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Ed Emery’s

Revolutionary Radio Show:

Episode 2

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Playlist for Programme No. 2:

01. The Oul' Alarm Clock – Brendan Behan – Easter Week and After: Songs of the IRA – Topic 12T44 - 1960

02. Little Rootie-Tootie – Thelonius Monk – Monk’s Moods – Esquire 32-119 – 1954

03. Train ride to Rainbow City – The Pyramids – Sounds like Ska – Joy Records JOY 125 – 1968.

04. My little sister – Michelle Shocked – The Texas Campfire Tapes – Cooking Vinyl COOK 02 – 1986

05. How can you keep on moving? – Ry Cooder – Into the Purple Valley – Warner Reprise K44142 – 1971

06. Rocky road to Dublin – The Dubliners

07. Sonny's lettah – Linton Kwesi Johnson – Forces of Victory - Island Records ILPS 9566 – 1979

08. Monika wants to be an engineer – The Flying Pickets – Lost Boys – 10 Records – 1984

09. Fujiyama Mama – Wanda Jackson – Pioneers of Rock: Vol. 2 – Starline SRS5120 – n.d.

10. True blues – The Last Poets – Jazzoetry – Douglas Records ADLP6001 – 1976

11. The parting glass – Joe Homes and Len Graham – After Dawning: Traditional songs, ballads and lilts from the North of Ireland – Topic 12TS401 - 1979

LYRICS AND NOTES ON SONGS

01. The Oul' Alarm Clock - Brendan Behan - Easter Week and After: Songs of the IRA - Topic 12T44 - 1960

02. Little Rootie-Tootie – Thelonius Monk – Monk’s Moods – Esquire 32-119 – 1954

03. Train ride to Rainbow City – The Pyramids – Sounds like Ska – Joy Records JOY 125 – 1968.

04. My little sister – Michelle Shocked – The Texas Campfire Tapes – Cooking Vinyl COOK 02 – 1986

05. How can you keep on moving? – Ry Cooder – Into the Purple Valley – Warner Reprise K44142 – 1971

06. Rocky road to Dublin – The Dubliners

Notes:

A slip jig, in 9/8 time. The customary slip jig seems to run on eternally, somehow. In this case the effect is multiplied by the intensity of the wordplay, a singularly hard piece to sing. The song tells the fate of an Irish labourer who leaves Ireland to travel to England, where he encounters the racism of the locals – which he duly resolves in his own particular manner.

07. Sonny's lettah – Linton Kwesi Johnson – Forces of Victory – Island Records ILPS 9566 – 1979

08. Monika wants to be an engineer – The Flying Pickets – Lost Boys – 10 Records – 1984

09. Fujiyama Mama – Wanda Jackson – Pioneers of Rock: Vol. 2 – Starline SRS5120 – n.d.

10. True blues – The Last Poets – Jazzoetry – Douglas Records ADLP6001 – 1976

11. The parting glass – Joe Homes and Len Graham – After Dawning: Traditional songs, ballads and lilts from the North of Ireland – Topic 12TS401 – 1979

[End of Programme 2 Playlist]