Friday 9/30/22 9pm ET: Feature LP: Robert Plant – Pictures At Eleven (1982)

Pictures at Eleven is the debut solo album by former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, released on June 25, 1982. Genesis drummer Phil Collins played drums for five of the album’s eight songs. Ex-Rainbow drummer Cozy Powell handled drums on “Slow Dancer” and “Like I’ve Never Been Gone.” On the song “Fat Lip”, guitarist Robbie Blunt played a TR-808 drum machine. The title was an often-heard phrase in U.S. television news that would follow a brief announcement of a story of interest to be shown later during a station’s 11 PM news program. Pictures at Eleven is the only one of Plant’s solo albums to appear on Led Zeppelin’s record label Swan Song. By the time of Plant’s next release, 1983’s The Principle of Moments, Swan Song had ceased to function, and Plant had started his own label named Es Paranza, which would also be distributed by Atlantic Records.

1. “Burning Down One Side” 3:55
2. “Moonlight in Samosa” 3:58
3. “Pledge Pin” 4:01
4. “Slow Dancer” 7:43
5. “Worse Than Detroit” 5:55
6. “Fat Lip” 5:05
7. “Like I’ve Never Been Gone” 5:56
8. “Mystery Title” 5:16
9. “Far Post” 4:42

Robert Plant – vocals
Robbie Blunt – guitars, TR-808 on track 6
Jezz Woodroffe – keyboards, synthesizers,
Phil Collins – drums on tracks 1-3, 5, 8, all bonus tracks
Cozy Powell – drums on tracks 4 and 7
Paul Martinez – bass guitar
Raphael Ravenscroft – saxophone on track 3

Thursday 9/8/22 10pm ET: Feature LP: Robert Plant – The Principle of Moments (1983)

The Principle of Moments is the second solo studio album by the English singer Robert Plant, formerly of Led Zeppelin. It was Plant’s second Top 10 album in the US and UK. It also gave him his first solo Top 40 hit with “Big Log”. The most popular track on album-oriented rock radio in the US was “Other Arms”, which reached number-one on the Billboard Top Tracks chart. Genesis’ drummer Phil Collins played drums for six of the album’s eight songs (as he did on Pictures at Eleven). On the other two tracks former Jethro Tull drummer Barriemore Barlow performed.

Released July 11, 1983

Like Plant’s first solo album, Pictures at Eleven, the songs departed from the hard rock sound of Led Zeppelin. Following the strength of these albums, Plant launched a successful tour in 1983. Phil Collins was the drummer for Plant’s band for the North American portion of the tour. Collins was content to perform in the background, despite his own enormous success as a solo artist and with Genesis at the time. Little Feat’s Richie Hayward played drums for the remaining dates.

Rhino Entertainment released a remastered edition of the album, with bonus tracks, on April 3, 2007.

1. “Other Arms” 4:20
2. “In the Mood” 5:19
3. “Messin’ with the Mekon” 4:40
4. “Wreckless Love” 5:18
5. “Thru’ with the Two Step” 5:33
6. “Horizontal Departure” 4:19
7. “Stranger Here… Than Over There” 4:18
8. “Big Log” 5:03
9. “In the Mood” (Live) 7:35
10. “Thru’ with the Two Step” (Live) 11:11
11. “Lively Up Yourself” (Live) 3:04
12. “Turnaround” 4:55

Robert Plant: lead vocals and backing vocals
Robbie Blunt: guitars
Gerald Woodroffe: synthesizers
Paul Martinez: basses
Phil Collins: drums, except 4 and 7 (incl. bonus tracks)
Barriemore Barlow: drums on tracks 4 and 7
John David: backing vocals
Ray Martinez: backing vocals

Friday 7/15/22 1am ET: Live Track Show

Tonight:

Kenny Loggins, Supertramp, Dave Matthews Band, Elton John, Kelly Clarkson, Honeydrippers, Bon Jovi, Sha Na Na, Chuck Berry, Disturbed Featuring Myles Kennedy, UFO, Doors, Rolling Stones, Los Lonely boys with Ronnie Milsap, Bonnie Raitt, Metallica with the San Francisco Symphony, Van Morrison, Duran Duran, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Frampton, Grand Funk, Scorpions

Wednesday 7/13/22 1am ET: Live Track Show

Tonight:

Paul McCartney & Wings, Jethro Tull, Bon Jovi, Al Stewart, John Fogerty, Foreigner, Doobie Brothers, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Neil Young, Ozzy Osbourne, Queen, Rolling Stones, Mavis Staples, Journey, Robert Plant, Joe Cocker, Sly & The Family Stone, Nick Lowe, Nils Lofgren, Eagles, Def Leppard

Thursday 6/2/22 7pm ET: Feature LP: Robert Plant – Shaken ‘n’ Stirred (1985)

Shaken ‘n’ Stirred is the third solo studio album by English singer Robert Plant, released on May 20,1985 by Es Paranza. Plant, Benji Le Fevre and Tim Palmer produced the album. Shaken ‘n’ Stirred peaked at No. 19 on the UK Albums Chart and at No. 20 on the U.S. Billboard 200.

The album featured his second Mainstream Rock Tracks top hit, “Little by Little”, which was No. 1 on the chart for two weeks. “Sixes and Sevens” also charted on that chart, peaking at No. 18.

Rhino Entertainment released a remastered edition of the album, with one bonus track, on March 20, 2007.

On his podcast, Digging Deep, Plant remembers “Too Loud” as one song that was misunderstood. “I got some of Bette Midler’s girls to help me with some choruses and stuff,” he says. “I basically was seriously affected by David Byrne [of Talking Heads]. It’s very funny, it’s a funny song, it’s supposed to be funny.”

“Hip to Hoo” – 4:51
“Kallalou Kallalou” – 4:17
“Too Loud” – 4:07
“Trouble Your Money” – 4:14
“Pink and Black” – 3:45
“Little by Little” – 4:43
“Doo Doo a Do Do” – 5:09
“Easily Lead” – 4:35
“Sixes and Sevens” – 6:04

Robert Plant – vocals
Robbie Blunt – guitar, synthesizer guitar
Paul Martinez – bass guitar, guitar
Jezz Woodroffe – keyboards
Richie Hayward – drums
Toni Halliday – additional vocals

Wednesday 6/1/22 11pm ET: Robert Plant – Now and Zen (1988)

Now and Zen is the fourth solo album by Robert Plant, released February 29, 1988 by Es Paranza Records, Plant’s own label. The album made the top 10 in the US (No. 6) and UK (No. 10). It was certified triple platinum by the RIAA on September 7, 2001. The album was produced by Tim Palmer, Robert Plant, and Phil Johnstone.

“Heaven Knows” – 4:06
“Dance on My Own” – 4:30
“Tall Cool One” – 4:40
“The Way I Feel” – 5:40
“Helen of Troy” – 5:06
“Billy’s Revenge” – 3:34
“Ship of Fools” – 5:01
“Why” – 4:14
“White, Clean and Neat” – 5:28
“Walking Towards Paradise” – 4:40

Robert Plant – vocals
Doug Boyle – guitars
Phil Scragg – bass
Phil Johnstone – keyboards, programming
Chris Blackwell – drums and percussion
Jimmy Page – guitar solos on “Heaven Knows” and “Tall Cool One”
Marie Pierre, Kirsty MacColl, Toni Halliday – backing vocals

Saturday 1/15/22 12pm ET: RadioMaxMusic Special: A2Z of the Hit of 1990 – Part 1

We interrupt our regular Saturday schedule with an installment of Part 1 of our library of 1990. In this segment we’ll feature music from: Stranglers, Soul II Soul, Tom Petty, Beautiful South, Eric Johnson, Willie Nelson, KC & The Sunshine Band, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Nick Lowe, Elton John, Whistle, Robert Planet, Ian Hunter & Mark Ronson, and many more.

12pm to 4pm ET

Wednesday 12/1/21 12am ET: Feature LP: Alison Krauss & Robert Plant – Raise The Roof (2021)

Raise the Roof is the second collaborative studio album by British singer-songwriter Robert Plant and American bluegrass-country singer Alison Krauss. The album was released on November 19, 2021, by Rounder Records and Concord Records in the United States and Warner Music for the rest of the world.

1. “Quattro (World Drifts In)” 4:33
2. “The Price of Love” 4:50
3. “Go Your Way” 5:07
4. “Trouble with My Lover” 4:03
5. “Searching for My Love” 4:03
6. “Can’t Let Go” 3:41
7. “It Don’t Bother Me” 5:06
8. “You Led Me to the Wrong” 4:17
9. “Last Kind Words Blues” 4:06
10. “High and Lonesome” 4:33
11. “Going Where the Lonely Go” 4:10
12. “Somebody Was Watching Over Me” 5:02

Alison Krauss – vocals, fiddle
Robert Plant – vocals
T Bone Burnett six-string bass, composer, acoustic and electric guitars, Mellotron, producer, vocal harmony, backing vocals
David Hidalgo – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Bill Frisell – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Buddy Miller – electric mandolin, guitar
Marc Ribot – acoustic guitar, banjo, dobro, electric guitar
Dennis Crouch – bass guitar
Stuart Duncan – banjo, cello, fiddle, mandolin
Jay Bellerose – drums

Wednesday 9/22/21 1:10am ET: Feature LP: Honeydrippers – Volume One (1984)

The Honeydrippers: Volume One is an EP released on September 24, 1984, by a band led by rock singer Robert Plant. The project originated when Atlantic Records president Ahmet Ertegun wanted to record an album of his favorite songs from the 1950s. Plant was chosen because Ertegun had seen his pick-up band the Honeydrippers performing 1950s standards. Included in the band were Chic front man Nile Rodgers, Late Night with David Letterman bandleader Paul Shaffer, and former Yardbirds guitarists Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page—the latter was also Plant’s former bandmate in Led Zeppelin.

Robert Plant has stated that this is his personal favorite project that he ever recorded.

The album was re-released in a remastered edition in 2007 as part of a Robert Plant remaster series, with the live version of “Rockin’ at Midnight” (previously released on the 12-inch single version of the studio recording) included as a bonus track. Plant and Ertegun discussed the possibility of doing another Honeydrippers album, but with the latter’s death in December 2006, the plan was shelved permanently.

1. “I Get a Thrill” 2:39
2. “Sea of Love” 3:03
3. “I Got a Woman” 2:58
4. “Young Boy Blues” 3:30
5. “Rockin’ at Midnight” 5:57
6. “Rockin’ at Midnight” (live in Birmingham NEC, September 8, 1985) – 4:14

Robert Plant – vocals
Jeff Beck – guitars (“I Got a Woman,” and “Rockin’ at Midnight”)
Jimmy Page – guitars (“Sea of Love” and “I Get a Thrill”)
Nile Rodgers – rhythm guitar
Paul Shaffer – piano
Dave Weckl – drums
Wayne Pedzwater – bass
Keith Evans – saxophone (“Rockin’ at Midnight”)

Bonus track
Robert Plant – vocals
Robbie Blunt – guitar
Paul Martinez – bass
Jezz Woodroffe – keyboards
Richie Hayward – drums

The King Bees (a.k.a. The Uptown Horns) – horns
Crispin Cioe: alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
Bob Funk: trombone
Arno Hecht: tenor saxophone
Paul Litteral: trumpet

The Queen Bees – backing vocals
Ula Hedwig
Chrissie Faith
Millie Whiteside

Wednesday 6/2/21 3pm ET: Sounds of The ’90s

This week we feature music from the EnVogue, Aerosmith, Chris Isaak, Meredith Brooks, Tina Turner, Elton John, Seal, Alan Jackson, Del Amitri, Robert Plant and more . . . 3 – 6pm ET

Monday 11/16/2020 11pm ET: Feature LP: No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded (1994)

No Quarter is a live album by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, both formerly of English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was released by Atlantic Records on October 14 1994. The long-awaited reunion between Jimmy Page and Robert Plant occurred on a 90-minute “UnLedded” MTV project, recorded in Morocco, Wales, and London. It was not a reunion of Led Zeppelin, however, as former bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones was not present. In fact, Jones was not even told about the reunion by his former bandmates. He later commented that he was unhappy about Plant and Page naming the album after “No Quarter”, a Led Zeppelin song which was largely his work.

In addition to acoustic numbers, the album features a reworking of Led Zeppelin classics featuring a Moroccan string band and Egyptian orchestra supplementing a core group of rock and roll musicians, along with four Middle-Eastern and Moroccan-influenced songs: “City Don’t Cry”, “Yallah” (or “The Truth Explodes”), “Wonderful One”, and “Wah Wah”.

The album was #4 on debut on the Billboard’s Pop Albums chart.

Several years later, Plant reflected on the collaboration very positively:

The will and the eagerness with Unledded were fantastic and [Page] was really creative. Jimmy and I went in a room and it was back. His riffs were spectacular. To take it as far as we did, and the tour we did – it’s one of the most ambitious and mind altering experiences.

“No Quarter”
“Thank You”
“What Is And What Should Never Be”
“The Battle of Evermore”
“Gallows Pole”
“Nobody’s Fault but Mine”
“City Don’t Cry”
“The Truth Explodes” (formerly known as “Yallah”)
“Wah Wah”
“When the Levee Breaks”
“Wonderful One”
“Since I’ve Been Loving You”
“The Rain Song”
“That’s the Way”
“Four Sticks”
“Friends”
“Kashmir”
“Black Dog”

Robert Plant – vocals
Jimmy Page – acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin

Wednesday 11/11/2020 1am ET: Feature LP 2020: Robert Plant – Digging Deep: Subterranea (2020)

Digging Deep: Subterranea is a compilation album featuring solo performances from English rock singer Robert Plant, released on October 2, 2020. The songs were assembled as a companion to his podcast series Digging Deep with Robert Plant that explores the composition and recording of hits, album tracks, and previously unreleased songs throughout Plant’s career post-Led Zeppelin.

“Rainbow”
“Hurting Kind”
“Shine It All Around”
“Ship of Fools”
“Nothing Takes the Place of You”
“Darkness, Darkness”
“Heaven Knows”
“In the Mood”
“Charlie Patton Highway (Turn It Up – Part 1)”
“New World”
“Like I’ve Never Been Gone”
“I Believe”
“Dance with You Tonight”
“Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down”
“Great Spirit” (Acoustic)

“Angel Dance”
“Takamba”
“Anniversary”
“Wreckless Love”
“White Clean & Neat”
“Silver Rider”
“Fat Lip”
“29 Palms”
“Last Time I Saw Her”
“Embrace Another Fall”
“Too Much Alike”
“Big Log”
“Falling in Love Again”
“Memory Song (Hello Hello)”
“Promised Land”

Monday 8/24/2020 1pm ET: Feature Artist – Robert Plant

Robert Anthony Plant CBE (born August 20, 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin.

Plant enjoyed great success with Led Zeppelin throughout the 1970s and developed a compelling image as the charismatic rock-and-roll front man, similar to contemporaries such as Roger Daltrey of the Who, Freddie Mercury of Queen, Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones and Jim Morrison of the Doors. With his mane of long blond hair and powerful, bare-chested appearance, Plant helped to create the “god of rock and roll” or “rock god” archetype. Although Led Zeppelin dissolved in 1980, Plant occasionally collaborated with Jimmy Page on various projects through this period, including forming a short-lived all-star group with Page and Jeff Beck in 1984, called the Honeydrippers. They released an album called The Honeydrippers: Volume One, and the band had a No. 3 hit with a remake of Phil Phillips’ tune “Sea of Love”, plus a follow-up hit with a cover of Roy Brown’s “Rockin’ at Midnight”.

A powerful and wide vocal range (particularly evident in his high-pitched vocals) has given him a successful singing career spanning over 50 years. In 2008, Rolling Stone editors ranked him number 15 on their list of the 100 best singers of all time. In 2011, Rolling Stone readers ranked Plant the greatest of all lead singers. In 2006, Hit Parader magazine named Plant the “Greatest Metal Vocalist of All Time”. In 2009, Plant was voted “the greatest voice in rock” in a poll conducted by Planet Rock.

Tuesday 6pm: Spot Light Artist – Robert Plant

Robert Anthony Plant CBE (born August 20, 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin.

Plant enjoyed great success with Led Zeppelin throughout the 1970s and developed a compelling image as the charismatic rock-and-roll front man, similar to contemporaries such as Roger Daltrey of the Who, Freddie Mercury of Queen, Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones and Jim Morrison of the Doors. With his mane of long blond hair and powerful, bare-chested appearance, Plant helped to create the “god of rock and roll” or “rock god” archetype. Although Led Zeppelin dissolved in 1980, Plant occasionally collaborated with Jimmy Page on various projects through this period, including forming a short-lived all-star group with Page and Jeff Beck in 1984, called the Honeydrippers. They released an album called The Honeydrippers: Volume One, and the band had a No. 3 hit with a remake of Phil Phillips’ tune “Sea of Love”, plus a follow-up hit with a cover of Roy Brown’s “Rockin’ at Midnight”.

A powerful and wide vocal range (particularly evident in his high-pitched vocals) has given him a successful singing career spanning over 50 years. In 2008, Rolling Stone editors ranked him number 15 on their list of the 100 best singers of all time. In 2011, Rolling Stone readers ranked Plant the greatest of all lead singers. In 2006, Hit Parader magazine named Plant the “Greatest Metal Vocalist of All Time”. In 2009, Plant was voted “the greatest voice in rock” in a poll conducted by Planet Rock.

Tuesday 6pm: Artist Countdown – Robert Plant Top 35 Hits

Robert Anthony Plant CBE (born 20 August 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin.

Plant enjoyed great success with Led Zeppelin throughout the 1970s and developed a compelling image as the charismatic rock-and-roll front man, similar to his contemporaries, The Who singer Roger Daltrey, Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones and Jim Morrison of the Doors. With his mane of long blond hair and powerful, bare-chested appearance, Plant helped to create the “god of rock and roll” or “rock god” archetype.

Although Led Zeppelin split in 1980, Plant occasionally collaborated with Jimmy Page on various projects through this period, including forming a short-lived all-star group with Page and Jeff Beck in 1984, called the Honeydrippers. They released an album called The Honeydrippers: Volume One, and the band had a No. 3 hit with a remake of the Phil Phillips’ tune “Sea of Love”, plus a follow-up hit with a cover of Roy Brown’s “Rockin’ at Midnight”.

A powerful and wide vocal range (particularly evident in his high-pitched vocals) has given him a successful singing career spanning over 50 years. In 2006, Heavy Metal magazine Hit Parader named Plant the “Greatest Metal Vocalist of All Time”. In 2009, Plant was voted “the greatest voice in rock” in a poll conducted by Planet Rock. In 2008, Rolling Stone editors ranked him number 15 on their list of the 100 best singers of all time. In 2011, Rolling Stone readers ranked Plant the greatest of all lead singers. – Wikipedia