My Generation of Sun. 08 & Tue. 10 April: The Small Faces, Nina Simone [Ed’s Show,2018-14]

NEW SHOW:  The Small Faces, Nina Simone ***  Repeated: Martin Luther King, John Lee Hooker tribute, British Invasion All-Stars *** Ed’s Show, 2018-14, Sunday 08 April, 12 noon till 12 midnight CET Brussels & repeated  Tuesday 10 April., 12:00 till 20:00 hrs CET Brussels  *** RADIO 68: all the sounds and all the voices that shaped the sixties ***

THE PLAYLISTS

1 MY GENERATION (NEW)
SPECIAL: THE SMALL FACES
THE SMALLFACES 1967 LP UK version: selected tracks  *** FAMOUS but FORGOTTEN: SAM THE SHAM & THE PHARAOHS, TEE SET, THE ACE KEFFORD STAND ** LONGPLAYTIME: CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY II, TIM HARDIN 2 ** AND ALSO: DESMOND DEKKER & THE ACES , THE EQUALS, DAVE EDMUNDS, THE ROCK-A-TEENS **

 2 BLUESIDE (NEW)
SPECIAL: NINA SIMONE, HIGH PRIESTESS OF SOUL
NINA SIMONE, “HIGH PRIESTESS OF SOUL”, LP, 1967  selected tracks from the album + interview snippets on Blackness and Racism  ** THE ORGINATORS  & INSPIRATORS:  CLIFTON CHENIER, OTIS RUSH, FRANKIE LEE SIMS ** KEEPERS OF THE BLUES FLAME: ELVIN BISHOP FUN TRIO  + LIL’ ED & THE BLUES IMPERIALS: THE BIG SOUND OF: Elvin Bishop and Lil’ Ed are on ALLIGATOR RECORDS. Thanks to Alligator, V2 Records Belgium and Airplay Direct +  GRAHAM BOND: THE SOUND OF 65, feat. Dick Heckstall-Smith, Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce + PAUL BRIDGEWATER ***

 3 MY GENERATION (repeated) 
SPECIAL:  BRITISH INVASION ALL-STARS

STARTER: BRIAN POOLE & TREMELOES: I Can Dance + MARTIN LUTHER KING: Excerpt of ‘Mountain Top Speech’, last speech given 03 April 1968 at the eve of his assassination *** FORGOTTEN & OVERLOOKED: GANDALF: Golden Earring  (single, US, 1069) + THE GOLDEN EARRINGS: Please GO (no. 20, Holland, 1965) + JACQUELINE TAIEB: 7h du matin (1967) *** SPECIAL:  BRITISH INVASION ALL-STARS: cd UNITED,  feat.  Eddie Phillips of The Creation, Ray Phillips of The Nashville Teens, Matthew Fisher of Procol Harum, Keith Grant and Don Craine of The Downliners Sect, Phil May and Dick Taylor of The Pretty Things, Jim McCarty of The Yardbirds *** LONGPLAYTIME: WAYNE FONTANA: Internal Circle (< Wayne One, 1966) + PEARLS BEFORE SWINE feat. Tom Rapp:  Drop Out (< One Nation Underground, 1967) + THE BLUES MAGOOS: I’ll Go Crazy (< Psychedelic Lollipop) *** WORD : THE MURDER OF MARTIN LUTHER KING:  SCAFFOLD: 10:15 Thursday Morning + CHAMPION JACK DUPREE: Death of Martin Luther King (1968) + MARTIN LUTHER KING: Excerpt of ‘Mountain Top Speech’, last speech given 03 April 1968 at the eve of his assassination

4 BLUESIDE (repeated)
SPECIAL: JOHN LEE HOOKER TRIBUTE: FROM CLARKSDALE TO HEAVEN  
STARTER: WILSON PICKETT: Don’t Fight It *** THE ORIGINATORS  & INSPIRATORS : IRMA THOMAS: Sit Down and Cry (< The Way I Feel,  1988, thanks to Airplay Direct) + PERCY SLEDGE: Bring It On Home (live, thanks to Airplay Direct) *** SPECIAL JOHN LEE HOOKER TRIBUTE: cd “FROM CLARKSDALE TO HEAVEN. Remembering John Lee Hooker”:  JOHN LEE HOOKER with Booker T & Randy California, JEFF BECK & The Kingston Choir, MICK TAYLOR with Max Middleton, GARY BROOKER and ANDY FAIRWEATHER-LOW, GARY MOORE and JACK BRUCE, T.S. McPHEE, CLEM CLEMSON, DICK HECKSTALL-SMITH *** WORD Otis Spann pays tribute to Martin Luther King, assassinated 4 April 1968 + SLY & THE FAMILY STONE: Don’t Burn Baby (reply to ‘Burn, Baby, Burn’ ,  LP ‘Dance to the Music’, 1968

ACHTERGRONDINFORMATIE ** BACKGROUND

NINA SIMONE: HIGH PRIESTESS OF SOUL

Simone “(…)  But the Alabama church bombing and the murder of Medgar Evers stopped that argument and with ‘Mississippi Goddam,’ I realized there was no turning back.”
Nina was deeply affected by these two events. In 1962, she had befriended noted playwright Lorraine Hansberry and spoke often with her about the Civil Rights Movement. While she was moved by her conversations with Hansberry, it took the killing of Medgar Evers and the four girls in Birmingham to act as catalysts for a transformation of Nina’s career. Source: www.ninasimone.com/bio

“Classic work from Nina Simone – and an album that definitely lives up to its title! Nina Simone certainly emerged as the high priestess of soul during her monumental stretch for Philips Records in the 60s – as she moved way past jazz, way past some of the folk she’d begun tapping into, and into this new righteous territory that paved the way for countless other hip singers to come! Simone does a great job of mixing gutbuckety roots with hipper, 60s soul inflections – and the set’s a treasure trove of great tunes – including her awesome reading of “Work Song”, plus “Brown Eyed Handsome Man”, “Come Ye”, “I Hold No Grudge”, “I’m Going Back Home”, “I’m Gonna Leave You”, “Take Me To The Water”, and “The Gal From Joe’s”.  SOURCE: © 1996-2017, Dusty Groove, Inc.  Disclaimer: Citation used for informative purposes only. Radio 68 is a non-commercial and not for profit internet radio station.

THE SMALL FACES: 1967 LP on Immediate

In the USA released as “There Are But 4 Small Faces, with a largely different track-listing. “Acoustic guitars were now as much a part of the colors used as electric and greater use of harmonies took a key spot in the prodeedings. Other studio effects, such as the phasing used on ‘Itchycoo Park,’ only added to the brew already stewing. Tracks like ‘Green Circles,’ ‘Become Like You,’ and ‘Get Yourself Together’ rank among the band’s finest efforts. They were able to retain the R&B/soul influences of their early sound, but mix it up with the more cerebral (pronounced, “stoned”) vibe that the new direction was drenched in”. Source:
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/small-faces-1967-self-titled-lp-turns-45-years-old/?trackback=tsmclip

BRITISH INVASION ALL-STARS

“The British Invasion All-Stars are a 21st century band with a ’60s sound, which isn’t surprising because all of its members are veteran rockers who belonged to various ’60s bands (some more prominent than others). (…) ormed in 2001, the British Invasion All-Stars boasts former-Yardbird Jim McCarty on drums and lead vocals, ex-Procol Harum member Matthew Fisher on electric Hammond organ, and Eddie Phillips (formerly of the Creation) on lead guitar. The three other members are Ray Phillips, of the Nashville Teens fame, on lead vocals, and two ex-members of the Downliners Sect: rhythm guitarist Don Craine and bassist Keith Grand (who contributes background vocals and shares the lead vocals with Phillips and McCarty). The British Invasion All-Stars’ self-titled debut album, which was released on the independent Mooreland Street label in 2002, shows no awareness of the alternative rock sounds of the early 2000s; the band is totally unaffected by any of the punk, new wave, post-punk, pop-metal, or alternative rock that came after the ’60s. From covers of well-known songs by the Yardbirds (“Shapes of Things”) and the Who (“Shakin’ All Over”), to new material, everything on the British Invasion All-Stars’ first album is unapologetically ’60s-minded. The CD boasts several guest musicians who have strong ’60s credentials, including bassist Noel Redding (who was one-third of the Jimi Hendrix Experience) and two ex-members of the Pretty Things: Dick Taylor and Phil May”.
Quoted from / all Rights Reserved: Alex Henderson on allmusic.com

JOHN LEE HOOKER: FROM CLARKSDALE TO HEAVEN
“John Lee Hooker passed away June 21, 2001, depriving the blues world of yet another pivotal artist whose influence will persist throughout the 21st century. From Clarksdale to Heaven, a tribute to Hooker, features 13 tracks—12 written by Hooker and one (“May the Circle Be Unbroken) arranged by him—plus an unreleased Hooker number, “Red House,” which he cut in 1989 as a tribute to Jimi Hendrix. Artists who contributed to Clarksdale include Jack Bruce, Jeff Beck, Andy Fairweather-Low, Mick Taylor, Peter Green/Splinter Group, and Hooker’s daughter, Zakiya. Particularly deep performances are delivered by Beck (“Hobo Blues”); Green (“Crawling King Snake”); Zakiya Hooker (“I Want to Hug You”); and Vince Converse, Leo Lyons, and Ric Lee (“Bad Like Jesse James”). This is a righteous tribute to a rare bluesman.”
Quoted from / All Rights Reserved: PVV https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/73530/from-clarksdale-to-heaven-remembering-john-lee-hooker

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