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Sunday 25th April 2010

2010-04-27T01:46:00.000+01:00

Superstition / Stevie Wonder
Shop Around / Smokey Robinson
Please Mr Postman / The Marvelettes
Do You Love Me / The Contours
My Girl / The Temptations
Rescue Me / Fontella Bass
I Got You (I Feel Good) / James Brown
People Get Ready / Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions
Reach Out, I'll Be There / The Four Tops
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted / Jimmy Ruffin
Knock on Wood / Eddie Floyd
I Heard It Through the Grapevine / Marvin Gaye
You Can't Hurry Love (Mono - Single Version) / The Supremes.
(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone / Aretha Franklin
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay / Otis Redding
Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Instrumental) / The Funk Brothers
Ain't no Mountain High Enough / The Temptations
I Want You Back / Jackson 5
The Tears Of A Clown / Smokey Robinson
Treat Her Like a Lady / Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
Proud Mary / Tina Turner
Papa Was a Rollin' Stone (Single Version) / The Temptations
Mothership Connection: Starchild (Fully Equipped mix) / Parliament Funkadelic
Super Freak / Rick James
Brick House / The Commodores
Play That Funky Music / Wild Cherry

Tamla-Motown

· Detroit, Michigan.

· Founded by Berry Gordy Jr in 1959 with an $800 loan from his family’s savings club.

· Motown played an important role in the racial integration of popular music

· The first record label owned by an African-American.

· Hitsville USA was the home of Motown in the early days… office & studio where all the hits were made.

· First act signed was The Matadors, who later changed their name to The Miracles.

· The Miracles’ lead singer, Smokey Robinson, became vice president of the company later that year.

· Motown’s first Number 1 hit on R&B chart was “Shop Around” by The Miracles. It reached Number 2 on pop chart. Motown’s first platinum selling record.

· 1960, Tamla and Motown became one company

· First Number 1 hit on pop chart, The Marvelettes’ “Please Mr Postman”

· 110 Top Ten hits between 1961 and 1971

· Gordy and Robinson wrote a lot of the Motown hits.

· Motown moved to LA in 1972

· From 1972-1998 it added artists like Brian McKnight and Boyz II Men to its roster. (blah!)

· Boyz II Men released an album called Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA in 2007

· Hitsville USA is now the Motown Museum. 2648 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI

· Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder and The Temptations had remained with the label since its early days, although all except Wonder recorded for other labels for several years.

· Ross left Motown for RCA from 1981 to 1988, but returned in 1989 and stayed until 2002. Robinson left the label in the late 1990s, and the Temptations left a second time in 2004. Stevie Wonder is today the only artist from Motown's early period still on the label.

The Commodores-The Contours-The Four Tops-The Funk Brothers-Marvin Gaye-Michael Jackson-The Jackson 5-Rick James-Gladys Knight & The Pips-Teena Marie-The Marvelettes-Martha Reeves & The Vandellas-Smokey Robinson & The Miracles-Diana Ross and The Supremes-The Temptations-Stevie Wonder

The Funk Brothers

Session musicians who performed the backing to most Motown Records recordings from 1959 until the company moved to LA in 1972. “Played on more number-one hits than The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Beach Boys combined” including ‘My Girl’, ‘I Heard It Through The Grapevine’, ‘Baby Love’, ‘Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours’, ‘Papa Was A Rolling Stone’, ‘Tears Of A Clown’, ‘Ain’t No Mountain High Enough’ and ‘Heat Wave’

Sunday 14th February 2010

2010-02-25T12:51:00.000Z

It was Valentine's day and in the aftermath of a very drunken affair at the societies ball vintage vinyl is bring you the best of the best love songs from the 50s, 60s and 70s. As usual, Guy Frank was in the studio and eventually a very hungover Charles Poghero showed his face in the studio as well.
The Playlist...
Wilson Pickett - “I’m In Love”
Otis Redding - “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long”
Percy Sledge - “When A Man Loves A Woman”
Aretha Franklin - “Baby I Love You”
Ray Charles - “Hallelujah, I Love Her So”
James Brown - “Body Heat”
Barry White - “You’re The First, The Last, My Everything”
Frank Sinatra - “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”
Elvis Presley - “Love Me Tender”
Hot Chocolate - “You Sexy Thing”
Marvin Gaye - “Let’s Get It On”
Bob Dylan - “I Want You”
Queen - “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”
Jimi Hendrix - “Foxy Lady” (Live)
Stevie Wonder - “For Once In My Life”
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - “You’re All I Need To Get By”
The Temptations - “Get Ready”
Frank Zappa - “Stinkfoot”
Billy Joel - “Only The Good Die Young”
Roy Orbison - “Oh, Pretty Woman”
Solomon Burke - “I Can’t Stop Loving You”

Sunday 7th February 2010 Playlist

2010-02-09T10:35:00.001Z

The Doors - "People Are Strange (1967)
The Doors - "Light My Fire" (1967)
Elton John - "Holiday Inn" (1971)
The Beatles - "Something" (1969, alternate take)
The Beatles - "In My Life" (1965)
Jethro Tull - "Teacher (1970)
Billy Joel - "Only The Good Die Young (1977)
PEEL SESSIONS - Joy Division
Session One: "Exercise One", "Insight", "She's Lost Control", "Transmission"
Session Two: "Love Will Tear Us Apart", "24 Hours", "Colony", "Sound of Music"

Elvis Presley - "Fever" (1960)
The Pretty Things - "Don't Bring Me Down"
The Pretty Things - "Talkin' About The Good Times"
The Pretty Things - "Midnight to Six Man"
The Pretty Things - "My Time"

The Rolling Stones - "Honky Tonk Woman" (1970)

Sunday 31st January 2010 Playlist

2010-02-09T10:33:00.001Z

Leadbelly - "Meeting at the Building" (1940)
Leadbelly - "We Shall Walk Through The Valley" (1940)
Muddy Waters - "Mannish Boy" (1955)
Jimi Hendrix - "Mannish Boy" (Released in 1994)
Muddy Waters - "Baby Please Don't Go" (1935)
BB King - "Medley: I Just Wanna Make Love To You/Your Lovin' Turns Me On" (1977)
BB King - "Slow & Easy" (1977)
The Blues Brothers (FILM): "Shake Your Tailfeather" - Ray Charles, Jake and Elwood (1980)
The Blues Brothers (FILM): "Minnie The Moocher" - Cab Calloway (1980)
The Blues Brothers (FILM): "Jailhouse Rock" - Elwood (1980)
Fats Domino - "Walking To New Orleans" (1960)
Fats Domino - "My Girl Josephine" (1960)
Bill Haley & His Comets - "Rip It Up" (1956)
Little Richard - "Rip It Up" (1956)
Little Richard - "Good Golly Miss Molly" (1957)
John Lee Hooker - "Crawlin' King Snake" (Live)
John Lee Hooker - "Blues Before Sunrise"
Wanda Jackson - "Let's Have A Party" (1954)
Otis Redding - "I've Been Loving You Too Long" (1965)
Otis Redding - "Love Man" (1969)
Wilson Pickett - "I'm In Love" (1967)
Wilson Pickett - "Land Of 1000 Dances" (1966)
Ray Charles - "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying" (1960)
Ray Charles - "What I'd Say" (1959)
Solomon Burke - "Drown In My Own Tears" (1972)
Solomon Burke - "I Can't Stop Loving You" (1972)

Frank Zappa - a sample from the "Lumpy Gravy"
Something by Donovan.

Close Your Eyes and Listen.

2010-01-01T03:32:00.001Z

Christmas Show 13/11/09

2009-12-27T18:29:00.000Z

1. Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode
2. Chuck Berry - Rock and Roll Music
3. Frank Sinatra - Jingle Bells
4. Little Richard - Do You Feel It
5. Frank Sinatra - The Christmas Song
6. Otis Redding - Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa
7. Frank Sinatra - Mistletoe and Holly
8. Bob Dylan - Leopard-Skin Pilll-Box Hat
9. Frank Sinatra - I'll Be Home For Christmas
10. The Rolling Stones - Play With Fire
11. Frank Sinatra - The Christmas Waltz
12. John Coltrane - Body anbd Soul (Live at Birdland, NYC)
13. Frank Sinatra - Merry Little Christmas
14. Ray Charles - Night Time Is The Right Time
15. Ray Charles - Eleanor Rigby
16. Frank Sinatra - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
17. The Beatles - Hey Jude
18. Frank Sinatra - O Little Town Of Bethlehem
19. Cream - Tales Of Brave Ulysses
20. Jimi Hendrix - Castles Made Of Sand
21. Billie Holiday - Loverman
22. Frank Sinatra - It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
23. Wanda Jackson - Let's Have A Party
24. James Brown - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag

Awesome Cover of George Harrison Classic

2009-12-21T00:57:00.004Z

I'm heading over to New York in a couple of weeks, considering taking a bongo drum to Strawberry Fields and smashing out my own cover of come together.

Show Seven - 6/11/09

2009-12-06T17:07:00.004Z

Greetings space travellers! I had so much fun doing this week's show. Loved all the messages, particularly the Thomas the Tank Engine information from Guy and Mike. There was a lot to do with the Yardbirds today, a very important band in terms of the musicians they churned out (Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck & Led Zeppelin). There was a lot of brilliant musicianship on display too, notably Jimi's 'Wind Cries Mary', Cream's 'Crossroads' and Billy Joel's 'Piano Man', as well as some great lyrics. I've posted the lyrics to 'Sympathy For The Devil' underneath the playlist.

(For any of you that are worried, you should know I was just kidding about the cupboard.)

1. Billy Joel – Piano Man (1973)
2. Billy Joel – Say Goodbye to Hollywood
3. The Birds – Say Those Magic Words (1965)
4. The Beatles – Strawberry Fields Forever (1967, John Lennon)
5. The Beatles – Penny Lane (1967, Paul McCartney)
6. The Beatles – While My Guitar Gently Weeps (1968, George Harrison)
7. The Beatles – Octopus's Garden (1969, Richard Starkey)
8. Mike Strizic & Dave Jacobson – Franklin’s Tower (1975, The Grateful Dead)
9. Jethro Tull – This As a Brick (1972)
10. Jethro Tull – Bungle in the Jungle (1974)
11. The Yardbirds – Shape of Things (1965)
12. The Yardbirds – A Certain Girl (1965)
13. Eric Clapton – Lay Down Sally (1977)
14. Led Zeppelin – The Lemon Song (1969)
15. Cream – Crossroads (1968)
16. The Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil (1968)
17. Jimi Hendrix – Little Wing (1967)
18. Bob Dylan – Ballad of a Thin Man (1966)
19. Jimi Hendrix – The Wind Cries Mary (1967)

Sympathy For The Devil (The Rolling Stones)
Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith
And I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game
I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the Czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
I rode a tank
in the general's rank
When the Blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
Ah, what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah
(woo woo, woo woo)
I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the gods they made
(woo woo, woo woo)
I shouted out,
"Who killed the Kennedys?"
When after all
It was you and me
(who who, who who)
Let me please introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for troubadours
Who get killed before they reached Bombay
(woo woo, who who)
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
(who who)
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby
(who who, who who)

Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me Lucifer
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint
(who who, who who)
So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, have some taste
(woo woo)
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, mmm yeah
(woo woo, woo woo)
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, mmm yeah
(who who)
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, mmm mean it, get down
(woo woo, woo woo)
Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!
(woo woo)
Tell me baby, what's my name
Tell me honey, can ya guess my name
Tell me baby, what's my name
I tell you one time, you're to blame
Oh, who
woo, woo
Woo, who
Woo, woo
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Oh, yeah
What's my name
Tell me, baby, what's my name
Tell me, sweetie, what's my name
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Oh, yeah
Woo woo
Woo woo

Show Six - 29/11/09

2009-12-02T17:31:00.002Z

Those of you who tuned in last Sunday will have noticed the chilled out vibe to the show. I thought that with the ALL the rain pouring over the Egham, Surrey and Greater London area I would play some tunes that would be nice to cuddle up in a warm blanket with a cup of hot chocolate and listen to.

1. Stevie Wonder – For Once in My Life (1967)
2. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – You're All I Need to Get By (1968)
3. Miles Davis – Blues no. 2
4. Ray Charles – Georgia on My Mind (1960)
5. Billie Holiday – Lover Man (1945)
6. Billie Holiday – Ain't Nobody's Business
7. Randy Newman – Have You Seen My Baby? (1970)
8. Randy Newman – Mama Told Me Not to Come (1966)
9. Johnny Cash – Give My Love To Rose (1968)
10. Johnny Cash – I Got Stripes (1968)
11. Gladys Night and the Pips – Midnight Train to Georgia (1973)
12. Wilson Pickett – In the Midnight Hour (1965)
13. Jimi Hendrix – Castles Made of Sand (1967)
14. Jimi Hendrix – Burning of the Midnight Lamp (1967)
15. Lou Reed – Perfect Day (1972)
16. Frank Sinatra – Fools Rush In (1940)
17. Frank Sinatra – The Lady Is a Tramp (1956)
18. Bob Dylan – I Want You (1966)
19. Bob Dylan – Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again (1966)
20. Otis Redding – Love Man (1967)
21. Otis Redding – Cigarettes and Coffee (1966)
22. Nat King Cole – Unforgettable (1951)
23. Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing (1982)
24. Temptations – I Can't Get Next to You (1969)
25. Elvis Presley – Can't Help Falling in Love (1961)

Past Playlists

2009-12-01T15:17:00.009Z

Here are the playlists for the first five shows. The list for last Sunday's show will be up soon...

Show Five (50s Rock 'n' Roll Extravaganza! + a few surprises)- 22/11/09
1. Moe Koffman Septette – “Swingin’ Shepherd Blues” (1958)

2. Clyde McPhatter – “Lover Please” (1958)
3. Chuck Berry – “Johnny B. Goode” (1957)
4. Chuck Berry – “Reelin’ & Rockin’” (1958)
5. Fats Domino – “Ain’t That A Shame” (1955)
6. Fats Domino – “Blue Monday” (1956)
7. Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five – “Big Fat Ma & Skinny Pa” (1926)
8. Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five – “Lonesome Blues” (1926)
9. Dinah Washington – “All Of Me”
10. Roy Orbison – “Uptown” (1959)
11. Little Richard – “Tutti Frutti” (1955) (Recorded Live)
12. Little Richard – “Keep A Knockin” (Recorded Live)
13. Little Richard – “Rip It Up” (Recorded Live)
14. Little Richard – “Jenny Jenny’ (Recorded Live)
15. Little Richard – “Bama Lama, Bama Loo” (Recorded Live)
16. Bill Haley & His Comets – “Rock Around The Clock” (1954)
17. The Platters – “The Great Pretender” (1955)
18. Wanda Jackson – “Let’s Have A Party” (1956)
19. Bobby Day – “Rockin’ Robin” (1958)
20. Elvis – “Jailhouse Rock” (1957)
21. Elvis – “A Big Hunk Of Love” (1959)
22. John Lee Hooker – “I’m In The Mood” (1951)
23. Tom Lehrer – “The Elements” (1953)
24. Tom Lehrer – “The Masochism Tango” (1953)
25. Buddy Holly – “That’ll Be The Day) (1957)
26. Buddy Holly – “Peggy Sue” (1957)
27. Link Wray – “Rumble Rock” (1958)
28. Chuck Berry – “Roll Over Beethoven” (1956)
29. Little Richard – “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” (Recorded Live 1964)
30. Bill Haley & His Comets – “Shake Rattle & Roll” (1954)
31. Ray Charles – “Hallelujah, I Love Her So” (1956)
32. Ray Charles – “Mess Around” (1953)

Show Four - 15/11/09
1. Otis Redding - "I Can See Clearly Now The Rain Has Gone" (unreleased until 1998)

2. The Beatles - "From Me To You" (1963)
3. Jazz Live At The Philharmonic - "I Found A New Baby" (live) (1944)
4. Queen - "Bicycle Race" (1978)
5. Jackson 5 - "ABC" (1970)
6. Bob Dylan - "Queen Jane Approximately" (1965)
7. The Rolling Stones - "She’s A Rainbow" (1967)
8. Janis Joplin - "Cry Baby" (1971)
9. Otis Redding - "My Girl" (1965)
10. Jimi Hendrix - "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)" (1968)
11. Jimi Hendrix - "Johnny B. Goode" (live) (1972)
12. Creedance Clearwater Revival - "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" (1970)
13. The Beatles - "All You Need Is Love" (1967)
14. Elvis - "Rock-A-Hula Baby" (1962)
15. James Brown - "Get Up Off A That Thing" (1976)
16. The Temptations - 'Build Me Up Buttercup"
17. Otis Redding - "Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay" (1967)
18. The Beatles - "When I’m 64" (1967)
19. Pink Floyd - "Money" (1973)
20. The Velvet Underground - "Venus In Furs" (1967)
21. Ella Fitzgerald - "Mack The Knife" (recorded live) (1960)
22. Louis Armstrong - "What A Wonderful World" (1968)

Show Three (Soundtracks) - 8/11/09
1. Deep Purple – "Smoke on the Water (1972) → School of Rock (2003)

2. Cream – "Sunshine of your Love (1967) → School of Rock (2003)
3. Bob Dylan – "The Man in Me (1970) → The Big Lebowski (1998)
4. Eagles – "Hotel California (1977) → The Big Lebowski (1998)
5. Creedence Clearwater Revival – "Lookin’ out my Back Door (1970) → The Big Lebowski (1998)
6. Marvin Gaye – "Let’s Get It On" (1973) → High Fidelity (2000)
7. Aretha Franklin – "I Say a Little Prayer" (1968) → My Best Friend’s Wedding (1977)
8. Ben E. King – "Stand By Me" (1961) → Stand By Me (1986)
9. Percy Sledge – "When a Man Loves a Woman" (1966) → When a Man Loves a Woman (1994)
10. Simon & Garfunkel – "America" (1968) → Almost Famous (2000)
11. Jimi Hendrix – "Voodoo Chile" (1968) → Almost Famous (2000)
12. Velvet Underground – "I’m Waiting for the Man" (1967) → Almost Famous (2000)
13. Elton John – "Tiny Dancer" (1971) → Almost Famous (2000)
14. Otis Redding – "(Sitting on) the Dock of the Bay" (1968) → Top Gun (1986)
15. Billie Holiday – "God Bless the Child" (1941) → Two Weeks Notice (2002), Schindler’s List (1993), August Rush (2007)
16. Elton John – "Your Song" (1970) → Moulin Rouge (2001)
17. Bob Marley – "This Is Love" (1978) → Six Days and Seven Nights (1998)
18. Janis Joplin – "Me and Bobby McGee" (1970) → Watchmen (2009)
19. Jimi Hendrix – "All Along the Watchtower" (1968) → Watchmen (2009)
20. Joni Mitchell – "Blue" (1971) → Almost Famous (2000)
21. The Beatles – "Twist and Shout" (1963) → Ferris Bueller´s Day Off (1986)
22. Elvis Presley – "Heartbreak Hotel" (1956)
23. Elvis Presley – "Jailhouse Rock" (1957)
24. Queen – "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975) → Wayne’s World (1992)

Show Two - 1/11/09
1. Michael Jackson – "Smooth Criminal" (1987)
2. Miles Davis – "Summertime" (1958)
3. John Coltrane – "Resolution" (1964)
4. Herbie Hancock – "Butterfly" (1975)
5. Dizzy Gillespie – "Theme from the Cool World" (1964)
6. Miles Davis – "Teo’s Bag" (1968)
7. Charlie Parker – "Round Midnight" (Recorded 1950)
8. Erroll Garner – "I'm in the Mood for Love" (1961)
9. Jr. Walker & the All Stars – "Road Runner" (1966)
10. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles – "The Tracks of My Tears" (1965)
11. Ray Charles – "What'd I Say" (1959)
12. Aretha Franklin – "Let It Be" (1970)
13. Otis Redding – "Respect" (1965)
14. James Brown – "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" (1970)
15. The Temptations – "Papa was a Rolling Stone" (1972)
16. Marvin Gaye – "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" (1964)
17. Otis Redding – "Try a Little Tenderness" (1966)
18. Bob Dylan – "The Times They Are a-Changin'" (1964)
19. Elvis Presley – "In the Ghetto" (1969)
20. Elvis Presley – "Suspicious Minds" (1969)

Show One - 1/11/09

1. James Brown – "Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag" (1965)

2. Janis Joplin – "Me and Bobby McGee" (1971)
3. Lou Reed – "Walk on the Wild Side" (1972)
4. David Bowie – "Starman" (1972)
5. Jimi Hendrix – "All Along the Watchtower" (1968)
6. Otis Redding – "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (1965)
7. Santana – "Waiting" (1969)
8. Bob Dylan – "Highway 61 Revisited" (1965)
9. Jimi Hendrix & Curtis Knight – "Strange Things" (1968)
10. Led Zeppelin – "Whole Lotta Love" (1969)
11. The Who – "Sparks" (1969)
12. Velvet Underground – "Run Run Run" (1967)
13. Creedence Clearwater Revival – "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (1968)
14. Wilson Pickett – "Mustang Sally" (1966)
15. The Temptations – "Get Ready" (1966)
16. Miles Davis – "Will O' The Wisp" (1960)
17. Bob Dylan – "Desolation Row" (1965)
18. Johnny Cash – "Folsom Prison Blues" (1957)
19. The Beatles – "Day Tripper" (1965)
20. The Beatles – "Drive My Car" (1965)
21. Elvis – "Hound Dog" (1956)
22. Rolling Stones – "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (1969)

Welcome!

2009-11-28T19:44:00.004Z

Greetings radio listeners and music lovers.

In addition to the show and facebook group there is now a blog for Vintage Vinyl (*excitement!*). After each show I'll be posting playlists, podcasts, pictures & videos right here for your convenience.

Feel free to leave me suggestions and comments on past, present and future shows as well as any requests you may have.

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