Volume, Contrast, Brilliance
Saturday December 25th, 2021 with Steve Kirkland
'twas the night after the night before
Merry Christmas. If that's not your bag, Happy Holidays. At the very least, peace, warmth, comfort and health. For the past 21 months, there has been no live-in-the-studio CKCU broadcasts, sadly. Recent local, regional, provincial, federal and global developments further threaten a return to live radio, but you can still rely on CKCU to deliver the goods. Lockout from the studio means home recording. Home recording, for me and most at CKCU, means total reliance on technology and music in purely digital form. Bah. I miss spinning vinyl. My programs over this stretch have been heavy on the 2000s, especially new releases and the 2010s. Ensures I play new releases but means I ignore or omit a LOT of music on vinyl that I would otherwise be playing on the radio. All this to say, tonight's program provides respite from this preponderence. I'm not playing any vinyl. But I'm not playing a lot of 2000s music. None, in fact. Further in fact, all of tonight's playlist is music recorded between (and including) 1967 and 1989. Love it... or love it.
| Human Beings A NEON ROME - V.A.: Elvis Mondays Vol. 1 - 1994, Kinectic Records, recorded in 1988 
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| Keep On (alternate version) JOHN MARTYN - Ain’t No Saint (Box Set) - 2008, Island, recorded in 1972 |
| Bo Diddley Jam (live) SPACEMEN 3 - Spacemen Are Go! - 1996, Bomp, recorded in 1989 |
| Factories The DEMICS - New York City (compilation) - 1996, Other People’s Music, recorded in 1978
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| Running to the Convent DRY ICE - 7-inch A-side - 1969, B&C Records |
| Games M.R.Q. - 7-inch B-side - 1969, RCA Victor
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| De Profundis (instrumental) The REVOLUTIONARY ARMY of the INFANT JESUS - The Gift of Tears - 1987, Probe Plus |
| Manwhale SKINNY PUPPY - Remission mini-album - 1984, Nettwerk
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| Rocket U.S.A. SUICIDE - Suicide - 1977, Red Star Records |
| The Lyon Game (Musical Bed) PHONO-COMB - Fresh Gasoline - 1996, Quarterstick Records
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| Lady FREE - Songs of Yesterday (Box Set) - 2008, Island, recorded in 1972 |
| Love Resumé The SINGING FOOLS - Cruisin’ ’84 ep - 1984, self-released
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| To Be Someone (demo) The JAM - 1977 (Box Set) - 1997, Polydor, recorded in 1978 |
| Evil Woman The TROGGS - On Air – The Lost Broadcast - 2018, Vogon, recorded in 1967 |
| First to Third Round The 222’s - She Wants Revenge (compilation) - 2006, Sonik's Chicken Shrimp, recorded in 1980
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| (Sometimes) Pleasure Heads Must Burn The BIRTHDAY PARTY - The John Peel Sessions - 2001, Strange Fruit, recorded in 1981 |
| Siberia (instrumental) LOVE of LIFE ORCHESTRA - Casino 12” ep - 1982, Expanded Music |
| Birdies PERE UBU - The Art of Walking - 1980, Rough Trade |
| Aibalegbe HONOURABLE SIR VICTOR UWAIFO and his TITIBITIS - Back To Town - Superstar - 1982, Polydor Nigeria |
| Here Among the Cats MAX WEBSTER - Max Webster - 1975, Anthem
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| Little Scratch CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & his MAGIC BAND - The Dust Blows Forward (comp) - 1999, Rhino, recorded in 1972 |
| Rheinhardt & Geraldine KEVIN AYERS and the WHOLE WORLD - Shooting at the Moon - 1970, Harvest |
| The Lyon Game PHONO-COMB - Fresh Gasoline - 1996, Quarterstick Records
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| Let Me Dream If I Want To (Amphetamine Blues) MINK DEVILLE - 12-inch ep - 1981, Atlantic |
| Sugar Man MERRYWEATHER & CAREY - Vacuum Cleaner - 1971, RCA Victor
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| Rock Me The FACES - Five Guys Walk Into a Bar (Box Set) - 2004, Warner Bros, recorded in 1975 |
| No Feelings The SEX PISTOLS - 76-77 - 2021, UMC Europe, recorded in 1976 |
| I Love Livin’ in the City FEAR - 7-inch B-side - 1978, Criminal Records |
| Physical World The SOUND - Physical World ep - 1979, Tortch |
| Lord of the Ringside CLOWN - 7-inch A-side - 1972, CBS |
| Hurdy Gurdy man (Donovan cover) EARTHA KITT - 7-inch A-side - 1970, Spark |
| Tell Me GALAXIE 500 - On Fire - 1989, Rough Trade |
| Werewolf FIVE MAN ELECTRICAL BAND - 7-inch A-side - 1974, Polydor
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| Oliver Swan BILLY SWAN - Four - 1977, Monument |
| Steam (instrumental) ARCHIE SHEPP - Montreaux II - 2006, Black Lion, recorded in 1975 |
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6:03 PM, December 25th, 2021