Playlist: Where The Action Is – Tue 16 Apr 2013 – K-Town FM

Welcome back after the Easter break to another fun-filled edition of Where The Action Is, brought to you by Paul “The Cat” Johnston via K-Town FM and Mixcloud.  As usual we had a mix of mod, soul, girl groups, freakbeat, sunshine pop and other weird and wonderful genres from the late 50s through to the early 70s. We had two rounds of Connect 3 (did you get the link between the three tracks?), a Foreign Language track from two French legends and Two of a Kind from The Hollies. We headed off to the Death Disco and did some fractions during our Double Rubble feature. We did the Wah Watusi in the Land of 1000 Dances, and we heard another track from the new single from Dunfermline’s Middleton Hall in our Under The Influence slot and, as ever, we had our half-time instrumental in the form of our Wordless Wonder. We also marked the passing of the fabulous Annette Funicello.

Annette Funicello – Train of Love (Buena Vista 1959)
The Beatstalkers – Base Line (Decca 1966) (Show Theme)
Boyce and Hart – Two For The Price of One (A&M 1968)
Twinkle – Tommy (Decca 1965)
Sugar Pie DeSanto – Soulful Dress (Checker 1964)
The Flower Pot Men – You Can Never Be Wrong (Deram 1968)
Just Two Guys – Eyes (Swan 1965) (Connect 3)
The Soul Vendors – Get Out of My Eye (Unreleased 65/66) (Connect 3)
Nick Garrie – Ink Pot Eyes (DiscAZ 68/69) (Connect 3)
Small Faces – Lazy Sunday (Immediate 1968)
The Towaway Zone – Away Girl (Unreleased 1967)
Dusty Springfield – Goin’ Back (Philips 1967) (Birthday: 16/4/39)
Bobby Vinton – P.S. I Love You (Epic 1967) (Birthday: 16/4/35)
Annette with the Afterbeats – Pineapple Princess (Buena Vista 1960)
Kevin Ayers – Song for Insane Times (Harvest 1959)
The Elastic Band – 8 1/2 Hours to Paradise (Decca 1968) (Double Rubble)
Two and a Half – Suburban Early Morning Station (Decca 1967) (Double Rubble)
The Baytovens – Such a Fool (Belfast 1967)
Rockin’ Red Price – Weekend (Pye Nixa 1958) (Wordless Wonder)
The Ivy League – My World Fell Down (Piccadilly 1966)
Annette – The Wah Watusi (Buena Vista 1964) (Land of 1000 Dances)
The Immeditae Family – You’re Takin’ Hold of Me (Unreleased 1966)
Serge Gainsbourg – Pauvre Lola (Fontana 1968) (Foreign Language)
The Epics – Humpty Dumpty (Love 1967)
Johnny Cash – Don’t Take Your Guns To Town (Columbia 1958) (Death Disco)
Annette – Muscle Beach Party (Buena Vista 1964)
Marmalade – Is Your Life Your Own (CBS 1971)
Middleton Hall – A Cold Hard Wind (Twin City 2013) (Under The Influence)
The Cameos – Pretty Shade of Blue (Toast 1968) (Connect 3)
The Blue Lite Conspiracy – Her Heart Said No (Unreleased 1967) (Connect 3)
Donna Douglas – Blue Star (Pye 1964) (Connect 3)
Annette Funicello – First Name Initial (Buena Vista 1959)
The Hollies – Baby That’s All (Parlophone 1964) (Two of a Kind)
The Hollies – All The World is Love (Parlophone 1967) (Two of a Kind)
Annette Funicello/The Beach Boys – Monkey’s Uncle (Buena Vista 1965)

Thanks to everyone for tuning in live on K-Town FM or via Mixcloud. Your support is always welcome and very much appreciated, as is your feedback and if there’s something you’d like to hear on the show then by all means get in touch via jocknroll [at] gmail [dot] com. Today’s show featured tracks for John Robertson (Edinburgh), Eve griffin (Exeter), David Paul (Edinburgh), Sheila Godfrey (East Kilbride), Kevin Rowan-Drewitt (Blackpool), Duglas T Stewart (Bellshill) and Ally Gourlay (Glenrothes). 

You can tune in LIVE every Tuesday between 2pm and 4pm on K-Town FM via http://ktownfm.digitalfife.com.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 0600 (PST), 0700 (MST), 0800 (CST) and 0900 (EST). The show will also be made available on Mixcloud within a couple of days of each show (although it’s usually the same day) and today’s is already available HERE.

Requests are always 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, see you again next week. Until then, it’s good day/night and good health.

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Playlist: Where The Action Is – Tue 26 Mar 2013 – K-Town FM

Greetings once again from a snowy kingdom of Fife and welcome once more to Where The Action Is, brought to you by Paul “The Cat” Johnston via K-Town FM and Mixcloud.  We had our regular diet of mod, soul, girl groups, freakbeat, sunshine pop and other genres from the late 50s through to the early 70s. We had two rounds of Connect 3 (did you get the link between the three tracks?), a Foreign Language track from Germany (sung by a Dane) and Two of a Kind from The Bee Gees. We headed off to the Death Disco and celebrated animals in our Double Rubble feature. We did the Jerk in the Land of 1000 Dances, and we heard from Dunfermline’s wonderful new band Middleton Hall in our Under The Influence slot and, as ever, we had our half-time instrumental in the form of our Wordless Wonder.

Orange Bicycle – Last Cloud Home (Parlophone 1969)
The Beatstalkers – Base Line (Decca 1966) (Show Theme)
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood – Lady Bird (Reprise 1967)
Julie Grant – Don’t Ever Let Me Down (Pye 1963)
David John & The Mood – Diggin’ For Gold (Parlophone 1965)
The Tremeloes – Gentlemen of Pleasure (CBS 1967)
Tomorrow – Real Life Permanent Dream (Parlophone 1968) (Connect 3)
The Harbinger Complex – Tomorrow’s Soul Sound (Amber 1966) (Connect 3)
The Iveys/Badfinger – Maybe Tomorrow (Apple 1969) (Connect 3)
Gentry – Sing Me a Sad Song (Dolphin 1969)
The Ivy League – Rain, Rain Go Away (Piccadilly 1966)
The Honeys – In The Still of the Night (Unreleased 1963) (Birthday: 26/3/36 Fred Parris)
Diana Ross & The Supremes – Reflections (Motown 1967) (Birthday: 26/3/44 Diana Ross)
Billie Davis – Just Walk In My Shoes (Piccadilly 1966)
The Shillings – Not The Least Bit True (Fantasy 1966)
Bamboo Shoot – The Fox Has Gone to Ground (Columbia 1968) (Double Rubble)
Erky Grant & The Earwigs – I’m a Hog For You (Pye 1963) (Double Rubble)
Mike Proctor – Mr Commuter (Columbia 1967)
The Fireballs – Foot-Patter (Top Rank 1960) (Wordless Wonder)
The Baytovens – Luv Look Away (Unreleased 1966)
The Larks – The Jerk (Money 1964) (Land of 1000 Dances)
Alexander Bell – Alexander Bell Believes (RCA 1967)
Dorthe – Darauf Fall Ich Nicht Rein (Philips 1967) (Foreign Language)
The Donnybrookes – You’re Gonna Cry (Golden State 1966)
Robert Horton – Sail Ho! (Pye 1960) (Death Disco)
Gary Usher & The Usherettes – Three Surfer Boys (Dot 1963)
Sanford Clark – Houston (Warner Bros 1965)
Middleton Hall – Middleton Hall (Twin City 2013) (Under The Influence)
K G Young – Spider (CBS 1969) (Connect 3)
The Spyders – Gotta Find Me a New Love (Unreleased 1966) (Connect 3)
Heinz & The Wild Boys – Big Fat Spider (Columbia 1965) (Connect 3)
The Lemon Tree – William Chalker Time Machine (Parlophone 1968)
The Bee Gees – Sir Geoffrey Saved The World (Polydor 1967) (Two of a Kind)
The Bee Gees – Spicks and Specks (Polydor 1966) (Two of a Kind)
Dino, Desi & Billy – Not The Lovin’ Kind (Reprise 1965)
Helen Shapiro – Silly Boy (I Love You) (Pye 1968)
The Honeycombs – That’s The Way (Pye 1965)

Thanks to everyone for tuning in live on K-Town FM or via Mixcloud. Your support is always welcome and very much appreciated, as is your feedback and if there’s something you’d like to hear on the show then by all means get in touch via jocknroll [at] gmail [dot] com. Today’s show featured tracks for Duglas T Stewart, Philip Stout, Steven Birrell, Sheila Godfrey, Eve Griffin, Simon Goddard, Evan Davies, Sue McGookin, Kevin Rowan-Drewett, Joe Haining, Doug Shanley, David Paul, Ally Gourlay, Lynn Elliott and John Cavanagh. 

You can tune in LIVE every Tuesday between 2pm and 4pm on K-Town FM via http://ktownfm.digitalfife.com.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 0600 (PST), 0700 (MST), 0800 (CST) and 0900 (EST). The show will also be made available on Mixcloud within a couple of days of each show (although it’s usually the same day) and today’s is already available HERE.

Requests are always 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. Please note that due to the Easter break the next show won’t be until 16 April.

That’s it for this week, see you again next week. Until then, it’s good day/night and good health.

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Playlist: Where The Action Is – Tue 19 Mar 2013 K-Town FM

Welcome once again my little Actioneers to this week’s edition of Where The Action Is, brought to you by K-Town FM from a snow-covered Kinglassie in the heart of Fife.  We had our usual mix of mod, soul, girl groups, freakbeat, sunshine pop and any other genre of top tunage from the late 50s through to the early 70s. We had two rounds of Connect 3 (did you get the link between the three tracks?), a Foreign Language track from France and Two of a Kind from The Cryan’ Shames. We headed off to the Death Disco and looked to the skies in our Double Rubble feature. We met The Crusher in the Land of 1000 Dances, and we heard from Port Glasgow soulsters in our Under The Influence slot and, as ever, we had our half-time instrumental in the shape of our Wordless Wonder.

Brothers Grimm – Looky Looky (Ember 1965)
The Beatstalkers – Base Line (Decca 1966) (Show Theme)
Lulu/John Barry – The Man With The Golden Gun (EMI 1974)
The Just Six – Bo Said (Wax 1965)
The Syn – 14 Hour Technicolour Dream (Deram 1967)
Susan Hampshire – When Love is True (Decca 1965)
T Rex – Mambo Sun (Reprise 1971) (Connect 3)
The Flintrocks – Dynosaur (Unreleased 1965) (Connect 3)
Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs – Seaside Shuffle (Sonet 1971) (Connect 3)
Eddie Fisher – The Chase (Ramrod 1960)
Status Quo – When My Mind Is Not Live (Pye 1968)
The Zombies – Changes (CBS 1968) (Birthday: 19/3/46 Paul Atkinson)
Walter Jackson – Welcome Home (Okeh 1965) (Birthday: 19/3/38 Walter Jackson)
Rose Valentine – I’ve Gotta Know Right Now (RCA Victor 1967)
The Buckinghams – Don’t You Care (Columbia 1967)
Wild Silk – Visions in a Plastic Sky (Columbia 1969) (Double Rubble)
The Accent – Red Sky at Night (Decca 1967) (Double Rubble)
The Shillings – It’s Up To You (Unreleased 1965)
John Barry Seven plus Four – Hit and Miss (Columbia 1960) (Wordless Wonder)
Nino Tempo & April Stevens – I Love How You Love Me (Atco 1965)
The Novas – The Crusher (Parrot 1965) (Land of 1000 Dances)
The Redcoats – The Dum Dum Song (Laurie 1966)
Francoise Hardy – Voila (Vogue 1967) (Foreign Language)
The Gants – Look at the Sun (Unreleased 1960)
The Creed Taylor Orchestra – Wreck of the Old ’97 (Label unknown 1960) (Death Disco)
The Bristol Boxkite – I’m Feeling Good (Unreleased 1968)
The Crystals – Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home) (Philles 1963)
The Laynes – Is It My Confusion (Two Cats 2009) (Under The Influence)
Val McKenna – House For Sale (Spark 1968) (Connect 3)
The Baytovens – My House (Unreleased 1966) (Connect 3)
Love – A House is Not a Motel (Elektra 1967) (Connect 3)
The Gotham City Crime Fighters – Who Stole The Batmobile? (Batwing 1966)
The Cryan’ Shames – First Train to California (Columbia 1969) (Two of a Kind)
The Cryan’ Shames – Sugar and Spice (Destination 1966) (Two of a Kind)
Nick Garrie – Can I Stay With You? (DiscAZ 1969)
Ike & Tina Turner – I Can’t Believe What You Say (Kent 1964)
The Monkees – She Hangs Out (Colgems 1967)
The Contours – Just a Little Misunderstanding (Gordy 1966)

Thanks to everyone for tuning in live on K-Town FM or via Mixcloud. Your support is always welcome and very much appreciated, as is your feedback and if there’s something you’d like to hear on the show then by all means get in touch via jocknroll [at] gmail [dot] com. Today’s show featured tracks for Ally Gourlay, Steven Birrell, Kevin Rowan-Drewitt, Scott Hastie, Bridget Bean, Scott Basham, Eve Griffin, Lynn Elliott, Duglas T Stewart, Phil Jordan, Nick Garrie, Nikki Donald, Ron Cuthbert and Evan Davies. 

You can tune in LIVE every Tuesday between 2pm and 4pm on K-Town FM via http://ktownfm.digitalfife.com.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 0600 (PST), 0700 (MST), 0800 (CST) and 0900 (EST). The show will also be made available on Mixcloud within a couple of days of each show (although it’s usually the same day) and today’s is already available HERE.

Requests are always 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, see you again next week. Until then, it’s good day/night and good health.

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Playlist: Where The Action Is – Tue 12 Mar 2013 K-Town FM

Welcome once more my little Actioneers to this week’s edition of Where The Action Is, brought to you by K-Town FM from Kinglassie in the heart of Fife.  We had our usual mix of mod, soul, girl groups, freakbeat, sunshine pop and any other genre of top tunage from the late 50s through to the early 70s. We had two rounds of Connect 3 (did you get the link between the three tracks?), a Foreign Language track from Germany and Two of a Kind from the folk-rockers The Byrds. We headed off to the Death Disco and there were a couple of Scottish bands in our Double Rubble tracks. We did the simmy shimmy in the Land of 1000 Dances, and we heard from a folky Glasgow band in our Under The Influence slot and, as ever, we had our half-time instrumental in the shape of our Wordless Wonder. We also celebrated the return to Scotland of Nick Garrie for a couple of gigs by playing five tracks, including some from his seminal album “The Nightmare of JB Stanislas”.

The Kinks – She’s Got Everything (Pye 1968)
The Beatstalkers – Base Line (Decca 1966) (Show Theme)
The Miracles – Going to a Go-Go (Tamla 1965)
Michael Cox – Angela Jones (Triumph 1960)
Nick Garrie – The Nightmare of JB Stanislas (DiscAZ 1968)
Bill Oddie – The Knitting Song (Parlophone 1965)
The Baytovens – Waiting For You (Belfast 1967) (Connect 3)
Bach‘s Lunch – You Go On (Tomorrow 1967) (Connect 3)
Gallagher and Lyle – Goodbye Mozart (Unreleased 1968) (Connect 3)
Jayne Mansfield – That Makes It! (Unreleased 1966)
The Day Trippers – Where I Belong (Unreleased 1967)
Badfinger – Just a Chance (Warner Bros 1974) (Birthday: 12/3/49 Mike Gibbins)
The Fourmost – Just Like Before (Apple 1968) (Birthday: 12/3/41 Brian O’Hara)
Todd Rundgren – Couldn’t I Just Tell You (Bearsville 1972)
Nick Garrie – The Wanderer (DiscAZ 1968)
The Poets – That’s The Way It’s Got To Be (Decca 1965) (Double Rubble)
The Dream Police – Living is Easy (Decca 1970) (Double Rubble)
The US Male – You Got Yours (Unreleased 1967)
Father’s Angels – Bok to Bach (MGM 1968) (Wordless Wonder)
Nick Garrie – Close Your Eyes (DiscAZ 1968)
Bobby Freeman – (I Do The) Shimmy Shimmy (King 1960) (Land of 1000 Dances)
Peter Cook & Dudley Moore – Bedazzled (Decca 1967)
Manuela – Schuld war nur de Bossa Nova (Telefunken 1963) (Foreign Language)
The Harbinger Complex – Sometimes I Wonder (Amber 1966)
Ruby Wright – Three Stars (Parlophone 1959) (Death Disco)
Cupid’s Inspiration – Yesterday Has Gone (NEMS 1968)
Nick Garrie – Stephanie City (DiscAZ 1968)
Snowgoose – Harmony Springs (Open Hearth 2012) (Under The Influence)
Barry St John – Bread and Butter (Decca 1964) (Connect 3)
Peter Wheat & The Breadmen – Baby What’s New (Amber 1966) (Connect 3)
Kay Cee Jones – Shortnin’ Bread (American 1956) (Connect 3)
Nick Garrie – Wheel of Fortune (Disc AZ 1968)
The Byrds – Don’t Doubt Yourself Babe (Columbia 1965) (Two of a Kind)
The Byrds – Turn Turn Turn (Columbia 1965) (Two of a Kind)

Thanks to everyone for tuning in live on K-Town FM or via Mixcloud. Your support is always welcome and very much appreciated, as is your feedback and if there’s something you’d like to hear on the show then by all means get in touch via jocknroll [at] gmail [dot] com. Today’s show featured tracks for Mrs Cat, John Cavanagh, Ally Gourlay, Carol-Anne Welch, Phil Jordan, Phil Jordan, David Paul (Happy Birthday!), Duglas T Stewart, Lauree McArdle, Roy Moller, Sue McGookin, Andy Akhtar, Sheila Godfrey, Eve Griffin and Doug Shanley. 

You can tune in LIVE every Tuesday between 2pm and 4pm on K-Town FM via http://ktownfm.digitalfife.com.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 0600 (PST), 0700 (MST), 0800 (CST) and 0900 (EST). The show will also be made available on Mixcloud within a couple of days of each show (although it’s usually the same day) and today’s is already available HERE.

Requests are always 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, see you again next week. Until then, it’s good day/night and good health.

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Playlist: Where The Action Is – Tue 5 Mar 2013 K-Town FM

Welcome once more my little Actioneers to this week’s edition of Where The Action Is, brought to you by K-Town FM from Kinglassie in the heart of Fife.  We had our usual mix of mod, soul, girl groups, freakbeat, sunshine pop and any other genre of top tunage from the late 50s through to the early 70s. We had two rounds of Connect 3 (did you get the link between the three tracks?), a Foreign Language track from a multi-lingual British singer and Two of a Kind from the pen of a recently deceased songwriter. We headed off to the Death Disco and there were a couple of shades of grey in our Double Rubble tracks. We did the kangaroo in the Land of 1000 Dances, and we heard from a soulful Glasgow band in our Under The Influence slot and, as ever, we had our half-time instrumental in the shape of our Wordless Wonder.

The Troggs – 66 5 4 3 2 1 (Page One 1966)
The Beatstalkers – Base Line (Decca 1966) (Show Theme)
The Beach Boys – Tears in the Morning (Brother/Reprise 1970)
Sonny and Cher – It’s Gonna Rain (Atco 1965)
Dave Clark Five – Mighty Good Loving (Columbia 1965)
The Shangri-las – Give Him a Great Big Kiss (Red Bird 1964)
Twinkle – Radio Station Lady (Unreleased 1974) (Connect 3)
Ways and Means – Make The Radio a Little Louder (Pye 1967) (Connect 3)
Dillard and Clark – The Radio Song (A&M 1969) (Connect 3)
The Restless Feelin’s – Hey Mama, You’ve Been On My Mind (United Artists 1966)
Lucas and the Mike Cotton Sound – Step Out of Line (Pye 1967)
Tommy Tucker – Hi-Heel Sneakers (Checker 1964) (Birthday: 5/2/39 Tommy Tucker)
The Equals – The Guy Who Made Her a Star (President 1968) (Birthday: 5/3/48 Eddy Grant)
Jan Tanzy – That New Boy in Town (Columbia 1965)
American Breed – Bend Me, Shape Me (Acta 1967)
The Hush – Grey (Fontana 1968) (Double Rubble)
Edwick Rumbold – Shades of Grey (Parlophone 1967) (Double Rubble)
Pink Floyd – Bike (EMI 1967)
The Gee-Cees – Buzz Saw (Crest 1961) (Wordless Wonder)
Reg King – Little Boy (United Artists 1971)
Hoagy Benson – Kangaroo (CBM 1967) (Land of 1000 Dances)
The Hi Fis – I keep Forgettin’ (Pye 1964)
Petula Clark – Mon Bonheur Danse (Vogue 1963) (Foreign Language)
The Surfaris – I Want to Take a Trip To The Islands (Decca 1963)
The Everly Brothers – Take a Message To Mary (London 1959) (Death Disco)
Jackie DeShannon – Just Like In The Movies (Liberty 1962)
Patty Labelle & The Bluebells – A Groovy Kind of Love (Atlantic 1966)
Button Up – Inhaler (Button Up 2013) (Under The Influence)
The Young Blood – Green Light (Pye 1968) (Connect 3)
Booker T & the MGs – Green Onions (Volt 1962) (Connect 3)
George Baker Selection – Little Green Bag (Colossus 1969) (Connect 3)
Felder’s Orioles – Backstreet (Piccadilly 1966)
The Association – Along Comes Mary (Valiant 1966) (Two of a Kind)
The Action – Shadows and Reflections (Parlophone 1967) (Two of a Kind)
The Valentines – Love Makes Sweet Music (Clarion 1968)
Ides of March – Strawberry Sunday (Kapp 1969)
Fadin’ Colours – (Just Like) Romeo and Juliet (Ember 1966)
The Marvelettes – Too Many Fish in the Sea (Tamla 1964)

Thanks to everyone for tuning in live on K-Town FM or via Mixcloud. Your support is always welcome and very much appreciated, as is your feedback and if there’s something you’d like to hear on the show then by all means get in touch via jocknroll [at] gmail [dot] com. Today’s show featured tracks for Duglas T Stewart, Andrea McKinnon, Doug Shanley, Scott Basham, Sheila Godfrey, Evan Davies, Sue McGookin, Bridget Bean, Andy Akhtar, Kevin Rowan-Drewett, David Paul, Cally-Marie Baldwin, Lynn Elliott, Eve Grifin, Scott Hastie, Lauree McArdle and Phil Jordan. 

You can tune in LIVE every Tuesday between 2pm and 4pm on K-Town FM via http://ktownfm.digitalfife.com.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 0600 (PST), 0700 (MST), 0800 (CST) and 0900 (EST). The show will also be made available on Mixcloud within a couple of days of each show (although it’s usually the same day) and today’s is already available HERE.

Requests are always 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, see you again next week. Until then, it’s good day/night and good health.

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Playlist: Where The Action Is – Tue 26 Feb 2013 K-Town FM

After a week off Where The Action Is returns to K-Town FM with a Movie-themed special in recognition of last weekend’s Academy Awards. On today’s two-hour tinseltown-tainted extravaganza we had mod, soul, freakbeat, baroque pop, psychedelia, girl groups and all sprinkled with a little bit of Hollywood’s magic dust! We had two rounds of Connect 3 (did you get the link between the three tracks?), a French Foreign Language track and Two of a Kind. We headed off to the Death Disco and we went all film-themed with our Double Rubble tracks. We zonked to the Land of 1000 Dances, and we heard from a Creation label in our Under The Influence slot and, as ever, we had our half-time instrumental in the shape of our Wordless Wonder.

The Olympics – Western Movies (Demon 1958)
The Beatstalkers – Base Line (Decca 1966) (Show Theme)
Rainbo – John You Went Too Far This Time (Roulette 1968)
The Turtles – Guide for the Married Man (White Whale 1967)
Tom Courtenay – Mrs Brown You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter (Decca 1963)
Cliff Richard and the Shadows – Big News (EMI 1963)
Doris Day – Oo-Wee Baby (CBS 1964) (Connect 3)
Diana Dors – So Little Time (Fontana 1964) (Connect 3)
Annette Funciello – Pineapple Princess (Vista 1960) (Connect 3)
John Leyton – The Great Escape (HMV 1963)
Sophia Loren – Zoo Be Zoo Be Zoo (Parloiphone 1961)
George Harrison – What is Life (Apple 1970) (Birthday: 25/2/43 George Harrison)
Linda Thorson – Bad Time to Stop Loving Me (Ember 1968)
Gillian Hills – Tomorrow is Another Day (Vogue 1965)
David Bowie – Andy Warhol (Unreleased version 1971)
The Oscar Bicycle – The Room Revolves Around Me (CBS 1968) (Double Rubble)
The Living Daylights – Let’s Live For Today (Philips 1967) (Double Rubble)
Cilla Black – Work is a our Letter Word (Parlophone 1968)
Roy Budd – Main Theme: Carter Takes a Train (Pye 1971) (Wordless Wonder)
Kenny Hollywood – Magic Star (Decca 1962)
Donna Loren – So, Do The Zonk (Capitol 1965) (Land of 1000 Dances)
Adrienne Posta – Shang a Doo Lang (Decca 1964)
Brigitte Bardot – L’Appareil A Sous (Mercury 1963) (Foreign Language)
Jackie DeShannon & The Byrds – Splendour in the Grass (Imperial 1966)
Noel Harrison – A Young Girl (of Sixteen) (Decca 1966) (Death Disco)
Adam Faith/John Barry – The Beat Girl Song (Columbia 1960)
Quince Harmon – It’s a Great Life on the Buses (Hammer 1971)
Teenage Filmstars – I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape (Creation 1980) (Under The Influence)
Tom Jones – A Taste of Honey (Decca 1966) (Connect 3)
The Bats – On The Waterfront (Ember 1966) (Connect 3)
Bobby Freeman – A Soulful Sound of Music (Loma 1966) (Connect 3)
The Kinks – Groovy Movies (Unreleased 1969)
Bobby Womack – If You Don’t Want My Love (Give It Back) (United Artists 1972) (Two of a Kind)
Bobby Womack – Across 110th Street (United Artists 1973) (Two of a Kind)
Ricky Nelson – Lonesome Town (London 1958)
Olivia Newton-John – If Not For You (Pye International 1971)

Thanks to everyone for tuning in live on K-Town FM or via Mixcloud. Your support is always welcome and very much appreciated, as is your feedback and if there’s something you’d like to hear on the show then by all means get in touch via jocknroll [at] gmail [dot] com. Today’s show featured tracks for Eve Griffin, Sue McGookin, Mrs Cat, David Paul, Lynn Elliott, Jim Selfridge, Scott Basham, Jamie McKay, Lauree McArdle, John Cavanagh, Kevin Rowan-Drewitt, Ally Gourlay, Simon Goddard, Stuart Cant, Sheila Godfrey, Phil Jordan, Evan “Funk” Davies and Joe Haining.

You can tune in LIVE every Tuesday between 2pm and 4pm on K-Town FM via http://ktownfm.digitalfife.com.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 0600 (PST), 0700 (MST), 0800 (CST) and 0900 (EST). The show will also be made available on Mixcloud within a couple of days of each show (although it’s usually the same day) and today’s is already available HERE.

Requests are always 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, see you again next week. Until then, it’s good day/night and good health.

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Album/Gigs: Kid Canaveral – Now That You Are a Dancer (Fence Records)

Kid Canaveral release the long-awaited follow-up to the stupendously wonderful anthemic pop-filled indie goodness of “Shouting at Wildlife” with the unveiling to the world of “Now That You Are a Dancer” on Monday 4 March 2013 courtesy of the good folk at Fence Records.

The much-anticipated album has been previewed over recent live outings and follows on rather nicely from where its predecessor left off. While Kate is less of a pottymouth on this one – just the one obsenity – the songs are still as strong and forceful and harmony-filled as ever. Tracks range from opening bombastic salvo “The Wrench”  to brooding, smouldering “Low Winter Sun” (released on a split single with The Pictish Trail in December by way of a tease for the new product) and culminating in the sonic cathedrals of sound of  “A Compromise”. Every one a winner.

If the likes of Frightened Rabbit can make the UK Top 10 albums, then Kid Canaveral should, by rights, be number one. Sadly life isn’t that fair and there is no justice in the High Court of pop. For now we’ll just have to content ourselves with the fact that Kid Canaveral are still our little secret for a wee while longer. Difficult second album, my arse. Easiest record-buying decision you’ll ever make.

The new album can be pre-ordered HERE and comes with all manner of free goodies for early purchasers.

The band play some gigs to launch the new album.

Friday 1 March 2013 – The Glad Cafe, Glasgow (support from Adam Ross of Randolph’s Leap) SOLD OUT (see you there)
Saturday 2 March 2013 – The Glad Cafe, Glasgow (support from Book Group)
Saturday 9 March 2013 – Bull and Gate, Kentish Town, London

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Playlist: Where The Action Is – Tue 12 Feb 2013 K-Town FM

Welcome once more to Where The Action Is on K-Town FM, from Kinglassie in the Kingdom of Fife. On today’s two-hour musical extravaganza we heard mod, soul, freakbeat, baroque pop, psychedelia, girl groups and much, much more and all with a vaguely St. Valentine’s Day theme. We had two rounds of Connect 3 (did you get the link between the three tracks?), a French Foreign Language track from a British singer and Two of a Kind. We headed off to the cemetary for Death Disco and we went all lovey-dovey with our Double Rubble tracks. We kicked and pushed through the Land of 1000 Dances, and we heard from one of new favourite bands in our Under The Influence slot and, as ever, we had our half-time instrumental in the shape of our Wordless Wonder.

The Trekkas – We Got a Good Thing Going (Planet 1966)
The Beatstalkers – Base Line (Decca 1966) (Show Theme)
Herman’s Hermits – Mrs Brown You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter (Columbia 1965)
The Cryan Shames – Mr Unreliable (Columbia 1967)
Dean Ford and the Gaylords – Mr Heartbreak’s Here Instead (Columbia 1964)
Otis Redding – Mr Pitiful (Volt/Atco 1965)
Young Idea – Mister Lovin’ Luggage Man (Columbia 1967) (Connect 3)
Wynona Carr – Please Mister Jailer (Speciality 1956) (Connect 3)
The Other Half – Mr Pharmacist (GNP Crescendo 1966) (Connect 3)
The Walker Brothers – Mrs Murphy (Philips 1966)
Yvonne Carroll – Mister Loverman (Challenge 1965)
The Doors – Love Me Two Times (Elektra 1967) (Birthday: 12/2/39 Ray Manzarek)
Eugene McDaniels – Lovin’ Man (Atlantic 1971) (Birthday: 12/2/35 Eugene McDaniels)
April Stevens – Lovin’ Valentine (Atco 1965)
Small Faces – Afterglow (of Your Love) (Immediate 1969)
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre – Brother Can You Spare a Dime (Fontana 1966) (Double Rubble)
Soft Machine – Love Makes Sweet Music (Polydor 1967) (Double Rubble)
The Beatstalkers – Mr Disappointed (Decca 1965)
The Association – Your Own Love (Valiant 1966) (Wordless Wonder)
Mark Wirtz – Mrs Raven (Parlophone 1968)
Mark Valentino – The Push and Kick (Swan 1962) (Land of 1000 Dances)
Kenny Lynch – Mister Moonlight (Columbia 1968)
Sandie Shaw – Monsieur Dupont (Pye 1969) (Foreign Language)
Brigitte Bardot – Le Soleil (Mister Sun) (Disc’Az 1966)
David Bowie – Please Mr Gravedigger (Decca 1967) (Death Disco)
John Barry/Shirley Bassey – Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (United Artists 1966)
The Valentinos – Sweeter Than The Day Before (Chess 1966)
The Wellgreen – Mr No-One (Starla 2010) (Under The Influence)
Hardin & York – Little Miss Blue (Unreleased 69/70) (Connect 3)
The Temptations – Little Miss Sweetness (Tamla 1966) (Connect 3)
John Carter – Little Miss Lindy (Demo 1968?) (Connect 3)
Lulu – Love Loves to Love, Love (Columbia 1967)
The Kinks – Mister Pleasant (Pye 1967) (Two of a Kind)
The Kinks – Mr Songbird (stereo) (Pye 1967) (Two of a Kind)
Katch 22 – Baby Love (Fontana 1969)

Thanks to everyone for tuning in live on K-Town FM or via Mixcloud. Your support is always welcome and very much appreciated, as is your feedback and if there’s something you’d like to hear on the show then by all means get in touch via jocknroll [at] gmail [dot] com. Today’s show featured tracks for Sue McGookin, Colin Mason, David Paul, John Turnbull, Phil Jordan, Scott Hastie, Gary Durkin, Mrs Cat, Kevin and Kathy Rowan-Drewitt, Ally Gourlay, Lenny Helsing, Simon Goddard, Lisl Richard, Jim Selfridge, Eve Griffin, Roy Moller, Evan “Funk” Davies and Sheila Godfrey. Apologies for the same technical glitch that befell last week’s show too. Nothing I can do about it unfortunately. Four weeks running and still annoying as hell! Perhaps I should have a competition each week to guess during which track in the show the CD will have its hissy fit!

You can tune in LIVE every Tuesday between 2pm and 4pm on K-Town FM via http://ktownfm.digitalfife.com.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 0600 (PST), 0700 (MST), 0800 (CST) and 0900 (EST). The show will also be made available on Mixcloud within a couple of days of each show (although it’s usually the same day) and today’s is already available HERE.

Requests are always 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, see you again next week. Until then, it’s good day/night and good health.

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Playlist: Where The Action Is – Tue 29 Jan 2013 K-Town FM

Welcome once more to Where The Action Is on K-Town FM. On the show today we had our usual mix of the weird and wonderful from the late 50s through to the early 70s, with mod, soul, freakbeat, baroque pop, psychedelia, girl groups and much, much more featuring in our two hours together. We had two rounds of Connect 3 (can you guess the link between three tracks?), a Foreign Language track from France and Two of a Kind. Our Death Disco continues to shock and amaze and we get way out and wacky with our Double Rubble tracks. I tangoed to the Land of 1000 Dances, and we heard from one of those new fangled beat groups the kids are grooving to in our Under The Influence slot and, as ever, we had our half-time instrumental in the shape of our Wordless Wonder.

This Side Up – Book a Trip (Capitol 1968)
The Beatstalkers – Base Line (Decca 1966) (Show Theme)
Billy Fury – Things Are Changing (Parlophone 1968)
The Beach Boys – Shut Down (Capitol 1963)
The Staccatos – Whisper Words (stereo mix) (Capitol 1967)
Five Man Electrical Band – Last Time I Saw Memphis (Capitol 1969)
Marmalade – Laughing Man (CBS 1967) (Connect 3)
Mary Wells – Laughing Boy (Motown 1963) (Connect 3)
Simon Dupree & The Big Sound – Laughing Boy From Nowhere (Unreleased 1968) (Connect 3)
Manfred Mann – Ha Ha Said The Clown (Fontana 1967)
Ellie Greenwich – Another Boy Like Mine (Red Bird 1964)
Claudine Longet – White Horses (A&M 1968) (Birthday: 29/1/42 Claudine Longet)
Mark Wynter – Vote For Me (Pye 1963) (Birthday: 29/1/43 Mark Wynter)
John Children’s – Desdemona (Track 1967)
Feminine Complex – Hide and Seek (Athena 1968)
The Poets – I Love Her Still (Decca 1965) (Double Rubble)
The Fairytale – Lovely People (Decca 1967) (Double Rubble)
Evie Sands – Take Me For a Little While (Blue Cat 1965)
The Atmospheres – The Fickle Chicken (Lin 1959) (Wordless Wonder)
Spencer Davis Group – I’m a Man (Fontana 1967)
The Orchids – Harlem Tango (Columbia 1963) (Land of 1000 Dances)
The Merry-Go-Round – Listen Listen (A&M 1968)
Louise Cordet – Dix Mille Fois (Decca 1964) (Foreign Language)
The Lively Set – Let The Trumpets Sound (Capitol 1966)
Gene Vincent – Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (Capitol 1960) (Death Disco)
The Bouquets – Welcome To My Heart (Blue Cat 1965)
The Surfer Girls – One Boy Tells Another (Columbia 1964)
Django Django – Life’s a Beach (Because 2012) (Under The Influence)
The Association – Enter The Young (Valiant 1966) (Connect 3)
The Young Generation – The Hideaway (Red Bird 1965) (Connect 3)
The Walker Brothers – Young Man Cried (Philips 1966) (Connect 3)
The Exception – My Ming Goes Travelling (stereo mix) (Capitol 1967)
The Herd – I Can Fly (Fontana 1967) (Two of a Kind)
The Herd – From The Underworld (Fontana 1967) (Two of a Kind)
The Charmettes – Sugar Boy (World Artists 1965)
The Outsiders – Lying All The Time (Relax 1966)
The Four Tops – Standing In The Shadows of Love (Motown 1966)

Thanks to everyone for tuning in live on K-Town FM or via Mixcloud. Your support is always welcome and appreciated, as is your feedback and if there’s something you’d like to hear on the show then by all means get in touch via jocknroll [at] gmail [dot] com. Today’s show featured tracks for Doug Shanley (and Middleton Hall), Sue McGookin, Phil Jordan, Eve Griffin, Kevin Rowan-Drewitt, Scott Basham, John Cavanagh, Duglas T Stewart, Lynn Elliott, David Paul, Roy Møller, Scott Hastie, Colin Somerville and Lenny Helsing. Apologies for the same technical glitch that befell last week’s show too. Nothing I can do about it unfortunately.

You can tune in LIVE every Tuesday between 2pm and 4pm on K-Town FM via http://ktownfm.digitalfife.com.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 0600 (PST), 0700 (MST), 0800 (CST) and 0900 (EST). The show will also be made available on Mixcloud within a couple of days of each show (although it’s usually the same day) and today’s is already available HERE.

Requests are always 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, see you again next week. Until then, it’s good day/night and good health.

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Playlist: Where The Action Is – Tue 22 Jan 2013 K-TOWN FM

Welcome once again to another edition of Where The Action Is on K-Town FM, who this week were awarded a five year Community Radio Licence by OFCOM. Congratulations to everyone involved in the station. On the show today we had our normal mix of the offbeat and obscure from the late 50s through to the early 70s, with mod, soul, freakbeat, baroque pop, psychedelia, girl groups and much, much more featuring in our two hours together. We had two rounds of Connect 3 (can you guess the link between three tracks?), a Foreign Language track and Two of a Kind from a Welsh band. Our Death Disco continues to shock and amaze and we get weird and wacky with our Double Rubble tracks. I shimmy, shimmied to the Land of 1000 Dances, as we welcomed back old friends to our Under The Influence slot and, as ever, we had our half-time instrumental in the shape of our Wordless Wonder.

The Beach Boys – I Can Hear Music (Capitol 1969)
The Beatstalkers – Base Line (Decca 1966) (Show Theme)
Mary Wells – You Lost The Sweetest Boy (Motown 1963)
David Garrick – One Little Smile (Piccadilly 1965)
Julie Grant – Lonely Sixteen (Pye 1962)
Billie Davis – Say Nothin’ Don’t Tell (Collumbia 1964)
The Caravelles – New York (Polydor 1967) (Connect 3)
The Ad-Libs – The Boy From New York City (Blue Cat 1964) (Connect 3)
Country Weather – Fly to New York (Unreleased 1969) (Connect 3)
Roscoe Robinson – That’s Enough (Wand 1966)
Autumn – My Little Girl (Pye 1971)
Sam Cooke – Shake (RCA Victor 1964) (Birthday: 22/1/31 Sam Cooke)
The Shirelles – I Met Him on a Sunday (Ronde-Ronde) (Tiara/Decca 1958) (Birthday: 22/1/40 Addie Harris)
The Turtles – Buzzsaw (White Whale 1968)
The Dixie Cups – No True Love (Blue Cat 1965)
Wimple Winch – Rumble on Mersey Square South (Fontana 1967) (Double Rubble)
The Mode – Eastern Music (Back to Front) (Unreleased 1967) (Double Rubble)
The Lovin’ Spoonful – You Didn’t Have To Be So Nice (Kama Sutra 1965)
Just Brothers – Sliced Tomatoes (Lupine 1965) (Wordless Wonder)
Terry Jacks – Seasons in the Sun (Bell 1974)
Bobby Freeman – (I Do The) Shimmy Shimmy (King 1960) (Land of 1000 Dances)
Dobie Gray – The In Crowd (Charger 1964)
The Searchers – Liebe (Vogue 1964) (Foreign Language)
Chi Chi Macauley – I Know He Loves Me (Red Bird 1964)
George Jones – Who Shot Sam? (Mercury 1959) (Death Disco)
The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon (Pye 1966)
Lee Dorsey – Get Out My Life Woman (Amy 1965)
BMX Bandits – Listen To Some Music (Elefant 2012) (Under The Influence)
R Dean Taylor – My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle (Unreleased 1964) (Connect 3)
The Butterflys – I Wonder (Red Bird 1964) (Connect 3)
The Crickets/Buddy Holly – Not Fade Away (Brunswick 1957) (Connect 3)
Tony Clarke – Landslide (Chess 1974)
The Bystanders – Royal Blue Summer Sunshine Today (Piccadilly 1967) (Two of a Kind)
The Bystanders – When Jezamine Goes (Pye 1968) (Two of a Kind)
Steve Hammond – I Think We’re Alone Now (Pye 1967)
The Chocolate Watchband – No Way Out (Tower 1967)

Thanks to everyone for tuning in live on K-Town FM or via Mixcloud. Your support is always welcome and appreciated, as is your feedback and if there’s something you’d like to hear on the show then by all means get in touch via jocknroll [at] gmail [dot] com. Today’s show featured tracks for Simon Goddard, Ally Gourlay, Mrs Cat, Eve Griffin, Kenny McLeod, Lynn Elliott, Andy Akhtar, Duglas T Stewart, John Turnbull, Sheila Godfrey, June Taylor, Sue McGookin, Joe Haining, Dougie Shanley, Jamie McKay and Lauree McArdle. Apologies for a couple of technical issues during today’s show, which were outwith my control.

You can tune in LIVE every Tuesday between 2pm and 4pm on K-Town FM via http://ktownfm.digitalfife.com.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 0600 (PST), 0700 (MST), 0800 (CST) and 0900 (EST). The show will also be made available on Mixcloud within a couple of days of each show (although it’s usually the same day) and today’s is already available HERE.

Requests are always 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, see you again next week. Until then, it’s good day/night and good health.

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