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Archive: Assume The Position with David Randall (April – June 2017)


25.06.17

1. VOODOO SIX Make The Way For The King, Make Way For The King (2017) 5:31
2. REVEREND & THE MAKERS Too Tough To Die, Single (2017) 3:10
3. GOLDRAY Outloud, Rising (2017) 7:04
4. ROYAL BLOOD Hole In Your Heart, How Did We Get So Dark? (2017) 3:46
5. ROBIN TROWER Time And Emotion, Time And Emotion (2017) 3:11
6. BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST Love On The Line, Eyes Of The Universe (1979) 4:40
7. CLIMAX BLUES BAND Couldn’t Get It Right, Gold Plated (2013) 3:16
8. GLENN HUGHES Redline, Feel (expanded, 2017) 4:53
9. STANLEY CLARKE When It’s Cold Outside, Hideaway (1986) 3:49
10. ANATHEMA Endless Ways, The Optimist (2017) 5:52
11. RITCHIE BLACKMORE’S RAINBOW Black Masquerade, Stranger Us In All (2017) 5:35
12. INGLORIOUS Taking The Blame, II (2017) 3:44
13. TOUCHSTONE Tangled Lines, Lights From The Sky EP (2016) 5:42
14. CATS IN SPACE Scarecrow, Scarecrow (2017) 7:27
15. SNAFU Don’t Keep Me Wondering, Live In Nottingham (1976) 6:13
16. RICK WAKEMAN Jane Seymour (2009), The Six Wives Of Henry VIII (2009) 6:43
17. GRAHAM BONNET BAND Dancer, The Book (2016) 4:47
18. UFO Messiah Of Love, A Conspiracy Of Stars (2015) 4:32
19. RPWL Misguided, Thought A New Dawn (2017) 7:23
20. CYDEMIND Stream Capture, Erosion (2017) 6:30
21. STEVE WINWOOD Talking Back To The Night, Talking Back To The Night (1982) 5:46
22. MIKE ANDERSEN This Time (feat. Joss Stone), Devil Is Back (2017) 3:01
23. RODRIGO Y GABRIELA Stairway To Heaven, Live In Japan (2015) 4:37


18.06.17

1. NORMAN CONNORS Captain Connors, Valentine Love – Arista/ Buddah Anthology 7:25
2. STANLEY CLARKE School Days, The Definitive Collection (2017) 7:47
3. CATS IN SPACE The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, Scarecrow (2017) 2:59
4. BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST Loving Is Easy, XII (expanded, 2017) 3:45
5. LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM/ CHRISTIME McVIE Red Sun, Lindsay Buckingham/ Christine McVie (2017) 3:15
6. GOLDRAY Diamond Road, Rising (2017) 7:20
6. LONDON GRAMMAR Control, Truth Is A Beautiful Thing (2017) 3:05
7. TASMIN ARCHER Sleeping Satellites, Single (1993) 4:42
8. UNISONIC My Sanctuary, Live At Wacken (2017) 4:48
9. RPWL Wanted, A New Dawn (2017) 4:41
10. ANATHEMA The Optimist, The Optimist (2017) 5:34
11. CHRISTOPHER CROSS Sailing, Christopher Cross (1979) 4:14
12. THEIA Signed Sealed Cemented, Back In Line (2017) 5:12
13. DIAMOND HEAD Kiss Of Fire, Evil Live (2017) 3:01
14. SIMPLE MINDS Promised You A Miracle, Acoustic In Concert (2017) 4:49
15. FLOGGING MOLLY Reptiles (We Woke Up), Life Is Good (2017) 3:43
16. HAWKWIND Have You Seen Them?, Into The Woods (2017) 6:56
17. LAURENCE JONES Addicted To Your Love, Take Me High (2016) 3:43
18. CHANTEL McGREGOR Burn Your Anger, Lose Control (2015) 3:19
19. NINE BELOW ZERO The Toddle, 13 Shades Of Blue (2016) 2:58
20. WARD THOMAS Company, From Where We Stand (2014) 3:59
21. MIDGE URE I Survived, Fragile (2014) 5:00
22. JULIA FORDHAM Only Human, Falling Forward (expanded, 2017) 2:59
23. AGNETHA FALTSKOG Sometimes When I’m Dreaming, My Colouring Book (2004) 3:15
24. GEORGE HARRISON Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth), Living In The Material World (1973) 3:35
25. JETHRO TULL Living In The Past, Living With The Past (2014) 3:27


11.06.17

1. CYDEMIND What Remains, Erosion (2017) 4:58
2. MYRATH Believer, Legacy (2016) 4:34
3. SINNER Road To Hell, Tequila Sunrise (2017) 3:31
4. THE FERRYMEN Cry Wolf, The Ferrymen (2017) 5:03
5. MASSIVE Destination Somewhere, Destination Somewhere (2016) 3:47
6. THE ANSWER Real Life Dreamers, Solas (2016) 4:35
7. LONDON GRAMMAR Oh Woman Oh Man, Truth Is A Beautiful Thing (2017) 4:35
8. NAD SYLVAN What Have You Done, The Bride Said No (2017) 8:29
9. ANDY TIMMONS For God And Country, The Spoken And The Unspoken (1999) 4:07
10. OF MICE & MEN Real, Cold World (2016) 3:12
11. ANGELWINGS Nile Goddess, The Edge Of Innocence (2017) 6:42
12. ORDEN OGAN Come With Me To The Other Side (with Liv Kristine), Gunmen (2017) 6:16
13. ROYAL BLOOD Lights Out, How Did We Get So Dark? (2017) 3:55
14. THE ROLLING STONES Bitch, Ladies & Gentlemen (2017) 4:45
15. RITCHIE BLACKMORE’S RAINBOW Burn, Live In Birmingham 2016 (2017) 7:00
16. HAWKWIND Lost Chronicles, The GWR Years (Box Set, 2017) 5:33
17. STEVIE NICKS You Can’t Fix This, Sound City (2013) 5:58
18. LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM/ CHRISTINE McVIE In My World, Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie (2017) 4:24
19. JANE WEAVER Valley Modern, Kosmology (2017) 5:13
20. STEVE HACKETT & DJABE In That Quiet Earth, Summer Storms & Rocking Rivers (2017) 4:44
21. RORY GALLAGHER Loanshark, Blues Defender (1987) 4:26
22. NOEL GALLAGHER The Dying Of The Light, Chasing Yesterday (2015) 5:11
23. THE BEATLES A Day In The Life, Sgt.Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (2017 ed.) 5:33


04.06.17

1. RAVENEYE Come With Me, Single (2017) 3:36
2. BLACKWATER CONSPIRACY Hanging Tree, Shootin’ The Breeze (2017) 5:28
3. STANLEY CLARKE I Wanna Play For You, The Definitive Collection (2017) 3:23
4. HARVEY MASON Spell, Sho Nuff Groovin’ You – The Arista Records Anthology (1975-1981) (2017) 3:57
5. EARTH, WIND & FIRE Can’t Hide Love, Gratitude (1975) 4:11
6. MOTHER’S FINEST Give You All The Love (Inside Of Me), Love Changes – The Anthology 1972-1983 (2017) 7:57
7. CYDEMIND Red Tides, Erosion (2017) 5:25
8. HEDERSLEBEN Rarefied Air, Orbit (2017) 5:09
9. RITCHIE BLACKMORE’S RAINBOW Emotional Crime, Stranger In Us All (2017) 3:49
10. THE FERRYMEN The Darkest Hour, The Ferrymen (2017) 4:35
11. PANIC ROOM Nocturnal, Skin (2012) 7:45
12. JORN Fire To The Sun, Life On Death Road (2017) 5:12
13. STACKRIDGE Boots And Shoes, The Final Bow, Bristol 2015 (2017) 4:55
14. TANGERINE DREAM Power Of The Rainbow Serpent, Particles (2017) 8:14
15. CLEAR BLUE SKY Birdcatcher, Journey To The Inside Of The Moon (2017) 4:14
16. THE WEEKS Start It Up, Easy (2017) 3:41
17. SHERYL CROW Halfway There, Be Myself (2017) 3:59
18. TODD RUNDGREN Beginning (Of The End), White Knight (2017) 3:54
19. SNAKECHARMER Punching Above My Weight, Second Skin (2017) 3:20
20. INGLORIOUS Change Is Coming, II (2017) 3:20
21. IRON MAIDEN The Alchemist, The Final Frontier (2010) 4:28
22. PROCOL HARUM Businessman, Novum (2017) 4:44
23. ALICE COOPER Feed My Frankenstein, Hey Stoopid (1991) 4:43


Todd Rundgren

28.05.17

Celebrating his 500th show, David chats to Todd Rundgren in the first hour. In the second hour he plays a selection of show favourites 2007-2017.

TODD RUNDGREN Come, White Knight (2017) 4:07
TODD RUNDGREN Love Is The Answer, With A Twist (1997) 3:52
TODD RUNDGREN Feel It, Nearly Human (1989) 5:43
TODD RUNDGREN Sleep, White Knight (2017) 2:52
TODD RUNDGREN Fiction, White Knight (2017) 3:41
TODD RUNDGREN Naked & Afraid (with Bettye LaVette), White Knight (2017) 3:56
TODD RUNDGREN That Could Have Been Me,White Knight (2017) 3:18
TODD RUNDGREN Buffalo Grass, An Evening With (2016) 5:05
WHITESNAKE Forevermore, Made In Britain (2013) 7:06
KIP WINGER Every Story Told, From The Moon To The Sun (2008) 4:28
JUDIE TZUKE While She Sleeps, Songs 2 (2008) 4:33
STEVE LUKATHER Darkness In My World, All’s Well That Ends Well (2010) 6:58
ANETTE OLZON Hear Me, Shine (2014) 3:03
DAN REED NETWORK Champion, Fight Another Day (2016) 4:28
CODE OF SILENCE Dark Skies Over Babylon, Dark Skies Over Babylon (2014) 7:27
THE WHO Baba O’Riley, Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 2004 (2017) 5:19
JOHNNY HATES JAZZ Magnetized, Magnetized (2015) 3:55
JEFF SCOTT SOTO Crazy, Live At Firefest 2008 (2010) 6:37

W/C 21 May, ahead of his 500th show (Sunday 28 May) David replays a selection of interviews featured in recent years.

Sunday 21 May: ANETTE OLZON (February 2014), CLARK DATCHLER (Johnny Hates Jazz, February 2016)
Monday 22 May: STEVE LUKATHER (May 2014), JOEY TEMPEST (Europe, October 2013)
Friday 26 May: BOB CATLEY (Magnum, December 2016), STEVE HOGARTH (Marillion, July 2014)


14.05.17

ROADCASE ROYALE Not Giving Up, Single (2017) 3:17
CHAKA KHAN Ain’t Nobody, Stompin’ At The Savoy (1983) 4:43
SHERYL CROW Halfway There, Be Myself (2017) 3:59
INGLORIOUS No Good For You, Inglorious II (2017) 3:30
SNAKECHARMER Are You Ready To Fly, Second Skin (2017) 4:15
BLONDIE Gravity, Pollinator (2017) 3:47
KOBRA AND THE LOTUS You Don’t Know, Prevail I (2017) 4:22
WARRANT Devil Dancer, Louder Harder Faster (2017) 4:22
ERIC GALES I’ve Been Deceived, Middle Of The Road (2017) 3:58
DEBORAH BONHAM Lightnin’ Ray,Spirit (expanded, 2017) 4:43
CHRISTOPHER CROSS Ride Like The Wind, Single (1980) 4:28
TODD RUNDGREN Tin Foil Hat, White Knight (2017) 3:23
MAHAVISNHU ORCHESTRA Eternity’s Breath Part 1, Vision Of The Emerald Beyond (1973) 3:09
STEVE HACKETT Fifty Miles From The North Pole, The Night Siren (2017) 7:08
PAPA ROACH Periscope, Crooked Teeth (2017) 6:43
ERIC CLAPTON Bad Love, Single (1990) 6:20
BRYAN ADAMS Run To You, Reckless (expanded, 2014) 4:29
MAGENTA Colours, We Are Legend (2017) 10:47
RAY DAVIES The Man Upstairs, Americana (2017) 1:37
THEA GILMORE Sounds Good To Me, The Counterweight (2017) 3:24
BIG BIG TRAIN Grimspound, Grimspound (2017) 6:55
FEEDER Eskimo,All Bright Electric (2016) 3:47
PELE Megalomaniac, Fireworks (expanded 2017) 3:09
LENNY KRAVITZ American Woman, 5 (1999) 4:24
SIMPLE MINDS Kiss And Fly, Graffiti Soul (2009) 5:00
FRANK ZAPPA Peaches en Regalia, Hot Rats (1969) 3:40


07.05.17

KOBRA AND THE LOTUS Victim, Prevail I (2017) 4:20
THUNDER The Chosen One, Single (2017) 5:08
INGLORIOUS Black Magic, Inglorious II (2017) 4:13
RICH HOPKINS & LUMINARIOS Want You Around, My Way Or The Highway (2017) 3:53
MADISON VIOLET How We See Love, The Knight Sessions (2017) 4:07
LISBEE STAINTON The Dance Upon Nothing, Then Up (2017) 3:37
TODD RUNDGREN That Could Have Been Me, White Knight (2017) 3:18
BIG BIG TRAIN The Ivy Gate, Grimspound (2017) 7:26
KAPREKAR’S CONSTANT Pearl Of The Lake, Fate Outsmarts Desire (2017) 5:10
LITTLE RIVER BAND Man On Your Mind, The Big Box (2017) 4:00
BOBBY KIMBALL On My Feet, We’re Not In Kansas Anymore (2017) 3:45
THE DEAD DAISIES Song & A Prayer, Live & Louder (2017) 3:38
BLONDIE Best Day Ever, Pollinator (2017) 3:58
WARRANT Devil Dancer, Louder Harder Faster (2017) 4:22
URIAH HEEP July Morning, Look At Yourself (remastered, 2017) 11:26
COMPANY OF SNAKES Wine, Women & Song, Here They Go Again Live (2002) 6:43
PAUL RODGERS The Hunter, Muddy Water Blues (1993) 3:38
PROCOL HARUM Businessman, Novum (2017) 4:44
DEEP PURPLE Uncommon Man, Time For Bedlam EP (2017) 6:58
STEVE HACKETT El Nino, The Night Siren (2017) 3:52
THE TUBES Amnesia, Infomercial: How To Become Tubular (2000) 5:04
FAT MATRESS Roamin’, Fat Mattress II (1970) 4:20
PAUL WELLER Nova, The Kind Revolution (2017) 3:58


30.04.17

BOBBY KIMBALL Too Far Behind, We’re Not In Kansas Anymore (2017) 3:36
BLONDIE Long Time, Pollinator (2017) 3:15
TODD RUNDGREN Naked & Afraid, White Knight (2017) 3:56
DEVON ALLMAN Butterfly Girl, Ride Or Die (2016) 4:34
ROBERT CRAY Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark , Consequences (1990) 3:43
PROCOL HARUM Sunday Morning, Novum (2017) 5:28
RAY DAVIES Mystery Room , Americana (2017) 3:51
LISBEE STAINTON Gloria, Then Up (2017) 3:48
ELEANOR McEVOY She Had It All, Snapshots (1999) 4:43
DEBORAH BONHAM Black Coffee, The Old Hyde (2005) 4:22
ANDY TIMMONS Cry For You, That Was Then & This Is Now (2002) 6:55
GARY MOORE The Loner, Wild Frontier (1987) 5:55
BLUES IMAGE (Feat.Mike Pinera) Come Back, Timeless (2017) 5:03
KOBRA AND THE LOTUS Light Me Up, Prevail I (2017) 3:44
MAGNUM Vigilante, Escape From The Shadow Garden (2015) 5:23
BLUE OYSTER CULT Harvester Of Eyes, On Your Feet Or On Your Knees (1975) 4:58
LONELY ROBOT The Big Dream, The Big Dream (2017) 8:01
BIG BIG TRAIN As The Crow Flies, Grimspound (2017) 6:43
PATTO Give It All Away, Hold Your Fire (expanded, 2017) 4:14
KINKY WIZZARDS Kinky Joe From Mexico Burrito’s, Quirky Musings (2017) 3:06
CREAM Spoonful, Fresh Cream (2017) 6:31
STATUS QUO This Is Me, The Party Ain’t Over Yet (2005) 4:46
SPANDAU BALLET I’ll Fly For You, Parade (expanded, 2010) 5:34


23.04.17

SNAKECHARMER That Kind Of Love, Second Skin (2017) 5:36
HAREM SCAREM Sinking Ship, United (2017) 4:17
KING KING A Long History Of Love, Standing In The Shadows (2015) 7:16
SWEET Love Is Like Oxygen, Hits (2013) 4:16
THE ALARM Father To Sun, Strength (2015) 4:09
OF MICE & MEN Real, Cold World (2016) 3:12
VINTAGE TROUBLE Total Strangers, The Bomb Shelter Sessions (2011) 3:33
ERIC GALES Swamp, Middle Of The Road (2017) 5:17
DANNY BRYANT Blood Money, BIG – Live In Europe (2017) 5:33
LAWRENCE JONES Addicted To Your Love, Take Me High (2016) 5:18
DEEP PURPLE The Surprising, infinite (2017) 5:57
THE JOKERS Hurricane, Hurricane (2015) 3:35
BLACKWATER CONSPIRACY Hanging Tree, Shootin’ The Breeze (2017) 5:28
MARTIN TURNER Lorelei, New Live Dates (2016) 6:25
HAWKWIND Master Of The Universe, The Flicknife Years (1981-1988) (2014) 3:29
STEVE HACKETT Fifty Miles From The North Pole, The Night Siren (2017) 7:08
MARILLION The Leavers, F.E.A.R. (2016) 4:26
KINKY WIZZARDS Stompfoot Syndrome, Quirky Musings (2017) 4:32
MAGENTA Colours, We Are Legend (2017) 10:47
THE WHO Who Are You, Who Are You (1978) 5:05
ROD STEWART This Old Heart Of Mine, Atlantic Crossing (2009 edition) 4:07
JOHN 5 Beat It, God Told Me To (2012) 4:11


16.04.17

DEEP PURPLE Johnny’s Band, infinite (2017) 3:51
PROCOL HARUM Can’t Say That, Novum (2017) 4:44
FIREWIND Lady Of 1000 Sorrows, Immortals (2017) 4:44
ASH WILSON Broken Machine, Single (2017) 4:04
BLACK STAR RIDERS Testify Or Say Goodbye, Single (2017) 4:19
THUNDER She Likes The Cocaine, Rip It Up (2017) 4:33
MIKE GROGAN Let Me Feel The Rain, Too Many Ghosts (2017) 3:40
SIMON KIRKE Melting On Madison, All Because Of You (2017) 2:38
ROADCASE ROYALE Get Loud, Single (2017) 3:20
THE PRS BAND Runaway Train, Time To Testify (2017) 4:58
BLACKFIELD The Jackal, V (2017) 3:25
THEA GILMORE Sounds Good To Me, The Counterweight (2017) 3:24
AS LIONS White Flags, Aftermath EP (2016) 3:28
MIKE + THE MECHANICS Don’t Know What Came Over Me, Single (2017) 4:17
ECLIPSE No Way Back, Monumentum (2017) 4:12
STEVE HACKETT Dancing With The Moonlit Knight, Genesis Revisited: Live At The Royal Albert Hall (2014) 7:53
JOE BONAMASSA I Gave Up Everything For You, ‘cept The Blues, Live At Radio City Music Hall (2015) 6:07
WILLE AND THE BANDITS Crossfire Memories, Steal (2017) 3:43
STANLEY CLARKE Stories To Tell (feat. Allan Holdsworth), If This Bass Could Only Talk (1988) 3:46
GORDON GILTRAP/PAUL WARD A Promise Fulfilled, The Last Of England (2017) 3:31
MADISON VIOLET Don’t Let Your Heart Be Troubled, The Knight Sessions (2017) 3:09
ERJA LYYTINEN Awakening, Stolen Hearts (2017) 4:01
MOLLIE MARRIOTT Control, Single (2017) 3:02
PINK FLOYD Keep Talking, The Division Bell (1993) 6:10
FLEETWOOD MAC In The Back Of My Mind, Behind The Mask (1990) 7:02


09.04.17

LITTLE RIVER BAND The Night Owls, The Big Box (2017) 6:15
MIKE PINERA Come Back, Timeless (2017) 5:03
PHIL COLLINS Another Day In Paradise, …But Seriously (1989) 5:22
PROCOL HARUM I Told On You, Novum (2017) 5:32
DEEP PURPLE On Top Of The World, Infinite (2017) 4:01
QUINN SULLIVAN Rocks, Quinn Sullivan (2017) 4:45
DANNY BRYANT Unchained, BIG – Live In Europe (2017) 6:50
KATATONIA Old Heart Falls, The Fall Of Hearts – Tour Edition (2017) 4:46
ALAN REED The Convenanter, Honey On The Razor’s Edge (2017) 4:53
MASTODON Roots Remain, Emperor Of Sand (2017) 6:28
AS LIONS World On Fire, Selfish Age (2017) 3:38
DAN PATLANSKY Sonnova Faith, Single (2017) 4:05
ASIA The Face On The Bridge, Symfonia – Live In Bulgaria 2013 6:03
RAINBOW Man On The Silver Mountain, Memories Of Rock – Live In Germany (2016) 5:17
INVIDIA As The Sun Sleeps, As The Sun Sleeps (2017) 4:09
LITTLE HURRICANE Bad Business, (2017) 3:33
THE BLUE HORIZON Big House, Volume 1 (2016) 3:22
MAGENTA Legend, We Are Legend (2017) 11:32
PAUL MENEL AND THE ESSENTIALS Hey Did You Hear About Paul?, Spare Parts For Broken Hearts (2017) 4:37
STATUS QUO Ice In The Sun, Live At The BBC (2010) 2:14
PAUL McCARTNEY Get Me Out Of Here, New (2013) 6:16
ROBBY KREIGER Hypernova, In Session (2017) 4:59
ALICE COOPER Go To Hell, Brutal Tour Live (2014) 3:41


02.04.17

ASH WILSON Broken Machine, Broken Machine (2017) 4:04
DAN PATLANSKY Backbite, Dear Silence Thieves (2015) 3:51
TOSELAND Fingers Burned, Cradle The Rage (2016) 4:42
ECLIPSE Night Comes Calling, Monumentum (2017) 3:40
ONE DESIRE Straight Through The Heart, One Desire (2017) 5:45
VOODOO VEGAS Black Heart Woman, Freak Show Candy Floss (2017) 4:02
FROST* Lights Out, Falling Satellites (2016) 3:52
MAGENTA Pearl, Chaos From The Stage (2016) 9:10
PANIC ROOM Satellite, Essence (2015) 8:07
STEVE HACKETT West To East, The Night Siren (2017) 5:14
PROCOL HARUM Businessman, Novum (2017) 4:44
BITERS Vulture City, The Future Ain’t What It Used To Be (2017) 3:13
THE QUIREBOYS Whippin Boy, Live In London (2010) 6:08
SUPERTRAMP Hide In Your Shell, Live In Paris ’79 (2015) 6:57
WILLE AND THE BANDITS Miles Away, Steal (2017) 3:43
CHANTEL McGREGOR Like No Other, Like No Other (2011) 5:10
MASTODON Steambreather, Emperor Of The Sand (2017) 5:03
KXM Big Sky Country, Scatterbrain (2017) 4:38
ERIC GALES Carry Yourself, Middle Of The Road (2017) 5:23
JOAN OSBORNE One Of Us, Relish (1995) 5:21
DEPECHE MODE Where’s The Revolution, Spirit (2017) 4:59
STARSHIP Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now, No Protection (1987) 4:35
GENESIS Turn It On Again, Duke (1980) 3:51


LINKS

Assume The Position Archive – Index
Assume The Position Playlists April-June 2017 (PDF, opens in separate tab)
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