Playlist: Where The Action Is – Thu 26 January 2012 LEITH FM

Welcome to the last Where The Action Is of January. We have the usual mix of mod, girl groups, freakbeat, popsike and the best music you’ve never heard from the late 50s through to the early 70s and all in a new time slot, between 9 and 11pm (UK time). We have our regular features as well as some new ones for 2012, alongside a new theme tune. We’re now playing two rounds of the Connect 3 puzzle, the wordless wonder that is the Half-Time Instrumental, a Foreign Language track (which country will we visit this week?), the Under the Influence choice and this week’s Two of a Kind. There’s also a Death Disco track every week and those new features in the shape of Double Rubble and Land of 1000 Dances.

Baker Knight & The Knightmares – Hallucinations (Reprise 1967)
The Beatstalkers – Base Line (Decca 1966) (Show Theme)
Etta James – Tell Mama (Chess 1967)
Sandy Salisbury – I Just Don’t Know How To Say Goodbye (Together 1969)
The Equals – The Guy Who Made Her a Star (President 1968) 
Dave and Ansell Collins – Double Barrel (Techniques 1971)
Simon and Garfunkel – Baby Driver (Columbia 1970) (Connect 3)
Ministry of Sound – Back Seat Driver (Decca 1966) (Connect 3)
Willie Mitchell – That Driving Beat (London 1965) (Connect 3)
The Amboy Dukes – Journey To The Center of the Mind (Mainstream 1968)
The Caravelles – I Was Wrong (Decca 1963)
The Love Affair – One Road (CBS 1969) (Birthday: 26/1/52 Maurice Bacon)
Julie Grant – Don’t Ever Let Me Down (Pye 1963)
Spencer Davis Group – I’m a Man (Fontana 1967)
The Arthur Brown Set – Don’t Tell Me (Barclay 1966)
The Pretty Things – Defecting Grey (Columbia 1967) (Double Rubble)
The Epics – Blue Turns To Grey (Pye 1966) (Double Rubble)
The Tornados – Chasing Moonbeams (Decca 1963) (Half-Time Instrumental)
Jason Eddie & The Centremen – Whatcha Gonna Do (Parlophone 1965)
Johnny Otis – Willie and the Hand Jive (Capitol 1958) (Land of 1000 Dances)
Frankie Avalon – Venus (Chancellor 1959)
Kyu Sakamoto – Sukiyaki (Ue O Muite Aruko) (HMV 1963) (Foreign Language)
John Carter – La La La (Baby Do It) (Piccadilly 1965)
The Shangri-las – Leader of the Pack (Red Bird 1965) (Death Disco)
The Music Machine – People in Me (Original Sound 1967)
Kak – The Lemonaide Kid (Epic 1969)
Secret Affair – Looking Through My Eyes (I-Spy 1980) (Under The Influence)
WC Fields Memorial Electric String Band – Hippy Elevator Operator (Hanna-Barbera 1966) (Connect 3)
13th Floor Elevators – You’re Gonna Miss Me (International Artists 1966) (Connect 3)
Tommy Steele & The Steelman – Elevator Rock (Decca 1956) (Connect 3)
The 5th Dimension – Workin’ on a Groovy Thing (Soul City 1969)
The Liverpool Echo – Girl Said To Me (Spark 1973) (Two of a Kind)
The Liverpool Echo – No Not Again (Spark 1973) (Two of a Kind)
The Lovin’ Spoonful – She is Still a Mystery (Kama Sutra 1967)
Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto – In The Basement (Part 1) (Cadet 1966)

Many thanks, as usual, to everyone who tuned in. Your contributions and feedback are always welcomed and if there’s something you want to hear on the show then by all means let me know.

Tonight’s show included requests for Gary Durkin (Edinburgh), Virginia Mills, John Turnbull (Edinburgh), Eve Griffin (Exeter), June Taylor (Southport), Stuart Cant (Edinburgh) and Sheila Godfrey (East Kilbride) amongst others.

You can now tune in every Thursday night between 9pm and 11pm on 98.8 FM in and around Edinburgh and online via www.leithfm.co.uk or using TuneIn Web Tuner.You can also join in the chat during the show on the “Where The Action Is (Radio Show)” Facebook page. If you’re listening in the USA the show starts at approximately 1300 (PST), 1400 (MST), 1500 (CST) and 1600 (EST).

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.

Coming soon:
Mon 30 Jan: A one-off show called “Planet Pop” on K-Town in association with Adam Smith Radio (1500-1600 UK time)
Wed 1 Feb: A version of “Where The Action Is” on K Town in association with Adam Smith Radio (1300-1500 UK time)
Thu 2 Feb: Normal show
Thu 9 Feb: Barry Mann/Carole King – Celebrating the music of two great songwriters with the same birthday
Thu 16 Feb: John Carter – Second special celebrating the music of legendary singer-songwriter-producer
Thu 23 Feb: Academy Awards – A movie-themed special
Thu 2 Mar: Normal show

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

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Playlist: Where The Action Is – Thursday 19 Jan 2012 LEITH FM

Welcome to another edition of Where The Action Is. This week we look back to 2011 by celebrating the music of those who passed away last year. this show was originally scheduled for 8 December 2011 but Hurrican Bawbag put paid to that! It’s the usual mix of mod, girl groups, freakbeat, popsike and the best music you’ve never heard from the late 50s through to the early 70s and all in our new time slot, between 9 and 11pm (UK time). We have our regular features as well as some new ones for 2012. alongside a new theme tune. We’re now playing two rounds of the Connect 3 puzzle (subject to change), the wordless wonder that is the Half-Time Instrumental, although there’s no Foreign Language or Birthday track this week. We’ll have Under the Influence, Two of a Kind and not one, but wo Death Disco tracks. Double Rubble takes a week off but we will visit the Land of 1000 Dances.

? and the Mysterians – 96 Tears (Cameo-Parkway 1966)
The Beatstalkers – Base Line (Decca 1966) (Show Theme)
Kathy Kirby – Dance On (Decca 1963)
Gil Scott-Heron – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Flying Dutchman 1971)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Zig Zag Wanderer (Buddah 1967) 
Dobie Gray – No Time To Cry (Charger 1966)
Madeline Bell – I Can’t Wait Until I See My Baby’s Face (Philips 1965) (Connect 3)
Marmalade – Stay With Me Baby (Unreleased 1969) (Connect 3)
The Rolling Stones – Time Is On My Side (London 1964) (Connect 3)
The Marvelettes – Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers (Motown 1964)
The Electric Prunes – I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) (Reprise 1966)
The Lemon Pipers – Green Tambourine (Buddah 1967)
Benny Spellman – Fortune Teller (Minit 1965)
The Attack – Fel Like Flying (Making It) (Unreleased 1968)
The Outsiders – Time Won’t Let Me (Capitol 1966)
The Poets – Baby Don’t You Do It (Immediate 1966)
Jackie Leven – Another Man’s Rain (Cooking Vinyl)
John Barry and his Orchestra – Fancy Dance (stereo mix) (Ember 1963) (Half-Time Instrumental)
Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps – Rollin’ Danny (Capitol 1958)
The Miracles – Mickey’s Monkey (Tamla 1963) (Land of 1000 Dances)
Walker Brothers – I Can’t Let That Happen To You (Philips 1967)
The Love Affair – A Day Without Love (CBS 1968)
The Grass Roots – Where Were You When I Need You (Dunhill 1966)
Johnny Preston – Running Bear (Mercury 1959) (Death Disco)
The Cheers – Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots (Capitol 1955) (Death Disco)
Amy Winehouse – Love is a Losing Game (Universal 2006) (Under The Influence)
Simon Dupree & The Big Sound – Kites (Parlophone 1967) (Connect 3)
Verdelle Smith – Tar and Cement (Capitol 1966) (Connect 3)
Shelley Fabares – Johnny Angel (Pye International 1962) (Connect 3)
Jet Harris & Tony Meehan – Scarlett O’Hara (Decca 1963)
Strawberry Alarm Clock – Incense and Peppermint (Uni 1967)
Fontella Bass – I’m a Woman (Chess 1965) (Two of a Kind)
The Mamas and the Papas – Spanish Harlem (Dunhill 1966) (Two of a Kind)

Many thanks, as usual, to everyone who tuned in. Your contributions and feedback are always welcomed and if there’s something you want to hear on the show then by all means let me know.

Tonight’s show included requests for Gary Durkin (Edinburgh), Eve Griffin (Exeter), Joe Haining (Milan), Catriona Vernal (Edinburgh), Sheila Godfrey (East Kilbride), Scott Basham (Edinburgh) and Simon Goddard (London) amongst others.

You can now tune in every Thursday night between 9pm and 11pm on 98.8 FM in and around Edinburgh and online via www.leithfm.co.uk or using TuneIn Web Tuner.You can also join in the chat during the show on the “Where The Action Is (Radio Show)” Facebook page. If you’re listening in the USA the show starts at approximately 1300 (PST), 1400 (MST), 1500 (CST) and 1600 (EST).

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.

Coming soon:
Thu 26 Jan: Normal show
Thu 2 Feb: Normal show
Thu 9 Feb: Barry Mann/Carole King – Celebrating the music of two great songwriters with the same birthday
Thu 16 Feb: John Carter – Second special celebrating the music of legendary singer-songwriter-producer
Thu 23 Feb: Academy Awards – A movie-themed special
Thu 2 Mar: Normal show

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

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Playlist: Where The Action Is – Thursday 12 January 2012 LEITH FM

Another week and another crackin’ episode of Where The Action Is. There’s the usual mix of mod, girl groups, freakbeat, popsike and the best music you’ve never heard from the late 50s through to the early 70s and all in a new time slot, between 9 and 11pm (UK time). We have our regular features as well as some new ones for 2012. alongside a new theme tune. We’re now playing two rounds of the Connect 3 puzzle (subject to change), the wordless wonder that is the Half-Time Instrumental, a Foreign Language track (which country will we visit this week?), the Under the Influence choice and this week’s Two of a Kind. There’s also a Death Disco track every week and those new features in the shape of Double Rubble and Land of 1000 Dances.

The Byrds – You Movin’ (Unreleased 1964)
The Beatstalkers – Base Line (Decca 1966) (Show Theme)
The Midnights – Show Me Around (Ember 1965)
Billy Fury – Things Are Changing (Parlophone 1967)
Twinkle – Micky (Instant 1969) 
John Lee’s Groundhogs – I’ll Never Fall in Love Again Planet 1966)
The Merseys – The Cat (Fontana 1967) (Connect 3)
Fanny – Cat Fever (Reprise 1971) (Connect 3)
Gordon Lightfoot – Pussywillow Cat-Tails (United Artists 1968) (Connect 3)
The Cryan’ Shames – I Wanna Meet You (Columbia 1966)
The Quiet Five – Tomorrow I’ll Be Gone (Parlophone 1965)
Big Star – The Ballad of El Goodo (Ardent/Stax 1972) (Birthday: 12/1/51 Chris Bell)
The Searchers – It’s Time (mono) (Pye 1965)
Dusty Springfield – Goin’ Back (Philips 1966)
The Spencer Davis Group – Lookin’ Back (United Artists 1968)
Sons of Fred – Sweet Love (Columbia 1965) (Double Rubble)
The Attack – Created By Clive (Decca 1967) (Double Rubble)
Billie Davis – Nobody’s Home To Go Home To (Decca 1969)
Roger Lavern & the Microns – Jackson’s Jump (Unreleased 1963) (Half-Time Instrumental)
Francoise Hardy – Find Me a Boy (Pye 1964)
Alvin Cash – Twine Time (Mar-V-Lus 1965) (Land of 1000 Dances)
Bobby Fuller Four – Don’t Ever Let Me Know (Mustang 1966)
Alicia Granados – Batiendo Palmas (Regal 1964) (Foreign Language)
Kenny Lynch – Movin’ Away (HMV 1967)
Thomas Wayne & The DeLons – Tragedy (Fernwood 1958) (Death Disco)
The Rev-lons – Boy Trouble (Garpax 1962)
The Sea Urchins – Day Into Day (Sarah 1989) (Under The Influence)
The Ministry of Sound – Magic People (Spark 1966) (Connect 3)
The Vogues – Magic Town (Co & Ce 1966) (Connect 3)
Timi Yuro – Could This Be Magic? (Mercury 1965) (Connect 3)
The Couriers – Done Me Wrong (Ember 1965)
The Chordettes – Pink Shoelaces (London 1959)
Big Star – When My Baby’s Beside Me (Ardent/Stax 1972) (Two of a Kind)
Big Star – Watch The Sunrise (Ardent/Stax 1972) (Two of a Kind)
The Liverpool Echo – Girl Said To Me (Spark 1973)
The Caravelles – You Don’t Have To Be a Baby To Cry (Decca 1963)

Many thanks, as usual, to everyone who tuned in. Your contributions and feedback are always welcomed and if there’s something you want to hear on the show then by all means let me know.

Tonight’s show included requests for Sandi Richters Moore (Davenport, Iowa), Fay Gray (Holytown), Gary Durkin (Edinburgh), Stuart Cant (Edinburgh), Eve Griffin (Exeter), Lauree McArdle (Arlington, Virginia), Kevin John McGachy (Port Glasgow), Joe Haining (Milan), David Paul (Edinburgh), Catriona Vernal (Edinburgh), June Taylor (Southport), Sheila Godfrey (East Kilbride), Scott Basham (Edinburgh) and Simon Goddard (London) amongst others.

You can now tune in every Thursday night between 9pm and 11pm on 98.8 FM in and around Edinburgh and online via www.leithfm.co.uk or using TuneIn Web Tuner.You can also join in the chat during the show on the “Where The Action Is (Radio Show)” Facebook page. If you’re listening in the USA the show starts at approximately 1300 (PST), 1400 (MST), 1500 (CST) and 1600 (EST).

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.

Coming soon:
Thu 19 Jan: “Gone But Not Forgotten” – Celebrating the music of those who died in 2011
Thu 26 Jan: Normal show
Thu 2 Feb: Normal show
Thu 9 Feb: Barry Mann/Carole King – Celebrating the music of two great songwriters with the same birthday
Thu 16 Feb: John Carter – Second special celebrating the music of legendary singer-songwriter-producer
Thu 23 Feb: Academy Awards – A movie-themed special
Thu 1 Mar: Normal show

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

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Playlist: Where The Action Is – Thursday 5 January 2012 LEITH FM

Welcome, one and all, to the first edition of Where The Action Is of 2012. We have the usual mix off mod, girl groups, freakbeat, popsike and the best music you’ve never heard from the late 50s through to the early 70s and in a new time slot, between 9 and 11pm (UK time). Some regular features return with the introduction of some new ones and a new Show theme tune, which I change every January. We’ll now be playing two rounds of the Connect 3 puzzle, the wordless wonder that is the Half-Time Instrumental, a Foreign Language track (which country will we visit this week?), the Under the Influence choice and this week’s Two of a Kind. There’s also a Death Disco track every week and new features in the shape of Double Rubble and Land of 1000 Dances.

Julie Grant – Happy New Year (Pye 1962)
The Beatstalkers – Base Line (Decca 1966) (Show Theme)
Del Shannon – Kicks (Liberty 1966)
The Monkees – All of Our Toys (Unreleased 1967)
Beverley – Happy New Year (Deram 1966) 
Peanut – I’m Waiting For The Day (Columbia 1966)
The Shangri-las – Love You More Than Yesterday (Red Bird 1966) (Connect 3)
Yesterday‘s Children – Feelings (Showcase 1966) (Connect 3)
The Act of Creation – Yesterday Noontime (Capitol 1967) (Connect 3)
Jackie Trent – Such a Small Love (Pye 1969)
The Herd – I Can Fly (Fontana 1967)
Wilbert Harrison – Kansas City (Top Rank 1959) (Birthday: 5/1/29 Wilbert Harrison)
The Left Banke – Pretty Ballerina (Smash 1966)
Fanny – All Mine (Reprise 1973)
The Fox – Butterfly (Fontana 1970) (Double Rubble)
Writing On The Wall – Buffalo (Pye 1973) (Double Rubble)
The Beach Boys – I Can Hear Music (Capitol 1969)
Coxy Cole – Topsy (Part 1) (Love 1958) (Half-Time Instrumental)
Thee Midniters – Jump, Jive and Harmonize (Whittier 1967)
The Caravelles – I Really Don’t Want To Know (Decca 1963)
Round Robin – Land of 1000 Dances (The Na Na Song) (Domain 1965) (Land of 1000 Dances)
Syd Barrett – Octopus (Harvest 1969)
Arielle – Goody Goody (Barclay 1962) (Foreign Language)
The Liverpool Echo – You Might As Well Surrender (Spark 1973)
Pamela Blue – My Friend Bobby (Decca 1963) (Death Disco)
Marmalade – Ride Boy Ride (Decca 1971)
Camera Obscura – Happy New Year (Andmoresound 2001) (Under The Influence)
The Ministry of Sound – Going Round and Round (Spark 1966) (Connect 3)
The Shadows – Round and Round (Columbia 1963) (Connect 3)
Contact – Round and Round (aka Midsummer Night’s Dream) (Unreleased 1968) (Connect 3)
Nimrod – Don’t Let It Get The Best of You (Mercury 1969)
Otis Redding – I Can’t Turn You Loose (Atlantic 1966) (Two of a Kind)
Otis Redding – Mr Pitiful (Atlantic 1965) (Two of a Kind)

Thanks to everyone who tuned in tonight. Your contributions and feedback are always welcomed and let me know if there’s something you want to hear on the show.

Tonight’s show included requests for Gary Durkin (Edinburgh), Scott Basham (Edinburgh), Catriona Vernal (Edinburgh), John Turnbull (Edinburgh), Sheila Godfrey (East Kilbride) and John Cavanagh (Glasgow) amongst others.

You can now tune in every Thursday night between 9pm and 11pm on 98.8 FM in and around Edinburgh and online via www.leithfm.co.uk or using TuneIn Web Tuner.You can also join in the chat during the show on the “Where The Action Is (Radio Show)” Facebook page. If you’re listening in the USA the show starts at approximately 1300 (PST), 1400 (MST), 1500 (CST) and 1600 (EST).

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/night and good health.

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