Are you after a way to unwind and expand your musical world this weekend?
On Saturday afternoons, Radio Adelaide invites you on a musical mystery tour off the mainstream highway with music you won’t hear on radio everyday. Chill out for a while with some rhythms that are Out of this World, made by musicians from around the globe.
History of Out of This World (OOTW)
Just before the start of WW2 two astronomical scientists in the the USA pointed a giant ear towards the Heavens. Lo and behold in 1962, 10th March to be exact, a signal appeared on the siesmographic readout. Most scientists ignored the “glitch”, but many years later OOTW engineers calculated, using wave mechanics as a guide, that the signal came from Earth, bounced off an asteroid and was picked up by the giant ear stationed in North East USA
On further analysis OOTW techs worked out that the signal left Earth in 1954 and what was picked up was, in fact, music heavily laden with bass and drums from an AM radio station in Mid West USA, operating at a huge wattage. Rock and Roll had hit the Stars 4 light years away and returned safely to Earth. That’s right – an 8 year round trip.
OOTW geeks finished their calculations in May 1998 and launched the radio programme “Out of This World” to commemorate the great work done by all scientists, musicians, broadcasters and anyone else who reckon that they had something to do with the discovery!
Listen Back
Listen back to some of the recent broadcasts.
14 Jun 2025
14 Jun 2025Out Of This World
15:35
15:35Pisces Fish – George Harrison
15:39
15:39Wrack My Brain – Ringo Starr
15:46
15:46Face Into the Light – Coloured Stone
15:51
15:51Comfort Street – PlanB
16:00
16:00Shadder 07 – Dan Rumour & The Drift
16:04
16:04Girl in a Sportscar – Alan Hawkshaw
16:07
16:07I Inside the Old I Dying – PJ Harvey
16:14
16:14Plutonian Nights – Sun Ra, Sun Ra Arkestra
16:20
16:20I Know You Know – Bonny Light Horseman, Eric D. Johnson, Josh Kaufman, Anaïs Mitchell
16:23
16:23Where I'm From – Digable Planets
16:29
16:29Ancestral (feat. Hak Baker) – Nitin Sawhney, Hak Baker
16:34
16:34Girl in a Sportscar – Alan Hawkshaw
16:35
16:35Fire In The Hole – Steely Dan
16:47
16:47Kite Chase – Instrumental – The Lovin' Spoonful
16:52
16:52No Tears – In the End – Roberta Flack
16:58
16:58Brainwashed – George Harrison
7 Jun 2025
7 Jun 2025Out Of This World
15:30
15:30Fly V. Fly – The Flys
15:37
15:37Dawn – The Putbacks
15:40
15:40Yolngu Boy – Yothu Yindi
15:49
15:49Slave Driver – Taj Mahal
15:52
15:52There Is a Mountain – Single Version – Donovan
15:59
15:59RAMSOD – Live – Kemal Elali
16:06
16:06She's the One – The Flys
16:14
16:14Shotgun – Doctor Dread
16:15
16:15Double Barrel – Dave & Ansell Collins
16:21
16:21Kashmir – Led Zeppelin
16:32
16:32Throw Back The Little Ones – Steely Dan
16:44
16:44Carry My Load – The Beggars
16:49
16:49Strange Angels – Laurie Anderson
16:58
16:58Aquarela do Brasil (Participação especial de Gilberto Gil e Caetano Veloso) – João Gilberto, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil
31 May 2025
31 May 2025Out Of This World
15:31
15:31Fly V. Fly – The Flys
15:37
15:37There Is A Mountain – Single Version – Donovan
15:39
15:39The Way I Made You Feel – Jimmy Little
15:48
15:48Sorry – 2001 Digital Remaster – Althea And Donna
15:52
15:52Take Me Back To The Dreamtime – Coloured Stone
15:57
15:57Can Can (Yes We Can) – Ross Hannaford Trio
16:04
16:04Straight Back Down to That High – Nancy Ruth
16:06
16:06Girl in a Sportscar – Alan Hawkshaw
16:10
16:10Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win – Beastie Boys, Santigold
16:16
16:16Up On The Sun – Meat Puppets
16:29
16:29Everybody Here Wants You – Jeff Buckley
16:36
16:36Louie Louie – Iggy Pop
16:41
16:41Freaks – Surf Curse
16:43
16:43My Rival – Steely Dan
16:47
16:47Mercenary Territory [Live Album Version] – Little Feat
16:54
16:54Diğer Yarım – Tuna Kiremitçi ve Arkadaşları, Vol. 2 – Tuna Kiremitçi, Tuvana Türkay
16:57
16:57Wait (Remastered) – David Virgin
24 May 2025
24 May 2025Out Of This World
15:31
15:31Fly V. Fly – The Flys
15:34
15:34This Sporting Life – Godley & Creme
15:42
15:42Losin' End – The Doobie Brothers
15:46
15:46Ninety Nine Years – Acoustic – Vika & Linda
15:51
15:51I Used To Be A Radical – Root Boy Slim & The Sex Change Band
15:54
15:54Uptown – Roy Orbison
16:04
16:04Girl in a Sportscar – Alan Hawkshaw
16:11
16:11You're No Good – The Swinging Blue Jeans
16:16
16:16Just One Look – Live at Television Center Studios, Hollywood, CA 4/24/1980 – Linda Ronstadt
16:25
16:25Fever – The McCoys
16:28
16:28Only One Thing – The Painkillers
16:32
16:32You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly! – Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Paul Collins, Tommy Luske, The Jud Conlon Chorus
16:32
16:32Tema Principale – Unknown
16:33
16:33Surf And / Or Die – Walter Becker
16:40
16:40Love Denied – Nancy Ruth
16:49
16:49Miss Celie's Blues – Bonnie Lee Galea
16:52
16:52You're Asking Me – Ray Davies
Playlists
Here are the music playlists from recent broadcasts.
15:35
15:35Pisces Fish – George Harrison
15:39
15:39Wrack My Brain – Ringo Starr
15:46
15:46Face Into the Light – Coloured Stone
15:51
15:51Comfort Street – PlanB
16:00
16:00Shadder 07 – Dan Rumour & The Drift
16:04
16:04Girl in a Sportscar – Alan Hawkshaw
16:07
16:07I Inside the Old I Dying – PJ Harvey
16:14
16:14Plutonian Nights – Sun Ra, Sun Ra Arkestra
16:20
16:20I Know You Know – Bonny Light Horseman, Eric D. Johnson, Josh Kaufman, Anaïs Mitchell
16:23
16:23Where I'm From – Digable Planets
16:29
16:29Ancestral (feat. Hak Baker) – Nitin Sawhney, Hak Baker
16:34
16:34Girl in a Sportscar – Alan Hawkshaw
16:35
16:35Fire In The Hole – Steely Dan
16:47
16:47Kite Chase – Instrumental – The Lovin' Spoonful
16:52
16:52No Tears – In the End – Roberta Flack
16:58
16:58Brainwashed – George Harrison
15:30
15:30Fly V. Fly – The Flys
15:37
15:37Dawn – The Putbacks
15:40
15:40Yolngu Boy – Yothu Yindi
15:49
15:49Slave Driver – Taj Mahal
15:52
15:52There Is a Mountain – Single Version – Donovan
15:59
15:59RAMSOD – Live – Kemal Elali
16:06
16:06She's the One – The Flys
16:14
16:14Shotgun – Doctor Dread
16:15
16:15Double Barrel – Dave & Ansell Collins
16:21
16:21Kashmir – Led Zeppelin
16:32
16:32Throw Back The Little Ones – Steely Dan
16:44
16:44Carry My Load – The Beggars
16:49
16:49Strange Angels – Laurie Anderson
16:58
16:58Aquarela do Brasil (Participação especial de Gilberto Gil e Caetano Veloso) – João Gilberto, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil
15:31
15:31Fly V. Fly – The Flys
15:37
15:37There Is A Mountain – Single Version – Donovan
15:39
15:39The Way I Made You Feel – Jimmy Little
15:48
15:48Sorry – 2001 Digital Remaster – Althea And Donna
15:52
15:52Take Me Back To The Dreamtime – Coloured Stone
15:57
15:57Can Can (Yes We Can) – Ross Hannaford Trio
16:04
16:04Straight Back Down to That High – Nancy Ruth
16:06
16:06Girl in a Sportscar – Alan Hawkshaw
16:10
16:10Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win – Beastie Boys, Santigold
16:16
16:16Up On The Sun – Meat Puppets
16:29
16:29Everybody Here Wants You – Jeff Buckley
16:36
16:36Louie Louie – Iggy Pop
16:41
16:41Freaks – Surf Curse
16:43
16:43My Rival – Steely Dan
16:47
16:47Mercenary Territory [Live Album Version] – Little Feat
16:54
16:54Diğer Yarım – Tuna Kiremitçi ve Arkadaşları, Vol. 2 – Tuna Kiremitçi, Tuvana Türkay
16:57
16:57Wait (Remastered) – David Virgin
15:31
15:31Fly V. Fly – The Flys
15:34
15:34This Sporting Life – Godley & Creme
15:42
15:42Losin' End – The Doobie Brothers
15:46
15:46Ninety Nine Years – Acoustic – Vika & Linda
15:51
15:51I Used To Be A Radical – Root Boy Slim & The Sex Change Band
15:54
15:54Uptown – Roy Orbison
16:04
16:04Girl in a Sportscar – Alan Hawkshaw
16:11
16:11You're No Good – The Swinging Blue Jeans
16:16
16:16Just One Look – Live at Television Center Studios, Hollywood, CA 4/24/1980 – Linda Ronstadt
16:25
16:25Fever – The McCoys
16:28
16:28Only One Thing – The Painkillers
16:32
16:32You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly! – Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Paul Collins, Tommy Luske, The Jud Conlon Chorus
16:32
16:32Tema Principale – Unknown
16:33
16:33Surf And / Or Die – Walter Becker
16:40
16:40Love Denied – Nancy Ruth
16:49
16:49Miss Celie's Blues – Bonnie Lee Galea
16:52
16:52You're Asking Me – Ray Davies
15:30
15:30The Intergalactic Laxative – Donovan
15:34
15:34Fly V. Fly – The Flys
15:37
15:37The Change – Tony Joe White
15:43
15:43No Encores – Ariel
15:47
15:47Morning Glory – Renee Geyer
16:08
16:08Girl in a Sportscar – Alan Hawkshaw
16:11
16:11Hoppípolla – Sigur Rós
16:18
16:18Swampland – Scientists
16:26
16:26Psycho – Beasts Of Bourbon
16:28
16:28Stealin' All Day – C.C. Adcock
16:38
16:38Last Night – Instrumental – The Mar-Keys
16:42
16:42Year of the Dragon (with Martha Wainwright) – Donald Fagen
16:48
16:48FM – Donald Fagen
16:52
16:52Blame It On The Sun – Stevie Wonder
16:57
16:57Talking Rhythms – Focus
15:30
15:30Fly V. Fly – The Flys
15:31
15:31Happy Birthday – Stevie Wonder
15:35
15:35Pretty Saro – Unreleased from "Self Portrait" Sessions – Bob Dylan
15:39
15:39Angola – Cesaria Evora
15:45
15:45Hypocrite – The Wailers
15:47
15:47Besame Mucho – Kiss Me Much – The Ray-O-Vacs
15:52
15:52Blue And Green – Van Morrison
15:58
15:58Wear Something Green – Jimmy Reed
16:06
16:06Bruca Manigua – Ibrahim Ferrer
16:10
16:10Turn Me On – Nina Simone
16:20
16:20Freaks – Surf Curse
16:20
16:20Cocaine – J.J. Cale
16:26
16:26Katie – Carl Orr
16:33
16:33Dear Mama – 2Pac
16:52
16:52If Only Mother – Remastered – Mickey Jupp
16:55
16:55Woman With Soul – Tony Joe White
16:57
16:57The Fez – Steely Dan
15:30
15:30Fly V. Fly – The Flys
15:54
15:54Book Of Rules – The Heptones
16:03
16:03Watercolors – Janis Ian
16:08
16:08Painted Streets – John Baker, The Baker Suite
16:15
16:15Misty Roses – Jess Roden
16:19
16:19Girl in a Sports Car – Alan Hawkshaw
16:23
16:23You Shine – The Cruel Sea
16:34
16:34Non Alignment Pact – Live – Pere Abu
16:39
16:39MAM – KNEECAP, Dyrt
16:46
16:46Rikki Don't Lose That Number – Steely Dan
16:51
16:51Travelin' Man – Remastered 2005 – Ricky Nelson
16:54
16:54Snake Song – Townes Van Zandt
16:57
16:57Walkin' One And Only – Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks
15:30
15:30Fly V. Fly – The Flys
15:35
15:35When The War Is Over – John Schumann
15:39
15:39How Long Has This Been Going On? – Sarah Vaughan
15:45
15:45Old For The New – Vince Jones
15:50
15:50Hide – PlanB
15:54
15:54The Look of Love – Nina Simone
15:56
15:56Valotte – Julian Lennon
16:01
16:01Girl in a Sports Car – Alan Hawkshaw
16:02
16:02Julie's Been Working for the Drug Squad – Remastered – The Clash
16:07
16:07Walk Like a Motherfucker – Ghost Funk Orchestra
16:11
16:11Metronomy Late Night Tales Continuous Mix – Late Night Tales
16:16
16:16Prototype – Outkast
16:20
16:20Vote Trump Theme Song – People for America
16:20
16:20Make America Great Again – Pussy Riot
16:25
16:25Girl in a Sports Car – Alan Hawkshaw
16:27
16:27Daddy Don't Live In That New York City No More – Steely Dan
