NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA . . . . . Route 66 Theme (opening theme) . . . . . Route 66 and Other Great TV Themes/More Hit TV Themes
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS . . . . . Oliver's Army . . . . . Armed Forces
IKE REILLY . . . . . Sheet Metal Moon . . . . . Sheet Metal Moon
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN . . . . . Seaside Bar Song . . . . . Tracks (4CD)
THE COCKTAIL SLIPPERS . . . . . Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre . . . . . Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
THE CONCRETES . . . . . You Can’t Hurry Love . . . . . The Concretes
JULIAN PLENTI . . . . . Unwind . . . . . Julian Plenti Is Skyscraper
THE JANUARIES . . . . . Love Has Flown . . . . . The Januaries
BEBEL GILBERTO . . . . . The Real Thing . . . . . All in One

WILCO . . . . . Handshake Drugs . . . . . A Ghost Is Born
MISSION OF BURMA . . . . . Max Ernst’s Dream . . . . . Onoffon
STEVE EARLE . . . . . The Seeker . . . . . The Revolution Starts...Now
NEKO CASE . . . . . Train From Kansas City . . . . . The Tigers Have Spoken
HOLLY GOLIGHTLY . . . . . In Your Head . . . . . Slowly But Surely
A BAND OF BEES . . . . . Hourglass . . . . . Free the Bees
A GIRL CALLED EDDY . . . . . The Long Goodbye . . . . . A Girl Called Eddy
JOSEPH ARTHUR . . . . . Echo Park . . . . . Our Shadows Will Remain
THE MAGNETIC FIELDS . . . . . I Don’t Believe You . . . . . i
THE MARBLE TEA . . . . . 3 Minute Pop Songs . . . . . Hoga-Rama EP
THE REAL TUESDAY WELD . . . . . Bath Time In Clerkenwell . . . . . I, Lucifer
BABY DAYLINER . . . . . Raid! . . . . . High Heart & Low Estate
A.C. NEWMAN . . . . . 35 In The Shade . . . . . The Slow Wonder

ARCTIC MONKEYS . . . . . Fake Tales Of San Francisco . . . . . Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
EELS . . . . . Hey Man (Now You’re Really Living) . . . . . Blinking Lights And Other Revelations
FOUR VOLTS . . . . . Hat Trick . . . . . Triple Your Work Force
TEENAGE FANCLUB . . . . . It’s All In My Mind . . . . . Man-Made
I AM KLOOT . . . . . Untitled #1 . . . . . I Am Kloot
AK-MOMO . . . . . Return To N.Y. . . . . . Return to N.Y.
PAUL MCCARTNEY . . . . . How Kind Of You . . . . . Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
JOHN CALE . . . . . Satisfied . . . . . Black Acetate
BRIAN ENO . . . . . Just Another Day . . . . . Another Day on Earth
CLEM SNIDE . . . . . Fill Me With Your Light . . . . . End of Love
RICHARD HAWLEY . . . . . Just Like The Rain . . . . . Coles Corner
JOSH ROUSE . . . . . It’s The Nighttime . . . . . Nashville
THE SHARP THINGS . . . . . These Dreams Of You Are So Much Sweeter Than The Truth . . . . . Foxes and Hounds

The new Ike Reilly release continues to be at the top of my listening pile, and something I noticed early on in the tune we heard here was the piano, which is quite similar to that found on the Elvis Costello & the Attractions song that opened the program. The Reilly track also brought to mind an old Bruce Springsteen nugget that took more than 25 years to be officially released, and that was followed by the Steve Van Zandt-produced title tune from the most recent disc by Norway's Cocktail Slippers. Another Scandinavian band, Sweden's Concretes, offered up a good dose of pop energy propelled by their horn section, and that led to one from Julian Plenti that also features some prominent horns. The Januaries followed with a tune featuring a single trumpet that hits upon a tropical feel at times, which is how we ended up with one from Bebel Gilberto to finish up.

At this point we once again turned to the ongoing review of the decade in music that's been part of the programing here at LDR for the past several weeks. In order to reach the goal of listening to 13 tunes from the years 2000 to 2008 by the time we reach the annual Holiday Extravaganza, it was again necessary to double up—so this time we heard a baker's dozen from 2004 and another 13 from 2005. For more info on the limited guidelines I'm using to choose the tracks we're hearing, you need to go back to the post-show notes from Program 639. And for those who might be finding all of this somewhat tedious, keep in mind that we're well past the halfway point and into the stretch, so hang in there.

Here's another one from Elvis Costello & the Attractions