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Saturday August 11th, 2012 with Heavy Friends Steve Kirkland and Ian Jeans
Lady Mary and Heavy Friends
| Raga Desh (excerpt,musical bed throughout the show) RAVI SHANKAR - Raga (Soundtrack) - 1971, Apple |
| Today is August 11, birthday of peoples famous or otherwise, including the following: Devo's Bob Mothersbaugh (58), producer Kenny Gamble (69), the Raspberries' Eric Carmen (63)... |
| Satisfaction (Rolling Stones cover) DEVO - E-Z Listening - 1987, Ryko |
| Am I Black Enough For You BILLY PAUL - 360 Degrees Of - 1972, Philadelphia International |
| Party's Over the RASPBERRIES - Starting Over - 1974, Capitol |
| ... and, passing away on this date in 1995 was Phil Harris -- born Wonga (yes, Wonga) Phillip Harris -- drummer, bandleader and the voice of some seminal Disney animated characters, including Baloo in The Jungle Book and Abraham Delacey Giussepe Casey Thomas O'Malley in The Aristocats |
| Everybody Wants to be a Cat PHIL HARRIS - V.A.: the Aristocats (soundtrack) - 1970, DIsneyland |
| Hirake YOKO ONO - Fly - 1971, Apple |
| August 11, 1968 was the official launch date of Apple Records, the brainchild of Brian Epstein and propelled by the four guys in the band he managed... the label was home to them for band and solo material thereafter, along with singles and albums by a few dozen mostly obscure artists, some of them featured here... |
| Think About the Good Times the IVEYS - Maybe Tomorrow - 1969, Apple |
| You Give Me Joy Joy DORIS TROY - Doris Troy - 1970, Apple |
| Gypsy Wolf ELEPHANT'S MEMORY - Elephant's Memory - 1972, Apple |
| Constitution BADFINGER - Ass - 1973, Apple |
| Silver Birch (comp Ralph McTell) MARY HOPKIN - Earth Song Ocean Song - 1971, Apple |
| Sunshine LON and DEREK VAN EATON - Lon and Derek Van Eaton - 1973, Apple |
| Hedy Lamarr, sultry Austria/Hungary-born Hollywood starlet,had a mathematical mind and an astute business sense -- on August 11, 1942 she registered a patent for "spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping", with the help of her friends and neighbour, avant-garde composer George Antheil. The essence of this telephionic technology is still in use today (e.g. bluetooths). Albeit somewhat loosely, the thread connecting all the tunes for the remainder of the show is: the telephone, old school... |
| Switchboard Susan NICK LOWE - Labour of Lust - 1978, Columbia |
| Memphis, Tennessee (Chuck Berry cover) BOBBY BARE - Memphis, Tennessee - 1973, RCA |
| Hanging on the Telephone the NERVES - the Nerves ep - 1976, Nerves |
| Girl on the Phone the JAM - Setting Sons - 1979, Polydor |
| the Telephone Always Rings FUN BOY THREE - Fun Boy Three - 1982, Chrysalis |
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| the Telephone Call KRAFTWERK - 12-inch remix - 1987, Warner Bros |
| Flicking Your Switch LADYTRON - Light & Magic - 2002, Emperor Norton |
| Telephone Thing the FALL - Extricate - 1990, Phonogram |
| Telephone and Rubber Band PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA - Penguin Cafe Orchestra - 1981, E.G. |
| Blazing Apostles BE BOP DELUXE - Sunburst FInish - 1976, Harvest |
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| Get off the Phone (new remix) JOHNNY THUNDERS and the HEARTBREAKERS - 12-inch A-side - 1984, Jungle |
| Under My Wheels (Alice Cooper cover) GUMBALL - V.A: Covers ep (double 7-inch) - 1991, Sub Pop |
| What's a Telephone Bill BOOTSY COLLINS - hh.. the Name is Bootsy Baby - 1977, Warner Bros |
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