Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins: KCRW Broadcast #889
A mix of all kinds, from all over and all time.
A mix of all kinds, from all over and all time.
RADIO BROADCAST #889
04-17–26
0947 hrs. Fanatic! The power has been out in my neighborhood for about 14 hours. One day, probably not soon enough for my liking, my town will master this whole electricity in a storm thing. As it is now, I’m communicating unplugged, as it were, and will have to find some way to send this out to you. In less than 90 minutes, I will be in the studio for a mastering session. Hopefully, I can utilize their Internet connection. My strategy will be to get to the studio early, hopefully get online and complete these notes with Internet access. More soon.
1030 hrs. At the studio. My neighbor texted me and said a powerline had come down at the bottom of the street. As I drove by, I saw multiple trucks and men working away. Hopefully, the power will be back on soon.
I hope you have a long list of vinyl interests for tomorrow’s RSD. I’ve only been through the list once but will check it again if I can get online. There’s a multi LP Coltrane set from 1965 being offered. Just my opinion—not a second of any live Coltrane performance should be missed, but 1965 was an incredible year for Coltrane. I believe I picked up bootleg CDs of the 1965 Paris radio broadcasts in France at the beginning of 1992. I think that was the tour where Elvin Jones did his last shows with the Quartet. Live versions of A Love Supreme tracks! I hope I find a copy of this one.
https://recordstoreday.com/ SpecialRelease/20156
This 1974 live King Crimson album seems like it would be worth checking out.
https://recordstoreday.com/ SpecialRelease/20213
I have a lot of bootlegs from that tour. This show can also be found on the exhaustive Road To Red box set. https://www.discogs.com/ master/628354-King-Crimson- The-Road-To-Red
21 CDs! I did it, one CD a day, in 2023. Totally worth it.
1749 hrs. Back from the studio. An amazing day of work. I can’t wait for you to hear this one. The men in the trucks working on the powerlines have been replaced by other men and other trucks, removing the tree that fell on the powerlines. Electricity is back.
We have a tremendous gathering of tunes for you, which we hope you will enjoy. Have a great weekend and STAY FANATIC!!!
–– Henry
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Hour 1
01. Pink Fairies - Do It / Never Never Land
02. The Ruts - Staring At The Rude Boys / Grin & Bear It - Ruts Box
03. MC5 - Call Me Animal / Back In The USA
04. Continuals - Battered To Bits / Never Sleep
05. Unrest - So Sick / Perfect Teeth
06. Heather The Jerk - I'm On My Way / Scroll If You Love Devil
07. De La Soul - Plug Tunin / 3 Feet High And Rising
07. Generation X - Ready Steady Go / Generation X
08. Added Dimensions - Device / Added Dimensions
09. Ty Segall - 20th Century Boy / Ty Rex
10. Minutemen - Joe McCarthy Ghost / Paranoid Time
11. Damaged Bug - Fried Hands / Zuzax
12. Raymond Scott - County Fair / Manhattan Research, Inc.
13. The Nation Of Ulysses! - You're My Miss Washington, D.C. / 13-Point Program to Destroy America
14. Minor Threat - Good Guys / Complete Discography
15. The Fall - Totally Wired / Early Singles
16. Birthday Party - The Dim Locator / Junkyard
17. Black Tambourine - We Can't Be Friends / New Comp.
18. SUNN O))) - Glory Black / Sunn O)))
Hour 2
01. Otoboke Beaver - Hey, Where's the Thank You / Is The New Album Out Yet?
02. Dion Lunadon - I Walk Away / Systems Edge
03. Satanic Togas - Panic Room / X-Ray Vision LP
04. Hannah Lew - Damaged Melody / Hannah Lew
05. Zipper – Hiko / new
06. The Damned - Drinking About My Baby / The Black Album
07. The Buckinghams - Don't Want To Cry / Kind of a Drag
08. The Cramps - Human Fly / 11-10-78 NYC Max's Kansas City
09. Liquid Cross - Outside / Don't Think EP
10. Spaceships - In The Sun 7" mix / Spaceships 7"
11. Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers - Born To Lose (Essex Studio 1977) / L.A.M.F. Definitive Edition
12. Snooper - Blockhead / Worldwide Demos
13. Solid Space - Please Don't Fade Away / Space Museum
14. Vague Rituals - Closer / Vague Rituals
15. Rāde - Sinister Mission / Rāde
16. 2m8o - Discount Calendar / Popcorn Ceilings
17. Devo - Turn Around / Freedom Of Choice
18. Activity - Heavy Breathing / A Thousand Years In Another Way
19. Shop Talk - Peddlers of Hope / Shop Talk
20. Bunny Girls - Why That Person? / Beautiful Rivers And Mountains: The Psychedelic Rock Sound Of South Korea's Shin Joong Hyun 1958-1974
21. Girl Trouble - Make It Mine / As Is
22. Eric Dolphy - Out There / Out There
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