And lo, it was time for another Singles Night at Platinum Al’s Virtual Hot Tub.  Join me yet again, as I play through my stack of freshly acquired 7″ vinyl singles – A side then B side – on a musical odyssey that will thrill and amaze.

You may want a few drinks as well.

Here’s the playlist this time:

1. Elvis Presley – “Love Me Tender” / “Anyway You Want Me (That’s How I Will Be)”
2. Small Faces – “Lazy Sunday” / “Rollin’ Over”
3. Boney M – “Painter Man” / “He Was a Steppenwolf”
4. Beastie Boys – “She’s On It” / “Slow and Low”
5. Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction – “Backseat Education” / “Whore of Babylon”
6. Madness – “Baggy Trousers” / “The Business”
7. The Osmonds – “Crazy Horses” / “That’s My Girl”
8. Ian Dury & The Blockheads – “Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick” / “There Ain’t Half Been Some Clever Bastards”
9. The Jam – “When You’re Young” / “Smithers-Jones”
10. Kim Carnes – “Bette Davis Eyes” / “Miss You Tonite”
11. Toyah – “Brave New World” / “Warrior Rock”
12. The Who – “You Better You Bet” / “The Quiet One”
13. Suzi Quatro – “The Wild One” / “Shake My Sugar”
14. Madness – “Night Boat to Cairo” / “Deceives the Eye” / “The Young and the Old” / “Don’t Quote Me On That”
15. Bon Jovi – “You Give Love a Bad Name” / “Let It Rock”
16. Freddie Mercury – “Love Kills” / Giorgio Moroder – “Rotwang’s Party (Robot Dance)”
17. Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Dear Prudence” / “Tattoo”
18. The Kinks – “Good Day” / “Too Hot”
19. Bob Marley & The Wailers – “No Woman, No Cry” / “Kinky Reggae”
20. Dexy’s Midnight Runners – “Geno” / “Breakin’ Down the Walls of Heartache”
21. Toy Dolls – “Nellie the Elephant” / “Fisticuffs in Frederick Street”
22. Rainbow – “All Night Long” / “Weiss Heim”
23. The Motors – “Forget About You” / “Picturama”
24. Angelic Upstarts – “Never ‘Ad Nothin'” / “Nowhere Left to Hide”

Wow.  That was a spectacular evening’s music.  Just look at the quality tunes in that list!  I think the Zodiac Mindwarp track was my favourite, but there are loads of legendary artists and great songs there.

Don’t laugh at the Osmonds track – that song is amazing.  I’m more embarrassed about the Bon Jovi number – but what the hell, it was fun.

And Nellie the Elephant by Toy Dolls was just superb – took me right back to my childhood, the day after hearing that song on Top of the Pops.  A school playground classic, along with “Baggy Trousers”.

All of the records are in a random order, so there’s no guessing what might appear next in the queue.  But that turned out to be one of the best nights of music listening in a long while, with a wide variety of genres represented.

Back soon with more…