The Great Great Eastern Playlist
Music from the 1997-1998 season.
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Artist
Song
CD title
CD number
Theme in to the show
Marc Johnson
“Samurai Hee-Haw”
“Bass Desires”
ECM 78118-21299-2
Theme out of the show
The Plankerdown Band
“The Jig Is Up”
“The Jig Is Up”
Pigeon Inlet PIPCD-7331
September 6
Damhnait Doyle
“She’s Not Wild Anymore”
“Newfoundland Women Sing Songs By Ron & Connie Hynes”
TMP 1111
September 13
Anita Best
“Tobacco”
“Crosshanded”
Amber Music 9804-2
September 20
Kirsty McColl
“You Know It’s You”
“Titanic Days”
IRS 8 27214 20
September 27
tetvocal
“Carnisa Amarela”
“tetvocal”
EMI 7243 8 32140 2 0
October 4
Bjork
“Alarm Clock”
“Homogenic”
Elektra/Asylum 62061
October 11
Pamela Morgan & Anita Best
“Lukey’s Boat”
“Another Time Songs of Newfoundland”
Pigeon Inlet PIPCD 7326
October 18
Ron Hynes
“River of No Return”
“Cryer’s Paradise”
EMI E2 89466
October 25
The Bothy Band
“Pretty Peg/Craig’s Pipes”
“The First Album”
Green Linnet - GLCD 3011
November 1
Tellu
“Manaus”
“Suden Aika”
Kansanmusiikkiinstituutti KICD 43
November 8
Varttina
“Halla”
“Kokko”
Nonesuch 79429-2
November 15
Anita Best
“The Soup Supper in Clattice Harbour”
“Crosshanded”
Amber Music 9804-2
November 22
Jah Wobble and The Invaders of the Heart
“Sun Does Rise”
“Take Me To God”
Polygram 524000
November 29
Les Ballets Africains
“Denke Woruba”
“Colors of the World” ALL COTW 1 but it is also available as “Silo”
BUD 925792 on Doundoumba Records
Papa Wemba
“Mandola”
“Emotion”
Real World CDRW 52
December 6
Baaba Maal
“Sidiki”
“Firin' in Fouta”
Mango 162-539 944-2
December 20
Dr. John
“Il est Ne, Le Divin Enfant”
“Jazz to The World”
Blue Note 7243 8 32127 2 9
Ana Gabriel
“Sin Problemas”
“Mi Mexico”
CDZ-80605
Maddy Prior
“God Rest You Merry Gentlemen”
“A Tapestry of Carols”
Saydisc CD-SDL 366
Bill Evans
“Santa Claus is Coming To Town”
“Have Yourself A Jazzy Little Christmas”
Verve 840 501-2
January 3
Joni Mitchell
“Ray's Dad's Cadillac”
“Night Ride Home”
Geffen GEFSD 24302
Gang of Four
“Not Great Men”
“Entertainment”
WEA XBS 3446
The Mahavishnu Orchestra
“Awakening”
“The Inner Mounting Flame”
Columbia CK 31067
Ben Heppner
“Nessun Dorma”
“Great Tenor Arias”
RCA BMG 09026-62504-2
January 10
Lizband
“Belly Painting”
“I've Been Here Before”
Sniz/Best Dressed Records 1b001-02
January 17
Les Negresses Vertes
“I Love Paris”
“Red + Hot + Blue”
Chrysalis VKS 41799
January 24
SOL
“I Feel”
“Lucinda”
Resort Records
February 7
Frifot
“Brudgummen och Bruden”
“Folk Music from Sweden - Musica Sveciae”
Caprice CAP 21474
February 14
Love Blister performs cover of “Truck Stop Nun"
by Da Slyme, “In-a-gadda-da-vida” by Iron Butterfly,
“Bury It” by Bung, and
“He Stopped Loving Her Today” by George Jones
February 21
Hedningarna
“Aivoton (Brainless)”
“Fire (released in North America) Kaksi! (in Europe)”
Tristar 36756 in NA, Silence Records SRSCD 4717 in Europe
February 28
Cool Blue Halo
“Spark-o-matik”
“kangaroo”
no records NOCD12
March 7
Baxter Wareham
“Mickey Relligan's Pup”
“Buffett Double”
Pigeon Inlet PIPCD 7324
March 14
Christina Smith & Jean Hewson
“Like Ducks”
“Liar's Song”
Borealis BCD 108
March 21
Gayle Tapper
“Here The Tides Flow”
“Pajaro Chogui/Chogui Bird”
02 50744
March 28
Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band
“Candle Mambo”
“Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)”
Bizarre/Straight Rhino R2 70365
April 4
Annel Nieiddat
“Mouhtacalmmit”
“Skeaikit”
Mipu Music MIPUCD 42