Kosmik Radiation Radio - Jan 13, 2012 Playlist

CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
SRC "SRC" 1968 (USA)

SRC was one of the top Detroit area bands of the late 1960's, and truly one of the most progressive psychedelic bands in America at that time. Their initials originally stood for "The Scot Richard Case" in honor of their lead vocalist Scott Richardson, though the band was led by guitar & keyboard playing brothers Gary and Glenn Quackenbush. Just as so-called "Detroit" legends MC5 and The Stooges were actually based in the sleepy college town of Ann Arbor, SRC was founded in nearby Ypsilanti by dropouts from Eastern Michigan University. The band was capable of wild guitar rock in the grand Detroit tradition, but also featured lots of electric organ and they adapted classical music into their sound (psychedelic versions of Ravel's "Bolero" and Grieg's "Morning Mood" make SRC sound like Procol Harum's transatlantic counsins at times). They released three albums but failed to make much headway in their homeland (aside from numerous appearances opening for more famous bands on tour in Michigan), though they were apparently a popular cult band in the UK (Genesis lead singer Peter Gabriel claims to have played their eponymous debut album so much he wore out the grooves -- and indeed, SRC's churchy/proggy vibe seems like it may have been a key influence on Genesis).
There isn't very much footage of the original SRC live, but here's a classic SRC deeetroit rocker, "Up All Night" (a burner from their second album Milestones) and a clip from a recent SRC reunion show. Of course the most revered Detroit area bands of the late sixties were the MC5 (also with a 3-character abbreviation for a name) and The Stooges, whose leader James Newell Osterberg grew up to become the world famous Iggy Pop. We're also celebrating the birthday of Don Van Vliet this week, the artist better known as Captain Beefheart (this lineup of his Magic Band also includes three ex-Mothers of Invention: Art Tripp, Elliot Ingber and Roy Estrada).

(N) = New Release

Artist	Song	Album	Year (label)	Country
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	Yellow Brick Road	Safe As Milk	1967	USA
Limes	Radio Star	Tarantula! (N)	2011 (Goner)	France/USA
The Skull Defekts	Gospel Of The Skull / Silver River	Peer Amid (N)	2011 (Thrill Jockey)	Sweden
The Luck Of Eden Hall	Flowers	Butterfly Revolutions Vol. 2 (N)	2011 (self release)	USA
Camper Van Beethoven	Tania	Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart	1988	USA
Black Flag	Wasted	The First Four Years (CD compilation)	rec. 1978	USA

SRC	Onesimpletask	SRC CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK	1968	USA
SRC	Daystar	SRC CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK	1968	USA
SRC	Interval	SRC CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK	1968	USA
The Up	Come On (Earl King)	Killer Up! (CD compilation)	rec. around 1970, rel. 1995	USA
The Stooges	Real Cool Time	The Stooges	1969	USA
MC5	Skunk (Sonicly Speaking)	High Time	1971	USA

White Hills	The Condition Of Nothing	Hp-1 (N)	2011 (Thrill Jockey)	USA
The Men	( )	Leave Home (N)	2011 (Sacred Bones)	USA
The Master Musicians Of Bukkake	Schism Prism - Adamantos	Totem One	2009	USA
Cranium Pie	Mechanisms	Mechanisms (Part 1) (N)	2011 (Regal Crabomophone)	UK
Brian Eno & Rick Holland	Glitch	Drums Between The Bells (N)	2011 (Warp)	UK

Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band	I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby	The Spotlight Kid	1972	USA
Rare Earth	I Know I'm Losing You (The Temptations)	Ecology	1970	USA
Lighthouse	Rockin' Chair	Thoughts Of Movin' On	1971	Canada
The Hampton Grease Band	Evans	Music To Eat	1971	USA
Atomic Rooster	Friday The 13th	Atomic Roooster	1970	UK

Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band	Too Much Time	Clear Spot	1972	USA
Hubert Laws	Mean Lene	In The Beginning	1974	USA
Walter Becker, Donald Fagen & Denny Diaz (sic) (pre-Steely Dan)	Red Giant - White Dwarf	You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It (Or You'll Lose That Beat) OST	rec. 1971, rel. 1978	USA

The Thelonious Monk Orchestra	Friday The 13th (live)	At Town Hall	rec. 1959	USA