Singles Night! At Platinum Al’s Virtual Hot Tub! It’s back – and better than ever!

What is it? A night where I play through a pile of as yet, never spun 45rpm vinyl singles. Both sides, whatever the genre, in whatever random order the fates have decided for me. There’s all sorts in that collection of 7 inch records, so it makes for a fine playlist (with a couple of drinkies to aid the process).

Here’s the latest playlist:

1. Toyah – “Don’t Fall in Love” / “Snow Covers the Kiss”
2. Doctor and the Medics – “Waterloo” / “Damaged Brains”
3. The Screaming Blue Messiahs – “I Wanna Be A Flintstone” / “Jerry’s Electric Church”
4. Blue Oyster Cult – “Astronomy” / “Magna of Illusion”
5. Motorhead – “Overkill” / “Too Late, Too Late”
6. Sex Pistols – “C’Mon Everybody” / “The God Save The Queen Symphony”
7. Pete Mac Junior – “The Water Margin” / Godiego – “The Water Margin”
8. Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren – “Goodness Gracious Me!” / Peter Sellers – “Grandpa’s Groove”
9. The Professionals – “Little Boys in Blue” / Gillan – “I’ll Rip Your Spine Out”
10. Stevie Wonder – “Lately” / “If It’s Magic”
11. Psychedelic Furs – “Heaven” / “Heartbeat (Remix)”
12. The Cars – “Drive” / “Stranger Eyes”
13. Sex Pistols – “God Save The Queen” / “Did You No Wrong”
14. Run DMC – “It’s Tricky (Remix)” / “Proud To Be Black”
15. Bow Wow Wow – “Go Wild in the Country” / “El Boss Dicho”
16. Atomic Rooster – “Tomorrow Night” / “Play the Game”
17. Black Sabbath – “Hard Road” / “Symptom of the Universe”
18. Anthrax – “I’m the Man” / “Caught in a Mosh (Live)”
19. Anti-Nowhere League – “I Hate… People” / “Let’s Break the Law”
20. Eighth Wonder – “I’m Not Scared” / “J’ai Pas Peur”
21. Lynsey De Paul – “Ooh I Do” / “Nothing Really Lasts Forever”
22. Sly Fox – “Let’s Go All the Way” / “Como Tu Te Hama”

A great selection. I can honestly say that I’m not ashamed of any of those singles. Except, maybe, “Goodness Gracious Me” which is somewhat… ah, dated, shall we say? At least the lovely Sophia Loren adds a touch of class. And she’s not the only beautiful lady in the list – I always had a crush on Lynsey De Paul.

Notes:

Two Sex Pistols records included here. including the wonderful “God Save The Queen”, one of the greatest rock’n’roll songs ever recorded. And we all know it got to number one really! There’s also a track from Jones and Cook as The Professionals, here on a Sounds flexi disc with Ian Gillan.

“The Water Margin” was a classic Japanese television series, shown in the 1970s. I vaguely remember it, but watched a later 1980s re-run religiously. The theme tune is brilliant. This single features a version in English on one side, and Japanese on the other.

Some great classic rock in this list, with Blue Oyster Cult, Atomic Rooster and a later Black Sabbath single (on purple vinyl in this case). A legendary couple of Motorhead tracks too, plus Anthrax throwing down some proto rap metal.

More punk from the Anti-Nowhere League: both of those tracks are fantastic.

A really enjoyable evening of music: random but unforgettable. More soon.