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WELCOME TO THE NEW YEAR!


THIS WEEK WE TAKE A LOOK AT TWO SUPER PRODUCERS AND
THEIR RECENT PROJECTS -

DANIEL LANOIS HAS WORKED WITH U2, PETER GABRIEL, AND
BOB DYLAN. HIS LATEST PROJECT AS A PRODUCER AND SIDEMAN
IS WITH EMMYLOU HARRIS ON HER ALBUM WRECKING BALL.
DANIEL AND EMMYLOU TALK WITH US AND PERFORM IN THE
STUDIO


FORMER DEL FUEGO DAN ZANES HAS A NEW SOLO ALBUM OUT
THAT WAS PRODUCED BY SUZANNE VEGA'S HUBBY MITCHELL
FROOM. DAN JOINS US LIVE AND WE'LL HEAR OTHER FROOM
PRODUCTIONS WITH ELVIS COSTELLO AND LOS LOBOS


AND IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TO DRINK ON NEW YEARS EVE
WE START THE NEW YEAR OFF WITH A TASTE OF THE NEW
COCKTAIL CULTURE AS WE HEAR SOME LOUNGE LIZARDS AND
SOME BACHELOR PAD MUSIC FROM JUAN GARCIA ESQUIVEL



MUCHA MUCHACHA ESQUIVEL
CABARET MANYANA /CD6 /14/ 2:16/E

LOVE SHACK B-52'S
COSMIC THING CD ? / /07/ 5:05/E



BACKSELL B-52'S

I'LL BET YOU FRED SCHNEIDER HAS SOME ESQUIVEL RECORDS
IN HIS COLLECTION


BACKSELL ESQUIVEL

JUAN GARCIA ESQUIVEL CHA-CHA-CHA'ING HIS WAY AROUND THE
ROOM



INTRO THE COMBUSTIBLE EDISON

HERE'S A NEW BAND CARRYING ON ESQUIVEL'S MUSICAL
TRADITIONS

THE MILLIONAIRE'S HOLIDAY COMBUSTIBLE EDISON
I, SWINGER /CD2 /25/ 2:10/E

IS YOU OR IS YOU AIN'T MY BABY JOE JACKSON
JUMPIN JIVE /CD3 /32/ 4:55/E

LET'S STICK TOGETHER BRYAN FERRY
LET'S STICK TOGETHER /CD1 /24/ 2:55/E



BACKSELL BRYAN FERRY

COVERING THE WILBERT HARRISON SONG THAT WAS ALSO A HIT
FOR CANNED HEAT BACK IN 1970


BACKSELL JOE JACKSON

FROM HIS JUMPIN' JIVE TRIBUTE TO LOUIE JORDON AND HIS
TYMPANI FIVE


BACKSELL COMBUSTIBLE EDISON


PICKING UP ON THE CUURENT COCKTAIL MUSIC CRAZE STARTED
BY JUAN GARCIA ESQUIVEL





INTRO AIMEE MANN

THE WAIT IS OVER! NEW ALBUM IS FINALLY OUT!

CHOICE IN THE MATTER AIMEE MANN
I'M WITH STUPID /CD2 /12/ 3:03/E

SO IT GOES NICK LOWE
PURE POP FOR NOW PEOPLE /CD ? /07/ 2:29/F



BACKSELL NICK LOWE

NICK'S UK DEBUT IN 1978 WAS CALLED JESUS OF COOL; WHEN
IT WAS RELEASED IN THE STATES IT WAS CALLED PURE POP
FOR NOW PEOPLE.


PRESELL/SPOT BLOCK

HE'S PRODUCED ALBUMS WITH U2, PETER GABRIEL, AND BOB
DYLAN, AND HIS MOST RECENT PROJECT IS WITH EMMYLOU
HARRIS - DANIEL LANOIS JOINS US IN THE STUDIO WHEN WE
COME BACK... I'M TODD RUNDGREN... IT'S THE DIFFERENCE!

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INTRO DANIEL LANOIS

PRODUCER DANIEL LANOIS HAS WORKED WITH PETER GABRIEL,
BOB DYLAN, ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND U2. LATELY, HE'S A
DOUBLE THREAT - A PRODUCER AND A SIDEMAN - WITH EMMYLOU
HARRIS

DANIEL AND EMMYLOU JOIN US AFTER THIS FROM U2 AND OPERA
SINGER LUCIANO PAVORATTI



MISS SARAJEVO U2
PASSENGER: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACKS 1 /CD7 /30/ 5:30/F



BACKSELL U2 WITH LUCIANO PAVORATTI

PRODUCED BY BRIAN ENO



SETUP ANOTHER INFLUENTIAL PRODUCER CITES U2 AS A
MAJOR INFLUENCE ON HIS PERFORMING STYLE. HE'S
DANIEL LANOIS, AND HE TELLS US HOW HE CHANGED
AFTER WORKING ON "THE JOSHUA TREE"


(DANIEL LANOIS ON U2 0:28)


BULLET THE BLUE SKY U2
THE JOSHUA TREE /CD4 /43/ 4:29/E



BACKSELL U2


SETUP DANIEL LANOIS DEVELOPED SOME OF THE STYLES
FROM THAT ALBUM AND FROM HIS OWN WORK TO HELP
CREATE EMMYLOU HARRIS' CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED
"WRECKING BALL" ALBUM. DANIEL TALKS ABOUT HOW
THE PROJECT STARTED...


(DANIEL LANOIS ON EMMYLOU HARRIS 0:22)


WHERE WILL I BE EMMYLOU HARRIS
WRECKING BALL /CD1 /11/ 4:13/E



BACKSELL EMMYLOU HARRIS





SETUP EMMYLOU DREW ON THE WORK OF A NUMBER OF
SONGWRITERS FOR THE ALBUM. SHE TELLS US WHY
SHE DECIDED TO RECORD LUCINDA WILLIAMS' SONG
"SWEET OLD WORLD"...


(EMMYLOU HARRIS BITE 0:49)


SWEET OLD WORLD EMMYLOU HARRIS
LIVE FOR THE DIFFERENCE / / / 4:03/E


BACKSELL EMMYLOU HARRIS, DANIEL LANOIS AND COMPANY
LIVE FOR THE DIFFERENCE


SETUP EMMYLOU CHOSE A RELATIVELY OBSCURE SONG FROM
NEIL YOUNG'S "FREEDOM" ALBUM AS HER TITLE
TRACK. SHE GIVES US THE STORY BEHIND
THE ORIGINAL "WRECKING BALL"...


(EMMYLOU HARRIS ON NEIL YOUNG 0:35)




WRECKING BALL NEIL YOUNG
FREEDOM /CD9 /20/ 4:58/F


BACKSELL NEIL YOUNG

THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF EMMYLOU'S TITLE TRACK



NEXT HOUR: ALONG WITH EXENE CERVENKA, JOHN DOE FRONTED
THE LOS ANGELES PUNK ROCK BAND X IN THE LATE
70'S

JOHN DOE JOIN US TO TALK WITH US AND PERFORM
MATERIAL FROM HIS RECENT SOLO ALBUM


FORMER DEL FUEGO DAN ZANES PERFORMS A SONG
FROM HIS MITCHELL FROOM PRODUCED DEBUT ALBUM

I'M TODD RUNDGREN - THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE

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BILLBOARD


WELCOME BACK...


FROM GREEN DAY TO OFFSPRING THERE ISN'T A HARDCORE OR
PUNK BAND THAT HASN'T BEEN INFLUENCED BY THE THE LOS
ANGELES PUNK ROCK BAND X.

X'S JOHN DOE JOINS US TO TALK AND PERFORM MATERIAL FROM
HIS RECENT SOLO ALBUM.


70'S SINGER-SONGWRITER JOAN ARMATRADING IS MAKING A
COMEBACK WITH HER NEW ALBUM WHAT'S INSIDE! JOAN
PERFORMS LIVE IN THE STUDIO, PLUS WE HAVE MELISSA
ETHERIDGE DOING A COVER OF ONE OF JOAN'S MOST POPULAR
TUNES...


PRODUCER MADNESS CONTINUES!
MITCHELL FROOM HAS PRODUCED RECORDS FOR LOS LOBOS AND
HIS WIFE SUZANNE VEGA.

MITCHELL'S LATEST PRODUCTION IS DAN ZANES' SOLO ALBUM -
DAN PERFORMS LIVE IN THE STUDIO AFTER WE HEAR TWO OF
MITCHELL'S RECENT PRODUCTIONS STARTING WITH ELVIS
COSTELLO



13 STEPS LEAD DOWN ELVIS COSTELLO
BRUTAL YOUTH /CD3 /07/ 3:06/F

I FEEL SO GOOD RICHARD THOMPSON
RUMOUR AND SIGH /CD2 /07/ 3:10/F



BACKSELL TWO TRACKS FROM RECORD PRODUCER MITCHELL
FROOM

BACKSELL RICHARD THOMPSON


BACKSELL ELVIS COSTELLO

EXPECT A NEW ALBUM FROM ELVIS LATER IN THE
SPRING...




SETUP WE'VE GOT ANOTHER OF MITCHELL'S COMPATRIOTS
IN THE STUDIO... HE'S DAN ZANES, AND HE TELLS
US HOW HE AND MITCHELL HOOKED UP TO CREATE
THE ALBUM "COOL DOWN TIME"...


(DAN ZANES ON MITCHELL FROOM 0:51)


NO SKY DAN ZANES
LIVE FOR THE DIFFERENCE /CD3 /10/ 4:10/F

REVA'S HOUSE LOS LOBOS
KIKO /CD7 /14/ 2:58/E



BACKSELL LOS LOBOS



BACKSELL DAN ZANES LIVE FOR THE DIFFERENCE






INTRO DISSIDENTEN

DISSIDENTEN ARE A GERMANY-BASED TRIO WHO BLEND ALL
STYLES OF MUSIC

HERE THEY PUT A FUNKY SPIN ON THIS JOHN COLTRANE
CLASSIC


A LOVE SUPREME DISSIDENTEN
PLANET SOUP /CD6 /18/ 5:18/F


SOLSBURY HILL PETER GABRIEL
PETER GABRIEL CD 2 /10/ 4:18/F



BACKSELL PETER GABRIEL


BACKSELL DISSIDENTEN

COVERING JOHN COLTRANE'S "A LOVE SUPREME"

FROM PLANET SOUP -


PRESELL/SPOT BLOCK


HOW HAS 80'S PUNK ROCKER JOHN DOE OF X REINVENTED
HIMSELF FOR THE 90'S?

WE'LL FIND OUT WHEN JOHN DOE JOINS US IN THE
STUDIO

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INTRO X

JOHN DOE FRONTED THE PUNK ROCK BAND X WITH EXENE
CERVENKA IN THE LATE 70'S AND 80'S

X STILL PERFORM AND JOHN DOE HAS A RECENT SOLO ALBUM

JOHN TALKS WITH US AND PERFORMS AFTER THIS ACOUSTIC
VERSION OF "BURNING HOUSE OF LOVE" FROM X


BURNING HOUSE OF LOVE X
UNCLOGGED /CD6 /00/ 3:32/A


BACKSELL X





SETUP JOHN DOE'S NEWEST ALBUM, "KISSING SO HARD,"
CONTINUES SOME OF THE TRADITIONS HE BEGAN
WITH X. HE TELLS US WHAT HIS MUSIC'S ABOUT,
AND ANSWERS THE IMMORTAL QUESTION,
"WHAT'S YOUR NEW MATERIAL SOUND LIKE ON
STAGE?"


(JOHN DOE BITE 0:35)


KISSING JOHN DOE
LIVE FOR THE DIFFERENCE / /00/ 4:02/E

TASTE IT INXS
WELCOME TO WHEREVER YOU ARE /CD4 /28/ 3:20/E



BACKSELL INXS


BACKSELL FOLK IMPLOSION

FROM THE SOUNDTRACK TO THE MOVIE KIDS


BACKSELL JOHN DOE LIVE FOR THE DIFFERENCE


PRESELL/SPOT BLOCK

SINGER-SONGWRITER JOAN ARMATRADING PERFORMS LIVE
FOR THE DIFFERENCE WHEN WE RETURN

I'M TODD RUNDGREN - THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE
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INTRO JOAN ARMATRADING LIVE FOR THE DIFFERENCE



EVERYDAY BOY JOAN ARMATRADING
LIVE FOR THE DIFFERENCE / / / 4:47/E

THE WEAKNESS IN ME MELISSA ETHERIDGE
AIN'T NOTHING BUT A SHE THING /CD4 /09/ 4:08/E



BACKSELL MELISSA ETHERIDGE COVERING JOAN ARMATRADING


BACKSELL JOAN ARMATRADING LIVE FOR THE DIFFERENCE


NEXT WEEK ON THE DIFFERENCE

WE PAY MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO THE WORKS OF MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR AS WE CELEBRATE MLK DAY WITH VISITS
FROM THE EDGE OF U2, BEN HARPER, AND VERNON REID
OF LIVING COLOUR.


PLUS! PUNK GODDESS PATTI SMITH TALKS WITH US AND
PERFORMS IN THE STUDIO

I'M TODD RUNDGREN - THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE