NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA . . . . . Route 66 Theme (opening theme) . . . . . Route 66 and Other Great TV Themes/More Hit TV Themes
TOM WAITS . . . . . Make It Rain . . . . . Glitter and Doom Live
THE TEMPTATIONS . . . . . I Wish It Would Rain . . . . . The Ultimate Collection
SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS . . . . . It Hurts To Be Alone . . . . . Causes 2
DAVID BOWIE . . . . . Sorrow . . . . . Sound + Vision
CAMERA OBSCURA . . . . . My Maudlin Career . . . . . My Maudlin Career
DEREK AND THE DOMINOS . . . . . It’s Too Late . . . . . Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
JOHN DOE AND THE SADIES . . . . . A Fool Such As I . . . . . Country Club
PAUL WESTERBERG . . . . . My Daydream . . . . . Come Feel Me Tremble
ROY ORBISON . . . . . (All I Can Do Is) Dream You . . . . . Black & White Night
THE RASPBERRIES . . . . . Go All The Way . . . . . Capitol Collectors Series
THE LACKLOVES . . . . . If Ever I . . . . . The Beat and the Time
THE DAVE CLARK FIVE . . . . . Because . . . . . Glad All Over Again [IMPORT]
THE CLIENTELE . . . . . Jennifer & Julia . . . . . Bonfires on the Heath

BIG STAR . . . . . The Ballad Of El Goodo . . . . . #1 Record/Radio City
ALL SMILES . . . . . All You Are Is A Human Sir . . . . . Oh For The Getting and Not Letting Go
THE BEATLES . . . . . I Am The Walrus . . . . . Magical Mystery Tour (Remastered)
THE SILENT LEAGUE . . . . . Time . . . . . The Orchestra, Sadly, Has Refused
A BAND OF BEES . . . . . No Trophy . . . . . Sunshine Hit Me
THE KINGSTONIANS . . . . . Sufferer . . . . . Vol. 2-Tighten Up
TOMMY T. . . . . . Tribute To A King . . . . . Prester John Sessions
JOHN COLTRANE . . . . . A Love Supreme, Pt. 1: Acknowledgement . . . . . A Love Supreme

ART BRUT . . . . . Emily Kane . . . . . Bang Bang Rock & Roll
NEKO CASE . . . . . That Teenage Feeling . . . . . Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (Bonus Disc Version)
THE PERNICE BROTHERS . . . . . Zero Refills . . . . . Live a Little
CAMERA OBSCURA . . . . . If Looks Could Kill . . . . . Let's Get Out of This Country
MOJAVE 3 . . . . . Breaking The Ice . . . . . Puzzles Like You
ROBYN HITCHCOCK & THE VENUS 3 . . . . . Adventure Rocket Ship . . . . . Olé! Tarantula
CRACKER . . . . . I Need Better Friends . . . . . Greenland
FINIAN MCKEAN . . . . . Every Day That Passes . . . . . Shades Are Drawn
RICHARD BUCKNER . . . . . Numbered . . . . . Meadow
PAUL SIMON . . . . . Another Galaxy . . . . . Surprise
M. WARD . . . . . Chinese Translation . . . . . Post-War
JOSH RITTER . . . . . Monster Ballads . . . . . Animal Years
BOB DYLAN . . . . . Beyond The Horizon . . . . . Modern Times

I've been enjoying the new Tom Waits live disc, and this program kicked off with one that I would swear has a bit of the funk running through it; maybe I'm pushing on that a little, but when I heard it the first thing that came to mind was the Temptations 1968 hit, which is soul not funk, but I thought they worked well together back to back. From there we heard Sharon Jones & the Dap-KIngs with a ballad that sounds as if it were recorded in the '60s followed by David Bowie applying a soulful take on a tune originally done by the Merseys. The mood was maintained by Camera Obscura for one more track, and then Derek & the Dominos added a bluesy touch, which was taken in a country direction by John Doe and the Sadies. The general despair over lost love continued with twangy tune from Roy Orbison, and the dream mini-theme concluded with Paul Westerberg. He borrowed the "C'mons" from the Beatles' "Please Please Me," as did the Raspberries in their breakout track from the early '70s. That brought on a ballad from the Lackloves that sounds as if it could have come from the '60s British Invasion, which was made apparent by the Dave Clark Five tune that followed, and then we heard the Clientele from their excellent new disc to finish up.

This section led off with a Big Star tune that begins and ends with a little section of guitar that seemed to segue quite nicely into the All Smiles track that followed, which also opens with a very similar bit. That one also has a rhythmic feel that recalls an old favorite from the Beatles, and so does the Silent League tune that came next, which ended in a synthesizer-driven haze that brought on A Band Of Bees with a track that begins with a bit of synth before diving into an excellent take on Jamaican Rock Steady. We heard the real deal from the KIngstonians with a song that was a hit for them in 1969, and that led to Tommy T. doing it up dubwise with some horns, including a sax that conjured John Coltrane and the first section from his sublime masterpiece to put the capper on.

The final portion of this show was given over to the year 2006 as part of LDR's continuing look back at the decade in music. To avoid continually repeating the same information in every post for each program that contains these snapshots, please go to Program #639 to get the details on what this is all about.

Here's another one from John Coltrane