Magic Records with CalZone!

Host(s): 
Cal Zone
Timeslot: 
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 - 8:00pm
Length: 
1 hour
Type of Show: 
Music

I've got a 'thing' for off-beat pop, rock, soul, jazz, R&B, C&W, EZ listening, and all the sub-genres...primarily from the 1950's-80's.  I smoosh it all together and that's Magic Records.  If you don't like what you're hearing, wait 5 minutes.  Currently my show is scheduled on Wednesdays from 8pm-9pm. A SOLID HOUR OF RADIO POWER! I also sometimes do pop-up fill-in's.  Check out my mixcloud page for the back story!  

https://www.mixcloud.com/cal_zone/

 

Past Episodes

  • Magic Records 5 7 2025 - Echoes ...Endlessly... Aired: Wednesday, May 7, 2025

    A leisurely peregrination across the genres of Psychedelia, Soul, 80's Art Pop, Post Bop, and Moog Exploitation led via your docent of the moment, CalZone!

    Featuring music by Gene Clark! Mercury Rev! The Third Rail! Donovan! Swamp Dogg! Hoodoo Gurus! Pere Ubu! Wynonna Carr! Lesley Gore! Roxy Music! Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers! Mort Garson! Bread! The Bert Campbell Orchestra! and more!

    Thanks for listening to Magic Records, spending your valuable leisure time with yer ol pal, Cal, and supporting WAYO Freeform Radio who let me explore and exploit the airwaves!

  • Magic Records 4 30 2025 - Subliminal Sounds! Aired: Wednesday, April 30, 2025
    A selection of recordings picked up at the Record Fair, dropped off by friends, or fell from the heavens above. All prepared for you today by the media magic of CalGoRythm™
    Featuring music by Leo Diamond! Young Holt Unlimited! Donovan! The Undisputed Truth! Betty Everett! LaBelle! Jimmy McGriff! Willie Bobo! Gal Costa! Caetano Veloso! Booker Ervin! Mary Lou Williams! Blue Magic! Plus a NY Mets update, and much more!
  • Magic Records 4 23 2025 - Winds of Change! Aired: Wednesday, April 23, 2025
    ICYMI...last night I did a radio thing....I embrace the wind of change via music by The Bee Gees! Labelle! Curtis Mayfield! Brian Wilson! Nick Lowe! Gene Pitney! Delroy Wilson! The Cars! And the title cut from the newly reissued Pharoah Sanders album Izipho Zam! Plus a NY Mets update! Info about the upcoming Sunday Record Fair at Radio Social, a teaser for a new show on WAYO! Plus More!
  • Magic Records 4 16 2025 - Step By Step - RSD and Pittsburgh Area Finds Aired: Wednesday, April 16, 2025
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    I played a bunch of records I either bought on RSD, thrifted in Uniontown PA, or picked up at a used book store in Shadyside Pittsburgh. All of them are pure Magic!
     
    Featuring music by The 13th Floor Elevators! The Mandrake Memorial! Eddie and The Hot Rods! Slim Willit! Nathan Davis! Freddie Hubbard! The Neighborhood! Delaney and Bonnie! Booker T & The MG's! The Isley Brothers! Arthur Conley! Joe Simon! The Moments! Neil Diamond! and more!
     
  • Magic Records WAYO 4 9 2025 Nothing From Nothing! Aired: Wednesday, April 9, 2025

    I start with some sweet nothings and end with a big something. In the middle it's all fun and games.

    Featuring songs by Richard Hayman and Walter Sear! The Groop! The Turtles! The Gang of Four (RIP Dave Allen)!, Blondie (RIP Clem Burke!)! Billy Preston! new music from The Guy Hamper Trio! The Dave Pike Set! June Tyson! Mo Koffman! Suicide! And so much more!

    Thanks for listening to Magic Records and spending time with your ol pal, Cal! Thanks for supporting WAYO, and my show co-sponsors, The Hi Fi Lounge and The New York Mets!

  • Magic Records 4 2 2025 Panic...Lets Go Mets! Aired: Wednesday, April 2, 2025
     
    A love letter to Funk Music, the return of Baseball and my beloved NY Mets, plus salutes to Gene Hackman, D. Boon, Herb Alpert, and other musical birthdays!
    Featuring music by David Johanson! Reparata and The Delrons! James Brown! Parliament! Gil Scott Heron! LaBelle! The Intruders! The Miracle Mets! The New York Dream Team! Glen Osser Orchestra and Chorus! David Shire! Bobby Hutcherson! Billy Taylor! The Minutemen! Rami & The Reliables! Herb Alpert and His Tijuana Brass! and more!
  • Magic Records 3 26 2025 Silver Songs! Aired: Wednesday, March 26, 2025
     
    Every Magic Records episode is a Wonder To Behold! This one is no exception!
    We begin with songs of silver! Explore modern and vintage Psychedelic Pop Rocks, Take a Hike up Dave Pike's Peak! Debut a newly remastered Joe Henderson Masterpiece, a bit of Danish Jazz, and a slice of Meek!
  • Magic Records WAYO 3 19 2025 - Would You Believe There Is a Mountain? Aired: Wednesday, March 19, 2025
    ICYMI....Last night I did a radio thing...
    Another CalGoRhythm™ powered show! I begin with some Sunshine/Psych Pop, shift to a Roy Ayers (RIP) Tribute set, and a salute to Jesse Colin Young who also passed last week. After the break I take a hard left to a forgotten post-punk pop nugget circa 1985, visit briefly with Marshall Allen's New Dawn LP, an Ornette Coleman classic, and finish up with a Zoot Sims melody that should be familiar to hardcore Wes Anderson fans.
  • Magic Records WAYO 3 12 2025 Handbags and Glad Rags Aired: Wednesday, March 12, 2025
    ICYMI...last night I did a radio thing. You can listen to the whole hour just by clicking the link!
    A pure CalGoRhythim™ method show! We start the set with some oddball pop flys of the 60's, slide on over to some sitar exploitation, and bagpipe explosions! Then we take a sharp left turn to some Exotica and Afro-Cuban Jazz. Somehow it all works out in the wash!
  • Magic Records 3 5 2025 Natures Way Aired: Wednesday, March 5, 2025

    I begin with a salute to Fat Ash Wednesday. Rockin Rochester, David Johanson, and Jerry Butler (RIP). In the second half I sandwich two hippie era favorites with some early Kraut Rock from Amon Duul, and some experimental pedal steel music from the late Susan Alcorn (RIP). I wrap with a soft rock monolith from the 70s.

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