Category Archives: CD spinnin’

#677

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.

The Yellow Melodies

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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

#676

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.

Formula V

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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

#675

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.

High Risk Group

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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

#669

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.

Skytone

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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

#611

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.

	Th... The Serum! It Spilled Into My Glass... My Mind... What Is Happening To Me?

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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

#610

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.

Minimalist Love Gods

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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

#602

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.

The Nettelles

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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

#551

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.

Cherie Currie and Brie Darling

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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

#548

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.

Joe Kafka

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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

#544

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.

The Strait-Jackets

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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