Listen Up! is digging up those rock and roll sounds from it’s early roots, the golden age of garage, the punk explosion and beyond. It’s an afternoon filled with energy, grit, attitude and lots of fun.

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

Opening Theme

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

The Ardells – Stronger Than Dirt – Various: Tougher Than Stains – 1963
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Dropout Boogie –Safe as Milk – 1967
The Hammersmith Gorillas – You Really Got Me -Various: Glitterbest – UK Glam With Attitude 1971-1976 – 1974

The Human Beinz – Nobody But Me – Various: Pebbles Vol. 8 – 1967
The Customs – Long Gone – Various: Bloodstains Across The Midwest V- 1980
The Alarm Clocks – No Reason To Complain – Various: Back From The Grave – 1966
The Fall – The Container Drivers – Grotesque – 1980
Dave Berry – Don’t Give Me No Lip Child –Various:Mojo Presents The Roots Of The Sex Pistols (15 Tracks That Inspired A Revolution) – 1964
The Circus – Bad Seed – Various: Gravel Vol. 1 – 1967

The Chants – Hypnotized –Various: Gathering Of The Tribe – 1966
The Count Bishops – Ain’t Got You – Speedball – 1975
The Rolling Stones – Stoned –Singles Collection: The London Years – 1963
Muddy Waters – Tiger In Your Tank –The Chess Singles Collection ‎- 1960
Jimmy Reed – Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby – The Best Of Jimmy Reed – 1961

Pere Ubu – The Modern Dance –The Hearpen Singles – 1977
Rocket From The Tombs – Life Stinks –The Day The Earth Met The…-1975
Pressler/Morgan – You’re Gonna Watch Me –Datapanik In The Year Zero – 1977

George Brigman – Jungle Rot – Jungle Rot – 1975
Ozzie – Android Love – Android Love/Organic Gardening – 1977

Modern Lovers – Walk Up The Street – The Original Modern Lovers – 1972
The Flamin’ Groovies – Dog Meat –Grease – 1973
Link Wray – Comanche –Slinky! The Epic Sessions ’58-’61 ‎- 1959
Joy Division – No Love Lost –1977 – 1980 ‎- 1978

The Prisoners – Reaching My Head – Revenge Of The Prisoners – 1984
Tyme – Land Of 1,000 Dances – Various: Back From The Grave Volume 7 – 1967
Jolly Green Giants – Busy Body –Various: Teenage Shutdown Vol. 01 Jump Jive & Harmonize – 1966
John’s Children – Go Go Girl – The Complete John’s Children – 1967

The Sonics – You Got Your Head On Backwards –  Introducing The Sonics – 1967
The Del-Vettes – Last Time Around – Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 – 1966
The Odds – I’ll Make You Sorry – Various: Battle Of The Garages, Vol. 2 – 1984
Billy Synth & The Turn Ups – I’m So Sick Of It – Disorderly Conduct – 1981

Classic Ruins – Geraldine I Need Money – Lassie Eats Chickens – 1986
Esquerita – Gettin’ Plenty Of Lovin’ – The Capitol Collection – 1959
Larry and The Blue Notes – In and Out –Various:Gathering Of The Tribe – 1966

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

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Enter the labyrinth of music called Listen Up! and shine 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.

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

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

Cockney Rebel – Ritz – Pyschomodo -1974
David Bowie – After All – The Man Who Sold The World – 1970
Japan – Transmission – Adolescent Sex – 1978

Pooh Sticks – Heroes & Villains – The Pooh Sticks – 1988
Television Personalities – If I Could Write Poetry – Part-Time Punks: The Very Best of Television Personalities – 1982

Ex-Reverie – The Hanging Garden (The Cure cover) – Various: A Means To An End: The Music Of Joy Division – 1995
Kendra Smith – Heart and Soul (Joy Division cover) – Various: Perfect As Cats: A Tribute To The Cure – 2008

Joy Zipper – Check Out My New Jesus – Stereo and God – 2009
The Brian Jonestown Massacre – (David Bowie I Love You) Since I Was Six – Take It from the Man! – 1996
Trees – The Garden of Jane Delawney – The Garden Of Jane Delawney – 1970
The Kinks – Too Much On My Mind – Face To Face – 1966
Ron Davies – Lover and The Loved – Silent Song through the Land – 1970

Kraftwerk – Radioactivity – Radioactivity – 1975
Rockets – On The Road Again (Canned Heat cover) – On The Road Again – 1978
Siouxsie and The Banshees – Carousel – Peepshow – 1988
The Psychedelic Furs – All Of This And Nothing – Talk Talk Talk – 1981
Soft Boys – The Asking Tree – A Can of Bees – Invisible Hits – 1983

Tony Burrello – There’s A New Sound – Various: Only In America – 1953
Paul Revere and The Raiders – Orbit (The Spy) – Like, Long Hair – 1961
Jacco Gardner – Clear The Air – Cabinet of Curiosities – 2013
Temples – The Golden Throne – Sun Structures- 2014
Jonathan Rado – Oh, Suzanna! – Law and Order – 2013
Frank Zappa – Evelyn, A Modified Dog – One Size Fits All – 1975

Brian Eno – By This River – Before and After Science – 1977

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

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This Monday (November 4th), Listen Up! remembers Lou Reed.

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

Opening Theme

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

Mic Break Music

Jimmy Castor ( Everything Man, The ) And The Jimmy Castor Bunch  ‎– Walk on The Wild Side –  Jimmy Castor (The Everything Man) And The Jimmy Castor Bunch – 1974
Velvet Underground – Guess I’m Falling In Love (Instrumental Version) – Another View – 1967

Jonathan Richman – Velvet Underground – I, Jonathan – 1992
Velvet Underground – I’m Waiting For The Man – The Velvet Underground & Nico – 1967
Velvet Underground – Ocean – VU – 1969
The Roughnecks – You’re Driving Me Insane – Various Artists: Yeah Yeah Yeah -1965
THe Beachnuts – Cycle Annie – Various Artists: Out of Sight! -1966

Lou Reed – Street Hassle – Street Hassle – 1978
Lou Reed – Men of Good Fortune – Berlin – 1973
Lou Reed – Billy – Sally Can’t Dance – 1974

Rainy Day – I’ll Be Your Mirror – 1984
Velvet Underground – Pale Blue Eyes – The Velvet Underground – 1969
Lou Reed – Perfect Day – Transformer – 1972
Velvet Underground – Here She Comes Now – White Light/White Heat – 1968
David Bowie – White Light/White Heat –

Lou Reed – Kill Your Sons – Sally Can’t Dance – 1974
Lou Reed – Families – The Bells – 1979
Lou Reed – Sad Song – Berlin -1973
Lou Reed – Vicious – Transformer – 1972
Velvet Underground – Venus In Furs – The Velvet Underground & Nico – 1967

Lou Reed – Underneath The Bottle –  The Blue Mask – 1982
Velvet Underground – I Can’t Stand It – VU-  1969
Velvet Underground – Sweet Jane – !969 The Velvet Underground Live – 1969

Closing Theme
Velvet Underground – Rock & Roll – Loaded -1970