Radio What Wave Playlist Sept 28/2020
1. Gruesomes…..What Wave…..from Mr Garager’s Neighbourhood released by OG Records in 1989.
2. Gruesomes….Someone Told A Lie…from the recent Gruesomes 7” that you can get via Ricochet Sound in Montreal.
3. Roger C Reale and Rue Morgue….Rock It To The Kremlin….from the recent The Collection release on Rave On Records. This is a compilation of Radio Active (released in 1978) and Reptiles in Motion (recorded in 1978 and never released) and is some mighty fine late 70’s Stiff sounding power pop!! Digging this one so much, it’s been stuck in my CD player for days!
4. More Kicks…Your Vibration….from the Your Vibration release on Beluga Records and they are from Germany.
5. 905s…Sub Zero…..from the recent Sub Zero release and they are from Brampton Ontario. Available at some Sunrise Record stores in Southern Ontario.
6. Heap…No Mas…from the brand new release by this NYC based combo. They’ve been around since 1995 and this latest release is produced by Eric Rosco Amble.
7. Creatures Of Condition…Heartaches….from an EP on Indy Tunz and they are from Windsor.
8. Jacobites….Big Store….from the Robespierres Velvet Basement release from 1985 and goes out to Dave Kusworth who passed away last week.
9. Jacobites…Shame For The Angels….from the Lost In A Sea Of Scarves release from 1985.
10. Telegenic Pleasure….Sealed Off….from their self titled release and from London Ontario. TP and Mononegatives both feature London artist Rob Brake.
11. Mononegatives…. Sure Shot….from a recent 7” and from London Ontario.
12. Thunder Queens….And Then We Go….from their recent 7” on Yeah Right records and this duo of pre-teens is from London Ontario!!
13. TVD…Come On And Tell Me Off….from their upcoming release and from London Ontario.
14. The Beat….There She Goes….from the 7” that came with the brand new Paul Collins book, I Don’t Fit In. The book is a great action packed read and reveals some interesting behind the scene information about the record industry.
15. Breakaways…. Walking Out On Love….flip side of the above 7”
16. Nerves….One Way Ticket….From the One Way Ticket release on Alive Natural Sound from 2008. This song and the next were supposed to be released by Bomp back in 1978 but it never happened as the band disintegrated.
17. Nerves….Paper Dolls…. As above.
18. Nerves…..Hanging On The Telephone….from their 1976 self released 7” and this tune was later turned into a minor hit by Blondie.
19. Downliners Sect… Why Don’t You Smile Now….from The Rock Sect’s In from 1966 and features Terry Gibson on buzzsaw lead guitar. Believe this was the first ever cover of this Lou Reed/John Cale song that pre-dates The Velvet Underground. This and the next song are dedicated to Terry who passed away recently.
20. Downliners Sect… He Was A Square…. As above.
21. Steel River….Southbound Train…..from their A Better Road release from 1970 and the rest of the show is all Canadian artists from the 70’s, pre-punk/new wave era.
22. Max Webster….Toronto Tontos….from their self titled debut album 1975. Remember seeing these guys a couple of times at Ye Olde City Hall, Ronnie Hawkins old club here in London. Later they opened for Rush at the Gardens here in town.
23. Thundermug….Africa….from their 1972 Strikes release and from London Ontario.
24. Stampeders….Wild Eyes….from a 1971 7” from this Calgary combo.
25. Gordon Lightfoot…Black Day In July….from his Did She Mention My Name release from 1968. Remember seeing a video for this on television when it came out in 1968 and couldn’t believe some of the pictures of what was happening in Detroit, which really isn’t that far away. This song was banned in 30 states when released.
26. Murray McLauchlan….Linda Take Me In….from the live Only The Silence Remains release from 1975. This one was banned locally on CFPL AM as some of the lyrics may have been about Deep Throat, a porn movie that somehow achieved mainstream attention when released.
27. Stompin’ Tom Connors….Tillsonburg….from a 1971 7” on Boot Records. Tillsonburg is just down the road from London Ontario.
28. Joe Mendelson….My Engine Won’t Idle…from his Sophisto Joe release from 1975. Joe was in Mainline prior to his solo career and is also a very talented visual artist.
29. Rough Trade….Take Me….from their Rough Trade Live release which is a direct to disc recording produced by London’s Jack Richardson. Michael Fonfara is on the keyboards for this one and he was Lou Reed’s band leader for several years prior to this.
30. Robbie Rox….The World Is Mad….from his debut album from 1978 and Robbie is from Toronto. The title of this one sums up our present state.
31. Flivva….Northern Girls….from the Sympathetic Ear release from 1977 and from Toronto. On bass is Andy Paterson who would go on to form the art punk combo The Government.
32. Simply Saucer….I Can Change My Mind…from their debut release on Pig Records from 1978. Leader Edgar Breau has another solo release about to come out, Shadows Of Ecstasy and we’ll be playing a track or 2 on the October 12th edition of Radio WW.
33. King Biscuit Boy w/Crowbar….Shout Bama Lama….From the Official Music release from 1972.
34. Guess Who….Heart Broken Bopper….from the Rockin’ release from 1972 and one of my fave 70’s songs by Guess Who.
35. Pagliaro…Some Sing Some Dance…from a self titled release from 1975.
Thanx for all the comments, emails, messages and Heys!!! That’s what makes it all worthwhile!
Next week’s show will be a tribute to Al Cole, passed away this spring and was a former DJ here at CHRW, poster artist, booker, band manager for The Hippies, singer for The Bloodbrothers and a whole lot more!!
The show is aired (pre-recorded these days due to covid) Mondays at 6PM EDT on CHRW 94.9FM Radiowestern. Here's a link to listen live:
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