Monthly Archives: January 2023

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January 31, 2023

An all-vinyl power pop show, everything fitting together neatly, though the last 3 songs in the second hour break the mold a bit, but somehow suggested themselves as I was recording this. I learned interesting stuff about Hollywood Stars (they shared a split 7″ with The Kinks) and Plastic Bertrand while recording this show. The Sweet track is a strong 2021 studio recording from a pandemic inspired LP. The Adverts track had been going through my head for weeks, glad to put it out in the open here. The Jordan Jones, KRGA, Brett Smiley trio that closes the first hour is ‘just right’, while bands to discover in this show are Beachheads, The Trend, Modernettes, The Stiffs, The Lloyds, and The Demons.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Blake Babies	I’ll Take Anything	Sunburn	American Laundromat Records
Chris Bell	I Got Kinda Lost	I Am The Cosmos	Omnivore Recordings
Beachheads	10 000 Hurts	Beachheads II	Fysisk Format
The Shirts	Teenage Crutch	The Shirts	Capitol Records
Stiv Bators	A Million Miles Away	Disconnected	Bomp!
The Bangles	Anna Lee (Sweetheart Of The Sun)	Sweetheart Of The Sun	Real Gone Music
The Adverts	Safety In Numbers	Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts	Bright Records
Arc	Why Live For The Weekend	Arc	Lifesong
Agent Orange	It’s Up To Me And You	When You Least Expect It…	Enigma
Joneses	Teenage Breakdown	Jonesin’ Discography Vol. 3	Projectile Platters
Small Faces	Hey Girl	Complete Greatest Hits!	Charly Records
Big Star	When My Baby’s Beside Me	#1 Record	Ardent Records
The Sweet	Hellraiser	Isolation Boulevard	Prudential Records
The Hollywood Stars	All The Kids On The Street	Sound City	Liberation Hall
Jordan Jones	Be My Baby	Jordan Jones	Spaghetty Town Records
KRGA	Why Try	Moi St.	Hoser Records
Brett Smiley	Va Va Va Voom	Breathlessly Brett	Beat Stack Records

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Starcrawler	Roadkill	She Said	Big Machine Records
Plastic Bertrand	Rock’n’Roll Je Te Hais	L’Album	Attic
The Tubes	Haloes	The Tubes	A&M Records
De Cylinders	Sorrow In The Rain	Chartbusters 1978-1982	Projectile Platters
Robin Lane & The Chartbusters	Be Mine Tonite	Robin Lane & The Chartbusters	Warner Bros. Records
The Trend	Girl On TV	The Trend Is In!	One Way Ticket Records
Modernettes	Confidential	Eighty Eighty Two	Projectile Platters
The Stiffs	Magic Roundabout	The Singles Collection 1979-1985	Projectile Platters
Stiff Little Fingers	Piccadilly Circus	BBC Live In Concert	Parlophone
The Lloyds	Curiosity	Let’s Go Lloyds!	Projectile Platters
The Hawks	Bullfighter	Obviously 5 Believers	Seventeen Records
The Demons	Bad Dreamin’	The Demons	Mercury
Robyn Hitchcock	The Lizard	Black Snake Diamond Röle	Armageddon Records
Modern Art	(Trying To Find) The Hidden World	Circuit Lights (1982-1986)	Domestica
Second Layer	Deadly Norwegian Wood	Courts Or Wars	1972

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January 24, 2023

All vinyl as always, an LP tracks Carl’s living room show with 11 feels-good-together pairings, then 3 David Crosby and 4 Jeff Beck tracks to celebrate the life and works of those artists. Special attention to the Traffic track that has been going through my head, the Stargazer Lilies track from their brand new record, and the David Bowie remix of a track from his The Next Day LP.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
The Raybeats	The Backstroke	Guitar Beat	Don’t Fall Off The Mountain
David Bowie	I’d Rather Be High (Venetian Mix)	The Next Day Extra EP	Columbia
Ultravox	Stranger Within (Full Length Version)	Rage In Eden [Steven Wilson Stereo Mix]	Chrysalis Catalogue
Brenda Ray	Return Of Theme From A Tall Dark Stranger	Perfume Of The Soul	Emotional Rescue
Traffic	Hidden Treasure	The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys	Island Records
America	Riverside	Live At Goodbye Summer Festival ‘71	Morgan Blue Town Records Ltd.
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band	My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains	Clear Spot	Rhino Records
Dr. John	End Of The Line	Things Happen That Way	Rounder Records
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers	This Kind Of Music	Jonathan Sings!	Omnivore Recordings
The Trend	(I Feel Like A) Dictionary	The Trend Is In!	One Way Ticket Records
Mick Farren	Bela Lugosi	Vampires Stole My Lunch Money	Munster Records
Tintern Abbey	Nightfall	Beeside The Anthology	Real Gone Music
The Scrubbers	Street Rat	The Scrubbers Vol I	RAR
Jimi Hendrix	Cherokee Mist / Astro Man	Burning Desire	Dagger Records

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Wire	Underwater Experiences	Not About To Die (Studio Demos 1977-1978)	Pinkflag
Chuck Berry	It’s Too Dark In There	Concerto In B Goode	Mercury
The Stargazer Lilies	Bending The Lines	Cosmic Tidal Wave	Floravinyl Records
Elisa Waut	Being Strong	Elisa Waut	Numero Group
The Hawks	All The Sad Young Men	Obviously 5 Believers	Seventeen Records
Attitudes	Ain’t Love Enough	Dark Horse Records (The Best Of 1974-1977)	Dark Horse Records
Stiff Little Fingers	Gate 49	BBC Live In Concert	Parlophone
The Spencer Davis Group	Moonshine	Looking Back	Solution Records
David Crosby	Tamalpais High (At About 3)	If I Could Only Remember My Name	Atlantic
The Byrds	Why	Never Before	Re-Flyte
David Crosby	Shot At Me	For Free	BMG
Beck, Bogert & Appice	Why Should I Care	Beck, Bogert & Appice	Epic
Jeff Beck	Morning Dew	Truth	Epic
Jeff Beck With Terry Bozzio And Tony Hymas	Behind The Veil	Jeff Beck’s Guitar Shop	Friday Music
Yardbirds	Hot House Of Omagarashid (Alternate Mono Version)	Roger The Engineer	Demon Records

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January 17, 2023

A Carl’s living room LP tracks rock show with three 7″ tracks tucked in as a bonus at the end of Part 2. Some 80’s goodness from ten records gifted to me, which shaped some of the other selections. Special attention should be called to ALRN, an early Scott Miller (Game Theory) band, and to The Yummy Fur’s Bowie cover. EVERY track fought long and hard to be included here and has a rightful place in the Circus.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
The Bags	Pioneer	Rock Starve	Restless Records
Bailter Space	Glimmer	Wammo	Matador
Au Pairs	Instant Touch	Sense And Sensuality	Kamera Records
The Auteurs	Light Aircraft On Fire	After Murder Park	3 Loop Music
Automatics	Run Forever	The Missing Album	Destroy Records
A·Moms = Algebra Mothers	Swan Song	A·Moms = Algebra Mothers	Third Man Records
The Apples In Stereo	Drifting Patterns	Her Wallpaper Reverie	Earworm
April March	Californian Fall	In Cinerama	Une Vie
ALRN	Beach State Rocking	Painted Windows	Rational Records
Robin Lane & The Chartbusters	Without You	Robin Lane & The Chartbusters	Warner Bros. Records
The Severed Limb	Bela Lugosi	Good And Gone	Wonderfulsound
Airport Girl	Hey! Crayola	Honey, I’m An Artist	Fortuna Pop!
A Certain Ratio	Good Together	Good Together	Mute
Viv Albertine	Sweet Cheat Gone	The Vermilion Border	Cadiz Music
Adam And The Ants	Killer In The Home	Kings Of The Wild Frontier	CBS

Artist	Song	Release	Label
The Adicts	Chinese Takeaway	Sound Of Music	Radiation Reissues
ABC	Date Stamp	The Lexicon Of Love	Neutron Records
XTC	Melt The Guns	English Settlement	Virgin
Lene Lovich	Special Star	New Toy	Stiff-Epic
‘Til Tuesday	Maybe Monday	Voices Carry	Epic
The Motors	Do You Mind	Approved By The Motors	Virgin
The Unknowns	Not My Memory	Dream Sequence	Sire
O Positive	With You	Only Breathing	Throbbing Lobster
Scruffy The Cat	Runaway	Boom Boom Boom Bingo	Relativity
Elvis Costello	I’m Not Angry	My Aim Is True	Stiff Records
Pete Wylie And The Mighty Wah	Seven Minutes To Midnight (Liveish)	The Story Of The Blues	Chrysalis Catalogue
The Soup Dragons	The Same Old Story	Janice Long Session 01.09.86	Precious Recordings Of London
Mother Goose	Top Tune Mate!	Mother Goose / Mystery Date	Igor Records
The Yummy Fur	Always Crashing In The Same Car	Stereo Girls	Roxy
The Male Nurse	G-D-R	G-D-R	Guided Missile

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January 10, 2023

A vinyl rock Carl’s living room show that offers 13 pairings (26 tracks) spread across two 60 minute segments. The first hour pairs Mary Timony w/The Farmer’s Boys, Ace Frehley w/Fanny, Can w/Grand Funk Railroad, Del Shannon w/Robyn Hitchcock, Suzi Quatro w/The Rolling Stones and live tracks from The Sound w/Duran Duran. The second hour pairs Carambolage w/The Male Nurse, Bone Of Contention w/Human Sexual Response, Julian Cope w/Detective, The Kinks w/Hot Tuna, and Swamp Dogg w/Bryan Ferry (perfect pair). Everything will make sense, I promise!

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Mary Timony	Poison Moon	Mountains	Matador
The Farmer’s Boys	Portrait Of A Legend (Part One)	Phew Wow	EMI
Ace Frehley	Space Truckin’	Origins Vol.2	eOne
Fanny	You’re The One	Charity Ball	Real Gone Music
Can	Cuxhaven 76 Drei	Live In Cuxhaven 1976	Mute
Grand Funk Railroad	Got This Thing On The Move	Grand Funk	Capitol Records
Del Shannon	I Go To Pieces	Rock On!	Demon Records
Robyn Hitchcock	The Inner Life Of Scorpio	Shufflemania!	Tiny Ghost Records
Suzi Quatro	I Feel The Earth Move	Uncovered	Sun Record Company
The Rolling Stones	Come On	More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies)	London Records
The Sound	I Can’t Escape Myself	Utrecht, No Nukes Festival (April 9th, 1982)	Radio Broadcast
Duran Duran	Careless Memories	Hammersmith ’82!	Parlophone
Lung Leg	Previous Condition	Maid To Minx	Last Night From Glasgow

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Buzzcocks	You’ve Changed Everything Now	Sonics In The Soul	Cherry Red
Carambolage	Widerlich	Eilzustellung-Exprès	Tapete Records
The Male Nurse	German Sleeps In My Bed	The Male Nurse	Decemberism
Bone Of Contention	Who Are You?	48 Points Of View	Igor Records
Human Sexual Response	Marone Offering	In A Roman Mood	Passport Records
Julian Cope	Levitation	World Shut Your Mouth	Island Records
Detective	Dynamite	It Takes One To Know One	Swan Song
The Kinks	Word Of Mouth	Word Of Mouth	Friday Music
Hot Tuna	Free Rein	Yellow Fever	Friday Music
Swamp Dogg	Family Pain	Sorry You Couldn’t Make It	Joyful Noise Recordings
Bryan Ferry	Just One Look	Taxi	BMG
Miriam Makeba	Down On The Corner	Keep Me In Mind	Strut
Pete Wylie And The Mighty Wah	The Story Of The Blues	The Story Of The Blues	Chrysalis Catalogue

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January 3, 2023

A 7″ singles show with a 12″, four 10″, five LP and five CD tracks: a mix of all formats. The labels Precious Recordings Of London and Igor Records get a large spread. The Gulls Window Circus ‘pairing’ concept is here: two track sets where each track somehow complements thew other. Notable tracks are excavated from the collective unconsciousness of the world of music, and sit proud for your discovery.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Boyracer	Pretentious Headline Band Ego Problem	John Peel Session 02.09.94	Precious Recordings Of London
Mozart Estate	Relative Poverty	Relative Poverty	Cherry Red
David Bowie	Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix By James Murphy For The DFA)	The Next Day Extra EP	Columbia
The Soup Dragons	Our Lips Are Sealed	John Peel Session 06.01.87	Precious Recordings Of London
Mystery Date	Tryst	Mother Goose / Mystery Date	Igor Records
Motörhead / Girlschool	Emergency	St Valentines Day Massacre	BMG
This Poison!	Driving Skills	John Peel Session 30.11.87	Precious Recordings Of London
Love Letters	The Last One	Love Letters	Igor Records
The Vanitys	(When You’re) So Far Away	Coconuts For You	Rings Of Saturn
The Pundits	Lotusland	Good Hooch!	Igor Records
Bone Of Contention	Treemonisha	Good Hooch!	Igor Records
Red House	25 Reasons	25 Reasons	Wave Seven
Mike Watt + The Secondmen	In Quintessence	In Quintessence	Yep Roc Records
The Playn Jayn	It’s Not Me	Cardinal Charlotte’s Memorial School	Circle Records

Artist	Song	Release	Label
The Fuzztones	Bad News Travels Fast	Bad News Travels Fast	Zulu Records
Sharon Tandy	Hold On	Hold On	Big Beat Records
Bunnygrunt	Can You Come Down With Us	The Covered In Shawn EP!	Silly Moo Records
Screaming Dizbüsters	This Ain’t The Summer Of Love	This Ain’t The Summer Of Love	Amigo
Juliana Hatfield	Lotta Love	Juliana Hatfield / Emma Swift split single	American Laundromat Records
Dave Davies	21st Century (Demo)	21st Century	Green Amp Records
Benett	Who’s Your Baby?	So You’re Not Coming Over?	WIN Records
Aloha Wednesday	Dame Un Becito	Counterattack Of U.S. Indie (U.S. Pop Life Vol.1)	Contact Records
Crow Follow	Ride of Our Lives	Red Velvet Radio	Band 4 Band Records
Crosby, Stills & Nash	Wooden Ships	Crosby, Stills & Nash	Atlantic
Tom Tom Club	Under The Boardwalk	Under The Boardwalk	Island Records
Madness	Crying Shame	Embarrassment	Stiff Records
Mick Farren	I Don’t Want To Go This Way	Vampires Stole My Lunch Money	Munster Records
Corey Taylor	All This And More	Corey Taylor / Dead Boys split single	Roadrunner Records
De Cylinders	We Must Pay	Chartbusters 1978-1982	Projectile Platters
Jamie Browning Band	Underground	Give Us A Break 3	Spawner Records
Jerry Can	Progress	Give Us A Break 3	Spawner Records