Polyvinyl Craftsmen Most Played 2018

Mark E. Smith left us in January so we did a full tribute show which meant there was only ever going to be one winner of our end of year tally up.

The Fall and a couple of other Mark E. spin-offs head the poll with a grand total of 43 plays.

In second spot we have John Dwyer's various bands with 20 plays.

Third place goes to Parquet Courts/Fergus & Geronimo with 19 spins.

In fourth we have Greg Cartwright with 16.

With 11 plays each we have The Wave Pictures/Surfing Magazines and Holly Golightly in joint fifth.

Sharing sixth position are Shannon and the Clams and Ben Wallers, each were played 10 times.

And we have a four-way tie in seventh with Billy Childish, Jack Oblivian, Devo and Ian Svenonius' various guises. 9 plays for each of them.

See you in 2019 x

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 343 Ho Ho Ho

A very Merry Xmas from Thee Three Pauls, here's our not overly festive show. See you in the New Year x

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Thee Songs:
Christmas Time Is Here – Khruangbin
Southbound Jericho Parkway – Roy Orbison
Prøv Og Gor Li Some Jeg – Lotte Kaerså
All Washed Up – Hampshire and Foat
Mind the Gap – The Radiophonic Workshop
Smell of Insense – The West Coast Pop Art Experimental  Band
Pony – Annette Peacock
Cristina – Roy and the Devil’s Motorcycle
We Were Wrong – Bonzo Dog Band
Wish Me Up  -The Seeds
Silver Pill Box – Mattiel
Get Down On It – King Louis One Man Band
Losing Hand – Oblivians
I’m So Depressed – Insecure Men
Jingle Bells – Booker T and the MGs
Now I’m Happy – Marvin Pontiac
Dear Ramona – Parquet Courts
Wed 21 – Juana Molina
Marble Tulip Juicy Tree – Ween

Christmas 1979 – The MBEs

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 342

George is back again this week with his bag of records.

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Thee songs:

Love You – Sid Barrett

Bloody Old England – Kimberley Rew

It’s Nothing To Me – The Abigails

Why Can’t I Touch It – Buzzcocks

Homosapien – Pete Shelley

Orgasm Addict – Buzzcocks

Darkness Is No Friend – Groundhogs

Cookie Bay – High Llamas

Skyscraper – Idaho

The Rabies Are Back – The Moonlandingz

Conduit For Sale! – Pavement

Nobody Really Cares If You Don’t Go to the Party – Courtney Barnett

Inch – Inch feat. Mark E. Smith

Fluffy Kosmisch – Kikagaku Moyo

Je N’Ai Jamais Pu Defaire Ma Ceinture De Securite – Antoine

Guts – Budgie

The Answer – Peter Bardens

Shouting In A Bucket of Blues – Kevin Ayers

Love Lies – Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band

Walk On By – Gabor Szabo

Song for Turning – Jason Steele

Snip Snap – Goblin

Der Mussolini – D.A.F.

Young & Dumb – Cigarettes After Sex

Death Walks Behind – Atomic Rooster

Dragnalus – Unwound

The Bridge – Mark Almond

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 341

Shedlife.

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The stuff: 
Title Music From A Clockwork Orange – Walter Carlos
20H25 – CKC
Mr Wilson – John Cale
Smiling Face – WITCH
Pub Grub – The Rebel
Too Like You – Money Mark
Pretty Me – Road Runners
Dileke – Dengue Dengue Dengue
Czechoslovak Song/Where Is England – Joe Strummer
Someone Must Have Nailed Us Together – Len Bright Combo
Nervous Mary – The Breeders
Midnight In Aspen – The Fall
People – Silver Jews
Hang A Picture – Thee Oh Sees
I’d Much Rather Be With the Boys – Reigning Sound
Until the End – Saba Lou
Goodbye Spiderman – The Wave Pictures
Eurostars - BED

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 340

Number three four oh!

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Transmission 340

Hard Hitter – Keith Papworth

Buzzbomb – Dead Kennedys

It Makes Me Dance and Sing – Tecumsay Roberts

Rag Waa Nacab Iyo Nasteexo (Men Are Cruel and Kind) – Aamina Camaari

Fortune Teller – Gabor Szabo

All the Young Children On Crack – Television Personalities

Forget Who You Are – Wreckless Eric

I’m Holding You – Ween

Lanza – Daniele Luppi & Parquet Courts

Wildtrak – Matt Berry & the Maypoles

Shut My Mouth – Oblivians

Picture Cards Can’t Picture You – Insecure Men

Just In Case – Micachu

Poligamo Industrial – Za!

New Amphetamine Shriek – Fugs

One Way Street – The Saints

I Can’t Pretend – The Barracudas

Monk Time – Monks

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 339

All three Pauls in thee shed this week you lucky buggers!

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Transmission 339

Forever Your Love – Daniel Johnson

The National Canine Defence League – Darren Hayman

You Can Take It With You – Lemonheads

Jungle Madness – Maury Laws

Girl from the Mountain – Ghetto Brothers

Sally – Mannequin Men

Pajarillo – El Fabuloso Aldemaro Y Su Onda Nueva

I’ve Got My Car and My TV – Faust

You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling – M.A. Phillips

Your Friendly Neighbourhood Whore and Midnight Sky – Can

Ice Age – Bizarros

Exit Path – Simply Saucer

Foam Songs – Monad & the Electrons

Bye Bye – Mattiel

Sticks and Stones – Walter Daniels, Oblivians & Monsieur Jeffrey Evans

Can U Take It? – Devo

French Disko – Stereolab

Soup Song – Robert Wyatt

Seed – Magpahi

Whiplash – Shells

Can’t Say Nothing – Curtis Mayfield

House By the Beach – The Wave Pictures

Junko Partner – Dr John

King’s Lead Hat – Brian Eno

March from A Clockwork Orange – Walter Carlos

O Galho Da Roseira (The Branches of the Rose Tree) – Airto

Bird On A Wire – Leonard Cohen

Church of Thee PVC Resurrected - Sermon 7

We'll be back in thee shed on Sunday as a threesome to record a trio of shows. Until then we have revived Church of Thee PVC 7 from Feb 2012 for ya.

And here is the download.

Hymn Sheet:
Battery Townsley  - Sic Alps
Cecilia – Epsilons
What Rock N Roll Is All About – Oblivians
Dig Your Grave – The Pharmacy
Blind People – Thee Marvin Gays
Mesmerized – Acid Baby Jesus
Cheeseburger and Fries – King Lollipop
Tomahawk – Brimstone Howl
Shake ’em on Down – R.L. Burnside
Trouble – Heavy Trash
Bad Boyfriends – Harlan T. Bobo
Repulse Me Baby – Mark Sultan
Born in ’77 – The Black Jaspers
River – Pangea
Cool Vapors – Jacuzzi Boys
That’s the Bag I’m In – Fabs
Torture Me – Harlem
Good Pair of Hands – Country Teasers
The Spastic – The Rebel
Got Love If You Want It – The Lonesome Savages
Domino – The Cramps

A Polyvinyl Craftsmen Recommendation

We couldn't make it to thee shed this week so instead of a show here's a recommendation. 

If you've seen the documentary Rubble Kings you'll be aware of the Ghetto Brothers. Their 1972 LP Power-Fuerza has been at the top of my wants list ever since I watched the film but it's been too expensive and hard to get hold of. So hats of to Everland who have just reissued it, I now have a copy thanks to Sounds of the Universe. You can get a copy from them here. Check it out on Spotify too.

For those who don't know the Rubble Kings story (you'll kind of know it if you've see The Warriors movie) here it is on Youtube.

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 338

The pounding beat...the vibes...the far-out sounds...thee shed...

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Thee songs:

Smog – Dug Dug’s

Rainin’ Babies – The Flaming Lips

7 Shades of Black – Smashing Pumpkins

Sweet C.C. – Ty Segall

Exorcist Stairs – Escape-Ism

Tais Toi – BED

Boğaziçi Koprüsü – Umit Aksu Orkestrasi

Some Jingle Jangle Morning – Mary Lou Lord

Radium 1 – Zombie Zombie

Gram Rock – Idles

Wobbly – Kelley Stoltz

Ode to the Goat (Thank You) – Ariel Pink

No Genetic Engineer – Lost Sounds

I Don’t Believe – Disturbed

Les Jours Tristes – Yann Tiersen

The Liver Birds – Matt Berry and the Maypoles

Bald Head – Professor Longhair

Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) – Marvin Gaye

My Clown – July

Flying Duck Theory – Vibrators

The Captain – Leonard Cohen

Senses Working Over Time - XTC

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 337

Miggins and Coop are joined on thee shed this week by George who guested back in November 2016. George brings along a plethora of 70s tunes, several of which he bought at a US airbase as a young 'un.

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Thee songs:

Earth Lights  -Belbury Poly

Billy the Monster – The Deviants

Bermuda Seytan Üçgeni – Umit Aksu Orkestrasi

Vou Recomençar – Gal Costa

96 Tears – The Residents

Estalacticas – Juana Molina

Vas Dis – Wishbone Ash

The North Wind Blew South – Philamore Lincoln

The Beat Song – Cream Song

Down In the Willow Garden – The Everly Brothers

Hollywood – Cluster

Wanda – Warhaus

Charlotte’s Thong – Connan Mockassin

Waiting for the “103” – Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks

Run Run Run – Jo Jo Gunne

Flight of the Ibis – McDonald and Giles

Stop the wedding – Zoot Money

Cry Myself Blind – Primal Scream

House A home – Mark Lanegan

Truth – Kamasi Washington

Keep On Dancing – Alvin Cash & the Scott Brothers Orchestra

Two Dead Cops – Parquet Courts

Punks in the Beerlight – Silver Jews

Kill Myself Again – Rocket From the Tombs

Late Sleeping Day – Jake Holmes

Konekuf – Manfred Mann Chapter Three

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 107 Redux

No shed action this week so here is the show from five years ago this week.

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Thee songs:
Come Again – Au Pairs
9 ‘Til 5 – The Meters
Mr Adams – White Fence
Five Years Ahead of My Time – The Third Bardo
I Call My Baby Pussycat – Parliament
Five Long Years – The Yardbirds
Old Fangs – Black Mountain
Summer Round – The Belbury Poly
Inside My Head – Kelley Stoltz
Don’t Fit in My Head – The Beets
Los Angeles – Jacuzzi Boys
Let Me Show You – Glen Athens and the Trojans
We’ve Got A Long Way To Go – The Del-Vetts
Love Is All – The Rapture
The Gift – The Velvet Underground
Lift Up Your Hood – DMZ
Suffice To Say – Yachts
To the Ramones – Dustin’s Bar Mitzvah
I Get Hard – Country Teasers
Falling In Love Again – William S Burroughs
Help I’m A Rock – The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
Hamster In A Cage – Harlan T Bobo
There Ain’t No Other Baby For You (But Me) – Swampmeat
Lover Street – Heavy Trash
Blitz – Cult Maniax
Hammond Song – The Colourfield

Giant – The The

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 336

Two men in a shed this week with twenty three redemption songs for you. 

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Thee Songs:
Welwyn Garden City – Edwyn Collins
God Bless Her I Love Her – Sic Alps
Blindspot – Ghost Music
Lonely Dozer – La Luz
Women and Children First – Country Teasers
Danny Nedelko – Idles
Teenage Rampage – Sweet
Dr Who – Matt Berry & the Maypoles
Pua ft. Penya – Dengue Dengue Dengue
Integrity – Kamasi Washington
Ene Yewodedquat – Tamrat Wolla
Can You Handle It – Eddie Bo
Whispered – Baxter Dury
Let’s Stomp – Danny & the Darleans
Why – The Bellybuttons
Dad’s A Peregrinator – Midas Touch
Contrast – Rodion G.A.
The Soul Of My Suit – T. Rex
Redemption Song – Johnny Cash and Joe Strummer
Sabre Dance – Dave Edmunds
Sugar Town – Shitkid
Easy Easy – King Krule
A Night In Tunisia – Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 335

Time was of the essence this week so we have a short, sharp shock of a show. Get in, get out.




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Thee Songs:

Take Me to the City – Terry

Cut Your Hair – Pavement

Let’s Go Surfing – The Drums

Disappearing Angel – Tav Falco

All Women Love Me – Insecure Men

Come On/Go Right Ahead – The Hives

Shakey Sue – The Devil Dogs

Coup D’Etat – Circle Jerks

Fuzz Face – Powersolo

Make Up Your Mind – Los Mockers

Young Blood – Thee Headcoatees

How Much Longer – Paul Leary

Bullet Proof Nothing – Simply Saucer

Yolanda – Hellshovel

Shredder Sequel – Little Wings

Waiting For  A Bus – Saba Lou

Good Lovin’ – The Gilberto Sextet

Vicious Vodka – Ken Kash Kwintet

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 334

All three Pauls present and correct(ish) for you again this week.

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Thee Songs:

Blue Bullet – Andrew Weatherall

Pursuit On the Dunes of Ostend – François de Roubaix

Bang Someone Out – Sleaford Mods

I’m So Annoying – BBEye

Cavern – Liquid Liquid

The Sad Skinhead – Faust

Su Su – Kid Congo and the Pink Monkeybirds

Alabama Song – Wild Billy Childish and The Blackhands

Kizil Dere – Selda

Introduction/Maxwell’s Waves – AK/DK

Repo Man – Iggy Pop

Depression – Sound On Sound

Deep/Fried – The Male Nurse

Not If You Were the Last Dandy On Earth – The Brian Jonestown Massacre

Poor Moon – Canned Heat

Madness – Rhythm Rockers

Adult Western – Bobby Louis

Common Bitch – Ween

Love Comes In Spurts – Subsonics

Tumble With Me – The Boys

Otis – The Durutti Column

No Queen Blues – Sonic Youth

Mind Trap – Martin Creed

Ndeshela Omwana (Leave the Child With Me) – Fanuel Amimo

The Prawn Song – Superorganism

Moon Bog – Oh Sees

Why Why Why (live) – Woodentops

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 333

A full contingent of Craftsmen this week, Laggers is back. The magick number.

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Thee songs:
County Fair – The Moldy Peaches
Anxiety Attack – Jeffrey & Jack Lewis
A Little Way Different – Moon Duo
Three Girl Rhumba – Wire
The Big Three Killed My Baby – The White Stripes
Security – Thane Russal + Three
If You’re Lonely – Martin Creed
Stopp, Seisku Aeg! – Velly Joonas
Gorof – Dur Dur Band Feat. Sahra Dawo
East Man Skank – Sir Glen
Soul Syndicate - Soul Syndicate
Summertime – Winston Francis
The Magic Number – De La Soul
Essential Three – Soulwax
Hup Two Three Four – The Sid Presley Experience
11383 – John Coltrane
Chaos – Unkle
Janitor of Lunacy – Nico
Rubin – Marvin Pontiac
Exorcist Stairs – Escape-ism
Five Stop Mother Superior Rain – The Flaming Lips
Three Barrels Under – John Williams
Litanies – Triangle
I’ve Got A Gun – Channel Three
The Jatz – Liliput
Take Your Burden to the Lord – Blind Willie Johnson
Teeth – Kristin Hersh

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 54 Redux

The full complememt of Pauls should be in thee shed this weekend cooking up some new shows, keep 'em peeled for that next week.

In the meantime we've exhumed Transmission 54 from June 2012 for your listening displeasure.




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Thee Songs:
Do the Duck – The Autographs
When It Comes to You – Dead Ghosts
Castiatic Tackle – Thee Oh Sees
Hypnagogo – Thee Ludds
Bundys Butterfly – Vinyl Stitches
100 Little Women – Mark Sultan
Judy is a Punk – The New Piccadillys
I Said – Moonhearts
I Enjoy Being a Boy – Mikal Cronin
After Death – Royal Baths
My Best Friend’s Going Out with a Girl I Like – David Cronenberg’s Wife
Standing at the Station – Ty Segall
Fire – The Vampires
Never Knew I Had it So Bad – Thee Midniters
2120 South Michigan Avenue – The Wrecked Angles
Mind Your Own Business (Man Ray Radio Edit Mix) – Delta 5
Weakdays – Rael Raen
Computer Date Killer – Cargo Cult
Tick – Ween
Bums on a Rock – The Rebel
Lies – The Knickerbockers
Telephone – The Black Angels
Until the End of Time – The Fresh & Onlys
All Around You – The Brain Jonestown Massacre
In My Car – Last Year’s Men
Green Balloon – White Fence
Little Town Flirt – The Intelligence