The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Show - A musical mid-life crisis -- a late-night search for meaning and happiness airs on WRIR LP Monday nights from 9 PM to 11 PM. Stream the show @ www.wrir.org
Hey Listeners,
Tonightâs show will feature tracks from 3 lesser-known labels. I chose these 3 because each â for a different reason â landed on my radar screen. A couple of weeks ago while selecting some girl group tracks for the Ronnie Spector set I wanted to include I was listening to a Red Bird compilation and thought it would be a good focus of the show. Around the same time I ran across an article about Harvest Records. It was prog-rock label from the late 60s and 70s and the article had a list of 10 great tracks on the label. Well I love music lists and they got on the show schedule.
Finally I was involved in a little music quiz and Bert Berns was was the answer to the only question I missed. So I started checking his career out and was of course already familiar with Vanâs Bang recordings and there you had it â label # 3 for tonightâs show. Iâll talk more about each label as we get into the show. But some cool tracks. Keep it tuned here.
The Haberdasher
Deep Purple Child In Time Deep Purple In Rock Rhino Pink Floyd One of These Days Meddle Columbia/Legacy Wire Pink Flag (2006 Remastered Version) Pink Flag The state51 Conspiracy Kevin Ayers Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes Whatevershebringswesing Parlophone UK Michael Chapman Stranger In the Room Fully Qualified Survivor (2011 Remaster) Fly Records The Jarmels A Little Bit of Soap A Little Bit of Soap - The Best of the Jarmels AP Digital Russell Byrd You Better Come Home The Bert Berns Story - Volume 1: Twist and Shout - 1960 - 1964 Ace Records UK The Top Notes Twist And Shout Twist And Shout - Single Atlantic Records Van Morrison Send Your Mind Bang Masters Sony Legacy Freddie Scott Am I Grooving You Cry to Me - The Best of Freddie Scott Columbia/Legacy Arsenio Rodriguez Hang On Sloopy Viva Arsenio! Epic/Legacy The McCoys I Wonder If She Remembers Me Hang On Sloopy: The Bert Berns Story 3 Ace Solomon Burke Beautiful Brown Eyes The King of Rock 'N' Soul: The Atlantic Recordings (1962-1968) Soulmusic Records Be Bop Deluxe Sleep That Burns (2018 Remaster) Sunburst Finish (Remastered & Expanded) Cherry Red Records Barclay James Harvest Taking Some Time On Barclay James Harvest Cherry Red Records Electric Light Orchestra 10538 Overture No Answer Epic/Associated Syd Barrett No Man's Land The Madcap Laughs Rhino Roy Harper The Same Old Rock Stormcock (Remastered) Science Friction Charles Brown Hard Times The Best of Charles Brown: Driftin' Blues (Remastered) Capitol Records Big Mama Thornton Hound Dog Big Mama Thornton - R & B Originals AP Music The Robins Smokey Joe's Cafe Rock 'n' Roll with the Robins Universal Digital Enterprises Evie Sands Take Me for a Little While Girl Group Sounds Lost & Found: One Kiss Can Lead To Another Rhino Alvin Robinson Down Home Girl Alvin Robinson's Fever - EP (Original) Charly Records Lulu Go Now Put a Little Soul In Your Heart UMOD (Universal Music On Demand) Bessie Banks It Sounds Like My Baby The Red Bird Girls: Very First Time in True Stereo 1964-1966 Real Gone Music The Ad-Libs The Boy from New York City The Ad Libs' The Boy from New York City - EP (Original) Charly Records