No Reason

Two Cheeky Chappies go from Memphis to Mali via Athens & Brighton

1. Roscoe Gordon - 'Just A Little Bit' from Mod: The Early Years.

2. Aaron Neville - 'The Grand Tour' from Behind Closed Doors

3. Rachid Taha - 'Now or Never' from Zoom

4. Lee Dorsey - 'Do-Re-Me' from His Greatest Hits

5. Max Miller - 'Do Re Mi' from The Cheekie Chappy

6. Spider John Koener - The Dodger' from What's Left of Spider John

7. Rokia Traore - 'The Man I Love' from Tchamantche

8. Frank Crumit - 'The Pig Got Up...' from A Gay Caballero

9. Florence Joelle - 'How Many Chickens...' from Stealing Flowers

10. Robert Leecan - 'Nobody Knows You...' from Leecan & Cooksey Vol 2

11. Irma Thomas - 'In Between Tears' from In Between Tears

12. Blind Willie Johnson - 'Dark Was The Night...' from Dark Was The Night (Alan Balfour's Sublime Moment')

13. Allen Toussaint -  'I Wave Bye Bye' from Quiet About It

14. Jerry Butler -  'Moon River' from Good Times

15. Stelios Kazantzidis -'Synefiasmeni Kyraki' from The Complete Stelios Kazantzdis

16. Steve Earle - 'That All You Got' from The Low Highway

17. Bettye Swann - 'Don't You Ever Get Tired' from Sweet Dreams

18. Valerie June - 'The Hour' from Pushing Against The Stone'

19. Samba Toure - 'Aye Sira Bila' from Albala

theme tune: Nick Lowe - 'No Reason' from Jesus Of Cool

" people said they were the ideal couple on the air.......well, we best leave it there"

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Norman & Gary go 'On The Road' from Tuscon, Arizona to Pilette, Louisiana via Niger and Belleville.

1. Carl Lester - 'When You See Me Hurt' from New Breed Blues with added Popcorn

2. Lalo Guerrero - 'Marihuana Boogie' from Jumping Like Mad.

3. Mamie Perry - 'Lament' from Popcorn Classics.

4. Ramon Goose - 'Crazy 'Bout An Automobile' from Desert Rock.

 5. The Olympics - 'Western Movies' from Western Movies & Private Eyes.

6. Rokia Traore - 'Ka Moun Ke' from Beautiful Africa.

7. Slim Gaillard - 'Yep Roc Heresay' from Cement Mixer Putti Putti

8. Bebe Manga - 'Amie' from Golden Afrique Vol 1. (Clive Stanley's Sublime Moment)

9. Mickey & The Soul Generation - 'Get Down Brother'  from Iron Leg

10. Katy Carr - 'Kommander's Car from Pazport.

11. Irene Scruggs - 'Borrowed Love' from Martha Coleland & Irene Scruggs Vol 1

12. Bombino - 'Imuhar' from Nomad.

13. The Memphis Jug Band - 'On The Road Again' from Walk Right In

14. Lilly Hiatt - '3 Days' from Let Down.

15. Ben Charest - 'Belleville Rendez-Vous' from Belleville Rendez-Vous OST.

 16. Harry 'The Hipster' Gibson - Who Put The Benzedrine...from Vintage Songs Of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes. 

17. Lost Bayou Ramblers - 'Ma Generation' from En Francais.

theme song: Nick Lowe - 'No Reason' from Jesus Of Cool.

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 "she's got better legs than John Hiatt."

The Birthday Boys go from Omaha, Nebraska to Berlin via Tanzania and Bethnal Green.

1. Wynonie Harris - 'Destination Love' from Blues Masters: Vol 14.

2. Don Covay - 'Sookie Sookie' from Atlantic Soul 59 -75

3. Hot 8 Brass Band - 'Ghost Town' from CD single.

4. Sylvia McNeill - 'Ugly Man' from RCA 7' single.

5. Nick Lowe - '36 Inches High' from Basher: The Best Of'

6. The Dandeliers - 'Chop Chop Boom' from Street Corner Symphonies Vol 6.

7. Ashimba - 'Weka Mambo' from Wakukaya

8. Harold Melvin - 'Get Out (And Let Me Cry) from Storm Warning. (Leon Parker's Sublime Moment)

9. Leo Kottke - 'Jack Gets Up' from My Father's House.

10. Arizona Dranes - 'Just Look' from He Is My Story.

11. Harry Champion - 'Never Let Your Braces Dangle' from Cockney Bill Of London Town'

12. Zdravko Colic - 'Rondinella' from La Reine Margot OST

13. Derek Gripper - ' Kaounding Cissoko' from One Night On Earth

14. The James Hunter 6 - 'Minute By Minute' from Minute By Minute.

15. Biram Seck - 'Leer' from an unreleased recording.

16. Ron Sexsmith - 'Nowhere To Go' from Forever Endeavour.

17. 17 Hippies - 'Apache' from Heimlich

theme tune: Nick Lowe - 'No Reason' from Jesus of Cool'

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" 2 years older and none the wiser"

"Yes, or 14 cat years."

Leon Parker's Exhibition Calendar

Talk With Brain Peerless Wednesday 17th April 6.00 – 7.30 pm
Brain Peerless who worked at Dobell's record shop from 1962 to 1992 will give his unique perspective on this legendary venue. RSVP info@chelseaspace.org

Record Store Day UK Saturday 20th April 10.00am – 4 .00pm
Chelsea space celebrates Record Store Day UK with open decks for you to play and listen to your Dobell’s Jazz Folk Blues records on, a pop up vinyl and books stall and live acoustic music. http://www.recordstoreday.co.uk

Talk With David Redfren Wednesday 15th May 6.00 – 7.30 pm
Hear renowned music photographer David Redfren talk about his extensive career. David has photographed all the greats. Including Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Dusty Springfield, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Hendrix and Dylan. In our exhibition, you can see David’s photographs commissioned by Dobell’s from the 1967 Newport JazzFestivall.
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Open Decks Sessions Wednesdays 2.00 – 5.00 pm
17th April - Dobells Staff and Customers
24th April - Leon Parker of British Record Shop Archive
1st May - Sound Of The World Forum
8th May - National Jazz Archive
15th May – Open session

The Two Masked Marvels go from Centralhatchee, Georgia to San Antonio via Senegal & Herne Bay.

1. Roy Lee Johnson - 'Black Pepper' from When A Guitar Plays The Blues.

2. Little Willie John -  'Need Your Love So Bad' from This Is Charly RnB.

3. Gid Tanner - 'Work Don't Bother Me' from Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard.

4. Paper Aeroplanes - 'Safe Hands' from We Are Ghosts.

5. Van Dyke Parks - 'Steelband Music' from Discover America.

6. Louis Prima - 'Jugband Music'  Single (Kama Sutra)

7. Marvin Gaye - 'What's Going On' from What's Going On (Rod Demick's Sublime Moment No 2.)

8. Hattie Littles - 'Love, Trouble, Heartache & Misery' from Cellarful Of Motown.

9. Jon Cleary - 'Southern Nights' from Occapella.

10. Abou Diop - 'Weliyaade' from Nootee.

11. Carlos Guardel - 'El Dia Que Me Quieras' from Lights In The Dusk OST.

12. The Imagined Village - 'Cum On Feel The Noise' from Empire & Love.

13. Charley Patton - 'Down The Dirt Road Blues' from Founder of The Delta Blues

14. Arthur Conley -'Let's Go Steady' from I'm Living Good'

15. Kevin Ayers -'Baby Come Home' from Unfairground

16. Tish Hinojosha -'Con Su Pluma En So Mano' from Frontejas

theme song: Nick Lowe -'No Reason' from Jesus Of Cool

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"This time the compilation is called: 'Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard'...I think we do one or two of those things don't we?"

The 78 Minute Men go from Pontiac, Michigan to Mali via New Orleans and Guinea.

1. The Skee Brothers - 'While I'm Away' from Keb Darge & Little Edith's Legendary Wild Rockers.

2. Conjunto Tipico del Valledupar -'La Pegajosa' from Diablos Del Ritmo.

3. Lowell George - 'What Do you Want The Girl To Do' from Rolling With The Punches: The Allen Toussaint Songbook.

4. Burning Spear - 'Shout It Out' from Freedom Sounds (Trojan Box Set)

5. The Dominoes - 'Sixty Minute Man' from RnB Hits of 1951.

6. The Du Droppers - 'Can't Do Sixty No More' from Talk That Talk.

7. J D McPherson - 'Your Love' from Signs & Signifiers.

8. Mississippi Fred McDowell - 'Shake 'Em On Down' from The First Recordings...

9. Ramsay Midwood - 'When God Dipped His Pen' from Popular Delusions & The Madness Of Cows.

10. Sekouba Bambino - 'Koumakelalou' from The Griot's Craft.

11. Robb Wilton - 'I Should Say So' from Robb Wilton's War.

12. Ry Cooder - 'Seneca Square Dance' from The Long Ryders OST.

13. Ernie Payne - 'Coercion Street' from Coercion Street.

14. Travis Wammack - You Better Move On' from Country Got Soul - Vol One.

15. Clarence Carter - 'Say It One More It Time' from 1970 B Sides.

16. Allen Toussaint - 'Soul Sister' from Rolling With Punches.

17. Sean Rowe - 'Night' from Magic.

18. D j Mopao - 'Peguele' from Music From Saharan Cell Phones - Vol 2.

theme tune: Nick Lowe - 'No Reason' from Jesus Of Cool.

" the first one's boastfulness and the second one's dysfunction."

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Norman & Gary go from Bedford Falls to Oakland, California via Mali & Belfast...Happy New Year to you all.

1. Carrie Grant - 'Mish Mash' from Rhythm & Blues Vol 10.

2. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - 'Jama Ko' (promo)

3. One Man Bank - 'Guano Padano' from 2.

4. James Brown - 'Night Train' from Star Time.

5. Dan Sullivan's Shamrock Band - 'From Galway To Dublin' from From Galway  To Dublin.

6. Henry Thomas - 'Railroadin' Some' from Henry Thomas

7. L'Orchestre Kanaga de Mopti - 'Sory Bmaba'  from L'Orchestre Kanaga de Mopti.

8. Cotton Top Mountain Boys Sanctified Singers - Christ Was Born On Christmas Morn' from Where Will You Be Christmas Day

9. The Wheels -'Don't You Know' from Road Block

10. Travis Perkins & Blind Bitter Difference - Frankie & Albert (live in the No Reason studio)

11. Carol Ford. - 'Your Well Run Dry' from Teach Me To Monkey.

12. Mickey Katz - 'Tzatski Kozatski' from Jazz Goes Jewish.

13. Eddie Cochran - 'Cut Across Shorty'  from The Very Best Of'

14. The Jaynetts - 'Sally Go Round The Roses' from The Golden Age Of American Rock n Roll Vol 1.

15. The High Keys - 'Que Sera, Que Sera' from At The Club

16. Travis Perkins & Blind Bitter Difference - 'It Keeps Rainin' ( live at The Grapes)

17. Miles Davis & Bob Dorrow - 'Blue Xmas' from Christmas In Jazz.

18. Bob Dylan - 'Went To See The Gypsy from New Morning

19. Preston Epps - 'Bongo Rock' from The Golden Age Of American Rock n Roll Vol 1.

theme tune: Nick Lowe - 'No Reason' from Jesus Of Cool

"we could offer him an internship or... go over there and shoot him"

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Shadow & Jimmy go from Bowling Green, Kentucky to Cali, Colombia via Texas and Texas and Texas....

1. Joyce Harris -'No Way Out' from Domino Records Story.

2. Amparo Sanchez - 'Alma de Cantaora' single.

3. Barbara Lynn - '(Until Then) I'll Suffer' from A Good Woman

4. Groucho Marx - 'I'm Against It' from Horse Feathers

5. Richard Farina - 'House Un-American' from Pack Up Your Sorrows

6. Oliver Mutukudzi - 'Strange Isn't It' from Zindoenda

7. Lydia Mendoza - 'Mi Problema' from More Miles Than Money (Garth Cartwright's Sublime Moment)

8. Frank Wilson - 'Do I Love You' from Northern Soul Generation

9.  Was (Not Was) - 'Shadow & Jimmy' from What's Up Dog?

10. Terry Allen - 'Truckload Of Art' from Lubbock (On Everything)

11. Arthur Alexander - 'Solitary Man' from Lonely Just Like Me

12. Walter Hawkins - 'Voice Throwin' Blues' from Paramount 12802

13. Ablaye Cissoko & Volker Goethe - 'Fleuve' from Amanke Dionti

14. Jimmy Dale Gilmore - 'Mack The Knife' from A Prophet O.S.T.

15. Roy Orbison  'Crawlin' Back' from The Orbison Way

16. La Peseda - 'Cumbia Y Tambo' from Sofrito International Soundclash.

theme tune: Nick Lowe - 'No Reason' from The Jesus Of Cool

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"And you made a reference to it being one of the rarest records ever."

"Yeah, and we've got a couple to give away." 

Two Downbeats go 'out to lunch' from Kansas to Texas via Macedonia & Melbourne

1. Herbie Duncan - 'Hot Lips Baby' from I Hate CDs (a Norton Recordscompilation)

2. Staff Benda Bilili - 'Osali Mabe' from Bouger Le Monde!

3. Delroy Wilson - 'Rain From The Sky' from The Best Of...

4. Prince Buster - 'Bonanza' from Blue Beat

5. Nicky Bomba's Bustamento - 'Popeye' from Inteprid Adventures...

6. Los Shapis - 'El Aguajal' from Roots Of Chica Vol 2

7. Esma Redzepova - 'Pesma Seher Sarajevu' Phil Knox's Sublime Moment

8. Nina Simone - 'Backlash Blues' from Nina Simone Sings The Blues

9. Eugene Church - 'Geneva' from King New Breed R&B Vol 2

10. Chuck E Weiss - 'Jolie's Nightmare' from Old Souls & Wolf Tickets

11. Seymour Rechtzeit - 'Voch, Tioch Tioch' from Jazz Goes Jewish

12. Robert Mitchum - 'Jean & Dinah' from Alma de America

13. Daddy Stovepipe - 'The Spasm' from And This Is Free

14. Hurray For The Riff Raff - 'Look Out Mama' from Look Out Mama

15. Jeanne Moreau - 'Le Tourbillion' from Jules et Jim

16. Little Richard - 'Little Richard's Boogie' from That's Your Last Boogie

17. Dieneba Seck - 'Fadento' from Manghoya Foura

18. Kenny Dorham - 'Afrodisia' from AfroCuban

theme song: Nick Lowe - 'No Reason' from Jesus Of Cool

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"You feel he was as close to getting a recording contract as being handcuffed and taken away."

The Weather Boys head out from Arkansas to Mississippi via Tokyo & Barcelona

1. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Didn't It Rain from 'Up Above My Head'

2. Paul Cebar - Twice Little Sixteen from 'That Unhinged Thing'

3. Matsuki Ayumu - Weekend Of End from 'One Billion Year Record'

4. Jeannie Robertson - When I Was No But Sweet Sixteen from 'The Great Traditional Scottish Singers'

5. Mickey Katz - Sixteen Tons from 'Duvid Crockett'

6. Seu Jorge - Dois Beijinhos from 'Musicas Para Churasco Vol 1'

7. Sxip Shirey - Ring My Bell from 'Sonic New York'

8. Justin Townes Earle - Nothings Gonna Change..from 'Nothings Gonna Change'

9. Oliver Mtukudzi - Haripurtiwe from 'Tsivo' (Irene Babsky's Sublime Moment)

10. Chuck Berry - Let It Rock from His Complete 50's Chess Recordings'

11.  Duffy Power - Spaces from 'Tigers'

12. Thomas A. Dorsey - How About You from 'Goodbye Babylon'

13. Giant Giant Sand - Carnito from 'Tuscon'

14. Conjunto Bernal - Mi Unico Camino from 'Lone Start O.S.T.'

15. The Excitements - Wait A Minute from The Excitements

16. Nappy Brown - Don't Be Angry from 'Don't Be Angry'

17. Ablaye Cissoko & Volker Goetze - Gorgorlou from 'Sira'

18  B.B. King - Sweet Sixteen Pts 1 & 2 from 'The Vintage Years'

 theme tune: Nick Lowe - No Reason from 'Jesus Of Cool'

Let's Go The Pictures - Wreckless Eric from 'Hits Biggest Stiff'

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"Would you say to a woman - you smell like a magazine?"

"Depends which magazine it is?"

Two Men In White Suits go from Detroit to New Orleans via Bangalore, Milan & a campfire in France.

 1. Richard Wylie - Money from 'The Complete Motown Singles Vol 1'

2. Raghu Dixit - I'm In Mumbai from Raghu Dixit

3. Ben Harper - Mama's Got a Girlfriend from 'Welcome To The Cruel World'

4. Ben Harper - I Can't Take It No Longer from 'Jukebox Jam'

5. Big Bill Broonzy - The Glory Of Love from 'The Anthology'

6. Natacha Atlas - Omri Coulu Leek from 'Samaya: A Benefit For Cheb I Sabbah'

7. The Renegades - Matelot from 'Le Havre' OST

8. Father John Misty - Fun Times In Babylon from 'Fear Fun'

9. Benjy Fox-Rosen - Minutn fun Bitokhn from 'Own Recording' (Cherry Franklin's Sublime Moment)

10. Carolina Chocolate Drops & Luminescent Orchestri- Knockin 'from self titled E.P.

11. Ba Cissoko - Loumo from 'Nimissa'

12. Sam Lee - The Ballad Of George Collins from 'Ground Of It's Own'

13. Baby Face Leroy - Rollin' and Tumblin' from 'And This Is Free'

14. Robert Earl Keen - The Road Goes On Forever from 'West Textures'

15. Little Junior's Blue Flames - Feelin' Good from 'Ride With Me Baby'

16. Bobby Womack - Stupid from 'The Bravest Man In The Universe'

17. Vinicio Capossela - Lord Jim from ' Marinai, Profeti E Balene'

18. Abram Wilson - After The Storm from 'Ride! Ferris Wheel To The Modern Day Delta.

theme tune: Nick Lowe - No Reason from 'Jesus Of Cool'

film theme tune: Wreckless Eric - Let's Go To The Pictures from Hits Biggest Stiff'

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"We're sitting here in West Norwood and this guy is in Mumbai."

Thanks as always for the photo to Pete Jones.

Clevor Trevor & Billericay Dickie go from Mississippi to Detroit via the Balkans & Finland

1. Jimmy Donley - Radio, Jukebox & T.V. from 'The Oxford American Southern Music CD 13 - Mississippi.'

2. Levon & The Hawks - Honky Tonk from 'The Complete History' Box Set.

3. Ben Zabo - Sensenbo from 'Ben Zabo'.

4. The Isley Brothers - You'll Never Leave Him from 'The Heart & Soul Of Bert Berns'.

5. Arthur Alexander - I Want To Marry You from 'The Monument Years'

6. Goran Bregovic feat: Cesaria Evora - Ausencia from 'Underground' OST.

7. Grisham, Hartford & Sweeney - Hound Dawg from 'Retrograss'

8. Mimi & Richard Farina - Dopico from 'Reflections In A Crystal Wind'

9. Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well (Pt 1) from 'Greatest Hits'. (Paul Henry's Sublime Moment)

10. Arthur Russell - Another Thought from 'Another Thought'.

11 The Memphis Jug Band - Stealin' from 'A Blues History -1893 - 1959'.

12. Ron Wood - Mystifies Me from 'I've Got My Own Album To Do'

13. Vartinna - Paivan Nousou Nostajani from 'The Beginners Guide To Scandinavia'

14. The Zion Travelers - I Want To Go To Heaven And Rest from 'The Dootone Masters'

15. Laura Nyro & Labelle - I Met Him On A Sunday - from 'Gonna Take A Miracle'.

16. Martyn Bennett - Ale House from 'Grit'.

17. Funkadelic - Groovallegiance from 'One Nation Under A Groove'.

theme tune: Nick Lowe - No Reason from' Jesus Of Cool'

film theme tune: Wreckless Eric - Let's Go To The Pictures from 'Hits Biggest Stiff'.

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" yeah, I bet you thought it was gonna be the New Seekers."

Norman & Gary freewheel from Langhorne, Pennsylvania to Passaic, New Jersey via Paris & Colombia.

1. Langhorne Slim - Loretta Lee Jones from Electric Love Letter

2. Bob Dylan - Corrina Corrina from Freewheelin'

3. The Drifters - I Don't Want To Go On Without You from The Heart & Soul Of   Bert Berns

4. Najma Akhtar & Gary Lucas -Naya Dhin from Rishte

5. Jeff Daniels - Uh-Huh-Huh from Luke Mc Daniel is Jeff Daniels

6. Buddy Holly - Midnight Shift from That'll Be The Day

7. Sam Williams - He Will Fix It from This May Be My Last Time Singing

8. Gillian Welch - Wind & Rain from Songcatcher OST

9. Bahamas - Okay Alright from Barchords

10. Les Freres Balfa - Tu Peux Cogner from Les Haricots Sont Pas Sales

11. Adam Blake - Baby It's You a 'No Reason Special'

12. Toure/ Rachel Collective - Kfar from The Tel Aviv Session

13. James Hunter - People Gonna Talk from People Gonna Talk

14. Linda Thompson - Shay Fan Yan Ley from Dreams Fly Away

15. John Hiatt - Tennessee Plates from Slow Turning

16. Kenny Hamber - Show Me Your Monkey from The Best Of'

17. Hambone Willie Newbern - Nobody Knows from Don't Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice

18. Le Quintette Du Hot Club De France - Echoes Of France from The Rough Guide To Gypsy Swing

19 Rodolfo y Su Typica RA7 - La Colegiala from Cumbia Cumbia

20. The Shirelles - Baby It's You from The Best Of' (Adam Blake's Sublime Moment)

theme tune: Nick Lowe - No Reason from Jesus Of Cool

film theme tune: Wreckless Eric - Let's Go To The Pictures from Greatest Stiffs

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" a little bit of a window betwen innocence and dope."

  All the photos for these episodes are by the hand of our good friend, Pete Jones -many thanks.

Alan Kinsey - a regular listener and who recommended one of this month's tracks has a web & blog we thought you might like - bikesandpaint.blogspot.com and alankinsey.com

Messrs N and G assure their public their production will be second to none (some chance!) as they travel from Portsmouth , Virginia to Kilburn, London via Mali and Cadiz.

1. Ruth Brown. 'This Little Girl's Gone Rockin' from Miss Rhythm: Greatest Hits And More.

 2. Yeli Fuzzo. 'Abande'  Music From Saharan Cell Phones

 3. Bahamas. 'Lost In The Light' from Barchords

 4. J.B.Lenoir. 'The Whale Has Swallowed Me' from Passionate Blues

 5. Bruce Springsteen. 'Swallowed Up' from Wrecking Ball

 6. Rabab. 'Saffak Alik' The Hairdresser's Husband OST

 7. Elmore James. 'Elmore's Contribution to Jazz' Chief 7004 single.

 8. The Edwin Hawkins Singers. 'Oh Happy Day' Oh Happy Day (The Best Of)

     .............Lizzie Cichon's Sublime Moment

 9. Orchestra Makassy. 'Mambo Bado' from Legends Of East Africa

 10. Bob Wills. 'Keep A-Knockin' from Tiffany Transcriptions

 11. Kendel Carson. 'I Like Trucks'  from Rearview Mirror Tears.

12. Louis Jordan. 'The Point Of No Return' 7" single.

13. Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys. 'Les Vigilants' from HappyTown

14. Kilburn & The High Roads. 'Rough Kids' from Dirty Water 2.

15. Stovepipe No 1. 'A Chicken Can Waltz The Gravy Around. 

       from Stovepipe No 1 & David Crockett 1924- 30. (Document Records)

16. Radio Tarifa. 'Rumba Argelina' Rumba Argelina

17. Wendy Rene. 'After Laughter (Comes Tears)' from After Laughter (Come Tears) The Complete Stax/Volt Singles + Rarities

18. Warren Storm. Mama, Mama, Mama, from Hey Baby:  The Rockin South.

theme tune: Nick Lowe. No Reason. from Jesus of Cool

theme tune for 'Let's Go To The Pictures' : Wreckless Eric. Let's Go To The Pictures. from Greatest Stiffs

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"Did you think we would last a year, Norman?"

"Well, your Mum said we wouldn't."

Jock & Willie take the high road from Ohio to Grenada via Cape Verde and Italy.

1. Wynona Carr. Touch & Go from DJ Andy Smith's "Jam Up Twist"

 2. Etta James. Can't Shake It from 'Who's Blue'

 3. Iracema Hot Sound. Compositor Da Rale from Iracema Hot Sound'

 4. Ewan McLennan. Jock Stewart from 'Rags & Robes'

 5. Eddi Reader. Willie Stewart/Molly Rankin from ' The Songs Of Robert Burns'

6. Speech. Ask Somebody Who Ain't from 'Speech' 

7. Laura Gibson. La Grande from 'La Grande'

 8. Bonnie "Prince" Billy. Quails & Dumplings from 'Wolfroy Goes To Town'

 9. Louis Armstrong. Savoy Blues from 'The Complete Hot 5 & Hot 7 Recordings'

      (Rob Hall's Sublime Moment)

10. The Prairie Ramblers. Monkeys is the Cwaziest People from 'Sweet Valley Boys'

11. Iris Dement. God May Forgive You (But I Won't) from 'B.Side to 'Our Town'

12. Cesaria Evora. Petit Pays from 'Cesaria'

13. Wynonie Harris. Keep On Churnin' from 'The Definitive Collection'

14. The Alabama Shakes. I Found You from 'Alabama Shakes e.p.

15. The Bubbling Over Five. Don't Mistreat Your Good Boyfriend from 'American Primitive Vol 2.

16. The Trallaleri of Genoa. La Partenza from 'Italian Treasury'

17. The Mighty Sparrow. Ten to One is Murder from 'Sparromania'

theme tune: Nick Lowe. No Reason from Jesus Of Cool

"We could change our name...I could be Norman and you could be Gary?

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Two Old Masters and O.V. Wright leave West Norwood for Colombia via Texas, Ethiopia, & Mali.

1. Pee Wee Crayton. Do Unto Others from 'Pee Wee's Blues'

2. Nervous Norvous. Ape Call from 'Stone Age Woo'

3. The Meters. Heartache from 'Juke Joint 2.'

4. Capt Beefheart. Hard Workin' Man from 'Blue Collar' (OST)

5. Ry Cooder. Looking For The Wall St Part Of Town.  from his website.

6. The Ovations. I'm Living Good from 'The Goldwax Story Vol 1.'

7. Rex Stewart & His 52nd St Stompers. Back Room Romp from 'The Dukes Men.'

8. Mulatu Astatqe. Emnete. from 'Juke Joint 2.'

9. Johnny Cash. I Hung My Head from 'American IV.'

10. O.V. Wright. Motherless Child. from 'The Soul Of O.V. Wright.'

11. Light Crust Dough Boys. Rubber Dolly from 'Western Swing.'

12. B.B. King. Bad Case Of Love from 'More B.B. King'.

13. Bako Dagnon. Titati. from 'Titati'.

14. Betty Everett. Chained To Your Love from 'Hot To Hold'.

15. Billy Bennett. My Mother Doesn't Know. from 'Almost A Gentleman'.

16. Jeb Loy Nichols. Something About The Rain from 'The Special'

17. Johnny Otis. Country Girl. from 'Watts Funky'

18. Lalito Y Conjunto Colombia. Flores De Columbia from 'The Original Sound Of Cumbia'.

"I think the last time I heard this I was a little kid and it frightened me in some way."

theme tune: Nick Lowe. No Reason from Jesus Of Cool.

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