Come in, number 9! Yes, it’s another night of spinning 45s and boozing – a ritual I like to call Singles Night. Because I play 7″ singles, obviously. There’s an ever growing stack of 45 rpm singles and I need to deal with them. This is the latest session.
Starting off with Elvis, as is now tradition, what other wonders will we hear?
- Elvis Presley – “Always On My Mind” / “Separate Ways”
- Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Happy House” / “Drop Dead” / “Celebration”
- Albert King – “The Very Thought of You” / “I Get Evil”
- Queen – “Los Palabras De Amor (The Words of Love” / “Cool Cat”
- ABBA – “The Winner Takes It All” / “Elaine”
- Gerry Rafferty – “Baker Street” / “Big Change in the Weather”
- Bryan Ferry – “The Price of Love” / “Shame, Shame, Shame” / “Heart On My Sleeve” / “Its Only Love”
- The Steve Miller Band – “Abracadabra” / “Never Say No”
- The Rolling Stones – “The Last Time” / “Play with Fire”
- Kenny Rogers & The First Edition – “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town” / “Girl Get Ahold of Yourself”
- Donovan & Jeff Beck Group – “Barabajagal” / “Trudi”
- The Kyriakos – “More Greek Themes: Syneeta Platia” / “Mia Fora Monaha Ftani” / “Moraxia” / “Iliachtida”
- Boney M – “Rasputin” / “Never Change Lovers in the Middle of the Night”
- Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass – “The Lonely Bull” / “Acapulco 1922”
- Yardbirds – “For Your Love” / “Got to Hurry”
- Billie Jo Spears – “Blanket on the Ground” / “Come on Home”
- Tony Bennett – “(I Left My Heart) In San Francisco” / “Candy Kisses”
- Geordie – “She’s a Teaser” / “We’re Alright Now”
- Neil – “Hole in My Shoe” / “Hurdy Gurdy Mushroom Man”
- Talk Talk – “Life’s What You Make It” / “Life’s What You Make It (Live)”
- The Art of Noise featuring Duane Eddy – “Peter Gunn” / “Something Always Happens”
- The B-52’s – “Roam” / “Whammy Kiss (Live)” / “Dance This Mess Around (Live)”
- Bobby Vinton – “Blue Velvet” / “Blue on Blue”
Wow, another eclectic bunch of tracks there! Points of particular interest include Geordie, who feature (of course) the legendary Brian Johnson in his pre-AC/DC days. And yes, that is Neil, alias Nigel Planer, from the Young Ones.
Several genres covered there and a fine evening’s listen. More soon!