Megalomania

Disc One

1. Sam and the Sparks - Daybreak
2. Sam Carty - Life Is A Flower
3. Sam and Dave - Hold On! I'm Comin'
4. Sami Sloan - Be His Girl
5. Sammy Ward - Before It's Over
6. Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs - Let Our Love Light Shine
7. Sam Fletcher - I'd Think It Over Twice
8. Sammy Davis Jr. - John Shaft
9. Sammy Nestico - Shore Line Drive
10. Sam Cooke - Baby Won't You Please Come Home
11. Sam & Bill - I Feel Like Cryin'
12. Sam Butera & The Witnesses - La Vie En Rose
13. Sam Taylor - Heaven On Their Minds
14. Sam Chalpin - Satisfaction
15. Sam Dees - Lonely for You Baby
16. Sam Rosen - The Glow
17. Sam Hammond - Country Song
18. Sam Phillips - How To Quit
19. Sam Baker - Orphan
20. Sam Ku West - St. Louis Blues
21. Sammi Smith - Mr. Bojangles
22. Sammy Lewis - I Feel So Worried
23. Sam Prekop - Something
24. Sammy Brown - Jockey Blues
25. Samantha Jones - Don't Come Any Closer
26. Sam Ervin - Bridge Over Troubled Water

Disc Two

1. Paul Williams - Fat Sam's Grand Slam
2. T.Rex - Telegram Sam
3. Elliott Smith - Son Of Sam
4. Antarctica Takes It! - My Friend Sam
5. Saarni Samson - Poem For Sam
6. Mark Wirtz - Sam
7. Elgins - Uncle Sam's Man
8. Little Name - Sam And Molly Are In Love
9. Pink Floyd - Lucifer Sam
10. Donovan - Skip-A-Long Sam
11. The Monitors - Greetings (This Is Uncle Sam)
12. Fickle Pickle - Sam & Sadie
13. Wallace Collection - Poor Old Sammy
14. The Trixons - Sunny Side Sam
15. The Combenashuns - Hey! Uncle Sam
16. Louis Jordan & His Orchestra - Fat Sam from Birmingham
17. Theme - Fireman Sam
18. Madness - Uncle Sam
19. The Killers - Sam's Town
20. True West - Lucider's Sam
21. George Jones - Who Shot Sam
22. John Prine - Sam Stone
23. Peggy Seeger - Winnie and Sam
24. Tommy Blake - Flat Foot Sam
25. Ernie Smith - Sammy
26. Dooley Wilson - Play It Sam...Play 'As Time Goes By'

Originally posted May 14 2008 - I decided to compile a mix of Sam & Sammy’s in the world of music. And why not? Some fine tracks by little known artists sit comfortably here with the greats such as Cooke and Davis Jr. The Sam Carty track, for instance, probably my favourite song in the world right now..

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I Get So Sentimental

1. Lollipop Train - Janet's Birthday Party ( Hipster )
2. Boards Of Canada - Sac
3. Jim Noir - Don't Worry
4. Sebastien Tellier - La Ritournelle ( vocal version )
5. Neon Neon - I Lust U
6. MGMT - Kids
7. Persephone's Bees - Way To Your Heart
8. Animal Collective - Leaf House
9. Honey Bunch - Mine Your Own Business
10. Kenickie - In Your Car
11. The Little Ones - Let Them Ring The Bells
12. The Triplets of Bellville - Belleville Rendez-vous
13. Of Montreal - Jennifer Louise
14. Settlers - Major to Minor
15. Housemartins - We're Not Deep
16. The Falcons - I'm A Fool
17. Wallace Collection - Rêveries (Evlyn')
18. Hit Parade - I Get So Sentimental
19. Autumn Leaves - You Didn't Say A Word
20. Spiritualized - I Gotta Fire
21. Loose Fur - The Ruling Class
22. Petty Booka - Whippin' Piccadilly
23. Hey Hey My My - Merry Land
24. Fruit Bats - Born In The '70s
25. Yael Naim - New Soul
26. Adem - Loro

After recently posting quite a few ‘themed’ and ‘specific genre’ mixes, it’s nice to free myself of the shackles and limitations of such things and actually throw anything and everything into the cauldron. As long as it’s bloody good. So this one’s a jumbled up mix of all sorts, with lots of twists, turns and genre hops.

The irony of the mix title is not lost on me, as this one contains more modern music ( ie post 1972 ) than many of my previous mixes.

Download if only for the lovely Adem closer, his version of Pinback’s Loro is just about the best thing in ages.

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Guilt Is Good For The Soul

1. Marti Webb - Take That Look Off Your Face
2. Kon Kan - I Beg Your Pardon
3. Ace of Base - The Sign
4. Captain & Tennille - Love Will Keep Us Together
5. Doobie Brothers - What a Fool Believes
6. Howard Jones - New Song
7. Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville - Don't Know Much
8. Pilot - January
9. Esther and Abi Ofarim - Cinderella Rockefella
10. Paul Nicholas - Magical Mr. Mistoffelees
11. ABBA - Head Over Heels
12. The Bluebells - Young At Heart
13. Chicago - If You Leave Me Now
14. Dr. Hook - When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman
15. ABC - Date Stamp
16. Betty Boo - Where Are You Baby?
17. Dooleys - Wanted
18. UB40 - Rat In Mi Kitchen
19. Ten Sharp - You
20. Olivia Newton John - Hopelessly Devoted To You
21. Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally)
22. Beyonce - Irreplaceable
23. Hue & Cry - Labour of Love
24. Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride
25. Sheena Easton - Morning Train (Nine To Five)
26. Jigsaw - Sky High
27. Carly Simon - You're So Vain
28. Amii Stewart - Friends

I didn’t need to do this. It’s not going to win me any more applause. Quite the opposite, probably? Although I hope not. You see, we’ve all got our ‘Guilty Pleasures’, and these are mine. I plead my innocence though, as I proudly parade this, because I love each and every track here dearly. Why? I do not know, but I do.

A few other Guilty Pleasures then – Banana Sandwiches, Musicals, Romcoms, Jessica Rabbit.. Last Tracks cut – KC & The Sunshine Band – Give It Up, Wham – Freedom, Cher – The Shoop Shoop Song, Demis Roussos – Forever & Ever, Ultravox – Loves Great Adventure……

Glad that’s all off my back. But there’s still time to change my mind. Ah, sod it – SUBMIT…..

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Art Of The Moz

1. T'Rex - Ride A White Swan
2. Sandie Shaw - Heaven Knows I'm Missing Him Now
3. The Lucksmiths - There Is A Boy Who Never Goes Out
4. Cilla Black - Work Is A Four Letter Word
5. Twinkle - Tommy
6. Raymonde - No-one Can Hold A Candle To You
7. Sparks - Something For The Girl With Everything
8. Suede - My Insatiable One
9. New York Dolls - Lonely Planet Boy
10. Patti Smith - Redondo Beach
11. Shakespeare's Sister - You're History
12. Soho - Hippychick
13. Reparata - Shoes
14. Nancy Sinatra - The Last Of The Secret Agents
15. The Cookies - I Want A Boy For My Birthday
16. Del Shannon - The Answer to Everything
17. Elvis Presley - His Latest Flame
18. Victoria Wood - Fourteen Again
19. Momus - Maf
20. Ludus - My Cherry Is In Sherry
21. Gene - I Can't Help Myself
22. Billy Fury - I'll Never Quite Get Over You
23. Diana Dors - So Little Time
24. Bradford - Skin Storm
25. The Thrills - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
26. Dream Academy - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
27. Billy Bragg - Never Had No One Ever
28. Audrey Hepburn - Moon River

No, not a mix about mosquitos. Morrissey! And The Smiths of course, the finest band ever to hail from my gloomy hometown city..

Every track here is in some way connected to Morrissey. Firstly, his love of sixties girl groups and singers is well documented. During their first gig, at The Ritz, Manchester in October 1982 they finished their set with a cover of The Cookies ‘I Want A Boy For My Birthday’. They covered the Cilla track ‘Work Is A Four Letter Word’ late on in their brief career. The Smiths also covered Twinkle’s ‘Golden Lights’, widely regarded as their weakest track – find the original here

Included are some of Morrissey’s favourite acts – Sparks, Raymonde and Ludus to name but 3. As a solo artist he covered 8,10,24 and 28 amongst others. Don't plagiarise or take "on loan"> Well, actually, that has been a common occurance in the Career of Moz. His track ‘Certain People I Know’ bears more than a passing resemblance to the T’Rex opener. The Smiths ‘A Rush And A Push’ a mirror image of ‘Shoes’ by Reparata ( thanks Moe for that one).

Lyrically ‘Last Night I Dreamt’ is influenced by the Billy Fury track featured here ( Morrissey based his early image on the ‘50s icon ). ‘There is A Light’ owes a debt, lyrically, to the New York Dolls ‘Lonely Planet Boy’. The Dolls connections don’t stop there of course – their track Trash a live Morrissey favourite. He was also the President of the NYD Fanclub many moons ago….

The Bacarach penned ‘The Answer To Everything’ featured here handed Johnny Marr the melancholic tone on ‘Please Please Please’. Then there’s Victoria Wood – Northern Comedienne who makes her AotM debut here – ‘Fourteen Again’ a huge influence, lyrically, on ‘Rusholme Ruffians’, musically, the Elvis track 'His Latest Flame' most definitely the blueprint…

Add to all this, Momus, whose character ‘Maf’ plans to kill Morrissey, but is thwarted by Didsbury Police, the ‘How Soon Is Now’ sampling Soho track, some nice Smiths covers (25-27), and Gene. Upon releasing their debut single in 1994, they were heralded as the NEW Smiths. They weren’t. But the track featured here was one of their best..

So, there you go, a mix that should delight Morrissey, fans of, and hopefully one that stands alone as a fine mix for non believers. Why don’t you find out for yourselves…

The Sun Is An Old Friend

1. Sprites - Do It Yourself
2. Baron De Tagomago - Enamorado
3. Forever Amber - Me Oh My
4. Motion Pictures - Blue Gun
5. Billy Nicholls - Daytime Girl
6. Orwell - Le Bon Endroit
7. The Mamas & The Papas - Midnight Voyage
8. The Tikis - Bye Bye Bye
9. Monochrome Set - The Man With The Black Moustache
10. The Beach Boys - Vegetables
11. Michael Nesmith - Mama Nantucket
12. Jonathan Richman - You're Crazy For Taking The Bus
13. The Coral - Put The Sun Back
14. The Hollies - Heading For A Fall
15. Moto Boy - Blue Motorbike
16. Alphabeat - Fascination
17. The Fiery Furnaces - Ex-Guru
18. Vampire Weekend - Boston
19. Archies - Melody Hill
20. Sparks - Falling in Love with Myself Again
21. Peanut Butter Conspiracy - Captain Sandwich
22. Orange Juice - Wan Light
23. Sargasso Trio - She's A Woman
24. 800 Cherries - Painty Paint Pots
25. Wimple Winch - Save My Soul
26. Monkees - Mr. Webster
27. Aphrodite's Child - Such A Funny Night
28. Kate Rusby - The Village Green Preservation Society
29. El Perro Del Mar - The Sun Is An Old Friend

A collection of happy songs with a hook!

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Future Dream : Paris Blues

Future Dream

1. Pram - Track Of the Cat
2. Josh Rouse - Car Crash
3. Wooden Wand - Future Dream
4. Los Lobos - Saint Behind The Glass
5. Grand Atlantic - Peace Be With You
6. Yeasayer - Sunrise
7. Patty Larkin - Phone Message
8. Magnus - Summer's Here
9. Epic45 - The Trees And Lanes
10. Stephen Duffy - Wednesday Jones
11. Ex Otago - Luisa
12. The Lovekevins - Private Life Of A Cat
13. Psychid - Split Lip Sucker
14. Felt - The Day The Rain Came Down
15. My Bloody Valentine - Cupid Come
16. Bombay Bicycle Club - How Are We
17. The Undertones - Wednesday Week
18. The Hit Parade - In the Hit Parade
19. David Vandervelde - Wisdom From A Tree
20. Wallace Collection - Merry Go Round
21. Alma Cogan - Ja-Da
22. Imperial Teen - Shim Sham
23. The Jam - But I'm Different Now
24. Mott The Hoople - Thunderbuck Ram

Paris Blues

1. The Real Tuesday Weld - Paris Blues
2. Serge Gainsbourg - Danger
3. Pepe Deluxe - Mischief of Cloud Six
4. The Lodger - Many Thanks For Your Honest Opinion
5. XTC - The Disappointed
6. The Bishops - I Can't Stand It Anymore
7. Field Music - Working To Work
8. Lacrosse - No More Lovesongs
9. Barry Louis Polisar - All I Want Is You
10. The Pillbugs - Faceless Wonder
11. The Foreign Films - Remember To Forget
12. Shiloh - Papercuts
13. The Format - Time Bomb
14. Radar Bros - When Cold Air Goes to Sleep
15. Those Dancing Days - Hitten
16. Walker Kong - Andy Warhol & The Honey Bees
17. The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group - Last Time
18. The Poppy Family - That's Where I Went Wrong
19. Ohio Express - Down At Lulu's
20. The Lemonheads - It's About Time
21. California Snow Story - Begin Again
22. Luna - Tiger Lily
23. Sebastien Tellier - Fantino
24. Chris Bathgate - Serpentine

Two mixes for the price of one..

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Rock A Bye Babies

1. Mumm-Ra - Out Of The Question
2. Apollo Sunshine - The Egg
3. Cloud Eleven - Take Control
4. El Goodo - If I Were A Song
5. Annuals - Bleary Eyed
6. Mr. Wright - Anna Karina
7. Summer Hymns - Coweta County
8. Jens Lekman - I'm Leaving You Because I Don't Love You
9. Howling Bells - In The Woods
10. Miracle Fortress - Have You Seen In Your Dreams
11. The Strange Death Of Liberal England - Summer Gave Us Sweets But Autumn Wrought Division
12. The Earlies - Bring It Back Again
13. The Orange Humble Band - On Our Way Back Home
14. Fruit Bats - Lives Of Crime
15. The Carny - Where The Daffodils Grow
16. The Millenium - To Claudia On Thursday
17. Belles Will Ring - The Coldest Heart
18. Mates Of State - Running Out

Two proud fathers French Connection and myself present a mix on behalf of our daughters Ellie & Ava. Frenchy takes the odds, I'm on evens..

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Happier Instruments

1. The Fireballs - Quite A Party
2. Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Whipped Cream
3. The Nevegans - Russian Roulette
4. The Morells - Popbelly
5. The Hustlers - Eight Ball
6. Lonnie Mack- Memphis
7. Ape - Hilo March
8. Just Brothers - Sliced Tomatoes
9. Spearmint - Best Ballroom
10. Mongo Santamaria - Watermelon Man
11. Los Flechazos - Stop! In The Name Of Love Of Love
12. Wes Dakus - Las Vegas Scene
13. Les Cooper And The Soul Rockers - Wiggle Wobble
14. Joe Maphis - Town Hall Shuffle
15. Weekend - Weekend Off
16. Henry Mancini - Cow Bells & Coffee Beans
17. Bert Kaempfert - A Swingin Safari
18. Panama Francis - Benson Bounce
19. Ronnie Fruge and The Cajun Kings - L'Anneée Tu Partit
20. Andre Popp - Tric-Trac
21. The Torero Band - Humpty Dumpty
22. Perez Prado - Mambo No. 5
23. Cliff Nobles & Co. - The Horse
24. Reg Owen - Manhattan Spiritual
25. Ike Turner & His Kings Of Rhythm - Steel Guitar Rag
26. The Village Stompers - Washington Square
27. Pastel Six - Ronny aka Hot Dogger
28. Skip Martin - Git Git Git Guitar
29. Lollipop Train - Johnny Shopping
30. Jim Noir - Tower Of Love

Lanhamyodel originally posted a mix called Happy Instruments and asked me if I'd like to collaborate on a follow up. I was delighted to, of course..

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Wintersong

1. Fruit Bats - Rainbow Sign
2. Mercury Rev - Endlessly
3. Espers - Flowery Noontide
4. Sigur Rós - Starálfur
5. Broadcast - The Book Lovers
6. Alaska In Winter - The Beautiful Burial Flowers We Will Never See
7. Marissa Nadler - Famous Song
8. Beirut - Scenic World
9. Andrew Bird - Swedish Folk Tune
10. Vashti Bunyan - Winter Is Blue
11. Beck - Golden Age
12. Mazzy Star - Halah
13. Sufjan Stevens - Romulus
14. Eberg -Plastic Lions
15. Tower Recordings - Winter Of Frozen Mornings
16. Damien Jurado - Hoquiam
17. Laura Cantrell - Bees
18. The Reindeer Section - If Everything Fell Quiet
19. Sibylle Baier - Softly
20. The Kingsbury Manx - New Old Friend Blues
21. Those Lovely Hula Hands - Menevät Miehet
22. Lights - Branches Low
23. Tom Waits - A Little Rain

I'm re-posting a Winter mix in the middle of June? Yes, but I live in Manchester - and it's freezing today..

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Making Ambigrams

1. Brigitte Bardot - Saint Tropez
2. The Sleepy Jackson - Good Dancers
3. Dressy Bessy - Second Place
4. The Zillions - Don't Waste Your Tears On Me
5. The Bird And The Bee - So You Say
6. The Cardigans - Never Recover
7. M Organ - Miss Parker
8. Comet Gain - Strength
9. Darling Buds - Hit The Ground
10. Les Gluetones - Reincarnated
11. Vigil - Sunrise Cafe
12. Emma -Maybe
13. Georgie Fame - Yeh Yeh
14. The Byrds - Artificial Energy
15. Tommy Roe - Sugar Shack
16. Kevin Ayers - The Clarietta Rag
17. The Pebbles - The Pebbles Twist
18. Al Murray & The Cimmarons - Morning Sun
19. Ernie K. Doe - Here Come The Girls
20. Wallace Collection - Get that Girl
21. U.N.P.O.C - I Don't Feel Too Steady On My Feet
22. Sargasso Trio - My Middle Name Is Joy
23. Yo La Tengo - Griselda
24. Donovan - Lay Of The Last Tinker
25. The Essex Green - Julia
26. BMX Bandits - Doorways
27. Daily Planet - Dino Campana
28. Edwyn Collins - Low Expectations

Much as I enjoy 'Theme' mixes, I'm much happier making mixes where anything goes, and these particular ones get more plays on the stereo/car CD player/i-pod etc

Here's one of the latter, simply a collection of 28 tunes that I think are pretty fab.

A few points worth noting - The Zillions track, fine as it is, sounds VERY similar to a VERY famous piece of music, if you download, it'll become apparent.

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Sammy Goes Retro! UK & US Pop Hits '73 - '75

1. Billy Preston - Will It Go Round In Circles ( US # 1 )
2. David Bowie - The Jean Genie ( UK # 2 )
3. Brownsville Station - Smokin' In The Boys Room ( US # 3 )
4. Susan Cadogan - Hurt So Good ( UK # 4 )
5. Ben E King - Supernatural Thing ( US # 5 )
6. Esther Phillips - What A Difference A Day Makes ( UK # 6 )
7. Al Green - Sha La La ( Make Me Happy ) ( US # 7 )
8. Cockney Rebel - Mr Soft ( UK # 8 )
9. Rufus & Chaka Khan - You Got The Love ( US # 9 )
10. Roxy Music - Pyjamarama ( UK # 10 )
11. Gwen McCrae - Rockin' Chair ( Brother, Brother ) ( US # 11 )
12. Mott The Hoople - Honaloochie Boogie ( UK # 12 )
13. King Harvest - Dancing In The Moonlight ( US # 13 )
14. Gilbert O'Sullivan - I Don't Love You But I Think I Like You ( UK # 14 )
15. The Four Tops - Are You Man Enough ( US # 15 )
16. Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze ( UK # 16 )
17. Ambrosia - Holdin' On To Yesterday ( US # 17 )
18. Roy Wood - Dear Elaine ( UK # 18 )
19. Gregg Allman - Midnight Rider ( US # 19 )
20. The Who - 5:15 ( UK # 20 )

I've always been an admirer of RetroJoe's obsession with chart positions, on both sides of the pond, and his dedication to the cause. A few weeks ago I approached him with the idea of doing an alternating DJ mix with a slight difference - he would pick a Number One single from the billboard chart, I'd return with a track from the UK singles chart that peaked at No2, and so on and so forth...

Joe came back with the idea of sticking to the time period 1973-1975. Knowing there is good music everywhere if you look hard enough, I duly agreed. The next restriction placed upon the mix was that each track must have faired at least 20 places worse in the opposing country. This made things trickier; indeed one of my choices because of this rule, was a track I'd never heard before (tk14). Having said all this, the mix turned out better than I'd expected, here is the result. Thanks to Joe for the Journey, he'll be posting the 'mirror mix' at pretty much the same time I hope... Enjoy!

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Scary Bunnies & Super Kittens

1. Carnival Park - Candy Coated Kisses
2. Death By Chocolate - Ice Cold Lemonade
3. Golden Apples Of The Sun - Chocolate Rolls, Tea & Monopoly
4. Anita Kerr & The Anita Kerr Singers - Happiness
5. Leslie Gore - Sunshine, Lollipops & Rainbows
6. Sailor - Glass Of Champagne
7. 31st Of February - Sandcastles
8. The Free Design - Bubbles
9. Clyde - Sunny Sundae Smile
10. Noreen Corcoran - Love Kitten
11. A Smile And A Ribbon - A Nice Walk in The Park
12. The Surf Bunnies - Surf Bunnie Beach
13. The Lemon Pipers - Jelly Jungle
14. Glass Menagerie - She's A Rainbow
15. The Oranges - Disney Land Kiss
16. Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - A Taste Of Honey
17. Pat Shannon - Candy Apple Cotton Candy
18. Harpers Bizarre - Raspberry Rug
19. Claudine Longet - Happy Talk
20. Spaghetti Vabume! - Chocolate Song
21. The Wannadies - Bumble Bee Boy
22. The Olivia Tremor Control - A Sunshine Fix
23. Beachwood Sparks - Singing Butterfly
24. Fabienne DelSol - Bluebirds Over The Mountain
25. Jon Isherwood - Apple Pie
26. The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - By A Waterfall
27. Vashti Bunyan - Pink Sugar Elephants
28. Tiny Tim - Tiptoe Through The Tulips With Me
29. Blues Section - Cherry Cup-Cake Twist
30. Piggleswick Folk - Teddy Bears Picnic

An anti-halloween mix posted on Oct 31 2007

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Cartoon Smile

1. Acid House Kings - Do What You Wanna Do
2. The Sunshine Company - Love, That's Where It Is
3. Lollipop Train - Emma Peel Crossword Puzzle
4. 14 Bis - Bola de Meia, Bola de Gude
5. The Go! Team - My World
6. The Velvet Underground - Who Loves The Sun
7. Steve Bent - Going To Spain
8. The Coral - Jacqueline
9. Mama Cass - Blow Me A Kiss
10. Richard de Bordeaux & Daniel Beretta - Lucien
11. The Peppermint Rainbow - Don't Wake Me Up In The Mornin'
12. Toots & The Maytals - Time Tough
13. Vanica Doble - La Cotorra
14. Sunshine Day - Mrs Bluebird
15. Irene - Baby I Love Your Way
16. Beverly Jones - Wait Til My Bobby Gets Home
17. Trio Ternura - Filhos De Zambi
18. Donovan - I Love My Shirt
19. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
20. Kaleidoscope - Jenny Artichoke
21. Alan Copeland Singers - You're More Fun
22. Silver Screen - Hello Friends
23. Carrots - Sunshine
24. The Hepburns - You'll Always Walk Alone
25. Maria Napoleon - Mandalay Cow
26. The Everly Brothers - Talking To The Flowers
27. Loveletter - We Can Fly
28. Jeremy Warmsley - The Boy Cried Love
29. Cherry Orchard - Bubblegum Popgirl

More glorious pop music. Enjoy..

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What's In The Box?

1. A House - Endless Art
2. Number One Cup - Divebomb
3. The Earlies - No Love In Your Heart
4. Les 5-4-3-2-1 - Bond Street
5. Prince - I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
6. Justice - The Party
7. Girls Aloud - The Show
8. Frank Zappa - Peaches En Regalia
9. The Kinks - Wonderboy
10. The The - The Beat(en) Generation
11. Swan Dive - A Few Thousand Days Ago
12. King Creosote - You Are Could I?
13. The Chills - Kaleidoscope World
14. Close Lobsters - Let's Make Some Plans
15. Kate Nash - Merry Happy
16. The Sights - It'd Be Nice ( To Have You Around )
17. Washington Social Club - Breaking The Dawn
18. Cowsills - The Rain, The Park And Other Things
19. Nancy Sinatra - Sugartown
20. Caravan - If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You
21. Robert Wyatt - Shrinkrap
22. Hem - Betting On Trains
23. Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Back In Your Life
24. The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Those Memories

A mix containing some the best tunes in my head at the moment.. I’ve tried many a time to fit that opener onto a mix, each time to no avail, so I decided to start this mix with it, and see where it led me. Tracks here include my favourite Kinks song. My second favourite Prince song ( after the title track of the album it’s lifted from ), and a Japanese act named Les 5-4-3-2-1, with a track that is suspiciously similar to Stereolab’s classic ‘Ping Pong’..

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Jangle Power Bubble Pop

1. The Surfettes - Sammy The Sidewalk Surfer
2. The Freshies - I'm In Love With A Girl On A Certain Manchester Megastore Checkout Desk
3. The Russian Futurists - Precious Metals
4. The Sugarcubes - Hit
5. Simon & Garfunkel - We've Got A Groovy Thing Goin' On
6. The Diggers - O.K Alright
7. Mental As Anything - Spirit Got Lost
8. The Munx - Our Dream
9. The Shirelles - Shh, I'm Watching The Movie
10. Bennet - Mum's Gone To Iceland
11. Grandaddy - Elevate Myself
12. The Magnetic Fields - Come Back From San Fransisco
13. Del Shannon - Led Along
14. Hefner - Hello Kitten
15. Bluebells - Everybody's Somebody's Fool
16. Alaide Costa - Catavento
17. Iveys - Maybe Tommorrow
18. X - Teens - You Belong With Me
19. Elf Power - The Spider And The Fly
20. Tunic - Get In Lane
21. The Jennifers - Just Got Back Today
22. Dave Grusin - California Montage
23. The Weepies - Take It From Me
24. Neil & Iraiza - Upsetters!
25. Velocette - Bitterscene
26. Papercuts - Poor And Free

A mix that does exactly what it says on the tin!

Fancy a quiz with no prize whatsoever? Thought so.. OK, which two bands featured here went on to bigger and better things upon changing their name. Good Luck.

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Wild Euphoria

1. Aavikko - Transsibirskaya Zheleznaya Doroga
2. Rogue Wave - Bird On A Wire
3. Mild Euphoria - Algebra Spaghetti
4. Momus - Vogue Bambini
5. Hunky Dory - Russians
6. Glissandro 70 - Voices are Your Best Friend
7. Bikeride - Carl Wilson Suite
8. Hazmat Modine - Almost Gone
9. The Barry Gemso Experience - Fuzz
10. The Clientele - Somebody Changed
11. Manos De Topo - Balas en Dallas
12. The Hepburns - High Street Fashion
13. Death By Chocolate - Bears
14. The Legends - Heart
15. Basilisco - La Terrificante Notte Del Demonio
16. Holiday - Well Enough Alone
17. Scritti Politti - Asylums in Jerusalem
18. Girlfriendo - Homework
19. Kiki D'aki - El Color de los días Perdidos
20. Roy Wood - Songs Of Praise
21. Souvenir - Rollerskate
22. The Monochrome Set - Love Goes Down The Drain
23. Milky - La De Da
24. The Toast - Time Of Year
25. Bel Divioleta - Normal
26. Swan Dive - Good to Be Free
27. Club 8 - This Is The Morning
28. Edwin Moses - ( I'm Feeling ) So Much Better

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