Radio What Wave Playlist May 15/2014. Ray Condo Special
1. Secret V's....Modern Boy....from their self titled debut EP from 1980. Ray Condo was known as Radial and played bass on this one. Secret V's played the Cedar Lounge around this time, but when asked many years ago, all Ray could remember was the crappy rooms they stayed in above the bar.
2. Secret V's....Rosse Rosse....from the No Life Like It EP from 1980. as above
3. Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners....Instrumental...recorded live at Larry's, Toronto 3/29/1986 as part of the Easter OG Weekend. OG Records set up a big show in Toronto highlighting some of their acts, among them Chris Houston, The Gruesomes, UIC, Deja Voodoo and Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners.
4. Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners....Your True Love....as above. Guitarist Eric Sandmark introduces Ray Condo as Canada's skinniest cowboy at the begining of this tune.
5. Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners....Rock Island Line....from the compilation LP, It Came From Canada Volume 1 1985 on OG Records. This is the first appearance on vinyl of Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners.
6. Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners....This Is The Night....recorded live at the Siboney, Toronto 12/9/1988. A raucous live set that could have been part of an OG BBQ, a yearly event....but i really can't remember this show at all, but that's definitely me yelling in the background!!
7. Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners....Crazy Mixed Up World....as above.
8. Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners...Lonely Wolf.... as above. They always did a Killer version of this tune!
9.Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners...Ice Cold Water....from the Condo Country CD. It was right around this time Gayle Hurmuses called in to talk about her brand new book, Ray Condo's Rock'n'Roll Party and the big book release party happening in Toronto on 5/16. Coincidentally, 5/16 was Ray's birthday and named Ray Condo Day in Toronto!!
10. Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners.....Great Shaking Fever....from the Condo Country CD as above.
11.Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners.... Blast Off... from the Hot'n'Cold LP on Crazy Rekkids, their second LP.
12. Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners...The Worrying Kind....as above.
13. Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners.....Willing and Ready....from their first LP, Crazy Date on Pipeline Records 1986
14. Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners....How Come It?....as above.
15. Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners....Sweet Love On My Mind....from A-Billy, the 7" EP that came with What Wave 18 from 1989. A-Billy also featured Deja Voodoo, The Gruesomes and The Sci-Phonics and was on our label, What Wave Records.
16. Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners.....Crazy Date....recorded live at Key West, London Ontario 4/7/1988. Ray makes some comments about Eric's never ending guitar solo right at the end of the song.
17.Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners.... This Is The Night...recorded live at Call The Office, London Ontario 6/23/1988.
18. Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners....Sinner....recorded live at Key West, London Ontario 7/9/1987. I remember this as being an extremely hot night....temperature and band!!
19. Ray Condo....Big Dog Little Dog....from a 7" released right after Ray passed away.
20. Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners....The Fool....recorded live at Key West, 4/7/1988 and this was the closing song of that show.
21. Ray Condo and His Ricochets... Swing Brother Swing....from the CD of the same name from 1988.
22. Ray Condo and His Ricochets....Boo Hoo....as above.
23. Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners....Could She Kiss....recorded live at Call The Office, London Ontario 6/23/1988 and this was cut off due to running out of time, but certainly not tunes.
Hope you enjoyed our tribute to Ray Condo, this is the second time we've done a tribute to him and both are well deserved. There's just soooooo many great recordings of Ray Condo that it's virtually impossible to play them all. Go out and buy the book, Ray Condo's Rock'n'Roll Party and help keep his memory alive!!
Back next week with a 10 year special....according to my calendar, the first time i did a show on CHRW was May 2004. This was prior to Radio What Wave (it took about 7 months to get an open time slot i could do) and back when i was doing lots of fill-in shows when regular hosts were away. We will probably be spinning some of the cassettes, CD's and vinyl we've released in the last 10 years. And probably talk about some of the many bands we've brought into this sleepy city, many for their first (and only) visit here....ie John Schooley, Paul Collins, The Barracudas and many more. Tune in for the scoop next week.
See ya next week!
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