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Options August 14, 2010: A Midsummer's Day Fill-in for Terre T!

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Artist Track Album Label Format Comments Year New Approx. start time
Raspberries  Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)   Options Live on Sunset Strip  Ryko  2 CD  Live at the House of Blues in Los Angeles, 10/21/05!  2007    0:00:00 ()
Soft Boys  (I Want To Be an) Anglepoise Lamp   Options VA - D.I.Y. The Modern World: UK Punk II (1977-78)  Rhino  CD  orig. 1978  1993    0:05:23 ()
Distractions  It Doesn't Bother Me   Options VA: Shake Some Action, Vol.1 UK  Shake Some Action  CD  orig. 1978  2002    0:08:22 ()
TV Neats  Who's Courting Who   Options VA: Power for Passion - File Under: Power Pop 1978-85  Bacchus Archives  CD  from 1981. Unreleased at the time.  2004    0:11:02 ()
Stranglers  Straighten Out   Options   A&M  7"  from a four-song vinyl EP. Check out the original promo film HERE!  1977    0:13:23 ()
Salvation Army  Happen Happened   Options Befour Three O'Clock  Frontier  CD  first single from 1981 on D. Boon's "New Alliance" label. This band later became the Three O'Clock.  1992    0:16:01 ()
Demands  Girl Up On the High Wire   Options High Wire  Deep Eddy  CD    2009    0:19:02 ()
Jonny Chan & the New Dynasty 6  See My Way   Options I Hate You Baby!  Sound Camera  2 CD  Recorded in 2000 for the band's second album, which was not released at the time.  2009    0:21:17 ()
Hi-Fives  Now I Know   Options VA - Flaming Burnout!: Estrus Benefit Compilation  Man's Ruin  CD  Billy Childish cover  1997    0:23:40 ()
Coloured Balls  Won't You Make Up Your Mind   Options Ball Power  Aztec  CD  orig. 1973. Australia!  2006    0:24:43 ()
Jim Jones Revue  Elemental   Options Here to Save Your Soul: Singles Volume One  Punk Rock Blues  CD  a single from 2008. Great video HERE!    *   0:26:15 ()
 
Stablisers  100 Year Old Riff   Options VA - Hipsters: A Collection of Contemporary Mod and Garage Bands  Acid Jazz  CD  features Alan Crockford, formerly of the Prisoners.  2006    0:37:54 ()
Improbables  Your 13th Lover   Options   Dirty Water  CD-R  upcoming "Single of the Week"    *   0:40:43 ()
Mondo Topless  Nothing Can Bring Me Down   Options Freaking Out  Get Hip  CD  cover of a 1968 track by the Twilighters.    *   0:43:34 ()
Long Ryders  Join My Gang   Options Anthology  Chronicles  2 CD  from 1983.  1998    0:45:42 ()
Anything People  She Moves Me   Options Anythology: The Anything People 2004-2010  self released  CD-R  myspace.com/nyctheanythingpeople    *   0:48:19 ()
Chesterfield Kings  You Can't Catch Me   Options Night of the Living Eyes 1979-1983  Mirror  CD  orig. '81  1989    0:50:59 ()
Belfast Gypsies  Gloria's Dream   Options VA - Impossible But True: The Kim Fowley Story  Ace  CD  orig. '66  2003    0:53:12 ()
Tell-Tale Hearts  It's Just a Matter of Time   Options The "Now" Sound of the Tell-Tale Hearts  Voxx  EP  12" vinyl EP  1985    0:55:15 ()
Paragons  Abba   Options VA - Teenage Shutdown: Nobody To Love  Teenage Shutdown  CD  orig. '67  1995    0:58:13 ()
 
Taxi Boys  Bad To Worse   Options Taxi Boys EP  Bomp!  12"  From a six-song 12" EP. This band rose from the ashes of the Real Kids.  1981    1:09:15 ()
Dolly Mixture  He's So Frisky   Options Everything and More  Dolly Mixture  3 CD  orig. '79 from the Demonstration Tapes album    *   1:11:18 ()
Small Faces  Wham Bam, Thank You Man   Options The Darlings of Wapping Wharf Launderette  Immediate  2 CD  orig. '69  1999    1:12:58 ()
Tony Jackson Group  Understanding   Options Just Like Me  Strange Things  CD  orig. '66  1991    1:16:15 ()
Neil Christian & the Crusaders  I Like It   Options VA - Real Life Permanent Dreams 1965-70  Castle Communications  4 CD  orig. '66  2007    1:19:15 ()
Sound Box  Warm Your Mind and Soul   Options VA - Nightmares From the Underworld: Canadian 60's Psychedelic/Punk  Sound Stories  2 CD  orig. '68  2000    1:21:26 ()
Powder  Turn Another Page   Options Biff! Bang! Powder  Distortions  CD  recordings from the late 60s  1996    1:23:49 ()
Master's Apprentices  War Or Hands Of Time   Options Complete Recordings 1965-1968  Ascension  CD  from 1966.  1998    1:26:46 ()
Caravelles  Lovin' Just My Style   Options VA - Pebbles Vol. 8  BFD  LP  from 1967.  1979    1:29:15 ()
Blue Aces  That's All Right   Options VA - Rare 60's Beat Treasures Volume 4  Gone Beat  CD  from 1966  1995    1:32:06 ()
De Maskers  Three's a Crowd   Options VA - Havoc From Holland: 15 Boss Beat Trax from the Sixties!!!  Cryptovison  LP  orig. '66  1989    1:34:57 ()
 
Cat Stevens  Come On and Dance   Options Matthew & Son  Decca  CD  orig. 1967. Check out the cool Cat groove HERE!  2003    1:46:36 ()
Brian Auger & the Trinity  Black Cat   Options Open  Atco  LP  Check this awesome, wild video HERE!  1968    1:48:35 ()
Albert Band  Ella Tiene el Cabello Rubio   Options VA - Absolute Belter  B-Music  CD  from 1970.    *   1:51:49 ()
Trubrot  Eg Veit ao pu Kemar   Options VA - Le Beat Bespoké 4  Circle  CD  from Iceland 1970    *   1:54:21 ()
Evergreen  Food for Soul   Options VA - Sugarlumps: A Psychedelic Selection of Groovy Movers and Sweet Freakbeat...  Hard Soul  CD  from 2005  2005    1:56:38 ()
 
Prisoners  Hurricane   Options Thewisermiserdemelza  Big Beat  LP    1983    2:05:03 ()
Confidentials  It's Summertime   Options VA - Teen Blast USA! Vol.1: 29 Garage Raves from '65-68!  Gyro Recording Inc.  CD  previously unissued 1967 acetate featuring Robert Gordon!  2003    2:07:29 ()
The Kool  Step Out of Your Mind   Options VA - Floor Filler Killers: New Directions Volume 3  Past & Present  CD  orig. '69  2005    2:09:59 ()
Mindbenders  The Morning After   Options The Mindbenders / With Woman In Mind  BGO  CD  orig. 1967 from the With Woman In Mind album  2002    2:12:18 ()
Kaleidoscope  A Dream for Julie   Options Dive Into Yesterday  Fontana  CD  orig. '68  1996    2:14:31 ()
Wild Cherries  Krome Plated Yabby   Options VA - Peculiar Hole In the Sky: Pop Psych from Down Under  Big Beat  CD  orig. '68  2002    2:17:14 ()
The Voids  I'm In a Fix   Options VA- Magic Spectacles  Hyacinth  CD  orig. '67  1999    2:20:03 ()
Easybeats  Not In Love With You   Options Volume 3  Albert  CD  orig. '66  2004    2:22:40 ()
Zakary Thaks  Bad Girl   Options Form the Habit  Beat Rocket  CD  orig. '66  2001    2:25:13 ()
 
Leaf Hound  Freelance Fiend   Options Growers of Mushroom  Repertoire  CD  orig. '71  2002    2:38:32 ()
Half-Life  Get Down   Options VA - A-Square (Of Course)  Big Beat  CD  from 1970  2008    2:41:40 ()
James Gang  Laguna Salada   Options Greatest Hits  MCA  CD  from the movie "Zachariah." Check out a clip from the movie HERE!  2000    2:44:12 ()
Galahad  Rocket Summer   Options VA - The Electric Asylum Volume 1: Rare British Acid Freakrock  Past & Present  CD  orig. '72 on Bell  2009    2:46:19 ()
Dovers  The Third Eye   Options VA - 30 Seconds Before the Calico Wall!  Arf! Arf!  CD  orig. '66  1995    2:49:25 ()
Fully Automatic Universe  Jury's Out   Options Off  self released  CD    2009    2:51:36 ()
Electric Mess  I Can't Go On Loving You   Options The Electric Mess  self released  CD  www.theelectricmess.com  2009    2:55:29 ()
 

Listener comments!

  Sat. 8/14/10 3:05pm dan dee:

More raspberries
  Sat. 8/14/10 3:23pm East Village Tiki Girl:

Listening to the show....
  Sat. 8/14/10 3:29pm Mark:

Honor Terre T by playin' some Dust!
  Sat. 8/14/10 3:48pm Listener Jumpy:

Glad to hear some Long Ryders.
  Sat. 8/14/10 4:12pm Rob W:

Chesterfield Kings! I think I saw them at the Pep too... I think... wasn't a guest of the band though!
  Sat. 8/14/10 4:16pm David Shortell:

So the Improbables moved from Atlantic City to Philly? I've wondered what became of them.
  Sat. 8/14/10 4:27pm Listener Jumpy:

I must have been at that gig, Michael.
  Sat. 8/14/10 4:41pm J5:

Wow, that De Maskers tune really reminds me of the early Dead stuff...
  Sat. 8/14/10 5:09pm DJ Terre T:

Fantastic show Mike! Thx 4 playing Coloured Balls, Soft Boys, Neil Christian, Dolly Mixture & CAT STEVENS?! Always a gr8 fillin! And Sue so psyched abt CLINIC next week live on my show! Maybe Mike can
play some( hint!
hint!!)
  Sat. 8/14/10 5:12pm Listener Jumpy:

Whose version of "Step Out of Your Mind" came first?
  Sat. 8/14/10 5:34pm Listener Jumpy:

I can't do that. I'm not at my computer now.
  Sat. 8/14/10 5:45pm SueP:

@Jumpy - The American Breed 7" featuring Step Out of Your Mind came out in '67. It preceded The Kool version.
  Sat. 8/14/10 5:45pm Caroline:

wow
  Sat. 8/14/10 5:46pm Listener Jumpy:

Thank, Sue!
  Sat. 8/14/10 5:49pm yayson:

you are killing it, sir! keep rippin it
  Sun. 8/15/10 11:57am RonnieB:

Another great one man! Love that Powder song
  Sun. 8/15/10 12:26pm Barbdoll:

The peppermint lounge, what memories! Kool show
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