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Sound Salvation
Apr 30, 2021 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Music
With Steve Pick
Steve Pick brings you Sound Salvation. It's 3 hours of the best new music liberally mixed with all the classics of the last century's worth of pop music, rock & roll, jazz, blues, country, soul and more. If it's worth hearing, you'll find it on Sound Salvation.
7:02 AM |
| Barry Gibb To Love Somebody (feat. Jay Buchanan) N Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers' Songbook, Vol. 1 Capitol Records 2021 I think he sings this one magnificently, not necessarily better than the original, but just as great.
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7:05 AM |
| Imelda May & Noel Gallagher Just One Kiss N single Decca 2021 It's so great to have new music from one of my fave singers, Imelda May, and she even gets Noel Gallagher to sound better than usual.
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7:08 AM |
| Leon Russell Midnight Hour Americana Warner Brothers 1978 I don't know why I never heard this before - something to do with it coming out in the middle of New Wave time, I guess - but it's pretty dang cool vintage Leon!
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7:14 AM |
| Carlene Carter Come On Back I Fell In Love Reprise 1990 Somedays I think this was her best album, sometimes her second best. But never lower than that.
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7:17 AM |
| Charley Crockett Lesson in Depression N 10 for Slim: Charley Crockett Sings James Hand Son of Davy 2021 I was not familiar with James Hand, but Crockett's new album successfully convinces me I missed out on a heck of a songwriter.
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7:21 AM |
| Peter Frampton Band One More Heartache Peter Frampton Forgets the Words Phenix Phonograph 2021 This whole album is terrific - he really soars on this Marvin Gaye song.
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7:26 AM |
| The Youngbloods All Over the World (La-La) The Youngbloods Legacy Recordings 1967 I'm always in favor of songs with "La-La" in the title.
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7:30 AM |
| Peaches & Herb My Life The Best of Peaches & Herb: Love is Strange epic Legacy 1996 The original 60s Peaches was different from the one who sang on the big hits ten years later.
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7:32 AM |
| The Impressions Don't Drive Me Away (feat. Jerry Butler) For Your Precious Love... (feat. Jerry Butler) Vee-Jay Records 1997 The early days of the Impressions put the great Jerry Butler in the spotlight.
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7:35 AM |
| The Five Satins Weeping Willow For Collectors Only Oldies.com 2009 One of the best of the doo wop groups.
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7:38 AM |
| The Flamingos Someday, Someway The Flamingos Meet the Moonglows On the Dusty Road of Hits Vee-Jay Records 1993 I haven't played enough of the great vocal groups. So here's another one.
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7:43 AM |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival Commotion Live In Europe Fantasy Records 1999 Oh, to have seen these guys in their glory days.
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7:45 AM |
| Beastie Boys Slow Ride Licensed to Ill Def Jam Recordings 1986 I remember in 1986, it was virtually impossible to go anywhere without hearing this album playing.
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7:48 AM |
| Wax Tailor Shining Underdog (feat. Boog Brown) N The Shadow of Their Suns Lab'Oratoire 2020 Tailor is a French hip hop producer who doesn't sound like everybody else. I can't find a lot about Boog Brown, but she has a nice style to her rapping.
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7:52 AM |
| Finn's Motel Drive on Tomorrow L N Fireworks or Lightning self 2021 Brand new music from this ever evolving and always exciting St. Louis band.
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7:57 AM |
| AJR Joe N OK ORCHESTRA AJR Productions 2021 I don't know how to explain it, but this record really captivated me when I first heard it the other day.
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8:02 AM |
| Motörhead I Got Mine Another Perfect Day Bronze 1983 My second favorite song by these guys (after Ace of Spades, of course).
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8:07 AM |
| The Vertigo Swirl Skyscraping L N Isolationauts Rubberstamp Records 2021 Fantastic instrumental, sort of garage prog.
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8:13 AM |
| The Waitresses Quit Deluxe Special Ze 2013 They had a lot more than just that wonderful Christmas song.
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8:18 AM |
| The Searchers Some Other Guy Sugar and Spice Sanctuary 1963 There is a delightful innocence about this record, when they were on even footing with the Beatles and other English bands all trying to put their own stamp on American music.
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8:22 AM |
| Neil Young & Crazy Horse Don't Cry No Tears Zuma Reprise 1975 You can't go wrong with anything from this album.
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8:24 AM |
| Graham Parker & The Rumour Jolie Jolie Live at Rockpalast 1978 + 1980 M.I.G. 2012 They were such a torrid live act - this is a nice song originally on The Up Escalator that I'd forgotten.
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8:27 AM |
| Buddy Holly Modern Don Juan Memorial Collection Geffen 2009 A later Buddy Holly song - what could he have become if he had lived?
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8:31 AM |
| Celeste Tell Me Something I Don't Know Not Your Muse (Deluxe) Polydor Records 2021 This British pop singer is something special, I think.
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8:35 AM |
| David Crosby Other Half Rule Here If You Listen BMG 2018 Crosby and his band mates create some luscious vocals here.
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8:41 AM |
| New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers Greens and Hams (feat. Jimbo Mathus) N New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers - Vol. 2 Stony Plain Records 2021 Jimbo Mathus sings the lead on this cut from a project led by the late Jim Dickinson.
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8:45 AM |
| Memphis Minnie Down In the Alley The Best of Memphis Minnie (1933-1937) Columbia 2008 One of Minnie's biggest hits.
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8:49 AM |
| Steve Earle They Killed John Henry J.T. New West 2021 Some of Justin Townes Earle's songs were perfect fits for his father.
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8:51 AM |
| Sonny Burgess Itchy Sun Record's Must Haves!: Sonny Burgess Sun 2012 Amazing rockabilly instrumental!
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8:54 AM |
| Tanya Tucker Is Anybody Going to San Antone? My Turn Direct Holdings America 2009 Great take on the Doug Sahm classic, even if changing the pronoun destroys the rhyme.
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9:01 AM |
| The Originals Keep Me The Very Best of The Originals Motown 1999 From 1971, a great year for soul music.
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9:04 AM |
| Robert Finley Souled Out On You N Sharecropper's Son Easy Eye Sound 2021 I have no memory of encountering this guy before, but he's one heck of a soul singer.
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9:07 AM |
| Selwyn Birchwood Through a Microphone N Living In a Burning House Alligator Records 2021 This cut just explodes from the speakers.
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9:12 AM |
| Corpus Alienum The Bells of St. Skeleton L Mantovani Boogie Man self 2021 This solo instrumental project from Ken Kase pays tribute to 70s funky b-sides, and is catchy stufff. Online only for now, but worth hunting up.
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9:15 AM |
| Jon Batiste WE ARE (feat. St. Augustine High School Marching 100, David Gauthier, Gospel Soul Children Choir, Craig Adams, Braedon Gautier, Brennan Gautier & Autumn Rowe) N WE ARE Verve 2021 A very cool way to open up his new album.
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9:21 AM |
| Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra Jubilee Stomp Early Ellington: The Complete Brunswick and Vocalion Recordings, 1926-1931 Verve Reissues 1994 I'll stomp to that!
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9:24 AM |
| Celia Cruz Juancito Trucupey (feat. La Sonora Matancera) Azúcar! Caliente (feat. La Sonora Matancera) Fania 2003 My favorite singer in Cuban music.
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9:27 AM |
| Juan Formell y Los Van Van Dale Dos The Best Of Juan Formell y los Van Van Unknown 2014 But this Cuban guy is pretty darned good.
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9:31 AM |
| Eddie Floyd Rainy Night in Georgia California Girl Stax 1970 I'd never heard this version of this song until the other day - I like this take quite a bit.
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9:35 AM |
| Frank Sinatra Indiscreet All Alone Reprise 1962 An obscure Sammy Cahn / Jimmy Van Heusen song that I really like.
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9:40 AM |
| Carly Simon Songbird Never Been Gone Iris 2009 A hidden gem on an album mostly filled with acoustic versions of her older songs.
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9:43 AM |
| Hailey Whitters Glad To Be Here (feat. Brent Cobb) N The Dream: Living The Dream (Deluxe) Pigasus Records / Big Loud Records / Songs & Daughters 2021 Iowa-born country singer/songwriter.
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9:48 AM |
| The Staves Sparks N Good Woman Atlantic Records UK 2021 Sister harmonies - always a good thing by me.
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9:51 AM |
| Corey Harris & Henry Butler Down Home Livin' Vu-Du Menz Alligator Records 2000 A little New Orleans blues.
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