Fake THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO Playlist: Groove Gratitude (A Gift Of Music)

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl is simply too large a concept to be neatly contained within a mere three-hour weekly time slot. Hence these occasional fake TIRnRR playlists, detailing shows we're never really going to do...but could.


Poor ol' Blanche DuBois had to rely upon the kindness of strangers. Me, I've been fortunate enough to have friends and family who've occasionally given me gifts of music. This fake This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio playlist is constructed solely of a few of many tracks contained on LPs, 45s, cassettes, CDs, and even one Bay City Rollers eight-track, all of which I received as gifts over the decades. It excludes promos given to me by artists and/or record labels, and it excludes any home-made mix tapes or CD-Rs.

The Beatles wind up as de facto Featured Artist here, reflecting Christmas, birthday, and high school graduation gifts of Introducing The Beatles, Let It Be, 1967-1970, Abbey Road, The Beatles Featuring Tony Sheridan, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and the White Album. The playlist is generally limited to one track per gifted record, but it does include a whole set of tracks from my cherished Christmas '76 various-artists prize History Of British Rock Vol. 2, which gave me my first-ever track by The Kinks. I would, uh, get a few more Kinks records after that, and see them at an incredible live show in 1978.

The playlist reaches back to my first LPs (a record starring TV cartoon heroes Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole, and Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron by The Royal Guardsmen), and runs through subsequent boons like an Otis Redding boxed set, a 45 by Baron Daemon & the Vampires, the Tommy soundtrack, and a Village People live album. Judge not, you lot. It includes a gift of The Eagles' Greatest Hits, and it includes the Todd Rundgren double-album I traded that in to get instead--close enough, right? The Jackson Five LP probably shouldn't count, since it was a replacement copy given to me by a friend who'd accidentally trashed my original copy when she borrowed it. As I pointed out in another recent post: I'm not under oath here, man.

So thank you, friends! Let's hear what you got me.


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Our new compilation CD This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 4 is now available from Kool Kat Musik! 29 tracks of irresistible rockin' pop, starring Pop Co-Op, Ray Paul, Circe Link & Christian Nesmith, Vegas With Randolph Featuring Lannie Flowers, The Slapbacks, P. Hux, Irene Peña, Michael Oliver & the Sacred Band Featuring Dave Merritt, The Rubinoos, Stepford Knives, The Grip Weeds, Popdudes, Ronnie Dark, The Flashcubes, Chris von Sneidern, The Bottle Kids, 1.4.5., The Smithereens, Paul Collins' Beat, The Hit Squad, The Rulers, The Legal Matters, Maura & the Bright Lights, Lisa Mychols, and Mr. Encrypto & the Cyphers. You gotta have it, so order it at https://tinyurl.com/ycnly8oz Digital download version (minus The Smithereens' track) now available at https://tinyurl.com/ycauy9xt

Fake TIRnRR Playlist: Groove Gratitude (A Gift Of Music)

LESLEY GORE: California Nights
THE BEATLES: Twist And Shout
THE SEX PISTOLS: Pretty Vacant
THE RASPBERRIES: I Wanna Be With You
FOOLS FACE: Even Angels Fall
KISS: Calling Dr. Love
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OTIS REDDING: Mr. Pitiful
THE CLASH: Safe European Home
THE YARDBIRDS: Evil-Hearted You
THE BEATLES: Helter Skelter
THE ROYAL GUARDSMEN: Snoopy Vs The Red Baron
THE SPONGETONES: Anna
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THE BEATLES: I've Got A Feeling
ARTFUL DODGER: Silver And Gold
THE ANIMALS: It's My Life
LOVE: The Everlasting First
FIRE: Father's Name Was Dad
THE CHOCOLATE WATCHBAND: Medication
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ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS: (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding
THE BEATLES: Lovely Rita
THE FLESHTONES: Living Legends
THE FLAMIN' GROOVIES: Step Up
TINA TURNER: Acid Queen
DUFFY: Rockferry
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THE VERVE: Bittersweet Symphony
THE VILLAGE PEOPLE: Sleazy
THE BEATLES: Don't Let Me Down
20/20: Giving It All
SHOES: Tomorrow Night
QUEEN: Killer Queen
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THE KINKS: All Day And All Of The Night
THE WHO: Call Me Lightning
BADFINGER: Come And Get It
THE BEATLES: Ain't She Sweet
THE SMALL FACES: Lazy Sunday
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD: Wishin' And Hopin'
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THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: Yesterday's Hero
THE JACKSON FIVE: I'll Be There
THE BEATLES: I Want You (She's So Heavy)
THE SMITHEREENS: Sorry
ARROGANCE: Praying Mantis
THE RUTLES: Number One
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THE EAGLES: Already Gone
TODD RUNDGREN: Couldn't I Just Tell You
KISS: Any Way You Want It
PAUL McCARTNEY: Coming Up
ELTON JOHN: Rocket Man
THE CLASH: London Calling
BARON DAEMON & THE VAMPIRES: The Transylvania Twist
THE ANIMALS: We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
N/A: Morocco Mole [from Secret Squirrel And Morocco Mole In: Super Spy]
THE BEATLES: Cry For A Shadow