I promised we’d revisit Platinum Al’s Virtual Hot Tub for another Singles Night, so here we go! Another evening of playing 7 inch singles and having a few cocktails (or beers, or whatever you thirst for). There’s a massive pile of these 45 rpm records to get through, so prepare yourself!

As a quick recap for the uninitiated, I have a stack (or several) of singles that I haven’t played yet. Some have been gifts, some have been picked up – usually very cheaply – from record shops, record fairs, charity shops and carboot sales. The idea is to play through the stack of vinyl one at a time, A side the B side, and enjoy the tunes.

Now I present to you my latest playlist:

1. Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Taste the Pain” / “Show Me Your Soul”
2. The Stranglers – “European Female” / “Savage Breast”
3. The Wee Papa Girl Rappers – “We Rule” / “Rebel Rap”
4. Salt-n-Pepa – “Shake Your Thang” / “Spinderella’s Not a Fella”
5. Vanilla Ice – “Ice Ice Baby” / “It’s a Party”
6. Motley Crue – “Girls, Girls, Girls” / “Sumthin’ for Nothin'”
7. Neil Pepper (Elvis) – “Stairway to Heaven” / “The Beatnix – “Stairway to Heaven”
8. Sham 69 – “Hurry Up, Harry” / “No Entry”
9. Kenny Everett – “Snot Rap” / “Snot Rap (Part 2)”
10. The Turtles – “Happy Together” / “Like the Seasons”
11. Aerosmith – “Janie’s Got a Gun” / “Voodoo Medicine Man”
12. Don Fardon – “Indian Reservation” / “Hudson Bay”
13. Cerrone – “Je Suis Music” / “Rocket in the Pocket”
14. Marty Wilde – “It’s Been Nice” / “Bad Boy”
15. Taja Seville – “Love is Contagious” / “Mama”
16. B.A. Robertson & Maggie Bell – “Hold Me” / “Spring Greens”
17. Fiddler’s Dram – “Daytrip to Bangor” / “The Flash Lad”
18. Bob Geldof – “The Great Song of Indifference” / “Hotel 75”
19. Gary Shearston – “I Get a Kick Out of You” / “Witnessing”
20. Mr. Mister – “Kyrie” / “Kyrie (Extended)”

A note on disc number 7 above: Neil Pepper is an Elvis impersonator, and The Beatnix are a Beatles tribute band. On this record, both have covered the Led Zeppelin classic in the style of their inspirations.

The latter half of this playlist started to wander in to some strange, unknown territory – along with featuring some decidedly dodgy songs. A while back, I purchased a box of about 100 singles at a carboot sale for a fiver, quite a lot of which was quality music. Here though, some of the dregs have started to float to the surface.

It’s not all bad though, and there’s a fair spread of awesome tracks scattered through out the list to make it a fun listen. Plus a lot of variety too, from The Crue’s dumb party metal, to classic 60’s pop from the Turtles, 80’s pop with Mr. Mister and some great old school hip hop.

I’m favouring Sham 69 and The Stranglers as particularly fine songs. And of course the Red Hot Chili Peppers, which I bought because although the A side I have on an album, I wanted the B side to add to my collection.

Singles Nights are always a cool way to spend an evening. I’ll update you with another killer playlist soon.