Wobble Wobble

It was a bit of a mad scramble to get going – it looked like Wharf Chambers had forgotten we were coming! Thanks to Alex for leaping to the breach to set up the gear for us while still running the sound desk for the gig next door. Despite the panic we were off and running by 3pm – and we had seventeen sets of excellent tunes, with a sprinkling of interesting cover versions to enjoy. Nice to have a couple of new people playing too. This is what we heard:

Stuart

1. Muddy Waters – Tom Cat
2. Brian Eno & Snatch – R.A.F.
3. Nino Ferrer – Mao Et Moa
4. Goblin – Snip-Snap
5. Eddie Warner – Brutus Drums
6. Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton – Hound Dog
7. Thee Headcoats – Have Love Will Travel

Vasco

1. Alan Price – Sell Sell
2. CCS – This Is My Life
3. The Pastel Six – The Strange Ghost
4. The Sheik's Men – The Belly Dancer
5. Noor Jehan – Danka Pyar Waa
6. Willie Colón – She Don't Know I'm Alive (Alive Dub Two)
7. Virgin Prunes – Moments And Mine (Despite Straight Lines)

Smithy

1. Bros – Drop The Boy
2. The Exploited – Army Life
3. Wall Street Crash – Life On Mars
4. Kylie Minogue – Hand On Your Heart
5. Fleetwood Mac – Gypsy
6. Doctor & The Medics – Spirit In The Sky
7. James Whale & Co – The Whaley Rap

Maggie

1. Ruth Brown – This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'
2. The Blenders – Don't Fuck Around With Love
3. David Seville – Flip Side
4. Johnny Horton – The Mansion You Stole
5. Frankie Starr – Elevator Baby
6. Ricky Nelson – Don't Leave Me This Way
7. The Female Elvis Janis Martin With The Jordanaires – Love Me, Love

Caroline

1. Lalo Shifrin – Jaws
2. Isaac Hayes – Theme From “Shaft”
3. Boiling Point – Let's Get Funktified
4. Dr John – Such A Night
5. The Staple Singers – I'll Take You There
6. The Bar-Kays – Shake Your Rump To The Funk
7. Isaac Hayes – Zeke The Freak

Neil

1. Trance – Time Devours
2. X Ray Pop – D-S
3. The Jaynetts – Sally, Go 'Round The Roses
4. Robert Rental – Paralysis
5. MC5 – Looking At You
6. The Haters – Through
7. Dorothy – I Confess

Quest (Early 90s Set)

1. The Fall – British People In Hot Weather
2. New Fast Automatic Daffodils – It's Not What You Know
3. Breed – Shaking The Bone (In Even Time)
4. JC-001 – Cupid
5. The Frank & Walters – This Is Not A Song
6. The Jesus & Mary Chain – Far Gone And Out
7. The Fall – Glam Racket

Rich

1. The Chi-Lites – (For God's Sake) Give More Power To The People
2. The Bar-Kays – Too Hot To Stop (Pt 1)
3. The Isley Brothers – It's Your Thing
4. Average White Band – Pick Up The Pieces
5. The Temptations – Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)

Ray

1. Sex Pistols – Submission
2. Black Sabbath – Paranoid
3. Slaughter & The Dogs – Dame To Blame
4. Deep Purple – Fireball
5. The Rings – Automobile

Ed (Youngish Set)

1. Nina Simone – To Be Young, Gifted, And Black
2. St Etienne – Only Love Can Break Your Heart
3. Young Marble Giants – Final Day
4. Orange Juice – L.O.V.E... Love
5. Ultravox! – Young Savage

Tony

1. Sokabe Keiichi & Inokasira Rangers – Anarchy In The UK
2. Gabor Szabo – Both Sides Now
3. Paul Weller – Pinball
4. Al Green – Want To Hold Your Hand
5. The Royal Organ Duo – White Lines

Mark B

1. The John Barry Seven – The Human Jungle
2. Pop Concerto Orchestra – Nefta
3. The Knife – Like A Pen (Radio Edit)
4. Detroit Emeralds – Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)
5. Jackie Mittoo – Killer Diller

Sam W

1. Duran Duran – My Own Way
2. Edgar Winter – Frankenstein
3. The J Geils Band – Freeze-Frame
4. Chic – Le Freak
5. Booker T & The MGs – Green Onions

Jake

1. America – A Horse With No Name
2. Against Me! – You Look Like I Need A Drink
3. Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
4. Tom Robinson Band – 2-4-6-8 Motorway
5. Squeeze – Cool For Cats

Ken

1. China Street – You're A Ruin
2. The Lurkers – Freak Show
3. The Vibrators – Judy Says (Knock You In The Head)
4. Richard Hell & The Voidoids – The Kid With The Replaceable Head
5. China Street – (I Wanna Be) Your M.P.

Sophie

1. Eurythmics – I Could Give You (A Mirror)
2. Divine – I'm So Beautiful
3. Gossip – Jealous Girls
4. Fine Young Cannibals – Pull The Sucker Off
5. From “Carmen Jones” – Beat Out Dat Rhythm On A Drum

Graham

1. Tommy Steele With John Barry & His Orchestra – Egg And Chips
2. Booker T and the MGs – Mrs Robinson
3. Chairmen Of The Board – Finder’s Keepers
4. Dexys Midnight Runners – Show Me
5. The Poets – She Blew A Good Thing
6. Rita & The Tiaras – Gone With The Wind Is My Love

Round Again – 1 each!

• The Naturall Band – There Was (Stuart)
• Funkadelic – I Wanna Know If It's Good To You? (Vasco)
• T.R. Dallas – Who Shot J.R. Ewing? (Smithy)
• Phil Tate & His Party Band – The Conga (I Came, I Saw, I Conga'd) (Maggie)
• Goat – Stonegoat (Caroline)
• MC5 – Borderline (Neil)
• Suede – Animal Nitrate (Quest)
• Kym Sims – Too Blind To See It (Rich)
• Jerry Lee Lewis Featuring Rory Gallagher – (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Ray)
• The Royal Organ Duo - £19.99 (Tony)
• Nikki Sudden – Back To The Start (Mark B)
• Talking Heads – Once In A Lifetime (Sam)
• The Damned – Smash It Up (Jake & Eric)
• Barbara Mills – Queen Of Fools (Graham)

Quest

• Moose – This River Will Never Run Dry