Step Right Up! Dark Meat returns from a month in the hinterlands of rerunville with a show about that creepiest of American entertainments, the circus. Today’s show features an ultra-rare Human League vinyl track too, for people who are desperate to hear everything the Human League ever did.
* Combustible Edison – Carnival Of Souls
* Tom Waits – Circus
* Kinks – Death Of A Clown
* Kevin Ayers – Unfairground
* Stan Ridgway – Running With the Circus
* Leonard Cohen – Bird On A Wire
* Peaches – Tent In your Pants
* Beatles – Being For the Benefit Of Mr. Kite
* Human League – Circus Of Death (per album notes: recorded directly into Sony 2-track Jan 78 at Devonishire Lane Workshop, Sheffield – produced & engineered by The Human League – mono – first released 17/6/78)
Hi Dan. Ithink the peaches number should be sub titled “Peaches makes a point. Channeling your old Dad here. Good show . The Beatles was on an album played on 29th street a lot. ah memories. Happy day, kid