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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