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Blues & Beyond #282: Alligator Records' 40th Anniversary

Series: Blues & Beyond
From: WXPN
Length: 00:59:00

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Alligator_small Interview with Bruce Iglauer, owner of Alligator Records, which has been celebrating its 40th anniversary throughout 2011. Iglauer will remember the early days driving around from radio station to radio station promoting his first release and then persuading distributors to carry it. We'll hear from Hound Dog Taylor, Albert Collins, Shemekia Copeland, and Janiva Magness. Also, new jazz releases from organist Mike Ledonne, saxophone player Houston Person, and bass clarinetist Jason Stein.

Promo included: promo282

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Piece Description

Interview with Bruce Iglauer, owner of Alligator Records, which has been celebrating its 40th anniversary throughout 2011. Iglauer will remember the early days driving around from radio station to radio station promoting his first release and then persuading distributors to carry it. We'll hear from Hound Dog Taylor, Albert Collins, Shemekia Copeland, and Janiva Magness. Also, new jazz releases from organist Mike Ledonne, saxophone player Houston Person, and bass clarinetist Jason Stein.

Promo included: promo282

Broadcast History

WXPN-FM Philadelphia 11-27-2011

Transcript

opening theme:
Start: 0:00 Duration: 0:59
Bert Jansch and John Renbourn "No Exit"
Wooded Hill Recordings: Bert And John
© 1996 Wooded Hill Records/Transatlantic Records Ltd

Start: 1:19 Duration: 4:40
Koko Taylor "Wang Dang Doodle"
Alligator: The Earthshaker
© 1978 Alligator Records & Artist Mgmt., Inc.

Start: 6:46 Duration: 7:13
Mike Ledonne "Keep The Faith"
Savant: Keep The Faith
© 2011 Savant Records, Inc.

Start: 13:59 Duration: 5:12
Houston Person "Blues Everywhere"
HighNote: So Nice
© 2011 HighNote Records, Inc.

Start: 19:15 Duration: 5:20
Jason Stein Quartet "Palo Alto"
Delmark: The Story This Time
© 2011 Delmark Records

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Start: 25:21 Duration: 0:59
Mike Ledonne "The Backstabbers"
Savant: Keep The Faith
© 2011 Savant Records, Inc.

Start: 31:59 Duration: 5:18
Hound Dog Taylor "Sitting At Home Alone"
Alligator: Alligator Records 40th Anni...
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Timing and Cues

00:00 Billboard: Show opens, opening theme, "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."

00:59 Billboard ends.. "... in this hour of The Blues & Beyond."

01:00 "option" song: "Starting out, this is..."

05:59 "option" song fades

06:00 show re-intro: "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister....."

25:21 end of part 1:

"... after the break, here on The Blues & Beyond."

59-second bed plays

26:20 bed fades

26:21 part 2: show re-intro: "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."

58:28 voice out on part 2 "... thanks for listening to this hour of The Blues & Beyond."

58:59 theme fades end of part 2

Musical Works

Title Artist Album Label Year Length
No Exit Bert Jansch and John Renbourn Bert And John. Wooded Hill Recordings 1995 00:59
Wang Dang Doodle Koko Taylor The Earthshaker. Alligator 1978 04:40
Keep The Faith Mike Ledonne Keep The Faith. Savant 2011 07:13
Blues Everywhere Houston Person So Nice. HighNote 2011 05:12
Palo Alto Jason Stein Quartet The Story This Time. Delmark 2011 05:20
The Backstabbers Mike Ledonne Keep The Faith. Savant 2011 00:59
Sitting At Home Alone Hound Dog Taylor Alligator Records 40th Anniversary Collection. Alligator 2011 05:18
I Ain't Drunk Albert Collins Alligator Records 40th Anniversary Collection. Alligator 2011 04:05
Beat Up Guitar Shemekia Copeland Deluxe Edition. Alligator 2011 04:16
Slipped, Tripped, And Fell In Love Janiva Magness Alligator Records 40th Anniversary Collection. Alligator 2011 03:40
Forty-Eight John Renbourn Sir John A Lot. Shanachie 1992 01:00

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