ARTIFICIAL ALTERNATIVE: Bowie sings Radiohead
This one’s not too bad, but this video is decidedly unsettling.
WTTS In Conversation – Adrian Belew (Talking Heads, Bowie, Zappa, King Crimson, Tom Tom Club)
‘WTTS In Conversation’ is a bi-weekly podcast delivering decades of WTTS interviews with music legends and emerging artists.
For Episode #54, former Talking Heads touring member Adrian Belew called up to talk about the tour with Jerry Harrison that will come to Old National Centre on 2/26. He talked about working with Bowie, Zappa, King Crimson, and the recent hip-hop revival of another song he co-wrote with Tom Tom Club, the immortal 1981 single “Genius of Love.”
Find “WTTS In Conversation” here.
Guitarist to the stars Adrian Belew on the morning show
More on the Remain In Light Tour…
Background Check – Golden Years by David Bowie
Here’s the infamous Soul Train performance…
Background Check – Fame by David Bowie
WTTS Album Side Saturday, 2017
There are few things in this world that bring people together like listening to music. Dropping the needle on a fresh piece of vinyl comes with an unbridled excitement, mystery and pure enjoyment that is impossible to recreate. In honor of Record Store Day, we’re bringing back WTTS Album Side Saturday. Join us April 22 as we spin classic album sides all day long. Every hour, win exclusive vinyl releases and qualify for the grand prize, a trip to Jazz Fest in New Orleans to see Kings of Leon and we’ll throw in their entire catalogue on vinyl, courtesy of RCA Records*. WTTS Album Side Saturday gets underway April 22 at 6am, brought to you by Indy CD & Vinyl and Hop Cat Broadripple.
Paul Mendenhall talks with Andy Skinner of Indy CD & Vinyl about Record Store Day.
[podcast]https://www.wttsfm.com/audio/OnDemand/Andy%20Skinner%20Record%20store%20Day.mp3[/podcast]
Notable Record Store Day Releases:
The Beatles – Strawberry Fields Forever 7”
Blitzen Trapper – Unreleased Recordings Series LP
David Bowie – Bow Promo LP (Box)
David Bowie – Cracked Actor (Live in Los Angeles) 3 Disc LP
The Cars – Live at the Agora (1978) 2 Disc LP
Johnny Cash – Children’s Album LP
Cheap Trick – The Epic Archive Vol. 1 2 Disc LP
The Cure – Greatest Hits 2 Disc LP”
The Cure – Greatest Hits (Acoustic) 2 Disc LP”
The Doors – Live at the Matrix (1967) LP
Drive By Truckers – Electric Lady Sessions 12″
Emerson Lake & Palmer – Brain salad Surgery 7″
Fleetwood Mac – Alternate Mirage LP
Ben Folds w/ West Australian Symphony Orchestra – Live in Perth 2 Disc LP
Grateful Dead – P.N.E Auditorium (1966) 2 Disc LP
Buddy Guy – Sick With Love 10″
Mayer Hawthorne – Party Of One LP
Jimi Hendrix – (Live at George’s Club) 2 Disc LP
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Welcome to 1979 12″EP
Jane’s Addiction – Been Caught Stealing 12″EP
Sharon Jones w/ the E.L Fields Gospel Wonders – Heaven Bound 7″
The Kinks – All Day And All Of The Night 7″
The Kinks – Got Love If You Want It 7″
Pokey LaFarge – Riot In The Streets 10″
The Lumineers – Song Seeds 10″
Marcy Playground – Marcy Playground LP
Stevie Nicks – Rarities 10″
Old 97’s – Terlingua / Off My Mynd 12″
Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes – Live At Jones Beach 10″
Pink Floyd – Interstellar Overdrive 12″
Prince -Little Red Corvette / 1999 7″ picture
Ra Ra Riot – Ra Ra Riot 12″EP
Ramones – ’76-’79 Singles Box 7″ Box
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Go Robot 12″ picture
Lou Reed – Perfect Night: Live in London 2 Disc LP
Santana -Live at Woodstock LP
Sara and Tegan – Under Feet Like Ours LP
The Sex Pistols – Anarchy In The UK 7″ Box
Spoon – Hot Thoughts 12″
Sting – Live At The Bataclan 12″ EP
Sublime w/ Rome – Unreleased Demos (2017) 12″
Talking Heads/Wildling – This Must Be The Place Side By Side 7″
Tegan and Sara – Back In Your Head Side By Side 7″
U2 – Red Hill Mining Town 12″ picture
The War On Drugs – Thinking Of A Place 12″
Neil Young – Decade 3 Disc LP
Find a complete listing of this year’s releases at the Official Record Store Day Website.
*Album Side Saturday contest rules can be found here.
WTTS Album Side Saturday, 2016
Indy CD & Vinyl
There are few things in this world that bring people together like listening to music. Dropping the needle on a fresh piece of vinyl comes with an unbridled excitement, mystery and pure enjoyment that is impossible to recreate. In honor of Record Store Day, we’re bringing back WTTS Album Side Saturday. Join us April 16th as we spin classic album sides all day long. Every hour, win exclusive vinyl releases and qualify for the grand prize, a copy of every album we play and a portable turntable, signed by Tom Petty! WTTS Album Side Saturday is April 16th starting at 6am, brought to you by Indy CD & Vinyl, your local home for live music, exclusive releases, and sales on everything from turntables to the records that play on them.
Paul Mendenhall talks with Andy Skinner of Indy CD & Vinyl about Record Store Day.
[podcast]https://www.wttsfm.com/audio/OnDemand/RSDaySkinner.mp3[/podcast]
Notable Record Store Day Releases:
ALO – Follow The Yarn 10”
ALT-J – Live At Red Rocks 2x LP Box
James Bay – Chaos And The Calm 12”
Best Coast – Late 20s b/w Bigger Man 7”
Big Data – X RAC Fair Trade 7”
Blitzen Trapper – Field Rexx LP
Borns – Live on KCRWW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic 12” EP
David Bowie – The Man Who Sold The World 12”
David Bowie – TVC15 7”
David Bowie – I Dig Everything – The Pye Singles 12” EP
Brandi Carlile – Live on KCRWW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic 12” EP
Cheap Trick – Found New Parts 10”
CHVRCHES – Every Open Eye Remix EP 12” EP
Death Cab For Cutie – Tractor Rape Chain / Black Sun 7”
The Doors – Roadhouse Blues (Live) / A Feast of Friends 7”
The Doors – Live at the Aquarius: The First Performance 3x LP
Bob Dylan – Melancholy Mood 7”
Fleetwood Mac – (Alternative) Tusk 2x LP
Florence + The Machine – Delilah / Only Love Can Break Your Heart 12”
Foals – Rain / Daffodils 7”
Grateful Dead – Capitol Theatre, Passaic NJ 4/25/77 4x LP
Albert Hammond Jr. – Yours To Keep LP
Emmylou Harris – Wrecking Ball Dix Vinyl Version 3x LP
The Kinks – Mister Pleasant 7” EP
The Kinks – Dave Davies Hits 7” EP
Madisen Ward and the Mamma Bear – Live At Grimeys 12” EP
Alanis Morissette – Demos 1994-1998 LP
Mumford & Sons – There Will Be Time 7”
Muse – Reapers 7”
Graham Nash – This Path Tonight LP
Joe Strummer – Gangsterville: IMPORT 12”
Talking Heads / Echosmith – This Must Be The Place 7”
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Kiss My Amps II LP
Frank Turner – Positive Songs For Negative People LP
Twenty One Pilots – Double-Sided 7”
Violent Femmes – Memory / You Move Me 7”
Walk The Moon – You Are Not Alone (Live At The Greek) 2x LP
Lucinda Williams – Just A Little More Faith and Grace 12”
Wolf Alice – White Leather b/w Leaving You 7”
Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness – The Canyons EP 10”
Cheap Trick – At Budokan: The Complete Concert 2x LP
Creedence Clearwater Revival – 1969 Box Set 3x LP
Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention – My Guitar / Dog Breath 7”
Jimi Hendrix – Smash Hits LP
Husker Du – In A Free Land 7”
Iggy & The Stooges – METALLIC K.O. LP
Phish – Hoist 2x LP
Ramones – Judy Is A Punk 7”
Sublime – Jah Won’t Pay The Bills LP
Find a complete listing of this year’s releases at the Official Record Store Day Website.
Remembering David Bowie
WTTS mourns the passing of a true legend and moving force in the music industry. David Bowie passed away Sunday, January 10th after an 18-month battle with cancer. Blackstar, David’s 25th and final album, was just released on January 8th.
At WTTS, Paul Mendenhall was fortunate to have had the opportunity to interview David Bowie in 2004. Listen to his conversation below.
RIP David Bowie
1947-2016
David Bowie before his 2004 show at The Murat Theatre.
