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Phil O'Brien and Simon Morris present an afternoon of alleged music and dubious entertainment. 

Simon Morris and Phil O'Brien

Simon Morris and Phil O'Brien Photo: RNZ

Playlist: Death & Taxes

12 - 1 p.m.

12:15
Artist: Mississippi Sheiks with Bo Carter
Title: Sales Tax
Composer: Carter, Jacobs
Album: 'Sweet Maggie' (78 RPM single)
Label: Bluebird

12:19
Artist: Cheap Trick
Title: Taxman, Mr. Thief
Composer: Rick Nielsen
Album: Cheap Trick
Label: Epic

12:25
Artist: Brave Combo
Title: Holiday
Composer: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb
Album: Kikiriki
Label: DenTone

12:30
Artist: Cupid's Inspiration
Title: Yesterday Has Gone
Composer: Randazzo, Pike
Album: Sixties Power Ballads - The Greatest Driving Anthems in the World... Ever!
Label: Virgin / EMI

12:34
Artist: Slim Gaillard
Title: Taxpayers Blues
Composer: Slim Gaillard
Album: Laughing in Rhythm
Label: Proper

12:38
Artist: Texas
Title: I Don't Want a Lover
Composer: McElhone, Spiteri
Album: Southside
Label: Mercury

12:46
Artist: Rover
Title: Hank & Stu
Composer: Trad. / Unknown
Album: Various - Dr. Demento Presents: The Greatest Novelty Records of All Time Volume IV, The 70s
Label: Rhino

12:49
Artist: Lorraine Allison
Title: Stay With Me Baby
Composer: Ragovoy, Weiss
Album: Ladies Sing the Blues
Label: Crimson Productions

12:54
Artist: The Kinks
Title: Catch Me Now I'm Falling
Composer: Ray Davies
Album: Low Budget
Label: Arista
 

1 - 2 p.m.

1:05
Artist: The Yardbirds
Title: Psycho Daisies
Composer: Dreja, McCarthy, Beck, Page
Album: Roger the Engineer
Label: Warner Bros.

1:10
Artist: Tiny Tim
Title: Tommy Tax
Composer: Herbert B. Khaury
Album: God Bless Tiny Tim: The Complete Reprise Studio Masters... And More
Label: Warner Bros.

1:17
Artist: Nick Lowe
Title: Little Card Trick
Composer: Nick Lowe
Album: Quiet Please - The Best of Nick Lowe
Label: Proper

1:23
Artist: The Divine Comedy
Title: A Lady of a Certain Age
Composer: Neil Hannon
Album: The Divine Comedy - Live at Somerset House
Label: Concert Live

1:30
Artist: The Fabulous Thunderbirds feat. Wes Watkins & Roosevelt Collier
Title: (I Know) I'm Losing You
Composer: Whitfield, Holland, Grant
Album: Strong Like That
Label: MRi Entertainment

1:37
Artist: Alice Cooper
Title: Pretty Ballerina
Composer: Michael Brown
Album: Dirty Diamonds
Label: New West / Spitfire

1:42
Artist: The Beautiful South
Title: Don't Fear the Reaper
Composer: Buck Dharma
Album: Golddiggers, Headnodders and Pholk Songs
Label: Sony

1:48
Artist: The Flirtations
Title: Nothing But Heartache
Composer: Bickerton, Waddington
Album: (Single)
Label: Deram

1:51
Artist: Devlin
Title: All Along the Watchtower (Instrumental)
Composer: Bob Dylan
Album: A Moving Picture
Label: Universal

1:55
Artist: Crowbar
Title: Oh What a Feeling
Composer: Fordham, Greenway
Album: Bad Manors
Label: Daffodil


2 - 3 p.m.

2:04
Artist: Gregory Porter
Title: Consequence of Love
Composer: Gregory Porter
Album: Take Me to the Alley
Label: Blue Note

2:10
Artist: Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
Title: What if We All Stop Paying Taxes
Composer: Mann, Michels
Album: Soul Time!
Label: Daptone

2:16
Artist: The Monkees
Title: You Bring the Summer
Composer: Andy Partridge
Album: Good Times!
Label: Rhino

2:21
Artist: The Gap Band
Title: You Dropped a Bomb on Me
Composer: Wilson, Simmons, Taylor
Album: Gap Band IV
Label: Total Experience

2:27
Artist: Junior Parker
Title: Taxman
Composer: George Harrison
Album: The Outside Man
Label: Capitol

2:33
Artist: Frightened Rabbit
Title: Get Out
Composer: Frightened Rabbit
Album: Painting of a Panic Attack
Label: Atlantic

2:39
Artist: Freddie Burns and his Ranch Boys
Title: Juke Box Boogie
Composer: Williams, Wamble
Album: Juke Box Boogie (78 RPM single)
Label: Star Talent

2:42
Artist: Sam Brown
Title: Can I Get a Witness?
Composer: Holland, Dozier, Holland
Album: Stop!
Label: A&M

2:46
Artist: Boz Scaggs
Title: Rich Woman
Composer: LaBostrie, Millet
Album: A Fool to Care
Label: Columbia

2:51
Artist: Ike & Tina Turner
Title: Fool in Love
Composer: Ike Turner
Album: The Soul of Ike & Tina Turner
Label: Sue

2:55
Artist: Pink Turtle
Title: Billie Jean
Composer: Michael Jackson
Album: Back Again
Label: Fremeaux & Associes
 

3 p.m. Kim HIll interview with Larry Page, Part II

3 - 4 p.m.

3:25
Artist: The Kinks
Title: Tired of Waiting
Composer: Ray Davies
Album: Kinda Kinks
Label: PRT

3:33
Artist: Brooklyn Rundfunk Orkestrata
Title: Climb Ev'ry Mountain
Composer: Rogers & Hammerstein
Album: The Hills Are Alive
Label: Canal

3:42
Artist: Pentatonix
Title: White Winter Hymnal
Composer: Robin Pecknold
Album: That's Christmas To Me
Label: RCA

3:46
Artist: Leon Russell
Title: Stranger in a Strange Land
Composer: Leon Russell
Album: Leon Russell and the Shelter People
Label: Shelter

3:51
Artist: Arcade Fire
Title: Suburban War
Composer: Neufield, Parry, Gara, Butler, Chassagne, Kingsbury
Album: The Suburbs
Label: Merge / City Slang / Mercury

3:56
Artist: Roy Orbison
Title: A Love So Beautiful
Composer: Orbison, Lynne
Album: Mystery Girl
Label: Virgin


4 - 5 p.m.

4:04
Artist: The Pointer Sisters
Title: Medley - Chain of Fools, How Long (Betcha Gotta Chick on the Side)
Composer: Covay, Pointer, Pointer, Rubinson
Album: Greatest Hits Live
Label: Goldenlane

4:14
Artist: The Kinks
Title: Sunny Afternoon
Composer: Ray Davies
Album: Face to Face
Label: PRT

4:19
Artist: Muddy Waters
Title: You Can't Lose What You Never Had
Composer: McKinley Morganfield
Album: Folk Singer
Label: Chess

4:23
Artist: Harry Nilsson
Title: I'd Rather be Dead
Composer: Harry Nilsson
Album: Son of Schmilsson
Label: RCA

4:27
Artist: The Jaywalks
Title: I Can't Live Without You
Composer: Ray Dahrouge
Album: (Single)
Label: Cream

4:30
Artist: Tino Casal
Title: Eloise
Composer: Paul Ryan
Album: Lagrimas De Cocodrilo
Label: EMI

4:37
Artist: (Unknown)
Title: Income Tax
Composer: Banks, Banks, Das
Album: None
Label: None

4:41
Artist: Gerry Rafferty
Title: Whatever's Written in Your Heart
Composer: Gerry Rafferty
Album: City to City
Label: United Artists

4:48
Artist: Gary Wright
Title: Love is Alive
Composer: Gary Wright
Album: The Dream Weaver
Label: Warner Bros.

4:54
Artist: XL
Title: Take 5
Composer: Paul Desmond
Album: (12" Single)
Label: Streetheat