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.
Listen to this show – Part Two appears further down the page
| 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 |