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Sound Salvation

Aug 17, 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.
Sound Salvation
7:00 AM
Patti Smith Group - Pumping (My Heart)
Patti Smith Group Pumping (My Heart)
Radio Ethiopia Arista 1976
Ya know, I've never given this album the thorough listen it deserves.
7:04 AM
The Bangles - Through your Eyes
The Bangles Through your Eyes
Sweetheart of the Sun Model Music Group 2011
I wonder if they'll ever do yet another record - I'm ready and waiting.
7:08 AM
Robert Plant - Watching You
Robert Plant Watching You
Manic Nirvana Es Paranza 1990
Few artists have ever left an iconic band and made so much great music afterwards as Mr. Plant.
7:12 AM
Procol Harum - The Final Thrust
Procol Harum The Final Thrust
Procol's Ninth Chrysalis 1975
I'm rather fond of this later Procol album.
7:17 AM
Lothar & the Hand People - Nobody Knows
Lothar & the Hand People Nobody Knows
Presenting CAPITOL 1968
Lothar was a theremin - the Hand People were the ones who played it.
7:20 AM
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Safe As Milk
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band Safe As Milk
Safe As Milk Buddah 1967
Ah, the wonderful Captain. This is an alternate version of the song from a CD reissue.
7:25 AM
Earth, Wind & Fire - Getaway
Earth, Wind & Fire Getaway
Spirit Columbia 1976
EWF were unstoppable back in those days.
7:29 AM
The Meters - This Is My Last Affair
The Meters This Is My Last Affair
Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology Rhino 1995
Consider your life funkified.
7:32 AM
Jeremiah Johnson - Straitjacket
Jeremiah Johnson Straitjacket L N
Straitjacket Ruf Records GmbH 2018
Solid blues-rock hybrid from right here in town.
7:37 AM
Willie Nile - Rock 'N' Roll Sister
Willie Nile Rock 'N' Roll Sister N
Children of Paradise River House 2018
Willie keeps churning out terrific records. This is his 13th since 1980, his 9th in the last 12 years.
7:40 AM
Toshi Reagon - For You
Toshi Reagon For You
The Righteous Ones Razor & Tie 1999
The daughter of Bernice Johnson Reagon is a major talent who either doesn't record enough or doesn't get enough distribution.
7:45 AM
Joan Armatrading - I Like It When We're Together
Joan Armatrading I Like It When We're Together
Not Too Far Away BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited 2018
I'm so glad she still makes records this good 40 years into her career.
7:49 AM
Neil Finn & Paul Kelly - Only Talking Sense
Neil Finn & Paul Kelly Only Talking Sense
Goin' Your Way EMI 2013
That time when two of Australia's biggest stars teamed up to play their fave songs together.
7:52 AM
Justin Townes Earle - Wanderin'
Justin Townes Earle Wanderin'
Harlem River Blues Bloodshot 2010
Justin's records are never flashy, but always enticing.
7:55 AM
Rod Stewart - Crying Laughing Loving Lying
Rod Stewart Crying Laughing Loving Lying
Reason to Believe: The Complete Mercury Recordings Mercury 2002
A really nice song Rod recorded in 1974 but which wasn't released at the time.
8:01 AM
Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem
Aretha Franklin Spanish Harlem
Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings Rhino 1992
This was the record that was my first exposure, at the age of 12, to this brilliant singer.
8:04 AM
Aretha Franklin - Honest I Do
Aretha Franklin Honest I Do
Spirit in the Dark Atlantic 1970
Not one of her hits, but a classic nonetheless.
8:08 AM
Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
Aretha Franklin Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
Let Me In Your Life Atlantic 1974
Everyone knows Aretha took Otis Redding's "Respect." Fewer remember she also claimed this gem from Stevie Wonder.
8:11 AM
Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)
Aretha Franklin I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Atlantic 1967
Title track to her first perfect album. Aretha gave us so much brilliant music.
8:15 AM
Boz Scaggs - Rock and Stick
Boz Scaggs Rock and Stick
Out Of The Blues Concord Records 2018
Oh, I'm digging this new Boz Scaggs record.
8:20 AM
Bill Withers - The Same Love That Made Me Laugh
Bill Withers The Same Love That Made Me Laugh
+Justments Sussex 1974
He was on such a roll back in the first part of the 70s.
8:24 AM
Charles Lloyd & The Marvels + Lucinda Williams - Ballad of the Sad Young Men
Charles Lloyd & The Marvels + Lucinda Williams Ballad of the Sad Young Men
Vanished Gardens Blue Note 2018
Lucinda isn't on this cut - Bill Frisell and Greg Leisz are particularly great here, as, of course, is Lloyd.
8:30 AM
The Dionne Farris Charlie Hunter Duo - Always Something There to Remind Me
The Dionne Farris Charlie Hunter Duo Always Something There to Remind Me N
Dionne Dionne Free & Clear 2018
This album of Dionne Warwick covers deserves much more attention - fascinating arrangements, and great performances.
8:34 AM
Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Travellin' On for Jesus
Kate & Anna McGarrigle Travellin' On for Jesus
Kate & Anna McGarrigle Hannibal 1975
I drove all the way to Newport, Rhode Island for my one and only chance to see these amazing women live.
8:37 AM
Buffalo Springfield - Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing
Buffalo Springfield Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing
Buffalo Springfield ATCO 1966
When they wouldn't let Neil Young sing his own songs. But still a classic record.
8:42 AM
The Move - No Time (Remastered)
The Move No Time (Remastered)
Message from the Country Harvest 2006
A terrific Jeff Lynne song from right before the Electric Light Orchestra started up.
8:46 AM
Super Doppler - I Can Breathe
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I Can Breathe - Single Sweet Brother 2018
As we anxiously await another album from these guys, they snuck this single out a few months ago to keep us interested.
8:50 AM
Ruen Brothers - An Evening Dreaming
Ruen Brothers An Evening Dreaming N
All My Shades of Blue Ramseur Records 2018
These guys have some good songs, even if they go all the way to 11 a little too often for their roots rock style.
8:53 AM
Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis - It Came from the South
Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis It Came from the South N
Wild! Wild! Wild! Bloodshot Records 2018
A song written by Al Anderson and Bill Lloyd, and with a band that includes the instrumentalists of the Flat Five!
9:00 AM
Jennifer Warnes - Back Where I Started
Jennifer Warnes Back Where I Started N
Another Time, Another Place Porch Light 2018
Wonderful new song from this brilliant singer.
9:05 AM
Warren Zevon - You're a Whole Different Person When You're Scared
Warren Zevon You're a Whole Different Person When You're Scared
My Ride's Here Artemis 2002
One of the greatest songwriters, who passed away too soon.
9:11 AM
The Travelin' McCourys - Freedom Blues
The Travelin' McCourys Freedom Blues N
The Travelin' McCourys MCCOURY Music 2018
I gotta sneak in some bluegrass here and there - some people think the station has a minimum banjo requirement.
9:15 AM
The Sleepy Rubies - South Side Girl
The Sleepy Rubies South Side Girl L N
Big Mountain - EP self-released 2018
Nice song from this St. Louis group.
9:20 AM
Marie/Lepanto - The Rail
Marie/Lepanto The Rail N
Tenkiller Big Legal Mess 2018
It only takes two people to make music this powerful.
9:27 AM
Jimmy LaFave - I Maybe Used (But I Ain't Used Up)
Jimmy LaFave I Maybe Used (But I Ain't Used Up) N
Peace Town Music Road 2018
He's one talented man I didn't really hear until after he passed away last year.
9:32 AM
Johnny Irion - Cabin Fever
Johnny Irion Cabin Fever
Driving Friend RTE 8 2018
I forget how he's related to John Steinbeck, but he is.
9:36 AM
Big Star - Daisy Glaze
Big Star Daisy Glaze
Radio City Ardent 1974
There are absolutely no wrong moves on this perfect album.
9:41 AM
Orange Juice - Salmon Fishing in New York
Orange Juice Salmon Fishing in New York
The Orange Juice Domino Recording Co
A little ditty from their third album. Very underrated band.
9:44 AM
The Electric Prunes - Are You Lovin' Me More (But Enjoying It Less)
The Electric Prunes Are You Lovin' Me More (But Enjoying It Less)
I Had Too Much to Dream Rhino/Warner Bros. 1967
One of the finest garage psychedelic bands of their time.
9:46 AM
Wire - Champs
Wire Champs
Pink Flag EMI 1977
Some bands could do a whole lot in under two minutes. Especially in 1977.
9:49 AM
Billy Ward & His Dominoes - Jennie Lee
Billy Ward & His Dominoes Jennie Lee
Star Dust - The Ultimate Collection AP Digital
Ultra-obscure cut that really rocks!
9:51 AM
Earl Hooker - Swear to Tell the truth
Earl Hooker Swear to Tell the truth
Blue Guitar Paula 2006
Hooker is the great guitarist; the singer is Harold Tidwell.
9:53 AM
Albert Ammons & His Rhythm Kings - Shufflin' the Boogie
Albert Ammons & His Rhythm Kings Shufflin' the Boogie
Blues, Boogie & Bop: The 1940's Mercury Sessions Polygram 1995
Ending up with a pre-rock'n'roll shuffle.