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Sound Salvation
Dec 7, 2018 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.
| 7:00 AM |
| Van Morrison Teardrops The Prophet Speaks Exile 2018 Van's 4th album in the last 15 months - this track might be the most powerful on any of them.
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| 7:06 AM |
| Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore The Gardens Downey to Lubbock Yep Roc 2018 A wonderful version of a Chris Gaffney song - sung by Dave Alvin without Jimmie.
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| 7:10 AM |
| Ray Charles Worried Life Blues Blues + Jazz Atlantic 1961 Just Ray's vocal and piano - stripped down and magnificent.
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| 7:13 AM |
| Elmore James I Believe The Complete Meteor Blues, R&B and Gospel Recordings Ace 2006 Elmore James was always believing he'd do something or other.
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| 7:17 AM |
| Fleetwood Mac Evenin' Boogie Mr. Wonderful Blue Horizon 1968 Jeremy Spencer was the Elmore James disciple in the original Mac line-up.
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| 7:20 AM |
| Bob Dylan and The Band Lay Lady Lay Before The Flood Columbia 1974 I pretty much love every version of this song, but this might be my fave.
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| 7:24 AM |
| Nick Lowe Zulu Kiss Nick The Knife Columbia 1982 I hadn't heard this album in ages. Still holds up.
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| 7:27 AM |
| JD McPherson All the Gifts I Need N Socks New West Records 2018 An essential holiday release that I think will be a perennial favorite for years to come.
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| 7:30 AM |
| Nicki Bluhm Things I've Done N To Rise You Gotta Fall Compass Records 2018 Talented singer on the cusp of rock and soul and country.
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| 7:34 AM |
| Donna The Buffalo Killing a Man N Dance In The Street Donna the Buffalo 2018 It makes me happy to know these guys are still out there in the world making great music.
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| 7:39 AM |
| Hot Chocolate Are You Getting Enough Happiness? Their Greatest Hits EMI 1993 Wonderful musical question.
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| 7:43 AM |
| Ann Peebles Lookin' For a Lovin' How Strong Is a Woman: The Story of Ann Peebles HI 1998 One of the St. Louis area's finest exports.
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| 7:46 AM |
| George McRae Love In Motion Diamond Touch BBR 1976 Oh, that TK Records sound!
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| 7:50 AM |
| Walter "Wolfman" Washington What a Diff'rence a Day Makes N My Future Is My Past Anti/Epitaph 2018 Such a magnificent version of this old Dinah Washington (no relation) hit.
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| 7:53 AM |
| Cassandra Wilson Wonders of Your Love Dance to the Drums Again DIW 1992 The last album before her big breakthrough to a larger audience.
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| 8:01 AM |
| Pete Shelley Qu'est-Ce Que C'est Que Ca Homosapien Arista 1981 When one of your musical heroes dies suddenly and without warning, and he's only 3 years older than you are, and he played a major part in your younger days - damn! This one hurts.
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| 8:05 AM |
| The Buzzcocks Everybody's Happy Nowadays Singles Going Steady IRS 1979 The Buzzcocks made some of the most perfect, most enduring singles of the punk era.
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| 8:08 AM |
| Pete Shelley Homosapien Homosapien Arista 1981 Pete Shelley made some of the earliest synth-pop, and he did it with guitars, and it could have been a fascinating blueprint for a sound that morphed into something else.
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| 8:13 AM |
| The Buzzcocks Ever Fallen In Love With Someone (You Shouldn't Have Fallen In Love With) Operator's Manual IRS 1991 And of course, Pete Shelley's greatest hit!
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| 8:16 AM |
| Alejandro Escovedo Wave A Man Under the Influence Bloodshot 2001 One of Alejandro's masterpieces.
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| 8:23 AM |
| Richard Thompson Shaking the Gates N 13 Rivers New West Records 2018 Giant continues to walk the earth.
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| 8:27 AM |
| Elvis Costello & the Imposters Don't Look Now N Look Now Concord 2018 Costello and Bacharach endure.
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| 8:30 AM |
| Villagers Ada The Art of Pretending To Swim Domino Recording Co 2018 Here's a record that deserves more attention than even I have given it so far.
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| 8:36 AM |
| Emmylou Harris No Regrets / Non je ne regrette rien Thank You Edith! (Tribute to Edith Piaf) Stick Music / Igwt 1999 From one great singer to another.
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| 8:40 AM |
| Steve Forbert The Music of the Night N The Magic Tree Blue Rose Music 2018 A song that could have come at any point in his long career - the man is that consistently good.
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| 8:43 AM |
| Jeff Tweedy Let's Go Rain Warm dBpm 2018 A genuine sing-along type song about how the world deserves to be destroyed again.
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| 8:46 AM |
| Rodney Crowell Christmas in New York N Christmas Everywhere New West 2018 There have been some fine holiday releases this year.
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| 8:51 AM |
| The Small Faces All or Nothing The Autumn Stone Immediate 1969 Gee, these guys made some monster records!
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| 8:54 AM |
| The 5 Royales Your Only Love The Complete Singles 1952-1962 Real Gone 2014 A 50s vocal group that was not simply doo wop or r&b or rock'n'roll, but all of that and more.
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| 9:00 AM |
| Frank Sinatra Lonely Town Where Are You CAPITOL 1957 The man could sing about absence! And that French horn breaks my heart every time.
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| 9:04 AM |
| Johnny Adams It Tears Me Up Man of My Word Rounder 1998 One of the finest singers ever.
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| 9:08 AM |
| Robert Knight Everlasting love Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues, 1945-1970 Country Music Foundation, Inc 2004 I didn't realize Carl Carlton was covering this when he had his hit in the 70s.
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| 9:11 AM |
| Bee Gees Nights on Broadway Main Course Polydor 1975 Absolutely enthralling masterpiece of a record.
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| 9:16 AM |
| The Lemon Twigs Small Victories N Go to School 4AD 2018 Another record from this year I haven't had a chance to really dig into yet.
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| 9:21 AM |
| John Galbraith Trio Lyin' All Night N Throw It Away John Galbraith Trio 2018 Terrific pop rock from Columbia, MO.
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| 9:25 AM |
| The Records Up All Night The Records Virgin 1980 These guys were so freakin' good, but they didn't last very long.
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| 9:30 AM |
| Punch Brothers Just Look at This Mess N All Ashore Nonesuch 2018 Definitely one of the year's best records.
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| 9:35 AM |
| Rayland Baxter 79 Shiny Revolvers N Wide Awake ATO 2018 Fascinating song.
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| 9:41 AM |
| Carl Perkins Blue Suede Shoes The Complete Sun Singles Sun Entertainment/Varese Sarabande 2000 Back in 1956, this song ruled! It still does.
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| 9:43 AM |
| Otis Redding Respect Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul Volt/Atco 1965 It's nice to hear the original now and again.
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| 9:45 AM |
| The Ikettes So Blue Over You The Ikettes Krypton 2004 Follow-up single to the Gong Gong Song is pretty cool itself.
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| 9:48 AM |
| Gerry & The Pacemakers You Can't Fool Me (Mono) How Do You Like It? (Mono & Stereo Versions) Parlophone UK 1963 Some of their songs hold up awfully well, even though I don't think of them very often.
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| 9:51 AM |
| Don Gibson Don't Tell Me Your Troubles A Legend in My Time Bear Family 1987 Country music from the first year of my lifetime. No, I didn't hear it then.
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| 9:53 AM |
| Freddie King Lonesome Whistle Blues Hide Away: The Best of Freddie King Rhino 1993 Great guitar, great vocals, great song.
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