RADIO BROADCAST #885

03-20–26

Fanatic. I would like to note the passing of Tim Harrison, a man I knew for decades. He drove the bus on many tours I did all over North America. I got the word he was in hospice several hours down the road from me. As I was heading to him, he slipped away. We had a lot of laughs and some great times out there.

I’m doing my best to catch up on listening. Quite often I’ll get a record as soon as it comes out, but it will take me a while to actually listen to it. There are a lot of records here, waiting to hit the turntable. There is an amazing musician, a multi instrumentalist, whose records I get just because his name is on them. He never lets me down. His name is Oren Ambarchi. Late last year, I got a record of his that at the time, had just come out called Dragon’s Return. I finally got it listened to a couple of nights ago. It’s really good. Mr. Ambarchi is quite prolific and seems to always be onto the next thing. He can be hard to keep up with sometimes. You can go to Bandcamp and check out what he’s been getting up to. https://orenambarchi.bandcamp. com/album/dragons-return

The new Continuals album Never Sleep comes out today. This is a great record and I’m so glad the band was able to turn it around for release so quickly. You might remember we listened to their previous self-titled album quite a bit. We have a track from that record early in tonight’s show. Continuals features, Ryan Nelson, who you might remember from the cool band Soccer Team. Fellow soccer teammate, Melissa Quinley, features prominently on Never Sleep. They work so well together. It’s great to hear them again. In my opinion, Fanatic, this is excellent warm-to-hot weather listening. We will start in on it next week. https://continualsdc.bandcamp. com/album/never-sleep

You might remember last week, I told you about a test pressing that Larry and Ian had listened to, that I had not yet heard. A few days ago, I listened to it, and as Ian and Larry testified, it sounds great. We put the order in and as soon as we have records back, we will let you know. On even more cool things that we can’t tell you much about yet, a few days ago, I mastered a record with Pete Lyman at Infrasonic Sound. The results were incredible. He is a truly amazing engineer. We just finished the liner notes and the sticker for the cover. All that wrapped earlier today. I’m waiting for Larry to give me the command and Pete will get the lacquers cut. I will, of course, be in attendance to do real time Fanatic documentation. In my decades as an amateur music hyper-fan, this particular project eclipses anything I’ve ever been involved with. We can’t wait for you to hear this one.

There’s a new release by that cool band Optic Sink. The Bandcamp page says there were only 80 pressed. I haven’t heard anything but the one track you get on the pre-order. You can check it out here. https://opticsink.bandcamp. com/album/relentless- metamorphosis

The new Damaged Bug album, Zuzax, is out today. We have a track from it on the show tonight. https://damagedbug.bandcamp. com/album/zuzax

We have, for you tonight, Fanatic, a “veritable cornucopia” of tunes that will hopefully gratify your Epicurean palette of music appreciation. We aim to please. Have a great night of listening, and a tremendous, music-filled weekend. When in doubt, put a record on and no matter what, stay Fanatic.

–– Henry

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Hour 1

01. Rites Of Spring - Hain's Point / Rites Of Spring

02. Continuals - Flying Cross / Continuals

03. David Bowie - Suffragette City / Ziggy Stardust

04. Damaged Bug - Hoak / Zuzax

05. The Carpettes - How About Me And You / Small Wonder : Vol. 2-Punk Singles Collection

06. Subsonics - I'm a Blur / Subsonics

07. Heather the Jerk - Said What I Said / Scroll If You Love Devil

08. Shop Talk - Mirage Of Love / Shop Talk

09. Roky Erickson - I Have Always Been Here Before / Gremlins Have Pictures

10. Ryan Reidy - The Scrubbed Summer of Love / Fringe Body Parts

11. Minutemen - '99 / What Makes A Man Start Fires?

12. Mosquito Ego - Glomb IV / Glomb

13. UK Subs - Party In Paris / Diminished Responsibility

14. Station Model Violence - Leisure / Station Model Violence

15. The Fall - Popcorn Double Feature / Extricate

16. Quix*O*Tic - Make All The Ghoul Girls Cry / NIght For Day

17. Deerhoof - Basket Ball Get Your Groove Back / Offend Maggie

18. Black Beach - Dream Shake / Mail Thief

19. Les Tambours De Brazza – Ahaando / Ahaando Le Griot Rap Compte!

Hour 2

01. Slayer - Stain Of Mind / Diabolus in Musica

02. Misfits - Lullaby (1977 rehearsal) / Manny Martinez Tapes 1977

03. Public Enemy – Rightstarter / Yo! Bum Rush The Show

04. Added Dimensions - What's The Hurry / Added Dimensions

05. Artificial Go – Aphrodisiac / Hopscotch Fever

06. Pere Ubu - Free White / Lady From Shanghai

07. Frank Thayer - Long Grey Highway / El Paso Rock Vol. 05: The Troubled Streets - Border Town Rock N' Roll 1958-64

08. The Cramps - Red Headed Woman (feat. Jimmie Dickinson) / Off Air

09. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Taste The Floor / The Complete John Peel Sessions

10. Host Family – Dromedary / Extended Play

11. Nick Cave & Gallon Drunk - The Big Hurt / Mojo - Original Soundtrack

12. Mod Vigil - Free Range / Mod Vigil

13. Snooper - Pom Pom / Worldwide Demos

14. The Searchers - Popcorn Double Feature / Hearts In Their Eyes

15. Monty Python - Wonderful World Of Sound / Monty Python's Previous Record

16. The Saints - Know Your Product / Eternally Yours

17. Tom Waits - Goin' Out West / Bone Machine

18. Einstürzende Neubauten - Neun Arme / Drawings Of O.T.

19. King Crimson - Sleepless Bob Clearmountain Mix) / Three Of A Perfect Pair