Monday, September 9, 2024

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio # 1250

To be honest, the fact that this is TIRnRR # 1250 didn't even register in my head until after Dana and I had already set the playlist and I had recorded my parts. Maybe that's testimony on behalf of how matter-of-fact our stubborn rockin' pop tenacity has become. OR! Each week's show is just another welcome milestone. Either way: Yay, US!

And this week's extravaganza does open with something very special, even though we can't yet reveal what it is. Our first three selections on TIRnRR # 1250 are as-yet-unreleased tracks by sparkle*jets u.k., Pop Co-Op, and the Kennedys, and they all come from a 2025 project called...well, never mind what it's called. Man, you people are nosy! But if you know, you know. It is NOT another volume in the This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio compilation series. For now, it's just [REDACTED].

Won't stop us from playing it! And if we've told you once we've told you 1250 times: This is what rock 'n' roll radio sounded like on another Sunday night in Syracuse this week.

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, streaming at SPARK stream, and on the Radio Garden app as WESTCOTT RADIO. Recent shows are archived at Westcott Radio

You can read all about this show's long and weird history here: Boppin' The Whole Friggin' Planet (The History Of THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO)

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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
Waterloo Sunset--Benefit For This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio:  CD or download
Volume 5: CD or download

HEY! Looking for something to read? Check out Carl's books Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones and the brand-new The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1). You can also follow Carl's daily blog Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do) at https://carlcafarelli.blogspot.com/ If you would like to receive links to each day's blog, please reply to this email.

TIRnRR # 1250: 9/8/2024
TIRnRR FRESH SPINS! Tracks we think we ain't played before are listed in bold.

sparklejets u.k.: Make Something Happen [REDACTED]
POP CO-OP: Wait Til Next Week [REDACTED]
THE KENNEDYS: Walking Through The Park [REDACTED]
RAY DAVIES AND JACKSON BROWNE: Waterloo Sunset (Universal, RAY DAVIES: See My Friends)
THE GRIP WEEDS: Lady Friend (Jem, DiG)
AMY RIGBY: Heart Is A Muscle (Tapete, Hang In There With Me)
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THE HALF/CUBES: My Girl (Big Stir, Pop Treasures)
ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS: Crawling To The USA (Rykodisc, This Year's Model)
WAR: Why Can't We Be Friends? (Rhino, VA: Can You Dig It? The '70s Soul Experience)
RONNIE COOK AND THE GAYLADS: Goo Goo Muck (Norton, VA: Mad Mike's Monsters Volume 1--A Tribute To Mad Mike Metrovich)
OASIS: Digsy's Dinner (Epic, Definitely Maybe)
THE BUZZCOCKS: I Don't Mind (IRS, Singles Going Steady)
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DREAM PHASES: Another Getaway (Kool Kat Musik, Phantom Idol)
NEW MATH: They Walk Among You (Propeller Sound Recordings, They Walk Among You)
ROME 56: The Man Behind The Man With A Gun (Key Holdings, Paradise Is Free)
CUB KODA: Ace Of Spades (Blue Wave, Welcome To My Job)
HEADGIRL: Please Don't Touch (Lemon, GIRLSCHOOL: The Singles)
THE RAMONES: I'm Against It (Rhino, Road To Ruin)
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JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS: (Make The Music Go) Boom (Legacy, Mindsets)
NIKKI AND THE CORVETTES: He's A Mover (Bomp, Nikki and the Corvettes)
MIKE BROWNING: Just One Day (single)
THE PRETENDERS: Human (Koch, Greatest Hits)
THE LEMON TWIGS: In My Head (Captured Tracks, Everything Harmony)
THE PRIMITIVES: Nothing Left (Camden, Best Of The Primitives)
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ROY KRANK: Don't Kill That World I'm Living In (Big Stir, THE ARMOIRES/ROY CRANK: Songs For Ukrainian Independence Day)
BRIAN WELLS: Paper Party (Cherry Red, VA: All The Young Droogs)
THE WEEKLINGS [with PETER NOONE]: Mr. Soul Satisfaction (Jem, Raspberry Park)
THE RECORDS: Teenarama (Virgin, Smashes, Crashes And Near-Misses: The Best Of The Records)
THE DIRTY DENIMS: Rock And Roll All Night (Screaming Crow, VA: Action Rock Jukebox 45 Series, Vol. 1)
THE BEARDS: Make It In America (Sympathy For The Record Industry, Funtown)
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THE DIRTY DENIMS: Better Believe It (Screaming Crow, VA: Action Rock Jukebox 45 Series, Vol. 1)
THE WELL WISHERS: Missing Person (single)
SUZI QUATRO: Paralysed (EMI, The Essential Suzi Quatro)
THE MC5: Shakin' Street (Rhino, The Big Bang! Best Of The MC5)
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The Greatest Record Ever Made!
THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: Yesterday's Hero (Arista, The Definitive Collection)
DUCK & COVER: Girl From Somewhere (Rum Bar, THE DOWNHAULS/DUCK & COVER: Trash Fest)
P. P. ARNOLD: Soul Survivor (Metrophonic, single)
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LIZ BORDEN: Shake (Code 213, single)
CHEAP TRICK: Hello There (Epic, In Color)
THE MOSQUITOS: Don't Hang Me Up (Kool Kat Musik, This Then Are The Mosquitos!)
WEDNESDAY WEEK: I Hate Lying To Mom (Enigma, What We Had)
GREG KIHN: Hurt So Bad (Beserkley, Greg Kihn Again)
PAUL COLLINS: I'm The Only One For You (Jem, Stand Back And Take A Good Look)
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THE ARMOIRES: You Oughta Be Cut In Half (Big Stir, Octoberland)
CARLENE CARTER: Love Is A 4-Letter Verb (Demon, Musical Shapes/Blue Nun)
VEGAS WITH RANDOLPH: Don't Stop Your Love (n/a, The Future Store)
GAME THEORY: I Turned Her Away [radio session] (Omnivore, 2 Steps From The Middle Ages)
THE DAVE CLARK FIVE: I Like It Like That (Hollywood, The History Of The Dave Clark Five)
THE IDEA: She Has A Way (Not Lame, VA: Full Circle: A Tribute To Gene Clark)
LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEYS: Hello Operator (Big Stir, single)
THE BEATLES: If I Needed Someone (Apple, Rubber Soul)
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THE ANDERSON COUNCIL: She Steals Candy (unreleased)

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