It’s been a while since the wizards last convened so this time round there is plenty to discuss and loads of music to play and dissect. There is also an unusually bumper postbag to get through.
So, settle down, strap in and enjoy a mix of legendary band re-enactments, talk of Tommy Edison and more Half Man Half Biscuit quotes than you can throw a stick at.
hell, lloyd & verlaine on the wizards’ sofa
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Marquee Moon Reconstructed:
Here’s some of the physicality played on the show:
These are the tracks we played on this show in the order we played them:
1. Goat – Talk To God
2. The Just Joans – Hideous Accident
3. Swans – A Little God In My Hands
4. Les Big Byrd – Back To Bagarmossen
5. Islet – Carlos
6. Television – Marquee Moon
7. Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band – I Ain’t Waiting
8. The Style Council – Here’s One That Got Away
9. James Yorkston – Guy Fawkes’ Signature
10. Teenage Guitar – A Year That Could Have Been Worse
11. They Might Be Giants – Edison Museum
12. The Primitives (Lou Reed) – The Ostrich
13. The Ska Vengers – Gunshot
14. Half Man Half Biscuit – The Unfortunate Gwatkin
15. Mark Bell – A Salute To Those People Who Say Fuck You
16. Bjork – 5 Years
17. Chuck Prophet – Laughing On The Inside
18. The Young Sinclairs – That’s All Right
19. Orange Juice – What Presence?!
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Lift off! Take your protein pills and put your helmet on as we launch into 2 pals David & Marc, both about to make one giant leap towards eventual superstardom.
Let us show one another things we never usually see with this fascinating but relatively obscure pair of albums. First we examine an unreleased set of songs from North London mod group The Action. Then the debut album from the band they subsequently gave birth to, Mighty Baby.
First up Phil & Don are dropping their aitches as they get ‘eavily involved in Swinging London and then an album that you’ll feel in your fingers and toes over Andover again.
Hey hey they’re The Monkees and people may say the hosts monkey around in this episode as they get sidetracked into Tork-ing about wedding receptions, live gigs and, inevitably, Peter Reid.
RT @Pat_Carty: The mighty Tom Verlaine has gone on ahead. The first note of the solo in Guiding Light is all you need to hear to know that… 10 hours ago
RT @WillNeville1892: RIP Tom Verlaine. Marquee Moon remains an utterly unparalleled work of sheer genius. The greatest album made in the pa… 10 hours ago
RT @MickPuck: Appears to be true: Tom Verlaine has passed over to the beyond that his guitar playing always hinted at. He was the best rock… 11 hours ago
These are the tracks we played on this show in the order we played them:
1. Goat – Talk To God
2. The Just Joans – Hideous Accident
3. Swans – A Little God In My Hands
4. Les Big Byrd – Back To Bagarmossen
5. Islet – Carlos
6. Television – Marquee Moon
7. Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band – I Ain’t Waiting
8. The Style Council – Here’s One That Got Away
9. James Yorkston – Guy Fawkes’ Signature
10. Teenage Guitar – A Year That Could Have Been Worse
11. They Might Be Giants – Edison Museum
12. The Primitives (Lou Reed) – The Ostrich
13. The Ska Vengers – Gunshot
14. Half Man Half Biscuit – The Unfortunate Gwatkin
15. Mark Bell – A Salute To Those People Who Say Fuck You
16. Bjork – 5 Years
17. Chuck Prophet – Laughing On The Inside
18. The Young Sinclairs – That’s All Right
19. Orange Juice – What Presence?!
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