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Memphis to Manchester
Dec 12, 2019 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Music
With John Wendland
Join John Wendland for Memphis to Manchester, a fun-filled and action-packed three hours of soul, R&B, rock, pop, country and other great music.
7:00 AM |
| Booker T. And The MGs Winter Snow The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 Atlantic 1991 Music bed. Written by Isaac Hayes and recorded in 1967 for Stax. Also featuring Isaac Hayes on piano. An excellent vocal version was also recorded by Carla Thomas as a Stax single b-side. |
7:02 AM |
| The Sweet Inspirations Every Day Will Be Like a Holiday Sweets for My Sweet Atlantic 1969 Written by Booker T. Jones and William Bell and recorded at Muscle Shoals in 1969. |
7:04 AM |
| Southern Culture On the Skids Merry Christmas Baby Just Say Noel a Gift For You From Geffen Records Geffen 1994 Very cool version of the Christmas standard written by Lou Baxter and Johnny Moore. It's a long way off but Southern Culture On the Skids will be at Blueberry Hill in 2020 (May 22). |
7:07 AM |
| JD McPherson Socks Socks New West Records 2018 The man is clearly not enamored with receiving socks for Christmas. From his album of all originals which happened to be my favorite Christmas album of 2018. |
7:11 AM |
| Mike Jacoby Hangers (A Christmas Tale) N Long Beach Calling Mike Jacoby 2019 The guitarist and singer/songwriter out of Long Beach, CA is clearly not enamored with receiving plastic hangers for Christmas. |
7:14 AM |
| The BellRays Rocket Ship Santa A BellRays Christmas - EP Cheap Lullaby Records 2005 Five-song EP put out by the band out of Riverside, CA and featuring the powerhouse vocals of Lisa Kekaula. |
7:16 AM |
| The Avalanches Sleigh Ride Ski Surfin' Star Records 1963 Music bed. Ah, thrill to the slalom-paced instrumental stylings of the Avalanches. Penned by Leroy Anderson and Mitchell Parish. |
7:19 AM |
| The Bottlesnakes Candy Shoppe L N Candy Shoppe self 2019 Title track from this new album made up of mainly original instrumentals. The Bottlesnakes are made up of the formidable talents of Ethan Leinwand on piano and Nick Pence on resonator guitar. |
7:23 AM |
| Dr. John Mess Around Dr. John's Gumbo Atlantic 1972 Written by Ahmet Ertegun. Dr. John: " I would like to dedicate this record to Paul Gayten and Ray Charles. Paul, because I learned the 'Cow Cow Blues' off his record, and Ray for 'Mess Around' and a gang of other reasons. Like Ray was a great influence on New Orleans music; he really changed our charts around. Ray's 'What'd I Say' led to "Oooh Poo Pah Doo" for instance; he put a new kind of funk in what was a basic New Orleans shuffle." |
7:26 AM |
| Lou Rawls Roll 'Em Pete Black and Blue Capitol Records 1963 Lead-off track from his second album written by Pete Johnson and Big Joe Turner. Arranged and conducted by Onzy Matthews. |
7:28 AM |
| Brother Jack McDuff Get It Up Gin and Orange Cadet Records 1969 Music bed. Written by Richard Evans and arranged by Richard Evans and Jack McDuff. |
7:29 AM |
| Rotary Connection Christmas Love Peace Cadet Records 1968 The arrangements by Charles Stepney on this album are flat-out wonderful. And, of course, so are the vocals of Minnie Riperton. |
7:33 AM |
| The Flirtations Christmas Time Is Here Again Sounds Like the Flirtations RPM 2008 This reissue of their 1969 album includes some bonus tracks including this 1968 b-side which happens to be a Christmas music gem..
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7:36 AM |
| The Marquees Santa Done Got Hip Hipster's Holiday Rhino 1989 One of the best Christmas music compilations of all time. Recorded in 1959.
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7:38 AM |
| The Ronnie Kole Trio Winter Wonderland Merry Christmas, Baby Paula Records 2006 Music bed. 1968 instrumental single b-side. |
7:41 AM |
| Roland Johnson You're My Best Friend L N Set Your Mind Free Blue Lotus 2019 The Queen song gets a very cool soul treatment by Roland Johnson on this sophomore album by the 71-year old St. Louis soul singer. Composed by their bassist John Deacon who wrote the song for his wife. |
7:44 AM |
| Barbara Lynn He Ain't Gonna Do Right Sweet Inspiration: The Songs of Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham Ace 2011 Written by Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham and recorded for Atlantic in 1968. Produced by Spooner Oldham.
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7:47 AM |
| Garnet Mimms And The Enchanters Cry Baby The Best of Garnet Mimms - Cry Baby EMI 1993 1963 United Artists single written by Bert Berns and Jerry Ragovoy.
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7:51 AM |
| Ike & Tina Turner Going Home Ike & Tina Turner’s Kings of Rhythm Dance CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) 1961 Music bed. 1964 instrumental composition by Ike Turner.
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7:52 AM |
| Bob & Earl Harlem Shuffle Beg, Scream & Shout! Rhino 1997 Written by Bob Relf and Earl Nelson and recorded for the Marc label in 1963. Arranged by Gene Page.
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7:55 AM |
| Chris Clark From Head to Toe The Complete Motown Singles: Volume 7 - 1967 Hip-O Select / Motown 2007 Written by Smokey Robinson and recorded in 1965. Elvis Costello also released a single version of this song in 1982. |
7:58 AM |
| Patrice Holloway Those DJ Shows A Cellarful of Motown - Vol. 2 Universal 2005 Recorded in 1965 for Motown and written by Smokey Robinson.
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8:00 AM |
| Earl Van Dyke (aka The Funk Brothers) Gonna Give Her All the Love I've Got The Motown Sound: The Complete Albums and More Hip-O Select/Motown Records 2012 Music bed. 1969 instrumental version of a song written by Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield and also recorded by The Temptations and Jimmy Ruffin.
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8:03 AM |
| Los Straitjackets A Marshmallow World Complete Christmas Songbook Yep Roc Records 2018 Music bed. 1996 instrumental version of the Peter DeRose / Carl Sigman composition.
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8:04 AM |
| The School Shouldn't Be Alone For Christmas N Christmas EP Elefant Records 2019 New 3-song EP by the band out of Cardiff, Wales. Their sound is perfect for these kinds of songs. Written and sung by Liz Hunt.
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8:07 AM |
| Los Straitjackets God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Complete Christmas Songbook Yep Roc Records 2018 Instrumental mash-up of "Pipeline" by the Chantays with the traditional Christmas song. Originally released in 2002. |
8:09 AM |
| The Galaxies Christmas Eve Merry Christmas - The Sonics / The Wailers / The Galaxies Etiquette Records 1965 Beatlesque original from the Pacific Northwest band which also references a James Jamerson bass line. |
8:13 AM |
| Saturday's Children Deck Five Deck Five / Christmas Sounds Dunwich 1966 A very cool melding of "Deck The Halls" with Dave Brubeck's "Take Five." The flip side is pretty good, too. |
8:16 AM |
| Teenage Fanclub Jesus Christ Big Star Small World Koch Records 2006 From this tribute to Big Star by various artists including Wilco, The Posies, Kelly Willis, Matthew Sweet, and Juliana Hatfield among others. Written by Alex Chilton. |
8:19 AM |
| The Husky Team The Man With All The Toys Christmas in Memphis Confidential 2002 Music bed. Instrumental version of the Beach Boys song written by Brian Wilson.
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8:21 AM |
| Beth Bombara Good News L Evergreen Lemp Electric 2019 Written by Beth Bombara and Kit Hamon. Tonight (Thurs 12/12) Beth Bombara w/ Essential Knots – Off Broadway. Highly recommended. |
8:25 AM |
| Joe Henry Bloom N The Gospel According to Water earMUSIC 2019 "There's little we can leave behind that will truly mark this earth / But treachery and love are ours to keep for all their worth / The flower of our eyes it is a bloom blood-dark but clear / If you hold it in your open hand to carry on from here" |
8:28 AM |
| Kirsty MacColl The End of a Perfect Day Kite Edsel 1989 Co-written by Kirsty MacColl and Johnny Marr. Produced by Steve Lillywhite. |
8:32 AM |
| Mogwai Emergency Trap Mr. Beast [PIAS] Recordings Catalogue 2006 Music bed. Instrumental by the band based out of Glasgow.
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8:34 AM |
| Dave Drebes Trouble L N What You Meet Halfway self 2019 Written by Dave Drebes and featuring the vocals of Dave Drebes and Heather Lawyer. The album release party is at the Lucas School House on Friday 12/20. Doors 7pm Show 8pm. |
8:38 AM |
| Leonard Cohen Thanks for the Dance N Thanks for the Dance Columbia/Legacy 2019 Written by Leonard Cohen and Anjani Thomas. Backing tracks were added to some of Leonard Cohen's last vocal performances and this was overseen by his son Adam Cohen. Jennifer Warnes and Leslie Feist add backing vocals to this. |
8:42 AM |
| Bill Frisell The Shortest Day Guitar in the Space Age! Okeh Records 2014 Music bed. Instrumental composition by Bill Frisell.
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8:44 AM |
| Bob Dylan Tell Me That It Isn't True - Take 2 N Travelin' Thru, 1967 - 1969: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 15 Columbia/Legacy 2019 Different take recorded in 1969 during the "Nashville Skyline" sessions.
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8:46 AM |
| Tanya Tucker Bring My Flowers Now N While I'm Livin' Fantasy 2019 Beautiful closing track written by Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth, and Tanya Tucker. Produced by Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings. |
8:50 AM |
| Warren Zevon The French Inhaler Warren Zevon Rhino/Elektra 1976 "Where will you go with your scarves and your miracles / Who's gonna know who you are / Drugs and wine and flattering light / You must try it again till you get it right / Maybe you'll end up with someone different every night"
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8:54 AM |
| Courtney Marie Andrews Only In My Mind Honest Life Loose Music 2016 I don't know why she never performs this song in concert. It's really a great song. |
8:58 AM |
| Reggie Young Coming Home to Leipers Fork Forever Young Ace Records 2017 Music bed. After playing guitar on hundreds of soul, country, rock, and pop hits for sixty years, Reggie Young released his debut album in 2017 consisting of all original instrumental compositions. Long-time cohort David Hood plays bass.
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9:01 AM |
| The Ventures White Christmas The Ventures' Christmas Album Dolton Records 1965 Music bed, Reverb-drenched instrumental version of the Irving Berlin standard. |
9:03 AM |
| Los Lobos Christmas and You N Llegó Navidad Rhino 2019 Written by David Hidalgo and Louie Pérez and the only original written for this album. |
9:07 AM |
| Joel Paterson I'll Be Home For Christmas Hi-Fi Christmas Guitar Bloodshot Records 2017
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9:10 AM |
| Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters Pretty Paper Christmas on a Greyhound Bus - EP Crossroads Records 2019 Written by Willie Nelson.and sung by Amanda Anne Platt.
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9:12 AM |
| The Band Christmas Must Be Tonight To Kingdom Come (The Definitive Collection) Capitol Records 2006 Written by Robbie Robertson and featuring Rick Danko on lead vocals. |
9:16 AM |
| Tracey Thorn Tinsel and Lights Tinsel and Lights Strange Feeling Records 2012 Written and sung by Tracey Thorn and featuring Ben Watt (also of Everything but the Girl) on guitars.
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9:19 AM |
| Chet Atkins Jolly Old St. Nicholas Christmas With Chet Atkins RCA 1961 Music bed. Instrumental from his first full-length Christmas album. |
9:21 AM |
| Aimee Mann Save Me Bachelor No. 2 (Or, the Last Remains of the Dodo) Super Ego Records 2000 Written by Aimee Man and one of my favorite albums of that decade. Magnolia, as well.
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9:25 AM |
| Joe Ongie My Sun N My Sun single Self-Released 2019 Joe Ongie is a singer-songwriter and painter who now resides in Sevilla, Spain. He writes with a sophisticated pop sensibility - think Aimee Mann, Crowded House, XTC. In fact, he played in Aimee Mann's band for a short stint in Los Angeles. This beautiful, reflective song is about his son Pascal. |
9:28 AM |
| Lisa Mychols Listen to the Bells Ring Lost Winter's Dream Rev-Ola 1990 I think this is one of the finest Christmas albums of the last thirty years and it has been completely overlooked. Produced and arranged by the Wondermints. As good as Christmas albums get. And this song should be a Christmas standard, dammit! |
9:33 AM |
| Steelism The Drawing Room The Drawing Room, Volume 1 - EP Intoxicating Sounds 2015 Music bed.
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9:34 AM |
| The Hazey Janes The Darkness Ends The Winter That Was Armellodie Records 2011 Sublime winter song by the band out of Dundee, Scotland.
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9:38 AM |
| Pretty Little Empire You Only Call Me When It's Christmas Time L KDHXmas 2011 KDHX 2011 Recorded live in the Magnolia Avenue Studios of KDHX in St. Louis. December 13, 2011. Audio by Dan Kinney. This song features the lead vocals of Justin Johnson.
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9:42 AM |
| John Fahey The First Noél The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album Takoma 1968 Music bed.
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9:44 AM |
| Josh Rouse Lights of Town N The Holiday Sounds of Josh Rouse Yep Roc Records 2019 From his new album made up of all holiday-themed originals.
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9:48 AM |
| Chris Stamey & The ModRec Orchestra Manhattan Melody (That's My New York) [feat. Django Haskins & Branford Marsalis] New Songs For the 20th Century Omnivore Recordings 2019 Chris Stamey put out what is essentially a jazz album made up of 26 songs and featuring a slew of different vocalists and instrumentalists. This one features the vocals of Django Haskins and the sax of Branford Marsalis. This one is Chris Stamey's love letter to New York. Ambitious, beautifully produced, and tuneful as can be. Highly recommended. |
9:52 AM |
| Burt Bacharach The Bell That Couldn't Jingle Snow - The Get Easy! Collection Universal GmbH 2002 1968 recording co-written, produced, and arranged by Burt Bacharach, |
9:54 AM |
| Valerie Masters Christmas Calling Joe Meek Presents - Let's Go! Joe Meek's Girls RPM Records 1996 Recorded in 1964 and produced by Joe Meeks. Ritchie Blackmore plays guitar on this track.
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9:57 AM |
| Zack Laurence Snowman's Land Saint Etienne Presents Songs For a London Winter Cherry Red Records 2014 Music bed.
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