7 December 2023

10 December 2023

Music Unlimited and Valley Sunrise, Edition 759

Production of the Christmas Eve edition of Valley Sunrise is complete and I’m now well advanced with # 397 of Friday Morning Radio, for December 29.

During the past week I received quite a few new Christmas releases, mainly from northern hemisphere artists, unfortunately, too late for inclusion in either of my programmes leading up to Christmas.

I believe I’m not alone as a presenter in needing tracks of this nature by November, for them to have any hope of being included in a December playlist.  I may be able to use some of those in the lead-up to Christmas 2024.

There are also two other criteria for me.

Christmas tracks need to fit in the “middle-of-the-road” category, and I don’t favour those with lyrics of a frosty, snowy nature.  This is the southern hemisphere, it’s now Summer here and although there are some who will disagree with me I believe that, contrary to tradition, snow-songs are inappropriate in Australia.

This day’s playlist……

Hour 1

Annette Joy – Dublin Girl (2023)
David Rose Orchestra – Bonanza Theme (Bobby Don Blocker, alias Dan Blocker, one of the stars of the early television series Bonanza, born this day in 1928 in De Kalb, Texas, USA. Died 1972.)
Larry Cann – Tamworth Gold (2023)
Toni West – A Christmas Tear (2023)
Chad Stuart & Jeremy Clyde – A Summer Song (1964) (David Stuart Chadwick, alias Chad Stuart, born this day in 1941 in Windermere, Cumbria, England. Died 2020)
Otis Redding – Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay (1968) (Otis Redding, died this day in 1967 in Lake Monona, Wisconsin, USA, aged 26)

John Glenn – The Blue Side of Lonesome (2023)
Mike Nesmith & The First National Band – Joanne (1970) (Mike Nesmith, died this day in 2021 in Carmel Valley, California, USA, aged 78)
Jessie Che – Ghosts (2023)
Billboard To 20 of 1960 – No 13: Brothers Four – Green Fields
Brenda Lee – Rocking Around The Christmas Tree

Hour 2

Joy Adams & Gary R Farmer – Mum and Santa Two Steppin’ Round Our Christmas Tree (2023)
By Request: Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton – You Can’t Make Old Friends
By Request: Roy Orbison – Cry Softly Lonely One
By Request: Shadows – Theme For Young Lovers
By Request: Don Williams – You’re My Best Friend
Richard Mulligan – Christmas In Carrantubber (2023)

Gordon Lightfoot – For Lovin’ Me
Roberto Delgado & His Orchestra – Disco Tropicano
Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – Blue Moon
Victoria Eman – Christmas Spirit
By Request: Ray Conniff Singers – The Little Drummer Boy

8 December 2023

Friday Morning Radio, Edition 394

Friday, and three hours of easy listening including indie releases and memories, including 60-Year Diamond Classics;

There is a very varied playlist, including Sammy Davis Jr., Chad Morgan, Jason Carruthers, Sinead O’Connor, John Lennon and much more. Maybe a request or two;

There will be an alert for some roadworks to watch out for in the South;

Railway Round-up (when Tasmanian volunteer-operated Tourist & Heritage trains are running);

And Sky High (which planets are visible and when – cloud permitting!

This day’s playlist……

Hour 1

Toni West – A Christmas Tear (2023)
Tom Curtin & Robyn Martin – When The Rain Comes Down (2023)
Suzanne O’Boyle – Wayfaring Stranger (2023)
Sammy Davis Jr – I’ve Gotta Be Me (1968) (Sammy Davis Jr born this day in 1925 in Harlem, New York, USA. Died 1990.)
19 0 1 – Along The Road To Gundagai
Chad Morgan – You’re Getting Old

Fausto Papetti – Strangers In The Night
David Curtis – Christmas Day The First Day Of Forever (2023)
Bertie Higgins – Key Largo (Elbert Joseph Higgins, alias Bertie Higgins, born this day in 1944 in Tarpon Springs, Florida, U.S.A. Turns 79 today.)
Sisters In Country – My Heart’s Already There (2023)
A Diamond Classic: Johnny Cash – Matador (1963)
A Diamond Classic: Cliff Richard & Shadows – Don’t Talk To Him (1963)

Hour 2

Mountain Rio – Rockabilly Christmas (2023)
Bruce Mackay – Schoey and Jess (2023)
Jason Carruthers – Song For The Lonely (2023)
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Platters – Only You (1955)
James Blundell – Rainbows (James Blundell, born this day in 1964 in Stanthorpe, Queensland. Turns 59 today.)
Annette Joy – Dublin Girl (2023)

Orchestra of Sergio Rafael – Theme From Love Story
Jim Reeves – Oh What It Seemed To Be
Sinead O’Connor – Nothing Compares To You (1990) (Sinead O’Connor, born this day in Glenageary, Ireland. Died 2023.)
Slim Dusty – Indian Pacific (1977)
Isla Grant – Flying High
Mae McCoy & Her Neon Stars – Detour

Hour 3

Joy Adams & Gary R Farmer – Mum and Santa Two-Steppin’ Round The Christmas Tree (2023)
Seals And Crofts – Diamond Girl (1973)
Craig Lloyd – I Call Australia Home (2023)
Jamie Redfern – Good Morning Starshine
John Lennon – Starting Over (1980) (John Lennon, died this day in 1980 in New York, USA, aged 40)
Al Cherny & Bill Mankiss – The Clarinet Polka

Percy Faith & His Orchestra – Manha De Carnaval
A Diamond Classic: Joan Baez – We Shall Overcome (1963)
A Diamond Classic: The Singing Nun – Dominique (1963)
Marty Robbins – Devil Woman (Marty Robbins, died this day in Nashville, Tennessee USA, Aged 57)
Hein Simons – Ball Paradox
Andy Cooney – These Are My Mountains (2023)

Diamond Classics are chosen tracks which were on Top 40 charts around Australia on the day of broadcast, exactly 60 years ago.

Boston, Massachusetts – A vinyl record by Junior Walker and The All Stars was returned to a library, over 47 years late.

Staff found a vinyl record of “Anthology” by the group, which had been due back on 27 October 1976, in the return bin. The album cover contained a punch card from the Egleston Square Branch Library, from where the record was loaned.

The library said the record was no longer in its system, as no Boston Public Library branches stock vinyl records anymore.

Librarians didn’t know who had checked the album out, nor who returned it, but there would not have been any fine for the late return  – UPI