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Bright Lights Big City 63
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Tuesday Oct 21, 2025
Tuesday Oct 21, 2025
Trains, Religion & Pies and a lot more - all aboard!
1. All Aboard / Muddy Waters
2. Number Nine Train / Tarheel Slim
3. First, You've Got To Recognise God / The Burnadettes
4. Petootie Pie / Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan
5. The Frim Fram Sauce / Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
6. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood / Nina Simone
7. Uptown / Little Eva
8. Too Much / Amber Mark
9. What It Means / Lady Wray
10. Blue Skies / Dexter In The Newsagent
11. When The Rain Stops / Nectar Woode
12. Your Time To Cry / Joe Simon
13. Reality / Snooks Eaglin
14. Young, Gifted & Black / Nina Simone
15. Good Rocking Daddy / Roomful Of Blues
theme song: Bright Lights Big City / Jimmy Reed
"they're all a figment of the songwriter's imagination."
contact me at: johnnycorsair9@gmail.com
join the Congregation at the church of Pastor Pete 'I'm a Believer' Jones at
https://smalltowntalkrecords4.podbean.com
the Devil's tunes and more.
Our prize CD this month is once again courtesy of Ace Records - if you don't win it then buy it and much more at https://acereords.com
Want a music related painting or a print and much more then shop at: https://martingrover.com
Tuesday Sep 30, 2025
Tuesday Sep 30, 2025
It's September so artists get their new records in the shops & those modern type things like streaming for the Christmas market. We have songs from two of those albums, two new singles and a bunch of old but gold stuff as always.
1. Too Much Competition / Allen Bunn
2. Shopping For Clothes / The Coasters
3. My Stove's In Good Condition / Lil Johnson
4. Highway 61 / Sunnyland Slim
5. The Jones Girl / The Five Satins
6. The Gal From Joe's / Etta Jones
7. Believe In Me / Jennings Brothers
8. Brave / Joy Crookes
9. Baby Steps / Olivia Dean
10. i wish i could /Tia Gordon
11. All About Me / Jalen N'Gonda
12. Because I Love You / Billy Stewart
13. Worth Every Tear That I Cry / Dee Dee Warwick
14. How Can I Tell You (To Love Me More) / Brooke Combe
theme song: Bright Lights Big City / Jimmy Reed
"can you have too many records?"contact me at ; johnnycorsair9@gmail.com
Hitting the airwaves today as well it's : https://smalltowntalkrecords4.podbean.com
the sister show with 49 minutes of a wonderful mix.
check out the vast array of music that both shows dip into every month at: https://acerecords.com
Want to buy some art? Look no further than https://martingrover.com
Friday Aug 29, 2025
Friday Aug 29, 2025
You wait for one instrumental & two come along and 12 other crackin' tunes.
1. Fools Are Getting Scarcer / Roy Milton
2. Creepin' / The Starlighters
3. Why'd You Do It? / Ralph Willis
4. Dirty Water / Billy Larkin & The Delegates
5. A Shot Of Rhythm & Blues / Arthur Alexander
6. Nights In New York City / Jan Bradley
7. Beautiful Strangers / Mavis Staples
8. Love So Divine / Emilia Sisco & Cold Diamond & Mink
9. One Of Those Good For Crying Over You Days / Clydie King
10. Cornbread, Fish & Collard Greens / Anthony Hamilton
11. Somebody To You / Joy Crookes
12. Man I Need / Olivia Dean
13. He Loves Us Both / Lila Ike (feat H.E.R.)
14. Blue Blood / Candice Ivory
15. Since You've Been Gone / Four Tops
theme song: Bright Lights Big City / Jimmy Reed
"they're going beserk to get off to work."
contact me at: johnnycorsair9@gmail.com
Although he's busier than the busiest bee, Pete Jones manages to find time to bring you a fantastic 49 mins of his record collection every month on the sister show to this : https://smalltowntalkrecords4.podbean.com -
A lot of what we both play are Ace Records releases because there is no one better - go shopping at
https://acerecords.com & join their Facebook page to be in the know of their latest release.
Soon to be a guest again on the show so check out the art of Martin Grover - https://martingrover.com
Check out Nola Blue records - the home of Candice Ivory's latest release & many more blues artists at
https://www.nola-blues.com
Thursday Jul 31, 2025
Thursday Jul 31, 2025
Pencils, Bananas & Trains just some of the subjects on this month's show.
1. Shout & Rock / Elmore Nixon
2. That's What They Put Erasers On Pencils For / The Gems
3. Serve Another Round / The Five Keys
4. Banana in Your Fruit Basket / Bo Carter
5. I Cry And Cry Every Night / Jimmy Smith & The Lockettes
6. Let The Good Times Roll / Shirley & Lee
7. Wanted / Lila Ike
8. Drowning In The Sea Of Love / Joe Simon
9. Rather Be / Giveon
10. Cheat Code / Lacee
11. Down In Texas / Don Varner
12. Reconsider Baby / Doug Sahm
13. Love Train / The Supremes
theme song : Bright Lights Big City / Jimmy Reed
"this goes out to the Paddington to Cheltenham Posse."
contact me at : johnnycorsair9@gmail.com
Our sister show, SmallTown Talk is at https://smalltowntalkrecords4.podbean.com impeccably presented by Pete Jones each month.
We both play releases by Ace Records every month - usually several. Shop there at https://acerecords.com
it's their 50th Anniversary so check them out online to see their various events in London next week from August 5th.
Want to browse or buy some fantastic art including iconic 7 inch record sleeves check out:
Friday Jun 27, 2025
Friday Jun 27, 2025
Another mix of old soul & new. And of course blues from the 1920's. We return to six artists you would have heard here before - some many times -all with new songs just out!
1. Not So Much Talk / Jimmy Breedlove
2. Broadway On Fire / Buster Brown
3. I Got Love If You Want It / Slim Harpo
4. Ice Cream Baby / The Pearls
5. Coffee Grindin' Blues / Lucille Bogan
6. On With The Show / Celeste
7. Nice To Each Other / Olivia Dean
8. Ama Said / Nectar Woode
9. The Perfect Crime / Joy Crookes
10. Sierra / MRCY
11. Flower Moon / Durand Jones & The Indications
12. Will There Be Another Love For Me / Winfield Parker
13. Mary Don't You Weep / The Delights
14. Looking for Some Action / Q.Tips
15. This Heart of Mine / Jimmy James & The Vagabonds
theme song: Bright Lights Big City / Jimmy Reed
"sorry for the delay...who orderd the ice cream four weeks ago?"
contact me at; johnnycorsair9@gmail.com
A sisterly love shout out to Smalltown Talk podcast hosted by Pete Jones every month - just as it closes. It's 49 minutes of musical delights with Pete's enthusiasm & erudition and LOVE!
https://smalltowntalkrecords4.podbean.com
Want to shop for music that you'll hear here every month (and at Smalltown Talk) then look no further than Ace
Records - https://acerecords.com and check out their FB page for latest info on releases and a chance to win them.
The painter extraordinaire producing the eye catching, the thoughtful, the placing of soul singers in South London's streets - I give you Martin Grover - go see at : https://martingrover.com
Wednesday May 28, 2025
Wednesday May 28, 2025
The grand opening of the BLBC Bar & Grill where we serve songs about food, drink & eating & drinking each month alongside our usual Soul, RnB, Gospel, Blues, and JA music mix.
And as we've reached show 50 there's a brand new 7' inch record sleeve design courtesy , as always, by Pete Jones.
1. Switchen In The Kitchen / Pretty Boy
2. W.P.L.J. / Lord Luther & The Four Deuces
3. Sam The Hot Dog Man / Lil Johnson
4. I've Been Wrong So Long / Bobby Bland
5. Ain't I Cried Enough / Paul Clifton
6. Jackson Blues / Drifting Slim & His Blues Band
7. Without You / Donnie Elbert
8. this feeling / Tia Gordon
9. Only Happen / Nectar Woode
10. Carmen / Joy Crookes
11. Ain't That Lovng You / Johnnie Taylor
12. In The Midnight Hour / Little Mac & The Boss Sounds
13. Here's A Litle Girl From Jacksonville / Blue Lu Barker
14. Camel Walk / Saundra Mallett
theme song: Bright Lights Big City / Jimmy Reed
"can you just dance when you perform, don't sing! You don't know what you're singing about."
contact me at ; johnnycorsair9@gmail.com
Pete Jones' music podcast is the lemon juice to go with Bright Lights White Port - a heady blend of some of the best music from then & now. Tune in:
https://smalltownrecords4.podbean.com
This month's fantastic prize CD and a lot of the tracks on here and every show are Ace records releases - https://acerecords.com & check out their FB page for the latest news and a chance to win CDs.
Fancy a painting or print of an iconic record in it's 7'inch sleeve or any of the other wonderful art from our mate Marin Grover - then go to...
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Heavy on the soulful side this month... because we can.
It looks good, sounds good & by golly it does you good.
1. Hear Me Now / Billy Lamont
2. Gimme Some / The Harptones
3. Hi-Fi Apartment / Mad Man Jones
4. You Got Me Crying / Clarence Garlow
5. Here I Go Again / Ruby Johnson
6. I Can't Make It Anymore / Richie Havens
7. Been So Long / Durand Jones & The Indications
8. This Woman's Work / Maxwell
9. Crystal Tears / Emiene
10. There She Goes / Curtis Harding
11. Invitation / Band Of Angels
12. Sad Souvenirs / The Four Tops
13. It Ain't No Big Thing / The Radiants
14. Soulshake / Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson
theme song; Bright Lights Big City / Jimmy Reed
contact me at: johnnycorsair9@gmail.com
Our sister show, a bit similiar but a lot different is at:
https://smalltownrecords4.podbean.com
a lot of what I play and always what we give away is from Ace Records:
https://acerecords.com & check out their facebook page.
as always we give the heads up for the wonderful art from Martin Grover - go see at:
Wednesday Mar 26, 2025
Wednesday Mar 26, 2025
And now we are four. The 48th show. Over 700 different songs since we started but all a little bit like these...
1. Oh Johnny / Baby Jean
2. Real Good Feeling / Eddie Boyd
3. Heart Trouble / Billy Lewis
4. Two In The Morning / Spooner's Crowd
5. Some Other Guy / Richie Barrett
6. Right Around the Corner / Jimmy Nelson
7. It's Too Late To Cry / Lonnie Johnson
8. For Your Precious Love / Jerry Butler
9. He Will Break Your Heart / Jerry Butler
10. I'm A Telling You / Jerry Butler
11. Too Late / The Jewel Gospel Trio
12. There Will Be Peace In The Valley / Candi Staton
13. Rather Be / Mortimer
14. By Any Means (Machiavelli Sessions) Jorja Smith
15. backwards loving / Tia Gordon
16. Just As Long We're Together / Jalen NGonda
17. It Isn't Perfect (But It Might Me) / Olivia Dean
18. Lucky Lucky Me / Ivy Joe Hunter
theme song: Bright Lights Big City / Jimmy Reed
"it isn't perfect but it might be"
contact me at : johnnycorsair9@gmail.com
Happy 5th birthday to Smalltown Talk our sister show - all 60 'perfect' shows can be found at
https://smalltowntalkrecords4.podbean.com
This month's CD and everyone we give away is from the best online shop there is: https://acerecords.com
We stongly recommend you check out Martin Grover at https://martingrover.com