SPECIAL PROGRAM 1: RADIO CPR RECORD SALE DJ SET [11.12.11]

Last Saturday the Grouse and several other CPR DJs provided audible entertainment during the annual Radio CPR Fundraising Record sale. Grouse brought his digital recorder so that you, the Internet listener, might enjoy the same tunes. Keep an eye out, DJ Dianamatic might also be posting her set some time soon.

I had originally thought of doing an entirely calypso based set for my hour. But the last time I pulled that trick, I had half the crowd snoozin, and half in a riot (Philistines!). Instead we get a brief prologue with Calypsos from across the Caribbean. The set then veers totally off course into 50 minutes of freeform mess!

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• The Mighty Terror - "Chinee Children, Call Me Daddy" (from Calypsos From the West Indies (Monogram 834))
• Duke and His Jamaica Five - "Shame and Scandal" (from Kalypso and Ska)
• Sidney Bean - "Bloodshot Eyes" (from Calypso Holiday in Bermuda)
• Wynonie Harris - "Good Morning Judge" (from Good Rockin' Blues)
  • If I might explain my thinking here... Duke has covered "Chinee Children" and "Bloodshot Eyes," which of course was originally recorded by Wynonie...
• Bent Leg Fatima - "Cup & Saucer" (from Bent Leg Fatima)
• Illaiyaraaja - "Sorgam Madhuvile feat. S.P. Balasubrahmanyam" (from Solla Solla: Maestro Ilaiyaraaja And The Electronic Pop Sound Of Kollywood 1977-1983 Vol. 1)
• The Emperors - "Karate" (from MALA 543)
• The Shag - "Stop & Listen" (from The Pebbles Box, Record 1)
• Hugh Masekela - "Mace & Grenades" (from UNI 55102)
  • NB: First heard this song while Ted Leo and Chris Wilson were DJing a bar in Chicago. Emphatically air-drumming the whole time.
• The Mighty Sparrow - "Chinese Love Affair" (from Hot and Sweet)
• Rocketship - "Your New Boyfriend/Like a Dream" (from Why Popstars Can't Dance: A Slumberland Compilation)
• Fire Engines - "Candyskin" (from POP 010)
• The Rantouls - "Little Bit of This" (from CCR-006)
• Terry Malts - "Something About You" (from SLR 159)
• Jimmy Jukebox (Kim Fowley) - "Motor Boat" (from Living in the Streets)
• Pere Ubu - "Street Waves" (from The Modern Dance)
• The Meters - "Tippi-Toes" (from Struttin')
• Can - "I Want More" (from 12spoon047)
• Linton Kwesi Johnson - "Brain Smashing Dub" (from LKJ in Dub)

(NB: The last show, 11/3/11 will be posted soon! Hopefully before the next show... which is later today!)