JUKEBOX 7"S PLAYLIST - FRIDAY 17th JANUARY 2014

The second Jukebox 7”s night at the Elixir Bar in NW1 last Friday was good fun, not least for Long John McNally, Miles Macleod, Elliott Marmaduke Jones and myself who got to play a pile of our favourite records, drink ourselves into a stupor, and listen to a geezer with tattooed hands tell us about his mate Eric Burdon and going to see The Animals at The Downbeat Club in Newcastle. 

As before, the idea was to not be too obscure but play a mix of stuff to create what one might hear on a particularly well stocked jukebox. I think we achieved that. My contribution is listed below. Have very little recollection of that final set bar The Smiths and Glen Campbell so this list is as much for my benefit as yours.

Curtis Mayfield - Superfly

The Staple Singers – Respect Yourself

James Brown – Dooley’s Junkyard Dogs

The Flying Burrito Brothers – Older Guys

The Byrds – Mr Spaceman

The Stairs – Weed Bus

Five Thirty – Abstain!

Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers – Born To Lose

Buzzcocks – Promises

Birdland – Hollow Heart

Bob Dylan – From A Buick 6

T.Rex – Born To Boogie

New York Dolls – Jet Boy

The Cure – Why Can’t I Be You?

Siouxsie & The Banshees – Spellbound

Adam & The Ants – Xerox

13^th Floor Elevators – You’re Gonna Miss Me

Outsiders – Touch

Mouse & The Traps – Beg Borrow and Steal

Leroy Van Dyke – It’s All Over Now Baby Blue

The Boo Radleys – Wish I Was Skinny

Manfred Mann – If You Gotta Go, Go Now

The Who – Doctor, Doctor

The Choir – It’s Cold Outside

The Smiths – Handsome Devil

The Seeds – Pushin’ Too Hard

The Jam – Heatwave

The Byrds – Feel A Whole Lot Better

Shrag – Rabbit Kids

The Vapors – Turning Japanese

Suede – Metal Mickey

Bob Dylan – Subterranean Homesick Blues

The Housemartins – Sheep

Manic Street Preachers – Show Me The Wonder

The Redskins – Turnin’ Loose (The Furious Flames)

The Impressions – This Is My Country

The Kinks – Waterloo Sunset

The Action – Since I Lost My Baby

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears Of A Clown

Sex Pistols – God Save The Queen

Glen Campbell – Wichita Lineman

JUKEBOX 7"s at the ELIXIR BAR, FRIDAY 17th JANUARY 2014

The second dime drops into Jukebox 7”s on Friday 17^th January at the Elixir Bar, up the road from Euston station.

I’ll again be joining genial host Long John and Miles Macleod to offer a wilfully eclectic mix of surprises - regardless of genre or era - from big hits to far away misses.  

All the DJs have immaculate and sometimes wonderfully contrary taste (even if I do say so myself) and promise to plunder their 45s to soundtrack your Friday night shenanigans like the best pub jukebox in town. A place where the Staple Singers, Sly & The Family Stone, Suede and Shrag can coexist in harmony. Think of a club night equivalent to this very blog and you’ll get the gist.

Jukebox 7”s at the Elixir Bar, 162 Eversholt Street, London, NW1. 8pm-2am. Five pounds.

JUKEBOX 7”s at THE ELIXIR BAR, FRIDAY 18th OCTOBER 2013

Here's something for the diary if you fancy a night of drinking and merriment in ye olde London Town to a pile of dusty old (and maybe a few new) 7 inch records. The plan - such as there is one - is to mix it up with a bit of this, that and the other. It'll be pretty random and varied. Soul, psych, punk, funk, indie, rhythm & blues etc. Might work, might not, but should be good fun with plenty of surprises.

It's being put on by partner in crime and EyePlug scribe Long John and Louie Markey and I'll be one of the guest DJs on the opening night alongside Miles Macleod. I’ve already packed a box including The Action, James Brown, Big Maybelle, The Buzzcocks and Baby Strange. The trick is gonna be to play them in something resembling a logical order.

Come and join us. Friday 18^th October 2013 at the Elixir Bar, 162 Eversholt Street, Camden, NW1, 8pm until 3am. Admission a deep sea diver.