NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA . . . . . Route 66 Theme (opening theme) . . . . . Route 66 and Other Great TV Themes/More Hit TV Themes
THE PENELOPES . . . . . Stuck In Lalaland . . . . . Stuck In Lalaland (Nouvelle Vague Feat. Elli Medeiros Remix)
THE ENGLISH BEAT . . . . . Can’t Get Used To Losing You . . . . . I Just Can't Stop It
STUART MURDOCH . . . . . God Help The Girl . . . . . God Help The Girl
BILLY SWAN . . . . . I Can Help . . . . . Greatest Hits
LOS LOBOS . . . . . What In The World . . . . . Good Morning Aztlán [Limited Edition]
BOB DYLAN . . . . . This Dream Of You . . . . . Together Through Life
MADELINE PEYROUX . . . . . You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go . . . . .
BILLIE HOLIDAY . . . . . He’s Funny That Way . . . . . The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Vol.5: 1937-1938
JOE HENRY . . . . . Stars . . . . . Blood from Stars

KITES WITH LIGHTS . . . . . The Weight Of Your Heart . . . . . The Weight Of Your Heart
SAINT ETIENNE . . . . . Summerisle . . . . . Finisterre
ST. VINCENT . . . . . Just The Same But Brand New . . . . . Actor
GROOVE ARMADA . . . . . Remember . . . . . Lovebox
PAUL MCCARTNEY . . . . . How Kind Of You . . . . . Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
THE POSTMARKS . . . . . All You Ever Wanted . . . . . Memoirs at the End of the World (Dig)
FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE . . . . . Supercollider . . . . . Welcome Interstate Managers

IAN HUNTER . . . . . Arms And Legs . . . . . Man Overboard
GEORGE HARRISON . . . . . If Not For You . . . . . All Things Must Pass [BOXED EDITION]
JIM JAMES . . . . . Behind That Locked Door . . . . . Tribute To
RICHARD HAWLEY . . . . . Just Like The Rain . . . . . Coles Corner
JOHN HARTFORD . . . . . Gentle On My Mind . . . . . RCA Country Legends
JOHN DOE & THE SADIES . . . . . I Still Miss Someone . . . . . Country Club
TAMMY WYNETTE . . . . . Your Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad . . . . . Anniversary: 20 Years of Hits
THE FLYING BURRITO BROS. . . . . . Do Right Woman . . . . . The Gilded Palace of Sin/Burrito Deluxe
CAT POWER . . . . . Dark End Of The Street . . . . . Dark End of the Street

BILLY LEE RILEY . . . . . You Know . . . . . Red Hot: The Best of Billy Lee Riley
ROY ORBISON . . . . . Ooby Dooby . . . . . For The Lonely: 18 Greatest Hits
THE JOHNNY BURNETTE TRIO . . . . . Rock Billy Boogie . . . . . Rock N Roll Trio/Tear It Up
CARL PERKINS . . . . . Blue Suede Shoes . . . . . Carl Perkins - Original Sun Greatest Hits
JERRY LEE LEWIS . . . . . Whole Lotta Shaking Going On . . . . . Jerry Lee Lewis - 18 Original Sun Greatest Hits
VAN MORRISON & LINDA GAIL LEWIS . . . . . Let’s Talk About Us . . . . . You Win Again
THE BLASTERS . . . . . It Must Be Love . . . . . Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985)
BUDDY HOLLY . . . . . Rave On . . . . . The Buddy Holly Collection
EDDIE COCHRAN . . . . . Somethin’ Else . . . . . Somethin' Else: The Fine Lookin' Hits of Eddie Cochran
BILLY LEE RILEY . . . . . Red Hot . . . . . Red Hot: The Best of Billy Lee Riley

Starting from a laid back, low-key location with a new one by the Penelopes that comes with several remixes; we heard the Nouvelle Vague version, which fed nicely into the English Beat's sublime take on a Doc Pomus-Mort Shuman tune that was originally a big hit for Andy Williams. From there we heard the title track from Stuart Murdoch's latest project; the early '60s appeal of that one brought on Billy Swan, who had  initial success in those years as a songwriter before getting a recording contract and having a No. 1 smash in 1974. The Los Lobos tune that followed has a similar rhythmic bounce and organ sound, and then it was one from the latest Bob Dylan disc that features David Hidalgo on accordian. Madeline Peyroux's breezy take on another Dylan song led to Billie Holiday, who clearly is an influence, and then we heard one from Joe Henry's brand new blues-flavored disc to finish up.

Kites With Lights is actually Jonah Cardy; his debut EP is full of lush Electro Pop and the title tune sent this set down a dreamy path that wove it's way through an old favorite from Saint Etienne into one from another Saint that seems to turn somewhat nightmarish before resolving itself in a place that segued quite well into Groove Armada making liberal use of an old Fairport Convention tune to create a magnificently brooding track. Paul McCartney followed with a reflective tune that shared a meandering feel with the Postmarks track that followed, and then we heard Fountains of Wayne with a track that came to mind after I read about the problems besetting the Large Hadron Collider in Europe.

This section kicked off with a new Ian Hunter track featuring some slide guitar that immediately conjured up George Harrison, who we heard covering Bob Dylan to follow. That led to another cover, this time of a Harrison tune by Jim James from a new EP that contains half a dozen of them. (Part of the proceeds from this disc will go to benefit the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary, which is a good thing.) The country tinge of that one brought on Richard Hawley with a flowing tune that, from the first time I heard it, conjured up an old John Hartford favorite, and then we had John Doe & the Sadies with their take on a Johnny Cash song. From there it was a twangy little Tammy Wynette number followed by the Flying Burrito Bros. and Cat Power each offering a track that featured Dan Penn as a co-writer.

To end the program we heard from Billy Lee Riley, probably the least well-known of that original group of musicians who congregated at Sun Records more than half a century ago and changed the course of pop music history. He recently passed away at age 75, and here opened and closed this set. In between we heard some appropriate stuff from the likes of Roy Orbison, the Johnny Burnette Trio, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Van Morrison & Linda Gail Lewis, the Blasters, Buddy Holly and Eddie Cochran. RIP Billy Lee.

Here's another one from John Hartford