Lead-in track from their debut album 'In Toytown'. They were Redditch Dadaists, y'know?
2. PENETRATION - 'Stone Heroes' - Virgin LP - UK - 1978
From debut album 'Moving Targets', which had many good songs but it was all a bit slow for most of us back then.
3. BLONDIE - 'Hanging On The Telephone' - Chrysalis 7" - USA - 1978
Cover version time. The Nerves must have been overjoyed when Blondie hit the charts with this one. Video here.
4. PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED - 'Public Image' - Virgin 7" - UK - 1978
How this must have confused people when it first came out. Video here. Bass player on a chair?
5. INSTANT AUTOMATONS - 'Short Haired Man (In A Long Haired Town') - Fuck Off/Deleted LP - UK - 1982
From the 'Love Not Devotion' album which also featured Blue Midnight and the Hamburger All-Stars.
6. FRED SCHNEIDER & THE SHAKE SOCIETY - 'The Planet's A Mess' - Warner Brothers LP - USA - 1984
A short-lived project from the B-52's vocalist.
7. SPANISH DOGS - 'Saltine Crackers' - Ruff Ken 7" - USA - 1981
From an unusual but rewarding 4-song E.P called 'Meet The Spanish Dogs' which was dedicated to Yoko Ono. They came from Fort Lauderdale and released one more single 'Don't Sweat The Petty Things' and an album 'Mongol Lé Gan' before calling it a day.
8. THE FRIDGES - 'Shower Of B's' - Ink Ink 7" - UK - 1980
From their only 7" - a 4-song E.P. Some very arty/poetic lyrics. 'Sailed as a salt from Catholic School, chided by the polished mule, learning late to eat my plate, and the inches of the rule'.
9. TREATMENT - 'Stamp Out Mutants' - Self-Released 7" - UK - 1981
Colchester space rock, anyone? More info here.
10. BLONDIE - 'Will Anything Happen' - Chrysalis LP - USA - 1978
One of the lesser-known tracks from third album 'Parallel Lines'.
11. SELF CONTROL - 'Electricity' - Dancing Sideways 7" - UK - 1981
From the 'Fear Of Rehearsals' 7". They were more a London based experimental collective than a regular band. Apparently.
12. THOSE HELICOPTERS - 'Flash Bernadette' - Bonaparte 7" - UK - 1979
From 'South Coast Towns' - their first 7". There's a cool cover version on this which i'll try and squeeze in later.
13. PENETRATION - 'Lovers Of Outrage' - Virgin LP - UK - 1978
Another from 'Moving Targets'. Live at Reading here.
14. THE CRAVATS - Precinct' - Small Wonder 7" - UK - 1980
Third single, taken from their 1980 Peel session. Watch the present-day Shend grapple with a face cloth here.
15. THE METHOD - 'Taking Liberties' - Red Lightnin' 7" - UK - 1980
The second of three singles they did before releasing an album and splitting up.
16. BLONDIE - 'Picture This' - Chrysalis 7" - USA - 1978
The third single I ever bought, age 14. It had nothing to do with the yellow vinyl or the picture of Debbie licking the rim of a record on the sleeve. Or this video.
17. SPANISH DOGS - 'Cleveland' - Ruff Ken 7" - USA - 1981
Another from 'Meet The Spanish Dogs'. 'I don't wanna go to Cleveland, never, never, never going to Cleveland'. Well, I live in Cleveland but probably not the same one.
18. BLAZE X - 'Rippy' - Fixed Wheel 7" - Ireland - 1978
The flipside of 'Some Hope!' Re-released on Sing Sing in 2009 minus the keyboard track.
19. THE CRAVATS - 'You're Driving Me' - Small Wonder 7" - UK - 1981
Their fifth single, a somewhat sedate but hypnotic affair.
20. TREATMENT - 'Doncha Know!' - Self-Released 7" - UK - 1981
The B-side of 'Stamp Out Mutants'.
21. BLONDIE - 'Go Away' - Chrysalis LP - USA - 1978
Another from 'Parallel Lines'.
22. PENETRATION - 'Shout Above The Noise' - Virgin LP - UK - 1979
Lead-in track from second album 'Coming Up For Air'. Sadly, it was to be their last.
23. INSTANT AUTOMATONS - 'Worcester Avenue' - Fuck Off/Deleted LP - UK - 1982
Another track from the 'Love Not Devotion' album.
24. THOSE HELICOPTERS - 'World Without Love' - Bonaparte 7" - UK - 1979
As promised, the cover version from 'South Coast Towns'. Originally by Peter and Gordon.
25. SPANISH DOGS - 'Atomic Shockwaves' - Ruff Ken 7" - USA - 1981
And finally, a third track from 'Meet The Spanish Dogs'.
***BONUS TRACK***
26. BLONDIE - 'I'm
Gonna Love You Too'
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Hey, there's some off-kilter stuff on this one that I haven't heard before, but I like it! By the way, I meant to ask, why is there exactly 25 songs per sampler?
ReplyDeleteWell, when I earmarked my favourite tracks there was around 2,500 of them. 100 sampler CDs was a nice round number and this meant 25 tracks per sampler. Our brains like round numbers, y'know. The universe can be reduced to mathematics, but complex mathematics, so l try to keep it simple whenever I can.
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