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Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Clarinet Marmalade Al Hirt 2:23 All Time Greatest Hits Jim Europe's Hell Fighters Band Amazon Tennessee Waltz Rod Stewart & Jools Holland 3:20 Swing Fever Patti Page Amazon Catch a Falling Star Adam & The Ants 3:08 Antbox Perry Como 2 Amazon Chances Are (feat. Inara George) Robin Danar 3:24 Altered States Johnny Mathis iTunes Amazon Somebody To Love KT Tunstall 3:05 Rhythms Del Mundo Revival Jefferson Airplane 10 Amazon Ain’t No Sunshine Pale 2:19 The Shortest Night Bill Withers 26 Soundcloud Dancing Queen Beat Crusaders 3:13 Musicrusaders ABBA 17 Amazon Good Times Roll The Sidney Green Street Band 4:59 The Mall Tease Fall Can Cars 3 iTunes Heart of Glass Evalyn 3:09 Turn Her Up Blondie 18 Amazon Don’t Worry, Be Happy George Ezra 5:12 BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2017 Bobby McFerrin 2 Amazon Basket Case John Craigie 3:14 Leave the Fire Behind Green Day 14 iTunes Juicy Emily Wells 5:29 Dirty Notorious B.I.G. iTunes You Were Mine Natalie Taylor 3:31 You Were Mine - Single Chicks iTunes

At least I think this is the fifth one of these I’ve done. Robert Smith turning 65 next week, and it’s time to listen to some more excellent cover of The Cure! (64 minutes)

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Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy A Forest (feat. Chrystabell) Marc Collin 3:54 Strange as Angels (Deluxe Edition) [feat. Chrystabell] Cure iTunes Just Like Heaven Goh Nakamura 3:12 Songs to Make Out To Cure 21 iTunes Boys Don’t Cry The Baseballs 2:27 Hot Shots Cure 15 iTunes Amazon Close to Me Mariachi Rock-o 3:34 Sonidos De Jalisco, Vol. 2 Cure 13 Amazon Lovesong The Brunettes 4:16 Just Like Heaven: a tribute to The Cure Cure 8 Amazon Friday Im In Love Phoebe Bridgers 3:42 Spotify Sessions Cure The Love Cats Seven Nations 4:07 A Celtic Rock Tribute To The Cure Cure iTunes In Between Days (Live at the BBC) Manic Street Preachers 2:17 Sleeping Next To Plastic (Exclusives) Cure Amazon Lullaby Ens 4:39 Re-Fashioned 2: British Airwaves Cure 7 Bandcamp Caterpillar Sinfonico Honolulu 3:15 Thousand Souls of Revolution Cure iTunes Burn Stabbing Westward 6:20 Hallowed Hymns - EP Cure iTunes Fascination Street Xu Xu Fang 5:49 Seven Days Now Cure 6 Amazon Seventeen Seconds Cowboy Junkies 4:46 Songs of the Recollection Cure 3 Amazon Pictures of You Angie Hart 3:08 Pictures of You - Single Cure 7 iTunes

For lead singer Dave Pirner’s 60th birthday, here are some covers of any by Soul Asylum! (47 minutes)

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Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Runaway Train (feat. Gallant) Jamie N Commons & Skylar Grey 3:49 Runaway Train (feat. Gallant) - Single Soul Asylum Amazon Black Gold Mosaic Whispers 3:34 Throw Your Pennies at Someone Else Soul Asylum iTunes Sexual Healing Soul Asylum 4:45 No Alternative Marvin Gaye 11 Amazon Somebody to Shove Fallen Monuments 3:02 Wow! That's What They Called Music? Vol. 2 Soul Asylum Amazon School’s Out Soul Asylum 3:22 The Faculty (Music From The Dimension Motion Picture) [Explicit] Alice Cooper 8 Good Morning Good Morning Soul Asylum 2:37 Minnesota Beatle Project, Vol. 2 Beatles 9 Amazon Cartoon Jerry Chapman 3:51 Making God Laugh Soul Asylum 2 iTunes Amazon The Game One of the Boys 5:03 Pinned Up Soul Asylum Amazon Closer to the Stars The Hold Steady 3:05 RAGS EP Soul Asylum The Tracks of My Tears Soul Asylum 3:01 After the Flood: Live from the Grand Forks Prom Smokey Robinson & the Miracles 11 Amazon

Visiting the work of the amazing Richard Thompson, a songwriter’s songwriter, and a pretty damn talented singer to boot! Covers of and by the man for his 75th birthday! (70 minutes)

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Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy 1952 Vincent Black Lightning Red Molly 5:10 The Red Album Richard Thompson 3 iTunes I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight Susanna Hoffs 3:12 Bright Lights Richard & Linda Thompson Amazon Waltzing’s For Dreamers Curtis Stigers 4:23 Let's Go Out Tonight Richard Thompson 2 iTunes Amazon Dimming of the Day Reptile Palace Orchestra 2:49 On the Wings of a Skink Richard Thompson 3 iTunes Amazon The Great Valerio Barb Jungr 3:49 Waterloo Sunset Richard & Linda Thompson iTunes Amazon I Feel So Good The Star Spangles 2:47 I Live For Speed Richard Thompson 2 Amazon I Misunderstood Sally Barker & The Rhythm 4:30 World Is a Wonderful Place: The Songs of Richard Thompson Richard Thompson 2 Amazon For Shame Of Doing Wrong Syd Straw & Evan Dando 5:03 Beat The Retreat: Songs By Richard Thompson Richard Thompson 2 Amazon Dark Hand Over My Heart Julian Coryell 3:12 Undercovers Richard Thompson iTunes Tempted Richard Thompson 4:44 1000 Years of Popular Music Squeeze 13 iTunes Amazon Withered and Died Elvis Costello 3:12 Out of Our Idiot Richard & Linda Thompson Amazon Who Knows Where The Time Goes? Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs 5:50 Under The Covers: Vol. 1 Fairport Convention Amazon Meet On the Ledge Counting Crows 3:36 Underwater Sunshine (or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation) Richard Thompson/Fairport Convention Amazon Down Where the Drunkards Roll (Live) Loudon Wainwright III 4:31 Years in the Making Richard & Linda Thompson iTunes Amazon Shame Of Doing Wrong Steve Ball 4:53 Naive Melodies Richard Thompson Amazon

Celebrating his 75th birthday, one of my favorite artists (as if you couldn’t tell when listening to this episode), covers of and by Mr. Nick Lowe (62 minutes)

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Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Cruel To Be Kind The Automatics 3:25 Good Melodies Brinsley Schwarz/Nick Lowe 3 Amazon Half a Boy and Half a Man FIVEHEAD 3:02 Superette Nick Lowe 3 iTunes Marie Provost Tipsy Jack 3:24 Lowe Profile: A Tribute To Nick Lowe Nick Lowe 3 Amazon Only A Fool Breaks His Own Heart Nick Lowe 3:39 The Convincer Long John Baldry iTunes Cracking Up Tom Gallo 3:10 Labour of Lust Nick Lowe 2 Bandcamp All Men Are Liars Dar Williams 4:14 Labour Of Love: The Music Of Nick Lowe Nick Lowe 6 Amazon Without Love Eddie Spaghetti 2:02 Old No. 2 Nick Lowe 3 iTunes Amazon I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass Amanda Shires 3:25 Lowe Country: The Songs of Nick Lowe Nick Lowe 3 Amazon The Beast in Me Johnny Cash 2:45 American Recordings Nick Lowe iTunes Amazon It’s All In The Game Nick Lowe 2:22 Hear Music: Sweetheart Love Songs Tommy Edwards 2 Raging Eyes Los Straitjackets 1:57 What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Los Straitjackets Nick Lowe iTunes Amazon Indoor Fireworks Nick Lowe (And His Cowboy Outfit) 3:31 Nick Lowe: Anthology Elvis Costello 3 Amazon Heart of the City The Pretty Flowers 2:55 Golden Beat Sessions Nick Lowe 6 iTunes So It Goes Ana Lógica 2:56 Si no es Stiff no merece un tributo Nick Lowe 6 Artist's Website Heart Duck The Piano Wire 3:07 Duck the Knife: A Homemade Remake of "Nick the Knife" by Nick Lowe Nick Lowe 4 Amazon What’s So Funny About Peace, Love And Understanding? Trip Shakespeare 3:36 Volt Brinsley Schwarz/Nick Lowe Amazon

Tributes to Steve Harley, leader of Cockney Rebel, and Karl Wallinger of The Waterboys and World Party today. And before you ask, “Zonder Woorden” is a cover of World Party’s “What Is Love All About”. (60 minutes)

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Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) Duran Duran 4:58 The Singles 81-85 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel 4 iTunes Here Comes The Sun Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel 2:57 Why Don't We Do It In The Road? Beatles 15 Amazon She’s the One Jennifer Owens 4:04 Acoustic Covers - EP World Party 2 iTunes Ship of Fools Lazlo Bane 4:26 Someday We'll Be Together World Party 2 iTunes Private Revolution (Live at the Astoria, 1987) The Icicle Works 4:23 Blind (Expanded Edition) World Party iTunes Zonder Woorden Bart Peeters 2:44 Het Plaatje Van Bart Peeters World Party iTunes Amazon Dear Prudence World Party 3:04 Arkeology Beatles 20 iTunes Amazon Put the Message in the Box Scouting For Girls 4:25 Easy Cover World Party iTunes Is It Like Today? Eliza Gilkyson 5:49 Paradise Hotel World Party 2 iTunes Amazon When the Rainbow Comes Shawn Colvin 4:21 Armageddon - The Album World Party Amazon All Come True Rosanne Cash 5:20 Interiors World Party iTunes Amazon A World Without Love World Party 3:10 Ruby Trax: The NME's Roaring Forty Peter & Gordon Amazon

A tribute to Eric Carmen, excellent singer/songwriter with a string of solo hits and hits with his band, The Raspberries, and then a 80th Birthday Cover Story for Sly and the Family Stone! (63 minutes)

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Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Go All The Way Trip Shakespeare 3:20 20 More Explosive Fantastic Rockin' Smash Hit Explosions! Raspberries 4 Amazon That’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Billie Joe Armstrong 2:59 No Fun Mondays Eric Carmen iTunes Amazon I Wanna Be with You Nate Ruess 3:07 Vinyl: The Essentials (Best of Season 1) Raspberries 4 Amazon All By Myself Sheryl Crow 4:48 Tuesday Night Music Club (Deluxe Edition) Eric Carmen 3 iTunes Hungry Eyes Tex Perkins & His Ladyboyz 3:04 No. 1's and No. 2's Eric Carmen Family Affair Michael Franti & Spearhead 4:01 Feeling Minnesota: Music From The Motion Picture Sly and the Family Stone 2 Amazon If You Want Me To Stay Ronny 5:36 Nouvelle Vague Presents New Wave Sly & The Family Stone 2 Amazon Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) Magazine 3:55 Play Sly and the Family Stone 2 Amazon Dance To The Music H.E.R. 2:43 Minions: The Rise Of Gru (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Sly and the Family Stone Amazon Running Away Colourfield 3:54 Deception Sly and the Family Stone Amazon Everyday People Jeff Buckley 4:32 You and I Sly and the Family Stone iTunes Amazon I Want to Take You Higher Blues Traveler 5:41 Hempilation: Freedom is NORML Sly and the Family Stone Amazon Hot Fun In The Summertime (with Chaka Kahn) Manhattan Transfer with Chaka Kahn 4:17 Tonin' Sly and the Family Stone iTunes

Cover stories today for two March 1 birthdays: Justin Bieber, and The Who’s Roger Daltrey! (65 minutes)

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Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Boyfriend Marina & The Diamonds 4:13 BBC Radio 1 Justin Bieber 4 Love Yourself (feat. Mario Jose) Scary Pockets 3:31 Kitsch Funk Justin Bieber iTunes Amazon What Do You Mean? CHVRCHES 3:39 BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2015 Justin Bieber Amazon Baby Dirty Loops 2:45 Loopified (Deluxe Edition) Justin Bieber 6 iTunes Sorry The 1975 3:39 BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2016 Justin Bieber 3 Amazon Baba O’Riley Jack Trammell 3:37 The Rekreation Who 12 Amazon Pinball Wizard (Live In Manchester) McFly 3:09 The Greatest Bits: B-Sides & Rarities Who iTunes Squeeze Box Sherie Rene Scott 4:13 Sherie Rene...Men I've Had Who 6 iTunes Amazon Bargain Out of Phase 5:09 Who's Next 2002 Who 5 Amazon Who Are You Gretchen Wilson, Randy Bachman 5:05 Who Are You - An All-Star Tribute to the Who Who 4 Amazon The Kids Are Alright The Lolas 2:48 Tributes Or Not Tributes Vol 6 Who 9 I Can See for Miles Mark Lindsay, Wayne Kramer 4:06 Who Are You - An All-Star Tribute to the Who Who 8 Amazon We’re Not Gonna Take It/See Me, Feel Me The HillBenders 5:34 Tommy: A Bluegrass Opry Who iTunes Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me Roger Daltrey 6:11 The Lost Boys Elton John 9 Amazon

For birthday tributes for James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers), Mike Peters (The Alarm) and Corinne Bailey Rae, let’s hear a show mostly made up of their covers! With a few covers of their songs thrown in for good measure. (60 minutes)

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Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Umbrella Manic Street Preachers 3:35 NME Awards Compilation Rihanna 20 Amazon If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next K.T.C 3:25 If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next - Single Manic Street Preachers iTunes Let’s Stay Together (Live at the BBC) Manic Street Preachers 2:44 Sleeping Next To Plastic (Exclusives) Al Green Amazon Summer Wind James Dean Bradfield 2:10 An English Gentleman - EP Grethe Ingmann/Johnny Mercer/Wayne Newton iTunes This Is The Day Manic Street Preachers 3:37 This Is The Day The The 2 Amazon Put Your Records On The Cooltrane Quartet 3:26 Put Your Records On - Single Corinne Bailey Rae 3 iTunes Sign Your Name Corinne Bailey Rae 4:47 BBC Radio 2: Sounds of the 80s Vol. 2 Terence Trent D'Arby 12 Amazon Like A Star Hendrick 3:45 Live on Shifted Sound Corinne Bailey Rae I Wanna Be Your Lover Corinne Bailey Rae 3:30 The Love E.P. Prince 4 iTunes Venus As A Boy Corinne Bailey Rae 2:56 Q: Best Of 86/06 Bjork 3 Rain In The Summertime New American Farmers 3:47 The Farmacology Sessions Alarm iTunes Amazon Cum On Feel The Noize Children Of The Revolution 3:58 IV Slade 4 Amazon In a Big Country The Alarm 2:50 Live In the Poppy Fields Big Country 5 iTunes Amazon 45 RPM Chelsea 2:53 Faster, Cheaper, & Better Looking Alarm iTunes The Stand Silver 2:33 World Against World Poppy Fields/Alarm Amazon

Robbie Williams turned 50 this week, and so our eyes and ears turn to him for this week’s cover story subject. Cover of an by Robbie (and of the band he was part of for a while, Take That) on today’s show! (46 minutes)

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Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Angels (triple j Like A Version) Circa Waves 2:53 Angels (triple j Like A Version) - Single Robbie Williams iTunes Kiss Me Robbie Williams 3:16 Rudebox [Explicit] Tin Tin Amazon Feel Dolapdere Big Gang 3:56 Local Strangers Robbie Williams iTunes Amazon Let Me Entertain You The Rocker Covers 3:34 New Old Stock Robbie Williams 3 iTunes Kids Fork 4:02 Cover to Cover (Karoake Version) Kylie Minogue/Robbie Williams 2 Well, Did You Evah Robbie Williams & Jon Lovitz 3:50 Swing When You're Winning Cole Porter/Dubarry Was Lady 2 iTunes Amazon Back For Good The Concretes 4:03 Guilt By Association Take That 2 Amazon Relight My Fire The Hot Stewards 3:22 Ambassadors of Love Take That Supreme Palast Orchester mit seinem Sänger Max Raabe 3:26 Präsentiert Super Hits Robbie Williams 2 Amazon Everybody Wants To Rule The World Trevor Horn Feat. The Sarm Orchestra & Robbie Williams 4:17 Reimagines The Eighties Tears For Fears 26 Amazon

A tribute to Melanie, who passed away last week, and a Cover Story for Norah Jones, who turns 45 next month! (66 minutes)

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Title Artist Length Artwork Album Original Artist Versions Buy Look What They’ve Done to My Song, Ma Lily Kershaw 3:38 The Music’s for the Sad Man - EP Melanie 2 iTunes Brand New Key Memphis Ukulele Band 3:37 Memphis Ukulele Band Melanie 3 iTunes Amazon Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) Marc Jonson 3:09 We All Shine on: Celebrating the Music of 1970 Melanie Amazon Beautiful People Pop In Wonderland 4:36 Barbarella Butterfly Melanie iTunes Ruby Tuesday Melanie 4:34 Beautiful People: The Greatest Hits of Melanie Rolling Stones 10 iTunes Amazon Don’t Know Why Pink Turtle 3:29 Pop In Swing Norah Jones 3 iTunes Amazon Unchained Melody Norah Jones 2:49 Resistance Radio: The Man in the High Castle Album Todd Duncan/Righteous Brothers 14 Amazon Feelin’ the Same Way (feat. Jordan Newell) Aaron Trimble 3:36 Feelin' the Same Way (feat. Jordan Newell) - Single Norah Jones iTunes Black Hole Sun (Live) Norah Jones 7:11 ‘Til We Meet Again (Live) Soundgarden iTunes Amazon Roving Gambler Billie Joe + Norah 4:08 Foreverly Everly Brothers iTunes Amazon Come Away With Me Stéphane Le Bellec 3:06 Desert Island Songs Norah Jones 2 Amazon Steer Your Way Here It Is & Norah Jones 4:49 Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen iTunes Amazon Sunrise Catherine Reed 3:25 Help From My Friends Norah Jones iTunes Never My Love (feat. Jakob Dylan & Norah Jones) Echo In The Canyon 3:22 Echo in the Canyon (feat. Jakob Dylan) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Association iTunes