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Retroactive

Jan 4, 2020 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Music

With J.J. Syrja

Roots rock from the 1940s to the present: blues, soul, traditional R&B, jazz, folk, pop, punk, garage, surf.

Retroactive
9:00 AM
Clarence Clemons & the Red Bank Rockers - Summer On Signal Hill
Clarence Clemons & the Red Bank Rockers Summer On Signal Hill
A Woman's Got the Power Columbia 1983 7 Inch Rock
Intro music (non-LP B-side)
9:05 AM
Mimi Fox - Textures of Loving
Mimi Fox Textures of Loving
This Bird Still Flies Origin 2019 Jazz
Yet another fabulous instrumental from this superb guitarist
9:11 AM
Ricky Espinoza - Second Choice Man
Ricky Espinoza Second Choice Man
Heartache to Heartache self-released 2019 Country
Love the accordion on this
9:15 AM
Rory Block - Turning Point
Rory Block Turning Point
Turning Point Special Delivery 1989
Title cut of the album issued only in the UK originally. It's a tall order but we still have to keep working toward a turning point...peace
9:23 AM
Jack Sheldon with Terry Morel - Conjunction Junction
Jack Sheldon with Terry Morel Conjunction Junction
Schoolhouse Rock! V/A Rhino 1996
Jack Sheldon (1931-2019) with one of the most notable "Schoolhouse Rock" tunes, recorded in the early '70s. He was part of Merv Griffin's house band for a long time
9:27 AM
Bonnie Raitt - If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody
Bonnie Raitt If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody
Give It Up Warner Bros. 1972
Marty Grebb (1946-2020) plays one tough saxophone solo on this! He was the keyboardist for the Buckinghams and was also with the Fabulous Rhinestones
9:32 AM
The Rutles - Ouch!
The Rutles Ouch!
The Rutles Rhino 1978
Sorry to lose Neil Innes (1944-2019), Bonzo Dog Band member and an associate of Monty Python. A gear Beatles parody, this Rutles album
9:35 AM
Sleepy LaBeef - All the Time
Sleepy LaBeef All the Time
The Fifties: Rockabilly Fever V/A Ace 1987 Rockabilly
Sleepy LaBeef (1935-2019) was one of those rockabillies I took for granted. Track recorded in 1957
9:37 AM
Sleepy LaBeef - Ain't Going to Take It
Sleepy LaBeef Ain't Going to Take It
Them Rockabilly Cats! V/A Ace 2001 Rockabilly
Another one cut in 1957
9:39 AM
Sleepy LaBeef - Got You On My Mind
Sleepy LaBeef Got You On My Mind
Rockabilly Blues Bullseye Blues 2001
Previously unreleased tracks spanning 1980-96; this one is from 1994. R.I.P.
9:46 AM
Tucker Brothers - Paisley
Tucker Brothers Paisley N
Two Parts Joel Tucker/Nick Tucker 2019 Jazz
Music bed for the KAOS Calendar of Events
9:52 AM
Angel Olsen - Too Easy
Angel Olsen Too Easy N
All Mirrors Jagjaguwar 2019
Haunting, beautiful
9:55 AM
Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison - This Will Be Our Year
Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison This Will Be Our Year
Our Year Platinum 2014 Americana
An inventive cover of the Zombies classic, with banjo
9:57 AM
The Isley Brothers - What'cha Gonna Do
The Isley Brothers What'cha Gonna Do
The Isley Brothers Do Their Thing Sunset 1969 R&B/Soul
Reissue of songs recorded in 1963
10:00 AM
Olivia Jean - Garage Bat
Olivia Jean Garage Bat
Night Owl Third Man 2019 Rock
One of the most pleasant and rockin' albums of the past year
10:02 AM
Paul Kelly & the Messengers - I Can't Believe We Were Married
Paul Kelly & the Messengers I Can't Believe We Were Married
Comedy Doctor Dream 1991 Rock
Really cool lyrics from Australia's Kelly, like "you had your hand down my pants before our guests could leave" and "they didn't like our drugs, our children or our dogs/the way we made it up each day"
10:05 AM
New Pornographers - You'll Need a Backseat Driver
New Pornographers You'll Need a Backseat Driver N
In the Morse Code of Brake Light Concord 2019 Rock
Pop-rock wonders A.C. Newman, Neko Case and company
10:09 AM
Tin Machine - You Belong In Rock'n'Roll
Tin Machine You Belong In Rock'n'Roll
Tin Machine II EMI 1991 Rock
David Bowie's (1947-2016) band from the '80s and '90s--shame on me for not playing them before
10:19 AM
David Bowie - Station to Station
David Bowie Station to Station
Glastonbury 2000 BBC/Parlophone 2018 Rock
Live version from June 2000. Bowie's birth anniversary is January 8
10:29 AM
David Bowie - Changes
David Bowie Changes
Glastonbury 2000 BBC/Parlophone 2018 Rock
He lovingly tells the audience that this song made its live debut in Glastonbury in 1971
10:33 AM
Elvis Presley - King of the Whole Wide World
Elvis Presley King of the Whole Wide World
The Last Temptation of Elvis V/A New Musical Express 1990 Rock
Takes 1-3 from 1962. Various artists on this for-children charity Elvis covers album include the Cramps, Paul McCartney, Tanita Tikaram and the Primitives
10:37 AM
Elvis Presley - I Can Help
Elvis Presley I Can Help
Elvis Presley Today RCA 1975 Rock
One of Elvis' (1935-1977) finest latter day tracks, a remake of Billy Swan. He would have been 85 on January 8
10:41 AM
Wanda Jackson - Trying to Get to You
Wanda Jackson Trying to Get to You
I Remember Elvis Cleopatra 2006 Rockabilly
A well-done Elvis tribute disc from the Queen of Rockabilly, who dated EP in the 1950s
10:44 AM
Elvis Presley - My Baby Left Me
Elvis Presley My Baby Left Me
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You RCA 1956 7 Inch Rock
Sockin' drums from D.J. Fontana and Scotty Moore's bubbling guitar work. One of three Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup songs EP recorded
10:47 AM
Elvis Presley - Promised Land
Elvis Presley Promised Land
It's Midnight RCA 1974 7 Inch
An incredible Chuck Berry cover--Elvis (and guitarist James Burton) take it to a new level
10:51 AM
Victor Gould - Brand New
Victor Gould Brand New N
Thoughts Become Things Blue Room Music 2019 Jazz
Music bed for the KAOS Community Billboard
10:56 AM
Catherine Russell - Alone Together
Catherine Russell Alone Together
Alone Together Dot Time 2019 Jazz
One of the finest albums of 2019--CR is in excellent voice
11:00 AM
Screaming Females - Black Moon
Screaming Females Black Moon
All at Once Don Giovanni 2018 Rock
Jersey band who recorded most of this album in Seattle
11:04 AM
Mudhoney - Oh Yeah
Mudhoney Oh Yeah L
Digital Garbage Sub Pop 2018 Rock
Lordy they sound like Iggy & the Stooges sometimes
11:06 AM
Ryan Bingham - America
Ryan Bingham America
American Love Song Axster Bingham 2019 Americana
My favorite album of 2019--the most heartfelt thing I heard all year
11:09 AM
Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men + Dana - Temporarily Insane
Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men + Dana Temporarily Insane
Tall, Dark and Handsome Hot Shot 2019 Blues
A dynamic, jazzy track made a bit more resonant by DM's aging process
11:16 AM
Sandy Denny - Bruton Town
Sandy Denny Bruton Town
Who Knows Where the Time Goes Hannibal 1985 Folk
Sandy Denny's (1947-1978) birth anniversary is January 6. She's in stunning voice here on the BBC in 1972
11:21 AM
Sandy Denny - Ecoute Ecoute
Sandy Denny Ecoute Ecoute
Sandy Denny, Trevor Lucas & Friends: Attic Tracks, 1972-1984 Raven 1984
French version of "Listen Listen" (the English version is on her 1972 LP "Sandy")
11:25 AM
Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt - Who Knows Where the Time Goes
Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt Who Knows Where the Time Goes
We Are Welcomed Pragmavision 2016 Folk
A sweet cover of Sandy Denny's most famous composition
11:30 AM
Fotheringay - Banks of the Nile
Fotheringay Banks of the Nile
Fotheringay Carthage 1970
Perhaps the most amazing vocal recorded by anybody, anywhere, and Sandy's band gives perfect support. An eight minute masterpiece
11:38 AM
Lolly Allen - If You Could See Me Now
Lolly Allen If You Could See Me Now N
Coming Home Origin 2019 Jazz
Music bed for the KAOS Calendar of Events
11:43 AM
Sandy Denny & the Strawbs - Tell Me What You See In Me
Sandy Denny & the Strawbs Tell Me What You See In Me
All Our Own Work Numero Group 1974
Psychedelic song written by Dave Cousins and starring SD. Cut in 1967
11:47 AM
Fairport Convention - Crazy Man Michael
Fairport Convention Crazy Man Michael
Liege and Lief A&M 1969 Rock
Their inventive fourth album (the third with Sandy Denny, who would leave for a few years after its release)
11:52 AM
Sandy Denny - Whispering Grass
Sandy Denny Whispering Grass
Like an Old Fashioned Waltz Island 1973
A gentle cover of the Ink Spots on a spotty but worthwhile release
11:56 AM
Charles Brown - (One) Mint Julep
Charles Brown (One) Mint Julep
Blues and Other Love Songs Muse 1992 Blues
Outro music