TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

 

Sunday, October 31, 2021
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
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Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
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OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres 

Lil' Reapers

Coolest Little Monster by Zacherley

Devil Dance by The A-Bones

Corpse Grinder by The Meteors

The Devil's Coming by Stud Cole

Bo Meets the Monster by Bo Diddley

Haunted Horror Howl by Dave Del Monte & The Cross Country Boys

I'm in Love With A Ghost by Mal Thursday

Voodoo Stomp by The Saucer Men

Monster Blues by Dex Romweber

It's Halloween by The Shaggs

Demons are a Girl's Best Friend by Necromantix

Walk Like a Zombie by Horrorpops

Dead Man's Slide by Shouting Thomas & The Torments

Dangerous Weirdos by The Zombie Dandies

Halloween Hell by The Goldstars

Creeps Me Out by Robbie Quine

(She's My) Vampire Girl by The Groovy Ghoulies

Ghost of a Texas Ladies Man by Concrete Blonde

Haunted House Blues by Bessie Smith

Living Dead Girl by Rob Zombie

You've Become a Witch by The Electric Mess

I Think of Demons by Roky Erickson

She's Wicked by The Fuzztones

Hoodoo Party by Tabby Thomas

Tombstone Rock by Hipbone Slim & The Knee Tremblers

Devil Baby by The Monsters

Voodoo Doll by Deadbolt

Satan's Bride by Gregg Turner

I Hear Voices by Screamin' Jay Hawkins

She's Fallen in Love With The Monster Man by  Screaming Lord Sutch

Halloween by Ron Haydock & The Boppers

The Creature from the Black Leather Lagoon by The Cramps

It's Your Voodoo Working by Charles Sheffield

Captain of the Creeps by Oh! Gunquit

The Vampire by T. Valentine & Daddy Long Legs

Look Out, There's a Monster Coming by The Bonzo Dog Band

CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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WACKY WEDNESDAY: A Satanic Serenade by Anton LaVey

 

It almost being Halloween, what better time for some sweet, creepy calliope music from the founder of the Church of Satan?

Anton Szandor LaVey died Oct. 29, 1997 -- so we're just two days away from the 24th anniversary of that strange and mournful day.

Born Howard Stanton Levey in Chicago in 1930 (Really? What kind of Satanic priest is named "Howard"?!?!?), shortly after he was born, his family moved to the San Francisco Bay area. LaVey claimed he left high school to join the circus -- first as a roustabout, then later as a calliope player.

In 1966 he founded the Church of Satan, appointing himself as high priest.

But before you work yourself into a Satanic panic, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica:

LaVey presented Satanism not as the practice of evil or as the worship of an actual Antichrist but as a kind of ethical egoism. According to LaVey, traditional religions were fundamentally hypocritical and dangerously inhibited the physical tendencies and emotional needs that were vital to human life. He claimed that his brand of Satanism was inspired by his having noticed as a teenager that the men he saw at church on Sunday, praying to God for absolution, were the same ones he had seen at burlesque shows on Saturday night. LaVey’s Satanism was in fact atheistic: the opposition between God and Satan represented for him the struggle between hypocrisy and repression on the one hand and indulgence and liberation on the other. LaVey was also not a nihilist: he instructed his followers to obey the law, and he taught that indulgence in pleasure could be beneficial only if it did not harm others. 

But he always was a showman. And during his life, in addition to the books he wrote about Satanic philosophy, LaVey recorded three albums: The Satanic Mass, Satan Takes a Holiday, and Strange Music (which later was released with a slightly different tracklist as The Devil Speaks (& Plays).

As the Allmusic Guide says, "... like any good horror movie, LaVey and his music do indeed haunt and, for some, delight."

So let's start out with LaVey's delightful version of "Harlem Nocturn." This is from the 1993 documentary, Anton Szandor LaVey - Speak of the Devil. Here he also talks about his loving relationship with the calliope.

Lavey loved those gypsy love songs

A happy little ditty called "Gloomy Sunday." (Vocals by his wife, Blanche Barton. I actually wish he'd chosen Singing Sadie.)

Finally, it's time to swing your Honolulu Baby!

Happy Halloween!

LaVey with his friend Jayne Mansfield

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, October 24, 2021
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
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10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
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OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres

Big Black Witchcraft Rock by The Cramps

Wicked Waters by Benjamin Booker

That Certain Female by Charlie Feathers

Demon Death by Southern Culture on the Skids

Devil Baby by The Monsters

Mean Blue Spirit by The Dead Brothers

Not Fade Away by HeadCat

Pokin' Aroubd by Mudhoney

North to Alaska by Johnny Horton

Fixin' to Crawl by Churchwood

Help You Ann by Lyres

Psychobitches Outta Hell by Horrorpops

The Stranger in Town by John Trubee & The Ugly Janitors of America

Get Down With It by The Woggles

I'm a Mummy by The Fall

Filthy by Nick Curran & The Lowlifes

A Celebration of Bloodshot Records

All songs from Bloodshot releases

Plenty Tough and Union Made by The Waco Brothers

Way Out West by Moonshine Willie

Keep the Home Fires Burnin' by Sarah Shook & The Disarmers

Every Kind of Music But Country by Robbie Fulks

I Was Drunk by Alejandro Escovedo

Child of Mercy by The Yawpers

Ghost of Mae West by Trailer Bride

Hey Little Girl by Barrence Whitfield & The Savages

The Raven by The Flat Five

I Walked In While He Was Changing Your Mind by Rex Hobart & The Misery Boys

I'm So Lonesome Without You by Hazeldine

My Old Drunk Friend by Freakwater

I Am Trying to Break Your Heart by JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound

Bad Way to Go by Lydia Loveless

Snowbird by Sally Timms

All the Fame of Lofty Deeds by Jon Langford

CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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THROWBACK THURSDAY: Lotsa Musical Birthdays on October 21

October 21 is the birthday of many amazing musical giants of various styles and genres. Happy birthday all!

On this day in 1915 Owen Bradley was born in Westmoreland, Tenn. He became renowned as one of country music's greatest producers in the 1950s and '60s. He was the subject of an episode in the current season of the Cocaine & Rhinestones podcast. And though he's most famous for his behind the scenes work for other artists -  Ernest Tubb, Roy Acuff, Kitty Wells, Patsy Cline, Bill Monroe, Brenda Lee, Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty etc. -- Bradley also recorded some songs under his own name. Here's one from 1949 with vocals by Jack Shook and Dottie Dillard:

John Birks Gillespie, better known as "Dizzy," was born in 1917. He was a colossus of be-bop and he did it all with a bent trumpet. Here he is in France in 1971 playing "Night in Tunisia":

Cuban singer Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso, aka Celia Cruz, was born in Havana in 1925. Here she is playing in Zaire in 1974

Derek Bell, best known as the harpist for The Chieftains was born in Belfast in 1935. This is from a solo album called (I'm not kidding!!) Derek Bell Plays With Himself:

Blues rocker Elvin Bishop was born in 1942 in Glendale, California.

Erick Lee Purkhiser was born in 1946. The world later got to know him as Lux Interior of The Cramps. He was the maddest daddy!

Other musicians born on Oct. 21 include country singer Mel Street (1935); British Invader Manfred Mann (1940); soul guitarist Steve Cropper (1941); Beau Brummel singer Ron Elliot (1943 -- not to be confused with Florida rocker Ronny Elliott); weirdo rocker Julian Cope (1957); Queens of the Stone Age singer Nick Oliveri (1971) and singer songwriter Josh Ritter (1976).

Happy birthday all!

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, October 17, 2021
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
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Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
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OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres

Psychotic Reaction by The Cramps

Dirt by Lou Reed

Hillbilly Zombies by Deadbolt

Lonesome, On'ry and Mean by Henry Rollins

Too Hot to Handle by Jayne Mansfield

Bug Zapper by The Control Freaks

Jumpin' Jack Flash by Alex Chilton

Lo Stregone (The Witch Doctor) by Fred Buscaglione

Last Grave by Sloks

Sad Songs by The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band

Nutbush City Limit by Black Diamond Heavies

Baby OK by Izobel Garcia

One Dark Day by Dave Del Monte & The Cross Country Boys

All Black and Hairy by Screaming Lord Sutch

Waxman by Ty Segall

Dragnet for Jesus by Sister Wynona Carr

Camptown Races by Freddie & The Dreamers

Stand for the Fire Demon by Roky Erickson

This Wondrous Day by The William Loveday Intention

Captain of the Creeps by Oh! Gunquit

The Boogie Disease by Doctor Ross

Infeccion by Nestter Donuts

Sneaky Jesus by Chuck E. Weiss

Only Black Man in South Dakota by Andre Williams

A Bloody Life by Reverend Tom Frost

Lonely Street by Carl Belew

Working Woman by Shinyribs

Haunted House Blues by Bessie Smith

Demon in My Head by Joe Buck Yourself

Los Canarios by Rudy De Anda

Cerrickfergus by The Chieftains with Van Morrison

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WACKY WEDNESDAY: Freddie & The Dreamers Deep Cuts

 

Say the name "Freddie & The Dreamers" and Americans of a certain age (read: old) reflexively will start moving their arms and legs in a quasi-jumping-jack style and singing in a bad British accent, "I'm telling you now, I'm telling you right away ... " or,  "It's the thing to do, kids will envy you / Do the Freddie ..."

And this, Freddie and band have gone down in history as a two-hit wonder.

But this British invasion band, which put Manchester on the rock 'n' roll map two decades before The Fall, recorded more than 20 singles and several albums between 1963 and 1968, when the original group disbanded.

Freddie Garrity died in 2006 at the age of 69.

So this Wacky Wednesday we celebrate Freddie's less celebrated songs.

I remember seeing this one on Shindig in the mid '60s:

I remember this minor Freddie hit very fondly. I always thought it was The Dreamers' strongest tune, even though it wasn't nearly as popular as "Do the Freddie":

The first time I actually paid attention to this song was a version by The Hentchmen, with guest Jack White,  about 20 years ago. "Some Other Guy" is a Lieber and Stoller tune originally recorded by American R&B singer named Richie Barrett in 1962. Soon after that it was recorded by a British band called The Big Three, after which it became a frequent cover by Mersy Beat/British Invasion groups, including a little combo of Fab Moptops, who frequently played it on stage. 

As "Some Other Guy" shows, Freddie was hardly averse to doing cover songs. For instance here's a Stephen Foster tune:

And like Sun Ra, Freddie & The Dreamers even did an album of Disney songs. This one's super:

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

 

Sunday, October 10, 2021
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
Email me during the show! terrell(at)ksfr.org

Here's my playlist :

OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres

Bayou Fever / The Jellybutt of Timbuktu by King Salami & The Cumberland 3

Stoney Path by Divine Horsemen

Hide Another Round by Dinosaur Jr.

Stroll In Hell by The Goldstars

Psychedelic Freakout by The Barbarellatones

The Boss Wants to Party With You by Quintron

Bridget the Midget by Ray Stevens

Little Annie Fanny by The Kingsmen

Leave My Bed by The Routes

Toe Cutter Thumb Buster by Thee Oh Sees

Smell My Tongue by The Monsters

Fisticuffs by Primus

Oxycontin Girl by The Claypool Lennon Delirium 

Boo! by Bonzo Dog Band

Scream by Lindsey Buckingham

DESTINATION SOUNDWORLD!

All songs from Bear Family's Destination series

People from Another World by The Jive Five

That Makes It by Jayne Mansfield

Psycho Serenade by Big Jay McNeely

Lonely by Sleepy LaBeef

Fever by Kay Martin & Her Body Guards

Destination Moon by Dinah Washington

The Fang by Nervous Norvus

Delicious by Jim Backus & Friend

Rock Doc by Louis Jordan

The Night is So Lonely by Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps

Shanty Tramp by Betty Dickson

Polka Dot Dress by Southern Culture on the Skids

Living for the City by The Dirtbombs

I'm Going to Leave You Baby by Lazy Lester

How the Light Knows by Shinyribs

Come Closer by Honshu Wolves

The Observations of a Crow by Marty Stuart

CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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FOLK REMEDY Playlist

Sunday, October 10, 2021
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
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8 am to 10 am  Sundays Mountain Time
Substitute Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM

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Never Did No Ramblin' by The Folksmen

Last Train from Poor Valley by Norman Blake

In Tall Buildings by John Hartford

Grey Funnel Line by Peter Case

The Murder of Leo Frank by Mark Rubin

Blind Willie McTell by Bob Dylan

Poor Carrie Anne by Al Duvall

Lonesome Dove by Almeda Riddle

The Burglar Man by Bob Carpenter

The Irish Soldier and the English Lady by Neil Morris

Poor Ellen Smith by Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

Dreaming My Dreams with You by Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell

Headed South by Martha Fields

Back in Your Kitchen by Tommy Shaw

Red-Neck Hippie Romance by Bobby Bare

Asleep with Both Eyes Open by Possessed by Paul James

Saucy Sailor by Steeleye Span

Cakes and Ale by Silly Sisters

Railroad Blues by Sam McGee

Greenville Strut by Sarah & Daddy Stovepipe

They Don't Rob the Trains Anymore by Ronny Elliott

Powers and Horror by Chivalrous Amoekons

The Fame of Lofty Deeds by Jon Langford

Fear and Beer by The Mekons

That's How Every Empire Falls by John Prine

16 Miles of Chain by Tami Neilson

My Eyes by Tony Gilkyson

The Crawdad Song by The Meat Purveyors

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Bear Family's Destination Series

For my birthday last month I was lucky that both of my kids gave me generous Amazon gift certificates. And by some weird coincidence I'd just discovered that the venerated German record label Bear Family, in just the past couple of years, had released a fantastic series of CD compilations featuring wild old (mostly from the 1950s and early '60s)  R&B, rockabilly, doo-wop, country, blues and warped pop, each title beginning with the word "Destination."

For years I thought of Bear Family primarily as the source of exhaustive, 10-CD sets of obscure hillbillies, blues shouters and early rockers -- all of which sound great but would set you back hundreds of bucks. Case in point: on the label's home page at the moment they're selling a 16(!) CD box set called R&B in DC 1940-1960 , 20 hours of music and a 352-page hardcover book, all for a mere $273.04. 

But these Destination compilations are actually affordable (especially when my kids are paying), about $12 each and each disc has at least 30 tracks.

And all of them are retro delights with bitchen album art and comprehensive liner notes.

I bought all six Destination compilations

So I'm going to post a song from each of the five compilations I bought. Here's one of my favorites from Destination Forbidden Planet, which consist of Sputnik-era sci-fi themes (including a few weird old movie trailer clips). It's none other than Louis Prima, contacting intergalactic civilizations.

Similar to Destination Forbidden Planet, the Destination Moon compilation is about going to the moon, which was very much on the nation's mind in the '50s and '60s. Here's Lenny Welch, best known for his 1963 version of "Since I Fell for You," in a flight to the lunar surface.

There is no vaccination for either rocking pneumonia or the boogie woogie flu. Therefore, there are no shortages of tunes about doctors, nurses, hospitals, and medications, as Destination Health (subtitled "Doc Feelgood's Rock Therapy") proves. This song by Macy Skipper was covered by The Cramps.

We've all walked down Lonely Street at some time or another, and some of us have even been guests in that street's most famous hotel. Here's the first song from Destination Lonely Street, Gene Vincent covering the 1956 hit by country singer Carl Belew (which is the closing track on the CD)

Now let's get to the sex.

There are two volumes of Destination Lust, each stacked with breathy vocals and suggestive lyrics full of double, maybe triple, entendres. Both volumes include some sexy Golden-Throat Hollywood bombshells including Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Ann-Margret, Elke Sommer and the ever delightful Mamie Van Doren. From Volume 1, here's Mamie with "Separate the Men from the Boys."

From Volume 2, (subtitled "Chicksville USA,") here's a lesser-known singer, Pat Morrisey with a slinky little number called "Trapped in the Web of Love."

To conclude, here are a couple of Bear family promo videos for a couple of these Destinations.