Where The Action Is – Thu 26 May 2011 LEITH FM

Here we go again for another rousing edition of Where The Action Is, which this week featured the usual mix of mod, soul, Motown, girl groups and alternative 60s tunes, as well as all the usual features: Connect 3, the Birthday track, Half-Time Instrumental, Foreign Language, Death Disco, Under the Influence and Two of a Kind.

Hank Mizell – Jungle Rock (Eko 1958)
Tony Newman – Let The Good Times Roll (Decca 1968) (show theme)
Reparata and the Delrons – Tommy (World Artists 1965)
The Searchers – Take Me For What I’m Worth (Pye 1965)
Strawberry Alarm Clock – Incense and Peppermint (Uni 1967) RIP JOHN S CARTER
The Association – Blistered (Valiant 1966)
The Puppets – Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore (Red Rooster 1965) (Connect 3)
Fifth Dimension – Puppet Man (Bell 1970) (Connect 3)
Cathy Carroll – Poor Little Puppet (Warner Bros 1962) (Connect 3)
Tales of Justine – Monday Morning (HMV 1967)
Sarah Vaughan – Broken Hearted Melody (Mercury 1959)
David Bowie – The Man Who Sold The World (Mercury 1970) (Birthday: 26/5/46 Mick Ronson)
John Holt – Ali Baba (Treasure Isle 1969)
Aretha Franklin – I Can’t Wait Until I See My Baby’s Face (Columbia 1964)
Roland Janes – Guitarville (Judd 1959) (Half-Time Instrumental)
The Elektras – All I Want To Do Is Run (United Artists 1963)
Cilla Black – M’Innamoro (Step Inside Love) (EMI 1968) (Foreign Language)
Billie Davis & Keith Powell – When You Move You Lose (Piccadilly 1966)
Sandy Salisbury – Love Divided By Two (Unreleased 1966-1969)
Truth and Beauty with Little Nell – Tuff Little Surfer Boy (RAK 1974) (Death Disco)
Patty and the Petticoats – Sneaky Sue (Kapp 1963)
Dropkick – Bad Line (Sound Asleep 2011) (Under The Influence)
Rainy Daze – Blood of Oblivion (Fe Fi Fo Fum) (Polydor 1967)
Barbara Lewis – Make Me Belong To You (Atlantic 1966)
Fanny – Sound and the Fury (Reprise 1972) (Two of a Kind)
Fanny – Solid Gold (Reprise 1973) (Two of a Kind)
Kathy Kirby – I Belong (Decca 1965) RIP KATHY KIRBY
Tony Newman – Let The Good Times Roll (Decca 1968)

Thanks, as ever, to everyone who tuned in and took part in the show via text, phone, email, Twitter or Facebook. Your contributions are always appreciated and very much welcomed. Tonight’s show included requests for Gary Durkin (Glossop), John Turnbull (Edinburgh), James Selfridge (Bonnyrigg), Mrs Cat and her knitting crew (Dunfermline), Marianne Foreman (Bonnyrigg), Paul Brown (Herne Bay), Simon Goddard (London), David Paul (Edinburgh), Joe Haining (Milan) and Catriona Vernal (Glasgow).

You can tune in every Thursday night between 8.30pm and 10pm on 98.8 FM in and around Edinburgh and online via www.leithfm.co.uk. You can also join in the chat during the show on the “Where The Action Is (Radio Show)” Facebook page.

Requests are welcome for the show, including the features, and I’ll try and accommodate them all, although it may take a couple of weeks to slot them all in.

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

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Where The Action Is – Thu 19 May 2011 LEITH FM

After last week’s Eurovison extravaganza it’s back to the bread and butter of Where The Action Is, which this week features the usual mix of mod, soul, Motown, girl groups and alternative 60s tunes, as well as all the usual features: Connect 3, the Birthday track, Half-Time Instrumental, Foreign Language, Death Disco, Under the Influence and Two of a Kind.

The Poco-Sezo Singers – I Can Make It With You (Columbia 1966)
Tony Newman – Let The Good Times Roll (Decca 1968) (show theme)
Kenny Lynch – Moving Away (HMV 1967)
Donovan – Wear Your Love Like Heaven (Epic 1967)
Walker Brothers – I Can’t Let It Happen To You (Philips 1967) RIP JOHN WALKER
Debbie Rollins – My Johnny Doesn’t Come Around Anymore (Ascot 1964)
The Kinks – Victoria (Pye 1969) (Connect 3)
The Searchers – Popcorn Double Feature (Pye 1967) (Connect 3)
The Other Half – Mr Pharmacist (GNP Crescendo 1966) (Connect 3)
The Rag Dolls – Dusty (Mala 1964)
Dusty Springfield – Don’t Say It Baby (Philips 1964)
Alma Cogan – Just Couldn’t Resist Her With Her Pocket Transistor (HMV 1960) (Birthday: 19/5/32 Alma Cogan)
Sandy Salisbury – Together In The End (Unreleased 66-69)
Cilla Black – What Good Am I (Parlophone 1967)
The Outlaws – The Return of the Outlaws (HMV 1963) (Half-Time Instrumental)
Anita & Th’ So-and-So’s – Joey Baby (RCA 1961)
France Gall – Laisse Tomber Les Filles (Philips 1964) (Foreign Language)
Helen Shapiro – Kiss ‘n’ Run (Columbia 1961)
Heinz – Dreams Do Come True (Decca 1963)
The Cheers – Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots (Capitol 1955) (Death Disco)
The Poets – Some Things I Can’t Forget (Immediate 1965)
The Thanes – You Shouldn’t Be Sad (Mojo 2006) (Under The Influence)
The Shepherd Sisters – Don’t Mention My Name (Atlantic 1963)
The Washington DCs – Have You Seen My Baby? (Ember 1965)
Evie Sands- I Can’t Let Go (Blue Cat 1965) (Two of a Kind)
Evie Sands – Take Me for a Little While (Blue Cat 1965) (Two of a Kind)
The Bermudas – Donnie (Era 1964)
Walker Brothers – Just Say Goodbye (Philips 1967)

Thanks, as ever, to everyone who tuned in and took part in the show via text, phone, email, Twitter or Facebook. Your contributions are always appreciated and very much welcomed. Tonight’s show included requests for Simon Goddard (London) and John Turnbull (Edinburgh).

You can tune in every Thursday night between 8.30pm and 10pm on 98.8 FM in and around Edinburgh and online via www.leithfm.co.uk. You can also join in the chat during the show on the “Where The Action Is (Radio Show)” Facebook page.

Requests are welcome for the show, including the features, and I’ll try and accommodate them all, although it may take a couple of weeks to slot them all in.

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

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Where The Action Is – Thu 12 May 2011 LEITH FM (Eurovision special)

Bienvenue! Wilkommen! Guten Tag! Here are the votes of the Leith FM jury. Yes, last night’s edition of Where The Action Is was a Eurovision special, featuring mostly, but not exclusively, Eurovision tracks from the 60s as well as non-Eurovision tracks by artists connected with Eurovision, whether it be as a writer or singer. Some of the regular features have taken the week off – Birthday track, Death Disco – while others have a Eurovison flavour for one week only.

The New Seekers – Beg, Steal or Borrow (Polydor 1972)
Marc-Antoine Charpentier – Te Deum (c. 1690) (show theme)
Francoise Hardy – This Little Heart (Vogue 1965)
Gigliola Cinquetti – Non Ho L’Eta (Decca 1964)
Matt Monro – I Love The Little Things (Parlophone 1964)
Kathy Kirby – Dance On (Decca 1963)
Julie London – People Who are Born in May (Liberty 1956) (Connect 3)
Peter London – Baby I Like The Look of You (Pye 1964) (Connect 3)
Herman’s Hermits – London Look (Unreleased 1968) (Connect 3)
F.L.Y. – Hello from Mars (Latvia 2003)
Brainstorm – My Star (Latvia 2000)
France Gall – Poupee de Cire, Poupee de Son (Luxembourg 1965)
Katja Ebstein – A Hard Day Night’s (Liberty 1969)
Conny Froboess – Zwei Kleiner Italiener (Norway 1962)
The Packabeats – Evening in Paris (Pye 1962) (Half-Time Instrumental)
Kirsti Sparboe – Eins, Zwei, Drei (Norway 1969)
Twinkle – Tommy (Decca 1965) (Foreign Language)
Twinkle – A Lonely Singing Doll (Decca 1965)
Anne-Marie David – Tu Tu Recoinnoitras (Epic 1973)
The Allisons – Are You Sure? (Fontana 1961)
Massiel – He Gives Me Love (La La La) (Philips 1968)
Sandie Shaw/The Smiths – Hand in Glove (Rough Trade 1984) (Under The Influence)
Muriel Day – Nine Times Out of Ten (Page One 1969)
Severine – Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue (Philips 1971)
Vicky Leandros – Apres Toi (Philips 1972) (Two of a Kind)
Vicky Leandros – L’Amour Est Bleu (Luxembourg 1967) (Two of a Kind)
Lulu – The Boat I Row (Columbia 1967)
Gina G – Ooh Aah…Just a Little Bit (Eternal 1996)

Thanks, as ever, to everyone who tuned in and took part in the show via text, phone, email, Twitter or Facebook. Your contributions are always appreciated and very much welcomed. I really mean that.

You can tune in every Thursday night between 8.30pm and 10pm on 98.8 FM in and around Edinburgh and online via www.leithfm.co.uk. You can also join in the chat during the show on the “Where The Action Is (Radio Show)” Facebook page.

Requests are welcome for the show, including the features, and I’ll try and accommodate them all, although it may take a couple of weeks to slot them all in.

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

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Where The Action Is – Thu 5 May 2011 LEITH FM

Here is the playlist for tonight’s edition of Where The Action Is, which featured the usual mix of mod, soul, Motown, girl groups and alternative 60s tunes, as well as all the usual features: Connect 3, the Birthday track, Half-Time Instrumental, Foreign Language, Death Disco, Under the Influence and Two of a Kind.

The Poets – Baby Don’t You Do It (Immediate 1966) RIP HUME PATON
Tony Newman – Let The Good Times Roll (Decca 1968) (show theme)
Spencer Davis Group – I’m a Man (Fontana 1967)
Kenny Lynch – Come On, Come On (HMV 1966)
The Cinderellas – Baby Baby (I Still Love You) (Dimension 1964)
Sandy Salisbury – Spell On Me (Together 1969)
The Monkees – All of My Toys (alternate mix) (Unreleased 1967) (Connect 3)
The Toys – A Lover’s Concerto (Dynovoice 1965) (Connect 3)
The Devonnes – I’m Gonna Pick Up My Toys (and Go Home) (Colossus 1971) (Connect 3)
Cilla Black – Love of the Loved (Parlophone 1963)
The Knack – Who’ll Be the Next in Line (Decca 1965)
The Marbles – Only One Woman (Polydor 1968) (Birthday: 5/5/48 Trevor Gordon)
The Factotums – Can’t Go Home Anymore My Love (Immediate 1966)
Andrea Carroll – It Hurts To Be Sixteen (Big Top 1963)
The Saints – Wipeout (Pye 1963) (Half-Time Instrumental)
Helen Shapiro – I’m Tickled Pink (Columbia 1963)
Louise Cordet – J’aime Trop Johnny (Decca 1964) (Foreign Language)
Goldie – Goin’ Back (Immediate 1966)
Joey Vine – The Out of Towner (Immediate 1965)
John Leyton – Johnny Remember Me (EMI Top Rank 1961) (Death Disco)
Patty Duke – Don’t Just Stand There (United Artists 1965)
Ride – Natural Grace (Creation 1994) (Under The Influence)
Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps – Rollin’ Danny (Capitol 1958)
The Game – Gonna Get Me Someone (Decca 1965)
Del Shannon – Kicks (Liberty 1966) (Two of a Kind)
Del Shannon – It’s My Feeling (Liberty 1967) (Two of a Kind)
Fanny – Changing Horses (Reprise 1970)

Thanks, as ever, to everyone who tuned in and took part in the show via text, phone, email, Twitter or Facebook. Your contributions are always appreciated and very much welcomed. I really mean that. Tonight’s show included requests for Mrs Cat, Simon Goddard (London), Scott Basham, Joe Haining (Milan), Julie and Phil Cruickshank and Catriona Vernal.

You can tune in every Thursday night between 8.30pm and 10pm on 98.8 FM in and around Edinburgh and online via www.leithfm.co.uk. You can also join in the chat during the show on the “Where The Action Is (Radio Show)” Facebook page.

Requests are welcome for the show, including the features, and I’ll try and accommodate them all, although it may take a couple of weeks to slot them all in.

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

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