It’s that time again – Singles Night! Yes, the night at my Virtual Hot Tub where we play a variety of 7 inch singles and have a few beverages. A record listening party, if you will, but only involving 45 rpm discs.

There’s a huge stack of unplayed singles lurking round the Hot Tub. Some old, some new, some that have been given to me as a gift. They’ve collected together over time from all manner of different sources, and they need to be played.

So play them I will, A side first then flip ’em over for the B side – playing through the stack for the sheer fun of it.

Pour yourself a drink and join me, who knows what we’ll hear?

Here’s the playlist:

1. Chafed GBI – “The Regulator”
2. Jim Jones & The Righteous Mind – “Get Down Get With It” / “Ace of Spades”
3. Elvis Presley – “Are You Lonesome Tonight? (The Laughing Version)” / “From a Jack to a King”
4. Bad Company – “Feel Like Makin’ Love” / “Wild Fire Woman”
5. The Alarm – “Absolute Reality” / “Blaze of Glory”
6. INXS – “Need You Tonight” / “Move On”
7. Vapors – “News at Ten” / “Wasted” / “Talk Talk”
8. Lita Ford – “Kiss Me Deadly” / “Broken Dreams”
9. Depeche Mode – “Just Can’t Get Enough” / “Any Second Now”
10. Shakin’ Stevens – “Green Door” / “Don’t Turn Your Back”
11. Simple Minds – “Ghostdancing” / “Jungleland”
12. Duran Duran – “The Reflex” / “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me”
13. The Motors – “Forget About You” / “Picturama”
14. Chic – “I Want Your Love” / “(Funny) Bone”
15. Slade – “Know Who You Are” / “Dapple Rose”
16. Thin Lizzy – “Killer On The Loose” / “Don’t Play Around”
17. Roxy Music – “Over You” / “Manifesto”
18. Madonna – “Material Girl” / “Pretender”
19. AC/DC – “Heatseeker” / “Go Zone”
20. David Bowie – “Fashion” / “Scream Like a Baby”
21. The Alarm – “Rescue Me” / “The Hurricane Sessions (My Land Your Land)”
22. ABBA – “Gimme, Gimme, Gimme” / “The King Has Lost His Crown”

Twenty two songs this week, and some real beauties in that session. From great classic rock (Bad Company, Thin Lizzy, AC/DC) to 80’s pop (Depeche Mode, Madonna, ABBA) to punk/new wave (Vapors, The Motors) there’s a wide spread of awesome songs.

Some notes:

Chafed GBI is a “supergroup” comprising Scott Ian and Charlie Benante of Anthrax, with Dave Grohl on drums. It’s a single sided, colour vinyl 7 inch of the classic Bad Brains song released for Record Store Day.

The Jim Jones & The Righteous Mind single is on coloured vinyl. While it does contain a cover of the Slade song on the A-side (though that was a cover of an earlier tune), the B-side is not the song made famous by Motorhead! Still great though.

An amazing night of vinyl spinning. More soon!