Episode 29 - Soundtracks, Compilations and Comedy!

Label samplers and compilations are a dead art form. Here I play 'A Slice of Lemon', the great Lookout/Kill Rock Stars collaborative compilation and have an IMPOSSIBLE time trying to decide which track to play. I shed a tear for you.


A Complete Abridged Record Collection, Episode 29



Edith Piaf - Tete a tete
The Spectrums - The Revolutionary Life
Les Nocturnes - Pour Ce Monde 4
Bill Cosby - I started out as a child
Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin - Miss Luba
Toure Kunda - New Africa
Miki Theodorakis - Z Soundtrack
Broadway Cast - Zorba
Yacht/Lucky Dragons - Nirvana Remixes
Francis Lai - A Man and A Woman Soundtrack
Various - A Slice of Lemon
Various - Los Exitos (Hits from South of the Border)
Various - Selector Dub Narcotic
Various - Swiss wave the album

The Records Played!

Episode 28 - Chillout

The peak of my ongoing quest for high school bands playing rock songs is presented hear with the Golden Rams' rendition of Blood, Sweat and Tears' Spinning Wheel. I also exhaust my entire Barbershop LP collection, while 'Sounds of the Sea' gives a scary prediction of the unbearable novelty records to come in future episodes!

A Complete Abridged Record Collection, Episode 28



Stevie B - I wanna be the one
KLF - Chillout
National Geographic Society - Songs and Sounds of the Sea
M - Pop Muzik
Mike Angelo & the Idols - Unfinished Business
Jetstream - Around the World
Jerry Jeff Walker - Ridin' High
Golden Rams - Central Memorial High School, Calgary Alberta
Mac Davis - Fantasy
The Aristo Cats - Songs you've heard before
Bufallo Bill and the Confederates - Barbershop battle
Luis Bonfa and Maria Toledo - Braziliana
Bobby McFerrin - The Elephant's Child

The Records Played!

Episode 27 - The Transition Era

The first "almost all good music" episode. These records date mostly to my first few months living in San Diego, clearly documenting the rise of smooth pop and fall of the anything-with-a-harpsichord dream. Also note the horrible technical difficulties due to the amateurish state (no headphones!) of the KSDT studios.

A Complete Abridged Record Collection, Episode 27



Lizzy Mercier Descloux - One for the Soul
Bolo Sete - Working on a Groovy Thing
North County Times - The Tyde
Kaltes Klares Wasser - Malaria!
Azul Negro - La Noche
Cross Country - Cross Country
The Kids - The Kids
The Baroque Inevitable - The Baroque Inevitable
Great Speckled Bird - S/T
Joe Walsh - There goes the Neighbourhood
Rupert Holmes - Partners in Crime
Floyd Westerman - Custer Died for your Sins

The Records Played!

Episode 26 - Exit the Stacks

This marks the end of records pulled from "the stacks" which are actually just these shelves in my room that I made face each other so that when you walk in between them it feels claustrophobic and stuffy. Needless to say, I'm lazy and don't refile records very frequently, so most of the records in the stacks hadn't seen the turntable in quite some time. The rest of this journey (starting with the last song in this episode!) will now be focused on more contemporary finds/loves and records that I've actually listened to once or twice in the last 3 years. Hold on to you horse.

A Complete Abridged Record Collection, Episode 26


France Gall - Dancing Disco
Link Wray - vol 3
The Wind - Where it's at
Whysp - Whysp
Xiu Xiu - Knife Play
X - Wild Gift
Joyce Yarrow - Jumping Mouse
Yeah Yeah Noh - Peel Sessions
The Yips - Bonfire in a Dixie Cup
The Young Fresh Fellows - Low Beat Time
The Youngbloods - Earth Music
The Young Rascals - including Good Lovin'
The Who - Quadrophenean
Walker Brother - Introducing

The Records Played!

Episode 25 - Tall Cool One

Within this episode I describe how to open shrinkwrapped records just like a real DJ. I play my favourite "old" record. Waxing about the pre-internet era finally manifests its critical mass with the comment "the internet ruined music".

A Complete Abridged Record Collection, Episode 25



Paul Winter Winter Consort - Icarus
The sassy ones - Wild Angels
The Wee Papa girl Rapper - Heat it Up 12"
Leon Russel - Will o the Wisp
Greg Sage - The very best of...
the wailers - The fabulous...
Andrew WK - I get wet
Wire - A bell is a cup
the wee turtles - This land is your land
We've Got a Fuzzbox and we're gonna to use it - Rules and Regulations
The Waitresses - Bruiseology
Daniel Valdez - Mestizo
CB Victoria - Dawning Day

The Records Played!

Episode 24 - Special Mystery Geust [sic]

Keyvan joins me to analyze my life through my record collection, but mostly just says stuff about the way I dress. Musically, this episode has some pretty rough cuts and also features one of the first records I ever bought (The Ventures!).

P.S. Saying that the Venture made music "safe for dads" should be credited to this guy who was friends with this Montreal/McGill hip dude Christophe. Tim and I went to a party at his house once and he said it while dancing to the Ventures in Space LP.


Episode 24, A Complete Abridged Record Collection


Frankie Valli - Timeless
Les Vice Barons - steel blue moods
my adidas - Versus hurrah
Vox Dei - Lo Mejor de...
Vanilla Fudge - Renaissance
The Ventures - Let's Go
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - Ridin High
The Velveteens - Tall House
Uriah Heap - The Magician's Birthday
Uke of Spaces Corners County - So far on the way
The Undertones - Hypnotised
THe Uptones - KUSA
Stanely Turington - Mr T

The Records Played!

Episode 23 - Talking to my future self

Suddenly this audio archive becomes self aware!!! I talk to myself 40 years in the future trying to influence the outcome of to be determined events/memories! Also, the audio is TERRIBLE due to the new KSDT studio set up. Basically, unless you're me and the year is 2050, then don't bother listening to this episode!!!


A Complete Abridged Record Collection, Episode 23


Tent City - Drought
Tender Trap - Film Molecules
The Three O'Clock - Sixteen Tambourines
Telex - Moscow Discow 12"
Twa Toots - The Peel Sessions
The Turtles - You Baby Let me Be
Trickster - Back to Zero
Three Dog Night - Three Dog Night
Traffic - Mr Fantasy
Vinicius-Toquinho - O poeta e o Violao

The Records Played!