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Episode: Radio Base Camp- Blues on Vinyl
Host: Steve di Costanzo
The last show on the old transmitter was going to be Democracy Now but they made it through to the end of their show. I cued up my intro commentd and staed my first RADIO BASE CAMP them song and with a few seconds to go the 89.5-FM transmitter was cut and we went to stream only....
So I guess I was the last person to speak on the old transmitter. Seems fitting I guess.
Expecting it to be an all-streaming show, I thought I'd play something a bit different from the usual RADIO BASE CAMP fare: just the BLUES...and all-vinyl too from my record collection. Here's the playlist
oh...and we now have a graet new transmitter.
WPKN 89.5-FM Bridgeport Independent Community Radio
7:00am
Lightning Hopkins “I Woke Up This Morning”
from Down Home Blues
7:07am
Elmore James and John Brim “The Sun Is Shining”
from Whose Muddy Shoes
7:10am
Mississippi Fred McDowell “Baby Please Don't Go (Live)”
from Live in New York (Complete 1971 Vol., 1 & 2) (1971)
7:13am
John Lee Hooker “Dead Wagon Blues”
from Hookered on Blues
7:21am
Jesse Fuller “Leavin' Memphis, Frisco Bound”
from God Made the Blues Volume 2
7:27am
Furry Lewis “John Henry (The Steel Driving Man) (Take 1)”
from Back on My Feet Again
7:30am
Howlin´Wolf “Louise”
from The Real Folk Blues
7:38am
B.B. King “So Excited”
from Completely Well (1969)
7:42am
Eddie C. Campbell “Santa's Messin' with the Kid”
from King of the Jungle (P-VINE RECORDS)
7:50am
Albert King “I'll Play The Blues For You (Parts 1 and 2)”
from I'll Play The Blues For You
7:57am
Johnny Winter “Tribute to Muddy”
from The Progressive Blues Experiment (Remastered) (1969)
8:00am
Muddy Waters “I've Got My Mojo Working”
from Muddy Waters At Newport 1960 (Live) (1960)
8:03am
Bo Diddley “I'm A Man”
from Ride On / The Chess Masters 1960-1961 (Chess 2009)
8:09am
Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band “(Help Me) Tribute to Sonny Boy Williamson”
from Chicago Blues Harmonica Project Featuring the Chicago Bluesmasters (More Rare Gems)
8:14am
Jimmy Dawkins “Cotton County”
from All for Business (Delmark delmark.com)
8:22am
Koko Taylor “Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town”
from Best of Koko Taylor
8:25am
Mississippi John Hurt “Talking Casey (Live)”
from The Best of Mississippi John Hurt (1998)
8:29am
Frankie Lee Sims “I'm Long, Long Gone”
from Texas Blues- The Early 50's
8:36am
Sonny Boy Williamson II “bring It On Home”
from The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection: His Best (Geffen*)
8:45am
Buddy Guy, Junior Mance & Junior Wells “Talkin' 'Bout Women Obviously”
from Buddy and the Juniors (1970)
Show: Radio Base Camp hosted by Steve di Costanzo
- Radio Base Camp hosted by Steve di Costanzo is NOW heard every Tuesday morning from 7am to 9am
My friend Howard Thompson is doing his show 'pure' on 1st & 3rd Fridays as I've shifted during the day to being the GM of WPKN. . Just bear in mind that the last Friday of the month is reserved for Chris Frantz and his show- "Chris Frantz the Talking Head"
- I have given up my late night show Radio Base Camp-Late Night on the 2nd & 4th Monday nights from 11:00pm to 2:00am. Because of my new weekly morning music show. See seperate related episodes
- RADIO BASE CAMP focuses on the newest indie rock, 60s beat-punk,psych, garage-fuzz, surf, 70s punk, 60s greasy soul & r'n'b shakers, 50s R&R, exotica, afrobeat, jamaican ska/rocksteady and beyond We play deep tracks and unpolished gems, songs you may remember and ones you might not have heard, along with demos, rarities, alternative takes and all kinds of great music that doesn't get played that often. We also feature new music by current bands, many of whom are influenced by the 60's (and beyond). We do live and telephone interviews with musicians, producers, and chroniclers of an era spanning from the 1950's to present day. We aim to highlight and focus on music with great song writing, sounds and production, having a lot of fun in the process...
- a little history....RADIO BASE CAMP is a radio show that I started in 2007 on live365.com internet radio. It became a weekly WPKN "overnight" in early 2008 from Sunday into Monday for two years before moving to Friday afternoons in September 2009 with my part-time co-host, Eric Cocks. In early 2010, I decided to focus on my own programming and me and Eric reconfigured our weekly radio show into two seperate and distinct shows: Radio Base Camp with hosted Steve di Costanzo and Connections ...With Eric Cocks. Starting July 1, 2012 I became the paid GM of WPKN and phased out my "working hours" show. I now can be heard every Tuesday morning from 7am to 9am.
Radio Base Camp is hosted by Steve di Costanzo
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Interviews/Special Shows on RADIO BASE CAMP available on archives:
- Bill Lincoln from U.S. duo EUPHORIA whose sole album has been called "one of the most important ever"
- Charlie Karp- DJ for The Day- Radio Base Camp Late Night
- Barry Tashian from The Remains with Fred Cantor producer of "America's Lost Band"
- MELANIE the noted singer-songwriter (Steve di Costanzo)
- Andy Bracken from Fruits de Mer Records in London & Virginia (Steve)
- Ron Sanchez from Donovan's Brain, Career Records and KGLT in Bozeman, NT (Steve)
- Felix Cavaliere from The Rascals (Steve di Costanzo & Eric Cocks)
- Tommy James from Tommy James and the Shondells
- Carol Kaye (noted session player) (Steve di Costanzo & Eric Cocks)
- Singer and songwriter Sam Phillips (interviewd by Eric Cocks)
- Andrew Sandoval from Rhino Records (Steve di Costanzo & Eric Cocks)
- Merrell Fankhauser from HMS Bounty and Farkopady (Steve di Costanzo & Eric Cocks)
- Singer-Songwriter Don Cooper (Steve di Costanzo & Eric Cocks)
- Sky Saxon from The Seeds (Steve di Costanzo & Eric Cocks)
- Peppy Castro from The Blues Magoos (Steve di Costanzo & Eric Cocks)
- Johnny Echols from Love (Steve di Costanzo & Eric Cocks)
- Richie Unterberger (noted Rock author and reviewer) (Steve di Costanzo & Eric Cocks)
- Tom Moon (1,000 Recordings...) (Steve di Costanzo
- Mark Naftalin (Butterfield Blues Band-special DJ Show)
- Rusty Ford (Lothar and the Hand People) (Steve)
- Hilton Valentine from The Animals (special program with Germaine)
- James Lowe and Mark Tulin from The Electric Prunes (Steve di Costanzo & Eric Cocks)
and many more....