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WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

Uneasy Listening

Jan 19, 2023 3:00 AM – 6:00 AM

Music

With Commie Francis

Music from all different genres from the 1910s to the 2020s. On a lyrical theme for the first two hours, FREEFORM MADNESS for the last hour.

Boats!

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Ships, boats, submarines, just a boy and a girl in a little canoe

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Uneasy Listening
3:00 AM
Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night
Bay City Rollers Saturday Night
Rollin' Arista 1974
3:03 AM
Vashti Bunyan - Where I Like to Stand
Vashti Bunyan Where I Like to Stand
Just Another Diamond Day Dicristina 1970
3:06 AM
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DJ speaks over 101 Strings - Skye Boat Song

3:07 AM
Rare Breed - Come and Take a Ride in My Boat
Rare Breed Come and Take a Ride in My Boat R
Come And Take A Ride In My Boat / Take Me To This World Attack Records 1967
requested by John in Pittsburgh, sort of
3:10 AM
Heino - Wir lagen vor Madagaskar
Heino Wir lagen vor Madagaskar
Halli, Hallo wir fahren Electrola 1970
3:12 AM
Go Sailor - The Boy Who Sailed Around the World
Go Sailor The Boy Who Sailed Around the World
Long Distance Slumberland Records 1995
3:15 AM
The Wrecks - Slow Boat to Yuba
The Wrecks Slow Boat to Yuba
Teenage Jive self released 1982
3:16 AM
Tin Tin - Ships On The Starboard
Tin Tin Ships On The Starboard
Astral Taxi UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 1971
3:19 AM
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DJ speaks over Uncle Bunt Stephens - Sail Away Lady

3:23 AM
Woody Guthrie - The Sinking of the Reuben James
Woody Guthrie The Sinking of the Reuben James
The Asch Recordings, Vols. 1-4 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 1999
3:26 AM
The X-Seamen's Institute - Grimsby Town
The X-Seamen's Institute Grimsby Town R
Heart of Oak! Folkways Records 1976
requested by my dad!
3:29 AM
Stan Rogers - The Mary Ellen Carter
Stan Rogers The Mary Ellen Carter R
Between the Breaks Live! Borealis Records 1979
requested by Aaron from Baltimore and also going out to Vito from Philly!
3:34 AM
Brian Eno & John Cale - Empty Frame
Brian Eno & John Cale Empty Frame
Wrong Way Up All Saints Records 1990
3:39 AM
The Clancy Brothers - Irish Rover
The Clancy Brothers Irish Rover
Hearty & Hellish (Live) Legacy Recordings 1962
3:41 AM
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DJ speaks over Zeb - My Own Boat

3:47 AM
Deidre Brenner and Sophie Junker - Les Berceaux
Deidre Brenner and Sophie Junker Les Berceaux
from youtube - music by Gabriel Fauré, lyrics by René François Armand "Sully" Prudhomme https://www.oxfordlieder.co.uk/song/83
3:49 AM
The Fear Merchants - U-Boat Captain
The Fear Merchants U-Boat Captain
Mental Emotional Response 2019
3:52 AM
Madness - Night Boat to Cairo
Madness Night Boat to Cairo R
One Step Beyond Rhino/Warner Records 1979
requested by Justin from Northampton MA and also Bo!
3:55 AM
Wire - Marooned
Wire Marooned
Chairs Missing Harvest 1978
3:58 AM
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DJ speaks over Stevie Wonder - Red Sails in the Sunset

4:00 AM
Gordon Bok, Ann Mayo Muir and Ed Trickett - The Sea Wife
Gordon Bok, Ann Mayo Muir and Ed Trickett The Sea Wife
Minneapolis Concert Folk-Legacy Records 1987
4:03 AM
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - The Wreck of the "Antoinette"
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich The Wreck of the "Antoinette"
The Wreck of the "Antoinette" / Still Life Fontana 1968
4:06 AM
Mekons - Shanty
Mekons Shanty R
The Edge of the World Quarterstick Records 1996
requested by Chris from Boston
4:09 AM
Dick Dale & His Del-Tones - Sloop John B
Dick Dale & His Del-Tones Sloop John B R
Surfer's Choice Deltone Records 1962
requested by Gordon from San Francisco
4:12 AM
William and Versey Smith - When That Great Ship Went Down
William and Versey Smith When That Great Ship Went Down
Anthology of American Folk Music V/A Folkways 1952
orig 1927
4:15 AM
Diskonto - Sink the Dept (Not the Ships)
Diskonto Sink the Dept (Not the Ships)
Diskonto / Abuse V/A Consume, Be Silent, Die 1997
4:15 AM
Boney M. - Homeland Africa (Ship Ahoi)
Boney M. Homeland Africa (Ship Ahoi)
Boonoonoonoos MCI 1981
4:19 AM
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DJ speaks over Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage

4:21 AM
Swell Maps - Midget Submarines
Swell Maps Midget Submarines R
A Trip To Marineville Rather Records 1979
requested by Steven from the Western middle of PA
4:26 AM
The Carter Family - I Have No One to Love Me (But the Sailor On the Deep Blue Sea)
The Carter Family I Have No One to Love Me (But the Sailor On the Deep Blue Sea)
I Have No One To Love Me / Anchored In Love Victor 1929
4:29 AM
Gentle Giant - Wreck
Gentle Giant Wreck R
Acquiring The Taste UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 1971
requested by Michael in thee chat
4:33 AM
Jimmy Jukebox - Motor Boat
Jimmy Jukebox Motor Boat
Motor Boat / 25 Hours a Day Chattahoochee Records 1973
4:35 AM
Itsuroh Shimoda - ふたつの舟
Itsuroh Shimoda ふたつの舟
Love Songs and Lamentations Polydor 1973
4:40 AM
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DJ speaks over Bear McCreary - Theme from Black Sails

4:42 AM
Duran Duran - Night Boat
Duran Duran Night Boat
Duran Duran Parlophone UK 1983
requested by Charles from Northampton MA and John from Pittsburgh (different one from before)
4:47 AM
Maddy Prior & June Tabor - The Grey Funnel Line
Maddy Prior & June Tabor The Grey Funnel Line
Silly Sisters Chrysalis Records 1976
requested by Yuri from Philly
4:50 AM
Voivod - The Prow
Voivod The Prow R
Angel Rat Geffen* 1991
requested by John from Pittsburgh (same John as the most recent one!)
4:54 AM
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DJ speaks over Carolina Eyck - Les Berceaux (theremin and piano)

4:56 AM
Brian Eno - Backwater
Brian Eno Backwater
Before and After Science Island 1977
5:00 AM
Freddy Cannon - Transistor Sister
Freddy Cannon Transistor Sister
Transistor Sister - Single Swan Records 1961
5:02 AM
Split System - Ringing In My Head
Split System Ringing In My Head N
Vol.1 Legless Records 2022
5:06 AM
ICD-10 - Progress of Man
ICD-10 Progress of Man N
Faith in Institutions Sorry State 2022
5:08 AM
Flux of Pink Indians - Sick Butchers
Flux of Pink Indians Sick Butchers
Neu Smell Crass Records 1981
5:10 AM
The Lines - Dance for a Drop of Blood
The Lines Dance for a Drop of Blood
On the Air Red Records 1979
5:12 AM
Pylon Reenactment Society - Precaution
Pylon Reenactment Society Precaution
Part Time Punks Session - EP Pylon Reenactment Society 2017
5:15 AM
The Tubs - Dead Meat
The Tubs Dead Meat N
Dead Meat Trouble in Mind 2023
5:17 AM
Trenchmouth - Sea of Serenity (Swing Version)
Trenchmouth Sea of Serenity (Swing Version)
split with Circus Lupus Skene Records 1992
5:19 AM
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DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworths (instrumental)

5:24 AM
The Damned - Looking at You
The Damned Looking at You
Machine Gun Etiquette Chiswick 1979
5:29 AM
Boyake - Ethno Groove
Boyake Ethno Groove N
Ethno Groove Emotional Rescue 2023
orig 1990
5:34 AM
Destroy All Monsters - You're Gonna Die
Destroy All Monsters You're Gonna Die
Bored b/w You're Gonna Die IDBI Records, Detroit 1978
5:37 AM
The Goodsons - Long Way Home
The Goodsons Long Way Home N
Better Late Than Never - EP self released 2022
https://goodsons.bandcamp.com/album/better-late-than-never
5:40 AM
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DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworths (instrumental)

5:42 AM
Ray Columbus & the Art Collection - Kick Me (I Think I'm Dreaming)
Ray Columbus & the Art Collection Kick Me (I Think I'm Dreaming)
Kick Me (I Think I'm Dreaming) / She's a Mod Colstar 1967
5:45 AM
Delivery - Born Second
Delivery Born Second N
Forever Giving Handshakes Feel It Records 2022
5:49 AM
Radio Birdman - What Gives?
Radio Birdman What Gives?
Radios Appear Trafalgar 1977
5:51 AM
Mini Skirt - With Your Hands
Mini Skirt With Your Hands
Casino Independent Release 2020
5:55 AM
The Morloch - Every Night
The Morloch Every Night
Before the Birdmen Flew Vol 1 V/A
orig 1965
5:57 AM
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DJ speaks over X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworths (instrumental)

5:58 AM
Chumbawamba - The Day the Nazi Died
Chumbawamba The Day the Nazi Died
Uneasy Listening