Wednesday, June 30, 2021

POP-A-LOOZA: 10 SONGS: The Kinks

Each week, the pop culture website Pop-A-Looza shares some posts from my vast 'n' captivating Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do) archives. The latest shared post is a fresh compilation of previous works, 10 Songs: The Kinks.

Well, it's really 12 songs, but why quibble? This piece collects entries for all of the Kinks songs that have been discussed in my weekly 10 Songs series. It also includes links to a number of other Kinks-related pieces on this blog. And when it comes to the Kinks, rest assured you'll continue to hear those dedicated followers of fashion with some frequency on This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl. You can certainly hear the Kinks on our July 4th show, as part of the countdown of TIRnRR's 55 all-time most played artists, with a playlist built exclusively with each artist's all-time # 1 most-played track.

But first: 10 Songs! Make that 12 Songs. A dozen ditties by the Kinks are the collective subject of the latest Boppin' Pop-A-Looza.

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Tuesday, June 29, 2021

10 SONGS: 6/29/2021

10 Songs is a weekly list of ten songs that happen to be on my mind at the moment. Given my intention to usually write these on Mondays, the lists are often dominated by songs played on the previous night's edition of This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl. The idea was inspired by Don Valentine of the essential blog I Don't Hear A Single.

This week's edition of 10 Songs draws exclusively from the playlist for This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio # 1083.

CHUCK BERRY: Sweet Little Sixteen

"Johnny B. Goode" was my gateway drug to the timeless music of Mr. Chuck Berry, as AM Top 40 radio in Syracuse included this classic song from 1958 in regular rotation circa 1972. That, my friends, is what radio should do. But almost a decade later, "Sweet Little Sixteen" was the record that made me wanna seek out more. I'd heard the song prior to the '80s, sure, just as I'd heard a number of other Chuck Berry songs after WOLF-AM introduced early-70s me to the sound of a guy playin' a guitar just like a-ringin' a bell, go GO! But I dunno, something both specific and undefined clicked in my head with "Sweet Little Sixteen," heard on an oldies show when I was a recent college graduate in 1980, and I had to own it. Obsession ensued. A purchase of a used copy of Chuck Berry's Greatest Hits at Brockport's Main Street Records was the precise fix necessary to satisfy the too-much-monkey-business on my back. 

THE CHECKERED HEARTS: They Don't Know

Joystick, the debut EP from Hilary Burton and Lisa Mychols under their newest nom du bop the Checkered Hearts, is a collection of five fabulous covers (of songs previously recorded by the Cars, the Housemartins, Phil Seymour, Kirsty MacColl, and the Knack), plus one bonus Lisa 'n' Hilary song on the CD version. We've been playing their cover of the Cars' "My Best Friend's Girl," but this invigorating performance of MacColl's (and/or Tracey Ullman's) "They Don't Know" is my pick so far. Or is it? Better listen to the whole record again, just to be sure.

THE FLASHCUBES: I Need You

As mentioned elsewhere, the Flashcubes' live cover of the Kinks' "I Need You" was my introduction to the song. "I Need You" isn't as well-known as its primal brethren "You Really Got Me" and "All Day And All Of The Night," but it oughtta be. The Flashcubes' ace rendition will finally be preserved for mass public appreciation as part of Flashcubes On Fire, the forthcoming CD release of a live Flashcubes show recorded at Syracuse's beloved Firebarn Tavern in May of 1979. God save the Flashcubes!

THE GODS: Come On Down To My Boat Baby

The Gods were a '60s British combo that included future Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor. I'd never heard of them (nor of their subsequent incarnation as Toe Fat) prior to Dana playing the Gods' version of the Rare Breed/Every Mother's Son bubblenugget "Come On Down To My Boat Baby" on this week's broadcast. Taylor left the group to join John Mayall's Bluesbreakers shortly after this single's release in 1967. Greg Lake (later to find fame as one of the names in Emerson, Lake and Palmer) was briefly a bassist with the Gods, but his short tenure occurred after "Come On Down To My Boat Baby." So, when it comes to the Gods, Greg Lake was perhaps meant to be there from the beginning...but he wasn't.

THE ISLEY BROTHERS: It's Your Thing

My favorite Isley Brothers track is their absolutely amazing version of the Seals and Crofts hit "Summer Breeze," and I suspect we'd play that nearly every week if the thought of programming a song that's 6:12 in length didn't make me break out in cold panic (kinda like Maynard G. Krebs reacting to the notion of work...work? WORK...?!). 

But the Isleys are no strangers to our playlists. We played "Twist And Shout" last week, and it wouldn't surprise me if "It's Your Thing" makes our year-end countdown. That's our thing.

LINNEA'S GARDEN: Friday Night

Linnea's Garden is an essential part of the same Red On Red Records axis that fed this week's TIRnRR spotlight on our Featured Performer Simone Berk (of Kid Gulliver, Sugar Snow, and WhistleStop Rock). Like Kid Gulliver (and Justine and the Unclean, The Chelsea Curve, Cold Expectations, Andrea Gillis, and other stars in Red On Red's answer to the Play-Tone galaxy), the efforts of Linnea's Garden come to us via the stewardship of Red On Red's visionary CEO Justine Covault. The group is piloted by Linnea Herzog, and "Friday Night" is from their recent Red On Red EP Nowhere Friday Nights. And a spin of "Friday Night" led directly into Uncle Tupelo's "I Got Drunk" and WhistleStop Rock's "Queen Of The Drive-In." Friday night, I got drunk, Queen of the drive-in--yeah, sounds like the ideal weekend, for sure.

THE RAMONES: Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue

We have a big show planned for July 4th, as TIRnRR celebrates its own stubborn sense of giddy independence with a countdown of our 55 all-time most-played artists, with each one's all-time # 1 most-played song. It is no spoiler to reveal that the Ramones are high on that countdown. The countdown will include a Ramones studio track, but this week we went with the unique thrill of live Ramones, from my own all-time favorite live album, the 2-LP It's Alive!

THE THOUGHTS: All Night Stand

On the one hand, I guess it's a shame that the Kinks never did a full-on recording of this compelling Ray Davies composition (though Ray's demo is included on the Kinks boxed set The Anthology 1964-1971). On the other hand, well, this 1966 reading by British group the Thoughts is pretty cool in its own right, capturing the surly 'n' cantankerous brilliance the song requires. Relatively obscure and under-recognized, the Thoughts' "All Night Stand" stands--or leans against the wall--as one of the best Kinks songs done by people who weren't the Kinks.

VEGAS WITH RANDOLPH: Lake Paradise

A new single from Vegas With Randolph...?! Sounds like paradise to us!

STEVIE WONDER: Higher Ground

As my Greatest Record Ever Made! piece about "I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)" reveals, I was a latecomer to appreciating Stevie Wonder. We've been playing Wonder a bit more over the past several months, particularly his irresistible "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours." We've also been playing "Higher Ground," its funky opening riff an effective call for aspiration and action. 

And volume! 

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Monday, June 28, 2021

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio # 1083

Our Featured Performer this week is the one 'n' only Simone Berk, the voice of Kid Gulliver, Sugar Snow, and WhistleStop Rock. WhistleStop Rock was our introduction to Simone, as the group's single "Queen Of The Drive-In" made its TIRnRR debut on July 5th, 2020. This is what I wrote about the single a few days later:

"Why do we have a radio show? This is why we have a radio show: to play great stuff you know, and especially to play great stuff you don't know yet. Do you know WhistleStop Rock? I didn't. Now I do. Billing themselves as New England power pop punk queens, WhistleStop Rock is a collective of female musicians formed for the purpose of all of their respective bands playing and touring together. As COVID-19 cooties suffocated the live music scene this season, the members of WhistleStop Rock decided to write and record a new song together.

"Oh, and it rocks. Written by Simone Birk (of Kid Gulliver and Sugar Snow) and Linnea Herzog of (Linnea's Garden and PowerSlut), "Queen Of The Drive-In" was inspired by the WhistleStoppers' memories of going to drive-in movies and not actually seeing the movie (effectively putting the Action! in Lights! Camera...y'know). WhistleStopper Justine Covault (of TIRnRR faves Justine and the Unclean) thought that sounded like it oughtta be a song. Action, indeed...

"...Why do we have a radio show? We serve at the pleasure of the queen of the drive-in. What greater cause could there be?"

And that was the start of something special for us. Simone began sending us her stuff, we played the stuff she sent us, and the radio waves have been brighter ever since. In particular, Kid Gulliver's "Forget About Him" can now rightly be called an all-time TIRnRR Fave Rave. When the song made its first appearance on our playlist on November 15th of 2020, it kicked off an extensive run of consecutive shows including at least one Simone Berk vocal. 33 weeks. That may be unprecedented here; if not, it's pretty damned impressive nonetheless.

Knowing that plans for special programming next week would mark the end of the run, we wanted to finish it with Simone as Featured Performer. That decision was made a few weeks ago, and the show itself was recorded last week. At that time, we couldn't have predicted that the sudden loss of a loved one would disrupt Simone's own plans. Dana and I join all of our listeners in offering Simone and her family our condolences. We wish her the best. That's what friends do.

And what does a radio show do? A radio show plays records. We play favorites. We play the hits as we hear them.

So this week we played the voice of our friend Simone Berk. Why do we have a radio show? Well, cast your glance below as we proudly present irrefutable evidence on our behalf. Turn it up, and listen for the voice of Simone Berk. Let music reach the heavens. This is what rock 'n' roll radio sounded like on a Sunday night in Syracuse this week.

NEXT WEEK: COUNTDOWN!! TIRnRR celebrates its own stubborn sense of independence with a countdown of our all-time most-played acts, represented by each artist's most-played song. We're playing favorites again! It's a countdown, and we hope you'll join us on July 4th for a little fireworks of our own. 

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TIRnRR # 1083: 6/27/2021
TIRnRR FRESH SPINS! Tracks we think we ain't played before are listed in bold

THE RAMONES: Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio? (Rhino, End Of The Century)
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KID GULLIVER: I Started A Joke (Red On Red, Gimme Some Go!)
THE CHECKERED HEARTS: They Don't Know (Die Laughing, Joystick)
SUGAR: Armenia City In The Sky [live] (Rykodisc, Besides)
STEVIE WONDER: Higher Ground (Motown, The Definitive Collection)
THE ENGLISH BEAT: Best Friend (Shout Factory, Keep The Beat)
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SQUEEZE: Is That Love? (A & M, East Side Story)
THE KINKS: Wait Till The Summer Comes Along (Essential, Kinda Kinks)
THE FLASHCUBES: I Need You (Northside, Flashcubes On Fire)
THEE HEADCOATEES: The First Plane Home (Get Hip, Girlsville)
SUGAR SNOW: She Goes On (n/a, Woodface Reimagined)
LINDA SMITH: In This (Captured Tracks, Till Another Time 1988-1996)
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VEGAS WITH RANDOLPH: Lake Paradise (single)
CHRIS STAMEY & THE dB'S: (I Thought) You Wanted To Know (Rhino, VA: DIY: Shake It Up!)
KID GULLIVER: Boy In A Bubble (Red On Red, single)
HÜSKER DÜ: Sunshine Superman (Rhino, Everything Falls Apart And More)
THE ISLEY BROTHERS: It's Your Thing (Epic, The Essential Isley Brothers)
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ANTON BARBEAU: One Of Her Super Powers (Big Stir, Oh The Joys We Live For)
AMY RIGBY: The Good Girls (Koch, 18 Again)
THE GRIP WEEDS: You're So Good To Me (Jem, VA: Jem Records Celebrates Brian Wilson)
THE THOUGHTS: All Night Stand (Rhino, VA: Nuggets II)
SUGAR SNOW: Prettiest Middle Of Nowhere (n/a, Sugar Snow)
THE WHEELS: Bad Little Woman (Rhino, VA: Nuggets II)
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LINNEA'S GARDEN: Friday Night (Red On Red, Nowhere Friday Nights)
UNCLE TUPELO: I Got Drunk (Legacy, No Depression)
WHISTLESTOP ROCK: Queen Of The Drive-In (single)
THE GODS: Come On Down To My Boat Baby (On The Air, TOE FAT: BBC Sessions 1969-1970)
STOECKEL & PEÑA: Why (Big Stir, single)
KELLEY RYAN: The Church Of Laundry (single)
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JUSTINE & THE UNCLEAN: Scorpion Bowl To Go (Red On Red, single)
MATTHEW SWEET: Sick Of Myself (Zoo, 100% Fun)
CHUCK BERRY: Sweet Little Sixteen (MCA, The Anthology)
STARE KITS: Strength Accumulate (n/a, Live At Tier 3 1979)
KID GULLIVER: Lila Dreams (Red On Red, Gimme Some Go!)
THE BOOTS: But You'll Never Do It Babe (Rhino, VA: Nuggets II)
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ORBIS MAX: You Sold Tomorrow (single)
THE PRIMITIVES: Way Behind Me [acoustic version] (BMG, Bombshell)
SUGAR SNOW: He Knows I Love Him Too Much (single)
DAVID BOWIE: Queen Bitch (Virgin, Bowie At The Beeb)
SUNBOURNE RD.: Scars (Kool Kat Musik, Manners Maketh Men)
THE OGDENS: She Made Everything Groovy (Cherry Red, VA: C90)
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THE DIRTY ROYALS: I'm In Love (Not Lame, VA: International Pop Overthrow Vol. 13)
THE FINKERS: Last Thing On My Mind (Futureman, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 1)
BRENT SEAVERS: I Wrote A Song (Kool Kat Musik, BS Stands For Brent Seavers)
HARRY NILSSON: You Can't Do That (Ace, VA: Beatlemaniacs!!!)
SUGAR SNOW: The Word Yes (n/a, Sugar Snow)
THE LINDA LINDAS: Never Say Never (n/a, The Linda Lindas)
THE RAMONES: Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue (Rhino, It's Alive!)
THE EXPLODING HEARTS: (Making) Teenage Faces (Dirtnap, Shattered)
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ON THE RUNWAY: This Charade (single)
DR. FEELGOOD: I Don't Mind (Spectrum, VA: Classic Punk)
ANNY CELSI: Sideways Rain (Ragazza, Kaleidoscope Heart: 12 Golden Hits)
THE TEARJERKERS: Syracuse Summer (Futureman, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 3)
THE JAM: Heatwave (Polydor, Direction Reaction Creation)
KID GULLIVER: Forget About Him (Red On Red, single)
THE BEATLES: Here Comes The Sun (Apple, Abbey Road)
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KEN SHARP: Every Day Is A Holly Day (kensharp.bandcamp.com, Miniatures)
THE MUFFS: That's For Me (Omnivore, No Holiday)

Sunday, June 27, 2021

Tonight On THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO

 

We spotlight the voice of our Featured Performer SIMONE BERK, playing a small sample of the pristine works she's accomplished under her various rockin' pop dbas KID GULLIVER, SUGAR SNOW, and WHISTLESTOP ROCK. We'll also present new music from VEGAS WITH RANDOLPH, ON THE RUNWAY, THE CHECKERED HEARTS, ANTON BARBEAU, LINNEA'S GARDEN, and ORBIS MAX, plus another track from THE FLASHCUBES' forthcoming live-in-1979 release Flashcubes On Fire, and all sortsa sublime shots o' snappy sounds from HÜSKER DÜ, THE ISLEY BROTHERS, THE GRIP WEEDS, THEE HEADCOATEES, MATTHEW SWEET, DAVID BOWIE, ANNY CELSI, THE LINDA LINDAS, CHUCK BERRY, THE KINKS, and more. MORE!!! All this, to accompany our celebration of the voice of Simone Berk. You're gonna like this. Sunday night, 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FMhttp://sparksyracuse.org/

Saturday, June 26, 2021

POP-A-LOOZA: The Power Pop Hall of Fame, THE FLAMIN' GROOVIES

 
Each week, the pop culture website Pop-A-Looza shares some posts from my vast 'n' captivating Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do) archives. The latest shared post is a piece I wrote for the Flamin' Groovies' induction into the Power Pop Hall of Fame.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Groovies guitarist Cyril Jordan for Goldmine in 1992, the result published in the January 8th, 1993 issue. You can read that article's introduction here, and the interview here, and you'll note that the Groovies' Power Pop Hall of Fame induction piece is based in part upon that Goldmine intro. The Goldmine article led to the first time I was aware of my work being referenced in a book, as I was quoted in Cult Rockers by Wayne Jancik and Tad Lathrop; seeing that was a welcome ego-boost, and it's part of my reminiscence "THIS PEN FOR HIRE! My Guest Appearances In Other Writers' Books."

The story of my introduction to the Flamin' Groovies is told here. The Groovies were rightly a part of my power pop history The Kids Are Alright!, and their enduring classic tune "Shake Some Action" inspired the title of a power book I pitched (in vain) to a publisher years ago. The Flamin' Groovies were our Featured Performer on This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio on 10/15/2017, and we paid tribute to original Groovies frontman Roy Loney on our 12/15/2019 show, following Loney's passing.

The Flamin' Groovies have also turned up a time or several on my weekly 10 Songs feature. Two of the Groovies' 10 Songs entries bear repeating here. This first one is about their song "Teenage Head:"

"'Teenage Head' by the Flamin Groovies has the rare honor of getting airplay on a Gotham City radio station in a Batman comic book story. It happened in Detective Comics # 589 (August 1989), the conclusion of a three-part serial called 'Night People.' All three chapters in this story used Gotham City radio as a recurring backdrop to the action, revealing that listeners in the Batman's hometown had a station that played the Rolling Stones, the New York Dolls, KISS, and Laura Branigan (among others) within a single format. Yeah, it's probably a talk radio station by now. But in 1989, it was playing the Flamin Groovies.



"All this, yet no reference to the Joker being a smoker or a midnight toker. For all the violence and chaos that Gothamites must suffer on a regular basis, at least they had some decent radio. Ask any s
upervillain: with Batman, the hits just keep on coming. BAM!"

And then there's this bit about "First Plane Home:"

"In August of 1992, Brenda and I were preparing for our first-ever trip across the Atlantic, set to visit my sister and her family in England. The first Dana & Carl radio series We're Your Friends For Now had just ended abruptly in June. With minds fixed on finally making a pilgrimage to the land that birthed my beloved British Invasion, we got up early on the morning of our departure, all packed and ready. Just prior to leaving the house and cruising to the airport, I had one important task to accomplish. I grabbed a record by an American group, the Flamin' Groovies. I don't remember if it was the Jumpin' In The Night LP or the CD best-of Groovies' Greatest Grooves. Either way, I needed to crank one song before we left: 'First Plane Home.'

"'First Plane Home' is occasionally my favorite Flamin' Groovies track, which is quite a thing to say when you realize their song 'Shake Some Action' is The Greatest Record Ever Made! If a song about catching the first available return flight seems an odd choice for the soundtrack to starting one's trip abroad, you've gotta understand that I was focused on one key line in the song:

I'm bound for ol' HEATHROW!

My words can't convey that feeling. It was an indescribable flame of bliss, anticipation, excitement, wonder, reverence, and disbelief. I was 32. After decades spent as an unabashed Anglophile, I was at long last bound for ol' Heathrow. My senses preen and tingle at the recollection.

I love England. I love London. I love a lot of places that fortune has favored me with the opportunity to see, from New York to Cleveland to Toronto to Key West to San Francisco to Malaga to Mechelin to Morocco to Washington, DC, and more. London! We never made it up to Liverpool, but we were in England. Cheers!

As we shelter at home, and even before the pandemic fixed us in place, I have wished we could travel more. It's difficult and daunting. There are more places I still want to see before the sun does set on my own mortal empire. And I want to return to London, to England. I so, so want to be bound for ol' Heathrow once again."

The Flamin' Groovies loom large in the soundtrack of my life. Their well-deserved induction into the Power Pop Hall of Fame provides the subject for the latest Boppin' Pop-A-Looza. 

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The many fine This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio compilation albums are still available, each full of that rockin' pop sound you crave. A portion of all sales benefit our perpetually cash-strapped community radio project:

Volume 1: download

Volume 2: CD or download
Volume 3: download
Volume 4: CD or download
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Friday, June 25, 2021

THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO: Updated List Of Our Featured Performers/Personalities

This is the 2100th post on Boppn' (Like The Hip Folks Do).

With recent TIRnRR Featured Performer spotlights on Micky Dolenz, Steve Stoeckel, and Irene Peña, and this coming Sunday night's spotlight on Simone Berk, it seems high time we oughtta update our list of all TIRnRR Featured Performers and Personalities to date.

This is a (presumably) complete list of all groups, singers, musicians, and/or pop wunderkind that have ever been a Featured Performer or Personality on THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO with Dana & Carl. When we have a Featured Performer, that performer is played at least once per set in that week's show, which generally means a minimum of eight or nine tracks in a three-hour show (and often more than that). Our first Featured Performer was The Kinks, who remain the only act to ever take over an entire episode of TIRnRR; in fact, we have now done TWO all-Kinks shows. This list will continue to expand as we program more Featured Performers and Personalities on future shows.

TIRnRR FEATURED PERFORMERS/PERSONALITIES

1.4.5.
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
The Animals
The Archies
Paul Armstrong
The Bandwagon/Johnny Johnson & the Bandwagon
The Bangles
Syd Barrett/Pink Floyd
Jim Basnight
The Bay City Rollers [2 times]
The Beach Boys
The Beatles [3 times]
Chuck Berry
The Bevis Frond
Big Star
Simone Berk
Hal Blaine
Joe Bompczyk
David Bowie
The Buzzcocks
Glen Campbell
The Catholic Girls
Alex Chilton
The Dave Clark Five [3 times]
The Clash
Gene Clark/The Byrds
Cocktail Slippers
Paul Collins
Cotton Mather
The Cowsills
The Creation
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
Devo
The Dickies
Dog Party
Micky Dolenz


Fats Domino
The Dukes of Stratosphear
The Easybeats
The English Beat
The Equals
The Everly Brothers
The Flamin' Groovies
The Flashcubes [8 times]
The Fleshtones
Gary Frenay
The Bobby Fuller Four
Game Theory
Go Home Productions
The Go-Go's
Lesley Gore
Rachael Gordon
The Grip Weeds [2 times]
George Harrison [3 times]
Herman's Hermits
John Hiatt
The Hollies
Buddy Holly
The Hoodoo Gurus
Parthenon Huxley/P. Hux
In Deed
The Isley Brothers
Joe Jackson [2 times]
The Jam
Jefferson Airplane [2 times]
The Jellybricks
Joan Jett
Davy Jones
Tommy Keene
The Kinks [3 times]
KISS [3 times]
The Knack [2 times]
The Knickerbockers
Arthur Lee/Love [2 times]
John Lennon [5 times]
Circe Link
Roy Loney & the Phantom Movers
Nick Lowe
Lyres
Mad Monster Party
The Marlowes
Adam Marsland/Cockeyed Ghost
Norm Mattice [1.4.5./The Richards/Dress Code]
Paul McCartney [4 times]
The Monkees [8 times]
Michael Nesmith
The Pandoras
The Partridge Family
Irene Peña
The Pengwins
Pezband
Wilson Pickett
Gene Pitney
Pop Co-Op
The Poptarts
The Pretenders
Prince
Suzi Quatro
The Ramones
The Raspberries
Lou Reed/The Velvet Underground


Paul Revere and the Raiders
The Rolling Stones
The Romantics
The RubinoosThe Runaways
Kelley Ryan/astroPuppees
Screen Test
The Searchers
Bob Seger
The Sex Pistols
Kim Shattuck
The Shocking Blue
Shoes
The Small Faces
The Smithereens [2 times]
Squeeze [2 times]
The Spinners
The Spongetones
Ringo Starr
Gary Stewart
Steve Stoeckel
Sweet
Johnny Thunders
Peter Tork
The Tragically Hip
The Trend
The Turtles
The Dwight Twilley Band
Vegas With Randolph
Chris von Sneidern

Mary Weiss/The Shangri-Las
Lou Whitney/The Skeletons/The Morells
The Who
John Wicks/The Records [2 times]
X-Ray Spex [2 times]
XTC
The Zombies [2 times]

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This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl airs Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, and on the web at http://sparksyracuse.org/ You can read about our history here.

The many fine This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio compilation albums are still available, each full of that rockin' pop sound you crave. A portion of all sales benefit our perpetually cash-strapped community radio project:


Volume 1: download

Volume 2: CD or download
Volume 3: download
Volume 4: CD or download
Waterloo Sunset--Benefit For This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio:  CD or download

I'm on Twitter @CafarelliCarl.