At midnight November 14 CKCU turned 50. To celebrate, with Thanks to everyone who donated to the Station and to this program, I'm playing one track for each of the calendar years we've been on air at 93.1 on the FM dial, in chronological order 1975 to 2025. In order to cram so much music into a two hour show, short tracks predominate. I'll be at the 50th Anniversary celebration as this airs, but please, drop me a line on the interactive playlist. (I'll enter the record labels later...)
| Snowball Patti Smith - Horses (50th Anniversary Ed.) - 1975 |
| I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You Ramones - Ramones - 1976 |
| Three Girl Rhumba Wire - Pink Flag - 1977 |
| Africa Must Be Free By 1983 Hugh Mundell - Africa Must Be Free By 1983 - 1978 |
| Twilight (Uxbridge Road) A.More (Anthony Moore) - Flying Doesn’t Help - 1979 |
| Well Well Well Young Canadians - Hawaii ep - 1980 
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| Fear The Passage - Pindrop - 1981 |
| My Hat Pere Ubu - Song of the Bailing Man - 1982 |
| A Token Sylvie and Babs Ditty (Chicken in Drag) Nurse with Wound - Nylon Coverin’ Body Smotherin’ (split ep with Current 93) - 1983 |
| There Ain’t Shit on TV Tonight Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime - 1984 |
| Against the Glass Slow - Against the Glass - 1985
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| Theme from T.V. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Hiss '86 - 1986
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| Smoke Time Blurt - Smoke Time - 1987 |
| Love Song Ofra Haza - Shaday - 1988 |
| Sunrays The Jesus And Mary Chain - Automatic - 1989 |
| Tell You What Scrawl - Smallmouth - 1990 |
| Psychobilly Freakout Reverend Horton Heat - Smoke 'em If You Got 'em - 1991 |
| Wheel’s A-Spinning Sister Double Happiness - Hey Kids ep - 1992 |
| Floorboard Blues Cowboy Junkies - Pale Sun Crescent Moon - 1993
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| Eerbek-Aksy Huun-Huur-Tu - The Orphan's Lament - 1994 |
| Joy Nomeansno - The Worldhood of the World (as such) - 1995
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| The Long Egg Ui - Sidelong - 1996 |
| Pnoom [moon up mix] Can (Brian Eno remix) - Sacrilege - 1997 |
| Simple Things Belle & Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap - 1998 |
| Reward of Gold The Sadies - Pure Diamond Gold - 1999
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| Newtons Gravitätlichkeit Einsturzende Neubauten - Silence Is Sexy - 2000 |
| The Kill Fugazi - The Argument - 2001 |
| Mayday The Libertines - 12-inch B-side - 2002 |
| On The Steps Of The Cathedral Mark Lanegan - Here Comes That Weird Chill - 2003 |
| Crystal Cave Melodic Energy Commission - Time Is A Slippery Concept - 2004
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| Microtonic 13 Broadcast - Mircrotonics Vol. 2 - 2005 |
| Knuckle Duster Evil Farm Children - Knuckle Duster - 2006
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| Hope Rush - Snakes & Arrows - 2007
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| Terrapin (Oh Syd!) Big Blood - Big Blood & the Bleedin’ Hearts - 2008 |
| Drive to Dallas The Fiery Furnaces - Take Me Round Again - 2009 |
| Raw Introduction To Africa Madlib - Madlib Medicine Show No. 03 : Beat Konducta In Africa - 2010 |
| Down Under Again African Head Charge - Off The Beaten Track - 2011 |
| Run to Your Mama Goat - World Music - 2012 |
| Put Me On Your Shoulders So I Can See The Rats Teeth Of The Sea - Master - 2013 |
| Chicken Kate Tempest - Everybody Down - 2014 |
| Leyla Suuns & Jerusalem in My Heart - Suuns & Jerusalem in my Heart - 2015
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| Aftershave & Nicotine Moths & Locusts - Helios Rising - 2016
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| Mrs. Moto The Surfrajettes - The Surfrajettes ep - 2017
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| Down Down Big Joanie - Sistahs - 2018 |
| She’s Making Friends, I’m Turning Strange Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains - 2019 |
| Newspaper Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters - 2020 |
| Chondromalacia Patella black midi - Cavalcade - 2021 |
| The Fall of Horsegirl Horsegirl - Versions Of Modern Performance - 2022 |
| Nothing Is As Good As They Say It Is Sparks - The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte - 2023 |
| Burst Juke - Cove - 2024 |
| Closely Observed Snapped Ankles - Hard Times Furious Dancing - 2025 |
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I was going to visit the studio and heckle you but I suppose I can’t now.
5:58 PM, November 15th, 2025