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Friday May 08, 2026
Friday May 08, 2026
1) The Others “I Can't Stand This Love, Goodbye”
2) The Smoke (New Zealand) “No More Now”
3) The Bruthers “Bad Way to Go”
4) The Modes “Baby Please Don’t Go”
Compare & Contrast:
5) The Changin’ Times “How Is the Air Up There”
6) The La De Das “How Is the Air Up There?”
7) The Tol-Puddle Martyrs “Social Cell”
8) Tony Worsley & the Blue Jays “Ready Steady Let’s Go”
Embryonic Heroes (The Raspberries):
9) The Choir “Don’t Change Your Mind”
10) The Pictorian Skiffuls “In a While”
11) The Cascades “Cheryl's Goin Home”
12) The Primrose Circus “P.S. Call Me Lulu”
13) The Clique (USA) “Sparkle and Shine”
Rock Block:
14) Tommy James & the Shondells “Good Lovin’”
15) Tommy James & the Shondells “(Baby, Baby) I Can’t Take It No More”
16) Tommy James & the Shondells “Love’s Closin’ In On Me”
17) Tommy James & the Shondells “I Am a Tangerine”
18) The McCoys “(You Make Me Feel) So Good”
19) The Gentrys “Hand Jive”
20) The Syndicate of Sound “Get Outta My Life”
21) Jay & the Americans “Mean Woman Blues”
Shoulda Been a Hit:
22) The Toreros “Come”
23) The Tykes “Green Suzy”
24) The Shamrocks “Shame, Shame, Shame”
25) The Lee Kings “Always and Ever”
New Release of the Week:
26) The Alarm Clocks “You’re Everything to Me” The Time Has Come
27) The Whirlwinds “Baby Not Like You”
28) Five Steps Beyond “Come On Back”
29) The Roadhogs “My Generation”
30) The Soup Greens “Like a Rolling Stone”
31) The Live Five “Who Knows"
32) Kaleidoscope (USA) “Nobody”
33) The Fe-Fi-Four Plus 2 “I Wanna Come Back (From the World of LSD)”
Lousy Song of the Week:
34) Sandee Moore “Goody Gumdrop”
35) Keith Kessler “Don’t Crowd Me”
A note from the archivist: I tried telling him that less is indeed more, but John E. insisted I mention a back-announcing break is missing from this broadcast, precisely following the Lee Kings' banger. Forever lost in the mists of time, it will remain so until an MP3 download of this show possibly resurfaces from a private collection. Yes, I wrote that with a straight face.
Friday May 01, 2026
Friday May 01, 2026
1) The Blizzards “Stranger In Town”
2) Finch “Let It Be”
3) The Moon-Dawgs “Baby, As Time Goes By” (unreleased alternate take)
4) The Electric Prunes “Long Day’s Flight (Til Tomorrow)” (live: 12/14/67)
Shoulda Been a Hit / Thanksgiving Block:
5) John Kongos “Confusions About a Goldfish”
6) The Novas “The Crusher”
7) Ian & the Zodiacs “Let’s Turkey Trot”
8) The Living End “Turkey Stomp”
Embryonic Heroes (The Animals ~ 12/63) / Four of a Kind / Rock Block:
9) The Alan Price Rhythm & Blues Combo “I Just Wanna Make Love to You”
10) The Animals “Around and Around”
11) The Animals “Inside-Looking Out”
12) Eric Burdon & the Animals “Anything”
Compare & Contrast:
13) Larry Williams “Slow Down”
14) The Swingin’ Apolloes “Slow Down”
15) The Vanilla Fudge “You Keep Me Hanging On” (live on the Ed Sullivan Show: 1/14/68)
16) The Ohio Express “Turn to Straw” Golden Classics CD
17) The Loose Ends “Hey, Sweet Baby”
18) The Werps “Love’s a Fire” (unreleased version without horns)
19) The Tidal Waves “You Name It”
20) The Mod VI “What Can I Do”
Lousy Song of the Week:
21) Die Kettels “Judy In Disguise”
22) The Attack “Colour of My Mind”
23) The Pussycats “Death Is Coming”
24) Grupo 606 “Break On Through (Rompe, cruza o ayudame)”
New Release of the Week:
25) Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin “Pangea” Broom
26) The Lovin’ Spoonful “Almost Grown”
27) The Royal Guardsmen “Any Wednesday”
28) The Spontaneous Generation “Up In My Mind”
Tuesday Apr 28, 2026
Tuesday Apr 28, 2026
1) The Missing Links “You’re Driving Me Insane”
2) The Secrets “You’re Wrong"
3) The Cave Men “It’s Trash”
4) Bobby Roberts & the Ravons “How Can I Make Her Mine”
Rock Block (Four of a Kind):
5) The Pretty Things “Honey I Need”
6) The Pretty Things “Don’t Bring Me Down” (Live on the BBC)
7) The Pretty Things “Big City”
8) The Pretty Things “Turn My Head” (Live on the BBC)
9) The Druids of Stonehenge “Pretty Thing”
10) King’s Ransom “Shame”
11) The Chevelle V “Come Back Bird”
12) Blue Condition “Coming Home”
Lousy Song of the Week:
13) Tomorrow’s Keepsake “Eat Your Hotdog Boy”
14) Los Sprinters “El Tablao”
15) Los Saicos “Come On”
16) The Pets “Hello I Love You”
Shoulda Been a Hit:
17) The Onyx “You Gotta Be With Me”
18) Tony Ritchie “Comin’ On Strong”
19) The Alan Bown Set “Headline News”
20) Group 1850 “Look Around”
Embryonic Hero of the Week (Debbie Harry):
21) Wind In the Willows “She’s Fantastic and She’s Yours”
22) The Nervous Breakdowns “I Dig Your Mind”
23) The Grass “I’m Getting Tired”
24) The Magic Plants “I’m a Nothin’”
Compare & Contrast:
25) The Allusions “I Gotta Move”
26) The Talismen “I Gotta Move”
27) The Carnaby “Jump and Dance”
28) The End “Second Glance”
New Release of the Week:
29) The Heart Attacks “Travelin’ Band” Hellbound & Heartless
30) The Turtles “A Walk In the Sun”
B-Side / Flip Over the Record:
31) Barry McGuire “What Exactly's the Matter With Me”
Monday Apr 27, 2026
Monday Apr 27, 2026
1) The Soulbenders “7 and 7 Is”
2) The Fever Tree “Man Who Paints the Pictures”
3) Miki Dallon “Do You Call That Love”
4) Normie Rowe & the Playboys “Lindy Lou”
Compare & Contrast:
5) Buddy Holly & the Crickets “Brown Eyed Handsome Man”
6) The Rattles “Brown Eyed Handsome Man”
7) Hubb Kapp & the Wheels “I’m Happy Too”
8) The Spiders “Hey Boy”
Embryonic Heroes (Leslie West; pre-Mountain):
9) The Vagrants “Young Blues”
10) The Grodes “Cry a Little Longer”
11) The Grapes of Wrath “If Anyone Should Ask”
12) The Fifth Order “Walkin’ Away”
Rock Block / Four of a Kind:
13) Herman’s Hermits “I’m Henry VIII, I Am” (live on the Ed Sullivan Show: 6/6/65)
14) Herman’s Hermits “Hold On!” (LP version)
15) Herman’s Hermits “Gotta Get Away”
16) Herman’s Hermits “Wings of Love”
Shoulda Been a Hit:
17) John Carter “Thank You For Loving Me”
18) The Ivy League “Running Round In Circles”
19) Neo Maya “I Won’t Hurt You”
20) The U (Don’t) No Who “Now and Again Rebecca” (demo)
Lousy Song of the Week:
21) Malepartus II (The King-Beats) “Ich glaab’, die hole mich ab, ha-haaa!”
22) The Gypsys “Je Ne Te Pardonnerai Pas”
23) La Tropa Loca “El Fanatico”
24) James Mean “Seeing Her”
New Release of the Week:
25) Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 “Adventure Rocket Ship” Ole! Tarantula
26) The Soul Agents “Don’t Break It Up”
27) The Koobas “A Place I Know”
28) The Ian Campbell Group “Doctor Junk"
29) The Dovers “Your Love”
30) The Starfires “The Hardest Way”
Friday Apr 24, 2026
Friday Apr 24, 2026
1) Thor’s Hammer “Big Beat Country Dance”
2) The Dee-Jays “You Must Be Joking”
3) Paul Bearer & the Hearsemen “I’ve Been Thinking”
4) 006 “Like What, Me Worry?”
5) The Robbs “Jolly Miller”
6) The Sons of Adam “Feathered Fish”
7) The Association “Pandora's Golden Heebie Geebies”
8) The Joint Effort “The Third Eye”
Shoulda Been a Hit:
9) The Rockin’ Berries “Water Is Over My Head”
10) Faron’s Flamingos “Let’s Stomp”
11) The Sheffields “Plenty of Love”
12) The Tony Jackson Group “Come On and Stop”
13) The Principals “I Can’t Stop”
14) Bobby James & the Esquires “Don’t You Do That"
15) The Girls “My Baby”
16) Jenny Rock “J’aime tous les garcons (Evil Ways)”
Compare & Contrast / Four of a Kind:
17) Don & the Goodtimes “Little Sally Tease”
18) The Standells “Little Sally Tease”
19) The Standells “Try It” (alternate vocal)
20) The Standells “Why Pick On Me”
21) The Standells “Barracuda”
Embryonic Heroes:
22) Johnny Winter “Birds Can’t Row Boats”
23) The Headstones “Wish She Were Mine”
24) Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs “A Long Long Way”
25) The Outsiders “Was It Really Real”
Lousy Song of the Week:
26) Commodore Condello’s S.R.N. Band “Sonic Boom”
27) Matchbox “Run Much Faster”
28) Kandy Kolored Konspiracy “1,000,000 People”
29) The Unforscene “These Are the Words”
New Release of the Week:
30) The Horrors “Death at the Chapel” S/T
31) The Paradox “There’s a Flower Shop”
32) Jack & the Beanstalks “So Many Times”
33) The Maltees Four “You”
34) The Cobras “I Wanna Be Your Love”
35) The Early Americans “Night After Night”
Saturday Jul 05, 2025
Saturday Jul 05, 2025
1) The Masters Apprentices “Johnny B. Goode”
2) Cliff Cenneth & the Lights “Come On, Shake”
3) The Roadrunners (Liverpool, UK) “Little Ruby”
4) The Dynamites “Tunnel Tengoku”
5) Sid Herring & the Gants “Another Chance”
6) The Fountain of Youth “Don’t Blame Me (For Trying)”
7) The Surprize “I Will Make History”
8) The Rock Shop “State of Your Mind”
Embryonic Heroes (Grace Slick):
9) The Great Society “Born to Be Burned”
10) Jefferson Airplane “Run Around”
11) The Peanut Butter Conspiracy “Lonely Leaf”
12) The Bow Street Runners “Another Face”
Compare & Contrast:
13) Peter Reese & the Pages “Hippy Hippy Shake”
14) Melvin & his Gentlemen “Hippy Hippy Shake”
15) Los Bonny Boys Hoy’s “Tu Regreso”
16) The Crazy Boys “You Know He Did (Si, Credile)”
17) The Road “You Rub Me the Wrong Way”
18) The Teen Beats “I Shouldn’t Love Her"
19) The Cirkyt “That’s the Way Life Is”
20) The Soul Survivors “Can’t Stand to Be In Love With You”
Shoulda Been a Hit:
21) The Gremlins “Blast Off 1970”
22) The Baskerville Hounds “I Can Take It”
23) The Us Too Group “I’ll Leave You Crying”
24) The Pied Pipers “Stay In My Life”
New Release of the Week:
25) The Clean Prophets “Man Transparent”
26) October Country “October Country”
27) The David “Sweet December”
28) The Buckinghams “Just Because I’ve Fallen Down”
Lousy Song of the Week:
29) The Wiking Strings “Midnight Special”
30) The Sooner Or Later “Night Time”
31) The Tornados (aka: The 5 Dops) “She’s Out of My Mind”
Tuesday Jun 17, 2025
Tuesday Jun 17, 2025
1) The Creation “Biff Bang Pow”
2) The Temptations (Ohio) “Hey Bo Diddley”
3) The Crescents “My Love For You”
4) The Rhythm Checkers “Long Tall Sally”
Rock Block (Four of a Kind):
5) The Yardbirds “Too Much Monkey Business” (live: unreleased until 2003)
6) The Yardbirds “Here ‘Tis” (recorded for Ready, Steady, Go!)
7) The Yardbirds “Heart Full of Soul” (sitar version)
8) The Yardbirds “I’m a Man” (BBC: 8/65)
Embryonic Heroes (Badfinger; 1968):
9) The Iveys “Black & White Rainbows”
10) Keith Shields “Deep Inside Your Mind”
11) Acid Gallery “Dance Round the Maypole”
12) Poother, Unltd. “Tastee Freeze”
Lousy Song of the Week:
13) The Elastik Band “Spazz”
14) The Flying Burrito Bros. “If You Gotta Go"
15) The Marmalade “Rainbow”
16) Illinois Speed Press “Sadly Out of Place”
17) The Motions (Holland) “The Girl From New York City”
18) HET “She’ll Stay”
19) The Hullaballoos “If You Don’t Know By Now”
20) Los Flecos “Vales Poco Para Mi”
Shoulda Been a Hit:
21) The Squires “Going All the Way”
22) The Wee Four “Weird”
23) The Off-Set “A Change Is Gonna Come”
24) The Rear Exit “Excitation”
New Release of the Week:
25) The Tickets “Heartland” S/T
26) The Remains “Say You’re Sorry” (2nd version)
27) The Music Machine “Trouble”
28) The Litter “Kaleidoscope”
Compare & Contrast:
29) The V.I.P.’s “I Wanna Be Free”
30) The Movement “I Wanna Be Free”
31) The Monotones (UK) “Anymore”
32) Jimmy Powell & the Five Dimensions “I’m Looking For a Woman”
33) The Firing Squad “Bull Moose”
A note about audio quality: this particular episode only exists as a low bitrate MP3. While little can be done to improve the announcing breaks (ain't THAT the truth!), the music has been meticulously restored to its original glory for your listening pleasure.
Monday Jun 09, 2025
Monday Jun 09, 2025
1) The Shadows of Knight “I’m Gonna Make You Mine”
2) The Terrifics “Lover’s Plea”
3) Jason Merrick & the Finders “I’m Not What You Are”
4) Blonde On Blonde “Ride With Captain Max”
Compare & Contrast:
5) The Leaves “Words”
6) The Boston Tea Party “Words”
7) The Vacels “I’m Just a Poor Boy”
8) The Barons “Now You’re Mine”
9) J.B. & the Playboys “Leave My Woman Alone”
10) The Free Thinkers “You Were Born For Me"
11) The Sound Magics “Don’t You Remember"
12) Percy & the Gaolbirds “I Will Do”
13) Los Monkeys “Stepping Stone (Triste Estoy)”
14) Los X-5 “Cuando"
15) Los Beat 4 “Abandonados Igual Que Tu"
16) Skaldowie “My Witch (Moja Czaeownica)”
Embryonic Heroes (Alice Cooper):
17) The Spiders “No Price Tag”
18) We the People “You Burn Me Up and Down”
19) William Penn & his Pals “Blow My Mind”
20) The Jagged Edge “How Many Times”
Shoulda Been a Hit:
21) The Heard “Laugh With the Wind”
22) The Henchmen “Get Off My Back”
23) The Undesyded “Baby, I Need You”
24) The Paul Butterfield Blues Band “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl”
New Release of the Week:
25) The Blue Van “The Secret Seasons”
26) The Roulettes “Mebody”
27) The Merseys “Penny In My Pocket”
28) The Redcaps “Funny Things”
Lousy Song of the Week:
29) Mechanical Switch “Mr. Spongeman”
30) Sentrifical Fours “You Put Me Through Changes”
31) The Kollektion “Savage Lost”
32) HP Lovecraft “That’s the Bag I’m In”
33) Orange Bicycle “Amy Peate”
34) Grapefruit “Lullaby”
Saturday Jun 07, 2025
Saturday Jun 07, 2025
1) Beat Merchants “Messin’ With the Man"
2) The King-Pins “Diamond Girl”
3) Sean Buckley & the Breadcrumbs “Everybody Knows”
4) The Chocolate Watchband “Let’s Talk About Girls”
5) The Fairies “I’ll Dance”
6) The Badd Boys “I Told You So”
7) The Clique (London, UK) “She Ain’t No Good” (1st version)
8) The Worrying Kynde “Got the Blame”
Compare & Contrast:
9) The A-Cads “Got My Mojo Working”
10) The Tages “I Got My Mojo Working”
Rock Block:
11) The Tages “Don’t Turn Your Back"
12) The Tages “Jealous Girl”
13) The Tages “Every Raindrop Means a Lot”
14) Derek’s Accent “Ain’t Got No Feeling”
15) The Five “There’s Time”
16) The Deep Set “Living It Down"
17) The Marksmen “Moonshine”
Embryonic Hero of the Week: (Electric Light Orchestra: Jeff Lynne & Roy Wood)
18) The Move “Message From the Country”
19) The Beathovens “Summer Sun”
20) The Kings “Trouve Un Altro"
21) La Setta “Our Little Rendezvous”
Shoulda Been a Hit:
22) The Mojo Men “She’s My Baby"
23) The Tasmanians “I Can’t Explain This Feeling”
24) The Honey Jug “Warm City Baby"
25) The Outcasts “I Didn't Have to Love Her Anymore” (Philadelphia, PA)
Lousy Song of the Week:
26) Kid Blast “Switchblade Love”
27) The Pandas “Walk”
28) The Knight Riders “I”
29) The Avengers “Be a Cave Man”
New Release of the Week:
30) The Skies of America “Get Up, Get On”
31) Eight Point Five “Casey's Mail Order Bride”
Thursday Jun 05, 2025
Thursday Jun 05, 2025
1) Legend “Portrait of Youth”
2) Paul & Johnny with the Blue Jets “I’m Free"
3) The Buzz “You’re Holding Me Down”
4) The Wimple Winch “Rumble On Mersey Square South”
Rock Block / Four of a Kind:
5) The High Numbers “Zoot Suit”
6) The Who “Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere” (Ready, Steady, Go! 7/1/65)
7) The Who “So Sad About Us”
8) The Who “Disguises” (BBC: 9/13/66)
Compare & Contrast:
9) Leadbelly “Sweet Mary Blues”
10) The Artwoods “Sweet Mary”
11) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich “Shame”
12) The Trekkas “ Please Go”
13) The Chums “I Like It"
14) Les Sunlights “Tanti Amici”
15) Los Hitters “Delincuente”
16) Os Brasas “Nao Va Me Deixar”
Embryonic Heroes (The American Breed):
17) Gary & the Nite Lites “I Don’t Think You Know Me”
18) Things to Come “’Til the End”
19) The Furniture “I Love It Baby”
20) The Nite Owls “Hassle”
New Release of the Week:
21) The Velvematics “She’s the One”
22) Rod & the Satalites “She Cares”
23) The “In” “Just Give Me Time”
24) The Oxford Circle “Since You’ve Been Away”
Shoulda Been a Hit:
25) The Majority “One Third”
26) Fresh Air “Stop Look Listen”
27) Paul & Ritchie & the Cryin' Shames “Come On Back”
28) Billy Nicholls “Would You Believe”
Lousy Song of the Week:
29) Mike Melvoin “Born to Be Wild”
30) Miller “Baby I Got News For You”
31) The Southern Sound “I Don’t Wanna Go"
Tuesday Jun 03, 2025
Tuesday Jun 03, 2025
1) Flash & the Memphis Casuals “Uptight Tonight”
2) The Razor’s Edge “Get Yourself Together”
3) Dave & the Stone Hearts “I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better"
4) Rain “E.S.P.”
Shoulda Been a Hit:
5) The Bit a Sweet “Out of Sight, Out of Mind”
6) The Mourning Reign “Our Fate”
7) The Trespassers “Living Memories”
8) The Doughboys “Rhoda Mendelbaum”
Rock Block:
9) Buffalo Springfield “Neighbor Don’t You Worry”
10) Buffalo Springfield “My Kind of Love”
11) Buffalo Springfield “Everybody’s Wrong”
12) Buffalo Springfield “Broken Arrow”
Embryonic Heroes (Crazy Horse):
13) The Rockets “Pill’s Blues”
14) The Dukes “From the Penitentiary” (Germany)
15) The Vampires “Something You Got”
16) The Pebbles “You’re Better Believe It”
Compare & Contrast:
17) The Grains of Sand “That’s When Happiness Began”
18) Mike Furber & the Bowery Boys “That’s When Happiness Began”
19) The Mascots “I Close Your Eyes”
20) Les Senders “Le cheveux longs”
Lousy Song of the Week:
21) The Mere Existence “The World Still Turns”
22) The Trodden Path “In This World I Need Love”
23) The Grifs “Catch a Ride”
24) The Swingin’ Machine “Do You Have to Ask?”
Geographic Rock Block (Bolivia):
25) The Loving Dark “Complicated"
26) Renan Michel “Fue una tarde de Domingo”
27) Los Donkeys “El Pobre”
28) Los Ecos “Callare Simplemente”
New Release of the Week:
29) The Kooks “Eddie’s Gun”
30) Mott’s Men “She Is So Mean”
31) The King-Beezz “Found and Lost”
32) The Odds & Ends “Be Happy Baby”
Sunday Jun 01, 2025
Sunday Jun 01, 2025
1) The Haigs “Where to Run
2) I Sanniti “Che Shake Al Mac”
3) The Syndicats “Crawdaddy Simone”
4) Mickey Dolenz “Don’t Do It”
Shoulda Been a Hit:
5) The Shangri-Las “Right Now and Not Later”
6) Tammy St. John “Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey”
7) Jeannie & the Big Guys “I Want You”
8) Jan Panter “Scratch My Back”
Four of a Kind (Rock Block)
9) The Hollies “What Kind of Girl Are You”
10) The Hollies “Baby That’s All”
11) The Hollies “I Am a Rock”
12) The Hollies “I Can’t Let Go”
Lousy Song of the Week:
13) The Wonder Who? “Don't Think Twice”
14) The Outcasts “I’ll Set You Free”
15) Neil Ford & the Fanatics “Bitter Bells”
16) The Barons “Live and Die”
17) The Trolls “Every Day and Every Night”
18) Chris Allen & the Good-Timers “Sorry ‘Bout That”
19) The Victors “Little Girl”
20) Limey & the Yanks “Guaranteed Love”
Compare & Contrast:
21) Tom Thumb “Got Love”
22) Peter Belli & Les Rivals “Got Love If You Want It”
23) The Thyrds “Hide & Seek” (first version)
24) Running Jumping Standing Still “Diddy Wah Diddy”
Embryonic Heroes (Marc Bolan/T. Rex)
25) John's Children “Jagged Time Lapse”
26) The Magic Lanterns “I Stumbled”
27) The Renegades “Thirteen Women”
28) Our Plastic Dream “A Little Bit of Shangri-La”
New Release of the Week:
29) Radio Birdman “Connected”
30) The Guess Who “Clock On the Wall”
31) Les Miserables “Vivre Avec Toi”
Saturday May 01, 2021
Saturday May 01, 2021
1) The Naturals “I Should Have Known Better”
2) Los Yaki “Day Tripper (Era Mentira)”
3) The Neighb’rhood Childr’n “Can’t Buy Me Love"
4) Les Soundtrack “Birthday (Ce soir c’est ma fete)”
5) The Merseybeats “Soldier of Love”
6) Gerry & the Pacemakers “Hello Little Girl”
7) Peter & Gordon “I Don’t Want to See You Again” (live: 11/15/64)
8) The Hi-Fi’s “Baby’s In Black”
9) Petula Clark “Please Please Me (Tu Perds Ton Temps)”
10) The Mamas & the Papas “I Call Your Name”
11) Marianne Faithfull “Yesterday”
12) Cilla Black “For No One”
13) The Supremes “A Hard Day’s Night”
14) The Four Tops “Got to Get You Into My Life”
15) Aretha Franklin “Eleanor Rigby”
16) The Pair Extraordinaire “Run For Your Life”
17) Ramsey Lewis “Dear Prudence”
Compare & Contrast:
18) The Novas “Help!”
19) Jose Feliciano “Help!”
20) The Four Rogues “The Ralphie”
Lousy Song of the Week:
21) The Ventures “Strawberry Fields Forever”
Embryonic Heroes (ZZ Top):
22) The Moving Sidewalks “I Want to Hold Your Hand”
23) The Gestures “Things We Said Today”
24) The Vikings “You Can’t Do That”
25) The Kingsmen “If I Needed Someone"
26) Charles Christy & the Crystals “I’m Down”
27) The Grass Roots “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away”
28) Bobby Goldsboro “Michelle”
29) The Tremeloes “Good Day Sunshine” (live: BBC)
30) Los Tijuana Five “Drive My Car (Mi Auto Puedes Manejar)”
31) El Amor “I’ll Be Back (Si Me Dejas)”
32) The Master’s Apprentices “I Feel Fine”
33) The Bee Gees “Ticket to Ride”
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
1) The Bluestars “Social End Product”
2) The Pedestrians “It’s Too Late”
3) The Beatniks “Alligator Hat”
4) The MC5 “Ramblin’ Rose”
Shoulda Been a Hit:
5) The Rationals “Feelin’ Lost”
6) The Bad Seeds “King of the Soap Box”
7) The Uniques “My Babe”
8) Factory “High Blood Pressure”
Compare & Contrast:
9) The Scorpions “Not Fade Away”
10) The Corporate Image “Not Fade Away”
11) The Pickwicks “Little By Little”
12) Gary Farr & the T-Bones “I’m Louisiana Red”
Flip Over the Record (flip of “I Fought the Law”):
13) Bobby Fuller Four “Little Annie Lou”
14) The Lykes of Us “Tell Me Why Your Light Shines”
15) The 4th Amendment “Always Blue”
16) Rockin’ Ramrods “Bright Lit Blue Skies”
17) The Insects “She’s a Pest”
18) The Swingin’ Lamp Liters “Get Away”
19) Young Aristocracy “Don’t Lie”
20) Rocky & the Riddlers “You Weren't Using Your Head”
New Release of the Week:
21) The Atomic Mosquitos “Kid of Speed” Release the Mosquitos!
22) ? & the Mysterians “Got To”
23) The Beacon Street Union “Blue Avenue”
24) The United States of America “Coming Down”
Embryonic Heroes (Peter Gabriel):
25) Genesis “Silent Sun”
26) The Throb “Black”
27) St. Davids Road “Strange Loves of Gwyneth”
28) Turquoise “Tales of Flossie Fillett”
Lousy Song of the Week:
29) L.S.D. Orkestrasi “Donmeyen Sevgili”
30) The T-Boones “At the Club”
31) Double Dutch “You’re Out of Sight”
32) The Zipps “Kicks and Chicks”
33) The Defenders “Wooly Bully”
Sunday Apr 18, 2021
Sunday Apr 18, 2021
1) The Unrelated Segments “Where You Gonna Go?”
2) The Purple Hearts “Long Legged Baby” (demo version)
3) Freddie & the Dreamers “Feel So Blue”
4) The Boots “Jump Back Baby”
Compare & Contrast:
5) The Gisha Brothers “Maybelline”
6) Los Apson “El Ultimo Tren (Maybelline)”
7) Los Sirex “El Tren De La Costa (The Train Kept a-Rollin’)”
8) Los Ovnis “Infinito”
Rock Block / Four of a Kind:
9) The Beau Brummels “I Want More Loving” (unreleased alt. mix 2/5/65)
10) The Beau Brummels “Don’t Talk to Strangers”
11) The Beau Brummels “One Too Many Mornings”
12) The Beau Brummels “Turn Around"
13) The Allies “I’ll Sell My Soul”
14) The Mod 4 “Open Up Your Mind”
15) The Lavender Hour “I’ve Gotta Way With Girls”
16) The Abandoned “Come On Mary”
Shoulda Been a Hit:
17) Chad & Jeremy “Teenage Failure”
18) Billy Adams “Alone”
19) The String Tones “Don’t Run and Hide”
20) The Shanes “Blue Feeling”
21) The Rags “Take Your Time”
22) The Lords (Berlin, Germany) “What They Gonna Do”
23) Nicky & the Shouts “Tears Inside”
24) The Shoes (Zoeterwoude, Holland) “Standing and Staring"
Embryonic Heroes (Suzi Quatro):
25) The Pleasure Seekers “Light of Love”
26) The Angels “Get Away From Me”
27) The Termites “Tell Me”
28) Jacqueline Taieb “7 Heures Du Matin”
Lousy Song of the Week:
29) The Beggars “Night of Pleasure”
30) The Balloon Farm “A Question of Temperature”
31) The Human Beings (Detroit) “An Inside Look”
32) The Youngbloods “The Other Side of This Life”
New Release of the Week:
33) The Lostprophets “The New Transmission” Liberation Transmission
Saturday Apr 17, 2021
Saturday Apr 17, 2021
1) The Sonics “Psycho”
2) The Namelosers “But I’m So Blue”
3) The Eyes “I’m Rowed Out”
4) The Misunderstood “Find a Hidden Door”
5) Love “Alone Again Or”
6) The Smubbs “White Paper Sail”
7) Mars Bonfire “Lady Moon Walker”
8) Rupert’s People “Hold On”
9) The Smoke “Girl In the Park”
10) Sound Barrier “Groovin’ Slow”
11) Virgin Sleep “Secret”
12) Felius Andromeda “Meditations”
Lousy Song of the Week:
13) The Leaves of Grass “Crabs”
14) The Viscount V “She Doesn’t Know”
15) The E-Types “Back to Me”
16) The Jackson Investment Co. “Not This Time”
Compare & Contrast:
17) The Blues Magoos “(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet”
18) The Flippers “(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet”
19) The Lemon Fog “Summer”
20) The Gurus “Mystic”
21) The Jynx “How”
22) The Boys “It Ain’t Fair”
23) Kingsize Taylor “Somebody's Always Trying”
24) The Knack (Ilford, UK) “Time, Time, Time”
Embryonic Heroes: (David Bowie):
25) Davey Jones & the King Bees “Liza Jane”
26) The Primitives “Oh Mary”
27) Les Fleurs De Lys “So Come On”
28) The Strangers with Mike Shannon “Do You Or Don’t You"
Shoulda Been a Hit:
29) The Tempters “Himitsu No Aikotoba”
30) The Matadors “My Situation”
31) The Clique “Love Me Girl”
32) The Equals “Baby, Come Back”
New Release of the Week:
33) The Marked Men “A Little Time” Fix My Brain
34) Solid Ground “Sad Now”
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
1) The Merry-Go-Round “Listen, Listen”
2) The Colors of Night “C-O-L-O-R-S”
3) The Sherlocks “Skin of My Teeth”
4) The Vejtables “Good Things Are Happening”
Shoulda Been a Hit:
5) The Spencer Davis Group “I’m Lost”
6) The Montanas “Take My Hand”
7) Les Baroques “Such a Cad”
8) The Grains of Sand “Passing Through the Night”
Rock Block / Four of a Kind:
9) The Small Faces “Sorry She’s Mine”
10) The Small Faces “Understanding” (BBC Saturday Club ~ 8/30/66)
11) The Small Faces “Plum Nellie”
12) The Small Faces “If I Were a Carpenter” (BBC Top Gear ~ 4/14/68)
Compare & Contrast:
13) The Beach Boys “Summertime Blues”
14) Sounders Avec Pat Winther “L’Argent De Poche (Summertime Blues)”
15) The Coopers “Didn’t I”
16) The Beat Buddies “Pins In My Heart”
New Release of the Week:
17) The Cherry Tempo “All Our Lives Are Running Down” S/T
18) The Beethovens “Long Live Beethoven”
19) The Daytonas “Ready Set Go”
20) The Beatnicks “A One Way Love”
Embryonic Heroes (Frank Zappa ~ recorded 8/66)
21) The Mothers of Invention “Trouble Every Day”
22) 13th Floor Elevators “Fire Engine”(live TV ~ 3/25/66)
23) Fairport Convention “Time Will Show the Wiser”
24) The Open Mind “Cast a Spell”
Lousy Song of the Week:
25) The Ambushers “I Need Love”
26) Bud & Kathy “Hang It Out to Dry”
27) The Show Stoppers “If You Want To, Why Don’t You”
28) The Amberjacks “Hey Eriq!”
29) The Ingrediants “Please Don’t Leave Me”
30) The Country Gentlemen “Saturday Night”
31) The Skeptics “Ride Child”
32) The Inferno “Your Heart Is Too Big For Your Head”
33) The Laurie Jay Combo “Teenage Idol”
34) The Juveniles “I Wish I Could”
Monday Apr 05, 2021
Monday Apr 05, 2021
1) The Outsiders (Hague, Netherlands) “That’s Your Problem”
2) The Jay-Jays “All Around the World”
3) Johnny Kendall & the Heralds “Girl”
4) Q65 “Cry In the Night”
5) Casey Jones & his Engineers “Don’t Ha Ha”
6) The Rainy Daze “Make Me Laugh”
7) The Jay Bees “Good Times”
8) Nobody’s Children “Good Times”
Shoulda Been a Hit:
9) The Twilights “9.50”
10) The Fifth Estate “That’s Love”
11) The Rose Garden “Long Time”
12) We Five “Let’s Get Together”
Lousy Song of the Week:
13) Mae West (with Somebody’s Chyldren) “Shakin’ All Over”
14) The Quests “I’m Tempted”
15) Lincoln St. Exit “The Bummer”
16) Third Evolution “Gone Gone Gone”
Embryonic Heroes (Van Morrison ~ 1964 debut):
17) Them “Don’t Start Crying Now”
18) Chants R&B “Mystic Eyes"
Compare & Contrast:
19) The Breakaways “Baby Please Don’t Go”
20) The Moonrakers “Baby Please Don’t Go”
21) The Tremolos “Kackle”
22) Bobby Allison & the Dawns “Bark Like a Dog”
23) The Cavaliers “Sea Weed”
24) Billy Bo & his Arrows “Shuffle"
25) The Vandals “I Saw Her In a Mustang”
26) The Vogues “Humpty Dumpty”
27) The Lost Souls “Simple to Say”
28) The Soothsayers “Black Nor Blue”
New Release of the Week:
29) Slender Means “Painless Life” Neon & Ruin
Monday Mar 22, 2021
Monday Mar 22, 2021
1) Ronnie King & the Passions “Girl, Break Away”
2) The Last Image “Leaving You”
3) The Mondels “I Got a Feeling”
4) The Jolly Green Giants “Busy Body”
B-Side / Flip Over the Record (3/68: flip of “Cry Like a Baby”):
5) The Box Tops “The Door You Closed to Me”
6) The Deep Six “Last Time Around”
7) Plant Life “Flower Girl”
8) The Darelycks “Bad Trip”
Four of a Kind / Rock Block:
9) The Downliners Sect “One Ugly Child”
10) The Downliners Sect “Find Out What’s Happening”
11) The Downliners Sect “All Night Worker”
12) Don Craine’s New Downliners Sect “Roses”
13) The Beatniks “Wouldn’t You Like Now”
14) Les Bowlers “Il Est Trop Tard”
15) The Playboys “Pourquoi”
16) The Zoot “Little Roland Lost”
Shoulda Been a Hit:
17) The Exotics “Queen of Shadows”
18) Mouse & the Traps “A Public Execution”
19) Electric Love “This Seat Is Saved”
20) The Weathervane “4-4, 5-4”
Compare & Contrast:
21) The Athenians “Louie Louie”
22) The Neighb’rhood Childr’n “Louie Louie”
23) The Outsiders (Tampa, FL) “She’s Coming On Stronger”
24) The Ugly Ducklings “She Ain’t No Use to Me”
New Release of the Week:
25) The Clarks “You Know Everything” Still Live
26) The Unwritten Law “This Whole World Is Blind”
27) Something Else “I Can’t Believe”
28) The Ovaitt Brothers “How Can I”
Lousy Song of the Week:
29) 1910 Fruitgum Co. “Bingo, Bingo”
30) Wildflowers “More Than Me”
31) Graf Zeppelin “You’re In My Mind”
Embryonic Heroes:
32) The Bob Seger System “Lucifer”
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
1) The Del-Vetts “Last Time Around”
2) The Grifs “Keep Dreaming”
3) Sounds Unlimited “Why Doesn’t She Believe Me”
4) The Outcasts Four “She Gives Me Love”
Embryonic Heroes (Procol Harum: Gary Brooker & Robin Trower):
5) The Paramounts “Poison Ivy”
6) Paddy, Klaus & Gibson “Quick Before They Catch Us”
7) The Black Diamonds “I Want, Need, Love You”
8) Simon Raven “I Wonder If She Remembers Me”
Compare & Contrast:
9) The Homesick Blues “Mona (I Need You Baby)”
10) The Teddy Boys “Mona”
11) Invasion “Do You Like What You See?”
12) The Rock Garden “Super Stuff”
13) Spyder Turner “You’re Good Enough For Me”
14) Big Mac “That’s the Way You Treat Your Woman”
15) Jackie Wilson “You Brought a Change In Me”
16) Eddy “G” Giles “Music”
Lousy Song of the Week:
17) The Chordettes “No Wheels"
18) The Quads “409”
19) Los Stevios “G.T.O.”
20) Ronny & the Daytonas “Hot Rod Baby”
Shoulda Been a Hit:
21) The Electras “’Bout My Love”
22) The Knaves “Away”
23) The Shades of Blue “The Time of My Life”
24) The New Yorkers “Mr. Kirby”
New Release of the Week:
25) The Rainy Day Saints “Don’t Look Away” Diamond Star Highway
26) The Haunted “Searching For My Baby”
27) The Jury “Who Dat?”
28) The Flippers “I Could Hear Her Cry”
29) The Male “You’re Playing With Fire”
30) The Yo-Yo’s “Gotta Find a New Love”
31) The Rumbles “Fourteen Years”
32) The Black & Blues “Bye Bye Baby”
Saturday Mar 13, 2021
Saturday Mar 13, 2021
1) The High-Tensions “Poor Man”
2) The Jail-Birds “Baby’s Gone”
3) Ray Columbus & the Invaders “Made You”
4) Les Sauterelles “Liverpool”
Embryonic Heroes (pre-Abba):
5) The Hep Stars “So Mystifying” (studio / 45 version)
6) The Cherokees “Woman With Soul”
7) The Knacks (Chile) “Si, Quiero Vivir (Tema De Cronopios)”
8) The Lords “Please Don’t Bring Me Down”
9) The Omens “Searching”
10) Sir Laurence & the Crescents “Flip Me Over”
11) The Myddle Class “Lovin’ Season”
12) The Intruders “I’ll Go On”
13) The Flying Circus “I’m Going”
14) The Five Americans “The Train”
15) The Transatlantic Train “The Train”
16) The Aerovons “Train”
New Release of the Week:
17) The Frauds “Amy" S/T
18) The Nashville Teens “Whatcha Gonna Do?”
19) The Sidekicks “Holiday Maker”
20) Donovan “Bert’s Blues”
Compare & Contrast:
21) Michael & the Messengers “Midnight Hour”
22) The Wanted “Midnight Hour”
23) The Young Rascals “Mustang Sally”
24) The Last Word “Don’t Fight It”
Lousy Song of the Week:
25) Sir Michael & the Sounds “Can You”
26) Seeds of Reason “I’m Your True Love”
27) Bittervetch “I Will Follow You”
28) The Mergers “I’ll Be On My Way”
Shoulda Been a Hit:
29) The Everpresent Fullness “Lonesome Tears”
30) Dalek: The Blackstones “Never Feel the Pain”
31) M.G. & the Escorts “A Someday Fool”
32) The Wailers “Bama Lama Bama Loo”
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
1) The Lyrics “So What!”
2) All of Us “It’s All Right With Me”
3) The Voxmen “You Tell Me”
4) The Craig “I Must Be Mad”
Four of a Kind / Rock Block:
5) The Kinks “Cadillac” (BBC version)
6) The Kinks “Party Line”
7) The Kinks “Dedicated Follower of Fashion” (2/66 unreleased stereo alternate take)
Shoulda Been a Hit:
8) The Kinks “Get Back In Line”
9) Randy & the Radiants “My Way of Thinking”
10) The Five Canadians “Writing On the Wall”
11) Scott Bedford Four “You Turned Your Back On Me”
12) Zakary Thaks “Face to Face”
13) Peter & the Blizzards “Bye Bye Baby”
14) Sincron “Pe Linga Plopii Fara Sot”
15) Alex Fontaine “Tu N’es Pas Sincere”
16) Os Jovens “Se Voce Contar (If You’ll Tell)”
Compare & Contrast:
17) The Everly Brothers “Man With Money”
18) Saturday’s Children “Man With Money”
19) The Scavengers “She Don’t Care About Time”
20) Denis & the Times “Flight Patterns”
Embryonic Heroes (Iggy Pop ~ 1966):
21) The Iguanas “Again and Again”
22) The Boys “You Deceived Me”
23) The King Bees “On Your Way Down the Drain”
24) The Painted Ship “I Told Those Little White Lies”
New Release of the Week:
25) The Goldstars “It’s All About You” Purple Girlfriend
26) The Wheels “Road Block”
27) New York Public Library “Got to Get Away”
28) The Living Daylights “Always With Him”
Lousy Song of the Week:
29) Mysterious Clown “Mysterious Clown”
30) The Centurys “83”
31) Countdowns “You Know I Do”
32) Unbelievable Uglies “Get Straight”