Rob Proctor;s Thursday Early Evening Show
What hasn't Rob done .... from Record Shop Manager and Record Company Sales Rep to Car Windscreen Salesman.....from Business Analyst to Driving Instructor!
Right from early years at home in Croydon when he'd tune his Dad's Grundig Yachtboy to Radio Caroline and BigL and incurr his Dad's wrath every morning when he'd have to re-tune to the Light Programme, Rob has had a love affair with music and radio. After leaving (being asked to leave!) University in the early 70s and starting work for HMV Records in Manchester, Rob's collection of vinyl LP's has just grown , although now the majority have been transferred to the PC and augmented with CDs and downloads.
Rob's first outings into radio were with a friend, who like Rob was also a Licensed Radio Amateur, and who had the technical knowhow to build an FM tramsmitter. From the attic of a house in deepest, darkest Suffolk, the short lived Colne Valley Radio was born! Whilst working for Chrysalis Records in 1980, Rob was listening to the test transmissions of BBC's local station Radio Norfolk, when he heard a familiar voice, old school friend Rob Bonnett. He suggested that Rob produce a Gig Guide and Record Review program....legal radio at last!
After a break of nearly 35 years and various jobs in the IT industry and working as a live sound engineer for a Pink Floyd tribute band, Rob was asked by a colleague to take up the role of Programme Controller for his local village internet based community station, and regularly produces a weekly 2 hour syndicated show Polished Rock, which is broadcast by a number of stations.
Rob Proctor - 3rd October 2024 - Main Album Channel
Eddie Cochran - C'Mon Everybody
The Cars - Just What I Needed
Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running
Blackfoot - Highway Song
The Pixies - Motoroller
Lindsey Buckingham - Blind Love
Sammy Hagar - There's Only One Way To Rock
The Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
Takeaway Thieves - Gypsy
Iron Butterfly - Are You Happy
Rival Sons - Bird In The Hand
Motley Crue - Time For A Change
The Coral - Autumn Has Come
P P Arnold - The First Cut Is The Deepest
Adrian Gurvitz - Takin' Today
Modern Romance - Modern Romance
The Script - At Your Feet
The Byrds - So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star
Oasis - Rock 'n' Roll Star
Barclay James Harvest - Rock 'n' Roll Star
They Might Be Giants - Why Does The Sun Shine?
Blondie - Atomic
Sports Team - Condensation
Frank Zappa - Deseri
Fountains Of Wayne - All Kinds Of Time
Stevie Ray Vaughan - So Excited
Boston - More Than A Feeling
Rob Proctor - 19th September 2024 - Main Album Channel
Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown
The Rolling Stones - 19th Nervous Breakdown
Plain White T's - Breakdown
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Breakdown
Cass Elliot - (If You're Gonna) Break Another Heart
The Eagles - Heartache Tonight
Sting - I Wrote Your Name (Upon My Heart)
Tears For Fears - The Girl That I Call Home
Pirates For Sail - Cover Of The Pyrates Way
The Salts - Fifteen Men
Armoires - Ouroboros Blues (Crow Whisperer)
The Flying Burrito Brothers - Lazy Days
Bruce Hornsby & The Range - Across The River
Voice Of The Beehive - I Walk The Earth
Status Quo - Whatever You Want
Lita Ford - Nobody's Child (Live)
Maroon 5 - Not Coming Home
Courteeners - Pink Cactus Cafe
3 Doors Down - When I'm Gone
Snowy White - Bird Of Paradise
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - September
Pulp - Common People
Nick Lowe - Trombone
Visage - Fade To Grey
Kula Shaker - Natural Magick
10cc - Life Is A Ministrone
Rob Proctor - 12th September 2024 - Main Album Channel
XTC - Statue Of Liberty
Steve Louw - Cruel Hand Of Fate
Adrian Gurvitz - Classic
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Gone Gone Gone
Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line
Scouting For Girls - She's So Lovely
Sleeper - Delicious
Redbone - The Witch Queen Of New Orleans
Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay
Silver Dollar Room - Dark
The Kinks - Killer's Eyes
David Mead - Hard To Remember
Maria Muldaur - Midnight At The Oasis
Brother Ape - Force Majeure
The United States Of America - The Garden Of Earthly Delights
America - Sandman
Turin Brakes - Slack
Blue Oyster Cult - Take Me Away
Mostly Autumn - Spirit Of Mankind
The The - Life After Life
The Shins - September
Pink Floyd - Learning To Fly
Fairground Attraction - Learning To Swim
The Patti Smith Group - Because The Night
Rush - Subdivisions
The Keston Cobblers Club - You Go
Katzenjammer - Wading In Deeper
Rob Proctor - 5th September 2024 - Main Album Channel
Toyah - I Wanna Be Free
Joe South - Games People Play
Terrorvision - Baby Blue
John Stewart - Gold
Al Stewart - Amsterdam
Classix Nouveaux - Never Again (The Days Time Erased)
Richard Thompson - Dry My Tears And Move On
Biffy Clyro - Mountains
Loving Awareness Band - Love You To Know
Prefab Sprout - The King Of Rock 'n' Roll
Von Hetzen Brothers - Starlings
Cake - Short Skirt/Long Jacket
Colosseum - Take Me Back To Doomsday
The Alan Parsons' Project - Pipeline
Phil Lynott - King's Call
Barenaked Ladies - Never Is Enough
The Sheepdogs - Take Me For A Ride
The Moody Blues - So Deep Within You
Marmalade - Cousin Norman
Flower Kings - Beginners Eyes
Meer - Come To Light
Big Star - September Gurls
Status Quo - Like Ice In The Sun
Black Oak Arkansas - Too Hot To Stop
Hydra - We Belong
Loudon Wainwright III - Dead Skunk
Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short
Queen - Save Me
Rob Proctor - 29th August 2024 - Main Album Channel
Blondie - One Way Or Another
Hothouse Flowers - Don't Go
Fontaines D.C. - In The Modern World
Cocteau Twins - Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops
Michael Jackson - A Place With No Name
Elbow - Grounds For Divorce
The Osmonds - Crazy Horses
The HU - Triangle
Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Less Than Useful
Blue Oyster Cult - Shooting Shark
Peter Bruntnell - Out Of The Pines
Oasis - Songbird
Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
The Who - Baba O'Riley
Be Bop Deluxe - Love With The Madman
Procol Harum - A Souvenir Of London
Matchbox Twenty - 3AM
Laszlo Buring - Ghost Train
Coronas - Ghosting
Van Morrison - Cold Wind In August
Genesis - Watcher Of The Skies
Pale Waves - Gravity
Blood Sweat & Tears - You've Made Me So very Happy
10cc - The Worst Band In The World
Fairground Attraction - Whispers
The Beatles - Blackbird
Rob Proctor - 22nd August 2024 - Main Album Channel
The Bangles - In A Different Light
Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do
Champlin Williams and Friestedt - Brighter Day
Noah & The Whale - There Will Come A Time
Tanita Tikaram - He Likes The Sun
Sky - Meheeco
John Lee Hooker - Stella Mae
Ocean Colour Scene - Half A Dream Away
America - Rainbow Song
Living Colour - Cult Of Personality
Skinny Living - Don't Be Afraid
Matchbox Twenty - Queen Of New York City
Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
The Teague Stefan Band - Search All Night
Frost* - Life In The Wires Pt 1
Paul Simon - Proof
Anthony Phillips - Um & Aargh
No Vacation - August
Al Stewart - Broadway Hotel
UB40 - Red Red Wine
Lindsey Buckingham - I Don't Mind
Nada Surf - Losing
Strawberry Alarm Clock - Hummin' Happy
Gary Brooker - Say It Ain't So Joe
Free - The Stealer
Rob Proctor - 15th August 2024 - Main Album Channel
The Spencer Davis Group - Somebody Help Me
Jackie Edwards - Keep On Running
Toby Lee - House On Fire
Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait
Richard & Linda Thompson - Georgie On A Spree
The Zutons - Valerie
Rigid Soul - Leading Me Nowhere
The Magpie Arc - Tough As Teddy Gardner
The Fall - Victoria
The Byrds - Mr Spaceman
Lipstereo - Little Spaceships
The Bonzo Dog Band - I'm the Urban Spaceman
Jefferson Starship - I Want To See Another World
Brigitte Calls Me Baby - Fine Dining
The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams - Very Happy Now
Lindisfarne - Meet Me On The Corner
The Fray - How To Save A Life
Joan Armatrading - Natural Rhythm
Bywater Call - Turn It Round
Whitesnake - Shut Up & Kiss Me
Ben Poole - The Question Why
Duane Stephenson - August Town
The Doobie Brothers - China Grove
Sammy Hagar - I Can't Drive 55
Massive Waggons - Night Skies
The The - The Twilight Hour
Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
Rob Proctor - 8th August 2024 - Main Album Channel
Gerry Rafferty - Slow Down
Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy
Pimk Floyd - Remember A Day
Spriggan Mist - Remember The Day
T'Pau - China In Your Hand
Billy Joel - Stilletto
Elles Bailey - 1972
Creed - Higher
Quatermass - Black Sheep Of The Family
British Sea Power - Waving Flags
Olivia Newton-John - Heart Attack
Dead Daisies - I'm Gonna Ride
Madness - The Prince
Family - In My Own Time
Poison - Every Rose Has A Thorn
Boston Manor - Horses In A Dream
King King - A Long History Of Love
A Flock Of Seagulls - Heartbeat Like A Drum
Pugwash - August Born
Deep Purple - Highway Star (Live)
10000 Maniacs - I'm Not The Man
U2 - Vertigo
Keith Urban - Wildside
Dr Hook - Sylvia's Mother
Pentangle - Light Flight