Author: The Squire

In this episode, we delve once into the BBC archive to bring you songs and sessions first broadcast live on the Beeb.

• Maggie May – The Faces (Peel – 6^th October 1971)
• Blowin’ Free – Wishbone Ash (Bob Harris Show – 31^st May 1972) 
• Dragging the River – Richard and Linda Thompson (Peel – 25^th January 1973)
• My Fairy King  – Queen (Peel – 15^th February 1973)
• Checkout – Family (Peel – 22^nd May 1973)
• Matted Ham – Badfinger (BBC In Concert – 10^th August 1973)
• I Don’t Mind – Dr. Feelgood (Bob Harris Show – 19^th November 1973)
• Live Wire – AC/DC  (Peel – 21^st June 1976)
• Neat, Neat, Neat – The Damned (Peel – 10^th December 1976)
• I’ve Changed my Address – The Jam (Peel – 26^th April 1977)
• What Do I Get? – The Buzzcocks (Peel – 19^th September 1977)
• I Can Tell – The Pirates (Peel – 14^th November 1977)
• Boys Don’t Cry – The Cure (Peel – 11^th November 1978)
• I’m the Man – Joe Jackson (Peel – 21^st February 1979)
• Bed’s Too Big Without You – The Police (BBC In Concert – 13^th June 1979)
• The Prince – Madness (Peel – 27^th August 1979)
• Love Will Tear Us Apart – Joy Division (Peel – 10^th December 1979)
• Rat Race – The Specials (Peel – 22^nd October 1980)

In this episode, a companion to our Breaking in the Beats show, we look at some of the songs which have been used in others peoples songs. 

• Troubled So Hard – Vera Hall
• Old Cape Cod – Patti Page
• Soul Bossa Nova – Quincy Jones
• I’m A Good Woman – Barbara Lynn
• Smokey Joe’s La La – Googie Rene
• It’s All Over Now Baby Blue – Them
• From Here To Eternity – Englebert Humperdinck
• Express Yourself – Charles Wright & The Watts 103^rd Street Rhythm Band
• Daydream – The Gunter Kallmann Choir
• Ashes, The Rain & I – James Gang
• Grandma’s Hand – Bill Withers
• Ike’s Rap II – Isaac Hayes
• Three Is A Magic Number – Bob Dorough
• Woman To Woman – Joe Cocker
• Back Stabber – The O’Jays
• I Can’t Stand The Rain – Ann Peebles
• The Message – Cymande
• Satin Soul – The Love Unlimited Orchestra
• Inside My Love – Minnie Ripperton
• Love Is You – Carol Williams
• (Let Me) Be Your Lover – Jimmy Bo Horne
• Super Freak Pt.1 – Rick James

In this episode, we have delved deep into the archive at Squire Towers to bring you some well know and more obscure numbers from the mid to late sixties, all taken from the original vinyl and in glorious mono. 

• Louie Louie – The Kingsmen
• Farewell Angelina – Joan Baez
• I Wish It Were Me – Francois Hardy
• I Don’t Want To See Her Again – Peter & Gordan
• She’s Not There – The Zombies
• A Little Piece Of Leather – Donnie Elbert
• Beggars Paradise – The Four Seasons
• I’m Alive – The Hollies
• Funny How Love Can Be – The Ivy League
• See My Friends – The Kinks
• I Don’t Want To Go On Without You – The Moody Blues
• Gotta Tell The World – Petula Clark
• I’ll Go Crazy – The Untamed 
• That’s A Mans Way – Wilson Pickett
• Tomorrow Never Knows (Mix 11) – The Beatles
• Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window – Bob Dylan
• Going Back – Dusty Springfield
• Rain On The Roof – The Lovin’ Spoonful
• Got A Feelin’ – The Mamas & The Papas
• Summer Wine – Nancy Sinatra
• Sunshine Of Your Love – Cream
• Joanna – Scott Walker
• Looking Out My Window – Tom Jones
• Space Oddity – David Bowie
• What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong Orchestra & Chorus 

In this episode, we are pleased to welcome back Darryl Bullock as we look into the world of Beatles covers. Some are great, some are bad and some are most definitely ugly. 

• Intro – Robert Lafond & Michael Laverdiere
• Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band – Bill Cosby
• Il (Help) – Mme St. Onge
• With A Little Help From My Friends – Joe Cocker
• Hey Jude – Tiny Tim & Brave Combo
• Maxwell’s Silver Hammer – Steve Martin
• Here, There & Everywhere – Emmylou Harris
• I’m Happy Just To Dance With You – The Cyrkle
• When I’m Sixty-Four – Keith Moon
• Dear Prudence – Siouxie & The Banshees
• Michelle – Xaviera Hollander
• Day Tripper – Beatle Barkers
• Strawberry Fields Forever – Colin’s Hermits
• Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds – William Shatner
• Yellow Submarine – Mrs’ Miller
• Ticket To Ride – Cathy Berberian
• Wild Honey Pie – The Pixies
• The Long & Winding Road – Will Young & Gareth Gates
• Let It Be – Paul Frees
• Good Night – Sarabeth Tucek

For our second anniversary show, we delve deeper into the archives than ever before to bring you songs by major artists that have had limited re-releases or escaped the re-issue radar for one reason or another.  

• Let’s Dance The Screw – The Crystals
• I Am The Walrus (US Rarities LP Version) – The Beatles
• Want A Danish – Van Morrison
• Bobbie’s Gone – Emmylou Harris
• Schoolboy Blues (AKA Cocksucker Blues) – The Rolling Stones
• Holy Holy (Original Single Version) – David Bowie
• Won’t Get Fooled Again (7” Version) – The Who
• Tree Trunk – The Doors
• Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad (Live 7” Version) – Derek and the Dominos
• Pictures In The Sand – The Kinks
• A Love Like Yours (Don’t Come Knocking Every Day) – Nilsson & Cher
• Pigs On The Wing (Parts 1 & 2) – Pink Floyd
• Sultans Of Swing (7” Version) – Dire Straits
• I Just Wanna Be With You – Mark Everette
• Don’t Stand So Close To Me (Live) – The Police
• The Big Picture – Y Kant Tori Read

In this episode, The Squire ventures out from Squire Towers to talk to British guitar great Micky Moody about his music as well as the artists who inspired him. 

• Somewhere Down The Line – Tramline
• The Promised Land – Juicy Lucy
• Goodbye USA – Snafu
• Chicago Blue – Young & Moody
• Fool For Your Loving – Whitesnake
• Slide It In – Whitesnake
• Get Off My Back – Micky Moody
• Promised Land – Chuck Berry
• Man Of Mystery – The Shadows
• (Dance With The) Guitar Man – Duane Eddy
• I Ain’t Got You – The Yardbirds
• Goin’ Down Slow – Howlin’ Holf
• Shapes Of Things – The Yardbirds
• Women Of Mine – Blue Thunder
• Red Beans & Rice – Jimmy Copley & Friends
• Babylon Sisters – Steely Dan
• Beck’s Bolero – Jeff Beck

In the second of two episodes, we continue with our in-depth look at the Beatle owned Apple Records label.

• Mother (Single Edit) – John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band
• Another Day – Paul McCartney
• Bangla Desh – George Harrison
• Coochy-Coochy – Ringo Starr
• Tandoori Chicken – Ronnie Spector
• Joi Bangla – Ravi Shankar
• God Save Us – Bill Elliott & The Electric Oz Band
• Joseijoi Banzai – Yoko Ono
• Madness – Elephant’s Memory
• The Hippie From New York City – David Peel & The Lower East Side
• El Inierno De Los Angeles Prostitutos – Ajejando Jodorowsky
• Cometogether – Stelvio Cirpriani
• Daybreak – Harry Nilsson
• We’re On Our Way – Chris Hodge
• Sweet Music – Lou & Derek van Eaton
• Saturday Nite Special – The Sundown Players
• Apple Of My Eye – Badfinger

In the first of two episodes, we take an in-depth look at the Beatle owned Apple Records label.

• Revolution – The Beatles (Mono Single Mix)
• Turn, Turn, Turn (For Everything There Is A Season) – Mary Hopkin
• Sour Milk Sea – Jackie Lomax (Mono Single Mix)
• Thingimybob – The Black Dyke Mills Band
• The Lady Is A Champ – Frank Sinatra
• Maybe Tomorrow – The Iveys
• Something In The Way She Moves – James Taylor
• Three Little Feelings – Modern Jazz Quartet
• Nobody Knows – Brute Force
• No Bed For Beatle John/Under The Mersey Wall – John Lennon & Yoko Ono/George Harrison
• All That I Got I’m Gonna Give To You – Billy Preston
• Jacob’s Ladder – Doris Troy
• Living Without Tomorrow – Hot Chocolate Band
• Melodrama & Pantomime – John Tavener
• Hare Krishna Mantra – The Radha Krishna Temple

In the second of two episodes, we take another look at some of the sounds of the Indie music scene that were bubbling around in the era before the mid-90’s Britpop explosion.

• Born Of Frustration – James
• Good Morning Britain – Aztec Camera
• Ain’t No Love, Ain’t No Use – Sub Sub (feat. Melanie Williams)
• Far Out & Gone – The Jesus & Mary Chain
• Lenny Valentino – The Auterus
• Sweet Harmony – The Beloved
• Welcome To The Cheap Seats – The Wonder Stuff
• For Love – Lush
• Movin’ On Up – Primal Scream
• Motorcycle Emptiness – Manic Street Preachers
• Alice, What’s The Matter – Terrorvision
• Time For The Rest Of Your Lives – Strangelove
• Lucky You – Lightning Seeds
• Creep – Radiohead
• Babies – Pulp
• So Glad – Thrum
• Creation – Stereo MC’s
• Sing – Blur

In our latest episode, we take a look at songs which all mention the name Jones in their titles. 

• Kassie Jones (Part 1) – Fury Lewis
• Southern Casey Jones – Jesse James
• Along Came Jones – The Coasters
• Mr Jones (Ballad of a Thin Man) – The Grass Roots
• The Heart of Juliet Jones – Gary Bonner
• Miss Amanda Jones – The Rolling Stones
• Miss Jones – The Herd
• Willie & Laura Mae Jones – Tony Joe White
• Mr Jones – Apple
• Councilman Jones – Jimmy Drulett & Music Fair
• John Jones – Rudy Mills
• Nathan Jones – The Supremes
• Me & Mrs Jones – Billy Paul
• Miss Jones – Stretch
• Janie Jones – The Clash
• Mr Jones – Talking Heads
• Crackity Jones – The Pixies
• Mr Jones – Red Chair Fadeaway
• Mr Jones – Counting Crows
• Me & Mr Jones – Amy Winehouse
• Ballad of Mr Jones – Jake Bugg