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June 3, 2025

The third of 3 weeks of CD shows has Gulls Window Circus’s first interview in ages – at the start of the second hour The Yellow Melodies talk about their ‘Pleasant Dreams’ record, which is a song-by-song Ramones cover record. That should not reduce excitement about the other tracks. Every single track is a thrill that it would be a shame for you to miss. Florida’s The Stargazer Lilies are here from a Part Time Punks session, Oslo faves Mats Wawa are here (just announced a new record!), Wreckless Eric is here as The Len Bright Combo. The Strait-Jackets (Allen Esser just released a Primitive Romance CD) are here. Catalonia duo Tarta Relena and another track from the impossible-to-find Catamount CD appear as well.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Silver Jews	Let’s Not And Say We Did	Bright Flight	Drag City
Chris Stamey	The Great Escape	The Great Escape	Schoolkids Records
Catamount	Been There All Summer	No Joy in Hurrayville	no label
The Royal Opposition feat. Lynn Blakey & Mitch Easter	Room With A View	Yesterday’s Tomorrow: Celebrating The Winston-Salem Sound	Omnivore Recordings
Zorch	Cosmic Gloss (radio edit)	Zzoorrcchh	Sargent House
The Stargazer Lilies	We Are The Dreamers	Part Time Punks Sessions	Casa del Puente Discos
Tarta Relena	El Suïcidi I El Cant	Fiat Lux	La Castanya
10¢	Red Rubber Ball	Buggin’ Out!	Hi-Ho Records
Throwing Muses	Shimmer	MSN On Air	Microsoft
The Stroppies	Look Alive	Look Alive	Tough Love Records
Russ Tolman	Yuba City	Goodbye El Dorado	Lost Records
Thin White Rope	Red Sun	When Worlds Collide	Munster Records
The Strait-Jackets	Fool Protection	The Strait-Jackets	Strait-Jacket Records
Gary Valentine	Infatuated	Amor Fati	Not On Label
Vinyl Devotion	Aren’t You Bored California	If They Know You’re Trying	Widely Distributed Records

Artist	Song	Release	Label
The Yellow Melodies	7-11	Pleasant Dreams	Discos Imprescindibles
The Yellow Melodies	Come On Now	Pleasant Dreams	Discos Imprescindibles
The Yellow Melodies	The KKK Took My Baby Away	Pleasant Dreams	Discos Imprescindibles
Julienne Clark	Girl Don’t Come	Dream Girls At Direct!	Blaamm! Records
Mats Wawa	Bed Of Love	Classics EP	Not On Label
The Bubble Gum Machine	You Make Everything Right	Senate Single Collection	Area251 Records
Paula Wayne	It’s A Happening World	It’s A Happening World	Area251 Records
The Windmills	Pounds, Shillings And Pence	Sunlight	Matinée Recordings
Weekend With Keith Tippett	Nostalgia	Live At Ronnie Scott’s	Cherry Red
Irmão Victor	Tristinha	Mariposario	Pop Supérette
Charlie Rodriguez	It’s Alright	Senate Single Collection	Area251 Records
The Veees	On The Road	The Veees	Environmental Studies
The Len Bright Combo	Lureland	Wreckless Eric Presents The Len Bright Combo By The Len Bright Combo	Fire Records

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May 27, 2025

The second of 3 weeks of CD shows on Gulls Window Circus brings a wide group of artists of various era and geographies together in two one hour sets of complimentary tracks. Form 1972 Spanish band Formula V and Los Angeles Rock Flowers (associated with Mattel dolls of the same name) to 1980 former Milk ‘N’ Cookies member Ian North and 1982 US Power pop great unknown Bruce Moody, every artist has a story on this show, and all have great sounds to accompany them.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Roy Moller	Red Jeep	There’s A Thousand Untold Stories	The Beautiful Music
Ian North	The Naked City	My Girlfriend’s Dead	Repressed
Bruce Moody	Simple Love	Forever Fresh!	Counterfeit Records
Summer Factory	Las Migas	Into The Jet Stream Of Pop	The Beautiful Music
Nymphs	Alright! (Demo Version)	A Practical Guide To Astral Projection	DGC
Permanent Green Light	(You & I Are The ) Summertime	Hallucinations	Omnivore Recordings
Pointed Sticks	True Love	Perfect Youth	Sudden Death Records
Personal Effects	So Hard	A Collection	Earring Records
Jowe Head And The Demi-Monde	I Hear A New World	See Dee Four	Topplers Records
Opal	Grains Of Sand	Early Recordings	Rough Trade
Philip Rambow	Big Tears	The Rebel Kind Anthology 1972-2020	Cherry Red Records
Catamount	It’s Not 1996	No Joy In Hurrayville	no label
Rock Flowers	Uptight World	The Complete Rock Flowers	Area251 Records
Jenny Brett	I Say A Little Prayer	Dream Girls At Direct!	Blaamm! Records
The Hepburns	The Last Thing I Saw Before I Said Goodbye	Something Worth Stealing	Radio Khartoum

Artist	Song	Release	Label
The Social Icons	Grey	I’m There…You’re Here	The Beautiful Music
Das Blaue Palais	Zeeland	Skullduggery (A selection of tracks from “Heads Together”)	Fruits de Mer Records
Malcolm Ross With The Delancy St. Group And The Magic Clan	Low Shot	Low Shot	The Bus Stop Label
Alastair Riddell	And Up To Now	Space Waltz	RPM Records
Scarlet Drops	I Don’t Want To See You	Scarlet Drops 1984-1992	Harriet Records
Roy Moller	Rhythm From The Rails	Playing Songs No One’s Listening To	The Beautiful Music
Kevin Rowland	It’s Getting Better	My Beauty	Cherry Red
Michael Horn	Charlotte Was My Cousin’s Duck	Senate Single Collection	Area251 Records
Bartlebees	Hollywood Holiday	Into The Jet Stream Of Pop	The Beautiful Music
Sleepers	Mirror	The Less An Object	Tim/Kerr Records
Smokescreens	Waiting For The Summer	Used To Yesterday	Slumberland Records
Skytone	Springtime	Echoes In All Directions	The Beautiful Music
Formula V	Vacaciones De Verano	“Ayer Y Hoy”	Philips
Paul Haig	Summertime	Metamorphosis	Les Disques Du Crépuscule
Kosmonaut	Never Realized	Into The Jet Stream Of Pop	The Beautiful Music

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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.

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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

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April 8, 2025, 2025

Today is a CD spinnin’ show on Gulls Window Circus, and also an exploration into the Canadian label The Beautiful Music, accompanied by many fellow travelers in the world of indie rock, power pop, post-punk and art rock. Aside from the joys of The Beautiful Music bands, many of which do well-chosen covers, we have a track from the most recent Saint Etienne fanclub CD, an Empire track (a Sly cover) from a CD put together by Bob Andrews of the band, my Newcastle faves Pale Man Made, and a collaboration between The Dainties Martin Stephenson & The Only Ones John Perry.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Dunkelziffer	(Do Watch What You Can) Prof.	In The Night	Fünfundvierzig
Handsome Dick Manitoba	Eve Of Destruction	Born In The Bronx	Liberation Hall
Cheese Borger And The Cleveland Steamers	Falling Apart	Terminal	Smog Veil Records
999	Inside Out	New Guitars In Town: Power Pop 1978-82	Cherry Red
Anorak Girl	Smashing Time	All Those Times We Spent Together (A Tribute To The Television Personalities Volume 3)	The Beautiful Music
Denim	Ape Hangers	Novelty Rock	EMIDISC
The Pristines	The Painted Word (Minimal Mix)	All Those Times We Spent Together (A Tribute To The Television Personalities Volume 3) Bonus Disc	The Beautiful Music
Marc Bolan & T•Rex	Galaxy	Zinc Alloy And The Hidden Riders Of Tomorrow	Fat Possum Records
Paul Collins	Losing Your Cool	King Of Power Pop!	Alive Records
The Flatmates	Thinking Of You	Love And Death (The Flatmates 86-89)	Clairecords
Pale Man Made	Show Of Hands	Show Of Hands	Pinch Records
The Yellow Melodies	Follow The Sun	Lost In An Imaginary World Of Beauty	The Beautiful Music
The Yellow Melodies	Girl At The Bus Stop	Students Of Life: A Tribute To BMX Bandits	The Beautiful Music
Roy Moller	I Can’t Escape Myself	There Must Be A Hole In Your Memory – A Tribute To The Sound & Adrian Borland	The Beautiful Music
The Dupont Circles	Wonder	In Search Of The Family Gredunza	The Beautiful Music
James Clarke Five	There’s A Rainbow	Parlour Sounds	The Beautiful Music

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Crumb	McArther Beach Park (Jim Webb / Martha & The Muffins Cover)	I Found That Essence Rare. The Sounds Of Beauty	The Beautiful Music
Peter Hall	Hold Me	There’s Something Wrong With Everyone	The Beautiful Music
Martin Stephenson & John Perry	Taker On The Globe	New Wave Connection	Thoroughbred Music
Dot Dash	Countdown	Winter Garden Light	The Beautiful Music
Saint Etienne	The Far Plains	Deep Into The Night	Foreign Office
Lisa Mychols & Super 8	Witchi Tai To	Lisa Mychols & Super 8 Album	The Beautiful Music
Skytone	No Mad	JangleWaves	The Beautiful Music
The Social Icons	Stay	A Brilliant Escape (The Happening Sounds Of Beauty)	The Beautiful Music
Exploding Flowers	Timing Is Everything	Stumbling Blocks	The Beautiful Music
Empire	Family Affair	Volume II — Expansive Sound	Poorly Packaged Products
The Sea Cadets	Skeletons	There Must Be A Hole In Your Memory 2 (A Tribute To The Sound & Adrian Borland Vol 2)	The Beautiful Music
The Yellow Melodies	Look Back In Anger	How I Learned To Love Television Personalities	The Beautiful Music
Dot Dash	A Straight Line	Spark>Flame>Ember>Ash	The Beautiful Music
The Steinbecks	Strangely Beautiful	Holding Hands Under A Cloudless Sky (A Tribute To The Television Personalities Volume 4)	The Beautiful Music
Cryingeyes, Xabi, Chester	Silly Girl (Quiet Version)	Holding Hands Under A Cloudless Sky (A Tribute To The Television Personalities Volume 4) Bonus CD	The Beautiful Music

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February 20, 2024

A CD-only Gulls Window Circus show means we get to hear stuff that is only available (as physical product) on CD, or CD is the only format I have it on. This is a rock show. We get to hear tracks from several Raving Pop Blast! compilations (a Bristol label I first learned about from artists The Mudd Club), and the Caroline True Records comp ‘The Art School Dance Goes On: Leeds Post-Punk 1977-1984’. We also hear Barcelona-based Tarta Relena and Istanbul’s Gaye Su Akyol, a track from Chris Stamey’s latest, a self-released Gary Valentine CD (original Blondie bassist), recent reissues from New Math, Second Hand and LMNOP, the premier shoegaze band The Stargazer Lilies, and dug-up nuggets by Bone Of Contention, Further, Philip Rambow, William Carlos Williams, 10¢, Ivy and Silver Jews, and a couple of Harriet bands, The Coronets and Kisswhistle.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Bone Of Contention	Crawl	Stay Calm	Igor Records
Our Arthur & The Local Defence Volunteers	I’ll Wait For The Summer	Pop! Fuzz! Junk! Rumble! Try Some To See	Raving Pop Blast! Records
Joe James & The Pariahs	Let’s Get High	Pop! Fuzz! Junk! Rumble! Try Some To See	Raving Pop Blast! Records
Chris Stamey	Back in New York (Electric Mix)	The Great Escape	Schoolkids Records
Kisswhistle	I Dreamed A Genie	Closure, Collected Songs: 1996-2000	Harriet Records
Lmnop	Y?	LMNO3 Deluxe	Think Like A Key Music
Soft Cell	The Girl with the Patent Leather Face (Demo)	The Art School Dance Goes On: Leeds Post-Punk 1977-1984	Caroline True Records
Sheeny And The Goys	You Let Me Down	The Art School Dance Goes On: Leeds Post-Punk 1977-1984	Caroline True Records
Sawdust Caesars!!	Flower Pop Show	Pop! Fuzz! Junk! Rumble! Try Some To See	Raving Pop Blast! Records
The Rev Jonny Kinkaid	My Neighbour’s House	Pop! Fuzz! Junk! Rumble! Try Some To See	Raving Pop Blast! Records
Second Hand	Steam Tugs	Reality	Think Like A Key Music
Shape Of The Rain	Wasting My Time	Riley, Riley, Wood And Waggett	Grapefruit Records
The Dukes Of Mumbai	Get Carter Main Theme (Carter Takes A Train)	Th… The Serum! It Spilled Into My Glass… My Mind… What Is Happening To Me? I… I…	Raving Pop Blast! Records
The Total Rejection	Outside Chance	Th… The Serum! It Spilled Into My Glass… My Mind… What Is Happening To Me? I… I…	Raving Pop Blast! Records
Joe James & The Pariahs	Just A Little Bit	Th… The Serum! It Spilled Into My Glass… My Mind… What Is Happening To Me? I… I…	Raving Pop Blast! Records
Silver Jews	Horseleg Swastikas	Bright Flight	Drag City
Ivy	Disappointed	Long Distance	Nettwerk America

Artist	Song	Release	Label
10¢	Die On The Ranch	Buggin’ Out!	Hi-Ho Records
Wojciech Mazolewski	Miłość	Yugen 2 Jestem	Agora Muzyka
The Coronets	Hawaiian Divorce Song	Veld: 20th Anniversary Edition	Harriet Records
Gaye Su Akyol	Hologram	Hologram İmparatorluğu	Glitterbeat
The Stargazer Lilies	Forever Today	Cosmic Tidal Wave	Floravinyl Records
William Carlos Williams	Old As Trains	White Women	ShoeString Records
Household Name	Indoctrination	The Art School Dance Goes On: Leeds Post-Punk 1977-1984	Caroline True Records
Another Colour	Wartime Working Woman	The Art School Dance Goes On: Leeds Post-Punk 1977-1984	Caroline True Records
Household Name	Lynch Mob Tactics	The Art School Dance Goes On: Leeds Post-Punk 1977-1984	Caroline True Records
New Math	Angela	Die Trying & Other Hot Sounds [1979 – 1983]	Propeller Sound Recordings
Gary Valentine	Scenery	Amor Fati	Not On Label
Philip Rambow	Don’t Come (Cryin’ To Me)	The Rebel Kind Anthology 1972-2020	Cherry Red
Tarta Relena	Relatable Content	Fiat Lux	La Castanya
Further	Be That As It May	Next Time West Coast	100 Guitar Mania Records

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February 13, 2024

The eighth and final week of the Gulls Window Circus hard rock series: We complete the alphabetical series in the first 5 tracks, then we start a quick A-Z of CDs with this sound, bringing a lot of fun tracks that aren’t easily available on vinyl. Got the first 5 tracks in the show, White Zombie (Like Red Kross in week 6) cover Kiss, rather spectacularly. Black Sabbath make their 3rd appearance in this series, completing a view of the last 3 LPs Ozzy sang on, this time with the title song of the final Ozzy LP Never Say Die. In the CDs section, the recent movie The Creator had 2 Deep Purple tracks in it, and we hear Flight Of The Rat. Maggie Estep has a fun track (all hers are) that you will remember. 45 Grave is heard without Dinah Cancer singing in the epic track Slice O’ Life. Long Island 70’s band Good Rats sound just right. Inter Lorre’s original band Nymphs sound fine on one of their singles. Ten Foot Pole is really the HC band Scared Straight after they changed their name and sound (much like Ill Repute did back on show #606). 70’s artists in the CD portion include Cycle, John Du Cann, Terry Reid, Stray, Tear Gas, Thin Lizzy, Uriah Heep, and Vanilla Fudge. Permanent Green Light is the post-Three O’Clock band.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Wet Dreams	Her	Wet Dreams	Black Pop Records
Whirlywirld	Sextronics	Complete Discography 1978-80	HoZac Records
White Zombie	God Of Thunder	God Of Thunder	Caroline Records
Wildest Dreams	She Loves Me Not	Wildest Dreams	Smalltown Supersound
The Wonder Stuff	Grin	The Eight Legged Groove Machine	Polydor
Black Sabbath	Never Say Die!	Never Say Die!	BMG
Cycle	Rich Man, Poor Man, Pig	Cosmic Clouds	Rise Above Relics
Deep Purple	Flight Of The Rat	Deep Purple In Rock	Parlophone
John Du Cann	Don’t Be A Dummy	The World’s Not Big Enough	Angel Air Records
Maggie Estep	The Stupid Jerk I’m Obsessed With	No More Mister Nice Girl	NuYo Records
45 Grave	Slice O’ Life	Sleep In Safety	Real Gone Music
Faz Waltz	Good Time Is Callin’ Loud	Callin’ Loud	Contra Records
Good Rats	Back To My Music	Tasty	Mondo Records Corporation

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Minimalist Love Gods	Cyclone Fence	Devolver	Igor Records
Nymphs	Imitating Angels	A Practical Guide To Astral Projection	DGC
Permanent Green Light	We Could Just Die	Hallucinations	Omnivore Recordings
Terry Reid	The Way You Walk	Seed Of Memory	BGO Records
Sleepers	Flying	The Less An Object	Tim/Kerr Records
Stray	Time Machine	All In Your Mind – The Transatlantic Years 1970-1974	Esoteric Recordings
Tear Gas	That’s What’s Real	Tear Gas	Esoteric Recordings
Ten Benson	Dark Forces	Benson Burner	Jetset Records
Ten Foot Pole	Man In The Corner	Swill	Ten Foot Records
Thin Lizzy	It’s Only Money	Nightlife	Vertigo
Thin White Rope	Eleven	When Worlds Collide	Munster Records
Thirty Ought Six	Eris	Hag Seed	Mute America
Uriah Heep	I Wanna Be Free	Look At Yourself	Sanctuary
Vanilla Fudge	Shotgun	Psychedelic Sundae (The Best Of)	Rhino
The Winkies	Long Song Coming	The Winkies	Lemon Recordings

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December 19, 2023

A CD spinning’ rock show: all CDs by necessity/availability. The show starts with a song each to celebrate the lives of Shane MacGowan, Denny Laine and Scott Kempner. Then we move to a lesser-known Boston band that introduced both a notable WZBC DJ (Commodore Vic) and a Freeze Pop (Sean Drinkwater). I had forgotten that I play trumpet on the track, but I can’t even hear it so it doesn’t interfere with my ‘never play your own band’ rule. 4 other contemporary Boston bands appear too (Crow Follow, The Complaints, American Beauties, Audioscam). The 2 latest releases of the revived (and delivering the goods!) label Harriet Records (The Coronets, Kisswhistle). The final recordings of Only Ones drummer Mike Kellie, a pre-Stone Foundation Dance Stance, a post-Sally Skull The Nettelles, a post-Charles Brown Superstar Bennett and a post-Mott British Lions make appearances. Thanks to Frank for urging me to do tribute songs, and supplying me with the treat that closes out the second hour.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
The Nips	Gabrielle	Bops, Babes, Booze & Bovver	Big Beat Records
The Moody Blues	Go Now	Go Now – Moody Blues #1	Varèse Vintage
The Dictators	Hey Boys	Manifest Destiny	Asylum Records
The Nettelles	Sugar B	Do You Believe In… The Nettelles	Back To Beat Records
Veronica Black Morpheus Nipple	Hopp On Popp	Special Problem Music	Varicose Brand
David Byrne	Finite=Alright	Feelings	Luaka Bop
The Complaints	That’s What You Get	Chasing Light	CompRecords
Crow Follow	Iron Bottom Sound	Red Velvet Radio	Band 4 Band Records
Wojciech Mazolewski	Wszystko, Co Mnie Pamięta	Yugen 2 Jestem	WMQ Records
Thursday’s Children	A Part Of You	Epitaph For A Legend	Charly Records
Neil Young With Crazy Horse	Farmer John	Way Down In The Rust Bucket	Reprise Records
American Beauties	Good Excuses	Sound of Mind	American Beauties
The Apers	Teenage Kicks	Live At The Eldorado	Asian Man Records
Patto	Hold Me Back	Patto	Think Like A Key Music
The Coronets	A Punch In The Face	Veld: 20th Anniversary Edition	Harriet Records
Benett	Freeze	So You’re Not Coming Over?	WIN Records

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Ikue Mori	Latino Interactive	B/Side	Tzadik
Mike Kellie	I’m Free	Music From … The Hidden	Finkel Productions
Tom Heyman	Show Business	Show Business, Baby	Bohemian Neglect Recording Works
New Math	Die Trying	Die Trying & Other Hot Sounds [1979 – 1983]	Propeller Sound Recordings
Kisswhistle	Mixtape Hear	Closure, Collected Songs: 1996-2000	Harriet Records
The Wake	Crush The Flowers (Demo)	Country Music (Songs For Keith Girdler)	Siesta
Dance Stance	Love Parade	The Other Side Of Paradise EP	What Records
Lady Caroline	Love and the Flame	Demo That Got The Deal Vol. 5	Varulven
Audioscam	Hand of Sin	#Kickingandscreaming – EP	Audioscam
British Lions	Wild In The Streets	British Lions	Think Like A Key Music
Bees Make Honey	Knee Trembler	Music Every Night	Vivid Sound
The Minstrels	69	Counterattack Of U.S. Indie (U.S. Pop Life Vol.1)	Contact Records
Ninotchka	I’ve Got Wings	Counterattack Of U.S. Indie (U.S. Pop Life Vol.1)	Contact Records
Skypark	Morse Code	Counterattack Of U.S. Indie (U.S. Pop Life Vol.1)	Contact Records
Kitty Craft	Half Court Press	Counterattack Of U.S. Indie (U.S. Pop Life Vol.1)	Contact Records
Gritty Kitty	Transport Beaches	Counterattack Of U.S. Indie (U.S. Pop Life Vol.1)	Contact Records
Jimi Hendrix	Little Drummer Boy / Silent Night / Auld Lang Syne	Merry Christmas And Happy New Year	Experience Hendrix

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December 27, 2022

A CD spinning’ show: Buried among a clutch of songs so good you might think they are covers, are 2 covers that are good – Artful Dodger doing Eddie Cochran and Cherie Currie & Brie Darling doing T.Rex, both to stunning effect. The Curt Boettcher produced single by TV actress Cindy Malone (Batman, Bewitched, Love American Style) is great, and the Peter Bagge band Can You Imagine? are as well. Oiler vocalist Beth Capper needs to be heard, as does Atomic Rooster guitarist John Du Cann. Thanks to Harriet Records (recent release High Rise Group is here) for introducing Gulls Window Circus to the Pittsburgh label Igor Records, which you will hear with Bone Of Contention and Minimalist Love Gods. The ones I didn’t mention? If I had written this 5 minutes ago or 5 minutes from not maybe they would have been the track’s I’d mention: listen to all.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Artful Dodger	C’Mon Everybody	The Complete Columbia Recordings	Real Gone Music
Benett	All Of Me	Welcome To The Jungle	March Records
Band Of Outsiders	Red Eye Blues	Sound Beach Time	Hanky Panky Records
Badfinger	Why Don’t We Talk	Badfinger	Real Gone Music
BPA	No Heat	Maybe Use My Knife 1980-1986	Shake It! Records
The Bangles	Walking Down Your Street	Live In New York	Vogon
Cindy Malone	You Were Near Me	Curt Boettcher & Friends – Looking For The Sun	High Moon Records
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions	You Will Never Be No Good	1984-1989	Capitol Records
Clear Light	Sand	Clear Light	Collectors’ Choice Music
Churchill’s	Straight People	Churchill’s = צ’רצ’ילים	Third Ear
Certain General	Sell-Out	Signals From The Source	CBGB
Cheese Borger And The Cleveland Steamers	Chatterin’ Monkeys	Terminal	Smog Veil Records
Cherie Currie & Brie Darling	The Motivator	The Motivator	Blue Élan Records
Cycle	Father of Time	Cosmic Clouds	Rise Above Relics

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Can You Imagine?	Drive	Can You Imagine?	Can You Imagine?
Beth Capper	Disharmonious Angel	Complimentary Mood Enhancer (Presents The Original Soundtrack For The Motion Picture “Wig-Lickers” Based On The True Story Of Trigger)	WIN Records
Ned Doheny	Too Late For Love	The Darkness Beyond The Fire	Tres Rosas
Downsiders	I Wanna Drive	All My Friends Are Fish	Mammoth Records
Willy DeVille	Assassin Of Love	Miracle	Raven Records
John Du Cann	Only One Night	The World’s Not Big Enough	Angel Air Records
East River Pipe	Axl Or Iggy	Shining Hours In A Can	Ajax Records
Maggie Estep	Even If	No More Mister Nice Girl	Imago
Fanny Walked The Earth	Lured Away	Fanny Walked The Earth	Blue Élan Records
Faz Waltz	Boogaloo Boots	Callin’ Loud	Contra Records
The Flames	Do You Love It	The Flames	Narmer Records
Bone Of Contention	Don’t Ask Me	Fun	Igor Records
Minimalist Love Gods	Garden Spot	Devolver	Igor Records
The Hawks	Big Store	Un-Scene! Post Punk Birmingham 1978-1982	Easy Action
High Risk Group	Tapped	Seconds Away	Harriet Records

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December 6, 2022

A CD spinning’ show that starts with a track from the latest (2005) Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel CD – he still tells stories you want to listen to in his lyrics. A whole bunch of junk shop glam and power pop from CD-only comps are sprinkled throughout this show. Cushioning these many tracks are tracks from Julian Cope’s new CD-only release, tracks from the 2 latest Harriet Records CDs, two tracks from the latest of Joe Viglione’s long running Boston Rock & Roll Anthology series (one of them a Kenne Highland project), a track from new Boston band Crow Follow, Gulls Window Circus fave Richie Parsons has a track, paired with Dictator-related David Roter Method. The Jook’s track Aggravation Place has been going through my head all week, so be sure to hear that one as well.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel	The Coast Of Amalfi	The Quality Of Mercy	Gott Discs
American Jam Band	Jam Jam	Glitterbest (UK Glam With Attitude 1971-1976)	RPM Records
The Rites Of Spring	Gettin’ Into A Good Thing	Generation Crewe Group Of Singles 1970	Area251 Records
Despair	Sweet Sweet Heart	Glitterbest (UK Glam With Attitude 1971-1976)	RPM Records
Rockin’ Horse	Don’t You Ever Think I Cry?	Miles Out To Sea – The Roots Of British Power Pop 1969-1975	Grapefruit Records
The Jook	Aggravation Place	Glitterbest (UK Glam With Attitude 1971-1976)	RPM Records
	Pretty Cold	Too Young For The Blues	Harriet Records
Julian Cope	Prodigal Sun	England Expectorates	Head Heritage
Richie Parsons	Behind The Parade	Black Throated Blue	Lawless Records
Derek Paul	Drugtaker	Bubblerock Is Here To Stay Volume 2 – The British Pop Explosion 1970-73	Grapefruit Records
Deep Purple	Gettin’ Tighter	Come Taste The Band	Purple Records
Richard Bogan	I Am My Own Man	Birth – Singles 1970	Area251 Records
Mad Painter	The Letter	The Boston Rock & Roll Anthology Chapter 21	Varulven
Karmacar	Who’s Foolin’ Who	The Boston Rock & Roll Anthology Chapter 21	Varulven

Artist	Song	Release	Label
David Roter Method	Human Timebomb	Find Something Beautiful	Unknown Tongue Music
Crow Follow	Cadillac	CF2022
Hot Property	Hard To Handle	Generation – Crewe Group Of Singles 1970	Area251 Records
Roger K	Give Me The Love (I’m Needing)	Birth – Singles 1970	Area251 Records
Barry Green	Shake A Tail Suzy	Bubblerock Is Here To Stay Volume 2 – The British Pop Explosion 1970-73	Grapefruit Records
The Time Keepers	3 Minutes Heavy	Generation – Crewe Group Of Singles 1970	Area251 Records
Joe Kafka	Stand Up Rocking Back Porch	Too Young For The Blues	Harriet Records
Fluff	Sunny, Honey Girl	Bubblerock Is Here To Stay Volume 2 – The British Pop Explosion 1970-73	Grapefruit Records
The Rosslyns	Someone’s Happy	All We Ever Did Was Try	Harriet Records
Julian Cope	I’m Bloody Sure You’re On Dope	England Expectorates	Head Heritage
Coma	Uspokój Się	Metal Ballads Vol.I	Mystic Production
Julian Cope	I Know What It’s Like To Be Believed	England Expectorates	Head Heritage
Shocking Blue	The Queen	The Blue Box	Red Bullet
Curved Air	The Purple Speed Queen	Oh! You Pretty Things (Glam Queens And Street Urchins 1970-76)	Grapefruit Records
Nimbo	Forget Her	Miles Out To Sea – The Roots Of British Power Pop 1969-1975	Grapefruit Records
Stealers Wheel	Go As You Please	Miles Out To Sea – The Roots Of British Power Pop 1969-1975	Grapefruit Records
Tin Machine	One Shot	Tin Machine II	Victory

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November 8, 2022

A CD spinning’ show – all CDs as opposed to the usual all-vinyl Gulls Window Circus fare. Boston institution Joe Viglione’s 1985 album ‘Love Songs Just For You’ was recently reissued on CD, and 1980 Tampa band The Strait-Jackets get their first release of any kind on a 2022 CD. These two discs bookmark a show that finds so many highlights that it’s almost not fair. Recent Harriet Records release ‘Start All Over Again ‘ by Snog 6 is here along with 2 songs currently on my fave list – the Swallow Tongue and April Showers tracks, alongside longtime faves Jackass, Airport Girl, Gilded Lil, Fanny, Beachwood Spark, Further, Suzi Quatro, Helen Love – heck, even Halfnelson (Sparks) and The Psychedelic Furs are here. The tracks I haven’t mentioned are no less deserving, they are just left for your own personal discovery.

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

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Joe Viglione	Caught In The Dark	Love Songs Just For You	Varulven
Morgen	She’s The Nitetime	Morgen	Now-Again Reserve
Jackass	Planet Of The Hoojibs	Jackass	Piece Of Mind
Airport Girl	Been Waiting	Do You Dream In Colour? EP	Matinée Recordings
Gilded Lil	Lands Right	Corpus Delicti	Bosque Records
True West	How Does It Feel (Demo)	Kaleidoscope Of Shadows: The Story So Far	Bring Out Your Dead Records
Spectrals	Big Baby	Bad Penny	Slumberland Records
Tina Harvey	Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?	Bubblerock Is Here To Stay! (The British Pop Explosion 1970-73)	Grapefruit Records
Snog 6	Advice For Amanda	Start All Over Again	Harriet Records
Fanny	Long Road Home	The Studio Wizardry Of Todd Rundgren	Ace
Mark Fry	The Witch	Dreaming With Alice	Now-Again Reserve
Swallow Tongue	Got To Be There	The Sun Shines Here (The Roots Of Indie-Pop 1980-1984)	Cherry Red
The Strait-Jackets	Romantic’s Dream	The Strait-Jackets	Strait-Jacket Records
Badfinger	Baby Blue	The Studio Wizardry Of Todd Rundgren	Ace
The Strait-Jackets	The Interpreter	The Strait-Jackets	Strait-Jacket Records
The Strait-Jackets	Cause for Alarm	The Strait-Jackets	Strait-Jacket Records

Artist	Song	Release	Label

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Mazolewski / Porter	Don’t Ask Me Questions!	Philosophia	Wydawnictwo Agora
Beachwood Sparks	Windows ’65	Beachwood Deluxe	Curation Records
Further	Grandview Skyline	Next Time West Coast	100 Guitar Mania Records
California Brakemen	Cowboy Convention	Bubblerock Is Here To Stay! (The British Pop Explosion 1970-73)	Grapefruit Records
Jimmy Druiett	Is There Anyone Home	Wheel – Singles Collection: 1971-1973	Area251 Records
Mike Sheridan & Rick Price	Lamp Lighter Man	Once Upon A Time In The West Midlands: The Bostin’ Sounds Of Brumrock 1966-1974	Grapefruit Records
Del	Motorbike Annie	Bubblepop – 20 UK Pop Oddities	RPM Records
Richmond	Peaches (What’s It All About?)	Oh! You Pretty Things (Glam Queens And Street Urchins 1970-76)	Grapefruit Records
Suzi Quatro	Strict Machine	Back To The… Spotlight	Cherry Red
Helen Love	Jackie From The Estate	Power On	Jigsaw
The Tremeloes	I Like It That Way	Bubblerock Is Here To Stay! (The British Pop Explosion 1970-73)	Grapefruit Records
Gumm	Baby Walk Back	Bubblerock Is Here To Stay! (The British Pop Explosion 1970-73)	Grapefruit Records
Joe Viglione	Boy Of My Dreams	Love Songs Just For You	Varulven
April Showers	Abandon Ship	The Sun Shines Here (The Roots Of Indie-Pop 1980-1984)	Cherry Red
Halfnelson	Fa La Fa Lee	The Studio Wizardry Of Todd Rundgren	Ace
The Psychedelic Furs	Goodbye	The Studio Wizardry Of Todd Rundgren	Ace