As our radio station SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM in Syracuse continues its quixotic quest to keep its lights on and its signal alive, some talented friends of This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl got together recently to help us out. Here are the facts that most of you already know by now:
Waterloo Sunset--Benefit For This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio is a new pop compilation benefiting SPARK! Syracuse, the home of This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl. TIR'N'RR Allstars--Steve Stoeckel, Bruce Gordon, Joel Tinnel, Stacy Carson, Eytan Mirsky, Teresa Cowles, Dan Pavelich, Irene Peña, Keith Klingensmith, and Rich Firestone--offer a fantastic new version of The Kinks' classic "Waterloo Sunset." That's supplemented by eleven more tracks (plus a hidden bonus track), including previously-unreleased gems from The Click Beetles, Eytan Mirsky, Pop Co-Op, Irene Peña, Michael Slawter (covering The Posies), and The Anderson Council (covering XTC), a new remix of "Infinite Soul" by The Grip Weeds, and familiar TIRnRR Fave Raves by Vegas With Randolph, Gretchen's Wheel, The Armoires, and Pacific Soul Ltd. Oh, and that mystery bonus track? It's exquisite. You need this. You're buying the digital download from Futureman and/or the CD from Kool Kat Musik.
And now those intrepid Allstars have made a video of "Waterloo Sunset."
(If video doesn't play in your browser, go directly to YouTube: https://youtu.be/dVzeYISZPOo)
We are humbled. We are further humbled by the compilation's first two reviews, courtesy of John Tierney and Rich Rossi. The digital download album is available now from Futureman Records, and the CD can be ordered from Kool Kat Musik. Proceeds benefit SPARK! and enable Dana & Carl to continue doing whatever the hell it is we've been doing. And whatever we've been doing, we must have done something right to earn friends like these.
Sounds great!
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