People Play Vinyl

29/04/2024

This month the theme was weather and we played these tunes at The Shrewsbury Arms:
Magazine: Perfmafrost
Johnny Nash: I can see clearly now
Eruption: I can't stand the rain
Carol King: Might as well rain until September
Japan: Don't rain on my parade
Grace Jones: Walking in the rain
Quasi: Under a cloud
SLF: Silver lining
Leila Moss: Here comes the rain
John Foxx: Tidal wave
Weather Prophets: Well done sunny
The Undertones: Here comes the summer
Julian Cope: Summer sunspots
Rain Parade: Broken horse
Johnny Cash: 3ft high and rising
Billy Nicholls: White lightening
Rolling Stones: Gimme shelter
Pixies: Stormy weather
Gnod: Red skies
Glen Campbell: Witchita linesman
Wonk Unit: Hot day you know it
S*x Pistols: Holidays in the sun
Simple Minds: Book of brilliant things
Jane Weaver: Perfect storm
Earthquake: Friday on my mind

13/10/2023

Last month's theme was tyranny and we played these records
Weaves: Mo********er
Japan: Communist China
Hey Colossus: My Name is Blood
John Kongos: He's Gonna Step on You Again
Traams: A and B
The Pop Group: Forces of Oppression
David Peel and the Lower East Side: Up Against the Wall
Our Girl: I Wish it Was Sunday
Jellyskin: Lift (Come in)
PIL: Four Enclosed Walls
Au Pairs: S*x without stress
Bronx: White Shadow
Killdozer: Enemy of the People
Telex: Moscow Discow
Rezillos: Cold Wars
Pe*******on: Don't Dictate
Eagulls: My Life in Rewind
Scars: Horrorshow
Ike and Tina Turner: Proud Mary
The Sound: Brute Force
Mandy Indiana: Drag

13/09/2023

Last month's theme was travel and this is what we played:
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Fire Walker
Kurt Vile: Speed of the Sound of Loneliness
The Cure: The Walk
Kraftwerk: Trans Europa Express
Velvet Underground: Run, Run, Run
Human League: Black Hit of Space
Zodiac Mindwarp: Prime Mover
Thelonious Monk: April in Paris
Simple Minds: I Travel
Tom Robinson: 2-4-6-8 Motorway
Pip Blom: Tinfoil
Black Country New Road: Instrumental
Afghan Wigs: True Love Travels on a Gravel Road
Tom Waits: Shore Leave
Autobahn: Post History
Cocteau Twins: Aikea-Guinea
Tom Petty: Route 66
The Clash: Brand New Cadilac
Bow, Wow, Wow: See Jungle (Jungle Boy)
The Jam: All Around the World
Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry: Talk About the Weather
The Unit Ama: Sycamore

11/07/2023

Last month our theme was Fathers and we played these records:
Echo and the Bunnymen: Gods will be Gods
The Riverboat Gamblers: Father Christmas
Mia Martini: Padre Davvero
CLT DRP: Like Father
Kristeen Young: Absence Makes the Heart Grow Father
Johnny Thunders: Daddy Rolling Stone
Weekend Dads: Podium
Can: Father Can't Yell
Traams: Sister
Gang of Four: Ether
Make do and Mend: Father
Pavement: Father to a Sister of Thought
Weaves: Mo********er
Fleetwood Mac: Oh Daddy
Drug Church: Ghost Dad
Gnod: Real Man
Sheila B Devotion: Mayday
Ian Drury and the Blockheads: My Old Man
Gene Loves Jezebel: Upstairs
George Michael: Father Figure

11/06/2023

In May, we were digging out vinyl with a saintly theme. This is what we came up with:
Wolfgang Press: Bless my Brother
Van Morrison: St Dominic's Preview
The Saints: Demolition GIrl
Stuck Out Here: Saint & Sinners Wine
Stuck Out Here: Robin Tunney
The Smiths: Big Mouth Strikes Again
Wall of Voodoo: Ring of Fire
Bruce Springsteen: It's Hard to be a Saint in the City
George McCrae: You Got My Heart
Band of Susans: No God
L7: Andres
Joan Jett: I Love Rock and Roll
The Skids: The Saints are Coming
Play Dead: Isabel
Eagulls: Psalms
Johnny and the Self Abusers: Saints and Sinners
The Sewer Cats: Delia
Vic Godard: Stool Pigeon
The Saints: Perfect Day
Pretty Boy Thorson and the Fallen Angels: Amy Lee
David Werner: Aggravation non stop
Southern Death Cult: Crypt
Paul Simon: Rhythm of the Saints
The Pixies: Down to the Well

28/05/2023

Way back in March, the theme was buildings and we played these records:
Cowtown: Castle Greyscale
Olivia Tremor Control: The Opera House
Atom Age: Walk Through Walls
Lantern of the Lakes: Baddies
Akiko Yano: Garden Shed
The Fall: Tempo House
The Sewer Cats: What Will it Take
Solids: Terminal
The Catheters: The Door Shuts Quickly
Hugh Cornwell and Robert Williams: White Room
Siouxsie and the Banshees: Happy House
Aerial Salad: Virtue (Dirt Mall)
Go Kart Mozart: Mrs Back to Front and the Bull Ring Thing
Buffalo Tom: Treehouse
The Bell Tower: My Church
The Fatback Band: (Are you ready) to do the bus stop?
Vue: Falling Through a Window Pane and the People on the Stairs

05/03/2023

Last month's PPV was all about food and we listened to these records:
R Dean Taylor: Candy Apple Red
MiniPops: I want Candy
The Murderburgers: All My Best Friends are Dying
The Undertones: Mars Bars
Throbbing Gristle: Hamburger Lady
The Atom Age: Bad Seeds
Led Zepellin: Hot Dog
The Zoo Gang: Jungle Juice
The Jam: All Around the World
Redd Kross: Frosted Flakes
The Headcoatees: Come into my Mouth
Mudhoney: Let it Slide
Gang of Four: Guns Before Butter
Crunt: Spam
Pretty Boy Thorson: The New Burger from McDonalds
System of a Down: Chop Suey
Nazareth: Kentucky Fried Blues
Martha and the Muffins: Suburban Dream
The Dickies: Banana Splits
The Sewer Cats: Sausage Fest; English Spaghetti
The Pastels: Baby Honey
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band: Give my Compliments to the Chef
Nillsen: Coconut
Monsterland: Peanut Butter Karma
Orange Juice: Rip it Up

01/02/2023

Last month we made our debut at our new home The Ship Aground, and this is what we played:

Tom Tom Club: Suboceana
Ottis Redding: Sittin on the Dock of the Bay
The Drowns: Demons
Midge Ure: If I was
B Movie: My Ship of Dreams
Black Devil Disco Club: Berliner Atoll
Silverfish: Fu**in' Driving or What?
Marlene Shaw: Wade in the Water
Pip Blom: Daddy Issues/Album Boat
Pretty Boy Thorson: Surfin Self Loathing
Tina Turner: River Deep Mountain High
The Cascades: Rhythm of the Rain
Lalo Schifrin: Jaws
Jet: My River
Johnny Thunders: Pipeline
Menace Beach: Satellite
Hot Water Music: True Believers
Siouxsie and the Banshees: Jigsaw Feeling
Jeff Beck: Big Block
Timbuk 3: The Future's so Bright I Gotta Wear Shades
Beach Boys: Feel Flows
Glitter Band: Sea Cruise
The Belltower: Sea of Smiles

03/01/2023

Last month we had a bit of a tribute theme, mainly to those who passed last year but also not forgetting some of those who didn't make it to 2022. This is what we played

Dirty Three: Some Summers they drop like flies
The Stranglers: No More Heros (RIP Jet Black)
Public Image Ltd: Public Image (RIP Keith Levine)
Christina: Things Fall Apart
Gang of Four: Is it Love (RIP Andy Gill)
Lou Reed: Disco Mystic
Adam and the Ant: Kick (RIP Jordan Mooney)
Echo and the Bunnymen: Heaven up here (RIP Pete de Freitas)
Ian Drury and the Blockheads: S*x and Drugs and Rock and Roll (RIP
Low: Immune (RIP Mimi Parker)
The Tubes: White Punks on Dope (RIP Rick Anderson)
Gun Club: Like Calling up Thunder (RIP Jeffrey Lee Pierce)
Cowboys International (feat Keith Levine): Wish (RIP Keith Levine)
Milk and Cookies: Good Friends (RIP Ian North)
The Clash: City of the Dead (RIP Keith Levine)
Gang of Four: Ether (RIP Andy Gill)
Billy Nicholls: White Lightning
Siouxsie and the Banshees: Candyman (RIP John McGeoch)
Mark Lanegan: Methamphetamine Blues

02/12/2022

Last month the theme was swearing and offensive things and we listened to these bunch of @%$&!

Buzzcocks: Or**sm Addict
S*x Pistols: No Fun
Happy Mondays: Moving in With
Alberto y Lost Tios Pranoias: Kill
Grand Collapse: Aygdala
Heartbreakers: Chinese Rocks
Steely Dan: Showbiz Kids
The Locust: Late For A Double Date With A Pile Of Atoms In The Water Closet
P***y Galore: Understand Me
Pizza Tramp: Bono is a Fu**ing C**t
Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood: Did You Ever
Dub Narcotic: F**k S**t Up
Public Enemy: Fight the Power
Adam and the Ants: Whip in my Valase
Bilge Pump: I Trampled on David
Teenage Fanclub: Alchoholiday
Serge Gainsborough and Jane Birkin Je t'aime... moi non plus
Lou Reed: Gimme some good times
Dead Kennedys: N**i Punks F**k off
Soft Cell: Frustration
Tears for Fears: Shout
Lou Reed: Street Hassle

26/10/2022

Peter played vinyl this month to the theme of elements. Can you guess the connections?

Talking Heads: Air, Heaven, Animals. Electric Guitar, Drugs
The Ronettes: Walking in the Rain
The Crystals: He's a Rebel
Echo and the Bunnymen: The Killing Moon, Silver
Throwing Muses: Firepile, Manic Depression, Snailhead, City of the Dead
Alphaville: Big in Japan
Gloria Mundi: First Light of Day, What's Going On
Pixies: Planet of Sound, Theme from Marc, Build High, Evil Hearted You
Grace Jones: My Jamaican Guy, Ni**le to the Bottle
David Bowie: Heroes

02/10/2022

In September we played these tunes and the theme was colour. There was a lot of blue and a few coloured vinyl.
Living Colour: Open Letter to a Landlord
Lord Creator: Golden Love
Mick Farren: Summertime Blues
The Waterboys: Fisherman Blues
The Outlaws: Green Grass and High Tides
White Rose Movement: Love is a Number
New Order: Blue Monday
The Silvertones: Bluebirds Flying Over
Laurie Anderson: Oh Superman
Hues Corporation: Rock the Boat
Brooker T and the MGs: Green Onions
The Cocteau Twins: Cherry Coloured Funk
Visage: Fade to Grey
The Boys: Turning Grey
Pink Grease: The Pink G.r.ease
Thin Lizzy: Black Rose
Curved Air: Orange Street Blues
Reed Lorry, Yellow Lorry: Talk about the Weather
Velvet Undergound: White Light/White Heat
Supersystem: White Light/White Light
Blue Mitchell: Collision in Black
Fort Dax: Like Cream inside your Spine
Andrew Gold: Lonely Boy
The Jayhawks: Blue
James Brown: Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
Sadistic Mika Band: Silver Child
Groundhogs: Cherry Red
Simple Minds: On the Waterfront
Japan: Wish I was Black

07/09/2022

We have teamed up again with The Pocket Film Festival, 13 - 18 September 2022. PPV people can get free entry to this event, featuring a special screening of Harder They Come followed by a DJ set from Count Skylarkin'. We even have our own PPV slot, so be ready to play some records before the screening.

Come and celebrate this special 50th anniversary screening of The Harder They Come followed by DJ set by Count Skylarkin'

27/07/2022

This month the theme was Speed, we played these records:

Dexys Midnight Runners - Dubious
David Bowie - Speed of Life
Motorhead - Motorhead
Psychodelic Furs - Pulse
Big Black - Racer X
Soulwax - Slowdive
Scars - Adult/ery
Pe*******on - Danger Signs
Fastball - The Way
Highway Star - Deep Purple
New York Dolls - Jet Boy
Bob Vylan - Walter Speaks
Bicurious - Mercurial
Flatworms - Motorcycle
Devo - Come back Jonee
Spizzenergi - Where's Captain Kirk
Royal Trux - You're Gonna Lose
Spirea X - Speed Reaction
Kings of Speed - Hawkwind
Buzzcocks - Fast Cars
The Runaways - Hollywood
Table Scraps - Motorcycle (Straight to Hell)
The Riot Before - 80MPH
Simple Minds - Speed your Love to Me
Steve Gibbons Band - Speed Kills
Esben and the Witch - Slow Wave
The Cadillacs - Speedo
Box Hill or Bust - Dumpy's Rusty Nuts

15/06/2022

This month's theme was seasons and weather (yes it was). So we listened to some seasons and weather-themed records:

Eddie Cochran - Summer Time Blues
The Tornados - Telestar
Terry Jacks - Seasons in the Sun
Cascades - Rhythm of the Rain
The Blackbyrds - Summer Love
The Kinks - Autumn Almanac
Gnod - Skies are Red
Kate Bush - Cloud Busting
The Tennors - Weather Report
The Ataris - Summer 79
Donna Summer - I feel Love
Johnny Winter - Bony Moronie
The Rightous Brothers - Ebb Tide
Diana Ross - Remember Me
Blue Sunshine - Like an Animal
Ted Chippington and the Nightinggales - The Vindaloo Summer Special Rockin Rita
Plow United - West Chester Nuclear Winter
Jimi Hendrix - Long Hot Summer Night
Chapterhouse - Summer's Gone
Johnny Nash - I can see clearly now
London - Summer of Love
David Isaacs - Place in the Sun
Liela Moss - Here comes the rain again
The Sound - Winter
Wizzard - Rock n Roll Winter
Talking Heads - Listening Wind
Mille Jackson - You Created a Monster
Bruce Springstein - My Home Town
The Byrds - Turn, Turn, Turn

24/05/2022

This month we were all over the jubilee with a royal theme, so we listened to:

S*x Pistols: God Save the Queen
Bow Wow Wow: Prince of Darkness
Runaways: Queens of Noise
Carole King: Feel the Earth Move
Teenage Fanclub: Life’s a Gas
Prince: Bat Dance
The Smiths: The Queen is Dead
The Kingsmen: Louie, Louie
Blacklist Royals: No Looking Back
Bob Dylan: Queen Jane Approximately
David Bowie: Heroes
Ted Nugent: Queen of the Forest
Felt: Dismantled King is of the Throne
Buster Brown: Crawling King Snake
Wonk Unit: Kings Road Sporting Heroes
Aretha Franklin: Think
Sensational Alex Harvey Band: Sultan’s Choice
Wrathchild: Trash Queen
Deep Purple: Speed King
Vue: Angel’s Alright
B.B.King: Heartbreaker
Kingstyle: Mountain
Rolling Stones: Little Queenie
Space Art: Casiopee’s Birth
The Fall: Victorian
T.Rex: King of the Rambling Spires
Genesis: Duke
Ben E King and Dee Dee Sharp: We got a thing going on
Elvis (the king): Suspicious Minds
The Stranglers: Duchess
Queen: Another One Bites the Dust

12/05/2022

This month’s star record