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Sound Salvation

Sep 9, 2016 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
Earth Wind & Fire - Dirty
Earth Wind & Fire Dirty
The Promise Kalimba 2003
Not half bad of a song from a band well past its glory days - I was genuinely surprised at how good this cut is.
7:04 AM
Bombino - Tamiditine Tarhanam (My Love, I Tell You)
Bombino Tamiditine Tarhanam (My Love, I Tell You) N
Azel Partisan Records 2016
I hope you're all dancing early this morning.
7:08 AM
Michael Kiwanuka - Black Man in a White World
Michael Kiwanuka Black Man in a White World N
Love & Hate Interscope 2016
This song stopped me in my tracks the first time I heard it a few months back at the premier Listener's Cut event. It still mesmerizes every time I hear it.
7:13 AM
The O'Jays - Stairway to Heaven
The O'Jays Stairway to Heaven
FAMILY REUNION Philadelphia International 1975
My favorite song by this name.
7:20 AM
Jimmy Cliff - Hard Road to Travel
Jimmy Cliff Hard Road to Travel
Reggae Greats Mango 1984
Early cut from Mr. Cliff, more in the rock steady vein.
7:22 AM
The Heavy - Last Confession
The Heavy Last Confession N
Hurt & the Merciless Bad Son Recording Company 2016
My gosh, this cut explodes!
7:28 AM
The Coral - Miss Fortune
The Coral Miss Fortune N
Distance Inbetween Ignition Records 2016
Just one of the best bands in the world right now.
7:32 AM
Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men
Status Quo Pictures Of Matchstick Men
Messages From The Status Quo Cadet Concept Records 1968
I wish I could teleport Status Quo from 1968 to now for a tour with the Coral.
7:35 AM
Richard & Linda Thompson - Did She Jump or Was She Pushed?
Richard & Linda Thompson Did She Jump or Was She Pushed?
Shoot Out the Lights Hannibal 1982
On the short list of greatest records of all time.
7:40 AM
Marianne Faithfull - Back in Baby's Arms
Marianne Faithfull Back in Baby's Arms
Horses And High Heels Naive 2011
Taking an Allen Toussaint song way out of New Orleans.
7:46 AM
Bob Dylan - Changing of the Guards
Bob Dylan Changing of the Guards
Street Legal Columbia 1978
Street Legal continues to reveal new delights every time I hear it.
7:53 AM
Klaus Johann Grobe - Ein Guter Tag
Klaus Johann Grobe Ein Guter Tag N
Spagat der Liebe Trouble In Mind 2016
Nick Aquisto hepped me to these guys - Swiss Germans influenced by the likes of Can, but sounding distinctly modern and catchy as anything.
8:01 AM
Dave Holland Octet - Wind Dance
Dave Holland Octet Wind Dance
Pathways Dare2 Records 2010
This band cooks on all cylinders - magnificent modern jazz.
8:10 AM
Allen Toussaint - Delores' Boyfriend
Allen Toussaint Delores' Boyfriend N
American Tunes Nonesuch 2016
The only Toussaint composition on this wonderful posthumous release.
8:15 AM
Lacy Gibson - Drown In My Own Tears
Lacy Gibson Drown In My Own Tears
Living Chicago Blues Vol 3 Alligator 1980
How many versions of this masterpiece exist? This one is distinctive and not known well enough.
8:19 AM
Aretha Franklin - Baby i love you
Aretha Franklin Baby i love you
Aretha Arrives Atlantic 1967
Masterpiece!
8:22 AM
Jerry Butler - Just For You
Jerry Butler Just For You
The Singles Charly 2013
The Ice Man stays cool inside a hot groove.
8:25 AM
Eli "Paperboy" Reed - The Strangest Thing
Eli "Paperboy" Reed The Strangest Thing N
My Way Home Yep Roc Records 2016
Reed's new record sizzles and burns!
8:29 AM
Alejandro Escovedo - Tired Skin
Alejandro Escovedo Tired Skin
With These Hands Rykodisc 1996
Beautiful song, beautiful version.
8:33 AM
Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Kitty Come Home
Kate & Anna McGarrigle Kitty Come Home
Tell My Sister (Remastered) Nonesuch 2011
Originally on the Dancer With Bruised Knees album, one of several perfect records these sisters gave us.
8:38 AM
Marti Jones - Is This the Game? (Live)
Marti Jones Is This the Game? (Live)
Live at Spirit Square SUGAR HILL 1996
This sounds like a Don Dixon song to me, but I can't remember if he wrote it.
8:41 AM
Lindsey Buckingham - Shadow of the West
Lindsey Buckingham Shadow of the West
Law and Order Asylum 1981
The first solo album by Lindsey Buckingham, fresh off Fleetwood Mac's Tusk.
8:45 AM
Mott the Hoople - Drivin' Sister
Mott the Hoople Drivin' Sister
Mott Columbia 1973
Just a great place to live, inside this band's sound.
8:49 AM
Cheap Trick - Cry, Cry
Cheap Trick Cry, Cry
Cheap Trick Epic 1977
A guy just called and told me to play some rock'n'roll. Okay.
8:54 AM
The Move - Wave The Flag And Stop The Train
The Move Wave The Flag And Stop The Train
Omnibus - 60s Singles A's & B's Edsel 1999
Not one of their best known songs, but I love it!
9:02 AM
The Vondrukes - Like Oxygen
The Vondrukes Like Oxygen L N
On This Ride Together Single Street Records 2016
One of my fave bands in our fair town. The new album is terrific.
9:06 AM
The Raybeats - Tight Turn
The Raybeats Tight Turn
Guitar Beat Orange Mountain Music 1981
I remember seeing this great instrumental band back in the early 80s.
9:10 AM
Pete Townshend - Rough Boys
Pete Townshend Rough Boys
Empty Glass Atco Records 1980
Pete Townshend investigated punk rockers and brought back this song.
9:16 AM
The Dave Clark Five - Reelin' and Rockin'
The Dave Clark Five Reelin' and Rockin'
The History of the Dave Clark Five, Pt. 1 Dave Clark Productions 1993
I always dug this version of the Chuck Berry song.
9:18 AM
The Easybeats - Made My Bed (Gonna Lie in It)
The Easybeats Made My Bed (Gonna Lie in It)
Friday On My Mind United Artists 1967
They had so many great songs.
9:21 AM
The Troggs - Hip Hip Hooray
The Troggs Hip Hip Hooray
Archeology Fontana 1992
Simple but irresistible.
9:23 AM
The Steve Miller Band - Going to the Country
The Steve Miller Band Going to the Country
Number 5 CAPITOL 1970
These guys could be so good, especially in the early years.
9:26 AM
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - God Is A Working Man
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit God Is A Working Man N
Southern Family Elektra / Low Country Sound 2016
Great new song from Isbell on this compilation of various country artists.
9:31 AM
Bonnie Bishop - Not Cause I Wanted To
Bonnie Bishop Not Cause I Wanted To N
Ain't Who I Was Thirty Tigers/Plan BB 2016
She'll be one of the highlights of Loufest, I think.
9:35 AM
Peter Wolf - It Was Always so Easy (To Find an Unhappy Woman)
Peter Wolf It Was Always so Easy (To Find an Unhappy Woman) N
A Cure for Loneliness Concord Records 2016
This sounds like a classic country song - don't remember if it's an oldie or a new one.
9:38 AM
Corinne Bailey Rae - Walk On
Corinne Bailey Rae Walk On N
The Heart Speaks In Whispers Virgin 2016
Rae gets under my skin slowly but surely every time I hear this record.
9:43 AM
Ana Moura & Omara Portuondo - Eu Entrego
Ana Moura & Omara Portuondo Eu Entrego N
Moura Universal Music Portugal SA 2016
Great duet between Portuegese and Cape Verdean singers.
9:46 AM
Cissy Houston - This Empty Place
Cissy Houston This Empty Place
Let The Music Play: Black America Sings Bacharach & David Ace Records 2014
Powerful!
9:48 AM
Booker T & the MG's - Lady Madonna
Booker T & the MG's Lady Madonna
McLemore Avenue stax 1970
I love this album of soulful Beatles instrumentals.
9:52 AM
Bert & Ray - Night Life
Bert & Ray Night Life
Slinky! The Epic Sessions 1958-1960 Sundazed 2002
Link Wray by any other name!
9:54 AM
Buddy Guy - I Hope You Come Back Home
Buddy Guy I Hope You Come Back Home
Southern Blues 1957 - 63 Paula Records 2010
This 1957 demo is credited to Buddy Guy, but I don't think that's him. Hmmm.