WESN Show #56 - July 15, 2021

ARTIST	TRACK	AlBUM	LABEL	YEAR	TOWN / CITY
Steve Hunter	Eight Miles High	Swept Away	Atco	1977	Decatur
ILMO Smokehouse	Devil Take My Grandma	S/T	Roulette	1970	Quincy
T.S. Truck	Doc LaVay	S/T	Smokey Soul	1972	Carbondale
Motherfox	The Change Is Comin'	Blytham Bands tape *	unreleased	1972	Charleston
Wabash Resurrection	Feelin' Good	Get It Off	Pepperhead	1976	Pittsfield
Farm	Sunshine In My Window	S/T	Crusade	1971	Mt. Vernon / Sparta
The Finchley Boys	I'm Not Like Everybody Else	Everlasting Tributes	Golden Throat	1972	Champaign-Urbana
David Chalmers	Houston	Primeval Road	Same Old	1976	Bureau
Hindenburg Lyon	Something Happened	-	Dym-A-Nite	1972	Belleville
Claw	Eleanor Rigby	Diggin' In	GDS	1980	Peoria
Remedy	Prayer For The People	Golden Voice Sessions 1970-74	Alona's Dream	1974	Peoria
Daddy Warbux	Just Like A River	-	Golden Voice	1975	Quincy
Motherfox	You Gotta Live	Blytham Bands tape *	unreleased	1972	Charleston

*A reel to reel tape labeled "Blytham Bands" was compiled around 1972-1973 by Jim Dady.  It contains recordings by a handful of central Illinois bands represented by the booking agency Blytham Ltd.  The majority of the recordings appear to be unreleased demos.  More details are not known at this time.

WESN Show #55 - July 8, 2021

BOOGIE, FUNK & MODERN SOUL 1977-1985
ARTIST	TRACK	LABEL	YEAR	TOWN / CITY
Chapter IV	Don't Stop That Love	Starstream	1981	Springfield
Sugar Brown Connection	What It Be Like	Golden Eagle	1979	Collinsville / Metro East
Billy Chears	Free Your Mind	Chearston	1978	Rockford
T.C.B.	Heart Attack	RPI	1980	Galesburg
Coalkitchen	Chained To The Train Of Love	Epic	1977	Champaign-Urbana
Champaign	Party People	Columbia	1981	Champaign-Urbana
Midnight Express	Danger Zone	Tri-Fire	1983	Quad Cities
Larry Bonds	Dance Dance Dance	Enjoy	1979	Quad Cities
Breakaway	There's A New Group In Town	Golden Eagle	1977	Lebanon
Jimmie Green	Dance Part 1	Shoestring	1980	Alton
Funky Thought Band	Funky TB	Silver Dollar	1978	Champaign-Urbana
W.Q.B.C.	I'll Be Loving You	Thunder Bay	1985	Danville
The Force	Real Good Old Lovin'	Aferton	1981	Springfield
Creative Arts Ensemble	Caveman Lover	Creative Arts	1984	Bloomington-Normal

WESN Show #54 - July, 1, 2021

ARTIST	TRACK	LABEL	YEAR	TOWN / CITY
The Egyptian Combo	Rockin' Little Egypt	Norman	1964	Herrin
The Holidays Combo	Little Miss Hurt	Dixie	1966	Springfield
Freddie Tieken & The Rockers	Humpty Jump	IT	1965	Quincy
$1,000,000 War Babies	Muddy Water	Dante	1968	Champaign-Urbana
The Sting Rays of Springfield, Illinois	Surfer's Walk	Ray	1964	Springfield
Chessmen	Lucille	Riot-Chous	1964	Decatur
The Sotos Brothers	Little Lila	Fredlo	1961	Quad Cities
The Staccato's	Nightmare	Kandy Kane	1964	Peoria
The Prodigies	I Want To Do It	RoFran	1966	Champaign-Urbana
The D.J.'s	You Don't Know Like I Know	Golden Voice	1969	Peoria ?
Dean Carter	Sock It To Me Baby	Big Beat	1968	Champaign/ Danville
Warner Brothers	Please Mr. Sullivan	Destination	1965	Peoria
The Vanguards	Roll Over Beethoven	- no label -	1966	Mendota
Jim Friis & The Valiants	Bop A Lena	Allstar	1963	Rockford
The Impalas	Lost Beat	Rofran	1965	Champaign-Urbana
The Tri-Gerians	This Is Love	Marlo	1963	Alton ?
The Artistic's	Just Enough Of You	Cha Cha	1965	Mattoon / Charleston
Dave Scherer & The Castels	Sloopy Can Penguin	Loki	1965	Decatur
Wild Child Gipson And The Katz And Jammers	Sweet Roll'n Stone	IT	1965	Peoria
The Galaxies	Tremble	Dot	1961	Decatur