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October 26, 2021

Part 19 in the 7″ played alphabetically series on Gulls Window Circus continues catch-up on the letters A-E, which started in 2018. I had so much fun with this one – I think there is a certain rhythm when you play nothing but 7″ singles – same as a 12″-only show or LP tracks show, each have their identity. There are many one-single wonders in this show, which I point out as I introduce each. Special attention to: The Blackouts, Broadcast (not the UK Broadcast, this one is from Kansas), The Desert Wolves, DIAMONDS (almost Echo & the Bunnymen epic in reach), Domino Rally With Magnus Lawrie (Urusei Yatsura is the backing band), fond Boston history with Dub 7, and sublime closer East River Pipe.

Domino Rally

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Artist Song Release Label
Articles Of Faith I’ve Got Mine Wait Wasteland Records
Atila Africa 2 Fish Ranch Records
Beatnik Filmstars 50/50 Split Pink Noize Slumberland Records
Biff Bang Pow! Fifty Years Of Fun Fifty Years Of Fun Creation Records
The Blackouts The Underpass 528 Seconds Modern Records
Blatant Dissent The Catalysts / They, They, They Is There A Fear? Landmind Records
Broadcast Zero Hour Untitled EP Fresh Sounds Inc
Can You Imagine? Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep Melody And Car Parts JukeBox Records Music Company
The Desert Wolves Love Scattered Lives Love Scattered Lives Optic Nerve Recordings
The Deviants Let’s Loot The Supermarket You’ve Got To Hold On Munster Records
DIAMONDS Cry We Will Always Be Alone Custom Made Music
Disco Junk Mutual Hate Underage Punk HoZac Records
Disco Volante No Motion No Motion Medical Records LLC
Distraction Boys Pay Off The Cops Live On Ave. B Cryptovision
Disturbed Furniture Information Information Disturbed Records
Ditch Croaker Monkey Wild Monkey Wild Fine Corinthian

Artist Song Release Label
The Bucaneer’s I’m A Fool You’re Never Gonna Love Me Anymore Amigo
Cash & Skye Sweeping Wet Floors No More Candy Third Man Records
The Fabulous Courettes R.I.N.G.O R.I.N.G.O Damaged Goods
The Dogmatics The Ballad of Wilbur Ross She’s the One Rum Bar Records
Domino Rally With Magnus Lawrie Art School Cool Art School Cool Modern Independent Records
The Dots Interstellar Overdrive How To Write A Pop Song AAI
The Dragons Together Surfin’ Again Wildcat Discovery Records
The Dream Syndicate The Ballad Of Dwight Frye Bob And Ornette And Ted And Alice Forced Exposure
Drill Happy Home Happy Home Flying Nun Records
Dub 7 Gavel Groove Gavel Groove Core 4 Records
Ducks Unlimited Annie Forever Get Bleak Bobo Integral
Dump Living On The Moon You & I 18 Wheeler
Duochrome Theremin Neon Ground Effects Dada Records
East River Pipe Psychic Whore Make A Deal With The City Hell Gate

7" played alphabetically

The original series:

  1. #319: Adverts - Angel Corpus Christi
  2. #320: Angry Samoans - Bakamono
  3. #321: Band of Susans - The Bishops
  4. #323: Black Barbie - David Bowie
  5. #324: David Bowie - Butterglove
  6. #325: Cake Like - Chia Pet
  7. #326: Chickita - Common Thread
  8. #327: Comet Gain - Damon & Naomi
  9. #337: Dalek I - Deluxx
  10. #338: Dexys Midnight Runners - Driver UFO
  11. #357: Drinking Woman - Electric Chairs

B-sides of Floor Filler 7″ played alphabetically:

  1. #352: The Action Suits - Lizzy Mercier Descloux
  2. #353: Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Girlfrendo
  3. #354: The Go-Betweens - The Records
  4. #355: Mott The Hoople - The Records
  5. #356: Revelons - The The

Tightly scoped 5-week A-Z:

  1. #367: The Action Suits - The Detroit Cobras
  2. #368: The Deviants - Bert Jansch
  3. #369: Japanese Girl - Permanent Clear Light
  4. #370: Politrio -The Tea Set
  5. #371: Ted & Ray - Zelators

The original series re-visited 3 years later, starting from 'A' once again:

  1. #487: A Certain Ratio - Capri
  2. #489: Cassie - Denim
  3. #490: The Desert Wolves - East River Pipe
  4. #491: East Village - The Ex
  5. #492: Expelaires - Fluffy
  6. #493: Fabric - Furtips
  7. #494: Aaron Frazer - The Girls
  8. #495: Girls With Credit Cards - Grace Budd
  9. #496: Green Seagull - Martin Hannett & Steve Hopkins
  10. #497: Hanterhir - Heroin

#489

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October 19, 2021

Part 18 in the 7″ played alphabetically series. This week we continue the catch up started in #487 (continuing next week as well), where we play all the singles in A-E that were obtained since the series first started several years ago. I love Edwin Collins cover of the Vic Goddard track Won’t Turn Back. One of the bands from #485 ‘book a show in 1995′ series returns with an earlier 7″ (Citizens’ Utilities) that sounds real good. Scottish band The Commercials spun a bit like Scars on their lone 7″ 16 Again And Again. The Clouds sound great on their 1987 single, as does Billy Childish on the CTMF 7″. Tom Croose give a singular re-edit of a Fleetwood Mac song, and Dave Davies almost sounds like Mott the Hoople. Felt’s Lawrence closes the show with the awesome It Fell Off The Back Of A Lorry – EVERY song has its story – listen and love.

The Bastards

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Artist Song Release Label
Cassie Will You? Change My Image Reminder Records
Central Departure For You So Long Rock-N-Roll D.J. 7″ E.P. Meanbean Records
The Chemicals Run And Hide Out Of My Mind 7″ Meanbean Records
The Chemistry Set Sail Away Firefly Fruits de Mer Records
Cheryl Killer Kiss Killer Kiss Reminder Records
Chin-Chin Stop! Your Crying Stop! Your Crying Optic Nerve Recordings
P. Allen Fisherman Fisherman Shella Records
The Bastards Impossibilities Impossibilities Reminder Records
Melody Beecher Diamonds & Dub Diamonds & Thrills Shella Records
The Black Diamonds See The Way I Want, Need, Love You Solution Records
Jacques Charlier Kiliwatch Kiliwatch Séance Centre
Citizens’ Utilities Spool Spool Reservation Records
The Clouds Tranquil Tranquil Optic Nerve Recordings
Edwyn Collins Won’t Turn Back Keep On Burning Setanta
Coloured Balls Heavy Metal Kid Heavy Metal Kid Just Add Water

Artist Song Release Label
The Commercials The Heroine Dies 16 Again And Again Commercial Records
The Com-Sat Angels I Get Excited Red Planet Junta Records
Nikki Corvette And The Convertibles Young And Crazy Young And Crazy Splattered! Records
Count Bishops I Ain’t Got You Speedball Chiswick Records
The Courettes Only Happy When You’re Gone Hop The Twig Damaged Goods
Cowboy Suit Bring It On Cowboy Suit Nightrain Vinyl
Tom Croose Never Going Back Again (Tom Croose Edit) Never Going Back Again (Tom Croose Edit) Swimfin
CTMF Bob Dylan’s Got a Lot to Answer For Wild Billy Childish + CTMF / The Chatham Singers – Bob Dylan’s Got A Lot To Answer For Damaged Goods
Culture Shock Thought You Were A Friend Forever + Ever (+ Ever) Supreme Echo
Liz Damon’s Orient Express Crazy Mixed Up Girl Woota (Feelin Good) Aloha Got Soul
Dave Davies Creeping Jean Hold My Hand Pye Records
The Daze At The Seaside I Wanna Be A Star Reminder Records
The Dead C Metalheart Metalheart Siltbreeze
The Deceased Bullshit Detector Boredom Love Child Records
The Del Fuegos I Can’t Sleep I Can’t Sleep Czech Records
Delta 5 Colour Try Rough Trade
Denim It Fell Off The Back Of A Lorry It Fell Off The Back Of A Lorry Echo

7" played alphabetically

The original series:

  1. #319: Adverts - Angel Corpus Christi
  2. #320: Angry Samoans - Bakamono
  3. #321: Band of Susans - The Bishops
  4. #323: Black Barbie - David Bowie
  5. #324: David Bowie - Butterglove
  6. #325: Cake Like - Chia Pet
  7. #326: Chickita - Common Thread
  8. #327: Comet Gain - Damon & Naomi
  9. #337: Dalek I - Deluxx
  10. #338: Dexys Midnight Runners - Driver UFO
  11. #357: Drinking Woman - Electric Chairs

B-sides of Floor Filler 7″ played alphabetically:

  1. #352: The Action Suits - Lizzy Mercier Descloux
  2. #353: Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Girlfrendo
  3. #354: The Go-Betweens - The Records
  4. #355: Mott The Hoople - The Records
  5. #356: Revelons - The The

Tightly scoped 5-week A-Z:

  1. #367: The Action Suits - The Detroit Cobras
  2. #368: The Deviants - Bert Jansch
  3. #369: Japanese Girl - Permanent Clear Light
  4. #370: Politrio -The Tea Set
  5. #371: Ted & Ray - Zelators

The original series re-visited 3 years later, starting from 'A' once again:

  1. #487: A Certain Ratio - Capri
  2. #489: Cassie - Denim
  3. #490: The Desert Wolves - East River Pipe
  4. #491: East Village - The Ex
  5. #492: Expelaires - Fluffy
  6. #493: Fabric - Furtips
  7. #494: Aaron Frazer - The Girls
  8. #495: Girls With Credit Cards - Grace Budd
  9. #496: Green Seagull - Martin Hannett & Steve Hopkins
  10. #497: Hanterhir - Heroin

#488

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October 12, 2021

This was a live in-studio show created for the 2021 WZBC (Boston College) fundraiser. Gulls Window Circus listeners know I like to break every two songs and talk about what is going to play next. In this show I am joined by my friend Chris Marstall and together we talk after EVERY song, and there is a lot more talking than usual. My apologies for all thew calls-to-action that are fundraiser related, but there are lots of good songs and insights contained within.

Port Sulphur

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Artist Song Release Label
Mott The Hoople Alice The Hoople CBS
Downliners Sect Outside The Birth Of Suave Hand Of Glory
Ducks Deluxe Daddy Put The Bomp Ducks Deluxe RCA Victor
Smokescreens I Love Only You A Strange Dream Slumberland Records
Misty Roses Jellypop Perky Jean Komodo Dragons Frog Man Jake
Neil Young ‎ Try Homegrown Reprise Records

Artist Song Release Label
Port Sulphur A Gift Compendium Creeping Bent
The Winkies Out On The Run The Winkies Lemon Recordings
Doug Bielmeier Backscatter Ambient Works Albany Records
David Bowie ‎ Holy Holy The Width Of A Circle Parlophone
Shocking Blue Morning Sun Good Times Pink Elephant
Josef K Endless Soul Endless Soul Marina Records
The Flys Fascinate Me Today Belongs To Me – The Complete Recordings 1977-1980 Cherry Red
The Boys Cool The Boys … On Safari Captain Oi!
The Long Ryders ‎ Lights Of Downtown State Of Our Union Island Records
Betwixt Spencer For Hire The Salty Tang Woodside Records
Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel 49th Parallel The Best Years Of Our Lives EMI

#487

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October 5, 2021

Part 17 in the 7″ played alphabetically series which started February 2018 and has sporadically run since. The next few episodes play catch-up on A-E, which have already been covered in earlier shows, but which now have many more candidates than were available when those early shows were recorded. The songs that keep coming back to me from today’s show are by Action Suits, Alternate Learning, The Anemic Boyfriends, Benett, The Blue Stars, Tracy Bryant, and Capri (who to my surprise sound a whole lot like a band I like lots, The Farmer’s Boys). Love the Ash cover of Helen Love track Punk Boy. ALL the tracks could be singled out as faves.

Benett

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Artist Song Release Label
A Certain Ratio Berlin Berlin Mute
Action Suits Andy The Android Glazed Donuts Spot On!
The Action Climbing Up The Wall (See Me) Follow Me Solution Records
Charlie Ainley (You Tell Me) Lies (You Tell Me) Lies Nemperor Records
Airship Get Out, Take Your Mother With You Get Out, Take Your Mother With You Meanbean Records
Delai Alamos Con Los King Stay El Grito De Los King Ritmo Del GoGo Munster Records
Almen T.N.T. Ogro De Ciudad ¿A Donde Vamos Hoy? Munster Records
Aloha Swamp Aloha Swamp Aloha Swamp Missing Fink Records
Alternate Learning When She’s Alone ALRN Rational Records
The Anemic Boyfriends Fake I.D. Fake I.D. HoZac Records
Art Yard Something In Your Eyes Allston 1981 Ride The Snake
Ash Punk Boy Petrol Generator
Attrix Hard Times Lost Lenoré Munster Records
The Avalanches Information Electricity Rex Records
Baby’s Berserk What I Mean What I Mean Les Disques Bongo Joe
Beat Happening Crashing Through Crashing Through Optic Nerve Recordings

Artist Song Release Label
Beat Happening Look Around Crashing Through Optic Nerve Recordings
Beaver And The Trappers In Misery Happiness Is Havin’ Modern Harmonic
Benett Just Because I Liked You (In The Summertime) Amor The Seven Inch Contact Records
Biosphere Black Mesa Black Mesa Biophon Records
The Blue Macs It’s The Real Time It’s The Real Time Meanbean Records
The Blue Stars Social End Product Social End Product Munster Records
BMX Bandits Rosemary Ledingham Janice Long Session 09.04.87 Precious
BMX Bandits Strawberry Sunday Janice Long Session 23.06.86 Precious
BOB Coquette Convenience Optic Nerve Recordings
The Bonecollectors Bela Lugosi’s Dead Bela Lugosi’s Dead Missing Fink Records
Michael Boothman & Family Tree Featuring Andre Tanker Tabu Tabu Cree Records
David Bowie & Morrissey Cosmic Dancer (Live) Cosmic Dancer Parlophone
Tracy Bryant Between Us Between Us Six Tonnes De Chair Records
Buzzcocks Destination Zero Gotta Get Better Cherry Red
Camper Van Beethoven Colonel Enrique Adolfo Bermudez Take The Skinheads Bowling Optic Nerve Recordings
Capri Something Snaps Something Snaps Blow Up Records

7" played alphabetically

The original series:

  1. #319: Adverts - Angel Corpus Christi
  2. #320: Angry Samoans - Bakamono
  3. #321: Band of Susans - The Bishops
  4. #323: Black Barbie - David Bowie
  5. #324: David Bowie - Butterglove
  6. #325: Cake Like - Chia Pet
  7. #326: Chickita - Common Thread
  8. #327: Comet Gain - Damon & Naomi
  9. #337: Dalek I - Deluxx
  10. #338: Dexys Midnight Runners - Driver UFO
  11. #357: Drinking Woman - Electric Chairs

B-sides of Floor Filler 7″ played alphabetically:

  1. #352: The Action Suits - Lizzy Mercier Descloux
  2. #353: Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Girlfrendo
  3. #354: The Go-Betweens - The Records
  4. #355: Mott The Hoople - The Records
  5. #356: Revelons - The The

Tightly scoped 5-week A-Z:

  1. #367: The Action Suits - The Detroit Cobras
  2. #368: The Deviants - Bert Jansch
  3. #369: Japanese Girl - Permanent Clear Light
  4. #370: Politrio -The Tea Set
  5. #371: Ted & Ray - Zelators

The original series re-visited 3 years later, starting from 'A' once again:

  1. #487: A Certain Ratio - Capri
  2. #489: Cassie - Denim
  3. #490: The Desert Wolves - East River Pipe
  4. #491: East Village - The Ex
  5. #492: Expelaires - Fluffy
  6. #493: Fabric - Furtips
  7. #494: Aaron Frazer - The Girls
  8. #495: Girls With Credit Cards - Grace Budd
  9. #496: Green Seagull - Martin Hannett & Steve Hopkins
  10. #497: Hanterhir - Heroin