mp3s in sequence

and before that:

Harry J. All Stars - The Liquidator (I always think of this song as "Fuck you Enoch Powell", both to the antiquarian Tory himself and to the more thuggish skinheads; it was adopted by Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, in or near his constituency, a club which had its problems with skinhead violence back then, but a town which has made incredible strides in race relations since the late 60s.)

Pentangle - Lyke Wake Dirge (seem to be returning to folk-rock and to the aftereffects of the Windrush generation but not really to anything else from 1968-71; I'm fascinated with this dichotomy right now. this particular song is ANCIENT, literally: I associate it v.strongly with a scene in Antonia Forest's "End of Term", published ten years earlier, in which the character of Patrick Merrick recites it while walking across wintry open countryside, pretty much a moment for the dark pastoralism thread.)

Adam Faith - Poor Me (another sequence in said Forest book describes pet shops when they could keep puppies in conditions which would now be completely illegal, and that always reminds me of Faith's "Lonely Pup In A Christmas Shop", but obviously that's unspeakable, so back to the month of "polite, typically English" crowds queuing to see Prince Andrew as a baby, as chronicled by The Times back when Murdoch wasn't even a jumped-up colonial yet. Faith actually pronounces "when" as "w'hen", which sounds antiquarian beyond belief - incredible that such mannerisms slipped over into the pop era.)

First Class - Beach Baby (Mark S aged 14 at the Quarry, by default)

Airwaves - You Are The New Day (Monmouthshire waiting for the fall)

Blue Pearl - Naked In The Rain (the inheritance reclaimed)

then:

Flying Saucer Attack - Suncatcher

First Choice - Let No Man Put Asunder

Fairport Convention - I'll Keep It With Mine

Sugababes - Stronger

oh, and a segue that pretty much captures Britain 1975: Atlanticism / back-to-the-land / dystopia / future-through-the-Windrush-generation

Jigsaw - Sky High

Elton John - Island Girl

Steeleye Span - All Around My Hat

David Bowie - Golden Years (a masterpiece which sounds EVEN BETTER THAN USUAL when played in this context, because its title seems like a mocking, sarcastic echo of the motivations that had made the Span song such a big hit, like he's saying "this crumbling world is all you really have, the pre-industrial paradise was a myth".)

Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing (grab the future NOW; a song almost designed for EVERYONE to recognise in an age when the 70s are a nostalgic construct and pre-pop-culture Britain an irrelevance to most people.)

1. Lime- You're My Magician
2. Push Push In The Bush (forgot the artist's name)
3. Kano - It's A War
4. Carl Craig - Televised Green Smoke
5. Aaliyah - More Than A Woman instrumental
6. Minni Ripperton - Les Fleurs
7. John Lennon - #9 Dream

A completely random sequence that reaffirmed why I often worship randomness.

1. The Smiths - Girl Afraid
2. Stan Getz - Corcovado
3. Stereolab - Surrealchemist
4. Bola - Magnasushi
5. Jurassic 5 - The Lecture
6. Bert Jansch - Angie
7. Basement Jaxx - Jump n' Shout (Stanton Warriors mix)