In today’s show we’ll be spinning up some special doo wop tracks, and not necessarily the ‘big hits’. We’ll be sharing some under-the-radar sounds from some of the greats and some of the ‘never-heards’. Doo wop’s heyday was clearly brief, running from the early urban street corner sounds of the early 1950s to the more commercially viable and polished sounds of the early 1960s. Tune in for the popular sounds of The Cadillacs, Little Anthony, The Flamingos, and The El Dorados as well as off chart vocal gems from The Pastels, The Quotations, The Kodaks, and The Fascinators. All with a story and all in clean fun on Sonoma County Community Radio.
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Priscilla Bowman With The Spaniels
A Rockin' Good Way
The Vee-Jay Story [Disc 2]
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The Spaniels
Stormy Weather
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 3
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Ernest Harriston/The Bop Chords
Castle in the Sky
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2
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The Velvets
Spring Fever
Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season
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The Quotations
Imagination
Doo Wop Box Disc 4
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The Chimes
Once in a While
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 4
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The Flamingos
Lovers Never Say Goodbye
The Best Of The Flamingos
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The Fascinators
Chapel Bells
Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 2
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Little Anthony & The Imperials
So Much
The Best of Little Anthony & The Imperials
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Accents
Wiggle, Wiggle
Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 1
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The Kodaks
Oh Gee Oh Gosh
Ultimate Rock 'n Roll Time Capsule – Volume 2 [Disc 2]
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The Cadillacs
Peek-A-Boo
The Forgotten 45s 1957-1959 (CD3)
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The Cadillacs
Oh Oh Lolita
For Collectors Only (Disc 3)
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The Edsels
Rama Lama Ding Dong
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
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The Monotones
Tom Foolery
Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story 1956-1962
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Dion & The Belmonts
No One Knows
Greatest Hits
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The Pastels
So Far Away
Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story 1956-1962
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The Students
I'm So Young
Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story 1956-1962
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The Heartbeats
One Day Next Year
The Best of the Heartbeats [Rhino]
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The Corsairs
Smokey Places (1962 #12)
Greatest Hit Singles Collection
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The Penguins
Memories Of El Monte
Oldies But Goodies Vol. 3
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The Desires
Rendezvous With You
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 3
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The Moonglows
See Saw
Dancin' And Romancin' In The 50s And 60s [Disc 1]
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The Crests
The Angels Listened In
The Best of the Crests Featuring Johnny Maestro [Rhino]
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The Velvetones
The Glory of Love
The Aladdin Story (Pt. 2)
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The Timetones
In My Heart
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 4
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The Genies
Who's That Knocking
Doo Wop Box Disc 3
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The Silhouettes
Miss Thing
Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Volume 2 [Disc 8]
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Anthony & The Sophomores
Play Those Oldies Mr. Dee Jay
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 4
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The Capris
Morse Code of Love
Doo Wop Box Disc 4
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The Videos
Trickle, Trickle
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1]
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The El Dorados
I'll Be Forever Loving You
The Vee-Jay Story [Disc 1]
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The Platters
You're Making A Mistake
The Magic Touch: An Anthology
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The Avalons
Heart's Desire
Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 2
A carefully curated concoction of sounds on a Friday morning will keep you on your toes going into the weekend here in Sonoma County. We’ll pay tribute to Beverly “Ruby” Ross, a songwriter and musician who co-wrote some early rock n’ roll classics who passed away last week. And there’s no stopping the classics from rolling in with some country from the Golden Age including The Browns and Johnny Horton, an eclectic run of blues with Jimmy Reed and BB King, and some of the sweeter sounds from Patti Page, Jo Stafford, and Linda Ronstadt. Jackie Wilson will open our show this morning and we’ll be sure to feed your soul with some Geraint Watkins from across the pond. Join us on the stream at kowsfm.com/listen.
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Jackie Wilson
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
Something to Believe In
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Cissy Houston
Deep River/Campground
Testify! The Gospel Box
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The Fairfield Four
Roll Jordan
Revival
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Bob Dylan
Someday Baby
Modern Times
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Geraint Watkins
I'm Just Crazy About You
Dial 'W' for Watkins
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The Chordettes
Lollipop
Red, White & Rock Disc 1
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The Earls
Remember Then
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
9
Roy Orbison
Candy Man
The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 2]
10
Bill Haley & His Comets
Dim, Dim The Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere) (Single Version)
Rock Around The Clock
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Lesley Gore
Judy's Turn to Cry (Single)
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Lesley Gore
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Elvis Presley
The Girl Of My Best Friend
The Essential 60's Masters I [Disc 1]
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The Browns
Cool Water
1959-1960 (Warped 5995)
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The Sons Of The Pioneers
Wagon Wheels
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
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Patti Page
I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart
Country Music On the Mercury Label
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Jo Stafford
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Capitol Collectors Series
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Johnny Horton
North To Alaska
My Rifle, My Pony And Me
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Gene Pitney
(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance
The Look Of Love [Disc 1]
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Dinah Washington
Somebody Loves Me (from "The Swingin' Miss D")
Dinah Washington: Eight Classic Albums
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Linda Ronstadt
Perfidia
Mambo Kings
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Carla Thomas
B-a-b-y
Something to Believe In
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Brenda Lee
Little Jonah (Rock On Your Steel Guitar)
Grady Martin
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Brenda Lee
That's All You Gotta Do
36 All-Time G.H. V2
24
Dave Edmunds
Deep in the Heart of Texas
D.E. 7th
25
Geraint Watkins
Oobee Doobee Eyes
Watkins Bold as Love
26
Jimmy Reed
Take Out Some Insurance
Blues Masters: The Very Best Of Jimmy Reed
27
Henry Spaulding
Cairo Blues
American Primitive: Pre-War Revenants 1897-1939, Vol. 2 [Disc 2]
This Friday’s Deeper Roots takes another dip into the brass and sass of soul and funk sounds from Duke, Kent, Motown, and beyond. We’re taking a bright and soulful circuitous route from Detroit to Memphis, Chicago, Philly, and the Chitlin’ Circuit. A little bit of rare soul beach music thrown in with some northern soul. We’ll hear from Mitty Collier, Donnie Elbert, Eddie Floyd, Willie Tee and an incredible roster of the known and not-so known from the past century. We’ll also pay tribute to Betty Davis, a soul and funk pioneer songstress who we lost this past week. Dial us up every Friday morning at 9 Pacific.
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Jimmy Hughes
You Can't Believe Everything
The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1
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Johnny & Jackey
Someday We'll Be Together
Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4)
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Quinn Golden
Party On the Weekend
On the Chitlin Circuit
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Pat & the Blenders
Hard Workin' Man
Conquer the World: The Lost Soul of Philadelphia International Records
6
Rufus Thomas
All Night Worker
All Night Worker: Rare Soul Sides
7
Jerry Butler
I'm A Telling You
Northern Soul – The Early Years (CD 1)
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Eddie Floyd
I Need You Woman
Rare Stamps
9
Donnie Elbert
Everything To Me
Chess Uptown Soul
10
Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
Love Land
Rare Soul Beach Music Classics: Vol. 3
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James Carr
These Ain't Raindrops
Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 5
12
Carla Thomas
Stop! Look What You're Doing
Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2
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Matilda Jones
Wrong Too Long
Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Volume 4
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Jean Wells
After Loving You
Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition
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Eula Cooper
Shake Daddy Shake
Let Our Love Grow Higher
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Mitty Collier
Don't Let Her Take My Baby
Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4)
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Madeline Bell
One Step At A Time
Bell's A Poppin'
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James Ray
I've Got My Mind Set On You (Part 1 & 2)
The Great American Soul Book Chapter 1: Any Way You Wanta!
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The Fantastic Epics
We Do It All Up Here
Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 4]
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Reggie Smith
Soul Walkin'
Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 4]
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Carl Hall
Mean It Baby
You Don't Know Nothing About Love: The Loma/Atlantic Recordings 1967-1972
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Betty Davis
Shoo-b-doop And Cop Him
Up South The Great Migration Of Southern Sound, Oxford American Southern Music Issue Volume 23
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L. C. Cooke
Let's Do It Over
Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios
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The Artistics
You Left Me
Brunswick Lost Soul – Volume 1
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Bobby Womack
What You Gonna Do (When Your Love Is Gone)
On The Soul Side
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Willie Tee
Walking Up A One Way Street
Rare Soul Beach Music Classics: Vol. 3
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James Brown
Lost Someone
Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
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Etta James
Only Time Will Tell
Enduring Soul
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Sugar Pie DeSanto
A Little Taste of Soul
A Little Bit of Soul (1957-1962)
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Roscoe & Barbara
It Ain't Right
Heavy Soul: Old Town & Barry's Deep Down & Dirty Sides
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Howard Tate
Sweet Love Child
Get It While You Can: The Comp
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Roddie Joy
Come Back Baby
Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2
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Ollie & The Nightingales
You're Leaving Me
Stax Southern Soul
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Chuck Jackson
I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)
Oxford American 10th Anniversary Music Sampler, [Disc 1]: "Future Masters" [Oxford American, 2008]
The decade of the fifties found the sounds of rhythm and blues being best represented on the Atlantic Records label. Founded in 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson, the catalog of artists and the quality of production were unparalleled for their time. And while Ertegun’s biography is subtitled “The House That Ertegun Built”, the performers were also undisputed heavyweights: Big Joe Turner, Ray Charles, Clyde McPhatter, and Lavern Baker to name a few. Things, however, exploded when a lady dubbed “Miss Rhythm” arrived with “Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean” leading to another moniker: “The House That Ruth Built”. This week’s show will feature some of the great tracks from Ruth Brown and the many contemporaries who made the label synonymous with R&B well into the seventies and beyond. Tune in for a special treat. Rock, rhythm, and dynamite doo wop from the Atlantic vaults on a Friday morning.
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The Clovers
One Mint Julep
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
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The Cardinals
Wheel Of Fortune
Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1]
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Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters
Money Honey
Atlantic Rock & Roll
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Carmen Taylor & The Boleros
Ooh I
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
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Sheiks
Walk That Walk
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
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The Chords
Sh-Boom
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
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The Playboys
Good Golly Miss Molly
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
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The Regals
Got The Water Boiling
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
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The Clovers
Devil Or Angel
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 2] – Slow & Dreamy
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Ruth Brown
Oh What a Dream (Japan 2012 Remaster)
Atlantic Rock & Roll
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Ruth Brown
Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean (Japan 2012 Remaster)
Atlantic Rock & Roll
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Ruth Brown
Lucky Lips (Japan 2012 Remaster)
Atlantic Rock & Roll
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The Cookies
In Paradise
Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 19471974, Vol. 3: 19551958
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Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters
Treasure of Love
Atlantic Rock & Roll
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The Drifters
Long Lonely Nights
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
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The Drifters
Long Lonely Nights
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
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Big Joe Turner
Shake, Rattle & Roll
Atlantic Rock & Roll
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Big Joe Turner
Boogie Woogie Country Girl
Atlantic Rock & Roll
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Ray Charles
Hallelujah I Love Her So
Atlantic Rock & Roll
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Ray Charles
Mess Around
Atlantic Rock & Roll
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Ray Charles
This Little Girl of Mine
Atlantic Rock & Roll
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LaVern Baker
Get Up, Get Up (You Sleepy Head) [Japan 2012 Remaster]
Atlantic Rock & Roll
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LaVern Baker
Tweedle Dee (Japan 2012 Remaster)
Atlantic Rock & Roll
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LaVern Baker
Soul on Fire (Japan 2012 Remaster)
Atlantic Rock & Roll
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Ivory Joe Hunter
Since I Met You Baby (Single/LP Version)
Atlantic Rock & Roll
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Ivory Joe Hunter
It's a Doggone Crying Shame
Atlantic Rock & Roll
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The Bobbettes
Mr. Lee
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
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The Ospreys
It's Good To Me (You Don't Know And I DOn't Know)
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
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The Drifters
Drip Drop
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
We enter December with hope. Join us for some sounds from the French Quarter and its environs. This Friday on Deeper Roots, tune in for a sweeping celebration taking the St. Charles trolley in time from Kid Ory and Louis Armstrong to the sounds of Tuba Fats, Mac Rebennack, Allen Toussaint and beyond. We’ll also find some Big Easy rocking treats by the water: Ernie K-Doe, Sugar Boy Crawford, Fats Domino, and Larry Darnell are also on the board from the Big Easy as well as sounds of piano pounders like Archibald, Champion Jack Dupree and Professor Longhair. KOWS radio’s antenna is moving so we highly recommend that you stream us on the KOWS web site (or via the KOWS app) because the FM signal will be out of commission as the transmitter has found a new home out in the hills above Bodega Highway.
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Archibald
She's Scattered Everywhere
Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2]
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Tuba Fats' Chosen Few Brass Band
Mardi Gras In New Orleans
Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
4
Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band
Royal Garden Blues
Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
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Louis Armstrong And His Dixieland Seven
Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?
Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
6
Professor Longhair
Bald Head
Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 3]: Soutwest Blues V1
7
Champion Jack Dupree
Ici Mo-Mo
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4]
8
Dave Bartholomew
Messy Bessie
Gettin' Funky [Disc 2]
9
Smiley Lewis
Big Mamou
Smiley Lewis Vol 1
10
Larry Darnell
What More Do You Want
OKeh Rhythm & Blues
11
Annie Laurie
It Hurts To Be In Love
The Girls Gone Rockin' Rhythm & Blues Queens [Disc 2]
12
Annie Laurie
Rockin' and Rollin' Again (Savoy 1197)
R&B Humdingers Volume 12
13
Paul Gayten
For You My Love
Chess New Orleans [Disc 1]
14
James "Sugar Boy" Crawford
Jock-A-Mo
Chess New Orleans [Disc 1]
15
Fats Domino
Don't You Lie To Me
Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1
16
Fats Domino
Hey! La Bas Boogie
Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1
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Ernie K-Doe
Heebie Jeebies
Absolutely the Best
18
Benny Spellman
Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette)
Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
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Mac Rebennack
Good Times
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
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Earl King
Is Everything All Right
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 1]
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Eddie Bo
Baby I'm Wise
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 6]
22
Joe & Ann Trio
Gee Baby (You're So Fine)
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4]
23
Jewel King
3X7=21
New Orleans R&B Outbreak
24
Lloyd Price
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
25
Little Richard
Heeby Jeebies
The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
26
Al Johnson
Carnival Time
Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
27
Art Neville
That Rock & Roll Beat
Brother to Brother (Disc One:Art)
28
Paul Marvin
Hurry Up
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4]
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Leonard Carbo
I Don't Want To Lose Her
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
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Dr. John
How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come 'Round)
Goin' Back To New Orleans
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Allen Toussaint
Southern Nights
Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
32
The Velvetiers
Feeling Alright On Saturday Night
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
33
Earl King
Everybody's Carried Away
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
Wild in the streets…well, we’re also wild in the bars, the dance halls, the backyards, and everywhere else for that matter. We’ll be revisiting the crazy ones…the excitable ones…the hot clubs where the bad boys and bad girls are burning the candle. Tune in for some fairly wild doin’s with Mabel Scott, The Louvins, Clarence Palmer and the Jive Bombers, Johnny Horton, and a couple dozen others as we take on that theme of wild men and wild women once more on Community Radio. Dave Stroud puts the metal to the pedal with jazz vocals, rockabilly romps, early century innuendos, and rhythm and blues on a Friday morning in Sonoma County. Oh…and don’t forget to visit kowsfm.com and click on that Donate Now button to support all volunteer Community Radio.
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Garland Jeffreys
Wild in the Streets
Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]]
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Billy Jones With The Little Ramblers
Don't Bring Lulu
The Naughty 1920s: Red Hot & Risque Songs Of The Jazz Age Volume 2
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Mae West
I'm No Angel
The Mae West Collection
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Mae West
My Daddy Rocks Me (With One Steady Roll)
Bombshells
6
Mabel Scott
Yes
Destination Lust – Chicksville U.S.A.
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Lizabeth Scott
A Deep Dark Secret
Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
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Monica Lewis
Do It Again
Bombshells
9
Kenni Huskey
Wild Man Tamer
Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music CD [Disc 2, "Arkansas Masters"]
10
Donnie Elbert
Wild Child (Deluxe 6156)
R&B Humdingers Volume 11
11
Red Ingle & His Natural Seven
Cigareets, Whiskey and Wild Wild Women (Smoking)
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
12
Johnny Horton
The Wild One
Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (1 of 2)
13
Carl Mann
Born To Be Bad
Midnight Cryin' Time: Teen Angst Classics From The Rock 'n' Roll Era
14
Jerry Lee Lewis
Real Wild Child (Wild One)
A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1]
15
Tennessee Ernie Ford
I'm A Bad Man
Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 2]
16
The Dave & Deke Combo
Wild Woman
Hollywood Barndance
17
Charline Arthur
Burn That Candle
Welcome To The Club
18
The Louvin Brothers
You're Running Wild
Capitol Country Music Classics
19
The Hot Club of Cowtown
I Can't Tame Wild Women
Tall Tales
20
Wanda Jackson
Let's Have A Party
Queen Of Rockabilly
21
Carmen MacRae
Whatever Lola Wants
Burlesque – 100 Classics
22
The Jive Bombers
Bad Boy
Cry-Baby
23
The Trenier Twins
Hey! Sister Lucy (What Makes Your Lips So Juicy?)
Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
24
Rudy Greene
Wild Life
Various Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 1]
25
Wynonie Harris
Young And Wild
Playful Baby
26
Champion Jack Dupree
Bad Whiskey And Wild Women
Two Classic Albums Plus Singles
27
King James
Wild Wooly Woman
Stompin' 25
28
Eunice Davis
Let's Have A Party
Stompin' 25
29
Julia Lee
Do You Want It?
Burlesque – 100 Classics
30
Little Richard
The Girl Can't Help It
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
31
John Hammond
Wild Man On The Loose
Trouble No More
32
Louis Prima & Keely Smith
Barnacle Bill The Sailor
Breaking It Up!
33
Little Willie John
Fever
Burlesque – 100 Classics
34
Albert King
Wild Women
Door To Door
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Wanda Jackson
Hard Headed Woman
Queen Of Rockabilly
36
Iggy Pop
Real Wild Child
Blah Blah Blah
37
Vince Taylor
Brand New Cadillac
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
November arrives which means winter is fast approaching with (we hope) a need to break out the umbrellas, clean the gutters, and let the cycle of renewal begin. Our show this week is a free form collection of sounds from the past century highlighted by a couple of topical sets, some somber, some hopeful, but all with a blending of Americana. We’ll visit with Tom Waits’ on the low side of the road, hear from Nina Simone and her brilliant delivery of Langston Hughes’ Backlash Blues, some songs about bluebirds, rainy nights, bright lights and big cities. This week’s episode on KOWS Community Radio gives room to breathe and reflect on what is important with country, gospel, blues, jazz and everything that falls in between, fresh from the digital ether…all coming your way, for today, on KOWS 92.5 FM Occidental.
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Irma Thomas
It's Raining
Soul Queen of New Orleans
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Tom Waits
Jersey Girl
Used Songs 1973-1980
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Skeeter Davis
The End of the World
Red, White & Rock Disc 2
5
Dinah Washington
This Bitter Earth
The Essential Dinah Washington: The Great Songs
6
Johnny Cash
Family Bible
Boom Chicka Boom
7
Edwin Hawkins Singers
Oh Happy Day
Testify: The Gospel Box [Disc 2]
8
Paul Simon
Gone at Last
1964-1993 Disc 2
9
Nina Simone
Backlash Blues
Defiance Blues
10
Jimmy Hughes
A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues
The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1
11
Art Freeman
Everybody's Got To Cry Sometime
The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1
12
Brook Benton
Rainy Night In Georgia
Today
13
Roy Orbison
Blue Rain (Coming Down)
The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 3]
14
Rosanne Cash
I Count The Tears
Retrospective
15
Sir Douglas Quintet
The Rains Came
Best Of Sir Douglas Quintet
16
Ritchie Valens
Bluebirds Over The Mountain
Ritchie Valens – Ritchie
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Joe Ely
If You Were A Bluebird
Joe Ely
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Billy Walker
Gonna Find Me A Bluebird
Whirlpool – Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight
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Mac Wiseman
The Bluebirds Are Singing for Me
Warped 6643 – Mac Wiseman – 1966
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Janet Klein and Her Parlor Boys
Hello Bluebird
Oh!
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Ry Cooder
Johnny Cash
I, Flathead
22
Johnny Cash
28 I Walk the Line [Live at The Carousel Ballroom San Fancisco CA – April 1968]
Live At The Carousel Ballroom
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Charley Crockett
Skip A Rope
Music City USA
24
Wanda Jackson
You Drive Me Wild
Encore
25
Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks
Bright Lights, Big City
Everybody's Rockin'
26
Blind Willie Johnson
Let Your Light Shine On Me [Album Version]
The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture
27
John Fogerty
Down On The Corner
The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection
The year 1948 saw the price of a first class stamp at three cents and unemployment in post-war America was at a low 3.9%. The Hollywood Ten were jailed for contempt of Congress when they refused to disclose Communist affiliations. And Columbia Records introduced the 33 1/3 LP at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The LP is still the standard by which physical listening is measured with album sales booming, with LPs sold rising 108% in the first six months of 2020. But we’re going to be sharing the music of 1948 this week: Eddy Arnold, Peggy Lee, Dick Haymes, Louis Jordan, Blue Lu Barker and Mahalia Jackson are just but a few we’ll be hearing from in this week’s episode on KOWS Community Radio.
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Mahalia Jackson
Move On Up A Little Higher
Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances, Vol. 1: Black Gospel
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Lonnie Johnson
Tomorrow Night
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
4
Blue Lu Barker
A Little Bird Told Me
From The Vaults, Vol 2. 1943-1944
5
Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends
King Size Papa
Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 3 – Capitol Jumps – 1944-53
6
Amos Milburn
Chicken-Shack Boogie
Down The Road Apiece -The Best Of Amos Milburn
7
Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five
Run, Joe
Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five / 1947 – 1949
8
Bull Moose Jackson
I Love You Yes I Do
Bad Man Jackson
9
Bull Moose Jackson
I Can't Go On Without You
Bull Moose Jackson 1947-1950
10
Wynonie Harris
Good Rockin' Tonight
Complete Jazz Series 1947 – 1949
11
Hal Singer
Cornbread
Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie
12
Eddy Arnold
Bouquet Of Roses
Artist's Choice: Willie Nelson: Music That Matters To Him
13
Eddy Arnold
Then I Turned And Slowly Walked Away
Eddy's Song: Bouquet of Roses
14
Eddy Arnold
Just A Little Lovin' (Will Go A Long, Long Way)
Eddy's Song: Bouquet of Roses
15
Eddy Arnold
What A Fool I Was
Eddy's Song: Bouquet of Roses
16
Floyd Tillman
I Love You So Much It Hurts
Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
17
Jimmy Wakely
One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)
Country & Western Hit Parade 1948
18
Tex Williams & His Western Caravan
Don't Telephone, Don't Telegraph, Tell A Woman
That's What I Like About The West
19
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Bubbles in My Beer
Legends of Country Music Disc 4
20
Hank Thompson
Humpty Dumpty Heart
The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
21
Roy Rogers & The Sons Of The Pioneers
Blue Shadows On The Trail (From Walt Disney's "Melody Time")
A bit of a departure this week as we celebrate a mix of mayhem from the fuzzed out garage bands, greasy ducktails, oddball instrumentalists and mostly mondo misses tempered with a good dose of surf confection this week. We’re celebrating the three chord sensibilities of mid-century rock and roll rockabilly, surf, and proto-punk spit-ballers. They’re pulling out some wailing sax solos, fuzzed out bass beach thumpers, and some tongue-in-cheek easy listening to spin you around in your chair on an October Friday morning. You’ll be entertained by the likes of Tony Casanova, Sparkle Moore, Little Carolyn Sue, and Wild Bill and the Blue Denims…a forgotten list of lost culture that will take you down a rabbit hole that you hope might never end…or maybe just the opposite. This week’s show is dynamite from the dustbin of minor labels and first time producers that can only make the grade on Community Radio. Tune in for some mondo fuzz mayhem.
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Artist
Title
Album
Buy
2
Ronnie Dee
Action Packed
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
3
Bobby Troup
Seventh Son
Make Mine Mondo
4
Rock-A-Tones
One More Chance
Wild Streak, Vol. 1
5
Annette Funicello
Bikini Beach Party
Good Old Summertime
6
Red Prysock
Hand Clappin'
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
7
Jim Backus & Friend
Delicious
Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
8
The Interiors
Voodoo Doll
Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
9
The Bikinis
Crazy Vibrations
Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
10
Gary Warren
Midnight Rain
Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
11
The Three Suns
Tequila
Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
12
The Invaders
Shock Treatment
Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
13
Freddie & The Hitch Hikers
Sinners
Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
14
The Duals
Lover's Satellite
Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
15
Sparkle Moore
Skull & Crossbones
Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
16
Mamie Van Doren
Seperate The Men From The Boys
Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
17
Davie Allan & Arrows (Issued As By The Zanies)
Camel Walk
Make Mine Mondo
18
Rusty Draper & Lola Dee
Scratch My Back
Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
19
Tarheel Slim
Number Nine Train
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
20
Robin Hood Brians
Dis A Itty Bit
Wild Streak, Vol. 1
21
Tony Casanova
Boogie Woogie Feeling
Make Mine Mondo
22
Don & The Galaxiex
Avalanche
Killer Rhythms & Red Hot Beats – The Definitive Rare Rock & Roll Instrumentals Collection
23
Jan & Dean
Surf Route 101
Popsicle
24
Bobby Fry
Grandchus
Make Mine Mondo
25
Si Zentner
Walk on the Wild Side
Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 7: The Crime Scene
26
Johnny Durain & The Cytones
Shang-Dang-Doo
Make Mine Mondo
27
The Surfaris
Surfer Joe [Long Version]
Cowabunga! The Surf Box Disc 1
28
Voice Farm
Come On-A My House
Bigger Cooler Weirder
29
Mouse
A Public Execution
Texas Music Vol. 3 Garage Bands And Psychedelia
30
The Bobbettes
I Don't Like It Like That (pt. 1)
War Paint – The Gone Records Story
31
13th Floor Elevators
You're Gonna Miss Me
Texas Music Vol. 3 Garage Bands And Psychedelia
32
Bob Callaway
Tick Tock
Wild Streak, Vol. 1
33
The Tornadoes
Maleguena
Bustin' Surfboards
34
Little Carolyn Sue
I Hate Men
Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 1
35
Martin Denny
Cool
Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 16: Mondo Hollywood
36
Ann-Margret
Let Me Entertain You
Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
September is waning as we share our last show of the month. Join Dave Stroud live at 9 Pacific from the KOWS studios in downtown Santa Rosa for a free form stream of sounds as we make our way across to visit an eclectic collection of sounds. This week we’ll share a little bit of soul with Sugar Pie DeSanto and The Four Tops, some throwback sixties sounds from The Marvelettes and Sam The Sham, seventies deep cuts from Steve Miller, Jesse Colin Young and John Prine, and a host of your favorites from under that great Americana sideshow tent including Ry Cooder, Willie Nelson, and Los Lobos. Yes, it’s a free form show once again as we celebrate recent improvements to our streaming presence as we have signed on for Live365 hosting. Big things come in little, community bound packages. Tune in, unwrap and unwind on a Friday morning.
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1
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
2
Marty Robbins
Running Gun
Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
3
Sugar Pie DeSanto
Here You Come Running
Go Go Power: The Complete Chess Singles (1961-1966)
4
The Four Tops
You Keep Running Away
The Ultimate Collection
5
Sam Cooke
I'll Come Running Back To You
Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
6
Roy Orbison
Running Scared
Your Hit Parade – Into the '60S
7
Juke Boy Bonner
Running Shoes
Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Volume 2 [Disc 8]
8
Aretha Franklin
Spanish Harlem
30 Greatest Hits [Disc 2]
9
Jesse Colin Young
Morning Sun
Jesse Colin Young Classics Volume 1
10
Marshall Crenshaw
Starless Summer Sky
Miracle of Science
11
Marie Knight
His Eye Is On The Sparrow
Hallelujah What A Song!
12
Taj Mahal
Let the Four Winds Blow
Phantom Blues
13
Los Lobos
I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday
El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4)
14
Fats Domino
My Girl Josephine
Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 1)
15
Chris Kenner
I Like It Like That Part 1
Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky 2-2 1957-
16
Solomon Burke
Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
Very Best of Solomon Burke (Reis)
17
Leon Russell
Watching The River Flow
Tangled Up In Blues
18
Bob Dylan
Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Greatest Hits Volume 3
19
Warren Zevon
Keep Me in Your Heart
The Wind
20
Steve Miller Band
Living In The U.S.A.
Sailor
21
Steve Miller Band
Quicksilver Girl
Sailor
22
John Prine
There She Goes
Bruised Orange
23
John Prine
Please Don't Bury Me
Souvenirs
24
Willie Nelson
Bring Me Sunshine ("Naked" Version)
Naked Willie
25
Ry Cooder w/Sam Samudio
No Quiero
The Border/Alamo Bay
26
Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
Wooly Bully
Red, White & Rock Disc 2
27
The Marvelettes
Don't Mess With Bill
Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2
