On 19 December 1984, the entire duration of Larry Blood’s jazz-centric radio show Out Front, Outback was devoted to the music of Charlie Haden. It was broadcast on the Santa Cruz, CA. independent station KUSP-FM. Mr. Blood made a dub of the show and sent it to Charlie, contained on two cassettes, both of which I found in a box of many 1980s-era tapes from my father’s collection. Side one of the first cassette can be found here. Solid, Jackson.
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“Charlie Haden Special”
Cassette one, side two
Out Front, Outback radio show
19 December 1984
KUSP-FM, Santa Cruz, CA.
Host: Larry Blood
Track listing:
* Song For Che (Charlie Haden) (from Ornette Coleman, Crisis, 1972, Impulse Records)
* Charlie Haden spoken promo for KUSP-FM
* El Quinto Regimento / Los Cuatro Generales / Viva La Quince Brigada (Traditional) (from Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra, 1970, Impulse Records)
* Friends And Neighbors (Ornette Coleman) (from Ornette Coleman, Friends And Neighbors, 1970, Flying Dutchman)
* For A Free Portugal (Charlie Haden) (from Charlie Haden, Closeness, 1976, Horizon/A&M)
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