Meeting of 15 October 2008

Theme: ROCKtober (chosen by John)

John

David Essex - Rock On

David Bowie - Rock and Roll Suicide

The Beatles - Rock and Roll Music

Edwyn Collins - Campaign for Real Rock

The Go Betweens - My Rock and Roll Friend

Simon & Garfunkel - I am a Rock

Glenn

Wings - Rock Show

Pink Mountaintops - Rock and Roll Fantasy

Les Yper Sound - Pysche Rock

Jeff Beck Group - Rock My Plimsoul

Rinocerose - "Rock Classics" Vol 1

Stereolab - Analogue - Rock

Andreas 

The Velvet  Underground - Rock and Roll

Oasis - Rock and Roll Star

Mott the Hoople - Rock and Roll Queen

Paul Collins Beat - Rock n Roll Girl

The Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock and Roll

BJ Thomas - Rock and Roll Lullaby

Craig (in absentia)

Led Zeppelin - Rock and Roll

Spinal Tap - The Majesty of Rock

The Clash - Rock the Casbah

The B52s - Rock Lobster

The Ramones - Rock and Roll High School

Playout tracks: Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock; Johnny & the Hurricanes - Red River Rock

Meeting of 18 September 2008

Theme:  The Netherlands (chosen by Glenn)

(explanation provided where selection is not a Dutch artist or is not otherwise immediately obvious)

Glenn

Group 1850 - Paradise Now

The Outsiders - Strange Things are Happening

The Fall - Kurious Oranj (from album based on appointment of William of Orange to the English crown)

Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over the Sea (from album inspired by The Diary of Ann Frank)

Q'65 - The Life I Live

Michael

Coldplay - Amsterdam

Shocking Blue - Venus

Squeeze - Up the Junction  (Jools Holland)

The Birthday Party - Nick the Stripper (song first released, as a bootleg, in Netherlands)

Tee Set - My Belle Amie

Andreas

Nirvana - Love Buzz (cover of song written by a member of Shocking Blue)

David Bowie - Amsterdam

Half Man Half Biscuit - Ordinary to Enschede (a town in the Netherlands)

Steeleye Span - the Lowlands of Holland

Focus - Hamburger Concerto

John 

The Beatles - The Ballad of John & Yoko (reference to Amsterdam Hilton)

Elvis Costello - New Amsterdam

Don McLean - Vincent

Golden Earring - Intro / Plus Minus Absurdio

Focus - Hocus Pocus

Craig

K D Lang - Helpless (dykes)

REM - Orange Crush (orange)

Jimi Hendrix - The Wind Cries Mary (wind - windmills)

The Who - My Generation (had 23 hits in The Netherlands but no number 1s)

Bob Marley - Redemption Song (fondness for the herb)

Playout track: The Sound Magics - Don't You Remember

The Second Calalla Beach Film Festival

Dig (John)
Stardust (Andreas)
Concert for Balngladesh (Glenn)
Some Kind of Monster (Craig)
Making of Born Sandy Devotional (Michael)
Live Forever (John)
Rattle & Hum (Andreas)
Festival Express (Glenn)
The Making of Nevermind (Craig)
Loud Quiet Loud (Michael)
Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii (Glenn)
Bruce Springsteen Live At The Hammesmith Odeon (John)

Meeting of 7 August 2008

Theme: Musical signposts (chosen by Michael)

Michael
Squeeze - Cool For Cats
The Beatles - Across the Universe
The Flowers - I Can't Help Myself
Echo & the Bunnymen - Never Stop
The Machinations - Pressure Sway
John Coltrane & Don Cherry - Focus on Sanity
Radiohead - Exit Music (From A Film)
The Smiths - William, It Was Really Nothing

John
The Beatles - I Am The Walrus
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
Elvis Costello - Miracle Man
The Sports - Who Listens To The Radio
The Go-Betweens - Karen
Billy Bragg - Greetings To The New Brunette
Wilco - Sunken Treasure

Glenn
The Torero Band - Ob-la-di Ob-la-da
The Beatles - Hey Jude
Yes - Heart Of The Sunrise
Died Pretty - Desperate Hours
The Chills - Pink Frost
The Red Garland Quintet With John Coltrane - Billie's Bounce
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Straight To You
Radiohead - Pyramid Song


Play out track: Wilco - Sunken Treasure

Meeting of 10 July 2008

Theme: LOUD (chosen by Craig)

Craig

The Who - Don't Get Fooled Again

The Happy Hate Me Nots - Salt, Sour & Brighton

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Prince - Alphabet Street

The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil

Michael

Led Zeppelin - Black Dog

Iggy Pop - Lust For Life

The Pixies - Debaser

Mercury Rev - Holes

Midnight Oil - I Don't Want To Be The One

Glenn

Dead Meadow - Let's Jump In

Bailter Space - Ad Man

Lift To Experience- Just As Was Told

Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues

Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound - Ekranoplan

John

The Birthday Party - Release The Bats

The Beatles - Helter Skelter

The Kinks - You Really Got Me

The Saints - (I'm) Stranded

Led Zeppelin - How Many More Times

Andreas (in absentia)

The Velvet Underground - Sister Ray

Motorhead - The Ace of Spades

Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song

Wire - Dot Dash

The Rolling Stones - Rocks Off

Playout tracks:  Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song;  The Machinations - Arabia

 

Meeting of 18 June 2008

Theme: Favourite singers (chosen by Andreas)

Andreas

Fairport Convention - A Sailor's Life

Bad Company- Seagull

The Dixie Hummingbirds - Loves Me Like A Rock

Tim Buckley - I Never Asked to be a Mountain

David Ruffin - My Whole World Ended The Moment You Left Me

John 

Patsy Cline - Sweet Dreams

The Beatles - Twist & Shout

Aretha Franklin - You Make Me Feel (Like A Natural Woman)

Elvis Presley - American Trilogy

Frank Sinatra  - In The Wee Small Hours

Glenn

The Fall - The Classical

Lizz Wright - A Taste of Honey

REM - Fretless

The Band (featuring the Staples Singers) - The Weight

Radiohead - Street Scene (Fade Out)

Craig

Thom Yorke - Eraser

Paul Weller - Shadow of the Sun

Ian McCulloch - Faith & Healing

Nick Cave - & the Bad Seeds - Tupelo

Chris Isaak - South of the Border

Play-out track: Led Zeppelin - That's the Way

Meeting of 15 May 2008

Theme: Numbers, other than #1 (chosen by John)

John

Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Woman #12 and #25

David Bowie - TVC 15

Chris Wilson - Shoot-out at the 7-11

Bruce Springsteen - Johnny 99

Dawn - Knock Three Times

Tom Robinson - 2 4 6 8 Motorway

The Reels - Number Three

Andreas

Bauhaus - Third Uncle

Pere Ubu - 30 Seconds Over Tokyo

Crosby Stills & Nash - 20 + 4

The Rolling Stones - 19th Nervous Breakdown

The Plimsouls - Zero Hour

Jimi Hendrix - Third Stone From The Sun

The Wooden Shijps - SOL 07 Part 1

Glenn

The Wrens - 13 Months in Six Minutes

Jefferson Airplane - 3/5 of a Mile In 10 Seconds

The Grateful Dead - The Eleven

Aphrodite's Child - The Four Horsemen

Os Mutantes - Dia 36

Moby Grape - 8:05

The Chills - 16 Heart Throbs

Craig (in absentia)

Radiohead - 2+2=5

The Triffids - 25 to 5

Prince - 1999

REM - Pop Song 89

Led Zepplin   - 4 Sticks

Michael (in absentia)

Haircut 100 - Love Plus One

Blur - Song 2

The Beatles - One After 909

Midnight Oil - Section 5 (Bus To Bondi)

The Cure - One Hundred Days

Play-out track: The New Dream - Turned 21

Meeting of 17 April 2008

Theme:  Surf's Up (chosen by Glenn)

Glenn

Brian Wilson - Surf's Up

The Jesus and Mary Chain - Surf City

The Farm - Coming of Dawn

Dick Dale - Surfin' Drums

The Moles - Surf's Up

John

The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl

Tracey Thorn - Seascape

Brian Hyland - Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini

The Who - Can You See The Real Me

The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird

Craig

Surfside 6 - Cool In The Tube

The Triffids - Estuary Bed

Echo & The Bunnymen - The Seven Seas

The Triffids - Holy Water

Radiohead - High & Dry

Andreas

Tully - Sea of Joy Pt 1

The Barracudas - The Way We've Changed

The High Riders - Stamp Out The Beatles

G Wayne Thomas - Open Up your Heart

The Revillos - On The Beach

Play Out Track: Look Blue Go Purple - Cactus Cat

Meeting of 20 March 2008

Theme: Early purchases/acquisitions (chosen by Michael)

Michael

Elton John - Rocket Man (from Greatest Hits)

Slade - Coz I Luv You (20 Happening Hits)

The Sweet - Ballroom Blitz (Sweet Singles Album)

The Damned - Smash It Up pt 2 (Machine Gun Etiquette)

Ronnie Burns - Smiley (20 Dynamic Hits)

Gary Numan - Cars (The Pleasure Principle)

John

David Bowie - Life On Mars (Hunky Dory)

The Beatles - Hey Bulldog (Yellow Submarine soundtrack)

Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind (Blood On The Tracks)

Johnny Cash   - A Boy Named Sue (Live at San Quentin)

Wings - Band On The Run (Band On The Run)

John Lennon - Isolation (John Lennon Plastic Ono Band)

Glenn

Singing Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake (The Mersey Beat)

Rick Wakeman - The Journey (Journey To The Centre Of The Earth)

The Beatles - Day Tripper

Led Zepplin - Stairway to Heaven (IV)

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (Wish you Were Here)

Queen - Tenement Funster (Live Killers)

Andreas

Led Zepplin - Hey Hey (b-side to Immigrant Song)

Blues Image - Ride Captain Ride

Sir Douglas Quintet - Too Many Docile Minds (b-side to Dynamite Women)

The Guess Who - American Woman

McGuiness Flint - When I'm Dead And Gone

The Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice

Meeting of 21 February 2008

Theme: Great album covers (chosen by Craig)

Craig

Kerry Burrell - Hot Bossa (from Soulero)

Nick Cave - New Morning (Tender Prey)

The Byrds - One Hundred Years From Now (Sweetheart of the Rodeo)

The Stone Roses - Elephant Stone (The Stone Roses)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Blue Rondo A La Turk (Time Out)

Glenn

Died Pretty - Landsakes (Free Dirt)

It's Beautiful Day - White Bird (It's  A Beautiful Day)

Pink Floyd - Brain Damage / Eclipse (Dark Side of the Moon)

The Chills - Don't Be, Memory (Submarine Bells)

Ride - Seagull (Nowhere)

Andreas

Joy Division - Atmosphere (Licht und Blindheit)

Ray Charles - What I'd Say (Ray Charles in Person)

The Rolling Stones - What A Shame (Rolling Stones No 2)

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Effigy (Willy & the Poor Boys)

Amon Duul 2 - Soap Shop Rock (Yeti)

John

The Beatles - Hard Day's Night (Hard Day's Night)

The Who - 5:15 (Quadrophenia)

Pulp - Sorted For E's & Wizz (Different Class)

Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road (Born to Run)

The Beatles - Strawberry Fields (demo sequence) (Anthology 2)

Michael

The Beatles - She Came in Through the Bathroom Window (Abbey Road)

The Talking Heads - I Zimbra (Fear of Music)

Midnight Oil - Back on the Borderline (Head Injuries)

The Beatles - Sexy Sadie (The Beatles)

Sonic Youth - Mote (Goo)

Play out track (Craig) John Coltrane  - Acknowledgement (A Love Supreme)

Michael's holiday snaps

Holiday snaps from Michael.

From top:

- where Born Sandy Devotional was recorded

- where Born Sandy Devotional was recorded

- location of WTSMG cover shot

Meeting of 17 January 2008

Theme: Non-rock letters (chosen by Andreas)

Andreas (brought to you by the letter Z)

Warren Zevon - Bad Karma
Frank Zappa - Trouble Everyday
The Zoot - Flying
Zwan - Jesus, I - Mary Star of the Sea
Zyclon - Transcendental War

Glenn (brought to you by the letter V)

The Valentines - Peculiar Hole in the Sky
Caetano Veloso - Alegria, Alegria
Jean-Claude Vannier - L'Enfant Au Royaume Des Mouches
The Verlaines - Death and the Maiden
The Velvet Underground - Ocean

John (brought to you by the letter O)

The O'Jays - Backstabber
Oasis - Cigarettes and Alcohol
Orange Juice - Rip It Up
The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet
Roy Orbison - Only the Lonely

Michael (brought to you by the letter U)

The Ups & Downs - The Living Kind
Ultravox - Vienna
U2 - Unforgettable Fire
Unerworld - Born Slippy
Underground Lovers - Losin' It

Play-out track
The Zombies - Time of the Season