Here’s the playlist for 7-1-2025, a show which started with some technical difficulties, in which I read a Hackaday article about the TRS-80 MC-10, in which I played Jean Shepherd for OTR and went an extra hour:
Hour 1
- Mott the Hoople, “Ready for Love/After Lights” [All the Young Dudes (1972)]
- Sin City Sinners, “All the Way from Memphis (Feat. Dizzy Reed)” [Divebar Days Revisited (2014)]
- Bad Company, “Can’t Get Enough” [Bad Company (1974/2010)]
- Bobby Sherman, “Little Woman” [The Very Best of Bobby Sherman (1969/2000)]
This Day in Music - Blondie, “Heart of Glass” [Greatest Hits (1978/2002)]
- Dave Van Ronk, “Stealin” [Ragtime Jug Stompers (1964)]
- Alex Chilton & Hi Rhythm Section, “Where Did Our Love Go” [Boogie Shoes: Live on Beale Street (2021)]
- Dire Straits, “Twisting By The Pool” [Twisting By The Pool EP (1983)]
- Sweet, “Fever of Love” [Off the Record (1977)]
- Slade, “Skweeze Me, Pleaze Me” [Sladest (1973)]
Hour 2: Songs about the 4th of July/American songs
- Sweet, “4th of July” [Give Us a Wink (1976)]
- Stan Freberg, “The Boston Tea Party” [Stan Freberg Presents the USA: Volume 1 (1961)]
- The Hollies, “Sandy (4th of July Asbury Park)” [Story Songs (1975/2008)]
- Paul McCartney, “4th of July” [Venus and Mars (1975)]
- Stan Freberg, “Declaration of Independence” [Stan Freberg Presents the USA: Volume 1 (1961)]
- Yes, “America” [Fragile (Bonus track) (1972)]
New Music Express
- Bruce Springsteen, “Johnny Bye Bye” [Tracks II: The Lost Albums (2025)]
- Bruce Springsteen, “Black Mountain Ballad” [Tracks II: The Lost Albums (2025)]
- Lorde, “Hammer” [Virgin (2025)]
- The Flashcubes, “Reminisce” [Reminisce single (2025)]
Hour 3: Phun with Phish
- Phish, “46 Days (Live)” [Moda Center, Portland, Or (04.20.2025) (2025)]
- Phish, “Plasma (Live)” [Moda Center, Portland, Or (04.20.2025) (2025)]
- Bobby Gimby, “Canada Song” [Single (1967)]
Featured artist: Backyard Tire Fire
- Backyard Tire Fire, “Gray Sky Blues” [Backyard Tire Fire (2003)]
- Backyard Tire Fire, “Still in Love” [Backyard Tire Fire (2003)]
- Backyard Tire Fire, “The Daze” [Bar Room Semantics (2005)]
Hour 4: OTR with Jean Shepherd
- Jean Shepherd, “Ludlow Kissel and the Dago Bomb That Struck Back” [OAD: 7-4-1967]
- Ian Hunter, “American Spy” [Rant (2001)]
- Cat Power, “American Flag” [Moon Pix (1998)]
Hour 5: An extra hour with groovy songs
- Kings, “This Beat Goes On” [The Kings Ae Here And More (1980)]
- Winger, “Down Incognito” [Pull (1993)]
- The Rolling Stones, “Miss You [12″ version]” [The Singles Collection: 1971-2006 (1978/2011)]
- Nick Lowe, “American Squirm” [Labour of Lust (1979)]
- Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, “Coming to America” [Have Another Ball (2008)]
- Stan Freberg, “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” [Stan Freberg Presents the USA: Volume 1 (1961)]
- Joe Scarbury, “Theme from The Greatest American Hero” [Tube Tunes Vol. 3 – The 80’s (1981/1995)]
- The Guess Who, “American Woman” [American Woman (1970)]
- Stan Freberg, “Betsy Ross and the Flag” [Stan Freberg Presents the USA: Volume 1 (1961)]
- The Muffs, “Kids in America” [Clueless Soundtrack (1995)]
- David Bowie, “I’m Afraid of Americans (V1-Edit)” [Brilliant Adventure: 1992-2001 (2021)]
- Alice Cooper, “Lost in America” [The Last Temptation (1994)]
- Spinal Tap, “America” [This Is Spinal Tap (1984)]
And here’s the show:
