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.
Jazzy 78s From The Crates
This week, Roy celebrates the memory of CKUA’s Old-Disc Jockey (Jack Hagerman) with a stack of jazzy 78s from the crates on RRR. You’ll hear terrific sides from Lionel Hampton with Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington, Mildred Bailey, Ethel Waters & Her Ebony Four, the Pete Brown Sextet, Mills’ Merry Makers, and more.
The jazzy spin begins Sunday, August 4th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in for a mess of jazzy 78s from the crates on Roooy’s Record Room, the show that revolves, reveals, and remembers.
A Fingerfulla Sock-Hop 45s
This week, on Triple-R Radio, Roy’s spinning a stack of 45s he’d play when he was a record spinner at his high school noon-hour sock hops back In the mid-sixties. Prepare yourselves for hot slabs of wax from the Knickerbockers. The Blues Magoos, Sam the Sham & the Pharohs, the Rolling Stones, Wilson Pickett, Barry Allen, Count five, the Spencer Davis group with Stevie Winwood, and so many more.
The spin begins this Sunday, July 28th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in and dance to a Fingerfulla Sock-Hop 45s on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that still knows how to have big noon-hour fun.
78s From The Crates #75
Roy’s still plumbing the depths of the Shellac Shack as he spins even more 78s from the crates this week on RRR. Show # 75 in this ongoing series features terrific sides from Willie Love & His Three Aces, the Boswell Sisters, The Sons of the Saddle with Al Cherney, Maxine Sullivan, Percy Mayfield, Lonnie Johnson, and many more.
The spin begins Sunday, July 21st, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in for a stack of 78s from the crates on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that doesn’t mind a bit of Snap, crackle, pop.
78s from the Crates #74
Yep. Roy’s back in the shellac shack this week on RRR as he spins more 78s from the crates, # 74 in this endlessly ongoing series. You’ll hear irresistible sides from the Charles Brown Trio, the Ipana Troubadours, Kitty Wells, Bud Isaacs & his Cryin’ Steel Guitar, Big Bill Broonzy & His Fat Four, Peggy Lee, the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, Ella Mae Morse, and more.
The spin begins Sunday, July 14th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in and enjoy a few more 78s from the crates on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that continues to revolve.
Blues & Rhythm 78s
It’s all blues & rhythm 78s this week on RRR as Roy combs through the extensive Triple-R Radio shellac archives. He digs out a stack of terrific 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 Sunday, July 7th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Tune in for a mess of blues & rhythm 78s on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that revolves, and revolves, and revolves…
This is an encore airing of a previous RRR.
More 78s from the Crates #73
The shellac rules again this week on Triple-R Radio as Roy continues his romp through those crates of 78s. You’ll hear another eclectic mix of sides from Carl Perkins, Memphis Minnie, Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends, Charlie Poole with the North Carolina Ramblers, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Merle Travis, and many more.
The spin begins Sunday, June 30th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in to experience more 78s from the crates on Roooy’s Record Room, the show that rapidly rotates.