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

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

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

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

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

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 208

Fuck Black Friday, you get a top bargain every Friday with thee PVC.

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Transmission 208

Trade Winds – Archie and the Bunkers

Watch Your Back – The Coathangers

Funnel of Love – The Fall

Fire Corner – King Stitt

Phantom – The Dynamites

Coffin Maker – Chrissy Zebby Tembo

Whiskey Man – Doug Hream Blunt

Scowling Crackhead Ian – Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts

Don’t Let Your Dream Die – Willie Weird

Call the Police – Quintron and Miss Pussycat with Oblivians

Emerald Red – The Rabble

Why Spend the Dark Night With You – Moondog

Rockit – Herbie Hancock

Any Time Cowboy – Country Teasers

The River Rushes (To Screw Me Over) – Thee Oh Sees

Ghost In the Trees – Thee Oh Sees

The Dream – Thee Oh Sees

Air – Onyx

No Trophy – The Bees

Freedom Fries – The Black Lips

Mum’s Drunk – The Amps

Distant Dreams (Part Two) – Throbbing Gristle

Vowels of Love – Poets

Mess of Pottage – The Headcoatees

Birthday Blues – Wreckless Eric

Neuschnee – Neu!

Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 207 - Animal, Vegetable, Mineral

A rare themed show for you this week with 9 animal, 9 vegetable and 9 mineral songs.

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Thee songs:  

The Pigeon – Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts

Ride the Tiger – Doug Hream Blunt

Do the Duck – Autographs

Collard Greens – Freddie McCoy

Red Cabbage – Peter Jay & the Jaywalkers

Horror Asparagus Stories – The Driving Stupid

Nickel Bags – Digable Planets

Diamond Shine – The Clean

Crystal Lake – Grandaddy

Green Beans – The Lovely Eggs

Pumpkin Pie – Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds

Potato – Tyvek

Slates, Slags Etc. – The Fall

Sapphire – Digital Leather

Mr Fire Coal Man – Stiff Little Fingers

Steak For Chicken – The Moldy Peaches

The Cows Are Strong – Sexton Ming

Pink Gorilla – White Fence

You Take Everything For Granite When You’re Stone – Strange Boys

Lovely Gold – Michael Yonkers

Diamond Skull – Atomic Suplex

Rat City – Jack Oblivian

Zebra – Youngsters

The Weasel – Little Eddie

Spunky Onions – Johnny Adams

Black Potato – The Rabble

Call Any Vegetable – The Mothers