RADIO BROADCAST #885
03-20–26
Fanatic. I would like to note the passing of Tim Harrison, a man I knew for decades. He drove the bus on many tours I did all over North America. I got the word he was in hospice several hours down the road from me. As I was heading to him, he slipped away. We had a lot of laughs and some great times out there.
I’m doing my best to catch up on listening. Quite often I’ll get a record as soon as it comes out, but it will take me a while to actually listen to it. There are a lot of records here, waiting to hit the turntable. There is an amazing musician, a multi instrumentalist, whose records I get just because his name is on them. He never lets me down. His name is Oren Ambarchi. Late last year, I got a record of his that at the time, had just come out called Dragon’s Return. I finally got it listened to a couple of nights ago. It’s really good. Mr. Ambarchi is quite prolific and seems to always be onto the next thing. He can be hard to keep up with sometimes. You can go to Bandcamp and check out what he’s been getting up to. https://orenambarchi.bandcamp.com/album/dragons-return
The new Continuals album Never Sleep comes out today. This is a great record and I’m so glad the band was able to turn it around for release so quickly. You might remember we listened to their previous self-titled album quite a bit. We have a track from that record early in tonight’s show. Continuals features, Ryan Nelson, who you might remember from the cool band Soccer Team. Fellow soccer teammate, Melissa Quinley, features prominently on Never Sleep. They work so well together. It’s great to hear them again. In my opinion, Fanatic, this is excellent warm-to-hot weather listening. We will start in on it next week. https://continualsdc.bandcamp.com/album/never-sleep
You might remember last week, I told you about a test pressing that Larry and Ian had listened to, that I had not yet heard. A few days ago, I listened to it, and as Ian and Larry testified, it sounds great. We put the order in and as soon as we have records back, we will let you know. On even more cool things that we can’t tell you much about yet, a few days ago, I mastered a record with Pete Lyman at Infrasonic Sound. The results were incredible. He is a truly amazing engineer. We just finished the liner notes and the sticker for the cover. All that wrapped earlier today. I’m waiting for Larry to give me the command and Pete will get the lacquers cut. I will, of course, be in attendance to do real time Fanatic documentation. In my decades as an amateur music hyper-fan, this particular project eclipses anything I’ve ever been involved with. We can’t wait for you to hear this one.
There’s a new release by that cool band Optic Sink. The Bandcamp page says there were only 80 pressed. I haven’t heard anything but the one track you get on the pre-order. You can check it out here. https://opticsink.bandcamp.com/album/relentless-metamorphosis
The new Damaged Bug album, Zuzax, is out today. We have a track from it on the show tonight. https://damagedbug.bandcamp.com/album/zuzax
We have, for you tonight, Fanatic, a “veritable cornucopia” of tunes that will hopefully gratify your Epicurean palette of music appreciation. We aim to please. Have a great night of listening, and a tremendous, music-filled weekend. When in doubt, put a record on and no matter what, stay Fanatic.
–– Henry
Hour 1
01. Rites Of Spring - Hain's Point / Rites Of Spring
02. Continuals - Flying Cross / Continuals
03. David Bowie - Suffragette City / Ziggy Stardust
04. Damaged Bug - Hoak / Zuzax
05. The Carpettes - How About Me And You / Small Wonder : Vol. 2-Punk Singles Collection
06. Subsonics - I'm a Blur / Subsonics
07. Heather the Jerk - Said What I Said / Scroll If You Love Devil
08. Shop Talk - Mirage Of Love / Shop Talk
09. Roky Erickson - I Have Always Been Here Before / Gremlins Have Pictures
10. Ryan Reidy - The Scrubbed Summer of Love / Fringe Body Parts
11. Minutemen - '99 / What Makes A Man Start Fires?
12. Mosquito Ego - Glomb IV / Glomb
13. UK Subs - Party In Paris / Diminished Responsibility
14. Station Model Violence - Leisure / Station Model Violence
15. The Fall - Popcorn Double Feature / Extricate
16. Quix*O*Tic - Make All The Ghoul Girls Cry / NIght For Day
17. Deerhoof - Basket Ball Get Your Groove Back / Offend Maggie
18. Black Beach - Dream Shake / Mail Thief
19. Les Tambours De Brazza – Ahaando / Ahaando Le Griot Rap Compte!
Hour 2
01. Slayer - Stain Of Mind / Diabolus in Musica
02. Misfits - Lullaby (1977 rehearsal) / Manny Martinez Tapes 1977
03. Public Enemy – Rightstarter / Yo! Bum Rush The Show
04. Added Dimensions - What's The Hurry / Added Dimensions
05. Artificial Go – Aphrodisiac / Hopscotch Fever
06. Pere Ubu - Free White / Lady From Shanghai
07. Frank Thayer - Long Grey Highway / El Paso Rock Vol. 05: The Troubled Streets - Border Town Rock N' Roll 1958-64
08. The Cramps - Red Headed Woman (feat. Jimmie Dickinson) / Off Air
09. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Taste The Floor / The Complete John Peel Sessions
10. Host Family – Dromedary / Extended Play
11. Nick Cave & Gallon Drunk - The Big Hurt / Mojo - Original Soundtrack
12. Mod Vigil - Free Range / Mod Vigil
13. Snooper - Pom Pom / Worldwide Demos
14. The Searchers - Popcorn Double Feature / Hearts In Their Eyes
15. Monty Python - Wonderful World Of Sound / Monty Python's Previous Record
16. The Saints - Know Your Product / Eternally Yours
17. Tom Waits - Goin' Out West / Bone Machine
18. Einstürzende Neubauten - Neun Arme / Drawings Of O.T.
19. King Crimson - Sleepless Bob Clearmountain Mix) / Three Of A Perfect Pair