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12:12 - 5pm ANZAC Day

3.04pm Pixie Williams and Blue Smoke

Jim Sullivan tells the story of the making of the first fully recorded and processed New Zealand gramophone recording, TANZA-1 (a label launched "To Assist New Zealand Artists"). Jim Talks to Pixie Williams, Stan Dallas, a recording engineer for the Radio Corporation of New Zealand, Peter Edwards of the National Museum of Audio Visual Arts & Sciences in Foxton and Smoky Hannah of Dunedin about the project. This programme was first broadcast 1st January 1995.

Music played in this show

Time:12:19
Artist: Unit 4 + 2
Song: "Concrete and Clay"
Composer: Tommy Moeller/Brian Parker
Album: Concrete And Clay
Label: Decca

Time: 12:22
Artist: LL Cool  J
Song: "I'm That Type Of Guy"
Composer: James Todd Smith/Dwayne Simon/Steve Ett
Album: Walking with Panthers
Label: Def Jam

Time: 12:30
Artist: Les Paul/Buddy Guy/Keith Richards
Song: "Good Morning Little School Girl"
Composer: Sonny Boy Williamson III
Album: Les Paul and Friends; American Made Well Played
Label: Capital

Time: 12:38
Artist: The Blue Nile
Song: "Stay"
Composer: Robert "Kool" Bell/Paul Buchanan
Album: A Walk Across the Rooftops
Label:Linn Records

Time: 12:43
Artist: Ricky Scaggs
Song: "Rawhide"
Composer: Bill Munroe
Album: Bluegrass Rules!
Label: Rounder

Time:12:49
Artist:Ray Wylie Hubbard
Song: "Mother Blues"
Composer: Ray Wylie Hubbard
Album: The Grifter's Hymnal
Label: Bordello Records

Time: 12:57
Artist: Lee Rocker
Song: "One Way or Another"
Composer: Debbie Harry/Nigel Harrison
Album: No Cats
Label:

Time: 1:07
Artist: Mountain
Song: "Mississippi Queen"
Composer: Laing/Pappalardi/Rea/West
Album: Climbing!
Label: Beat Goes On

Time: 1:15
Artist: Patrick Watson
Song: "Into Giants"
Composer: Watson/Stein
Album: Adventures In Your Own Backyard
Label: Secret City Records

Time: 1:23
Artist: Frankie Miller
Song: "Shoo-rah"
Composer: Allen Toussaint
Album: Frankie Miller's High Life
Label: Chrysalis
 

Time: 1:27
Artist: The Chambers Brothers
Song: "Time Has Come Today"
Composer: J Chambers/W Chambers
Album: Time Has Come; The Best of The Chambers Brothers
Label: Columbia

Time: 1:36
Artist: The Tokens
Song: "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
Composer: Linda/Peretti/Creatore/Weiss/Stanton
Album: The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Label: RCA Records

Time: 1:40
Artist: The Zombies
Song: "The Way I Feel Inside"
Composer: Rod Argent
Album: Zombie Heaven
Label: Big Beat

Time: 1:44
Artist: Ian Dury and the Blockheads
Song: "Profoundly In Love With Pandora"
Composer: Ian Dury
Album: Reasons to Be Cheerful: The Best of Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Label: Repertoire

Time: 1:49
Artist: The Beatles
Song: "You Can't Do That"
Composer: Lennon/McCartney
Album: A Hard Day's Night
Label: EMI

Time: 1:54
Artist: Buddy Knox
Song: "Hula Love"
Composer: Buddy Knox
Album: Parrty Doll
Label: Rhino

Time: 1:56
Artist: Jimi Hendrix
Song: "Stone Free"
Composer: Hendrix
Album: Are you Experienced?
Label: Track

Time: 2:07
Artist: Blue Oyster Cult
Song: "Don't Fear the Reaper"
Composer: Donald Roeser
Album: Don't Fear the Reaper
Label: Sony

Time: 2:14
Artist: DD Smash
Song: "Open Up"
Composer: Dave Dobbyn
Album: The Optimist
Label: Mushroom

Time: 2:18
Artist: Jack Scott
Song: "Midge"
Composer:
Album:
Label:

Time: 2:21
Artist: Midge Marsden
Song: "Love Is An Ocean"
Composer: Darren Watson
Album: Back to the Well
Label: SDL Music

Time: 2:32
Artist: Midge Marsden
Song: "Back to the Well"
Composer: Alex Deane
Album: Back to the Well
Label: SDL Music

Time: 2:3
Artist: GG Allin
Song: "Bite It You Scum"
Composer: GG Allin
Album: Hated in the Nation
Label: ROIR

Time: 2:41
Artist: Bobby Goldsborough
Song: "Honey"
Composer: Bobby Russell
Album: Honey
Label: United Artists

Time: 2:46
Artist: Free
Song: "Wishing Well"
Composer: Rodgers/Kirke/Yamauchi/Bundrick/Kossoff
Album: Heartbreaker
Label: Island

Time: 2:52
Artist: Burton Cummings
Song: "Your Backyard"
Composer: Cummings
Album: Burton Cummings/My Own Way to Rock
Label: Sony BMG

Time: 2:55
Artist: Goanna
Song: "Solid Rock"
Composer: Shane Howard
Album: Spirit of Place
Label: Warner Music

Time: 3:28
Artist: Booker T and the MG's
Song: "Soul Limbo"
Composer: Steve Cropper/Donald "Duck" Dunn/Booker T. Jones/Al Jackson, Jr
Album: Soul Limbo
Label: Stax

Time: 3:34
Artist: Steelers Wheel
Song: "Steamboat Row"
Composer: J Egan
Album: Ferguslie Park
Label: Lemon

Time: 3:38
Artist:
Song: "Twistin the New Zealand Way"
Composer:
Album:
Label:

Time: 3:34
Artist: Graham Gouldman
Song: "For Your Love"
Composer: Graham Gouldman
Album: The Graham Gouldman Thing
Label: Rev-Ola

Time: 3:47
Artist: The Marvelettes
Song: "Twistin' Postman"
Composer: Batman/Holland/Stevenson
Album: Playboy/Please Mr Postman
Label: Soul Jam

Time: 3:54
Artist: Ray Charles
Song: "Look What They've Done To My Song"
Composer: Melanie
Album: Genius and Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection 
Label: Rhino

Time: 3:56
Artist: Fleetwood Mac
Song: "Oh Well" (Part One)
Composer: Peter Green
Album: Then Play On
Label: Reprise

Time: 4:05
Artist: Steve Gibbons Band
Song: "The Chain"
Composer: Steve Gibbons
Album: Maintaining Radio Silence
Label: MSI Music Distribution/Road Goes on Forever

Time: 4:12
Artist: Spike Jones
Song:"Holiday for Strings"
Composer: David Rose
Album: Greatest Hits
Label: RCA Records

Time: 4:18
Artist: Harry Nilsson
Song: "Zippity Doo Da"
Composer:
Album:
Label:

Time: 4:23
Artist: The Move
Song: Ben Crawley Steel Company
Composer: Roy Wood
Album: Message From the Country
Label: Capitol/Parlophone

Time: 4:27
Artist: Moon Mullican
Song: Mona Lisa
Composer: Ray Evans/Jay Livingstone
Album: Moon Mullican Sings His All-Time Hits
Label: Pickwick Group

Time: 4:30
Artist: The Moody Blues
Song: "The Story In Your Eyes"
Composer: Justin Hayward
Album:Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Label: Threshold
 

Time: 4:35
Artist:Sparks
Song: "Here Comes Bob"
Composer: Ron Mael/Russell Mael
Album: A Woofer in Tweeters Clothing
Label: Rhino

Time: 4:38
Artist: Powderfinger
Song: "My Happiness"
Composer: Fanning
Album: Odyssey Number Five
Label: Universal Music Australia

Time: 4:48
Artist: Devo
Song: Smart Patrol/Mr DNA
Composer: Casale/Mothersbaugh
Album: Greatest Hits
Label: Warner Bros

Time: 4:55
Artist: Mike Nesmith
Song: "One Rose"
Composer: Cochran/Howard
Album: Complete First National Band Recordings
Label: Pacific Arts