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Sound Salvation
May 14, 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.
| 7:01 AM |
| Devo Whip It Freedom of Choice Warner Bros. 1980 I remember being happy and flabbergasted at the same time when this song became such a hit.
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| 7:04 AM |
| Dazz Band Let It Whip 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Dazz Band Motown 2001 Whipping was on the brain back in those days.
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| 7:08 AM |
| The Treacherous Three Whip It The Treacherous Three Sugar Hill 1984 Built on the groove of the Dazz Band song, Kool Moe Dee, Special K, and the other guy whose name I can never remember have a fantastic time here, and then bring Philippe Wynn of the Spinners in to sing a couple verses.
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| 7:16 AM |
| The Jam London Girl This Is the Modern World (Remastered Version) Polydor Records 1977 I love the way he sings "la-la-la-London Girl"!
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| 7:20 AM |
| Field Music Meant to Be N Flat White Moon Memphis Industries 2021 Rapidly becoming my fave album of the year to date.
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| 7:23 AM |
| The Searchers Farmer John Meet the Searchers Pye 1963 Two things - people met the Searchers before they met the Beatles. And, this is possibly the coolest version of this song I've heard.
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| 7:25 AM |
| Joan Jett & The Blackhearts Be Straight I Love Rock 'N Roll (Expanded Edition) Boardwalk 1981 I was so happy when Joan Jett became such a big star with the title track of this record - there are plenty of other good songs on it, too.
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| 7:28 AM |
| Steve Cropper Say You Don't Know Me N Fire It Up Provogue Records 2021 Roger C. Reale is Cropper's singer for this record - the man starts at 10 and goes to 11, but that can be effective.
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| 7:32 AM |
| Hailey Whitters How Far Can It Go? (feat. Trisha Yearwood) N The Dream: Living The Dream (Deluxe) Pigasus Records / Big Loud Records / Songs & Daughters 2021 A very nice duet between two talented singers.
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| 7:34 AM |
| James McMurtry Freeway View Live In Europe Lightning Rod 2009 McMurtry brought the great Ian McLagen on keyboards for this tour of Europe. Made a great band greater.
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| 7:40 AM |
| Aretha Franklin Tree of Life Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky Outtake) Rare & Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul Rhino Atlantic 2007 Aretha was so on fire in those days she could leave a cut this powerful sitting around for decades before it was released.
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| 7:46 AM |
| Lee Michaels Carnival of Life Carnival of Life A&M Records 1968 A different life metaphor.
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| 7:50 AM |
| Brian Wilson In Blue Hawaii SMiLE Nonesuch 2004 One of the songs that got wiped away when the Beach Boys Smile record didn't get made.
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| 7:53 AM |
| Camper Van Beethoven Might Makes Right New Roman Times Omnivore Recordings 2004 The CVB reunion album had some pretty cool songs, even if I didn't appreciate the whole thing as much as I probably should have.
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| 7:56 AM |
| The Ruts Babylon's Burning Babylon's Burning (Album) Virgin 1979 One of the greatest singles of the late 70s.
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| 8:01 AM |
| Jo-El Sonnier Les Flammes D'Enfer Cajun Life Rounder 1975 Perhaps this guy was the first Cajun musician I ever heard.
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| 8:04 AM |
| Corey Ledet Zydeco M’ap marshé N Corey Ledet Zydeco Nouveau Electric Records 2021 Fats Domino's "I'm Walkin'" turned Zydeco.
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| 8:07 AM |
| Mac Wiseman How Many Biscuits Can You Eat The Best of Mac Wiseman - Essential Original Masters - 25 Classics Rhythm 2006 A song for breakfast.
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| 8:10 AM |
| Esther Phillips Wedding Boogie The Hits 1949 - 1951, Vol. 1 From the Valley 2020 I'm pretty sure that's Johnny Otis singing with her.
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| 8:13 AM |
| Wynonie Harris Come Back, Baby (11-30-46) Smooth Night Snrec 2020 One of the great jump blues shouters.
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| 8:15 AM |
| The "5" Royales Let Nothing Separate Me All Righty! (The Apollo Recordings 1951-1955) Westside 1999 They could do Gospel as well as they did their brilliant secular hits.
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| 8:20 AM |
| Carmen McRae The Sound of Silence (LP Version) The Sound of Silence Rhino Atlantic 2005 Great jazz singer meets great pop song.
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| 8:23 AM |
| Sam Fribush Spanish Joint Sam Fribush Organ Trio, Vol. I: Riverboat Flybird Music 2021 Fribush on organ, the great Charlie Hunter on guitar, and one Geoff Clapp on drums.
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| 8:29 AM |
| Datura4 Wolfman Woogie N West Coast Highway Cosmic Alive Naturalsound 2020 I've been watching Dark Shadows, so I'm sending this one out to wolfman Quentin Collins.
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| 8:36 AM |
| Selwyn Birchwood You Can't Steal My Shine N Living In a Burning House Alligator Records 2020 Positive attitude blues.
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| 8:42 AM |
| Chicago Wake Up Sunshine Chicago II Columbia 1970 So many great songs on those first few Chicago albums, and then one day, they woke up and decided to stop being good.
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| 8:44 AM |
| The Stills-Young Band Fontainebleau Long May You Run Reprise 1976 Somehow, I still haven't heard this whole record, despite loving the title track since I was 17. I just heard this fine Neil Young song the other day for the first time.
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| 8:48 AM |
| Brandy Clark The Past is the Past (feat. Lindsey Buckingham) Your Life is a Record (Deluxe Edition) Warner Records 2020 Bringing in Lindsey Buckingham makes this an even cooler song.
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| 8:53 AM |
| Johnny Cash Broken Freedom Song The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me Legacy Recordings 1974 Johnny let his then-19-year-old daughter sing this one.
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| 8:55 AM |
| Don Agee & the Digets My Car's (Faster Than Yours) Compacted Cats Vol. 1 Collector 1998 As obscure a rockabilly cut as they come.
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| 9:01 AM |
| John Prine Lake Marie Lost Dogs + Mixed Blessings Oh Boy Records 1995 He wrote a heck of a lot of brilliant songs. This is my very favorite.
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| 9:07 AM |
| Todd Snider Handsome John N First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder Aimless Records 2021 As perfect a tribute to John Prine as I've heard.
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| 9:12 AM |
| Carly Simon Do the Walls Come Down Coming Around Again Arista 1987 I really should have paid closer attention to Simon throughout her career - she kept on making good records.
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| 9:16 AM |
| The Moons Rear Window N Pocket Melodies Colorama 2020 You want classic 60s-influenced pop/rock songs filled with vibrant melodies and solid musicianship? Get this record.
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| 9:21 AM |
| Nick Waterhouse Medicine N Promenade Blue Innovative Leisure 2021 A firm commitment to making records the way they did it in the 60s - and he's got the songs to deserve it.
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| 9:24 AM |
| Thad Cockrell Swingin' (Single Version) Swingin' (Single Version) ATO 2021 Man, this song hits the spot.
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| 9:28 AM |
| St. Vincent The Melting Of The Sun N Daddy's Home Loma Vista Recordings 2021 So far she's only put out the two songs she did on Saturday Night Live last month. I like this one a lot.
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| 9:33 AM |
| Link Wray Ice People Link Wray Polydor 1971 Known primarily as a fiery guitarist, Wray also slowed down and sang songs like this one now and then.
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| 9:36 AM |
| Louisiana Red Bring Me Some Water Driftin' Earwig 1999 Simply a perfect acoustic blues performance.
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| 9:43 AM |
| Will Kimbrough Sittin' and Thinkin' Feel Like Going Home (The Songs of Charlie Rich) Memphis International Records 2016 Nice version from this Charlie Rich tribute.
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| 9:47 AM |
| Arthur Conley Wholesale Love Sweet Soul Music Atlantic 1967 It's always good to be reminded of how good Conley was when he wasn't just singing about other soul singers.
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| 9:49 AM |
| Joe Ely She Never Spoke Spanish to Me Live Shots Geffen* 1980 A brilliant Butch Hancock song.
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| 9:53 AM |
| X True Love, Pt. 3 Xtras - Single Fat Possum 2021 True love is still the devil's crowbar.
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