SPECIAL: P.F. Sloan Birthday Sloan

SPECIAL: P.F. Sloan Birthday Sloan


Phil “Flip” Sloan is without a doubt one of America’s most talented, albeit under appreciated songwriters. To commemorate his birthday on September 18th, “Come To The Sunshine” compiled its third salute to the man who’s music means so much.

Part one of the show includes covers of Sloan’s work by The Mama’s and Papa’s, The Forte Four (produced by Gary Usher), Lloyd Banks (from the UK), The Turtles, Peter & Gordon, The Iguanas, Johnny Tillotson, The Gibsons (another rare UK cover), Bobby Vee, Ann-Margaret, The Searchers and Herman’s Hermits. Additionally, the first part of the program features a few of Sloan’s solo recordings, as well as a rare single with his songwriting partner Steve Barri under the name of Philip & Stephen.

Part two of the broadcast is a triple album spotlight of songs either produced or written by P.F. Sloan for the Canadian only Terry Black album, The Black Plague and Barry McGuire’s two Dunhill long-players: Eve Of Destruction and This Precious Time. All selections are presented in their original monaural mixes, currently unavailable on CD.

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SPECIAL: Fifth Anniversary Hot 100 Countdown

SPECIAL: Fifth Anniversary Hot 100 Countdown


To celebrate the fifth anniversary of “Come To The Sunshine,” a Special HOT 100 list was compiled from some of the 3,018 unique songs by 837 artists that the show has played since 2006. How many songs each artist accrued with multiple plays and how many total times they appeared on the program defined their final chart position.

In the first hour of the broadcast (above), host Andrew Sandoval counts down artist and songs 100 through 80. These include Van Dyke Parks, the Zombies, Harmony Grass, the Ballroom, Linzer & Randell, Don Grady, Sasha caro, Traffic, Sandy Salisbury, Raintree Minority, Mark Eric, Sagittarius, the Action, Graham Gouldman, the Picadilly Line, Denny Laine, Twice As Much, Nino Tempo & April Stevens, Les Irresistibles (Arch Of Triumph), the Montage and Fairchilds.

Part Two:


In hour two of the broadcast, host Andrew Sandoval counts down artist and songs 79 through 60. These include the Everly Brothers, Mamas & Papas, The Utica Club Natural Carbonation Band, The Yellow Balloon, Smokey Roberds, The Marshmellows, Gerry Marsden, London Phogg, Jacobsen & Tansley, The Garden Club, The Surprise Package, Danny Hutton, The Hung Jury, the Looking Glass, Roger Nichols Trio, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, The Smoke, The Left Banke, Ellie Janov and The Sunshine Company.

Part Three:


In hour three of the broadcast, host Andrew Sandoval counts down artist and songs 59 through 40. These include Los Bravos, The Millennium, The Merseys, The Beach Boys, Ronnie Burns, Tin Tin, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Tom Northcott, The Peppermint Trolley Company, The Critters, Keith Allison, Claudine Longet, Like A Summer Rain, Gene Clark, Good Evening Girl, Mind Over Matter, the Dave Clark Five, Tommy Boyce, Dino, Desi & Billy and P.F. Sloan.

Part Four:

In hour four of the broadcast, host Andrew Sandoval counts down artist and songs 39 through 21. These include The Move; Fountain Of Youth; Smokey And His Sister; Nirvana; Manfred Mann; Dusty Springfield; The Lewis & Clarke Expedition; The Ivy League; Bobby Fuller Four; The Mindbenders; Bee Gees; Every Mother’s Son; The Pretty Things; Buffalo Springfield; The Association; The Grass Roots; Gordon Waller; The Turtles; Dion And The Wanderers.

Part Five:

In hour five of the broadcast, host Andrew Sandoval counts down artist and songs #20 through #1. These include: The Searchers; Grapefruit; The Mojo; The Merry-Go-Round; The Kinks; The Twilights; Harpers Bizarre; The Hollies; The Beau Brummels; Nilsson; The Idle Race; Sinon & Garfunkel; Chad & Jeremy; The Byrds; The Cyrkle; Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart; Herman’ Hermits; The Monkees; Gary Lewis And The Playboys; Peter and Gordon.

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Episode #73: The Critters

Episode #73: The Critters

In an episode first aired on August 29, 2011, program 73 of “Come To The Sunshine” features a handpicked assortment of sixties vinyl singles from:

The Next Five/The Knack/The Rainy Day People/Peter Courtney/The Robbs/The Glory Rhodes/Jerry Blavat – The Geator & The Geatorettes/The Messengers/Barry Mitchell/Surdy Greebus/The Cowsills/The Guilloteens/The Bystanders/The Hard Times/The Ricochettes/The Newlook/The Nova Local/The Happy Feeling/Fresh Air/The Fingers

In hour two, host Andrew Sandoval chronicles the recordings of East Coaster’s The Critters, from their earliest pre-hit sides on Musicor and Prancer labels, to their smashes on Kapp and their incredible second album on Project 3, Touch ‘N Go With The Critters. This show features many never-to-be-on-CD tracks, as well as a multitude of rare mono mixes.

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Episode #72: The Move

Episode #72: The Move


First aired August 15th, 2011 “Come To The Sunshine” show 72 Moves to the sound of Roy Wood, Carl Wayne, Trevor Burton, Bev Bevan, Ace Kefford, Rick Price and Jeff Lynne. Yes, it’s THE MOVE!

This spectacular spotlight features two hours of rare radio recordings, vintage vinyl and astounding covers from Birmingham’s finest, The Move. Host Andrew Sandoval also spins Move related recordings and covers from Idle Race, Lemon Tree, Sheridan/Rick Price, Acid Gallery, The Casuals, Equipe 84 & Tom Northcott.

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Episode #71: Lesley Gore

Episode #71: Lesley Gore


Having returned from my travels in Europe and across the United States during which I collected magical 45’s to play for you, I have created “Come To The Sunshine” show 71.

Hour one includes original singles (direct from vinyl and all in MONO) from Gil & Johnny/The Others/Marvin’s Circus/The Carousel/Vanity Fare/The Shambles/Wild Silk/Eddie Hodges/The Shaggy Boys/The Shuffles/The Boys Next Door/The Fantastic Baggys/The Springfield Rifle/Sir Henry And His Butlers/The Gross National Product/A Handful/The Dirty Shames/The Scarecrow/The Seagulls/The Mother Love

Hour two explores the late sixties recordings of Lesley Gore, focusing on selections from Lesley’s 1967 album, California Nights, in MONO (not available on CD in this mix). Also, we’ll be spinning tracks from her unissued follow-up, Magic Colors, which was recently exhumed for CD release by our friends at ACE. We’ll hear tracks from the ACE reissue, as well as many of the original single mixes which have thus far escaped digitization.

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Episode #70: Nino Temple & April Stevens

Episode #70: Nino Temple & April Stevens


In the final show of series 8, “Come To The Sunshine” #70, Andrew Sandoval spins a selection of rare vinyl singles by Tristen Schell, The Sundowners, Pasty Fuller, The Forum, Los Angeles, World Of Oz., Group Therapy, The Silver Eagle, Ray Chafin, Cyril Hargrove, The San Francisco Earthquakes, Warm Sounds, International Submarine Band, The Poor, Tim Andrews, Johnny Walsh, Sandy Salisbury, The Lollipop Fantasy, Fire And Brimstone and The Young Idea. Hour two brings you an album spotlight on Nino Tempo & April Stevens 1967 “All Strung Out” LP in MONO (a mix unavailable on CD). If you’ve never heard this wonderful album, which mixes Spectorian Wall Of Sound production with great songs by David Gates, Dalton & Montgomery, Jerry Riopelle and the unmistakable voices of Nino & April, then you are in for a treat. Much like the lyrically bizarre “All Strung Out” (which employs heroin references as analogy for falling love – quite intense for 1966 – if you don’t believe me check out this clip, Andrew spins Nino’s classic “Pet Sounds” level masterpiece, “Boys Town (Where My Broken Hearted Buddies Go)” kind of a less oblique “See My Friends.” Also, their 1972 MGM release, “Makin’ Love To Rainbow Colors,” is a poppy, LSD novelty born too late. Not forgetting their visionary bagpipe-folk-rock take on “I Love How You Love Me.”

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Episode #69: Twice As Much

Episode #69: Twice As Much


Episode 69 of “Come To The Sunshine” features an incredible selection of sixties vinyl singles by: The Young Idea/Fire And Brimstone/The Young Enterprise/The 4 Seasons/Stone Country/The Collection/The Mission/The Wildlife/The Happy Return/The Silver Eagle/East Side Kids/The Family/Majority One/Hearts And Flowers/Charlotte Russe/Pleasure/The High Windows/Playboys Of Edinburg/The Cryan’ Shames/Stone Poneys.

In our second hour we turn our artist spotlight onto Britain’s Twice As Much and the songs of David Skinner and Andrew Rose (as performed by the duo, as well as covers from Del Shannon, Vashti and P.P. Arnold) including some live rarities.

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Episode #68: The Byrds

Episode #68: The Byrds


First aired January 31, 2011 episode 68 of “Come To The Sunshine” was touted as “perhaps the best episode of this continuing series” by host Andrew Sandoval. He may have been right seeing as this program features more than two hours of wonderful and rare recordings by the Byrds, Gene Clark and Dillard & Clark. On deck are powerful original vinyl 45 and LP mono mixes, alternate stereo versions, acetates and vintage interviews with Jim, Gene, David, Chris and Michael.

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SPECIAL: Peter Asher Talks About the 1960s

SPECIAL: Peter Asher Talks About the 1960s


In a rare interview showcase from Series 8 of “Come To The Sunshine,” performer/producer/songwriter/manager Peter Asher joins host Andrew Sandoval for an in-depth discussion of his work in the 1960’s.

This special guides you through Peter’s exploits as one half of Peter & Gordon, his productions for Paul Jones of Manfred Mann, an obscure one-off with Eddie King, Barbara Keith for Verve, an unissued session with Timon for Apple and of course the first James Taylor album. Peter’s relationship with the Beatles, Brian Jones, John Paul Jones, Phil Ochs, Del Shannon, Mortimer, Cat Stevens, Tubby Hayes are also touched upon in this fascinating preview of Peter’s traveling show: “Peter Asher: A Musical Memoir of the 60s and Beyond” mixes rare video clips, photos from his personal archive, storytelling from Peter’s history with the likes of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt + live performances by Peter (with a full band) of Peter & Gordon hits.

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Episode #67: The Twilights

Episode #67: The Twilights


Broadcast November 15, 2010, on episode 67 of “Come To The Sunshine” host Andrew Sandoval features an international selection of rare sixties singles in MONO by The Sandpipers/Phil Ochs/Cast Of Thousands/David McWilliams/Ferre Grignard/The Exception/Charlotte Russe/Los Pekeninkes/Claudine Longet/Los Brincos/The Dandy Lions/Manolo Diaz/Pepples & Shells/The Doughboys/Stone Poneys.

The second hour of the program turns the show’s artist spotlight onto The Twilights for more than an hour of their sonic finery. Australian contemporaries of The Easybeats, they are, without a doubt, one of the great sixties pop vocal bands. We’ll feature cuts from their pop psych opus “Once Upon A Twilight” LP, plus lots of rare singles and covers.

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