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39 minutes ago
39 minutes ago
1) Cuby & the Blizzards “I’m So Restless”
2) Ray Columbus & the Invaders “C’mon and Swim”
3) Tony Colton’s Big Boss Band “I’ve Laid Some Down In My Time”
4) The Mad Hatters “I’ll Come Running”
Embryonic Heroes (Paul Simon; 1962):
5) Jerry Landis “The Lone Teen Ranger”
6) The Sir Douglas Quintet “The Tracker”
7) The Five Americans “Zip Code”
8) Manfred Mann “I’m Your Kingpin”
Compare & Contrast:
9) The Swinging Blue Jeans “You Don’t Love Me”
10) The Starlets “You Don’t Love Me”
11) The War-Babies “Jeanie’s Pub”
12) The Wyld “If I Had It”
Shoulda Been a Hit:
13) Chesmann Square “Try”
14) Bohemian Vendetta “Images”
15) The Nova Local “John Knight’s Body”
16) The Cryan’ Shames “Greenburg, Glickstein, Charles, David Smith & Jones”
Rock Block / Four of a Kind:
17) The Astronauts “Suzie-Q”
18) The Astronauts “Good Golly Miss Molly”
19) The Astronauts “I’m a Rollin’ Stone”
20) The Astronauts “The Seventh Son”
Lousy Song of the Week:
21) The Rainbows “Sloopy Poopy”
22) The Mystics “I Want to Walk With You”
23) The Rivets “L-O-V-E”
24) Les Hou-Lops “Good Good Lovin’”
25) Ugly Ducklings “Mama Keep Your Big Mouth Shut”
26) Los Claners “Pronto Te Arrepentiras”
27) Freddie Cook & the D-Men “I Just Can’t Stop My Tears”
28) The Rokes “Ripe Apples (Mele Mature)”
New Release of the Week:
29) Jerry Lee Lewis “Rock & Roll” Last Man Standing CD
30) The Mojos “Go”
31) The Galaxies “Make Love to Me Baby”
7 hours ago
7 hours ago
1) The Cherokees “That’s If You Want Me To”
2) The Pleazers “Hurtin’ All Over”
3) The Answers “Just a Fear”
4) The Wailers “Out of Our Tree”
Compare & Contrast (James Brown tribute):
5) The Phantoms “I’ll Go Crazy”
6) The Blackpools “I’ll Go Crazy”
7) The Soul Survivors “Please, Please, Please”
8) The Undertakers “Think”
Mod R&B/Soul 45s:
9) Lou Courtney “Do the Thing”
10) The Packers “Go ‘Head On”
11) The Fabulous Counts “Jan Jan”
12) Jimmy Robins “I Can’t Please You”
Rock Block:
13) The Sorrows “Take a Heart”
14) The Sorrows “I Don’t Wanna Be Free”
15) The Sorrows “Cara-Lin”
16) The Sorrows “Pink, Purple, Yellow & Red”
17) Cops'n Robbers “Let It Rock”
18) The Downliners Sect “The Cost of Living”
19) Mickey Finn “Night Comes Down”
20) Donovan “Wear Your Love Like Heaven”
Embryonic Heroes (Billy Joel ~ keyboards):
21) The Hassles “Just Holding On”
22) The Royal Knights “I Wanna Know”
23) The Enchanters 4 “Lost You”
24) The Beechnuts “My Iconoclastic Life”
Lousy Song of the Week:
25) The Misterians “No Trespassing In London”
26) The Jerms “Love Light”
27) The Escapades “Mad, Mad, Mad”
28) The Electras “(Just a Little) Soul-Searchin’”
Shoulda Been a Hit:
29) The Gregorians “Dialated Eyes”
30) The Staff “Mr. Misfortune”
31) The Nightcrawlers “A Basket of Flowers”
32) Smoke “Choose It (Part 1)
New Release of the Week:
33) The Emergency “Hey Whoopy Cat” Doo-Lang Doo-Lang CD
34) The Henchmen “Rockin’ Robin”
2 days ago
2 days ago
1) The Beethovens “She Is My Love”
2) The Caps “Dance a Little Longer”
3) The Trees “Do You Think About It (Feeling Groovy)”
4) The Beau Gents “Three Letter Word”
Embryonic Heroes (The Byrds ~ 1964):
5) The Jet Set “The Only Girl I Adore"
Rock Block / Four of a Kind:
6) The Byrds “Don’t Doubt Yourself, Babe”
7) The Byrds “It Happens Each Day"
8) The Byrds “Old John Robertson”
9) Dino, Desi & Billy “Chimes of Freedom”
10) The Improper Bostonians “Set You Free This Time”
11) Los Belmonts “My Back Pages”
12) Human Instinct “Renaissance Fair”
Compare & Contrast:
13) The Hitchhikers “One Too Many Mornings”
14) The Dillards “One Too Many Mornings”
15) Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers “Is Yours Is Mine”
16) Moby Grape “Captain Nemo”
Shoulda Been a Hit:
17) The Peppermint Trolley Company “The Last Thing On My Mind”
18) The Scavengers “Always Traveling Around"
19) The Aardvarks “That’s Your Way”
20) The Other Side of Time “This Is the End”
21) The Avengers “Daniel the Postman”
22) The Fox “Mr. Blank”
23) The Flies “Winter Afternoon” (2nd demo version)
24) Forever Amber “The Dreamer Flies Back”
Lousy Song of the Week:
25) The Plagues “Cherrie Pie”
26) The Bryds “Your Lies”
27) The Vipers “In Vain”
28) The Chartbusters “Dance, Dance, Dance”
29) Los Temerarios “You Really Got Me (Me Atrapaste)”
New Release of the Week:
30) The Grip Weeds “Christmas, Bring Us” (same) CD
Sunday May 31, 2026
Sunday May 31, 2026
1) Zakary Thaks “Bad Girl”
2) The Nomads (Ft. Worth, TX) “Be Nice”
3) Los Iracundos “Amame”
4) The Dynamites “Tell Me Yes Or No”
Rock Block / Four of a Kind:
5) The Easybeats “Keep Your Hands Off My Babe”
6) The Easybeats “She’s So Fine”
7) The Easybeats “Pretty Girl”
8) The Easybeats “Goin’ Out of My Mind”
Compare & Contrast:
9) Dale Hawkins “La Do Da Da”
10) The Bluethings “La Do Da Da”
11) The Vestells “Won't You Tell Me”
12) Ed Wool & the Nomads “I Need Somebody”
Geographic Rock Block:
13) The Briks “Baby, Let Me Take You Home”
14) Thursday’s Children “Try Girl”
15) The Barons “Don’t Burn It”
16) Stereo Shoestring “On the Road South”
Shoulda Been a Hit:
17) Consortium “All the Love In the World”
18) The Evil Eyes “Mister Mystified”
19) Bean and Loopy's Lot “A Stitch In Time”
20) Caleb “Baby Your Phrasing Is Bad"
New Release of the Week:
21) The Picture Show “Bleem” Shatters Into Discontent CD
22) The Nix-Nomads “She’ll Be Sweeter Than You”
23) The Lords of London “Time Waits For No One”
24) The Great Scots “Ball & Chain”
Embryonic Heroes: (Steven Tyler/Aerosmith):
25) The Chain Reaction “When I Needed You”
26) The Falcons “I Gotta See Her”
27) The Society “High & Mighty”
28) Nobody’s Children “Jungo Partner (A Worthless Cajun)”
29) The Knack “Time Waits For No One”
Lousy Song of the Week:
30) Los Comandos “Moby Dick”
A note from the archivist: John E. wanted to extract his protracted monologue from this episode, but I reasoned the sudden resurgence of interest in UFOs might make his discourse all the more timely. He fell for it.
Thursday May 28, 2026
Thursday May 28, 2026
1) The Young Executives “Come On In Baby”
2) The Heart Attacks “Babba Diddy Baby”
3) The Kinetics “You’re Gonna Miss Me”
4) The Entertainers “It’s You”
5) The Applejacks “(Boom, Boom, Boom) Everybody Fall Down”
6) The Mountain Kings “Don’t You Know”
7) Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs “Hi Heeled Sneakers”
8) The Team-Beats “Rip It Up” (undubbed version)
Embryonic Heroes:
9) Justin Hayward “London Is Behind Me”
10) The Moody Blues “Steal Your Heart Away”
11) Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders “She’s Got the Power”
12) The Ferris Wheel “I Can’t Break the Habit”
Rock Block:
13) The Troggs “I Can’t Control Myself”
14) The Troggs “I Can Only Give You Everything”
15) The Troggs “Too Much of a Good Thing”
16) The Troggs “We Waited For Someone”
17) Dalton & Montgomery “Blackmail”
18) The Baroques “Love In a Circle”
19) The Damnation of Adam Blessing “Painter”
20) Baker Knight & the Knightmares “Hallucinations”
Compare & Contrast:
21) The Traits “Parchman Farm”
22) Blue Cheer “Parchman Farm”
23) The X-cellents “Little Wooden House”
24) The Celtics “Times With You”
Lousy Song of the Week:
25) The Missing Links (Los Angeles, CA) “Heartbreak Hill”
26) The Bucaneers “You’re Never Gonna Love Me Anymore”
27) The Dagenites “I’m Gonna Slide”
28) Davie Allan & the Arrows “Blues’ Theme”
Shoulda Been a Hit:
29) The Kirkbys “I’ve Never Been So Much In Love”
New Release of the Week:
30) Gasoline Heart “Move Along” You Know Who You Are CD
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”