About a month ago, our intrepid stats man Fritz Van Leaven sent us a list of every track ever played on This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio. We've played an awful lot of songs over the past 24 years--the pdf of the master song list is 190 pages long--and we intend to keep adding to that list for as long as we can.
We're also gonna return to old favorites, because you can't build a hit record if you only play it once. But we need both, the new and the old. As we've said many times: Right now is always, always the best time to be a pop music fan; you have every favorite record you've ever loved, plus all of the minty-fresh revelations awaiting your discovery and delight.
More than half of our selections this week are tracks we've never played here before. Not just new songs, but also familiar classics by the Ramones, the Young Rascals, and more, great stuff we just never got around to programming at any point in the first 24 years of This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio. That's the dynamic that drives this show.
And that dynamic keeps driving us on. We're here every week, and we have some songs to play for you. Some you know, some you don't know, and all of 'em thriving in the invigorating context of rockin' pop music on the radio. Mix it up. Turn it up. Let 'em play. This is what rock 'n' roll radio sounded like on another Sunday night in Syracuse this week.
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TIRnRR # 1163: 1/8/2023
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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THE RAMONES: Pinhead (Rhino, Leave Home)
RANK AND FILE: Amanda Ruth (Rhino, The Slash Years)
THE POINTER SISTERS: He's So Shy (RCA, Greatest Hits)
THE FOUR + 1: Don't Lie To Me (RPM, VA: Excerpts From...Keith West)
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: Tougher Than The Rest (Columbia, The Essential Bruce Springsteen)
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CLIFF HILLIS: Good Morning And Goodnight (single) FUN BOY THREE: Our Lips Are Sealed (Chrysalis, The Best Of Fun Boy Three)
THE J. GEILS BAND: Just Can't Wait (EMI, Flashback)
DON COVAY: Bip Bop Bip (Razor & Tie, Mercy Mercy: The Definitive Don Covay)
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KID GULLIVER: Kiss And Tell (single) THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Tiny Explosions (Roadrunner, Tiny Explosions)
KISS: King Of The Night Time World (Mercury, Destroyer)
DEL SHANNON: From Me To You (Rhino, Greatest Hits)
THE FLASHCUBES: Bad To Me [acoustic demo] (unreleased)
LITTLE RICHARD: I Saw Her Standing There (Warner Brothers, VA: Glass Onion)
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ABBA: On And On And On (Polydor, More ABBA Gold)
THE IN CROWD: Things She Says (RPM, VA: Excerpts From...Keith West)
THE RAIDERS: The Boys In The Band (Alala, Collage)
RORY STORM & THE HURRICANES: Brand New Cadillac
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SIMON & GARFUNKEL: Cecilia (Columbia, Old Friends)
THE STRAY CATS: Rumble In Brighton (BMG, Runaway Boys! The Anthology)
EARTH, WIND & FIRE: September (Epic, The Eternal Dance)
THE JAM: That's Entertainment (Polydor, Direction Reaction Creation)
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EDDIE FLOYD: Things Get Better (Stax, The Very Best Of Eddie Floyd)
AMII STEWART: Knock On Wood [7" edit] (Sanctuary, Knock On Wood: The Anthology)
FRANKIE VALLI: You're Ready Now (EMI, Walk Like A Man: The Songs Of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons)
SUPERTRAMP: The Logical Song (A & M, Breakfast In America)
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LOVE: 7 And 7 Is (Rhino, Love Story 1966-1972)
SQUEEZE: Cool For Cats (A & M, The Squeeze Story)
SAM & DAVE: I Take What I Want (Atlantic, VA: The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1968)
SHAKIN' STEVENS: Marie Marie (Sony, VA: Rock-A-Billy Rock)
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TAJ MAHAL: E Z Rider (Columbia, Taj Mahal)
THE SMALL FACES: Sha-La-La-La-Lee (Deram, The Anthology 1965-1967)
THE YOUNG RASCALS: You Better Run (Rhino, Anthology: 1965-1972)
THE AIRPORT 77s: One Good Thing About Summer (Jem, We Realize You Have A Choice) --
THE RAMONES: I Wanted Everything (Rhino, Road To Ruin)
ROBERT GORDON & LINK WRAY: Sea Cruise (Raven, Robert Gordon With Link Wray)
THE KNICKERBOCKERS: They Ran For Their Lives (Sundazed, Knickerbockerism!)
THE HAMMERSMITH GORILLAS: You Really Got Me (Soul Jazz, VA: Punk 45: Sick On You!)
THE KINKS: Ring The Bells (Sanctuary, The Kink Kontroversy)
HOLLY GOLIGHTLY: Time Will Tell (Damaged Goods, Truly She Is None Other)
NORMA TANEGA: Walking My Cat Named Dog (Anthology, I'm The Sky: Studio And Demo Recordings, 1964-1971)
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JOEY WILSON: Chances We'll Take (Modern, Going Up)
THE REPLACEMENTS: Fox On The Run (Sire, For Sale)
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