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Saturday January 16th, 2016 with Chris Ikonomopoulos w/ Special Guest Heavy Ben
In Memoriam to those who passed in 2015

On this episode of Heavy Friends, Heavy Ben pays tribute to heavy weights who sadly passed away in 02015. Tune and reflect with us.
Announcement
Negativland - Escape From Noise - 01987 - Ian Allen (tapes) Sadly passed
Open My Eyes
Nazz - 45 - 01968 - Carson Van Osten (bass) sadly passed
Pipeline
The Chantays - 45 - 01963 - Brian Carman (gtr) sadly passed
Friday On My Mind
The Easybeats - 45 - 01966 - Stevie Wright (voc) sadly passed,
The Great Banana Hoax
The Electric Prunes - Underground - 01967 - Preston Preston (drums) sadly passed
Memories Of A High School Bride
The Players - Kim Fowley ‎– Another Man's Gold - 01965 - Kim Fowley (voc, producer) sadly passed
Soul Finger
Bar-Kays - Soul Finger - 01967 - Ben Cauley (tpt) sadly passed
Heiße Lippen
Cluster - Zuckerzeit -01974 - Dieter Moebius (synth) sadly passed
Love Is How U Make It
Gong - Angel's Egg (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 2) - 01973 - Daevid Allen (voc, gtr) sadly passed
The Fish (Schindleria Praemeturus)
Yes - Fragile - 01971 - Chris Squire (bass) sadly passed
Wie Der Wind Am Ende Einer Strasse
Amon Düül II - Wolf City - 01972 - Lothar Meid (bass) sadly passed
Rubycon Part 1 [excerpt]
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon - 01975 - Edgar Froese (synth) sadly passed
In Time
Sly And The Family Stone - Fresh - 01973 - Cynthia Robinson (tpt, voc) sady passed
Every 1's A Winner
Hot Chocolate - Every 1's A Winner - 01978 - Errol Brown (voc) sadly passed
Goin' Down
Allen Toussaint - Life, Love And Faith -01972 - Allan Toussaint (piano, voc) sadly passed
Why And How
Mark Murphy - Midnight Mood - 01968 - Mark Murphy (voc) sadly passed
Glue Fingers (Part II)
Marcus Belgrave - Gemini - 01974 - Marcus Belgrave (tpt) sadly passed
Free Jazz Part 1 [excerpt]
Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation - Ornette Coleman (sax) sadly passed
(I Believe) I've Been Blue Too Long
B.B. King - L.A. Midnight - 01972 - BB King (gtr, vox) sadly passed
Hey Now
Lesley Gore - 45 - 01964 - Lesley Gore (vox) sadly passed
Going Up The Country
Jim Ed Brown - 45 - - Jim Ed Brown (vox) sadly passed
Jailbait
Motörhead - Ace Of Spades - 01980 - Lemmy (bass, voc), Philthy Animal (drums) sadly both passsed
Mind Your Own Business
Delta 5 - 45 - 01979 - Kelvin Knight (drums) sadly passed
Black Silk Stocking
Chrisma - Chinese Restaurant - 01977 - Maurizio Arcieri (voc) sadly passed
Fade To Grey
Visage - Visage - 01980 - Steve Strange (voc) sadly passed
Raga Bhairav
Charanjit Singh - Synthesizing: Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat - 01980 - Charanjit Singh (producer, synth) sadly passed
Gangsters
The Specials - The Specials -01979 - John Bradbury (drums) sadly passed
Man from Wareika
Rico - Man from Wareika - 01976 - Rico Rodriguez (tbn) sadly passed
Just Because I'm A Rastaman
Peter Broggs - Rastafari Liveth! -01982 - Peter Broggs (voc) sadly passed
Spock Thoughts
Leonard Nimoy - Outer Space / Inner Mind - 02974 - Leonard Nimoy (voc) sadly passed
Interactive CKCU
Dan
Hey Ben! Rockin your tunes in Montreal via the stream. Any chance you can wish a happy birthday to Wendy and Nick? Party on!

8:16 PM, January 16th, 2016
Dan
Wooo! Thank you! The Memories of a High School Bride track was nuts.

8:29 PM, January 16th, 2016
Mike Piskoric
Killerness, Heavy.

8:54 PM, January 16th, 2016
Chris Ikonomopoulos (host)
Thanks, Mike! We aim to crush.

8:56 PM, January 16th, 2016
Mike Piskoric
I hope I unwittingly gave praise also to the musical contributions from the people who've left forever us with memories and music.

9:11 PM, January 16th, 2016
Mary
Great show! Nice selections.

9:35 PM, January 16th, 2016
Chris Ikonomopoulos (host)
Thank You, Mary.

9:51 PM, January 16th, 2016
Professor Mike
Hard to believe that Leonard Nimoy recored several albums while playing Spock in the original Star Trek series.

11:09 PM, January 16th, 2016
chris
on the other hand no Star Trek -no nimoy lp's and probably no shat lp's either-the world may have been a better place

8:50 AM, January 18th, 2016