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Sound Salvation

Jan 14, 2022 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.

Sound Salvation
6:58 AM
Elvis Costello & The Imposters - Farewell, OK
Elvis Costello & The Imposters Farewell, OK N
The Boy Named If EMI 2022
Today's the day you can go out and buy this new album! The three advance singles are uniformly excellent!
7:01 AM
Jarvis Cocker - Les Gens Sont Fous, Les Temps Sont Flous
Jarvis Cocker Les Gens Sont Fous, Les Temps Sont Flous N
CHANSONS d’ENNUI TIP-TOP ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. 2021
I just love his version of the Duroc song - not that I've ever actually heard Duroc, but I remember hearing of him.
7:05 AM
The Jam - To Be Someone (Didn't We Have a Nice Time)
The Jam To Be Someone (Didn't We Have a Nice Time)
All Mod Cons (Remastered) Polydor Records 1978
Every time I hear the Jam I feel like I'm 21 years old again!
7:07 AM
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Side o' the Road
Creedence Clearwater Revival Side o' the Road
Willy and the Poor Boys Craft Recordings 2014
In just over two years they released 6 near-perfect albums. An amazing instrumental.
7:11 AM
Jimmy Liggins - I Ain't Drunk
Jimmy Liggins I Ain't Drunk
Top 30 Classics - The Very Best of Jimmy Liggins GRR Music 2021
I learned this song from Albert Collins in the 80s - but this version is awfully cool, too.
7:14 AM
Bobby McClure - I'm Not Ashamed
Bobby McClure I'm Not Ashamed
Chess Soul: A Decade of Chicago’s Finest Geffen 1997
A 1965 gem from a very underrated singer.
7:16 AM
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Truth (feat. Adia Victoria)
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit The Truth (feat. Adia Victoria)
Georgia Blue Southeastern Records 2021
I need to check out the Precious Bryant original - Robert Christgau was raving over it in his latest column. But Adia Victoria owns this new version, for sure.
7:21 AM
Billy Joe Shaver - When the Word Was Thunderbird
Billy Joe Shaver When the Word Was Thunderbird
I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal...But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday Legacy Recordings 1981
The word is always thunderbird, isn't it?
7:25 AM
Jon Dee Graham - The Restraining Order Song
Jon Dee Graham The Restraining Order Song
Hooray for the Moon New West Records 2002
This one-time True Believer has quite a few excellent songs in his repertoire.
7:29 AM
Taylor Swift - Begin Again (Taylor's Version)
Taylor Swift Begin Again (Taylor's Version) N
Red (Taylor's Version) Taylor Swift 2021
Swift has re-recorded all the songs from her original album ten years ago, and the results are great.
7:33 AM
Marcia Ball - Are We There Yet Momma
Marcia Ball Are We There Yet Momma
Mighty Fine: An Austin City Limits Tribute to Walter Hyatt Omnivore 2021
A song about leaving and starting over.
7:37 AM
St. Louis Jimmy - Hard Work Boogie (Hard Luck Boogie)
St. Louis Jimmy Hard Work Boogie (Hard Luck Boogie)
Goin' Down Slow P-VINE RECORDS 2002
Featuring Roosevelt Sykes on piano.
7:42 AM
David Olney - Lie to Me, Angel
David Olney Lie to Me, Angel
Whispers and Sighs Schoolkids Records 2021
This posthumous release in partnership with Anana Kaye is possibly Olney's finest album.
7:46 AM
Brandy Clark - Take a Little Pill
Brandy Clark Take a Little Pill
12 Stories Warner Records 2014
I hadn't pulled this one out in a long time - history just keeps getting longer and longer the older I get.
7:50 AM
Quivers - Videostores
Quivers Videostores
Golden Doubt Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. 2021
The endorsement of John Wendland led me to this fine Australian pop/rock band.
7:55 AM
Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta - Argentina (Live)
Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta Argentina (Live)
Rufus Wainwright and Amsterdam Sinfonietta (Live) Modern Recordings 2021
I love this whole song, especially the verse where he admits he lied.
8:01 AM
The Ronettes - Baby, I Love You
The Ronettes Baby, I Love You
Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica Legacy Recordings 2011
It was a shock to hear of Ronnie Spector's passing the other day - she was central to some of the greatest records ever made, a fantastic singer.
8:04 AM
Ronnie Spector - Don't Worry Baby
Ronnie Spector Don't Worry Baby
She Talks to Rainbows - EP Greenspec Properties, LLC 2004
Brian Wilson originally wrote this song for her to sing and she finally got around to it something like 40 years later.
8:07 AM
The Ronettes - I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine
The Ronettes I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine
Be My Baby: The Very Best of the Ronettes Legacy Recordings 2011
As perfect a record as anybody ever made.
8:12 AM
Richard Thompson - Dry My Tears and Move On
Richard Thompson Dry My Tears and Move On
Mock Tudor Capitol Records 1999
One of my fave RT songs from the last 25 years.
8:16 AM
Allison Moorer - Pardon Me
Allison Moorer Pardon Me
Alabama Song MCA Nashville 1998
I keep finding really cool cuts from her days trying to make the mainstream country charts.
8:21 AM
Dylan LeBlanc - Expecting to Fly
Dylan LeBlanc Expecting to Fly N
Pastimes - EP ATO Records / Fontana North 2021
Very nice take on the Buffalo Springfield classic.
8:24 AM
David Wax Museum - Love Light
David Wax Museum Love Light N
Remember My Future Mark of the Leopard 2021
There is a delicacy, a dancing on the edge, that makes this song so exquisite.
8:26 AM
Carlinhos Brown - Já Sei Namorar
Carlinhos Brown Já Sei Namorar
Umbalista Candyall Music 2020
This was the record that reminded me how great this guy from the Bahia section of Brazil could be.
8:30 AM
Les Filles de Illighadad - Eghass Malan
Les Filles de Illighadad Eghass Malan N
At Pioneer Works Sahel Sounds 2021
These women from Niger do the Tuareg style in a more traditional vein, and this has been my go-to album the last couple weeks.
8:36 AM
The Darkness - Nobody Can See Me Cry
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Motorheart Cooking Vinyl UK 2021
If you want good solid contemporary rock music, you could do far worse than to pick up this record.
8:41 AM
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Last Kind Words Blues
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Last Kind Words Blues N
Raise The Roof (Deluxe Edition) Rounder 2021
I believe the original of this song was by one Geeshie Wiley.
8:45 AM
John Renbourn & Stefan Grossman - Keeper of the Vine
John Renbourn & Stefan Grossman Keeper of the Vine
The Three Kingdoms Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop 2012
I remember getting to see these two spectacular guitar players in 1986 right around the time this album came out.
8:49 AM
Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat (Live Nov 13, 2008; O2 Arena, London, England)
Leonard Cohen Famous Blue Raincoat (Live Nov 13, 2008; O2 Arena, London, England)
Songs from the Road (Live) Columbia/Legacy 2010
He delivered one of the greatest live shows I ever saw.
8:54 AM
Marianne Faithfull - Summer Nights
Marianne Faithfull Summer Nights
Marianne Faithfull: Greatest Hits ABKCO Music and Records, Inc. 1987
An odd minor hit from 1965.
8:57 AM
The Dixie Cups - Iko Iko
The Dixie Cups Iko Iko
The Complete Red Bird Recordings Varese Sarabande 2002
How to turn a childhood chant into a New Orleans classic.
9:02 AM
The Cinderellas - Please Don't Wake Me (Single Version)
The Cinderellas Please Don't Wake Me (Single Version)
One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds, Lost & Found (Remastered) Rhino 2005
A 1964 girl group delight.
9:05 AM
Richard Barone - 1-2-3. . . Infinity
Richard Barone 1-2-3. . . Infinity
Glow Bar None Records 2010
One of the strongest pop songwriters of the last 40 years.
9:10 AM
Matthew E. White - Judy
Matthew E. White Judy N
K Bay Domino Recording Co 2021
A very fine songwriter and record maker out of Richmond, VA.
9:14 AM
Syl Johnson - We Did It
Syl Johnson We Did It
Back for a Taste of Your Love Fat Possum 2014
Great soul singer who should have been a lot more famous.
9:16 AM
John Holt - Sometimes
John Holt Sometimes
Memories By the Score, Vol. 1 VP Records 2015
A 1970 reggae gem.
9:21 AM
Johnny Osbourne - Fally Ranking
Johnny Osbourne Fally Ranking
Folly Ranking VP Records 2013
And another reggae number, from 1980.
9:25 AM
Eddie Holland - Candy To Me
Eddie Holland Candy To Me
The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 4: 1964 UNI/MOTOWN 2006
He sounded a bit like Smokey Robinson, so that's probably what kept him from success as a singer, but he wound up doing all right writing songs.
9:27 AM
Lee Moses - Bad Girl (Pt. 2)
Lee Moses Bad Girl (Pt. 2)
Bad Girl Musicor/Dynamo Records 1984
Pretty frenetic soul cut for 1984.
9:31 AM
Santana - Song For Cindy
Santana Song For Cindy N
Blessings and Miracles BMG Rights Management (US) LLC 2021
I can't say this is a great Santana album, but there are some cuts that really draw me in, like this one.
9:34 AM
Jeff Parker - La Jetée
Jeff Parker La Jetée N
Forfolks International Anthem 2021
Parker hunkered down and recorded some wonderful solo guitar pieces for this album.
9:40 AM
Julie Doiron - Ran
Julie Doiron Ran N
I Thought of You You've Changed Records 2021
She's been around for a while but this was the first album of hers I heard - nice stuff.
9:44 AM
Tracey Thorn - Come On Home to Me
Tracey Thorn Come On Home to Me
Love and Its Opposite Strange Feeling Records 2010
A consistently excellent singer for nearly 40 years now.
9:47 AM
Tanya Tucker - Just Another Love
Tanya Tucker Just Another Love
Tanya Tucker: Greatest Hits Capitol Nashville 1989
The single came out in 1986.
9:51 AM
Sue Foley - Long Distance Lover
Sue Foley Long Distance Lover
Walk in the Sun New West Records 2012
Very talented blues singer/songwriter/guitarist.