So that was another fine afternoon in Room 700 at Leeds Central Library. It was great that everyone braved the bitterly cold weather to be there – and nice to welcome a few new faces! Huge thanks to Lee, Lynne and Emma for running the event so smoothly. Here’s what we all played:
Quest
- Man Or Astro-Man? – Frequency Sequence B: Baby’s First Spacewalk
- Beak> – Oh Know
- Goat – Fill My Mouth
- Tom Tom Club – Genius Of Love (Money Mark Remix)
- Jack White & The Electric Mayhem – You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
- Wolfhounds – Cheer Up
- Wild Billy Childish & CTMF – Bob Dylan's Got A Lot To Answer For
Tony
- Bryan Ferry – A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
- Robert Knight – Love On A Mountain Top
- The Epitome Of Sound – You Don't Love Me
- Stevie Wonder – Living For The City
- Patrice Holloway – Stolen Hours
- The Undertones – It's Going To Happen!
- Paul Weller – The Bottle
Lynne
- Jilted John – Jilted John
- Squeeze – Up The Junction
- XTC – Making Plans For Nigel
- Tenpole Tudor – Swords Of A Thousand Men
- Wizzard – See My Baby Jive
- Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Maid Of Orleans
- Adam & The Ants – Antmusic
KC (Chris)
- The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go
- Bread – The Guitar Man
- Kenny Rogers & The First Edition – Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town
- The J Geils Band – Centrefold
- Golden Earring – Radar Love
- Boney M – Rasputin
- Madness – Baggy Trousers
Liz
- Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale
- John Handy – Hard Work
- Bob Marley & The Wailers – Johnny Was
- Jose Feliciano – Light My Fire
- Madonna – Dress You Up
- The Searchers – Needles And Pins
- The Rolling Stones – The Singer Not The Song
Michelle (with Mum Wyn)
- Cilla Black – Anyone Who Had A Heart
- Cilla Black – Step Inside Love
- Sam Brown – Stop
- Bryan Ferry – A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
- The Jackson 5 – Looking Through The Windows
- The Stranglers – Walk On By (not played due to it being a 33)
- X-Ray Spex – Germ Free Adolescence
(Apologies to Michelle for The Stranglers veto – but rules is rules!)
Glyn of the Bradwan
- Dobie Gray – The "In" Crowd
- Big Audio Dynamite – Medicine Show
- Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra & Chorus – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
- Peter Sarstedt – Frozen Orange Juice
- Slade – Mama Weer All Crazee Now
- Clout – When Will You Be Mine
- Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – You're All I Need To Get By
Rich
- Cream – I Feel Free
- Labi Siffre – I Got The
- Donny Hathaway – The Ghetto Part 1
- Althea & Donna – Uptown Top Ranking
- Pigbag – Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag
- Plastic Bertrand – Ça Plane Pour Moi
- The Cult – She Sells Sanctuary
Steve
- The Scaffold – Lily The Pink
- David Bowie – Let’s Dance
- Hank Mizell – Jungle Rock
- The Stranglers – Go Buddy Go
- R Dean Taylor – There's A Ghost In My House
- T Rex – I Love To Boogie
- Tom Jones – Delilah
Jude
- Bee Gees – Night Fever
- Wings – Live And Let Die
It worked out well that Jude and her two records got gradually bumped down the list to the end – that was a fine way to finish things!...