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More 78s From The Crates

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Hecks-a-poppin’ this week on Triple-R Radio as Roy spins a few more 78s from the crates. Jimmy Witherspoon expresses his displeasure with his landlord. Amos Milburn spins a cautionary tale of bad, bad whiskey. The Boswell Sisters plead with the local river to stay ‘way from their door.

And that’s not all. You’ll also hear stellar sides from Linda Hopkins with Johnny Otis, Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers, Ruth Etting, Louis Armstrong & Jack Teagarden, Andy Kirk & His 12 Clouds Of Joy with Mary Lou Williams, a three-song salute to the late rock ‘n roll pioneer Lloyd Price, and more.

Join the excitement and the surface noise on Sunday, May 30th at 1pm Mountain Time for a few 78s from the crates on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that revolves, and reveals.

 

The Roots of Bob Dylan

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In honour of the former Robert Zimmerman’s upcoming 80th birthday, Roy has put together a ‘Roots of Bob Dylan’ episode. You won’t hear any Bob, though. Instead, you’ll hear original versions of songs that inspired Mr. Dylan – songs that Bob has covered or has used as templates for his own numbers.

Roy spins tracks from Nat Shilkret with Willard Robison, Jimmie Rodgers, Little Jr. Parker & His Blue Flames, Paul Clayton, Billy Lee Riley & His Little Green Men, the Davis Sisters, Billie Holiday, Bobby Vee, and more.

That’s Sunday, May 23 at 1 PM Mountain Time, for The Roots of Bob Dylan on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that revolves and reveals.

 

More 78s From The Crates

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Buckle up for takeoff. The RRR rapidly revolving ‘78s from the crates’ series is back. Tune in for some stellar shellac from Cannon’s Jug Stompers, Fess Williams & His Royal Flush Orchestra, the Boswell Sisters, Buddy Jones, Ella Fitzgerald & Her Savoy Eight, Bill Monroe and many more – all from the original 78s.

That’s Sunday, May 16, 1 PM Mountain Time for more 78s from the Crates on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that continues to revolve, and revolve, and revolve.

A Shellac Shack Shuffle

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Roy spins a cool batch of 78s this week on Triple R Radio. You’ll hear early 30s pre-swing era jazz from McKinney’s Cotton pickers, Jack Bland’s Rhythmakers and more; early country from the Carter Family, J E Mainers Mountaineers; 50s honky-tonk from Ramblin’ Jimmie Dolan, the Delmore Brothers, Hank Williams, and Jess Willard; some fine vocalizing from RRR faves Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday

Tune in on Sunday, May 9th, 1 PM Mountain, (repeated Wednesday, 4 AM) for an all-78 Shellac Shack Shuffle on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that continues to revolve, and revolve, and revolve.

 

Two Hour Spring Fundraiser Extravaganza

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It’ll be nothing but thrills, chills and spills this Sunday afternoon when Triple-R Radio host Roy Forbes hits the CKUA airwaves with World Spinning host Lark Clark for two hours of shellac and vinyl on Roy’s Record Room.

The first all-78 rpm hour will feature RRR fundraising favourites from Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Roy Montrell, Smiley Lewis, Maddox Brothers & Rose, Etta James, Big Maybelle, the Dominos with Clyde McPhatter, Tennessee Ernie & Ella Mae Morse, Anisteen Allen, and more.

In the second hour, the turntable slows down to 45 rpm, but the music doesn’t let up, with sides from the Knickerbockers, Dusty Springfield, the Equals, Little Richard, Nina Simone, the Joe Cuba Sextet, Lonnie Mack, Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin and more.

Tune in on Sunday, May 2, 1 to 3 PM, Mountain, as Roy and Lark play some of RRR’s biggest hits from the archives, all the while encouraging you to donate to make this Spring Fundraiser another one for the history books.

It’s a million-dollar bash on CKUA and Roy’s Record Room. Join the crew and get in on the truly exciting last Sunday of the fundraiser.

Go to www.ckua.com for all the info.

Be there or be L7!

Spring Fundraiser Dance Date

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Put your hands on your hips, let your backbone slip. Aside from donating, this is the key message in the music of the upcoming Spring fundraising edition of Triple-R Radio. Things lift off with Roy’s original 1966 copy of Wilson Pickett’s “Land Of 1000 Dances” featuring all the snaps, crackles and pops of a well played 55-year-old 45. The merriment continues with some early Alberta rockabilly from Scotty Stevenson; 1960s dance-fad singles from Huey ‘Piano’ Smith & The Clowns, Dee Dee Sharp, Sam Cooke, and Miriam Makeba; country boogie from Moon Mullican; 1930s movers from Lil Armstrong and Duke Ellington; dining and dancing tips from Aretha Franklin, and more.

That’s Sunday, April 25, 1pm, Mountain. Tune in as World Spinning host Lark Clark, joins RRR host Roy Forbes, for a lively hour of 45s and 78s – it’s a Spring Fundraising Dance Date on Roooy’s Record Room, the show that continues to revolve.

If you want to donate, go to www.ckua.com for full details.

See you Sunday!

78s from the Crates

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Roy returns to the ‘78s from the crates’ series this week with a stack of cool shellac from the Stan Getz Quintet, the Rhythm Pals, Claude King & His Hillbilly Ramblers, Ella Mae Morse, Camille Howard, Fats Waller and many more.

That’s Sunday, April 18,1 PM, Mountain, for a few 78s from the crates on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that continues to revolve, and revolve, and revolve…

Now officially fifteen years and counting.

A 15th Birthday Bash!

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On April 10, 2006, a brand-new show hit the CKUA airwaves. Fifteen years and a day later, RRR host, Roy Forbes, celebrates a decade-and-a-half of Triple-R Radio with esteemed CKUA announcer Grant Stovel along for the ride.

Grant and Roy talk about Roy’s lifelong passion for vinyl and shellac, spinning sides about buttercups, psychotic reactions, Tennessee hustlers, electrocution, love drops and more.

You’ll hear a few of Roy’s record collecting stories, from a sock hop at Frank Ross Junior Secondary high school in Dawson Creek, BC, to a cluttered, unheated back room of a Peace River, AB, junk shop. The playlist is jam-packed with treasures from Count Five, the Birmingham Jubilee Singers, the Fort Worth Doughboys, the Esquires, Wanda Jackson, Jimmie Rodgers (with Louis & Lil Armstrong), Barry Allen, and more.

Join the festivities on Sunday, April 11, 1pm Mountain, as Grant Stovel and Roy Forbes celebrate fifteen years of Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that continues to revolve, and revolve, and revolve.

Listen here:ckua.com/listen-live

Atlantic Records at 78 RPM

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This week, Roy will be mining the RRR archives for a stack of shellac celebrating the early years of the revered Atlantic label. You’ll hear some tough R&B, doo-wop, blues, and early rock ‘n’ roll from 1947 to 1957 featuring the sounds of Big Joe Turner, Stick McGhee & His Spo-Dee-O-Dee Buddies, The Clovers, Ruth Brown, Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters, T-Bone Walker, LaVerne Baker and more.

That’s Sunday, April 4, 1 PM, Mountain, for Atlantic Records at 78 rpm on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that is a week away from celebrating fifteen years on the CKUA Radio Network.

Listen to the show on-line HERE.

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