Where The Action Is: Playlist Sunday 26 September 2010

After last week’s trip to Instroville on Kirkcaldy VRN 1287AM, we’re back to our normal mix of mod, soul, Motown, girl groups and alternative pop on Where the Action Is!

As usual we’ll have two games of Connect 3, where you can guess the link between three tracks, a birthday track for Olivia Newton-John and a Foreign Language song from Lulu. There’s also the Half-Time Instrumental, a Trojan Mod Reggae track, Two of a Kind from Beryl Marsden, as well as The Barracudas in the Under the Influence feature.

The Orchids – Oo-Chang-A-Lang (London 1964)
Floyd Cramer – On The Rebound (RCA 1961) (show theme)
The Yardbirds – Evil Hearted You (Columbia 1965)
The Strangers – Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) (Pye 1967)
The Searchers – Second Hand Dealer (Pye 1967)
Tony’s Defenders – Yes I Do (Columbia 1966)
Tammi Terrell – I Can’t Believe You Love Me (Motown 1965)
Petula Clark – Groovin’ (edit) (Pye 1967)
Jan and Dean – She’s My Summer Girl (Liberty 1963) (Connect 3)
Autumn – My Little Girl (Pye 1971) (Connect 3)
The Settlers – Till Winter Follows Spring (Pye 1966) (Connect 3)
The Manish Boys – Take My Tip (Parlophone 1965)
Brenda Lee – The Letter (Decca 1968)
Olivia Newton-John – Till You Say You’ll Be Mine (Decca 1966) (Birthday: 26/9/48)
Boyce and Hart – Teardrop City (A&M 1968)
The Factotums – Cloudy (Pye 1967)
Lulu – Wenn Du Da Bist (Decca 1966) (Foreign Language)
The Isley Brothers – I Guess I’ll Always Love You (Motown 1962)
The Shadows – Scotch On The Socks (Columbia 1966) (Half-Time Instrumental)
Truly Smith – The Boy From Chelsea (Decca 1967)
The Freshmen – Just To See You Smile (Pye 1969)
Laurel Aitken & The Soulmen – Last Night (Trojan 1965) (Trojan Mod Reggae)
The Knack – Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind? (Piccadilly 1966)
Simon Dupree & The Big Sound – 60 Minutes (Of Your Love)/A Lot of Love (Parlophone 1967)
Tom Jones – A Taste of Honey (Decca 1966)
The Barracudas – I Can’t Pretend (Zonophone 1981) (Under the Influence)
The Supremes/Four Tops – River Deep, Mountain High (Motown 1968)
The Greenbeats – So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) (Pye 1965)
Shapes and Sizes – Rain On My Face (Decca 1966)
The Applejacks – Like Dreamers Do (Decca 1964) (Connect 3)
Madeline Bell – You Won’t See Me (Philips 1966) (Connect 3)
Vicki Carr – Nowhere Man (EMI 1966) (Connect 3)
Haycock’s Roadhouse – Mix-A-Fix (Columbia 1967)
R Dean Taylor – Indiana Wants Me (Motown 1968)
Beryl Marsden – When The Lovelight Starts Shining Thru’ His Eyes (Decca 1964) (Two of a Kind)
Beryl Marsden – What She’s Got (Columbia 1966) (Two of a Kind)
Peter Nelson – Don’t Make Promises (You Can’t Keep) (Piccadilly 1966)
Floyd Cramer – On The Rebound (RCA 1961) (show theme)

In the run up to Christmas there will also be a number of other themed shows including Ember Records (Oct 3 and 10), Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil (Oct 17), Hallowe’en (Oct 31) and St. Andrew’s Day/Jocknroll (Nov 28). Feel free to suggest any tracks for these forthcoming shows.

Don’t forget, if you’re in the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy you can hear Where The Action Is on Channel 3 on your bedside headphones or on 1287AM on the Medium Wave between 1702 and 1900 every Sunday.

That’s it for this week. Until next time, it’s good day and good health.

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Where The Action Is: Sunday 19 September 2010

Welcome to Instroville! The 1702 special wordless wonder express train for Kirkcaldy VRN 1287AM calls at mod, soul, Motown, girl groups and alternative pop, terminating at Where the Action Is!

As usual we’ll have two games of Connect 3, where you can guess the link between three instrumentals, a birthday track for a pop impresario and a Foreign Language related instrumental from the Joe Meek stable. There’s also the usual Half-Time Instrumental, an instrumental Trojan Mod Reggae track, Two of a Kind from The Tornados, as well as The Smiths in the Under the Influence feature.

The Champs – Tequila (Challenge 1958)
Floyd Cramer – On The Rebound (RCA 1961) (show theme)
The Eagles – Bristol Express (Pye 1962)
Preston Epps – Bongo Rock (Original Sound 1959)
Earl Van Dyke – 6×6 (Motown 1967)
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen – Lumbered at the Lotus (Pye 1961)
Lee Allen – Walkin’ With Mr Lee (Ember 1958)
James Conwell – Cigarette Ashes (Mirwood 1967)
Timebox – The Soul Sauce (Piccadilly 1967) (Connect 3)
The Quik – Bert’s Apple Crumble (Decca 1967) (Connect 3)
Lord Rockingham’s XI – Fried Onions (Decca 1958) (Connect 3)
Billy Preston – Billy’s Bag (Sue 1966)
Noble “Thin Man” Watts – Hard Times (The Slop) (Baton 1967)
The Beatles – Flying (Parlophone 1967) (Birthday: 19/9/34 Brian Epstein)
The Sunsets – Cry of the Wild Goose (Ember 1961)
The Frantics – Fog Cutter (Dolton 1959)
The Moontrekkers – Hatashiai (Japanese Sword Fight) (Parlophone 1962) (Foreign Language – sort of!)
The Beachcombers – Mad Goose (Columbia 1963)
The Shadows – Round and Round (Columbia 1963) (Half-Time Instrumental)
Dave Pike – Sweet Tater Pie (Atlantic 1965)
David Ede & The Rabin Rock Band – No Hats on Ilkley (Pye 1961)
Baba Brooks Band – Country Town (Dutchess 1963) (Trojan Mod Reggae)
Johnny & The Hurricanes – Crossfire (Warwick 1958)
The Small Faces – Almost Grown (Immediate 1966)
Fleur de Lys – Wait for Me (Immediate 1965)
The Smiths – Oscillate Wildly (Rough Trade 1984) (Under the Influence)
Larry Lawrence & The Beatniks – Squad Car Theme (Balboa/Ember 1960)
Tony Hatch – Out of this World (Pye 1962)
Bill Justis – College Man (Phillips International 1958)
Roger Lavern & The Microns – Red Rocket (Unreleased 1963) (Connect 3)
Bill Black‘s Combo – Smokie Pt 2 (Hi 1959) (Connect 3)
The Fabulous Flee-Rakkers – Green Jeans (RGM 1960) (Connect 3)
Just Brothers – Sliced Tomatoes (Lupine 1965)
Dave “Baby” Cortez – The Happy Organ (Clock 1959)
The Tornados – Telstar (stereo version) (Columbia 1962) (Two of a Kind)
The Tornados – Pop Art Goes Mozart (Columbia 1966) (Two of a Kind)
Fathers and Angels – Bok to Bach (MGM 1967)
Booker T & The MGs – Time Is Tight (Stax 1959)
Tony Newman – Let The Good Times Roll (Decca 1968)
Floyd Cramer – On The Rebound (RCA 1961) (show theme)

In the run up to Christmas there will also be a number of other themed shows including Ember Records (Oct 3 and 10), Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil (Oct 17), Hallowe’en (Oct 31) and St. Andrew’s Day/Jocknroll (Nov 28). Feel free to suggest any tracks for these forthcoming shows.

Don’t forget, if you’re in the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy you can hear Where The Action Is on Channel 3 on your bedside headphones or on 1287AM on the Medium Wave between 1702 and 1900 every Sunday.

That’s it for this week. Until next time, it’s good day and good health.

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Where The Action Is: Playlist 12 September 2010

After last week’s food-filled funfest it’s back to normal with my usual mix of mod, soul, Motown, girl groups and alternative pop from the last 50s through to the early 70s. Welcome to Where the Action Is!

As usual we’ll have two games of Connect 3, where you can guess the link between three records, a birthday track for singer Maria Muldaur and a Foreign Language track from Michel Arnaud and Serge Gainsbourg. There’s also the Half-Time Instrumental, the Trojan Mod Reggae track, Two of a Kind from Brenda Holloway, as well as Candie Payne in the Under the Influence feature.

Willie Mitchell – That Driving Beat (London 1965)
Floyd Cramer – On The Rebound (RCA 1961) (show theme)
Madeline Bell – Beat The Clock (Philips 1967)
The Knickerbockers – One Track Mind (Challenge 1966)
Nancy Sinatra – Day Tripper (Reprise 1965)
Billy Butler & The Enchanters – The Right Track (Oken 1966)
Gladys Knight & The Pips – Take Me In Your Arms and Love Me (Motown 1967)
Cher – Don’t Think Twice (Imperial 1965)
Badfinger – No Matter What (Apple 1970) (Connect 3)
Helen Shapiro – Forget About The Bad Things (Columbia 1966) (Connect 3)
Timi Yuro – Something Bad On My Mind (Liberty 1968) (Connect 3)
The Monkees – Love Is Only Sleeping (Colgems 1967)
The Ikettes – Peaches and Cream (Stateside 1965)
The Even Dozen Jug Band – On The Road Again (Elektra 1964) (Birthday: 12/9/43 Maria Muldaur)
Etta James – Tell Mama (Chess 1967)
The Troggs – Gonna Make You (Page One 1966)
Michel Arnaud/Serge Gainsbourg – Les Papillons Noir (The Black Butterflies) (Pathe 1966) (Foreign Language)
Merry Go Round – Live (A&M 1966)
The Original Checkmates – Tuxedo Junction (Pye 1962) (Half-Time Instrumental)
The Utopias – Sally Bad (Fortune 1965)
Jackie Lee – Love Is Gone (Columbia 1965)
King Stitt – The Ugly One (aka Lee Van Cleef) (Trojan 1970) (Trojan Mod Reggae)
Ernie K-Doe – A Certain Girl (London 1962)
Barry St. John – Turn On Your Light (Major Minor 1968)
The Chocolate Watchband – Let’s Talk About Girls (Tower 1967)
Candie Payne – I Wish I Could Have Loved You More (Deltasonic 2007) (Under the Influence)
The Cryan’ Shames – Cobblestone Road (She’s Been Walkin’) (Columbia 1968)
The Marvelettes – Maybe I Dried My Tears for The Last Time (Unreleased)
Ann Hodge – You’re Welcome Back (XL 1967)
Ramsey Lewis Trio – Wade in the Water (Chess 1966) (Connect 3)
The Move – Walk Upon The Water (Regal Zonophone 1968) (Connect 3)
The Kinks – Misty Water (stereo) (Unreleased 1968) (Connect 3)
Joani Campo – His Lips Get In The Way (Unreleased 1966/1967)
The Mojo Men – Sit Down I Think I Love You (Reprise 1967)
Brenda Holloway – Constant Love (Unreleased) (Two of a Kind)
Brenda Holloway – Every Little Bit Hurts (Motown 1964) (Two of a Kind)
The Yardbirds – Shapes of Things (Columbia 1966)
Floyd Cramer – On The Rebound (RCA 1961) (show theme)

Next week’s show will be another special featured two hours of crackin’ instrumentals. Next stop, Instroville!

In the run up to Christmas there will also be a number of other themed shows including Ember Records (Oct 3 and 10), Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil (Oct 17), Hallowe’en (Oct 31) and St.Andrew’s Day/Jocknroll (Nov 28). Feel free to suggest any tracks for these forthcoming shows.

Don’t forget, if you’re in the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy you can hear Where The Action Is on Channel 3 on your bedside headphones or on 1287AM on the Medium Wave between 1702 and 1900 every Sunday.

That’s it for this week. Until next time, it’s good day and good health.

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Where The Action Is: Playlist 5 September 2010

This week, to celebrate the birthday of Thomas McAleese aka Dean Ford of Scottish band Marmalade, we’re having a musical picnic as we indulge in a food-themed special edition of Where The Action Is.

There will be two games of Connect 3, where you can guess the link between three food-related records, a birthday track for singer Dean Ford himself and a Foreign Language track from Brigitte Bardot. There’s also the Half-Time Instrumental, the Trojan Mod Reggae track, Two of a Kind from The Cookies, as well as The BMX Bandits in the Under the Influence feature.

The Four Shells – Hot Dog (My Baby’s Comin’ Home) (Volt 1966)
Floyd Cramer – On The Rebound (RCA 1961) (show theme)
The Marvelettes – Too Many Fish In The Sea (Tamla 1965)
Tim Wilde – Popcorn Double Feature (Tower 1967)
King Curtis – Memphis Soul Stew (Atlantic 1967)
The Raspberries – Come Around and See Me (Capitol 1972)
John Carter – Brown and Porters (Meat Exporters) Lorry (Demo 1966)
Peanut – Home of the Brave (Pye 1965)
The Cheese Cakes – Heading for a Heartbreak (Il Suffrait D’Un Rien) (Laurie 1966) (Connect 3)
Maxine Brown – Baby Cakes (Stax Year Unknown) (Connect 3)
Cake – Baby That’s Me (Decca 1967) (Connect 3)
Marc Bolan – Hippy Gumbo (Parlophone 1966)
The Mindbenders – Uncle Joe The Cream Man (Fontana 1968)
Dean Ford & The Gaylords – Mr Heartbreak’s Here Instead (Columbia 1964) (Birthday: 5/9/45 Dean Ford/Thomas McAleese)
Marmalade – I See The Rain (CBS 1967)
The Hollies – Ye Olde Toffee Shoppe (Parlophone 1967)
Brigitte Bardot – Bubble Gum (Mercury 1966) (Foreign Language)
Jason Crest – Here We Go Round The Lemon Tree (Philips 1968)
The Tornados – Swinging Beefeater (Decca 1963) (Half-Time Instrumental)
Barry St. John – Bread and Butter (Decca 1964)
The Peppermint Rainbow – Don’t Wake Me Up In The Morning, Michael (Decca 1969)
Derrick and Patsy – I’m in a Jam (Trojan 1963) (Trojan Mod Reggae)
The Cinnamons – I’m Not Gonna Worry (‘Cause I Know He’s Mine) (BT Puppy 1964)
Sugar & The Spices – Boys Can Be Mean (Tollie/Vee Jay 1964)
The Cryan Shames – Sugar and Spice (Destination 1966)
The BMX Bandits – The Road of Love Is Paved With Banana Skins (Shoeshine 2003) (Under the Influence)
The Californians – The Cooks of Cake and Kindness (Fontana 1969)
The Honeycombs – I Can’t Stop (Interphon 1964)
The Honeys – The One You Can’t Have (Capitol 1963)
The Applejacks – As a Matter of Fact (Decca 1964) (Connect 3)
The Attack – Orange Peel Lady (Decca 1968) (Connect 3)
Annette Funicello – Pineapple Princess (Buena Vista 1960) (Connect 3)
Peanut Butter Conspiracy – Eventually (Decca 1964)
The Supremes – Buttered Popcorn (Tamla 1961)
The Cookies – Chains (London 1962) (Two of a Kind)
The Cookies – Only To Other People (Colpix 1963) (Two of a Kind)
Patsy Ann Noble – Sour Grapes (Columbia 1963)
Sidewalk Skipper Band – Strawberry Tuesday (Capitol 1968)
JJ Barnes – Sweet Sherry (Contempo 1975)
Floyd Cramer – On The Rebound (RCA 1961) (show theme)

Next week’s show will be a normal one with the show on 19 September being another themed affair, with two hours of instrumentals. All aboard for Instroville!

Don’t forget, if you’re in the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy you can hear Where The Action Is on Channel 3 on your bedside headphones or on 1287AM on the Medium Wave.

That’s it for this week. Until next time, it’s good day and good health.

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