- Intro ThemeLee Allen & Rolling Stones
- (NUMBERED FROM 15-1)BRIAN'S TOP ALBUMS OF 2019
- America (from American Love Song)15. Ryan Bingham
- Rally Round The Drum (from Tell Me Why)14. Archie Roach & Paul Kelly
- I Won't Look Back13. Chris Knight (from Almost Daylight)
- Anyhow (from White Lies/White Noise)12. Kelsey Waldon
- Highwomen (from The Highwomen)11. The Highwomen
- LA Freeway (from the album Guy)10. Steve Earle & The Dukes
- Come On Up To The House: Women Sing Waits9. Various Artists
- Love Is Everywhere (from Ode To Joy)8. Wilco
- Black Myself (from Songs of Our Native Daughters)7. Our Native Daughters (Rhiannon Giddens etc)
- Hourglass (from the album Patty Griffin)6. Patty Griffin
- Too Seriously (from Dyson Stringer Cloher)5. Dyson Stringer Cloher
- Man of The Universe (from the album Run Home Slow)4. Teskey Brothers
- Just Wastin' Time (from This Is Not A Dream)3. Lost Ragas
- Secret (from Breakdown on 20th Avenue South)2. Buddy & Julie Miller
- Sleepy Joe's Cafe (from Western Stars)1. Bruce Springsteen
- 1979 - THE CLASH & THE JAMCELLAR OF SOUND
- Eton Rifles (from Setting Sons, November 1979)The Jam
- London Calling (from London Calling, December 14, 1989)The Clash
- Raga Mama Rag (from The Band 50th Anniversary Edition)The Band
- Talent Show (from Don't Tell A Soul/Dead Man's Pop)The Replacements
- ANI DI FRANCO: NO WALLS AND A RECURRING DREAMBOOK READING
- The Next Big Thing (from Not So Soft, 1991)Ani DiFranco
- Love Starvation (from Love Starvation EP)Nick Lowe
- River of Fools (from Amazon, also recommended EP, I Don't Dream Anymore)Logan Ledger
- ART NEVILLE, DR JOHN, DAVE BARTHOLOMEWGONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
- Hey Pocky Way (Keys To The Crescent City)Art Neville
- Cissy Strut (SP)The Meters
- Wake Up (from Yellow Moon)The Neville Brothers
- Right Place Wrong Time (from In The Right Place)Dr John
- Such A Night (from in The Right Place)Dr John
- The MonkeyDave Bartholomew
- Who Drank My Beer While I Was In The Rear?Dave Bartholomew
- Traveling Light (from Roots & Wings)Neal Casal
- Stop The World (from If You're Going To The City: The Music of Mose Allison)Chryssie Hynde
- Velvet Paradise (from Stay Connected)Broads
- What I Know Now (SP)Georgia State Line & Patrick Wilson
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