North Fork Sound Top 20 - January 30th 2011

Anna Calvi
Photo: Gary Manhine

1. Anna Calvi: Suzanne And I
2. Keith Jarrett Trio: Shaw'nuff
3. Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Lookin' For A Love
4. Fastway: Deliver Me
5. Claudio Villa: Stornelli Amorisi
6. Frankie Miller: Be Good To Yourself
7. Clifton Chenier: Ti Na Na
8. David Byrne: Un Di Felice, Eterea
9. M.I.A: Gen N-E-Y/Bad Girls
10. The Hoodoo Gurus: A Thousand Miles Away
11. Little Richard: Function At The Junction
12. Paul Thorn: Mission Temple Fireworks Stand
13. Jimmy Witherspoon: Endless Sleep
14. Mark Knopfler: Whoop De Doo
15. Best Coast: When You Wake Up
16. The Zombies: Care Of Cell 44
17. Timebox: Beggin'
18. Happy Mondays: Stinkin' Thinkin'
19. Watty & Tony: Rise And Shine
20. Sir Douglas Quintet: In The Dark

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week

Michael Chapman: Trainsong - Guitar Compositions 1967-2010

North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month

Elvis Presley
photo: Eric Maché

Last Week's Listener Favourites
Ben Vaughn: Jukebox Baby
Billy Preston: That's The Way God Planned It
Brinsley Schwarz: (It's Gonna Be A) Bringdown

The Charms
CBGB's Gallery, NYC, 08/01/05
photo: ht

The Charms: Top Down
Danny & The Fat Boys: After Hours
Dirk Hamilton: A Stranger Song
Electric Blue Peggy Sue: What In The Hell Was That
Elvis Costello: Honey Hush
Elvis Presley: Blue Moon (take 5)
Elvis Presley: Funny How Time Slips Away
Eric Johnson w/Jimmie Vaughan: Texas
Glasvegas: Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime
The Hot Club Of Cowtown: Keeper Of My Heart
Jesse Hill: Ooh Poo Pah Doo pt.1
Joe The Boss: Skinhead Revolt
Jon Cleary: Big Chief
Kenny Hamber: Show Me Your Monkey
Leah Siegel: Birdsong (reprise)
Lonnie Youngblood: Soul Food
Magazine: The Light Pours Out Of Me

Martin Belmont

Martin Belmont: Alison
Mary Ann Fisher (The Raelettes): What Kind Of Man Are You?
Morphine: Honey White
Nasty Pop: Crow
The Nice: America
Percy Mayfield: Are You Out There?
The Phobics: Punk Rock Show
The Pink Fairies: The Snake
Plainfield Slim: Dressing Drawer

Raquel Welch

Raquel Welch: I'm Ready To Groove
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3: Ordinary Millionaire
The Rolling Stones: Parachute Woman
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: Ooo Baby Baby
Tom Jones: Chills And Fever
The Tornados: Telstar

Vincent Gallo

Vincent Gallo: No Regard
Wire: Please Take
The Yayhoos: Monkey With A Gun

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North Fork Sound Top 20 - January 23rd 2010

Horace Andy

1. Horace Andy: Riding For A Fall
2. The Heart Throbs: Here I Hide
3. Poco: Rose Of Cimarron
4. Leah Siegel: Birdsong (reprise)
5. Michael Chapman: The Last Polish Breakfast
6. PT Walkley: Save The World
7. The Drive-By Truckers: I Used To Be A Cop
8. Mary Ann Fisher (The Raelettes): What Kind Of Man Are You?
9. Fairport Convention: Come All Ye
10. Swingadelic: The Gal From Joe's
11. John Holt: Got My Head On Straight
12. Peppermint Harris w/Maxwell Davis & His All-Stars: I Got Loaded
13. The Low Anthem: Matter Of Time
14. Teddy Thompson: Take Me Back Again
15. Robert Wyatt: Shipbuilding
16. The Trammps: Hold Back The Night
18. Curtis Mayfield: (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go
19. Hopeton Lewis: Sounds And Pessure
20. Free: Oh I Wept

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week

Wire: Red Barked Tree

North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month

Elvis Presley

Last Week's Listener Favourites
? & The Mysterians: 96 Tears
Abba: The Visitors

Alex McMurray

Alex McMurray: Where K-Doe Lives
Althea Ranks: Jamaica 21
Arthur Lee: Do You Know The Secret?
Ben Folds & Nick Hornby: Password
Big Youth: Screaming Target (version 2)
Bob Dylan: Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
Bob Weir: Breaking The Hold
Brian Eno: I'll Come Running

Brigitte Bardot

Brigitte Bardot: Ne Me Laisse Pas L'aimer
Buddy Guy: Who's Been Fooling You
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band: The Floppy Boot Stomp
Charlie Chaplin: Que Dem
The Clash: Julie's Been Working For The Drug Squad
Crash Test Dummies: Da Doo Ron Ron
Cream: Strange Brew
The Dandy Warhols: Bohemian Like You
David Bowie: Seven
The Dirty Strangers: Don't Come Easy
Dr. Feelgood: Roxette
Elvis Presley: Heartbreak Hotel

Shirley Manson, Duke Erickson
Phoenix Hotel, San Francisco
photo: ht

Garbage: You Look So Fine (Ed Kupper deep drama mix)
Gene Casey & The Lone Sharks: Gone Hollywood
Glasvegas: Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime
The Great Awakening: Amazing Grace
Grinderman: Palaces Of Montezuma
Joe The Boss: Skinhead Revolt
John Lydon w/Leftfield: Open Up (full vocal mix)
Julee Cruise: The Mysteries Of Love

The Kane Triplets

The Kane Triplets: Mission Impossible Theme
Kate Bush: The Big Sky
Katrina Leskanich: Hitsville UK
The Kinks: A Well Respected Man
Little Richard: Tutti Frutti
Michael Nyman: Bell Set No.1
Paul McCartney: No Other Baby
The Pink Fairies: The Snake
The Pretty Things: Vivian Prince
R. Dean Taylor: Gotta See Jane
R.L. Burnside: Stole My Check
Randy Newman: Big Hat, No Cattle
Red Dirt Rangers: Lavena
Ronnie Lane & Slim Chance: How Come

Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson: One Whole Hour
The Shadows Of Knight: Gloria
Spencer Davis Group: Somebody Help Me
Taste: Railway And Gun
Television: Little Johnny Jewel (pts 1&2)
Tom Jones: Chills And Fever
Tyrannosaurus Rex: Jewel
Vince Taylor & The Playboys: Brand New Cadillac
X-Tal: Stepford Rockers
The Yayhoos: Monkey With A Gun

Yellowman
Sheraton Hotel, NYC
photo: Eric Maché

Yellowman: Zungguzungguzungguzeng
Zuco 103: Futebol

North Fork Sound Top 20 - January 16th 2011

Motörhead
photo: Robert John

1. Motörhead: Devils In My Head

2. Joe Gibbs & The Professionals: Meet On The Corner
3. Grinderman: Palaces Of Montezuma
4. Rich Hopkins & Luminarios: Lou Reed
5. Tinashé: Pieces Of Paper
6. Sarah Gillespie: Junk Food Angel
7. Beady Eye: Four Letter Word
8. Lisa O Piu: The Party
9. Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers: The Magnificent Seven
10. Billy Bragg: Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet (demo)
11. Chris Knight: Another Dollar
12. The Move: Don't Make My Baby Blue
13. Imelda May: I'm Alive
14. The Lightning Raiders: Psychedelic Musik
15. The Black Keys: Howlin' For You
16. The Ramones: Swallow My Pride
17. Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3: Born On The Wind
18. Help Yourself: Elephant By My Side
19. The Greenhornes: Open Your Eyes
20. Stereolab: Neon Beanbag

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week

V/A: Wretches & Jabberers (OST)

North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month

Elvis Presley

Last Week's Listener Favourites
Abba: The Visitors
The Blaggards: Last Of The Steam Powered Trains
David Bowie: Helden
The Chosen Few: Stoned In Love
Dean & Britta: I Found It Not So
Dr. John & The Lower 911: You Might Be Surprised
The Drive-By Truckers: Birthday Boy
The Electricians: Tell Me Why
Elvis Presley: Way Down
Elvis Presley: I Got Stung
The Eric Burdon Band: I'm Looking Up
Eric Gales: Bad Lawbreaker
The Flying Burrito Brothers: Hot Burrito #1
Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band: Jumping Jack Flash

Ed Hamell
photo: Jim Dyson

Hamell On Trial: Civil Disobedience
Happy Mondays: Step On (Twistin My Melon mix)
The Happy Talk Band: All Played out
The Heart Throbs: She's In A Trance
Howlin' Wilf & The Vee-Jays: Get It Over Baby
The Idle Race: Skeleton And The Roundabout
Jimi Hendrix: Red House
JJ Cale w/Eric Clapton: Hard To Thrill

Kristian Hoffman
photo: Rocky Schenck

Kristian Hoffman: Ready Or Not
Lloyd & The Prophets w/The Cimarons: Bush Beat
Marianne Faithfull: As Tears Go By (remake version)
The McCoys: Sorrow

Mikel Rouse
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY - 11/02/10
photo: ht

Mikel Rouse: What You Want
Mose Allison: Modest Proposal
MX-80: Susan
Raul Malo: Matter Much To Me
Ray Charles: In The Heat Of The Night
Rod Stewart: Shake

Roky Erickson, ht

Roky Erickson & The Aliens: Sputnik
The Rolling Stones: She Said Yeah
Roogalator: Cincinnatti Fatback
Sandy Nelson: Drums Are My Beat
The Spencer Davis Group: Somebody Help Me
The Star Spangles: I Don't Wanna Be Crazy Anymore
Tinashé: She Gives A Damn
Tindersticks: No More Affairs (instr.)

Vince Taylor

Vince Taylor: Brand New Cadillac
Vincent Quatroche: Another Rubber Eden

North Fork Sound Top 20 - January 9th 2011

The Drive-By Truckers

1. The Drive-By Truckers: Birthday Boy
2. Eric Gales: Bad Lawbreaker
3. Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band: Jumpin' Jack Flash (live)
4. Lloyd & The Prophets w/The Cimarons: Bush Beat
5. MX-80: Susan
7. Glenna Bell: Shiner Bock & ZZ Top
8. Revolutionary Corps Of Teenage Jesus (feat. Alan Vega): Who Cares Who Dies
9. Eric Johnson w/Jonny Lang: Austin
10. The Roches: Hammond Song
11. Ray Charles: In The Heat Of The Night
12. Roky Erickson & The Aliens: Sputnik
13. Eddie & The Hot Rods: Get Out Of Denver (studio version)
15. Dan Penn: I'm Your Puppet
16. The Hot Club Of Cowtown: Faded Love
17. Arthur Smith: Guitar Boogie
18. Eric Heatherly: I Just Break 'em
19. Sheila: A La Même Heure
20. Ace Cannon: Blues Stay Away From Me

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week
n/a

North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month

Elvis Presley

Last Week's Listener Favourites
Altai-Hangai: Göölöö, Gemgomiin Tsomorlog
Audience: Nancy
Beverley: Happy New Year
Can: Gomorrha
Carlton Jackson: History
C.C. Adcock: Beaux's Bounce

Chumbawamba

Chumbawamba: Pickle
Die Antwoord: Enter The Ninja
The Dirty Strangers feat. Joe Brown: All Away
Doug Powell: Love Is Like Oxygen

John 'Drumbo' French

photo: Guy Webster

Drumbo: Maybe That'll Teach Ya
Elmore James: Knocking At Your Door
Elvis Presley: I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water
Frank Zappa: The Gumbo Variations
Granville Williams Orchestra: Honky Tonk Ska
The High Dials: The Holy Ground

Ijahman

Ijahman: Africa
Judy Henske & Jerry Yester: Snowblind
Ketty Lester: But Not For Me

Kort (Cortney Tidwell & Kurt Wagner)
photo: Eli McFadden

Kort: Who's Gonna Love Me Now?
Marianne Faithfull: Sister Morphine
Neil Young: Don't Let It Bring You Down
Prince Far I: Heavy Manners
Raul Malo: Matter Much To You
Robyn: In My Eyes
Seasick Steve: Big Green And Yeller
Shit Robot: Tuff Enuff?
Spiritualized: Broken Heart
Steve Conte & The Crazy Truth: The Truth Ain't Pretty
Sunroof!: Hero
Terry Anderson: College Girls
The Turtles: So Goes Love
Vincent Quatroche: Another Rubber Eden
Wanda Jackson: Thunder On The Mountain

The Who

The Who: So Sad About Us
The Wingless Angels: Zion Bells

Punky Reggae Party

Ari Up
photo: Angel Cebellos

Viv Goldman remembers Ari for Huffington Post and gives details for the Punky Reggae Party (ina Brooklyn style) here

North Fork Sound Top 20 - January 2nd 2011

Otis Redding

1. Otis Redding: New Year's Resolution
2. Billy Hands & George Cork Maul: Documenting Number Five And Seven
3. Can: Gomorrha
4. Teddy Brown: Midnight Train To Georgia
5. Mose Allison: Modest Proposal
6. U-Roy & The Paragons: Tide Is High
7. Red Dirt Rangers: Psychedelic Cowboy (Song for Sir Doug)
8. Roogalator: Cincinnati Fatback
9. John Campbell: Ain't Afraid Of Midnight
10. Madness: Grey Day
11. The Upsetter: Dub No.1 (Roots Train)
12. Howlin Wilf & The Vee Jays: Get Over It Baby
13. Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band: Casey Jones
14. Koop feat. Ane Brun: Koop Island Blues
15. Robyn: In My Eyes
16. Bruce Channel: Read The Signs
17. Ronnie Lane: Sweet Virginia
18. Manu Dibango: Soul Makossa
19. Ijahman: Africa
20. Dire Straits: Eastbound Train (live)

a Happy New Year to 'Forkers everywhere.
Regular features (Alb O' The Week, Legend of The Month and Listener Faves) return next week.
Next WPKN show - PURE w/howard thompson: January 14th, noon-3pm