Cool Cuts
Thursday February 19th, 2015 with Chris Sharp
U.K. musicians and bands and February is Black History Month
Tonight's show features U.K. music including Bryan Ferry,Bill Nelson,Atomic Rooster and Roy Wood(and some projects they were involved in)among others.February is Black History Month and so we finish off the show with some musical thoughts from a black perspective on living in North America in the twentieth century.
| We open with a mix of Bryan Ferry's solo work and a couple tracks from Roxy Music's best l.p. |
| A Really Good Time Roxy Music - Country Life(1974) |
| The "In" Crowd Bryan Ferry - Another Time,Another Place(1974) |
| Let's Stick Together Bryan Ferry - Let's Stick Together(1976) |
| What Goes On Bryan Ferry - The Bride Stripped Bare(1978) |
| Out Of The Blue Roxy Music - Country Life(1974) |
| Next up:Jeff Lynne joined the Move after leaving The Idle Race.Lynne and Roy Wood formed The Electric Light Orchestra after the Move split.Roy Wood left E.L.O. after it's debut and formed Wizzard |
| Knocking Nails Into My House The Idle Race - VA:Nuggets 2,The British Empire and Beyond(1993) |
| Days of The Broken Arrows The Idle Race - VA:Nuggets 2, The British Empire and Beyond(1993) |
| Brontosaurus The Move - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1(1972) |
| 10578 Overture Electric Light Orchestra - The Electric Light Orchestra(1971) |
| Are You Ready To Rock Roy Wood & Wizzard - The Best of Roy Wood and Wizzard(1996) |
| Rock Down Low Roy Wood - Boulders(1973) |
| After Bill Nelson's excellent debut he formed Be-Bop Deluxe and released the glam-rock masterpiece Axe Victim before reforming the band with a turn toward New Wave music. |
| House of Sand Bill Nelson - Northern Dream(1971) |
| No Trains To Heaven Be-Bop Deluxe - Axe Victim(1974) |
| Music In Dreamland Be-Bop Deluxe - Futurama(1975) |
| Panic In The World Be-Bop Deluxe - Drastic Plastic(1978) |
| Keyboardist Vincent Crane was the constant in the ever changing line up of Atomic Rooster through four fine l.p.'s. |
| Tomorrow Night Atomic Rooster - Death Walks Behind You(1971) |
| Seven Streets Atomic Rooster - Death Walks Behind You(1971) |
| Devil's Answer Atomic Rooster - In Hearing of...(1971) |
| People You Can't Trust Atomic Rooster - Made In England(1972) |
| February is Black History Month.Here are some musical offerings on the black experience in North America in the 20th century. |
| Strange Fruit Nina Simone - A Portrait of Nina Simone(1973) |
| Redneck Swamp Dogg - Total Destruction of Your Mind(1969) |
| Blackenized Hank Ballard - You Can't Keep A Good Man Down(1968) |
| Freedom Blues Little Richard - The Rill Thing(1970) |
| Dead End Street Lou Rawls - Brotherman!(Lou Rawls Sings The Hits)(1998) |
| I'm Talkin' 'Bout Freedom Syl Johnson - Is It Because I'm Black(1970) |
| Thank you for listening.Next show broadcasts March 5. |
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another cold Ottawa night
12:07 AM, February 19th, 2015