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101 Series Lesson 158 – The Year 1982

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Pick out your best skinny tie and Aquanet that hair up high, it’s time to cruise into ’82. Join your she-boppers at Balcony Radio at the roller rink while we spin the best music of 1982. Put your Atari joystick down and crank it up for Lesson 158 of the 101 Series. This time out, we spin the best rock, country, r&b and new wave produced during the year. We’ll be listening in chronolgical order so mark it off your calendar with a magenta marker and step into the Time Zone!

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PLAYLIST:
SENSES WORKING OVERTIME: XTC (ENGLISH SETTLEMENT)
MOUNTAIN MUSIC: ALABAMA (MOUNTAIN MUSIC)
IN THE NAME OF LOVE: THOMPSON TWINS (PLATINUM & GOLD COLLECTION)
CHANT NO. 1(I DON’T NEED THIS PRESSURE ON): SPANDAU BALLET (DIAMOND)
HEAT OF THE MOMENT: ASIA (ASIA)
DO RIGHT WOMAN, SO RIGHT MAN: WILLIE NELSON (ALWAYS ON MY MIND)
ONLY THE LONLEY: THE MOTELS (80S ALTERNATIVE)
HURTS SO GOOD: JOHN MELLENCAMP (AMERICAN FOOL)
I RAN (SO FAR AWAY): A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS (A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS)
I MELT WITH YOU: MODERN ENGLISH (AFTER THE SHOW)
HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF: DURAN DURAN (RIO)
SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO: THE CLASH (COMBAT ROCK)
MORE THAN THIS: ROXY MUSIC (AVALON)
FOOL HEARTED MEMORY: GEORGE STRAIT (STRAIT FROM THE HEART)
STRAY CAT STRUT: THE STRAY CATS (BUILT FOR SPEED)
COME ON EILEEN: DEXY’S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS (TOO RYE AY)
VACATION: THE GO-GOS (VACATION)
SHOCK THE MONKEY: PETER GABRIEL (SECURITY)
LITTLE RED CORVETTE: PRINCE (1999)
I’LL TUMBLE 4 YA: CULTURE CLUB (KISSING TO BE CLEVER)
BILLIE JEAN: MICHAEL JACKSON (THRILLER)

101 Series – Lesson 157 – The Year 1972

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Let’s take it back an even 50 years when the only way to escape a little thing called Watergate was Top 40 radio. Pull up some space on the shag carpeting next to your buddies at Balcony Radio for Lesson 157 of the 101 Series. This time out, we’re scanning the dial for the best music of the year 1972. You won’t need a pardon to enjoy this one.

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PLAYLIST:
MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION: PAUL SIMON (PAUL SIMON)
ROCK STEADY: ARETHA FRANKLIN (YOUNG, GIFTED AND BLACK)
EVERYTHING I OWN: BREAD (BABY IM-A WANT YOU)
I SAW THE LIGHT: TODD RUNDGREN (SOMETHING/ANYTHING)
MELISSA: ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND (EAT A PEACH)
YOU DON’T MESS AROUND WITH JIM: JIM CROCE (YOU DON’T MESS AROUND WITH JIM)
LET’S STAY TOGETHER: AL GREEN (LET’S STAY TOGETHER)
RIP THIS JOINT: ROLLING STONES (EXILE ON MAIN STREET)
ROCKET MAN (I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE A LONG,LONG TIME): ELTON JOHN (HONKEY CHATEAU)
TAKE IT EASY: THE EAGLES (THE EAGLES)
SUFFRAGETTE CITY: DAVID BOWIE (THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST & THE SPIDERS FROM MARS)
SCHOOL’S OUT: ALICE COOPER (SCHOOL’S OUT)
THE HARDER THEY COME: JIMMY CLIFF (THE HARDER THEY COME OST)
YOU WEAR IT WELL: ROD STEWART (NEVER A DULL MOMENT)
SUPERFLY: CURTIS MAYFIELD (SUPERFLY OST)
BEN: MICHAEL JACKSON (SINGLE)
IF YOU DON’T KNOW ME BY KNOW: HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE NOTES (HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE NOTES FEAT. TEDD PENDERGAST)
ALL THE YOUNG DUDES: MOTT THE HOOPLE (ALL THE YOUNG DUDES)
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH: JOHN DENVER (ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH)
JESUS WAS A CAPRICORN (OWED TO JOHN PRINE): KRIS KRISTOFFERSON (JESUS WAS A CAPRICORN)
TROUBLE MAN: MARVIN GAYE (TROUBLE MAN OST)
ACROSS 110TH STREET: BOBBY WOMACK (THE BEST OF BOBBY WOMACK – THE SOUL YEARS)
I BELIEVE (WHEN I FALL IN LOVE IT WILL BE FOREVER): STEVIE WONDER (TALKING BOOK)

101 Series Lesson 156 – It’s 1975!!

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Gas up the Camaro because your friends at Balcony Radio are ready to take you on a musical journey back to ’75. Join us for Lesson 156 of the 101 Series as we look at the best rock, pop, soul, and funk released in 1975. Dig out the bell bottoms and pick that hair up high, it’s time for real music.

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PLAYLIST:
JIVE TALKIN’: THE BEEGEES (MAIN COURSE)
SISTER GOLDEN HAIR: AMERICA (HEARTS)
BALLROOM BLITZ: THE SWEET (DESOLATION BOULEVARD)
BLACK WATER: THE DOOBIE BROS. (WHAT WERE ONCE VICES ARE NOW HABITS)
WHY CAN’T WE BE FRIENDS: WAR (WHY CAN’T WE BE FRIENDS?)
SOS: ABBA (ABBA GOLD)
YOU’RE NO GOOD: LINDA RONSTADT (HEART LIKE WHEEL)
(HEY WON’T YOU PLAY) ANOTHER SOMEBODY DONE SOMEBODY WRONG SONG: BJ THOMAS (REUNION)
50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER: PAUL SIMON (STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS)
AT SEVENTEEN: JANIS IAN: BETWEEN THE LINES
BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS: FREDDY FENDER (BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS)
FIRE: OHIO PLAYERS (FIRE)
SQUEEZE BOX: THE WHO (THE WHO BY NUMBERS)
RHINESTONE COWBOY: GLEN CAMPBELL (RHINESTONE COWBOY)
FAME: DAVID BOWIE (YOUNG AMERICANS)
TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (BORN TO RUN)
HOUSES OF THE HOLY: LED ZEPPELIN (PHYSICAL GRAFFITI)
STAND BY YOUR MAN: TAMMY WYNETTE (TEARS OF FIRE)
SWEET THING: RUFUS & CHAKA KHAN (RUFUS FEATURING CHAKA KHAN)
T.N.T.: AC/DC (HIGH VOLTAGE)
GIVE UP THE FUNK (TEAR THE ROOF OFF THE SUCKER): PALIAMENT (MOTHERSHIP CONNECTION)

X-Chromosome Ep 17

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It’s time to wrap up Season 17 of Balcony Radio programming. There’s no better way to shut it down than with a couple hours of music. As always, the season finale is an episode of X-Chrome, our show dedicated to the women of rock/pop/soul/country and all genres between. We’d normally tell you to hit the lights on your way out . . . but the ladies in this episode blew the roof off the place, so it doesn’t matter.

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PLAYLIST:
BLACK TONGUE: YEAH YEAH YEAHS (FOUR TRACK DEMO)
LOVE, TRY NOT TO LET GO: JULIA JACKLIN (PRE-PEASURE)
BE SWEET: JAPANESE BREAKFAST (JUBILEE)
TURN UP THE SUNSHINE: DIANA ROSS W/ TAME IMPALA (MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU SOUNDTRACK)
A CASE OF YOU: JONI MITCHELL (ISLE OF WIGHT 1970)
WASHING MACHINE HEART: MISAKI (BE THE COWBOY)
WANT WANT: MAGGIE ROGERS (SURRENDER)
I KNOW ALONE: HAIM (I KNOW ALONE)
SAVED BY A WAIF: ALVVAYS (ANTISOCIALITES)
EXPERT IN A DYING FIELD: THE BETHS (EXPERT IN A DYING FIELD)
THERE’S A BREAK IN THE ROAD: BETTY HARRIS (THE LOST QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS SOUL)
ALL THE GOOD TIMES: ANGELS OLSOEN (BIG TIME)
STILL JEALOUS: TEGAN & SARA (STILL JEALOUS)
HOME TO ME: SHARON VAN ETTEN (WE’VE BEEN GOING ABOUT THIS ALL WRONG)
BLUE LIGHTENINGL BIG THIEF (DRAGON NEW WARM MOUNTAIN I BELIEVE IN YOU)
PRECOUS: THE PRETENDERS (THE PRETENDERS)
TO KEEP ME ALIVE: SAVANNAH SATURN
I SEE YOUR FACE: LINDA SMITH (TILL ANOTHER TIME 1988-1996)
SOLAR POWER: LORDE (ROOFTOP CONCERT NYC JULY 2021)
PROBLEM WITH IT: PLAINS (I WALKED WITH YOU A WAYS)
BOLD SOULD SISTER: TINA TURNER (LIVE ON ED SULLIVAN, 1/11/1970)

Time For Bob Ep 17 – “Live” Favorites

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Naming your traveling music show “The Never-Ending Tour” carries a lot of demand if you’re the world’s greatest living songwriter, Bob Dylan. And looking at the travel itinerary for the last 60 years would prove this to be so. For episode 17 of our tribute to said songwriter, Time For Bob we listen to some live performances from various stages around the world. From 1965 to the present we play some fave raves to prove exactly that Bob owns all venues. Your ticket is checked and your seat is ready. No delay on this flight. Settle right in for the best.


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PLAYLIST:

DON’T THINK TWICE IT’S ALRIGHT (1965)
TO RAMONA (1965)
HARD RAIN (1975)
ONE MORE CUP OF COFFEE (1975)
TANGLED UP IN BLUE (1975)
GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY (1986)
ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER (1999)
SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK BLUES (2002)
MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE (1998)
IF NOT FOR YOU (2002)
GOTTA SERVE SOMEBODY (1998)
SENOR (TALES OF YANKEE POWER) (1999)
MILLION MILES (2003)
THE MAN IN ME (2000)
STONE WALLS & STEEL BARS (1998)
TELL ME THAT ISN’T TRUE (2001)
CRY AWHILE (2002)
4TH TIME AROUND (2001)
LAY LADY LAY (1999)
MONEY HONEY (1999)
I THREW IT ALL AWAY (2002)

Swing Time Ep 17

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You know what time it is . . . Straighten that tie, make sure your hemline is straight and the flask is full, we’re heading out on the town. In episode 17 of Swingtime, the gents at Balcony Radio are ready to spin you around the floor with some of the best music your great-grandparents cut rugs to.

I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS: BOBBY DARIN (LOVE SWINGS)
DOWN WITH LOVE: BLOSSOM DEARIE (ONCE UPON A SUMMERTIME)
IT’S DELOVELY: MEL TORME (AT THE RED HILL ‘LIVE’)
(SHE’S GOT THE) BLUES FOR SALE: BILLY ECKSTINE (TIMELESS: BEST OF BILLY ECKSTINE)
IF I KNEW THEN (WHAT I KNOW NOW): SARAH VAGHAN (SWINGIN’ EASY)
DON’T TAKE YOUR LOVE FROM ME: KEELY SMITH (I WISH YOU LOVE)
ALONE TOGETHER: JOE WILLIAMS (TOGETHER/HAVE A GOOD TIME)
NIGHT SONG: SAMMY DAVIS, JR. (LIVE ON ED SULLIVAN 6/14/1964)
NIGHT AND DAY: LENA HORNE (24K PURE GOLD)
LIFE IS A SONG (LET’S SING IT TOGETHER): TONY BENNET & COUNT BASIE (BASIE SWINGS, BENNETT SINGS)
IF YOU WERE THE ONLY GAL: LOUIE PRIMA (STRICTLY PRIMA!)
GET HAPPY: FRANK SINATRA (SWING EASY!)
LET’S FLY AWAY: JERI SOUTHER (JERI SOUTHERN MEETS COLE PORTER)
LET’S FALL IN LOVE: VIC DAMONE (THAT TOWERING FEELING)
I WANT TO BE HAPPY: JUNE CHRISTY (FAIR AND WARMER)
YES SIR, THAT’S MY BABY: ETTA JONES (DON’T GO TO STRANGERS)
I COULD WRITE A BOOK: ANITA O’DAY (SWINGS ROGERS & HART)
I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU: CARMERN MCRAE (WHEN YOU’RE AWAY)
LET ME LOVE YOU: SHIRLEY HORN (SHIRLEY HORN AOTH HORNS)
REAL LIVE GIRL: JACK JONES (SHE LOVE ME)
PERSONALITY: JOHNNY MERCER & THE PIED PIPERS (ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE!)
I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE: DEAN MARTIN (PRETTY BABY)
THE BEST THING FOR YOU: NAT KING COLE (TELL ME ALL ABOUT YOURSELF)

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Soulville Ep 17 – Deep 70s Funk

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What do you need to get through your day? Peace, love and soul, people. Your boys at Balcony Radio can help you with one of those . . . good luck with the others. Join us this week for episode 17 of Soulville, our testament to wonders of rhythm and blues. This week, we spin some of the deepest, most obscure, never heard before 70s Funk tunes we could find. Deeper than the voices of Don Cornelius, Barry White and Melvin Franklin rolled into one. Pop your collar, it’s on for some serious Funk action!

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PLAYLIST:
I FEEL SANCTIFIED: THE COMMODORES
MIGHTY MIGHTY LOVE: LEE FIELDS
COOKIE JAR: FUZZY HASKINS
WHEN IN DOUBT, VAMP: FRED WESLEY & THE HORNEY HORNS
WOO TOGETHER: BERNIE WORRELL
IF YOU DON’T GET IT THE FIRST TIME, BACK UP AND TRY IT AGAIN: FRED WESLEY & THE JBs
HAND CLAPPING SONG: THE METERS
WATCH ME DO MY THANG: PARLET
YOU GOT SOMETHING: BT EXPRESS
HOLLYWOOD HOT: THE ELEVENTH HOUR
PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS: ROSE ROYCE
WHAT’S THE NAME OF THE FUNK (SPIDER MAN)
STROKETY STROKE: THE O’JAYS
TEE NINE CHEE BIT: EARTH, WIND & FIRE
GETTIN’ FUNKY ROUND HERE: BLACK NASTY
STRAIGHT UP: EXIT 9
WHEEDLE’S GROOVE: ANNAKONDA
I CAN MAKE YOU DANCE: ZAPP
IT’S THE MUSIC THAT MAKES US DO IT: MAGNUM
I GOT LOVE: CHARLES WRIGHT & THE WATTS 103 STREET RHYTHM BAND
YOU SHOULDN’T NUF BIT FISH: GEORGE CLINTON

Songs From The Yard Ep 17 – 60s Reggae Explosion!

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The 60s was all about peace and love . . . when the entire world tried to catch up to Jamaica’s vibes. What was Jamaica doing in the 60s? Making the best music in the world, mon. Balcony Radio can dig it. Roll up and twist off episode 17 of Songs From the Yard, our testament to the sacrament of reggae music. In this episode, we spin all the roots, ska, and rocksteady that grew out Marley’s hair in the 70s. Light up yourself and enjoy.

PLAYLIST:
EASY SNAPPING: CLUE J & HIS BLUES BLASTERS (THE BEST OF BLUE BEAT: 1960)
FATTIE FATTIE: THE HEPTONES (FATTIE FATTIE)
PEOPLE FUNNY BOY: LEE ‘SCRATCH’ PERRY & THE UPSETTERS (I AM THE UPSETTER-THE STORY OF LEE ‘SCRATCH’ PERRY GOLDEN YEARS)
WATCH THIS SOUND: THE UNIQUES (WATCH THIS SOUND)
007 (SHANTY TOWN); DESMOND DECKER (007 SHANTY TOWN)
HERE I STAND: JUSTIN HINDS & THE DOMINOES (EARLY RECORDINGS)
BA BA BOOM: THE JAMAICANS (BA BA BOOM)
ROCK STEADY: ALTON ELLIS & THE FLAMES (BE TRUE TO YOURSELF: THE GODFATHER OF LOVER’S ROCK ANTHOLOGY 1965-1973)
ALI BAB: JOHN HOLT (LIKE A BOLT)
RETURN OF DJANGO: THE UPSETTERS (RETURN OF DJANGO)
REGGAE IN YOUR JEGGAE: DANDY LIVINGSTON (TIGHTEN UP VOL. 2)
EVERYDAY IS A HOLIDAY: THE SENSATIONS (TREASURE ISLE PRESENTS: ORIGINAL REGAAE)
FIRE CORNER: THE DYNAMITES W/KING STITT (FIRE CORNER)
MUSIC FIELD: ROY SHIRLEY (LEGEND)
BANGARANG: NORA DEAN (PURE REGAAE)
YOU DON’T NEED ME: THE MELODIANS (YOU DON’T NEED ME)
WHY DID YOU LIE: DAWN PENN (DUKE REID ROCKS STEADY)
DON’T STAY AWAY: PHYLLIS DILLON (DON’T STAY AWAY)
(GUN FEVER) BLAM BLAM FEVER: THE VALENTINES (PUT YOUR BEST DRESS ON)
ONLY A SMILE: THE PARAGONS (ON THE BEACH: THE ANHTOLOGY)
WE ARE IN THE MOOD: THE ROYALS (DUKE REID ROCKS STEADY)
TELL IT TO ME: STRANGER COLE & THE FUGITIVES (PUT YOU BEST DRESS ON)

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101 Series Lesson 155 – Bubblegum Pop

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From 1967-1972, the music bidnezz realized something: kids like music and they don’t care about art. Thus, was born the genre that launched a thousand lunch boxes: Bubblegum Music. In Lesson 155 of the 101 Series, your friends at Balcony Radio stick a big ol’ wad of sugary tunes in our mouths and spin the best AM pop music from that weird time between hippies and Watergate. Cut the crusts off your pb&j and don’t spill the grape juice while playing this one too loud.

PLAYLIST:
1,2,3 RED LIGHT: 1910 FRUITGUM COMPANY
BICYCLES, ROLLER SKATES AND YOU: THE ARCHIES
LOVE YOU: THE FREE DESIGN
CHEWY CHEWY: OHIO EXPRESS
I WOKE UP THIS MORNING: THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY
INDIAN LAKE: THE COWSILLS
SWEET PEA: TOMMY ROE
IT’S A SUNSHINE DAY: THE BRADY BUNCH
DON’T GO AWAY – GO-GO GIRL: THE BANANA SPLITS
TRACY: THE CUFF LINKS
LOVE GROWS (WHERE MY ROSEMARY GOES): EDISON LIGHTHOUSE
I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW: TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS
ONE BAD APPLE: THE OSMONDS
THE LOVE YOU SAVE: THE JACKSON FIVE
CRY LIKE A BABY: THE BOX TOPS
KNOCK THREE TIMES: TONY ORLANDO & DAWN
HITCHIN’ A RIDE: VANITY FARE
HERE COMES THE RAINY DAY FEELING AGAIN: THE FORTUNES
APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE: JAY & THE TECHNIQUES
FINDERS KEEPERS: SALT WATER TAFFY
RAINBOW TREE: THE LEMON PIPERS
CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEAP CHEAP: MIDDLE OF THE ROAD
COME A LITTLE BIT CLOSER: JAY & THE AMERICANS
LET’S LIVE FOR TODAY: THE GRASS ROOTS
BROTHER LOVE’S TRAVELING SALVATION SHOW: NEIL DIAMOND

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101 Series Lesson 154 – The Paisley Underground 1981-1985

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For a brief period of time, a moment after the advent of Post-Punk and before the avalanche popularity of R.E.M., there was a microscopic sub-genre from the West and Southwest that came to be dubbed The Paisley Underground. For Lesson 154 of the 101 Series we dip our 10 gallons hats in tie-dye and experiment with the sounds of mushrooms growing in the cowpies for a brief journey in music history that hardly anyone remembers. The selection is sparce but you get the point. Even cowboys get hallucinations.

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PLAYLIST:
WHEN YOU SMILE: DREAM SYNDICATE (THE DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES)
I LOOK AROUND: THE RAIN PARADE (EMERGENCY THIRD RAIL POWER TRIP)
WITH A CANTALOUPE GIRLFRIEND: THE THREE O’OCLOCK (BAROQUE HOEDOWN)
COOL MILLION: GREEN ON RED (THIS TIME AROUND)
(SWEET) MENTAL REVENGE: THE LONG RYDERS (NATIVE SONS-EXPANDED EDITION)
LITANY(LIFE GOES ON): GUADALCANAL DIARY (2X4)
HAZY SHADE OF WINTER: THE BANGLES (GREATEST HITS)
CAST IRON SOUL: DANNY & DUSTY (CAST IRON SOUL)
PASS IT ON: LONE JUSTICE (LONE JUSTICE)
BACKSEAT NOTHING: THE DEL FUEGOS (BEST OF THE SLASH YEARS)
GET BLITZED EAT PIE: CLAY ALLISON (GET BLITZED EAT PIE EP)
A DRUNKER VERSION OF YOU: THE LEAVING TRAINS (FAVOURITE MOOD SWINGS 1986-1995)
DOWN IN THE DESERT: THIN WHITE ROPE (EXPLORING AXIS)
BAD YEAR AT UCLA: GAME THEORY (BLAZE OF GLORY)
25 PILLS: 28TH DAY (THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS)
HAND OF FATE: TRUE WEST (HAND OF FATE)
BARBARELLA: THE BONGOS (NUMBERS WITH WINGS)
A SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE: THE DB’S (LOST TREASURES OF THE 80S)
BUZZ: PYLON (CHOMP)
OOH OOH LA LA LA: THE RAINCOATS (MOVING)
METAL BABY: TEENAGE FANCLUB (BANDWAGONESQUE)