After School Special: Let's Go, Daddio!

Hello again. Late '50s, early '60s tuneage this week. Rock and roll, rockabilly and surf guitar. Tried to squeeze in too many tunes (figuring they were about 2 minutes long, so what could go wrong?) so had to rush a bit at the end, but, all in all, a pretty darn enjoyable hour of amateur radio broadcasting. Dig it, you hepcats!

After School Special: Week Three




1. Dick Dale and the Deltones -- Let's Go Trippin'(1961)
2. Screaming Jay Hawkins -- I Put a Spell On You (1956)
3. Elvis Presley -- Mystery Train (1955)
4. Johnny Fortune -- Soul Surfer (1964)
5. Eddie Cochran -- C'mon Everybody (1958)
6. Link Wray -- 5-10-15-20 (Can Your Monkey Do the Dog)(1964)
7. Little Richard -- Tutti Frutti (1955)
8. Chuck Berry -- Maybellene (1955)
9. Roy Orbison -- Crying (1961)
10. Carl Perkins -- Blue Suede Shoes (1956)
11. The Ventures -- Walk, Don't Run (1960)
12. Jackie Wilson -- That's Why I Love You So (1959)
13. The Tornados -- Telstar (1962)
14. Charlie Feathers -- Get With It (1956)
15. Lou Christie -- Guitars and Bongos (1964)
16. Vincent Vincent and the Villains -- Sweet Girlfriend (2008)
17. Heavy Trash -- Crazy Pritty Baby (2007)

After School Special: Jamaican Me Crazy!

Wha' gwan kids? It's a Jamaican-themed After School Special, you lucky things. Presenting wise, not on top form today. Blame yet more equipment issues (no monitors this time) and a slight, farewell drinks with Will-induced, bleariness. Ho hum. Cracking tunes still. A few volume issues early doors, but stick with it. Listen up, y'all... * PS Edited MP3 now to clean it up a bit.

After School Special: Week Two



1. Lloyd Charmers -- Darker Than Blue (1975)
2. Stranger and Patsy -- When You Call My Name (1963)
3. Desmond Dekker and the Aces -- 007 Shanty Town (1967)
4. Johnny Osbourne and the Sensations -- Come Back Darling (1969)
5. Pioneers -- Starvation (1971)
6. The Slickers -- Johnny Too Bad (1972)
7. Heptones -- Country Boy (1973)
8. Augustus Pablo -- King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown (1976)
9. The Congos -- The Wrong Thing (1977)
10. Trinity -- Three Piece Suit and Ting (1977)
11. Althea and Donna -- Uptown Top (1977)
12. Culture -- Two Sevens Clash (1977)

After School Special: Why So Sad?

Welcome, class, to my After School Special. It looked rough for a bit there, but I made it through the wintry wastelands of the snowbound South of England to record my first little radio show of 2010. In it, I discussed sad songs: Sorrowful soul, frown-inducing folk, regretful reggae and cheerless country. Sniff. Hankies out, and escuche mí...

After School Special: Week One



1. Tindersticks -- Dying Slowly
2. Elmore James -- The Sky is Crying
3. Hank Williams -- I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
4. Stanley Winston -- No More Ghettos in America
5. Jimmy Cliff -- Many Rivers to Cross
6. Richard and Linda Thompson -- Withered and Died
7. Emmy the Great -- Edward is Dedward
8. The Broken Family Band -- Give and Take
9. Mark McGuinn -- She Doesn't Dance
10. Flying Burrito Brothers -- Hot Burrito No. 1
11. Elliott Smith -- No Name No. 1
12. Horace Andy -- Skylarking

Some New Kind of Kick is Dead*....

...Long live Matt Glazebrook's After School Special!

Like the new name? Does it make me sound a bit of a nonce? Whatever. Education and entertainment from 4pm to 5pm every Wednesday. A different genre of music each week. Listen live here. Or have a sneaky download at this very blog

* temporarily, at least. Depends on how the new format works.