Top Best Great of 2008, Part 1: The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T

Listener comments!

3:21pm Topkat:

Hey Terre, thanks for a great year of top notch radio fun.All the best to you and yours in the coming year.
Did you ever "re" locate the Mystaken (band from Au.) cd's I sent your way a while back?

3:28pm Mark Watkins:

Happy New Year Terre! from ye olde England, Mark

3:37pm frenchee:

Hi Terre T, hi Mike Sinformational Note,
You sound fabulous together: Rock-n-roll stand-up.

3:37pm ken in denver:

Hi Terre,

Downer Rock Genocide? And happy holidays to all!

Actually, Psychotic Reaction is one of the few touchstones I'm still not sick of. Nice to hear the other version!

4:08pm Joe R:

Hi Terre-
Bring back Mimi! I remember that show of a couple years back and it was terrific. The two of you clicked and the music was great.

4:11pm C.J.:

fuggetaboutit

4:12pm Stu R:

I'm enjoying a 16 oz. can of Colt 45 courtesy of Mike Sin.

4:14pm the Illuminated Void:

tim from phillly.

4:15pm Joe R:

I think a fairy cake is a Brit term for a cupcake.

4:16pm tombom:

yeah, that's basically what it is. and i was bought up to always call them fairy lights :i

4:18pm frenchee:

are fairy lights the same as bubble lights? Move those fairy cakes a little faster, sweetcheeks!

4:19pm the Illuminated Void:

i have seen faires

5:30pm whiskered lady:

what year was the shea concert?

5:36pm Joe Bummer:

Shea was 1982, opening for the who

5:44pm Glenn L:

The Who's 1982 "Farewell" tour.
Both The Clash and Shea Stadium are now
gone, yet The Who are still around.
...funny how those things happen.

5:58pm whiskered lady:

to say that the who are still around today, no less then is sketchy at best considering their drummer had already been dead for 4 years. but i would still have paid to see them at that point in time.

6:00pm Joe Steele:

The Who that I would have paid to see ceased to be in 1978.

6:00pm Topkat:

Terre, I'm with ya on the 'Mats reissues...me being from Mlps.

6:02pm Topkat:

...MPLS that is

6:25am matteo:

great, thank happy new year terre

9:25am Jim Nash:

Get Down by Half-Life was recorded before Black Sabbath wrote Paranoid. For more info see halflifeband.com.

Note: The music bed between sets is the william orbit remix of pierre henry's "psyche rock" taken from the 1997 album metamorphose -- messe pour le temps present featuring the music of pierre henry and michel colombier (FFRR/polygram 4562942). The last column may have tons or NO info depending on how reliable my notes are. (I write up the set list as I play it)
Artist	Title	Album, Label, Format, Year, Notes	Approx. start time
THE MOVE	Cherry Blossom Clinic Revisited	Shazam. Repertoire. CD. (1998) originally 1970	0:00:00 Pop-up)
THE COUNT FIVE	Declaration of Independance	Psychotic Reaction: The Complete Count Five. Performance. CD. (1994) originally from 1967 single. Sean Byrne R.I.P.	0:07:38 Pop-up)
THE COUNT FIVE	Merry Go Round	Psychotic Reaction: The Complete Count Five. Performance. CD. (1994) originally 1967 single	0:09:43 Pop-up)
THE COUNT FIVE	Double Decker Bus	Psychotic Reaction: The Complete Count Five. Performance. CD. (1994) originally 1966	0:12:03 Pop-up)
THE COUNT FIVE	Teeny Bopper, Teeny Bopper	Psychotic Revelations. Big Beat. CD. (2003) originally 1967 single	0:14:12 Pop-up)
THE COUNT FIVE	Psychotic Reaction	Pyschotic Revelations. Big Beat. CD. (2003) unreleased unedited version! note that strange ending!	0:16:25 Pop-up)

Top Best Great Compilations of 2008
IRON CLAW	Lightning	VA: Downer-Rock Genocide. Audio Archive. CD. (2000) originally 1971	0:28:09 Pop-up)
THE INSOMNIACS	i wanna feel something now	va: vindicated! a tribute to the fleshtones. Dirty Water. CD. (2007) originally cut by Fleshtones -- off their "More Than Skin Deep" LP (1998)	0:31:43 Pop-up)
MIKE QUINN & THE BREADCRUMBS	Fairy Cakes for Tea	VA: Fairy Cakes For Tea: Fairy Tales Can Come True Vol. 2. Psychic Circle. CD. (2008) originally 1968. Group was formerly Sean Buckley and the Breadcrumbs	0:34:29 Pop-up)
HALF-LIFE	Get Down	va: a-square (of course): the story of Michigan's legendary A-Square Records. Big Beat. CD. (2008) from 1970, but unreleased at the time. Note the slight variation of the Black Sabbath "Paranoid" riff in full use.	0:36:49 Pop-up)
BETTY LAVETTE	What Condition My Condition Is In	VA: Trikont 33 Eindrittel. Indigo. CD. (2008)	0:39:27 Pop-up)
DIZZY JONES	I Don't Care	VA: The Godfather's R&B: James Brown Productions 1962-1967. BGP. CD. (2008) originally 1965.	0:41:28 Pop-up)
JAMES TAMLIN	Is There Time	VA: Breaking Point: 20 Hard-Edged Beat Diamonds. Psychic Circle. CD. (2008) from 1965 on Columbia.	0:43:58 Pop-up)
CONTACT	Someone Like You	VA: messthetics #106 comp. the manchester musicians collective 1977-1982. Hyped2Death. CD. (2008) from 1979	0:46:33 Pop-up)
THE MONOCHROME SET	Eine Symphonie Des Grauens	va: pillows & prayers: cherry red rarities, 1981-84. Cherry Red. Boxed set. (2008) From disc 1 of the 4-CD box set.	0:49:13 Pop-up)
THE SHAGGS	Don't Press Your Luck	Don't Press Your Luck: The In Sound of 60s Connecticut. Sundazed. CD. (2008) from 1966.	0:51:33 Pop-up)
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY	Don't Send Me No Flowers	VA: Lost Souls: Garage & Psychedelic Rock 'n' Roll from Arkansas 1965-1971. Psych of South. CD. (2007) better known by The Breakers	0:53:27 Pop-up)
GUY SKORNIK	Des Arbres de Fer	VA: Wizzz! Vol 2- Psychorama Francais 1966-70. Born Bad. CD. (2008)	0:55:34 Pop-up)

FIRE AND ICE	Music Man	va: Le beat bespoke 3. Circle. (2008)	1:14:42 Pop-up)
TOURS	language school	VA: Perfect Unpop: Peel Show Hits and Long-Lost Lo-Fi Favourites Vol.1 - 1976-1980. Cherry Red. CD. (2008)	1:17:11 Pop-up)
VIBRATORS	Whips and Furs	VA: Perfect Unpop: Peel Show Hits and Long-Lost Lo-Fi Favourites Vol.1 - 1976-1980. Cherry Red Records. CD. (2008)	1:19:27 Pop-up)
CARGOE	Feel Alright	va: thank you friends: the ardent records story. Big Beat. CD. (2008) from 1972	1:21:28 Pop-up)
THE GOLDEN DAWN	My Time	VA: Never Ever Land: 83 Texan Nuggets from International Artists Records 1965-70. Charly. Boxed set. (2008) from the 1967 LP "Power Plant".	1:24:07 Pop-up)
THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS	60-second radio spot	VA: Never Ever Land: 83 Texan Nuggets from International Artists Records 1965-70. Charly. Boxed set. (2008) spot for 1968's "Bull of the Woods" LP	1:28:28 Pop-up)

Top Best Great Reissues and Collections of 2008
PIPER	Drop By and Stay	Piper / Can't Wait. American Beat. CD. (2008) The two LPs on one CD. Billy Squier's first "known" band.	1:44:59 Pop-up)
THE MOHAWKS	The Champ	The Champ!. Vampisoul. CD. (2008) from 1968	1:48:13 Pop-up)
THE VICTIMS	What I Want	Real Wild Child. Golden Disc. CD. (2008) from 1979.	1:50:40 Pop-up)
BLITZ	We Are the Boys	Voice of A Generation. Anagram. CD. (2008) from 1982	1:52:37 Pop-up)
JAY REATARD	Feeling Blank Again	Singles 06-07. In The Red. CD. (2008)	1:54:55 Pop-up)
PERFORMING FERRETS	Howler Monkey	No One Told Us ('78-82). Hyped 2 Death. CD. (2008)	1:56:23 Pop-up)
DEEP WOUND	lou's anxiety song	Almost Complete. Baked Goods. CD. (2007) pre-Dinosaur Jr. Lou Barlow and Jay Mascis	1:58:54 Pop-up)
THE FRIGGS	Cheatin' Song	Today Is Tomorrow's Yesterday (Singles and Unreleased Songs). Apex East. CD. (2008) unreleased demo from 1992.	2:00:29 Pop-up)
BLUE ASH	Dusty Old Fairgrounds	No More No Less. Collectors' Choice. CD. (2008) from 1973.	2:03:40 Pop-up)
THE DETROIT COBRAS	Slum Lord	The Original Recordings / Singles and Unreleased 1995-1997. Munster. CD. (2008)	2:05:59 Pop-up)
CLINIC	Magic Boots	Funf. Domino. CD. (2008)	2:08:13 Pop-up)
THE CLASH	Career Opportunities	Live at Shea Stadium. Epic. CD. (2008) from October 1982	2:09:50 Pop-up)
THE CHANTS R&B	I Want Her	Chants R & B. Norton. Vinyl. (2008) from New Zealand, 1966. Side 1 features studio cuts; Side 2 is live.	2:11:54 Pop-up)
ERIC BURDON & THE ANIMALS	San Franciscan Nights	Winds of Change. Rev-Ola. CD. (2008) from 1967 -- the single mix.	2:15:46 Pop-up)

THE BAGS	we will bury you	all bagged up: the collected works 1977-80. Artifix. Vinyl. (2008)	2:31:32 Pop-up)
THE NERVES	Paper Dolls	one way ticket. Alive. CD. (2008) from 1977, featuring Peter Case (later of the Plimsouls) and Paul Collins (later of the Paul Collins' Beat).	2:33:30 Pop-up)
BIG DIPPER	Faith Healer	SuperCluster: the Big Dipper Anthology. merge. Boxed set. (2008) 3-CD set -- "Boo-Boo / Heavens", "Craps", and "Very Loud Array" (a collection of unreleased tracks). This cut is from "Boo-Boo".	2:35:48 Pop-up)
BIG DIPPER	Edith	SuperCluster: the Big Dipper Anthology. merge. CD. (2008) from "Very Loud Array" -- the third CD of the 3-CD set	2:39:03 Pop-up)
MUDHONEY	Touch Me I'm Sick	Superfuzz Bigmuff Deluxe Edition. Sub Pop. CD. (2008) Disc 1 is original LP with bonus tracks. Disc 2 is live in Berlin and on KCSB in California	2:42:16 Pop-up)

THE REPLACEMENTS	Stuck in the Middle	Stink. rhino. CD. (2008) original LP reissued/remastered plus bonus tracks	2:53:42 Pop-up)
THE REPLACEMENTS	Dont Turn Me Down	Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash. rhino. CD. (2008) unreleased demo version! Reissued/remastered with tons of bonus tracks!	2:55:31 Pop-up)

Top Best Great Compilations of 2008

Top Best Great Reissues and Collections of 2008

Listener comments!