Most of our weekly radio shows include at least a few brand-new releases, mingling contentedly and/or rambunctiously with a beguiling mix of recent treats and familiar classics alike. The playlists also usually present some kind of revelation from our music libraries, and I don't mean just a revelation for our listeners. Some of the archival stuff we play sounds new to us.
That's certainly true for me when I hear some of Dana's picks. This week, it was true for me with one of my own picks, when I grabbed a collection of the Selecter's greatest hits off my CD shelves. I wanted to play some Selecter track we'd never played before. Bypassing "Too Much Pressure," "Three Minute Hero," and my cherished "On My Radio," I blasted the Selecter's cover of the Pioneers' "Time Hard." I don't know the original--that will change soon--but I've owned this Selecter CD for years, so I must have heard their version of "Time Hard" at least once before. But I didn't remember it. Whatta track! And on the radio it went.
That's further illustration of why this is such a great gig, even more than twenty-six years into it. It's still fun. It's still revelatory. And it's still 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
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TIRnRR # 1277: 3/16/2025
TIRnRR FRESH SPINS! Tracks we think we ain't played before are listed in bold.
CHRIS CHURCH: She Looks Good In Black (Big Stir, Obsolete Path)
JULES AND THE POLAR BEARS: You Just Don't Wanna Know (Cherry Red, VA: Looking For The Magic: American Power Pop In The Seventies)
THE SELECTER: Time Hard (EMI, Greatest Hits)
CHEESE: She Said (Cherry Red, VA: Looking For The Magic: American Power Pop In The Seventies)
MICHAEL C. MITSCH: I Don't Want To Waste Another Day (single)
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA: Ma-Ma-Ma Belle [album edit] (Cherry Red, VA: Oh! You Pretty Things--Glam Queens And Street Urchins 1970-76)
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SUNBUZZ: Change (single)
HARMONIC DIRT: Tumbleweeds (n/a, Tumbleweeds)
THE WELL WISHERS: Second Hand News (n/a, Covered II)
PSYCHEDELIC FURS: The Ghost In You (Columbia, Mirror Moves)
AIMEE MANN: Ghost World (V2, Bachelor No. 2, Or The Last Remains Of The Dodo)
THE CURE: In Between Days (Fiction, Greatest Hits)
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RICHARD TURGEON: Hit My Ceiling (Kool Kat Musik, VA: Pop Aid 2)
CHRIS HILLMAN: Bells Of Rhymney (MOJO, VA: Jingle Jangle Mornings--A Byrds Companion)
JOHNNY JOHNSON AND THE BANDWAGON: Mr. Tambourine Man (Kent Soul, Breakin' Down The Walls Of Heartache)
XTC: English Roundabout (Virgin, English Settlement)
SORROWS: Somethin' Else (Big Stir, Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow)
THE ARTWOODS: Day Tripper (RPM, Steady Gettin' It: The Complete Recordings 1964-67)
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THE RAMONES: What's Your Game (Rhino, Leave Home)
THE AVENGERS: Paint It Black (Superior Viaduct, Avengers)
TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS: Pressure Drop (Island Jamaica, Time Tough)
THE JAM: Beat Surrender (Polydor, Direction Reaction Creation)
THE KINKS: See My Friends (Sanctuary, The Ultimate Collection)
THE PRETENDERS: Stop Your Sobbing (Sire, The Singles)
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LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEYS: Ship To Shore (Big Stir, How To Make Friends By Telephone)
DAVID BOWIE: Queen Bitch (Virgin, Bowie At The Beeb)
THE SPONGETONES: Words And Music (Black Vinyl, Oh Yeah!)
THE dB'S: (I Thought) You Wanted To Know (Propeller Sound Recordings, I Though You Wanted To Know: 1978-1981)
JOEY WILSON: Chances We'll Take (Modern, Going Up)
THE BENT BACKED TULIPS: Sweet Young Thing (eggBERT, Looking Through...)
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THE CYNZ: Heartbreak Time (Jem, single)
CONTINENTAL DRIFTERS: New York [demo] (Omnivore, Drifted: In The Beginning & Beyond)
KENNY MICHAELS: Your House (Paisley Cowboy, single)
JACK LEE: Hanging On The Telephone (Alive, Anthology: Bigger Than Life)
P. HUX: Better Than Good (Kool Kat Musik, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 4)
JOE JACKSON: Look Sharp! (A & M, Steppin' Out: The Very Best Of Joe Jackson)
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The Greatest Record Ever Made!
BADFINGER: Day After Day (Apple, Straight Up)
PERMANENT GREEN LIGHT: (You & I Are The) Summertime (Omnivore, Hallucinations)
ELVIS PRESLEY: Burning Love (RCA, The Top Ten Hits)
DR. FEELGOOD: Another Man (Beloved Recordings, VA: Pub Rock: Paving The Way For Punk)
ELENA ROGERS: A Little Bit Of Lovely (Eats Dynamite, Always Trying)
JUNIPER: Baby Doll (Confidential Recordings, She Steals Candy)
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SUPER 8 FEATURING LISA MYCHOLS: Pop Radio (single)
LISA MYCHOLS FEATURING FERNANDO PERDOMO: Summertime Summertime (single)
THE NEW YORK DOLLS: Private World (Mercury, New York Dolls)
RADIO STARS: Nervous Wreck (Chiswick, VA: Good Clean Fun: A Chiswick Sampler)
TEGAN AND SARA: I Won't Be Left (Sire, So Jealous)
THREE DOG NIGHT: It's For You (MCA, Celebrate)
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THE FLASHCUBES: Reminisce (Big Stir, VA: Make Something Happen! A Tribute To A DIY Power Pop Band Called THE FLASHCUBES)
SHONEN KNIFE: She's The One (Good Charamel, Osaka Ramones)
MIKE BROWNING: Four Days Of Rain (single)
SHADOWY MEN ON A SHADOWY PLANET: Having An Average Weekend (Glass, Savvy Show Stoppers)
LITTLE RICHARD: Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (Specialty, The Georgia Peach)
AMY RIGBY: Heart Is A Muscle (Tapete, Hang In There With Me)
WONDERBOY: Girl Songs (n/a, Hero Isle)
THE BEATLES: It's Only Love (Apple, Help!)
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JOE GIDDINGS: Tonite Tonite (Kool Kat Musik, Stories With Guitars)
THE GO-GO’S: Surfing And Spying (IRS, Return To The Valley Of The Go-Go’s)
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