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Tuesday February 25th, 2025 with Filburt Shellbach
Tribute to Rick Buckler of The Jam

On this weeks episode we pay tribute to Rick Buckler, original drummer of The Jam who passed away on February 17th, with two of my favourite songs by them: The Buttferfly Collector ad Down In The Tube Station At Midnight. I also dig into some other classic UK punk including The Clash, Angelic Upstarts, Red Alert, The Samples, and The Beat. Plus some early Canadian punk with Ottawa's The Bureaucrats, Toronto's Viletones, and Calgary's Silicone Injection.
The Butterfly Collector
The Jam - Strange Town - Polydor - 1979
Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
The Jam - All Mod Cons - Polydor - 1978
Complete Control
The Clash - Complete Control - CBS - 1977
Feel The Pain
The Bureaucrats - Feel The Pain - MP Records - 1980 Canadian
Two Million Voices
Angelic Upstarts - 2,000,000 Voices - Zonophone, EMI - 1981
Sell Out
Red Alert - Third And Final E.P. - Guardian Records N' Tapes - 1980
At War With Peace
Silicone Injection - Sic Nos Non Nobis - Sic Nos Non Nobis - 1981 Canadian
Dead Hero
The Samples - Dead Hero - No Future Records - 1982
Don't Wait Up For Me
The Beat - S/T - CBS, Columbia - 1979
Screaming Fist
Viletones - Screaming Fist - Montreco - 1978 Canadian
Interactive CKCU