Part one in the annual Heavy Friends series that pays respects to the departed.
Part two airs January 1
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Pictured: Pauline Anna Strom, who died in December 2020, missing last year's "in memoriam", and sadly the release in February 2021 of her first album of new material in 33 years. (photo credit: RVNG Intl.)
| Hour One
The first 5 tracks are from musicians who passed in 2020. If you like the vibe of unearthed gems from the 1980s, check out the programs I did on Dutch label Music From Memory, including music from Richenel. https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/410/53589.html https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/410/42105.html |
| Rap Apocalypse Richenel [Hubertus Richenel Baars sadly passed] - Perfect Stranger - Fetisj / Music From Memory - 2018 (rec. 1981) |
| Get Ready To Move Reginald Haynes [sadly passed] - On Wings Of Love - Escort - 1986 |
| Out Of The Blue / A Letter From Home About Sound And Consciousness [excerpt] "Blue" Gene Tyranny [sadly passed] - Out Of The Blue - Lovely Music - 1978 |
| Equatorial Sunrise Pauline Anna Strom [sadly passed] - Angel Tears In Sunlight - Rvng Intl. - 2021 |
| Deadnight Warrior Children Of Bodom [Alexi Laiho sadly passed] - Something Wild - Spinefarm - 1997 |
| It's Gonna Be Alright Gerry & The Pacemakers [Gerry Marsden sadly passed] - Ferry Cross The Mersey - United Artists - 1965 |
| Again Comes The Rising Of The Sun Albert Ayler [Bobby Few sadly passed] - The Last Album - Impulse! - 1971 (rec. 1969) |
| Apricot Brandy Rhinoceros [Michael Fonfara sadly passed] - Rhinoceros - Elektra - 1968 
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| When We Party (Uptown, Downtown) Jay W. McGee [sadly passed] - 12" - Ensign - 1982
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| Introduction Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra [Howard Johnson sadly passed] - Liberation Music Orchestra - Impulse! - 1970 |
| Silver River Shingoose [Curtis Jonnie sadly passed] - 7" / Native North America - Native Council Of Canada / Light In The Attic - 1975 / 2014
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| Where Is My Mind Vanilla Fudge [Tim Bogert sadly passed] - 7" - ATCO - 1968 |
| Bad Girl New York Dolls [Sylvain Sylvain sadly passed] - New York Dolls - Mercury - 1973 |
| Message II (Survival) Melle Mel & Duke Bootee [sadly passed] - 12" - Sugar Hill - 1982 |
| Don't Cha Hear Me Callin' To Ya Junior Mance [sadly passed] - With A Lotta Help From My Friends - Atlantic - 1970 |
| Oh Jah Yvonne Sterling [sadly passed] - 7" - S & S - 1978 |
| Everything Stops For Tea News From The Shed / John Butcher, Phil Durrant, Paul Lovens, Radu Malfatti, John Russell [sadly passed] - News From The Shed - Acta - 1989 |
| Hour Two |
| Dindi Janet Lawson [sadly passed] - 7" - United Artists - 1970 |
| Rythme Douda Guem [Abdelmadjid Guemguem sadly passed] - Les Percussions Africaines - Le Chant Du Monde - 1973 |
| Dyambo (Dee-Yambo) "Weary Day Is Over" Hugh Masekela & The Union Of South Africa [Jonas Gwangwa sadly passed] - 7" - Chisa - 1971 |
| Roadrunner The Animals [Hilton Valentine sadly passed] - 7" - Columbia - 1966 |
| Bipp (Autchre mx) SOPHIE [Sophie Xeon sadly passed] - (single) - Numbers. - 2021 (original version 2013) |
| Stay Home People Under The Stairs [Michael Turner aka. Double K sadly passed] - Question In The Form Of An Answer - OM - 2000 |
| Keep On Keeping On Nolan Porter [sadly passed] - 7" - Lizard - 1971 |
| Edelweiss The Captain, Maria, The Children And Chorus [Christopher Plummer sadly passed] - The Sound Of Music - RCA Victor - 1965
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| Johnny Raven The Supremes [Mary Wilson sadly passed] - Touch - Motown - 1971 |
| Return To Forever Chick Corea [sadly passed] - Return To Forever - ECM - 1972 |
| Casimodo Tango Ghédalia Tazartès (Ghedalia Tazartes) [sadly passed] - Diasporas - Cobalt - 1979 |
| Bi Milford Graves [sadly passed] - Bäbi (Babi) - IPS - 1977 |
| 36 seconds of free jazz drummer Milford Graves is probably enough for some listeners. If you are ready for more, check out the 2-hour profile I presented on In A Mellow Tone in March 2021.
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| Tin-Essako (Live) Tinariwen [Mohamed ag Itlal 'Japonais' sadly passed] - The Radio Tisdas Sessions - Wayward - 2001 |
| Solito Pacheco Y El Conde [Johnny Pacheco sadly passed] - Los Compadres - Fania - 1971 |
| Dreadlocks Dread U-Roy [Ewart Beckford sadly passed] - Dread In A Babylon - Virgin - 1975 |
| Taboo Gene Summers [sadly passed] - Songs The Cramps Taught Us Volume 6 - Cato - 2016 (rec. 1961) |
| L'Amour A 3 / Liebe Zu Dritt Stereo Total [Françoise Cactus / Françoise van Hove sadly passed] - Musique Automatique - Bungalow - 2001 |
| Human Beatbox Fat Boys [Prince Markie Dee / Mark Morales sadly passed] - Fat Boys - Sutra - 1984 |
| Meek Warrior Akron/Family [Miles Seaton sadly passed] - Meek Warrior - Young God - 2006 |
| Afro Mood Chris Ajilo [sadly passed] And His Cubanos - Highlife On The Move (Selected Nigerian & Ghanaian Recordings From London & Lagos - 1954-66) - Soundway - 2015 (rec. circa 1960) |
| Variazione I Osanna [Danilo Rustici sadly passed] - Preludio Tema Variazioni Canzona - Fonit - 1972 |
| Remember My Name Ian North [sadly passed] - My Girlfriend's Dead - Cachalot - 1981 |
| Dream Land (Dreamland) Bunny Wailer [sadly passed, as did Robbie Shakespeare] - Blackheart Man - Island - 1976 |
| Junior Smith dedicated a full show of Reggae In The Fields to Bunny Wailer.
https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/132/51139.html |
| "Their appeal is becomig more selective" Ian Faith, manager of Spinal Tap [Tony Hendra sadly passed] - This Is Spinal Tap - Embassy Pictures - 1984 |
| This is the end of the FM broadcast and live-stream.
Hour Three - bonus content available "on demand" (click LISTEN NOW at the top-left of the page for the full show). |
| Favorite Sweater Y Pants [Barbara Ess sadly passed] - Little Music - 99 Records - 1980 |
| Anabela Grupa San [Sanja Ilić sadly passed] - 7" - Studio B - 1974 |
| Partagez Franco et Josky Kiambukuta [sadly passed] du T.P.O.K. Jazz - Tout Feu Tout Flamme - Choc - 1983 |
| Revel In Flesh Entombed [Lars-Göran Petrov sadly passed] - Left Hand Path - Earache - 1990 |
| Angwora Steps Mkwaju Ensemble [Shuichi Murakami aka "Ponta" sadly passed] - Ki-Motion - Better Days - 1981 |
| Elcserélt Fejek (Confused Heads) [excerpt] Gonda Sextet [János Gonda sadly passed] - Sámánének - Pepita - 1976 |
| Rockabilly Music Ray Campi [sadly passed] & His Rockabilly Rebels - Rockabilly Music - Rollin' Rock - 1980 |
| Carabosse Univers Zero [Roger Trigaux sadly passed] - Univers Zero (Zéro) / 1313 - Eric Faes / Atem - 1977 |
| Pigs Billy Green (Producer) [Doug Parkinson sadly passed] - Stone OST - Warner / Finders Keepers - 1974 / 2010 |
| Debut Freddie Redd [sadly passed] - Introducing.... - Prestige - 1955 |
| Heartbeart Herbie Hancock & the Headhunters [Paul Jackson sadly passed] - Man-Child - Columbia - 1975 |
| Untitled Constance Demby [sadly passed] - At Alaron - Live Concert Recording - Gandarva - 1984 |
| I Found Love Merryweather [Neil Merryweather sadly passed] - Word Of Mouth - Capitol - 1969
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| Caravane Rodion G.A. [Rodion-Ladislau Roșca sadly passed] - The Lost Tapes - Strut - 2013 (rec. circa 1978-83) |
| Cybernaut Tonto's Expanding Head Band [Malcolm Cecil sadly passed] - Zero Time - Embryo - 1971 |
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Welcome to episode one of "who died this year". Fasten your seatbelts, it's quite a sonic trip.
8:01 PM, December 18th, 2021