Snap, crackle, pop. If you love the sound of vintage vinyl you will love this all vinyl mix. Blues, jazz, R&B, Instro, Spoken word and rock n roll from my personal collection. Put up your feet, dim the lights and crank it up. Listen to the show HERE
PLAYLIST
Peter Gunn (Henry Mancini) One of the coolest themes from one of the coolest detective shows on television.
Love Potion #9 (The Clovers) The original version of this Leiber & Stoller classic...The Clovers formed in 1946 in Washington D.C and were still going strong as of 2013...,The group has had a total of 31 members over it’s 71 years of existence.
Outskirts Of Town (Jimmy Reed) Shuffle or die!
The Naked City. I found this album at a used record store. The Naked City was an American Television showed that aired from 1958-1963. It was a hard boiled detective show in the mold of Dragnet and Peter Gunn. At some point, they must have released this album as a companion piece to the show but I can’t find information on it.
Got To Get You Off My Mind (Southside Johnny) The actual name of the band is Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes...The Jukes came out of the same Jersey Shore scene as Bruce Springsteen and Little Steven Van Zandt...Van Zandt produced the album on wrote some of the tunes. Springsteen also contributed a couple...A great cut from their great 1976 debut album, I Don’t Wanna Go Home. A classic lost soul, blues and R&B workout. Worth searching out.
Shoeshine Boy (Gerry Rafferty) Back in the Sixties, long before Baker Street, Rafferty was in a musical duo called the Humblebums with Scottish comedian Billy Connolly...This cut was originally credited to The Humblebums but was re-released under Rafferty’s name after the success of Baker Street...Great early seventies folk-rock...George Harrison meets Cat Stevens meets Harry Nilsson.
Carmalita Rap (Jim Croce) This was included with a couple of other monologues on a Croce greatest hits record...Sounds like his stories were as good as his songs.
Careful Man (Jim Croce) From the same record...It should have been a hit.
Ring Them Bells (Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs) Sam &company are remembered more as a novelty act nowadays but, as this cut illustrates, they were a pretty good R&B outfit.
I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire (Ink Spots) Great vocal group of the thirties and forties who were a huge influence on fifties doo-wop groups...This is their best known song.
Batman Theme (The Bat Boys) Pickwick Records was famous for releasing cheesy knock offs of the hits of the day...The song and album are credited to The Bat Boys but it is doubtful any such group existed. Probably just a group of session pros who probably knocked the whole album out in one session...Still it’s a fun listen,
The Man From U.N.C.L.E (The Challengers) The Challengers were one of the best and most popular of the early sixties surf bands and this song proves why.
If You Live More (Mose Allison) Mose: The coolest of the cool.
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Written & produced by
Rock N Roll Casey Redmond
September 2020
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