Music

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Loud Hailers #14 Menagerie No 1 For The Birds

2024/07/11

Animals. Specifically, birds.

Should the embeded version fail in it’s role the show can also be found on Mixcloud itself. For more themed music try here.

1 00:00:07 Peter E. Tevis – Hello
1976. From the Album Train Your Bird to Talk. On the PET Records label which specialised in LPs teaching different types of song bird to talk. Tevis was originally a folk singer who worked with Ennio Morricone on songs for westerns when he lived in Italy in the 1960s.

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2 00:00:27 The Trashmen – Surfin’ Bird
1963. Single A-Side . Based on two songs by doo-wop group The Rivingtons, ‘The Bird’s the Word’ and ‘Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow’. A number four hit for ‘the premier landlocked Midwestern surf group of the ’60s’.

They don’t write lyrics like they used to.

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Loud Hailers #13 If You Go Down To The Woods Today No. 1

2024/06/15

A suspiciously straightforward theme for this addition – songs mentioning woods, forests or other sizeable grouping of trees.

Should the embed fail, as they’re wont to, it can be found here. The rest of the series can be found beyond the blue horizon.

1 00:00:00 Jethro Tull – Songs From The Wood
1977. From the album of the same name. Ian Anderson has always written songs on a wide range of topics making Jethro Tull a favourite of any themed music show.

2 00:02:19 ミシン (Sewing Machine) – 森に住む木菟 (Trees That Live In The Forest)
1986. From the 331/3 flexi-disc Single 森に住む木菟. You may know them by their later name The Gardeners. (But you probably don’t).

Loud Hailers #12 The Year In Review

2024/05/16

This episode, ‘Outgoings Financial Year 2023-24’, pulls together some of the music I’ve bought during the first twelve months of Loud Hailers.

Where translations for non-English languages tracks in ‘End of Year Spectacular’ are between round brackets, “()”, they’re straight from the horses mouth. Square brackets, ‘[]’, indicate my attempt.

It can also be heard at source should the embed not work.

NB: No notes of note thus far for ‘That Was The Year That Was’.

1. 00:00:00 Kettenkrad – Tell Me About The Music That Makes Up You
From CAR CRASH AND SIREN.

https://lostfrog.bandcamp.com/album/car-crash-and-siren

2. 00:01:52 Tsudio Studio & 長瀬有花 (Yuka Nagase) – さくらりら
From OACL (Organic Alternating Current Lamp).

https://local-visions.bandcamp.com/album/oacl

Loud Hailers #11 Doing Europe No.2 Londinium

2024/04/18

Continuing the trip around Europe we remain bogged down in the UK and visit its capital city London.

This was first broadcast on Beachy Head Radio on 18th April where it still resides should the embed not function. Doing Europe No.1 is here and more themed music there.

1. 00:00:00 The Clash – London Calling
1979 From London Calling. The former members of pub, glam and prog rock bands came together as The Clash in 1976 and continued for a decade filling out their initial punk sound with reggae, dub, funk, ska, and rockabilly.
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Loud Hailers #10 Myths, Legends & Fantasy No.1

2024/03/21

This month’s compilation is a bit up and down as I didn’t have a clear enough idea of what I was hoping to achieve when I started it. But I think there are some tunes of interest.

Originally broadcast on Beachy Head Radio 21st March 2024 as part of a series. If the embed doesn’t do its thing the original is here.

Atlantis

1. 00:00:00 Bebe & Louis Barron – Bells Of Atlantis
Bells Of Atlantis 1952. It’s always a good idea to draw the audience in with a crowd pleaser to start so here’s part of the soundtrack to a surreal short film. The author of the story on which its based, Anais Nin, is reading from the work at the end of this excerpt. The Barrons are best known for their soundtrack to the film Forbidden Planet.

Loud Hailers #9 Painters, Writers, Murderers Etc.

2024/01/25

A selection of songs about real people concentrating on artists and writers but with a smattering of murderers, sports people and the odd missing person.

First heard on Beachy Head Radio 25th January 2024. If the embed doesn’t work it is here. Will this damn series never end?

Murderers

1. 00:00:00 The Adverts – Gary Gilmore’s Eyes
1977 Single. After demanding the death penalty and execution by firing squad those of his organs that remained were donated for medical use, including his corneas.

2. 00:02:20 Thin Lizzy – Killer On The Loose
1980 From Chinatown. About Victorian serial killer ‘Jack The Ripper’ who may have been one or more people.

Loud Hailers #8 Doing Europe No.1 The UK

2023/12/28

A cursory survey of about, or set in, places within the United Kingdom and islands adjacent. It whizzes all over the shop to start and then settles into a route nominally from north to south. There’s a token smattering of London songs as I plan to do a very special episode on the subject separately.

Should the embed fail to operate satisfactorily try here. Links to further shows in the same ball park loiter hereabouts.

00:00:00 Dreadzone – Little Britain
1995 From Second Light. The vocal version of the tune which was a minor hit for a band formed from ex-members of Big Audio Dynamite.

1. 00:01:36 Chas & Dave – Margate
1983 From Ain’t No Pleasin’ You. The ‘rockney’ sound was born from Chas Hodges wanting to sing in his own accent whilst playing bass for the country rock band Heads Hands & Feet with guitarist Albert Lee.

2. 00:03:35 Linda Jardim – Energy In Northampton
1980 From 60 Miles By Road Or Rail. This is the alien infused b-side version of a track promoting the eponymous town in the Midlands.

Loud Hailers #7 Selected Themes No.1

2023/11/30

This month a mishmash of shorter themes which wouldn’t have stretched to a whole show or would have made for a repetitious one.

Should there be problems playing the embedded version try here. Further episodes there.

First off a selection of songs from the late 1970s and 80s originally recorded by men but which became hits for women.

00:00:00 Robert Hazard – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
1979 The 1983 release by Cyndi Lauper and becoming successful in 1984.

00:02:30 Racey Kitty – Smash & Grab
1979 Tony Basil had the hit in 1981. Written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn of Sweet, Mud & Suzi Quatro fame amongst others.

Loud Hailers #6 Library Records No.1 Electronic Sounds

2023/11/02

Loud Hailers in association with Beachy Head Radio bring you the hip hits…

Should the embed fail to function try here.

As spice is the life of variety I’ve extended the originally planned theme from synthesizer derived Production Music to include tracks with sound manipulation of other sources.

A couple of errors – I’ve used short snippets of Augustyn Bloch’s Brain Work twice and the fourth track appears not to have been recorded for Library use.

The LPs listed are as far as possible the original source but recordings were sometimes reused so may have been from an earlier release. The original track description is used where available.

00:00:00 George Fenton – Fanfare for Tomorrow
1980 KPM 1244 Handplayed by Robots

‘Expansive contemporary fanfare’.

Loud Hailers #5 Two Hour Disco Dance Party

2023/10/05

A collection of tunes with the distinctive disco beat for Loud Hailers fifth incarnation.

Probably would have been better as a ‘Ninety Minute Disco Dance Party’ but that doesn’t scan so well.

If the embed doesn’t work go here.