NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA . . . . . Route 66 Theme (opening theme) . . . . . Route 66 and Other Great TV Themes/More Hit TV Themes
THE FOUR TOPS . . . . . It’s The Same Old Song . . . . . The Ultimate Collection
YO LA TENGO . . . . . It It’s True . . . . . Popular Songs
NEIL YOUNG . . . . . Be With You . . . . . Are You Passionate?
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS . . . . . Temptation . . . . . Get Happy!!
NICK LOWE . . . . . Not Too Long Ago . . . . . At My Age
THE WAILERS . . . . . Dancing Shoes . . . . . Trenchtown Days: The Birth of a Legend
BEBEL GILBERTO . . . . . Bim Bom . . . . . All in One
MIRIAM MAKEBA . . . . . Pata Pata . . . . . Her Essential Recordings: The Empress of African Song
THE DAP-KINGS . . . . . Nervous Like Me . . . . . The Magic Position

PATRICK WOLF . . . . . Get Lost . . . . . The Magic Position
SPOON . . . . . Rhthm and Soul . . . . . Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS . . . . . Tell Me . . . . . 100 Days, 100 Nights
MARY WEISS . . . . . Stop And Think It Over . . . . . Dangerous Game
MARTIN NEWELL . . . . . Cinnamon Blonde . . . . . A Summer Tamarind
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN . . . . . Girls In Their Summer Clothes . . . . . Magic
THE IKE REILLY ASSASSINATION . . . . . You’re So Plain . . . . . We Belong to the Staggering Evening
JOSH RITTER . . . . . Right Moves . . . . . The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
PETER BJORN AND JOHN . . . . . Young Folks . . . . . Writer's Block
RADIOHEAD . . . . . House Of Cards . . . . . In Rainbows
THE REAL TUESDAY WELD . . . . . Bringing The Body Back Home . . . . . The London Book of the Dead
AIR . . . . . Somewhere Between Waking And Sleeping . . . . . Pocket Symphony
JOE HENRY . . . . . Wave . . . . . Civilians

SHE & HIM . . . . . I Was Made For You . . . . . Volume One
VAMPIRE WEEKEND . . . . . Walcott . . . . . Vampire Weekend
BECK . . . . . Gamma Ray . . . . . Modern Guilt
THE CAESARS . . . . . Strawberry Weed . . . . . Strawberry Weed
THE POSTMARKS . . . . . 11:59 . . . . . By-the-Numbers
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS . . . . . Hold On To Yourself . . . . . Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
THE OLD 97’S . . . . . Dance With Me . . . . . Blame It On Gravity
GIANT SAND . . . . . Stranded Pearl . . . . . proVISIONS
CALEXICO . . . . . Two Silver Trees . . . . . Carried to Dust
DEPARTMENT OF EAGLES . . . . . In Ear Park . . . . . In Ear Park
THE HELIO SEQUENCE . . . . . Can’t Say Now . . . . . Keep Your Eyes Ahead
R.E.M. . . . . . Mr. Richards . . . . . Accelerate
DAVID BYRNE & BRIAN ENO . . . . . Home . . . . . Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

In a week or so it will be time for LDR's end-of-year show, which attempts to cram in as much music as possible from 2009 that I enjoyed over the course of the year. Sure to make the playlist will be a track from Yo La Tengo's disc, which provided us with the second tune in this program's opening set. It has something of a Motown feel, especially the Four Tops, and it was followed by a Neil Young track that seems clearly to be influenced by '60s soul sounds. Elvis Costello & the Attractions offered one from an early disc that was also indebted to that music, and from there Nick Lowe, who produced the Elvis Costello disc, contributed a tune with horns that conjured up the '60s music of Jamaica. A very early one from that time by the Wailers was followed by Bebel Gilbeto from her recent release, and the title of that tune brought to mind Miriam Makeba's hit, also from the '60s. Finally, we heard from the Dap-KIngs on their own (without Sharon Jones) supplying a rhythmically enticing instrumental to finish up.

The remainder of the program was filled with 13 tunes apiece from the years 2007 and 2008, and that brings us up to the present for LDR's look back at the decade in music. Next up is the Holiday Extravaganza, and then the aforementioned 2009 review, which will be the last show of this year. The turn of the new year means that Lucky Dog Radio will embark on its tenth year of broadcasting freeform music radio over the Internet, so a big thank you goes out to all of our listeners, because without you there wouldn't be any reason to continue on.

Here's another one from the Four Tops