This Island Earth
Sunday April 21st, 2024 with Rob Bitschofsky
Mostly new releases, including some lovely reggae reissues in the first hour.

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Play Boy
The Ethiopians - Reggae-Up

Fire A Muss Muss Tail
The Ethiopians - Train To Skaville

You'll Want To Come Back
The Ethiopians - Reggae-Up

Honey Bunch
The Ethiopians - Reggae-Up

Jericho
The Ethiopians - Reggae-Up

Take Me As I Am
The Ethiopians - Reggae-Up

Love y Pity
The Ethiopians - Reggae-Up

The Thanks We Get
Junior Byles & Children - Curley Locks: The Upsetter Singles 1973-1975

Xylophone Rock (The Thanks We Get Instrumental)
The Upsetters - Curley Locks: The Upsetter Singles 1973-1975

Ungrateful Skank
Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters - Curley Locks: The Upsetter Singles 1973-1975

Soul Finger (Alternate Take)
Roland Alphonso & Beverley's All Stars - Dreamland: The Beverley's Singles 1966-1968

Guantanamera Ska
Roland Alphonso & Beverley's All Stars - Dreamland: The Beverley's Singles 1966-1968

Jungle Bit
Roland Alphonso & Beverley's All Stars - Dreamland: The Beverley's Singles 1966-1968

Oladipo
Shay Hazan - Wusul

Shimo Kitazawa
Shay Hazan - Wusul

À chœur ouvert
Nicolas Repac - Dancestral - EP

Pull the Rope
Ibibio Sound Machine - Pull the Rope

Raha
Savana Funk & Gaudi - Raha - EP

Brazilou
Harry Morse Project - Rasa Exotica

Time To Waste It
Eno - Hyde - High Life

Look at Us (feat. Joshua Idehen)
Addict Ameba - Single

Agidi
RAH & The Ruffcats - Orile to Berlin

Interlude
Addict Ameba - Caosmosi

Caosmosi
Addict Ameba - Caosmosi

Bezani
Sababa 5 - Sin

Gaia Sunset (Part 1)
Jimi Tenor & Cold Diamond & Mink - Is There Love In Outer Space?

Amanhecer
Sreya & Cilon - Atenção Com Coração

4Am (Acústico)
Tagua Tagua - Todo Tempo - EP

Conocerla
Reyna Tropical - Malegría

Until We Meet Again
Hermanos Gutiérrez - Sonido Cósmico

Guacamaya (feat. David Gutierrez)
Savan - Antes del Amanecer

Two
Eraldo Bernocchi & Harold Budd - Music for 'Fragments from the Inside'

Raat Ki Rani
Arooj Aftab - Night Reign

Dreamers In the Field
Huun-Huur-Tu, Carmen Rizzo & Dhani Harrison - Dreamers In the Field

Ninkoy
Ballaké Sissoko & Derek Gripper - Ballaké Sissoko & Derek Gripper

Néené Africa
Tidiane Thiam - Africa Yontii

Snake Oil
Glass Beams - Mahal - EP

Orb
Glass Beams - Mahal - EP

As the Planets and the Stars Collapse
Shabaka - Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace

Insecurities (feat. Moses Sumney)
Shabaka - Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace

Interactive CKCU

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Greetings, Earthlings! Broadcasting live this afternoon from our superterranean global headquarters with some new releases and a few golden oldies to round out the afternoon. As per usual, comments, complaints and haikus are all welcome here in the chat, should you feel like adding your voice.

1:14 PM, April 21st, 2024

Bobby Calzone
I & I Ethiopian as well. Yes I! Irie. Give Thanks & Praises!

1:16 PM, April 21st, 2024

Bobby Calzone
Look at dem a gwan like they run tings! How they gwan run and run away when fire come , but aint no place to hide from Jah I say!

1:21 PM, April 21st, 2024

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Hey Bobby, rock on! What I'd like to know is how these Ethiopians songs have been hiding all these years. 21 tracks on this record, and I've only heard one of 'em before!

1:24 PM, April 21st, 2024

Bobby "Tribe of Joseph" Calzone
Who dat nice sweet voice singin along, then, mon? 😀

1:29 PM, April 21st, 2024

Neil and his Dancing Labrador
Greetings all!!! Hey Rob, when I was in Jamaica I listened to Jamaican Radio all day and more than 1/2 of all the music had that same "mic in front of a speaker" sound haha. And I loved every minute of it, In fact, when I got home and put my reggae vinyl on it no longer sounded authentic hahaha.....Your Ethiopians sounded awesome, man!!!!!!! Thanks for the first hour of today's show!!! What a glorious unexpected treat for our Sunday. Just the way we like it, eh mon ami Bobby?!

1:32 PM, April 21st, 2024

Neil & DL
You're killing me, as usual, Mr. Calzone lmao ,May the righteous always remember to laugh, and when they cannot, to smile over every mile of their journey!

1:36 PM, April 21st, 2024

Neil and his Dancing Labrador
Where is Jeremy? He gonna cry to miss an hour of reggae sounds, mon!

1:37 PM, April 21st, 2024

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Bobby: not sure which song you're referring to, as my attention was temporarily elsewhere, but I think you mean the kiddie voice on "The Thanks We Get", which is a total stroke of typical genius on Lee Perry's part. Sounds great in there!

1:37 PM, April 21st, 2024

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Neil! Greetings and I'm glad I'm not the only one who likes a little sonic grime on my reggae. Hope this set is going down well with Sir Francis D. Is is recuperation coming along?

1:39 PM, April 21st, 2024

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
I mean "his" recuperation!

1:40 PM, April 21st, 2024

Neil & DL
Hey. I just found a "Reggae Up Vol.4" so there are more of these https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=reggae+up+lp&mid=2CC8DE39CB81E1C04F1B2CC8DE39CB81E1C04F1B&FORM=VIRE

1:40 PM, April 21st, 2024

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
hmmmm. Further research required!

1:41 PM, April 21st, 2024

Neil and his Dancing Labrador
Scheduled to have stitches out on Tuesday. Means he will be dancing in the kitchen again.......instead of just "tapping his paw to day reggae beat". Irie!!!!!!

1:42 PM, April 21st, 2024

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Go Drake go! He's gonna be fine and dancing in no time!

1:43 PM, April 21st, 2024

N & DL
I want all 4 or more if more can be "mined" from the net. Rock on!!! Gimme dat gritty reggae beat, yaaaa mon!!!!

1:44 PM, April 21st, 2024

Manmohan
The reggae is doing it on this cloudy and rather sombre day. Cool tunes RobB!

2:16 PM, April 21st, 2024

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Hey Manmohan! Loads more cool stuff to come, so stay tuned. Are you ready for the garden? Starting any interesting seeds?

2:20 PM, April 21st, 2024

Benoît
🖐

2:21 PM, April 21st, 2024

Bobby Calzone
Some ganja seeds, mon! Bomba clot!

2:21 PM, April 21st, 2024

Neil & DL
hahaha, Bobby you kill me!!

2:24 PM, April 21st, 2024

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Hey Benoît! Bobby, we're taking a left-turn to some new Afrobeat now. More reggae next time!

2:24 PM, April 21st, 2024

Neil & DL
I already have 3 spinach plots, 4 kinds of lettuce in containers and 2 radish plots in the ground, as of 10 days ago. Under the direction of the Official Garden Gnome, Sir Francis!

2:27 PM, April 21st, 2024

Benoît
Strangely enough, re growing pot yerself, good ol' "puritan" Ontario is more permissive than usually-more-dissolute Québec! Ontario 4 per residence Québec 0, unless licensed.

2:28 PM, April 21st, 2024

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
That's totally strange! A license to grow pot?

2:29 PM, April 21st, 2024

Bobby Calzone
Fire a go burn in BC, Alberta... soon come... where we à go run???

2:29 PM, April 21st, 2024

Benoît
N&DL: EnvCan is still forecasting -4 tonight. Also -8 Wed. So cover, cover, cover!

2:30 PM, April 21st, 2024

The Garden Gnome's Assistant
Afro Beat is neat and always a treat. Guaranteed to get your groove on big time!!!! Funky!!

2:31 PM, April 21st, 2024

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Whoah! That's some cold nights! Hope the stuff that's already sprouting can take it. And there are some early tulips up by Dow's Lake, I saw on my walk to the station today. Can they take a freeze?

2:32 PM, April 21st, 2024

Manmohan
Gardening as we speak and repotting my pepper plants, Perfect soundtrack with the global sounds.

2:33 PM, April 21st, 2024

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Hey Garden Gnome's Assistant! Welcome! This bit of Afrobeat on right now comes by way of Berlin. RAH and the Ruffcats!

2:33 PM, April 21st, 2024

Garden Gnome's Assistant
Those types of vegies love the cold. Last year I was already eating my spinach, radishes on April 10. I planted them in March as soon as I could stick my finger 1 inch into the soil. mmmmmm

2:34 PM, April 21st, 2024

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Glad to hear it, Manmohan! The Afrobeat will make those peppers grow faster!

2:34 PM, April 21st, 2024

Garden Gnome's Assistant
My daffodils are up. all the aforementioned plants love the cool temps, and are very hardy to sub zero. My daffs were just starting to open when they got buried in a foot of snow at my place in that recent storm. Did not bug them at all.

2:36 PM, April 21st, 2024

Bobby Calzone
Mi a go plant counscious into every heart, mon! World music, world planet, world people !

2:36 PM, April 21st, 2024

B
Rob: in other words, private pot growing is illegal in Québec, even for medicinal purposes, without a license from Health Canada. I had a look on the site (it asks for pers. data, so I spared you), and it seems straightforward to at least apply for such a license. No fee is actually mentioned. Perhaps it's a matter of hoops-jumping...

2:37 PM, April 21st, 2024

robert p in gatineau
Risky business, growing stuff in the spring... Thanks for the tunes !

2:37 PM, April 21st, 2024

robert p in gatineau
Gardeners seem to know what is going on...

2:39 PM, April 21st, 2024

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Hi rp in g! Risky indeed! Glad to have you listening. Benoît, thanks for getting and sharing the deets on the grow-ops, and Garden Gnome's Assistant, good to hear that the daffs are alright. I saw a whole bunch of them on my walk here as well today.

2:39 PM, April 21st, 2024

B
With gardeners, it's as Mr T used to say: "I pity the fool!"

2:40 PM, April 21st, 2024

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Bobby C: I somehow read that as you wanting to plant couscous in every heart. That made me hungry.

2:40 PM, April 21st, 2024

B
GGA: I have southern exposure out front, and a huge cedar hedge on the east side. My daffs actually kept on growing through that snow you mentioned! I was amazed, that didn't faze them at all. They were open two days later.

2:42 PM, April 21st, 2024

Neil & DL
Very cool tracks, Rob!! Outstanding grooves, mon ami!

2:43 PM, April 21st, 2024

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Always a pleasure, N & DL! More to come! B: I'm amazed too, and it gives me hope for the cold overnights you warned us about.

2:48 PM, April 21st, 2024

Garden Gnome's Assistant
The trick is quality seeds which are safe in the ground. You do not want to transplant young plants this early. That is a death sentence. Plant your seeds early; just google the kinds that like to plant as soon as you can go an inch deep with your fingers. Sl says the Garden Gnome!

2:49 PM, April 21st, 2024

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Good advice, Garden Gnome. I'll tell my girlfriend. She tried some seeding early this year with some success. She's always eager to get rolling as soon as the first signs of warmth come.

2:51 PM, April 21st, 2024

Neil & DL
Who is this angel singing in the jazzy number, Rob11111

2:52 PM, April 21st, 2024

Neil & DL
WOW. Nice sax!!!!!!! Who is this?????

2:53 PM, April 21st, 2024

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Group's called Sreya & Cilon. New. I know nothing about them!

2:54 PM, April 21st, 2024

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Brazilian. From a forthcoming album, which I think is their first.

2:55 PM, April 21st, 2024

Neil & DL
This is slick shit, man!

2:55 PM, April 21st, 2024

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Yeah, for sure: I dug deep for you this week!

2:56 PM, April 21st, 2024

Bobby Calzone
Ah, calisse !!! ;))

2:58 PM, April 21st, 2024

Neil & DL
What is that track called?

2:58 PM, April 21st, 2024

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Amanhecer

2:59 PM, April 21st, 2024

Bobby Calzone
You gonna need that bomba clot now, Rob ;);)

2:59 PM, April 21st, 2024

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Sorry, been a bit slow on the playlist today, or you could have seen that!

2:59 PM, April 21st, 2024

Neil & DL
Got it....Amenheser

2:59 PM, April 21st, 2024

Neil & DL
You be fast on the tracks though......and dat wat counts, brother!!!

3:01 PM, April 21st, 2024

Bc
Too many of us distracting you...

3:01 PM, April 21st, 2024

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Yeah, I got my priorities right! And Bc: yeah, loads of chat on the interactive today, but we love it!

3:02 PM, April 21st, 2024

N & DL
.Hermanos G. ....yes

3:05 PM, April 21st, 2024

N & DL
I am the guilty menace to society.......doh. Killer show, Rob. I will go silent dive now.

3:10 PM, April 21st, 2024

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Right? Can't wait for the full album to come out. So far the three pre-release tracks are wonderful.

3:10 PM, April 21st, 2024

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
N, you and Drake are always welcome here! So what if I get a little behind on the playlist. You have it right: it's the music that really counts!

3:11 PM, April 21st, 2024

Bobby Calzone
Hummm , this expérimental music will surely quiet us down :;)

3:22 PM, April 21st, 2024

Bobby Calzone
Oh,and thank you Rob: im making couscous for dinner! Im serious ! You reminded me i had some left in the bag! Woth spinach,tomato,lemon,cracked pepper, garlic, onion... mmmm

3:25 PM, April 21st, 2024

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
OMG you're planting couscous in my heart for real! That sounds delish! Might have to make some myself tonight.

3:27 PM, April 21st, 2024

Bobby Calzone
Heart...kora...coeur...kali...karma...hallelujah!

3:40 PM, April 21st, 2024

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
hear hear, BC!

3:45 PM, April 21st, 2024

Garden Gnome's Assistant
mmmmmmmmm yummmmmmy

3:46 PM, April 21st, 2024

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
Enjoy!

3:49 PM, April 21st, 2024

Bc
Kool!

3:51 PM, April 21st, 2024

PeterB
At risk of exploding chatter... Just wanted to circle back on comments at the top of shoooooow. Some of my favourite vinyls would certainly get an audiophile rating of between ghastly and absolutely horrifying. BUT some priceless!! It is the music that counts. Some are bootlegs that will never be seen again, ever. Others are things that have been beaten to death and on crappy gear under danger-pay conditions. For example leaping to mind, ORIGINAL White Album, bought at Sam's in T.O. on day (early morning lineup) of release -- about number 2 or 3 in the city, therefore Canada. -- priceless. And several reggae dj mixes. Punk era boots, etc, I DO like very good audio. But some things are tooooo priceless to get a pickle in yer buttox about "not 24 bit" stuff. My 0.02.

3:57 PM, April 21st, 2024

Neil & DL
You nailed it, Peter B

4:00 PM, April 21st, 2024

Rob Bitschofsky (host)
100%, PB!

5:31 PM, April 21st, 2024

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