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Episode 100 – Original Upload 6.2.22 – 7″ Heaven!

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PLAYLIST 100 uploaded Feb 6, 2022

Celebrating show #100 with 4hrs of 21st Century 7″ cheeriness!

Unsurprisingly then, this one is 100% vinyl friendly.

Turntable 100 (Technics SL 1210 Mk7) - 41 Rooms - show 100 (2)

The occasionally-mentioned-in-these-parts big bunch of early 60s singles that arrived with a second hand Dansette my dad bought and the arrival of two of the Beatles’ (She Loves You and I Want To Hold Your Hand) given to the Hickey household by our next door neighbour, all around 1964, were the start… and the 7″ has been my favourite music format ever since. With a great tune on the A side it’s as close to perfection as a physical format can get and whereas the previous ninety nine 41 Rooms shows might all have included a 7″ or three, let’s hear it for nearly seventy of my fave vinyl 7s released since 2000.

Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop.

00.00

(Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – Stars (Edit) – Unreleased demo – 1983 Episode #1 for info.

00.41

NEW ORDER – Everything’s Gone Green (Cicada Remix) – London – 2005

Mess with the band’s early electronic manoeuvres and you’re on very shaky ground with me but even though you’ve got to dig deep to find any New Order 7s this century this is a great remix. The upfront pedestrian (even clunky?) beat would easily kill a bunch of other tunes but it works well here with the eery feel given this mega statement of a track from a pivotal period in the band’s journey.

New Order - Everything's Gone Green (Cicada Mix) - 41 Rooms - show 100

04.52

THE DUKE SPIRIT – The Step And The Walk – You Are Hear Music – 2007

Sounding just right… just here. Indie rock goodness.

The Duke Spirit - The Step and the Walk

08.08

PVA – Divine Intervention – Speedy Wunderground – 2020

A mighty debut single I’d have spun in our club back in 1981, if it wasn’t for the fact the band members weren’t even born… and though it’s not vital, if anyone can decipher what number copy I have (see below), do let me know.  

PVA - Divine Intervention - 41 Rooms - show 100

11.46

WORKING MEN’S CLUB – Teeth (Extended Mix) – Heavenly – 2019

More post punk feel electronics from modern day bright young things.

Swedish Fish - Voices Move Me - 41 Rooms - show 99

17.32

DRAGONS – Here Are The Roses – Ohm Recordings – 2007

One of a handful of cracking tunes from their brief existence but the cynic in me feels if they had ditched the near uniform shades look for the video to this 7″ they might have survived a bit longer. Trying just that bit too hard to look… errr, I dunno. The image ‘thing’ can be a grey and difficult area for some. 

Dragons - Here Are The Roses - 41 Rooms - show 76

21.36

EDITORS – All Sparks – Kitchenware – 2006

More of an early ’80s ‘feel’… maybe new wave’ish? The fifth single from their debut album, but the first to venture out from the single word title format. Spooky… or maybe not.

Editors - All Sparks - 41 Rooms - show 28

25.01

DEPARTMENT M – The Second Prize – Too Pure – 2013

Storming stuff. The work of one Owen Brinley. His ex band, Grammatics, had a couple of prog rock-tinged tracks I liked. At the point I spun this on an earlier show there was a very cool live version of Second Prize on uuutuuube that in all its time had, stunningly, only amassed 700+ views… and the lone comment ‘Owen is brilliant’. Sadly, it appears the vid has since disappeared, unless someone tells me otherwise. Releases on both Fierce Panda and Too Pure had failed to jump start OB to a higher profile, but he’s sounded way too class an act to not be releasing music again at some point. 500 grey, heavyweight, hand numbered vinyl copies of Second Prize out there somewhere.

Department M - The Second Prize - 41 Rooms - show 2

28.55

UNKNOWN (MONKEY?) – Stupid – No label – Early 2000s

Sampling Sly and the Family Stone, with Charlie Manson’s vocals adding some menace. Inventive, the way bootleg 7″s should be.

Unknown - Stupid 7"

33.09

(DJ) PARKER – Penny Dreadful – Leisure Recordings – 2006

‘Hip hop, don’t stop’…

Parker - Penny Dreadful - 41 Rooms - show 30

36.37

THE GENE DUDLEY GROUP – The Hilo Bay Halfway (Gene Dudley Disco Dub Mix) – Wah Wah 45s – 2013

Hi’s to Wah Wah heads, Dom Servini and Adam Scrimshire.

Gene Dudley Group - The Hilo Bay Halfway

40.36

HOLY STRAYS – Christabell – Morning Ritual – 2012

Drummer and composer, Sébastien Forrester playing the perfect game of 21st century sounds on a 7″ and coloured/see through vinyl. 

Holy Strays - Christabell - 41 Rooms - show 71

45.46

PAULINE TAYLOR – Fire (Siren EP) – Ramrock Red – 2020

Gospel-style!!

Pauline Taylor - Fire - 41 Rooms - show 100

48.14

DEBO BAND – Gedawo – Electric Cowbell Records – 2011

Somehow I bounced into Electric Cowbell Records on the net one night a few years back and waded through all the releases that had an audio sample. This jumped out at me, so a 7″ winged its way to me. Listening back to the tape – ‘Recorded live in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Feb. 2010‘ – for the first time, it would have been no wonder they wanted to release it. The rumbling bass nearly gives the brass and the call and response vocals a run for their money.

Debo Band - Gedawo (Live) - 41 Rooms - show 3

52.46

EXPLODE INTO COLORS – Heat – Just For The Hell Of It – 2009

No longer in action but a contender for any various artists album entitled Great Tracks That Sound Like They Were Recorded With A Single Mic From A Distance In A Very Big Empty Building. To date, I’ve played a handful here.  

Explode Into Colors - Heat - 41 Rooms - show 64

56.17

EDITORS – Bullets – Kitchenware – 2005

Editors encoring on show 100. From the generation of strident post punk/new wave sounding bands that followed a generation down from the likes of The Chameleons, The Sound and The Comsat Angels, This lot however decided against the… ‘THE’ prefix. A copy of this original run, black sleeved 7″ single will set you back a few bob these days, testament to the band’s secured stature.

Editors - Bullets - 41 Rooms - show 31

59.25

THE RAVEONETTES – Attack Of The Ghost Riders – Columbia – 2002

What I like to call ‘gunslinger’ rock.

The Raveonettes - Attack Of The Ghost Riders - 41 Rooms - show 18

01.01.53

THE KILLS – Love Is A Deserter – Domino – 2005

An in yer face/between yer ears chugger. More of the above, as well.

The Kills - Love Is A Deserter - 41 Rooms - show 71

01.05.39

FREDDY FRESH – Creeper – Howlin’ Records – 2002

He’s recorded for dozens of labels but managed to get this Spangle green, promo vinyl 7″ out on his own set up. I could be wrong but I’ll guess the gunslinger guitar here isn’t his own work. Maybe it’s not even a real guitar. 🙂

Freddy Fresh - Creeper - 41 Rooms - show 9

01.09.01

THE RACONTEURS – Broken Boy Soldier – XL Recordings – 2006

The debut single from one of Jack White’s post White Stripes projects. On this evidence I bet singer, Brendon Benson could pull off an early Zep-era Robert Plant.

The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldier - 41 Rooms - show 40

01.11.54

KEATON HENSON – You – Oak Ten Records – 2013

A purchase from Record Store Day 2013. A Brit and the son of a Royal Shakespeare Company actor and a Royal Ballet dancer, he always sounds on the brink of collapse, and for some reason I thought he was American. Talented in a few areas, and with a few million Youtube video hits also backing him, bricklaying was likely never for him.

Keaton Henson - You - 41 Rooms - show 42

01.16.23

LONDON GRAMMAR – Hey Now – Metal & Dust Recordings Ltd – 2014

As they often do, another voice that just ‘arrived’ out of the speakers.

London Grammar - Hey Now - 41 Rooms - show 100

01.19.09

THE BEAUTY ROOM – Soul Horizon – Peacefrog Records – 2006

Kirk Degiorgio is maybe better known for his house and techno excursions but in the mid noughties he assembled this neo soul outfit, with this being the only single from their self-titled debut album. Summery West Coast-type vibes out of… Ipswich.

The Beauty Room - Soul Horizon - 41 Rooms - show 69

01.23.18

PRATT & MOODY (with COLD DIAMOND & MINK) – Lost, Lost, Lost – Timmion Records/Stylart Records – 2017

This tune was previously gone at by a different vocalist and lyric but this is the version that really works. Finnish, blue-eyed soul nailing a ’60s US sound.

Pratt & Moody - Lost Lost Lost - 41 Rooms - show 76

01.26.06

A RACE OF ANGELS – We – Choi Division – 2019

The lesser spotted voice of Yeofi Andoh and whichever co-conspirators are to hand when he does release material. Conscious sounds for the 21st century. 

‘A Race of Angels is the primary outlet for Yeofi Andoh, a somewhat enigmatic synthesist of soul, jazz, and folk. Originally from rural England, the multi-instrumentalist learned guitar first and played in local punk bands. During the early ’90s, he moved to the U.S., originally to New York, and then to California. He was signed as a solo artist to major label Atlantic, but some executive-level upheaval led to the shelving of his Necessary Madness — for which he was identified as simply Yeofi — prior to its intended 1996 release date. Andoh worked as a fashion photographer, went on to collaborate with the likes of Dorado act Outside and vocalist Lizz Fields, and eventually made his first moves as a Race of Angels. Broadcast No. 1 (2005) began a sporadic series of short-form releases and compilation appearances highlighted by the yearning soul-jazz ballad “Just Begin,” included on From L.A. with Love (2007). After a lengthy period of silence, a three-track EP titled Before the First Goodbye (2016) surfaced as a teaser for proper debut album Pointless, prepared for release on the Fresh Selects label‘. – Andy Kellman, music.apple.com

A Race Of Angels - We - 41 Rooms - show 75

01.30.55

ELECTRIC WIRE HUSTLE – They Don’t Want – Wonderful Noise Productions – 2010

A stellar track – with a bit of a Northern soul slow shuffle going on – and a Japanese label with the A&R savvy to release it on 7″.  300 copies only. A modern left-field ‘conscious’ soul gem.

Electric Wire Hustle - They Don't Want - 41 Rooms - show 56

01.33.38

MICHAEL KIWANUKA – Tell Me A Tale – Communion Records – 2011

A Bill Withers for the young(er) generation maybe, and a brass sound right out of the late great BW’s era, to boot – and the price demanded on this promo 7″ as well as the fully released 10″ reinforces MK’s kudos.

Michael Kiwanuka - Tell Me A Tale - 41 Rooms - show 55

01.37.29

WILL SESSIONS – True Story – Fnr – 2012

Cinematic hip hop, and it sounds like the credits would be rolling at this point.

Will Sessions - True Story - 41 Rooms - show 2

01.39.56

FITZROY NORTH – AM Pear – Tiburoni – 2012

400 copies, I think. Fidgety instrumental electronica from a bloke, not a suburb. He’s from Sheffield but now hangs out in Barcelona.

Fitzroy North - AM Pear - 41 Rooms - show 38

01.43.50

VANGOFFEY – Race Of Life – Distiller Records – 2015

Sounding like the bastard (and not the real) son of Ian Dury, this comical, clever and bouncy ditty was the project of Supergrass drummer, Danny Goffey.

Vangoffey - Race Of Life - 41 Rooms - show 13

01.46.48

SHIPS – Space Inside – Stratosfear Recordings – 2014

250 copies only of this… and sadly I don’t have one. A cracking debut but their debut album Precession really didn’t do it for me.

Ships - Space Inside - 41 Rooms - show 100

01.53.01

ROÍSÍN MURPHY – Let Me Know – EMI – 2007

Moloko gal gone solo, she’s pretty much ‘Pop’ royalty, for me.

Roísín Murphy - Let Me Know - 41 Rooms - show 100

01.57.17

METRONOMY – Radio Ladio – Need Now Future Records – 2007

For a good few months this was in the proto set list for show 1 at 41 Rooms but it got dropped just as the show finally got off the ground… and then waited thirty shows to get back in. In the ‘quirky’ box.

Metronomy - Radio Ladio - 41 Rooms - show 31

Half time Tea… and seeing the light. 😉

Dec's 41 Rooms mug

02.00.18

WORKING MEN’S CLUB – Bad Blood – Melodic – 2019

Debut release on blood red vinyl from those nice and clued up peeps at Melodic. The original limited to 300 copies sleeve seems to have stronger orange circles on the sleeve than was on the (see my copy below) 500-run repressing. You better be doing something interesting when you’ve been assigned the name Sydney Minsky-Sargeant… and the singer here was… and is… with a bit of a Laurence-from-Felt-crossed-with-Mark-E-Smith thing going on with the vocals. 

Working Men's Club - Bad Blood (2) - 41 Rooms - show 65

02.03.56

SINK YA TEETH – Circumstance – 1965 Records – 2017

Only 100 copies of this were pressed and a few months back I was just about to pay the £30+ wanted for one on Discogs, but I dithered and someone else went for it. Don’t dilly dally…

Sink Ya Teeth - If You See Me - 41 Rooms - show 55

02.07.09

BONOBO (feat BAJKA) – Nightlite – Ninja Tune – 2006

I’d like to think in another life tunes like this would be clogging up the singles charts. Brilliant. The demo version has also made it to 41 Rooms.

Bonobo - Nightlite - 41 Rooms - show 30

02.11.46

HELP STAMP OUT LONELINESS – Pacific Trash Vortex – Where It’s At Is Where You Are – 2009

Somewhere I heard the track Cellophane from HSOL’s self-titled album, headed to Discogs to clock their output, went elsewhere online to methodically grab a listen to as many of the tracks as possible and then bought this sky blue bit of vinyl grooviness. This is the way these things get done around here. 500 copies, supposedly. Was somebody supposed to number them? Lazy buggers.

Help Stamp Out Loneliness - Pacific Trash Vortex - 41 Rooms - show 2

02.14.23

BENJAMIN SCHOOS (feat LAETITIA SADIER) – Je Ne Vois Que Vous – Freaksville Records – 2018

At 2022, still my 7″ single of the millennium, and if any track should have definitely made it to a 7″ piece of vinyl (besides Fakesensations’ Selfish Girls Stay Slim), this is it. As good a flight of pop fancy as it is though, it would take seven years to get there. See below. Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadier guests on a track originally only available in physical form on 100 cassettes. Those wacky French, eh? I would dearly love a copy but am holding back the tears and making do with one of a subsequent second run (of 100?). For some reason, Schoos then revisited the tune – practically to the note – with one Isabelle Blais taking on the ominous task of matching Sadier’s vocals… and she nearly does. It’s a monumental piece of pop, either way. Best left sung in French though, if you’re going to mention kangaroos… which it does.

Of course, if you want to then go and annihilate this beauty, you best hire a 3000 piece orchestra and do the song live. Be prepared… as Schoos did just that. Search out the video when you’re really bored. Monstrously overblown (a bit like the setting and the conductor’s stomach) and laughable in many ways, Schoos nearly equals that horror in a separate live video – albeit this time in a trio set up. Thankfully, Ms Sadier was well clear of both crash sites. For a song this good to have been withered within an inch of its life, to then pull just 300+ views between the two videos, was a stunning (non)achievement. Of course, now you’ll maybe bump up the figures by going to view the carnage. To be fair(er), another live TV version and the official video (both with Sadier) restored the balance and the latter currently has 12,000+ hits, so the people did speak, and you can buy it… here.

Benjamin Schoos (and Laetitia Sadier) - Je Ne Vois Que Vous - 41 Rooms - show 2 (2)

02.18.10

CANDIE PAYNE – All I Need To Hear – Deltasonic Records – 2006

One very groovy, retro sound.

Candie Payne - All I Need To Hear - 41 Rooms - show 47

02.20.47

LOS BITCHOS – Frozen Margarita – Self released/no label – 2019

‘Five gals from the underground realms of London, tripping out on tequila and Cumbia vibes‘ – Bandcamp.

Judging by the sleeve, they may be up for an appearance on Mike Mansfield’s Supersonic… in about 1975. Very cheery sounding.

Los Bitchos - Frozen Margarita - 41 Rooms - Show - 80

02.24.33

OF MONTREAL – I Was A Landscape In Your Dream – Harvest Time Recordings – 2004

This is here by the skin of its vinyl teeth, as some bod on Discogs was intimating the version on the 7″ is not the same take. And as we’ve a goat on hand, here’s another.

Of Montreal - I Was A Landscape In Your Dream - 41 Rooms - show 63

02.27.11

SNEAKY (feat BARBARA PANTHER) – Feel Like A King – Hot Sauce Records – 2009

From Manchester to Berlin, I think. Sneaky? Quirky! Either way, a winner.

Sneaky (feat Barbara Panther) - Feel Like A King - 41 Rooms - show 100

02.30.47

JACK PEÑATE – Be The One – XL Recordings – 2009

He may have a surname of Spanish origin but there’s none more English sounding on this podcast… errr… apart from the next vocalist, maybe… oh, and another one a bit further down. Early on, a big mate of Adele and even earlier on, a member of the National Youth Theatre. Be The One has a bit of a ‘joyous’ thing going on.

Jack Peñate - Be The One - 41 Rooms - show 100

02.34.28

PAUL WELLER – Blink And You’ll Miss It – V2 – 2006

On a 33rpm 4 track European release only. 🙂 The man is UK Solid Gold. Sort of along the lines of that guy who liked the shaving experience so much he bought the company, here I loved the chorus so much… I added an extra one. 😉 You’re welcome.

Paul Weller - Blink And You'll Miss It - 41 Rooms - show 100

02.38.04

SYD ARTHUR – Ode To Summer – Dawn Chorus Recording Company – 2011

Albeit a conventional band set up SA’s ‘Canterbury Sound’ influences may hark back to early ’70s UK prog rock but in 2011 I heard nothing else surfacing that was quite like this, their debut vinyl release – so I bought two!

Syd Arthur - Ode To The Summer - 41 Rooms - show 53

02.42.06

SMOOSH – Make It Through – Pattern 25 Records – 2005

The combined ages of sisters Asya and Chloe when they made this single was… 22! And they’d made another single the year before! That’s some going. 500 copies of Make It Through, it featured on the first ever 41 Rooms show. The girls have since recorded under the name Chaos Chaos.

Smoosh - Make It Through - 41 Rooms - show 1

02.45.13

NICK CORBIN – Sweetest Escape – Big A.C. Records – 2020

The first of the ex-New Street Adventure main man’s three sightings on show 100.

Nick Corbin - Sweetest Escape - 41 Rooms - show 82

02.48.40

NEW STREET ADVENTURE – On Our Front Doorstep – Unmasked Recordings – 2012

Conscious lyrics. There was a riot going on.

New Street Adventure - On Our Front Doorstep - 41 Rooms - show 100

02.52.00

MARA TK – Anyone Here? – Red Bull Music Academy – 2011

In between his days fronting Electric Wire Hustle, the flip to his debut solo single. Sounding like a modern day Marvin Gave, the What’s Going On album must run through Mara’s veins, and without any competition looking very likely, this will be the most travelled single purchase I will ever make. Having ordered the 7″ direct from Mara, via Bandcamp, it then went AWOL in COVIDworld. So, he graciously put another in the post. From New Zealand to Ireland, Anyone Here journeyed 23,000+ miles in total. 🙂

Mara TK - Anyone Here - 41 Rooms - show 88

02.54.42

JAHMALI – I & I – Yahbell – Early 2000s

Some roots vocalists have really grabbed me and Jah Mali is one of them.

Jah Mali - I & I - 41 Rooms - show 100

02.58.42

MORGAN HERITAGE / T.O.K. / FANTAN MOJAH – ‘Medley’ – Don Corleon Records – 2005

MORGAN HERITAGE – Tell Me How Come / T.O.K. – Tears / FANTAN MOJAH – Thanks & Praise – all Don Corleon – 2005

They do things differently in Jamaica, with the same rhythm tracks being farmed out to various peeps to put their own spin on it. Having a bit of a dancehall phase back then (BBC 1Xtra, thank you) I fell for all these ‘takes’ separately, without initially noticing they were connected by the same rhythm. Doh!

Morgan Heritage T.O.K. Fantan Mojah (41 Rooms medley) - 41 Rooms - show 100

03.06.53

FREDERICK & NINA – Running – Council Folk Recordings – 2001

Right up my street… and with a name play that should bring a smile to anyone of a certain age. I’ll have a small bet the brass blast (at least?) is a lift, and maybe somebody will tell me it’s from some massively well known tune, at that. Oddball brilliance on a near unknown label, the latter lasting twice as long as this single – ie, it released two singles… whereas this single just, errr… released itself. Moving on! Paul Jason Fredericks is the brother of Sideway Shuffling and Rock a Doodle Dooing Linda Lewis, so a more than decent set of vocal pipes is in the genes. I saw him performing on stage with Two Banks Of Four at London’s Dingwalls in 2000… and he’s another who’ll be back here at some point.

Frederick and Nina - Running - 41 Rooms - show 19

03.09.53

SONNY J – Handsfree (If You Hold My Hand) – Stateside – 2008

In the vein of the KLF’s Justified & Ancient hook up with Tammy Wynette. If Brenda Lee had been the vocalist on this, some clever marketing might have got this ‘outside the box’ pop excursion some way to matching the success of the aforementioned tune.

Sonny J - Handsfree (If You Hold My Hand) - 41 Rooms - show 56

03.12.54

MAN & THE ECHO – I Don’t Give A Fuck What You Reckon – 1965 Records – 2015

These lads have a twist on things I really like. Here it’s with a train of thought (if not vocal outpouring) we’ve maybe all had at one time or another.

Man & The Echo - Vile As You Want - 41 Rooms - show 57

03.14.47

WET LEG – Chaise Longue – Domino – 2021

Show 100’s first 41 Rooms debut appearance. Out of the Isle Of Eight, please enter the world of Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers.

Wet Leg - Chaise Longue - 41 Rooms - show 100

03.17.58

ROZI PLAIN – Jogalong – Lost Map Records – 2014

Split 7″ with Rachael Dadd. The soundtrack to someone living in the country, where it’s always sunny… maybe.

Rozi Plain - Jogalong - 41 Rooms - show 51

03.21.27

THOSE DANCING DAYS – Hitten – Wichita – 2008

Like so much music out of Scandinavia, TDD’s approach had a refreshing slant. Now defunkt but a bit Blondie-like in their time. 

Those Dancing Days - Hitten - 41 Rooms - show 79

03.24.48

THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS – Standing Next To Me – Domino – 2008

Bugger! Wonderfully performed on the Jonathan Ross (TV) Show at the time, I was niggled for years as to what this song reminded me of. If I had clocked it by the time I was compiling show #23, it would have been sat right next to its bastard brother (or should that be grandad), Love’s Maybe The People. 🙂

The Last Shadow Puppets - Standing Next To Me - 41 Rooms - show 73

03.27.03

PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING – Elfstedentocht Pt 1 – Test Card Recordings – 2014

Rockin’ sounding white vinyl purchase from 2014’s Record Store Day. From their ‘found sounds’ heydays.

Public Service Broadcasting - Elfstedentocht Pt 1 - 41 Rooms - show 2

03.30.10

THE RACONTEURS – Hey Gyp (Dig The Slowness) – Third Man Records – 2019

And from Heydays to Hey Gyp – a genuinely unintended link. Let’s be frank, Third Man can often be a fairly elitist label set up and the chances are that by the time normal fans knew of this release… they had zero chance of buying it! It’s Jack White’s label, he’s in the Raconteurs… and he’ll do what he wants – and part of his pension plan likely included vaulting a copy of each of the five separate, single sided and etched, limited edition 7″ versions of this… and none of them will be cheap to acquire. When I last looked, one version on Discogs had two sellers teasing the world with their copies at $1500(!), so I won’t be seeing a copy anytime soon. I did though playlist Donovan’s original on 41 Rooms before I even knew of this version… as a good tune is a good tune.

The Raconteurs - Hey Gyp (Dig The Slowness) - 41 Rooms - show 78

03.32.33

SMOOVE + TURRELL – Lay It On Me – Jalapeno Records – 2014

If there’d been a video for this it should have featured cool young couples with a modern quirky twist, jiving the f*** out of it.

Smoove + Turrell - Lay It On Me - 41 Rooms - show 79

03.35.53

THE THIRD DEGREE – Mercy – Acid Jazz – 2009

Should you want to track this down, beware! Some copies on the Tri-Sound label – labelled as The Third Degree and Mercy – have completely unrelated Twisted Tongue songs in the grooves. Mercy had enough legs though to get re-released on Mukatsuku Records in 2020.

The Third Degree - Mercy - 41 Rooms - show 100

03.39.08

SELECTA HEALER – Let’s Get It Started – Freestyle Records – 2009

My white label copy of this thumping fast paced funk tune was bought on Discogs from Freestyle label head honcho, DJ, promoter and (where I best know him from) ex manager of London’s Jazz Cafe, Adrian Gibson – though he didn’t know it was me, as I had it delivered to a UK address.

Healer Selecta - Let's Get It Started - 41 Rooms - show 100

03.42.00

ANDY LEWIS (feat BETTYE LAVETTE) – Laughter Ever After – Acid Jazz – 2004

Her first releases were in the very early ’60s but the Let Me Down Easy girl was still totally firing on all cylinders here forty odd years later.

Andy Lewis - Laughter Ever After - 41 Rooms - show 4

03.45.24

NICK CORBIN – Too Much Time – Big A.C. Records – 2020

Very Style Council’ish and sounding like a nailed on A-sider and gig ender/encore tune to me.  🙂

Nick Corbin - Too Much Time - 41 Rooms - show 92

03.48.32

UJIMA – I’m Not Ready – Outta Sight – 2012

I have to thank best mate, Danny Duggan and his 103.2 Dublin FM Soul Seeker radio show for these next two floor fillers. He may have DJ’d the New Order Bedford Boys Club gig in 1981 and been responsible for suggesting Winkles as a home for our ‘Alternative’ club nights back then but he’s also been forever one very serious soul man. I’m Not Ready (with a bit of an Isley Brothers feel?) was originally released in 1977 on Epic in the US and people were paying £500+ for the single just a few years ago. I’ll happily do with this re-release then.

Ujima - I'm Not Ready - 41 Rooms - show 7

03.51.18

SIDNEY BARNES – Standing On Solid Ground – Mid West Recordings – 2013 approx

From the modern soul side of things, one blindingly good upbeat tune.

Sidney Barnes - Standing On Solid Ground - 41 Rooms - show 7

03.54.38

EMANATIVE – When On Earth – Futuristica Music – 2008

Sometimes it’s best to let a band place themselves in the scheme of things, and ‘a cosmic strand of multi-cultural UK jazz with African, Indian and Middle Eastern influences unlike any other act on the UK scene‘ is how Emanative went about it. With the son of David Bowie’s Ziggy-era drummer, Woody Woodmansey, Nick as the cornerstone, they’ve now been around a while and both this tune and vocalist, Liz Elensky could have more than held their own in any Sergio Mendes and his Brasil 66 set up. Forty years too late, though.

Emanative - When On Earth - 41 Rooms - show 83

Normal two hour 41 Rooms bizniz will resume with Show #101, on Mar 6.

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Episode 132 – Original Upload 6.10.24

This playlist is 85% vinyl friendly. Impressive. The BRAUN PC3 SV may have been a brick of a 1950s turntable but it’s yours from Holland for just on €500 plus postage and the extra charges that seem applicable on buying just about anything, old or new, from anywhere these days. 🙂 Any track marked * […]

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Episode 131 – Original Upload 1.9.24

This playlist is 87% vinyl friendly. Impressive. Via The New York Times at the beginning of 2024, this Fluance RT85N turntable was voted the best under $600, so in this day and age that’s spinning economy-style. Modern… in a non flashy kind of way… apart from turntable’s finish, of course. Any track marked * has been […]

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Episode 130 – Original Upload 4.8.24

This playlist is 97% vinyl friendly. Soooo close!  One of a two turntables plus mixer combo that made up artist Fabien Clerc’s unique (as in totally one-off) ‘Back in the Good Old Days’ creation and if your great great grandmother had been into DJ’ing she might have taken a shine to it. Fully functional and […]

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Episode 129 – Original Upload 7.7.24

This playlist is 79% vinyl friendly. Not bad.  From 1959, if you fancied a carpet look on your portable suitcase turntable casing and platter(!), the Philips AG9148 mono gramophone was for you, maybe. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms tweak/edit/chop and the occasional tune might […]

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Episode 128 – Original Upload 2.6.24

This playlist is 86% vinyl friendly. Impressive.  A Columbia GP-3B Portable Record Player, out of Japan. Teal! Relatively available second hand at £150-£200 but not as old as they appear, coming from the ’90s… and very weedy sounding, judging by a play through on Youtube. Possibly aimed at cratedigging DJs, I saw a few with […]

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Episode 127 – Original Upload 5.5.24

This playlist is 87% vinyl friendly. Impressive.  B&O Beocenter 7700… If I remember rightly, back in the ’70s when me and my mates were getting beyond the Dansettes of our parents’ time, Bang and Olufsen was a bit too expensive. That didn’t matter much with me. I just didn’t like the sleek, minimalist look. My […]

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Episode 126 – Original Upload 7.4.24

This playlist is 78% vinyl friendly. Not bad.  An early 1970s BSR P195, courtesy of Birmingham (UK) Sound Reproducers – with an eye maybe on reel to reel tape machines they would then make a decade later? 🙂 They were more bullish with their turntables though, having grown the company in the 1960s to employing […]

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Episode 125 – Original Upload 3.3.24

This playlist is 79% vinyl friendly. Not bad.  From 2022, with this being the Pro-ject Metallica Limited Edition turntable – though I have the band, Kiss in my head for some reason – it’s the only time you’ll see either group mentioned on 41 Rooms. This set up came in at around $1600 and I […]

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Episode 124 – Original Upload 4.2.24

This playlist is 79% vinyl friendly. Not bad.  As you can see, the Electric Banana Stereo Phono had some bold claims made on it back in the ’70s. Originally costing $40, these days you might have to pay nearer $900 if you’re daft enough to want one, with the above version residing in the International […]

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Episode 123 – Original Upload 7.1.24

This playlist is 79% vinyl friendly. Not bad.  What sort of witchcraft is the Mag-Lev ML1? With no moving parts inside, no belt and no motor, its magnets that keep the platter hovering in place and rotating. Balancing on its feet when not in use, once the tonearm is moved into position, the feet retract, leaving […]

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Episode 122 – Original Upload 3.12.23

This playlist is 81% vinyl friendly. Not bad.  The idea of Istanbul, Turkey based industrial designer, Pelin Özbalcı, the ‘Ripple’ turntable surfaced at the end of 2021 and continued what he’s sees as a line of ‘joyful products, experiences, and product-user interactions… ‘ If it had been a 1960s design it wouldn’t have looked out […]

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Episode 121 – Original Upload 5.11.23

This playlist is 78% vinyl friendly. Not bad.  From the 1990s and certainly in one sense, solid as a rock! Dual’s Golden Stone turntable was as chiselled as any turntable is likely to be and if you wanted your music centre to blend in with your driveway or patio it was a contender. Checking in […]

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Episode 120 – Original Upload 1.10.23

This playlist is 82% vinyl friendly. Impressive.  Early Technics decks custom coloured, courtesy of digifunktechnics.co.uk. Wasn’t there a colour of Spangle a few decades back that nearly matched the above? Pimping up and beyond also available… and no, I’m not an affiliate for them. 🙂 Any track marked * has been given either a tiny […]

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Episode 119 – Original Upload 3.9.23

This playlist is 87% vinyl friendly. Impressive.  ‘The Voice of Music’, Model 270-0 looking like Second World War in car entertainment the US Army never had. Would have been a tad bumpy. Currently a $185 eBay Buy It Now, out of Florida, USA but ‘missing needle or wire that allows music to play‘. Any track […]

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Episode 118 – Original Upload 6.8.23

This playlist is 72% vinyl friendly. Not bad… which once again translates to ‘equal worst ever’.  Auditorium’s €3500 Auftakt turntable – begging for an ice sculptor to hack away at it. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop and the occasional tune might sound a […]

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Episode 117 – Original Upload 2.7.23

This playlist is 91% vinyl friendly. Near perfect. Even I as a non musician would recognise something here. Built in 2021 to catch the eye and $3,500 of one thousand Fender Precision Bass… errr, bass players – with its ash wood, 3-color sunburst finish and treatments transformed into The Fender x MoFi PrecisionDeck turntable. Step […]

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Episode 116 – Original Upload 4.6.23

This playlist is 87% vinyl friendly. Impressive. As a joke used to go a few decades back – ‘I had one of those… but the wheels fell off‘. RD Silva saw his Turnstyle turntable as being “As simple as it gets: The motor that spins the record. The needle that reads the record. The speakers […]

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Episode 115 – Original Upload 7.5.23

This playlist is 80% vinyl friendly. Not bad. The portable turntable collection of one ‘strobemusic’, on Reddit a few years back. In the collective make up of some of these are the component parts to one I think I had, in the late ’60s, in between maybe using firstly the family Dansette then radiogram as […]

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Episode 114 – Original Upload 2.4.23

This playlist is 77% vinyl friendly. Not bad. ‘Good if you love wood!’ From Australian company, Classic, sometime after 1941. Thinner in depth than it looks here, you maybe wouldn’t want to be playing anything valuable on that turntable, but the beast would look fine in a very large complimentarily looking log cabin. Nope, me […]

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Episode 113 – Original Upload 5.3.23

This playlist is 74% vinyl friendly. Room for improvement. Looking like some early wall mounted intercom – apart from the ‘turntable’ that is – say hello to The TT-90 System, by Olsson. Space saving in certain circumstances but I still wouldn’t be a fan of the ‘vertical’ malarkey. Any track marked * has been given […]

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Episode 112 – Original Upload 5.2.23

This playlist is 87% vinyl friendly. Impressive. Audio-Technica’s AT-LP2022 see through turntable, for when you might need to hide the fact you’ve spent $1200 on your hobby. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop and the occasional tune might sound a bit dodgy, quality-wise. On […]

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Episode 111 – Original Upload 1.1.23

This playlist is 92% vinyl friendly. Near perfect. ‘OK, lads. Check out the grooves!‘ Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop and the occasional tune might sound a bit dodgy, quality-wise. On top of that, the switch between different decades and production values never helps […]

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Episode 110 – Original Upload 4.12.22

This playlist is 83% vinyl friendly. Impressive. A Technics SP10MK3 NGS, courtesy of Artisan Fidelity. I can’t work out whether this was the idea of someone with a single hob cooker set up or (at the other end of the scale) maybe some four wheels transport, in the form of a top of the range […]

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Episode 109 – Original Upload 6.11.22

This playlist is 77% vinyl friendly. Not bad. Holger Trass’s thing (http://analogue-classics.com) is repositioning vintage analogue turntables in all manor of set ups. This ancient Garrard 301 (1950s?) deck might sound better than it looks, even if it doesn’t feel as good… as it looks… errr, seeing as it’s not in fact a marble plinth. […]

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Episode 108 – Original Upload 2.10.22

This playlist is 81% vinyl friendly. Not bad. Fancy taking the car for a spin? Nothing more than a goddam novelty I’m surprised I haven’t included this Stokyo Record Runner (hijacking a Volkawagon van) here before. I think they missed a trick though, as it’s the fully windowed ‘hippy’ fave version of the van that […]

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Episode 107 – Original Upload 4.9.22

This playlist is 79% vinyl friendly. Not bad. There’s a big daddy $200,000 Acoustic Signature Invictus Neo turntable but you can slum it with this Junior model, at $129,000. Available in silver, black/gold, or black/chrome and armed with four integrated, isolated AC motors. Looks like the sort of thing people who feel the need to […]

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Episode 106 – Original Upload 7.8.22

This playlist is 90% vinyl friendly. Impressive. ‘The Planet’ turntable. Put together in 2015 by a Lego loving lad named Hayarobi, using 2405 pieces, the only non-Lego part being the Audio-Technica 1Ea cartridge. He must like Swiss Rolls. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop […]

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Episode 105 – Original upload 3.7.22

This playlist is 82% vinyl friendly. Impressive. As it happens, a Numark PT01USB Portable Vinyl-Archiving Turntable Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop and the occasional tune sonically might not sound quite how it did, originally… and note, there’s a few expletives uttered in this […]

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Episode 104 – Original Upload 5.6.22

This playlist is 77% vinyl friendly. Not bad. A 1970s Patrice Dupont-designed Philips 303 UFO record player. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop and the occasional tune sonically might not sound quite how it did, originally. Lyric of Playlist 104… A fiery young Weller […]

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Episode 103 – Original Upload 1.5.22

and it’s 91% vinyl friendly. Near perfect Grand Prix Audio’s Parabolica (‘inspired by and built like a Formula 1 race car’) is named after a turn at Italy’s Monza circuit, so if Formula 1 floats your boat… $16,500. Tonearm extra. 🙂 Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger […]

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Episode 102 – Original Upload 3.4.22

PLAYLIST 102 uploaded April 3, 2022 and it’s 73% vinyl friendly. Room for improvement. 🙂 Was this design off the back of a vinyl record cleaning gizmo shaped likewise a few decades back? Dunno. Looks a bit like a nail clipper or, suitably… a USB stick! Coming in at less than $80, nobody will care. […]

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Episode 101 – Original Upload 6.3.22

PLAYLIST 101 uploaded Mar 6, 2022 and it’s 93% vinyl friendly. Near perfect. Nothing to do with Emerson, Lake and Palmer, the ELP Laser Turntable may be for the younger generation who grew up knowing nothing but CDs… oh, and who have around £10,000 to spend! ‘In theory, it’s the perfect turntable because it uses […]

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Episode 100 – Original Upload 6.2.22 – 7″ Heaven!

PLAYLIST 100 uploaded Feb 6, 2022 Celebrating show #100 with 4hrs of 21st Century 7″ cheeriness! Unsurprisingly then, this one is 100% vinyl friendly. The occasionally-mentioned-in-these-parts big bunch of early 60s singles that arrived with a second hand Dansette my dad bought and the arrival of two of the Beatles’ (She Loves You and I […]

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Episode 99 – Original upload 2.1.22

PLAYLIST 99 uploaded Jan 2, 2022 and it’s 88% vinyl friendly. Impressive. As of 2018 or so Audio Consulting’s R-evolution Meteor-Stealth turntable was arguably the third most expensive turntable on the market. At $176,000 there sure as hell needs to be some back story – so, this is it and being a Switzerland-based company it […]

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Episode 98 – Original Upload 5.12.21

and it’s 93% vinyl friendly. Near perfect. Playlist 98 I can’t remember if a means to play vinyl upright came before or after some of the gadgets that cleaned vinyl went with the same idea (in the ’70s?) but this Gramovox is a cheap and cheerful modern day version of the former. ‘Floating’ seems to […]

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Episode 97 – Original Upload 7.11.21

and it’s 74% vinyl friendly. Not bad. The Jive Turntable. Roughly £140 for this bright and breezy set up, so don’t expect wonders. ‘Entry level’, I think they call it… and that set of button controls reminds me of some remote/zapper used for the TV… or something else I can’t quite place. 🙂 Any track […]

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Episode 96 – Original Upload 3.10.21

and it’s 96% vinyl friendly Near perfect. We’d have had a ‘full house’ if it hadn’t been for me including a demo from one of the bands I was involved with. The Saint Laurent Rive Droite x Pierre Riffaud viny table. I don’t know how much of a clamour there was for the above marble […]

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Episode 95 – Original Upload 5.9.21

PLAYLIST 95 uploaded Sept 5, 2021 and it’s 77% vinyl friendly Not bad. The Third Man Records Spinnerette Turntable. Priced at $160 this isn’t for your high end hi-fi buff but with tech improvements through the years I’m sure Jack White and his team have incorporated a quality level here that’s well above what was […]

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Episode 94 – Original Upload 1.8.21

PLAYLIST 94 uploaded Aug 1, 2021 and it’s 84% vinyl friendly! Impressive. Just a few of the over one hundred vintage (60’s, 70’s and 80’s) portable record turntables, exhibited in 2016 at Tokyo’s Lifestyle Design Center by record store owner, Fumihito Taguchi. In between my family’s Dansette (early 60’s) and the National Panasonic SG-1070L music centre […]

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Episode 93 – Original Upload 4.7.21

PLAYLIST 93 uploaded July 4, 2021 and is 82% vinyl friendly! Impressive. A Project Debut Carbon Evo turntable. A few friends have Projects of slightly older marks than this lad and they regularly score highly in reviews of turntables around the £400-£500 area – and let’s face it, if all you want to be interested […]

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Episode 92 – Original Upload 6.6.21

PLAYLIST 92 uploaded June 6, 2021 and is 89% vinyl friendly! Impressive. The Nordic Concept Reference Turntable, designed by A Better Life Audio Group. ‘The Milky Bars are on me!‘ Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop. Lyric of Playlist 92… The weight of Tim’s […]

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Episode 91 – 2.5.21

PLAYLIST 91 Original Upload May 2, 2021 and is 71% vinyl friendly! Not bad. A Sony HMK-80B set up, from 1979. Nothing sonically gobsmacking here, but if my experience with the slightly earlier National Panasonic equivalent (the 41 Rooms homepage) is anything to go by, the ‘all in one’ nature of these music centres was […]

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Episode 90 – Original Upload 4.4.21

PLAYLIST 90 uploaded April 4, 2021 and is 75% vinyl friendly! Not bad. This aesthetically beautiful beast is the Brionvega Radio-phonograph. Model no. RR 126. With Italian industrial design, the 1965 baby of architects, Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, if I’m ever in the position to be able and want to spend £5-6000+ on a […]

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Episode 89 – Original Upload 7.3.21

PLAYLIST 89 uploaded Mar 7, 2021 ?and is 81% vinyl friendly! Impressive. This is a 1960s Philips portable turntable and somewhere between my first ever falling in love with music (aged 7’ish, with a couple of Beatles 7″s in 1964 or so) and getting a National Panasonic SG 1070L music centre in the early to […]

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Episode 88 – Original Upload 7.2.21

PLAYLIST 88 uploaded Feb 7, 2021 and is 72% vinyl friendly! Not bad… which actually translates to ‘equal worst ever’. All vinyl in the first half, but it then goes a bit haywire. The McIntosh MTI100. Hi end ‘all-in-one, just-add-speakers’ stuff. Seven grands worth of nicely soft glowing green, from the company that blasted out […]

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Episode 87 – Original Upload 3.1.21

PLAYLIST 87 uploaded Jan 3, 2021 83% vinyl friendly. Impressive. A Zenith Stroboscope, and looking at the facia, maybe the sort of turntable ET could fall in love with? Or am I thinking of some scatty (accident prone?) miniature robot and film. Date of manufacture of the above unknown. Photo credit: www.vinylengine.com Any track marked […]

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Episode 86 – Original Upload 6.12.20

PLAYLIST 86 uploaded Dec 6, 2020 94% vinyl friendly. Near perfect. The Kronos turntable, a $28,000 beast in a limited run of 250 in 2012 — ‘but when you see and hear the Kronos Turntable, you’ll think it must cost much more‘… said one carefree reviewer. And assuming all 250 were sold, I reckon there’ll have been […]

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Episode 85 – Original Upload 1.11.20

PLAYLIST 85 uploaded Nov 1, 2020 83% vinyl friendly. Impressive. Listen With Your Eyes, by Chrissie Macdonald. One of ten one-off Rega Planar ‘augmented’ turntables up for auction on Nov 12, the proceeds of which will go to this year’s Secret 7″ charity partner, Help Refugees. Any track marked * has been given either a […]

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Episode 84 – Original Upload 4.10.20

PLAYLIST 84 uploaded Oct 4, 2020 and is 75% vinyl friendly. Not bad. Built to DJ on some war torn front line, or the edge of a 1950s atomic bomb testing site… or maybe not. Origin and marque unknown. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms […]

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Episode 83 – Original Upload 6.9.20

PLAYLIST 83 uploaded Sept 6, 2020 and is 90% vinyl friendly. Impressive. Lest we forget, music centres were de rigueur in the ’80s and this one, a Music Center Crown SHC-5500 Hi-Fi, looks like a more bells and whistles (and lights)/blinged version of the comparatively humbler National Panasonic set up I had and indeed the […]

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Episode 82 – Original Upload 2.8.20

PLAYLIST 82 uploaded August 2, 2020 and is 90% vinyl friendly. Impressive. ‘The Planet’ – Courtesy of a gent called Hayarobi, 2405 pieces of Lego and an Audio-Technica 1Ea cartridge. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/etc. Lyric of Playlist 82… ‘… cos your mama’s […]

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Episode 81 – Original Upload 5.7.20

PLAYLIST 81 uploaded July 5, 2020 and is 86% vinyl friendly. Impressive. Roughly £80 to buy, so think how little it cost to make… and the quality of the parts involved?!? In other words, you’d be mad to grab one of these for anything other than slightly thrashed vinyl, a kids intro to the world […]

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Episode 80 – Original Upload 7.6.20

PLAYLIST 80 uploaded June 7, 2020 and is 81% vinyl friendly. Impressive. See through, to see what’s going on… and the first turntable in the world to have a ‘high-fidelity built-in valve phono stage‘, apparently. An Automatic Turntable MkII from Gearbox. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger […]

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Episode 79 – Original Upload 3.5.20

PLAYLIST 79 uploaded May 3, 2020 and is 96% vinyl friendly. Soooo close! Near perfect. Handcrafted, custom-restored/rebuilt vintage turntable via Artisan Fidelity. A ‘work of art’ said one review, AF’s pricing for these lads ranges from $4895 to $58,000. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/etc. […]

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Episode 78 – Original Upload 5.4.20

PLAYLIST 78 uploaded April 5, 2020 and is 79% vinyl friendly. Not bad. Russian back-in-whatever-day (‘toy’?) turntable. Cracked cover and batteries not included. Currently on eBay for £200, inc p&p from the Ukraine. Don’t all rush. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/etc. And one […]

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Episode 77 – Original Upload 1.3.20

PLAYLIST 77 uploaded March 1, 2020 and is 97% vinyl friendly. Oh so close! Nope, it’s not some weird pressure cooker set up, it’s a turntable – $13,000’s worth (give or take) of TriangleART Signature SE turntable to you. Lyric of Playlist 77… ‘While you were calculating tears my head expired.’ Not an ideal scenario. […]

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Episode 76 – Original Upload 2.2.20

PLAYLIST 76 uploaded February 2, 2020 and is 97% vinyl friendly! Ooooh, sooooo close! A Pro-Ject VT-E BT turntable. It’s only here to represent the ‘upright camp’ but whatever any space limitations this would help with, I would never be able to get my head around looking at the arm on a moving record and […]

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Episode 75 – Original Upload 5.1.20

PLAYLIST 75 uploaded January 5, 2020 and is 88% vinyl friendly! Impressive. A Pye 1005 Achoic Stereophonic Projection System. It’s a Sixties thing. One for mate, Angus Cameron, as he grew up with one of them. Lyric of Playlist 75… It’s rare it goes to a dance track on 41 Rooms but Louie Vega and […]

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Episode 74 – Original Upload 1.12.19

PLAYLIST 74 uploaded December 1, 2019 and is 94% vinyl friendly! Near perfect Ah, memories. I used to have one of these. A Technics 1200 MK1. Lyric of Playlist 74…. Confusion in her eyes that says it all… etc. Ian C’s real life recollection makes this a no contest. 00.00 (Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – Stars […]

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Episode 73 – Original Upload 3.11.19

PLAYLIST 73 uploaded November 3, 2019 and is… 73% vinyl friendly! Not bad. The above? An Ion Duo Deck Digital Conversion Turntable. $99 or thereabouts. Be aware, a few of the tracks (cassette takes) are sonically challenged. Lyric of Playlist 73…. maybe belongs to Ms Armitage. Ripping it up. 00.00 (Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – Stars […]

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Episode 72 – Original Upload 6.10.19

PLAYLIST 72 Playlist 72 is 90% vinyl friendly! Impressive. The above courtesy of one Zach Dicklin. If you fancy knocking one up yourself. Tracks marked * have been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/etc. Lyric of Playlist 72…Gliddy gloop gloopy, Nibby nabby nooby, La la la lo lo. You probably […]

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Episode 71 – Original Upload 1.9.19

PLAYLIST 71 Uploaded September 1, 2019 Playlist 71 is 79% vinyl friendly! Not bad. In a museum here and there, and maybe $2000 if one crops up on the open market, a late 30’s John Vassos design for RCA. As you might guess, 78RPMs only. So, should you get to be near one, keep any […]

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Episode 70 – Original Upload 4.8.19

PLAYLIST 70 Uploaded August 4, 2019 Playlist 70 is… 93% vinyl friendly! Near perfect. The beast above? Supposedly £450,000… give or take… Tracks marked * have been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/etc. Lyric of Playlist 70…. ‘… the passage of my life is measured out in shirts… ‘ As […]

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Episode 69 – Original Upload 7.7.19

PLAYLIST 69 Uploaded July 7, 2019 Playlist 69 is… 83% vinyl friendly! Impressive. AudioWood Sound Garden. Leaves on the tracks! Just because ‘you can’ isn’t always a great reason that ‘you should’. Tracks marked * have been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/etc. Lyric of Playlist 69…. There’s some desperate […]

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Episode 68 – Original Upload 2.6.19

PLAYLIST 68 Uploaded June 2, 2019 Playlist 68 is… 77% vinyl friendly! Not bad. Tracks marked * have been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/etc. Lyric of Playlist 68 (includes) And I feel just like Sigourney WeaverWhen she had to kill those aliens… Ah, we’ve maybe all been there. Just […]

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Episode 67 – Original Upload 5.5.19

PLAYLIST 67 Uploaded May 5, 2019 Playlist 67 is… 85% vinyl friendly! Impressive. A Word Of Warning. A couple of tracks in this show are slightly ‘sonically challenged’. Lyric of Playlist 67 As much for the melody it rides on…Now season with health, Two lovers walk on lakeside mileTry pleasing with stealth, rodeo (?), See […]

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Episode 66 – Original Upload 7.4.19

PLAYLIST 66  Uploaded April 7, 2019 Playlist 66 is… 77% vinyl friendly! Not bad… Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/etc. A Word Of Warning. Certainly one track in this show is ‘very sonically challenged’. Lyric of Playlist 66 If you gave me a pound […]

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Episode 65 – Original Upload 3.3.19

PLAYLIST 65  Uploaded Mar 3, 2019 Playlist 65 is 90% vinyl friendly. Impressive. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/etc. Lyric of Playlist 65 A few bits of quirkiness and social comment I could have gone for, but the prize goes to ‘And if it […]

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Episode 64 – Original Upload 3.2.19

PLAYLIST 64  Uploaded Feb 3, 2019 Playlist 64 is… 100% vinyl friendly! Da Daaahhh! The first 41 Rooms show to be so, though you’d have to go some, financially, (over £1000, I’d say) to have them all on the plastic stuff…. and I certainly haven’t. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or […]

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Episode 63 – Original Upload 6.1.19

PLAYLIST 63  Uploaded Jan 6, 2019 Playlist 63 is 94% vinyl friendly. Near perfect. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/etc. Lyric of Playlist 63 Being that I’m 61 and not 16, it’s the Herbert Kretzmer ‘adaptation’ of Aznavour that takes it this time. 00.00 (Intro) […]

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Episode 62 – Original Upload 2.12.18

PLAYLIST 62  Uploaded Dec 2, 2018 Playlist 62 is… 97% vinyl friendly!!!!! It couldn’t have been closer to being a ‘full house’. See below. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms tweak/edit/chop/etc. Lyric of Playlist 62 And when this building is on fire, these flames can’t burn […]

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Episode 61 – Original Upload 4.11.18

PLAYLIST 61  Uploaded Nov 4, 2018 Playlist 61 is only 64% vinyl friendly! Very poor indeed. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/etc. Lyric of Playlist 61 Stylistically, competition (on maybe a different plain) from the wordsmiths at the end of the show but it has to […]

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Episode 60 – Original Upload 7.10.18

PLAYLIST 60  Uploaded Oct 7, 2018 Playlist 60 is 84% vinyl friendly. Impressive. Lyric of Playlist 60 Not quite a ‘lyric’, but it might have to be the overlaid ramblings of Vance ??? and Fred Nettles. “My main background is… a cat, which is nine feet high… ” Of course it is, Fred. 00.00 (Intro) THE […]

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Episode 59 – Original Upload 2.9.18

PLAYLIST 59  Uploaded Sept 2, 2018 Playlist 59 is 86% vinyl friendly. Impressive. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/etc. And as is sometimes the case, a couple of tracks here are definitely a bit sonically challenged. Lyric of Playlist 59 If Rome wasn’t built […]

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Episode 58 – Original Upload 5.8.18

PLAYLIST 58  Uploaded August 5, 2018 Playlist 58 is 84% vinyl friendly. Impressive. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/etc. And as is often the case here, a track or two can be a bit sonically challenged. Lyric of Playlist 58 Mr Newbury’s not here […]

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Episode 57 – Original Upload 1.7.18

Uploaded July 1, 2018    It’s for real… the needle-free ‘Wheel’! 41 Rooms’ Playlist 57 is 91% vinyl friendly. Near perfect. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/etc. Worth noting, a couple of tracks or so are a bit sonically challenged. Lyric of Playlist 57 […]

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Episode 56 – Original Upload 3.6.18

Uploaded June 3, 2018 41 Rooms’ Playlist 56 is 86% vinyl friendly. Impressive. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/etc. Lyric of Playlist 56:  Do you work at a job you despise? Do you live with cockroaches? Have you been mugged lately? Did your favourite […]

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Episode 55 – Original Upload 6.5.18

41 Rooms, Playlist 55  Uploaded May 6, 2018 41 Rooms’ Playlist 55 is 85% vinyl friendly. Impressive. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/etc. Lyric of Playlist 55:  The soulful ‘The way we feel it should be… has the right to emerge‘ or… the just […]

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Episode 54 – Original Upload 1.4.18

41 Rooms, Playlist 54  Uploaded April 1, 2018 41 Rooms’ Playlist 54 is 88% vinyl friendly. Impressive. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/etc. One track is certainly sonically challenged. Apologies. Lyric of Playlist 54:  Even as a strident non-believer I can at least like […]

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Episode 53 – Original Upload 4.3.18

41 Rooms, Playlist 53  Uploaded Mar 4, 2018 41 Rooms’ Playlist 53 is 83% vinyl friendly. Impressive. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/etc. Lyric of Playlist 53:  ‘Listen’… and in two different languages, but it could have gone to a couple more that are […]

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Episode 52 – Original upload 4.2.18

41 Rooms, Playlist 52  Uploaded Feb 4, 2018 41 Rooms’ Playlist 52 is 91% vinyl friendly. Near perfect The tracks marked * have been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/etc. Lyric of Playlist 52:  ‘Getting Up Is Not As Easy As Getting Down                […]

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Episode 51 – Original Upload 7.1.18

41 Rooms, Playlist 51 41 Rooms’ Playlist 51 is 85% vinyl friendly. Impressive. The tracks marked * have been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/etc and one track certainly is very sonically challenged. Lyric of Playlist 51:  Mudriczki and Mackenzie tie. ‘You know I’ve been blinded out on a golf […]

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Episode 50 – Original Upload 24.12.17

41 Rooms, Playlist 50 41 Rooms’ Playlist 50 is 85% vinyl friendly. Impressive. Just the one track (marked *) has been given a tiny 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/etc. Lyric of Playlist 50:  Has to be Gil. 00.00 (Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – Stars (Edit) – Unreleased demo – 1983 Episode #1 for info. 00.41 NEW ORDER – […]

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Episode 49 – 10.12.17

41 Rooms, Playlist 49 41 Rooms’ Playlist 49 is 89% vinyl friendly. Impressive. Any track marked * has been given a tiny 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/etc… Lyric of Playlist 49:  Sometimes you’ve just got to keep it simple, real and heartfelt. Come on down, Daniel V. 00.00 (Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – Stars (Edit) – Unreleased demo […]

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Episode 48 – Original Upload 26.11.17

41 Rooms, Playlist 48 41 Rooms’ Playlist 48 is 92% vinyl friendly. Near perfect. Track marked * has been given a tiny 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/etc… and a couple of tracks certainly suffer from some sonic misgivings. Apologies. Lyric of Playlist 48:  ‘The miserable Scottish hotel resembled a Genesis or Marillion, 1973 LP cover… ‘ Care of […]

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Episode 47 – Original Upload 12.11.17

41 Rooms, Playlist 47 41 Rooms’ Playlist 47 is 85% vinyl friendly. Impressive. Tracks marked * have been given a tiny (or sometimes, slightly bigger) 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/etc… Lyric of Playlist 47:  ‘A knife and a fork, a bottle and a cork. That’s the way to spell New York.’ Of course it is. 00.00 (Intro) […]

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Episode 46 – Original Upload 29.10.17

41 Rooms, Playlist 46 41 Rooms, Playlist 46 is 88% vinyl friendly. Impressive. The Hurricane Ophelia Set! A day after I uploaded show 45 I experienced my first hurricane. Mostly, it wasn’t what some experience in other parts of the world but with no internet my time was best spent getting show 46 under way […]

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Episode 45 – Original upload 15.10.17

41 Rooms, Playlist 45 41 Rooms, Playlist 45 is 90% vinyl friendly. Near perfect.  Tracks marked * have been given a tiny (or sometimes, slightly bigger) 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/etc… Lyric of Playlist 45:  Their styles and the worlds they’ve written in feel lifetimes apart but it’s a dead heat between Hal David and Alex Turner. […]

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Episode 44 – Original Upload 1.10.17

41 Rooms, Playlist 44  41 Rooms, Playlist 44 is 83% vinyl friendly. Impressive.  Tracks marked * have been given a tiny (or sometimes, slightly bigger) 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/etc… and a few sound a bit sonically challenged. Lyric of Playlist 44:  It goes to the late JL… and that’s without feeling particularly spiritual myself. 00.00 (Intro) […]

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Episode 43 – Original Upload 17.9.17

PLAYLIST 43 41 Rooms’ Playlist 43 is 79% vinyl friendly. Not bad. Tracks marked * have been given a tiny (or sometimes, slightly bigger) 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/whatever… Lyric of Playlist 43:  Belongs to the late Ian Kevin Curtis. 00.00 (Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – Stars (Edit) – Unreleased demo – 1983 Episode #1 for info. 00.39 […]

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Episode 42 – Original Upload 3.9.17

41 Rooms, Playlist 42  41 Rooms, Playlist 42 is 83% vinyl friendly. Impressive Tracks marked * have been given a tiny (or sometimes, slightly bigger) 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/whatever, and… For differing reasons, a couple of tracks have slight sonic misgivings. Lyric of Playlist 42:  From times more innocent than now, The Flowers: ‘…put on my casual […]

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Episode 41 – Original Upload 20.8.17

41 Rooms, Playlist 41  41 Rooms, Playlist 41!… is 72% vinyl friendly. Not bad. Tracks marked * have been given a tiny (or sometimes, slightly bigger) 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/whatever, and… NB: One track here is slightly sonically challenged. Lyric of Playlist 41:  With a handful of worthy contenders in between, for the sake of a little […]

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Episode 40 – Original upload 6.8.17

41 Rooms, Playlist 40  41 Rooms, Playlist 40 is 96% vinyl friendly. Sooooo close! Tracks marked * have been given a 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/whatever…   Lyric of Playlist 40:  A slight cop out but a bit of consciousness from the the brothers gets it, with a cursory nod also to the title of Playlist’ 40 – […]

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Episode 39 – Original Upload 23.7.17

41 Rooms, Playlist 39  41 Rooms, Playlist 39 is 94% vinyl friendly. Near perfect. Tracks marked * have been given a tiny (or sometimes, slightly bigger) 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/whatever… and  Note: This edition certainly has one track with a few profanities. If you’re of a certain disposition, be aware.  Lyric of Playlist 39:  G-SH’s, here in […]

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Episode 38 – Original upload 9.7.17

41 Rooms, Playlist 38  41 Rooms, Playlist 38 is 87% vinyl friendly. Impressive. Tracks marked * have been given a tiny (or sometimes, slightly bigger) 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/whatever… Lyric of Playlist 38:  ‘Do you work at a job you despise? Do you live with cockroaches? Have you been mugged lately? Did your favorite jeans shrink in […]

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Episode 37 – Original upload 25.6.17

41 Rooms, Playlist 37   41 Rooms, Playlist 37 is 93% vinyl friendly. Near perfect. We might get there one day. Tracks marked * have been given a tiny (or sometimes, slightly bigger) 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/whatever… and a couple of tracks are slightly sonically challenged. Lyric of Playlist 37:  For the sheer cockiness – ‘Leeds… […]

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Episode 36 – Original Upload 11.6.17

41 Rooms, Playlist 36 41 Rooms, Playlist 36 is 83% vinyl friendly. Impressive. A bit of a warning. One or two tracks are slightly sonically challenged. Lyric of Playlist 36:  The Speeka boys may be speaking best here… 00.00 (Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – Stars (Edit) – Unreleased demo – 1983 Episode #1 for info. 00.41 NEW […]

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Episode 35 – Original upload 28.5.17

41 Rooms, Playlist 35 41 Rooms, Playlist 35 is 97% vinyl friendly. Soooooo close. Tracks marked * have been given a tiny (or sometimes, slightly bigger) 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/whatever. Lyric of Playlist 35:  It’s a rap… RG-style – ‘Things getting stranger, they’re stranger every year. Fear come to hunt, feedin’ off the land. Well it might […]

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Episode 34 – Original Upload 14.5.17

41 Rooms, Playlist 34 My niece’s growing love of vinyl meant she’s acquired one of these to play the stuff. 41 Rooms, Playlist 34 is 76% vinyl friendly. Not bad. A Word Of Warning: A couple of tracks in this show are slightly ‘sonically challenged’. Tracks marked * have been given a tiny (or sometimes, slightly […]

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Episode 33 – Original Upload 30.4.17

41 Rooms, Playlist 33 41 Rooms, Playlist 33 is 88% vinyl friendly. Impressive. Tracks marked * have been given a tiny (or sometimes, slightly bigger) 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/whatever. Lyric of Playlist 33:  ‘No more Red Wedge in the pub or ZTT stuff… ‘ – That Mark E. a sniping. 00.00 (Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – Stars (Edit) […]

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Episode 32 – Original Upload 16.4.17

41 Rooms, Playlist 32 Album looks a bit samey… 41 Rooms, Playlist 32 is 79% vinyl friendly. Not bad. Tracks marked * have been given a tiny (or sometimes, slightly bigger) 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/whatever. Lyric of Playlist 32:  ‘It’s a good job you didn’t, what with all this unemployment going on… ‘ More an aside, it’s a […]

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Episode 31 – Original upload 2.4.17

41 Rooms, Playlist 31 41 Rooms, Playlist 31 is 77% vinyl friendly. Not bad. Tracks marked * have been given a tiny (or sometimes, slightly bigger) 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/chop/whatever. Lyric of Playlist 31:  Gil Scott-Heron’s recount – and likely fully explained somewhere at the time of release. 00.00 (Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – Stars (Edit) – Unreleased […]

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Episode 30 – Original upload 19.3.17

41 Rooms, Playlist 30 41 Rooms, Playlist 30 is 86% vinyl friendly. Impressive Lyric of Playlist 30:  A bow to the late Scott Hardkiss. 00.00 (Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – Stars (Edit) – Unreleased demo – 1983 Episode #1 for info. 00.41 NEW ORDER – We All Stand (Tokyo, 1985) – Pumped Full Of Drugs, VHS – […]

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Episode 29 – Original Upload 5.3.17

41 Rooms, Playlist 29 41 Rooms, Playlist 29 is 79% vinyl friendly. Not bad. NB: One of the tracks is a bit sonically challenged, though it seems like it was just recorded that way… and the show nearly had to be postponed when I lost the whole audio and had to start from scratch again… not […]

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Episode 28 – Original upload 19.2.17

41 Rooms, Playlist 28 41 Rooms, Playlist 28 is 86% vinyl friendly. Impressive. Lyric of Playlist 28:  Assuming it was with someone in particular in mind, it might have to go with Marv. 00.00 (Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – Stars (Edit) – Unreleased demo – 1983 Episode #1 for info. 00.41 NEW ORDER – The Perfect Kiss […]

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Episode 27 – Original Upload 5.2.17

41 Rooms, Playlist 27 41 Rooms, Playlist 27 is 81% vinyl friendly. Impressive. Lyric of Playlist 27:  Award could be going to Tracey T. 00.00 (Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – Stars (Edit) – Unreleased demo – 1983 Episode #1 for info. 00.41 NEW ORDER – Primitive Notion – Get Ready, LP – London Records – 2001  As […]

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Episode 26 – Original upload 22.1.17

41 Rooms, Playlist 26 41 Rooms, Playlist 26 is 83% VINYL FRIENDLY. Impressive Lyric of Playlist 26:  With either Arthur or Jon. Tracks marked * have been given a tiny (or sometimes, slightly bigger) 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/whatever. 00.00 (Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – Stars (Edit) – Unreleased demo – 1983 Episode #1 for info. 00.39 NEW […]

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Episode 25 – 8.1.17

41 Rooms, Playlist 25 41 Rooms, Playlist 25 is 93% VINYL FRIENDLY. Near perfect. OK, ears! One track is sonically challenged with some bad language and another is… well, just sonically challenged. ‘Lyric’ of Playlist 25:  It could have been the hip hop dons cutting and pasting George Bush Sr to great effect, or indeed […]

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Episode 24 – Original upload 25.12.16

41 Rooms, Playlist 24 41 Rooms, Playlist 24 is 80% VINYL FRIENDLY. Impressive. Lyric of Playlist 24:  ‘It’s alright ’cause the historical pattern has shown, how the economical cycle tends to revolve… ‘ Catchy! You’re in a different space when you layer a cheery tune with this level of observation on recession. 00.00 (Intro) THE […]

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Episode 23 – Original upload 11.12.16

41 Rooms, Playlist 23 41 Rooms, Playlist 23 is 87% VINYL FRIENDLY. Impressive. Lyric of Playlist 23:  Mr Curtis gets it again. One tune here, certainly, is a bit sonically challenged and those marked * have been given a tiny (or sometimes, slightly bigger) 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/whatever. 00.00 (Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – Stars (Edit) – […]

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Episode 22 – 27.11.16

41 Rooms, Playlist 22 41 Rooms, Playlist 22 is 89% VINYL FRIENDLY. Near Perfect. Lyric of Playlist 22:  Even with a fair amount of competition 2Bo4 shade it. Conscious stuff… A couple of the tunes here are a bit sonically challenged and, separately, those marked * have been given a tiny (or sometimes, slightly bigger) […]

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Episode 21 – Originally uploaded 13.11.16

41 Rooms, Playlist 21 41 Rooms, Playlist 21 is 90% VINYL FRIENDLY. Near Perfect. Lyric of Playlist 21: At least I’ve avoided giving it to the late Billy Mac once again… ‘Feel it’s time to pull away, shut your ears to all they say, be yourself you know it’s true, when in the end what’s left […]

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Episode 20 – Original Upload 30.10.16

41 Rooms, Playlist 20 41 Rooms, Playlist 20 is 81% VINYL FRIENDLY. Impressive. Lyric of Playlist 20: ‘Crack may seem cool, it may seem good, it’s the quickest way to kill a neighbo(u)rhood‘. Different era, different means, but without doubt some equivalent result going on somewhere right now. Tracks marked * have been given a […]

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Episode 19 – 16.10.16

41 Rooms, Playlist 19 41 Rooms, Playlist 19 is 90% VINYL FRIENDLY. More than excellent. Lyric of Playlist 19: Combined with the performance – it’s with Mr Curtis. Tracks marked * have been given a tiny (or sometimes, slightly bigger) 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/whatever 00.00 (Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – Stars (Edit) – Unreleased demo – 1983 […]

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Episode 18 – Original Upload 2.10.16

41 Rooms, Playlist 18 41 Rooms, Playlist 18 is 72% VINYL FRIENDLY. Not bad. A few cassettes crop up, hence a bit vinyl poor. Lyric of Playlist 18: ‘Pioneers and traders bring gifts; Smallpox, Seagrams and rice krispies… ‘  a history lesson in a poem. 00.00 (Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – Stars (Edit) – Unreleased demo – […]

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Episode 17 – Original Upload 18.9.16

41 Rooms, Playlist 17 41 Rooms’ Playlist 17 is 93% VINYL FRIENDLY. Near Perfect! Lyric of Playlist 17: Ms JM’s contribution, from start to finish. Tracks marked * have been given a tiny (or sometimes, slightly bigger) 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/ whatever. 00.00 (Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – Stars (Edit) – Unreleased demo – 1983 Episode #1 […]

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Episode 16 – Original Update 4.9.16

41 Rooms, Playlist 16 41 Rooms’ Playlist 16 is 82% VINYL FRIENDLY. Impressive. Apologies, I had to record this show at 6.30am when I woke and I had a bit of a croaky voice and fuzzy head thing going on. ‘Normal’ service will be back for the next one.  Lyric of Playlist 16: They’re not […]

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Episode 15 – Original Upload 21.8.16 (inc Winkles 1981, Pt 4. Big Guns +)

41 Rooms, Playlist 15 is 94% VINYL FRIENDLY. Near perfect. Lyric of Playlist 15: ‘I go ab ba ba ba ba bada bada ba ba ba ba bada bada, woh oh oh oh‘. Approximately. I’d say it’s more debatable than usual. Tracks marked * have been given a tiny (or sometimes, slightly bigger) 41 Rooms […]

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Episode 14 – Original Upload 7.8.16

PLAYLIST 14 is 77% VINYL FRIENDLY.  Not bad. Lyric of Playlist 14: The two lines prior give the game away, so… Your limitations are our every care. Every breath you breath belongs to someone there. Tracks marked * have been given a tiny (or sometimes, slightly bigger) 41 Rooms ‘tweak’/edit/whatever. 00.00 (Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – […]

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Episode 13 – Original Upload 24.7.16

PLAYLIST 13 is 88% VINYL FRIENDLY.  Impressive. Lyric of Playlist 13 ‘I shot out of my old man’s shooter, summer of ’73. Straight into the biological computer of my old girl’s feeding (fruiting?) machine… ‘ The cockney sounding vox adds to the cheeky chappieness. Tracks marked * have been given a tiny (or sometimes, slightly […]

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Episode 12 – Original Upload 10.7.16 (inc Winkles 1981, Pt 3. More Big Guns)

41 Rooms, Playlist 12 is 97% VINYL FRIENDLY.  Near perfect! Lyric of Playlist 12: Grandma, your generation believed in talk. Scared of the very steps in which you walked. Father listened to all that was said, until depression set in, leaving mouths unfed… A bit of conscious soul wins it over what could have been […]

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Episode 11 – Original Upload 26.6.16

41 Rooms, Playlist 11 is 77% VINYL FRIENDLY.  Not bad. Lyric of Playlist 11:  They come from Tennessee. Tracks marked * have been given a tiny (or sometimes, slightly bigger) 41 Rooms ‘tweak’ 😉 00.00 (Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – Stars (Edit) – Unreleased demo – 1983 Episode #1 for info. 00.40 NEW ORDER – Everything’s […]

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Episode 10 – Original Upload 12.6.16

41 Rooms, Playlist 10 is 83% VINYL FRIENDLY. Impressive. A Word Of Warning: NB: A couple of tracks in this show are slightly ‘sonically challenged’. Lyric of the Podcast:  Although it’s predominantly newsreel audio, track 15 shades it. 00.00 (Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – Stars (Edit) – Unreleased demo – 1983 Episode #1 for info. 00.41 […]

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Episode 9 (inc Winkles 1981: Pt 2) – Uploaded 29.5.16

41 Rooms, Playlist 9 is 93% VINYL FRIENDLY. Near Perfect. Lyric of Playlist 9: ‘Each new hour holds new chances for new beginnings, the horizon leans forward offering you new space to place new steps of change… ‘ Could only be with the poetess… 00.00 (Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – Stars (Edit) – Unreleased demo – 1983 […]

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Episode 8 – Original Upload 15.5.16

41 Rooms, Playlist 8 is 85% VINYL FRIENDLY. Impressive. In memory of Rob Gretton, who died seventeen years ago today (May 15). Lyric of Playlist 8: Where’s the harm in voicing your doubt? You’ll find me in the lavatory. And where’s the harm in talking out loud, when I’m on my own? What’s so wrong […]

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Episode 7 – Original Upload 1.5.16

PLAYLIST 7 is 91% VINYL FRIENDLY. More than excellent. Lyric of Playlist 7:  ‘I wanna be instamatic, I wanna be a frozen pea, I wanna be dehydrated, in a consumer society… ‘ Tracks marked * have been given a tiny (or sometimes, slightly bigger) 41 Rooms ‘tweak’ 😉 00.00 (Intro) THE FLAMINGOS – Stars (Edit) […]

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Episode 6 (inc Winkles 1981: Pt 1) – Original upload 17.4.16

41 Rooms, Playlist 6 is 93% VINYL FRIENDLY. Near perfect. Lyric of Playlist 6: A bit of a tease. The verses either side of ‘But whatever is behind the door, there is nothing much to do. Angel or devil I don’t care. For in front of that door, there is you.’ Tracks marked * have […]

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Episode 5 – Original upload 3.4.16

41 Rooms, Playlist 5 is 86% VINYL FRIENDLY. Excellent. Lyric of Playlist 5: ‘Television, the drug of the nation, breeding ignorance and feeding radiation. T.V. It satellite links our United States of Unconsciousness. Apathetic, therapeutic and extremely addictive, the methadone metronome pumping out 150 channels 24 hours a day, you can flip through all of them, […]

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Episode 4 – Original upload 20.3.16

41 Rooms, Playlist 4 is 97% VINYL FRIENDLY.   Will it get any better than that? A Word Of Warning Certainly one track in this show is ‘sonically challenged’… and it’s also the one that contains an expletive or ten. Lyric of Playlist 4: It’s a tie! Either ‘Someone, somewhere says they’ve got it all, but […]

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Episode 3 – Original upload 6.3.16

41 Rooms, Playlist 3 is 85% VINYL FRIENDLY. Impressive.  A Word Of Warning: A couple of the tracks in this show are slightly ‘sonically challenged’… and elsewhere an expletive or two will crop up. 41 Rooms, Playlist 3 Lyric of Playlist 3: Maybe unsurprisingly, as it’s a poem, the words to ‘Autumn Rose’. Incorporated into an […]

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Episode 2 – Original upload 21.2.16

41 Rooms, Playlist 2 is 94% VINYL FRIENDLY.  Near perfect. Lyric of Playlist 2: ‘I’ll see you baby when the clans rise again. Women and men united by the struggle going down. With a pocketful of plastic like a dollar on elastic. In this free world. I wouldn’t tell you if I didn’t care’. Tracks […]

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Episode 1 – Original upload 7.2.16.

41 Rooms, Playlist 1 is 86% VINYL FRIENDLY.  Impressive. Lyric of Playlist 1: ‘I wanted to change the world, but I could not even change my underwear. And when the shit got really, really out of hand, I had it all the way up to my hairline, which keeps receding like my self-confidence, as if […]

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