Category Archives: Radio Shows

Rocking all over this Earth

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Here’s Sunday night’s transmission of Skybird Radio International which was broadcast through the services of Shortwave Gold. There’s tracks from all over the map and genre’s galore.

At 45 seconds in is One Deck Pete‘s third mix for Skybird Radio International and here’s the track listings:
Madtone – Diamonds in the Sky (Excerpt)
Les Maîtres Fous – La Mort d’Icare
Aselefech Ashine & Getenesh Kebret – Wegenne
Narcy – Nehaya
Wilmoth Houdini – Blow Wind Blow
Unknown Track off “Cantos Oscuros” from Little Axe Records (at 05.18 in on Side 1).

Enjoy the sounds from all around this Earth of ours!

 

Pets Win Prizes

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Here is the audio for KPET which went out on Shortwave Gold on Sunday 8th October 2023. Have a liston to a great show that has lots of pet related tunes and dedications going out to collie dogs, guinea pigs and budgies owners.

Beginning the show at 00.00 is a 15 minutes mix called “A tribute to Fido, Twinkie and Sheba” from One Deck Pet(e) and here’s the tracks:
oofoe – goldfish
Naslah – Cats & dogs
Cat Stevens – Was dog a donut
Benhayyi Al Baghbaghan – Salute the parrot (excerpt)
Soothsayers/Victor Rice – Glass fish dub

So fill up the dog bowl, put the cover over the parrot cage and enjoy the show!

Autumn, Jean-Michel Jarre and butternut squashes

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It ain’t half now turned a bit autumnal especially after the Autumn Equinox (on Saturday at 7.50am). At the end of the garden is a very small bed that has a right mixture of stuff in the tiny space include chillies and Cape gooseberry and peppers too. Also what we thought was some sort of melon may now be a butternut squash (pic below). Will it ripen before the frosts come?

And here’s a tune from Maurice Louca from Cairo a chap we discovered over the weekend while we were researching a forthcoming shortwave mix. From the excellently titled LP Benhayyi Al-Baghbaghan (Salute the Parrot) here’s the percussive monster called Maksim (Maxim) and it’s wonderful stuff. Listen to it a few times in a row and you’ll be noticing bits you never noticed the time before and be wanting to listen to it again. Mad mad stuff.

And while we’re talking about Cairo we’ve just remembered this tune from the excellent Zeb – The Spy From Cairo called Qanun in Dub.

Morania calling, Morania calling

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If you fancy something different to listen to this Sunday 24th September 2023 there’s a couple of interesting broadcasts on those shortwaves for you. At 2000 hrs UTC on 3975 & 6160 kHz via Shortwave Gold possibly the hardest station to catch on the airwaves will be making an appearance, the elusive Radio Morania. Listen in for some very interest content.
While at 2200 hrs UTC on 9395 kHz via WRMI the Imaginary Stations crew bring you the Imaginary Stations Polka Party. Expect lots of polka classics, all recorded live in front of an all singing and dancing audience in Poland. Poland, Maine that is. It will be one polka party, possibly the greatest ever polka party broadcast on shortwave!

This is the BBC calling, live from Deptford Market

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Found amongst the half opened bottles of shampoo, boxes of random electrical leads and general house clearance fare (to a soundtrack of someone wanting a refund from a sale the week previous of an electric good that went up in flames) here’s what we picked up at the Deptford Market for less than a quid this morning. It’s a first day cover from 1972 celebrating BBC & Broadcasting History, well interesting stuff, there’s a nice little inset with info about the featured stamps too. More on the item here.

If you would like to know how the story fared out with the damaged electrical good, here goes: “I want my money back” said the disappointed customer in very aggressive tones with some swearing thrown in too, “Where’s the device then?” said the vendor, “I threw it in the dustbin as it went on fire and could’ve burnt the house down” to which the market seller replied “No proof, no refund”. He may have a point! It weren’t one of those old wireless radios by any chance?

Stars on 45

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Here’s the Imaginary Stations show WS7S – The Skybird Seven Inch Vinyl Special a show in praise of the humble seven inch single that was broadcast on Sunday 10th September 2023 via WRMI. There’s some gems on here with some light scratches and a little bit of off-centre pressing madness.

At a few seconds into the audio One Deck Pete brings you a mix called The Skybird Single Club. Here’s the tracks:
Rotary Connection – Like a rolling stone
Weekend – The view from her room
Earl Curry – One whole year baby
Felice Taylor – I feel love comin’ on
Toby Nelson – You don’t need me (Version)

Have a listen to the show and rediscover the world of the humble seven inch single.

Talking of radio shows this Sunday 17th September 2023 we have two imaginary station related programmes on the shortwave. At 2000 hrs UTC on 3975 & 6160 kHz via Shortwave Gold we have DJ Frederick’s Shortwave Music Library where he picks some choice classics and rarities not usually aired heard over the wireless. Expect all sorts of eclectic stuff.

Talking of wireless, at 2200 hrs UTC on 9395 kHz via WRMI the Imaginary Stations crew bring you WTAB. A trip back in time where trebly voices and music flowed through horn type loudspeakers and when it got too loud a spare sock would dampen the sound. Expect some old tunes from way way back in the day!

Man-dolins in the street, oh yeah

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Yesterday we found this copy of The Mandolinist (no. 33) in what we thought was a violin case left out someone’s front garden with “take me on it”.  We don’t know that much about the mandolin sadly apart from John Peel appeared on Top of the Pops in 1971 pretending to play one alongside Rod Stewart and the Faces on “Maggie May” but we’re always up for finding out any good tunes featuring said instrument. Here’s a few we found tonight, the first is by Ekss called Dub des Deux Mandolines. Some nice vibes on here outta Sweden!

And one from Prakash Hariharan, Mandolin Prakash playing the electric mandolin on Kanchadalayadakshi. This is some wonderful classical mandolin playing!

And to match the current heatwave here in London (32 degrees C here in SE23 today) here’s some balearic mandolin business from Residentes Balearicos with Mandolina Suave.

As you can see the mandolin may not be easy but it is pretty and effective!

One radio show is never enough

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This Sunday 3rd September 2023 the Imaginary Stations crew bring you two shows via the ionosphere on shortwave. The first transmission will be beamed to Europe via the services of Shortwave Gold in Germany at 2000 utc on 6160 kHz and it will be WTBR, tea and biscuits radio.

Expect a teatime assortment of tunes, some musical crackers (without cheese) and a urn full of the finest tea money can buy!

Then later at 2200 hrs UTC on 9395 kHz  via WRMI we bring you another episode of CTRN for all of us who love that wonderful mode of transport, the train.

So tune in, make yourself comfortable, please don’t put your feet on the seats, do have your tickets ready for inspection and enjoy a nice ride across the country by shortwave radio.

One for the Bank Holiday

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Big thanks to Jesse Yuen for his last post here and for sending us this tune recommendation. As he says in his own words: “My last few months have been soundtracked by this release from Cousin. Downtempo, dubwise, low-end and percussive!” Sounds great and well up our street Jesse!