Part one in the annual Heavy Friends series that pays respects to the departed.
Part two January 13
https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/410/63529.html
Part three February 3
https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/410/63806.html
Pictured: Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) - electronic music pioneers Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Yukihiro Takahashi. Takahashi died in January 2023, Sakamoto died in March 2023.
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| Hour one
The first eight tracks are by musicians whose deaths in 2022 were not known when last year's shows were produced |
| Dances Of The Ancient Earth (For Oboe, Mandolin, Harp & Percussion) George Crumb (sadly passed) - Ancient Voices Of Children - Nonesuch - 1971 |
| Fight Tonight Bopkats (Charly Markarian sadly passed) - 7" - Swamp Rock - 1982 |
| Message To The Ghetto Otis Jackson Sr. (sadly passed) - 7" - Mega - 1974 |
| Tajemnica Enigmy Andrzej Korzyński (Korzynski) (sadly passed) - Tajemnica Enigmy (Secret Enigma - 1968-1981) - Finders Keepers - 2012 (rec. 1980) |
| Journey To Recife The Paul Winter Sextet (Warren Bernhardt sadly passed) - Jazz Meets The Bossa Nova - Columbia - 1962 |
| Get Up Vernon Burch (sadly passed) - Get Up - Chocolate City - 1979 |
| Istanbulda Alex Oriental Experience (Gerd Dudek sadly passed) - Studio Tapes 1976-1978 - Wiska Records - 1996 (rec. 1976-1978) |
| Extended Voices (For Voices With Moog Synthesizer And Buchla Associates Electronic Modular System) [excerpt] Toshi Ichiyanagi (sadly passed) - Extended Voices - Odyssey - 1967 |
| We begin in January 2023 and present chronologically |
| Pass It On Pieces Of Peace (Fred White sadly passed) - 7" - Twinight - 1970 |
| Bad Boy King Size Taylor & The Dominos (KingSize Taylor & The Dominoes) (Ted "Kingsize" Taylor sadly passed) - 7" - Decca - 1964 |
| The Way Of The Dragon (Instrumental) Joseph Koo (顧嘉煇 Joseph Koo Kar-Fai sadly passed) - The Way Of The Dragon (Original Soundtrack) - Tam - 1975 |
| A Matter Of Gender The Associates (Alan Rankine sadly passed) - The Affectionate Punch - Fiction - 1980 |
| October Fourth [excerpt] CCMC (Michael Snow sadly passed) - Volume Three - Music Gallery Editions - 1978 
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| Michael Snow is one of Canada's most important artists of the past 100 years
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Snow "Wavelength" from 1967 was named #85 in the 2001 Village Voice critics' list of the 100 Best Films of the 20th Century https://youtu.be/IZxzD9sHRVM |
| Are You Ready For The Country? The Ducks (Jeff Blackburn sadly passed) - High Flyin' - Shakey Pictures Records, Neil Young Archives Official Bootleg Series - 2023 (rec. 1977)
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| Trouble Child Joni Mitchell (Dennis Budimir sadly passed) - Court And Spark - Asylym - 1974
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| Beck's Bolero Jeff Beck (sadly passed) - Truth - Epic - 1968 (rec. 1966) |
| Doug Bird's tribute to Jeff Beck on I Doug That
https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/413/59131.html |
| Camouflage YMO / Yellow Magic Orchestra (高橋 幸宏 Yukihiro Takahashi (sadly passed) - BGM - A&M - 1981 |
| Crazy Arms, Crazy Eyes Brave Belt (Robbie Bachman sadly passed, as did Chad Allan) - Brave Belt - Reprise - 1971
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| Clos De Vie [excerpt] José Evangelista (sadly passed) - Montréal Postmoderne - Centredisques - 1986
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| Hour two |
| You Never Come Closer Doris (Doris Svensson sadly passed) - Did You Give The World Some Love Today, Baby - Odeon - 1970 |
| Rock Rock Johnny Powers (sadly passed) With The Band Of Stan Getz & Tom Cats - 7" - Fox - 1957 |
| If Only Everything Queens of the Stone Age (Van Conner sadly passed) - Kyuss / Queens Of The Stone Age – Untitled - Man's Ruin Records - 1997 |
| Eight Miles High The Byrds (David Crosby sadly passed) - Fifth Dimension - Columbia - 1966 |
| Tu Veux, Tu Veux Pas Marcel Zanini (sadly passed) [orig. Wilson Simonal] - Zanini - Riviera - 1969 |
| Njuzu Stella Chiweshe (sadly passed) - Ambuya? - Globe Style, Piranha - 1987 |
| Money (That's What I Want) Barrett Strong (sadly passed) - 7" - Tamla - 1959 |
| Little Johnny Jewel pt.1 Television (Tom Verlaine sadly passed) - 7" - Ork - 1975 |
| Mediocrity Joe Mendelson aka. Mendelson Joe (sadly passed) - Mr Middle Of The Road - Nobody - 1972
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| Walk On By Dionne Warwick (Burt Bacharach sadly passed) - 7" - Scepter, Barry - 1964 |
| 17 versions of Bacharach tunes as selected by Heavy Ben on Chance Meeting's Coversions series
https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/581/60135.html |
| Likewise Piero Montanari (sadly passed) - Bass Modulations - Octopus - 1973 |
| Ego Trippin' (Part Two) De La Soul (David Jolicoeur aka. Trugoy aka. Plug 2 sadly passed) - Buhlōōne Mind State (Buhloone Mind State) - Tommy Boy - 1993 |
| Tribute to David Jolicoeur from De La Soul courtesy Trevor Walker on Friday Drive
https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/120/59485.html |
| Martello Guido Basso (sadly passed) - And All That Latin Jazz! - Canadian Talent Library - 1978
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| Paul Campbell played a set of tunes from Guido Basso on Swing Is In The Air
https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/33/61212.html |
| King Solomon's Mines Three Dog Night (Floyd Sneed sadly passed) - Suitable For Framing - ABC, Dunhill - 1969
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| Générique, Le Bracelet Alain Goraguer (sadly passed) - La Planète Sauvage (Bande Sonore Originale Du Film) aka. Fantastic Planet - Pathé - 1973 |
| La Planète Sauvage (Fantastic Planet) is one of the best and weirdest animated films from the 1970s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Planet And it is ripe for sampling! "Hip Hops Favorite Movie" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtlkhRv4-SA&t=376s |
| Love Machine Spencer Wiggins (sadly passed) - 7" - Fame - 1969 |
| Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu Huey "Piano" Smith (sadly passed) & His Clowns - 7" - Ace - 1957 |
| I Keep Forgettin' Chuck Jackson (sadly passed) - 7" - Wand - 1962 |
| Super Bird Country Joe And The Fish (Bruce Barthol sadly passed) - Electric Music For The Mind And Body - Vanguard - 1967 |
| Warning Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation (Victor Brox sadly passed) - 7" - Blue Horizon, CBS - 1967 |
| Come Una Zanzara Il Volo (Alberto Radius sadly passed) - Il Volo - Numero Uno - 1974 |
| Hour three
This is the end of the FM broadcast and live-stream. The third hour is bonus content available "on demand" (click LISTEN NOW at the top-left of the page for the full show). |
| El Gaucho Wayne Shorter (sadly passed) - Adam's Apple - Blue Note - 1966 |
| For more on Wayne Shorter, see Heavy Ben's episode of In A Mellow Tone:
https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/94/60218.html |
| Mile End Pulp (Steve Mackey sadly passed) - Trainspotting (Music From The Motion Picture) - EMI - 1996 |
| Banks Of The Nile Carlos Garnett (sadly passed) - Black Love - Muse - 1974 |
| Lie To Me Kaleidoscope (David Lindley sadly passed) - Incredible Kaleidoscope - Epic - 1969 |
| Vamos Dançar Sueli Costa (sadly passed) - Sueli Costa - EMI - 1975 |
| The artists behind two of the most requested and played songs on Dr. Demento's radio show died within a week. For extra demention, let's listen the song backwards! |
| Fish Heads Barnes & Barnes (Robert Haimer sadly passed) - 7" - Lumania - 1978 |
| They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! / !ɒɒɒH-ɒH ,γɒwA ɘM ɘʞɒT oT ϱnimoƆ ɘɿ'γɘ⑁T Napoleon XIV / VIX noɘloqɒИ (Jerry Samuels sadly passed) - 7" - Warner - 1966 |
| High Society Junior English (sadly passed) - Naturally High - Burning Sounds, Burning Vibrations - 1978 |
| Apache Incredible Bongo Band (Jim Gordon sadly passed) - Bongo Rock - Pride, MGM - 1973
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| Apache is known as "hip-hop's national anthem". The drum break has been sampled countless times, perhaps more than any other than the "Amen Brother" break. |
| Good To Your Earhole Funkadelic (Fuzzy Haskins sadly passed) - Let's Take It To The Stage - Westbound - 1975 |
| Heat, Light and Small Sand Flies Galt MacDermot (Tony Coe sadly passed) - Back To The Barn - Columbia - 1962
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| Jordan River Song Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou (sadly passed) - The Hymn Of Jerusalem, The Jordan River Song - (not on label), Mississippi Records - 1970, 2016 |
| Grosse Nacht Musik Patrick Vian (sadly passed) - Bruits Et Temps Analogues - Egg - 1977 |
| Soulshake Peggy Scott (sadly passed) & Jo Jo Benson - Soulshake - SSS Interntional - 1969 |
| Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose James Brown ('Sweet' Charles Sherrell sadly passed) - 7" - King - 1969 |
| Riot In Lagos 坂本龍 Ryuichi Sakamoto (sadly passed) - B-2 Unit - Alfa - 1980 |
| Check out Manmohan Panesar's tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto on This Island Earth
https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/32/60094.html |
| The Boys In The Band Gentle Giant (Ray Shulman sadly passed) - Octopus - Vertigo - 1972 |
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