Episode 101 – 6.3.22

PLAYLIST 101 uploaded Mar 6, 2022

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and it’s 93% vinyl friendly. Near perfect.

Nothing to do with Emerson, Lake and Palmer, the ELP Laser Turntable may be for the younger generation who grew up knowing nothing but CDs... and who have around £10,000 to spend! ‘In theory, it’s the perfect turntable because it uses a laser instead of a cartridge and stylus (hence, wear on the vinyl is effectively zero) and its transport resembles a large CD drawer‘ said the promo. Also, you can even ask the vinyl to play a less worn side of the groove to avoid excessive groove noise. Who thinks this stuff up?

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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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Lyric of Playlist 101...

It has to be Electric Wire Hustle... once again

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00.00

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

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00.40

NEW ORDER – Dream Attack – Technique, LP – Factory – 1988

A track that was regularly in the live set in ’88 and ’89 and even survived the band’s then first, errr... ‘rest’, to appear again when they resumed play in ’93.

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05.09

THE B-52’s – Planet Claire – 7′′ – Island Records – 1979

New wave royalty with one of their early gems.. and was there ever a match more made in heaven than them and the Flinstones? I think not.

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08.27

NAKED ROOMMATE – We Are The Babies – Do The Duvet, LP – Upset The Rhythm

Not too dissimilar an ‘approach’ to the above and I’ll bet there’s a B-52’s track somewhere that could mix in and out of this... should anyone want to.

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11.11

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN – The Cutter – 7′′ – Korova – 1983

I suspect there’s been a myriad of great subject matters behind Ian Mac’s lyrics through the years but to be honest, as much as I’m a fan of their early years I’ll have known none of them.

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14.54

GNAG OF FOUR – Silver Lining – 7′′ – EMI – 1983

A bit of a funk feel creeping into the band around these times, and as mighty a live track as any of their earlier, more angular material. I’m judging that from Youtube, as I somehow never saw them play live. Something also gave me the notion that bass player of the time, Sara Lee had Bedford(shire) connections. Never saw her in the pubs, though... so maybe not.

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18.20

SLAB! – Death’s Head Soup – 7′′ – Ink Records – 1989

A phaaaat sound... from a band who rarely sounded otherwise!

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24.19

STIK-E & THE HOODZ – Shake Whatcha Mama Gave Ya – A Break From The Norm, 12′′ promo only – Gut Recordings – 2001

A shoddy lyrical idea (and you can guess what the video looks like)... but a storming ‘feel’ in the sound, if that makes sense. Now, if say Public Enemy had put a storyline to this ‘melody’ it would have made one massive statement.

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28.04

WORKING WEEK – I Thought I’d Never See You Again – 7′′ – Virgin – 1985

‘I don’t do jazz ‘ Pt 101... or whatever. Post Tracey Thorn’s brief time with the band, Juliet Roberts leads a beaut of a sound.

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31.39

LESLEY DUNCAN – Love Song – Sing Children Sing, LP – CBS – 1971

During an interview I did in the late nineties with publishing heavyweight, Terry Oates (re his time introducing a then unknown Jose Feliciano to the UK in the mid sixties) he mentioned he had once signed Lesley. In amongst a spate of sixties singles she was also doubling as a session singer (maybe most notably as part of Dusty Springfield’s backing vocalists) and it was whilst working on a Jose UK recording session in 1967 that Terry got on the case. This might not be the only version of Love Song that makes it to 41 Rooms... but the other won’t be Elton’s.

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34.39

SNOWGOOSE – Crawl Out Your Window – Harmony Springs, LP – Open Hearth – 2012

I’ve only recently realised the band is made up of Belle & Sebastian, Teenage Fan Club and other Scottish ‘indie’ bods of note, with singer Anna Sheard looking like the only one who hasn’t done a stint with one of said bands. I bought the album at the time (it might even have been a Record Store Day release) with none of the above info on board.

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39.47

TIM BUCKLEY – Make It Right – Greetings From L.A., LP – Warner Brothers – 1972

Another occasion to thank Simon S, schoolboy mate of New Order’s Ste...