O' WHAT A VOICE ! "O HOLY NIGHT" BY SISTER YOLANDA ADAMS. MARVELOUS!!

TWO GREATS !! KENNY BURRELL AND BILL EVANS - "A CHILD IS BORN"

OW! OW! OW OW OW ! ! IT'S THE GENIUS IN GERMANY AT CHRISTMAS SINGIN' THE NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC STANDARD "MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY"

IT'S 2003 AND THE JUBILATION GOSPEL CHOIR MUST'A BEEN BESIDE THEMSELVES WITH THE LEGENDARY MR. RAY CHARLES ON STAGE WITH THEM . . . MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF OUR WAGRadio LISTENERS ! !

OH HECKOV'AVOX! IT'S BROTHER BILLY PORTER MAGICALLY PERFORMING "OH HOLY NIGHT" . . .

HO HO HO AND A YO! YO! YO! 'TIS THE SPIRIT THAT'S UPON US ALL . . . WAGRadio WISHES ALL OUR LISTENERS AND THEIR FAMILIES A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS AND HEALTHY 2015 . . . IT'S A GROOVIN' BLUE XMAS ! !

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HAPPY YULE EVERYONE.  GET ON BOARD THE NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC TRAIN 'CUZ IT'S CHUGGIN' PAST YOUR PLACE WITH A WHOLE LOTTA CHOONS THAT WILL BRING BACK FOND MEMORIES OF  CHRISTMAS PAST.  DJZigZag IS IN HIS MOSTLY XMAS RED HOUSECOAT AND NATTY SLIPPERS . . . HE'S GOT A WEIGHT-WATCHIN' SUGAR-FREE HOT CHOCOLATE IN HIS RIGHT HAND AND A HUNK 'A PRUNE STRUEDEL IN HIS OTHER PAW.  HE'S PUT TOGETHER A MOST LAID BACK SEASONAL PROGRAM THIS TIME AND WE HERE AT WAGRadio ARE DIGGIN' IT AND HOPE YOU WILL TOO !
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE . . . FROM ALL OUR STAFFERS ! !
MARNIE COULTER - COPY DEPARTMENT
TED BISHOP - ON AIR ANNOUNCER
SUNNY 'SWEET DADDY FONK' WONG - ON AIR PERSONALITY
KEITH 'DA K. KASHUN' WHITE - HEAD ENGINEER
BLU MANKUMA - MUSIC CONSULTANT AND ON AIR ANNOUNCER
DON CHESSA - MUSIC CONSULTANT
DENNIS 'MELEKALIKIMAGAHAI' JANG - SPIRITUAL CONSULTANT
MORGAN "CAP'N" TANNER - MUSIC CONSULTANT AND WAGRadio STORE MANAGER
BILL REITER - RECORD (VINYL) LIBRARIAN AND MUSIC DIRECTOR
MISS A. - STATION MANAGER
RON SIMMONDS - MUSIC CONSULTANT
JASON VANDERHILL - STATION PHOTOGRAPHER AND BIOGRAPHER
EBBA REITER - ASST. STATION MANAGER
MIKE "E.E.K.O.D.B." CVETKOVICH - MENTOR, ON-AIR PERSONALITY AND MUSIC CONSULTANT
"CHUBBY" HAYES - MENTOR, ON-AIR PERSONALITY AND MUSIC CONSULTANT 


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BIG WAGRadio / BILL REITER RECORD SALE TODAY - DECEMBER 6th, 2014 . . . LPs Jazz, Rock, Funk - $5 (50 East Pender Street) CHINATOWN MALL

 Big Record Sale Today ! ! ! LPs Jazz, Rock, Funk - $5 (50 East Pender Street)

Morgan Tanner will be selling 8 crates (600 pieces) of Jazz (50% of the stock is Jazz), Soul, Funk, Rock, Blues, Disco, Boogie, House, Hip Hop, R&B, Reggae, Latin, Brazilian, etc
TODAY ! ! December 6th from 11am - 6pm at the "Chinatown Mall" event at the Chinese Cultural Centre located at 50 East Pender Street.
Prices range from $1 - $50 (most titles priced at $5 or $10)
Blue Note, Jazzland, Prestige, Muse, Apple, Motown, Stax, Def Jam, Verve, ECM, Enja, Groove Merchant, Riverside, Limelight, Impulse!, Atlantic, Milestone, Fantasy, Skye, CTI etc
Original Pressings, LPs & 12 inch Singles many still sealed deadstock copies, many rare pieces, everything is amazing shape (NM or Still Sealed)
http://instagram.com/unkb_zwax

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OH YEAH, GET ON 'DA FLOOR ! CUZ IT'S AN ALL-NU GRUVIN' BLU . . . GROOVIN' BLUE 14 - 12 AND IT'S REAL TASTY TOO ! ! HOT AND RARE AND FULL OF JUICE ! !

              Photo: "Ky's Roast Beef Dinner" by Amanda McRoberts

FROM HERE TO THERE.  OVER THE MOUNTAIN AND 'CROSS THE SEA.  WE GOT A FULL CRATE OF DYNAMIC SOULFUL NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC GOODIES FOR ALL Y'ALL! !
ROY AYERS, MARIAH CAREY, BUNNY SIGLER, FRANCK ROGER & OLIVIER PORTAL, DENHAM SMITH, PLISSKEN, THE DELLS, JAH CURE, REBIRTH BRASS BAND, SISQUO, JAH DEFENDER AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND . . .

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THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO VISITED THE WAGRadio BILL REITER VINYL COLLECTION TABLE AT THE MAIN STREET RECORD SHOW. WATCH FOR "CAP'N" MORGAN TANNER SETTING SAIL FOR THE CHINATOWN MALL ON DECEMEBER, 6th.

THE PHOTO ABOVE IS FROM A COUPLA' MONTHS AGO.  THE WAGRadio BILL REITER VINYL COLLECTION CAN BE FOUND AT MANY OF THE BEST RECORD SHOPS IN VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA.  THIS LOT OF THREE HUNDRED REGGAE SEVENS (45 rpm) FROM THE COLLECTION CAN STILL BE FOUND AT BEAT STREET RECORDS ON  HASTINGS STREET, DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER.  http://www.beatstreet.ca/
ACROSS THE STREET AT SIKORA'S RECORDS THERE'S A GIANT SLUG OF WONDERFUL CLASSICAL ALBUMS FORMERLY PART OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COLLECTION.  MOST OF THE OTHER BEST-KNOWN VINYL OUTLETS IN THE CITY ARE NOW THE PURVEYORS OF SOME OF THE 30,000 PIECE ASSEMBLAGE.
HERE'S A PAGE FROM THE GREAT BLOG 'BOINGBOING' SENT TO WAGRadio BY STAFFER JASON V.  IT TELLS SOMETHIN' 'BOUT THE NUTSY-CRAZEE TYPES WHO OBSESS ON VINYL.
http://boingboing.net/2014/11/18/vinyl-hoarders-in-words-and-pi.html

WATCH FOR MORE OF THE COLLECTION-ON-SALE IN A FEW WEEKS  - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6th - "CHINATOWN MALL" - 50 EAST PENDER STREET.

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QUALITY OF THIS AIN'T THAT GOOD BUT THIS MAY BE THE NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR - OUR MAN KENDRICK LAMAR ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE PERFORMING "i" . . .

DEAR LAWD IS THIS A POWERFUL PIECE OF MUSIC. IT'S NE YO Feat. JEEZY AND "MONEY CAN'T BUY". THIS IS GON' BE HUGE ON THE NEXT GROOVIN' BLUE 14 - 12 . . . COMIN' SOON!

AS Mr. JIMMY SMITH SEZ. "YA' MUS' KNOW THIS" . . . IT'S J. SMITH WITH CHICAGO LEGEND PHIL UPCHURCH ON GUITAR. SO SOULFUL!!

WONDERFULLY SOULFUL VERSION OF "SONG FOR MY FATHER" by COMPOSER HORACE SILVER. (1968)

A SUNDAY LIKE NO OTHER THIS YEAR. NOVEMBER 16th, 2014. THE FINAL VINYL RECORD SHOW OF 2014 AND ALSO TEN MINUTES AWAY - GUITAR LEGEND BRO' HENRY YOUNG AND HIS QUARTET AT THE PATRICIA HOTEL'S PAT'S BAR ! ! WHAT A DAY !

SUPPOSEDLY IF YA' TELL THE BARTENDER AT PAT'S PUB THAT YOU ARE PARKING YOUR RIDE IN THEIR LOT - THE PARKING IS FREE!  . . . AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THREE HOURS OF JOYFUL, SOULFUL, JAZZ WITH DOUG LOUIE, PAUL BLANEY, FRANK DATO AND HENRY "MO" YOUNG. 
BEFORE THE 2:00 PM START AT PAT'S PUB WE SUGGEST YOU VISIT THE MAIN STREET VINYL FAIR AT MAIN AND 15th.  WHAT A PERFECT SUNDAY OF FONK, VINYL AND ROLL!
THIS WILL BE 2014's FOURTH AND FINAL AND ALSO THE  LARGEST-EVER VINYL RECORD FAIR WITH OVER 50 VENDORS AND PROMISES TO BE MORE THAN A GOOD'UN.
REMEMBER TO VISIT THE WAGRadio TABLE AND SAY HELLO TO OUR OWN "CAP'N'" MORGAN TANNER WHO WILL BE THERE WITH HIS POPS THE LEGENDARY VANCOUVER B.C. DISC JOCKEY "JOLLY" JOHN TANNER - THEY WILL BE SELLIN' AND VENDIN' A GOODLY CHUNK OF THE BILL REITER WAGRadio VINYL LIBRARY COLLECTION.
HERE'S THE RECORD FAIRE'S WEBSITE: http://www.vinylrecordfair.com/
THE MAIN STREET RECORD FAIR IS ALL DAY SUNDAY !

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WHEW ! ! OHMYGAWD ! ! ! . . . ALL OF SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER and NO GROOVIN' BLUE !. . . WHA'S BIN' HAPPENIN'?? WELL, HERE'S A BRAND NEW GROOVIN' BLUE 14 - 11 FOR ALL Y'ALL . . . AND IT IS SO GOOD (WE HOPE YOU AGREE) IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT !

              Photo: "Loveless Cafe, Nashville TN by juliarghh2

WE HERE AT WAGRadio KNOW Y'ALL BIN' WAITIN' A HULLUVA LONG TIME FOR A NEW GROOVIN' BLUE . . . DUE TO UNFORSEEN HAP'NIN'S WE COULD ONLY ASK DJZigZag TO GIVE US HIS BEST SHOT WITH THE NEXT ONE and HERE IT IS  GROOVIN' BLUE 14 - 11  AND BOY OH BOY . . . . HAS BROTHER ZIGGIZIGZAGGYRUMPYPUMPY EVER COME THROUGH.  THIS NU G.B. IS CHOCK FULL O' FONK AND SOUL AND REGGAE AND JAMS!!
DIG ON IT AND GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK.  ALSO, LOOK FOR ANOTHER GROOVIN' BLUE BEFORE NOVEMBER IS OUT.

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