Over the course of more than 26 years of whatever the hell this thing is, This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio has now crossed the milestone of 70,000 spins and counting. Prior to this week's playlist planning session, Dana and I were informed by our friend and intrepid stats man Fritz Van Leaven that whatever occupied our 44th spot this week would also be our 70,000th spin overall. 44? An even number. I program (wait for it!) the odd ones. So: Dana's choice!
Dana selected appropriately: "September Gurls" by Big Star. Before it became TIRnRR Spin # 70,000, it was already our all-time # 1 most-played track. It was also the first track we ever referred to on-air as "The Greatest Record Ever Made!," the far-in-advance guard for what would eventually become my book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1).
How can we deny what's inside? As this week's stats enter the archive, we've now served up 70,015 spins. The road to 100,000 spins goes on. 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.
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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TIRnRR # 1282: 4/20/2025
TIRnRR FRESH SPINS! Tracks we think we ain't played before are listed in bold
THE GUESS WHO: It's My Pride (RCA, The Essential Guess Who)
CHUBBY CHECKER: Slow Twistin' (Abkco, Dancin' Party--The Chubby Checker Collection: 1960-1966)
AIMEE MANN: Fifty Years After The Fair (Geffen, Whatever)
THE NON-PROPHETS: Alibi (single)
SAM PHILLIPS: Plastic Is Forever (Virgin, Omnipop [It's Only A Flesh Wound Lambchop])
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THE BARBARELLAS: Teenage Werewolf (Sympathy For The Record Industry, Queen Of The Galaxy)
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SPITBALLS: I Can Only Give You Everything (Castle, VA: Home Of The Hits/The Beserkley Records Story)
GUNHILL ROAD: Back When My Hair Was Short (Kama Sutra, single)
MIKE BROWNING: Four Days Of Rain (single) PILOT: Magic (Renaissance, Anthology)
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DENNIS DAVISON: Putting Up With People (single) PIXIES: Here Comes Your Man (4AD, Pixies)
SAM AND DAVE: Soul Man (Atlantic, The Best Of Sam & Dave)
PLASTIC BERTRAND: Ca Plane Por Moi (Sire, single)
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HOT NUN: Back Of The Van (single) LITTLE RICHARD: Long Tall Sally (Specialty, The Georgia Peach)
THE POSIES: I'm Looking Through You (MOJO, VA: Beatlemania Vol. 1)
THE PRETENDERS: Talk Of The Town (Sire, The Singles)
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ROBBIE DUNBAR: Love Is Here (CountryCana, single)
THE PRIMITIVES: Way Behind Me (RCA, Lovely)
THE VICKSBURGS: Drive Faster (Play-Tone, VA: That Thing You Do! OST)
PUFFY AMIYUMI: Love So Pure (Epic, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi)
THE RAMONES: I Love You (Radioactive, ¡Adios Amigos!)
THE REPLACEMENTS: I Will Dare (Sire, For Sale: Live At Maxwell's 1986)
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The Greatest Record Ever Made!
THE MONKEES: She (Rhino, More Of The Monkees)
THE SPONGETONES: She Goes Out With Everybody (Loaded Goat, Always Carry On)
RICK SPRINGFIELD: I've Done Everything For You (RCA, Working Class Dog)
MIKE MITSCH'S LAGANSLOVE: I Don't Want To Waste Another Day (single) ROBERT GORDON AND LINK WRAY: Sea Cruise (Raven, Robert Gordon With Link Wray)
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THE KINKS: Add It Up (Velvel, Give The People What They Want)
***THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO'S 70,000TH SPIN!***
***BIG STAR: September Gurls (Ardent, # 1 Record/Radio City)***
SUPER 8 FEATURING LISA MYCHOLS: Pop Radio (single) MATTHEW SWEET AND SUSANNA HOFFS: And Your Bird Can Sing (Shout Factory, Under The Covers, Vol. 1)
ME AND THEM: Show You Mean It Too (Castle, VA: Beat Beat Beat Volume Three)
THE WHO: I Can't Explain (MCA, The Ultimate Collection)
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ROCKPILE: Heart (Columbia, Seconds Of Pleasure)
THE ISLEY BROTHERS: This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You) (Motown, Greatest Hits And Rare Classics)
SHOES: The Things You Do (Elektra, Tongue Twist)
BLONDIE: Little Girl Lies (Chrysalis, Blondie)
SUZI QUATRO: Tear Me Apart (Razor & Tie, The Wild One: Classic Quatro)
THE BEATLES: Here Comes The Sun (Apple, Abbey Road)
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THE ZOMBIES: What More Can I Do (Big Beat, Zombie Heaven)
So wonderful to be on your list and your site, Carl Cafarelli!
ReplyDeleteOriginally from Levittown NY,
I started at 13 as lead guitarist with Purple Earthquake in Berkeley;
went on as Earth Quake (A&M, Beserkley Records).
I have happily shared many years collaborating with Larry Lynch, since I co-founded the Greg Kihn Band in 1975.
NOW! please enjoy videos on:
Earthquakerocks.com
EVERYWHERE I GO ;
Favesband.com ,
Larry Lynch NEED A CHANGE youtube
and Robbie Dunbar LOVE IS HERE youtube
ENJOY! Much more to come.
Best Regards from Richmond CA by The Bay!
Robbie D