Friday, December 31, 2010


Transmission T8210

Like sands through the hourglass - these are some of  the RFW faves from the past year of our lives. Take this ride back into 2010, which includes tuneful snapshots in time from The Apples In Stereo, Broken Social Scene, Spoon, No Age, The Arcade Fire, Paul Weller, Alejandro Escovedo, The Soft Pack, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Robert Plant, Eric Clapton, Marc Ribot, Mavis Staples, Black Keys, Broken Bells, The New Pornographers, Black Mountain, The National, Everything Everything, Two Door Cinema Club, MGMT, Brian Eno, Salem, Tobacco, Yeasayer, Grinderman, Menomena, Faust, Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. and Wolf Gang!

T8210 is a two-part 128k mp3 made loud to be played loud!

Part 1 is 61.9mb 1:07:42 in length.
Part 2 is 62.5mb 1:08:19 in length.

"it's just a matter of time"

RFW


Monday, December 27, 2010


Transmission 8110

Disco is no longer a dirty word - in fact it's now an accepted predecessor to punk. Without bumping to the former, we might not have pogoed to the latter. Get on the floor and move to Mission Of Burma, Public Image Ltd., Funkadelic, Sweet Cream, The Tubes, the Vortex OST, Cookie Monster & Larry Levan, The Future, Tarwater, Calvin Harris and Robert Fripp & David Byrne!

T8110 is a 55.4mb 128k mp3 1:00:33 in length made loud to be played loud!

"I slipped my disco when I was dancing with you baby"

RFW


Sunday, December 26, 2010


Transmission 8010

Saint Stephen is in the opening spotlight on this Boxing Day giving us unwrapped packages full of tunes from The Grateful Dead, Mott The Hoople, Linton Kwesi Johnson, The Brains, Rob Zombie & Alice Cooper, Elvis Costello & Brian Eno, XTC and Outrageous Cherry!

T8010 is a 54.5mb128k mp3 59:29 in length made loud to be played loud!

"Saint Stephen will remain, all he's lost he shall regain"

RFW

* Saint Stephen, "a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit" (Acts 6:6), was one of the Church's first seven deacons. He was appointed by the leaders of the Church to distribute food and other necessities to the poor in the growing Christian community in Jerusalem, thereby giving the apostles more time for their public ministry of proclamation (Acts 6:2-5).


 

Saturday, December 25, 2010


Transmission 7910

This show was the soundtrack to my Christmas Morning dreams, so so I re-gift Santa's musical present and pass along the joy of Return To Forever, Krakatau, Autonomous Zone, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Terje Rypdal. Happy Jingles!

T7910 is a 60.9mb 128k mp3 1:06:34 in length made loud to be played loud!

"fish and chips"

RFW

*The picture is of the Great Eastern Hotel on Liverpool Street in London.


Friday, December 24, 2010


Transmission 7810

How cool is today's show(?) - Steve McQueen cool - enough said(?). Enjoy David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Faust, Love And Rockets, Dennis Brown, Joe Cocker, Prefab Sprout, Red Guitars, Radiohead, Primus, Swamp Dogg and Buddy Miles Express!

T7810 is a 60.7mb 128k mp3 1:06:20 in length made loud to be played loud!

"if you steal, be Robin Hood"

RFW

Wednesday, December 22, 2010


Transmission 7710

An aquatic set, a brain tickler and a triple bill are all included inside. Commune with John Lennon, The Beach Boys, The Who, The Isley Brothers, Little Richard, King Curtis, Jimi Hendrix, Family, The Nice and Ten Years After!

T7710 is a 56.8 mb 128k mp3 1:02:04 in length made loud to be played loud!

"cool, clear water"

RFW

Sunday, December 19, 2010


Transmission 7610

Juicy Strawberry inspired music from The Anderson Council, The Apples In Stereo, Shuggie Otis, Asobi Seksu, Akira Sakata, Boyce & Hart, Tiny Tim, Mike McGear and Don Ellis. Delicious!

T7610 is a 56.2mb 128k mp3 1:01:25 in length made loud to be played loud!

"the music plays, I sit in for a few"

RFW


Transmission 7510

Born Donald Glen Vliet on January 15, 1941, the good Captain Beefheart "shuffle(d) off this mortal coil" on December 17, 2010.  We pay our respect and play his records on RFW!

T7510 is a 54.3mb 128k mp3 59.24 in length made loud to be played loud!

"you can make a sad song happy and bad world good"

RFW

Thursday, December 16, 2010


Transmission 7410

A tradition at the RFW Blog since the 30s, let's spike the eggnog and turn on to Christmas in The Wohlman Archives 2010. Included are gifts from Man Or Astroman, Dwight Twilley, Johnny Rab, Paul Simon, Spectrum, The Fleshtones, Homer & Jethro, Rudolph And Gang, Cheap Trick, The Vipers, International Language, Patsy Raye & The Beatniks, Pearl Bailey, Bing Crosby & Peggy Lee, Roger Christian, National Lampoon, Guster, The Len Price 3, Satan's Cheerleaders, The Mono Men, Death Cab For Cutie, Electric Jungle, Riff Ruffin, Toots & The Maytals, Johnny & Jon and Black On White Affair. Peace on earth and goodwill towards men - what a concept!

T7410 is a 73.9mb 128k mp3 1:20:47 in length made loud to be played loud!

"soon you'll hear ho-ho-ho"

RFW

*Little Jack Frost, Get Lost was performed by Bing Crosby and Peggy Lee!


 ** One of the best/worst - enjoy this condensed version of Santa Claus Conquers The Martians - let it load first to avoid the buffering pauses!

Saturday, December 11, 2010


Transmission 7310

The names found in the classic 52 - Girls are the source of inspiration for this moniker music session which features The B-52s, Human Sexual Response, Urban Verbs, The Byrds, Robert Plant, J. B. Lenoir, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Fleetwood Mac, Bo Dollis & The Wild Magnolia Mardi Gras Indian Band, Melvins, Alex Harvey, Golden Earring, The Move, The Gods, The Troggs and Procol Harum.

T7310 is a 61.5mb 128k mp3 1:07:13 in length made loud to be played loud!

"these are the girls of the USA"

RFW

* The label above is from the original version of 52 - Girls which was released in 1978 as the B-Side of Rock Lobster. Although it is equally exquisite, I decided to play the lp version for sonic and subjective reasons.
 

Sunday, December 05, 2010


Transmission 7210

The paralyzing sounds running around in your brain are courtesy of Funkadelic, Nicklebag, The Temptations, Prince Far I, Dillinger, The Observers, Bo Diddley, Janis Joplin, Erma Franklin, The Chantells, The Rolling Stones, Blind Willie Johnson, Junior Wells, Graham Parker, Ted Nugent and Gang Of Four!

T7210 is a 59.1mb 128k mp3 1:04:34 in length made loud to be played loud!

"but all I could do is stand there Paralyzed"

RFW

Saturday, December 04, 2010


Transmission 7110

Impeccable - The Chairman of the Board is one of the many inspirations for this cool and kooky edition of RFW that blends the formidable talents of Wire, Shinki Chen, John Lee Hooker, Lungfish, Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Tortoise, The Jeff Beck Group, Frank Sinatra, Nina Hagen, Stevie Wonder, Rick James, Prince, Brian Sands, Mushroom and Paul McCartney & Wings!

T7110 is a 65.3mb 128k mp3 1:11:22 in length made loud to be played loud!

"an abuse you town, until your'e down town"

RFW


* You know the drill, to avoid the rebuffering delays - hit play and pause to allow the video to load - then enjoy Rick  James - bitch. Thanks to Dave, Charlie and Rick - very funny stuff!