Regression Mix 003 November 1979

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Hello. Listen carefully! I am going to take you back. Back to a time when music was great! All music was great! Singles, b-sides, album tracks, radio and TV all filled your ears with wonderful sounds from a vast variety of different genres. Not for you the many podcasts, radio stations and mixes that feature a single type of music. No constant repeat of chart songs you’ve heard a million times before. Our  point in time this time is November 1979, where I will guide you to a profound wonderful state where your body is absolutely relaxed and your mind is free. Free to accept ideas, free to explore possibilities, free to expand. You’ll have access to all your memories, to long forgotten memories. All those feelings, all those long past moments which made you who you are today. Now take a deep breath and let’s begin…

 

01 Gary Numan - Complex (Number 6 Single)
02 B52s - Planet Claire (Non-chart Single)
03 Cure - Jumping Someone Else's Train (Non-chart Single)
04 XTC - Helicopter (from 'Drums & Wires)
05 Madness - Madness (b-side of 'The Prince')
06 Specials - Monkey Man (from 'The Specials')
07 Selecter - Too Much Pressure (b-side of 'On My Radio')
08 Beat - Ranking Full Stop (Peel Session)
09 Dave Edmunds - Crawling From the Wreckage (Number 59 Single)
10 Matchbox - Rockabilly Rebel (Number 18 Single)
11 Kate Bush - James And The Cold Gun (from 'On Stage EP')
12 Ellen Foley - Night Out (from 'Night Out')
13 Dollar - I Wanna Hold Your Hand (Number 9 Single)
14 Electric Light Orchestra - Confusion (Number 8 Single)
15 Cozy Powell - Theme One (Number 62 Single)
16 Spizzenergi - Where's Captain Kirk (Peel Session)
17 John Cooper Clarke - Twat (Non-chart Single)
18 Secret Affair - Let Your Heart Dance (Number 32 Single)
19 Jam - Girl On The Phone (from 'Setting Sons')
20 Boomtown Rats - Diamond Smiles (Number 13 Single)
21 Cheap Trick - Dream Police (Non-chart Single)
22 Tourists - I Only Want To Be With You (Number 4 Single)
23 Pretenders - Brass In Pocket (Number 1 Single)
24 Dr Hook - When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman (Number 1 Single)
25 Gibson Brothers - Que Sera Mi Vida (Number 5 Single)
26 Godley & Creme - Freeze Frame (from 'Freeze Frame')
27 Monty Python - Brian Song (from - The Life Of Brian' Soundtrack)
28 Beach Boys - Good Timin' (Non-chart Single)
29 Marianne Faithfull - Ballad Of Lucy Jordan (Number 48 Single)

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STARTING POINT: HERB ALPERT “El Presidente”

NOMINATED BY: SFC PRES

Herb Alpert also recorded “Bean Bag”, which is more commonly recognised in the UK as the theme to the TV game show, ‘It’s A Knockout’. The international version was ‘Jeux Sans Frontières’ a phrase repeated in the song “Games Without Frontiers” by Peter Gabriel, a literal translation of the phrase. Singing backing vocals on this track was Kate Bush, whose song “Dreamtime” (the b-side of her hit “The Dreaming”) featured the use of a didgeridoo, the favoured instrument of choice for 70s children’s entertainer, Rolf Harris. His song, “War Canoe” was the basis for a ‘large sum’ ‘out of court’ payment, from Adam Ant, when it was said to be ’almost musically identical’ to the latter’s hit “Prince Charming”. Adam’s earlier recording ‘Lady’ was recorded before some of his fellow Ants left the group to form Bow Wow Wow with Annabella Lwin. One of their biggest hits was “I Want Candy”, an old hit from the 60s, that was also covered by Mel C, who reportedly had a relationship with Robbie Williams before he recorded his hit, also about “Candy”. The following year, Williams released and album called ‘Swings Both Ways’ which featured a cover of the 60s Mama Cass single, “Dream A Little Dream” with Lily Allen, daughter of actor/comedian Keith Allen who had had a number one hit with the football song “Vindaloo” under the name Fat Les. His follow-up Christmas single was “Naughty Christmas” which reached number 21 in the charts and featured Lisa Moorish on backing vocals. Lisa had also sung backing vocals on Ash’s “Oh Yeah” before her infamous affair with Oasis front-man Liam Gallagher. Oasis performed the theme tune, “Half A World Away”, on TV’s ‘The Royle Family’ which starred Ricky Tomlinson, who had his own hit with a cover of Shane McGowen’s “Are You Looking At Me”. Shane was the driving force behind The Pogues, the band featured many, traditional sounding, Irish folk tunes like “Sally MacLennane” among their earliest recordings. Shane is probably best known for his perennial Christmas hit “Fairytale Of New York”, a seasonal duet with Kirsty MacColl. After her first hit “There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis” in 1981, Kirsty had many single releases before her last “England 2 Columbia 0” which was released just before her unfortunate, accidental, death in 2000. One of her biggest hits was a cover of Billy Bragg’s “A New England”, which failed to chart for the songwriter, unlike his cover of “She’s Leaving Home” which went to number one as part of a double A-side release with Wet Wet Wet’s “With A Little Help From My Friends”. Both originally hits for the Beatles, George Martin produced much of their output, including the wonderful “And I Love Her”, as well as many recordings for many other artists. Cilla Black was just one of these, and her cover of the Gene Pitney hit “Something’s Gotten Hold Of My Heart” was also produced by the maestro. Cilla went on to host TV’s ‘Blind Date’ which was a British version of the American hit show ‘The Dating Game’, which featured “Spanish Flea” as the ‘Bachelor’s Theme’ part of the programme which was originally a hit for Herb Alpert!