OTW 1989-07-16 Scorcher On the Wire - Tribute to Mr. Clement "Coxsone" Dodd

Produced by Steve Barker. Researched by Steve Barker and Chris Reynolds. Engineered by Mike Martin. Programme assistant - Mark Reynolds. Thanks to Steve Barrow (Trojan Records), Roy Cousins (Tamoki Wambesi) and Roger Eagle for help and inspiration. Special thanks to Lol Bell-Brown (Boom Shacka Lacka).

Dub Syndicate - Ravi Shankar
Don Drummond - Heavenless
Skatalites - Ball Of Fire
Skalites - Celebration Time
Roland Alphonso - El Pussy Cat
Lee Perry - Pussy Galore
Lord Bryner - Congo War
Clancy Eccles - Glory Allehujah
Lee Perry - Royalty
Earl Bryan Orchestra - Barber Chair
Jackie Opel - More Wood
Wailing Souls - Mr Fire Coal Man
Burning Spear - Door Peep
Heptones - Equal Rights
Slim Smith - Rougher Yet
Johnny Osbourne - Jah Promise
Bob Marley - Interview
Wailers - Simmer Down
Ken Boothe - You're No Good
Wailers - Dancing Shoes
Soul Brothers - Free Soul
Norma Frazer - First Cut
Cornell Campbell - Queen Of The Minstrels
Gladiators - Bongo Red
Lone Ranger - Love Bump
Sound Dimension - Story Book Version
Larry & Alvin - Nanny Goat
Larry & Alvin - Your Love
Lord Tanamo - Rainy Night In Georgia
Carlton & The Shoes - Love Me Forever
Sound Dimension - Upsetter's Dream
Dennis Alcapone - Forever Version
Pablove Black - Shaolin Disciple
Dillenger - Jamaican Collie
Jackie Mittoo - Ghetto Organ
Ethopian - Open Gate
Lennie Hibbert - Village Soul
Delroy & Sporty - Lovers Version
Ernest Ranglin - Surfing
Jackie Mitto - Our Thing
Frankie Paul - Programme
Gaylads - Joy In The Morning
Higgs & Wilson - There Is A Reward
Horace Andy - Skylarking
Bob Andy - My Time
Freddie Mcgregor - Africa Here I Come
King Cry Cry - I Had A Talk
Madlads - Ten To One
Sound Dimension - Sounds Almighty
Voice Boys - Yah Ho
Al Campbell - Take A Ride
Dub Specialists - Theme From Dub Room
Alton Ellis - Alton Groove
Peter Tosh & The Soul Vendors - Toughest Version
Winston Francis - Lets Go To Zion
Willie Williams - Amagideon Version
Dub Specialists - Greedy G

OTW 1989-06-11 Excerpt - Devon Russell and Prince Hammer

Interview with Devon Russell and Prince Hammer.

This is a partial show of just the interview, and does not include most of the music played that day (which is documented below)

Playlist:

Prince - Bat Dance - Warner Bros
Fugazi - Margin Walker - Dischord
Tackhead - Tell Me About The Hurt - World
Ritchie McDonald/Glen Brown - Realize - Greensleeves
Prince Jazzbo - Mr Harry Skank - Greensleeves
Too Nice - I Git Minze - Arista
Mystique - Here We Go - Tuff City
Twin Hype - Do It To The Crowd - Profile
Tartans - Coming On Strong - Caltone
Lloyd & Devon - Cuss Cuss - Studio One
Devon Russell - Red Bum Ball - Classic Records
Devon Russell - Darker Than Blue - World Enterprise
High Times Band - Stand In Your Glory - High Times
Cultural Roots - Rougher Yet - Greensleeves
Devon Russell - Lonely Girl - Exodus
Cultural Roots - Palaving Street - Greensleeves
A Certain Radio - Good Together - A+M
Prince Hammer - What A Struggle - Melinda
Prince Hammer - Africa Dance Hall - Melinda
Rappa Robert / Tippa Lee - Half Key Drive (version) - Greensleeves

From Steve's archive, this lovely picture of (l-r): Roy Cousins, Prince Hammer (and family), Steve Barker, Chris Reynolds, Devon Russell, taken in the grounds of Blackburn Cathedral.

OTW 1989-05-21 Football special (partial)

Football special.

Unfortunately this is only the last 20 mins or so.

Intro
Nana Vasconcelos - Futebol
(Note: Burnley - As Near As We Get)
The Fall - Kicker Conspiracy
(Note: Guy Lovelady, Steve Redhead, Fenny)
Asher Sevator - The Big Match
Blammo - Drastic Plastic
Rocking Johnny Austin - Going Back To Derby
(I, Ludicrous - Moynihan Bring Out The Hooligan In Me)
(Frank Sidebottom - Football Medley)
Barmy Army - Billy Bonds MBE
Jorge Ben - Ponta De Lanca Africano
Albanian World Cup Squad - Albania Albania
Liverpool FC - Anfield Rap
Trinity - Football Match
Don Fardon - Belfast Boy
Real Sounds of Africa - Dynamo vs Caps (0-0)
Too Much Texas - Nobby Stiles (Heart Of Jesus)
Carey Johnson - Correction Train
Tackhead - The Game (Political Dub)

The two tracks in brackets are inserted as artists only on the playlist, however they both appear on the compilation "Bananas!" (Rodney, 1989), which was featured in this show, and was brought in by Guy Lovelady.

"Correction Train" is the source of the oft-used OTW sting "This is your popular station where your music comes first".

Also near the end is an interview with Fenny reporting from the first leg of the Football League Second Division playoff between Blackburn Rovers and Watford.

BBC Radio Lancashire split frequencies on this occasion, with OTW being broadcast on FM, and presumably on MW was commentary of the match.

OTW 1989-04-30 Excerpt: Coldcut

Guests: Matt Black and Jonathan More from Coldcut.

Strange things happened when Matt and Jon visited On The Wire. On playing out "Smoke 1" from the newly-released "What's That Noise" album, the fire alarm went off and the studio had to be evacuated.

Standard procedure for the on-air presenter is to insert the emergency cart and switch over to it immediately, which is what you hear between about 9:35 and 13:44. The cart is a 5½min loop of two tunes with announcements from veteran BBC broadcaster Gerald Jackson, and was actually broadcast for most of half an hour - I have removed most of it as there is only so much "Swinging Safari" by Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra or "Music Box Dancer" by Frank Mills one can listen to.

This is the only occasion on which Steve has needed to play the emergency cart.

While a playlist for this show exists, it appears to be rather brief.  Below is a reconstruction based on what is listed and the extant audio.

Intro
Tubby's
Joe Hall and the Corvettes - Bongo Beatin' Beatnik - Global
Lynn Tait
Barbara Lynn
Latifah
Coldcut - Smoke 1 - Ahead Of Our Time
Fire alarm interlude: Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra - Swinging Safari - Polydor
Fire alarm interlude: Frank Mills - Music Box Dancer - Polydor T K Hulin & Smoke - Smoke It - Booray
Coldcut - Which Doctor? - Ahead Of Our Time
Black Radical Mk II - Monsoon - 2 The Bone Mr. Modo Records
Public Enemy - mix white label
Tackhead - Stealin' - SBK
Coldcut - Stop This Crazy Thing (Hedmaster mix) - Ahead Of Our Time
Cornell Campbell - I Will Never Change - Attack
Suns Of Arqa - Jaggunath - Antler
Wilfredo

OTW 1989-04-23 (partial)

Guest: Junia Walker

Many thanks to the late Junia, who graciously loaned me his recording of this show.

Neither text nor image copy of a playlist is available at this time, sorry (can you help?).

OTW 1989-02-12 Requiem On The Wire (King Tubby)

Produced by Steve Barker.

Neither text nor image copy of a playlist is available at this time, sorry (can you help?).