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August 26, 2025

A vinyl rock Gulls Window Circus show with new newest releases from long established artists [Brian Eno, Witch, Mekons, Bob Mould, X, John Cale], and recent reissues that I really like [Salty Dog, Cluster, Henry Badowski, Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, Cornflake Zoo, Chrissy Zebby Tembo & Ngozi Family, Hindu Love Gods, Johnny Dowd, Talk Talk], and some dig-beneath-the-surface finds such as Fraternity (Bon Scott’s first band), Jeff Bridges (the actor also plays), and Empire (Bob Andrews and Mark Laff from Generation X, self-releasing what would have been LP #2). Plus, the Ithaca NY artist Park Doing and the recent Drag City 10″ by David Eugene Edwards (Sixteen Horsepower) & Al Cisneros.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
The Blasters	American Music	Over There: Live At The Venue, London: The Complete Concert	Liberation Hall
Warren Zevon	Fistful Of Rain	Life’ll Kill Ya	Ship To Shore Phonograph Co.
Nilsson	The Lottery Song	Son Of Schmilsson	Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Salty Dog	Mama	Salty Dog	Strawberry Rain
Fraternity	Patch Of Land	Second Chance	The Grape Organization
David Eugene Edwards & Al Cisneros	Capernaum	Pillar of Fire	Drag City
Todd Rundgren	Eastern Intrigue	Initiation	Rhino Records
Cluster	Georgel	Cluster II	Bureau B
Beatie Wolfe & Brian Eno	A Ceiling And A Lifeboat	Luminal	Verve Records
Henry Badowski	Henry’s In Love	Life Is A Grand	Caroline True Records
Jeff Bridges	Attitude	Slow Magic, 1977-1978	Light In The Attic
Witch	Kamusale	Sogolo	Partisan Records
Mekons	The Western Design	Horror	Fire Records

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan	Asleep On A Sixpence	Keep Me In Mind Sweetheart	Cooking Vinyl
Jeff Buckley & Gary Lucas	Cruel	Songs To No One 1991-1992	Evolver
Cornflake Zoo	And When She Saw His Eyes	Knights Of Fuzz	Busy Bee Production
Bob Mould	Breathing Room	Here We Go Crazy	BMG
Chrissy Zebby Tembo & Ngozi Family	Mulungo Atate	I’m Not Made Of Iron	Now-Again Records
Hindu Love Gods	Raspberry Beret	Hindu Love Gods	Rhino Records
X	Smoke & Fiction	Smoke & Fiction	Fat Possum Records
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band	Low Yo Yo Stuff	Now Playing	Rhino Records
Empire	Love Is Out Of Fashion	Volume II — Expansive Sound	Poorly Packaged Products
Big Boys	Heartbeat	Fun, Fun, Fun… / Frat Cars	Strange Club Records
John Cale	Funkball The Brewster	Poptical Illusion	Double Six
Talk Talk	Does Caroline Know?	It’s My Life	Parlophone
Park Doing	Adiabatic Filter	The Origin Of Radar	Brightspark Records
Johnny Dowd	Hope	Is Heaven Real? How Should I Know	Brightspark Records
Neil Young And The Chrome Hearts	Bottle Of Love	Talkin To The Trees	Reprise Records
Tucker Zimmerman	It All Depends Upon The Pleasure Man	I Wonder If I’ll Ever Come True	Big Potato Records
Robert Forster	All Of The Time	Strawberries	Tapete Records
Robin Trower	Fine Day	For Earth Below	Chrysalis

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August 19, 2025

A Gulls window Circus outside of rock vinyl show. Both LP tracks and 12″ singles are played. Dubbed out sounds mingle with experimental electronic and African sounds, with artists from all over the world contributing. I hope you plunge in and let this show wash over you.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Kyoto Jazz Massive	Eternal Tide	Astral Ascension	Mukatsuku Records
N Kramer & Magnus Bang Olsen	Descend	Pastoral Blend	Music From Memory
Unknown Artist	Untitled	LSD046	Light Sounds Dark
Jonny Nash	Blue Dragonfly	Once Was Ours Forever	Melody As Truth
Francis Bebey	Agatha (Voilaaa Remix)	The Africa Seven Edits	A7 Edits
Tamten	Sztuka Znikania (Album Version)	Wschodnia Fala	The Very Polish Cut-Outs
Floating Points	Ocotillo	Cascade	Ninja Tune
Unknown Artist	Untitled	A Mineral Compound Fountain Of Youth	Light Sounds Dark
Martin Hannett & Steve Hopkins	Space Music	Jon Savage’s Space : Light Years From Home	Caroline True Records
Francis Bebey	Asma (Alternative Tape Version)	Trésor Magnétique	Africa Seven

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Dimitri From Paris Vs. Chatobaron X Idjut Boys	Chez Madame La Baronne (Le Fouet Version)	Chez Madame La Baronne (Unreleased Versions)	Bite The Day
Modern Living	Snow Bird	Ambient Classics From Japan	Mukatsuku Records
Natalie Ann	You’ve Got To Feel	Night City Life II	Spacetalk Records
Kristina May	Slow Down. You are Missing Out	ST01	Spacetalk Records
Cécilia Angeles	Climax (Our First Day Of Love/It’s A Love Day)	Archipelago (Cosmic Fusion Gems from France) (1978-1988)	Isle Of Jura
Palace Pasador	Footprint Affair (Dub)	Footprint Affair	Phantom Island
Linkwood	Brekkers	Linkwood Edits	Moton Records Inc.
Nicholas Cangiano	Falling Behind	The Sunset Manifesto (Too Slow To Disco Neo) (Volume 2)	How Do You Are?
Nad	Histoire De Cul	DB12 017	Duca Bianco

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August 12, 2025

LP tracks spun in real time comprise this week’s Gulls Window Circus show. There are two 7″ snuck in (Barbara Manning and The Male Nurse) because I just couldn’t wait to play them on air. There are two John Braheny tracks, because this Riding Easy (the label that does the Brown Acid series) LP reissue bravely goes beyond the label’s established sound. Speaking of ‘beyond their established sound’, check out the Bryan Ferry/Amelia Barratt collaboration. Rock Workshop is the first appearance of Alex Harvey, so fans of The Alex Harvey Band take note. Rain Parade has come back strong with several recent LPs. Today we hear a catchy track from their newest release, a 12″. Speaking of catchy, Peter Holsapple’s LP has a few, including the track you hear today. Where can you hear The Mommyheads paired with Pulp? Here, of course. In the diggin’ deep category, listen to John Howard and Hardware tracks. This is some (not all) of the highlights for today, hope you enjoy.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Nick Lowe	Tokyo Bay	(Not) Indoor Safari Vol. 1	Yep Roc Records
John Howard	Spellbound	Kid In A Big World	You Are The Cosmos
Peter Holsapple	That Kind of Guy	The Face of 68	Label 51 Recordings
Barbara Manning	Cantor’s Mind Was Rockin’	Cantor’s Mind Was Rockin’	Igor Records
Bobby Charles	Keep Cookin’ Mama	Bearsville Studio Sessions	Rhino Records
Nils Lofgren	The Sun Hasn’t Set (On This Boy Yet)	Keith Don’t Go	Floating World
The Jayhawks	Five Cups of Coffee	Blue Earth	Rhino Records
Rain Parade	Surprise, Surprise	Last Stop On The Underground	Label 51 Recordings
Harvey Mandel	Peruvian Flake	The Snake	Culture Factory
The Mommyheads	Crooked Picture	Soundtrack To The World’s End	Dead Frog Records
Pulp	Sorted For E’s & Wizz	Different Class	Island Records
The Boomtown Rats	Lying Again	The Boomtown Rats in ‘Dawn Of The Rats’ (Demos, B-Sides And Live 1975-1979)	Universal Music Recordings
John Braheny	Long Way Home	Some Kind Of Change	RidingEasy Records
John Braheny	Warm	Some Kind of Change	RidingEasy Records
Stiv Bators	Blues (AKA Tropicana Blues)	Pop Goes The Weasel	Munster Records
Eden’s Children	If She’s Right	Eden’s Children	Sundazed Music

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Ronnie Wood	Testify	Live At Electric Ladyland	BMG
Rock Workshop	Primrose Hill (Theme For Jake)	Rock Workshop	Bonfire Records
Thin Lizzy	Angel From The Coast – Alternate Version	Jailbreak Alternative Versions	Vertigo
The Dream Syndicate	Slide Away (Demo August 1985)	Sketches For Out Of The Grey	Fire Records
Wire	Go Ahead	Nine Sevens	Pinkflag
Echo & The Bunnymen	Silver (Tidal Wave)	Silver (Tidal Wave)	Korova
Modern Eon	Child’s Play	B + (B Sides + Additional Tracks)	Lantern Rec.
Sad Lovers And Giants	Colourless Dream	Singles Collection 1981-1983	Lantern Rec.
Roland Barker	Cabana Parfait	The Eternal Optimist	Orbeatize
Amelia Barratt, Bryan Ferry	Pictures On A Wall	Loose Talk	Dene Jesmond Records
Faust	It’s A Rainy Day Sunshine Girl	So Far	Munster Records
Hardware	Walking	Untitled LP, 1979	Dirty Knobby
The Male Nurse	What Does Woman Want?	Magic Circle In The Sky	Guided Missile

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August 5, 2025

This week Gulls Window Circus is a CD-only show that brings up forgotten discs that bubbled back into my attention such as Iggy Pop’s forgotten 2001 record ‘Beat Em Up’, the 1994 Florida band Meringue (and the winning current FL band The Stargazer Lilies that always have my attention), the 2007 CD from French artist Don Cavalli, a 1996 Postcard Records CD single by Paul Quinn & The Independent Group, roots pub rock band Chilli Willi And The Red Hot Peppers, SF bands The Ferocious Few (2010) and Hugh (1995), 1993 NYC band Baby Tooth after changing their name from Fluffy, 2015 Staten Island band Kerbivore and lots more.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Pawnee Drive	Break My Mind	Forward Records: The Singles Collection 1969-1970	Area251 Records
Guided By Voices	The Official Ironmen Rally Song	The Official Ironmen Rally Song	Matador
Lucinda Williams	Righteously	World Without Tears	Lost Highway
Harlan T. Bobo	Spiders	A History of Violence	Goner Records
Alex Keenan	Tell Her You Love Her	Alex Keenan	Area251 Records
The Cherry Boys	Falling (7″ Session)	Kardomah Café	Good Time Records
AM & Shawn Lee	Automatic	La Musique Numérique	Park The Van Records
Paul Quinn & The Independent Group	Stupid Thing	Will I Ever Be Inside Of You	Thirsty Ear
Edwyn Collins	The Campaign For Real Rock	Gorgeous George	Bar/None Records
The Lewis And Clarke Expedition	I Feel Good (I Feel Bad)	The Colgems Collection: The Other Songs…	Area251 Records
Chilli Willi And The Red Hot Peppers	That’s Alright Mamma	Real Sharp (A Thrilling Two CD Anthology)	The Last Music Company
Hugh	Sleepy Time	You Are Here	Mafia Money Records
Kerbivore	Just Decide	All Dressed EP	Unblinking Ear Records
Map 71	The Prefab	Void Axis	Fourth Dimension Records
Yellow Dog	Gypsy Soul	Yellow Dog	Prog Temple

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Eugenius	Here I Go	Oomalama	Fire Records
Sloan	Keep On Thinkin’	4×4 Sampler	Murderecords
Pulsars	Tunnel Song	Pulsars	Almo Sounds
Baby Tooth	Slide	Rare Book Room	Personal Favorite
The Ferocious Few	As The Days Go Bye	Juices	Birdman Records
Don Cavalli	Gloom Uprising	Cryland	Everloving
The Dead 60s	You’re Not The Law	You’re Not The Law	Deltasonic Records
Iggy Pop	Mask	Mask	Virgin
Meringue	Voglers Magnetic Theater	Meringue	Cherry Smash Records
Greg ‘Stackhouse’ Prevost	Evil On My Mind	Universal Vagrant	Mean Disposition
The Seeds	A Faded Picture	The Seeds – Pushin’ Too Hard – Original Soundtrack	Big Beat Records
Spare Snare	James Dean Poster	Westfield Lane	Wabana Ore Limited
The Stargazer Lilies	Vibes of Love	Cosmic Tidal Wave	Floravinyl Records