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December 28, 2021

The second week of Carl’s living room. We are listening to vinyl LP tracks in no particular order or plan, just playing tracks as if we were sitting together listening to records. Two bands I have know about for ages but never really checked out are back-to-back: Sharks and Love Spit Love. The former is Chris Spedding and Andy Fraser, and the later is Richard Butler post The Furs. A few weeks ago in the alphabetical 7″ series we hear 4 Skins and Golden Starlet. Here they appear from non-7″: 4 Skins from a 12″ (their only other release) and Golden Starlet from the anthology LP. We have 3 instances of famous folks outside of their normal orbits. Big Star’s Alex Chilton in a New Orleans cover band, Mark Sandman playing outside of Morphine in Hypnosonics, and Duff McKagan in pre-G’n’R band The Living. Robert Gordon has Tish & Snooky doing background vocals on The Catman (an ode to Gene Vincent), and a couple of unknowns (Mother Trucker and Noah) pull their weight with the company they sit in. Good stuff.

Noah

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Artist Song Release Label
Alex Chilton and Hi Rhythm Section Big Boss Man Boogie Shoes: Live On Beale Street Omnivore Recordings
Bob Mould Baby Needs a Cookie Blue Hearts Merge Records
BMX Bandits Do You Really Love Me ? Star Wars Last Night From Glasgow
Love Spit Love ‎ Friends Trysome Eatone Real Gone Music
Sharks Snakes And Swallowtails First Water MCA Records
Dr. John, The Night Tripper Loop Garoo Remedies Get On Down
Eighth Route Army Daily Beat Nihilist Olympics 1 Dimensional Records
4 Skins (I Said) Ugh! White Neighborhood Beatnote Records
Tav Falco La Brigantessa Club Car Zodiac Org Music
The Feelies Original Love Crazy Rhythms Bar/None Records
Robert Gordon The Catman Rock Billy Boogie RCA
Golden Starlet Hot Stuff Token Gadgy Paroxysm
Gruntruck Tribe Push Real Gone Music
Jesse Hector It’s You It Ain’t Easy 1992-1996 Just Add Water
The Higsons Run Me Down (instrumental) Run Me Down Two-Tone Records

Artist Song Release Label
Hypnosonics Rub It In Someone Stole My Shoes: Beyond The Q Division Sessions Modern Harmonic
Jaklin Look For Me Baby Jaklin Morgan Blue Town
The Paul Collins Beat On The Highway Another World (The Best Of The Archives) Alive Records
NRBQ You Can’t Change People Dragnet Omnivore Recordings
Nervous Eaters Last Chance Eaterville #2 Penniman Records
King’s X Smudge Please Come Home…Mr. Bulbous Svart Records
Neon Christ After 1984 Southern Lord
The Living Two Generation Stand 1982 Loosegroove Records
The Lipstick Killers Shakedown USA Strange Flash – Studio & Live ’78-81 Grown Up Wrong!
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers The Same Way A Hard Road Sundazed Music
Mother Trucker Rock N’ Roll Lady Mother Trucker Sundazed Music
Jobriath Ooh La La Creatures Of The Street Elektra
Noah We Wanna Be Free (Demo) Brain Suck Guerssen
The Legendary Pink Dots Blacklist The Golden Age Metropolis

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December 21, 2021

Carl’s living room is the latest Gulls Window Circus series, and the loosest – join me as I just plain listen to records with the recorder on. This week is all vinyl, all LP tracks. It starts with a track from Raybeat’s unappreciated ‘The Lost Philip Glass Sessions’. NYC band Sorrows’ ‘Love Too Late​’ LP, which THEY didn’t appreciate, gets re-recorded 40 years later and redeemed as ‘Love Too Late​.​.​. The Real Album’. Mark Wirtz in his 1970 band The Matchmakers bring goodness, as do Crazy Horse, with the humbly titled but incredible sounding ‘Your Song.’ That track gets followed by a Somerville MA contemporary artist that nails the Crazy Horse spirit – Doug Tuttle. Other Boston area treasures [Turbines, Richie Parsons] bring joy. 80’s NYC bands Steel Tips, Glorious Strangers and Details At Eleven bring me back to my childhood, as does the live Cure track from their first NYC appearance ‘Live At Hurrah, NYC, 15 April 1980’. Also bringing me back, though not as far, is the Versus ‘Let’s Electrify!’ reissue which we hear a track from.

Steel Tips

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Artist Song Release Label
The Raybeats 1.2 Girls The Lost Philip Glass Sessions Ramp Local
The Shadracks No Time From Human Like Forms Damaged Goods
Sorrows So Much Love Love Too Late​.​.​. The Real Album Big Stir Records
The Matchmakers Turn Me On Bubble Gum A Gogo Sundazed
Crazy Horse Your Song At Crooked Lake Epic
Doug Tuttle Bruised & Bothered Pinecone Wild Honey Records
The Last Words Walk Away Animal World Papagájův Hlasatel Records
Wild Billy Childish & CTMF Come Into My Life Where The Wild Purple Iris Grows Damaged Goods
Teenage Filmstars Some Times Good Guys Don’t Follow Trends (There’s A) Cloud Over Liverpool Munster Records
The Fabulous Courettes Edge Of My Nerves Back In Mono Damaged Goods
Turbines Hangin’ Tough Last Dance Before Highway Big Time
Steel Tips Unka Puk Steel Tips Phantom Plaything
Glorious Strangers Deception Glorious Strangers Fun City Records
Greg Prevost Snowblind Friend Songs For These Times Mean Disposition
Details At Eleven In Your Teeth Details At Eleven Dossier
Details At Eleven Place To Park Details At Eleven Dossier

Artist Song Release Label
Hot Tuna Funky #7 America’s Choice Friday Music
Sheila Rickards Meets King Tubby The Dub Station Jamaican Fruit Of African Roots Shella Records
Focus Harem Scarem (Single Version) Singles, Deep Cuts & BBC Live Music On Vinyl
The Psychedelic Furs Wrong Train Made Of Rain Cooking Vinyl
The Cure A Forest Live At Hurrah, NYC, 15 April 1980 Deaf Youth Industries
The Crazies Flipper A Simple Vision Optic Nerve Recordings
Screamers Punish Or Be Damned Demo Hollywood 1977 Superior Viaduct
Sportique Cerebral Vortex Modern Museums Where It’s At Is Where You Are
Lilys The Sammael Sea Better Can’t Make Your Life Better Sundazed Music
Richie Parsons When Fall Begins Honey And Tears Lawless Records
The Wrens Surprise, Honeycomb Secaucus Craft Recordings
Versus That Girl’s Gone Let’s Electrify! Teenbeat
The Zombies The Way I Feel Inside I Love You Craft Recordings

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December 14, 2021

Part 31 in the 7″ played alphabetically series on Gulls Window Circus. This week we travel from Hanterhir to Heroin. There are 2 covers this week: Hanterhir with Bowie’s Dancing Out In Space and Herbal Flesh Tea with Hawaii 5-0. Boston SSD vocalist Spring breaks the expected mold in his Chicago band The Hedonists. Corin Tucker’s first band Heavens To Betsy sounds great. Walter Lure’s first post-Heartbreakers project The Heroes get air. Absolute song of the week belongs to The Heat. All tracks could be expanded upon here, best plan is to listen and discover.

The Heat

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Artist Song Release Label
Guv’ner She Dog Stop Earl Grey Tea Gap Year Records
Grup Bunalım Taş Var Köpek Yok Yeter Artık Kadın Türkofon
Hanterhir Dancing Out In Space Schizophrenia Easy Action
Happy Hate Me Nots Salt Sour And Brighton Salt Sour And Brighton Waterfront Records
The Hard-Ons I Heard Her Call My Name The Girl In The Sweater Waterfront Records
Harriet The Spy We Have The Codes, We Can Tear Off Arms Circle A Indicator Donut Friends
The Hattifatteners Dirt Rd @ Night Vogue Bambini Dark Beloved Cloud
Hawkwind Damnation Alley Hassan I Sahba Atomhenge
Hayleys Cake See You Tomorrow See You Tomorrow Invicta Hi-Fi
Hazel Blank Florida Blank Florida Pacific Wonderland Records
Headless Heyday Competitor Nothing Up There Always Tantrum Records
Heartbreakers Do You Love Me One Track Mind Track Record
Heartworms Thanks For The Headache Thanks For The Headache Darla Records
The Heat Instant Love Instant Love Hot Stuff Records
Heavenly Space Manatee Space Manatee K
Heaven 17 We Live So Fast Temptation Virgin

Artist Song Release Label
Heavens To Betsy Playground These Monsters Are Real. Kill Rock Stars
Heck Yours Terminally Elvis Quench Yin’s Misgivings Yang’s Whispering Campaign Piao!
The Hedonists Know Your Angers Name Know Your Angers Name Homestead Records
Hefner The Sweetness Lies Within The Sweetness Lies Within Too Pure
Helen Love Red Light Pogo Pogo Elefant Records
Helium Pat’s Trick Pat’s Trick Matador
Richard Hell The Night Is Coming On 3 New Songs The Night Is Coming On
Hello I’m A Truck My Uncle’s Boat Bad Bad Poisonous Alien Love Snack Sac Records
Helmettes I Don’t Care What The People Say I Don’t Care What The People Say No Fun
Helter Skelter I Need You I Need You Just Add Water
Jimi Hendrix Trash Man Mannish Boy Legacy
Henry’s Dress 1620 1620 I Wish I Was A Slumberland Record
Herbal Flesh Tea Hawaii 5-0 Midwesterner EP Faithful Goat Records
The Heroes Too Much Junkie Bizness Seven Days Week End Skydog International
Heroin This One Has No Name Heroin Gravity

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

#496

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December 7, 2021

Part 30 in the 7″ played alphabetically series on Gulls Window Circus. This week we travel from Green Seagull to Martin Hannett & Steve Hopkins. I enjoy the tracks I had never paid attention to before: Grout, Graham, Gravity Wx, Greenhorn, Gutterball, Grover, and The Hangmen. The flip side of The Gremies 7″ is a treat I never explored either. The RSD 7″ different version of Fire Of Love is real nice, and it is always a joy to hear Guv’ner, Gretschen Hofner, and Paul Haig.

Paul Haig 'Running Away'

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Artist Song Release Label
Green Seagull Belladonna Simeon Brown Mega Dodo
Ellie Greenwich Baby Baby Red Bird
Gretschen Hofner Zero To Nowhere Zero To Nowhere Secular Recordings
Grind You Wanna Talk To Your Daddy? You Wanna Talk To Your Daddy? Doublebutt Records
Gringo Star Don’t Give Keep Talking Catapult Records
Group 1850 Dream Of The Future Dream Of The Future Pseudonym
Grout 40 Boxes Grout Uprising Records
Growing Up Skipper Abby Use Only As Directed The Making Of Americans
Gruppo Sportivo Are You Ready? More Mistakes Sire
Graham Mordant Rain Slacker: EP Orgasm
Grandaddy Could This Be Love Could This Be Love Big Jesus Enterprises
Gravity Wax Last Call Toma Coast E.P. Burnt Hair
Great Northern Houses Houses Eenie Meenie Records
Greenhorn Liars’ Song Liars’ Song 3 Beads Of Sweat
Gudrun Gut Pleasure Version Pleasure Train Earsugar
The Guitaraculas What Is Love What Is Love Missing Fink Records

Artist Song Release Label
The Guitaraculas Nobody Wins What Is Love Missing Fink Records
The Gun Club Fire Of Love Ruby Sessions Minky Records
Gutterball Cheaper By The Pound Trial Separation Blues Singles Only Label
Guv’ner I Wanna Knight Moves Merge Records
The Gremies Dorchester Dub No Surfin In Dorchester Bay Modern Method Records
Grenadine Seven Hundred Seventy Seven Don’t Forget The Halo Simple Machines
Grifters Stream Crush It!… Twist It!… Knot It!… Derivative Records
Guided By Voices Big School Static Airplane Jive City Slang
Grover The Only Gatsby Dave Approaches Infinity EP Gritty Kitty
Gruppenbild Tranquillity Tranquillity Tidal Waves Music
Guitar Wolf Kawasaki Z II 750 Rock’n’Roll Kawasaki Z II 750 Rock’n’Roll Matador
Paul Haig Time Running Away Operation Twilight
Haircut One Hundred Nobody’s Fool Nobody’s Fool Arista
The Hangmen The Girl Who Faded Away What A Girl Can’t Do Windian
Martin Hannett & Steve Hopkins All Sorts Of Heroes All Sorts Of Heroes Finders Keepers 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