Playlist: Where The Action Is – Thu 15 March 2012 LEITH FM

Welcome to another edition of Where The Action Is. We have our usual mix of mod, soul, freakbeat, baroque pop, psychedelia, girl groups and much, much more from the late 50s through to the early 1970s. We have all our regular features such as two rounds of Connect 3 (can you guess the link?), a Foreign Language track (which country will we visit this week?) and this week’s Two of a Kind. There’s also a Death Disco track, a trip to the Land of 1000 Dances, Double Rubble, Under The Influence and the Half-Time Instrumental track. We also have a world exclusive!

Petula Clark – Where Am I Going? (Pye 1966)
The Beatstalkers – Base Line (Decca 1966) (Show Theme)
The Creation – Try and Stop Me (Planet 1966)
The Velvelettes – He Was Really Saying Something (Motown 1964)
Annette Funicello and The Afterbeats – Tall Paul (Disneyland 1958)
The Corduroys – Too Much of a Woman (Planet 1966)
The Kinks – Some Mother’s Son (Pye 1969) (Connect 3)
Mother Trucker – Tonight (Ember 1974) (Connect 3)
The McCoys – Don’t Worry Mother, Your Son’s Heart Is Pure (Immediate 1966) (Connect 3)
The Birds – You’re On My Mind (Decca 1964)
Mally Page – You Can Be Wrong About Boys (Pye 1966)
The Beach Boys – Help Me, Rhonda (alternate single version) (Capitol 1965) (Birthday: 15/3/41 Mike Love)
Rodney Bewes – Dear Mother Loves Albert (Revolution Pop 1970)
Tony Rivers & The Castaways – The Girl from Salt Lake City (Immediate 1966)
Mike Stuart Span – Workout (Unreleased, Year Unknown)
Groep 1850 – Mother No Head (Philips 1967) (Double Rubble)
Gene Latter – Mother’s Little Helper (Decca 1966) (Double Rubble)
Billie Davis – Love to Love (Decca 1970)
The Pete Chester Group – Three Old Maids (Pye International 1961) (Half-Time Instrumental)
Maxine Darren – Don’t You Know (Pye 1966)
The Rivingtons – The Bird’s the Word (Liberty 1963) (Land of 1000 Dances)
2 of Clubs – Walk Tall (Like a Man) (Fraternity 1966)
Dorthe – Darauf Fall Ich Nicht Rein (Philips 1966) (Foreign Language)
The Outlaws – Shake With Me (HMV 1964)
The Cadets – Car Crash (Jan-Lar/Firefly 1960) (Death Disco)
The Iveys (Badfinger) – Maybe Tomorrow (Apple 1968)
Marmalade – Mama (Decca 1971)
Dean Ford and Joe Tansin – Glasgow Road (Unreleased 2012) (Under The Influence)
Mama Cass – A Song That Never Comes (Dunhill 1970) (Connect 3)
Michelle Phillips – The Achin’ Kind (A&M 1977) (Connect 3)
John Phillips – Mississippi (Warlock-Dunhill 1970) (Connect 3)
Brian Diamond & The Cutters – Shake, Shout and Go (Fontana 1964)
The Breakaways – He Doesn’t Love Me (Pye 1964)
The Mamas and the Papas – Straight Shooter (Dunhill 1966) (Two of a Kind)
The Mamas and the Papas – Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon) (Dunhill 1967) (Two of a Kind)

Thanks, as always, to everyone who tuned in and to those who also joined in on the Facebook page. 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 Tammy Parker (Boulder, Colorado), Eve Griffin (Extere), Fay Gray (Holytown), Katie Shevlin (Luxembourg), Scott Hastie (Glenrothes), Jami McKay (Lincoln), Joe Haining (Milan), Nicola McIntosh (Glenrothes), Kevin Rowan-Drewitt (Blackpool), Philip Stout (Edinburgh), Simon Goddard (London) and Sheila Godfrey (East Kilbride) amongst others.

Please note that the station will cease to be Leith FM from 11pm on Thursday 22 March 2012 and from 1pm on Friday 23 March 2012 will become 98.8 Castle FM. The schedule will be unaffected.

You can now tune in every Thursday night between 9pm and 11pm on 98.8 FM in and around Edinburgh and online via http://www.leithfm.co.uk (currently undergoing refurbishment) 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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Playlist: Where The Action Is – Thu 8 Mar 2012 LEITH FM

Welcome to another fun-filled edition of Where The Action Is. We have our usual mix of mod, soul, freakbeat, baroque pop, psychedelia, girl groups and much, much more from the late 50s through to the early 1970s. We have all our regular features such as two rounds of Connect 3 (can you guess the link?), a Foreign Language track (which country will we visit this week?) and this week’s Two of a Kind. There’s also a Death Disco track, a trip to the Land of 1000 Dances, Double Rubble, Under The Influence and the Half-Time Instrumental track.

The Monkees – P.O. Box 9847 (Colgems 1968)
The Beatstalkers – Base Line (Decca 1966) (Show Theme)
Bobby Johnson & The Atoms – Tramp (Ember 1967)
Ray Singer – Ah Oop (Ember 1966)
Kathy Lynn & The Playboys – I Got a  Guy (Swan 1964)
The Manish Boys – Take My Tip (Parlophone 1965)
Truly Smith – The Girl From Chelsea (Decca 1967) (Connect 3)
Barbara Ruskin – Euston Station (Parlophone 1967) (Connect 3)
The Marquis of Kensington – The Changing of the Guard (Immediate 1967) (Connect 3)
The Kool – Step Out of Your Mind (CBS 1967)
Young Idea – Games Men Play (Columbia 1966)
The Artwoods – I Take What I Want (Decca 1966) (Birthday: 8/3/43 Keef Hartley)
The Trekkas – Please Go (Planet 1966)
The Righteous Brothers – My Tears Will Go Away (Moonglow 1964)
The Flying Machine – Flying Machine (Pye 1970) (Double Rubble)
Serendipity – I’m Flying (CBS 1968) (Double Rubble)
Marmalade – Lovin’ Things CBS 1968)
The Mood-Mosaic – Bond Street PM (Columbia 1966) (Half-Time Instrumental)
Antoinette – Jenny Let Him Go (Decca 1964)
Laurel Aitken – Bongo Jerk (Blue Beat 1966) (Land of 1000 Dances)
Shapes and Sizes – Rain On My Face (Decca 1966)
Monique & The Lions – Er Sah Mich Im Regen (CCA 1966) (Foreign Language)
The Puppets – Shake With Me (Pye 1964)
Bob Fryfogle – Six Feet Under (Wedge 1964) (Death Disco)
The Mirage – You Can’t Be Serious (Philips 1964)
The Percells – Hully Gully Guitar (ABC Paramount 1964)
The Cathode Ray – Train (Stereogram 2011) (Under The Influence)
Heinz and The Wild Boys – Big Fat Spider (Columbia 1965) (Connect 3)
Lindsay Muir’s Untamed – Daddy Long Legs (Planet 1966) (Connect 3)
K G Young – Spider (CBS 1969) (Connect 3)
Johnny Caswell – My Girl (Smash 1964)
The Sorrows – Ypotron (Unreleased 1966)
Cher – Come and Stay With Me (Imperial 1965) (Two of a Kind)
Cher – Dream Baby (Imperial 1965) (Two of a Kind)
The Beach Boys – Heroes and Villains (Capitol 1967)

Thanks, as always, to everyone who tuned in and to those who also joined in on the Facebook page. 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 Scott Hastie (Glenrothes), Scott Basham (Edinburgh) and Sheila Godfrey (East Kilbride) amongst others.

Please note that the station will cease to be Leith FM from 11pm on Thursday 22 March 2012 and from 1pm on Friday 23 March 2012 will become 98.8 Castle FM. The schedule will be unaffected.

You can now tune in every Thursday night between 9pm and 11pm on 98.8 FM in and around Edinburgh and online via http://www.leithfm.co.uk (currently undergoing refurbishment) 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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Playlist: Where The Action Is – Thu 1 Mar 2012

It’s back to out ‘bread and butter’ menu for Where The Action Is. We have our usual mix of mod, soul, freakbeat, baroque pop, psychedelia, girl groups and much, much more from the late 50s through to the early 1970s. We have all our regular features such as two rounds of Connect 3 (can you guess the link?), a Foreign Language track (which country will we visit this week?) and this week’s Two of a Kind. There’s also a Death Disco track, a trip to the Land of 1000 Dances, Double Rubble, Under The Influence and the Half-Time Instrumental track.

The Monkees – Forget That Girl (Colgems 1967)
The Beatstalkers – Base Line (Decca 1966) (Show Theme)
The Caravelles – Hey Mama You’ve Been On My Mind (Polydor 1967)
The Liverpool Echo – You Know It Feels Right (Spark 1973)
The Great Scots – I Ain’t No Miracle Worker (Epic 1966)
Nancy Sinatra – Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) (Reprise 1966)
The Cryan’ Shames – Sugar and Spice (mono) (Destination 1966) (Connect 3)
Mouse and the Traps – Maid of Sugar, Maid of Spice (Fraternity 1966) (Connect 3)
Sugar &  The Spice – Boys Can Be Mean (Tolli/Vee Jay 1964) (Connect 3)
James and Bobby Purify – Shake a Tail Feather (Bell 1967)
The Daughters of Eve – Symponhy of My Soul (USA 1967)
The Who – Anyway Anyhow Anywhere (Brunswick 1965) (Birthday: 1/3/44 Roger Daltrey)
The Rockin’ Vickers – I Don’t Need Your Kind (CBS 1966)
The First Class – Too Many Golden Oldies (Epic 1977)
The End – Shades of Orange (Decca 1968) (Double Rubble)
The Orange Machine – You Can All Join In (Pye 1969) (Double Rubble)
The Others – Oh Yeah (Fontana 1964)
Ray Hoff & The Off Beats – My Good Friend Mary Jane (Clarion 1966) (Half-Time Instrumental)
Dana Gillespie – Andy Warhol (RCA 1974)
Annette Funicello – The Wah Watusi (Vista 1964) (Land of 1000 Dances)
The Syndicats – Crawdaddy Simone (Columbia 1965)
Anita Weibel – Was Hab Ich Getan (Electrola 1966) (Foreign Language)
MC5 – Shakin’ Street (Atlantic 1970)
Ronnie Cook – Susie Darling (Dore, Year Unknown) (Death Disco)
Lyn & The Invaders – Boy is Gone (Fenton 1966)
Jimmy Saville – Ahab the Arab (Decca 1962)
The Cheepskates – Run Better Run (Five and Ten 1984) (Under The Influence)
Badfinger – Apple of My Eye (Apple 1973) (Connect 3)
The Applejacks – Tell Me When (Decca 1964) (Connect 3)
The Nice – Diamond Hard Blue Apples of the Moon (Immediate 1968) (Connect 3)
Ann-Margret – The Swinger (Unknown, 1966)
Robert Mitchum – Mama Look a Boo Boo (Capitol 1957)
The Left Banke – She May Call You Up Tonight (Smash 1967) (Two of a Kind)
The Left Banke – Desiree (Smash 1967) (Two of a Kind)
Carl Perkins – Lend Me Your Comb (Sun 1957)
Gloria Edwards – Lonely Girl (Label Unknown, 1968)

Thanks, as always, to everyone who tuned in and to those who also joined in on the Facebook page. 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 David Paul (Edinburgh), Joe Haining (Milan), Scott Hastie (Glenrothes), John Paul McGachy (Port Glasgow), June Taylor (Southport), Ross White (Penicuik), Jim Selfridge (Bonnyrigg), Scott Basham (Edinburgh), Catriona Vernal (Edinburgh) and Sheila Godfrey (East Kilbride) amongst others.

Please note that the station will cease to be Leith FM from 11pm on Thursday 22 March 2012 and from 1pm on Friday 23 March 2012 will become 98.8 Castle FM. The schedule will be unaffected.

You can now tune in every Thursday night between 9pm and 11pm on 98.8 FM in and around Edinburgh and online via http://www.leithfm.co.uk (currently undergoing refurbishment) 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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