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An all-vinyl single version of the programme this week, to rekindle all three "dots"' memories of the joys of such a show, with all the snap, crackle, different playing speeds and record sizes that it entails.  Everything from a 5-inch Jona Lewie single to a rare XTC 12" EP - rare Australian singles by The Numbers (before this band became The Riptides)  and a Leonard Teale promotional 45 - obscure UK punk by the Martian Schoolgirls and The Skids - Plastic Bertrand with something resembling Krautrock disco - near forgotten but very worthwhile songs by the likes of Fischer-Z and Classix Nouveaux - and plenty more.   The full playlist of vinyl delights is as follows...

Max Hamilton & the Impacts – Shake with Me     (7”single b-side [to Jenny Jenny] 1965 Australia)

Johnny Broome & the Handels – Didn’t Know Her Name     (7”single b-side [to Do’s  and  Don’ts] 1965 Adelaide, Aust.)

Janice Slater – I’m Gonna Live     (7”single 1965 Adelaide, Aust.)

Leonard Teale – “The Ballad of Chesty Bond” advertisement     (7”single c.1965 Aust.)

Cheryl Gray – You’re the Boy     (7”single b-side [to When You’re Not Near] 1967 Aust.)

Ross D. Wylie – Do the Uptight     (7”single b-side [to The Star] 1969 Aust.)

the Numbers – Magic Castle     (7”single b-side [to Sunset Strip] 1978 Queensland, Aust.)

the Pandoras – Hot Generation [Sunsets cover]     (7”single 1984 California, USA)

the Stems – My Beach      (7”single b-side [to Sad Girl] 1987 Aust.)

Kim Salmon & the Surrealists – The Crying Game     (7”single b-side [to Put Your Trust In Me] 1997 Aust.)

the Martian Schoolgirls – Life in the 1980’s     (7”single 1980 UK)

Plastic Bertrand – Tout petite la planete     (12”single 1979 Belgium)

the Associates – Ulcragyceptemol      (12”single b-side [to Club Country] 1982 Scotland, UK) 

Soft Cell – Born to Lose [Johnny Thunders cover]     (12”single b-side [to Down In The Subway] 1984 UK)

XTC – We Kill The Beast     (‘Go+’ 12” EP 1978 UK)

Jona Lewie – Big Shot-Momentarily     (5”single 1980 UK)

Yoko Ono – Don’t worry Kyoko, mummy’s only looking for a hand in the snow     (7”single b-side [to Cold Turkey] 1969 UK)

the Jesus and Mary Chain – Kill Surf City     (7”single b-single [to April Skies] 1987 UK)

Adam & the Ants – Fall-In     (7”single b-side [to Ant Music] 1981 UK)

Husker Du – Ticket to Ride [Beatles cover]     (7” promo EP with NME magazine 1986 UK)

Fischer Z – So Long     (7”single 1980 UK)

Snakefinger – The Spot     (7”single 1978 USA)

Classix Nouveaux – Guilty     (7”single 1981 UK)

Echo & the Bunnymen – The Subject     (12”single b-side [to The Back Of Love] 1982 UK)

the Skids – Fields     (7”single 1982 UK)

Simple Minds – The American      (12”single 1981 UK)

Genet Tic Toc – Theory of Permutation      (7”single b-side [to Darwin’s Machine] 1982 Adelaide, Australia)

Foetus uber Frisco – Finely Honed Machine     (12”single 1984 USA)