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Listen to Off The Record – 12 September 202603:00:00∙12 September 2026∙
Playlist for Off The Record – 12 September 2026
  • Atlantic City (Live) (Nebraska Box Set) For subscriber Paul Kelly, East Bentleigh.Bruce Springsteen
  • Brave Awakening (Seed of Memory) For subscriber Chris Chapple, NorthcoteTerry Reid
  • Intro to There's A War Going On (OTR Archives: Live at Bluesfest 1996)Gil Scott-Heron
  • Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (Life, Love & The Blues, 1998)Etta James
  • I Wouldn't Treat A Dog (Bland) (Anyone's 50th: Chicago Bound Honoring Muddy, Cliff and Blue)Kam Franklin
  • One Step At A Time (Antone's 50th Chicago Bound)Ivan Neville, CC Adcock, Keith Richards
  • Into The Mystic (Into The Mystic, 2003)Lavelle White
  • Temporary People (Temporary People, 2018)Tina Harrod
  • Thank You (Just Say Yes, 2026)Ruthie Foster
  • (December 4, 1955 – September 1, 2026)CASSANDRA WILSON TRIBUTE
  • Death Letter (Son House (New Moon Daughter, 1995)Cassandra Wilson
  • Tupelo Honey (Van Morrison) (Blue Light Til Dawn, 1993)Cassandra Wilson
  • The Weight (Robertson) (Belly of The Sun, 2002)Cassandra Wilson
  • Shelter From The Storm (Belly of The Sun, 2002)Cassandra Wilson
  • RE. NEW ALBUM: GREAT TELEVISIONELIZABETH COOK INTERVIEW PART 1
  • Okeechobee Mud (Great Television)Elizabeth Cook
  • Guitar Town (Guitar Town, 1986)Steve Earle
  • Sometimes It Takes Balls To Be A Woman (Balls)Elizabeth Cook
  • PART 2ELIZABETH COOK INTERVIEW
  • Sunset Promenade (Great Television)Elizabeth Cook
  • The Easy Kind (Great Television)Elizabeth Cook
  • UK MUSICTHE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
  • Alibi SketchNot The Nine O'Clock News
  • Teenage Depression (The End of The Beginning)Eddie & The Hot Rods
  • Never Poo Poo A Poo Pooer SketchBlack Adder
  • Do Anything You Wanna Do (The End of The Beginning)Eddie & The Hot Rods
  • The Way It Goes (Hard Life)The Tubs
  • As Long As You Leave (Hard Life)The Tubs
  • Cocaine Walking, Booze Talking (Hippies, Thugs & Heroes)Richard Thompson
  • Two Coats (Saving Grace EP)Robert Plant
  • Til The Wheels Come Off (Buddy Miller)Buddy Miller
  • Almost Saturday NightGIG GUIDE THEME - Dave Edmunds
  • Michael MackenzieGIG GUIDE
  • Honky Tonk Part 2 (Outro)Bill Doggett
  • The End (Abbey Road)End Theme: The Beatles

About this program

'More old-fashioned than ever before.' John Cooper Clarke 2007

'The older I get, the better I was!' Van Dyke Parks

A ‘roots’ music program with feature interviews, in studio performances and live recordings and regular broadcasts from festivals at home and overseas.

Off The Record won the InPress Writers' Poll for Best Radio Program in Melbourne for 2011 and 2005 and was runner-up for 2006 and 2008!! Off The Record also won the PPCA Award for Excellence In Music Programming at the 2005 National Conference of the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia for a Ry Cooder interview special about his album Chavez Ravine. The program was also a finalist in the category in 2012. A weekly one hour version of the program is broadcast on the satellite network of the CBAA to more than 45 stations across Australia.

Brian is the Founding & Editor of Rhythms Magazine (which he founded in 1992). You can visit the magazine at rhythms.com.au and read about what Brian is up to outside Triple R.

EMAIL BRIAN: brianwise@aol.com

NEW ORLEANS TOUR - APRIL/MAY:

Each April/May there is an Off The Record trip to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. What could be better than travelling to the world's best music festival and enjoying music with like-minded people? The 2019 tour to Jazz Fest is BOOKED OUT. If you wish to go on the 2020 tour please email your interest: brianwise@aol.com

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