Episode 100 – 6.2.22 – 7″ Heaven!

PLAYLIST 100 uploaded Feb 6, 2022Celebrating show #100 with 4hrs of 21st Century 7′′ cheeriness!

Unsurprisingly then, this one is 100% vinyl friendly.

The occasionally-mentioned-in-these-parts big bunch of early 60s singles that arrived with a second hand Dansette my dad bought and the arrival of two of the Beatles’ (She Loves You and I Want To Hold Your Hand) given to the Hickey household by our next door neighbour, all around 1964, were the start... and the 7′′ has been my favourite music format ever since. With a great tune on the A side it’s as close to perfection as a physical format can get and whereas the previous ninety nine 41 Rooms shows might all have included a 7′′ or three, let’s hear it for nearly seventy time of my fave vinyl 7s released since 2000.

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Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop.

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00.00

(Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – Stars (Edit) – Unreleased demo – 1983 Episode #1 for info.

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00.41

NEW ORDER – Everything’s Gone Green (Cicada Remix) – London – 2005

Mess with the band’s early electronic manoeuvres and you’re on very shaky ground with me but even though you’ve got to dig deep to find any New Order 7s this century this is a great remix. The upfront pedestrian (even clunky?) beat would easily kill a bunch of other tunes but it works well here with the eery feel given this mega statement of a track from a pivotal period in the band’s journey.

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04.52

THE DUKE SPIRIT – The Step And The Walk – You Are Hear Music – 2007

Sounding just right... just here. Indie rock goodness.

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08.08

PVA – Divine Intervention – Speedy Wunderground – 2020

A mighty debut single I’d have spun in our club back in 1981, if it wasn’t for the fact the band members were even born... and though it’s not vital, if anyone can decipher what number copy I have (see below), do let me know.

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11.46

WORKING MEN’S CLUB – Teeth (Extended Mix) – Heavenly – 2019

More post punk feel electronics from modern day bright young things.

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17.32

DRAGONS – Here Are The Roses – Ohm Recordings – 2007

One of a handful of cracking tunes from their brief existence but the cynic in me feels if they had ditched the near uniform shades look for the video to this 7′′ they might have survived a bit longer. Trying just that bit too hard to look... errr, I dunno. It can be a grey and difficult area for some.

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21.36

EDITORS – All Sparks – Kitchenware – 2006

More early eighties ‘feel, this time maybe new wave’ish? The fifth single from their debut album, but the first to venture out from the single word title format. Spooky... or maybe not.

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25.01

DEPARTMENT M – The Second Prize – Too Pure – 2013

Storming stuff. The work of one Owen Brinley. His ex band, Grammatics, had a couple of prog rock-tinged tracks I liked. At the point I spun this on an earlier show there was a very cool live version of Second Prize on uuutuuube that in all its time had, stunningly, only amassed 700+ views... and the lone comment ‘Owen is brilliant’. Sadly, it appears the vid has since disappeared, unless someone tells me otherwise. Releases on both Fierce Panda and Too Pure had failed to jump start OB to a higher profile, but he’s sounded way too class an act to not be releasing music again at some point. 500 grey, heavyweight, hand numbered vinyl copies of Second Prize out there somewhere.

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28.55

UNKNOWN – Stupid – No label – Early 2000s

Sampling Sly and the Family Stone, with Charlie Manson’s vocals adding some menace. Inventive, the way bootleg 7′′s should be.

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33.09

(DJ) PARKER – Penny Dreadful – Leisure Recordings – 2006

‘Hip hop, don’t stop’...

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36.37

THE GENE DUDLEY GROUP – The Hilo Bay Halfway (Gene Dudley Disco Dub Mix) – Wah Wah 45s – 2013

Hi’s to Wah Wah heads, Dom Servini and Adam Scrimshire.

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40.36

HOLY STRAYS – Christabell – Morning Ritual – 2012

Drummer and composer, Sébastien Forrester playing the perfect game of 21st century sounds on a 7′′ and coloured/see through vinyl.

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45.46

PAULINE TAYLOR – Fire (Siren EP) – Ramrock Red – 2020

Gospel-style!!

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48.14

DEBO BAND – Gedawo – Elec...