The Big Takeover Show – Number 465 – December 18, 2023

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DJ Jack Rabid
Shirley Ellis – Soul Time (single, Sugar Let’s Shing-a-Ling) 1967
Seablite – Blink Each Day (Lemon Lights) new
Skymender – Symbols (If and Only) new
Alvvays – Very Online Guy (live) (NPR Tiny Desk Concert) new
Killing Joke – Corporate Effect (single, MMXII) 2012; R.I.P. guitarist Geordie Walker (1958-2023), age 64
J. Robbins – Exquisite Corpse (Basilisk) brand new
The Moody Blues – Steal Your Heart Away (single) 1964; R.I.P. Denny Laine (1944-2023), age 79
DJ Jack Rabid
Ray Price – Heart Over Mind (single) 1961; Mel Tillis song
Sleater-Kinney – Say It Like You Mean It (live) (Jimmy Kimmel Live TV Show, December 13, 2023) new
Latchkey (with Gene Parsons) – Lay Me Down (Left to Our Own Devices) brand new
J Mascis – Can’t Believe We’re Here (What Do We Do Now) brand new
Softcult – Heaven (single) brand new
Neil Young – I’m the Ocean (acoustic) (Before and After) brand new
Ray Charles – Santa Claus is Coming to Town (The Spirit of Christmas) 1985; Coots & Gillespie song
DJ Jack Rabid
Four Bands Interviewed in Big Takeover Issue 93 (And Another Related):
Mojo Men – Sit Down I Think I Love You (single) 1967 #36; Buffalo Springfield cover, arranged by Van Dyke Parks; for Lenny Kaye feature on Nuggets
Ivy – You Don’t Know Anything (demo) (Apartment Life Demos); 1997; released now
Plush Machine – Checking In (Hit Me) brand new; ex-Libertines U.S.
Emma Anderson – Bend the Round (Pearlies) brand new
The Armoires – Music & Animals (single) brand new; for Big Stir Records feature)
Bernie Cummins & His Orchestra (Walter Cummins vocal) – I Told Santa Claus to Bring Me You (single) 1930
Frankie Carle & His Orchestra (Marjorie Hills vocal) – Little Jack Frost Get Lost (single) 1949; Ellis/Stillman song
DJ Jack Rabid/DJ Jim Santo
Jim Santo Guest DJ Set: Jim’s Tribute to 1980, Part 1 of 2!
Young Marble Giants – Music For Evenings (Colossal Youth) 1980
The Monochrome Set – Love Goes Down The Drain (Strange Boutique) 1980
XTC – Love at First Sight (Black Sea) 1980
Pylon – Feast On My Heart (Gyrate) 1980
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band – Run Paint Run Run (Doc At The Radar Station) 1980
The Feelies – Everybody’s Got Something To Hide (Except Me And My Monkey) (Crazy Rhythms) 1980; Beatles cover
The Jim Carroll Band – Wicked Gravity (Catholic Boy) 1980
The Jam – That’s Entertainment (Sound Affects) 1980
DJ Jim Santo/DJ Jack Rabid
Doris Day with Male Quartet – Ol’ Saint Nicholas (b-side “Here Comes Santa Claus”) 1949; James and Pepper song

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