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Legendary New York DJ Paul Cavalconte brings you the only radio show all about records, celebrating the Vinyl LP resurgence and the unique culture of analog recording.
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Friday Jun 09, 2017
Friday Jun 09, 2017
VE 333 6 9 17 Judy Collins: Both Sides Now (LP and single versions) Joshua Rifkin: Maple Leaf Rag Baroque Beatles Book:You've Got To Hide Your Love Away/Ticket To Ride Beatles: She's Leaving Home Aretha Franklin: Respect Rascals: Groovin' Jefferson Airplane: Somebody To Love Association: Windy Fifth Dimension: Up Up And Away Frankie Valli: Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell: Ain't No Mountain High Enough Janis Ian: Society's Child Stevie Wonder: I Was Made To Love Her Petula Clarke: Don't Sleep In The Subway Johnny Rivers: Summer Rain
Friday Jun 02, 2017
Friday Jun 02, 2017
VE 332 6 2 17 For Gregg Allman Allman Brothers Band: Trouble No More Muddy Waters: Trouble No More Allman Brothers Band: Ain't Wastin' Time No More Blind Willie McTell: Statesboro Blues Sonny Boy Williamson with Buddy Guy: One Way Out Willie Cobbs: You Don't Love Me Hour Glass: Been Gone Too Long John Pizzarelli Trio: In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed Billy Eckstine with The Count Basie Orchestra: Stormy Monday Blues T Bone Walker: Stormy Monday Blues Allman & Woman (Gregg Allman and Cher) Move Me, You Really Got A Hold On Me Allman Brothers Band: Midnight Rider Allman Brothers Band: Dreams (I'll Never See) Duane Allman: Little Martha
Friday May 26, 2017
Friday May 26, 2017
VE 125 Pepper Day 6/1
Jimi Hendrix: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
George Burns: With A Little Help From My Friends
Elton John: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Status Quo/Kaiser Chiefs: Getting Better
Hue & Cry: Fixing A Hole
Bryan Ferry: She's Leaving Home
Frank Sidebottom/Eddie Izzard/Burnkit2600: Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite
Sonic Youth: Within You Without You
Keith Moon: When I'm 64
Michelle Shocked: Lovely Rita
The Triffids: Good Morning, Good Morning
Wes Montgomery: A Day In The Life
The Beatles: Sgt Pepper Reprise/A Day In the Life
Today on the VE
A birthday party for a record album! You could forget your mom's birthday, or even your spouse....but I'll
bet you remember what record was born on June 1, 1967.
I'm PC and this is the VE
Jimi Hendrix: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
June 4, 1967. The Saville Theater, London. The Jimi Hendrix Experience played before the rock royaly of
the day, and only 3 days after it's release, Jimi wowed Paul McCartney and George Harrison with
his rendition of rthe just-released "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." On the original album, the song
segues right into the next number, "Witih A Little Help Froom My Friends." Joe Cocker's slow and soulful
version redefined the song, which was conceived as a lightweight vehicle for Ringo. But what worked well
for Ringo, worked wonders for George Burns!
George Burns: With A Little Help From My Friends
Elton John: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
The VE celebrating Sgt Pepper's birthday. The watershed album was released int ihe UK by Parlophone
Records on June 1, 1967, and on June 2 by Capitol in the USA. The only time that a Beatle participarted in
a cover version of a Beatles song was in 1974 when John Lennon helped Elton John remake "Lucy In The
Sky With Diamonds." They would perfrom it together at Madison Square Garden later that year, in what
would be Lennon's last concert appearance.
Celebrating Pepper's birthday has become a bit of an event, and in 2007, the BBC did it right, gathering
contemporary groups at Abbey Road to re-create the album using the original 4 track equipment The
Beatles used--even the same microphones and analog tape machines. In performance, and sonics, the
Kaiser Chiefs got it right...
Status Quo/Kaiser Chiefs: Getting Better
"All This And WWII" was one of three films that featured Beatles songs as a soundtrack--the other two were
the ill-fated Bee Gees Peter Frampton Sgt. Pepper film in 1978, and Julie Taymor's Across The Universe in
2005. But All This...was the first...and Status Quo had their way with "Getting Better." Liscensing Beatles
songs is a pricey affair--Mad Men just paid a ransom for the use of "Tomorrow Never Knows," but when
Michael Jackson controlled The Beatles catalog, Gomez version of "Getting Better" popped up everywhere
as a Phillips TV commercial (CLIP)....
Eighties covers of Sgt Pepper tunes were collected for charity on the British compilation "Sgt Pepper Knew
My Father," and we'll source a few versions from that collection. I had the good fortune to nab a vinyl copy
at Rough Trade on Portobello Road in London. From it, Pepper's next selection, "Fixing A Hoile," re-
imagined by Hue & Cry...
Hue & Cry: Fixing A Hole
Bryan Ferry: She's Leaving Home
From All This and World War II, a natural for suave Bryan Ferry...'She's Leaving Home. The VE is throwing
a birthday party for Sgt Pepper's LHCB. Now, for the problematic "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite." It's a
novelty song to begin with, and the versions I've uncovered are unconventional to say the least. First, since
"All This" is still cued up, here's British comic Frank Sidebottom's take, followed by a bit of comic Eddie
Izzard's rendition from "Acoss The Universe."
Frank Sidebottom/Eddie Izzard: Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite
...But here's the version of "Mr. Kite that I think John Lenon would have loved best...taking it to an even
weirder place, here's Burnkit 2600
Burnkit2600: Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite
..And so ends side one of the original Sgt Pepper. Shal we flip over top Side 2?
Sonic Youth: Within You Without You
For my money, one of the great and organic Beatles remakes. Sonic Youth, "ithin You Without You." The
VE is throwing a birthday party for Sgt Pepper's LHCB, released June 1 1967. "When I'm 64" was actually
not a choice for George Burns when he waxed a couple of Beatles tunes in 1972--he was too old to sing it!
As a novelty, it works well for Keith Moon, who sadly would not even make it to 34....
Keith Moon: When I'm 64
Michelle Shocked: Lovely Rita
The Triffids: Good Morning, Good Morning
The VE ...it's the Sargent's birthday, and we've tracked through the album rundown with interpertations of
the timelesssongs, from Keith Moon's "When I'm 64", to Michel;le Shocked "Lovely Ritam" and just there,
The Triffids and "Good Morning , Good Morning." And that brings us to the album's momumental finale, "A
Day In The Life." Just as we began with Jimi Hendrix with the Sgt Pepper title song, let's wrap with another
guitar legend, but from the opposite end of the music spectrum. Jimi played the tune live the week it was
rleased, but Wes Montgomery was the first to record his own version, reacting almost instantly to a song
that would set a whole new standard--for standards. From June 1967, as the world was absorbing the
original, Wes found this groove...
Wes Montgomery: A Day In The Life
Wes Montgomery in June 1967, "A Day In The Life." One of the first recorded reactions to the album that
re-set the premise of pop music. But hold on. I goofed. I left one out. We skipped right from Good
Morning Good Morning , to A Day In the Life...but I totally blew past the Sgt Pepper Reprise. Let's fix that....
The Beatles: Sgt Pepper Reprise/A Day In the Life
And THAT's the VE. Keep those thumbs-ups coming at the VE page on FB check prn.fm's archives and
rtds.ca's on demand for past shows, and follow me on Twitter. I'm PC.
Friday May 19, 2017
Friday May 19, 2017
VE 331 5 19 17 For Chris Cornell Pearl Jam: Just Breathe Nirvana: Lake Of Fire Chris Cornell: Thank You Soundgarden: Black Hole Sun Alice In Chains: Heaven Beside You Soundgarden: Spoonman Jimi Hendrix: The Wind Cries Mary Soundgarden: Fell On Black Days The Doors: The Crystal Ship Soundgarden: Pretty Noose Janis Joplin: Piece Of My Heart Pearl Jam: Amongst The Waves Chris Cornell: Ave Maria
Friday May 12, 2017
Friday May 12, 2017
VE 330 5 13 17 Nick Drake: Pink Moon Pink Floyd: Embryo Tim Buckley: Pleasant Street Love: You Set The Scene Beatles: Baby You're A Rich Man Supremes: Reflections Turtles: Happy Together Grip Weeds: Speed Of Light Stars On: The Stars Will Never Stop
Friday May 05, 2017
Friday May 05, 2017
VE 329 5 5 17 The Beatles: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Take 9) The Beatles: With A Little Help From My Friends (Take 1 False Start and Take 2) The Beatles: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With A Little Help From My Friends (original mono LP and 2017 remix) Joe Cocker: With A Little Help From My Friends Jefferson Airplane: Mexico Rolling Stones: Dead Flowers Flying Burrito Brothers: Wild Horses Iggy Pop: The Horse Song America: Horse With No Name Jennifer Warnes/Rob Wasserman: The Ballad Of Teh Runaway Horse Echo & The Bunnymen: Bring On The Dancing Horses
Friday Apr 28, 2017
Friday Apr 28, 2017
VE 328 4 28 17 U2: Red Mining Hill Town (RSD '17) Smiths: Rubber Ring (RSD '17) Bastille: Comfort Of Strangers (RSD '17) Talking Heads: Once In A Lifetime The Kinks: Nothing In The World Can Stop Me Worrying "Bout That Girl Marshall Crenshaw: There She Goes Again Horace Silver: Song For My Father Steely Dan: Black Cow Black Keys: Turn Blue Blood Sweat & Tears: Smiling Phase Sting: Roxanne (Secert Policeman's Other Ball) Pink Floyd: Great Gig In The Sky Ella Fitzgerald: Bewitched
Friday Apr 21, 2017
Friday Apr 21, 2017
Todd Snider: Vinyl Records
Reunion: Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)
Richie Family: Best Disco In Town
Glen Miller Orchestra: Juke Box Saturday Night
Joan Jett: I Love Rock & Roll
Kinks: Jukebox Music
Corrine Bailey Rae: Put Your Records On
Aerosmith: Big Ten Inch
Chuck Berry: Roll Over Beethoven
Sam Cooke: Having A Party
Elvis Costello: 45
The Alarm: 45 RPM
Gaslight Anthem: 45
Pearl Jam: Spin The Black Circle
Dead or Alive: You Spin me Round Like A Record
Genesis: Another Record
Ian Hunter: Old Records Never Die
Friday Apr 14, 2017
Friday Apr 14, 2017
VE 213 (encore)
Allman Brothers Band: Revival
Van Morrison: Starting A New LIfe
Bob Dylan: New Morning
John Mayall: Brand New Start
Conway Twitty: Green Green Grass Of Home
Outlaws: Green Grass And High Tides Forever
Wilson Pickett: Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You
XTC: Grass
Tony Burello: The Sound Of Worms
Simon & Garfunkel: At The Zoo
Modern Jazz Quartet: Willow Weep For Me
Traffic: Berkshire Poppies
Zombies: Time Of The Season
Stranglers: Always The Sun
Talk Talk: Life's What You Make It
Taj Mahall: Take A Giant Step
Friday Apr 07, 2017
Friday Apr 07, 2017
VE 327 4 7 17 For David Peel and Don Rickles David Peel & The Lower East Side: The Ballad Of New York City John Lennon: New York City John Lennon: Meat City Mothers Of Invention with John Lennon & Yoko Ono: Well Baby Please Don't Go Elbow: New York Morning The Pogues: Fairytale Of New York Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five: New York, NY Ryan Adams: New York Original Cast On The Town: New York, New York Bob Dylan: Talkin' New York Johnny Winter: New York, New York Tradewinds: New York's A Lonely Town Don Rickles: Don Rickles Speaks!