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Off The Charts
Monday March 25th, 2019 with Heavy Ben
Bargain Bin Finds

Some go to extremes to unearth rare records. Photo credit: Voodoo Funk
Three finds from a brief dig at a charity shop this past weekend
Confidence
Narada Michael Walden - Confidence - Atlantic - 1982
Der Blaue Planet
Karat - Pop-Gymnastik - AMIGA - 1983 (originally released 1981)
Jahreszeiten
Puhdys - Pop-Gymnastik - AMIGA - 1983 (originally released 1982)
Brother Joe
Mara Louw - Sounds Of Soweto - EMI - 1987
Gorilla Man
Condry Ziqubu - Sounds Of Soweto - EMI - 1987
A little stack of 7"s from Trinidad and Jamaica, unearthed a few months back
Mr. Leh Me Go
Society Playboys led by Bert Inniss - 7" - National Record Company - (circa 1967)
Police Doing It Too
Young Killer acc. by Frank Francis and the Joey Lewis Orchestra - 7" - Telco - (circa 1962)
Rolling Stone
Lord Melody with the RCA All Stars Recording Orch. - 7" - RCA Victor - (circa 1961)
Molino Roho
Cyril Diaz & his Orchestra - 7" - Cook - (circa 1959)
Slave
March of Dimes Quartette / Bert Inniss - 7" - National Record Company - (circa 1962)
Dig My Jive
Duke White - 7" - Giant - 1964
Easy Snapping
Theophilus Beckford - 7" - New Beat - 1968
Showman
The Revelations - 7" - Trex - (circa 1972)
A few cuts from a Canadian record that had escaped me until recently. The first Lillian Allen album is great and more well known. This second one seems to be less common...
Why (Dub Version 1)
Lillian Allen - Conditions Critical - Verse To Vinyl - 1987 Canadian
Freedom Is Azania
Lillian Allen - Conditions Critical - Verse To Vinyl - 1987 Canadian
Interactive CKCU
Ben Armstrong (host)
Hey what's up people? Any success digging for obscurities lately?

4:12 PM, March 25th, 2019
Chris I
Hey Ben. Thanks for filling in. Sad to be away from the on-air booth but happy to be near a radio!

4:20 PM, March 25th, 2019
Shubham
Good music Ben

4:24 PM, March 25th, 2019
Ben Armstrong (host)
Thanks for tuning in and making radio a part of your day

4:30 PM, March 25th, 2019
Shubham
How is the weather

4:34 PM, March 25th, 2019
Ben Armstrong (host)
Sunny and brisk in Ottawa. Where are you, Subham?

4:40 PM, March 25th, 2019
Shubham
In Ottawa

4:49 PM, March 25th, 2019
Shubham
Where is Chris today

4:55 PM, March 25th, 2019
Ben Armstrong (host)
Chris had some other business to tend to today. Fret not, he shall return!

6:02 PM, March 25th, 2019