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Volume, Contrast, Brilliance
Saturday May 30th, 2015 with Steve Kirkland

This show is dedicated to the memory of Rob Stewart, host of "British Airwaves", one of CKCU's earliest and best programs which he presented into 1983 before departing Ottawa, leaving a lasting legacy for aficionados of eclectic music from the UK, and providing me with an opportunity to step into his shoes to carry the program on for a few more years. Tonight's program is entirely music from the UK...
Sort Of (excerpt, musical bed)
SLAPP HAPPY - Sort Of - 1972, Polydor
Reconnez Cherie
WRECKLESS ERIC - Wreckless Eric - 1978, Stiff
Tonight
the SOFT BOYS - Underwater Moonlight - 1980, Armageddon
Tubthumper
CHUMBAWAMBA - 7-inch A-side - 1997, EMI
Evidently Chickentown
JOHN COOPER-CLARKE - Snap, Crackle (&) Bop - 1980, Epic
Fear of Anarchy
SLEAFORD MODS - Chubbed Up + - 2014, Ipecac New
I'm Frank
the FALL - Extricate - 1990, Fontana
Big Trev
SARANDON - Sarandon's Age of Reason - 2010, Slumberland
Shut it Down
KHARTOMB - Shut it Down ep - 2013, UK Independent
40 Versions
WIRE - 154 - 1979, Harvest
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Sort Of (excerpt, musical bed)
SLAPP HAPPY - Sort Of - 1972, Polydor
Split Your Ends
WIRE - Wire - 2015, Cargo New
Sand Dance
TEMPLES - Sun Restructured (Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve remix) - 2014, Fat Possum
the Difference (instrumental)
SHOCKHEADED PETERS - Fear Engine - 1987, Red Rhino
Cat House
DANIELLE DAX - Dark Adapted Eye - 1988, Sire
Wholeness Sounds
ROSE KEMP - Unholy Majesty - 2008, One Little Indian
Ode (Summer is Leaving Me Behind)
SYD ARTHUR - (Amorphous Androgynous remix) - 2014, UK Independent New
Knife Edge
EMERSON, LAKE and PALMER - Emerson, Lake and Palmer - 1971, Cotillion
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Sort Of (excerpt, musical bed)
SLAPP HAPPY - Sort Of - 1972, Polydor
Gout! Gang! Go!
PALMA VIOLETS - Danger in the Club - 2015, Rough Trade New
Radios in Motion
XTC - White Music - 1978, Virgin
Breakdown
POP WILL EAT ITSELF - Poppiecock - 1986, Chapter 22
I'm a Believer (Monkees cover)
ROBERT WYATT - ep - 1974, Virgin
Drinking About My Baby
the DAMNED - the Black Album - 1980, Chiswick
I Can't Take It
BADFINGER - No Dice - 1970, Apple
Gonna Meet My Maker
ARGENT - Nexus - 1974, CBS
March of the Eligible Bachelors (instrumental)
the MONOCHROME SET - Eligible Bachelors - 1982, Cherry Red
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Sort Of (excerpt, musical bed)
SLAPP HAPPY - Sort Of - 1972, Polydor
Where to Now?
2.3 - V.A.: Fast Product - Mutant Pop 78/79 - 1980, Fast, originally released in 1978
Strange Locomotion
SIREN - Strange Locomotion - 1971, Dandelion
the Vandal and the Saint
DAVID J - Crocodile Tears and the Velvet Cosh - 1985, Glass
Country Mile
CAMERA OBSCURA - Let's Get Out of This Country - 2006, Merge
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Tainted Dub/Where Did Our Love Go (supremes cover)
SOFT CELL - 12-inch B-side - 1981, Some Bizarre