This is a complete archive of the shows. If you're on a mobile phone, or cell phone as they call it over here, or some other mobile device (whatever that is) you might have to download to listen. If you're on an old fashioned computer - and I love the idea of an old fashioned computer - you can click on the speaker/sheet of paper icon and listen on here.
It was a lot of work getting this far, now I'm working on the track listings. I'm also planning to archive the comments from the original postings of the various shows.
It was a lot of work getting this far, now I'm working on the track listings. I'm also planning to archive the comments from the original postings of the various shows.
Radio Show #35
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2013
Back again (again) after a very long brief hiatus during which time we set sail for America in a metal container with all our belongings, got shipwrecked and ran aground up the Catskill Creek. Or some such rubbish.
Thrill to the vibrations of Chuck Prophet, Ghost Box, Salim Nourallah, Mickey Jupp's Legend and lots more, interspersed with the sound of me chattering over a backing provided by The Ray Conniff Orchestra and some insane German with a large synthesiser and a penchant for The Eagles.
tracklisting
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2013
Back again (again) after a very long brief hiatus during which time we set sail for America in a metal container with all our belongings, got shipwrecked and ran aground up the Catskill Creek. Or some such rubbish.
Thrill to the vibrations of Chuck Prophet, Ghost Box, Salim Nourallah, Mickey Jupp's Legend and lots more, interspersed with the sound of me chattering over a backing provided by The Ray Conniff Orchestra and some insane German with a large synthesiser and a penchant for The Eagles.
tracklisting
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Radio Show #34
MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 2011
music from marmalade, the psychotic pineapple, the alan price set, sex pistols... Plus a jethro tull revelation and the worst record ever played in our house (according to Amy)
tracklisting
MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 2011
music from marmalade, the psychotic pineapple, the alan price set, sex pistols... Plus a jethro tull revelation and the worst record ever played in our house (according to Amy)
tracklisting
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Radio Show #33
FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2011
mott the hoople, ian hunter has my book, kid congo & the pink monkey birds, a tale of semi-senile post-goth stage diving, ben ramble, magnetic fields, blossom toes, the truth behind that easy listening hawaiian facade...
tracklisting
FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2011
mott the hoople, ian hunter has my book, kid congo & the pink monkey birds, a tale of semi-senile post-goth stage diving, ben ramble, magnetic fields, blossom toes, the truth behind that easy listening hawaiian facade...
tracklisting
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Radio Show #32
THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2011
Blowing brickdust off the vinyl after months of fixing the house up in order to sell it. An action packed show with tales from a warped childhood plus david bowie, research turtles, kathy kirby, spottiswode & mcmahon, donnie elbert and a host (whatever that is) of others.
tracklisting
THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2011
Blowing brickdust off the vinyl after months of fixing the house up in order to sell it. An action packed show with tales from a warped childhood plus david bowie, research turtles, kathy kirby, spottiswode & mcmahon, donnie elbert and a host (whatever that is) of others.
tracklisting
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Radio Show #31
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2010
The penultimate show of the year, or just The Show Of The Year if you like. I only used penultimate because I've just figured out what it means. The ultimate show of the year or The Ultimate Show Of The Year if you like comes later, hopefully before the New Year. In the meantime enjoy Kilburn & The High Roads, Kevin Ayres, Tropics Of Cancer and a host of other delights.
tracklisting
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2010
The penultimate show of the year, or just The Show Of The Year if you like. I only used penultimate because I've just figured out what it means. The ultimate show of the year or The Ultimate Show Of The Year if you like comes later, hopefully before the New Year. In the meantime enjoy Kilburn & The High Roads, Kevin Ayres, Tropics Of Cancer and a host of other delights.
tracklisting
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Radio Show #30
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2010 An annotated stroll through the annals of pop - with Eddie Layton at the mighty Wurlitzer organ, George McCrae, Breakbeat Era, Kenny Rogers & The First Edition, Holly Golightly, The Seal Cub Clubbing Club, The Ruts, The Jesus & Mary Chain, and a lot of bleeps and squeaks off a dodgy moog synthesiser demonstration record - plus a rabbit called Remix and a tale from Butlin's Ocean Hotel.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2010 An annotated stroll through the annals of pop - with Eddie Layton at the mighty Wurlitzer organ, George McCrae, Breakbeat Era, Kenny Rogers & The First Edition, Holly Golightly, The Seal Cub Clubbing Club, The Ruts, The Jesus & Mary Chain, and a lot of bleeps and squeaks off a dodgy moog synthesiser demonstration record - plus a rabbit called Remix and a tale from Butlin's Ocean Hotel.
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Radio Show #29
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2010 Back again with an all-vinyl fiasco - a B side Chuck Berry cover from an unexpected corner, the humiliation of competitions, The Ramsey Lewis Trio, Medicine Head, Diego & The Dissidents, Cornershop, Heads Hands & Feet, Herb Alpert & His Tijuana Brass...
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2010 Back again with an all-vinyl fiasco - a B side Chuck Berry cover from an unexpected corner, the humiliation of competitions, The Ramsey Lewis Trio, Medicine Head, Diego & The Dissidents, Cornershop, Heads Hands & Feet, Herb Alpert & His Tijuana Brass...
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Radio Show #28
TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 2010
A box of B sides...
TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 2010
A box of B sides...
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Radio Show #27
FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2010 Alive and well and dossing in an Extended Stay Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio! The Steve Miller Band, Black Sabbath, David Bowie, Silver Apples, The Hi-Risers, McGinty & White, Del Shannon, plus a reading from A Dysfunctional Success, discourse on forming a band and the terror induced by great opening acts.
FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2010 Alive and well and dossing in an Extended Stay Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio! The Steve Miller Band, Black Sabbath, David Bowie, Silver Apples, The Hi-Risers, McGinty & White, Del Shannon, plus a reading from A Dysfunctional Success, discourse on forming a band and the terror induced by great opening acts.
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Radio Show #26
MONDAY, MAY 17, 2010 WERS (The Wreckless Eric Radio Show) now with its own jingle. Scratchy gramophone recordings of Sly & The Family Stone, The Easybeats, The Pretty Things, Beck, Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs, Mental As Anything... plus, at the risk of another payola scandal, for the first time ever anywhere a track from Two-Way Family Favourites.
MONDAY, MAY 17, 2010 WERS (The Wreckless Eric Radio Show) now with its own jingle. Scratchy gramophone recordings of Sly & The Family Stone, The Easybeats, The Pretty Things, Beck, Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs, Mental As Anything... plus, at the risk of another payola scandal, for the first time ever anywhere a track from Two-Way Family Favourites.
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Radio Show #25
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 2010
rambling between dordogneshire and connecticut with chico rodriguez & his tijuana sound, graham day & the gaolers, christine ohlman & rebel montez, holly golightly & the broke-offs, tarka cordell...
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 2010
rambling between dordogneshire and connecticut with chico rodriguez & his tijuana sound, graham day & the gaolers, christine ohlman & rebel montez, holly golightly & the broke-offs, tarka cordell...
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Radio Show #24
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2010 Discombobulated in a room full of electrical junk. Music from Badfinger, The Research Turtles, Lil Band O Gold, McGinty & White. Link Wray, MC Honky, Big Dee Irwin, The Byrds... plus some syrupy background music, The Doctor Kildare Theme, and the ramblings of a man driven half crazy by recording processes and cable management.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2010 Discombobulated in a room full of electrical junk. Music from Badfinger, The Research Turtles, Lil Band O Gold, McGinty & White. Link Wray, MC Honky, Big Dee Irwin, The Byrds... plus some syrupy background music, The Doctor Kildare Theme, and the ramblings of a man driven half crazy by recording processes and cable management.
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Radio Show #23
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2010 Life after the exploding woodburner. Spinning records and being vigilant with The Tripwires, The Sgt Major III, Donovan, Tarka Cordell, Les Aiglons, Buffalo Daughter, Noel Chiboust et sa Grande Formation, Yo La Tengo, Englebert Humperdink... A show with something to irritate everyone!
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2010 Life after the exploding woodburner. Spinning records and being vigilant with The Tripwires, The Sgt Major III, Donovan, Tarka Cordell, Les Aiglons, Buffalo Daughter, Noel Chiboust et sa Grande Formation, Yo La Tengo, Englebert Humperdink... A show with something to irritate everyone!
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Radio Show #22
SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 2010
The Best Of The Button-Down Brass featuring The Funky Trumpet of Ray Davies (no not that Ray Davies) and a short diatribe against the use of the word funky. Other tracks from Wilson Pickett, Free, The Bobby Fuller Four, Robert Coyne, Mark Pickerel & His Praying Hands, The Soft Machine and Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 2010
The Best Of The Button-Down Brass featuring The Funky Trumpet of Ray Davies (no not that Ray Davies) and a short diatribe against the use of the word funky. Other tracks from Wilson Pickett, Free, The Bobby Fuller Four, Robert Coyne, Mark Pickerel & His Praying Hands, The Soft Machine and Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich.
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Radio Show #21
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2009
Last show of the year. Not a round-up of the finest moments of the decade but no less snappy and professional for that. Close the decade and let the new year in with Wussy, Buffy St Marie, The Research Turtles, Miles Davis, Waylon Jennings, Robert Coyne and a preview of the other side of the latest Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby 45. Plus a seasonal reading from A Dysfunctional Success.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2009
Last show of the year. Not a round-up of the finest moments of the decade but no less snappy and professional for that. Close the decade and let the new year in with Wussy, Buffy St Marie, The Research Turtles, Miles Davis, Waylon Jennings, Robert Coyne and a preview of the other side of the latest Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby 45. Plus a seasonal reading from A Dysfunctional Success.
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Radio Show #20
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2009
Jolly Yuletide show including Bentley Rhythm Ace, Primal Scream, Dump, Kid Congo, The Who, the odious Swingle Singers and A Merry Christmas from the entire family.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2009
Jolly Yuletide show including Bentley Rhythm Ace, Primal Scream, Dump, Kid Congo, The Who, the odious Swingle Singers and A Merry Christmas from the entire family.
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Radio Show #19
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2009
Back from the Yo La Tengo tour with a payola scandal - the new Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby 45 rpm short playing record previewed!! Plus The Seekers, The Seekers, The Seekers... also The Young Fresh Fellows, Yo La Tengo, Traffic Sound, Rotifer, Pentangle... and The Seekers.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2009
Back from the Yo La Tengo tour with a payola scandal - the new Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby 45 rpm short playing record previewed!! Plus The Seekers, The Seekers, The Seekers... also The Young Fresh Fellows, Yo La Tengo, Traffic Sound, Rotifer, Pentangle... and The Seekers.
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Radio Show #18
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2009
Blame it on the Stones...
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2009
Blame it on the Stones...
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Radio Show #17
MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2009
Back Again! Music from Jon Hiseman's Colosseum, Kevin Coyne, The Ethiopians, Circuit Parade, Ike & Tina Turner, Denny Laine, Robert Coyne, Grand Funk Railroad... plus a couple of subtle snatches of Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra. And in case anyone thought I'd gone soft, there's an anti-Live Aid/anti-Police diatribe.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2009
Back Again! Music from Jon Hiseman's Colosseum, Kevin Coyne, The Ethiopians, Circuit Parade, Ike & Tina Turner, Denny Laine, Robert Coyne, Grand Funk Railroad... plus a couple of subtle snatches of Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra. And in case anyone thought I'd gone soft, there's an anti-Live Aid/anti-Police diatribe.
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Radio Show #16
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2009
The Freedom Of The Open Road... music from Medicene Head, Buffy St Marie, Can, Salim Nourallah, Roland Kirk, Super Furry Animals... Plus a load of self-opinionated babble.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2009
The Freedom Of The Open Road... music from Medicene Head, Buffy St Marie, Can, Salim Nourallah, Roland Kirk, Super Furry Animals... Plus a load of self-opinionated babble.
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Radio Show #15
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009
Bad cover version - such great disappointment when you got it home... Can you tell the difference between these and the original sounds? Music from Pulp, Tony Christie, David Bowie, Legend, Elton John... plus a host of session musicians and singers.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009
Bad cover version - such great disappointment when you got it home... Can you tell the difference between these and the original sounds? Music from Pulp, Tony Christie, David Bowie, Legend, Elton John... plus a host of session musicians and singers.
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Radio Show #14
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2009
Hang on to your testicles (or someone else's) and prepare to freak out. Music from Silver Apples, Alan Vega, Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra, Plummet Airlines, Jacques Dutronc, McGinty & White, Nick Lowe, The Honeycombs, Jimmy Reed and not forgetting Little Boy Blue & His Blue Boys.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2009
Hang on to your testicles (or someone else's) and prepare to freak out. Music from Silver Apples, Alan Vega, Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra, Plummet Airlines, Jacques Dutronc, McGinty & White, Nick Lowe, The Honeycombs, Jimmy Reed and not forgetting Little Boy Blue & His Blue Boys.
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Radio Show #13
MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2009
At this point I was going to do a Stiff Records special about the early days of the label, but fear of being misinterpreted as supporting what the label became decided me against it.
Thrill to the sounds of Richie Havens, Jnr Poon, The Snivelling Shits, Richard & Mimi Farina and a whole host of delights including The James Last Orchestra.
What's the difference between The James Last Orchestra and a bull?
The bull's got the horns at the front and the arsehole at the back.
MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2009
At this point I was going to do a Stiff Records special about the early days of the label, but fear of being misinterpreted as supporting what the label became decided me against it.
Thrill to the sounds of Richie Havens, Jnr Poon, The Snivelling Shits, Richard & Mimi Farina and a whole host of delights including The James Last Orchestra.
What's the difference between The James Last Orchestra and a bull?
The bull's got the horns at the front and the arsehole at the back.
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Radio Show #12
MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2009
A day late and a dollar short... jane aire & the belvederes, death in vegas, tony christie, the velvet underground, the flamin' groovies (again), hot chocolate, doctor feelgood... Plus all manner of zany capers.
MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2009
A day late and a dollar short... jane aire & the belvederes, death in vegas, tony christie, the velvet underground, the flamin' groovies (again), hot chocolate, doctor feelgood... Plus all manner of zany capers.
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Radio Show #11
SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2009
Tales from the wild frontier (our US tour) with music from John Sebastian, Wussy, McGinty & White, The Flamin' Groovies, Los Paraguayos... Plus a half baked Beatles vs Stones theory.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2009
Tales from the wild frontier (our US tour) with music from John Sebastian, Wussy, McGinty & White, The Flamin' Groovies, Los Paraguayos... Plus a half baked Beatles vs Stones theory.
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Radio Show #10
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 2009 The Wreckless Eric Space Programme - WESP for short, like NASA but quicker to say so it must be better... Music by The Steve Miller Band, the incredibly over-rated Rolling Stones, Hawkwind, Cameo... Hope you love it! Whoosh....
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 2009 The Wreckless Eric Space Programme - WESP for short, like NASA but quicker to say so it must be better... Music by The Steve Miller Band, the incredibly over-rated Rolling Stones, Hawkwind, Cameo... Hope you love it! Whoosh....
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Radio Show #9
SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009
It all took off with Eric... Rotifer, Brian Eno, another reading from A Dysfunctional Success, Kevin Coyne, Arthur Brown's drum machine...
SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009
It all took off with Eric... Rotifer, Brian Eno, another reading from A Dysfunctional Success, Kevin Coyne, Arthur Brown's drum machine...
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Radio Show #8
SUNDAY, JULY 19, 2009
Measure your equipment - give yourself a stereo checkout. Music from Squarepusher, Eire Apparent, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cornershop...
SUNDAY, JULY 19, 2009
Measure your equipment - give yourself a stereo checkout. Music from Squarepusher, Eire Apparent, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cornershop...
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Radio Show #7
MONDAY, JULY 13, 2009
Fun from Poland, accapella Shams, Petra Haden, Indian Ropeman, Bobby Brown Goes Down, The Beatles - stereo vs mono...
MONDAY, JULY 13, 2009
Fun from Poland, accapella Shams, Petra Haden, Indian Ropeman, Bobby Brown Goes Down, The Beatles - stereo vs mono...
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Radio Show #6
SUNDAY, JULY 5, 2009
Independance Day - an (almost) all-American music show - Johnny Shines, Jefferson Airplane, Quintron, the Minus 5, the Tripwires... Plus a short discourse on the well-dressed group.
SUNDAY, JULY 5, 2009
Independance Day - an (almost) all-American music show - Johnny Shines, Jefferson Airplane, Quintron, the Minus 5, the Tripwires... Plus a short discourse on the well-dressed group.
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Radio Show #5
SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2009
Success For Dummies... famous for fifteen minutes: a poor man's guide to riches and fame.
SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2009
Success For Dummies... famous for fifteen minutes: a poor man's guide to riches and fame.
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Radio Show #4
SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2009
A Chuck Berry Special
SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2009
A Chuck Berry Special
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Radio Show #3
SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2009
More snapshots from my utterly glamourous life - an interesting fact about denim (not in the last show, that was a mistake), indifferent French pronunciation, music from Gil Rose et Les Hydropathes, Spottiswode & His Enemies, Fat Truckers, Kevin Ayers...
SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2009
More snapshots from my utterly glamourous life - an interesting fact about denim (not in the last show, that was a mistake), indifferent French pronunciation, music from Gil Rose et Les Hydropathes, Spottiswode & His Enemies, Fat Truckers, Kevin Ayers...
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Radio Show #2
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2009
More crackling vinyl, an interesting fact about denim, a reading from A Dysfunctional Success, old and new tunes from all over the place - Spain, France, London, Texas, Amsterdam...
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2009
More crackling vinyl, an interesting fact about denim, a reading from A Dysfunctional Success, old and new tunes from all over the place - Spain, France, London, Texas, Amsterdam...
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Radio Show #1
SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 2009
Vinyl (with scratches), a short discourse on the Frankfurt Kitchen, the Moog synthesiser, a fan letter from Sweden, a brush with The Raveonettes. Tracks by Robert Rotifer, Kevin Coyne, Rob Coyne, Salim Nourallah...
SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 2009
Vinyl (with scratches), a short discourse on the Frankfurt Kitchen, the Moog synthesiser, a fan letter from Sweden, a brush with The Raveonettes. Tracks by Robert Rotifer, Kevin Coyne, Rob Coyne, Salim Nourallah...
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