May 20, 2025
The first of three weeks of CD shows. 5 songs from The Beautiful Music label, 3 from Blaamm! Records, 2 from Igor Records, Area251 Records and Slumberland Records, plus lots of special tracks from other favorite independent labels including Harriet, Blue Élan, Mega Dodo, Vogon, Think Like A Key Music, Fruits de Mer, Radio Khartoum and others.
Listen to this show – Part Two appears further down the page
| Artist | Song | Release | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bone Of Contention | Yugoslavia | Fun | Igor Records |
| Cherie Currie & Brie Darling | Do It Again | The Motivator | Blue Élan Records |
| BPA | Thorazine Cheerleader | Maybe Use My Knife 1980-1986 | Shake It! Records |
| Julian Cope | The Dogshow Must Go On | Friar Tuck | Head Heritage |
| Brinsley Schwarz | (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding? | Live Archive Vol. 4 Köln And Paris | Vogon |
| The Cherry Boys | Why Don’t You Write | Kardomah Café | Good Time Records |
| Armstrong | Pilgrim Heart | Fragments & Curiosities (The 4Track Sessions) | The Beautiful Music |
| Baskervilles | A Free Show In Battery Park | Into The Jet Stream Of Pop | The Beautiful Music |
| Good & Plenty | Ain’t Life Grand | The World Of Good & Plenty | Area251 Records |
| Skytone | Never No Never | Shining Over You | The Beautiful Music |
| The Hepburns | Devil Up A Drainpipe | Something Worth Stealing | Radio Khartoum |
| Robyn Hitchcock | Cavendish Square | The Man Downstairs: Demos & Rarities | Tiny Ghost Records |
| The Hung Jury | Buses | The Single (s) | Area251 Records |
| Tommy Hoehn | Blow Yourself Up | Losing You To Sleep | Air Mail Recordings |
| The Honey Pot | The Outskirts Of Your Mind | Inside The Whale | Mega Dodo |
| Julia Jones | Superstar | Dream Girls At Direct! | Blaamm! Records |
| Artist | Song | Release | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Moller | Byres Road Saturday | Playing Songs No One’s Listening To | The Beautiful Music |
| Samantha Pride | The Only One | Dream Girls At Direct! | Blaamm! Records |
| Jeanines | Hits The Bone | Jeanines | Slumberland Records |
| Donnie Iris | Shock Treatment | Back On The Streets | Razor & Tie |
| Minimalist Love Gods | Hit The Ground Running | Devolver | Igor Records |
| Lmnop | Comparative Analysis | LMNO3 Deluxe | Think Like A Key Music |
| High Risk Group | Pulsed | Seconds Away | Harriet Records |
| Smokescreens | Fork In The Road | A Strange Dream | Slumberland Records |
| Gang | Why Can’t You Just Be | See Dee Four | Topplers Records |
| Gill Smith | Johnny Reggae | Dream Girls At Direct! | Blaamm! Records |
| The Lune | Again | Blameless | Crow Point Records |
| Eisberg | Südpol | Skullduggery (A selection of tracks from “Heads Together”) | Fruits de Mer Records |
| Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks | Future Suite | Sparkle Hard | Matador |
| The Mommyheads | Mutual Enemy | Future You | Fanfar! |
| Lloyd Meadows | Oxford Guitar Club | Oxford Synthesiser Club | The Beautiful Music |
| The Social Icons | Pop Is Falling Apart | I’m There…You’re Here | The Beautiful Music |
Hi Gulls
first of all thank you so much for playing the 3 tracks from Dream Girls at Direct! They sound fantastic! Bit of background, the Love House studio was in in Kent South East England, was run by Colin Swan previously of The Direct Hits mod revival band. In response to your question regarding the singers, The people are real! we offered the chance to record either covers or originals songs at our studio to anyone who wanted to record a track via a local ad, to try and find some real singing talent. hence each artists only recorded 1 or 2 tracks. I would say that Jenny Brett was our best singer, her version of I say a little prayer is fantastic! But thanks so much for giving these singers an airing…I will send them the link, and they will love being on the show! Diane Kenwill Blaamm Records