Ship Full of Bombs

The Daryl Easlea Spectacular - 31/3/2015

Episode 88: Tawdry Tuesday

After Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Frankly Spiffing Saturday etc comes Tawdry Tuesday, the only way to finish your Easter hols. Full of gaudy finery, expect to hear David Bowie, Kraftwerk, Boney M, Ravi Shankar, Thievery Corporation, Hall and Oates, Millie Jackson and Neil Young. There are beautiful newies from Daphne and Celeste, Apachelux, LoneLady and Leftfield, and McDonald and Giles turn up in the Progflume. What is there not to love?

The Daryl Easlea Spectacular - 24/03/2015

Hear a remarkable Spectacular full of fabulous tunes from Ike and Tina Turner to Amerie, taking in Practice, The Dragon Eats, Can, Phil Manzanera, Don Covay and many more on the way - plus a tribute to Andy Fraser from Free

The Daryl Easlea Spectacular - 10/3/2014

Episode 86: World Of Sport

It is the 69th day of the year. To that end, Mr Easlea has at least four records that have that number in the title. Fabulous tunes and smashing chat from Susan, Graham, Alan and the Poet Hamilton. Music from Matthew E White, Dr Hook, the Stooges, Edwin Starr, Prince, James Brown, Mark Ronson, Sweet, the best record ever produced by birthday boy Timbaland and a guilty pleasure produced by other birthday boy Rick Rubin. The 'Floyd' in the Long One and Gong in the Progflume. And lots of beautiful soul, too.

The Daryl Easlea Spectacular - 24/2/2015

Mr Easlea and friends return tonight with a show that reflects early spring in the air, the majesty of D'Angelo, Mr E's 50% welshness and a crop of recent birthdays. Expect to hear newies from Blur, Mark Ronson, Hot Chip, D'Angelo, Brown Sabbath and classics from Roxy Music, Bee Gees, Sparks, Justin Jones, the Beatles, Earl Sweatshirt and many more besides. Led Zeppelin in the Long One, Man in the Progflume, Graham Brown's Taste Of The East, Susan's Boring Fact and the return of the Poet Hamilton. Many people have written in asking what the Poet Hamilton looks like. Here he is 15 years ago at a recording of the Spectacular in its first incarnation.

Roxy Music – Manifesto

D’Angelo And The Vanguard- The Charade

Cher – Tonight I Am Staying Here With You

George Harrison – I’ll Have You any Time

Nina Simone – Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues

Bob Dylan- Some Enchanted Evening

The Beatles – Revolution

Blur – Go Out

Hot Chip – Huarachi Lights

Mark Ronson – Daffodils

Brown Sabbath – the Wizard

Ian Dury – My Old Man

Homer Banks – Sixty Minutes Of Your Love

Dustin Jones  - Dance By Yourself 

Wood, Brass and Steel- Hey What Is that You Say?

Led  Zeppelin – In My Time Of Dying

Man – The Ride And The View

Tom Browne  - Funking For Jamaica (NY)

Usher – Good Kisser

D’Angelo - Feel Like Making Love

The Daryl Easlea Spectacular - 10/2/2015

Episode 84: Hooked On A Feeling

During his last show, Mr Easlea realised just how many fabulous records he loved had the word 'feel' in the title. So, with his love of pedantry and pop, he set about creating a show where every single record in all his formats will have this very word in the title! And they are all astonishing! Expect to hear Gorillaz, the Besnard Lakes, Boston, Pond, the Beatles, 10cc, Nina Simone, Laibach, and with Middle Age Spread coming this Friday, Donna Summer and Rudimental and many many more. 

Plus the Poet Hamilton and Susan's Boring Fact.

The Daryl Easlea Spectacular - 27/1/2015

Mr Easlea will be talking live on the telephone to former EMF vocalist James Atkin about his new album A Country Mile. In the studio, Graham James Brown will be offering his Taste Of The East, there will be a poem from The Poet Hamilton, Susan's Boring Fact, and beautiful tunes - an RIP long one from Edgar Froese, Floyd in the Progflume, an RIP Demis Roussos in the Floorfiller, a tribute to National Geographic in the Specific.

The Daryl Easlea Spectacular - 13/1/2015

For Pete's Sake!!!

The Daryl Easlea Spectacular - 16/12/2014

St Vincent – Digital Witness Bob Log III – Riverside THE SPECTACULAR SPECIFIC Kiesza – Hideaway Clean Bandit ft Jess Glynne - Rather Be Mark Ronson ft.Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk Little Dragon– Klapp Klapp TuNe-YaRdS –Hey Life Martin Carr –The Santa Fe Skyway PharrellWIlliams – Gust Of Wind The SensationalAlex Harvey Band – The Boston Tea Party Prince –Clouds TASTE OF THE EAST Iron Butterfly– In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida TICK TOCK SOUL O’CLOCK Homer Banks -Sixty Minutes Of Your Love Darrell Banks- Open The Door To Your Heart Frank Wilson -Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) DARYL’S LONG ONE LoveLady -Groove It Out THE PROGFLUME Syd Arthur –Garden Of Time Mogwai - HMP ShaunWilliam Ryder THE FLOORFILLER Kendrick Lamar– i GiorgioMoroder – 74 Is The New 24 THE SPECTACULAR SLUMBER Nancy Wallace– 2000 Miles Sabina –Sailor’s Daughter

The Daryl Easlea Spectacular - 2/12/2014

Daryl is back for his penultimate show pre-xmas and tremendously excited about both festivities and the remarkable selection of tunes he has in his sack this week. New ones from Mogwai, Action Bronson, AC/DC, Mary J.Blige and Les Sins; old ones from Chaka Khan, Young Marble Giants, Patsy Cline, birthday girl Britney Spears, The Fall and Mel Wynn and the Rhythm Aces; a beautiful long one from Bunny Wailer. Possibly even a few Christmassy ones and the Taste Of The East Xmas Special with Graham Brown and Susan's boring fact.

Fat Les - Naughty Christmas (Goblin In The Office)

AC/DC – Hard Times

The Fall –The War Against Intelligence

William Devaughn - Be Thankful For What You’ve Got

Two Bears – When Am I Gonna Make A Living?

Stone Roses - Fools Gold

Action Bronson – Grammy

Mogwai – Teenage Exorcist

Depeche Mode – Love, In Itself

Young Marble Giants – This Way

Joe Jackson – Steppin Out

Patsy Cline – I Gotta Lotta Rhythm In My Soul

Homer Banks – Sixty Minutes Of Your Love

Mel Wynn And The Rhythm Aces – Stop Sign

Davie Jones And The King Bees - Liza Jane

Bunny Wailer – This Train

The Greatest Show On Earth – Real Cool World

Barclay James Harvest – Taking Some Time On

Rose Royce – Is It love You Are After?

The Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar

Robert Wyatt – At Last I Am Free

Rufus And Chaka Khan – Ain’t Nobody

The Daryl Easlea Spectacular - 18/11/2014

Episode 79: Outside The Castle 

Hey cats got some new Bowie Ferry and Floyd for you tonight. Let's party like its 1974. In fact, with the Scotland England game on, it really does feel like 40 years ago. Blown away by the new New Build album, we are having a Hot Chip and related specific, the full-length Rapper's Delight in The Long One for dear old Big Bank Hank and old beauties from The Band, The Impressions, Graham Parker and the Rumour and new grooves from Kendrick Lamar (first played by Dan on Sea Shanties in 1879) and Les Sins. What would have been David Hemmings birthday is celebrated by a Peter Hammill record that mentions him. 8pm on the internet wireless, www.sfob.co.uk or on podcast from tomorrow. Tune in with the TV sound down.

Pink Floyd – Nervana

Kendrick Lamar – i

New Build – Pour It On

Alexis Taylor – Song Of Long

The 2 Bears – Moneyman

Grovesnor - Night Moves

Peter Hammill – Pushing Thirty

The Band – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Bryan Ferry – A Special Kind Of Guy

Cab Calloway – Are You Hip To The Jive

David Bowie – Sue (In a Season Of Crime)

Homer Banks – Sixty Minutes Of Your Love

The Flares – Foot Stomping

The Impressions – The Woman’s Got Soul

The Sugar Hill Gang – Rapper’s Delight

Pink Floyd – Allons – Y (1)

Pink Floyd Autumn ‘68

Pink Floyd Allons – Y (2)

Laibach – Sympathy For The Devil

Graham Park And the Rumour - Passion Is No Ordinary Word

Walter Jackson – It’s Cool