This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio 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.
Apologies to John Hiatt, whose great song "Pink Bedroom" inspired the tag line for today's fake playlist: I've got my records and they're all imports.
Yes, today's exercise in imaginary song sequencing is comprised solely of records I owned as imports. I'm arbitrarily limiting the list to foreign-issued 45s, EPs, LPs, and CDs I snagged some time before the dawn of This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio at the end of 1998, I'm ignoring the likelihood that my copy of Paul McCartney's Choba B CCCP was a domestic bootleg rather than the Soviet import it claimed to be, and I'm throwing in one set of British and Canadian tracks that weren't technically imports because I, y'know, bought them in England or Canada. Technicalities! In any case, rock 'n' roll tariffs need not apply. It's time to go where a cherished import 45 by the Jam once told me we should go when we're looking for new:
All over the world!
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Fake TIRnRR Playlist: I've Got My Records And They're All Imports
THE RAMONES: Rockaway Beach (Sire [UK], It's Alive)
THE SEX PISTOLS: I'm Not Your Stepping Stone (Virgin [UK], The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle)
CAT STEVENS: The First Cut Is The Deepest (Decca [UK], VA: Hard-Up Heroes)
CHRIS SPEDDING: Boogie City (RAK [UK], Chris Spedding)
THE RUNAWAYS: Rock N Roll (Mercury [Canada], Live In Japan)
THE KINKS: You Still Want Me (Pye [UK], Yesteryear Series EP)
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THE MONKEES: Love To Love (Arista [Australia], Monkeemania)
THE ROLLING STONES: You Better Move On (Decca [UK], The Rolling Stones EP)
THE PLEASERS: Lies (Arista [UK], The Pleasers EP)
SUZI QUATRO: Tear Me Apart (RAK [Germany], Aggro-Phobia)
KISS: I'm A Legend Tonight (Casablanca [Germany], Killers)
THE ROLLERS: Doors, Bars, Metal (Epic [UK], Ricochet)
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THE BEATLES: Thank You, Girl (Parlophone, The Beatles' Hits EP)
JONATHAN RICHMAN: Roadrunner (Ariola, VA: Geef Voor New Wave)
THE ZONES: New Life (Arista [UK], VA: That Summer! OST)
NEW MATH: Angela (Reliable [UK], single)
GENERATION X: Your Generation (Chrysalis [UK], single)
THE FLAMIN' GROOVIES: Step Up (Aim [Australia], Step Up)
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JOAN JETT: I Love Rock And Roll (Vertigo [Netherlands], single)
ADVERTISING: Ich Liebe Dich (EMI [UK], Jingles)
RASPBERRIES: On The Beach (Zap! [UK], Overnight Sensation: The Very Best Of The Raspberries)
MARCUS HOOK ROLL BAND: Natural Man (Albert [Australia]. VA: Albert Archives)
THE RAMONES: Bonzo Goes To Bitburg (Beggars Banquet [UK], 12" single)
DOLENZ, JONES, BOYCE AND HART: I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight (Capitol [Japan], Concert In Japan)
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THE RUTLES: Number One (Warner Brothers [UK], The Rutles)
ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS: (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea (Radar [UK], single)
NICK LOWE: I Don't Want The Night To End (Stiff [Belgium], single)
DOCTOR AND THE MEDICS: Barbara Can't Dance (IRS [UK], Laughing At The Pieces)
THE FLESHTONES: Living Legends (Big Beat [UK], Powerstance!)
THE BEATLES: Every Little Thing (Apple [Japan], Beatles VI)
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THE CARL'S ON INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY! SET
THE UGLY DUCKLINGS: Nothing (Yorktown [Canada], The Ugly Ducklings)
THE SEARCHERS: I Don't Want To Be The One (Sequel [UK], 30th Anniversary Collection)
THE KINGS: This Beat Goes On/Switchin' (Extreme [Canada], single)
THE SWINGING BLUE JEANS: What Can I Do Today, (EMI [UK], The Best Of The EMI Years)
R.E.M.: Academy Fight Song (Bucketfull Of Brains [UK], single [with magazine purchase])
THE LONG RYDERS: Anarchy In The U.K. (Prima [UK], Metallic B.O.)
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SUZI QUATRO: I May Be Too Young (RAK [France], single)
HOLLY AND JOEY: I Got You Babe (Virgin [UK], single)
THE CREATION: Biff Bang Pow (Line [Germany], We Are Paintermen)
THE CHOCOLATE WATCHBAND: Medication (Eva [France], Let's Talk About Girls)
JOY DIVISION: Love Will Tear Us Apart (Factory [UK], single)
GREG KIHN: Future Girl (Beserkley [Germany], VA: Bezerk Times)
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THE YARDBIRDS: Ha! Ha! Said The Clown (Fame [UK], Little Games)
SIMPLY SAUCER: She's A Dog (Pig [Canada], single)
THE BARRACUDAS: Grammar Of Misery (Closer[ France], Mean Time)
MYSTICS: Valley Of Indecision (Lolita [France]. Dandies Are Back)
CARLENE CARTER: Love Is A 4 Letter Verb (Warner Brothers [Germany], Blue Nun)
BLONDIE: Rip Her To Shreds (Chrysalis [UK]. 12" single)
MAKIN' TIME: Feels Like It's Love [extended version] (Countdown [UK], 12" single)
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THE CLASH: Capital Radio (CBS [UK], The Cost Of Living EP)
JOHNNY THUNDERS: MIA (Jungle [UK], Que Sera, Sera)
THE RAMONES: Street Fighting Man (Beggars Banquet [UK], 12" single)
SQUIRE: The Life (Hi-Lo [UK], ...Get Smart!)
THE JAM: All Over The World (Polydor [UK], single)
CHERRY VANILLA: The Punk (RCA Victor [UK, Bad Girl)
PAUL McCARTNEY: Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Melodia [USSR], Choba B CCCP)
SEGARINI: Gotta Have Pop (Bomb [Canada], Gotta Have Pop)
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THE BEATLES: Cry For A Shadow (Contour [UK], The Beatles Featuring Tony Sheridan)
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