The Morells "Live" Tut's, Chicago Penthouse / Omni College Rock Concert - London Wavelength's Broadcast Week 1984

The Penthouse/Omni College Rock Concert series was produced by London Wavelength, and launched in September of 1983.  London Wavelength also produced the BBC Rock Hour, and the BBC College Concert series.  The numbering follows a pattern ascending sequentially from #1000 (1000, 1001, 1002....).  The series does not seem to have lasted very long, with the highest number I've spotted on Ebay being #1019, from February 12th, 1984.  The show was broadcast weekly, and the disc labels are the same yellow-with-a-bulldog logo design used for the Rock Hour and the College Concerts. Penthouse is the well-known soft core pornographic magazine; Omni was a science & science fiction magazine published from 1978 to 1995...

...The Morells are a Midwestern band from Springfield, Missouri, based around core members Lou Whitney (bass) and Donnie Thompson (guitar) who also have a band called the Skeletons.  The obvious comparison for the Morells is to NRBQ; they have a similar sense of humor, and taste for obscure oldies.  The Morells mix the oldies in with originals, most of which have a light comic tone.
If you want to get a feel for their music, go to YouTube and watch this:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X87mfrXqcwA , their ode to Red's Giant Hamburg (Red didn't measure the width of the sign correctly and had to leave off the "-er.") which was formerly on Highway 66 in Springfield, MO.
The Morells put out the Shake and Push LP in 1982, managed a second album in 2001, and continue to record and play to this day.  You can find their albums on Amazon.com and CDBaby.com
This is digitized directly from the syndicated radio LP, and includes a scan of the cue sheet and disc label.  I've declicked the tracks one click at a time in Audacity.  Hey!  Wake up!  That takes HOURS of work, so what are you waiting for?  Download this now, check 'em out, and go buy their album! There's also a LONG discussion thread about the band over at:  http://livinginstereo.com/?p=234

trax:
01 intro 02 happy organ 03 folsom prison blues 04 lovers leap 05 laid off 06 feel so good 07 reds 08 buyin a car 09 eager boy 10 beatnik 11 side 1 end 12 side 2 start 13 i want you to be my baby 14 you're the one that done it 15 growin a beard 16 frankie hill introduction 17 go ahead 18 getting in shape 19 that mellow saxophone 20 must be love 21 slow dance 22 ugly and slouchy 23 bumble boogie 24 outro