Memphis to Manchester (Music)
With John Wendland
Thu Dec 1st 2011 7.00am–10.00am
R=listener request. N=music new at the station. L=local music. Your purchases using the Buy it! links
Time zone: central
7:03am | Little Richard “Try Some of Mine” from Brunswick Lost Soul - Volume 2 (Brunswick 2011) N —Little Richard singing a soul song written by Don Covay. Who knew? Recorded in NYC in 1967.Buy it! |
7:06am | Don Covay “Take This Hurt Off Me” from Mercy Mercy: The Definitive Don Covay (Razor & Tie 1994) —I can't recommend this single-disc compilation highly enough. Written by Don Covay & bassist Ronald Miller and recorded in 1964. Bernard Purdie is playing drums on this one.Buy it! |
7:08am | The Rolling Stones “Mercy Mercy” from Out of Our Heads (ABKCO 1965) —Reissue of their 1965 release. This song was also written by Don Covay & Ronald Miller.Buy it! |
7:11am | The Rolling Stones “2120 South Michigan Avenue” from 12 X 5 (London 1964) —Music bed. 1964 original instrumental named for the address of Chess Records.Buy it! |
7:13am | George Jackson “Bite the Hand That Feeds You” from Don't Count Me Out: The Fame Recordings Volume 1 (Kent 2011) N —New compilation of previously unissued 1960s recordings that George Jackson made for Fame Records. Produced by Rick Hall.Buy it! |
7:16am | Jeanie Greene “Don't Make Me Hate Loving You” from The Fame Studios Story 1961-1973 (Kent 2011) N —Jeanie Greene was often called on by Rick Hall when a female vocalist was needed for a demo. She recorded over fifty of them. This 1966 previously unreleased demo was written by guitarist, Albert Lowe.Buy it! |
7:18am | Candi Staton “I'd Rather Be An Old Man's Sweetheart (Than a Young Man's Fool)” from Candi Staton (CAPITOL 2004) —1969 Fame single written by Clarence Carter (who she eventually married), George Jackson & Raymond Moore. Produced by Rick Hall.Buy it! |
7:21am | Smoky & The Fabulous Blades “Jerk Baby Jerk” from Double Cookin': Classic Northern Soul Instrumentals (Kent 2010) —Music bed. 1964 instrumental recorded for the Dore label.Buy it! |
7:22am | Peter Wolf “Tragedy” from Midnight Souvenirs (Verve 2010) —Duet with Shelby Lynne written by Peter Wolf & Angelo Petraglia. Shelby Lynne fans take note - she will be appearing at the Old Rock House in January (Thursday, 1/12).Buy it! |
7:27am | Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings “He Said I Can” from Soul Time! (Daptone 2011) N —Previously unreleased track from the I Learned The Hard Way sessions. Written by Dap-King bassist & Daptone founder, Bosco Mann.Buy it! |
7:30am | Charles Bradley “Heart of Gold” from Heart of Gold single (Daptone 2011) —2011 soul version of the Neil Young song.Buy it! |
7:33am | The Budos Band “My Girl” from Budos Band II (Daptone 2007) —Music bed. Completely re-worked & close to unrecognizable instrumental of the Smokey Robinson hit.Buy it! |
7:34am | The Victory Five “Have You Been To The Pool” from Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio (The Numero Group 2011) N —1974 soul gospel out of Detroit & found on this highly recommended new three-disc compilation of 60s & 70s tracks from the Cleveland-based Boddie studios and related Soul Kitchen, Luau & Bounty record labels.Buy it! |
7:37am | Tom Waits “Talking At the Same Time” from Bad As Me (Anti- 2011) N —"Well we bailed out all the millionaires / They got the fruit / We got the rind / And everybody's talking at the same time"Buy it! |
7:41am | Mose Allison “I'm Alright” from The Way of the World (Anti 2010) —Loudon Wainwright III cover recorded in 2009 & produced by Joe Henry.Buy it! |
7:44am | Jimmy Smith “Main Title From "The Carpetbaggers"” from The Cat (Verve Records 1998) —Music bed. 1964 instrumental written by Elmer Bernstein.Buy it! |
7:47am | Van Morrison “Common One” from Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl (Listen to the Lion 2009) —Sublime live version of the Van Morrison song recorded in 2008 with a killer response vocal by Bianca Thornton.Buy it! |
7:53am | Billie Poole with the Junior Mance Trio “Them Blues” from The Return of Mod Jazz (Ace 2005) —1963 recording for the Riverside label written by Ollie Jones and featuring Kenny Burrell on guitar & Junior Mance on piano.Buy it! |
7:55am | Marlena Shaw “Looking Through The Eyes of Love” from The Spice of Life (CADET 1969) —Written by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil. Marlena Shaw will be appearing at Jazz at the Bistro in 2012 (Wednesday, Apr 11). It never hurts to plan ahead.Buy it! |
7:58am | The Fireballs “Vaquero” from Complete Pop Instrumental Hits of the Sixties - Vol. 1: 1960 (Eric 2011) —Music bed.Buy it! |
8:03am | Mr. Gasser & The Weirdos “Surfink” from Surfink! (Sundazed 2011) N —Reissue of a surf album released by Capitol in 1964 and featuring instrumentals with a backing session greats such as Jerry Cole, David Gates, Leon Russell & Earl Palmer.Buy it! |
8:05am | Dengue Fever “Family Business” from Cannibal Courtship (Concord 2011) N —From one of my favorite 2011 releases & featuring the lead vocals of one-time Cambodian pop singer & star, Chhom Nimol.Buy it! |
8:08am | Les Rovers “Dans Cinquante Ans D'ici” from Grooce Club Vol. 1 - La Confiserie Magique (Martyrs of Pop 2011) N —Collection of French pop & rock from the 60s & early 70s. This track was recorded in 1967.Buy it! |
8:11am | Dengue Fever “Kiss of the Bufo Alvarius” from Cannibal Courtship (Concord 2011) N —Music bed. Instrumental from their 2011 release.Buy it! |
8:14am | The Who “The Punk And The Godfather” from Quadrophenia (Remixed and Remastered Version) (Polydor 2011) —Reissue of their 1973 release with the adition of eleven demo recordings. Written by Pete Townshend.Buy it! |
8:19am | The Action “Climbing Up the Wall” from The Route to Quadrophenia (Mojo 2011) N —Taken from this compilation CD which accompanied the December, 2011 issue of Mojo magazine. Written by Reg King & recorded in 1968.Buy it! |
8:22am | The Marvelettes “Locking Up My Heart (Single Version)” from The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 3: 1963 (Hip-O Select Retail (MT) 2006) —1963 recording written by Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier & Brian Holland.Buy it! |
8:25am | Jr. Walker and The All Stars “Tune Up” from Shotgun (Motown 1965) —Music bed. Instrumental written by Autry DeWalt aka Junior Walker.Buy it! |
8:26am | Camera Obscura “French Navy” from My Maudlin Career MP3/FILE ALBUM (4AD 2009) —Indie-pop out of Scotland written & sung by Tracyanne Campbell.Buy it! |
8:30am | The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations” from Smile Sessions (CAPITOL 2011) N —1966 masterpiece with music by Brian Wilson and words by Mike Love. The drums and percussion on this song are just so great and I've never heard them as well as I can on this new release.Buy it! |
8:34am | The Chandelles “El Gato” from The Birth of Surf (Ace 2007) —Music bed. Surf instrumental from 1963 recorded for the Dot label.Buy it! |
8:36am | Calexico “All The Pretty Horses” from Selections from Road Atlas 1998-2011 (Quarterstick 2011) —Collection of recordings culled from eight tour-only CDs self-released by the band from 1968-2011. Traditional song arranged & sung by Joey Burns.Buy it! |
8:40am | Latin Playboys “Forever Night Shade Mary” from Latin Playboys (Slash/Warner Bros 1994) —Written by David Hidalgo & Louis Perez.Buy it! |
8:43am | Los Lobos “This Time” (Hollywood Records Inc. 1999) —Written by David Hidalgo & Louis Perez. Los Lobos will be at the Sheldon Concert Hall in 2012 (Feb. 26). What a great venue to see them at.Buy it! |
8:46am | Calexico “Detroit Steam” from Selections from Road Atlas 1998-2011 (Quarterstick 2011) N —Music bed. Instrumental written by Joey Burns & John Convertino.Buy it! |
8:48am | The Blazers “Going Up The Country” from East Side Soul (Rounder 1995) —Canned Heat cover through an East-L.A. filter.Buy it! |
8:52am | Toni Price “Like You Used To” from Midnight Pumpkin (Antone's Records/ Texas Music Group 2001) —Written by J.J. Cale & sung beautifully by the Austin-based singer. With Jon Dee Graham on lap steel & Champ Hood on acoustic guitar.Buy it! |
8:56am | Jon Dee Graham “Majesty Of Love” from The Great Battle (New West 2004) —Written by Jon Dee Graham with backing by Charlie Sexton, Michael Hardwick, Jason White & Andrew DuPlantisBuy it! |
8:59am | Alejandro Escovedo “Fort Worth Blue” from Street Songs of Love CD ALBUM (Fantasy 2010) —Music bed. Instrumental written by Alejandro Escovedo and guitarist/keyboardist, David Pulkingham.Buy it! |
9:04am | Brothers Lazaroff “What Are You Telling Me?” from Give 'Em What They Need (self 2010) L —At Off Broadway on Friday Brothers Lazaroff Hanukkah Hullabaloo Kinky Friedman After-Party with Will Soll's Klezmer Conspiracy, James Stone Goodman, DJ Goldie, and The Vaad featuring members of Magnolia Summer, The Bottle Rockets & Melody Den.Buy it! |
9:07am | E “Hello Cruel World” from A Man Called (E) (Polygram 1992) —Written by E (aka Mark Everett of Eels fame) and Parthenon Huxley. Thanks to Rich Reese from Pop! The Beat Bubble Burst (heard right before this show every Thursday from 5-7 AM) for making me aware of this.Buy it! |
9:11am | Joe Ongie “Famous Last Words” from Critical Darling (Granny Vegas 2004) —Fine collection of indie-pop from the singer-songwriter now based out of NYC.Buy it! |
9:14am | The Pastel Six “Horny aka Hot Dogger” from It Came From The Suburbs (Ace 2006) —Music bed. 60s garage rock instrumental out of Southern California.Buy it! |
9:16am | Bettie Serveert “Dust Bunny” from Live at KDHX, Vol. 9 (KDHX kdhx.org 2011) N —Recorded here at KDHX on 10/22/10. Straight out of Amsterdam.Buy it! |
9:19am | The Trip Daddys “Claudette” from THE LIFE WE CHOSE (Daddy Time Reords 2011) N L —Roy Obison cover from the St. Louis band's forthcoming EP. They are having their EP release party at Off Broadway this Saturday (12/3). Also appearing are Skinny Jim & The Number 9 Blacktops.Buy it! |
9:22am | Alejandro Escovedo “Anchor” from Street Songs of Love CD ALBUM (Fantasy 2010) —Written by Alejandro Escovedo & Chuck Prophet.Buy it! |
9:25am | The Trip Daddys “She's A Woman” from The Life We Chose (Daddy Time Reords 2011) L —Music bed. Instrumental version of the Beatles song.Buy it! |
9:28am | Kathleen Edwards “Change the Sheets” from Voyageur (Zoe www.thehip.com 2012) N —From her highly anticipated (by me, anyway) forthcoming 2012 release.Buy it! |
9:32am | Devon Sproule “Now's The Time” from I Love You, Go Easy (Tin Angel 2011) N —Written by Devon Sproule who recently moved to Berlin. This was recorded in Ontario, Canada with backing by folk-pop trio, the Silt.Buy it! |
9:36am | Gillian Welch “The Way It Goes” from The Harrow & The Harvest (Acony 2011) —Definitely a candidate for best release of 2011. Written by Gillian Welch & David Rawlings.Buy it! |
9:42am | Wayne Hancock “Thunderstorms and Neon Signs” (Dejadisc 1995) —Appearing this Sunday (12/4) at Off Broadway. Opening is Jayke Orvis & The Broken Band.Buy it! |
9:46am | Neil Young “From Hank to Hendrix” from Harvest Moon CD ALBUM (Reprise 1992) —With backing by Kenny Buttrey, Tim Drummond, Ben Keith, Spooner Oldham, Linda Ronstadt & James Taylor.Buy it! |
9:52am | Cowboy Junkies “State Trooper” from Whites Off Earth Now (BMG 1990) R —I had a request to play Cowboy Junkies or Patti Scialfa so I went for some hybrid of the two. Springsteen cover from their 1986 debut release.Buy it! |
9:56am | The Linemen “Through Side One” (self-released 2006) L —Written and sung by Kevin Butterfield.Buy it! |
Like everything else, times are approximate. Spinitron and this station are not liable for errors or omissions.