#355

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December 4, 2018

4th (of 5) in B-sides of Floor Filler 7″ played alphabetically series. From Mott The Hoople to The Records. 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
Medley – Jerkin’ Crocus / Sucker / Violence Mott the Hoople Saturday Gig CBS
Detectives Of Suburbia / The Informers Part 2 My Favorite The Informers & Us Harriet Records
No Place Like Home The Neighborhoods Prettiest Girl Ace of Hearts
Who Are The Mystery Girls New York Dolls Jet Boy Mercury
My Street Stinks 999 Emergency United Artists
Vengeance The Nips Gabrielle Soho Records
Asylum Gary Numan Cars Beggars Banquet
The Dice Judy Nylon Jailhouse Rock Accord
Teenager From Outer Space O Mighty Isis Rock Star Babe Pinkie
Special View The Only Ones Another Girl, Another Planet CBS
Breakfast Time Orange Juice Simply Thrilled Honey Postcard Records
In a Nutshell Orange Juice Felicity Postcard Records
Almost Orchestral Manoeuvres in The Dark Electricity Factory
Airline Our Daughters Wedding Lawnchairs Futurismo

Song Artist Release Label
Cockroach / Route 1, Saugus Paper Squares Let’s Hang Out Fiasco Records
When It All Began Richie Parsons Black Throated Blue Lawless Records
Hip Rebels The Passage Troops Out Virgin
(Don’t Talk To Me) I’m Shy The Passions I’m In Love With a German Film Star Polydor
Kitchen Sink / Blister Pest Philosophically Dyslexic Harriet Records
The Backside Pig Bag Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag Y Records
O Plain Characters Man In The Railings Final Solution
Fast Food Service / Concrete Shoes Plasmatics Butcher Baby Vice Squad
Pogo Pogo Plastic Bertrand Ça Plane Pour Moi Sire
Timmy Is An Arsonist Plow Dance (Better than I’ve ever seen) Coolidge
Silouettes Prefab Sprout Faron Young Kitchenware Records
The Wait Pretenders Stop Your Sobbing Real Records
Star Quivvver Mermaid Jook-A-Teen
Paint Her Face The Records Starry Eyes The Record Company

7" played alphabetically

The original series:

  1. #319: Adverts - Angel Corpus Christi
  2. #320: Angry Samoans - Bakamono
  3. #321: Band of Susans - The Bishops
  4. #323: Black Barbie - David Bowie
  5. #324: David Bowie - Butterglove
  6. #325: Cake Like - Chia Pet
  7. #326: Chickita - Common Thread
  8. #327: Comet Gain - Damon & Naomi
  9. #337: Dalek I - Deluxx
  10. #338: Dexys Midnight Runners - Driver UFO
  11. #357: Drinking Woman - Electric Chairs

B-sides of Floor Filler 7″ played alphabetically:

  1. #352: The Action Suits - Lizzy Mercier Descloux
  2. #353: Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Girlfrendo
  3. #354: The Go-Betweens - The Records
  4. #355: Mott The Hoople - The Records
  5. #356: Revelons - The The

Tightly scoped 5-week A-Z:

  1. #367: The Action Suits - The Detroit Cobras
  2. #368: The Deviants - Bert Jansch
  3. #369: Japanese Girl - Permanent Clear Light
  4. #370: Politrio -The Tea Set
  5. #371: Ted & Ray - Zelators

The original series re-visited 3 years later, starting from 'A' once again:

  1. #487: A Certain Ratio - Capri
  2. #489: Cassie - Denim
  3. #490: The Desert Wolves - East River Pipe
  4. #491: East Village - The Ex
  5. #492: Expelaires - Fluffy
  6. #493: Fabric - Furtips
  7. #494: Aaron Frazer - The Girls
  8. #495: Girls With Credit Cards - Grace Budd
  9. #496: Green Seagull - Martin Hannett & Steve Hopkins
  10. #497: Hanterhir - Heroin

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