Today we sit down in a secret kaleidoscope in the not so distant past with musicians Chris and Hannah from Oakland's own Abracadabra.
We learned a lot about streaming services creating this broadcast, including that there are many versions of Yoko Ono covering herself singing, "Walking On Thin Ice". None of the platforms I checked seem to have this original version available, if you purchase or own John Lennon & Yoko Ono's album "Double Fantasy", it is a bonus track. I also linked below, Yoko Ono's official video from 1981.
If you want to listen to the songs selected by Abracadabra again later, check out the playlist on Spotify!
Playlist
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Do It Today by Maximum Joy on Station M.X.J.Y. (Superior Songs) -
Mesopotamia by The B-52's on Mesopotamia - EP (Warner Records) -
Get It Right by Animal Magic on Shake The Foundations: Militant Funk & The Post-Punk Dancefloor 1978-1984 (Various Parties) -
Rage & Fascination by Cristina on Sleep It Off (ZE Records) -
To Climb the Cliff by Antena on Camino Del Sol (Numero Group) -
Hello Peru by Abracadabra on Abracadabra (Anniversary) New Local -
Swing by Japan on Gentlemen Take Polaroids (Virgin Records Ltd) -
Black Sheep by Gina X Performance on Nice Mover (KG Beat) -
La Morte by Karl Biscuit on Crammed Global Soundclash 1980-89, Pt. 2: ElectroWave (Crammed Discs) -
Art nègre by Cha Cha Guitri on French Synth Wave (St Etienne 1981) (Born Bad Records) -
Sun Is Shining by Lizzy Mercier Descloux on Mambo Nassau (ZE Records) -
Magnificent Gestures by Cate Le Bon on Reward (Kemado Records, Inc., d/b/a Mexican Summer) -
Wifi Beach by Brijean on Feelings (Ghostly International) New Local -
Hikari No Ito Kin No Ito by Mishio Ogawa on Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds of Japan 1980-1988 (Light In The Attic Records) -
La bataille de neige by Domenique Dumont on Comme ça - EP (Antinote) -
La nuit nous appartient by Caroline Loeb on Piranana (ZE Records) -
Launderette by Vivien Goldman on Disco Not Disco (Strut) -
Walking On Thin Ice (feat. Danny Tenaglia) by Yoko Ono on Yes, I'm a Witch Too (MANIMAL VINYL RECORDS) -
Launderette by Vivien Goldman on Disco Not Disco (Strut) -
Backstroke by Vanishing Twin on The Age of Immunology (Fire Record) -
Observe Life by New Age Steppers on Action Battlefield (On-U Sound) -
Peaking Lights - Lo Hi by Peaking Lights on Lucifer (Mexican Summer) -
Quips and Cranks by C. Cordio & F. Vinciguerra on Unusual Sounds (Kemado Records, Inc., d/b/a Anthology Recordings) -
Tip-Toe by Abracadabra on Abracadabra (Anniversary) New Local -
Head by Prince on Dirty Mind (NPG Records, Inc. under exclusive license to Legacy Recordings) -
Lady O K'pele by Lizzy Mercier Descloux on Mambo Nassau (ZE Records) -
Watussi by Harmonia on Musik Von Harmonia (Groenland Records)