Between the Sheets Playlists

"Walking Through Dreamland"

Cha cha rock with Angel Baby and her trusty sidekick Doctor Nod on their musical journey celebrating soulful trumpeteers, mysterious lights, anti-Fab Four sides, sweet dreams and even records and dee jays themselves. Remember, always expect the unexpected on Between The Sheets!

Track List
Cha Cha Rock - Ronnie & The Premiers
Cha Cha Rock - The Hi-Liters
Cha Cha Rock - Chico Rey & The Reys

West End Blues - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
The Meaning Of The Blues - Miles Davis
De Guello (No Quarter) - Nelson Riddle with Manny Klein on Trumpet

Let's Turn The Lights Down Low - Rene Hall
Neon Sign - Dee Parker
Black Lantern - Caesar & His Romans

The Disc Jockey Blues - The Six Dee Jays
Golden Records - Judy Thomas
We're Cutting A Record - The Three Stooges
 

"Like Auld Langsyne, Dad"
 
Doc Nod returns from chilly New England to join Angel Baby on a New Year's Eve Special. Beatniks, instro rock n' rollers and one blues cat all make the auld lang syne scene. While some r&b solid senders celebrate overmuch with the grape and grain, others warble their seasonal resolutions. And for an extra Xmas bonus dig those oddball country & western sides!  

Track List
That Holiday Spirit - Eddie Lawrence as Charlie Scrooge
Like Auld Langsyne, Dad - Santas Helpers
Happy New Year - Lightning Hopkins
Ringing In A Brand New Year - Billy Ward & His Dominoes
Rockin'-Lang-Syne - The Rockin' Stockin's

Bear Rug - Tony Rodelle Larson
Auld Lang Syne Boogie - Freddie Mitchell Orch. Rip Harrigan on Piano
Happy New Year To You! - The Qualities (Sun Ra)

Santa Came Home Drunk - Clyde Lasley & The Cadillac Baby Specials

"Blink Before Christmas"

Whoa ho ho! 'Tis the season for Angel Baby to trim your tree with some musical glad tidings. After taking a few speedy sleigh rides and grooving on a boss tribute to Big Red himself, she unwraps a bunch of knocked out hipsters, rock n' roll kiddies and blitzed L.A. surfers before ushering boppin' Santa back to cut a rug!

Track List
Sleigh Ride - Lloyd Glenn
The Crazy Sleigh Ride - The Freebees
Sleighbell Rock - Chuck Blevins

(Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With The Bag - Kay Starr
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
The Be-Bop Santa Claus - Babs Gonzales
Put The Loot In The Boot Santa - Mae West

A Surfers Christmas List - The Surfaris
Surfin' Santa - The Ramblers
Santa's Speed Shop -The Surfaris

Blink Before Christmas - Phil Moore With The Phil Moore Four

"The Diamond Mine"

Get on board as crystal clear Angel Baby and muffled Doctor Nod (in his last appearance of the year) conduct you on yet another unpredictable journey through some irresistible grooves. From jammin' Jamaican R&B to jagged jazzy scatting, from crisp covers of great 50s hits to loopy LSD-inspired weirdness and from satiny crepuscular odes to a few eccentric beatnik sides, it's like a real gone trip.

Play List
Just Walking In The Rain - Dick Richards
My Heart Cries For You - The Sensations
Sh-Boom (Life Could be A Dream) - Leon McAuliffe & His Western Swing Band

Get Up Little Suzie - Desmond Dekker
Mama Let Me Go - The Heptones
Please Don't Talk About Me - Derrick Morgan

Sonny Boy - Leo Watson
Coffee Break - Teacho Wiltshire & His Tin Pan Alley Trio
The Beat - Sam (The Man) Taylor & His Orchestra

"Mambo Fiesta"

Straight shootin' Angel Baby and her faithful sidekick Doctor Nod once again hit the musical bullseye, targeting sleek instros, mellow love, reckless drivers, mambo mania and super fine answer discs. There's also a standout tribute to the late great rock and roller Jody Reynolds.

Track List
Screw Driver - The Rhythmaires
Tarantula - The Storms
Scatterbrain - Dick & Jack

Beaulah Mae - Jody Reynolds
Endless Sleep - Jimmy Witherspoon
Fire Of Love - Jody Reynolds
 
Love Me - Larry Bright
Borrowed Love - Lynn Marshall
I'll Never Love Anyone Else - Steve Gibson & The Red Caps
 
Slow Down Seymour - The Pledges
Drunk Driver's Coming - Richard Brothers
Wreck Of Old '97 - Creed Taylor Orchestrea
 
Good Mambo Tonight - Wynonie Harris
Mambo Boogie - Johnny Otis
Mambo Fiesta - The Calvaes
 

"The Good The Bad & The Ugly"

Angel Baby & Doctor Nod offer another unpredictable mixed bag of musical goodies on this week's Between The Sheets. After some cool instros, a few kool kats take on the concept of Time, master spaghetti western film composer Ennio Morricone receives a tribute on his 80th birthday, jazz singers attempt and comment on rock & roll, Lee Hazlewood and Sanford Clark return for Part Two of their distinctive early recordings before the show winds up with a few truly "wiggy" tunes.

Track List
Devil's Reef - The Scavengers
Cha Cha in Blue - Junior Wells
Love Me Or Leave Me - Gerry Mulligan Quartet (Paris Concert)
 
Night Time Noon Time - The Eccentrics
Time Tellin' Mosheen - Jack Costello
Blue O'Clock In The Morning - Dick Sirbu
 
The Good The Bad & The Ugly (Main Title) - Ennio Morricone

"Bang Bang Lulu"

On this timely episode of Between the Sheets Angel Baby and Doctor Nod pay single set tributes to Obama's victory, Lee Hazlewood's early productions and just deceased Peruvian songbird Yma Sumac (with real interview excerpts). However, a few twisted covers and in-and-out smut songs serve to diffuse any perceived reverence.

"Mr. Ghost Comes To Town"

After The Mad Ghoul's eerie intro, Angel Baby and Doctor Nod serve up a potent witch's brew of tricks and treats on Between The Sheets' annual Halloween Special. Shudder at the drooling monsters, sinister devils, flighty ghosts, creepy crawlies and a bagful of unnerving instrumentals.

Track List
Music For Monsters (Picture sleeve)
The Chiller - Googie Rene Combo
Reuben's Nightmare - Johnny Zorro
The Nightmare - The Nightmares

Werewolf - Morgus with The Daringers
My Baby's Got A Crush On Frankenstein - Soupy Sales
Count Drunkula - The Starlits

Lunch With Mother Goose - John Zacherle
(Like ? Spellbound) - The Tarantulas
Witches Brew - Darla Hood

Dante's Inferno - Mark IV
The Devil - Ronnie Wolfe
The Devils Pad - Paul Leader
 
The Shadow Knows - Link Wray
The Ghost Song - Murray Kellum

"Me Make Um Pow Wow"

After some zero cool instros, the delectable Angel Baby and the inedible Doctor Nod go on the rhythmic warpath, swing amongst the stars, get gone with guys' names, delve into some wacky musical misogyny and finally spin some way hip covers on another provocative episode of Between The Sheets!

Track List
Funhouse - Gerry Mulligan New Stars
Ooo Yah Yah - Paul Babbitt
Cool Down - Lavalieres
 
Indian Squaw - The Kellwoods
What Is An Indian? - Dal Williams
Me Make Um Pow Wow - The Five Keys
 
Stars - The Eccentrics
Shooting Starr - Ricki Starr & His All-Stars (pic sleeve)
Only The Stars - The Teen Beats
 
Dummy Doll - John Zacherle