RA/OR 234 - B-SIDES

B-sides: otherwise unreleased songs that appear on the singles but not the albums.

ADAM AND THE ANTS - BEAT MY GUEST
THE BOOMTOWN RATS - IT'S ALL THE RAGE
THE RECORDS - SO SORRY
DEVO - TURNAROUND
OZZY OSBOURNE - SPIDERS
GREAT WHITE - SLOW RIDE
PRINCE - HORNY TOAD
TALKING HEADS - PEOPLE LIKE US
BIG COUNTRY - ALL OF US
CYNDI LAUPER - HEADING TO THE MOON
FLEETWOOD MAC - SILVER SPRINGS
CHEAP TRICK - ALL I REALLY WANNA DO
CHEAP TRICK - THROUGH THE NIGHT
MEN AT WORK - CRAZY
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - BE TRUE
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - JANEY DON'T YOU LOSE HEART
DOUGHBOYS - GOOD COP BAD COP
DOUGHBOYS - SHAWN'S STORIES
THE WILDHEARTS - HIT IT ON THE HEAD
THE WILDHEARTS - ACTION PANZER
THE DARKNESS - OUT OF MY HANDS
THE DARKNESS - PLANNING PERMISSION
TEENAGE FANCLUB - MY LIFE
TEENAGE FANCLUB - EVERY STEP IS A WAY THROUGH
TEENAGE FANCLUB - THE SHADOWS

RA/OR 233 - THE TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE SOUNDTRACK

The Transformers: The Movie is a six million dollar animated film that came out in 1986, co-produced and directed by Nelson Shin, who also produced the original The Transformers television series on which the film was based. The origins of that cartoon series was a line of toys produced by Hasbro, based on designs which originated in Japan, vehicles which transformed into robots. The film spawned an amazing hard rock soundtrack which is the focus of today’s episode. On this episode you will hear conversations BJ had with Stan Bush, who wrote and sang the first single from the soundtrack, "The Touch," Vince Dicola, who wrote the song "Dare," also sung by Stan Bush (Vince also wrote the score for the film), and members from the three bands featured on the soundtrack: Jerry Best, bassist from Lion, who recorded a heavy metal version of The Transformers theme, Ernie Petrangelo, guitarist and songwriter from Rhode island metal band NRG, responsible for the killer track "Instruments of Destruction," and Larry Gillstrom, guitarist from Canadian heavy metal band Kick Axe, who were credited as Spectre General for the soundtrack, they contributed two songs, "Nothing’s Gonna Stand In Our Way" and "Hunger." This episode is a deep dive into one of the funnest movie soundtracks of the eighties. It's more than meets the ear!

RA/OR 232 - THE VANDALS TOOK THE HANDLES

For your listening enjoyment BJ presents a collection of cover versions of Bob Dylan songs.

ROBERT HAZARD - BLOWIN IN THE WIND
THE WANDERERS - THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN
THE BRAKES - LIKE A ROLLING STONE
THE SPINATRAS - MY BACK PAGES
THE DOGS - MR. TAMBOURINE MAN
MAU MAUS - A HARD RAIN'S (A GONNA FALL)
TELEVISION - KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR
GREG KIHN - SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK BLUES
COUNTRY GENTLEMAN - IT'S ALL OVER NOW BABY BLUE
DAN MCCAFFERTY - BOOTS OF SPANISH LEATHER
THE FLAMIN' GROOVIES - ABSOLUTELY SWEET MARIE
THE DAILY FLASH - QUEEN JANE APPROXIMATELY
ROGER TAYLOR - MASTERS OF WAR
PJ HARVEY - HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED
BRYAN FERRY - IT AIN'T ME BABE
THE MARMALADE - I SHALL BE RELEASED
NICK DRAKE - DON'T THINK TWICE IT'S ALRIGHT
THE WATERBOYS - GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY
NICO - I'LL KEEP IT WITH MINE
SANDY DENNY - TOMORROW IS A LONG TIME
ELLIOTT SMITH - WHEN I PAINT MY MASTERPIECE (LIVE)
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - I WANT YOU (LIVE 1975)
CHEAP TRICK - PLEASE MRS. HENRY (LIVE 1977)

RA/OR 231 - NEIL YOUNG vs. THE EIGHTIES

BJ is joined by Lee McCormack from the Tramps Like Us podcast to discuss the schizophrenic recorded output of Neil Young in the eighties and then each counts down his top ten Neil songs from that decade.

RA/OR 230 - SOUNDS LIKE BRUCE (CO-RELEASE WITH TRAMPS LIKE US)

BJ raided his record collection at the behest of Lee McCormack, the host of Tramps Like Us: A Bruce Springsteen Podcast, the quest being to find songs that sounded like Bruce Springsteen, and then Lee played 15 of them on his show, so this episode is a co-release with Tramps Like Us.

THE LONG RYDERS - SPECTACULAR FALL

JACK LEE - GOOD TIMES

THE BEAT - WORKING ON A GOOD THING

THE PLIMSOULS - EVERYDAY THINGS

THE CRETONES - COST OF LOVE

PAUL WARREN & EXPLORER - THE OTHERS

JULES AND THE POLAR BEARS - YOU JUST DON'T WANNA KNOW

WILLIE NILE - HEAVEN HELP THE LONELY

WILLIE NILE - IT'S NOT OVER

PAGLIARO - TIME RACE

NILS LOFGREN - I WAIT FOR YOU

SYLVAIN SYLVAIN - I CAN'T FORGET TOMORROW

SYLVAIN SYLVAIN - EVERY BOY AND EVERY GIRL

DL BYRON - 21st CENTURY MAN

THE BOOMTOWN RATS - JOEY'S ON THE STREET AGAIN