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)

JULY 1983

Step back in time to a month in musical history - JULY 1983!
Hits, misses and memories from this month in history, featuring rare recordings, TV Themes and much more.

HERE

01 London Weekend Television Theme
02 Yello - I Love You
03 Irene Cara - Flashdance... What A Feeling
04 BBC Wimbledon Theme
05 Wimbledon 1983 Final - McEnroe vs Lewis
06 Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
07 Thompson Twins - Watching
08 South Bank Show
09 ELO - Rock 'n' Roll Is King
10 Rod Stewart - Baby Jane
11 Brookside
12 Elton John - I'm Still Standing
13 Echo & The Bunnymen - Never Stop
14 BBC 6 O'Clock News
15 Creatures - Right Now
16 Blakes 7 Theme
17 Eurythmics - Who's That Girl
18 Matt Fretton - It's So High
19 Blue Peter
20 Cure - The Walk
21 Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science
22 Parkinson Interviews David Niven
23 Young and the Restless
24 Cagney and Lacey
25 Shakin Stevens - It's Late
26 Malcolm MacLaren - Double Dutch
27 Coronation Street
28 Kim Wilde - Love Blonde
29 Monty Python - Galaxy Song
30 Panorama
31 Lotus Eaters - The First Picture of You
32 David Sylvian - Forbidden Colours
33 Nationwide
34 Rita Coolidge - All Time High
35 Robert Plant - Big Log
36 Top Of The Pops
37 George Benson - Feel Like Making Love
38 Bananarama - Cruel Summer
39 Paul Young - Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)
40 Monty Python - Mr Creosote Blows
41 Newsround

Play this when I die!

 

Play This When I Die by Sfcpres on Mixcloud

My 50th birthday, the constant trips to the doctors, the constant pain, and the everyday irritations of this world we live in, have made me consider the end of life lately.
Not that I want it to happen, or even have any real fear of it happening soon, just what happens when it does?
The last thing I'd want is to have some religious nut, spouting away about what a wonderful life I'd led, and how everybody loved me, when in fact, I've been a miserable bastard for most of it, and haven't done much with it at all! A couple of good kids, a decent marriage, and a few compilations left behind on non-biodegradable CDs is all I have to show for 50 years on this planet, so when I go, I'd like to at least have a send of that I can be proud of.
So here it is.
There's some tracks here that mean a lot to me for one reason and another, and those that do know me will know their meaning. So hopefully this will remain out there in cyberspace for a bit longer than I'll be around for, so if there's anyone left behind when I do go - play this!

1

The Somnambulist

XTC

2

So Long Ago, So Clear

Vangelis & Jon Anderson

3

Clair de Lune (Debussy)

Earl Wild

4

Rejoice In The Sun

Joan Baez

5

Solitude (Ella Wheeler Wilcox)

Meryl Streep

6

In My Life

Beatles

7

I Only Want To Be With You

Shelby Lynne

8

My Funny Valentine

Elvis Costello

9

Stars

Janis Ian

10

Aria From La Wally (Catalani)

Wilhelmenia Fernandez

11

I See a Darkness

Johnny Cash

12

Heaven Can Wait

Meat Loaf

13

Feeling good

Nina Simone

14

Q5 Piano Tune

Spike Milligan