Thursday 31 December 2015

Polyvinyl Craftsmen's Most Played 2015


Here's our annual countdown of the most played artists on thee Polyvinyl Craftsmen for 2015.

You've got this year's position first, last year's position in brackets and then the number of plays.

=10. (-) Edwyn Collins - 7 plays



=10. (-) Captain Beefheart - 7 plays



=10. (7) Ty Segall - 7 plays




=10. (-) Make-Up - 7 plays



9. (8) Holly Golightly - 8 plays




=8. (-) The Wave Pictures - 9 plays




=8. (-) Vic Godard - 9 plays




=8. (-) Stephen Malkmus - 9 plays




=8. (7) Jack Oblivian - 9 plays




=8. (8) Billy Childish - 9 plays




=7. (-) King Khan & BBQ Show - 10 plays




=7. (9) Wreckless Eric - 10 plays




6. (-) Adam Green - 11 plays



5. (4) Ween - 12 plays



4. (6) Ben Wallers - 16 plays



3. (1) John Dwyer - 20 plays




2. (2) Greg Cartwright - 21 plays




1. (3) The Fall - 32 plays


Wednesday 23 December 2015

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 211


A very happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year from Laggers, Miggins and Coop. We've exhausted or festive tunes in previous Xmas shows so we've avoided them this time round. Thanks for listening in this year, we'll be back in January. X




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Thee songs: 
For Elise – Vince Guaraldi Trio
Strychnine – Rocket From The Tombs
I Live Off You – X-Ray Spex
Making Plans For Nigel – XTC
Thumbs Off – The Clean
Someone Must Have Nailed Us Together – The Len Bright Combo
Debris – Reigning Sound
Teenage Lust – MC5
Fortress – Thee Oh Sees
Do the Vibrate – The Black Lips
Heart To Heart – Daddy Long Legs
Poor Boy – Howlin’ Wolf
Bertha Lou – Tav Falco’s Panther Burns
Little Girl Blue – Nina Simone
What the World Needs Now – Jackie DeShannon
Geezer – Ultramarine
Peek-A-Boo – Siouxsie and the Banshees
This Will Be Our Year – The Zombies
Silver and Gold – Joe Strummer
Worm Tamer (A Place To Bury Strangers Remix) – Grinderman
As Sisters and Brothers – Black Merda
70’s Blues – Betty Davis
Dam Üstüne Çul Serer – Selda
Get That Girl – Vic Goddard & Subway Sect

Friday 18 December 2015

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 210


No waffle, no talking, all music.



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Thee Songs: 
Tom Cat – Muddy Waters
Whip the Booty – Andre Williams
Nothin’ But – The Rabble
Fly Guy – Doug Hream Blunt
Watch It With That Thing – Make-Up
Jimmy, Rend-Se – Tom Ze
She’s On It/Jack the Ripper – The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
I Was Denied – Thee Oh Sees
I Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) – White Denim
L.A. Memphis Tyler Texas – Dale Hawkins
I Really Need Love – The Bees
Dirty Harry – Tommy McCook
Unfree Child – The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
Dance of the Doom – Frankie Stein
Three King Fishers – Gabor Szabo
Thunderstorm – Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts
Depression – Abner Jay
Now I’m Happy – Marvin Pontiac
Black Spring – Total Control
Lo Scoglio – Move
Holiday Hymn – Vic Goddard
Real True Love – A-Bones
Older Guys – The Flying Burrito Bros
Meigetsu Akagi Yama – Takeshi Terauchi & Blue Jeans

Thursday 10 December 2015

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 121 Redux


No show this week, we couldn't get together for various reasons, sorry! We had a request to re-post this show that had been lost because Meviocom that previously hosted it has gone kaput.

So here it is again from February 2014, Transmission 121.



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Thee songs:
Tread Water – De La Soul
Rhythm Changes – The Counts
Pusherman – Curtis Mayfield
The Twitch – Danny White
Ad Kahan Jayenge Ham – Hemant Bhosle
Rouge-Rouge - Christie Laume
Eighteen is Over the Hill – The West Coast Experimental Pop Art Band
New. New Minglewood Blues – The Grateful Dead
Please Write – The White Wires
I’m A Pretender – The Exploding Hearts
Tallahassee Lassie – Flamin’ Groovies
Voice In the Mirror – Thee Oh Sees
Enthusiasm – White Fence
Gonna Put You Down – The Clydes
Run, Run, Run – Scotdrakula
White Tears – The Shine Brothers
L.S.D. – Brain Washington
Who Do You Think You’re Fooling – Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band
Forever Gone – NGC 4594
Big Boss Man – Bobbie Gentry
No Expectations – The Rolling Stones
I Must Be High – Wilco
Life Is Not A Rehearsal – Country Teasers
Dating – Ty Segall
Sheela-na-gig – PJ Harvey
This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody) – Talking Heads
Don’t Try and Tell Me – The Headcoatees

Thursday 3 December 2015

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 209


Japanese aristocratic ape posse in the house!



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Thee songs:
Kiss My Sister’s Fist – The King Khan & BBQ Show
Zeinabou – Alkibar Gignor
Words of Advice – Material
The Feed-back – The Group
Going Through the Motions – Prefects
People – Silver Jews
Caligari’s Mirror – Pere Ubu
Welcome to the New Dark Ages – Rocket from the Tombs
Decadence – Nots
Shrug/Good – Officer!
Tango No – The Lounge Lizards
Pearline – Son House
Goin’ Down South – R.L. Burnside
Moanin’ – Mr Airplane Man
So Long Child – Spider and the Mustangs
Boy Band – Wreckless Eric
Crossed Mind Blues – Kelley Stoltz
Hickory Wind (Alternate Version) – Gram Parsons
Swan Lake (Vocal) – Blackalicious
Hooligan 69 – The Ragga Twins
Tech Bro – Childbirth
‘Til I Die (Alternate Mix) – Beach Boys
Reactor (Mikey Young Remix) – Nots
It’s Not Your Fault Brother – Tunji Oyelana
Heartful Of Soul – The Yardbirds
Serial Killer – Los Peyotes
Memories of You – Robert Wyatt