[As you may or may not know, i live in Canada, and for some reason KSHE doesn't stream their audio to here; i have to connect via a VPN, to spoof an American address. Evidently at some point this week i got my kicks on Route 66 because last week i was in Chicago and this week, according to https://whatismyipaddress.com/ i was in L.A.]
Quotation Of The Week ~ Frank Zappa: The mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it isn't open.
To get the important stuff – the ads – out of the way first, i've mentioned before how strange it seems to me to hear hospitals advertising on the radio. We had none today but we did have dermatologists, which is almost as odd. Fortunately we also had Bart Inman. And nothing from insurance salesman Big Lou or used car dealer Pickle Man. Nice!
Michael Stanley was an artist who was extremely popular in St Louis and throughout The States, but i don't ever recall hearing his music, either solo or with his band, until i started listening to KSHE back when dinosaurs ruled the earth. I liked it, and although i never bought any of his albums, there was nothing wrong with it at all. (I looked for a best-of collection once but there doesn't seem to be one available.) Michael died of lung cancer last week at the age of 72, and as a tribute the first two songs this morning were his – and they were two of his best, and then there was a darned good selection from The Michael Stanley Band towards the end of the show. Uman's voice was definitely cracking when he announced it, R.I.P., Michael. (I know that i'm cynical about the record industry: i expect that, now that he's gone, we'll be inundated with re-issues, previously-unreleased radio broadcasts and compilations.)
Apart from the slight pall that lay over the program because of that news, it was an excellent one today, undeniably worthy of a grade of A. Okay, there was REO Speedwagon and their miserable and cringeworthy attempt at pop-rock balladry, but otherwise there wasn't a duff track anywhere. I even liked the Derek & The Dominos piece and, let's face it, their album was mostly a cocaine and drug-fuelled mess. But then there was some brilliant music, including the extraordinary Hocus Pocus by Focus, which was definitely the highlight of the morning for me, plus Cat Stevens, a Todd Rundgren twofer, and Paul McCartney's favourite song of all time, God Only Knows. (It must be nice to be so definite: i like the song but i couldn't choose one favourite song of all time – i'd have trouble choosing a top 500!)
Anyway, here's the playlist, and Michael Stanley.
Michael Stanley – Let's Get The Show On The Road
Michael Stanley – Rosewood Bitters
Justin Hayward – Forever Autumn
Pink Floyd – Free Four
Nick Lowe – Cruel To Be Kind
Cat Stevens – Father And Son
Todd Rundgren – Can We Still Be Friends
Robbin Thompson – Brite Eyes
Bruce Springsteen – Cadillac Ranch
John Mellencamp – Hot Night In A Cold Town
The Guess Who – Hand Me Down World
Jefferson Starship – Girl With The Hungry Eyes
Bad Company – Gone, Gone, Gone
Derek & The Dominos – Have You Ever Loved A Woman
Robert Palmer – Give Me An Inch Girl
Santana – Hold On
Gregg Allman – Come And Go Blues
Def Leppard – Hello America
Phil Collins – I Don't Care Anymore
Loverboy – Hot Girls In Love
Firefall – Goodbye, I Love You
Bruce Springsteen – I'm A Rocker
Asia – Here Comes That Feeling
The Little River Band – I'll Always Call Your Name
Kenny Loggins – Heart To Heart
Focus – Hocus Pocus
REO Speedwagon – I Need You Tonight
Crosby, Stills & Nash – Helplessly Hoping
Todd Rundgren – I Saw The Light
Prism – Hello
Eddie Money – Gimme Some Water
The Spencer Davis Group – I'm A Man
Kansas – Hold On
The Alan Parsons Project – I'd Rather Be A Man
The Beach Boys – God Only Knows
Rare Earth – I Just Want To Celebrate
Foreigner – Headknocker
U2 – I Will Follow
The Michael Stanley Band – Don't Stop The Music
Queen – I'm In Love With My Car
Bruce Cockburn – If I Had A Rocket Launcher
The Charlie Daniels Band – In America
My personal playlist for the week is a pretty hefty one – i had the week off and was able to listen to a lot of music i hadn't heard in a long time. It could have been even longer if not for all the running around i had to do....
The Albion Band -- Acousticity
Eagles -- Desperado
Blowzabella -- Vanilla
Marillion -- With Friends From The Orchestra
Alison Krauss & Union Station -- Paper Airplane
Marcia Ball -- Gatorhythms
Various Artists -- The British Invasion, Vol. 6
Zaz -- Sur La Route (DVD)
Talk Talk -- History Revisited: The Remixes
The Waterboys -- Room To Roam
June Tabor -- A Quiet Eye
Imogen Heap -- I Megaphone
Dan Fogelberg -- The Innocent Age (2 CDs)
The Home Service -- A New Ground
Jane Siberry -- Bound By The Beauty
Various Artists -- Evangeline Made: A Tribute To Cajun Music
The John Kirkpatrick Band -- Force Of Habit
Rory Gallagher -- Check Shirt Wizard: Live in '77 (2 CDs)
The Kinks -- Schoolboys In Disgrace
Colin James -- Hearts On Fire
Phil Collins -- ... Hits
Rod Stewart -- Vagabond Heart
Art Garfunkel -- Simply The Best
James Taylor -- (Live) (2CDs)
Joan Osborne -- Pretty Little Stranger
George Harrison -- Brainwashed
Dead Can Dance -- Spleen And Ideal
Mike Oldfield -- Songs Of Distant Earth
Terje Rypdal -- Chaser
Tangerine Dream -- Phaedra
The Incredible String Band -- Wee Tam And The Big Huge (2 CDs)
Maddy Prior w. Hannah James & Giles Lewin -- Shortwinger
Mary Chapin Carpenter -- Time*Sex*Love*
Various Artists -- All Through The Year
The Sugarcubes -- Stick Around For Joy
Ten Years After -- Essential
Cornershop -- When I Was Born For The 7th Time
Dave Whetstone – The Resolution
Dave Swarbrick & Simon Nicol – Another Fine Mess: Live In New York '84
Rory Gallagher – Songs For Romy (a bootleg, ssh!)
The Beatles – Live At The Hollywood Bowl
Supergrass – In It For The Money
David Bowie – Hunky Dory
Talk Talk – The Colour Of Spring
City Boy -- Anthology
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