Hammond Cheese! celebrating all things Hammondy in Hour Two, to mark the birthday of Laurens Hammond. Also, nods to drummers Mickey Finn and Spencer Dryden; to Amelia Earhart; and the notorious Camp X-Ray.
| Heavy Heavy Heavy Geraldo Pino and the Heartbeats - Afro Rock - Kona 02009 |
| we mark a couple of sad anniversaries, of the deaths of heavy drummers: bongolicious Mickey Finn (1947-this date in 2003) of liver problems, drummer with Tyrannosaurus and T Rex, player with T Rexish Soup Dragons, and one-time touring performer with the Hapshash crew... |
| HOPP Why? Hapshash and the Coloured Coat - Featuring the Human Host and the Heavy Metal Kids - Minit 01967 |
| Mother Universe Soup Dragons - Lovegod - Big Life 01990 |
| By the Light of the Magical Moon Tyrannosaurus Rex - A Beard of Stars - Blue Thumb 01970 |
| Fist Heart Mighty Dawn Dart Tyrannosaurus Rex - A Beard of Stars - Blue Thumb 01970 |
| and Spencer Dryden, nephew of Charlie Chaplin and jazzy Jefferson Airplane/NRPS heavy hitter, born NYC April 1938, died on this date 2005 of colon cancer... |
| Spare Chaynge Jefferson Airplane - After Bathing at Baxters - RCA 01967 |
| Portland Woman New Riders of the Purple Sage - New Riders of the Purple Sage - Columbia 01971 |
| Cement, Clay and Glass New Riders of the Purple Sage - The Further Adventures of Panama Red - Columbia 01973 |
| turning to a happier event on this date, we mark the solo Pacific crossing by Amelia Earhart, who landed on this date in 1935 in Oakland, having departed from Honolulu 18 hours, 16 minutes prios. |
| Flying Sorcery Al Stewart - Year of the Cat - RCA 01976 |
| Amelia Joni Mitchell - Hejira - Asylum 01976 
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| In the Aeroplane over the Sea Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane over the Sea - Domino 01998 |
| Fly Nick Drake - Nick Drake - Virgin 01971 |
| and to the notorious anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo Bay as a detention center, to which prisoners were first sent on this date in 2002. worldwide protests today over failure to shut down locus of human rights violations. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/11/close-guantanamo-prison-general |
| Prisoner of Love James Brown - James Brown and the Famous FlamesLive at the Garden - King 01971 |
| You're a Prisoner Death - For the Whole World to See - Drag City 02009 |
| Ask the Prisoner The Ex - Joggers and Smoggers - Fist Puppets 01989 |
| and now for the festival of Hammond cheese, celebrating the birthday of Laurens Hammond on this date in 1895, beginning with a couple of tracks from B-3 player and also-birthday-celebrant, Tony Kaye. |
| Starship Trooper Yes - The Yes Album - Atlantic 01971 |
| I See You Yes - Yes - Atlantic 01969 |
| Burning Spear Jimmy Smith - Livin it Up - Verve 01968 |
| Freedom Dance Shirley Scott - For Members Only - Impulse 01963 |
| Groove Street Larry Young - Groove Street - Prestige 01962 |
| The Champ The Mohawks - 7" - Pama 01968 |
| Let Your Backbone Slide Maestro Fresh Wes - Symphony in Effect - Attic 01989
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| So Whatcha Want Beastie Boys - Check Your Head - Capitol 01992 |
| in which Brian Auger admits he mistakenly bought an L-100, until somebody showed him a Jimmy McGriff LP http://www.melodicas.com/Brian%20Augar.htm |
| In and Out Julie Driscoll - Open - Marmelade 01968 |
| Time The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Atlantic 01968 |
| Last Night Graham Bond Organization - Solid Bond - WB 01970 |
| Statesboro Blues Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East - Capricorn 01971 |
| Death Don't Have no Mercy Grateful Dead - Live Dead - WB 01968 |
| Mother's Daughter Santana - Abraxas - Columbia 01970 |
| Son of there's No Place Like Homerton Hatfield and the North - Hatfield and the North - Virgin 01974 |
| Ogden's Nut Gone Flake Small Faces - Ogden's Nut Gone Flake - Immediate 01968 |
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Nice move on the Hapshash...
8:08 PM, January 11th, 2014