Category: Radio

This week, back to that fresh stack of 45s on Triple-R Radio.  You’ll hear sides from Roy Hamilton, Albert Collins, the Shirelles, Hank Snow, Ritchie Valens, Rose Maddox, Aretha Franklin, King Curtis, Roy Orbison, and so many more.

The spin begins, Sunday, September 11^th,1 PM, Mountain, on CKUA. Tune in for another fresh Fingerfulla 45s on Rooooy’s Record Room. Constantly revolving.

Note that, as of September 18^th, RRR moves to a new time slot. Sundays, 2 PM, Mountain.

This edition of RRR is available anytime ‘on demand’ for seven days after the initial broadcast. at 0ndemand.ckua.com

This week on RRR, it’s show # 47 in the ‘78s from the crates’ series. Roy plays all jazzy shellac from the likes of the Quintette of the Hot Club of France (Django, Stephane), Betty Roche with Earl Hines, the Boswell Sisters, the Memphis Stompers, JJ Johnson’s Be-Boppers (with Bud Powell, Cecil Payne, Max Roach), Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, James Moody & His Bop Men (with Chano Pozo), Sarah Vaughan, and many more.

The spin begins Sunday, Sept 04, 1 PM, Mountain, on CKUA. Dial in for some Jazzy 78s from the crates on Rooooy’s Record Room. Constantly revolving.

This week, more from that fresh batch of 45s on Triple-R Radio. You’ll hear gems from Mickey & Sylvia (the original of Lovedrops, later cut by Barry Allen), Jack Scott, Rose Maddox, Bobby Bland, Roy Orbison, Jesse Winchester, Jo-Anne Campbell, the Hollies, and so many more.

The spin begins Sunday, Aug 28^th, 1 PM, Mountain, on CKUA. It’s another fresh Fingerfulla 45s on Rooooy’s Record Room. Constantly revolving.

This week, Roy checks out a fresh stack of 45s that recently showed up in The Room. You’ll hear the obscure and the familiar from the likes of Doris Troy, Joe Barry, the Flamingos, the Fiestas, Alvin Cash & the Crawlers, the Impressions, the Marvelettes, the Shadows, and so many more.

Catch the action on CKUA, Sunday, August 21^st, Mountain. It’s a fresh Fingerfulla 45s on Roooy’s Record Room, the show that continues to revolve. Sixteen years and counting.

Yep, loads of uncovered treasures on the upcoming ‘78s from the crates’ episode of Triple-R Radio. Like the very first Canadian bluegrass record (1957). A rockabilly George Hamilton IV B-side sporting a ‘Don’t air’ sticker on the label. A lively early 50s country number from Jazz guitarist Lenny Breau’s parents.

And that’s just a sneak peek. You’ll also hear superb sides from Joe Williams (pre-Count Basie jump-blues), early Ella Fitzgerald with Teddy Wilson, the Original Gospel Harmonettes, Gene Summers & His Rebels, the Chocolate Dandies, and more.

This eclectic musical romp airs this Sunday, August 14^th, 1 PM, Mountain, on CKUA. Dial in to check out some 78 rpm gems on Roooy’s Record Room, the show that likes to spin a few. Ever revolving for sixteen years and counting.

This week, it’s all about summer tunes on Triple-R Radio. Roy explores the various aspects of the warmest season with sides from the Ray-O-Vacs, Mr. Sad Head, the Sunrays, Tennessee Ernie, Joe Simon, Blossom Dearie, Ella Mae Morse, John Hartford, Ernestine Anderson, and more.

The fun begins on Sunday, August 7^th, 1 PM, Mountain. Dial in for some Summer Tunes on Roooy’s Record Room, where it’s summertime, and the platters are spinning. Sixteen years and counting.

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This week, Roy digs deep in the RRR archives for a mess of Canadian Folk & Country 45s spanning the years from 1957 to 1976. You’ll hear classic and obscure singles from Susan Jacks, Bruce Miller, Colleen Peterson, Ian & Sylvia, Joni Mitchell, Luke Simmons & His Blue Mountain Boys, Stevedore Steve, Shannon Two-Feathers, Lucille Starr, and more

The spinning begins on Sunday, July 31^st, 1 PM, Mountain. Tune in for a festival of Folk & Country 45s on Roooy’s Record Room. Constantly revolving. Sixteen years and counting.

To quote Jerry Lee Lewis, we’ll be boppin’ at the high school hop this week on RRR as Roy spins nothing but rock ‘n’ roll 78s from the fifties. This annual Triple-R Radio event features twenty-three sides from the likes of Mickey & Sylvia, the Crickets (with Buddy Holly), Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Duane Eddy, Wanda Jackson, Bill Doggett, Sam Cooke, LaVerne Baker, Eddie Cochrane, and so many more.

The rockin’ begins on Sunday, July 24^th, at 1 PM, Mountain. Good luck sitting still as you experience the Mid-Summer Rockin’ 78 Dance Party on Rooooy’s Record Room. Ever revolving, ever revealing. Sixteen years and counting.

It’s all blues & rhythm 78s this week on RRR as Roy combs through the extensive Triple-R Radio shellac archives. He digs out unbeatable sides from Big Maybelle, Willie Mae ‘Big Mama’ Thornton, Lonnie Johnson, the Spiders, Annisteen Allen, Wynonie ‘Mr. Blues’ Harris, Champion Jack Dupree, Jimmy Reed, T-Bone Walker, Effie Smith, and more.

The shuffling begins on Sunday, July 17^th, at 1 PM, Mountain. Tune in for a mess of blues & rhythm 78s on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that revolves, and revolves, and revolves… Sixteen years and counting.

This week, it’s all Elvis 78s from the crates on Triple-R Radio. Roy spins nothing but RCA Victor shellac from Elvis Presley, starting with his first Sun recording, “That’s All Right”, from 1954 to “I Got Stung” in 1958.

If you love the king like we do on RRR, you’ll want to tune in on Sunday, July 10^th, 1 PM, Mountain, for Elvis 78s from the crates on Roooy’s Record Room, the show that continues to revolve.