Langspeeltijd * Long-playtime: 60s Albums Only *** Back to January 1968 with Blue Cheer [Vincebus Eruptum], The Byrds [Notorious Byrds Brothers], The Velvet Underground [White Light / White Heat], Aretha Franklin [Lady Soul], The Godz [Third Testament], Eric Burdon & The Animals [The Twain Shall Meet] *** Monday 24 January 2022 *** [Ed’s Show 2022-03]

NEW SHOW: Back to January 1968 with Blue Cheer [Vincebus Eruptum], The Byrds [Notorious Byrds Brothers], The Velvet Underground [White Light / White Heat], Aretha Franklin [Lady Soul], The Godz [Third Testament], Eric Burdon & The Animals [The Twain Shall Meet] *** REPEATED SHOW Pre and Post ‘The Action’: Ace, Savoy Brown [Shakedown, entire LP), Mighty Baby [1969, entire album] *** Monday 24 January 2022, 12:00 noon till  04:00 in the morning *** Time Zone CET Brussels, Paris, Berlin *** [2022-03 = 2018-05, no. 205] ***

RADIO 68: ALL THE REVOLUTIONARY SOUNDS AND VOICES THAT SHAPED THE SIXTIES 

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Showtime CETime Brussels 

• 12:00 Blue Cheer, Byrds, Velvet Underground
• 14:00 Ace, Savoy Brown, Mighty Baby
• 16:00 Blue Cheer, Byrds, Velvet Underground
• 18.00 Ace, Savoy Brown, Mighty Baby
• 20:00 Blue Cheer, Byrds, Velvet Underground
• 22:00 Ace, Savoy Brown, Mighty Baby
• 24:00 Blue Cheer, Byrds, Velvet Underground
• 02:00 Ace, Savoy Brown, Mighty Baby
• 04:00 Show Ends Here   

01 NEW SHOW: BACK TO JANUARY 1968 
BLUE CHEER: VINCEBUS ERUPTUM: the entire album  +
THE BYRDS: THE NOTORIOUS BYRD BROTHERS: choice tracks  +
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: WHITE LIGHT, WHITE HEAT (choice tracks- +
THE GODZ: THIRD TESTAMENT: choice tracks +
ARETHA FRANKLIN: LADY SOUL: choice tracks ***
AND ALSO: The Temptations:  Cloud Nine + ERIC BURDON & THE ANIMALS : Sky Pilot ** WORD:  Poet and activist DOROTHEA SMARTT reads her Poetry: Exclusive Radio 68 reading session

02 REPEATED SHOW: Pre and Post THE ACTION with
ACE, feat. Bam King: How Long, Ain’t Gonna Stand This No  More ***
SAVOY BROWN feat. Martin Stone: SHAKE DOWN, first LP, 1967 (entire album) ++
MIGHTY BABY:  first LP, 1969 (entire album) +++
AND ALSO: THE BLUES MAGOOS: PSYCHEDELIC LOLLIPOP *** POEZIE: Menno Wigman, Huub Beurskens i.s.m. Poëziecentrum Gent

HIGHLIGHT ** IN DE KIJKER

DOROTHEA SMARTT
“Dorothea Smartt is a stunning performance artist and poet. She has taught in the United Kingdom, and Bahrain, South Africa, Barbados and the U.S, after beginning her writing life in the Black/feminist co-operatives of the Eighties, and publishing her first work in anthologies. She plunges into a complex and diverse world which embraces Banjul, Barbados and her London base, Brixton. Little wonder, then, that she has been dubbed the “Brit born Bajan International” by her iconic mentor, Kamau Braithwaite, who clearly recognised her strong inner voice, so evident to listener and reader, and validated her blossoming poetic identity (…). Quoted from / All Rights Reserved: https://dorotheasmartt.wordpress.com/about/

Thank you Dorothea, for taking the time to read exclusively for Radio 68. Thanks too to Hylda Sims and The Poetry Café for logistic support.

MIGHTY BABY

When Mod, singer and soul fanatic Reggie King left to pursue a solo career, THE ACTION turned prog, changing their name into AZOTH (late 1968) before settling for MIGHTY BABY. On board where Mike Evans (bs), Roger Powell (dr), Bam King (gtr) , Ian Whiteman (keys) and Martin Stone, a guitarist who had played on SAVOY BROWN’s first LP “Shake Down” (1967). Mighty Baby released two albums (1969 and 1971). Later, Bam King can be found in ACE with Paul Carrack on vocals; They scored two hits, ‘How Long’ (UK no. 20, 1974) and ‘Ain’t Gonna Stand For this No More’.

RADIO 68 PLAYS: the first LP by SAVOY BROWN (Shake Down, 1967) with future Action-member MARTIN STONE. The first LP by IGHTY BABY (1969), which is basically THE ACTION without Reggie King turned prog. PLUS a few tracks by ACE, with Action-guitarist Bam King.

“(…) and the opening strains of “Egyptian Tomb” with off-beat sax honks, an Eastern vibe, and lyrics about people not knowing “what it is to have lived in a different place” indicated that Mighty Baby was no ordinary acid/jam/tripped-out band. With Reg King gone, the band opened their minds further, and pleasant acid-rock vibe, as if the happier Pink Floyd songs fused with the American West Coast and the prevailing country flair. In practice this meant mesmerizing guitar lines from Stone and King, the kinetic rhythm section holding over from their soul days, and the gentle invitation of rootsier sounds. The songs move from section to section with the guitars spinning the route. Sure, the band uses an expansion of the loved blues scales, but everything merges nicely: the discreetly religious lyrics (“A Friend You Know But Never See”), Whiteman’s occasional sax work, the lead guitars and a warm and friendly vibe. This duality means the band is sometimes reverential (“At a Point Between Fate and Destiny”), other times down-home rollicking (“Trials of a City”, the Dead-like “I’m From the Country”) but always enveloping”. (http://jhendrix110.tripod.com/Action.html)

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