Saturday, Jul 25, 2009

Atomic Bomb

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A nuclear chain reaction of cold war chillers this week. Join us in the fallout shelter as we fission through an hour's worth of music featuring the atom bomb. Irradiated rockers galore. Your four minute warning starts here.

When you hear the missile whistle, you gotta roll'n'rock...

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Saturday, Jul 18, 2009

Liars and Cheats

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A special themed hour this week. All songs are about cheating or lying.

Because you can't trust anyone or anything...except your records.

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Saturday, Jul 11, 2009

Train Songs

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Join the Croydon express to Bopsville with an hour of railway rockers!

BILLY LEE RILEY NEEDS YOUR HELP

Billy Lee Riley, one of the remaining original Sun Records artists, Is in VERY bad need of help.

Billy has had his share of health problems, and is now battling bone cancer.

Although Musicares is helping with house payment, car and such, He and Joyce are totally out of money and can barely afford to eat. This is a CALL FOR HELP to all Rockabilly fans.

Please remember, even just twenty bucks from each of us would make a HUGE difference in Billy's life! Everyone can afford twenty bucks, even in these tough times. Let's all get together and send what we can to Billy and Joyce and show them how much the man and his music means to us.

If you have a website, a facebook or myspace, please REPOST REPOST REPOST this appeal for help on there!
We can't save the world, but $20 from each of us will mean a lot in Billy Lee's life.

The most recent email address I have for Billy is mygal68@yahoo.com, however this doesn't seem to have a Paypal account. So please send what you can afford by post.


His Address is

Billy Lee Riley
723 Crest Drive
Jonesboro, Arkansas 72401
USA

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Saturday, Jul 04, 2009

One from Each Shelf

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This show doesn't really have a thenme, it's a general mix of stuff. But in a desperate attempt to make it seem like I'm organised, the choices are limited to one track selected from each shelf in the collection.

It's a rubbish idea...but a fine excuse to play masses of very cool tunes.

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Friday, Jul 03, 2009

New Rocking Releases, Spring 2009

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In one of our regular round-ups of newly unleashed discs, we have masses of cool tunes from the Mad Mike Monsters comp LPs, Rock'n'Roll Orgy, the latest Desperate Rock'n'Roll, plus Ronnie Hayward and a spectaular demo version of Vic Gallon's I'm Gone.

After the meltdown of the MyPodcast servers a few months ago, all of the early episodes of Rockabilly DJ got wiped. These are gradually being re-uploaded as hour-long shows with improved sound. Dig back to the beginning of the archives regularly over the next few weeks and recover a stash of lost gems.

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Friday, Jul 03, 2009

Femme Rockers (Reload)

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All female rockers.

During a meltdown of the MyPodcast site in early 2009, all of the earliest Rockabilly DJ shows were deleted. Folks have been asking for them to be re-uploaded, so here they are. The original notes and pictures are long gone, so you just get the music in all of its glory.


I started loading these by the dates they were first uploaded. This caused problems with reformatting of the web page, so I am now uploading them into the present.

This episode dates from July 2008

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Friday, Jul 03, 2009

Triple Shot Slammers from Modern Artist part 1 (Reload)

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Triplets of modern Rockabilly acts.

During a meltdown of the MyPodcast site in early 2009, all of the earliest Rockabilly DJ shows were deleted. Folks have been asking for them to be re-uploaded, so here they are. The original notes and pictures are long gone, so you just get the music in all of its glory.


I started loading these by the dates they were first uploaded. This caused problems with reformatting of the web page, so I am now uploading them into the present.

This episode dates from July 2008.

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Friday, Jul 03, 2009

Spinning All Over the Place (Reloaded)

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A general mix of stuff.

During a meltdown of the MyPodcast site in early 2009, all of the earliest Rockabilly DJ shows were deleted. Folks have been asking for them to be re-uploaded, so here they are. The original notes and pictures are long gone, so you just get the music in all of its glory.


I started loading these by the dates they were first uploaded. This caused problems with reformatting of the web page, so I am now uploading them into the present.

This one dates from July 2008

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Friday, Jul 03, 2009

Always The Sun (Reloaded)

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All Sun recordings in this episode

During a meltdown of the MyPodcast site in early 2009, all of the earliest Rockabilly DJ shows were deleted. Folks have been asking for them to be re-uploaded, so here they are. The original notes and pictures are long gone, so you just get the music in all of its glory.


I started loading these by the dates they were first uploaded. This caused problems with reformatting of the web page, so I am now uploading them into the present.

This episode dates from June 2008.

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Wednesday, Jul 01, 2009

Made in Gt Britain (Reloaded)

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A collection of 45s issued in Britain during the 1950s, including some surprises.

During a meltdown of the MyPodcast site in early 2009, all of the earliest Rockabilly DJ shows were deleted. Folks have been asking for them to be re-uploaded, so here they are. The original notes and pictures are long gone, so you just get the music in all of its glory.

These early shows were in two half hour segments, now joined together. The sound has also been improved.

I started loading these by the dates they were first uploaded. This caused problems with reformatting of the web page, so I am now uploading them into the present. This one dates from March 2008.

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Wednesday, Jul 01, 2009

Best of Jim Jam (Reloaded)

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Highlights from the 10 LP Jim Jam Series. Arguably the finest releases ever issued by Colector records.

During a meltdown of the MyPodcast site in early 2009, all of the earliest Rockabilly DJ shows were deleted. Folks have been asking for them to be re-uploaded, so here they are. The original notes and pictures are long gone, so you just get the music in all of its glory.

These early shows were in two half hour segments, now joined together. The sound has also been improved.

I started loading these by the dates they were first uploaded. This caused problems with reformatting of the web page, so I am now uploading them into the present. This one dates from March 2008.

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