SWEETMEAT 95

 I thought it was time to revisit the music deemed as Klassic on the radio station KSHE out of St. Louis. here's some history of "Sweetmeat"

The station mascot is a sunglasses-and-headphones-wearing pig named "Sweetmeat," the likeness of which originally appeared on the cover of Blodwyn Pig's 1969 album 'Ahead Rings Out'.
Like the pig pictured on the LP cover, Sweetmeat first appeared with a joint in his mouth. This "controversial" detail disappeared in the early '80s in favor of an updated, cartoon "rocker" pig. Originally, Sweetmeat was a female. At one point, a contest was held, which allowed listeners to name her children, which there were two of, a male and a female,  Then, sometime in the '80s (More than likely at the same time the "Rocker" pig image was put into place), Sweetmeat suddenly became a male character. In recent years, the station has returned to using the original image, along with the original KSHE-95 text logo.

01 circus - string drivin thing

02 black cloud - trapeze

03 another way out - brave belt

04 if i had arocket launcher - bruce cockburn

05 baby blue - chilliwack

06 get it right on out there - bill quateman

07 easy evil - john kay

08 fly by night - alexis

09 ebony eyes - bob welch

10 should i see - frozen ghost

11 what am i living for - mark almond

12 magnolia - poco

13 post toastee - tommy bolin

14 i can feel the fire - ron wood

15 wizard = uriah heep

16 positive vibrations - ten years after

17 ready freddy = jo jo gunne

18 sign of the gypsy queen = april wine

19 quite like you - nantucket

20 nicole - point blank

21 goin' down the road - painter

22 remember the good times - paice, ashton and lord

23 across the board - kantner,slick and freiburg

24 gypsy queen - gypsy

NIGHTS AT WHITE CASTLE

Klassics Vol 4

00 nights at white castle - kshe

01 dead and gone - gypsy

02 the iske of debris - stu nunnery

03 p.n.s.(paul's new song - illinois speed press

04 tightrope - leon russell

05 lady fantasy - camel

06 home again - batdorf & rodney

07 lucky man - emerson,lake,& palmer

08 the vanilla queen - golden earring

09 jump into the fire - nilsson

10 under the boulevard lights - chuck francour

11 ah leah - donnie iris

12 love is alive - gary wright

13 poor boy blues - barclay james harvest

14 keep it warm - flo & eddie

15 shakedown cruise - jay ferguson

16 on the run - lake

17 keep yourself alive - queen

18 battle scar - max webster

19 love is like oxygen - sweet

20 china lake - mistress

21 spaceship orion - ozark mountain daredevils

22 st louis browns - skip battin

23 ships with sails - doors

24 fast gun - pavlov's dog

RUTH'S CHOICE...

KSHE klassics vol 3

00 aircheck - ruth 1982

01 let's get the show on the road - michael  stanley

02 you got me anyway - sutherland brothers & quiver

03 hold on loosely - 38 special

04 slow ride - foghat

05 train train - blackfoot

06 fly at night - chilliwack

07 roll your own - fabulous poodles

08 all right now - free

09 blue mist - mama's pride

10 movin' on - missouri

11 crazy eyes - poco

12 turn your head - headstone

13 racin' the sun - heartsfield

14 bang a gong(get it on) t-rex

15 rock candy - montrose

16 10538 overture - electric light orchestra

17 all the young dudes - moot the hoople

18 come and get your love - redbone

19 the joker - snail

20 lady of the lake - starcastle

21 too hot to handlr - ufo

22 bicentennial blues - ray manzarek

23 julia - pavlov's dog

24 remember the future(pt1)- necktar

SMOKIN" 95

KSHE Klassics Vol.2

01 Grand Funk Railroad - I Can Feel Him In The Morning

02 Nektar - Questions And Answers

03 Gypsy - Antithesis

04 Spooky Tooth - Evil Woman

05 Yes - America

06 Neil Merryweather - Hollywood Boulevard

07 Aprodite's Child - The System-Babylon

08 Rare Bird - Sympathy

09 Leo Kottke - Pamela Brown

10 Jake Jones - Trippin'Down A Country Road

11 Ozark Mountain Daredevils - If You Wanna Get To Heaven

12 Black Sabbath - Sweet Leaf

13 Ambrosia - Holdin' On To Yesterday

14 Billy Thorpe - Children Of The Sun

15 Blues Image - Ride Captain Ride

16 The Move - Feel Too Good

17 The Amboy Dukes - Scottish Tea

18 Country Joe McDonald - Hold On It's Coming

19 Be a woman - Illinois Speed Press

20 King Crimson - Epitaph

21 The Lemon Pipers - Through With You

22 The Tubes - Don't Touch Me There

23 Pavlov's Dog - Late November

24 Trapeze - You Are The Music

K-SHE ST.LOUIS

I received a request for one of the volumes from the KSHE seies. I looked back and seen that it had been awhile since they wer updated so I figured I would redo all 5 volumes

     As a young man growing up in the St.Louis area I was fortunate enough to be around for the birth of One of the first underground stations in the U.S. It is common knowledge that the underground radio format was born in San Francisco at KMPX by Tom Donahue and his group. Later it became even more prominent through KSAN. But an underground station In the Mid West? This station rivaled it's east and west coast sisters in every aspect. Amazingly while the others passed on KSHE continued on adapting and becoming even more prominent. They started as a true underground station and in late 69 early 70 began to move to the progressive rockers eventually playing heavier rock and roll. They still are on the air today over 45 years later. I do not care for their harder rock format but alas that is just the older hippie in me.
The picture posted is of Ruth Hutchinson, promoted as the worlds oldest rock and roll DJ She hosted a show called the KSHE Klassics and played music that the St Louis area deemed as classic songs .Ruth was 80 at that time The KSHE klassic show still airs on the radio station. I have put together some tunes from that time frame.
KSHE originally played lighter, female-oriented rock when it first started operating in 1961 as KSHE (Hence, the reason for the SHE in KSHE). In 1967 KSHE changed their music forever. They didn't use top 40 hits and upbeat DJs; they played the type of music that is now known as AOR(album orientated rock). Many bought their first FM radios because of this station. Now, the station is so powerful, some can get reception as far north as Springfield, IL, mainly in truck radios. This is a two-hour drive and approximately 120 miles away. Sweet Meat, the pot smoking Pig is their slogan to this day (though he has kicked his marijuana habit), along with KSHE95 REAL ROCK RADIO. The first song played on KSHE95 was White Rabbit. During the 1970s and early 1980s, KSHE was influential in the growth of many midwestern bands (such as Styx, REO Speedwagon and Head East) as well as playing the album and progressive rock of that era. KSHE had a wide and varied play list, which popularized such rock artists as Lake from Germany and Stingray from South Africa as well as playing the classics from the more well-known rock legends.
KSHE also played free form and would sometimes play up to four hours nonstop until they got into trouble with the FCC.
Because FM radio during these years provided flexibility that the AM stations
 usually didn't allow, KSHE would frequently play concept albums in their entirety, as well as entire album sides from favorites such as Rush - "2112". Sunday evenings are dedicated to playing seven albums from seven different artists on a show called the "Seventh Day". The albums usually were played from 7:00 PM until somewhat after midnight. The "Seventh Day" concept was later used by other stations around the country.
KSHE, one of the oldest continually operating rock stations in the United States, celebrated its 48th birthday as a rock station in November, 2015

KSHE Klassics volume 1

01 one fine morning - lighthouse
1a  aircheck
02 go back - crabby appleton
03 how long (has this been goin'on) - ace
04 scorchingbeauty - iron butterfly
05 who's behind the door - zebra
5a aircheck -ruth hutchinson
06 as i look into the fire - heartsfield
07 sufficently breathless - captain beyond
08 round and round - strawbs
09 from a dry camel - dust
10 i'm the light - blue cheer
11 neverbeen any reason - head east
12 two hangmen - mason profit
12a aircheck -ruth
13 the last illusion - jf murphy & salt
14 oh well - fleetwood mac
15 touch my soul - micheal finnely
16 the city - mark-almond
17 in the court of the crimson king
18 i'm not in love - 10cc
18a - aircheck - ruth
19 be with me - butts band
20 hocus pocus - focus
21 nostradamas - al stewart
22 while you were out - pavlov's dog
23 the ultimate prophecy - jd blackfoot
24 as far as you can see(as much as you can feel) - gypsy