Three Minute Heroes

There were several murmurings that this might have been our best session ever. That’s a hell of a claim – but it certainly was quite a corker. We managed twenty sets of top quality sounds with a few extras thrown in at the end. Alasdair did some sums halfway through and calculated we were averaging three minutes per tune – so that allowed plenty of time for the tail-enders all to have five records each. Here’s what everyone played:

Smithy (The Difficult Opening Set)

1. Erasure – Love To Hate You
2. Mega City Four – Miles Apart
3. Angelic Upstarts – Teenage Warning
4. The Jesus And Mary Chain – April Skies
5. Communards with Sarah Jane Morris – Don't Leave Me This Way
6. Marc Almond featuring Gene Pitney – Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart
7. The Housemartins – Caravan Of Love

Graham (Scorpio Rising Set)

1. Little Peggy March – I Will Follow Him
2. Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Heatwave
3. Gene McDaniels – Point Of No Return
4. Ray Charles – Hit The Road Jack
5. The Crystals – He's A Rebel
6. The Angels – My Boyfriend's Back
7. Claudine Clark – Party Lights
8. Bobby Vinton – Blue Velvet

Mark B (Kinky Set)

1. The Kinks – Polly
2. The Kinks – Two Sisters
3. The Kinks – Who'll Be The Next In Line
4. The Kinks – Harry Rag
5. The Kinks – Such A Shame
6. The Kinks – Drivin'
7. The Kinks – Village Green

Simon C

1. Shorty Long – Devil With The Blue Dress
2. Barrett Strong – Money (That's What I Want)
3. Edwin Starr – Stop Her On Sight (SOS)
4. Spencer Wiggins – He’s Too Old
5. Marvin Gaye – This Love Starved Heart Of Mine (It’s Killing Me)
6. Gloria Jones – Tainted Love
7. The Vibrations – 'Cause You're Mine

Delia

1. Gregory Isaacs – Black A Kill Black
2. Johnny Clark – Peace And Love In The Ghetto
3. Dave & Ansil Collins – Double Barrel
4. Desmond Dekker – Israelites
5. The Special AKA – Gangsters
6. The Selecter – Missing Words
7. Amazulu – Cairo

Vasco

1. The Undisputed Truth – I Saw You When You Met Her
2. Ohio Players – Ecstasy
3. Ike & Tina Turner – Funkier Than A Mosquita's Tweeter
4. Gary Wright – Much Higher
5. Black Velvet – An Earth Quakes Coming (If You Don't Straighten Up)
6. Tasha Thomas – The Unexpected Experience Of Michael D Tippet In An Unspecified Part Of San Francisco Last July
7. Rare Earth – (I Know) I'm Losing You

Rich

1. Oswald Moris – Drug Song
2. Dog Faced Hermans – Miss O'Grady
3. Penza Penza – Jaw Drop
4. Wire – Ex Lion Tamer
5. Gang Of Four – Armalite Rifle
6. T Rex – Solid Gold Easy Action
7. Ramones – Pinhead

Quest (Last Too Damn Loud Haul)

1. Robert Wyatt – I'm A Believer
2. Atomic Rooster – Tomorrow Night
3. Cozy Powell – The Man In Black
4. The Peppers – Pepper Box
5. Cher – Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves

Daniel (“Mostly My Mums” Set)

1. Soft Cell – Where Did Our Love Go
2. XTC – Making Plans For Nigel
3. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Messages
4. Spandau Ballet – To Cut A Long Story Short
5. Talking Heads – Road To Nowhere

Alasdair

1. Desi Roots – Hung Up
2. Sugar Minott – Good Thing Going (We've Got A Good Thing Going)
3. Culture Club – Do You Really Want To Hurt Me (Dub Version)
4. Little Eva – He Is The Boy
5. Little Eva – The Locomotion

Tim (Motown Magic Set)

1. The Jackson 5 – ABC
2. The Undisputed Truth – You Got The Love I Need
3. David & Jimmy Ruffin – Steppin’ On A Dream
4. The Isley Brothers – This Old Heart Of Mine
5. The Temptations – Masterpiece (Instrumental)

Mark C (The Only Band That Matters!)

1. The Clash – (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
2. The Clash – I Fought The Law
3. The Clash – English Civil War (Johnny Comes Marching Home)
4. The Clash – Bankrobber
5. The Clash – Complete Control

Ben

1. Jay & The Techniques – Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie
2. Ronnie Cook & The Gaylads – The Goo Goo Muck
3. James Brown – I'll Go Crazy
4. The Meters – Here Comes The Meter Man
5. Cosmo – I'm A Little Mixed Up

Tony (Poptastic Sounds of The 70’s)

1. Elvis Costello – Welcome To The Working Week
2. Gilbert O'Sullivan – Get Down
3. Wizzard – Ball Park Incident
4. Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony – The Hustle
5. Roger Daltrey – Giving It All Away

Stephen

1. The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown – Fire!
2. Zager & Evans – In The Year 2525
3. Henry Mancini & His Orchestra – The Pink Panther Theme
4. Jonathan Richman – Roadrunner
5. The Edwin Hawkins Singers – Oh Happy Day

Maggie

1. Lipps Inc – Funkytown
2. Sheila & B Devotion – Spacer
3. Stacy Lattisaw – Jump To The Beat
4. Dee D Jackson – Automatic Lover
5. Sparks – The Number One Song In Heaven

Haigh

1. Gerry Rafferty – Get It Right Next Time
2. Bad Company – Little Miss Fortune
3. The Beatles – We Can Work It Out
4. Isaac Hayes – Cafe Regio's (Inst)
5. Sarah Vaughan – Smooth Operator

Karl (Set 4 Me Dad)

1. Clint Eastwood & General Saint – Monkey Man
2. Madness – Wings Of A Dove
3. The Jam – Move On Up
4. Blondie – Union City Blue
5. The Cure – The Caterpillar

Cathy

1. The Rezillos – Top Of The Pops
2. Tenpole Tudor – The Swords Of A Thousand Men
3. Skids – Into The Valley
4. The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
5. Siouxsie & The Banshees – Hong Kong Garden

Jon-G

1. Prince Buster & The All Stars – Al Capone
2. Symarip – Skinhead Moon Stomp
3. The Clash & Ranking Roger – Rock The Casbah
4. Toots & The Maytals – Pressure Drop
5. Hawkwind – Sonic Attack

Alan & Jenny

1. Donna Summer – I Feel Love
2. Buzzcocks – Orgasm Addict
3. Killing Joke – Love Like Blood

Ending

• The Crystalites – Moses (Version) (Rich)
• Jackie Trent – Where Are You Now (Quest)