Fire!

We broadcast this week from the sacrificial bonfire: Providing warmth and light, scaring away predators, and allowing early humans to smith better tools.

But the deities of fire demand great respect and can’t be treated casually. Fire is also destructive and needs to be controlled. Fire requires vigilance and careful planning.

Gather close to the glowing radio to feel your eyebrows singe.

1 - Pele (Chant About Fire Goddess) - Al Kealoha Perry and his Singing Surfriders - 1940

2 - Fuego Fuego (Fire, Fire) - Celeste Grijo y Vieri Fidanzini con su Orquesta de Argentina

3 - Gazing at a Blazing Fire - Peter Fylling with Anson Weeks and his Orchestra - 1937

4 - Keep the Home-Fires Burning ('Til the Boys Come Home) - John McCormack - 1917

5 - Throw Another Log on the Fire - Joe Morrison with George Olsen and his Music – 1933

6 - Glistening in the Fog Is My Fire - Vadim Kozin - 1930s

7 - Yellow Fire - Earl Hines and his Orchestra – 1941

8 - Don't Play with Fire - Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees - 1937

9 - You Set Me on Fire - Dan Grisson with Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra – 1939

10 - The Fire in My Heart (Will Be Drowned Out with Tears) - Buddy Starcher – 1946

11 - The Fireman's Bride - Celeste Holm – 1945

12 - Mama, Call the Fire Brigade - Wilmouth Houdini and the Bamboo Orchestra - 1940

13 - Midnight Fire Alarm - Galop – 1900

14 - Out the Fire - Duke of Iron and his Calypso Troubadors – 1945

15 - The Fire Chief - American Military Band - 1930s

16 - Fireman Blues - Johnnie Temple – 1940

17 - Fire Engine - Helen Myers – 1942 (Mini Radio Drama)

18 - Murder by Fire - Nick Carter, Master Detective – 1945 (Radio Drama)

19 - Hellfire - Suspense – 1953 (Radio Drama)

20 - Firebird - Johnny Guarnieri Trio – 1945

21 – Firefly Stomp – Floyd Ray and his Orchestra - 1939