Sunday, June 27, 2010

Red Red Wine on a Sunday #36 - Within Your Reach


The Smithereens. What can I say about one of the greatest Power Pop bands to come out of New Jersey. I'll attempt to sum up my love of the band with a few words, a couple of interview clips and 16 songs.

Here's the Playlist:

A Girl Like You
The Smithereens
11

Cigarette
The Smithereens
Especially for You

Old Haunts
The Gaslight Anthem
American Slang

Room To Rock
Matthew Sweet
Sunshine Lies

School
Nirvana
Bleach

Blood and Roses
Switchblade Justice
Unreleased Jim Diamond Session

Alone In Babylon
F-Units
Alone in Babylon
2008 McManis Grenache

Truth Is (Hard To Take)
The Grip Weeds
Strange Change Machine

Miles
Scott Liss & the Sixty-Six
Sounds of NJ - Spring Sampler - 2010

Within Your Reach
The Replacements
Hootenanny
Coverville # 285

Behind the Wall of Sleep
The Smithereens
Enigma UK 7"
Especially for You LP
Man Without Ties Forum - Smithereens - Mats (six degrees of separation)

Daddy Rolling Stone
The Who
Brunswick UK 7"
Thirty Years Of Maximum R&B LP
Otis Blackwell Tribute on Sons of the Dolls blog

This Boy
The Beatles
Decca UK 7"
Meet The Beatles LP

Little White Lies
The Romantics
Spider 7"
The Romantics LP

Diane
Material Issue
Mercury UK 7"
International Pop Overthrow LP
WestWorld

Everything I Have Is Blue
The Smithereens
RCA 7"
Date with the Smithereens
A Date With The Smithereens [Box Set, Limited Collector's Edition]

If you would like to listen to the show right now - click on the play button on the top right side of the page (Listen to the Show section) ------------------>>>

If you would like to download the show in MP3 format - click the link below

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Next week, It will be the July 4th, so I'll be playing only American bands like the Blasters, Johnny Cakes and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypo, the Ramones and Blondie, so if ya have any suggestions, let me know or send them my way and I'll be sure to play them.

For RRW #38, I'll be hitting the Pool, so if ya have any songs about swimming, pools, skinny dipping or anything else in that vein, let me know.
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2008 McManis Family Grenache


Twisiting open a 2008 McManis Grenache tonight to go with the Brined Roistered Chicken. Hope everybody is having a killer Sunday afternoon.
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Friday, June 25, 2010

Ebay Rock 45's (6/25/10)

Ebay Rock 45's
Each Friday, I post a select group of 5 rock 45's that sold on Ebay recently.
Here's the list for Friday, the 25th of June, 2010

From the Listing : "FROM 1960 COMES THIS ORIGINAL VERY RARE SURF 45. REPORTED TO BE ONLY 300 MADE"
From the listing: "THE ROLLING STONES "HEART OF STONE" 7" 45. LONDON RECORDS. 45-9725. 1965

Original Slash Records from 1978


From the Listing: AUSTRALIAN IMPORT 1979 CBS
SLEEVE FULLY SIGNED BY JOE STRUMMER, TOPPER, PAUL SIMONON AND MICK JONES DURING A PROMO SIGNING SEESION IN NYC DURING THE BONDS FESTIVAL

From The Listing : a first pressing of the rare 7 inch single "Never ever/ Twenty four hours" by the ACTION as released on Parlophone R 5572 in 1967 in Holland.

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Monday, June 21, 2010

Blog Spotlight - Music Ruined My Life




Music Ruined My Life is a great blog that "posts fine, out-of-print
three-chord obscurica (punk, pop-punk, mod, power-pop,
folk, country...whatever.)"

The Peel Session from Billy Bragg pictured above is featured in a recent post

Subjects of other recent posts have been Generation X, Cavedogs, Goo Goo Dolls, The Ruts, Split Enz and the Buzzcocks.

One of the on-going features is called Power-Popscurities. Here's the description:

Power-Popscurites is a series meant to bring to light power-pop bands so unknown that they've even been missed by greater minds of the blogosphere.

Here's a recent post from the series:




Winnipeg's seventies punk/new wave community was small terms of size and impact. Alongside, The Fuse, Popular Mechanix! were one of the big fish in this frozen pond. The band, Stu Nichols - Vocals/Guitars, Boris Hoagy - Bass/Vocal and Greg Gardner - Drums/Vocals, borrowed from ska, punk, power-pop and the quirkier side of new wave to make music they called "snow wave". The band,who resided somewhere between The Diodes and The Pointed Sticks, musically and geographically, got to make two indie L.P.'s, both of which were, for many years, ubiquitous in Winnipeg .



You have to scrunch up your ears to imagine how much more a sympathetic producer could've done with this tight trio and their developing song-craft on their self-titled debut. The album is loaded with deftly-arranged tracks that wittily rail against Las Vegas toilets, Winnipeg winters, painter pants and Mazola Oil, all the while proving that it's "Fun To Be Dumb".

Don't miss the great blogs that are included on the right hand side of the page - Wilfully Obscure, Power Pop Criminals, etc.
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Sunday, June 20, 2010

Red Red Wine on a Sunday #35 - Fuck School


Tonight we are heading back to 1982- the year that saw the birth of Hardcore and College Rock and the resurgence of New Wave, Ska and Punk Blues. Buckle your seatbelts, as I've got the Red Red Wine On a Sunday Time Machine warmed up and the lower deck stocked up for the journey.

Here's the Playlist:

She's Tight
Cheap Trick
One On one

Eaten By the Monster of Love
Sparks
Angst In My Pants

Speeding
The Go-Go's
Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Spar With Me
The Beat
Peel Sessions
Marco On The Bass

If Reagan Played Disco
Minutemen
Bean-Spill EP

1 Down 3 To Go
The Meatmen
Blüd Sausage EP

Common Criminal
The Mob
Upset the System EP
Killed By Death

M.I.C.
Husker Du
In a Free Land 7"
Suggested by Joe from The Best Table In Hell Podcast

Fuck School
The Replacements
Stink EP
2008 Sobon Estates Old Vines Zinfandel

Eyes of a Stranger
Payolas
Polydor 7"
No Stranger to Danger LP

Run Like a Villain
Iggy Pop
Animal Records UK 7"
Zombie Birdhouse LP

This Is My Happy Hour
The Scientists
Au Go Go 7"
Blood Red River 1982-1984

You Hit the Spot (Live)
Graham Parker
RCA UK 7"
The Real Macaw Expanded Issue

The Fire of Love
The Gun Club
Animal Records French 7"
Miami LP

Someday Someway
Marshall Crenshaw
Warner Brothers 7"
Marshall Crenshaw LP

She Sheila
Producers
Portrait 7"
You Make The Heat LP

Marty Feldman Eyes
Bruce "Baby Man" Baum
Horn 7"

Working Girl
The Members
Arista 7"
Uprhythm Downbeat LP

Know Your Rights
The Clash
CBS 7"
Combat Rock LP

Remember Me, I'm Gone
Motörhead
Bronze Records UK 7"
Iron First [Deluxe Edition]

Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars)
REM
Chronic Town
Suggested by El from Cassettes and Chocolate Milk

If you would like to listen to the show right now - click on the play button on the top right side of the page (Listen to the Show section) ------------------>>>

If you would like to download the show in MP3 format - click the link below

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Next week, I'll be featuring the Smithereens, so if ya have any favs by the band, their influences or followers, let me know or send them my way by June 24th and I'll include them!

For RRW #37, It will be July 4th, so I'll be playing only American bands like the Blasters, Johnny Cakes and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypo, the Ramones and Blondie, so if ya have any suggestions, let me know or send them my way and I'll be sure to play them.
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2008 Sobon Estates Old Vines Zinfandel


Hope everyone is having a great Father's Day. I've just cracked open a bottle of 2008 Sobon estates Old Vines Zinfandel from Amador County. As you can see, I received a great gift for Father's Day, a spankin new Ipod Touch, which I promptly loaded up with the Real Punk Radio Application, so I can listen and chat all over the house!

Love the raisan notes of this Old Vine Zin. You can find more info at the Sobon Estates website and at a great review of the wine. I also found a nice article on the state of Sierra foothills Zins that you might enjoy.
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Friday, June 18, 2010

Ebay Rock 45's (6/18/10)


Ebay Rock 45's

Each Friday, I post a select group of 5 rock 45's that sold on Ebay recently.
Here's the list for Friday, the 18th of June, 2010


From the Listing : "WHAT CAN I SAY! ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC COPY OF THIS ELUSIVE ROCKABILLY /ROCKER 45 PICTURE SLEEVE PROMO DISC. COMES FROM A LOCAL ESTATE BELONGING TO A RETIRED DJ.



From the KBD website: There aren’t many bad punk records coming from the land down under the period 1977-1979. Psycho Surgeons is just one of many aussie records that have made record collectors go mad in their search for an original copy. The cover is nicely painted with real cow blood.


Radical records 1980 Monster Texas Punk Rarity with Elusive 3-Color 1st Press Sleeve





From The Listing : This is an extremely rare 45 by Johnny Burnette. It is "Drinking Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee, Drinking Wine"/ "Butterfingers" on a blue Coral 61869 promo copy from 1957


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Sunday, June 13, 2010

Red Red Wine on a Sunday #34 - Nowhere Man


The Jam - a great band that gets little respect in the good old USA. Why - you ask? Not sure - but I hope this episode sheds some light on the band and the great music that they produced.

Here's the Playlist:

In the City
The Jam
100 Club, London 1977 Bootleg
Provided by Dave of Mottey's Garage
Cornershop Of The Man

Move On Up
The Jam
The Jam Beat Surrender (The Jam 45 RPM - The Singles 1980-82)
Suggested by El from Cassettes and Chocolate Milk

Sweet Soul Music
The Jam
At The BBC
Owen Roe 2008 Sharecropper's Cabernet Sauvignon

Nowhere Man
Paul Westerberg
I am Sam Soundtrack
Men Without Ties: Mats Vs. Jam post

Here Comes The Nice
All Star Band
Here Come the Mods
Inspired by the Modcast

Small Axe
Bob Marley
Upsetter 7"
Burnin LP

Till The End Of The Day
The Kinks
Reprise 7"
The Kink Kontroversy LP
Suggested by Jason R
Jumble Jumble Podcast

Bankrobber
The Clash
CBS Japan 7"
The Singles LP

Making Time
The Creation
Edsel 7"
Our Music Is Red With Purple Flashes LP

Gabrielle
Nips
Soho 7"
Bops, Babes, Booze and Bovver LP

Your Side Of Heaven
Back To Zero
Fiction 7"
On Target (20 Direct Hits From The Mod Revival) LP

Velvet Goldmine
David Bowie
RCA UK 7"
The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders From Mars [1990 Rykodisc Reissue] LP
Ebay 45's 12/26/2009

Going Underground
The Jam
Polydor UK 7"
The Very Best Of The Jam LP

C'Mon
The Soft Pack
Kemado 7"
The Soft Pack LP
Art For Punks synopsis of the box set release

Cry For A Shadow
The Smithereens
B-Sides The Beatles

If you would like t0 listen to the show right now - click on the play button on the top right side of the page (Listen to the Show section) ------------------>>>

If you would like to download the show in MP3 format - click the link below

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Next week, We'll be strapping ourselves into the roomy captain chairs of the Red Red Wine on a Sunday time Machine and blasting off to the year of 1982, so if ya have any favs from the year, let me know or send them my way by June 17th and I'll include them!

For RRW #35, I'll be featuring the Smithereens, so if ya have any favs by the band, their influences or followers, let me know or send them my way and I'll be sure to play them.

Send your suggestions to redredwineonasunday@gmail.com
Even better, send me the song you picked and an mp3 of you introducing it!
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Owen Roe 2008 Sharecropper's Cabernet Sauvignon


Time for some Cab - got the Ribeye's on the grill and the spuds are bakin' in the oven. Loaded up the Bowie, Jam, Clash and nips in the Juke. Hope everyone is havin' a great Sunday!
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Saturday, June 12, 2010

Ebay Rock 45's (6/11/10)


Ebay Rock 45's

Each Friday, I post a select group of 5 rock 45's that sold on Ebay recently.
Here's the list for Friday, the 11th of June, 2010


"mega-rarity that NEVER gets offered!"


From the Auction: "CONDITION / PROVENANCE: Both record and cover are in absolutely mint condition. It has been kept in a plastic sleeve away from light and dust for the last 27 years. Record has never been played. This record and the little flyer are unconditionally guaranteed to be original, from 1983. All come from my (Jeff Nelson - Minor Threat/Dischord Records) punk archives, which are being downsized after continuing to be described variously as "too big" and "insane" or containing "more than my potential kids or grandkids will ever want."

Great Sun original rockabilly from 1954


From the Auction - "This is probably the second rarest New Orleans garage psych 45 with Dr. Spec's Optical illusion being Numero uno"

From the Auction: Both sides of this extremely rare 1966 garage monster from Albuquerque, New Mexico, are great. It is ranked #133 on the G45 Legends Top 300, and has been included on at least three compilations.

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Sunday, June 6, 2010

Red Red Wine on a Sunday #33 - Date To Church


Heaven and Hell. We all wonder what is in store for us in the afterlife. Tonight we explore that theme, thanks to Jason R's great suggestion.

Here's the Playlist:

Heaven And Hell
Black Sabbath
Heaven And Hell
Suggested by Jason R

Angel Tears
Rifle Sport
Voice of Reason

Lucifer's Eviction
Sham Rock Shakes
Give Me Back My Handbag
Ergo Tempranillo

Good Time Fanny
Angel
Boobs - The Junkshop Glam Discotheque

Seven Seas of Rhye
Queen
Queen II
Suggested by El from Cassettes and Chocolate Milk

Red Angel Dragnet
The Clash
Combat Rock

Skamageddon
Johnny Cakes and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypso
In the Butt
Buena Vista - The Irish Coffee Story of SF

Angel To You (Devil To Me)
The Click Five
Greetings from Imrie House

Voodoo Moonshine
Deadbolt
Voodoo Moonshine

59 Hellkittens
Apa State Mental
The Reunited Heavy Metal States of Apa State Mental

Dragstrip Wildman
Hellbound Hayride
Mad Fabricators Society Vol. 01

Three Steps To Heaven
Eddie Cochran
Liberty 7"
Eddie Cochran LP

Date To Church
The Replacements
Sire 7" 1989
Don't Tell A Soul (Expanded Reissue)

Funeral Pyre
The Jam
Polydor UK 7"
Snap LP

Lil' Devil
The Cult
Sire 7"
Electric LP

Heaven And Hell
The Who
Decca 7"
Thirty Years Of Maximum R&B

If you would like t0 listen to the show right now - click on the play button on the top right side of the page (Listen to the Show section) ------------------>>>

If you would like to download the show in MP3 format - click the link below

Link

Next week I'll be exploring the music of the Jam, their influences and followers, so if ya have any suggestions, let me know or send them my way by June 10th and I'll include them!

For RRW #35, we'll be dusting off the Red Red Wine On A Sunday Time Machine and heading back to 1982, so if ya have any suggestions, let me know or send them my way and I'll be sure to play them.

Send your suggestions to redredwineonasunday@gmail.com
Even better, send me the song you picked and an mp3 of you introducing it!
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2007 Martin Codax Ergo Tempranillo


Poured the first glass of this Rioja Spanish red and just getting started on prepping the Tapas. Serrano Ham on toasted slices of baguette with homemade garlic and plum tomato spread to start, then we'll move on to grilled pork tenderloin marinated in Pimenton, Garlic and Oregano. Maybe some Port to finish the night? Oh ya - putting the Eddie Cochran in the Juke to listen to while I tend the grill. Three Steps to Heaven b/w Cut Across Shorty - a great 2 sider.
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Saturday, June 5, 2010

Ebay Rock 45's 6/4/10)

Ebay Rock 45's

Each Friday, I post a select group of 5 rock 45's that sold on Ebay recently.

Here's the list for Friday, the 4th of June, 2010


Punk on the Colossal Wassail Label
"limited to 500 copies on black vinyl"

Reggae on the Jamaican Studio One Label
Note much on this rare one

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