Bringing you the very best music across the board - We are not limited to genre, the only rule is that the music is good. NOT play-listed and never will be.
Episodes
Thursday Oct 06, 2016
Thursday Oct 06, 2016
The Valhalla Boys (Ben, Adam and Jake) were as witty as your wittiest pub quiz team names. Listen back to the show from the Essex Sea-men giving you things only dreams are made of.
Wednesday Oct 05, 2016
Wednesday Oct 05, 2016
Curly Dan Newman is joined by the Farrans, lovely chanteuse Natalia and her father Ramon, celebrated Spanish percussionist and bandleader, for an evening of groovy latin, jazz and wonderful memories. Plus you get that loveable scamp Jessie Diss and that gorgeous lump George too.
El Espiritu- Ramon Farran
(PIMP- Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band)
Got Myself A Good Man - Pucho and The Latin Soul Brothers
Together- Ray Barretto
(Bring Down The Birds- Herbie Hancock
Gimme Shelter- Cal Tjader)
Tabaco- Ramon Farran
The Green-Sailed Vessel - Ramon Farran and Robert Graves
The Far Side Of Your Moon - Ramon Farran and Robert Graves
Matrix- Dizzy Gillespie
BELL END
Fade- Kanye West ft Ty$ & Post Malone
Starboy- The Weeknd & Daft Punk
House Work- Jax Jones ft Mike Dunn & MNEK
Randy- Justice
Greg's Love- Seramic ft Bootsy Collins
Unsquare Dance - Dave Brubeck
(Hummin'- Cannonball Adderley Quintet)
Granados - Onjazz
Jaleos - Al-Andalus - Onjazz
The Triple Bluff - Snowboy and The Latin Section
Always and Forever - Heatwave
Tuesday Oct 04, 2016
Tuesday Oct 04, 2016
Episode 116: Hashtag Excited
In just over two weeks, the Spectacular takes to the stage for the first time ever at Southend's Railway Hotel in a live revue, with THE PRE NEW topping the bill. Gentleman Jim Fry from the group will be on the phone talking about what we can expect. Also, we have photography legend Simon Fowler - The Henri Cartier Bresson of the Thames Estuary - along to talk about his forthcoming exhibition.
And all of that is before the tunes we have from the Ethiopians, Deap Vally, Stephen Malkmus, the Anchoress, De La Soul, Massive Attack with Hope Sandoval, The Wknd ft Daft Punk, Gladys Knight, one from the fab new Van Der Graaf Generator album in the Progflume, Count Buffalo in the Long One. Poetry from Sion, A boring fact from Susan and Graham Brown's Taste Of The East.
Public Service Broadcasting - Sputnik
De La Soul And David Byrne – Snoopies
Bob Dylan – It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
Ethipions – Train To Skaville
Gladys Night and The Pips – Friendship Train
Goldfrapp – Train
Pre New – Speed Queen
Pre New – Janet Vs John
The Anchoress – Popular
Pete Brown and Piblokto - Golden Country Kingdom
Petula Clarke – Sacrifice My Heart
Homer Banks - Sixty Minutes Of Your Love
Bobby Patterson – I get My Groove From You
Buddy Ace – This Little Love Of Mine
Akira Ishikawa and Count Buffalo - Wanyamana Mapambuzuko
Depeche Mode – New Life
David Holmes – I Heard Wonders
Van der Graaf Generator – Alfa Berliner
Bootsy Collins – Psychoticbumpschool
Sam Evian – Sleep Easy
Monday Oct 03, 2016
Monday Oct 03, 2016
James Tanner joined Stuart on the show tonight to share their love of all things metal.
Ufomammut - Sulphurdew
Earthmass - Divergence
Electric Wizard - The Chosen Few
Black Sabbath - Under The Sun
Mistress - Earth Died Screaming
Entombed - Left Hand Path
God Among Insects - A Gush of Blood
Decomposed - At Rest
Bolt Thrower - World-Eater
At The Gates - The Architects
The Haunted - Bury Your Dead
Nuclear Assault - F#
Slayer - Skeletons of Society
Anthrax - Indians
Ministry - Stigmata
G.G.F.H. - Fiending Korpse
Watchmaker - Falling Upwards
Morbid Angel - Blessed Are The Sick
Phantom Winter - Wraith War
BlackTusk - Red Eyes, Black Skies
Monday Oct 03, 2016
Monday Oct 03, 2016
Monday Oct 03, 2016
The Harbour Bazaar takes to the road with a live special from the London's neon spectacular Satan's Circus Bar with fantastic guest DJ's Rockin' Jon and Handy Joe choosing the music, sharing stories of the tunes, people and clubs from the south east Mod and Rockin scene's over the last thirty years and asking if Bo Diddley really played at Crocs?
Tunes from Little Junior Parker, Slim Harpo, Jerry Lee Lewis & The Nashville Teens, Demond Dekker, Curtis Mayfield, Vince Taylor & The Playboys,Harry James Allstars, Don Thomas and many more
Huge thanks to Joe and Wenlock & Essex for the use of Satan's Circus
To visit go to www.wenlockandessex.com/
Playlist
My Baby Left Me - Elvis Presely
Hong Kong Garden - Siouxie & The Banshees
Boppin' The Blues - Carl Perkins
Strange Town - The Jam
White Lightning - George Jones
Feels Good - Little Junior Parker
Holidays In Cambodia - Dead Kennedies
Watcha Say - The Kaisers
Slim Harpo - Shake Your Hips
The Wedding Present - Kennedy
Junior Murvin - Police & Thieves
Rollin' Danny - The Fall
Fu Manchu - Desmond Dekker
You Can't Catch Me - Chuck Berry
The Liquidator - Harry J All Stars
Cool Jerk - The Capitols
Someone's Crying - Bo Diddley
Casting My Spell On You - Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
Brand New Cadillac - Vince Taylor & The Playboys
Come On Down Train - Don Thomas
Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield
Who Slapped John? - Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps
Good Golly Miss Molly - Jerry Lee Lewis & The Nashville Teens
Hong Kong Garden - Siouxie & The Banshees
Boppin' The Blues - Carl Perkins
Strange Town - The Jam
White Lightning - George Jones
Feels Good - Little Junior Parker
Holidays In Cambodia - Dead Kennedies
Watcha Say - The Kaisers
Slim Harpo - Shake Your Hips
The Wedding Present - Kennedy
Junior Murvin - Police & Thieves
Rollin' Danny - The Fall
Fu Manchu - Desmond Dekker
You Can't Catch Me - Chuck Berry
The Liquidator - Harry J All Stars
Cool Jerk - The Capitols
Someone's Crying - Bo Diddley
Casting My Spell On You - Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
Brand New Cadillac - Vince Taylor & The Playboys
Come On Down Train - Don Thomas
Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield
Who Slapped John? - Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps
Good Golly Miss Molly - Jerry Lee Lewis & The Nashville Teens
Thursday Sep 29, 2016
Thursday Sep 29, 2016
Piley and Mondo are joined in session by Andy J Gallagher and author Zoe Howe reading extracts from her new novel 'Shine On Marquee Moon'. They also play songs with a bookish theme.
Your Desert, My Mind - The Mutants
Thou Shalt Always Kill - Scroobius Pip
Open Book - Tahiti 80
Because We Are - Andy J Gallagher
Live Session
The Brightest Star - Andy J Gallagher
Helicopter, Dolphin Submarine - Andy J Gallagher
Green Earrings - Steely Dan
Gotcha - Michael Elphick
Guess I'm Falling In Love - Velvet Underground
Zoe Howe's Choices
Here's Frank - The Monochrome Set
Mountains - Prince
Friction - Television
Lost Boys Theme - Cry Little Sister
1984 - David Bowie
Wednesday Sep 28, 2016
Wednesday Sep 28, 2016
Whitey – Leave Them All Behind
Le Tigre - TKO (Peaches Knock Out Remix)
Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl
Preoccupations - Anxiety
Preoccupations - Degraded
Preoccupations - Stimulation
Deerhoof - The Devil and his Anarchic Surrealist Retinue
Julia Ruzicka - Painter Man Is Coming - This Becomes Us (vocals Black Francis)
Future Of The Left - 50 Days Before the Hun
Why? – Early Whitney
The Warlocks - Only You
Fumaça Preta - La Trampa
Fumaça Preta - Decimo Andar
Big Deal - PG
Jenny Hval - Female Vampire
Psychic TV - Jump Into The Fire
MONO - Requiem For Hell
Dub Narcotic Sound System - Fuck Shit Up
Sisters of Mercy - Alice
Portishead - SOS
Human League - Only After Dark
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Tom the Model
The Fall - Industrial Estate
Amon Düül II – Fly United
Can - Outside My Door
Tuesday Sep 27, 2016
Tuesday Sep 27, 2016
What an awesome show we had with an incredible live performance from The Getup.
Go on, give it a listen.
We played:
Superstition - Frank McComb
Alive - Marcus Strickland
Memory Of (Us) - Del La Soul (ft. Estelle and Pete Rock)
You're Goin' Miss Your Candyman - Terry Callier
Live session from The Getup
Fat Pats Kitchen - The Getup
Ooh Ooh - The Getup
Straight From The Hob - The Getup
Sugamama - The Getup
Give It Up Turn It Loose - The Real Thing
Pistol Whip - T Bottoms
Hold It Down - Quantic Soul Orchetra
Blow Up - James Taylor Quartet
Don't You Want Me - Fast 3
Hot Barbecue - George Benson & Jack McDuff
Unwind Yourself - Marva Whitney
You - Shirley Scott and The Soul Saxes
Live session from The Getup
Nelson Street - The Getup
Porkie Pies - The Getup
Bungles Twanger - The Getup
Moonshine - The Getup
The Gospel Comes To New Guinea - 23 Skidoo
Reach Out Your Hand - The Brotherhood Of Man
Friday Sep 23, 2016
Friday Sep 23, 2016
Diana plays songs with an estuary theme including exclusive tracks recorded as part of Metal Culture's/Leigh Folk Festival Estuary Songwriters Project in tribute to Jack Forbes.
The Sunny Side Of The Ocean - John Fahey
A Different View - Kate Waterfield (Estuary Songwriters Project)
The Bay Of Biscay - Waterson Carthy
The Whale Fishery - Philip Hamon and Hilary Carre
At The Crowstone- Nick Pynn (Estuary Songwriters Project)
Sir Patrick Spens - Stuart Estell
Outten About - Lucy Farrell (Estuary Songwriters Project)
The Undulating Sea - Lost Harbours
When The Ship Comes In - Bob Dylan
Amy Johnson - Roshi Nasehi (Estuary Songwriters Project)
Road To The North/Hanging Bridge/All At Sea - Kathryn Tickell
Pleasant And Delightful - C Joynes
Smugglers Song - Alasdair Roberts (Estuary Songwriters Project)
Lowlands Of Holland- Paddy Tunney
Ocean - Velvet Underground
Hazel's Somg - Hazel Askew (Estuary Songwriters Project)
In London So Fair - Mary Ann Carolan
Suzanne - Leonard Cohen
Bonxie - Piers Haslam (Estuary Songwriters Project)
John Dead - Rachel Unthank and the Winterset
Polly On The Shore - Stewart Lee and Stuart Estell
Dunkirk Jack - MG Boulter (Estuary Songwriters Project)
South Australia - The Hoy Shanty Crew
Cruel Mother - Graham Coxon
Jimmy's Jewels - Men Diamler
Locks and Bolts - Meg Baird