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In this episode, we are pleased to welcome back Darryl Bullock as we look into the world of Beatles covers. Some are great, some are bad and some are most definitely ugly. 

• Intro – Robert Lafond & Michael Laverdiere
• Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band – Bill Cosby
• Il (Help) – Mme St. Onge
• With A Little Help From My Friends – Joe Cocker
• Hey Jude – Tiny Tim & Brave Combo
• Maxwell’s Silver Hammer – Steve Martin
• Here, There & Everywhere – Emmylou Harris
• I’m Happy Just To Dance With You – The Cyrkle
• When I’m Sixty-Four – Keith Moon
• Dear Prudence – Siouxie & The Banshees
• Michelle – Xaviera Hollander
• Day Tripper – Beatle Barkers
• Strawberry Fields Forever – Colin’s Hermits
• Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds – William Shatner
• Yellow Submarine – Mrs’ Miller
• Ticket To Ride – Cathy Berberian
• Wild Honey Pie – The Pixies
• The Long & Winding Road – Will Young & Gareth Gates
• Let It Be – Paul Frees
• Good Night – Sarabeth Tucek

For our second anniversary show, we delve deeper into the archives than ever before to bring you songs by major artists that have had limited re-releases or escaped the re-issue radar for one reason or another.  

• Let’s Dance The Screw – The Crystals
• I Am The Walrus (US Rarities LP Version) – The Beatles
• Want A Danish – Van Morrison
• Bobbie’s Gone – Emmylou Harris
• Schoolboy Blues (AKA Cocksucker Blues) – The Rolling Stones
• Holy Holy (Original Single Version) – David Bowie
• Won’t Get Fooled Again (7” Version) – The Who
• Tree Trunk – The Doors
• Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad (Live 7” Version) – Derek and the Dominos
• Pictures In The Sand – The Kinks
• A Love Like Yours (Don’t Come Knocking Every Day) – Nilsson & Cher
• Pigs On The Wing (Parts 1 & 2) – Pink Floyd
• Sultans Of Swing (7” Version) – Dire Straits
• I Just Wanna Be With You – Mark Everette
• Don’t Stand So Close To Me (Live) – The Police
• The Big Picture – Y Kant Tori Read

In this episode, The Squire ventures out from Squire Towers to talk to British guitar great Micky Moody about his music as well as the artists who inspired him. 

• Somewhere Down The Line – Tramline
• The Promised Land – Juicy Lucy
• Goodbye USA – Snafu
• Chicago Blue – Young & Moody
• Fool For Your Loving – Whitesnake
• Slide It In – Whitesnake
• Get Off My Back – Micky Moody
• Promised Land – Chuck Berry
• Man Of Mystery – The Shadows
• (Dance With The) Guitar Man – Duane Eddy
• I Ain’t Got You – The Yardbirds
• Goin’ Down Slow – Howlin’ Holf
• Shapes Of Things – The Yardbirds
• Women Of Mine – Blue Thunder
• Red Beans & Rice – Jimmy Copley & Friends
• Babylon Sisters – Steely Dan
• Beck’s Bolero – Jeff Beck

In the second of two episodes, we continue with our in-depth look at the Beatle owned Apple Records label.

• Mother (Single Edit) – John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band
• Another Day – Paul McCartney
• Bangla Desh – George Harrison
• Coochy-Coochy – Ringo Starr
• Tandoori Chicken – Ronnie Spector
• Joi Bangla – Ravi Shankar
• God Save Us – Bill Elliott & The Electric Oz Band
• Joseijoi Banzai – Yoko Ono
• Madness – Elephant’s Memory
• The Hippie From New York City – David Peel & The Lower East Side
• El Inierno De Los Angeles Prostitutos – Ajejando Jodorowsky
• Cometogether – Stelvio Cirpriani
• Daybreak – Harry Nilsson
• We’re On Our Way – Chris Hodge
• Sweet Music – Lou & Derek van Eaton
• Saturday Nite Special – The Sundown Players
• Apple Of My Eye – Badfinger

In the first of two episodes, we take an in-depth look at the Beatle owned Apple Records label.

• Revolution – The Beatles (Mono Single Mix)
• Turn, Turn, Turn (For Everything There Is A Season) – Mary Hopkin
• Sour Milk Sea – Jackie Lomax (Mono Single Mix)
• Thingimybob – The Black Dyke Mills Band
• The Lady Is A Champ – Frank Sinatra
• Maybe Tomorrow – The Iveys
• Something In The Way She Moves – James Taylor
• Three Little Feelings – Modern Jazz Quartet
• Nobody Knows – Brute Force
• No Bed For Beatle John/Under The Mersey Wall – John Lennon & Yoko Ono/George Harrison
• All That I Got I’m Gonna Give To You – Billy Preston
• Jacob’s Ladder – Doris Troy
• Living Without Tomorrow – Hot Chocolate Band
• Melodrama & Pantomime – John Tavener
• Hare Krishna Mantra – The Radha Krishna Temple

In the second of two episodes, we take another look at some of the sounds of the Indie music scene that were bubbling around in the era before the mid-90’s Britpop explosion.

• Born Of Frustration – James
• Good Morning Britain – Aztec Camera
• Ain’t No Love, Ain’t No Use – Sub Sub (feat. Melanie Williams)
• Far Out & Gone – The Jesus & Mary Chain
• Lenny Valentino – The Auterus
• Sweet Harmony – The Beloved
• Welcome To The Cheap Seats – The Wonder Stuff
• For Love – Lush
• Movin’ On Up – Primal Scream
• Motorcycle Emptiness – Manic Street Preachers
• Alice, What’s The Matter – Terrorvision
• Time For The Rest Of Your Lives – Strangelove
• Lucky You – Lightning Seeds
• Creep – Radiohead
• Babies – Pulp
• So Glad – Thrum
• Creation – Stereo MC’s
• Sing – Blur

In our latest episode, we take a look at songs which all mention the name Jones in their titles. 

• Kassie Jones (Part 1) – Fury Lewis
• Southern Casey Jones – Jesse James
• Along Came Jones – The Coasters
• Mr Jones (Ballad of a Thin Man) – The Grass Roots
• The Heart of Juliet Jones – Gary Bonner
• Miss Amanda Jones – The Rolling Stones
• Miss Jones – The Herd
• Willie & Laura Mae Jones – Tony Joe White
• Mr Jones – Apple
• Councilman Jones – Jimmy Drulett & Music Fair
• John Jones – Rudy Mills
• Nathan Jones – The Supremes
• Me & Mrs Jones – Billy Paul
• Miss Jones – Stretch
• Janie Jones – The Clash
• Mr Jones – Talking Heads
• Crackity Jones – The Pixies
• Mr Jones – Red Chair Fadeaway
• Mr Jones – Counting Crows
• Me & Mr Jones – Amy Winehouse
• Ballad of Mr Jones – Jake Bugg

In this episode, we look at songs that are about sex but from before the sexual revolution. WARNING – this podcast contains words and lyrics that could cause offense (to some).

• Organ Grinder Blues – Clarence Williams
• He Hadn’t Up Till Yesterday – Sophie Tucker
• My Daddy Rocks Me (With One Steady Roll) – Tampa Red’s Hokum Band With Frankie Halfpint Jaxon
• Fish House Blues – Kansas City Kitty & Georgia Tom
• I Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl – Bessie Smith
• Bananas In Your Fruit Basket – Bo Carter
• Wet It (Let The Good Work Go On) – Frankie Halfpint Jaxon & The Harlem Hamfats
• You Put It In, I’ll Take It Out – Papa Charlie Jackson
• You Can’t Tell The Difference After Dark – Alberta Hunter
• Press My Button, Ring My Bell – Lil Johnson & Black Bob
• Shave ‘Em Dry – Lucille Bogan
• Sweet Honey Hole – Blind Boy Fuller
• Don’t Tear My Clothes No.2 –State Street Swingers
• Fishin’ Pole – Tom Archia & His All Stars 
• I Want A Bowlegged Woman – Bull Moose Jackson
• Long John Blues –Dinah Washington
• I Want My Fanny Brown – Wynonie Harris
• Ride Daddy Ride – Fats Noel
• It Ain’t The Meat It’s The Motion – The Swallows
• Poon-Tang! – The Treniers
• The Walkin’ Blues (Walk Right In, Walk Right Out) – Jesse Powell & His Orchestra With Fluffy Hunter 
• Laundromat Blues – The “5” Royals With Charlie ‘Little Jazz’ Ferguson & His Orchestra
• (I Love To Play Your Piano) Let Me Bang Your Box – The Toppers
• Little Girl Sing Ding-a-Ling – David Bartholomew 

In this episode, we take a look at the original versions of songs that are better known for the covers performed  by other people.

• Hound Dog – Big Mama Thornton
• Rock Around The Clock – Sunny Dae & The Knights
• My Boy Lollipop – Barbie Gaye
• Blue Suede Shoes – Carl Perkins
• Tainted Love – Gloria Jones
• Hey Joe, Where You Gonna Go? – The Leaves
• Come To The Sunshine – Van Dyke Parks
• Hush – Billy Joe Royal
• All Along The Watchtower – Bob Dylan
• Everybody’s Talkin’ – Fred Neil
• Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon – Neil Diamond
• Groupie (Superstar) – Delaney & Bonnie & Friends
• Without You – Badfinger
• Bad Side Of The Moon – Elton John
• Help Me Make It Through The Night – Kris Kristofferson
• Oh You Pretty Things – Peter Noone
• Summer Breeze – Seals & Croft
• Forever Autumn – Vigrass & Osborne
• Motorhead – Hawkwind
• Baby, I Love Your Way – Peter Frampton

In this episode, we delve into the BBC archive to bring songs and sessions first broadcast live on the Beeb.

• Johnny B. Goode – The Pink Fairies (In Concert 4th November 1971)
• A Hard Day’s Night – The Beatles (Top Gear 16th July 1964)
• She’s Not There – The Zombies (Saturday Club 3rd October 1964)
• Good Lovin’ – The Who (Top Gear 19th June 1965)
• Hey Girl – The Small Faces (Saturday Club 3rd May 1966)
• Drivin’ South – The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Top Gear 15th October 1967)
• Steppin’ Out – Cream (Top Gear 14th January 1968)
• Children Of Tomorrow – The Mike Stuart Span (Top Gear 26th May 1968)
• Love Me ‘Till The Sun Shines – The Kinks (Top Gear 7th July 1968)
• Man In Black – Skip Bifferty (Top Gear 14th July 1968)
• 1941 – Harry Nilsson (Saturday Club 11th September 1968)
• I’d Rather Go Blind – Chicken Shack (Symonds on Sunday 20th April 1969)
• The Girl I Love She Got The Long Black Wavy Hair – Led Zeppelin (Chris Grant’s Tasty Pop Sunday Show 22nd June 1969)
• Painter – Deep Purple (Tony Brandon Show 3rd July 1969)
• Let Me Sleep Beside You – David Bowie (Dave Lee Travis Show 26th October 1969)
• Two Of  A Kind – Syd Barrett (Top Gear 14th March 1970)
• Border Song – Elton John & Hookfoot (Dave Lee Travis Show 12th April 1970)
• Sandy Mary – Fleetwood Mac (Top Gear 23rd May 1970)
• Ride On A Pony – Free (Mike Harding Sounds of the Seventies 27th April 1971)
• Music Weaver – Sandy Denny (Bob Harris Show 20th November 1972)
• Alethea – Robin Trower (Bob Harris Show 18th March 1974)