On now:
Peacock Suit by PAUL WELLER
from Heavy Soul 1997
The one-time jamster's album sold enough to become #1 on the week of release, but it was denied the position because five picture postcards were included, and were deemed to be "free gifts"


On next:
Let's Go Dancing by SHED SEVEN
from A Matter Of Time 2024
Good to see the thirty-year veteran band returning with a #1 album

And we just played these...
Going Out by SUPERGRASS
from In It For The Money 1996
The Oxford indie quartet were Gaz & Rob Coombes, Mick Quinn and Danny Goffey. This was their second album

Everything Else Has Gone Wrong by BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB
from Everything Else Has Gone Wrong 2020
The Crouch End indies are Jack Steadman, Jamie MacColl, Suren de Saram and Ed Nash. This excelllent song is from their fifth album

Grip Like A Vice by THE GO! TEAM
from Proof Of Youth 2007
From the Brighton band's 2nd album, released Sep 2007. They take their name from that given to the guys who survey plane crash wreckage in the USA (NTSB Air Accident Investigators)

Dirty Pictures by RADIO STARS
from 1977
Radio Stars were formed by ex-John's Children vocalist Andy Ellison, Sparks exile Martin Gordon (bass, songwriter, ex-Sparks), and Ian MacLeod (guitar) in 1977, following the end of their underachieving glam supergroup, Jet, the previous year. This single was released on 8 Apr 1977

Low Fuel Drug Run by 7HORSE
from Let the 7Horse Run 2012
L.A. rock veterans Joie Calio and Phil Leavitt were the excellent Dada, the trio responsible for the hit 'Dizz Knee Land'. As 7Horse, they also contributed their song 'Meth Lab Zoso Sticker' to the Martin Scorsese film 'The Wolf Of Wall Street'

Never Take Me Alive by SPEAR OF DESTINY
from Outland 1987
The distinctive lead singer, Kirk Brandon, has been in music since the '80s when he first came to prominence in punk’s seminal Theatre of Hate which turned into SoD in 1983

Dirty World by THE TRAVELING WILBURYS
from Vol 1 1988
The Wilburys were Otis Wilbury (Jeff Lynne), Nelson Wilbury (George Harrison), Charlie T Jnr (Tom Petty), Lefty Wilbury (Roy Orbison), and Lucky Wilbury (Bob Dylan)

The Preacher by MIKE ROSS
from Third Eye Open 2023
Durham's acclaimed all-rounder has worked with Rich Robinson (Black Crowes), Steve Earle, and many others. 'The Clovis Limit' is the name of a record store in sci-fi writer William Gibson's novel, 'The Peripheral'. (Don't confuse him with the Mike Ross who composed for Tone-Loc)