Friday, 4 April 2025

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 555


Music to watch people by...


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Thee Songs:
Seeds of Light – Rose City Band
Without Doubt – Lewsberg
Fugitivo De Alcatraz – Los Saicos
The Awakening – Made For DD
Loony – Slime
North Country – Gillain Welch and David Rawlings
Music To Watch Girls By – The Bob Crewe Generation
Freedom Train – James Carr
The Mash – Bud Spudd and the Sprouts
Josie – Ed McCurdy
I’m Bound for the Mountains and the Sea – Tom Paxton
Over Everything – Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile
เฮฮาสามัคคี - XYZ
Lamplighter – Memorials
Sally Free and Easy – Trees
The Pretzel Twist – The Demotrons with the Pretzel Benders
In the Midnight Hour – Cross Country
Girl I Got News for You - The Birdwatchers
Apple Pie Bed - Lawrence of Arabia
Happy Man (Memphis Version) – Sparklehorse
1-2-3/Apple Tree – Herman Dune
School – Mickey Jupp
Double Oh-Oh – George Clinton
Silver Ghosts We Ride At Dawn – Lucern Raze
All Night Worker – Rufus Thomas
C’Est Si Bon – Gerri Granger
Take Five – Willie Mitchell

Friday, 28 March 2025

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 554

 

Whoever you are, feel free to get up and use us...


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Thee Songs:
Bring Down the Birds – Herbie Hancock
Mehboob Mitha Title Music – Ghulam Ali
Sometimes Good Guys Don’t Wear White – The Standells
Woman At Home – Country Joe McDonald
Take My Hand – The Frost
Wishing Well – The Black Belles
Crying Time – Cocoa Tee
TV Telephone – Popular Music
Green Whale – Velvet Morning
Der Duft der Wälder – Toi Toi Toi
Wot’s For Lunch Mum? – The Shapes
Whoever You Are – Geggy Tah
Good Time – Donnie and Joe Emerson
Everyday Bliss – André Herman Düne
Down On the Street (Don’t You Follow Me Down) – Karen Dalton
Get – Blurt
Log Cabin Home In the Sky – The Incredible String Band
Empty Trainload of Sky – Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Two More Bottles of Wine – Delbert and Glen
Vitamin D – Melin Melyn
Hide and Seek – The Sheep
Get Up and Use Me – Fire Engines
Young Mums Up For Sex – Country Teasers
Not Giving At All – Mr Airplane Man
Remains – The Wave Pictures
The Finest Ingredients Part 1 – Norman Cook
Things Are Worse in Russia – Sam Mayo

Friday, 14 March 2025

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 553

 

A mystic voyage into our record collections, part five hundred and fifty three.


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Thee Songs:
不要圈圈 – Lei Si Si
Mystic Voyage – Roy Ayers
Problem Child – The Damned
If I Could Only Fly – Blaze Foley
Hanged Man – Bullet
Language School – The Tours
Smell the Ocean – The Wave Pictures
Baby – Donnie & Joe Emerson
Thicko – Tumbledryer Babies
The Making of Star Wars – Selector Dub Narcotic
UFO – Geoff Love & his Orchestra
The Punk Was In Me (And It Had To Come Out) – CTMF
New Rose – The Damned
Love, Love, Love, Love, Love – Nite People
Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel – Townes van Zandt
Sad Song – Lou Reed
Hospital – The Modern Lovers
Mad Men – The Hives
Now That I Got You Back - J.J. Barnes
rcp – Flowertown
And Then We Were One – Roy Ayers
Like A Broken Record – Lloyd Cole
It’s Getting Closer – The Smoke
We’ll Sing Hallelujah – Richard & Linda Thompson
Change – Hierophants
Corvette Bummer – Beck
Life’s What You Make It – Talk Talk

Friday, 7 March 2025

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 552

 

Looking for a kiss? Look no further.


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Thee Songs:
Steak for Chicken – Moldy Peaches
Election Day – Blaze Foley
Old Man – Love
Bad Girl – New York Dolls
Space Shuttle – Gil Scott Heron
Tower Island – Mecca Normal
Jet Boy - New York Dolls
(There’s Gonna Be A) Showdown - New York Dolls
Plenty of Music - New York Dolls
I’m Tired of What People Say or Do – Soul Walkers
Where Is My Other Half – Tim Maia
The Whipperwill – John Bramwell
Neither Nor – Melodiegroup
ปลอบใจ – Chailai & Sawanee
High Flying Bird – Gram Parsons
‘Cause I Sez So - New York Dolls
Looking For A Kiss - New York Dolls
Who Are the Mystery Girls - New York Dolls
Sweet Touch of Love – Esther Phillips
The Boss – James Brown
Monocard – The Fall
Phantom Birds – Matt Berry
Bottom Feeder – Blood Sausage
Running Away from Life – Skip Mahoney & the Casuals
Gotta Get Away from Tommy - New York Dolls
Trash - New York Dolls
Personality Crisis (Demo) - New York Dolls

Friday, 28 February 2025

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 551

 

Dropping like flies! Would be nice to have a show where we're not paying a tribute soon. So long Bill, Bruce, Gwen and Roberta.

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Thee Songs:

The Magic Yard – Luboš Fišer

Garden Song – Bill Fay

Set the House Ablaze – The Jam

Fandango Fresh – Zun Zun Egui

Everything Went Black – Thee Oh Sees

Sure Nuff ‘n’ Yes I Do – Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band

A Page Incomplete – Bill Fay

The Place I Love – The Jam

90% of Me Is You - Gwen McCrae

Playhouse – O’Donel Levy

After the Dawn (Large Plants Remix) – Project Gemini

30-60-90 – Willie Mitchell

Rhythm Changes – The Counts

Creation (Dread Flimstone’s 3rd Funk From the Sun Remix) – James Taylor Quartet

Tuane – Hammer

A Bird in the Engine – Pip Proud

All Tomorrow’s Parties – Drohne

Nobody Knows – The Dillards

Fat Boy – Blaze Foley

Silver Bullet – Brown Horse

Trombone – Nick Lowe & Los Straightjackets

Thick As Thieves (live) – The Jam

Clones – Oblivians

Down By the Waterside – The Wave Pictures

Shady Lady – Lal & Mike Waterson

Hip Walk – Cal Tjader

Back Together Again – Roberta Flack feat. Donny Hathaway


Friday, 21 February 2025

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 550

 

Come one, come all!


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Thee Songs:
Yakety Moog – Gil Trythall
Trash – The Doll
Forgive Me – J.J. Barnes
Devil’s Trillo – The Duke of Burlington
The Tra-La-La Song – The Banana Bunch
Sugar – Chaka Khan (Shuggy Edit)
Goblin – Adam Green
Let It All Hang Out – The Hombres
Party in the Woods Tonight – Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers
Clay Pigeons – Blaze Foley
Love Dance of the Saroos – Joe Meek with the Blue Men
My White Bicycle – Tomorrow
Dirty Pictures – Subsonics
Sum Up Broke – The International Submarine Band
Fool On the Hill – Zeus B. Held
I’m Going Out of My way – Stereolab
Bahassine Gabou – Orchestre Anassoua Jazz De Parakou
Ever New – Beverly Glenn Copeland
The Creator Has A Masterplan – Leon Thomas
Fender Bender – Kid Koala
The Curious Crystals of Unusual Purity – Bridget St. John
Celeste – The Soundcarriers
Come One, Come All – Brass Incorporated
Sad Eyes – Josh Rouse
Paint It Black – Gabor Szabo
Ridgway Crash – Wet Dog
Talk Talk – The Music Machine

Friday, 14 February 2025

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 549

 

It didn't click that this would be out on Valentine's Day so you'll have to make do with the mention of love and affection in two song titles if you're looking for something romantic today. Best we can do...


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Thee Songs:
O Fortuna – Carl Orff
Carletta’s In Hats Again – Brigid Dawson and the Mothers Network
Never Let You Go – Felt
Affection – Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers
Love the Knives – Young Knives
Mescaline 6 – Calibro 35
The Children of Scorpio – Project Gemini
Feel the Way – The Soundcarriers
Sliver Dub – Prince Fatty
Please Show Me Your Phone – Tuxedo Cats
Different World – The Clean
Stronger Than Wire – Stanley Brinks and the Kaniks
Tournament of Macho Men – Shintaro Sakamoto
A Little Bit of Rain – Karen Dalton
Night Hawkin’ – Tim Buckley
Funky Hoe – The Banana Bunch
Hold On to Your Mind – Andwella
Let’s Clean Up the Ghetto – Philadelphia International All Stars
Cry Baby Cry – The Splendids ft. Eamon
Organised Confusion – The Adicts