The time machine is not going far with this edition of Listen Up! We are only looking back to 2014 and playing some fave sounds from last year (not a “best of” countdown…just some favorite new releases).. Two hours of fresh music (but with enough of the mold that you have come to expect from this show) from the past year.

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

Opening Theme

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

Background Music

Phil Kraus And Bob Rosengarden – Percussion: Playful And Pretty -1965

The Wytches – Digsaw – Annabel Dream Reader – 2014
Black Lips – Funny  – Underneath the Rainbow – 2014
Thee Oh Sees – Drop – Drop – 2014
Ty Segall – Manipulator – Manipulator -2014

Angel Olsen – Hi-Five – Burn Your Fire for No Witness – 2014
Frazey Ford – September Fields – Indian Ocean – 2014
Steve Gunn – Drifter – Way Out Weather – 2014

Aphex Twin – Minipops 67 (Source Field Mix) – Syro – 2014
FKA Twigs – Pendulum – LP1 – 2014
St. Vincent – Birth In Reverse – St. Vincent – 2014
Sylvan Esso – H.S.K.T. – Sylvan Esso – 2014

The New Pornographers – War On The East Coast – Brill Bruisers – 2014
The Tripwares – Get Young – Get Young – 2014
Ex Hex – Waterfall – Rips – 2014

Chain And The Gang – Minimum Rock ‘n’ Roll – Minimum Rock N Roll – 2014
Guided By Voices – Bad Love Is Easy To Do – Cool Planet – 2014
KIng GIzzard & The Lizard Wizard – Cellophane – I’m In Your Mind Fuzz – 2014
Powersolo – Sloppy Bird Boogie – The Real Sound – 2014

Spider Bags – Chem Trails – Frozen Letter – 2014
Bass Drums of Death – For Blood – Rip This – 2014
The Orwells – Let It Burn – Disgraceland – 2014
The Growlers – Good Advice – Chinese Fountain – 2014

Owen Pallett – In Conflict – In Conflict – 2014
The Coral – The Curse of Love (Part 1) – The Curse of Love – 2014

TV On The Radio – Happy Idiot – Seeds – 2014
Parquet Courts – Ducking & Dodging – Sunbathing Animal – 2014
Reigning Sound – Never Coming Home – Shattered – 2014

Wooden Wand – Dambuilding – Farmer’s Corner – 2014

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

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We remember some of those in the music world that left us in 2014.

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

Opening Theme

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

Background Music

Phil Kraus And Bob Rosengarden – Percussion: Playful And Pretty -1965

Small Faces – Afterglow (Of Your Love) -Odgen  Nut Gone Flake – 1968
Joe Cocker – Space Captain – Mad Dogs and Englishmen – 1970
The Rolling Stones – Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’ – Sticky Fingers – 1971

The Everly Brothers – Gone, Gone, Gone – Gone, Gone, Gone – 1965
The Youngbloods – Grizzly Bear -The Youngbloods – 1967
Charlie Haden – Song of The United Front -Liberation Music Orchestra – 1969

The Incredible String Band – Empty Pocket Blues – The Incredible String Band – 1966
Jethro Tull – We Used To Know – Stand Up – 1969
Gravenhurst – Diane -Black Holes in the Sand – 2004
Peter Gutteridge – Planet Phrom- Pure -1989

David and Jimmy Ruffin – Turn Back The Hands of Time – I Am My Brother’s Keeper – 1969
The Paragons – The Tide Is High – Various: The Best Of & The Rest Of Rocksteady ‎- 1969
Alvin Stardust – My Coo Ca Choo – The Untouchable – 1973
Lynsey De Paul – Sugar Me –   Sugar Me/Storm In A Teacup – 1972

The Frost – Mystery Man -Frost Music – 1969
The Stooges – Down On The Street – Fun House – 1970
The Heartbreakers – Born To Lose – L.A.M.F. Lost ’77 Mixes – 1977
The Ramones – Beat on The Brat – The Ramones – 1976
DEVO – Fountain of Filth – Hardcore Devo Vol. 2 – 1977

The Chocolate Watchband – Don’t Need Your Lovin’ – Melts In Your Brain…Not On Your Wrist! ‎- 1967
The Tages – I Read You Like An Open Book – Various : Nuggets II  Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And
Beyond 1964-1969 – 1968

The Remains – Don’t Look Back – Various: Nuggets Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968
Paul Revere and The Raiders – Louie- Go Back Home – Mojo Workout – 1964

Horace Silver – Song For My Father – Song For My Father – 1965
Jack Bruce – Theme From An Imaginary Western – Songs for a Tailor – 1969
Bobby Womack – Nobody Wants You When You’re Down In Out – Bobby Womack’s Greatest Hits – 1973

Pete Seeger – The Bells of Rhymney – Headlines & Footnotes (A Collection Of Topical Songs) – 196?

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

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Playlist (Artist -Title)

The Wise Men – Mr. Mojo’s Christmas

Wild Billy Childish & The Musicians Of The British Empire – Comanche (LInk Wray Christmas)
Johnny Rabb – Christmas Dance
Blues Magoos – Jingle Bells
Black Knights – Xmas Record Hop
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – It’s Christmas (A Time For Giving)

Hank Snow – Reindeer Boogie
Jim Reeves – Senor Santa Claus
Teddy and The Tall Tops – Christmas Party
Salas Brothers – Donde Esta Santa Claus

Electric Jungle – Funky Funky Christmas
Gary Walker – Santa’s Got A Brand New Bag
The Tropics – Groovy Christmas
Arthur “Guitar Boogie” Smith – Merry Xmas Everyone

Lil’ McClintock – Don’t Think I’m Santa Claus
Toots and The Maytals – Christmas Feeling Ska
Yellowman – African Christmas
Joe Loco Quintet – Winter Wonderland
“Big” Tiny Little – When Santa Does The Polka

Kay Martin & Her Body Guards – Santa’s Doing The Horizontal Twist
The Del-Vetts – I Want A Boy For Christmas
The Paris Sisters – The Man With The Mistletoe Mustache
Uncle Mistletoe – Uncle Mistletoe

Robert Earl Keen – Happy Holiday Y’all
The Flat Duo Jets – It’s Christmas Time (Hey, We’re Gonna Rock)
The White Stripes – Candy Cane Girl
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – There’s No Light On The Christmas Tree
The Howling Diablos – Another Christmas Story
The Cheepskates – Last Minute Rush

Mr. President – It’s Christmas Time
Brendan Hanlon & The Bat Men – Xmas Party
Crossfires – Santa And The Sidewalk Surfer
Nadroj & The Wolrats – Forget It
Wild Billy Childish & The Musicians Of The British Empire – A Quick One (Pete Townsend’s Christmas)
Gary Calamar – AntiSocial Young American Christmas Lovers Brigade
The Tryfles – Gloria (In Excelsis Deo)

NRBQ – Christmas Wish

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune

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Another Monday,  another Listen Up! program. Escape the holiday madness with a winding trip through a maze of music

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

Opening Theme

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

Background Music

Phil Kraus And Bob Rosengarden – Percussion: Playful And Pretty -1965

Birtha – Free Spirit – Birtha – 1972
Dengue Fever – Lost In Laos – Dengue Fever – 2005
Ananda Shankar – Streets of Calcutta –  The Rough Guide to Asian Underground – 1975

Spooky Tooth – Waitin’ For The World – Spooky Two – 1969
Captain Beyond – Dancing Madly Backwards (On A Sea of Air) – Captain Beyond – 1972
The Rolling Stones – Citadel – Their Satanic Majesties – 1967

Stray – For The People – Stand Up And Be Counted – 1975
Yvonne Fair – Let Your Hair Down – The Bitch Is Black – 1975

Merry Clayton – Gimme Shelter – Gimme Shelter – 1970
Cold Blood – I Just Want To Make Love To You – Cold Blood – 1969
Claudia Lennear – Not At All – Phew – 1973
Thin Lizzy – Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed – Johnny the Fox – 1976
Third World War – Working Class Man – Third World War – 1970

Silverhead – Hello New York – 16 And Savaged – 1971
Hello – New York Groove – New York Groove/Little Miss Mystery – 1975
Ace Frehley – What’s On Your Mind? – Ace Frehley – 1978

Hawkwind – Silver Machine – In Search of Space – 1971
UFO – Prince Kajuku – UFO 2 – 1971
Blue Cheer – Fruit & Icebergs – New! Improved! -1969
Bloodrock – Wicked Truth- Bloodrock – 1970

Gal Costa – De Um Role – Fa-Tal Gal A Todo Vapor – 1971
Juan De La Cruz – Pinoy Blues – Maskara – 1974
Rita Lee and Tutti Frutti – Luz Del Fuego – Fruto Proibido – 1975
The Carrie Nations – Look Up On The Bottom – OST Beyond The Valley of The Dolls – 1970

Odetta – Hit Or Miss – Odetta Sings – 1970

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

Listen Up! will feature selections from recordings that were issued by the Straight and Bizarre Record label. The labels were formed for artists discovered by Frank Zappa and his business partner/manager Herb Cohen. In a mere five years of existence, the labels released albums by The Mothers of Invention, Wild Man Fischer, Alice Cooper,  Tim Buckley, Captain Beefheart and more.

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

Opening Theme

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

Background Music

Phil Kraus And Bob Rosengarden – Percussion: Playful And Pretty -1965

The Mothers of Invention – Cheap Thrills – Cruising With Ruben And The Jets – 1968
Sandy Hurvitz – All This Time Going By – Sandy’s Album Is Here At Last! – 1968
Frank Zappa – Dental Hygiene Dilimma -200 Motels – 1970

Wild Man Fischer – Merry Go Round -An Evening with Wild Man Fischer – 1969
Frank Zappa -Peaches in Regalia – Hot Rats – 1969
Alice Cooper – Shoe Salesman – Easy Action – 1970

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Moonlight On Vermont – Trout Mask Replica – 1969
The Mothers of Invention – WPLJ – Burnt Weeny Sandwich – 1970
The Mothers – Little House I Used To Live In – Fillmore East, June 1971 – 1971
Tim Buckley – I Must Have Been Blind – Blue Afternoon – 1969

Frank Zappa – Tell Me You Love Me – Chunga’s Revenge – 1970
Tim Dawes – Little Boy Blue – Penrod – 1969
Rosebud – Reno – Rosebud – 1971
Jeff Simmons – End Theme – Original Soundtrack Naked Angels – 1969

Lord Buckley – The Train – A Most Immaculately Hip Aristocrat – 1969
The Mothers of Invention – Mr. Green Genes – Uncle Meat – 1969
The GTO’s – Do Me in Once and I’ll Be Sad, Do Me in Twice and I’ll Know Better (Circular Circulation) – Permanent Damage – 1969
Tim Buckley – Sweet Surrender – Greetings From L.A. – 1972

The Persuasions – The Whole World Is A Stage – Acappella – 1970
Jeff SImmons – I’m In The Music Business – Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up – 1969
The Mothers of Invention – My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama – Weasels Ripped My Flesh – 1970
Alice Cooper – Reflected – Pretties For You – 1969

Judy Henske and Jerry Yester – Horses on A Stick – Farewell Aldebaran – 1969
Tim Buckley – Song To The Siren – Starsailor – 1970
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band – I Love You, You Big Dummy – Lick My Decals Off, Baby – 1970
Frank Zappa – Your Mouth – Waka/Jawaka – 1972
Alice Cooper – I’m Eighteen – Love It To Death – 1971

Frank Zappa – Eat The Question – The Grand Wazoo – 1972

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

Enjoy a tasty aural menu of music that is harvested locally and shared with the world.

G-Town Radio is also in the middle of our fund drive. If you like a radio program that is not standardized and nurtures the unexpected, then please consider showing your support with a kind donation.

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

Opening Theme

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

Background Music

Phil Kraus And Bob Rosengarden – Percussion: Playful And Pretty -1965

King Crimson – In The Wake of Poseidon – In The Wake of Poseidon – 1970
Loud Family – Inverness – Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things – 1993
Stealers Wheel – Star – Ferguslie Park – 1974
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band – My Dog Back Home – Where’s My Daddy – 1969

Pearls Before Swine – Did You Dream Of -City Of Gold – 1970
Bob Dylan – Girl From The North Country – Nashville Skyline – 1969

Nick Castro – Dear Stranger – A Spy in the House of God – 2004
Birch Book – Train To Rome – Birch Book – 2005

Kaleidoscope – (Further Reflections) In The Room of Percussion – Further Reflections The Complete Recordings 1967-1969 – 1967
The Poppy Family – Shadows On My Wall – A Good Thing Lost: 1968-1973 – 1969
Ballroom – Love’s Fatal Way – Magic Time: The Millennium/Ballroom Sessions – 196?
Pink Floyd – Fearless – Meddle – 1971

Country Joe & The Fish – Thought Dream/The Bomb Song [Reprise]/Acid Commercial – I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ To Die – 1967
Charles Lloyd Quartet – Dream Weaver – Dream Weaver – 1966
Yes – Soon – Relayer – 1974

Bunky and Jake – If I Had A Dream – L.A.M.F. – 1969
Doug Sahm – It’s Gonna Be Easy – Doug Sahm and Band – 1973

Jim Ford – I’m Ahead If I Can Quit While I’m Behind – Point of No Return:- ?
Jim Dickinson – Casey Jones (On The Road Again) – Dixie Fried – 1972

The Kinks – Oklahoma U.S.A. – Muswell Hillbillies – 1971
Magnolia Electric Company – Song For Willie – Josephine – 2009
Nils Lofgren – Another Saturday Night – Nils Lofgren – 1975
Bill Fox – Over and Away She Goes – Shelter from the Smoke – 1998

Teenage Fanclub – Dark Clouds – Shadows – 2010

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

All of a sudden it is a different world as the familiar mutates and alters slightly when all the songs are done by other people. In other worlds, the entire program will be “cover versions” or readymades.

G-town Radio is in the midst of our 2014 Fund Drive. G-town Radio is a non-profit, community internet radio station. Accomplishing our goals requires hard work and it also requires money to keep serving the community. I urge you to help by making a one-time or continuing donation. Your contribution goes toward supporting our mission to reach more listeners with our diverse array of programs and community outreach.

Our requested donation is $50 but you can give anything you wish. You can even sign up to become a subscription donor for as little as $5 a month. As a registered 501(c)(3) with the IRS 100% of your donation is deductible against your federal income taxes. Visit our donate page to make our day (http://www.gtownradio.com/donate). Please mention Listen Up!

Playlist (Artist -Title (original artist) – Album – Year of song) 
Opening Theme

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

Bryan Ferry – Sympathy For The Devil  (Rolling Stones) – These Foolish Things – 1973
Charles Bradley and The Budos Band – Changes (Black Sabbath) – Changes – 2013
Mercury Rev – Planet Caravan (Black Sabbath) – The Dark Is Rising – 2002

Mott The Hoople – Darkness, Darkness (The Youngbloods) – Brain Capers – 1971
Dead Milkmen – Rock ‘N’ Roll Queen (Mott The Hoople) – Now We Are 20 – 1990

Rocket From The Crypt – Masculine Intuition (The Music Machine) – (Turn On) The Music Machine – 1966
The Music Machine – Taxman (The Beatles) – The State Of Art Is On Fire – 1995

Gumball – Under My Wheels (Alice Cooper) – Various: Alice Cooper Tribute – 1991
Rocknoceros – My Hero Zero (Schoolhouse Rock) – We’re Rocknoceros and We Eat A Lot! – 1990
A-Bones – Rock The Boat (Hues Corporation) – Daddy Wants A Cold Beer And Other Million Sellers – 1995

Sally TImms – Half Past France (John Cale) – To The Land Of Milk And Honey – 1995
Dan Kibler – Trains,And Boats and Planes (Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas) -Various: Tribute To Burt Bacharach – What The World Needs Now – 1998
Game Theory – Seattle (Bobby Sherman) – Big Shot Chronicles – 1986
Bill Fay – Jesus Etc. (Wilco) – Life Is People – 2012
 
Tom Waits – Return of Jackie & Judy (The Ramones) – Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards – 2003
The Ramones – I Don’t Wanna Grow Up (Tom Waits) – Ramones Mania – 1995
The Residents – We’re A Happy Family (The Ramones) – The Commercial Album – 1980

Neville Harson – Fancy (The Kinks) – 2013
The Jesus and Mary Chain – My Girl (The Temptations) – Peel – 1988
Aztec Camera – Jump (Van Halen) -The Best Of – 1984

Tater Totz feat. Cherie Currie – Instant Karma (John Lennon) – Mono Stereo – 1986
Mondo Topless – Louise (Paul Revere and The Raiders) – Take It Slow – 2006
Flamin’ Groovies – Him or Me (What’ It Gonna Be) (Paul Revere and The Raiders) – You Tore Me Down – 1975
Hoodoo Gurus – Teenage Head (Flamin’ Groovies) – Gorilla Biscuit – 1986

The Walkabouts – Free Money (Patti Smith) – Satisfied Mind – 1995
Patti Smith – Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana) – Twelve – 2007

Incredible Bongo Band – In-a-gadda-da-vida (Iron Butterfly) – Bongo Rock – 1973

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

It is another afternoon escape into a labyrinth of music shining a beacon on the unsung, should-be-sung, and will-be-sung recordings that clutter the maze’s dusty corridors that crisscross time and continents. It’s freeform radio for those who listen to music, not just hear it.

G-town Radio is in the midst of our 2014 Fund Drive. G-town Radio is a non-profit, community internet radio station. Accomplishing our goals requires hard work and it also requires money to keep serving the community. I urge you to help by making a one-time or continuing donation. Your contribution goes toward supporting our mission to reach more listeners with our diverse array of programs and community outreach.

Our requested donation is $50 but you can give anything you wish. You can even sign up to become a subscription donor for as little as $5 a month. As a registered 501(c)(3) with the IRS 100% of your donation is deductible against your federal income taxes. Visit our donate page to make our day (http://www.gtownradio.com/donate). Please mention Listen Up!

Follow the Listen Up! Blog and/or “like” the show on Facebook . Both serve as an addendum and a means to interact with the program.

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

Opening Theme

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

Background Music

Phil Kraus And Bob Rosengarden – Percussion: Playful And Pretty -1965

Quo Vadis – Zeppelin Party -Various: Tetes Lourdes – 1970
Stark Naked – Sins – Stark Naked – 1971
Alice Cooper – Apple Bush – Pretties For You – 1969
John Entwistle – Heaven and Hell – Smash Your Head – 1971

The Lyres – We Sell Soul -Nobody But Lyres – 1992
13th Floor Elevators – She Lives (In A Time Of Her Own) – Easter Everywhere – 1967

Moondog – HIgh On A Rocky Ledge – H’art Songs – 1979
Michael Yonkers and Jim Woehrle – Smile Awhile On Me – Borders Of My Mind – 1974

Steve Gunn – Way Out Weather – Way Out Weather – 2014
Grateful Dead – Wharf Rat – Grateful Dead – 1971
Chris Joss – Charmer – Sticks – 2009

Neko Case – Knock Loud – Canadian Amp – 2001
PJ Harvey – The :Life and Death of Mr. Badmouth – Uh Huh Her – 2004
Fraction – Come Out Of Her -Canadian Amp – 2009
Gun Club – Walkin’ With The Beast – The Las Vegas Story – 1984

The Kinks – Mr. Big Man – Sleepwalker -1977
Warren Zevon- Genius – Genius – Genius: The Best Of Warren Zevon  – 2001

Ultravox! – The Frozen Ones – Ha! Ha! Ha! – 1977
Roxy Music – Sea Breezes – Roxy Music – 1972
Hildegard Knef – Friedenskampf und Schadenfreude  -Hildegard Knef – 1970

Bobb Trimble – One Mile From Heaven -Iron Curtain Innocence – 1980

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

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

Opening Theme

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

Background Music

Phil Kraus And Bob Rosengarden – Percussion: Playful And Pretty -1965

XTC- Are You Receiving Me? – Go 2 – 1978
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band – Sheriff of Hong Kong – Doc at the Radar Station – 1980
Butthole Surfers – Something – Butthole Surfers – 1983

Specials – Stereotype/Stereotypes (Part 2) – More Specials – 1980
Macka B – Never Played A 45 -Change The World – 2012
Jacob Miller – Westbound Train – More Specials – 1980
10cc – Dreadlock Holiday – Bloody Tourists – 1978

Apples in Stereo – Wings Away -Travellers In Space And Time – 2010
Love – Lonely Pigs – Black Beauty – 1973
Paul McCartney – Too Many People – Ram – 1971
Badfinger – Perfection – Straight Up – 1972
NRBQ – Definition Of Love – Tiddlywinks – 1980

Wally Pleasant – Hippies’ Lament – Songs About Stuff – 1992
Modern Lovers – I Wanna Sleep In Your Arms – The Original Modern Lovers – 1972
The Feelies – Everybody’s Got Something To Hide (Except For Me and My Monkey) – Crazy Rhythms – 1980

Table – Do The Standing Still – Various: 1-2-3-4 Punk & New Wave 1976-1979 – 1977
The Skunks – Earthquake Shake – Punk 45: Kill the Hippies! Kill Yourself! The American Nation Destroys Its Young: Underground Punk in the United States of America 1973–1980 – 1979
Rich Kids – Rich Kids – Ghosts Of Princes In Towers – 1978
Sex Pistols – Did You No Wrong – God Save The Queen/ Did You Wrong – 1977
Nipple Erectors – Nervous Wreck – Bops, Babes, Booze & Bovver – 1978

Kevin Ayers – May I? – Shooting At The Moon – 1970
Vivian Stanshall – Calypso to Colapsu -Teddy Boys Don’t Knit – 1981
Roxy Music – Editions of You – For Your Pleasure – 1973

Pink Fairies – City Kids – Kings of Oblivion – 1973
Link Wray and His Ray Men – Fatback – Jack The Ripper – 1963
The Keggs – To Find Out – Various – 1967

Nick Lowe – My Heart Hurts – Nick the Knife – 1982

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

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

Opening Theme

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

Background Music

Phil Kraus And Bob Rosengarden – Percussion: Playful And Pretty -1965

The Warlocks – Shake The Dope Out – The Phoenix Album  – 2002
The Velvet Underground – Head Held High – Loaded – 1970
Hackamore Brick – Searchin’ -One Kiss Leads To Another – 1971
Flamin’ Groovies – Teenage Head – Teenage Head -1971

Feelies – Barstool Blues – Barstool Blues/I Wanna Sleep In Your Arms – 1990
Attila and The Huns – Under The Bodhi Tree – Under The Bodhi Tree -1989
Love – Message To Pretty – Love – 1966
Dillard and Clark – Lyin’ Down The Middle -The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark – 1968

Petra Haden – I Can See For Miles – Sings The Who Sell Out – 2005
Nancy Falkow – 1921 – Various: Who’s Not Forgotten, FDR’s Tribute To The Who – 2003
Mary McCaslin – Pinball Wizard – Old Friends – 1977
Yvonne Elliman – I Can’t Explain – Food For Love – 1973
Les Calamites – The Kids Are Alright – A Bride Abattue – 1984
Labelle – Won’t Get Fooled Again – Moonshadow – 1972

Pete Townshend – Pure and Easy – Who Came First – 1972

The Blues Magoos – Rush Hour – 1966-1969 – Kaleidescopic Compendium: The Best Of The Blues Magoos – 1966
Apple – Buffalo Billycan – Various: Rubble Vol. 20: Thrice Upon A Time (Nothing Is Real) – 1969
Status Quo – Paper Plane – Piledriver – 1973
Brotherhood – California Dreaming – Brotherhood Brotherhood – 1969

Marc Carroll – Now Or Never -Dust Of Rumour – 2009
The Show Stoppers – Nothing To Say Today -Turn On Your Lovelight/Nothing To Say Today – 1966
The Bee Gees – I’ll Know What To Do -Inception Nostalgia – 1970
Herman’s Hermits – My Reservation’s Been Confirmed -Both Sides Of Herman’s Hermits – 1966
The Black Hollies – Everything’s Fine -Softly Towards the Light – 2009

The Blank Stares – The Song That Brought The World To Ruin -All Blown Up – 2006
Sugergrass – Seen The Light – Life On Other Planets – 2002
T-Rex – Rip Off – Electric Warrior – 1971

The Stevens – From Puberty To Success – A History Of Hygiene – 2013
Game Theory – Nine Lives To Nigel Five -Distortion Of Glory – 1984

Blue Ash – Smash My Guitar – No More No Less – 1973

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

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