One of my favourite types of night in: a random stack of 7 inch vinyl, and a big old crate of booze. I’ve not held a Singles Night at Platinum Al’s Virtual Hot Tub for a little while, so allow me to put that right.

You see, I’ve got a load of 7″ singles that I haven’t listened to yet. They come from various sources, though most are second hand. So I play ’em through, A side then B side, and enjoy the sonic delights. Accompanied with a tipple of two.

Here’s the latest batch:

1. Mudhoney – “Warning” / Meat Puppets – “One of These Days”
2. Cockney Rejects – “The Greatest Cockney Rip Off” / “Hate of the City”
3. Metallica – “The Unforgiven” / “Killing Time”
4. The Shipbuilders – “Silk Road” / “La Fee Verte”
5. Huey Lewis & The News – “Stuck With You” / “Don’t Ever Tell Me That You Love Me”
6. The Archies – “Sugar, Sugar” / “Melody Hill”
7. Boney M – “Painter Man” / “He Was a Steppenwolf”
8. Twiggy – “Falling Angel” / “Virginia (And the Circus Side Show)”
9. Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballe – “Barcelona” / “Exercises in Free Love”
10. Yes – “Going for the One” / “Awaken Pt. 1”
11. Bad Manners – “Special Brew” / “Ivor the Engine”
12. Kylie Minogue – “Better the Devil You Know” / “I’m Over Dreaming (Over You)”
13. The Jam – “Going Underground” / “The Dreams of Children”
14. Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Cities in Dust” / “An Execution”
15. Gary Numan – The Live E.P.: “Are “Friends” Electric?” / “Berserker” / “Cars” / “We Are Glass”
16. Del Shannon – “Runaway” / “Jody”
17. The Smurfs – “Silly Little Song” / “Little Smurf Boat”
18. The Proclaimers – “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” / “Better Days”
19. Stray Cats – “Stray Cat Strut” / “Drink That Bottle Down”
20. Eurythmics – “Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty Four)” / “I Did it Just the Same”

From Metallica to the Smurfs, there’s a right old mixture in that playlist. A nice wide coverage of genres from pop, disco, ska, prog rock, punk and – wonder of wonders – even some opera. Not to mention all the various subgenres on the list (Goth? Post punk? New Wave? Make your own conclusions).

Another fine evening of music, I can recommend a Singles Night for the variety and fun. Dig out your old singles collection and have a knees up!