John Hell's Live Bootleg Bonanza - Monday 6-8PM Pacific - Lee "Scratch" Perry (1998) & The Rolling Stones (1971)

 

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I'm not a huge fan of tribute shows, but I guess that's my job, especially when we lose someone (or two) who made a big impact on the scene. Tonight we celebrate the lives of Lee "Scratch" Perry and Charlie Watts.

There would be no roots, no reggae, no dub, no Bob Marley if it were not for Lee "Scratch" Perry. True to form, he pushed the Jamaican music scene way beyond the limits, and took it international. Tonight we start the show with a performance from Perry and the Robotics, July 4, 1998 in Norway. This is a FM broadcast and a soundboard recording. Great stuff here.

The second hour features the band that would not be if it were not for Mr. Charlie Watts: The Rolling Stones. I loved reading Keith Richards' memoir for many reasons, not the least of which was his retelling of their desperate need to have Charlie Watts on the throne, and how expensive he was to hire. Also, the story of Watts telling Mick Jagger he wasn't his drummer, Jagger was Watts' singer, and then punching him in the face. HA! I'm one to believe the Stones stopped being relevant right after "Exile on Main Street" came out. My favorite era was 1971, so the show I have for you, March 13, 1971, from University of Leeds, is a must have! This is an excellent soundboard that should have been officially released...but it wasn't! So I have it for you. This show comes from "Get Yer Leeds Lungs Out" - label: Might Diamonds [MD 2004]

I add a couple of other treats to round out the show.

If you miss seeing live music as much as I have, then I think you're really going to enjoy my Monday night Live Bootleg Bonanza on Radio Valencia. I have thousands of shows from hundreds of artists and bands, spanning many genres. Every Monday is a chance for me to share some treats with you. I hope you enjoy and share the music.

Have you tried out our iPhone or Android app yet? Get them where you get your phone apps. I love the iPhone app and use it every day.

Stick around Monday's 8-10PM Pacific for my weekly music mix. Lots of new music to share with you every week.

Enjoy.

jh

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John Hell's Live Bootleg Bonanza - Monday 6-8PM Pacific - YES - October 28, 1978

 

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Monday's 6-8PM Pacific

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Prog Rock! You either obsess over it, or can't stand being anywhere near it. Where do you stand? I think I'm somewhere in the middle. Yes is one of those bands that I have gotten lost in over the years, and for good reason. The musicianship is top notch. There would be no Math Rock if it weren't for Yes.  

This show I have served up for you tonight, October 28, 1978, is considered one of their all-time best, and for good reason. The lineup of Anderson, Howe, Squire, Wakeman and White are firing on all cylinders, the setlist is a fan favorite, and the venue, Wembley Stadium, is home court for the Tomato tour. Every song is a classic.

If you miss seeing live music as much as I have, then I think you're really going to enjoy my Monday night Live Bootleg Bonanza on Radio Valencia. I have thousands of shows from hundreds of artists and bands, spanning many genres. Every Monday is a chance for me to share some treats with you. I hope you enjoy and share the music.

Have you tried out our iPhone or Android app yet? Get them where you get your phone apps. I love the iPhone app and use it every day.

Stick around Monday's 8-10PM Pacific for my weekly music mix. Lots of new music to share with you every week.

Enjoy.

jh

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RADIO VALENCIA FUNDRAISER – SUNDAY, AUGUST 15TH, 7 – 10:30PM – MAKE OUT ROOM

Hey radio fans, we’re having a good ol’ fashion rent party, Sunday night, August 15th, 7-10:30PM at Make Out Room, 3225 22nd Street in SF, right next door to the brand new Radio Valencia studio!

Join us for three exciting bands Into The Light + Tightpants & the Dynamite + Menagerie Bay, along with Radio Valencia DJs and more!!!

John Hell, along with Ace from Reality Check TV will be MCing this fine show, so get your hands out of your pockets and get your ass down to the Make Out Room for some fine shenanigans!

$10 and up (sliding scale) donation at the door is requested. Some of the proceeds are also going to “The DJ Project SF”, a youth arts non- profit, serving youth of color
in the San Francisco Mission district.

County-wide Mask Mandate
went into effect 8/2 at Midnight.
We will be requiring all patrons
and staff to be masked at all times
while indoors and we will continue to
require proof of vaccination
to gain entry.
Thank you.

Hell's Kitchen Radio #447: Tripping Through The Audiosphere

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Serving up some hot platters for your brain matter. 

Seriously though, there are some good eats for your ears on this here show. Give it spin...or a stream. You can download it to go! Who knows, maybe you're listening to this show in the distant future, floating through space, far from our galaxy. Good on ya! Do you still consider yourself human, even if you don't live on planet Earth anymore? 

I've been reading the "Three-Body Problem", by Cixin Liu, and that question comes up throughout the trilogy. 

As for this here show, it's an interesting one. I'm training a new host, DJ Collin, who's going to be starting his new show Friday's 6-8PM Pacific, "Digging with DJ Collin". The second half of this show features a lot of his selections. I really put him to the test tonight. There were so many tech issues, even I was getting a bit flustered. He was chill the whole way through, and really gave his best. I can't wait to tune in to his show!

Our new home is really attracting some great talent. Please take the time to tune in regularly throughout the week. You never know when your next favorite host will knock you off your feet. 

Take a look at the playlist below, click on the link at the top to stream or download this baby, and enjoy your trip through the cosmos.

Enjoy.

jh

Are you in our around San Francisco, Sunday, August 15th? We're having a fundraiser at Make Out Room, our next door neighbor on 22nd street. We would love to see you. We have bands, and yours truly is MCing along with a few other Radio Valencia DJs. Check out the link for all the details.

Have you tried out our iPhone or Android app yet? Get them where you get your phone apps. I love the iPhone app and use it every day.

Guess what, our door broke again. WTF?!?!? More than ever we are in need of funds beyond what our staff can afford. If you can throw a few dimes Radio Valencia's way, we will be forever in your debt. Thanks in advance. 

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I Like Marijuana: David Peel
Neat Neat Neat: Damned
Hard Time Killing Floor Blues: Skip James

Zo No Sanaka: Kikagaku Moyo
The Snake: Pink Fairies

Hunter: Joni Mitchell
Master of the Universe: Hawkwind
Mr. Pharmacist: The Fall
Linda Blair: Redd Kross

A Hedonist: EXEK
Are You Really Going To Move To The South: Marissa Nadler
UFO Please Take Me Home: Coachwhips
If I Had My Way: Bosco

Hideaway: Olivia Tremor Control - DJ Collin

Ride It: Montra - DJ Collin

Louise: Acetone - DJ Collin

LPs: Jeffrey Lewis - DJ Collin
Driftin': Sonny and the Sunsets - DJ Collin
Speeding Motorcycle: Daniel Johnston with Yo La Tengo - DJ Collin

Burnt Toast: Daddy Longhead
Blood Like Cream: Red Fang
March To Fuzz: Mudhoney

The Waitress Song: First Aid Kit

Dragstrip Riot: The Flesh Eaters

John Hell's Live Bootleg Bonanza - Monday 6-10PM Pacific - Grateful Dead - November 10, 1973 And More!

 

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If you tune in regularly then you know I don't play much Grateful Dead, even though I'm the biggest Dead Head many of you know. Really, I'm a walking encyclopedia. I also hang around some Heads who are much more knowledgable than I. We love to geek out about the band, even going so far as sending one another on scavenger hunts (thanks Room 204 and congrats to Madam Racecar Kayak...if you know, you know). Honestly, I can talk for days about this band.

I think I have strayed from playing them more often on my show because I listen to them so much at home, and there's just so much good music out there that I just have to share with you, week to week. This may change. Maybe I need to convert more of you to the Dead-side. 

In the meantime, I do have this lovely two hour window Monday's 6-8PM Pacific to turn you on to my live bootleg library. And when it comes to the Grateful Dead no other band even comes close! I have practically every show they performed, multiple sources for many, and most are soundboards or matrix's (that's a soundboard and audience recording that has been mixed together so you get the sharp sound from the board, mixed with the feel of the crowd. Jubal Seamons has created some of the best matrix sources out there under the name Hunter Seamons. 

If you want to read more about how I came to love, follow and collect this band, there are links below you can check out.

As for tonight's performance, I have a real treat for you. I'm going to share a 70 minute snippet from November 10, 1973 at Winterland Arena in San Francisco. What sets this show apart is this musical sandwich with band does in the second set: Playin' In The Band > Uncle John's Band > Morning Dew > Uncle John's Band Reprise > Playin' In The Band Reprise. They only performed this sandwich three times, all in 73 and 74, which happens to be my go-to era for them. Following this set I add in a few other treats I hope you will enjoy.

Please share this link with Dead Heads in your circle, as well as fans of quality musicianship. You'll be hard pressed to find any other radio station that takes the risks like Radio Valencia does. We're happy to be here for you.

Stay tuned for my weekly music mix, Hell's Kitchen Radio, Monday's 8-10PM Pacific.

And if you're in the San Francisco area on Sunday night, August 15th, come on by Make Out Room for our fundraiser. There are bands and DJs, and I'm MCing!!! 

Enjoy.

jh

A few blog posts regarding my love of the Grateful Dead:
Hell's Kitchen Radio #269: Eagle Wing Palace of the Queen Chinee
Happy 50th Birthday To The Good Ol' Grateful Dead
My Life With The Grateful Dead, Part Two: Trading Them Tasty Tapes
My Life With The Grateful Dead, Part 3: Road Stories Take 1
My Life With The Grateful Dead Part 3: Road Stories Take 2

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Hell's Kitchen Radio #446: Captain Crunchdown

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I just bet I can multitask with the best of them. And when I say I can multitask, what I mean is I can't. And neither can you. Really, you can't, so stop putting on your resume as a skill. I was training a new DJ on Monday night, which takes some real direct attention. You need to be present if you're showing a new host how the system works, as well as the Radio Valencia philosophy. I don't want to play all ten minute songs throughout my show, so the training was happening in fits and starts. I think if you are paying attention you can hear the fits. ugh.

Some of the segues are less than pristine. I'm not proud.

I am however proud of the music I chose tonight. Brand spankin' new music from Butthole Surfers/Melvins bassist Jeff Pinkus and Daddy Longhead. Also new music from Black Midi, David McMurray, and Henry Kaiser. There's also a tribute to ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill who passed away unexpectedly last week following a short illness. 

If you're into ZZ Top (and who isn't???) then be sure to check out my two hour Live Bootleg Bonanza tribute from Monday night. It's two complete shows from 1980 and 1983.

Check out the playlist below for all the treats, and ignore the DJ error as I was training the next great Radio Valencia DJ. 

I thank you in advance.

Enjoy and please share.

jh 

Have you tried out our iPhone or Android app yet? Get them where you get your phone apps. I love the iPhone app and use it every day.

Due to the recent attempted break in at our new studio, we are in need of funds beyond what our staff can afford. If you can throw a few dimes Radio Valencia's way, we will be forever in your debt. Thanks in advance. 

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Paranoid: Ty Segall
Sunken City: Zig Zags
You're Going To Die: Destroy All Monsters

Captain Sunshine: Country Joe and the Fish with John Cippolina
Ascending Forth: Black Midi
Silver Current: White Heaven

Plano: Daddy Longhead
Captain Comedown: Melvins

Backdoor Medley: ZZ Top
Grinder Man: John Lee Hooker

Loser: David McMurray with Betty LaVette and Bob Weir
Brotherman Pt. 1: Mancefield and Brother Man Band
Captain Crunch: Czar Face and MF Doom

The Father, The Son, and the Holy Ghost Reprise: A Love Supreme Electric
Johnny: Suicide
The Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly: Flipper

Take Me Back To The Void: WAND
Original Sin: Peach Kelli Pop
Bird Like Monkey Part 2: Melt Banana
Love Song: The Mutants
Insect Lounge: The Mutants

Teeth Grinder: Mike Krol
Punk Rock Ist Nicht Tot!: Thee Headcoats
Disguises: Minutemen
Garbage on Glue: Blind Shake

John Hell's Live Bootleg Bonanza - Monday 6-10PM Pacific - ZZ Top (RIP Dusty Hill) 1980 & 1983

 

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ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill passed away last week from an unreleased cause. I always loved the machismoand kick ass sensibilities of ZZ Top. One of the first LPs I ever bought with my own money was "Eliminator" in 1983. And as a young impressionable boy, who could forget those videos? Damn. 

It didn't take me long to dive in deeper with this band. Soon after I bought "Eliminator", I found a clean used copy of "Fandango". Hot damn, now we're talking. Side two is still one of my all-time favorite album sides. 

I got to see them perform live in August 1992 at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, headlining a show that also featured Extreme and Steve Miller Band. Though I wasn't much into the "Afterburner" record, this show was balls-to-the-wall fun. And loud!

Tonight I have two shows from them. First up is May 4, 1980 from Capitol Theater in Passaic, New Jersey. If you like the hits, this is all the hits. And well played. 

The second show may not be the entire set, but it's all that circulates. It's from August 20, 1983, Doninghton Monsters of Rock tour, in Derby, England. Considering they were one of many on the bill, this may in fact be the entire set. I close out the show with a few songs from 2008 in France.

RIP Dusty Hill, and thank you for all the funky Texas rock you served up for over 50 years.