November 20, 2018
2nd (of 5) in B-sides of Floor Filler 7″ played alphabetically series. From Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Girlfrendo. The concept is that the A-sides of the singles played are massive and overwhelming. What about the forgotten B’s? In this series we are exploring them, played alphabetically by band.
Listen to this show – Part Two appears further down the page
Song | Artist | Release | Label |
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I’m Just Looking | Dexy’s Midnight Runners | Dance Stance | Oddball Productions |
Doggie Do | The Dickies | Eve Of Destruction | A&M |
Pillow Fight | The Distractions | Time Goes by So Slow | Factory |
Negative Entropy | Domino Rally With Magnus Lawrie | Art School Cool | Modern Independent Records |
Lady Liberty | Dressy Bessy | Lady Liberty | Yep Roc |
Ignore Them (Always Crashing in the Same Bar) | Eddie & The Hot Rods | Do Anything You Wanna Do | Island |
The Last Time | The Electric Chairs | Stuck On You | Illegal Records |
R.A.F. | Brian Eno and Snatch | King’s Lead Hat | Polydor |
I Won’t Give Up | The Erasers | Ork Records: Complete Singles | Numero Group |
Song | Artist | Release | Label |
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Swan Pond | Violet Nox | Twin Flame – Single | Sleep Fuse |
Frequency | Expelaires | To See You | Zoo Records |
Where the Rio de Rosa Flows | Tav Falco Panther Burns | Sway | ORG Music |
Red Green & Gold / Sodium Pentathol Negative | Fashion | The Innocent | I.R.S. Inc. |
She’s Leaving Home | Bryan Ferry | Tokyo Joe | Polydor |
Metal Urbane (Dub) | Karel Fialka | The Eyes Have It | Blueprint |
Confessions | Flowers | Confessions | Pop Aural |
Our Lips Are Sealed (Urdu Version) | Fun Boy Three | Our Lips Are Sealed | Chrysalis |
Tree Outside / Beatnik Beach Party | Future Dads | Dorchester Summer | Modern Method |
It’s Her Factory | Gang of Four | At Home He’s A Tourist | EMI |
Wild Dub (Version) | Generation X | Wild Youth | Chrysalis |
Falling Out Of Love / I Would Kill For Some Weirdness (Live) | Girlfrendo | Cat Heaven | Bambini |
7" played alphabetically
The original series:
- #319: Adverts - Angel Corpus Christi
- #320: Angry Samoans - Bakamono
- #321: Band of Susans - The Bishops
- #323: Black Barbie - David Bowie
- #324: David Bowie - Butterglove
- #325: Cake Like - Chia Pet
- #326: Chickita - Common Thread
- #327: Comet Gain - Damon & Naomi
- #337: Dalek I - Deluxx
- #338: Dexys Midnight Runners - Driver UFO
- #357: Drinking Woman - Electric Chairs
B-sides of Floor Filler 7″ played alphabetically:
- #352: The Action Suits - Lizzy Mercier Descloux
- #353: Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Girlfrendo
- #354: The Go-Betweens - The Records
- #355: Mott The Hoople - The Records
- #356: Revelons - The The
Tightly scoped 5-week A-Z:
- #367: The Action Suits - The Detroit Cobras
- #368: The Deviants - Bert Jansch
- #369: Japanese Girl - Permanent Clear Light
- #370: Politrio -The Tea Set
- #371: Ted & Ray - Zelators
The original series re-visited 3 years later, starting from 'A' once again:
- #487: A Certain Ratio - Capri
- #489: Cassie - Denim
- #490: The Desert Wolves - East River Pipe
- #491: East Village - The Ex
- #492: Expelaires - Fluffy
- #493: Fabric - Furtips
- #494: Aaron Frazer - The Girls
- #495: Girls With Credit Cards - Grace Budd
- #496: Green Seagull - Martin Hannett & Steve Hopkins
- #497: Hanterhir - Heroin