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The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
SINCLAIR ON THE AIR 69
Vintage Radio Vaults 16: Blues & Roots with John Sinclair
Salto Wereld Radio-99.4 FM, Cable-104.6, Amsterdam
Broadcast: Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 1:00 am [SW-0069]

Sinclair On The Air 69 <– Listen On Demand

We reached into the Vintage Radio Vaults at Radio Free Amsterdam and pulled out a cassette of John Sinclair’s Blues & Roots show recorded at WWOZ-FM in New Orleans on November 4, 1996 and digitally transferred in London last month to make the program now known as Vintage Radio Vaults 16, with music by the Marigolds, John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars, Elmore James, Otis & Lucille Spann, Smiley Lewis, The Spaniels, B.B. King, Magic Slim, Lillie Mae Kirkman, Lonnie Johnson, Buddy Moss, the Mississippi Sheiks, Barrelhouse Annie, Johnny Guitar Watson, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Jimmy Reed, Walter “Wolfman” Washington and an unidentified artist. The Sinclair On The Air show is heard every Saturday night at midnight over Salto Wereld Radio-99.4 FM and Cable 104.6 as a service of Radio Free Amsterdam.

PLAYLIST 69

[01] Marigolds: Rolling Stone
[02] John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars: Pea Vine Special > SpyBoy Chris ID
[03] Elmore James, It Hurts Me Too
[04] Otis & Lucille Spann: Quiet As It’s Kept
[05] Smiley Lewis: Gumbo Blues
[06] The Spaniels: Everybody’s Laughing > SpyBoy Chris ID
[07] John Sinclair Intro > B.B. King: Five Long Years
[08] Magic Slim: You Don’t Have To Go (fragment) >
[09] John Sinclair Comments & ID
[10] Lillie Mae Kirkman: Baker’s Bread Blues
[11] Lonnie Johnson: Wipe It Off
[12] Buddy Moss: You Got to Give Me Some of It
[13] Mississippi Sheiks: Bed Spring Poker
[14] Barrelhouse Annie: If It Don’t Fit (Don’t Force It)
[15] Johnny Guitar Watson: Gangster of Love
[16] Elmore James: Strange Angel
[17] Bobby “Blue” Bland: Two Steps From The Blues
[18] Jimmy Reed: Going Upside Your Head
[19] [Unidentified Artist]: Satisfy My Baby > SpyBoy Chris ID
[20] Walter “Wolfman” Washington: Ain’t That Loving You (fragment)

A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced & recorded and broadcast as Blues & Roots by John Sinclair
at WWOZ-FM, New Orleans, November 4, 1996
Digitally transferred from cassette & edited by John Sinclair at the
Headpress Bunker, London, June 2010 [VV-0016]
Produced, edited, assembled & annotated by John Sinclair at the
Fly Agaric Studio, Amsterdam, June 25, 2010
Executive Producer: Joeri Pfeiffer
Special thanks to Celia Sinclair, Dylan Harding & Larry Hayden

Sinclair On The Air 69 <– Listen On Demand

2010 The John Sinclair Foundation