Stonehenge Playlist 02-22-13

The Classic album of the week: The Pretty Things - S. F. Sorrow
The Pretty Things formed in London in 1963 and took their name from Bo Diddley's 1955 song
"Pretty Thing".  S.F.Sorrow was released in December 1968 and was the first rock opera preceding the The Who's - Tommy by 6 months.  It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios



Artist - Album - Song

The Buddy Miles Express - Expressway to Your Skull -- Let Your Lovelight Shine
Ariel - Rock and Roll Scars -- Keep On Dancing (With Me)
Juicy Lucy - Juicy Lucy -- Train
Grand Funk Railroad - Closer to Home -- I'm Your Captain
Mott the Hoople - Brain Capers -- Death May Be Your Santa Claus
Harvey Mandel - Baby Batter - One Way Street
Lee Michaels - Space and First Takes -- Hold On To Freedom
Savoy Brown - Blue Matter -- She's Got A Ring In His Nose And A Ring On Her Hand
Humble Pie - Performance: Rockin' the Fillmore -- I Don't Need No Doctor
Touch - Touch -- Seventy Five
Vanilla Fudge - Renaissance -- The Sky Cried - When I Was a Boy
Pink Floyd - Relics -- Careful With That Axe, Eugene
McKendree Spring - 3 -- God Bless the Conspiracy
Nazareth - Nazareth -- Morning Dew
Gregg Allman With Cowboy/Boyer & Talton - The Gregg Allman Tour -- Double Cross
Gregg Allman With Cowboy/Boyer & Talton - The Gregg Allman Tour -- Dreams
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes -- Got No Shadow
Don Nix - Hobos, Heroes and Street Corner Clowns -- Black Cat Moan
Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks - Original Recordings -- I Scare Myself
Alex Taylor - With Friends and Neighbors -- Southbound
Duke Williams and the Extremes - Fantastic Fedora -- Sometimes
Sea Level - Sea Level -- Rain in Spain
Mick Ronson - Slaughter on 10th Avenue -- Pleasure Man/Hey Ma Get Papa
David Bowie - Station to Station -- Stay
New Trolls - Ut -- C'è Troppa Guerra
String Driven Thing - String Driven Thing -- Circus
Paul McCartney - McCartney -- Junk

Stonehenge Playlist 02-15-13

The Classic Album of the Week, played from beginning to end, was the self-titled LP by Spirit, from (1968).



Artist - Album -- Song

• Small Faces - There Are But Four Small Faces -- Tin Soldier
• Jefferson Airplane - Takes Off -- Blues from an Airplane
• The Peanut Butter Conspiracy - Is Spreading -- The Market Place
• The Byrds - The Fifth Dimension -- Hey Joe (Where You Gonna Go)
• The Byrds - The Fifth Dimension -- Captain Soul
• Love - False Start -- Stand Out
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? -- Red House
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced -- Can You See Me
• Randy California - Kapt. Kopter and the (Fabulous) Twirly Birds -- Things Yet to Come
• Seatrain - Sea Train -- Sea Train
• Moby Grape - Moby Grape -- 8:05
• The Guess Who - American Woman -- 8:15
• Mike Harrison - Smokestack Lightning -- Smokestack Lightning
• Deep Purple - In Rock -- Speed King
• The Doors - L.A. Woman -- The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)
• The Mothers of Invention - We're Only In It For the Money -- Are You Hung Up
• The Mothers of Invention - We're Only In It For the Money -- Who Needs The Peace Corps
• The Mothers of Invention - We're Only In It For the Money -- Concentration Moon
• Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Mirror Man -- Kandy Korn
• The Flock - The Flock -- Store Bought - Store Thought
• Benninghoff's Bad Rock Blues Band - Beethoven Bittersweet -- The Boggy Bayou Revival (Adapted from Beethoven's Sixth)
• The Allman Brothers Band - The First Great Rock Festivals of the Seventies - Isle Of Wight/Atlanta Pop Festival -- Whipping Post
• Mountain - The First Great Rock Festivals of the Seventies - Isle Of Wight/Atlanta Pop Festival -- Stormy Monday
• Amon Düül II - Carnival In Babylon -- Shimmering Sand
• Kevin Ayers, John Cale, Eno and Nico - June 1, 1974 -- Shouting in a Bucket Blues
• Premiata Forneria Marconi - Chocolate Kings -- Harlequin
• Gypsy - Gypsy -- Gypsy Queen - Part One
• Gypsy - Gypsy -- Gypsy Queen - Part Two
• Yes - Time and a Word -- Time and a Word
• Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf 7 -- Renegade
• The Flying Burrito Brothers - Last of the Red Hot Burritos -- Ain't That a Lot of Love
• Andy Pratt - Andy Pratt -- Avenging Annie
• Taste - Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival 1970 -- Sinner Boy
• Bo Hansson - Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings -- Fog on the Barrow-Downs

Stonehenge Playlist 02-08-13

No Classic Rock Album this week as we had a truncated show.  We found time to celebrate the recently departed Reg Presley: a legend amongst men!



Artist - Album -- Song

• The Troggs - Wild Thing -- From Home
• The Troggs - Wild Thing -- I Just Sing
• NRBQ - Scraps -- Get a Grip
• Johnny Winter - Johnny Winter -- I'm Yours and I'm Hers
• Steve Miller Band - The Joker -- Sugar Babe
• Hot Tuna - Double Dose -- Funky #7
• Mike Harrison - Mike Harrison -- Hard Headed Woman 
• Fleetwood Mac - English Rose -- Albatross
• The Undisputed Truth - The Undisputed Truth -- Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
• Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother -- Summer '68
• Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf -- The Pusher
• The Yardbirds - Roger the Engineer -- Happenings Ten Years Time Ago
• The Byrds - The Fifth Dimension -- Eight Miles High
• Tomorrow - Psychedelia At Abbey Road - 1965 To 1969 -- Why
• Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per Un Amico -- Generale

Stonehenge Playlist 02-01-13

This week's Clasic Rock Album, played from beginning to end, was The Move's 'Split Ends', a 1972 US release of tracks from 'Message from the Country' and some UK single releases not before available to the US.  A great collection, featuring the original release of 'Do Ya', later of course a blockbuster success for ELO.  Here's a cool rough version from the expanded reissue of 'Message from the Country':



Artist - Album -- Song

• The Counts - 2131 South Michigan Avenue: 60's Garage & Psychedelia From U.S.A. And Destination Records -- Stop Cheating on Me
• Lowell George & The Factory - Lightning-Rod Man -- Candy Cane Madness
• The Buckinghams - 2131 South Michigan Avenue: 60's Garage & Psychedelia From U.S.A. And Destination Records -- I'm a Man
• The Outsiders - Time Won't Let Me -- Time Won't Let Me
• The Grass Roots - Feelings -- Feelings
• Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers - Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers -- Elevator Operator
• David Bowie - David Live -- 1984
• David Bowie - David Live -- Rebel Rebel
• David Bowie - David Live -- Moonage Daydream
• The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico -- Heroin
• Mott the Hoople - Live -- Rest In Peace
• Mott the Hoople - Live -- All the Young Dudes
• Mott the Hoople - Live -- Walking with a Mountain
• Jack Bruce - Songs for a Tailor -- Theme for an Imaginary Western
• Mountain - Climbing! -- Never in My Life
• Colosseum - Daughter of Time -- Take Me Back to Doomsday
• Dick Heckstall-Smith - A Story Ended -- The Pirate's Dream
• Grand Funk - Caught In The Act -- Foot Stompin' Music
• Vinegar Joe - Six Star General -- Let Me Down Easy
• Stray Dog - While You're Down There -- I Would
• The Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock & Roll -- Fingerprint File
• Humble Pie - Smokin' -- Sweet Peace and Time
• Ginger Baker - Stratavarious -- Juju
• King Crimson - Lizard -- Prince Rupert Awakes
• McDonald & Giles - McDonald & Giles -- Suite In C (incl. Turnham Green, Here I Am And Others)
• Man - Back Into the Future -- C'mon
• Faces - A Nod Is as Good as a Wink... to a Blind Horse -- Debris
• Splinter - The Place I Love -- Somebody's City
• The Who - Magic Bus -- Doctor, Doctor
• The Hollies - Stop! Stop! Stop! -- Stop! Stop! Stop!

Stonehenge Playlist 01-04-13

This week's Classic Rock Album was the bar-raising self-titled 1969 LP debut from Yes.



Artist - Album -- Song

• The Beefeaters - Garden of Delights -- Please Let Me Love You
• The Byrds - (untitled) -- Hungry Planet
• Rhinoceros - Rhinoceros -- Apricot Brandy
• Jon Entwistle - Whistle Rymes -- Ten Little Friends
• The Who - Live at Leeds -- Young Man Blues
• The Stooges - Fun House -- Down On The Street
• Siren - Strange Locomotion -- Stride
• Audience - The House on the Hill -- You're Not Smilin'
• Lindisfarne - Nicely Out of Tune -- Lady Eleanor
• Family - Fearless -- Take Your Partners
• Atomic Rooster - Death Walks Behind You -- Nobody Else
• T. Rex - T. Rex -- Jewel
• Renaissance - Renaissance -- Island
• The Steve Miller Band - Recall The Beginning... A Journey From Eden -- Fandango
• Grin - Gone Crazy -- Beggar's Day (Eulogy To Danny Whitten)
• Robin Trower - Robin Trower Live! -- Too Rolling Stoned
• Julius Brockington - The Doors of Perception -- Rock Steady
• Mandrill - Mandrilland -- After the Race
• Tower of Power - Urban Renewal -- Walkin' Up Hip Street
• Lee Michaels - Carnival of Life -- Carnival of Life
• Ethos - Ardour -- Intrepid Traveller
• Klaatu - Klaatu -- Little Neutrino
• Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory -- Playing the Game
• Kansas - Kansas -- Belexes
• King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon -- In The Wake Of Poseidon
• (Including Libra's Theme)
• Pete Sinfield - Still -- Under the Sky
• The Doors - Alive, She Cried -- Gloria
• Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida -- In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
• Shinki Chen - Shinki Chen & His Friends -- Freedom Of A Mad Paper Lantern
• Jericho Jones - Junkies, Monkeys and Donkies -- So Come On
• Badfinger - Magic Christian Music -- Rock of Ages
• Screaming Lord Sutch - Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends -- Flashing Lights
• James Gang - Thirds -- Midnight Man
• Flower Travellin' Band - Made in Japan -- Kamikaze

Stonehenge Playlist 01-25-13

No Classic Rock Album this week, due to time constraints, but a lot of the finest music of the 20th century!  Here's a great video of Crabby Appleton arriving by boat and jamming on the beach.  Got milk?



Artist - Album -- Song

• Crabby Appleton - Crabby Appleton -- Go Back
• Michael Fennelly - Lane Changer -- Won't You Please Do That
• Crabby Appleton - Rotten to the Core -- Lucy
• Mike Fennelly - Lane Changer -- Dark Night
• Crabby Appleton - Crabby Appleton -- Hunger for Love
• Mike Fennelly - Lane Changer -- Watch Yerself
• Neil Innes & the World - Lucky Planet -- 9-5 Pollution Blues
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland -- 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
• Frank Zappa - Hot Rats -- Peaches En Regalia
• David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name -- What Are Their Names
• Paul Kantner/Jefferson Starship - Blows Against the Empire -- A Child Is Coming
• Spirit - Clear -- Dark Eyed Woman
• Pig Iron - Pig Iron -- I Put a Spell On You
• Bodacious DF - Bodacious DF -- Twixt Two Worlds
• Buzzy Linhart - Buzzy -- Sing Joy/Tutti Frutti
• Michael Stanley - Michael Stanley -- Rock and Roll Man
• Joe Walsh - The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get -- Days Gone By
• Deep Purple - Deep Purple -- Why Didn't Rosemary?
• The Nice - Ars Longa Vita Brevis -- America
• The Nice - Elegy -- My Back Pages
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery -- Jerusalem
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery -- Toccata
• Genesis - Trespass -- The Knife
• Captain Beyond - Sufficiently Breathless -- Sufficiently Breathless
• Stealers Wheel - Stealers Wheel -- Outside Looking In
• Roy Buchanan - Roy Buchanan -- Pete's Blues

Stonehenge Playlist 01-18-13

For this week's Classic Rock Album, we chose David Bowie's 'Space Oddity', originally released in 1969 as 'Man of Words / Man of Music'.  On a related note, here is an alternate version of one of the tracks from this LP.  This version was rerecorded in 1970 for a single release, and was Bowie's first collaboration with Mick Ronson, who is wailing in his familiar style here:


Artist - Album -- Song

• Deep Purple - Stormbringer -- Stormbringer
• Trapeze - You Are the Music... We're Just the Band -- Keepin' Time
• Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow -- Man on the Silver Mountain
• Humble Pie - Humble Pie -- Live With Me
• Scorpions - Lonesome Crow -- Lonesome Crow
• Jethro Tull - Benefit -- Teacher
• Jethro Tull - Stand Up -- A New Day Yesterday
• Chicken Shack - Accept Chicken Shack -- Telling Your Fortune
• Hot Tuna - America's Choice -- Invitation
• John Mayall's Bluesbreakers - Bare Wires -- Hartley Quits
• Canned Heat - Future Blues -- So Sad (The World's in a Tangle)
• Grand Funk - Grand Funk -- Paranoid
• Keef Hartley - Overdog -- Overdog
• Heads Hands & Feet - Heads Hands & Feet -- The More You Get, the More You Want
• The American Dream - The American Dream -- Big Brother
• Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage -- Vas Dis
• The Velvet Underground - VU -- Ocean
• The Pink Mice - In Synthesizer Sound -- Overtuere "Dichter und Bauer"
• Lucifer's Friend - Banquet -- Spanish Galleon
• Camel - Camel -- Slow Yourself Down
• The Deviants - The Deviants 3 -- Rambling B(l)ack Transit Blues
• The Allman Brothers Band - The Allman Brothers Band -- Don't Want You No More
• The Allman Brothers Band - The Allman Brothers Band -- It's Not My Cross to Bear
• Tommy James & the Shondells - Cellophane Symphony -- Cellophane Symphony
• Black Sabbath - Paranoid -- Caravan
• Pete Brown and Piblokto! - Thousands on a Raft -- Aeroplane Head Woman
• The Edgar Broughton Band - Edgar Broughton Band -- The Birth
• Beck, Bogert and Appice - Beck, Bogert and Appice -- Superstition
• The Yardbirds - Over Under Sideways Down -- Lost Woman
• Cactus - Restrictions -- Guiltless Glider