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.
Listen to this show – Part Two appears further down the page
| 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:
- #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