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The Big Takeover Show – Number 550 – August 4, 2025

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DJ Jack Rabid (song: The Beatles “Mean Mr. Mustard”)
Bo Diddley – I Can Tell (single) 1962; Samuel Smith song
Roach Squad – I Wonder (Roach Squad) new; Frankie N. W. Stubbs lead vocal
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry – Strange Kind of Paradise (Strange Kind of Paradise) brand new
Paul Collins – Hang on To Yourself (various, Jem Records Celebrates David Bowie) brand new; David Bowie cover
Real Estate – Paper Dolls (b-side “Had to Hear”) 2014; The Nerves cover
No Joy – My Crud Princess (Bugland) brand new
Jeffrey Runnings – Demolition Blast (Piqued) brand new; R.I.P. Jeffrey Runnings (1963-2025), age 61
The Beatles – I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry Over You (live) (Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany, 1962); Joe Thomas/Howard Biggs (Roy Hamilton original) cover
DJ Jack Rabid
Special Set: Five Bands That Played Montana This Week:
Sea Lemon – Stay (Diving For a Prize) new
Death Cab For Cutie – What Sarah Said (Plans) 2005
Easy Action – Worse For You (Friends of Rock N’ Roll) 2005
Snail Mail – Valentine (Valentine) 2021
Dinosaur Jr. – Forget the Swan (Dinosaur Jr.) 1985
Dave Robinson – Chant to Jah / Dub (single) 1974
Jim Reeves – There’s a Heartache Following Me (Good n Country, single) 1963; Ray Baker song.
DJ Jack Rabid
Tom Lehrer – We Will All Go Together When We Go (live) (An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer) 1959 (recorded: Sanders Theater, Harvard, Cambridge, MA, March 20–21, 1959); R.I.P. Tom Lehrer (1928-2025), age 97
Keep – Decoy (single, Almost Static) brand new
Girl Tones – Blame (single) new
Turnsole – Silent Movie (Reticent) brand new
The Beths – Mother, Pray For Me (Straight Line Was a Lie) brand new
Johnny Mandel – The Sandpiper Opening Credits and Music (including “Shadow of Your Smile”) (The Sandpiper soundtrack) 1965
Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs – Monkey See, Monkey Do (When the Boys Meet the Girls Soundtrack) 1965
DJ Jack Rabid
Special Set: 1978-1980 BBC John Peel Sessions Recordings of U.K. Post-punk, Part III:
XTC – (Andy Partridge Impersonates/Lampoons John Peel) (BBC Session) John Peel Session, recorded October 8, 1979
XTC (John Peel intro) – Real by Reel (BBC Session) John Peel Session, recorded October 8, 1979
Adam & the Ants – Ligotage (BBC Session) John Peel Session, recorded March 26, 1979
Simple Minds – Changeling (BBC Session) John Peel Session, recorded December 19, 1979
Wah! Heat – Somesay (BBC Session) John Peel Session, recorded May 19, 1980
U.K. Decay – Sexual (BBC Session) John Peel Session, recorded April 22, 1980
The Fall – Futures and Pasts (BBC Session) John Peel Session, recorded May 30, 1978
Joe Jackson – Got the Time (BBC Session) John Peel Session, recorded February 21, 1979
DJ Jack Rabid
Dave Edmunds – A Shot of Rhythm and Blues (Stardust soundtrack; Subtle as a Flying Mallet) 1974; Arthur Alexander cover. (Get well soon, Edmunds, who’s in intensive care in hospital after a major cardiac arrest.)

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