Friday, December 30, 2011

Stonehenge Playlist 12-23-2011

This week's Classic Rock Album was the great second solo LP (and breakthrough release) by Lou Reed; 'Transformer' from 1972, notable for it's wonderful production and arrangements by Mick Ronson (and a young unknown called Davie Bowie, or something).

Here's a 1971 Lou Reed moment:


Artist - Album -- Song
  • Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes -- Jerkin' Crocus
  • Be-bop Deluxe - Axe Victim -- Third Floor Heaven
  • Eloy - Inside -- Inside
  • Kansas - Kansas -- Belexes
  • Hawkwind - Doremi Fasol Latido -- Brainstorm
  • The Byrds - Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde -- This Wheel's on Fire
  • Cream - Wheels of Fire -- Pressed Rat and Warthog
  • The Illusion - If It's So -- Let's Make Each Other Happy
  • The Blues Project - Live at Town Hall -- Wake Me, Shake Me
  • Mighty Baby - Mighty Baby -- I'm from the Country
  • Yes - Yes -- I See You
  • Flower Travellin' Band - Satori -- Satori, Part 5
  • Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath - Behind the Wall of Sleep
  • Deep Purple - Machine Head -- Lazy
  • The Move - Message from the Country -- Ella James
  • Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak -- Romeo and the Lonely Girl
  • Camel - Moonmadness -- Song Within a Song
  • Jethro Tull - Living in the Past -- Christmas Song
  • Procol Harum - A Salty Dog -- A Salty Dog
  • Doctor John, the Night Tripper - Remedies -- Loop Garoo
  • Santana - Abraxas -- Se a Cabo
  • Santana - Abraxas -- Mother's Daughter
  • Terry Reid - Bang, Bang You're Terry Reid -- Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
  • Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself -- Tears in My Eyes
  • Night Sun - Mournin' -- Living with the Dying
  • King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon -- In the Wake of Poseidon
  • Fireballet - Night on Bald Mountain -- Les Cathedrales
  • The Groundhogs - Who Will Save the World? -- Body in Mind
  • Man - Back into the Future -- Jam Up Jelly Tight
  • Blonde on Blonde - Rebirth -- Castles in the Sky
  • Kevin Ayers - Joy of a Toy -- Song for Insane Times

Monday, December 26, 2011

Stonehenge Playlist 12-16-2011

This week's there was no Classic Rock Album to begin the Show due to sports coverage cutting in at the beginning of our scheduled time. However, the Doctor was in soon thereafter, and played these delectable delights for all listeners:


Artist - Album -- Song
  • David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name -- What Are Their Names
  • Stephen Stills - Stephen Stills -- Old Times Good Times
  • Graham Nash - Wild Tales - Wild Tales
  • Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - 4 Way Street -- Lee Shore
  • Neil Young - American Stars 'n Bars -- Like a Hurricane
  • Frampton's Camel - Frampton's Camel -- White Sugar
  • The Illusion - Together (As a Way of Life) -- Peace Pipe
  • Gypsy - Gypsy -- Tomorrow Is the Last to Be Heard
  • Mike Harrison - Smokestack Lightning -- Wanna Be Free
  • The Deviants - The Deviants #3 -- Rambling Black Transit Blues
  • The Chocolate Watchband - No Way Out -- No Way Out
  • Hot Tuna - America's Choice -- Funky #7
  • Badfinger - Badfinger -- Give It Up (?)
  • Man - Be Good To Yourself At Least Once a Day -- Life on the Road
  • Jo Jo Gunne - Jo Jo Gunne -- Take It Easy
  • Ten Years After - Watt -- I'm Coming On
  • Triumvirat - Spartacus -- The March to the Eternal City
  • Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts -- Theme One
  • Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway -- Ravine
  • Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway -- The Light Dies Down on Broadway
  • Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway -- Riding the Scree
  • Egg - The Polite Force -- Long Piece No. 3: Part Two
  • Deep Purple - Machine Head -- Maybe I'm a Leo
  • Deep Purple - Machine Head -- Pictures of Home
  • Atomic Rooster - Made in England -- Time Take My Life
  • Kopperfield - Tales Untold -- Moonride
  • Uriah Heep - ...very 'eavy, ...very 'umble -- Gypsy
  • Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult -- Before the Kiss, a Redcap
  • Cactus - Restrictions -- Guiltless Glider
  • The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Next -- Vambo Marble Eye
  • The Who - Tommy -- Christmas

Stonehenge Playlist 12-09-2011

This week's Classic Rock Album (or 'CRA', if you want to save time) was Rare Earth's third album 'Ecology', released in 1970 and featuring their mammoth version of Norman Whitfield's hit song '(I Know) I'm Losing You'.

Artist - Album -- Song

  • Buddy Miles - Them Changes -- Memphis Train
  • Chambers Brothers - A New Time - New Day -- A New Time - New Day
  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland -- House Burning Down
  • Cold Blood - Cold Blood -- Watch Your Step
  • Edgar Winter's White Trash - Roadwork -- Back in the U.S.A.
  • Jeff Beck - Truth -- Let Me Love You
  • Canned Heat - Boogie with Canned Heat -- Evil Woman
  • Cat Mother and the All-Night Newsboys - Albion Doo-Wah... -- Albion Doo-Wah
  • Randy California - Kapt. Kopter and the (Fabulous) Twirly Birds -- Downer
  • Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West -- East-West
  • Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield -- Mr. Soul
  • Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield -- Bluebird
  • The Fraternity of Man - The Fraternity of Man -- Blue Guitar
  • Jefferson Airplane - Jefferson Airplane -- Eskimo Blue Day
  • Blues Magoos - Psychedelic Lollipop -- Sometimes I Think About
  • Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum -- Summertime Blues
  • Brownsville Station - Yeah! -- Barefootin'
  • Status Quo - On the Level -- Little Lady
  • Apple - An Apple a Day... -- Doctor Rock
  • Slade - Stomp Your Hands, Clap Your Feet -- Just Want a Little Bit
  • Johnny Winter And - Live Johnny Winter And -- Jumpin' Jack Flash
  • Sky - Sky -- One Love
  • Culpeper's Orchard - Culpeper's Orchard -- Your Song and Mine
  • Peter Bardens - The Answer -- I Can't Remember
  • Indian Summer - Indian Summer -- Another Tree Will Grow
  • Alice Cooper - Muscle of Love -- Man with the Golden Gun
  • Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans -- The Revealing Science of God
  • Brainchild - Healing of the Lunatic Owl -- She's Learning

Friday, December 9, 2011

Stonehenge Playlist 12-02-11

This week's Classic Rock Album, played from beginning to end, was the breakthrough 3rd LP from Camel, 'The Snow Goose', released in 1975. It's a beautiful suite of complexity and depth, but isn't afraid to rock either. Here is the band themselves, live on the BBC in May 1975 (with an orchestra!) to perform a section of the LP on the 'Old Grey Whistle Test':


Artist - Album -- Song
  • Genesis - Trespass -- The Knife
  • Pink Floyd - Meddle -- Fearless
  • The Nice - The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack -- War and Peace
  • The Small Faces - The Small Faces -- Here Come the Nice
  • Spooky Tooth - Spooky Two -- Better By You, Better Than Me
  • Touch - Touch -- Down at Circes Place
  • Jack Bruce - Harmony Row -- There's a Forest
  • Jack Bruce - Harmony Row -- Morning Story
  • Womb - Overdub -- Evil People
  • Baker Gurvitz Army - Elysian Encounter -- People
  • The Scorpions - Fly to the Rainbow -- They Need a Million
  • Ashra - Blackouts -- 77 Slightly Delayed
  • Cluster - Cluster -- 7:42
  • David Bowie - Heroes -- V-2 Schneider
  • Kraftwerk - Ralf & Florian -- Elektrisches Roulette
  • Neu! - Neu! -- Negativland
  • Keef Hartley Band - Seventy Second Brave -- Nocturns
  • Keef Hartley Band - 72nd Brave -- Don't Sign It
  • Ron Wood - I've Got My Own Album To Do -- Shirley
  • Faces - Ooh La La -- My Fault
  • String Driven Thing - Please Mind Your Head -- Without You
  • Savoy Brown - Hellbound Train -- Hellbound Train
  • Nazareth - Hair of the Dog -- Hair of the Dog
  • UFO - Force It -- Shoot Shoot
  • Hawkwind - Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music -- Kerb Crawler
  • Ken Hensley - Proud Words on a Dusty Shelf -- Cold Autumn Sunday
  • Wishbone Ash - Wishbone Ash -- Handy
  • Cream - Disraeli Gears -- Swlabr
  • Andwella's Dream - Love and Poetry -- Cocaine
  • Clouds - Watercolour Days -- Cold Sweat
  • Barclay James Harvest - Octoberon -- Polk Street Rag
  • Supertramp - Even in the Quietest Moments -- Fool's Overture
  • Kiss - Alive! -- Deuce

Monday, December 5, 2011

Stonehenge Playlist 11-25-11

This week's Classic Rock Album was a Prog Classic from the genre's heavy hitters: Emerson, Lake & Palmer with 'Trilogy' from 1972.

Here's some raucous live footage of 'Hoedown' in Japan from the tour of that LP:

Artist - Album -- Song

  • Steve Miller Band - Recall the Beginning... A Journey from Eden -- Fandango
  • Savoy Brown - A Step Further -- Life's One Act Play
  • Free - Tons of Sobs -- Over the Green Hills Pt. 1
  • Free - Tons of Sobs -- Worry
  • Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III -- Out on the Tiles
  • Roy Harper - HQ -- The Spirit Lives
  • Roy Harper - HQ -- Grownups Are Just Silly Children
  • Jeff Beck Group - Rough and Ready -- Max's Tune
  • Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes -- Ready for Love/After Lights
  • Bad Company - Bad Co -- Rock Steady
  • Humble Pie - Thunderbox -- Thunderbox
  • Steamhammer - Reflection -- Junior's Wailing
  • Deep Purple - The Book of Taliesyn -- Listen, Learn, Read On
  • Queen - Queen -- Doing All Right
  • Queen - Queen -- Great King Rat
  • Pete Brown & Piblokto! - Thousands on a Raft -- Aeroplane Head Women
  • Terry Reid - Terry Reid -- Superlungs Supergirl
  • Donovan - Barabajagal -- Barabajagal (Love Is Hot)
  • Keef Hartley Band - Halfbreed -- Sacked (Including Hearts and Flowers)
  • Keef Hartley Band - Halfbreed -- Confusion Theme
  • Keef Hartley Band - Halfbreed -- The Halfbreed
  • Santana - The Woodstock Experience -- You Just Don't Care
  • Blue Goose - Blue Goose -- Loretta
  • PFM - Chocolate Kings -- Paper Charms
  • Caravan & the New Symphonia - Caravan & the New Symphonia -- Virgin on the Ridiculous
  • McDonald and Giles - McDonald and Giles -- Flight of the Ibis
  • King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King -- Epitaph including (a)March for No Reason (b)Tomorrow and Tomorrow
  • Spring - Spring -- The Prisoner (Eight to Ten)
  • Fleetwood Mac - Future Games -- Future Games
  • Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida -- Are You Happy
  • Golden Earring - Moontan -- The Vanilla Queen
  • Uriah Heep - Salisbury -- Time to Live
  • Focus - Moving Waves -- Focus II
  • Stephen Stills - Just Roll Tape -- Helplessly Hoping
  • Montrose - Montrose -- Bad Motor Scooter