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RADIO DEER CAMP #199: JUNE 23rd, 2024

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RADIO DEER CAMP #199: JUNE 23rd, 2024 https://we.tl/t-r1LSqHy36F Download archive at www.westcottradio.org Donate to help keep SPARK! Radio and RADIO DEER CAMP on the air at: http://sparksyracuse.org/support/ Intro- LES HANDCLAPS: Surfin' Barista (Handclaps Records, Sessions: Brooklyn) DANA GILLESPIE : You Just Gotta Know My Mind (London, Foolish Sessions) THE OLYMPICS: The Bounce (Tri Disc, Do The Bounce) TOM JONES: Chills And Fever (Deram, The Best Of Tom Jones) DEAN PARRISH: Watch Out (Laurie, LR-3418) THE GRIP WEEDS : Dandelion (Jem, Jem Records Celebrates Jagger & Richards) THE MARMALADE: Butterfly (Salvo, Fine Cuts: The Best Of Marmalade) THE EQUALS : Honey Bee (Repertoire, Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys-The Anthology) THE BYRDS : Psychodrama City ( Columbia , Singles A's & B's) MARSHALL CRENSHAW : Starless Summer Sky (Razor And Tie, Miracle Of Science ) SMALL FACES : Understanding (Deram, The Freakbeat Scene) THE TROGGS : Feels Like A Woman (Mercury, Archeology 1

For Brian Wilson’s Birthday...

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For Brian Wilson’s Birthday, I wrote this when he turned 70. Today, he's 82. Here’s my BW story: Brian miraculously began touring again in 1999, and in 2000, he did a tour performing the entire Pet Sounds album, with orchestra in many cities.  I got tickets for the Philadelphia performance, and later found out that the tour would be stopping in Harrisburg, PA. the following night.  With Harrisburg being about a half an hour from my home, I couldn’t very well let Brian get that close and not be there as well. The Philadelphia show was memorable for a number of reasons, even beyond being my first Brian Wilson concert (I’d seen him with The Beach Boys years earlier at Live Aid, which basically meant I watched him on a screen way at the back of JFK Stadium).  There was a full orchestra at this date, and being Philadelphia, a lot of Brian’s family and friends had traveled to attend the show.  I was able to come up with backstage passes after the show, thanks to some old radio friends.

RADIO DEER CAMP #198: JUNE 16th, 2024

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RADIO DEER CAMP #198: JUNE 16th, 2024 Download archive at www.westcottradio.org Donate to help keep SPARK! Radio and RADIO DEER CAMP on the air at: http://sparksyracuse.org/support/ Intro- LES HANDCLAPS: Surfin' Barista (Handclaps Records, Sessions: Brooklyn) SQUEEZE : Goodbye Girl [Live] (A&M, Six Squeeze Songs Crammed Into One Ten-Inch Record) THE SMITHEREENS: Tracey's World (Little Ricky, Beauty And Sadness) JELLYFISH: Baby's Coming Back (Charisma, Bellybutton) THE LEMON TWIGS: A Dream Is All I Know (Captured Tracks, A Dream Is All We Know) THE ANDERSON COUNCIL : Connection (Jem, Jem Records Celebrates Jagger & Richards) THE WHO: The Last Time (Polydor, The Who Sell Out-SDE) OTIS REDDING : (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Volt, Otis Blue) THE ROLLING STONES : I Wanna Be Your Man ( ABKCO , The Rolling Stones In Mono) NRBQ : Little Floater (Virgin, Wild Weekend ) BOB DYLAN & THE BAND : Million Dollar Bash (Columbia, The Basement Tapes) CREEDENCE CLEARWATER R

RADIO DEER CAMP #197: JUNE 9th, 2024

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RADIO DEER CAMP #197: JUNE 9th, 2024 Download archive at www.westcottradio.org Donate to help keep SPARK! Radio and RADIO DEER CAMP on the air at: http://sparksyracuse.org/support/ Intro- LES HANDCLAPS: Surfin' Barista (Handclaps Records, Sessions: Brooklyn) MARSHALL CRENSHAW : Someplace Where Love Can't Find Me (Warner Brothers, Good Evening) SIMON & GARFUNKEL: Somewhere They Can't Find Me (Columbia, Sounds Of Silence) GEORGE HARRISON: Someplace Else (Dark Horse, Cloud Nine) THE SPONGETONES: Anyway Town (Loaded Goat, Number Nine) SAD ABOUT GIRLS : She's Not Here (Seal Pup, She's Not Here) THE ZOMBIES: She's Not There (Big Beat, Zombie Heaven) THE LA'S : There She Goes (UMG, The La's) THE RANDY FULLER FOUR : Now She's Gone ( Now Sounds , Magic Touch-The Complete Mustang Singles Collection) THE COURETTES : Nobody But You (Damaged Goods, Here We Are ) OGNIR & THE NITE PEOPLE: I Found A New Love (Teenage Shutdown, Things Been Bad-18 Prime Slabs

RADIO DEER CAMP #196: JUNE 2nd, 2024

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RADIO DEER CAMP #196: JUNE 2nd, 2024 Download archive at www.westcottradio.org Donate to help keep SPARK! Radio and RADIO DEER CAMP on the air at: http://sparksyracuse.org/support/ Intro- LES HANDCLAPS: Surfin' Barista (Handclaps Records, Sessions: Brooklyn) TAKESHI TERAUCHI & HIS BLUE JEANS : Kuroda Bushi (Ace, Nippon Guitars) BOBBY FULLER: King Of The Beach (Norton, El Paso Rock, Volume 1) THE GO-GO'S: Speeding (IRS, Return To The Valley Of The Go-Go's) THE TURTLES: Surfer Dan (White Whale, The Battle Of The Bands) THE MIDNIGHT CALLERS : Jumpin' Jack Flash (Jem, Jem Records Celebrates Jagger & Richards) THE WHO: Under My Thumb (Polydor, Rarities Vol.1 1966-1968) THE SOUP GREENS: Like A Rolling Stone (AIP, Pebbles, Volume 1) THE ROLLING STONES : Stoned ( ABKCO , The Rolling Stones In Mono) THE BYRDS : Tribal Gathering (Columbia, The Notorious Byrd Brothers ) BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD: Hung Upside Down (ATCO, Buffalo Springfield Again) THE MOVE : Message From The Cou

RADIO DEER CAMP #193: MAY 26th, 2024

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  RADIO DEER CAMP #193: MAY 26th, 2024 NOTE:  This show originally aired on WSPJ-LP Radio on May 5th, 2024.  Because of technical issues, it was heard locally over the air in the Syracuse area, but was not streamed elsewhere until now. Download archive at www.westcottradio.org Donate to help keep SPARK! Radio and RADIO DEER CAMP on the air at: http://sparksyracuse.org/support/ Intro- LES HANDCLAPS: Surfin' Barista (Handclaps Records, Sessions: Brooklyn) THE SMITHREENS : I Believe (Koch, God Save The Smithereens) THE MOVE: Omnibus (Atlantic, Groovin') THE WHO: Leaving Here (UMG, My Generation-SDE) MICKEY & THE MILKSHAKES: It's You (Rhino, Children Of Nuggets) THE FLIRTATIONS : Love Somebody (Cargo, Still Sounds Like The Flirtations ) THE EQUALS: Soul Brother Clifford ( Repertoire , Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys) BOB SEGER: Lookin' Back (Capitol, 3187) THE MONKEES: Steam Engine ( Rhino , The Monkees Present-SDE) MARSHALL CRENSHAW : Better Back Off (Paradox, Life's To