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Thursday July 10th, 2014 with Chris Sharp
Second Annual All Instrumental Show

Instrumental tracks-blues,jazz, pop and soul from the 60's and 70's.
We open the show with some tracks featured in movies(The Babe Ruth and Ferrante tracks are cover versions)).
Midnight Cowboy
Ferrante & Teicher - VA:Super Hits of The 70's Vol 16(1993)
The Good The Bad And the Ugly(main title)
Ennio Morricone - The Good The Bad and The Ugly:Original Motion Picture Soundtrack(1967)
A Fistful of Dollars
Babe Ruth - Babe Ruth(1975)
Jack The Ripper
Link Wray and His Raymen - Desperado:original Soundtrack(1996)
Droge CX 9
The Vampires' Sound Incorporation - Vampyros Lesbos:Sexadelic Dance Party(1971/1995)
Next up:60's pop instrumentals.Most of these(the last 4) feature L.A.'s "Wrecking Crew"-a loose aggregation of session players including Hal Blaine,Glen Campbell,Jerry Cole and Carol Kaye among others.
The Horse
Cliff Nobles - VA:Rock Instrumental Classics Vol 4(1984)
Love Is Blue
Paul Mauriat and his Orchestra - Blooming Hits(1967)
Martian Surf
Jerry Cole and his Spacemen - Surf Age(1964/2002)
Down,Down and Gone
The Animated Egg - Studio 102 Essentials(2008)
A Taste of Honey
Herb Albert's Tijuana Brass - Whipped Cream and Other Delights(1965)
Tijuana Taxi
Herb Albert's Tijuana Brass - 40 Greatest(1977)
Now we feature some bluesy r'n'b-a staple of playing the "Chitlin Circuit".This set also forms a pretty good dinner.
Chitlins Con Carne
Jimmy Dawkins Band - Blisterstring(1976)
Green Onions
Booker T & The MG's - VA:41 original Hits From The Soundtrack of American Graffiti(1973)
Red Hot Chicken
Wet Willie - Wet Willie 2(1972)
Jazz instrumentals-we move through the pureness of Coltrane,Brubeck's college hipster hit,Crimson's angry fusion and Canadian Jacob's smooth jazz-pop
Giant Steps
John Coltrane - Giant Steps(1960/1991)
Take Five
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out featuring Take Five(1959)
Red
King Crimson - Red(1974)
Cobra
Dale Jacobs - Cobra(1978) Canadian
And now some British hard rock and a silly fusion hit from out of the Netherlands.
Rupert's Travels
Gun - Gun(1968)
Collibosher
The Small Faces - 20 Greatest Hits(1991)
The Rock
Atomic Rooster - In Hearing Of...(1971)
Whole Lotta Love
CCS - CCS(1970/2000)
Hocus Pocus
Focus - Dutch Masters(1975)
Soul instrumental hits will close tonight's show-these were major dance tracks of their time.
Cissy Strut
The Meters - Funkify Your Life:The Meters Anthology(1995)
Soulful Strut
Young-Holt Trio(Unlimited) - VA:Rock Instrumental Classics(1994)
Whittier Blvd.
Thee Midniters - VA:Grandson of Frat Rock! Vol 3(1994)
Soul Finger
The Bar-kays - VA:Rock Instrumental Classics(1994)
Memphis Soul Stew
King Curtis - Live At The Fillmore West(1971)
Thank you for listening.Next show broadcasts July 24.
Interactive CKCU
farron
listening to the detroit show, the new york show and this for new years. thanks for the great soundtrack!

12:37 AM, January 1st, 2015
chris
left coast strikes again

11:04 PM, January 20th, 2015
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