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Saturday January 12th, 2013 with Lady Mary Alone
The Greatest Amazing Big Star

Tonight we celebrate Jack London, the Amazing Kreskin, Big Star's Chris Bell, Sly & the Family Stone's Cynthia Robinson, Delia Derbyshire Day, and...The Greatest!
heavy, heavy, heavy
geraldo pino & the heartbeats - afro-rock - kona 02006
biafra
derrick herriot & the crystallites - undertaker - 01970 trojan
no discrimination
tony allen & his afro messengers - nigeria 70 vol I - 02009 strut
from the igbo fighters to the lousiville slugger, refused draft exemption on this date in 1967 and born jan 17 1942
black superman
john wakelin - in zaire - pye records 01976
soul power
james brown & the jb's - soul classics - king 01972
ponte duro
fania all-stars - our latin thing - 01972 fania
boxing
ben folds five - s/t - 01995 passenger
same beat
fred wesley & the jbs - damn right i am somebody - 01974 polydor
from the greatest to the amazing kreskin, born on this date in 1935
esp
miles davis - esp - sony 01987
the tale of jack london, born january 12, 1876 in san francisco.
white fang
bill frisell - unspeakable - elektra 02004
call of the wild
johnny cash - johnny cash's children's album - columbia 01975
and recollections of iconic TV shows batman, premiering tonight in 1966, and dynasty, premiering tonight in 1981.
batman
john zorn - naked city - 01989 nonesuch
batdance
prince - batman s/t - 01989 warner brothers
batman
voivod - dimension hatross - 01988 noise Canadian
crystal
new order - get ready - 02001 london
alexis
james gang - bang - 01973 atco
and now, birthdays of chris bell of big star (1951), cynthia robinson of the family stone (1946), long john baldry (1941), maggie bell (1945), glenn yarborough (1930), followed by delia derbyshire day and the anniversary of the death of the wonderful alice...
feel
big star - #1 record - ardent 01972
i want to take you higher
sly and the family stone - stand! - 01969 epic
it ain't easy
long john baldry - it ain't easy - 01971 warner brothers
hey jimmy joe
the limeliters - through children's eyes - rca victor
dr who
delia derbyshire - dr who theme
love without sound
delia derbyshire - white noise s/t - 01969 island
stopover bombay
alice coltrane - journey in satchidananda - impulse! 01997 (RE)
blue nile
alice coltrane - ptah the el-daoud
Interactive CKCU
The Captain
You all alone tonight? Who needs heavy friends, you be layin' down da heavy funk!

8:33 PM, January 12th, 2013
Mary MacKinnon (host)
Captain, just stayin' heavy for The Greatest heavyweight...

8:37 PM, January 12th, 2013
Greg
You really do have the most interesting choices of music and information on CKCU. I am so glad I became aware of your program when I did - I try never to miss it...

8:19 PM, January 19th, 2013
Mary
Thanks Greg!

6:51 PM, January 26th, 2013
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