Kosmik Radiation Radio - Apr 6, 2012 Playlist

CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Cerrone "Supernature (Cerrone 3)" 1977 (France)

For the second time this year, our Classic Album comes from a realm of music that's not much explored in America: "Eurodisco". From the North American perspective, disco's roots lie in the black, puerto rican and gay club scenes in New York City. But at the same time, there was an equally important scene going on across the Atlantic ocean (particularly in France, Italy and Germany), and among the most important figures was drummer Marc Cerrone. His records are full of the danceable beats and soaring strings and synths that have influenced "club" music to this day, but in the early years his albums also tended to be highly conceptual and organized into epic suites that took up entire sides of albums. Eurodisco: is it really just prog rock you can dance to?
The title track to this album was a global smash hit (8 million copies sold), so Cerrone made a music video for the single version of "Supernature", as well as the hit from the "romantic suite" on the other side of this album "Give Me Love". Here's another taste of classic Cerrone Eurodisco, a flashback to 1976 called "Paradise". Marc Cerrone is still at it today, in fact he's as popular as ever in Europe -- here's a taste of his absurdly flashy stage show: first a drum solo (with lasers!), and next a live performance of his 2002 hit "Hysteria" (with naked dancers, NSFW!)

(R) = Listener Request

Artist	Song	Album	Year (label)	Country
Bobby Conn	Passover	Rise Up!	1998	USA
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	Wild Life	Trout Mask Replica	1969	USA
Spirit	Nature's Way	Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus	1970	USA
Neil Young	After The Gold Rush	After The Gold Rush	1970	Canada
Jon Wayne	Texas Cyclone	Texas Funeral	1985	USA
Strawberry Alarm Clock	The World Is On Fire	Incense And Peppermints	1967	USA

Armand Schaubroeck Steals	Side 5 of 6 Scene 14: New Young Inmate Meets Lifer Scene 15: Stage Break (Taped Live) - "God Damn You" Scene 16: Friday Night Radio Plays Old Tune Reminding The Population Of The Streets - "Sweet Sister Suzie" - "Turn Off The Sound" Scene 17: Visiting Day	A Lot Of People Would Like To See Armand Schaubroeck . . . DEAD.	c. 1972-1975?	USA
Armand Schaubroeck Steals	God Damn You (not really live)	Live At The Holiday Inn	1978	USA

Cerrone	Supernature / Sweet Drums / In The Smoke	Supernature (Cerrone 3) CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK	1977	France

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention	Billy The Mountain (live - R)	Playground Psychotics	rec. 1971, rel. 1992	USA
Fleetwood Mac	Bare Trees (R)	Bare Trees	1972	UK/USA

The Deviants	Garbage	PTOOFF!	1967	UK
The New York Dolls	Trash	The New York Dolls	1973	USA
Guru Guru	Electric Junk	Hinten	1971	Germany
Curtis Mayfield	Future Shock (single edit)	Back To The World	1973	USA
Marvin Gaye	Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)	What's Going On	1971	USA

The Monkees	Writing Wrongs	The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees	1968	USA/UK
Quicksilver Messenger Service	Fresh Air	Just For Love	1970	USA
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Ladies Of The Canyon	1970	USA
Talking Heads	(Nothing But) Flowers	Naked	1988	USA