By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio 
Graham Gouldman’s Play Nicely and Share EP (Wienerworld, Rosala Records)
Veteran singer-songwriter Graham Gouldman guested last night on Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation to talk about his new EP, the lovely collection of songs known as Play Nicely and Share.
Gouldman, whose history writing and performing wonderful melodic pop songs is long and prosperous, has amassed a collection of work that is nothing less than peerless, from the songs he wrote for other artists in the 1960s, such as “Bus Stop,” “No Milk Today,” and “For Your Love,” to the songs he wrote and sang while a member of 10cc and Wax and the songs he writes and performs today for his top-shelf solo releases.
During this exclusive program, Graham spoke with me about Play Nicely and Share, and we played three of the EP’s six songs (we also played one song from Graham’s previous album, Love and Work). We talked about his approach to songwriting and the delightful art direction, by StormStudios, that graces the panels of his latest release. StormStudios’ lineage is directly connected with that of the classic design firm Hipgnosis, which created so many rich cover designs for 10cc and Pink Floyd and many other recording artists. And there was more on our docket, including a personal and perhaps surprising Beatles nugget and news about Graham’s place in Ringo Starr’s All-Starr Band in Europe this summer. What a fun hour this was!
Sample the songs played during this show: “Let’s Get Lost,” “Come to Mine,” “Play Nicely and Share” (from Play Nicely and Share) Amazon and “The Halls of Rock ‘n’ Roll” (from Love and Work) Amazon.
Purchase Play Nicely and Share: Amazon. Purchase Love and Work: Amazon.
Listen to my interview with Graham Gouldman from the February 21 edition of Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation by clicking the play button on the following player, or click on the Pure Pop Radio button to the left to download (then right click and choose “Save audio as” to save the file to your computer). (This interview is presented in scoped format; the songs have been removed due to copyright concerns.)
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It’s another big week for Pure Pop Radio’s specialty shows, all broadcast on the powerhouse Internet radio station Pop that Goes Crunch. Veteran singer-songwriter and performer Graham Gouldman stars in an exclusive wide-ranging interview on Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation, and the romance of trains–and terrific, hit-bound new releases, including a World Internet Radio Premiere of a brand-new track from The Weeklings–power two all-new episodes of Alan Haber’s Pop Tunes Deejay Show.
After hearing the O’Jays’ classic “Love Train” on a favored Internet radio station, I got the idea to explore the romance of trains for a special themed edition of the Pop Tunes Deejay Show. So, I put on my engineer’s hat and placed the pop train on our tracks to deliver an hour’s worth of songs about all kinds of trains and songs with the word “train” in the title. You’ll hear Albert Hammond’s “I’m a Train,” Johnny Cash’s “Train of Love,” P.F. Sloan’s “Lollipop Train (You Never Had It So Good),” the Monkees’ “Last Train to Clarksville,” songs from West Coast Consortium, the Marthas and Arthurs, the Hardy Boys, the Kinks, and a whole lot more. All aboard tonight at 8 pm ET!
Don’t miss a minute of this week’s Pure Pop Radio specialty shows, featuring an exclusive, hour-long interview with Graham Gouldman, and two all-new editions of the Pop Tunes Deejay Show, with the World Internet Radio Premiere of the Weekling’s “In the Moment” in the spotlight on Thursday night. See you on the radio!
We are celebrating this Wednesday night’s exclusive hour-long interview with veteran singer-songwriter Graham Gouldman by giving away a copy of Graham’s current EP, Play Nicely and Share, which features five originals and a reimagined cover of Buddy Holly’s classic song, “Rave On.”
Bill Lloyd’s It’s Happening Now is yet another in a long line of sterling albums from one of pop music’s most proficient practitioners. Bill’s first set of original songs since 2012’s Boy King of Tokyo extends his unwavering winning streak. Acoustically based and typically heartfelt, these melodically-charged numbers touch the heart and soul.
Bill joined me on Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation on January 31 to talk about It’s Happening Now. He talked about, and we played, three songs that are among the best he has written and recorded thus far: “Ruby Falls,” which cleverly references Mel Tillis’s song “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town,” driven hit-bound by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition in 1969; the pretty, mid-tempo “Let Me In Your Life Again”; and the gorgeous waltz, “Happiness,” powered by Bill’s strong vocal and a lovely melody.
