Episode 166 / Christmas In July

By request, we’re beating the July heat with a show entirely comprised of cold tunes — songs that have some connection with cold, ice, and snow. Although we all know that in a matter of weeks, we’ll be faced with bitter winter weather, for a brief moment it’s Christmas In July on Mixcloud. Grab something frosty and chill out with Episode 166! And as Albert Collins reminded us, “Don’t Lose Your Cool”!

1   Queen – Stone Cold Crazy

2   Humble Pie – Stone Cold Fever

3   Rainbow – Stone Cold

4   James Brown – Cold Sweat

5   Thin Lizzy – Cold Sweat

6   AC/DC – Cold Hearted Man

7   Fleetwood Mac – Cold Black Night

8   The Who – Early Morning Cold Taxi   

9   The Rolling Stones – She’s So Cold

10 Gary Moore – Cold Day In Hell

11 Larry Carlton – Cold Day In Hell

12 Van Halen – Ice Cream Man

13 Captain Beefheart – Ice Cream for Crow

14 Joe Satriani – Ice 9

15 Frank Soda and The Imps – Break the Ice

16 Blue Oyster Cult – Baby Ice Dog

17 The Fab 4 – Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow

18 The Fab 4 –  Frosty The Snowman

19 Bette Midler – Cool Yule

20 Beach Boys – Little Saint Nick

21 Tab Benoit – Don’t Lose Your Cool

22 Daddy Cool – Daddy Cool

23 Brian Setzer – The Legend Of Johnny Kool

24 Stevie Ray Vaughan – Cold Shot

25 ZZ Top – Sure Got Cold After The Rain Fell

26 KISS – Cold Gin – Alive!

27 Black Sabbath – Snowblind

28 Foreigner – Cold As Ice

29 The Coasters – Three Cool Cats

30 Cliff Richard – Summer Holiday

31 Alice Cooper – Cold Ethyl

32 Hank Williams Jr. – Cold Cold Heart

Stan Freberg Outro

Episode 165 / Friday Night Oldies 12

Once again we return to those thrilling days of yesteryear with

another chapter in our total recall series known universally as “The Friday Night Oldies Party”. This time we present Volume 12 in our nostalgic recollections of rock n roll long past its shelf life but still too good to be forgotten! The show immediately rolls into top gear with Joel Hill’s fiercely rockin’ rockabilly classic “I Thought It Over” (with the echo on Stun), long before Joel joined Canned Heat. From there, we continue with both tunes that are fondly remembered as well as those in uncharted musical territory — join us for some sweet-sounding surprises. Dim, dim the lights — I want some atmosphere!

Joel Hill – I Thought It Over

Billy Haley – Dim Dim the Lights

Gene Vincent – Who Slapped John?

Joe Jones – You Talk Too Much

Clyde McPhatter – A Lover’s Question

Chuck Berry – Back In The USA

Chubby Checker – Pony Time

Shirley Gunter and The Queens – Oop Shoop

Mickey Hawks and the Night Raiders – Bip Bop Boom

Big Al Downing – Yes I’m Loving You

Everly Brothers – Walk Right Back

Ral Donner – Night Owl

Eddie Cochran – SIttin In the Balcony

Lonnie Mack – Wham!

The Clovers – Love, Love, Love

The Orlons – South Street (1963)

The Jarmels – She Loves To Dance

The Buccaneers – Bye Bye Baby

Johnny Fuller – Swingin’ At The Creek

Paul Petersen – Corrina Corrina

Nick Todd – Teenage Cutie

Tommy Steele – Rebel Rock

Eden Kane – Well I Ask You

Col Joye & The Joy Boys – Yes Sir That’s My Baby

Gene Vincent – Pretty Pretty Baby

Gene Vincent – Red Blue Jeans And A Pony Tail

Gene Pitney – It Hurts to Be In Love

Four Seasons –  Walk Like A Man

Kansas City – Wilbert Harrison

Claude King – Wolverton Mountain

George Jones – White Lightning

Jerry Lee Lewis – Crazy Arms

Chuck Berry – Promised Land

Jack Scott – Stick Around Baby

Tommy Steele – Rock With The Caveman

Paul Anka – Lonely Boy

Jackie Wilson – Etcetera

Chubby Checker – Slow Twistin’

Johnny Fuller – Haunted House

The Tune Rockers – The Green Mosquito

Eddie Cochran – Cradle Baby

The Chiffons – He´s So Fine

Elvis Presley – King Creole

Elvis Presley – Viva Las Vegas

Buddy Holly – Crying, Waiting, Hoping

Ricky Nelson – Be Bop Baby

Little Richard – Good Golly Miss Molly

The Satellites – Blast Off

Billy Vaughn – Swingin’ Safari (BONUS TRACK)

Kyu Sakamoto – Sukiyaki (BONUS TRACK)

Stan Freberg Outro

 

Episode164 / Train Kept A Rollin

From the West Coast of Canada, it’s Episode 164 of The Captain Maniac Show! It was indeed an unfortunate coincidence that last week’s installment was titled “Let Me Stand Next To Your Fire”, because as of this writing (July 9, 2017) the province of British Columbia is under a state of emergency due to the widespread forest fires. Some interior towns are under evacuation notice, and it’s a miserable predicament!

For the rest of us, though, it’s “business as usual”, so we therefore present a theme show devoted entirely to trains! A show with a Loco Motion! Every song has something to do with rail travel, so we get off to a roaring start with Joey Shithead from DOA, who pops in to introduce the show. Staying topical, we also include a NORAD warning about a North Korean nuclear missile launch, only we must stress that this is entire fictional, OK? Anyway, on with the show — all aboard!

1   Rufus Thomas – Memphis Train

2   Yardbirds – Train Kept A Rolling

3   Robert Gordon with Link Wray – Lonesome Train

4   Nazareth – Gone Dead Train

5   AC/DC – Rock ‘N Roll Train

6   Grateful Dead – Casey Jones

7   Ten Years After – Choo Choo Mama

8   The Tractors – Baby Likes To Rock It Like A Boogie Woogie

9   Choo Choo Train

10 Captain Beefheart – Click Clack

11 John Fogerty – Big Train (From Memphis)

12 Los Lobos – That Train Don’t Stop Here

13 The Bopcats – Train Called Rock’n’Roll

14 James Brown –  Night Train

15 Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues LIVE

16 Grand Funk Railroad – The Loco-Motion

17 Nine Below Zero – Ridin’ On The L & M

18 Juicy Lucy – Train

19 The Clash – Train In Vain (Stand By Me)

20 Creedence Clearwater Revival – The Midnight Special

21 The Monkees – Last Train To Clarksville

22 Earthquake – Trainride

23 Chuck Berry – Downbound Train

24 Muddy Waters – All Aboard

25 Grand Funk Railroad – The Railroad

26 Aerosmith – Train Kept A Rollin’

27 Blackfoot – Train, Train

28 Cream – Traintime [Live]

29 Jimi Hendrix – Hear My Train A Comin’

Stan Freberg Outro

 

Episode 163 / Let Me Stand Next To Your Fire Volume Three

Here we go with our third edition of songs that have something to do with fire, flame, smoke and heat — yes, it’s time once again for Episode 163 / Let Me Stand Next To Your Fire: Volume Three! We get things off to a blazing start with the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ cover of the Jimi Hendrix tune that lends its name to this episode, and this time include fire-related songs that were for some reason not included in the first two “Let Me Stand Next To Your Fire” shows. Love is like a Heat Wave!

1.  Red Hot Chili Peppers – Fire

2.  Free – Fire And Water [Alternate Stereo Mix]

3.  Def Leppard – Ring of Fire

4.  Blue Oyster Cult – Flaming Telepaths

5.  Vandenberg – Burning Heart

6.  Dokken – Burning Like A Flame

7.  Deep Purple – Burn

8.  Sweet – Burn On The Flame

9.  Bonnie Lou – Friction Heat

10.Steve Alaimo – Blue Fire

11.The Beatles – Matchbox

12.Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Heat Wave

13.Bill Haley – Burn That Candle

14.Billy ´The Kid´ Emerson – Red Hot

15.Asia – Heat of the Moment

16.Bad Company – Burnin’ Sky

17.Glenn Frey – The Heat Is On

18.James Brown – Hot Pants

19.Allman Brothers Band – Hot ‘Lanta (Live at A&R Studios, New York)

20.The Rolling Stones – Hot Stuff

21.Chet Atkins – Hot Toddy

22.Led Zeppelin – Hots On For Nowhere   

23.Blue Oyster Cult – Fire of Unknown Origin

24.Howlin’ Wolf  – Smokestack Lightnin

25.Deep Purple – Smoke On The Water

26.Crow – Smokey Joe

27.The Ruts – Babylon’s Burning

28.Judas Priest – Rapid Fire

29.Troggs – I’m On Fire

30.Arthur Conley – Burning Fire

31.José Feliciano – Light My Fire

Stan Freberg Outro