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   Hoops McCann
   

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   vinyl only party on Saturday (stop sniggering at the back)so we have to bring fave old albums. I'm thinking compilations ...any suggestions what stuff might make the party ...er...swing

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   simonjmr
   

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   Any of the Pickwick Records Top of the Pops series you know the ones with cover versions rather than the original tracks

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   Gourd Almighty
   

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   Never mind the compilations : "Transformer" by Lou Reed, plus small amounts of, erm, substances ..

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   waylandsmithy
   

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   Why not make them all look like they're late on the scene, and turn up with a wax cylinder recording of Marconi counting to 5? Or take a rock, and hit it with a big bone? Raaaadical man. Like, old school.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   The All New Jeni B
   

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   I can lend you lots of Duran Duran, U2 and Soft Cell on vinyl...
   Might be a bit of a minter though.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   Gerontius
   

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   Bonzo Dog Do Dah Band every time
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsM4C9Kc6d0
   Failing that...try the greatest ever Northern Soul dance-floor filler...ever
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ_43Qst-dc
   Failing that...the second best
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEyjqM_nE8Y
   If that doesn't work - time to go home.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   rikkor
   

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   God! Even with a lot of drinking, that sounds boring. Hint: vinyl is just a medium for recording something. It's not the song. And, please don't tell me "no, you don't understand!" Blah, blah, blah. Invite a couple of Eastern European hookers. That's the only chance.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   Hoops McCann
   

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   Rikkor .....no shit? Liking the hooker idea though.
   Bit of Northern should go down well too.
   Jen .. only if you deliver them in Cathy McCabe's carrier bag.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   The All New Jeni B
   

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   Dinnae Hoops. Brings back too many memories!!

   She was our Saturday night piano player when I worked in a no longer-there local wine bar.
   We used to run a sweepy on her playlist.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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    Stan Laurel
    

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    I think you've got hold of the wrong end of the stick, Hoops. You've supposed to wear the vinyl at these parties.

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    Skylarking
    

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    The Nowthat'swhatICallMusic comps were great until:
    i) they dropped the 'that'swhatIetc' from the end
    ii) they dropped the pig and the chicken from the cover and ad campaigins.

    Before then you're in Howard Jones heaven/hell

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    Hoops McCann
    

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    would that u/name be an xtc ref.?

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    Son of Barnabas
    

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    I was thinking "Best of the Monkees" album (very in vogue at the moment), and actually you would only have to take the hole from the middle.

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    Quaz
    

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    Wait until about 10.30pm then put on "Temple of Love" by the Sisters of Mercy, then play a game of "spot the old goth". They won't be able to help themselves, especially if you back it up with "Love will Tear us apart" by Joy Division. Move away from the dance floor and keep hold of your drink though, just one middle aged ex-got can flail around alarmingly.

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    Scroat
    

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    If I was born in '33, I'd have been 45 in '78. Is this a record?

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    Textbook
    

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    Either Pornography by The Cure or Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits should be just the ticket.

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    seymour totti
    

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    Anything from the Two Tone era. I was recently leaping around at a 40th Birthday Party to "One Step Beyond" by Madness. I'm sure the song is longer than it used to be! It's fun pogoing now as when you go up, bits of you are still coming down from the last time.

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    Ironduke
    

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    der-nerr-nerrrr, de-ne-ne-ne-nerrr will be in my head for the entire day

    Gracias, Totti

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    seymour totti
    

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    Why Dukey - It was a pleasure. If you must have a song lodged in your head all day, there are far worse options available.

    The other day, I was stuck with "The Only Way is Up" by Yazz. By teatime, I wanted rip my own skull open to press the metaphorical pause button.

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    Scroat
    

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    Hey Hoops, sounds like a posh party. What if you want to bring only two or three?

    Posted 1 year ago #

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