Roy's Record Room on CKUA
Tune in every Sunday at 1 PM Mountain Time / Noon Pacific Time, to Roooooy’s Record Room, the show that continues to revolve. You can stream it live at www.ckua.com. Fifteen years and counting!
Roy’s Record Room is a weekly radio show on the CKUA Radio Network, Hosted by singer/songwriter/performer/broadcaster, Roy Forbes. RRR is a program that unravels and reveals the roots of today’s tunes, for the pure joy of it. Roy spins some familiar but mostly obscure 78s, 45s and LPs from his ever-expanding record collection – sides that don’t show up on many other stations. He loves all kinds of music and explores that eclectic passion weekly on Triple-R Radio.
Roy first came to CKUA at the age of twenty in 1973, when he was invited to guest on Holger Petersen’s legendary ACME Sausage Company program. CKUA has supported Roy and his music since those early days, with his new album, “Edge Of Blue”, having recently spent some time in the upper reaches of CKUA’s Top 20 album chart. Roy’s Record Room (RRR) launched in 2006.
"I love the sense of history that CKUA gives me as a listener as well as the sense of the now and the future," says Roy. "CKUA is the sound of surprise. You never know what you'll hear next”.
Roy’s record collection is more like a record library - running into the thousands of discs, with some even sent in by loyal RRR listeners. His appetite for music is virtually unlimited and he finds creative revelations everywhere.
MORE CRATE 78s (# 97) ON ROY’S RECORD ROOM
Roy just can’t stop himself. He’s back in those crates of 78s for # 97 in the ongoing ‘78s from the crates’ series. The playlist will include an eclectic mix of rockabilly, C&W, Blues, Jazz, R&B, Western Swing, and more, from the likes of Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup, the 5 Royales, Moon Mullican, Marie Adams, Mamie Smith, Mickey & Sylvia, Hal ‘Lone Pine’ & his Mountaineers with Betty Cody, Chuck Berry, Clint Miller, and more.
The spin begins Sunday, June 28th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in to experience another eclectic batch of Crate 78s on Roooy’s Record Room, revolving and revealing.
Listen live.
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On demand for 7 days after the first airing.
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AN ALL-78 SHELLAC SHACK SHUFFLE HONOURING NATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY ON ROY’S RECORD ROOM
Roy heads to the RRR archives for an all-78 Shellac Shack Shuffle on June 21st. In honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day, the always eclectic Triple-R Radio playlist will include several sides by Indigenous artists from the 78 era.
Canadian Indigenous artists will be represented by Kitimat’s Art Grant (who is thought to be the first Canadian Indigenous singer-songwriter to be commercially released on record), Metis fiddler, George Sauer & his Northern Ramblers (from Athabasca), and legendary Indigenous fiddler, Andy De Jarlis.
US Indigenous artists will be represented by the superb Jazz vocalizing of Mildred Bailey, Kay Starr, and Lee Wiley. You’ll also hear the classic instrumental, “Rumble”, by Link Wray, blasting off of a rare 1958 78.
The spin begins Sunday, June 21st, 2 PM, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in for a Shellac Shack Shuffle honouring National Indigenous Peoples Day on Roooy’s Record Room, revolving and revealing.
Listen live.
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On demand for 7 days after original airing.
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CRATE 78s # 96 ON ROY’S RECORD ROOM
Roy’s still knee deep in those crates of 78s so the upcoming RRR will be another 78s from the crates episode – # 96 in this ongoing saga.
There are loads of obscure and familiar love songs on the playlist. Stuff Smith has his jazzy way with “My Blue Heaven”, The Mills Brothers do their all-vocal with guitar thing on “Old Fashioned Love”. Annette Hanshaw does a stellar ‘period’ version of “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love” from 1928. Roy’s also dug up a ‘period’ version of “I Only Have Eyes For You” from 1934, performed by the Totem Lodge Orchestra., Obscure love numbers include Smiley Lewis doing “It’s Music”, Chuck Willis with “My Baby’s Coming Home” and a rarely heard number from Ella Fitzgerald – “The Greatest There Is”.
The spin begins Sunday, June 14th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Turn the lights down low and have a listen to more Crate 78s on Roooy’s Record Room, revolving and revealing.
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CRATE 78S # 95 (C&W) ON ROY’S RECORD ROOM
This week on Triple-R Radio, Roy features a pile of C&W 78s fresh from the crates. The playlist will include side from Hank Williams, Lefty Frizzell, the Maddox Brothers & Rose, Boots Faye & Idaho Call, Little Brenda Lee (doing a Hank W tune), Hank Snow, Bill Monroe & his Bluegrass Boys, the Brown’s Ferry Four, Fred Rose, and more.
The spin begins Sunday, June 7th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in for a stack of C&W 78s on Roooy’s Record Room, revolving and revealing.
Listen live.
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CKUA’s current fifty-fifty raffle ends June 11th. Get in on it!
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MORE CRATE 78s (# 94) ON ROY’S RECORD ROOM
Roy’s still shuffling through stacks of shellac for episode # 94 in the ongoing ‘78s from the crates’ series. He’s dug up some good stuff from folks like Mickey & Sylvia, Lightning Hopkins, Mildred Bailey with Red Norvo, Jimmy Witherspoon, Boots Faye & Idaho Call, Big Joe Williams, the Original Memphis Five, and more. The spin begins Sunday, May 31st, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Pull up a stump and have a listen to an eclectic batch of Crate 78s on Roooy’s Record Room where we revolve it and reveal it.
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CRATE 78s #93 THIS WEEK ON ROY’S RECORD ROOM
This week on Triple-R Radio, Roy’s back to those endless crates of 78s for episode # 93 in the ongoing ‘78s from the crates’ series. Stellar sides from Helen Kane, Les Paul & Mary Ford, the Dixieland Jug Blowers, Trummie Young with Bird and Diz, Memphis Slim, Jay McShann with Jimmy Witherspoon, and more.
The spin begins Sunday, May 24th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in to experience more Crate 78s on Roooy’s Record Room, ever revolving, always revealing.
Listen live.
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On demand for 7 days after first airing.
Get in on CKUA’s current fifty-fifty raffle.
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