Music from The Great Eastern
For the final two seasons of the show, in response to listener requests, Mack Furlong (Paul Moth) sent me data on the music selections -- gp.
1998-99 Season
Airdate | 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 12 | Ulrika Lindholm | “Inte må tro jag går och friar” | “Suede Musique Populaire” | Ocora C 600010 |
Ron Hynes | “Native Side” | “Standing in Line in the Rain” | 02-50755 | |
September 19 | Dar Williams | “Are You Out There” | “End of The Summer” | Razor & Tie RT 2830-2 |
John White | “Down by the Green Bushes” | N/A | BCN Archival Recording | |
October 3 | Annie Walters | “Bar The Door O” | “Songs of the Newfoundland Outports” | Pigeon Inlet Productions - PIP 7319 (an lp, may not be available) |
Solas | “The Wind That Shook The Barley” | “Sunny Spells and Scattered Showers” | Shanachie 78010 | |
October 10 | The Fables | “Tear The House Down” | “Tear The House Down” | Tidemark (No CD number yet) |
October 17 | Anita Best | “Liverpool Pilot” | “Crosshanded” | Amber Music 9804-2 |
October 31 | Lena Willemark and Ale Möller | “Samsingen” | "Agram" | ECM 1610 78118-21610-2 |
Emile Benoit | "Lady Margaret" | "Vive La Rose" | Amber Music ACD 9014 | |
November 7 | Ron Hynes | “River of No Return” | “Cryer's Paradise” | EMI E289466 |
November 14 | Eliza Carthy | “10,000 Miles” | “Red” | Topic TSCD 493 |
November 21 | Josephine Costard | “Le Bon Vin” | "Songs of the Newfoundland Outports" | Pigeon Inlet PIP-7319 (this is an lp, may not be available) |
Radio Tarifa | "La Tarara" | "Temporal" | World Circuit / Nonesuch 79499-2 | |
November 28 | Fur Packed Action | “Two Step” | “The Dull Thud of Fur” | 02-50774 |
December 5 | 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 |
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December 12 | Triakel | “Alla Gossar (All the Young Men)"” | “Northside 1998” | NS6016 |
December 19 | Julie Murphy | “Calennig” | "A Celtic Christmas" | Saydisc CD-SDL 417 |
The Roches | "Joy to the World" | "We Three Kings" | Rykodisc RCD 10311 | |
Paul Bley Trio | "Santa Claus is Coming To Town" | "The Christmas Collection" | Prestige OJCCD-6011-2 | |
The Pretenders | "2000 Miles" | "Learning to Crawl" | Sire 92 39801 | |
Duke Ellington | "Jingle Bells" | "A Jazz Christmas" | CBS BUK 50235 | |
January 2, 1999 | T-Bone Burnett | “Humans From Earth” | "Soundtrack - 'Until The End of the World'" | Warner Bros CD 26707 |
Talking Heads | "Found A Job" | "More Songs About Buildings and Food" | Sire 6058-2 | |
John Lennon | "Cleanup Time" | "Lennon" | Parlophone CDP 7952242 | |
Alejandro Fernandez | "Llorando Penas" | "Que Seas Muy Feliz" | Columbia CDDN 479835 | |
Jova Stojiljkovic "Besir" & His Brass Orkestar | "Sampionski Cocek" | "Blow, Besir, Blow" | Globe Style CDORBD 038 | |
January 16 | Kelly Russell and the Planks | “Arthur McBride” | “Smashed Hits” | Pigeon Inlet Productions 02 50769 |
January 23 | The Susan Gale Band | “Free Your Head” | “Francis” | Contact O'LEI Management, 16 Colonial St., St. John's, A1C 3M8 |
January 30 | Gayle Tapper | “Here The Tides Flow” | “Guayacama” | 02 50744 |
February 6 | Leonard Hulan | “The Ferryland Sealer” | “Songs of the Newfoundland Outports” | Pigeon Inlet PIP-7319 (this is an lp, may not be available) |
Tony de Matos | “Lisboa a Noite” | “The Story of Fado” | EMI 7243 8 55647 2 7 | |
April 10 | Martin Martinsson | “Je hade en son och han hette Jon” | “Suede - Musique Populaire” | Ocora C 600010 |
Eliza Carthy | “Miller and the Lass” | “Rice” | Topic Records TSCD494 | |
April 17 | Sari Kaasinen | “Mielessani” | “Emo” | Finlandia Records / Innovator Series 3984-23073-2 |
April 24 | Fur Packed Action | “"Employee of the Mont” | “The Dull Thud of Fur” | 02-50774 |
Lizband | “One Song” | “I've Been Here Before” | Sniz/Best Dressed Records 1b001-02 |
Music from the 1997-98 Season
Airdate | 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” | Kansanmusiik- kiinstituutti 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 |
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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 |