Hey....it's January 1 so let's celebrate with 2 forgotten 45's....
*The Abstract Sound - Blacked out mind [SOS Sound of Soul 1967] a b-side from this Springfield NJ band...Springfield is about 10-12 miles from home base over here in Boonton NJ...

*The Fuzztones w/ Sean Bonniwell - The people in me [Misty Lane Records 1998] This came out on Misty Lane Records in Italy....

Later...….

Welcome to the last show of 2018! What a friggin' year.....

We open with our usual suspects: me and the opening salvo
*Danny Zella & His Zell Rocks - Wicked Ruby [Fox 1958] 45 rpm
**Bed: Ray Barretto - James Bond [all beds will be this]

Set 1: Fire & Ramblers
*13th Floor Elevators - Fire engine [International Artists 1966] 45 rpm
*The Golliwogs - Fight Fire [Scorpio 1966] 45 rpm / Early recording from Fogarty & Creedence Clearwater.....
*The Cure - Primary [Fiction 1981] 45 rpm / Robert Smith before the makeup took over.
*Cecil Campbell & the Tennessee Ramblers - Steel Guitar Hop [RCA '47] 78 rpm.
****Killer stuff from Cecil and lets hear it for Roky, Creedence & Robert!!
 
Set 2: Honey Lantree assumed room temperature this week...
*The Honeycombs - I can't get through to you [Pye / Mercury / Interphone 1965...take your pick on the label] 45 rpm....Joe Meek written and production...I slowed it down because JM sped the master up into the stratosphere! 
*B-52's - Channel Z [Reprise 1989] LP - Cosmic Thing.....as I was listening to the Honeycombs my beautiful & awesome wife, SzQ, noticed that there wasn't much difference between The Honeycombs & B-52's....I concur.
*The Rogers Sisters - Zig Zag Wanderer [Too Pure 2005] 45 rpm.....Brooklyn based sister duo with an Asian guy.....
*Daves True Story - Sex without bodies [Chesky 1998] LP - Sex Without Bodies....a leftover from my days doing morning drive radio on FM....my station manager used to freak out when I played this on the morning commute.....I dig it.
**Bed - Barritto Bond

Set 3: Whiskey & Deep Rivers
*Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the jar [Decca 1972] 45 rpm....killer cut from the Irish lads....hey I did the 23&Me DNA thang to find out I'm 86% Irish....Slainte!!
*Peter Himmelman - Beneath the damage and the dust [Epic 1992] LP - Flown This Acid World …….another leftover from the FM days....I love this guy!
***ONION RADIO NEWS: Joe Biden goes on a potato gun rampage.....funny stuff!
*Eric Burdon & the Animals - River Deep, Mountain High [MGM 1968] LP - Love Is....
The best post British invasion record from Mr. Burdon IMHO.

Well that's it for now....I'll be posting a forgotten 45 in a day or two....later.

Yikes! Christmas already? By the time you hear this all the fuss will be over and you can sit back with a cuppa' or a whiskey glass and dig....

*All Bed music will be by The Mulcays / Jimmy & Mildred

Opening salvo: Art Carney - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas [Columbia 1956] 45 rpm
Art C was a hipster long before he took a job in the sewer and became one of the most loved characters in early TV.

Set 1: 
*Bobby [Nunn] & Boobie - Cool cool Christmas [Dice 1958]...that's right: CHRISTMAS which is the name of the holiday
*The Fabulous T-Birds - Merry Xmas Darlin' [Epic 1983] Jimmy Vaughn..nuff said.
*Evan Johns & the H-Bombs - Snowed In [Jungle / Ryko 2000] The king of Psycho-billy guitar IMHO
*Hank Snow - Reindeer Boogie [RCA 1953] 45 rpm...

Set 2: Bikes and drunk Santas
*Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams - Bike [High Noon 2004] Josiah and his merry band of Slambovians from Sleepy Hollow NY appropriately.
*Clyde Lasley - Santa come home drunk [Bea & Baby 1967] 45 rpm....nothing beats a long hard night of work like a snootfull.
*Tommy Barth - Jingle Bells ….Tommy built and sold a small guitar called The Tommyhawk…..he plays a Christmas fav on it. Tom was a friend who died way too young.
*Big Star - Jesus Christ [PVC 1978] "Big Star 3rd" Alex Chilton with help from Jim Dickenson.

Set 3: Secret and Crazy Santa
*Johnny Guarnieri & Slam Stewart - Santa's Secret [Savoy ??] I haven't been able to chase down a release year for this killer....JG on the keys / Slam on the double bass.
*The Davis Sister- Christmas Boogie [RCA 1954] Skeeter and Betty Jack Davis...not actually sisters but who cares?!?
*The Onion Radio News - Sick Santa
*Brian Catanzaro - What did the Reindeer Say? [Late 80's] Brian was a bandmate of mine in 2 different bands...this is a recording he made at home where he gets to be the whole band.
*Oscar McLollie & His Honey Jumpers - Dig that crazy Santa Claus [Modern 1954] 78 RPM

Set 4: Christmas Eve and tree trimmin'
*The Band - Christmas must be tonight [Capitol 1977] A classic!
*We 3 Kings - The night before Christmas / Another local wacko...Bill Shortridge from Dover, NJ
*Jimmy Butler - Trim 'yo Tree. This came out on GEM Records not sure of the year....

Well another year another Christmas show....

Hey All...….
This weeks show:
Out opening salvo:
*The Shangri-las - Bulldog [Red Bird 1965] From the LP "Leader of the Pack"
ALL BEDS: The Jimmy Gordon Orch. - Buzzzzzz [Challenge 1963] Drummer Jimmy Gordon with his 1st 45 rpm.

Set 1: Savages & Hail Marys…
* The Savage Resurrection - Thing in "E" [Mercury 1968] LP-S/T...killer only LP by San Francisco / Oakland w/ 16 year old Randy Hammon on guitar..they morphed out of a band called The Boys.
* The V.I.P.s - I wanna be free [Island 1966] EP. Cover of Joe Tex killer grinder. Mike Harrison and Greg Ridley pre-ART, pre-Spooky Tooth.
* Circus Maximus - The Wind [Vanguard 1967] LP - S/T. Jerry Jeff Walker and Bob Bruno before they went folk / jazz...respectively.
* The Bennito Sextet - Psychedelic Soul [Tico 1968] LP - The Bennito Sextet + 1 
* Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Mary Mary [Elektra 1966] LP - East West. Great version of The Monkees / Mike Nesmith song.
* BED: see above

Set 2: Broken Sky Pilots
* International Submarine Band - Sum up broke [ Columbia 1966] 45 rpm. Best record ever of this band that included Gram Parsons & Chris Etheridge pre- Flying Burrito Brothers.
* Flying Burrito Brothers - Wheels [A&M 1969] LP - The Guilded Palace of Sin
* The Onion Radio News - A coroner works from home
* The Tremeloes - Suddenly winter [Epic 1967] 45 rpm. Great track! 
* Traffic Sound - Sky Pilot [MAG 1968] 45 rpm. Peru's favorite pop / psychsters! 
* BED: See above

Set 3: Rockets & Rhumbas
* Pete Johnson - Rocket 88 Boogie [Downbeat 1949] 78 rpm. one third of the Boogie Woogie Trio along with Albert Ammons & Meade Lux Lewis.
* Lowell Fulson - Blues Rhumba [Checker 1957] 45 rpm. Too good! 

Next weeks show: Christmas in Jail

Hey Brothers and Sisters! 

We're starting off this show with a blast from my past...The Rocky Fellers - Killer Joe on Scepter Records 1963...this was on the turntable in my household always when my older sister, Janet would have her friends over for "sock hops"! Yeowza….bullet bras and everything!

Set 1 - Come backs & Marbles
Chuck Wiley formerly of The Rock-its with a solo blast from 1965..."Come Back Baby" on Music Center Records / a killer 45 rpm
Foghat follows with "Sara Lee" offa their 1st offering from 1972 on Bearsville Records....basically Foghat is Savoy Brown minus Kim Simmonds and adding Rod Price from Black Cat Bones to sit in the big chair.....
Moby Grape kills it with "Going Nowhere" off of their first LP sans founder Skip Spence / "Grape '69"....Spence tried to part Don Stephenson's & Jerry Miller's hair with an axe so they thought it would be better to "go on without you" like the lyrics to "8:05".
John McLaughlin segues nicely via Buddy Miles bass drum foot with "Marbles" a terrific cut off of "Devotion" from Douglas Records 1970.
Los Miros [The Blackbirds] provide all the bed music for this episode ….'Sonada Amazona" which I think translates as "The song of the Amazon"....they're from Peru and all their records came out either in Peru or Colombia....tough to find.

Set 2: Hobby Horses and Go Go's
Blossom Toes start off the 2nd set with a cover of Richie Havens' great "Just above my hobby horses head"...I'm not sure what Havens was musing about but The Toes covered it on the b-side of "Peace Loving Man" / Marmalade Records 1969.
Richie follows with "Run Shaker Life" off of "Something Else Again"....and again I don't really know what he's talking about. I interviewed RH and found him to be a genuine nice guy....
The Onion Radio News - A broke dad makes his son a playstation in the garage...
Tracy Bonham - Mother mother...her first LP / CD "The Burdens of Being Upright"....wow!
JJ Cale - It's a go go place / Liberty 1965 / 45 rpm. This record sits proudly in my 6000 + 45 collection....I think labelmate Henry Vestine of Canned Heat takes the lead guitar chores...
Bed: Los Miros….see above

Set 3 - Modern Lovers and Mr. Blue
Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers - She cracked / House of Hits 1976. Demos recorded in 1972 and slapped together by John Cale for a killer record.
Talking Heads - Don't worry about the government / Sire 1977 / LP - "77". Do this and you'll be in more trouble than that Wikileaks cat!
Another Onion Radio News....this time its the Weekly News....Prince Charles seizes the government....what a friggin wimp this guy is.
Clear Lilght - Mr Blue / Elektra 1967 / Self titled LP.
Tim Buckley - Once I Was / Elektra 1967 / "Goodby and Hello"
I saw The Light open up for Tim at the Café A-Go-Go when both these records came out.....
Great show.....Lee Underwood played with Buckley and put me in an altered state...and speaking of AS's....The singer in Clear Light was actor Cliff DeYoung who did his best "I'm from LA and I'm tripping ala Jim Morrison on stage"....no real complaints because we weren't on stage but were dosed ourselves......as an aside: one of the 2 drummers they performed with was Dallas Taylor...he's the guy staring out the window on the 1st CSN LP....
L8ter G8ter's.....

Hey Brothers & Sisters.....
Tonight's episode starts with our opening salvo followed by:
*The Pete Best Combo - The way I feel about you [Happening 1965] / 45 rpm
*Bed: The Galaxies

Set 1
*Jett Powers - Stranded in the jungle [Design 1959?] 45 rpm [booted I think]
*Albert King - Lonely man [Stax 1969] / LP- Years gone by
*Ink Spots - That cat is high [Decca 1939] 78 rpm
*Fleetwood Mac - Jigsaw puzzle blues [Epic / Blue Horizon 1967] / 45 rpm
*John Mayall's Blues Breakers - Sitting in the rain [Decca 1967] / 45 rpm
*Bed: The Shadows - Bombay Duck [Columbia 1968]  / 45 rpm 

Set 2:
*Kaleidoscope -I found out [Epic 1967] Side Trips
*Kaleidoscope [UK] - Faintly blowing [Fontana 1969] LP - Faintly Blowing
*The Onion Radio News - An area man stuck in a lion's costume
*Frank Sinatra - Bim Bam Baby [Columbia 1952] / 78 rpm
*Elmore James - Madison blues [Chess 1960] / LP - Whose Muddy Shoes
*Bed: The Shadows - Bombay Duck

Set 3:
*Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band - Diddy Wah Diddy [A&M 1966] 45 rpm
*She - Outta reach [Kent 1970] 45 rpm
*City Bar-B-Q....
*The Squires - Do-be-do-be-wop-wop [Mambo 1956] 45 rpm
*Sheryl Crow - There goes the neighborhood [A&M 1998] LP The Globe Sessions
*Bed: The Shadows - Bombay Duck

Set 4 and out.....
*The Groundhogs - Corn Cob [Vertigo 1974] LP - Solid
L8ter G8ters.....

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Opening Salvo followed by Ray Campi - Catapilla [TNT 1957] Campi rode his big double, white bass into rockabilly heaven!

Set 1: Lipstick, Control and Preachers
*Huelyn Duvall - Pucker paint [Challenge 1960] / 45 rpm. I think this was recorded earlier [1957].
*Troggs - I can't control myself [Atco 1966] / 45 rpm. Frontman Reg Presley was about 10 years ahead of his time...struttin' and prancin' around the stage like a glam cat!
*Johnny Cash - Time of the preacher [Dragon 1996] w/ members of Alice in Chains / Willie Nelson tune. LP- Remember Me: Working Class Heroes
*ZZ Top - Chartreuse [American Recordings 2012] "La Futura". After a 9 hear hiatus the Texas boys deliver a killer LP.
*Bed: DC 5 - Chauquita [Jubilee 1964] / 45 rpm. All beds in the show will be DC5

Set 2: Lust, Adoration and Gurls
*Kai Ray - I want some of that [Brite Star 1961] / 45 rpm. Original is on Lodestar but hard to find. Original title: Jungle talk [I want some of that].
*Freddie Robinson - Go Go Girl [Checker 1966] / 45 rpm. Freddie did a stint in John Mayall's band in the 70's. 
*The Onion Radio News - An area dog can no longer be trusted....nuf said!
*Bob Brozman - Three beat ska [RDS Music 1999]. LP - Kosmic Blues and Grooves.
*Big Star - September Gurls  Ardent 1972] / LP - Radio City. Killer Klassic Big Star! 
Bed: DC5

Set 3: Glass, Jerks and Parachutes
*The Glass Family - House of Glass [W/B 7 Arts 1967] LP - Electric Band
*Caesars Palace - Jerk it out [Dolores 2002] / LP - Love for the Streets....by the time this came out they were calling themselves The Caesars.
*Rusty & Doug - Hey Mae [Hickory 1961] / 45 rpm. I looked long and hard for this great 45...found a clean copy at the Allentown 45 & 78 rpm Record Show...thanks Jack!
*Rolling Stones - Parachute Woman [Decca / London 1968] LP - Beggars Banquet
Bed: DC5

Set 4: Monkees & Kings
*The Monkees - Circle sky [Colgems 1968] LP - Head.
*BB King - Boogie Rock [RPM 1955] 78 rpm.....
* Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Work Song [Elektra 1966] LP - East West.....bringing raga and jazz to an audience of white kids back in the day.

Hello and good tidings!

After our opening salvo we bring you the majesty of Clapton, Bruce & Baker aka The Cream! Yes in the beginning they were called "The Cream" and this cut is from the beginning.
The Cream - I feel free [Atco / Reaction 1966] Fresh Cream

Set 1 - Pretty Things and Big Highs
The Pretty Things - It'll never be me [Ugly Things Records 2009] Philippe de Barge
Roy Glenn - Big High for Somebody [World Pacific 1958] Jazz Canto
Dave Davies - Creeping Jean [Pye 1969] 45 rpm
Stan Ridgeway - Camouflage [IRS 1986] The Big Heat

Set 2 Covers!
Buddy & Julie Miller - Paper Thin [Vanguard 2003] It'll Come to You...Songs of John Hiatt
The Jam - David Watts [Polydor 1978] All Mod Cons
**The Onion Radio News
Material Issue - Bus Stop [Eggbert 1995] Sing Hollies in Reverse
The Clique - Splash 1 [Cinema / Scepter 1967] 45 rpm

Set 3 Palms & Gerbils
Spirit - Aren't you glad [Sundazed] Model Shop
Sidney Bechet & the Haitian Orch - Under the Palms [Harlequin 1985] Jazz & Hot Dance
**Gerbil aircheck
Savoy Brown - Taste and try before you buy [Decca 1967] 45 rpm
Cpt. Beefheart & Magic Band - Zig Zag Wanderer [Buddah 1968] Safe As Milk

That's it for this week......later...

Hello and welcome to another episode of the DRR Show!
After our opening salvo we're hittin' turntable #1 with an LP by The Everly Brothers called "In Our Image" / the cut being the great and often covered song "The Price of Love"
All Bed music for this show will be: 
Barney Kessell - Something for Cat offa the "Breakfast at Tiffanys" soundtrack.

Set 1
Rolling Stones - My obsession [London 1967] "Between the Buttons"
Hound Dog Taylor - Gimme back my wig [Alligator 1973] "Self Titled LP"
The Donays - Devil in his heart [Brent 1962] "45 rpm"
Talking Heads - Cities [Sire 1979] "Fear of Music"

Set 2
Edward Rogers - Baby came early [Zip 2008] "You Hven't Ben Where I've Been"
Faces - Cindy incidentally [Warner Brothers 1973] "Ooh La La"
**Commander Cody DRR ID
Nightriders - Lookin' for my baby [Sue 1959] "45 rpm"
Trashmonkeys - Favorite enemy [Sound Flat 2008] "Friendly Enemy"

Set 3
Mary Lou Lord - Baby blue [Rubric 2004] "Baby Blue"
The Uptowns - Here she comes again [Laurie 1963] "45 rpm"
**The Onion Radio News - Apocalyptic Sandwich
Nova Local - Games [Decca 1967] "45 rpm"
The Soft Boys - I wanna destroy you [Armageddon 1980] "Underwater Moonlight"

Set 4
Spirit - When I touch you [Epic 1970] "12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus"
James Gang - Tend my garden [excerpt] [ABC 1970] "James Gang Rides Again"

That's it for this week...thanks for listening and be sure to tell a friend or 2 about the Podcast....thanks!
Bob Mickey Spillane / The Mickster

Motown Junkies consider this one of the worst 45's Motown ever produced [It came out on Motown's Gospel subsidiary label- Divinity]
I don't know about you but I dig it and glad to have a copy in The Dangerous R&R Show Archives.....dig it.