Polyvinyl Craftsmen's Most Played 2017

It's time for our annual countdown of the most played PVC artists from the last 12 months. Here is how 2017 played out.............

Joint 6th place with 9 plays are:

Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band




and

Black Mountain/Pink Mountaintops




Joint 5th place with 11 plays are:

The many guises of Billy Childish




and

Ian Svenonius' various incarnations




and

Baxter Dury




4th place with 12 plays:

Parquet Courts/Fergus & Geronimo




3rd place with 13 plays:

The Wave Pictures/Surfing Magazines




Equal 2nd with 14 plays:

The Fall




and

Greg Cartwright for solo, Reigning Sound, Compulsive Gamblers and Oblivians




and

Ben Wallers' many projects





Which means that keeping the top spot for another year with 15 plays:

John Dwyer for Thee Oh See/Oh Sees, Coachwhips and Damaged Bug




See you in 2018!

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Lou Reed Special Redux

No new show this week so here is our Lou Reed Special from 2013 which was lost on the black hole for the last 4 years. 

A selection of Lou, VU, covers and artists influenced by the man.

Happy Christmas from your PVC pals.




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Thee songs:
White Light/ White Heat – Velvet Underground
Blue Boy – Orange Juice
Heroin – Burnt Ones
Your Love – Lewis Reed Group
Femme Fatale – Big Star
You Trip Me Up – Jesus and Mary Chain
Train Round The Bend – Velvet Underground
Kingsmeet – Thee Oh Sees
Show Me The Coast – The War On Drugs
Sunday Morning – Velvet Underground
Caroline Says – Marc And The Mambas
You’re Just Too Dark To Care – Primal Scream
Andy’s Chest – Lou Reed
Sweet Jane - Velvet Underground
The Organisation – The Herms
The Ostrich – The Primitives
Buzz Buzz Buzz – The Primitives
Frankenstein – Subsonics
I’m Waiting For The Man – Warm Soda
The Modern Age – The Strokes
Inside My Head – Kelley Stoltz
Who Loves The Sun – Teenage Fanclub
Pale Blue Eyes – Paul Quinn and Edwyn Collins
Perfect Day – Lou Reed
What Goes On - Velvet Underground
Run Run Run - Velvet Underground
Vicious – Blitz
Sweet Jane – Cowboy Junkies
Goodnight Ladies – Lou Reed

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 305

Join us in thee shed for this week's fez-tivities!

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Thee Songs:

Walking in the Dark – Escape-ism

Message to the Messengers – Gil Scott-Heron

Elephant Pao Pao – Shonen Knife

I’m An Old Cowhand – Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks

Exit Plexit – Simply Saucer

Electricity – Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band

A Part of Me – Country Funk

Paranoiaclaustrophobia:Dub – Basement 5

Motorbike – Flat Worms

I Am ‘Cosmetic Man’ – The Yummy Fur

The Colonel – Terry

Bad Education – The Blue Orchids

The Rabbit's Nose – Shannon & the Clams

Turn Your Damper Down – Rufus Thomas

Daddy Rollin’ Stone – Derek Martin

Lovings Machine – Rob Jo Star Band

Masterplanned – Soulwax

Lorelei – Thee Jezebels

Cosoco – Juana Molina

Spanish Dance – John Fahey

Into My Arms – Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Delirium and Persecution – Nap Eyes

Hits Hits Hits – The Fat White Family

Vitamin C – Can

Dirty Money – Antibalas

The Dark End of the Street – James Carr

Winter Wonderland – The Ramsey Lewis Trio

Francesca’s Party – Baxter Dury

Vidual – King Krule

Goodnight Irene – Spike Milligan & Jeremy Taylor

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 304

Twenty seven aural delicacies............

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Thee songs:

Le Beefteak – Forever Pavot

Shrinking Particles – Suzanne Ciani

Big Fuckin’ Party (Pt. 1) – The Devil Dogs

Please Ban Music/Gegen Alles – Country Teasers

Fall Sound – The Fall

The Jungle Swing – C.W. Stoneking

I Think I Smell A Rat – Diff’rent Strokes

Julie’s Resolution – The Rebel

Adeus Maria Fulô – Os Mutantes

Je Voudrais Dancer Avec Toi – Les Bois Sirop

Can’t Take It – Schitzophonics

Forgiveness – Emma de Angelis

Now Your Smile Comes Over In Your Voice – The Wave Pictures

A Year With No Head – Blue Orchids

Graffiti – Digable Planets

L.F.O. – Grandaddy

Fucker – Eels

Sun Hits the Sky – Supergrass

Teenage Kicks – Thee Headcoatees

Space Oddity – The Flaming Lips

Expectation – Roger Roger/Nino Nardini

Gingham Smalls 2 – Baxter Dury

Let’s Be Bad – Childbirth

Target – Fugazi

New Drug Queens – The Pink Mountaintops

Return to Foam – The Intelligence

Where – Little Wings

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 303

Here you go shadowlickers, it's transmission three oh three.....

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Thee songs:

I’m Insane – T-Model Ford

Sun Zoom Spark – Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band

Harder Than It’s Ever Been – Fergus & Geronimo

Oi – Baxter Dury

Freedom of Choice – Devo

Work Dub – Basement 5

Why Don’t You Do Me Right – Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention

They Took the Waves – Escape-ism

For All This – Holly Golightly

Funny – The Black Lips

All You Really Have To Do – White Denim

Liars Beware – Richard Hell & the Voivoids

Pantherman – Pantherman

Everybody – Brinsley Schwarz

I Call On One’s Muse – Rob Jo Star Band

Cut – Minutemen

Blue Water – PiL

Riding Like Rommel – Dan Melchior

Virgin Mary – Nots

Skeleton Rider – Thee Ludds

The Hanging Garden – The Cure

I Shouldn’t Have Said That – The Lovely Eggs

Yü-Gung (Futter Mein Ego) – Einsturzende Neubauten

Melting Pot – Booker T & the MGs

Sister Sister – Baxter Dury

Sunflower River Blues – John Fahey

Oily Way – Gong

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 302

Sorry it's late, stuff happened! Frenchness abounds again this week.

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Thee songs:
Salsa Boogaloo – Sexteto Miramar

A Child of A Few Hours Is Burning to Death – West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band

Baby Lemonade – Syd Barreett

I Won’t Leave My Wooden Wife For You, Sugar – The United States of America

Death Patrol – Ariel Pink

Half Man Half Shark – King Crule

Mind – Kas Product

Chaise Electronique – Electrochoc

El Beach – The Limiñanas

No Romance – The Fates

I Feel So Wrong – Sleaford Mods

A Letter to the New York Post – Public Enemy

California Hippie Murders! – Red River Dave

My Life Beats Me – Strange Boys

Orange and Blue – The Surfing Magazines

Shu Ba Du Ba Lou Ba – Serge Gainsbourg

Rocket Man (Instrumental) – Rockets

Danse De L’Enfant Et Le Roi Des Mouches – Jean Claude Vannier

The Intro and the Outro – Bonzo Dog Band

Forsythia – Veruca Salt

Evil Son – Coachwhips

Let’s Spend the Night Together – Muddy Waters

The Organization – The Herms

Se Ba Ho – Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou

Un Soir D’Eté – Nelly Perrier

Champs Élysées – Christine Pilzer

Le Blue Beat – Myriam Martin

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 301

Some Gallic nuggets from Coop as he'll be in Paris when #301 hits the airwaves, Miggins and Laggers bring you tunes from other parts of the globe. Eclectique!

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Thee Songs:

Main Theme From More – Rosebud

Glenn – Nicolas Godin

Un Soir Chez Norris – Pierre Cavalli

When You Cut – Moon Duo

Le Jour Se Leve – Visible

Moma Yendodo – Ata Kak

Dum Surfer – King Crule

Maryanne – The Shivas

Something for your M.I.N.D. – Superorganism

Do You Dream? – Jack of Heart

Gunblow – Regal

Abandon – J.C. Satan

New York Town – Peter Grudzien

Spidey’s Curse – Black Lips

Don’t Bother Me – George Brigman

Missing – John Martyn

Whiskey Neat – Ed Askew

The Laughing Song – Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks

Connais-Tu L’Animal Qui Inventa Le Calcul Integral? – Evariste

Le Chanson Bête Et Mêchante – Clothilde

J’Ais Mis Un Tigre Dans Ma Guitar – Jacques Dutronc

Inner City Boundaries – Freestyle Fellowship

Overcome – Tricky

Pablo Picasso – The Modern Lovers

Bom Senso – Tim Maia

It’s A Man’s World – James Brown

Git In There – Betty Davis

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 300

We mark our 300th show with some old favourites. an extended show and a slightly different format (which wasn't deliberate).

Just as we were converting the file from Audacity to mp3 Miggins thought we were finished and turned the computer off at the wall. To his dismay we informed him that we weren't finished at all and that we'd lost half the show we'd just recorded. So rather than an extended 300th show we thought we'd be presenting a stunted one this week.

However, not one to be beaten, Miggins spend last weekend recovering the Audacity files (in 6 second chunks) and stitched them all back together. It took him around 10 hours but his perseverance paid off and he was able to save the show.

It just means that you've got in two pieces this week. So here you go, our 300th show in two parts. Enjoy it, and send Miggins thanks for his hard work.

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Transmission 300 Part 1

Cockroach – Charlie Feathers

While I’m Away – The Skee Brothers

Madness – Rhythm Rockers

Mah-na, Mah-na – Piero Umiliani

Too Drunk To Fuck – Dead Kennedys

Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr Hitler? – Wild Billy Childish & the Blackhands

Golden Girl – The Rabble

There She Walks – Monks

Cry – Malibus

Girl U Want – Devo

What Presence – Orange Juice

Canvey Island Baby – The Wave Pictures

Bad Man – Oblivians

Your Happiness – Compulsive Gamblers

If You Can’t Give Me Everything – Reigning Sound

Ü – Kleenex

Tally-Ho – The Clean

Magic Circle in the Sky – The Male Nurse

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Transmission 300 Part 2

Devitalise – Chain and the Gang

The More You Use It – Parquet Courts

Have A Baby – Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts

We Got to Have Peace – Curtis Mayfield

I Believe In Miracles – The Jackson Sisters

It Came Out of the Wilderness – Pete Molinari

White Horse - Laid Back

Mind Reader – Sebadoh

Janitor – Suburban Lawns

C.R.E.E.P – The Fall

Miami – Baxter Dury

Have You Ever Heard a Digital Accordian? – The Lovely Eggs

Truth Serum – Smog

Freight Train – Helen and the Horns

Shark Fucks - Tronics

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 299

Do the pop!

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Thee songs:
Polaroid/Roman/Photo – Ruth
Who’s Got the Crack? – The Moldy Peaches
Tell Me You Love Me – Jesse Mae Hemphill
(I Won’t Care) A Hundred Years from Now – Red River Dave
I Scare Myself – Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks
Tenement Hall – Scott Fagan
Letter Bomb – Baxter Dury
In the Air (Extended Version) – Maximum Joy
Sunrise (Eyes of the Young) - The Flaming Lips
J’Ehin J’Ehin – Fela Kuti
Francesca – The Durutti Column
Let Me Put It In – Andre Williams
Jagger the Dagger – Eugene Daniels
The Best Part of Me – Miss La-Vell
Coralee – Titus Turner
Blueberry Hill – Fats Domino
Ghostwriter – Rjd2
Fall in Love With Me – Warhaus
You Are a Light – Pavement
Jingle of a Dog’s Collar – Butthole Surfers
66 – Pow!
Joe Meek – Wreckless Eric
We’re Sinking – Mark Sultan
I Wanna Join the Army – Dan Sartain
Do the Pop – Radio Birdman
Deadweight – Beck
Skies Are Blue – Pama International

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 298 - Halloween Zombie Special

Plenty of zombie action in this week's extended Halloween Special. Watch our Barbara, they're going to get you....

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Thee songs:

The Horror – Rjd2

Procession (from The Wicker Man) – Paul Giovanni

Lone Wolf’s Theme (from Shogun Assassin) – Mark Lindsay & W. Michael Lewis

The Zombie – C.W. Stoneking

After Death – Royal Baths

Cease To Exist – Charles Manson

The Grim Reaper – The Milkshakes

Pushing Up Daisies – The Black Belles

Who Let The Devil – The Fresh & Onlys

Twisted Nerve – Bernard Herrmann

Tenebre – New Goblin

Domain – John Carpenter

Funeral Home – Daniel Johnston

Inside My Grave – The Staches

The Lord’s Prayer – William S. Burroughs

Lucifer Sam – Shockabilly

I’m A Vampire – The Amazing Snakeheads

Walking With the Beast – Primal Scream

In Heaven (Everything Is Fine) – David Lynch

Wait For the Rain (from The Last House On the Left) – David Alexander Hess

Sansari Khez Koi Baat – Hemant Bhosle

Goo Goo Muck – The Cramps

The Pentagram – Aleister Crowley

Dr Death - Roya

Haunted House – Bazooka

Mushroom Festival In Hell – Ween

Putrifiers II – Thee Oh Sees

Walt Monster End (from House By the Cemetery) – Walter Rizzati

Zombie – King Khan & BBQ Show

Zombie – Fela Kuti and Afrika 70

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 297

Records Daddy-O!

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Thee Songs:

Don’t Call Me Uncle – Adam Green

The Grobe – Ween

A While Ago – Little Hite and the Soul Rockers

Silent Street/Silent Dub – Maximum Joy

A Lot Of Wind – The Fall

It’s All Good – Superorganism

Self Hypnosis In 3 Days – Wand

Stop It – Pylon

Let’s Talk About It – White Denim

Exedrine Headache #265 – Reigning Sound

Chinese Rocks – Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers

Elastic Seal – Duds

The Dark End of the Street – The Flying Burrito Brothers

Stay Free – Black Mountain

The Race (The Pits Mix) – Yello

I Believe – Billy Childish/Holly Golightly

Salt – Institute

How To Be Happy In A Sad Sad World- John Shuttlewirth

Free Arthur Lee – Make Up

No Fear Of Hellfire – Nap Eyes

Pleasant Street – Tim Buckley

Dan Destiny and the Silver Dawn – The Chills

Night of Fear – Dan Melchior und das Menace

You’re Mine Oh Mine – Bobby & Ronald

I’m A New Person, Ma’am – Country Teasers

Rhag Ofn I Chi Anghofio – Datblygu

Crumble - Jameszoo

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 296

Alright now, for all you boppers out there in the big city, all you street people for an ear to the action.................

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Thee songs:

Daddy’s Gonna Tell You No Lie – The Cosmic Rays

Better Half – Maceo & All the King’s Men

The Blimp – Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band

Signal Sign – Duds

Easy Ryder – Ty Segall & White Fence

I’m the One – Annette Peacock

Galaxies Like Grains of Sand – Hampshire and Foat

Danse De L’Enfant Et Le Roi Des Mouches – Jean Claude Vannier

Nobody Cares – Superorganism

Bound - The Fall

Ladies Underwear and Airline Socks – Dan Melchior’s Broke Revue

Rio – Terry

Goblin – Adam Green

Ode to the Goat Thank You – Ariel Pink

Piggy in the Middle – The Castillians

Descent Into the Maelstrom – Radio Birdman

Please Give Me Something – The Zantees

Pongs – The Sticks

Pasa el Tran – Los Mismos

Pappy Check – Medeski Martin and Wood

The Road Is Rough and Rocky – Danny Kroha

Cockroach – Charlie Feathers

Ghost Train – The Swanks

Death Cult Soap N’ Salad – Thee Almighty Defenders

Bill’s Bunker – Luke Haines

Rave Up – Bad Dream Fancy Dress

Charge - Renegades

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 295

Last dips in the Ds from Mr C and a global smorgasbord from Mr L and Mr M.

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Thee Songs:

What Does Your Soul Look Like Part 1 – DJ Shadow

Chills and Fever – Fabienne Delsol

Hush – Deep Purple

Télé, Après La Météo – Ferdinand

Leisurely Waiting – Debris

En Mi – Juan Wauters

Stick It Where the Sun Don’t Shine – Nick Lowe

Everything In Front Of You – Young British Artists

Two Dead Cops – Parquet Courts

Got It At the Store – Dickies

Bone Idol – The Drones

Punk Rock Girl – Dead Milkmen

French Kiss (Re-Layered) – Lil Louis

Combate A Kung Fu – Wganda Kenya

Mavi Sepet – Hayvanlar Alemi

That’s When It’s Worth It – Au Pairs

New Day – The Surfing Magazines

Sometimes A Pony Gets Depressed – Silver Jews

Baby What’s On Your Mind – The Downliners Sect

There There My Dear – Dexys Midnight Runners

Goodbye Cruel World – James Darren

Blowing Down – Digable Planets

Raw Optics – Oh Sees

Djama – Idrissa Soumaoro

Non-Sequitur Segues – Ariel Pink

Butterflies Drowned In Wine – Smog

Disposable Darling – Dick Johnson

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 294

One hour, thirty three minutes and 42 seconds of ear candy.

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Thee songs:

One More Time – Charlie Feathers

It Makes You want To Cry – Buddy Ace

Garden of My Mind – The Mickey Finn

Karaoglan Almanya’da – Ozdemir Erdogan

Healthier Folk – Palehound

Tipp City – The Amps

Jump and Shout – The Dirtbombs

Barracuda – DMZ

It Looks Like You – Evan Dando

Another Weekend – Ariel Pink

She Lives (In A Time Of Her Own) – The 13th Floor Elevators

Owed T’Alex – Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band

Ageing – Gonjasufi

Mastoul Alakefak – Aksak Maboul

Albert – Essential Logic

Dangerous Girls – Dangerous Girls

Hermits on Holiday – Drinks

Are ‘Friends’ Electric – The Dead Weather

Super – Neu!

Cakes In the Home – Crash Course In Science

Su Su – Kid Kongo and the Pink Monkey Birds

Caribou – The Pixies

Al Oeste – Juana Molina

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly – Melodians

The Weight – Jackie De Shannon

Goin’ Away – DM Bob & the Defecits

Baldie Beat – The Deacons

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 293

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