Unkle Max radio show playlist for Monday, October 3, 2005
8-9 AM, WRFM
Technical problems abounded but the first show of the fall is out of the way.

Anita O'Day - "Sweet Georgia Brown"
(CD: The Ultimate Anita O'Day, Verve Records)


The Sunrays - "I Live For The Sun"
(45 on Capitol Canada)
Comment: Released in the USA on Tower Records; available on miscellaneous 60s surf compilation CDs)

Skip Heller - "Lost Weekend"
(CD: Out Of Time: Skip Heller Live In Philly, Dreambox)

Paul McCartney - "Temporary Secretary"
(Lp: McCartney II, Columbia-MPL)
Comment: This album currently available on CD on Capitol records

Paul McCartney - "Too Much Rain"
(CD: Chaos and Creation in the Back Yard, Capitol)
Comment: Paul's new CD is his best since Flaming Pie

Count Basie and his Orchestra - "Li'l Darlin'"
(Lp: Count Basie: The ABC Collection, ABC Records)
Comments: a- I'm not sure where (if) this collection is available on CD. It's a cheapo vinyl reissue of one of the Basie Orchestra's mid-60s live albums for Dot Records. b- Great typo: I mistyped this "Cunt Basie" at first. Ah well...

Branford Marsalis - "B's Paris Blues"
(CD: Romare Bearden Revealed, Marsalis Music-Rounder Records)

The Beach Boys - "California Saga: California"
(CD: Carl and the Passions- "So Tough" and Holland, Capitol)
Comment: A double play CD; this song is from Holland, released in 1973. And I preceded it with an original 1973 radio spot for the Holland album, from a --shhh!-- bootleg.

Fats Waller and his Rhythm - "The Curse of An Aching Heart"
(CD: Handful of Keys, Proper Box)
Comment: This is from a four-CD set of Fats Waller... not a bad bargain (under $30) but also not the best sound quality. Not sure what masters they worked from here, but apparently they were made during a time when engineers were still trying to "clean up" surface noise of 78-rpm masters by EQing all the high end off recordings. So it sounds kind of muffled. I know there must be a better sounding transfer out there somewhere; I'm keeping my eyes open.

Sir Douglas Quintet - "In The Jailhouse Now"
(CD: Doug Sahm, The Roots of Doug Sahm, Demon)
Comment: A great track from an oddball CD. The cover pictures Sahm c.2000 but the disc collects Sir Douglas Quintet tracks produced by Huey Meaux in the late 60s-early 70s. Great stuff and worth tracking down, but out of print and tough to find.

Lucinda Williams - "Passionate Kisses"
(CD: Lucinda Williams, Koch)
Comment: The worst thing about Mary Chapin-Carpenter's cover of this song is that a lot of people (like me) probably heard it and dismissed Lucinda's original, which blows MC-C's cover away.

Carl Perkins - "Glad All Over"
(Lp: Original Sun Hits, Rhino)
Comment: Or something like that... I forget the exact title, but it's a c.1985 Rhino remastering of all of Carl's best -known Sun tracks. This one I first heard covered by the Beatles on their BBC cd. I'm sure Carl's version is out there on a bunch of CDs; make sure you look for the Sun Records logo or credit if you want the original.

Monty Python's Flying Circus - "The Galaxy Song"
(Download from Itunes; from the soundtrack of The Meaning of Life)