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

FEBRUARY PLAYLIST

Not heard too much great new stuff this month so a more classic feel to February's listening.

1. The Astors – “In The Twilight Zone” (1965)
There aren’t that many Stax records with a strong northern soul flavour but this – with Curtis Johnson’s lead vocal and cool group harmonies – is one. It’s predecessor “Candy” being another.

2. The Seeds – “Falling Off The Edge Of My Mind” (1967)
Acid Bluegrass anyone?

3. Desmond Dekker and the Aces – “You’ve Got Your Troubles” (1967)
I always think DD is going to sing “Do you take me for fooking fooking child”. He never does, only in my head.

4. West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band – “Until The Poorest of People Have Money To Spend” (1968)
Sitar bothering hippies get all righteous.

5. The Meters – “Sophisticated Sissy” (1969)
The Meters lay down the tightest funk without breaking into a cold sweat.

6. The Flying Burrito Brothers – “Hot Burrito #1” (1969)
Beautiful.

7. Brook Benton – “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” (1970)
One of Dylan’s most masterly putdowns is turned on its head by Benton who sounds like a favourite jovial uncle sitting by a log fire chuckling and eating Werther’s Originals.

8. The Prisoners – “Deceiving Eye” (1986)
Liam Gallagher would’ve been better off naming his new band after this fuzzed up cruncher than John Lennon’s dribbling knob.

9. Primal Scream – “Blood Money” (2000)
Mani’s menacing, claustrophobic bass leads the Scream Arkestra on an exhilarating journey through the darkest outer reaches of space aged spy ring super funk.

10. The Lovely Eggs – “Have You Ever Heard A Digital Accordion?” (2009)
Only The Lovely Eggs could (or rather would) rhyme Richard Brautigan with beef bourguignon.
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