Time to relax and enjoy more of the joys of vinyl!  Yes, it’s another Singles Night at the Virtual Hot Tub, where I spend an evening playing through my stack of 7 inch records.  No skipping, no choosing anything out of order – just A then B side and make the most of it.

With the aid of some alcoholic beverages, of course!

In this edition, there’s another eclectic mix of songs from artists of various genres – including some absolute bangers.  Let’s go!

1. Madness – “One Step Beyond” / “Mistakes”
2. Bad Company – “Rock’n’Roll Fantasy” / ” Crazy Circles”
3. Rick James – “Dance Wit Me (Part 1)” / “Dance Wit Me (Part 2)”
4. INXS – “Taste It” / “Light the Planet”
5. ZZ Top – “Legs” / “Bad Girl”
6. Landscape – “Einstein A Go-Go” / “New Religion”
7. Billy Idol – “Mony Mony” / “Shakin’ All Over (Live)”
8. Fine Young Cannibals – “Johnny Come Home” / “Good Times and Bad”
9. James Brown – “Living in America” / Vince DiCola – “Farewell”
10. The Sweet – “Teenage Rampage” / “Own Up, Take a Look at Yourself”
11. Sham 69 – “Hersham Boys” / “I Don’t Wanna” / “Tell us the Truth”
12. Judas Priest – “Take On the World” / “Starbreaker”
13. Stray Cats – “Rock This Town” / “You Can’t Hurry Love”
14. Madam X – “High in High School” / “Metal in my Veins”
15. Wings – “Live and Let Die” / “I Lie Around”
16. The Beach Boys – “Do It Again” / “Wake the World”
17. The Joan Collins Fan Club – “Leader of the Pack” / “Jacques”
18. Elton John – “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting” / “Jack Rabbit” / “Whenever You’re Ready (We’ll Go Steady Again”
19. Lee Marvin – “Wand’rin’ Star” / Clint Eastwood – “I Talk to the Trees”
20. Suzi Quatro – “Can the Can” / “Ain’t You Somethin’ Honey”
21. Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin – “Je T’Aime… Moi Non Plus” / “Jane B.”
22. Bee Gees – “Tragedy” / “Until”

And there you have it!  A great collection of tunes and a fun night.  My favourite Bond theme, plus a load of class artists including The Beach Boys, Elton John, Billy Idol, Bad Company, Madness, James Brown and more.

No idea who Madam X are, that was a 20p find and I bought it on the strength of the cover.  Turned out to be dodgy 80s metal, unsurprisingly.  It was quite good.

Bonus points to any reader who can tell me: who was the Joan Collins Fan Club?

Stay tuned for more Singles Nights soon – I’ve still got a heck of a lot of vinyl to play through…

NB: The Fine Young Cannibals track was inside an Alarm sleeve.  I thought I’d picked up “Spirit of ’76” for 20p in a charity shop, but no such luck: it was FYC instead.  Such are the perils I encounter.  On a happy note though, the FYC tune was a belter.