Slumberland Records Podcast Kid Frostbite

Just some records we've been listening to while in isolation.

1. Billy Gault - The Time Of This World Is At Hand
2. Cymande - Zion I
3. Emanative - Love In Outer Space (Celestial Love Mix)
4. The Tee Holman Sextet - The Rudie
5. Zorro Five - Good Books
6. Phantom Slasher - Nicoteen
7. Byron the Aquarius - Traveling Again
8. Glen Brown and King Tubby - Version 78 Style
9. Dr. Alimantado - Chant To Jah
10. The Umbrellas - Never Available
11. The Reds, Pinks & Purples - Keep Your Secrets Close
12. Failed Flowers - Faces
13. Jeanines - Too Late
14. This Poison! - You;--Think!!

Just a little mix of some groovy power-pop, girl group sounds and a bit of mod action. Dark days call for fun music.

1. The Plimsouls - Zero Hour
2. Bram Tchaikovsky - Girl Of My Dreams
3. The Records - Starry Eyes
4. Nick Lowe - So It Goes
5. The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet
6. The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
7. Buzzcocks - I Don't Mind
8. The Rubinoos - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
9. The Spongetones - She Goes Out With Everybody
10. The Beatles - All My Loving
11. The Ronettes - Baby, I Love You
12. Earl-Jean - I'm Into Something Good
13. The Toys - Lover's Concerto
14. The Cinderellas - Baby Baby I Still Love You
15. The Pussywillows - The Boat That I Row
16. The Equals - I Get So Excited
17. The Kinks - Picture Book
18. The Jam - Boy About Town
19. Orange Juice - Holiday Hymn
20. Elvis Costello - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?

No great plan for this one and not exactly bursting with rarities to prove what an awesome downloader I am. Just a mix of some stuff I've been listening to lately, old and new.

1. New Order - Ceremony
2. The Ropers - Transparent Day
3. Human Switchboard - (Say No To) Saturday's Girl
4. Able Tasmans - Wednesday (She's Coming Round)
5. Let's Active - Every Word Means No
6. Roommates - Kelly, I'm Not A Creep
7. The Boo Radleys - Lazy Day
8. Small Reactions - Nerve Pop
9. Merchandise - I Locked The Door
10. Big Troubles - Time Bomb
11. Permanent Collection - The Kids
12. Golden Grrrls - I Don't Want You Anyway
13. Sea Pinks - A Pattern Recognition
14. Zebra Hunt - Half Right

The Boy And The Cloud is back with another smashing selection of girl group, garage, sunshine pop and soft rock. His Heaven Is Above Your Head #14 podcast is full of amazing obscurities that are sure to send you scurrying to eBay in no time. It sure had that effect on me!

1. We Five - Love Me Not Tomorrow
2. The Girls - Here I Am In Love Again
3. The Plagues - I've Been Through It Before
4. The Terminals - In And Out Of My Mind
5. The Folklords - Child
6. The Deep Six - Winds of Morning
7. The British North-American Act - Only A Dream
8. The Coastliners - See Me
9. The Penthouse 5 - You're Always Around
10. Something Young - On, Don't Come Crying Back To Me
11. Tommy Boyce - Pretty Thing
12. The Higher State - Clear Motive
13. Sonny Villegas - Help Me, Help You
14. Janie Grant - And That Reminds Me
15. Ohio Express - Stop Take A Look Around
16. The Sheffields - Do You Still Love Me
17. Les Bof! - Vivre Avec Toi
18. The Gremlins - Oh My Word
19. Every Mother's Son - Rain Flowers
20. The Off Set - You're A Drag
21. Charlotte & Emily - Please Stay With Me

Over at None More Twee, we usually talk about the latest and greatest indie pop around but for this mix, I went back to the roots of twee for a big chunk of bubblegum, added some soul, some crazed glam rock, a few novelty tunes (can never get enough of those) and a track from my favorite punk band, then mixed it up for maximum dance party effectiveness.

1. Rick Springfield - We're Gonna Have A Good Time - This early 7T'z rocker comes from an album you need to track down called Mission Magic. I think I've started every mix of the past five years or so with this song.
2. Andy Kim - You Got Style - AK may have been a total Neil Diamond wanna-be, but sometimes he equalled his idol. Like here, for example.
3. Tommy Roe - Cinnamon - Nothing but love for T-Roe. He's the patron saint of NMT. One listen to this track and you'll know why.
4. Geno Washington And The Ram Jam Band - Feeling So Good (Skooby Doo) - Super groovy cover of the Archies' classic by a guy who made some great bubblesoul jams but is also a trained hypnotist and Peter Noone's brother in-law.
5. Sylvie Vartan - Garde Moi Dans Ta Poche - She totally destroys the Four Tops' "I Can't Help Myself" with a piledriver beat and some surprisingly tough vocalizing. Check the recent collection on Rev-Ola for more awesome Vartan sounds.
6. Little Eva - Get Ready/Uptight - More than a one-hit wonder, Little Eva made some killer records and this is the best of them. Makes me wish someone had signed her to Motown or Stax.
7. The Osmonds - Down By The Lazy River - Yeah, the Osmonds! Don't laugh until you hear this jam. It's cheesy but the good kind of cheese, the kind they give out as samples in grocery stores that you can't stop eating even though the staff keeps giving you dirty looks.
8. Jacques Dutronc - Le Responsable - Dutronc is a heavy dude and when he gets down to rocking, he's gonna rock you for reals.
9. The Messengers - That's The Way A Woman Is - Amazing bubblegum rocker on Motown of all places.
10. The Equals - My Life Ain't Easy - Eddy Grant? Eddy Grant! The Equals have few equals when it comes to hard rocking bubblesoul. Few equals...geez.
11. Lulu - Love Loves To Love Love - Lulu doesn't get much credit for tearing shit up but she really could. This track features some great Jimmy Page studio weirdness.
12. Honeybus - The Breaking Up Scene - My heroes Comet Gain borrowed some of this song for "Villain" way back on _Casino Classics_. The Honeybus version has some hot guitar action and a footstomping beat. Which is weird because the rest of their output consisted of heartbreakingly beautiful orchestrated pop that's almost on par with the Left Banke.
13. Mud - Tiger Feet - You haven't really lived until you've seen the Top of the Pops clip of Mud performing this song. It's like a four minute lecture on why rock & roll is so glorious, only it's way more fun than that. Even without the visuals this song should bring your party to a fever pitch.
14. The Saints - Do the Robot - Sometimes people forget that punk rock could be a hell of a lot of fun. Most of the Saints tracks are as serious as death, but this song is a good time jam.
15. Bobby Freeman - C'mon And Swim - It's the middle of winter here in Michigan but I reflexively reached for my swimsuit when this track came on. Bobby's just so persuasive!
16. The Revillos - Scuba ScubaIf these guys had ever played on a bill with the B52's, it would have been one of the greatest nights in pop history. The only pairing I can think of that would be better is the Archies and the Banana Splits.

Heaven Is Above Your Head was a weekly radio show and podcast while I was living in New Zealand. For the second hour of every show my friends and I would all play exactly what we wanted and maybe have a dance. They have kept the slot and you can now listen to Simply Thrilled (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=118285020973) every Saturday on non-commercial station Fleet FM (http://fleetfm.co.nz/), at 9pm local time or 9am GMT. If you happen to miss it they usually post a link on the Anorak forum afterwards. The previous episodes of HIAYH can all be found on my blog (http://heavenisabove.blogspot.com/). So the theme for this is 60s music, but avoiding the collectors scenes of garage and northern soul. What I ended up with was this great set of soft pop, haunted by the spirit of the Pye and Immediate labels. I was going to make it like an ordinary radio show at first, with spoken links, cause I felt I had a lot to say about the songs at the time. That was a couple of months ago though, so now I just mixed them together as they are. I hope you will appreciate the blending of some proper hits with more obscure would-be hits. Like the British group Thursday's Children who only released one single in 1965. And "Among the First to Know" which is one of my all-time faves, and has been covered by The Happy Balloon. The Mascots was a Swedish Hollies-styled group, here showing off their freakbeat side with a track from their great and only lp *EELPEE*. The American Breed had a couple of hits, but this string-laden ballad can't keep me from thinking of Belle & Sebastian. The Chants are notable for being a black vocal group from Liverpool, whose live debut took place in 1962 with The Beatles backing them. Read their story here: http://www.triumphpc.com/mersey-beat/a-z/chants.shtml! The group The Missing Links here is not the Australian one, but an American with one single to their name. Harmony Grass was a late 60s mutation of the Beach Boys-influenced Tony Rivers & the Castaways. And The Raindrops was of course the pseudonym used by the late great Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry for their own recordings. Enough talk.

1. The Outsiders - Gimme Some Lovin'
2. Marc Eric - Just Passing By
3. The Ivy League - A Girl Like You
4. The Missing Links - You Hypnotize Me
5. The Two of Each - Trust
6. The Happenings - Crazy Rhythm
7. The Exciters - Tell Him
8. The Scots of St. James - Tic Toc
9. The Macots - Close Your Eyes
10. The Searchers - Have You Ever Loved Someone
11. Dino, Desi & Billy - Not The Lovin' Kind
12. The Gentle Touch - Among The First To Know
13. Lee Hazlewood - She Comes Running
14. The Critters - Come Back On A Rainy Day
15. Chris Montez - What A Difference A Day Made
16. The American Breed - Sometime In The Morning
17. Thursday's Children - Just You
18. The Poets - I'll Come Home
19. The Raindrops - That Boy Is Messing Up My Mind
20. Harmony Grass - My Little Girl
21. The Chants - She's Mine
22. The Miracles - The Tracks of My Tears