Playlist
The Ventures – The Fourth Dimension
Roland Vincent – L.S.D. Party
Don Gere – Werewolves On Wheels
Link Wray – Fat Back

The Brain Twist – Brain Twist
Trio Agave – Mr. Zap
Vic Mizzy – Don’t Make Waves – Main Title
The Monzels – Sharkskin
Lord SItar – I Can See For Miles

Omar Kay – Turkish Coffee
Jimmy Gordon – Buzzzzz
The GTVs – Bullsye
Dieter Reith – No No No
Enoch Light and The Light Brigade – Season Of The Witch

Gil Trythall – Folsom Prison Blues
Galactic Federation – Man Shot
The Shadows – Apache

Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra – Jumpin’ Jack Flash
Harry Stoneham – Mogul I Spy The Avengers
Roland Shaw & His Orchestra – Peter Gunn
John Barry Orchestra – Beat Girl

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – Wallk, Don’t Run
Johnny & The Hurricanes – Sheba
The Rumblers – Boss
The Busters – Bust Out

Sounds Nice – Flying
LEs Gottamou – Griboulille
Jean-Pierre Mirouze – Sexopolis
Electronic Concept Orchestra – Je t’aime moi non plus
Ron Frangipane – Smile a Little Smile For Me

Dondi – S and L
Electrified Tomorrow – Sugar Cube
Edgar Allen and the Po’ Boys – Panic Button
Teddy and the Clockwatchers – Kinky
Dick Dale and His Del-Tones – Nitro Fuel

James Last – Silver Machine, Children Of The Revolution, Schools Out

Genesis – The Cinema Show
Meg Baird – All I Ever Wanted
Fleetwood Mac Beautiful Child

Black Widow – Way To Power
Sandie Shaw – Your Time Is Gonna Come

Savage Rose – A Girl I Knew
Kate Bush – Full House
Yoko Ono – Woman of Salem
Chica and the Folder – I’ll Come Running

Dana Gillespie – Foolish Seasons
Jefferson Airplane – Rejoyce
13th Floor Elevators – Dust

Nick Drake – One Of This Things First
Rennaissance – Sounds oF The Sea
Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Smith – Prettiest Star
John Cale – Big White Cloud
A Camp – Us And Them

Justine – She Brings The Morning With Her
The Wind In The Willows – Djini Judy
Emile Simon – Come As You Are
Cat Power – I’ll Be Seeing You

Pavlov’s Dog – Julia
Opal – She’s A Diamond
The Youngbloods – Darkness, Darkness

Ellen McIlwaine – Can’t Find My Way Home

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Moon Duo – Planet Caravan
Tim Buckley – Hallucinations
Sun Ra – Love In Outer Space
Gong – And You Tried So Hard

Rob Mazurek & Exploding Star Orchestra – Helmets Of Our Poisonous Thoughts #16/Awaken The World #41
Electric Peanut Butter Company – Stealio
Augustus Pablo – King Tubby Meets Rocker Uptown

Gary Burton – Vibrafinger
Elastic Oz Band – Do The Oz
Dungen – Trollkarlen och fågeldräkten
The Swingle Sisters – Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846

Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra – Some Velvet Morning
Dr John – Danse Fambeaux
The Mind Expanders – Night On Bald Mountain
Joey Heatherton – Say Hello
Mercury Rev – Tonite It Shows

]Lonnie Holley – Six Space Shuttles and 144,000 Elephants

Spaceways Incorporated – Alice In My Fantasies/Cosmic Slop
Eka Jicanna Baba – The Temple of Isis
Grateful Dead – Here Comes Sunshine

The United States of America – Love Song For The Dead Che
Millenium – I Just Want To Be Your Friend
NRBQ – We Travel The Spaceways

The Kinks – Days

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Playlist
Stalk- Forrest Group – Donovan’s Monkey
Alice Cooper – Hard Hearted Alice
Ex Reverie – Second Son
Nico – Afraid
Cat Power – Maybe Not

Garcia Peoples – Paint A Vision That Carries
Mdou Moctor – Llmouloud
Devendra Banhart – This Is The Way
Tyrannosaurus Rex -Once Upon the Seas of Abyssinia

Golden Ball – Signature Abstract
Brian Eno – Burning Airlines Give You So Much More
Siouxie and The Banshees – Hall Of Mirrors

The Wild Irish Roses – All Tomorrows Parties
Eno/Byrne – Jezebel Spirit (Original version with voice of Kathryn Kuhlman)
Fursaxa – Kokopellis
Saba Alizadeh – Dream

Mandible Chatter – Trampoline Town
Reade McCardell – Bastien
P.G. Six – Old Man On The Mountain

Jeffrey Frederick and the Clamtones/Michael Hurley/The Unholy Modal Rounders – What Made My Hamburger Disappear
Meat Puppets – Climbing
The Holy Modal Rounders – My Mind Capsized
Caballero Reynaldo – Epitaph

Espers – Flaming Telepaths

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Listen Up! features selections from the “30 Great U.S. Indie Power Pop 45s” listed in the book Shake Some Action: The Ultimate Power Pop Guide by John Borack.

From the book, Shake Some Action: The Ultimate Power Pop Guide by John Borack.
The Badbeats – One And One Is Two
The Boys- You Make Me Shake
The Rockers – Don’t Leave Me Tonight
Prix – Girl
Chris Stamey & The dB’s – (I Thought) You Wanted To Know

Gary Valentine – The First One
Shake Shakes – You Can Run
Shoes – Tomorrow Night

The Heats – Rivals
The Bats – Popgun
Don Kriss – Let’s Do Something Tonight
Luxury – Green Hearts
Richard X Heyman – Vacation

Marbles – Red Light
Beat Rodeo – What’s The Matter

The Flamin’ Groovies – You Tore Me Down
20/20 – Giving It All Away
The Shout – I Won’t Be There

The Colors – Have You Seen Her
The Infidels – Mad About That Girl
Gary Charlson – Shark
The Names – Why Can’t It Be
Barry Knoedl – Baby Don’t Give Up

Keith Herman – She’s Got A Whole Number
The Donuts – She May Be Your Girl
The Secrets – It’s Your Heart Tonight
The Poppees – If She Cries
Tommy Keene – Back To Zero Now

——Not from the list
Listen Up! plays the hits!

Raspberries – Go All The Way
Big Star – September Gurls
Badfinger – Baby Blue

Todd Rundgren – Couldn’t I Just Tell You

Jack Holmes – Dazed and Confused
De Frank and His Professionals – Psychedelic Man
Ozo – Listen To The Buddha

Steve Hillage – It’s All Too Much
The Beatles – A Day In The Life (Take 1 with Hums)
The Shazam – Revolution 9

Genesis (USA) – Angeline
Genesis (Uruguay) -Cuerpo
Genesis (Columbia) – Don Simon
Genesis (UK) – Watcher of The Skies

Silver Apples – Lovefingers
Trotski Naugtique – Ca Sent Le Mennen (Smells Like Teen Spirit)
Gilli Smyth – I Am A Fool
Nagat – Ana Basak El Bahr
Monsoon – Eyes

American Standard – My Bathroom Is A Very Private Place
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 – Noble Experiment

Cal Tjader – Tra-La-La Song
Mikal Cronin – I Enjoy Being A Boy
Mondo Topless – Gonna Find A Cave
The Banana Splits – We’re The Banana Splits

Hawkwind – Space Is Deep
Gong – What Do You Want?

Dion – Purple Haze

Mary Jane Hooper – Psychedelphia
The Undisputed Truth – You Make Your Own Heaven And Hell Right Here On Earth
Baby Huey – Running
Fugi – Revelations

Blackrock – Yeah Yeah
Parliament – Come In Out Of The Rain
Black Nasty – It’s Not The World”

Shuggie Otis – Oxford Gray
Bo Diddley – I’m High Again
Marvin Gaye – Flyin High (in the Friendly Sky)

Black Merda – Cynthy-Ruth
WIlliam S. Fischer – Saigon
King Hannibal – Hymn No. 5

Cymande – Dove
Clarence “Fuzzy” Haskins – Cookie Jar
Bootsy’s Rubber Band – Munchies For Your Love

Edwin Starr – Ball of Confusion
Eddie Hazel – I Want You (She’s So Heavy)

Rotory Connection – I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun

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Shake your hips as the lines of genre are blurred with punchy rock ‘n’ roll, soul swagger, and more.

Davis & Jones and The Fenders -Boss With The Hot Sauce
Otis Redding & The Pinetoppers – Shout Bamalama
Little Richard – Directly From My Heart To You
Soloman Burke – Home In Your Heart
Geno Washington – Out Of This World
Charlie Rich – Midnite Blues

Royal Teens – Sham Rock
The 5 Royals – Right Around The Corner
Little Willie John – Leave My Kitten Alone
Mackey Beers – That Jim
Gloria Jones – Heartbeat Pt !

LIttle Luther – Du Dee Squat
Edgar Alan And THe Po’ Boys – Panic Button
Lee Braun – Talk About A Party
Art Freeman – Slippin’ Around With You

Wanda Jackson – Funnel Of Love
The Ronettes – He Did It
The Shangri-Las – It’s Easier To Cry
The Shirelles – Putty (In Your Hands)
The Cookies – Only To Other People
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The Oblivians – Bad Man
Bo Diddley – Who Do You Love
Bob Seger – Lucifer
The Deviants – Slum Lord
Question Mark & The Mysterians – Ain’t It A Shame

The Nite Riders – Lookin’ For My Baby
Ike & Tina Turner – You Can’t Miss Nothing The You Never Had
Irma Thomas – Hittin’ On Nothing
Tammy Montgomery – If You Don’t Think
Betty Harris – Mean Man
Dusty Wilson – Can’t Do Without You

Staple Singers – Don’t Knock
Sister Rosetta Tharpe – 99 and Half Won’t Do
Baby Washington – I’ve Got A Feeling
Ruby Johnson – Weak Spot
Nathaniel Mayer – Village Of Love

Jack Hammer – Wiggling Fool
Barrett Strong – You Know What To Do
Hoagy Lands – Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand
Billy Lee Abd The Rivieras – Won’t You Dance WIth Me
Brice Coefield – Cha-Cha Twist

The Chiffons – Oh My Lover

The Pursuit Of Happiness – I’m An Adult Now
The Creeps – Down At The Nightclub
The Chills – I Love My Leather Jacket
The Green Pajamas – Kim The Waitress

Teenage Fanclub – The Concept
Husker Du – Green Eyes

The Impossible Years – Attraction Gear
Ultra Vivid Scene – Staring At The Sun
Jesus & The Mary Chain – April Skies
Game Theory – Rolling With The Moody Girls
The Leopards – Psychedelic Boy

Ben Vaughn Combo – Wrong Haircut
Plasticland- Sipping In The Bitterness
Andy Prieboy – The New York Debut Of An L.A. Artist
The Orignal Sins – Later Than You Think

The Godfathers – Birth, School, Work, Death
Hoodoo Gurus – Death Defying (Single Version)
Concrete Blonde – Tomorrow, Wendy
Anita Lane – Sugar In A Hurricane

Siouxsie and the Banshees – Sea Breezes
dB’s – Spitting In The Wind
Pixies – Wave of Mutilation
The Psyclone Rangers – You’re Not Edie Sedgewick

The Church – Into My Hands
Biff Bang Pow! – There Must Be A Better Life
The Chameleons- Tears
The Posies – Everyone Moves Away
David Sylvian – Orpheus

Replacements – Nobody

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