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