Join the heavy crew of Jas Nasty, Heavy Lina, Chris I, Glory Hull and Heavy Ben as we mark 50 years in your ears.
It began as the clock struck midnight November 15, 1975 and Joni Mitchell's "You Turn Me On I’m a Radio" launched CKCU on 93.1 FM.
Your five selectors offer a biodiverse selection of what 1975 had to offer...
There's a party goin' on
https://www.ckcufm.com/50th-anniversary/
Un grand merci à tous ceux qui ont fait un don! Vous pouvez encore contribuer à maintenir la diffusion de programmes indépendants et de grande qualité.
https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/CKCU/p2p/fundingdrive2025/page/heavy-friends
| Heavy Ben batting leadoff |
| Fall Away Sugluk - Fall Away EP - CBC Radio Canada Broadcast Recording - 1975 
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| Gizié Dègu Nègèr Mahmoud Ahmed & Equators Band - 7" - Amha - 1975 |
| Y'a du Lard Areski - Brigitte Fontaine - Le Bonheur - Saravah - 1975 |
| Jas Nasty in with a set featuring Joni Mitchell, who started this whole thing 50 years ago
(On November 14 at the stroke of midnight, Joni Mitchell's song "You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio" was the very first song broadcast on CKCU-FM, marking the launch of Canada's first campus-based community radio station.) |
| Rockin' Chair Gwen McRae - 7" - RCA - 1975 |
| You're No Good Linda Ronstadt - 7" - Capitol - 1975 |
| Crazy On You Heart - 7" - Mushroom - 1975 |
| The Jungle Line Joni Mitchell - The Hissing Of Summer Lawns - Asylum - 1975
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| Water Get No Enemy Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Expensive Shit/ Water Get No Enemy - Soundworkshop Records, Editions Makossa - 1975 |
| Heavy Lina getting down with some happy boogie lady spirit money |
| Lady Lady Lady The Boogie Man Orchestra - 7" - Boogie Man Records - 1975 |
| Oh Happy Day Big Mama Thornton - Jail - Vanguard - 1975 |
| Boogie Fever The Sylvers - 7" - Capitol Records - 1975 |
| Spirit In The Night Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Nightingales & Bombers - Bronze - 1975 |
| Free Money Patti Smith - Horses - Arista - 1975 |
| Chris I can't resist sneaking in a Jimi Hendrix tune ;) amid cumbia, reggae and more |
| Minor Therapy Fox - Tales of Illusions - Ariola - 1975 |
| La Danza de los Mirlos Los Mirlos - Cumbia Amazonica - Infopesa - 1975 |
| Heaven and Hell Is On Earth 20th Century Steel Band - Warm Heart Cold Steel - United Artists - 1975 |
| The Invasion Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey - Island - 1975 |
| Crosstown Traffic / Little Miss Lover Gil Evans Orchestra - Plays Jimi Hendrix - RCA - 1975 |
| Glory Hull notes the location of CKCU's antenna and continues the '75 vibe with a message from the Dene |
| Do The Bathosphere David Toop & Max Eastley - New and Rediscovered Musical Instruments - Obscure Records - 1975 |
| We Dene People Dene Chief Frank T'seleie - Speech Mackenzie Valley Pipeline - (not on label) - 1975
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| Antenna Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity - Capitol - 1975 |
| Love Is The Drug Roxy Music - Siren - Island Records - 1975 |
| Love To Love You Baby Donna Summer - 7" - Casablanca - 1975 |
| Ven Robin Ven La Familia Valle - 7" - Discos Magneto - 1975 |
| Estrada Dos Deuses Azymuth - Azimüth - Som Libre - 1975 |
| Funky Wood Oneness of Juju - African Rhythms - Black Fire - 1975 |
| No Pipeline Dene Chief Frank T'seleie - Speech Mackenzie Valley Pipeline - (not on label) - 1975
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| Heavy Ben wraps up our 1975 world tour with an epitaph to the United States of 'Merica |
| Gollum Harmonia - Deluxe - Brain - 1975 |
| Drum Song Jackie Mittoo - Let's Put It All Together - Canadian Talent Library, UA - 1975
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| Thank You Bruce Haack - This Old Man - Dimension 5 - 1975
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| Winter In America Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - The First Minute Of A New Day - Arista - 1975 |
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