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RockRoll360 #107 Golden Age of Underground Radio Vol. 2 (Part 1)

   

Front yard of Estrellas house above, MJL plays guitar. Around this time, early 70s, she and her friends recently made a jingle for KMET radio station. “A little bit of heaven, ninety-four point seven, KMET twiddle-dee”

RockRoll360 #107  Golden Age of Underground Radio Vol. 2 (Part 1 )

Various Artists - Golden Age of Underground Radio
              (1989 Dcc Compact Classics ) (CD)   (Part 2)

A logical and proper extension of the first volume of the series (which spotlighted FM underground pioneer Tom Donahue), Golden Age of Underground Radio, Vol. 2 features recordings of the legendary Los Angeles disc jockey B. Mitchell Reed, who was one of the mainstays on KMET FM, as well as an extremely important mover and shaker in the city in its prime. Taken from shows of the 1968-1971 period, this show showcases what FM radio was, as well as its necessity and artful production. Around fabulous (full-length) versions of FM staples by Love (”Alone Again Or”), Donovan Featuring the Jeff Beck Group (”Barabajagal”), and about a dozen other turntable hits, Reed keeps the flow going with smooth, hip, and very honest raps that capture the moment in tact and in real time. Commercials of the era (such as “The Hip Bagel”) and news reports only add to the period charm and transport the listener to a very real evening of music and intelligent thought. Like Donahue, Reed started in AM radio, during its loud, fast, mile-a-minute Top 40 heyday. The metamorphosis that he and the audience were going through at the dawn of the 1970s is captured here in all of its glory, making this an exquisite social, spiritual, and political document, not to mention an artistic one as well.

                                                                    ~ Matthew Greenwald, All Music Guide

B. Mitchell Reed’s Sign-On Sound bite from KMET FM’s B. Mitchell Reed
I GOT A LINE ON YOU  /  SPIRIT
BARABAJAGAL ( Love Is Hot )  /   JEFF BECK GROUP & DONOVAN
B. Mitchell Reed  ( Thoughts )  Sound bite from KMET FM’s B. Mitchell Reed
HONKY TONK WOMAN /  IKE AND TINA TURNER
B. Mitchell Reed [Hip Bagel Commercial] Sound bite from KMET FM’s B. Mitchell Reed
ROLLIN’ AND TUMBLIN’  /    CANNED HEAT
KILLING FLOOR  /    THE ELECTRIC FLAG
Leather Ltd.  KMET Progressive Radio commercial
B. Mitchell Reed [Jeans West Commercial] Sound bite from KMET FM’s B. Mitchell Reed
ONLY YOU KNOW AND I KNOW  /    DAVE MASON
B. Mitchell Reed  ( Beatle Record)  )  Sound bite from KMET FM’s B. Mitchell Reed
YOU CAN’T DO THAT  /    HARRY NILSSON
B. Mitchell Reed Sound bite from KMET FM’s B. Mitchell Reed
EIGHT MILES HIGH  /    THE BYRDS

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RockRoll360 #090 - Golden Age of Underground Radio (Part 2 )

 
Tom Donahue  (May 21, 1928 – April 28, 1975),
was a pioneering rock and roll radio disc jockey.

We continue on with this musical ride with
The Golden Age of Underground Radio ( Part 2 )

Not from original Compilation Cd , with this symbol .   #  

Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan
Tom Donahue
Darkness, Darkness - The Youngbloods
I Love To Change The World - Ten Years After
Tom Donahue
KSAN Newscaster From 1969
On The Road Again - Canned Heat
Leopold Records Commerical
A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall  - Bob Dylan at The Concert for Bangladesh         #
What About Me - Quicksilver Messenger Service
Tom Donahue
Do You Know What I Mean - Lee Michaels
Tom’s Closing
Scottish Tea - Amboy Dukes

Hope to have for you by the summer of 2010,
The Golden Age Of Underground Radio ( Vol. 2 )
KMET In Los Angeles with B. Mitchel Reed  ( Alias BMR )

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ROCKOLLECTIONS: CHRISTMAS PARTY 2009 PT.2

 

Continuing on with Rockollections, I noticed Saturday was the beginning of Hannukah.
Got a couple of songs for that.
Ever hear of Tom Lehrer?
He wrote the song for the Garrison Keilor show because he felt there weren’t enough of them.
After that, the Bare Naked Ladies with the other.
Then I had really no idea what I was going to play, so I just grabbed a song by Canned Heat, and let the free-form fun of doing a show from home take over.
I was running around while a song was playing, looking for what I thought would be enjoyable to hear next.
We used to do that at the station because I would bring so much music in with me.
But at home, I have EVERYTHING at my disposal.
I will end the show with a song for my former girl, Angel.
I heard it a few years ago, and it’s by a lady named Vittoria Conn- she’s got a bit of a Mama Cass Elliott sound, seems to me.
More Christmas coming!

Mike

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RockRoll360 #068 - Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree ( Pt. 1 )

 

 A Special from me to you - No interruptions of Great Classic Rock Christmas Tunes.
Don’t forget to check out Christmas Boogie with - The Chipmonks 10 years later from their original tune with Canned Heat.
It’s 1968 brother not 1958. Great funny tune - Alvin also gets a little carried away.
Also Bing Crosby & David Bowie with a beautiful version of Little Drummer Boy.

Merry Christmas and God Bless You All.     
                                               Michael J. Andrade

CHRISTMAS MUST BE TONIGHT- THE BAND
RUN RUDOLPH RUN - CHUCK BERRY
GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN - BARENAKED LADIES with SARAH McLACHLAN
Sam Kopper of WBCN in Boston, Christmas morning from December 1969
A 1963 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE  - BEATLES
ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE  - BEATLES
SO THIS IS CHRISTMAS  - JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO
SIMPLY HAVING A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS TIME - PAUL McCARTNEY
WBCN Christmas I.D. From Bing to Bono
CHRISTMAS BOOGIE  - CANNED HEAT WITH THE CHIPMUNKS
CHRISTMAS IS THE TIME TO SAY I LOVE YOU  - BILLY SQUIER
ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE  - THE BEACH BOYS
PEACE IN EARTH / LITTLE DRUMMER BOY  - BING CROSBY AND DAVID BOWIE

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