If you missed our December 9 broadcast you can download the (always free) MP3 by clicking here. The songs are listed at the bottom of this blog post, along with a description of what this one was all about. (It was a little different from our normal take.) As always, thanks for listening.
While I have you, take a look at these upcoming live events!
December 14, 2016: Primitive Sounds at Brass Union is excited to have Stacy Thornton hit the decks with Easy Ed on December 14! Early 8:00 PM start, no cover, excellent menu and cocktails--and lots and lots of cool 45s spinnin' on the decks all night long. More info here.
Brass Union: 70 Union Square in Somerville, MA 02143.
Easy Ed's Record Hop will be spinning at the Nashville Boogie, May 18-21, 2107, in Nashville, TN. Check out the cool flier they made for us!
This is an incredible event--80 bands, plus DJs and a huge indoor car shot. See the poster below. Check out the whole line up and reserved tickets at http://www.nashvilleboogie.com/
Thank you, Nashville Boogie, for inviting us to spin. Can't wait!
Here's what we played on the December 9, 2016, show. All selections were 45s from the 200-record road box I bring to live shows in the Boston area. I'm always adding and removing records from that box, but all of these picks were in the current rotation as of this week. Enjoy, and Happy Holidays, everyone!
Fats Domino “I'm Ready” from n/a on Imperial 45 — Imperial Records 1959
Buster Brown “Sugar Babe” from n/a on Fire 45 — Fire Records 1962
Eddie Lang “She's Mine All Mine” from n/a on Ron 45 — Ron Records 1959
The Searchers “Wow Wow Baby” from n/a on Class 45 — Class Records 1958
Larry Williams “Heeby Jeebies” from n/a on Specialty 45 — Specialty Records 1957
Noble "Thin Man" Watts “Hot Tamales” from Hot Tamales on Baton 45 — Baton Records 45/ Background/ambient
Teddy and The Rough Riders “Path Finder” from n/a on Huron 45 — Huron Records 1961
Eddie Quinteros “Slow Down Sandy” from n/a on Brent 45 — Brent Records 1960
Gene Vincent “Git It” from n/a on Capitol 45 — Capitol Records 1959
The Legends “Bop-A-Lena” from n/a on Ermine 45 — Ermine Records 1963
The Caps “Redheaded Flea” from n/a on Get Hip 45 — Get Hip reissue 45/ Background/ambient
Willy Ward “Iggy Joe” from n/a on Star Records 45 — Star Records 1958
The Candy Johnson Show “Ohh Poo Paa Doo” from n/a on Canjo 45 — Canjo Records 1964
The Jumping Jacks “Roasted Peanuts” from n/a on Bertram International 45 — Bertram International Records 1961
Jimmy McCracklin “The Wobble” from n/a on Mercury 45 — Mercury Records 1959
The Tempos “It’s Tough” from n/a on Hi-Q Records — Hi-Q Records 1959/ Background/ambient
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers “Emulsified” from n/a on Okeh 45 — Okeh Records 1961
Tabby Thomas “Popeye Train” from n/a on Excello 45 — Excello Records 1962
Little Jimmy Griffin “If Things Don’t Change” from n/a on Our 45 — Our Records 1960
Guitar Junior “The Crawl” from n/a on Goldband 45 — Goldband 1958
The Mixtures “Sen-Sa-Shun” from n/a on Linda Records 45 — Linda Records 1964/ Background/ambient
Bobby Peterson “Piano Rock” from n/a on V-Tone 45 — V-Tone Records 1960/ Background/ambient
Jerry Langford “Tell Me” from n/a — Del-Fi Records 1959
Huelyn Duvall “Pucker Paint” from n/a on Challenge Records 45 — Challenge Records 1957
Sonny Anderson “Yes, I’m Gonna Love You” from n/a on Imperial 45 — Imperial Records 1959
Jesse Lee Turner “Put Me Down” from n/a on Bear Family 45 — Bear Family 45 (Originally unreleased Sun Records recording from 1957)
Jerry Lee Lewis “Wild One” from n/a on Norton 45 — Norton Records 45 (Originally unreleased Sun Records recording from 1958)
The Clee Shays “Dynamite” from n/a on Triumph 45 — Triumph Records 1966/ Background/ambient
Roland Janes “Guitarville” from n/a on Judd Records 45 — Judd Records 1959/Background/ambient
Jittery Jack “Something Wicked this way Comes” from n/a on Rhythm Bomb 45 — Rhythm Bomb 45
Trini Lopez “Sinner Not a Saint” from n/a on United Modern 45 — United Modern 1963
Rusti Steel & the Star Tones “Prisoner of Your Charms” from Rock Hard! Rock Right! - EP on The Western Star Recording Company
Keetie and the Kats “Way Out” from n/a on Huron Records 45 — Huron 45 1961/ Background/ambient
The Johnny Otis Show (Johnny Otis and Marie Adams Vocals) “Bye Bye Baby” from n/a on Capitol Records 45 — Capitol Records 1957
Mamie Bradley “I Feel Like a Million” from n/a on Sue Records 45 — Sue Records 1958
The Robins “Whadaya Want?” from n/a on Spark 45 — Spark Records 1955
The Checkers “White Cliffs of Dover” from n/a on King Records 45 — King Records 1953
Bullmoose Jackson “Watch My Signals” from n/a on Encino 45 — Encino Records 1957
Edgard Blanchard “Let’s Get It” from n/a on Ric 45 — Ric Records 1958/ Background/ambient
H.B. Barnum “Tia Juana” from Tia Juana on Imperial 45 — Imperial Records 1958
Thunder Lee “Too Late for Tears” from n/a on Groove 45 — Groove Records 1963
Elmore James “Shake Your Moneymaker” from n/a on Fire Records 45 — Fire Records 1961
Lattimore Brown “Teenie Weenie” from n/a on Duchess 45 — Duchess Records 1961
Pete Bennett “We Feel So Good” from n/a on Sunset Records 45 — Sunset Records 1962/ Background/ambient
The Imps “That'll Get It” from n/a on Do-Ra-Me 45 — Do-Ra-Me Records 1961
The Catalinas “Cha Cha Joe” from n/a on Dial Records 45 — Dial Records 1963
The Swingtones “You Know Baby” from n/a on ABC-Paramount 45 — ABC-Paramount 1958
The Catalinas “Speechless” from n/a on Dial Records 45 — Back Beat Records 1958
Al Casey “The Stinger” from n/a on United Artists 45 — United Artists 1959 /background/ambient
Little Richard “Ooh! My Soul” from n/a on Specialty 45 — Specialty Records 1958
Joe Houston “Hooked” from Surf Rockin' on Crown Records LP — Background/ambient
Jimmy Crain “Shig-a-Shag” from n/a on Spangle 45 — Spangle Records 1958
December 14, 2016: Primitive Sounds at Brass Union is excited to have Stacy Thornton hit the decks with Easy Ed on December 14! Early 8:00 PM start, no cover, excellent menu and cocktails--and lots and lots of cool 45s spinnin' on the decks all night long. More info here.
Brass Union: 70 Union Square in Somerville, MA 02143.
We're super-excited for the Raging Teens' 20th Anniversary Show/Holiday Party on December 23. There will be two separate shows. The late one (with The Roy Sludge Trio and Ten Dollar Mistake) is sold out. There may still be tickets for the early show. Check here. Easy Ed's Record Hop will be spinnin' the wax the whole night!
This is an incredible event--80 bands, plus DJs and a huge indoor car shot. See the poster below. Check out the whole line up and reserved tickets at http://www.nashvilleboogie.com/Thank you, Nashville Boogie, for inviting us to spin. Can't wait!
Here's what we played on the December 9, 2016, show. All selections were 45s from the 200-record road box I bring to live shows in the Boston area. I'm always adding and removing records from that box, but all of these picks were in the current rotation as of this week. Enjoy, and Happy Holidays, everyone!
Fats Domino “I'm Ready” from n/a on Imperial 45 — Imperial Records 1959
Buster Brown “Sugar Babe” from n/a on Fire 45 — Fire Records 1962
Eddie Lang “She's Mine All Mine” from n/a on Ron 45 — Ron Records 1959
The Searchers “Wow Wow Baby” from n/a on Class 45 — Class Records 1958
Larry Williams “Heeby Jeebies” from n/a on Specialty 45 — Specialty Records 1957
Noble "Thin Man" Watts “Hot Tamales” from Hot Tamales on Baton 45 — Baton Records 45/ Background/ambient
Teddy and The Rough Riders “Path Finder” from n/a on Huron 45 — Huron Records 1961
Eddie Quinteros “Slow Down Sandy” from n/a on Brent 45 — Brent Records 1960
Gene Vincent “Git It” from n/a on Capitol 45 — Capitol Records 1959
The Legends “Bop-A-Lena” from n/a on Ermine 45 — Ermine Records 1963
The Caps “Redheaded Flea” from n/a on Get Hip 45 — Get Hip reissue 45/ Background/ambient
Willy Ward “Iggy Joe” from n/a on Star Records 45 — Star Records 1958
The Candy Johnson Show “Ohh Poo Paa Doo” from n/a on Canjo 45 — Canjo Records 1964
The Jumping Jacks “Roasted Peanuts” from n/a on Bertram International 45 — Bertram International Records 1961
Jimmy McCracklin “The Wobble” from n/a on Mercury 45 — Mercury Records 1959
The Tempos “It’s Tough” from n/a on Hi-Q Records — Hi-Q Records 1959/ Background/ambient
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers “Emulsified” from n/a on Okeh 45 — Okeh Records 1961
Tabby Thomas “Popeye Train” from n/a on Excello 45 — Excello Records 1962
Little Jimmy Griffin “If Things Don’t Change” from n/a on Our 45 — Our Records 1960
Guitar Junior “The Crawl” from n/a on Goldband 45 — Goldband 1958
The Mixtures “Sen-Sa-Shun” from n/a on Linda Records 45 — Linda Records 1964/ Background/ambient
Bobby Peterson “Piano Rock” from n/a on V-Tone 45 — V-Tone Records 1960/ Background/ambient
Jerry Langford “Tell Me” from n/a — Del-Fi Records 1959
Huelyn Duvall “Pucker Paint” from n/a on Challenge Records 45 — Challenge Records 1957
Sonny Anderson “Yes, I’m Gonna Love You” from n/a on Imperial 45 — Imperial Records 1959
Jesse Lee Turner “Put Me Down” from n/a on Bear Family 45 — Bear Family 45 (Originally unreleased Sun Records recording from 1957)
Jerry Lee Lewis “Wild One” from n/a on Norton 45 — Norton Records 45 (Originally unreleased Sun Records recording from 1958)
The Clee Shays “Dynamite” from n/a on Triumph 45 — Triumph Records 1966/ Background/ambient
Roland Janes “Guitarville” from n/a on Judd Records 45 — Judd Records 1959/Background/ambient
Jittery Jack “Something Wicked this way Comes” from n/a on Rhythm Bomb 45 — Rhythm Bomb 45
Trini Lopez “Sinner Not a Saint” from n/a on United Modern 45 — United Modern 1963
Rusti Steel & the Star Tones “Prisoner of Your Charms” from Rock Hard! Rock Right! - EP on The Western Star Recording Company
Keetie and the Kats “Way Out” from n/a on Huron Records 45 — Huron 45 1961/ Background/ambient
The Johnny Otis Show (Johnny Otis and Marie Adams Vocals) “Bye Bye Baby” from n/a on Capitol Records 45 — Capitol Records 1957
Mamie Bradley “I Feel Like a Million” from n/a on Sue Records 45 — Sue Records 1958
The Robins “Whadaya Want?” from n/a on Spark 45 — Spark Records 1955
The Checkers “White Cliffs of Dover” from n/a on King Records 45 — King Records 1953
Bullmoose Jackson “Watch My Signals” from n/a on Encino 45 — Encino Records 1957
Edgard Blanchard “Let’s Get It” from n/a on Ric 45 — Ric Records 1958/ Background/ambient
H.B. Barnum “Tia Juana” from Tia Juana on Imperial 45 — Imperial Records 1958
Thunder Lee “Too Late for Tears” from n/a on Groove 45 — Groove Records 1963
Elmore James “Shake Your Moneymaker” from n/a on Fire Records 45 — Fire Records 1961
Lattimore Brown “Teenie Weenie” from n/a on Duchess 45 — Duchess Records 1961
Pete Bennett “We Feel So Good” from n/a on Sunset Records 45 — Sunset Records 1962/ Background/ambient
The Imps “That'll Get It” from n/a on Do-Ra-Me 45 — Do-Ra-Me Records 1961
The Catalinas “Cha Cha Joe” from n/a on Dial Records 45 — Dial Records 1963
The Swingtones “You Know Baby” from n/a on ABC-Paramount 45 — ABC-Paramount 1958
The Catalinas “Speechless” from n/a on Dial Records 45 — Back Beat Records 1958
Al Casey “The Stinger” from n/a on United Artists 45 — United Artists 1959 /background/ambient
Little Richard “Ooh! My Soul” from n/a on Specialty 45 — Specialty Records 1958
Joe Houston “Hooked” from Surf Rockin' on Crown Records LP — Background/ambient
Jimmy Crain “Shig-a-Shag” from n/a on Spangle 45 — Spangle Records 1958
