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Sunday, 29 June 2008
Playlist, 29/06/08
The Show
On this week's show we celebrated two centenaries: firstly today marks the centenary of the king of orchestral "pops" music, Leroy Anderson. And coming up on Tuesday will be the centenary of the virtuoso slide guitar player and electronics pioneer Alvino Rey.
The Music
First of all we welcomed back our roving news correspondent MC Zirconium from Paris with a couple of French-flavoured lovelies:
1. Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Love Paris (Cow Fingers and Mosquito Pie, 1991)
2. Pizzicato Five - tokyo mon amour DISCOTIQUE 96 MIX (combinasion SPACIALE ep, 1996)
Neil Diamond played the "tea-time" slot at Glastonbury earlier today so we played a version of one of his more famous compositions:
3. Quincy Jones - I'm a Believer (Cactus Flower OST, 1969)
4. Ray Davies - Hadrian's Wall (Benny & the Duke, 1973)
5. Ajo Y Su Organo Oriental - Black Is Black (Easy Melodías)
Next up were the first couple of tracks in our Leroy Anderson feature:
6. Terry Snyder & The All Stars - Blue Tango (Persuasive Percussion, 1960)
7. Hot Butter - Syncopated Clock (Popcorn, 1973)
Then another track from the great new compilation by Vickie Bennett aka People Like Us:
8. Komar & Melamid And Dave Soldier - The Most Unwanted Song (Edit) (Smiling Through My Teeth, 2008)
Next it was time for today's other featured artist:
9. Alvino Rey - Mama Blues (excerpt) (1961)
10. Alvino Rey - The Peanut Vendor (Ping Pong!, 1960)
11. Ira Ironstrings (Alvino Rey) - Blacksmith Blues
And then some lovely exotica from a jazz giant:
12. Yusef Lateef - Taboo (Other Sounds, 1957)
We played a track from this new album last week which featured dialogue from the movie Tron. Well, here's another track, this time taking its inspiration from that John Carpenter classic Dark Star:
13. Disrupt - Bomb 20 (Foundation Bit, 2008)
We've been featuring various tracks from the DC Recordings label in the last couple of shows and the kind fellows have sent us some more great music so here's a track from the brand new compilation Death Before Distemper 2:
14. Kelpe - Shipwreck Glue (Death Before Distemper 2, 2008)
And then it was time to close our two features, firstly by playing a Moog-ed up version of what we think of as Leroy Anderson's most famous tune:
15. Jean Jacques Perrey/Dana Countryman - The Typewriter (The Happy Electropop Music Machine, 2006)
Our other featured artist, Alvino Rey, had a nice side-line going on in the 1960s as one of many virtuoso players in Esquivel's band and you can hear his slide guitar playing on many tracks including:
16. Esquivel - Baia (Infinity in Sound Vol 2, 1961)
The Ian Fleming centenary finally reaches Edinburgh with a new exhibition at the City Art Centre. We used this as an excuse to play some more Bond:
17. Matt Berry/Peter Serafinowicz - Goldfingo (Peter Serafinowicz's Album)
18. James Bond & His Sextet - James Bond Theme (Shaken Not Stirred, 1965)
And we closed the show with a couple of belters starting with another amazing version of show favourite Caravan:
19. Bernard Pretty Purdie - Caravan
20. Phil Clinton - She's Born Loser (A Trip? Just A Little Beat, 2008)
The News
Sunday, 1 June 2008
Playlist, 01/06/08
The Show
This week we marked the centenary of the birth of Ian Fleming, the sad passing of Earle Hagen and Alexander Courage and the space-time-continuum-busting news that both Kylie and Jason turned 40 this week.
You can catch a repeat of the show when it goes out on Wednesday 11 June from 10pm - midnight, either by tuning in to 98.8 FM (in and around Edinburgh) or online via the Leith FM website.
The Music
A great new reissue from Dutton Vocalion:
1. Biddu - Journey to the Moon (Futuristic Journey / Eastern Man, 1977/2008)
David Holmes is coming to Edinburgh next Saturday:
2. David Holmes - Benedict Returns (Ocean's Thirteen OST, 2007) 
Another great reissue from Dutton Vocalion:
3. David Lindup - Grand Slam (When The Saints Go, 1970/2008)
The first of our tributes to Earle Hagen:
4. Herbie Mann - Harlem Nocturne (Latin Fever, 1962)
You can find lots more versions of Harlem Nocturne here.
The first of our tracks celebrating the centenary of Ian Fleming's birth:
5. Ray Barretto - Thunderball (Señor 007, 1965/2001)
Brand new track from a great new unsigned band from Mainz:
6. The Low Shoe Orchestra - Rise of the Colossus (Through The Black Hole, 2008)
Bill Cosby is selling his jumpers (see story below):
7. Bill Cosby - Can't Get No Satisfaction (Hooray for the Salvation Army Band, 1968)
Earle Hagen also composed many classic TV show themes, including:
8. Dick Hyman - Theme from I Spy (The Man From O.R.G.A.N., 1965)
More Ian Fleming tributes:
9. Ingfried Hoffmann - From Russia With Love (Hammond Bond, 2007)
10. Jean-Jacques Perrey - Mister James Bond (The Out Sound From Way In!, 1969)
Two great MPS reissues:
11. The Mike Nock Underground - The Squire (Between Or Beyond, 1970)
12. Monty Alexander - Monticello (Alexander The Great - Monty Swings On MPS, 1973)
Another track from the Biddue reissue which spookily chimes in with the Ian Fleming centenary:
13. Biddu - James Bond Disco Theme (Journey Into Fantasy) (Futuristic Journey / Eastern Man, 1977/2008)
Keeping it disco, we paid tribute to the passing of Alexander Courage:
14. Eumir Deodato - Theme From Star Trek (Do It Again, 1976)
Kylie and Jason turn 40 (see news story below too):
15. Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Can't Get You Out of My Mind (Hits the Hits!, 2007)
16. Gabor Szabo - Sealed With A Kiss (1969, 1969)
Loads of people have covered the James Bond theme but I think this is the only Ian Fleming Theme out there:
17. The Menn - Ian Fleming Theme (Lost Legends of Surf Guitar, Vol. 1, 2003)
We closed the show with a lovely ska version of Earle Hagen's classic:
18. New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble - Harlem Nocturne (New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble, 1995)
The News
Another great reissue from Dutton Vocalion:
3. David Lindup - Grand Slam (When The Saints Go, 1970/2008)
The first of our tributes to Earle Hagen:
4. Herbie Mann - Harlem Nocturne (Latin Fever, 1962)
You can find lots more versions of Harlem Nocturne here.
The first of our tracks celebrating the centenary of Ian Fleming's birth:
5. Ray Barretto - Thunderball (Señor 007, 1965/2001)
Brand new track from a great new unsigned band from Mainz:
6. The Low Shoe Orchestra - Rise of the Colossus (Through The Black Hole, 2008)
Bill Cosby is selling his jumpers (see story below):
7. Bill Cosby - Can't Get No Satisfaction (Hooray for the Salvation Army Band, 1968)
Earle Hagen also composed many classic TV show themes, including:
8. Dick Hyman - Theme from I Spy (The Man From O.R.G.A.N., 1965)
More Ian Fleming tributes:
9. Ingfried Hoffmann - From Russia With Love (Hammond Bond, 2007)
10. Jean-Jacques Perrey - Mister James Bond (The Out Sound From Way In!, 1969)
Two great MPS reissues:
11. The Mike Nock Underground - The Squire (Between Or Beyond, 1970)
12. Monty Alexander - Monticello (Alexander The Great - Monty Swings On MPS, 1973)
Another track from the Biddue reissue which spookily chimes in with the Ian Fleming centenary:
13. Biddu - James Bond Disco Theme (Journey Into Fantasy) (Futuristic Journey / Eastern Man, 1977/2008)
Keeping it disco, we paid tribute to the passing of Alexander Courage:
14. Eumir Deodato - Theme From Star Trek (Do It Again, 1976)
Kylie and Jason turn 40 (see news story below too):
15. Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Can't Get You Out of My Mind (Hits the Hits!, 2007)
16. Gabor Szabo - Sealed With A Kiss (1969, 1969)
Loads of people have covered the James Bond theme but I think this is the only Ian Fleming Theme out there:
17. The Menn - Ian Fleming Theme (Lost Legends of Surf Guitar, Vol. 1, 2003)
We closed the show with a lovely ska version of Earle Hagen's classic:
18. New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble - Harlem Nocturne (New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble, 1995)
The News
- Ian Fleming centenary last Wednesday
- Kylie and Jason both turn 40 this week.
- UPDATE: Phoenix lander not smashed to smithereens and here.
- What to do with 602,000 match sticks
- Bill Cosby sells sweaters (the auction is taking place here)
- Space inconvenience and here and here.
- Monkey brain controls robot arm
- Japanese woman lives in cupboard
- A T-shirt with picture on it poses a threat to air safety?
- Uncontacted Amazon Tribe
- Placebo pills made for kids
- Ghost in a bottle
- Teen figures fast way to decompose plastic bags
- Unshredder can put your documents back together
- Space beer
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