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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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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Playlist: Where The Action Is – Thu 23 Feb 2012

This week sees the third of three consecutive ‘special’ editions of Where The Action Is. This week, to celebrate the forthcoming Academy Awards we’re hosting our own film-themed special. We’ll still have our regular features such as two rounds of Connect 3, 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 and a trip to the Land of 1000 Dances. Double Rubble, Under The Influence and the Half-Time Instrumental are back too.

The Seekers – Georgy Girl (EMI Columbia 1966)
The Beatstalkers – Base Line (Decca 1966) (Show Theme)
Diana Dors – So Little Time (Fontana 1964)
Doris Day – Oo-Wee Baby (CBS 1964)
John Leyton – The Great Escape (HMV 1963) 
Adam Faith/John Barry – The Beat Girl Song (Columbia 1960)
Tom Jones – A Taste of Honey (Decca 1966) (Connect 3)
The Bats – On The Waterfront (Ember 1966) (Connect 3)
Bobby Freeman – The Soulful Sound of Music (Loma 1966) (Connect 3)
The Hollywood Jills – He Makes Me So Mad (Tune-Kel 1968)
Kenny Hollywood – Magic Star (Decca 1962)
Roger McGuinn – The Ballad of Easy Rider (Dunhill/Reprise 1969) (Birthday: 23/2/40 Peter Fonda)
Robert Mitchum – Beauty is Only Skin Deep (Capitol 1957)
Cilla Black – Work is a Four Letter Word (Parlophone 1968)
The Living Daylights – Let’s Live For Today (Philips 1967) (Double Rubble)
The Oscar Bicycle – The Room Revolves Around Me (CBS 1968) (Double Rubble)
Tony Jackson – Stage Door (Pye 1965)
Roy Budd – Main Theme: Carter Takes a Train (Pye 1971) (Half-Time Instrumental)
Quince Harmon – It’s a Great Life On The Buses (Hammer 1971)
Donna Loren – So, Do The Zonk (Capitol 1965) (Land of 1000 Dances)
Lulu & John Barry – The Man With The Golden Gun (EMI 1974)
Brigitte Bardot – L’Appareil A Sous (Mercury 1963) (Foreign Language)
Rainbo (Sissy Spacek) – John, You Went Too Far This Time (Roulette 1968)
Noel Harrison – A Young Girl (of Sixteen) (Decca 1966) (Death Disco)
Cher – Superstar (Atco 1970)
Bill Oddie – The Knitting Song (Parlophone 1965)
Teenage Filmstars – I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape (Creation 1980) (Under The Influence)
The Olympics – Western Movies (Demon 1958) (Connect 3)
The Kinks  – Groovy Movies (Unreleased 1969) (Connect 3)
Jackie DeShannon – Just Like In The Movies (Liberty 1962) (Connect 3)
David Bowie & Mick Jagger – Andy Warhol (Unreleased 1971)
Annette Funciello – Pineapple Princess (Vista 1960)
The Shadows – Les Girls (EMI 1963) (Two of a Kind)
Cliff Richard & The Shadows – Big News (EMI 1963) (Two of a Kind)
Olivia Newton-John – If Not For You (Pye International 1971)
Jayne Mansfield – That Makes It! (Unreleased 1966)

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 Marion and John Paul (Edinburgh), Joe Haining (Milan), Caroline Perkins (Thanet), Eve Griffin (Exeter), Virginia Mills (Indianapolis), Carol-Anne Welch (Glasgow), Scott Hastie (Glenrothes), Robert Cudmore (Dunfermline) 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.

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 16 Feb LEITH FM

This week sees the second of three consecutive ‘special’ editions of Where The Action Is. This week, following our first in October, we have another special show celebrating the songs and music of John Carter. We’ll still have most of our regular features such as two rounds of Connect 3, 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 and a trip to the Land of 1000 Dances. Double Rubble, Under The Influence and the Half-Time Instrumental are taking a week off.

The Tots – Please Yourself (Philips 1974)
The Beatstalkers – Base Line (Decca 1966) (Show Theme)
Kentucky Freeway – Take-Off (Penny Farthing 1971)
Ohio Express – Cowboy Convention (Buddah 1970)
Goldie and the Gingerbreads – Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat (Decca 1965) 
Shirley Abicair – Am I Losing You? (Piccadilly 1967)
The First Class – Sunday Child (Unreleased 1977) (Connect 3)
Ministry of Sound – Sunday In The Park (Sunny 1966) (Connect 3)
John Carter – Sunday For Tea (Unreleased 1967) (Connect 3)
Manfred Mann – Semi-Detached Suburban Mr James (Fontana 1966)
Brenda Lee – Is It True? (Brunswick 1964)
The Rockin’ Berries – Let’s Try Again (Piccadilly 1965) (Birthday: 16/2/42 Clive Lea)
Fat Man’s Music Festival – Highway of Our Dreams (Specter 1969)
Californians – The Cooks of Cake and Kindness (Fontana 1969)
The Ivy League – Friday (Piccadilly 1966)
John Carter – When I Dance With You (Unreleased 1966)
Nashville Teens – Too Much (London 1964)
Episode Six – Time and Motion Man (Unreleased 66-68)
London Boys – Eyes of Kazan (BASF 1969)
The Ivy League – Dance To The Locomotion (Piccadilly 1965) (Land of 1000 Dances)
Kincade – Get a Proper Job (Global 1980)
Kincade – Jenny Jenny (Penny Farthing 1975) (Foreign Language)
John Carter – She Won’t Show Up Tonight (Unreleased 1965?)
John Carter – Mad (Unreleased 1966?) (Death Disco)
Butterwick – The Thought of Losing You (MAM 1972)
Frogg – Halleuja Roller (Spark 1972)
Running Jumping Standing Still Band – Aye-O (Liberty 1969) (Under The Influence)
South Wheels – Sidewalk Johnny (Epic 1976) (Connect 3)
The Ministry of Sound – Mary, Mary (Sunny 1966) (Connect 3)
The First Class – Bobby Dazzler (UK 1974) (Connect 3)
Tony Jackson and the Vibrations – That’s What I Want (Pye 1965)
The Troggs – Hip Hip Hooray (Page One 1968)
The Flower Pot Men – You Can Never Go Wrong (Deram 1968) (Two of a Kind)
The Flower Pot Men – Say Goodbye to Yesterday (Unreleased 1970) (Two of a Kind)

Thanks, as always, to everyone who tuned in and to those who also joined in on the Facebook page. A very special mention to Maggie, who proposed via my show to John, who, in turn, accepted when he phoned the show. 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 Joe Haining (Milan), Luigi Theodossiou (Milan), Carol-Anne Welch (Glasgow) and Virginia Mills (Indianapolis) 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 23 Feb: Academy Awards – A movie-themed special
Thu 1 Mar: Normal show
Thu 8 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 – Thu 2 Feb 2012 LEITH FM

Time for another edition of Where The Action Is  and our 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. We have our regular features including two rounds of Connect 3, 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, as well as Double Rubble and a trip to the Land of 1000 Dances.

Robert Parker – Let’s Go Baby (Where The Action Is) (Nola 1967)
The Beatstalkers – Base Line (Decca 1966) (Show Theme)
Love Affair – A Day Without Love (CBS 1968)
The Action – Hey-Sha-Lo-Ney (Parlophone 1967)
The Thoughts – Call Me Girl (Unreleased 1966) 
The Knickerbockers – One Track Mind (Challenge 1966)
Julie Grant – Count On Me (Pye 1963) (Connect 3)
The Count Five – Psychotic Reaction (Pye International 1966) (Connect 3)
Everpresent Fullness – Darlin’ You Can Count On Me (White Whale 1970) (Connect 3)
The Honeys – The One You Can’t Have (Capitol 1963)
Michael & The Messengers – (Just Like) Romeo and Juliet (USA 1967)
The Hollies – Pay You Back With Interest (Parlophone 1966) (Birthday: 2/2/41 Graham Nash)
The Untamed – It’s Not True (Planet 1965)
Mike Stevens & The Shevelles – The Go-Go Train (Pye 1967)
Luv’d Ones – Up Down Sue (White Oak 1966)
The Lemon Tree – William Chalker’s Time Machine (Parlophone 1968) (Double Rubble)
Jason Crest – Here We Go ‘Round The Lemon Tree (Philips 1968) (Double Rubble)
A Wild Uncertainty – Broken Truth (Planet 1966)
The Move – A Walk Upon The Water (Regal Zonophone 1968)
The Jeff Rowena Group – Bullfight (Pye 1961) (Half-Time Instrumental)
Dolly Parton – Don’t Drop Out (Monument 1966)
The Mark IV – (Make With) The Shake (Cosmic 1958) (Land of 1000 Dances)
Madeline Bell – You Don’t Love Me No More (Columbia 1964)
France Gall – Jazz A Gogo (Philips 1964) (Foreign Language)
The Tribe – Gamma Goochie (Planet 1966)
Darwin – Little Gold Locket (Dove 1963) (Death Disco)
Misty Wizards – It’s Love (Reprise 1967)
The Caravelles – Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now (Decca 1964)
Silver Sun – Service (Polydor 1997) (Under The Influence)
The Kinks – Mr Shoemakers Daughter (stereo mix) (Unreleased 1969) (Connect 3)
The Daughters of Eve – Help Me Boy (USA 1967) (Connect 3)
Lita Roza – Mama (He Treats Your Daughter Mean) (Ember 1962) (Connect 3)
Denise & Company – Boy What’ll You Do Then (Wee 1966)
The Lloyd Alexander Real Estate – Watcha Gonna Do (When Your Baby Leaves You) (President 1967) (Two of a Kind)
The Lloyd Alexander Real Estate – Gonna Live Again (President 1967) (Two of a Kind)
Les Fleur de Lys – Circles (Immediate 1966)

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 Stuart Cant & Nicky Fox (Edinburgh), John Turnbull (Edinburgh), Eve Griffin (Exeter), June Taylor (Southport), Colin Mason (Kinghorn), Colin Somerville (Edinburgh), Sue McGookin, Cath Evans (Edinburgh), Philip Stout (Edinburgh), Christopher Queen (Glasgow), Ally Gourlay (Glenrothes), Martyn Rollo & Lois Bennie (Kirkcaldy) 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:

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 – 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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