Stonehenge Playlist 12-28-12

Happy New Year, all of our listeners!

Classic Album of the week: Traffic - Welcome to the Canteen (1971).  Here's a track from this superb record:



Artist - Album -- Song

• Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On -- Rattlesnake Shake
• Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On -- Searching For Madge
• Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On -- Fighting For Madge
• Blues Image - Blues Image -- Leaving My Troubles Behind
• Badger - One Live Badger -- Wheel of Fortune
• Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II -- Ramble On
• West, Bruce & Laing - Why Dontcha -- The Doctor
• The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free -- Invocation And Ritual
• Dance Of The Young Pumpkin
• The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free -- Soft-Sell Conclusion &
• Ending Of Side #1
• Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Safe as Milk -- Plastic Factory
• Bloodrock - U.S.A. -- Don't Eat the Children
• Peter Bardens - Write My Name in the Dust -- Down So Long
• UFO - Number 1 -- Timothy
• Simon Dupree and the Big Sound - Psychedelia At Abbey Road - 1965 To
• 1969 -- Kites
• Gentle Giant - Three Friends -- Prologue
• Ekseption - Symphonic Revelation -- The 5th
• Ekseption - Symphonic Revelation -- Dharma (For One)
• Focus - Focus 3 -- Answers? Questions! ... Questions? Answers!
• Golden Earring - Moontan -- Big Tree, Blue Sea
• Jack Ellister - The White EP -- Dear Prudence
• Cowboy - 5'll Getcha Ten -- Please Be With Me
• The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East -- You Don't Love Me
• Hydra - Hydra -- Feel a Pain
• Marshall Tucker Band - Where We All Belong -- 24 Hours at a Time
• Wet Willie - The Wetter the Better -- Everybody's Stoned
• James Gang - Bang -- Standing in the Rain
• Tommy Bolin - Private Eyes -- Post Toastee
• Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow -- Freeway Jam
• Jo Jo Gunne - Jo Jo Gunne -- 99 Days

Stonehenge Playlist 12-21-12

Happy Christmas Stonehenge Listeners!  

Classic Album of the Week: Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Solar Fire (1973).

Here's a great slice of exploito-psych from the Ultimate Spinach:



Artist - Album -- Song

• The Band - Music From Big Pink -- Chest Fever
• Jethro Tull - Living in the Past -- Christmas Song
• Grin - Gone Crazy -- What About Me
• Mick Abrahams - Mick Abrahams -- Big Queen
• Atomic Rooster - Atomic Rooster -- Winter
• Blue Öyster Cult - The Guitars that Destroyed the World -- Buck's Boogie
• Free - Free -- Woman
• John Mayall - The Turning Point -- California
• Cactus - Restrictions -- Restrictions
• Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper - The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield
• And Al Kooper -- Green Onions
• Grand Funk - We're an American Band -- Creepin'
• Hot Tuna - Hot Tuna (Live At The New Orleans House) -- Hesitation Blues
• Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà Vu  -- Country Girl
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer - The Return of the Manticore -- I Believe in
• Father Christmas
• Gentle Giant - Octopus -- Boys in the Band
• Strawbs - Grave New World -- Tomorrow
• Supertramp - Even in the Quietest Moments... -- Even in the Quietest Moments
• Uriah Heep - Salisbury -- Bird of Prey
• Trapeze - You Are the Music... We're Just the Band -- Loser
• Wishbone Ash - Argus -- Time Was
• The Chambers Brothers - The Time Has Come -- Time Has Come Today
• The Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock & Roll -- Time Waits for No One
• Taste - Taste -- Born on the Wrong Side of Time
• Love - Love -- My Little Red Book
• Ultimate Spinach - Behold & See -- Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse
• The Steve Miller Band - The Sailor -- My Friend
• Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy -- Over the Hills and Far Away
• Cranium Pie - The White EP -- The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
• Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond -- Thousand Days of Yesterdays (Intro)
• Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond -- Frozen Over
• Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond -- A Thousand Days of Yesterdays (Time
• Since Come And Gone)
• Band of Gypsys - Live at the Fillmore East -- Power of Soul
• King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King -- I Talk to the Wind
• Edd "Kookie" Byrnes - -- Yulesville
• David Bowie - Hunky Dory -- Life on Mars?

Stonehenge Playlist 12-14-12

This week's Classic Rock Album was Gentle Giant's 'Acquiring the Taste' from 1971: a prog classic for sure!

Kenny Minnear, Gary Green and Malcolm Mortimore of Gentle Giant got back together recently as 'Three Friends' and performed tracks from their early LPs, including this track from 'Acquiring the Taste', live in Gothenburg Sweden, 2009!



Artist - Album -- Song

• Spirit - Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus -- Mr. Skin
• Andwella's Dream - Love and Poetry -- The Days Grew Longer for Love
• Fleetwood Mac - Bare Trees -- Danny's Chant
• The Byrds - Younger than Yesterday -- Everybody's Been Burned
• Three Dog Night - Naturally -- Fire Eater
• Jefferson Airplane - Crown of Creation -- Lather
• Savoy Brown - Hellbound Train -- Hellbound Train
• James Gang - Rides Again -- Tend My Garden
• Paul Butterfield - Put It In Your Ear -- I Don't Wanna Go
• Edgar Winter - Entrance -- Tobacco Road
• The Elecric Flag - An American Music Band -- Soul Searchin'
• Rare Earth - Ma -- Big John Is My Name
• Janis Joplin - Janis -- Ball and Chain
• Morley Grey - The Only Truth -- Our Time
• Stone the Crows - Stone the Crows -- Raining in Your Heart
• Robin Trower - Twice Removed from Yesterday -- Hannah
• Iron Butterfly - The Ball -- In The Time of Our Lives
• Dark - 'Round the Edges -- Darkside
• Jack Bruce - Harmony Row -- There's a Forest
• Jack Bruce - Harmony Row -- Morning Story
• Brian Davison's Every Which Way - Brian Davison's Every Which Way -- All in Time
• The Seventh Ring of Saturn - The White EP -- Savoy Truffle
• Fleetwood Mac - The Pious Bird of Good Omen -- Albatross
• Fleetwood Mac - The Pious Bird of Good Omen -- Black Magic Woman
• Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning -- Ashes Are Burning
• Barclay James Harvest - Live -- Crazy City
• Carmen - Fandangos in Space -- Fandangos in Space
• Carmen - Fandangos in Space -- Reprise Finale
• Hawkwird - Hawkwind -- Hurry On Sundown
• Frumpy - Frumpy 2 -- Take Care of Illusion
• George Harrison and Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh -- Introduction
• George Harrison and Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh -- Bangla Dhun
• The Beatles - Revolver -- Love You To

R.I.P. Ravi Shankar!

Stonehenge Playlist 12-07-12

This week's Classic Rock Album was a popular classic from the little ol' band from Texas: ZZ Top with 'Tres Hombres' (their third LP, and their commercial break-out, from 1973).

There is a dearth of live Top footage from the 70's, so here's a great rendition of 1973's 'Beer Drinkers and Hellraisers' performed at the band's first European shows in 1980:



Artist - Album -- Song

• Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Safe as Milk -- Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I Do
• Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Safe as Milk -- Zig Zag Wanderer
• Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention - Burnt Weeny Sandwich -- Theme
• from Burnt Weeny Sandwich
• Kak - Kak-ola -- Lemonaide Kid
• Jeff Beck - Truth -- I Ain't Superstitious
• The Action - Rolled Gold -- Brain
• Good Rats - Tasty -- Papa Poppa
• Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again -- Mr. Soul
• The Youngbloods - Elephant Mountain -- Darkness, Darkness
• It's a Beautiful Day - Marrying Maiden -- Good Lovin'
• Lee Michaels - Carnival of Life -- Sounding the Sleeping
• The Keef Hartley Band - Halfbreed -- Just to Cry
• Mighty Baby - Mighty Baby -- Same Way from the Sun
• Luv Machine - Luv Machine -- Witch's Wand
• Ten Years After - Recorded Live -- You Give Me Loving
• Procol Harum - Home -- Whiskey Train
• Agitation Free - 2nd -- First Communication
• Nektar - A Tab in the Ocean -- Desolation Valley
• The Brigade - Last Laugh -- Self Made God
• The Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour -- Procession
• The Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour -- The Story in Your Eyes
• Parrish & Gurvitz - Parrish & Gurvitz -- Another Time, Another
• Day/Take What You Want
• Pink Floyd - Relics -- Paintbox
• The Nice - The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack -- Bonnie K.
• Camel - Camel -- Arubaluba
• Can - Ege Bamyasi -- Vitamin C
• Yes - Close to the Edge -- And You and I
• Crack the Sky - Animal Notes -- Animal Skins
• Flower Travellin' Band - Satori -- Satori Part 5
• Magma - Üdü Ẁüdü -- De Futura
• Wishbone Ash - Live From Memphis -- Jailbait
• Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails -- Maiden of the Cancer Moon
• The Who - Quadrophenia -- The Rock
• The Who - Quadrophenia -- Love, Reign O'er Me
• Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes -- One of the Boys
• Glenn Phillips - Lost at Sea --Lenoire

Stonehenge Playlist 11-30-12

A short show this week, but we had time for a full Classic Rock Album: Chris Squire - Fish Out of Water (1975).  Here's some cracking live footage filmed with the BBC to promote the LP when it came out.  Check out the amazing robes on Squire!







Artist - Album -- Song

• Blodwyn Pig - Ahead Rings Out -- See My Way
• Free - Tons of Sobs -- The Hunter
• The Buddy Miles Express - Expressway to Your Skull -- Wrap It Up
• The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground -- What Goes On
• Black Cat Bones - Barbed Wire Sandwich -- Chauffeur
• Foghat - Foghat -- A Hole to Hide In
• Hawkwind - Masters of the Universe -- Master of the Universe
• Guru Guru - UFO -- Next Time See You at the Dalai Lhama
• Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water -- Black Night
• Spooky Tooth - You Broke My Heart So... I Busted Your Jaw -- Wildfire
• Leaf Hound - Growers of Mushroom -- Drowned My Life in Fear
• Mountain - Avalanche -- You Better Believe It
• Hard Stuff - Bulletproof -- Sinister Minister
• Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult -- Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll
• Twenty Sixty Six and Then - Reflections! -- At My Home

Stonehenge Playlist 11-23-12

This weeks Classic Rock Album was the debut from the second incarnation of Colosseum as Colosseum II, entitled 'Strange New Flesh' (1976).  Here's a complete live set from a couple of years later, with the late great Gary Moore tearing it up on guitar:



Artist - Album -- Song

• The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? -- Manic Depression
• Uriah Heap - Demons and Wizards -- All My Life
• The Move - The Best of The Move -- Wild Tiger Woman
• Status Quo - Hello! -- Caroline
• Small Faces - Ogden's Nut Gone Flake -- Happiness Stan
• Small Faces - Ogden's Nut Gone Flake -- Rollin' Over
• Quatermass - Quatermass -- One Blind Mice
• Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Manfred Mann's Earth Band -- Captain Bobby Stout
• Jethro Tull - Living in the Past -- Dharma for One
• Atomic Rooster - In Hearing Of -- Break the Ice
• Beaver & Krause - In a Wild Sanctuary -- Salute to the Vanishing Bald Eagle
• Caravan & the New Symphonia - Caravan & the New Symphonia -- For Richard
• Nine Days' Wonder - Nine Days' Wonder -- Fermillion
• Nine Days' Wonder - Nine Days' Wonder -- Moss Had Come
• King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black -- The Great Deceiver
• Mythos - Mythos -- Hero's Death
• Funkadelic - Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow -- Eulogy and Light
• Eumir Deodato - Prelude -- Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)
• Santana - Borboletta -- Mirage
• Doctor John, the Night Tripper - Gris-Gris -- I Walk On Guilded Splinters
• The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Next -- The Faith Healer
• Yes - Yessongs -- Yours Is No Disgrace
• Golden Earring - Golden Earring -- Back Home
• Fleetwood Mac - English Rose -- Evenin' Boogie
• Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Strictly Personal -- Kandy Korn
• Kevin Ayers - Bananamour -- Decadence
• The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico -- Femme Fatale
• Ten Wheel Drive With Genya Ravan - Construction #1 -- Eye of the Needle
• Traffic - Welcome to the Canteen -- Dear Mr. Fantasy
• The Yardbirds - For Your Love -- I'm Not Talking

Stonehenge Playlist 11-16-12

No Classic Rock Album (tm) this week, but plenty of incredible sounds.  Here's a 12 minute hard psych freak out circa 1973 for ya:



Artist - Album -- Song

• Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking -- A Sailor's Life
• Plainsong - In Search of Amelia Earhart -- Raider
• Don Nix - Hobos, Heroes And Street Corner Clowns -- Black Cat Moan
• James Gang - Thirds -- Yadig / Things I Could Be
• Jefferson Airplane - After Bathing at Baxter's -- The War Is Over: Martha / Wild Tyme
• String Driven Thing - The Machine That Cried -- The Machine That Cried
• Ten Years After - Cricklewood Green -- Working on the Road
• Kak - Kak -- Everything's Changing
• Small Faces - Ogden's Nut Gone Flake -- Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
• Electric Light Orchestra - ELO II -- In Old England Town (Boogie #2)
• Nektar - Down to Earth -- Astral Man / Nelly The Elephant
• Hawkwind - Doremi Fasol Latido -- Space Is Deep
• Triumvirat - Spartacus -- Spartacus
• Mecki Mark Men - Running in the Summer Night -- I Don't Wanna Hurt You
• The Scorpions - Fly to the Rainbow -- Fly to the Rainbow
• White Witch - White Witch -- Parabrahm Greeting / Dwellers Of The Threshold / Help Me Lord
• Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage -- Vas Dis
• The Illusion - If It's So -- When I Metcha Babe
• Boomerang - Boomerang (featuring Mark Stein) -- Juke It
• The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East -- In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
• Traffic - Mr. Fantasy -- Dear Mr. Fantasy
• Band of Gypsys - Live at the Fillmore East -- Them Changes
• Unison - Unison -- Flesh and Blood
• Message - From Books and Dreams -- Dreams and Nightmares (Dreams)
• Roy Buchanan - Live Stock -- Further on up the Road
• Sperrmüll - Sperrmüll -- Right Now
• Argent - Nexus -- Gonna Meet My Maker
• David Bowie - Low -- Be My Wife / A New Career in a New Town
• Chilliwack - Chilliwack -- Lonesome Mary