The elephants are waiting in a line for this. (Image from here.)
When I was gathering music for this show, I faced a bit of a conundrum: there were lots of elephant songs that were instrumentals. I have nothing against instrumentals, but I generally only use them on Self Help Radio to talk over during airbreaks. Perhaps if the show were longer... But as it is, I like the songs on the show to be about whatever the theme is. Sometimes an instrumental feels a little like a cheat.
But seeing as it's the show's anniversary week, & seeing as I usually give out a gift for the show's anniversary, I figured I needed to do something, even if it that something were a little cheap. This year, I give you an extra mix of songs about elephants, all of which happen to be instrumentals. There's an hour of them, which means I could totally have filled an entire sixty more minutes with elephant songs. Oh well. Maybe in a different radio world...
The mix has been placed on the Self Help Radio Extra page. I used to make extra mixes like this many moons ago, but stopped when I was doing so many fills at RFL. Does that mean I may start doing them again? Maybe. But maybe not. Don't hassle me!
Here's the tracklisting. Hope you dig!
"Pink Elephants" Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang _Wild Cats_
"Jive Elephant" Rahsaan Roland Kirk _The Complete Mercury Recordings Of Roland Kirk_
"Elephant Trail" Les Baxter _African Jazz_
"Elephant Soul" Baja Marimba Band _For Animals Only_
"Elephant Stomp" The Dragons _Troll_
"Wild Elephants" James Clarke _Ready, Steady Boogaloo!_
"Elephant" The Philly Four _The Sound Of Philadelphia: Philadelphia Roots Vol. 2_
"Mama Elephant" E. Cap _The Sound Gallery, Vol. 2_
"Pink Elephants" Mick Harvey _Pink Elephants_
"A Great Visitation Of Elephants" The Jazz Butcher _Illuminate_
"March Of The Triumphant Elephants" Eggs _Exploder_
"Disruptive Elephant" Isan _Salle D'Isan_
"Elephant Ride" State Of Bengal _South.Asian.Summer_
"Elephant Man" Eat Static _Decadance_
"Elephant Generators" Solvent _New Ways_
"Elephant Takeover" Me & You _Floating Heavy_
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