Bats Squids and In-Between

25/02/2025

The 23rd Bats Squids and In Between show is broadcast on Radio Free Marseille this evening 7-9PM (UK)
Repeated:
Wednesday 1-3AM
Saturday 6-8PM
Monday 2-4PM

2 hours of top tunes from Alvin Lee, Jerry Butler, The Jook, Echolalia, Sid Griffin, Arik Brauer, Red Foley, The Mirage, Timmy Thomas, Japan and many more.
Wot a Bunch eh? 🙄
An experience from a different kind of station.
Requests are most welcome:
[email protected]

Listen in at:

https://24.radio-free-marseille.online

Splendid! In a 'Bish Bash Bosh!’ kind of way...😁

24/02/2025

This barrage of uploads is completed by the 22nd Bats Squids and In Between show, originally broadcast on Radio Free Marseille on 18th February 2025 and now on Mixcloud...
Don't forget the 23rd Bats show is on RFM at 7PM tomorrow evening!

https://www.mixcloud.com/mickcapewell5/bats-squids-and-in-between-22-180225/

1 The Bangs
Getting Out of Hand
2 Slobberbone
Barrel Chested
3 The Merseys
So Sad About Us
4 The Vibrations
Love Me Like You Should
5 Gerry Diamond
A Little Rock A Little Roll
6 Mike & The Jays
Di**le Dangle Doll
7 Captain Beefheart
Observatory Crest
8 Led Zeppelin
Hey Hey What Can I Do?
9 The Starwbs
Ghosts
10 The Muppets
For What It's Worth
11 Altered Images
Jeepster
12 Camille Ruz
Cave of the Sirens
13 Mariee Sioux
Buried in Teeth
14 Marianne Faithfull
Strange Weather
15 The Good Rats
The Hobo
16 Good Vibrations
Call Me Lightning
17 The Goofers
Flip Flop and Fly
18 Terry Allen & The Panhandle Mystery Band
There Oughta Be a Law Against Southern California
19 Incredible String Band
Cosmic Boy
20 Barbara Pravi
Voila
21 Adamo
Inch Allah
22 Don Backy
L'Immensita
23 Sono Mari
Yuma Wa Yoro Hirsku
24 Coco's Lovers
The Spirit That Swallowed You Whole
25 Beach Boys
River Song
26 Dion
The Sisters of Mercy
27 The Faces
Last Orders Please

the 22nd bats show courtesy of Radio Free Marseille, a Different Kind of Station and a different kind of show...

18/02/2025

The 22nd Bats Squids and In Between show is broadcast on Radio Free Marseille this evening 7-9PM (UK)
Repeated:
Wednesday 1-3AM
Saturday 6-8PM
Monday 2-4PM

What’s in this week’s Bats show? Well, all the usual toe-tapping, finger-clicking stuff that you can frug along with 🙄
There’s 3 ‘Hot’ new releases plucked from the pages of ‘Cashbox’…well they were new in January 1960 🤔
There’s the usual 3 tracks from a random page of the Record Collector Rare Record Price Guide (2004 edition)
There’s a new feature called “C'est le numéro un, c'est le top des pops”, which needs no explanation 😎
There’s another version of ‘For What It’s Worth (Stop Hey What’s That Sound)’
There’s another “Who the Hell is That?!” song.
There’s some ace requests…and much, much more!
2 hours of top tunes from The Strawbs, Slobberbone, Don Backy, Dion, Led Zeppelin, Gerry Diamond, The Goofers, Coco’ Lovers, Mariee Sioux and many more.
Now there’s Entertainment for you, with a capital “Ent!” 🙄
An experience from a different kind of station.
Requests are most welcome:
[email protected]

Listen in at:

https://24.radio-free-marseille.online

Splendid! In a 'Di**le Dangle Doll’ kind of way...😁

18/02/2025

There's a new Bats show on RFM tonight, but more about that in a few minutes. Firstly, the 21st Bats Squids and In Between show, originally broadcast on 11th February 2025, is now on Mixcloud...

https://www.mixcloud.com/mickcapewell5/bats-squids-and-in-between-21-110225/

Tracklist:

1 Andwella
Are You Ready?
2 The Yum Yums
Wig Wam Bam
3 David Bowie & The Lower Third
Can't Help Thinking About Me
4 The Bantams
My Swing is Broke
5 The Daywins
Heartbeat
6 The Royal Jokers
Grabitis
7 Flatlanders
Jole Blon
8 Gary US Bonds
From a Buick 6
9 Neil Young
Powderfinger
10 Barry Ryan
Magical Spiel
11 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
12 Lou Rawls
For What It's Worth
13 David & Jonathan
Modesty
14 Arthur Brown Set
Don't Tell Me
15 John Coltrane
While My Lady Sleeps
16 Kim Sinh
Cay Truc Xinh
17 Shaun Cassidy
Once Bitten Twice Shy
18 Split Beaver
Hound of Hell
19 Split Knee Loons
Salute To the Vikings
20 The Spokesmen
The Dawn of Correction
21 Isley Brothers
Brother Brother Brother
22 Gilbert Becaud
Je Veux Te Dire Adieu
23 L'epee
Dreams
24 Chapeaux
This Is Not a Hat
25 Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Faith Healer
26 Lindisfarne
City Song
27 Marianne faithfull
Sister Morphine

the 21st Bats show from Radio Free Marseille. A varied selection of obscure gems.

11/02/2025

I hadn't forgotten, here's the 20th Bats Squids and In Between, on Mixcloud now...and Bats 21 is on RFM at 7PM this evening...

https://www.mixcloud.com/mickcapewell5/bats-squids-and-in-between-20-040225/

Tracklist:

1 Ultravox!
Fear in the Western World
2 Joy Division
24 Hours
3 Stiff Little Fingers
Bloody Dub
4 Scotty McKay
Little Lump of Sugar
5 April Ames
Oh My Johnny Boy
6 Sammy Benskin & The Spacemen
Neptune Pt 1
7 The Dunes
Riding the Low
8 Land Mammal
The Wasp
9 Flame Pilots
All She Wants
10 Lomax Alliance
Try As You May
11 Anthony More
Nowhere To Go
12 Eno
Baby's On Fire
13 David Cassidy
Go Now
14 Johnny 'Guitar' Watson
Space Guitar
15 Slam Creepers
Hold It Baby
16 Jubilant Sykes
God Only Knows
17 Four Jacks and a Jill
Click Song
18 Rachid Taha
Rock El Casbah
19 Millie
A Mixed-Up Fickle Lonely Self-Centred Spoiled Kind of Boy
20 The Millionaires
Wishing Well
21 Spike Milligan
Purple Aeroplane
22 Keb' Mo'
Victims of Comfort
23 A Raincoat
Nostalgia '75
24 Affection Collection
The Collector
25 Elsa
C'est Bizarre
26 The Eels
Climbing To the Moon
27 Peter Scion
She Must Be Very Lonely
28 Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson
Rivers of My Fathers

the 20th bats show courtesy of Radio Free Marseille, a different kind of radio station.

11/02/2025

The 21st Bats Squids and In Between show is broadcast on Radio Free Marseille this evening 7-9PM (UK)
Repeated:
Wednesday 1-3AM
Saturday 6-8PM
Monday 2-4PM

2 hours of top tunes from The Yum Yums, Gary ‘US’ Bonds, Barry Ryan, John Coltrane, Gilbert Becaud, Chapeaux, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Kim Sinh, Marianne Faithfull, Split Knee Loons and many more.
Now there’s variety for you, with a capital ‘V’!
Entertainment from a different kind of station.
Requests are most welcome:
[email protected]

Listen in at:

https://24.radio-free-marseille.online

Splendid! In a 'My Swing is Broke’ kind of way...🙄

04/02/2025

The 20th Bats Squids and In Between show is broadcast on Radio Free Marseille this evening 7-9PM (UK)
Repeated:
Wednesday 1-3AM
Saturday 6-8PM
Monday 2-4PM

2 hours of top tunes from Ultravox!, The Flame Pilots, Johnny Guitar Watson, Spike Milligan, Jubilant Sykes, Brian Eno, David Cassidy (😳) and many more. Now there’a a motley selection!
Entertainment from a different kind of station.
Requests are most welcome:
[email protected]

Listen in at:

https://24.radio-free-marseille.online

Splendid! In a 'Little Lump of Sugar’ kind of way...🙄

03/02/2025

The 19th Bats Squids and In Between show, broadcast on Radio Free Marseille on 28th January 2025, is now on Mixcloud...
Don't forget the 20th Bats show is on RFM on Tuesday evening 7-9PM (UK)

https://www.mixcloud.com/mickcapewell5/bats-squids-and-in-between-19-280125/

Tracklist:

1 Caravan
Tuesday is Rock n Roll Nite
2 XTC
Here Comes President Kill Again
3 Roxy Music
Editions of You
4 Sons of Mod
The Stalker
5 Rory Gallagher
Hell Cat
6 The Supremes
Just Yell
7 Gary Stites
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
8 Lee Savage
Riders in the Sky
9 Thin White Rope
They're Hanging Me Tonight
10 Eleventh Day Dream
Beach Miner
11 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Brenda's Iron Sledge
12 The Pick-Ups
Free To Fall
13 Rod Stewart
The Day Will Come
14 Tom Jones
Lodi
15 Wet Willie
It's Gonna Stop Rainin' Soon
16 Everly Brothers
I'm On My Way Home Again
17 Bonnie Raitt
If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody
18 Bee Gees
Melody Fair
19 Head Hands & Feet
How Does It Feel To Be Right All the Time
20 Ska Cubano
Soy Campesino
21 Gary Lewis & The Playboys
Heart Full of Soul
22 Raleigh Rounders
The Bike Beat Part 1
23 Wix Brown Elementary School
God Only Knows
24 Flip & The Dateliners
My Johnny Doesn't Come Around Anymore
25 Floating Bridge
Medley: Eight Miles High - Paint it Black
26 Phil Flowers
Every Day I Have To Cry
27 Santana
Everything's Coming Our Way
28 The Action
Things You Cannot See
29 Rare Bird
Epic Forest
30 The Parlour Band
To Happiness

The 19th Bats show courtesy of Radio Free Marseille, a different kind of station!

28/01/2025

The 19th Bats Squids and In Between show is broadcast on Radio Free Marseille this evening 7-9PM (UK)
Repeated:
Wednesday 1-3AM
Saturday 6-8PM
Monday 2-4PM

2 hours of top tunes from Roxy Music, The Supremes (but not those Supremes 🤔), Thin White Rope, Ska Cubano, Floating Bridge, Wet Willie, Sons of Mod, The Action, Flip & The Dateliners and many more legendary Stars!
Entertainment from a different kind of station.
Requests are most welcome:
[email protected]

Listen in at:

https://24.radio-free-marseille.online

Splendid! In a 'Here Comes President Kill Again” kind of way...🙄

27/01/2025

The 18th Bats Squids and In Between show, broadcast on Radio Free Marseille on 21st January 2025, is now on Mixcloud...

https://www.mixcloud.com/mickcapewell5/bats-squids-and-in-between-18-210125/

Tracklist:

1 Nazareth
Turn On Your Receiver
2 Clouds
Ladies and Gentlemen
3 Jungle Jim Smith One Man Band
Lucky Me
4 Fi-Tones
Minnie
5 Cozy Cole
Cozy's Mambo
6 Jerry Mann
Baby Come Back To Me
7 Mona Lisa Twins
God Only Knows
8 Peanut Butter Conspiracy
Turn On a Friend (To the Good Life)
9 JJ Cale
After Midnight
10 Bad Company
Crazy Circles
11 Davy Graham
I'm Lookin' Thru You
12 Terry Reid
Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart
13 Rick Martin
Beaten and Blue
14 Paper Bubble
Being Human Being
15 Ramases & Selket
Mind's Eye
16 Capability Brown
Sad Am I
17 Gary Walker & Rain
Thoughts of An Old Man
18 The Mixtures
Slow Train
19 The Wizards
See You Tonight
20 Thomas Fersen
Le Chat Botte
21 Michelle Arnaud
Les Papillons Noirs
22 Bobby Womack
Fire and Rain
23 Jimi Hendrix Experience
May This Be Love
24 Eric Clapton
Badge (live)
25 Rare Earth
Gotta Get Myself Back Home
26 Raspberries
Don't Want To Say Goodbye
27 Rat & The Whale
This Wheel's On Fire
28 Zachary Lucky
Do You Still Miss Me When You're Stoned
29 Peter Sarstedt
The Artist
30 Claire Hamill
To The Stars
31 Sam Amidon
I'm On My Journey Home

the 18th Bats Show from Radio Free Marseille. Another mixed bag of uncovered gems from the back of the neglected drawer.

21/01/2025

The 18th Bats Squids and In Between show is broadcast on Radio Free Marseille this evening 7-9PM (UK)
Repeated:
Wednesday 1-3AM
Saturday 6-8PM
Monday 2-4PM

2 hours of top tunes from Nazareth, Jungle Jim Smith One Man Band, Cozy Cole, Gary Walker & Rain, Bobby Womack, Jimi Hendrix, Rat & The Whale, Thomas Fersen, Rick Martin, Raspberries and many more legendary Stars!
Entertainment from a different kind of station.
Requests are most welcome:
[email protected]

Listen in at:

https://24.radio-free-marseille.online

Splendid! In a 'Do you still miss me when you’re stoned?’ kind of way...🙄

20/01/2025

The 17th Bats Squids & In Between show was broadcast on Radio Free Marseille on Tuesday 14th January 2025, and is now on Mixcloud...
Don't forget Bats #18 is on RFM tomorrow evening 7-9PM

https://www.mixcloud.com/mickcapewell5/bats-squids-and-in-between-17-140125/

Tracklist:

1 Mystic
I Get So Disgusted
2 Sir Henry
Poor Bobby
3 The Herd
This Boy's Always Been True
4 Andy Anderson & The Dawnbreakers
Tough Tough Tough
5 The Four Sons
Little Rock
6 Dorsey Burnette
Juarez Town
7 Savoy Brown
Denim Demon
8 Rory Gallagher
If I Had a Reason
9 The Kinks
I'm in Disgrace
10 David Rawlings
Cumberland Gap
11 The Cavaliers
Pride
12 Sparks
Let the Monkey Drive
13 Mandy Garner
Cliches and Platitudes
14 Rita Coolidge
Donut Man
15 Keith & Donna Godchaux
River Deep Mountain High
16 Betty Everett
God Only Knows
17 The Decompressed Impossibility
You Can't Ride Away (Inevitable)
18 NRBQ
Get That Gasoline Blues
19 Archies
Mr Factory
20 Twin Engine
Can't Keep My Mind Off You
21 Joe Soap
Time
22 Jim Croce
Time in a Bottle
23 William the Wild One
Willie the Wild One
24 Iron Virgin
Ain't No Clown
25 Lonnie Irving
Pinball Machine
26 Ishmael & Andy
Salt and Light Company
27 Robert Lamm
Temporary Jones
28 Tamalpais Exchange
Understand It
29 Jefferson Airplane
Jam Session Part 1 (Saturday Afternoon)
30 Jonas Einar
How Can We Know God is Real?

Listen to Bats Squids and In Between #17 (140125) by Mick Capewell

18/01/2025

It just occurred to me that I’ve been so busy having a good time this week, that I forgot to post about The 17th Bats Squids and In Between show on Radio Free Marseille last Tuesday,
But never mind, because you can still catch the repeat broadcasts.
Saturday 6-8PM
Monday 2-4PM

2 hours of top tunes from The Herd, Kinks, Sparks, NRBQ, William the Wild One, Andy Anderson & The Dawnbreakers, The Decompressed Impossibility (😵‍💫), Twin Engine and many more legendary Stars!
Entertainment from a different kind of station.
Requests are most welcome:
[email protected]

Listen in at:

https://24.radio-free-marseille.online

Splendid! In a 'How Can We Know God is Real?’ kind of way...🙄

13/01/2025

The 16th Bats Squids and In Between show, first broadcast on Radio Free Marseille on 7th January 2025, is now on Mixcloud...
Don't forget Bats #17, tomorrow 7Pm on RFM

https://www.mixcloud.com/mickcapewell5/bats-squids-and-in-between-16-070125/

Tracklist:

1 Creeping Jean
Always at My Door
2 Dave Davies
Creeping Jean
3 Fischer Z
Battalions of Strangers
4 17 Hippies
Saint Behind the Glass
5 Francis Lai
A Man and a Woman
6 Edwin and Alvin
Shiverin' and Shakin'
7 Jim Burgett & The Make Believers
Live It Up
8 Echoes
Bye Bye My Baby
9 Lemon Twigs
Sweet Vibration
10 James Gang
Do It
11 Pink Fairies
Do It
12 David Bowie
Shadow Man
13 John Martyn
Under My Wing
14 Stephen Stills
Change Partners
15 Nico Stai
You Come Around
16 Strawberry Blue
Painting in Her Pants
17 Diesel Park West
God Only Knows
18 Dave Curtiss & The Tremors
You Don't Love Me Anymore
19 The Motowns
Something You Got
20 Four Tops
Lost in a Pool of Red
21 Spellbinders
Help Me (Get Myself Back Together Again)
22 Brindley D Spender
The Company I Keep
23 Spice
What About the Music
24 Rick Nelson
The Lady Stayed With Me
25 Loretta Lynn
Mrs Leroy Brown
26 The Settlers
Martin Luther King's Dream
27 Mystic Braves
Bright Blue Day Haze
28 Pylon
Working is No Problem
29 Gerard Gray
Le Poisson Vert
30 Alexis Korner & Blues Incorporated
Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting
31 Conrad Hopkins Set
Theme For an Unwritten Spy

The 16th Bats show from Radio Free Marseille, a different kind of radio station.

07/01/2025

The 16th Bats Squids and In Between show is broadcast on Radio Free Marseille this evening 7-9PM (UK)
Repeated:
Wednesday 1-3AM
Saturday 6-8PM
Monday 2-4PM

2 hours of top tunes from Creeping Jean, Fischer Z, Pink Fairies, Nico Stai, Four Tops, Loretta Lynn, Strawberry Blue, Pylon, Jim Burgett & The Make Believers and many more legendary Stars!
Entertainment from a different kind of station.
Requests are most welcome:
[email protected]

Listen in at:

https://24.radio-free-marseille.online

Splendid! In a 'Tuesday Night Prayer Meeting’ kind of way...🙄

07/01/2025

The 15th Bats Squids and In Between show, broadcast on Radio Free Marseille on 31st December 2024, is now on Mixcloud, for music lovers everywhere...

https://www.mixcloud.com/mickcapewell5/bats-squids-and-in-between-15-311224/

Tracklist:

1 The Winnerys
It's Up To You
2 The Siddeleys
My Favourite Wet Wednesday Afternoon
3 Mood Six
The Life That Jack Built
4 Ray Charles
I Don't Need No Doctor
5 Sly & The Family Stone
I Want To Take You Higher
6 Art Adams
Indian Joe
7 Sidney Ester
Reach and Get It
8 Les Tasher & His Rebel Rocks
Silly Lilly
9 Tetes Raides
Ginette
10 Kevin Ayers
Song For Insane Times
11 Joshua Fox
Billy Goat Capricorn Lover
12 Dream Syndicate
Armed With An Empty Gun
13 Multi-Coloured Shades
Bleeding in Jayne Mansfield's Car
14 Hello
Elenore
15 Alain Ricar
I Like S*x
16 Appletree Theatre
Don't Blame it On Your Wife
17 Pete Townsend
Lazy Fat People
18 Paul Anka
Jump
19 Flamin' Groovies
Headin' For the Texas Border
20 Robbie Basho
Wine Song (Sweet Wine of Love)
21 Kiri Jones
Spiritual Beginnings
22 Mandy More
God Only Knows (Alt)
23 American Zoo
Mr Brotherhood
24 Rolling Stones
Sympathy For the Devil (Alt)
25 Brent Ford & The Nylons
19th Nervous Breakdown
26 Brentwood Road All-Stars
Love at First Sight
27 Bernard Bresslaw
I Found a Hole
28 Dave Cartwright
My Delicate Skin
29 Noy's Band
Gourmet Man
30 Jimmy Campbell
Lovely Elisa Cope is Dead

The 15th Bats show from Radio Free Marseille. Another varied selection of under-exposed tunes...

31/12/2024

The 15th Bats Squids and In Between show is broadcast on Radio Free Marseille this evening 7-9PM (UK)
Repeated:
Wednesday 1-3AM
Saturday 6-8PM
Monday 2-4PM

2 hours of tunes to see out 2024 from Ray Charles, Mood Six, Kevin Ayers, Paul Anka, Brent Ford & The Nylons, Pete Townsend, Bernard Bresslaw, Dream Syndicate, Les Tasher & His Rebel Rocks and many more ‘Sensational Sounds’!
Entertainment from a different kind of station.
Requests are most welcome:
[email protected]

Listen in at:

https://24.radio-free-marseille.online

Splendid! In a 'My Favourite Wet Tuesday Evening’ kind of way...🙄

Happy New Year to one and all 👍

24/12/2024

The 14th Bats Squids and In Between show is broadcast on Radio Free Marseille this evening 7-9PM (UK)
Repeated:
Wednesday 1-3AM
Saturday 6-8PM
Monday 2-4PM

2 hours of jolly festive entertainment from REO Speedwagon (🙄), Yogi Yorgesson, Molly Bee, The Melodeers, Rotary Connection, Martin Mull, Ramones, Commander Cody & The Lost Planet Airmen, Strawberry Blue, Gracie Fields, Paddy Roberts and many more ‘Hot Rockin’ Sounds’!
Entertainment from a different kind of station.
Requests are most welcome:
[email protected]

Listen in at:

https://24.radio-free-marseille.online

Splendid! In a 'Nuttin’ for Christmas’ kind of way...🙄