There’s a bit of chaotic motion at Gooroo Towers–decorating and that. Coupled with getting back into the 9-to-5 grind and creating a couple of mixes, it all leaves me a bit dazed. I kind-of grabbed all these tracks at random…really at random. Some of my CDs are boxed up, thereby making it easier to move them around the spare room, which is the main ‘gentrification’ point at the moment. So, I made do with what’s available.

So here you have it – a show made in a condition of flux. I’m hoping next month’s will be a bit more…er, precise.

The track list for this episode is:

The Verve – Feel (from the “Verve E.P.” – released in 1992)

Roxy Music – Virginia Plain (BBC Session) ~ (recorded in July 1972 for John Peel’s ‘Sounds Of The Seventies’ programme)

Wallenstein – Audiences (from the “Blitzkreig” album – released in 1972)

Prince Far I – Bendel Dub (from the “Ambient – Vol. 2: Imaginary Landscapes” compilation – released in 1993)

Shirley & Dolly Collins – The Outlandish Knight (from the “Love, Death and the Lady” album – rel. in 1970)

System 7 – Davy Jones’ Locker (The Orb Mix) (from the “Elektronika: Better Musik Through Chemistry” compilation – released in 1997)

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Featured LP: Jon Anderson – “Olias Of Sunhillow” (released on Atlantic Records – July 1976)

Featured tracks:

Meeting (Garden Of Geda)/Sound Out The Galleon

Dance Of The Ranyart/Olias (To Build The Moorglade)

Solid Space

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The Melvins – Queen (from the “Stoner Witch” album - rel. in 1994)

Blind Blake – Sea Board Stomp (originally recorded in the 1920s/taken from the “Best Of Blind Blake” compilation – rel. in 2000)

Robyn Hitchcock – Furry Green Atom Bowl (from the “I Often Dream Of Trains” album – released in 1984)

I hit the streets and found gainful employment once again. As of next week, it’s back to the grind. So why did it take so long to have this episode posted? A man about town like me has the days fill up fairly quickly….heh heh. No, actually, I discovered that due to using stick-on CD labels–some of my CD-Rs are having read problems. Ugh! That and the Maybe Logic Academy meet-up and job searching wiped out a lot of time. Hey ho – it’s ready now, so enjoy!!

The tracklisting for this episode is:

Intro.

Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters – Watermelon Man (live at the Fairfield Theater, East Lansing, Michigan – October 28, 1973)

Cosmic Eye – Dream Sequence (Part 14) (taken from the “Dream Sequence” album – released in 1972)

Ivor Cutler – The Curse (taken from the “Velvet Donkey” album – rel. in 1975)

The Beach Boys – The Elemental Suite (comprising ‘Look’/'Holidays’/'Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow’/'Cool, Cool Water’/'Friday Night’/'Good Vibrations’ – closing section) (taken from the Dumb Angel Records ’Millennium’ version of “SMiLE” – sessions recorded in 1967/disc released in 2000)

Guru Guru – Next Time See You At The Dalai Lhama (from the “UFO” album – released in 1970)

Shylock - Pedule (taken from the “Gialourges” album – released in 1977)

Bridget St. John – Seagull-Sunday (from the “Songs For A Gentle Man” album – rel. in 1971)

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Featured LP: Steve Reich – “Six Pianos/Music For Mallet Instruments, Voice & Organ” (released 1974 on Deustche Grammophon Records)

Track: Music For Mallet Instruments, Voice & Organ (excerpt)

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The Groundhogs – Junkman (from the “Split” album – released in 1972)

Eberhard Schoener – Sky Music (excerpt) (taken from the “Sky Music/Mountain Music” album – released in 1984)

Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit (from the “Surrealistic Pillow” album – rel. in 1967)

The Teardrop Explodes – Passionate Friend (live at the Old Waldorf, San Francisco – May 10, 1981)

Tuu - Sand Garden (taken from the “One Thousand Years” album – released in 1992)

I didn’t go with a summer theme – but I’ve included what I would consider summer-y tunes in the mix here and there. The show may not be the perfect combo with yer Pimms and ice cream…but some of it will float by in a haze, like a breeze through a wheat field…or something. Enjoy!

The track-list for the episode is:

Intro.

The Chemical Brothers – Chico’s Groove (from the “Exit Planet Dust” album – released in 1995)

10cc - The Wall Street Shuffle (from the “Sheet Music” album – released in 1974)

West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band – Help! I’m A Rock (from the “Part One” album – released in 1967)

Freddie Hubbard – South Street Stroll (from the “Soul Experiment” album – rel. in 1969)

Mark Mothersbaugh – Let Me Tell You About My Boat (from the “The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou” soundtrack – released in 2004)

Finch – Register Magister (from the “Glory Of The Inner Force” album – rel. in 1975)

The Incredible String Band – The Yellow Snake (from the “Wee Tam” album – released in 1968)

Kraftwerk – Morgenspaziergang (from the “Autobahn” album – released in 1974)

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Featured LP: Al Stewart – “Modern Times” (released in 1975 on CBS Records)

Tracks: Sirens Of Titan & Apple Cider Re-Constitution

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Boo Radleys – Barney (…And Me) (from the “Giant Steps” album – rel. in 1993)

Donovan – Voyage Into The Golden Screen (from the “A Gift From A Flower To A Garden” album – released in 1967)

This Heat - S.P.Q.R. (from the “Deceit” album – rel. in 1982/also found as part of the “Out Of Cold Storage” box set – released in 2007)

Premiata Forneria Marconi – Chocolate Kings (live in Ravenna, Italy – July 26, 1976)

Sheila Chandra – ABoneCroneDrone 1 (excerpt) (from the “Moonsung: A Retrospective” album – released in 1999)

I then thought of something more interactive with you critters…an all-request episode! I know, I know…not the most earth-shattering concept. Still, it seemed more fun to me.

I asked you all to shout out some tunes and I had a fair few great requests….unfortunately, not enough to fill up the episode time. Not to worry– I decided to dedicate some tracks to a few of you peeps. Thanks to all who did make requests and thanks to everyone who’s listened over the past couple of years – I love you all!

Grab some cake, kick back and join me in celebrating the second anniversary of this here muso-podcast!

The tracklist for this episode is:

Bill Fay – Screams In The Ears (single release – 1967) (Requested by Singing Bear–Caerphilly, Wales, UK)

Genesis – Supper’s Ready (excerpt) (taken from the “Seconds Out” live album – released in 1977) (Dedication to Dominique Michael–Newport, Wales, UK)

Pink Floyd – The Gnome (taken from the “Piper At The Gates Of Dawn” album – released in 1967) (Requested by Madam Mim–Leeds, UK)

Squarepusher – Tommib (from the “Go Plastic” album – rel. in 1996) (Requested by Simon Fish–Barwell, Leicestershire, UK)

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Beatle Bones N’ Smokin’ Stones (from the “Strictly Personal” album (1968)/also found on the “Mirror Man Sessions” CD – released in 1999) (Requested by Mark Desrosiers–Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.)

Ed Harcourt – Until Tomorrow Then (from the “The Beautiful Lie” album – rel. in 2006) (Dedicated to Flaming Pixie–Oxford, UK)

Black Sabbath – Hand Of Doom (from the “Paranoid” album – released in 1970) (Requested by Matt Barone–Connecticut, U.S.A.)

Lou Reed – Andy’s Chest (taken from the “Transformer” album – released in 1972) (Requested by James Baxter–Faringdon, Oxfordshire, UK)

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Featured LP: Fairport Convention – “Liege And Lief” (released on Island Records – December 1969)

Tracks: Reynardine/Tam Lin

Requested by John Cole–Texas, U.S.A.

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Wendy & Bonnie – By The Sea (from the “Genesis” album – released in 1969/also found on the “Folk Is Not A Four-Letter Word” compilation – rel. in 2004) (Requested by Thorax The Thurd & Silent Monkey–Sonic Tonic Towers, UK)

Yo La Tengo – From A Motel 6 (taken from the “Painful” album – released in 1993) (Dedication to Chris Munro–North Carolina, U.S.A.)

Neu! – See Land (from the “Neu! 75″ album – rel. in 1975) (Requested by John Cole–Texas, U.S.A.)

Future Sound Of London – Papua New Guinea (single release – 1992/also found on the “Accelerator” album – rel. in 1992) (Dedicated to Kate Rovaldi Percy–Hartford, CT., U.S.A.)

Sly & The Family Stone – Thank You (Falettin’ Me Be Mice Elf Agin) (single release – 1969) (Dedicated to All The Listeners–Everywhere, Planet Earth & Beyond)

No theme again this time either – but next month is the 2nd anniversary of the K.S., so I’m cooking up an idea at the moment. Enjoy!

The tracklist for this episode is:

Intro.

Ween – Springtheme (from the “Pure Guava” album – released in 1992)

“The Eulogy Set” (the next three songs):

Big Star – Stroke It, Noel (from the “Third/Sister Lovers” album – released in 1974)

Man – Bananas (from the “Be Good To Yourself At Least Once A Day” album – rel. in 1972)

The Sex Pistols – God Save The Queen (single release 1976/also found on the “Never Mind The Bollocks..” album – released in 1977)

Gotic – Imprompt-1 (from the “Escenes” album – rel. in 1978)

Neutral Milk Hotel – Two-Headed Boy (from the “In The Aeroplane Over The Sea” album – released in 1998)

Pearls Before Swine – Wizard Of Is (from the “These Things Too” album – released in 1969)

Freddie King – Hideaway/Mojo Boogie ( rec. live in Tulsa, Oklahoma – April 15, 1975)

Kevin Coyne – I Want My Crown (from the “Marjory Razorblade” album – rel. in 1973/deluxe edition released in 2010)

The Apple – The Otherside (single release in 1968/also found on the “Acid Drops, Spacedust & Flying Saucers” box set – rel. in 2001)

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Featured LP: Osibisa – Woyaya (released in 1971 – Decca Records)

Tracks: “Y Sharp” & “Woyaya”

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Michael Brook & Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – My Comfort Remains (from the “Night Song” album – released in 1996)

Mick Softley – I’m So Confused (single rel. in 1965/also found on the “Anthems In Eden” box set – released in 2006)

No theme to this one – just the usual ‘Stroboscope collection of tunes presented for your listening pleasure.

Rest in peace Mark Linkous and Happy Spring Equinox to all of you (even you spam-bots–hope you’re enjoying the shows)! Back soon with the next one.

The track-list for the episode is:

Gil Scott-Heron – Home Is Where The Hatred Is (from the “Pieces Of A Man” album – released in 1971/also found on the “Flying Funk” compilation – released in 2003)

Meat Puppets – We’re Here (from the “Meat Puppets II” album – released in 1984)

Sparklehorse – Hammering The Cramps (from the “vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot” album – rel. in 1995)

Heldon – Omar Diop Blondin (from the “Allez Teia” album – released in 1974)

Common – Aquarius (from the “Electric Circus” album – released in 2002)

Banco De Gaia – Harvey And The Old Ones (from the “Magical Sounds Of..” album – rel. in 1999)

L.V. Beethoven – Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral” (Movement III – ‘Merry Gathering Of  Country Folk’) (recording of the London Classical Players, conducted by Roger Norrington – released in 1988)

Alice Coltrane – Universal Conciousness (from the album of the same name – rel. in 1971/also found on the “Astral Meditations” compilation – released in 1999)

Moby Grape – Sitting By The Window (from the self-titled debut album – released in 1967)

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Featured LP: Horslips – “The Book Of Invasions (A Celtic Symphony)” (released in 1976)

Tracks: The Power And The Glory/The Rocks Remain

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Eloy - Return Of The Voice (from the “Dawn” album – rel. in 1976)

Television Personalities – And Don’t The Kids Just Love It (B-side of a single release, 1982/also found on the “Yes Darling, But Is It Art?” collection – released in 1995)

Electric Skychurch – Dream Machines (from the “Sonic Diary” album – released in 2001)

Yusef Lateef – Back Home (from the “The Blue Yusef Lateef” album – rel. in 1968/also found on the “Psychedelic Jazz & Soul” compilation – released in 2001)

It’s been a cold winter this year, lotsa snow and chilly nights. I thought I’d collect some wintery songs for a show. I’ve created a mix of some well-known ones and a few obscurities. I had created an autumn show in 2008, but that’s been lost and I haven’t got a back-up–so this is my first seasonal episode at the new site. Get some mulled wine or hot cocoa, kick back and warm up to the sounds of the ‘Stroboscope.

I’m going to try and make each show about CD length (80 min.) from now, in case you want to download them and burn ‘em onto discs. This one’s a bit over, but you can cut out some of my jibba jabba, if’n you want. I won’t be offended.

The tracklist is:

Intro.

The Incredible String Band – Cold Days Of February (recorded for a BBC session in 1970 – released on the “On Air” album in 1991)

The Fall – Winter (from the “Hex Enduction Hour” album – released in 1982/also found on the “Rebellious Jukebox” set – released in 2007)

Ananda Shankar – Snow Flower (from the self-titled debut album – released in 1970)

Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal (from the self-titled debut album – rel. in 2008)

Stina Nordenstam – Winter Killing (from the “The World Is Saved” album – released in 2004)

Faust – Just A Second (Starts Like That)/Picnic On A Frozen River/Deuxieme Tableaux (from the “Faust IV” album – released in 1973)

Led Zeppelin – No Quarter (from the “Houses Of The Holy” album – rel. in 1973)

Tyrannosaurus Rex – The Throat Of Winter (from the “Unicorn” album – released in 1969)

Coil – Magnetic North (from the “Winter Solstice: North” EP – released in 1999)

Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band – Steal Softy Through Snow (from the “Trout Mask Replica” album - rel. in 1969)

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Featured LP: Caravan – “In The Land Of Grey And Pink” – released in 1971

Track: Winter Wine

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Symphonika – Midnight Snowflakes (from the “The Snow Queen” album – released in 2007)

The Steve Miller Band – Winter Time (from the “Book Of Dreams” album – rel. in 1977)

Cocteau Twins – How To Bring A Blush To The Snow (from the “Victorialand” album – released in 1986)

Guided By Voices – The Winter Cows (from the “Sunfish Holy Breakfast” mini-album – released in 1996)

Image by: E. Hill – Calligraphy: Rick Griffin – Extra lettering added by The Purple Gooroo

As with Part 1, I chose tunes from albums I bought during that time. I realise that there are hunderds of omissions, but as I didn’t have the dosh or time to listen to everything…these’ll have to do. My choices are ones that particularly appealed to me…not necessarily critics’ choices or records that made a lot of “Top Ten” lists. I also left out a lot more of my own picks, but really, if I had left them all in, this show would be about 4 hours long. I suspect very few have that much patience.

This concludes my ‘Noughties’ retrospective–back soon with the usual mixed bag!

The tracklist is:

Richard Hawley – The Sea Calls (from the ‘Lady’s Bridge’ album – released in 2005)

Air - Clouds Up (from the “The Vigin Suicides” soundtrack – rel. in 2000)

Super Furry Animals – Liberty Belle (from the “Phantom Power” album – released in 2003)

Lemon Jelly – ’68 (a.k.a Only Time) (from the “’64-’95″ album – released in 2005)

Circulus – My Body Is Made Of Sunlight (from the “The Lick On The Tip Of An Envelope Yet To Be Sent” – rel. in 2005)

Sunn-O))) & Boris – Akuma No Kuma (from the “Altar” album – released in 2006)

The Mars Volta – Cygnus….Vismund Cygnus: I. Sarcophagi II. Umbilical Syllables III. Facilis Descenus Averni (from the “Frances The Mute” album – rel. in 2005)

Amorphous Androgynous – The Witch Hunt (from the “Alice In Ultraland” album – released in 2005)

Eliza Carthy – Worcester City (from the “Anglicana” album – released in 2002)

Brian Eno – A Long Way Down (from the “Another Day On Earth” album – released in 2005)

Loop Guru – Orange Holes And Beautiful Feathers (from the “Elderberry Shiftglass” album – released in 2006)

Sigur Ros – Se Lest (from the “Takk” album – released in 2005)

Wire – Mr. Marx’s Table (from the “Send” album – released in 2003)

Ed Harcourt – Sister Renee (from the “From Every Sphere” album – rel. in 2003)

George Carlin – Man Stuff (from the “You Are All Diseased” album – released in 1999)

WARNING: Once again, there’s content on this one wot may not be suitable for young’uns ears.

Unfortunately, there’s no “Vinyl Vault” in this one, as I bought any new albums on CD–I am looking for some of them on LP now, but haven’t got any yet.

Warning: Some of the content may not be suitable for little ones’ ears–just sayin’.

The tracklist for this episode is:

Intro.

Cornershop – People Power (from the “Handcream Of A Generation” album – released in 2002)

Elbow – Mexican Standoff (from the “Leaders Of The Free World” album – rel. in 2005)

OutKast (feat. B Real) - Xplosion (from the “Stankonia” album - released in 2000)

Muse – Assassin (from the “Black Holes And Revelations” album – released in 2006)

The Future Sound Of London/Amorphous Androgynous – Go Tell It To The Trees, Egghead (from “The Isness” – rel. in 2002)

Lambchop – Low Ambition (from the “Aw C’mon/No, You C’mon” 2-disc set - released in 2004)

Espers – Mansfield And Cyclops (from the “Espers II” album – rel. in 2007)

Supergrass – Low C (from the “Road To Rouen” album – released in 2005)

Orbital – Spare Parts Express (from “The Middle Of Nowhere” – released in 1999)

Van Der Graaf Generator – Nutter Alert (from the “Present” album – released in 2005)

Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci – Spanish Dance Troupe (title track to the album – rel. in 1999)

Boards Of Canada – Dawn Chorus (from the “Geogaddi” album – released in 2002)

The Flaming Lips – In The Morning Of The Magicians (from the “Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots” album – rel. in 2002)

David Cross – Literally…/The Ricky Henderson Bit  (from the “Shut Up, You Fucking Baby” 2-disc set – released in 2002)

Remember the mix tapes you used to make in the 80s and 90s, before recordable CDs and mp3s? Compiling a mix tape, as Nick Hornby pointed out in “High Fidelity” (and later on, John Cusack, in the film version), is definitely an art form. I wouldn’t say I ever mastered the art of mix-taping, but I would say I’ve created some interesting ones.

I’ve kept some of my tapes and I’ve thought of re-creating them as CD-mixes, but I’ve never got round to doing so.

I thought I would re-construct one of my tapes as a podcast episode, just for something a little different. I’ve kept the order of songs exactly as I added them to the cassette, as well as any spoken-word/comedy bits. There’s none of my jibba-jabba in between tracks in this episode, as I never used to do that on my tapes.

I hope you enjoy it – I may make this an on-going series. I’m aware that there are literally hundreds of excellent psych tunes I’ve left off – but then it wouldn’t be a “mix tape”, it would be 20 mix-tapes. This episode is for a friend of the show, John Cole, whom I was in an on-line course with a couple of years ago at the Maybe Logic Academy. I track-listed this mix and told him I would get him a copy. Here you are, John – sorry for the delay!

The tracklisting for this episode is:

Intro.
Duckman – “…but spacey nonetheless…” – (taken from the “Not-So-Easy Riders” episode – first broadcast in 1993)*
Jefferson Airplane – Wild Tyme (H) (from the “After Bathing At Baxter’s” album – released in 1967)
The Moody Blues – Sun Is Still Shining (extended version) (from the “To Our Children’s Children’s Children” – released in 1969 – deluxe edition rel. in 2006)
The Beach Boys – I Know There’s An Answer (from the “Pet Sounds” album – released in 1966)
The Who – I Can See For Miles/’Charles Atlas’ advert (from the “Who Sell Out” album – released in 1967)
The Beatles – Rain (B-side of 1966 single release)
Country Joe & The Fish – Eastern Jam (from the “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ To Die” album – rel. in 1967)
The Doors – Strange Days (from the album of the same name – released in 1967)
Sly & The Family Stone – Fun (from the “Life” album – released in 1968)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – You Got Me Floatin’ (from the “Axis: Bold As Love” album – rel. in 1968)
Pink Floyd – Let There Be More Light (from the “A Saucerful Of Secrets” album – released in 1968)
Spirit – Ground Hog (from the “Clear” album – released in 1969)
The Soft Machine – Spaced Six (sessions recorded in 1969 – officially released on the “Spaced” CD in 1996)
George Harrison – Guru Vandana (from the “Wonderwall” film soundtrack – released in 1968)
Caravan – Hello Hello (from the “If I Could Do It All Over Again, I’d Do It All Over You” album – released in 1970)
Simon & Garfunkel – So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright (from the “Bridge Over Troubled Waters” album – rel. in 1970)
Kevin Ayers – Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes (from the “Whatevershebringswesing” album – released in 1971)
Funkadelic – I Got A Thing, You Got A Thing, Everybody’s Got A Thing (from the debut self-titled album – released in 1970)
Gentle Giant – Wreck (from the “Acquiring The Taste” album – rel. in 1971)
Can – Mushroom (from the “Tago Mago” album – released in 1971)
Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells – Part 1 (opening section) (from the “Tubular Bells” album – released in 1973)
Brian Eno – Needles In The Camel’s Eye (from the “Here Come The Warm Jets” album – released in 1973)
Cheech & Chong – The Strawberry Revival Festival (excerpt) (from the “Los Cochinos” album – rel. in 1973)
The Mahavishnu Orchestra - Trilogy: Part 1 – The Sunlit Path (live) (from the “Between Nothingness And Eternity” album – released in 1973)
Pink Floyd – Any Colour You Like (from the “Dark Side Of The Moon” album – released in 1973)
Gong – Love Is How Y Make It (from the “Angels Egg” album – released in 1973)

*On the tape – the ‘Duckman’ bit is much longer, but I couldn’t be bothered to hook up the tape deck to the hard drive and record the entire thing. I could only find the much shorter wav clip on the interwebnets. If you get a chance to see that particular episode – the ‘trip’ scene is well worth watching.

Artwork: Hapshash & The Coloured Coat (‘Albion’ magazine cover – 1968) – Lettering added by The Purple Gooroo

Originally posted in October 2009