Radio What Wave Playlist December 17/2015 Xmas Special!
1. Marshmallow Overcoat....Santa Fuzz...from the 2008 CD The Light Show. Recorded in Garageadelic 360 Stereo! From Tucson Arizona.
2. Bitchlove.....All I Want For Christmas Is Some White Stuff.....demo from a local 2 piece combo.
3. Bitchlove....Santa Eats Your Cookies While You Sleep.... as above.
4. 63 Monroe....White Christmas....1984 7" from this local combo that is still active.
5. Urban Surf Kings....Jingle Bells....download from this east coast surf combo.
6. Thee Evil Tones..... It's Christmas...download from this UK based combo.
7. The Gruesomes....Santa Claus....from their Unchained EP on Primitive Records.
8. The Fleshtones... Santa Claus Hooray....from the Stocking Stuffer LP on Yep Roc Records.
9. The Fleshtones.... Super Rock Santa....as above.
10. The Turtles...Santa and the Sidewalk Surfer....from the Turtles Greatest Hits double LP on Sire Records from 1974.
11. Mojo Nixon and the Toad Liquors....Trim Yo' Tree.... from Trailer Trash Christmas compilation CD.
12. Patsy Raye and the Beatniks....Beatnik's Wish....from the compilation LP Swing For A Crime on GMG Records. A compilation record of late 50's/early 60's trashy instros and gangster type rock'n'rolla swing.
13. The Youngsters....Christmas In Jail....from the compilation CD Black Christmas....there's a message in this song!!
14. Jack Scott....There's Trouble Brewin'... as above.
15. Vel Mars.... Jingle Bells.... as above. Somehow i downloaded this CD from a Cramps fan site many years ago.
16. Lazy Cowgirls....Sock It To Me Santa....from a 1986 7" on Bomp Records. Yep, it's the Bob Seger song from the 60's.
17. MX 80 Sound....Christmas With The Devil....from the We're An American Band CD from 2005. Proto punk band from the mid 70's that reformed and rumour has it they just recoreded and released some more material.
18. Deja Voodoo....Bugs For Christmas....from the Too Cool To Live Too Smart To Die EP on Midnight Records from 1985. Sludgeabilly duo from Montreal, formed in 1982, created the OG Records label, toured Canada way too many times, released records by The Gruesomes, Dik Van Dykes, the It Came From Canada series and many others before retiring in 1990. They did it all and retired from the music industry when arriving at the age of 30.
19. The Razorbacks...All The Girls Look Prettier At Christmastime....from a 7" on Tradition Records from 1987.
20. The Shanks...Christmas Star....from The Dark Richard Show from 2010. The Shanks are a 2 piece from Orangeville Ontario and we've had the pleasure of their guest appearances on Radio WW at least once, if not more. And they have the pleasure of opening for Cheetah Chrome when he plays Toronto in a couple of weeks!!
21. The Legendary Stardust Cowboy.....with his annual Christmas message!!!
22. The Ramones....Merry Christmas.....from the Brain Drain LP....it wouldn't be a Radio WW Christmas Special without playing this tune!!
23. Shonen Knife.... Space Christmas....from a 7" from 1991.
24. Chris Peck....Christmas Eve Without You....from the Chris Peck Sings Exit to 32nd St and Other Holiday Favourites CD from 2013. Our good pal Dave Rave sings backup on several tunes on this CD!
25. The Tryfles....Gloria.....from Midnight Christmess Volume 1 LP from 1984. The Tryfles were a NYC based garage combo in the mid 80's who released an LP and a 7" on Midnight Records before breaking up and members forming many other combos.
26. Screamin' Jay Hawkins....It's Xmas....as above. Yep, it's the same character famous for I Put A Spell On You....and famous for exiting a coffin on stage!!!
27. The Droogs....Silent Night.... as above. These are The Droogs from the west coast who released many singles and LP's and were around from the early 70's pre-dating most other second wave garage combos.
28. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet....Winterfresh....from a CBC Christmas recording from the mid 80's. Shadowy Men were a Toronto based instro combo most famous for having their work used in the comedy TV series Kids In The Hall.
Thanx for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!!! Hope you enjoyed the Xmas tuneage!!!
We're not onair Dec 24th, but back on Dec 31st for a special 2.5 hour show running from 6 till 8:30 PM!!! Think we'll be doing lots of tunes from 2015 and lots of new stuff we haven't aired yet. A great way to start your New Years Eve partying!!!
Here's a link to the archived show:
https://chrwradio.ca/program/radio-what-wave