Forget using your super smart, internet enabled portable phone as a means of playing music.  And forget iPods, too – sadly the swines at Apple have decided to sacrifice their master product, in order to concentrate on their vile mutant phone.  My mate Greeny has a much better music playing machine than any of those.

Greeny has a jukebox.

The jukebox is named Florence.  After Florence and the Machine, as she’s a machine, obviously.  Florence stands proudly in the corner of the lounge, neither dominating the room or sitting back like a wall flower.  But Florence has presence: when the lights are on and the tunes are spinning, you will be drawn magnetically to this wondrous device.

He’s been collecting 7 inch singles since he were a lad, has Greeny.  Now Florence is a treasure trove packed full of delightful vinyl gems.  There’s a wild variety of musical genres in Florence, spanning the decades.  She’s regularly re-stocked and/or has the records switched out and replaced with others, keeping the music selection fresh and entrancing.

Florence holds around 84 records.  Don’t forget that there’s a song on side A and B, so that’s a generous amount of music to enjoy.

It’s a lot of fun gathering around the jukebox in Greeny’s front room, with a few beers and spinning some records.  I would love one of my own, one day – though they cost a few hundred quid, so it’s unlikely.  I’m collecting a few cool 7 inch singles just in case, though…

Here’s a list of the records that are currently stocked inside Florence.  Remember Greeny has to rotate the records, as he has far more than this!  Which songs would you choose to play?

And if you’re interested, this jukebox is a Rowe AMI RI-3.

The tracks:

• AC/DC – a. Dirt Deeds Done Dirt Cheap/Big Balls b. The Jack
• Billy Paul – a. Me & Mrs Jones b. Your Song
• Blind Melon – a. No Rain b. No Bidness/I Wonder
• Blondie – a. Rapture b. Walk Like Me
• Blue Swede – a. Hooked On a Feeling b. Never My Love
• Bob Dylan – a. Subterranean Homesick Blues b. She Belongs To Me
• Bruce Springsteen – a. 57 Channels (And Nothin’ On) b. Part Man, Part Monkey
• Catatonia – a. Road Rage b. I’m Cured
• Chris Isaak – a. Wicked Game b. Cool Cat Walk
• Crash Test Dummies – a. Afternoons & Coffeespoons b. In the Days of the Caveman (Live)
• Creedence Clearwater Revival – a. Bad Moon Rising b. Lodi
• DNA feat. Suzanne Vega – a. Tom’s Diner b. Acapella
• Duran Duran – a. The Wild Boys b. (I’m Looking For) Cracks in the Pavement (1984)
• Echo & The Bunnymen – a. The Killing Moon b. Do It Clean
• Elton John – a. Tiny Dancer b. Daniel
• Elvis Presley – a. Suspicious Minds b. You’ll Think of Me
• Everything Everything – a. Cough Cough b. A.D.
• Faith No More – a. I’m Easy b. Be Aggressive
• Fleetwood Mac – a. Oh Well (Part 1) b. Oh Well (Part 2)
• Florence & The Machine – a. Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) b. Are You Hurting
• Franz Ferdinand – a. Take Me Out b. Truck Stop
• Glen Campbell – a. Wichita Lineman b. Back in the Race
• Guns’n’Roses – a. Patience b. Rocket Queen
• Huey Lewis & The News – a. The Power of Love b. Do You Believe in Love?
• Ian Dury & The Blockheads – a. Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick b. There Ain’t Half Been
• Iggy Pop – a. Lust For Life b. Home
• Jimi Hendrix – a. Purple Haze b. Foxy Lady
• Joan Jett – a. I Love Rock’n’Roll b. The French Song
• Johnny Cash – a. A Boy Named Sue b. Folsom Prison Blues
• Journey – a. Don’t Stop Believin’ b. Natural Thing
• Julee Cruise – a. Falling b. Twin Peaks Theme
• Kate Bush – a. Running Up That Hill b. Under The Ivy
• Katrina & The Waves – a. Walking On Sunshine b. Going Down to Liverpool
• Kiss – a. God Gave Rock’n’Roll To You II b. Junior’s Gone WIld
• Led Zeppelin – a. Rock and Roll b. Four Sticks
• Lemonheads – a. Mrs. Robinson b. Being Around
• Lenny Kravitz – a. Always On The Run b. Instrumental
• Live – a. I Alone b. Pain Lies On The Riverbed
• Lou Reed – a. Walk On The Wild Side b. Perfect Day
• Lynyrd Skynyrd – a. Freebird b. Sweet Home Alabama/Double Trouble
• Magazine – a. Shot By Both Sides b. My Mind Ain’t So Open
• Neil Young – a. My My, Hey Hey b. Hey Hey, My My
• Nena – a. 99 Red Balloons b. Ich Bleib Im Bett
• New Order – a. Blue Monday b. Beach Buggy
• Norman Greenbaum – a. Spirit in the Sky b. Milk Cow
• Otis Redding – a. (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay b. Respect/Mr. Pitiful
• Paul Simon – a. You Can Call Me Al b. Gumboots
• Powder – a. Afrodisiac b. Shave Me
• Prince – a. When Doves Cry b. 17 Days
• Propaganda – a. Duel b. Jewel
• Queen – a. Don’t Stop Me Now b. In Only Seven Days
• R.E.M. – a. Crush With Eyeliner b. Instrumental
• Regina Spektor – a. Fidelity b. Music Box
• Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock – a. It Takes Two b. Instrumental
• Rolling Stones – a. Gimme Shelter b. Sympathy for the Devil
• Roxy Music – a. Virginia Plain b. The Numberer
• Spitting Image – a. The Chicken Song b. (I’ve Never Met) A Nice South African
• Stealers Wheel – a. Stuck in the Middle b. Jose
• Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel – a. Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) b. Another Journey
• Stevie Wonder – a. Superstition b. You’ve Got It Bad Girl
• Stone Temple Pilots – a. Plush b. Sin
• Super Furry Animals – a. Northern Lites b. Rabid Dog
• Supergrass – a. Richard III b. Nothing More’s Gonna Get In My Way
• Talk Talk – a. It’s My Life b. Does Caroline Know
• The Babys – a. Isn’t It Time b. Give Me Your Love
• The Beatles – a. Hey Jude b. Revolution
• The Breeders – a. Cannonball b. Divine Hammer
• The Buggles – a. Video Killed the Radio Star b. Kid Dynamo
• The Doors – a. Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) c. Take It As It Comes
• The Housemartins – a. Happy Hour b. The Mighty Ship
• The Kinks – a. You Really Got Me b. All Day and All of the Night
• The Knack – a. My Sharona b. Let Me Out
• The Mamas & The Papas – a. California Dreamin’ b. Somebody Groovy
• The Smiths – a. How Soon is Now? b. Well I Wonder
• The Trashmen – a. Surfin’ Bird b. Liar Liar
• The Undertones – a. Teenage Kicks b. Emergency Cases
• The Who – a. Who Are You b. Had Enough
• Tori Amos – a. Cornflake Girl b. Sister Janet
• T-Rex – a. Jeepster b. Life’s a Gas
• U2 – a. Stay (Far Away, So Close) b. I’ve Got You Under My Skin
• Van Halen – a. Why Can’t This Be Love b. Get Up
• Vic Reeves & Wonderstuff – a. Dizzy b. Oh Mr. Hairdresser
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs – a. Maps b. Countdown/Miles Away