Blondes – Hillbilly Boogie  -1949

Freddie Hart – Snatch It and Grab It – Whistle Bait: 25 Rockabilly Rave-Ups -1956

Jack Donovan and the Knight Cap – Time Machine – Big Itch Vol. 8 – 195?

Gene Dunlap – Made In The Shade – ’50s Rockabilly Pioneers Vol. 2 – 1958

The Shy Ones – 12 Months Later – How Strong My Love Is / 12 Months Later  -1967

The Troggs – You Can’t Beat It – Archeology (1967-1977) – 1966

DMZ – When I Get Off – Relics – 1976

Chocolate Watch Band – Don’t Need Your Lovin’ – The Best of The Chocolate Watch Band – 1967

The Animals – Outcast – Animalisms – 1966

The Breakers – Don’t Send Me No Flowers – Pebbles,  Vol. 12 – 1965

Teenage Head – You’re Tearing Me Apart – Teenage Head – 1979

Steppenwolf – Faster Than The Speed of Life – The Second – 1968

This Monday’s Show (July 30th) found the program dusting off recordings that fall into the category of Prog Rock. Lots of windswept guitar histrionics, gushing keyboards, lyrics full of mystical allusions and song and album titles bearing no relation to the music and almost as long as the music itself! Streaming live From 2pm 4pm EST.

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

Opening Theme

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

Background Music

Suspiria: The Complete Original Motion Picture Soundtrack performed by Goblin

Gong – You Never Blow Yr Trip Forever – You – 1974

Caravan – Water Wine – In The Land of Grey and Pink – 1971

Genesis – Firth of Fifth – Selling England By The Pound – 1973

Chris Squire – Hold Out Your Hand – Fish Out Of Water – 1975

Khan – Space Shanty – Space Shanty – 1972

Renaissance – Mother Russia – Turn Of The Cards – 1974

King Crimson – Cirkus – Lizard – 1970

Van Der Graaf Generator – Killer – H To He Who Am The Only One – 1970

Matching Mole – O’ Caroline – Matching Mole – 1972

Gentle Giant – Experience – In A Glass House – 1973

Nektar – Desolation Valley/Waves – A Tab In The Ocean -1972

Premiata Forneria Marconi – E’ Festa – Storia di un Minuto -1972

Le Orme – Una Delecezza Nuovo – Uomo Di Pezza – 1972

Camel – Another Night – Moonmadness – 1976

This Monday’s show (July 23rd) is an intoxicating blend of music filled with tributes to those in the music world who have recently departed (Jon Lord, Kitty Wells, Lol Coxhill, Bob Babbitt), some swell now and new sounds, lost gems of yesterday and whatever other tunes accumulate in the hallways of the Listen Up! labyrinth.

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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

Santa Barbara Machine Head – Rubber Monkey – Blues Anytime Vol  3. – 1968

Deep Purple – Lazy – Machine Head – 1971

The Temptations  – Ball of Confusion – Greatest Hits Vol 2. – 1970

Kitty Wells – It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels – Kitty Wells Golden Favorites – 1952

Kevin Ayers – May I? – Shooting At The Moon – 1970

The Damned –  Creep  (You Can’t Fool Me) – Music For Pleasure – 1977

Pink Floyd – Candy and a Currant Bun – Arnold Layne/Candy and a Currant Bun – 1967

The Flaming Lips – I’m Working at NASA on Acid (featuring Lightning Bolt) – The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends – 2012

The Impossible Years – Attraction Gear – Battle of the Garages, Vol. II: America’s Psychedelic Underground – 1984

Father John Misty – Hollywood Forever Cemetery – Fear Fun – 2012

King Tuff – Unusual World – King Tuff – 2012

Comet Gain – The Ecstatic Library – Howl Of The Lonely Crowd – 2011

Dan Kibler – Never Good News – Dan Kibler – 2012

David Neil (Steve Kilbey & Ricky Maymi) – Looking For Myself – The Wilderness Years – 2011

Teenage Fanclub – Planets – Songs from Northern Britain – 1997

The Byrds – Triad – The Notorious Byrd Brothers (Reissue Bonus Track) – 1968

Big Star – Kangaroo – Third/Sister Lovers – 1974

Terry Adams – A Girl Who Loves The Stooges – rhythm spell – 2007

The Kinks – Animal Farm – The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society – 1968

Bob Dylan – I’ll Keep It With Mine – Biograph – 1965

John Cale – Andalucia – Paris 1919 – 1973

Sixto Rodriguez – Crucify Your Mind – Cold Fact – 1970

Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – My Wife and My Dead Wife – Gotta Let This Hen Out! – 1985

Abby Travis – Rosetta – IV – 2012

Blondie  – Shayla – Eat To The Beat – 1979

Lou Reed – Perfect Day – Transformer – 1972

Cleaners From Venus – Illy Kuryakin Looked At Me – Living With Victoria Grey -1986