Things start to get dark and spooky for October,  Two hours of “psycho country” filled with creepy songs about “killin’ someone” from the classic country era of the 50’s thru the early 70’s.

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Playlist (Artist -Title)

 Man or Astroman – Maximum Radiation Level

Background Music

Phil Kraus And Bob Rosengarden – Percussion: Playful And Pretty

Wynn Stewart – I’m Gonna Kill You
Porter Wagoner – Banks of The Ohio
Glenn Barber – Motor Mouth Harry
George Kent – The Baltimore Incident

Jack Kittel – Psycho
Eddie Noack – Dolores
George Jones – Barbara Joy

Ann Clark – Johnny (What’s She Got That I Ain’t Got)
Carol Waggoner – Look Up Darling, While I Aim This .38
Judy Lynn – Hello Mr. DJ

Country Johnny Mathis – Caryl Chessman
Kinky Friedman – The Ballad of Charles Whitman
Red River Dave – California Hippie Murders

Wendell Austin – LSD Make A Wreck Of Me
John Cash – Cocaine Blues
Jimmie Skinner – One Dead Man Ago
Porter Wagoner – The First Mrs. Jones

Horace Heller – Ed’s Place
Boots Till – Shadows Of The Prison Bars
June Carter Cash – Tall Lover Man
Skeeter Davis – Give Me Death

Johnny Paycheck – Pardon Me, I Got Someone To Kill
Waylon Jennings – Delia’s Gone
Porter Wagoner – Julie
Willie Nelson – I Just Can’t Let You Say Goodbye

Harry Johnson – It’s Nothing To Me
Don Epperson – Revenge
Chuck Wells – Down And Out
Bobby Helms – He Thought He’d Die Laughing

Bobby Bare – Miller’s Cave
Billy Barton – The Devil, My Conscience and I
Billy Brown – One of The Ten Most Wanted Women
Lum Hatcher – Behind The Fear

Porter Wagoner – The Cold Hard Facts of Life

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune 

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Listen Up! is going international with a two hour trek around the world filled with psych and garage sounds from various countries in practically every continent.

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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song – *Country of Origin)

Opening Theme

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

Background Music

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

Taste – Blister on the Moon – Taste – 1969 –  *Ireland
N.S.U. – Turn On, Or Turn Me Down- *Turn On, Or Turn Me Down – 1969 –  *Scotland
Great Scots – The Light Hurts My Eyes – Various: Wyld Canada Vol. 2: Shake Yourself Down – 1967 – *Canada
The Creatures – Ugly Thing – Various: Down Under Nuggets 1965-1967 – 1987   *Australia
Larry’s Rebels – I’ll Make You Happy – Various: Stop The Machine: Transworld Freakbeat Sounds And More! – 1967 – *New Zealand

The Snap Shots – Hip-Hip Hurray – Various: Stop The Machine: Transworld Freakbeat Sounds And More! – 1968 – *Belgium
Omega – Dead Are The Flowers – Omega Red Star From Hungary – 1968 *Hungary
Les 5 Gentlemen – LSD 25 Ou Les Metamorphoses De Margaret Steinway – Les 5 Gentlemen – 1967 –  *France

Kaleidoscope – Colours –  Various: Love, Peace & Poetry Vol 2 Latin American – 1968 – *Puerto Rico
La Revolución De Emiliano Zapata – En Medio De La Lluvia – Various: Love, Peace & Poetry: Mexican Psychedelic Music – 1972 – *Mexico
Les Loups Noirs – Pile Ou Face – Various: Haiti Direct –  1972 – *Haiti

Los Gatos – Cuando LLegue El Ano 2000 –  Various: Love, Peace & Poetry Vol 2 Latin American – 1968 – *Argentina
The Aftermads – Sweating Soul –  Various: Primer Festival Beat Del Paraguay – 1970 – *Paraguay
Laghonia – Someday – Various: Love, Peace & Poetry Vol 2 Latin American – 1971  *Peru

The Jacks – Marianne – Vacant World – 1968 *Japan
Juan De La Cruz Band – Shake Your Brains – Shake Your Brains –  1976 – *Philippines
The Quest – 26 Miles –  Various: Love, Peace & Poetry: Asian Psychedelic Music ’67-’77 – 1976 –  *Singapore

Witch – Little Clown – Lazy Bones!!  – 1975 – *Zambia
Ofege – Gbe Mi Lo – Various: Love, Peace And Poetry  African Psychedelic Music – 1973 –  *Nigeria
Freedom’s Children – Gentle Beasts Part 1 – Various:  Love, Peace And Poetry African Psychedelic Music – 1970 – *South Africa

Taboo – Queen Of Spades –  Various: Norsk Beat 5 – 1968 -*Norway
The Tages – Fuzzy Pattern –  Contrast – 1967 – *Sweden
Stomps – My Parents – Various: International Times (1967-74) – 196? – *Denmark
Group 1850 – Zero –  1967-1968 – 1968 – *Netherlands

Phil Clinton & Peter Smith – She’s Born Loser – Various:  A Trip? Just a Little Beat: A Taste of Pure Psychedelia in the Italian 60s – 196?  –  *Italy
Fabio – Lindo Sonho Deilrante –  Various: Brazilian Guitar Fuzz Bananas – 1968 – *Brazil
Ram and Sel – Screw You – Exploiting Plastic Inevitable Vol. 2: Globular Lightning – 1970 – *West Germany

Pacific Sound – The Drug Just Told Me – Forget Your Dream – 1972 –  *Switzerland

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997 – USA

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Listen Up! returns with more explorations in the music labyrinth. We will play tribute to one of the founders of the great Flying Nun/Dunedin Sound; Peter Gutteridge, who passed away last week. Hear his music with The Chills, The Clean, The Great Unwashed, Snapper & The Puddle, in addition to a variety of other unrelated sounds for your afternoon escape.

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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

Cockney Rebel – Ritz – Psychomodo – 1974
The Church – Song In Space – Forget Yourself – 2003
David Bowie – Quicksand – Hunky Dory – 1971

Cooley-Munson – In Debt – In Debt – 1972
Euphoria – Lady Bedford – A Gift From Euphoria – 1969

Peter Gutteridge – Hang On – Pure – 1989
The Clean – Point That Thing Somewhere Else – Boodle, Boodle, Boodle – 1982
The Chills – Rolling Mood – Kaleidoscope World – 1986

The Puddle – Into The Moon – Into The Moon – 1992
The Great Unwashed – Duane Eddy – Singles – 1982
Snapper – Cause Of You – Snapper EP – 1988
Yo La Tengo – Gentle Hour – Various: Dark Was the Night – 2009

The Lilys – Paz en el Hogar – Better Can’t Make Your Life Better – 1996
Ngozi Family – Hi Babe – Day of Judgement – 1975
The Green Pajamas – Deadly Nightshade – Narcotic Kisses –   2000
Daevid Allen – Children of The New World – Good Morning – 1976

Dead Skeletons – Dead Mantra – Dead Magick Part One – 2011

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Party of Special Things to Do – Bluejeans & Moonbeams – 1974
White Witch – Crystallize and Realize – A Spiritual Greeting – 1974

Roxy Music – Triptych – Country Life – 1974
Big Star – Holocaust (Demo)  – Keep An Eye On The Sky [Box Set] – 1974
The Velvet Underground – That’s The Story of My Life – The Velvet Underground – 1969

Peter Gutteridge – Don’t Catch Fire – Various: Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox – 2010

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

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It is “Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991” on Listen Up!

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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 -1964

 

The Replacements – Color Me Impressed – Hootenanny –  1983
Velvet Monkeys – Any Day Now –  Rotting Corpse Au Go-Go – 1989
The Wipers – No Fair – Youth of America – 1981
Sonic Youth – Teen Age Riot – Daydream Nation – 1988

Hüsker Dü – Pink Turns To Blue – Zen Arcade – 1984
Half Japanese – Open Your Eyes – Close Your Eyes – The Band That Would Be King – 1989

Black Flag – Rise Above – Damaged – 1981
Minutemen – Little Men With A Gun In His Head – Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat – 1983
Flipper – Get Away – Sex Bomb Baby – 1982

Dinosaur Jr. – Freak Scene – Bug – 1988
Leaving Trains – Walking With You – Fuck – 1987
Squirrel Bait – Sun God – Squirrel Bait – 1985

The Left – Labels – Jesus Love The Left: The Complete Studio Recordings – 1985
Fugazi – Give Me The Cure – 13 Songs – 1988
Death of Samantha – Coca Cola & Licorice – Strungout On Jargon – 1985

Mudhoney – In ‘n’ Out of Grace – Superfuzz Bigmuff – 1988
The Flaming Lips – Jesus Shootin’ Heroin – Here It Is – 1986
The Original Sins – Possession – Big Soul – 1987
The Dogmatics – Everything Went Bad – Everybody Does It – 1986

MDC – Corporate Deathburger – Millions Of Dead Cops – 1982
Dead Milkmen – Right Wing Pigeons – Big Lizard In My Backyard – 1985
Big Black – Kerosene – Atomizer – 1986

Butthole Surfers – Ricky – Hairway To Steven – 1988
Big Dipper – Mr. Woods – Heavens – 1987
Pixies – Waves of Mutilation – Doolittle – 1989

Flesh Eaters – See You In The Boneyard – A Minute to Pray, A Second to Die – 1981
Meat Puppets -Plateau – Meat Puppets II – 1983
Camper Van Beethoven – Shut Us Down – Camper Van Beethoven – 1986

Minutemen – History Lesson Part II – Double Nickels on the Dime – 1984

 

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

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Every Labor Day, Listen Up! salutes one group of workers in song. This year the honor goes to the…writers and authors. It is two hours of songs about writers, books, newspapers and all other things literary.

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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 -1964

The Beatles – Paperback Writer –  Past Masters, Volume Two – 1966
Rockpile – When I Write The Book – Seconds of Pleasure – 1980
Sloan – Autobiography – One Chord to Another – 1996
Lynn Ahrens – A Noun Is A Person, Place or Thing – Schoolhouse Rock! – 1973

Pylon – Read A Book – Gyrate – 1980
Echo & The Bunnymen – Read In Books – Crocodiles – 1980
Husker Du – Books About UFO’s – New Day Rising – 1985
X – Adult Books – Wild GIft – 1981

Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Everyday I Write The Book – Punch the Clock – 1983
Paul Westerberg – Bookmark – Suicaine Gratifaction – 1990
Talking Heads – The Book I Read – Talking Heads 77 – 1977
Zachary Sanders – Verb, That’s What’s Happening –  Schoolhouse Rock! – 1974

Stan Ridgway – Newspapers – Mosquitos – 1989
Joe Jackson – Sunday Papers – Look Sharp! – 1979
The Rolling Stones – Yesterday’s Papers – Between The Buttons – 1967

Moxy Fruvous – My Baby Loves A Bunch of Authors – Bargainville – 1993
John Cale – Graham Greene – Paris 1919 – 1973
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – Raymond Chandler Evening – Element Of Light – 1986
Peter Laughner – Baudelaire – Take the Guitar Player for a Ride – 197?
The Johnsons – Sylvia Plath – Break Tomorrow’s Day – 1986

The Wonder Stuff – A Great Drinker – Construction for the Modern Idiot – 1993
The Go-Betweens – The House That Jack Kerouac Built – Tallulah – 1987
Rosanne Cash – The Summer I Read Colette – 10 Song Demo – 1996

Nick Cave – There She Goes, My Beautiful World – Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus – 2004
Sonic Youth – The Empty Page – Murray Street – 2002

Belle and Sebastian – Wrapped Up In Books – Dear Catastrophe Waitress – 2003
XTC – Your Dictionary – Apple Venus Vol.1 – 1999

Daniel Johnston – Unpack Your Adjectives – Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks – 1996

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

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Another Monday afternoon filled with now and new sounds, lost and found gems of yesterday and today 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

Phil Kraus And Bob Rosengarden – Percussion: Playful And Pretty -1964

A-Bones – Daddy Wants A Cold Beer -Daddy Wants A Cold Beer And Other Million Sellers – 2004
Creatures Of The Golden Dawn – Almost Grown – Various: American Graffiti Revisited – 2001
Doctor Ross – San Francisco Breakdown – The Harmonica Boss – 1961
The Gories – Trick Bag – Outta Here – 1992
Alex Chilton – Like Flies On Sherbert – Like Flies On Sherbert – 1979

Flowerz – Flyte – The Return Of The Young Pennsylvanians – 1968
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Dropout Boogie – Safe As Milk – 1967
New York Dolls – Private World – New York Dolls – 1973
John Lee Hooker – Boogie Chillun – The Boogie Man – 1959

The Stooges – Down On The Street – Fun House – 1970
Fleetwood Mac – Oh Well – Then Play On – 1970
Flamin’ Groovies – Slow Death – Groovies Greatest Grooves – 1972

The Surf Busters – Squiddly Diddly – Surfin’ Surfari – 1966
Terry Adams & Steve Ferguson – Outer Space Boogie – Louisville Sluggers – 2007
The Rolling Stones – Come On – Singles Collection: The London Years – 1963
Chuck Berry – Tulane – The Chess Box – 

Sonny and Cher – I Look For You – The Wondrous World Of Sonny & Cher – 1966
Redd Kross – It’s The Little Things – Neurotica – 1987
The Frampton Brothers – Bang Bang – Various: Bonograph, Sonny Gets His Share – 1991
Pink Slip Daddy – It’s Gonna Rain – Various: Bonograph, Sonny Gets His Share – 1991

The Carrie Nations – Find It – Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls OST – 1970
Mary Weiss – Don’t Come Back – Dangerous Game – 2007
Mark Lindsay – Like Nothing That You’ve Seen – Life Out Loud – 2013

Rochell & The Candles – Squat With Me Baby – Beg of My Heart / Squat With Me Baby – 1961
Gabriel & His Angel – The Rooster  – Various: Twistin’ Rumble!! Vol.8 – 1961
Jerry Cole & The Stingers – Mo Jo – Hot Rod Twangin’ – 1964
The Who – Doctor, Doctor – Magic Bus – 1968

The Outsiders – Touch – Various: Pebbles Volume 25 The Continent Lashes Back! European Garage, Beat, & Psych Rarities Holland Pt. 3 – 1966
The Seeds – No Escape – The Seeds – 1966
The Friedles – Don’t Tell Me What To Do – Attack Of The Jersey Teens! – 1966

The Deep – It’s All A Part of Me – Psychedelic Moods (A Mind Expanding Phenomena) – 1966

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

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It is Repeat The Beatles on Listen Up! Once again, we will crisscross geography and time and play songs that sound a lot like The Beatles…but they aren’t.

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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 -1964

The Fut – Have You Heard The Word – Various: Love, Poetry And Revolution (A Journey Through The British Psychedelic And Underground Scenes 1966-72) – 1970
The Fraternal Order Of The All – Wink Of The Third Eye – Greetings From Planet Love – 1997
Apples In Stereo – Strawberryfire – Her Wallpaper Reverie – 1999
The Olivia Tremor Control – NYC-25 – Dusk at Cubist Castle – 1996

The Critters – He’ll Make You Cry – Younger Girl – 1966
St. John’s Alliance – What’s In A Name – “Sketchbook” Volume 1 – 1987
The Low Road – Letter Never Sent – Fidelity – 1995

The Choir – I’d Rather You Leave Me – Choir Practice – 1967
Ellie Pop – Can’t Be Love –  Various; Pepperisms Around the World -1968

Malcom MItchell – Sightseer – Various: Electric Sound Show – 1968
Rockin’ Horse – Yes It Is – Yes It Is – 1970
Flamin’ Groovies – Next One Crying – Jumpin’ In The Night – 1979
Neil Innes – How Sweet To Be An Idiot – How Sweet To Be An Idiot – 1973

The Kaisers – Time To Go – Wishing Street – 1997
Emitt Rhodes – Holly Park – The American Dream – 1971
Los Shakers – Buscando Dificultades – For You – 1966
The Alusions – The Dancer – The Allusions’ Anthology: 1966-1968 – 1966

The Pest Best Band – Red Light – Hayman’s Green – 2008
Utopia – Where Does The World Go To Hide – Deface The Music – 1980
WInnerys – It’s Up To You – And…- 2003
The Poppees – If She Cries –  Pop Goes The Anthology – 1975
The Knickerbockers – One Track Mind – The Fabulous Knickerbockers – 1966

XTC – Rip Van Ruben – Wrapped In Grey – 1992
Green Pajamas – We’re Flying – Strung Behind The Sun – 1997
The Left Banke – Hold On Tight –  Voices Calling – 1978
The Liverpool Echo – Don’t you know I’ve been lying – The Liverpool Echo – 1973
Scarlet Party – 101 Damnations – Mod & Beyond – 2005
The Spongetones – She Goes Out With Everybody – Various: Children of Nuggets – 1983
The Dentists – I Had An Excellent Dream – Some People Are on the Pitch They Think It’s All Over – 1985

Smyle – It’s Gonna Be Alright -It’s Gonna Be Alright – 1972
Los Mac’s – F.M. Y Cia – Various; Pepperisms Around the World – 1967
The Rutles – Let’s Be Natural – The Rutles – 1978

The Mascots – Words Enough To Tell You – Various : Nuggets II Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond 1964-1969 – 1965

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

Listen Up! is now available as a podcast at  listenupradio.podomatic.com

 

Listen Up! once again guides you through 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.

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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 -1964

 

David Bowie – Five Years – The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust – 1972
The Monkees – Can You Dig It – Head – 1968
Robyn Hitchcock – Cathedral – I Often Dream Of Trains – 1984
Legendary Pink Dots – Golden Dawn – Asylum – 1985

Bee Gees – Kilburn Towers – Idea – 1968
23rd Turnoff – Michael Angelo – Various: Acid Drops, Spacedust & Flying – 1968
Twice As Much – The Spinning Wheel – Own Up – 1968
King Crimson – Moonchild – In Court of The Crimson King – 1969

Julian Cope – Know (Cut My Friend) – Jehovahkill – 1992
The Walker Brothers – The Electrician – Nite Flights – 1978
Leonard Cohen – Avalanche – Songs Of Love And Hate – 1971
Peter Gabriel – My Body Is A Cage – Scratch My Back – 2010
Judy Henske & Jerry Lester – Lullabye – Farewell Aldebaran – 1969

Help Yourself – Deanna, Call and Scotty – Strange Affair – 1972
Ambrose Slade – Martha My Dear – Beginnings – 1970
Queen – Dear Friends – Sheer Hear Attack – 1974

The Fallen Angels – Introspective Looking Glass – The Fallen Angels – 1968
The Church – Don’t Open The Door To Strangers -Of Skins and Heart – 1981
Jacco Gardner – Chameleon – Cabinet of Curiosities – 2013
Death and Vanilla – Ghosts In The Machine – beko_01 – 2009
Minimal Compact – When I Go – Wings of Desire – 1988

Go-Betweens – Was There Anything I Could Do? – 16 Lovers Lane Acoustic Demos – 1988
The Triffids – Red Pony  – Treeless Plain – 1983
Aztec Camera – Just Like Gold  – Just Like Gold / We Could Send Letters ‎ – 1981
Josef K – It’s Kinda Funny – It’s Kinda Funny / Final Request – 1980
Nick Drake – Things Behind The Sun – Pink Moon – 1972

Family – My Friend The Sun – Broadcast – 1972

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

Listen Up! is now available as a podcast at  listenupradio.podomatic.com

 

Listen Up! will dig up those post-punk/power-pop/punk rock/new wave tunes from the late 70s through the early ’80s and free them from the nostalgic binds of time.

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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 -196

Crime – Hot Wire My Heart – Hot Wire My Heart / Baby You’re So Repulsive – 1976
Weirdos – Why Do You Exist? – Destroy All Music -1977
The Zeros – Don’t Push Me Around – Don’t Push Me Around -1978
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers – All By Myself – L.A.M.F. – 1977
The Idols – Girl That I Love – You/Girl That I Love – 1979

The Sneakers – Be My Ambulance – Be My Ambulance – 1979
Kimberly Rew – My Baby Does Her Hairdo Long – Bible Of Bop – 1982
The Db’s – Cycles Per Second – Stands for deciBels – 1981

Lyres – How Do You Know? – How Do You Know? b/w Don’t Give It Up Now – 1979
The Cramps – Garbage Man – Songs the Lord Taught Us – 1980
The Nerves – Hanging On The Telephone – The Nerves – 1976
Blondie – In The Sun – X Offender / In The Sun – 1976
Tina Peel – Knocking Down Guard Rails – Various: :30 Over D.C.Here Comes The New Wave!- 1978

The Ramones – We’re A Happy Family – Rocket To Russia – 1977
The Dickies – Manny, Moe and Jack – Rocket To Russia
The Shirts – Lonely Android – The Shirts – 1978
The Cichlids – 14 or Fight – Be True To Your School – 1980
Trixy and The Testones – Then She Kissed Me – Various: The Best Of Baltimore’s Buried – 1978

Stickmen – Crash My Dome – Insatiable – 1981
James Chance and The Contortions – Contort Yourself – Buy – 1979
Model Citzens – Animal Instincts – Various: Singles: The Great New York Singles Scene – 1979
Come On – Disneyland – Various: Singles: The Great New York Singles Scene – 1978

Le Peste – Better Off Dead – Better Off Dead – 1978
Spizzenergi – Soldier Soldier – Soldier Soldier – 1979
Swell Maps – Ripped and Torn -Collision Time – 1978
Dead Kennedys – Let”s Lynch The Landlord – Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables – 1980
Pure Hell – No Rule – Noise Addiction – 1978

Devo – Gates of Steel – Freedom Of Choice – 1980
Department S – Is Vic There?- Various: The Stiff Records Box Set – 1980
Willie Alexander – Dirty Eddie -Various: Hyped To Death #5: U.S./Canadian Punks – 1978
The Bizarros – Lady Doubonette – Bizarros – 1979
Budguzzlers – Weak and Strong Man –  Go Surfin’ – 1978

Pere Ubu – Final Solution – Final Solution/Cloud 149 – 1978

 

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

Listen Up! is now available as a podcast at  listenupradio.podomatic.com

 

Hear that one of the sounds that is under the fingernails of rhythm and blues and garage rock. It is what adds a whirling psychedelic mania to prog and any and all of those things to jazz and soul. It is the sound of the Hammond organ and Listen Up! is playing lots of it.

Also, Ian Ranzer (of the Mt. Airy Groove program) will be interviewing the British Soul/Jazz organ based band – The Filthy Six as part of this Hammond-centric happening.

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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

 

Jon Lord and The Hoochie Coochie Men – Green Onions – Live At The Basement – 2003
Brian Auger & the Trinity – Black Cat – Open – 1967
Spencer Davis Group – Trampoline – The Best Of – 1967

The Artwoods – Walk On The Wild Side – Art Gallery – 1966
Bobby Graham – Zoom Widge and Wag –  Various: Hammond Heroes 60s R&B Organ – 1966
The GTV’s – Sleeper Agent – Sh’Bang – 2014
The Omega Men – Cat Robot – Spy-Fi Sounds of The Omega Men – 1997

James Brown – Every Beat of My Heart – Soul Pride: The Instrumentals – 1963
Ten Years After – Adventures Of A Young Organ – Ten Years After – 1967
Jackie Mittoo – Ghetto Organ – Macka Fat – 1972
The Remo Four – Jive Samba – Attention! – 1967

Ian Ranzer Interviews Nick Etwell of The Filthy Six

The Creeps – Now Dig This! -Now Dig This – 1988
The Rascals – Come On Up – Time Peace – 1966
Graham Bond Organization – Little Girl – Various; Decca Originals- The Mod Scene – 1965
Emperors – Karate -Looking for My Baby! Soul Treasures from the Vaults – 1966

Jack McDuff – Screamin’ – Screamin’ – 1962
The Small Faces – Up The Wooden Hills To Bedfordshire – There Are But Four Small Faces – 1968
Booker T & The M.G.’s – I Want You (She’s So Heavy) – McLemore Avenue – 1970

The Nice – Rondo – The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack – 1967

Closing Theme

Silly Pillows – Groovy Tune – New Affections  – 1997

Listen Up! is now available as a podcast at  listenupradio.podomatic.com