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TSmokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tears Of A Clown.mp3EARS OF A CLOWN

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

‘Make It Happen’ album track

1967

Single A-side

1970


TThe Beat - The Tears of a Clown.mp3he Beat

Single A-side

1979





Gracie Fields - The Biggest Aspidistra in the World.mp3THE BIGGEST ASPIDISTRA IN THE WORLD

Gracie Fields

78 RPM B-side

1941




TScott Walker_ The Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore.mp3HE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE ANY MORE

The Walker Brothers

Single A-side

1966






GT.Rex - Get It On (HQ).mp3ET IT ON

T. Rex

Single A-side

1971




HJimi Hendrix - Hear My Train A Comin'.mp3EAR MY TRAIN A-COMIN’

Jimi Hendrix

Hendrix recorded the song several times

between 1967-1970, but never to his satisfaction.

The 1968 documentary film ‘Experience’

features the only version released during his life.




EMorrissey - Everyday Is Like Sunday.mp3VERYDAY IS LIKE SUNDAY

Morrissey

Single A-side

1988





Three Dog Night - Out in the Country - Original Stereo LP - HQ.mp3

OUT IN THE COUNTRY

Three Dog Night

Single A-side

1970




Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns.mp3THE HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS

Joni Mitchell

Album title and track

1975





WChicken Shack - When The Train Comes Back.mp3HEN THE TRAIN COMES BACK

Chicken Shack

Single A-side, ‘When The Train Gets Back’

1968





TSlade - Take Me Bak 'Ome.mp3AKE ME BACK HOME

(Take Me Bak ‘Ome)

Slade

Single A-side

1972




ACrass - Do They Owe Us A Living_ (1978).mp3LONE AGAIN (NATURALLY)

Gilbert O’Sullivan

Single A-side

1972

(I couldn’t stand Gilbert O’Sullivan, so the link
goes to an alternative song.)





LMorrissey - Late Night, Maudlin Street.mp3ATE AFTERNOON, LAMARTINE STREET

In homage to Bill Naughton’s short story,

‘Late Night On Watling Street’

1959

Morrissey ‘Late Night, Maudlin Street’.

1988




GElton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.mp3OODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD

Elton John

Single A-side

1973






Ramones - Loudmouth - Ramones.mp3LOUDMOUTH

The Ramones

Album track

1976






ASex Pistols - Anarchy In The U.K. - Original LP Remastered.mp3NARCHY IN THE U.K.

Sex Pistols

Single A-side

1976






Nsome chicken-new religion.mp3EW RELIGION

Some Chicken

Singe A-side

1977






TSex Pistols - God Save the Queen (HD).mp3HE MAD PARADE

Sex Pistols

‘God Save The Queen’

Single A-side

1977
‘God save history

God save your mad parade

Lord God have mercy

All crimes are paid’



N999 - No Pity.mp3O PITY

999

Single A-side

1977







CThe Box Tops - Cry Like A Baby.mp3RY LIKE A BABY

The Box Tops

Single A-side

1968






YJohnny Thunders - You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory (1978).mp3OU CAN’T PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND A MEMORY

Johnny Thunders

‘You Can’t Put Your Arms Round A Memory’

Single A-side

1978




SSomething Better Change - The Stranglers.mp3OMETHING BETTER CHANGE

The Stranglers

Single double A-side with ‘Straighten Out’

1977






HSiouxsie And The Banshees - Happy House.mp3APPY HOUSE

Siouxsie & The Banshees

Single A-side

1980






HCowboys International - Here Comes A Saturday.mp3ERE COMES A SATURDAY

Cowboys International

Album track from ‘The Original Sin’.

1979






DSoft Cell - Down In The Subway (12 Version).mp3OWN IN THE SUBWAY

Soft Cell

Single A-side

1984






ILed Zeppelin - Good Times Bad Times (Remaster).mp3N THROUGH THE OUT DOOR

Led Zeppelin

Album

1979

*Apart from their eponymous debut LP, Led Zep

never did it for me. So I’ve put ‘Good Times Bad Times’,

the opening track from that 1969 disc.



Honourable mention:

‘Raspberry Beret’

PRINCE

Album track and single, 1985

“She walked in through the out door.”





BXTC - Burning With Optimism's Flames (2001 Remaster).mp3URNING WITH OPTIMISM’S FLAMES

XTC

Album track, 1980







GTHE JAM - Going Underground.mp3OING UNDERGROUND

The Jam

Single double A-side with ‘Dreams of Children’

1980






TSoft Cell - The Art Of Falling Apart.mp3HE ART OF FALLING APART

Soft Cell

Album title and track

1983






TThe Specials - Friday Night, Saturday Morning (2015 Remaster).mp3HURSDAY NIGHT & SATURDAY MORNING

In homage to:

Alan Sillitoe’s novel

‘Saturday Night and Sunday Morning’

1962

The Specials ‘Friday Night And Saturday Morning’

1981



TSoft Cell - L'Esqualita.mp3HIS FIRST NIGHT IN SODOM

In homage to:

Soft Cell

‘This Last Night In Sodom’

1984

(Featured track: L’Esqaualita)





MPatrick Cowley - Menergy (Reprise).mp3ENERGY

Patrick Cowley

Album title and track

1981







SPatrick Cowley - Menergy (feat. Sylvester).mp3ylvester

Single

1984








TBonnie Tyler - The World Is Full of Married Men.mp3HE WORLD IS FULL OF MARRIED MEN

Bonnie Tyler

Single ‘Married Men’ from the film ‘The World Is Full Of Married Men’.

1979







FBuzzcocks - Friends Of Mine.mp3RIENDS OF MINE

Buzzcocks

‘Spiral Scratch’ EP track

1977








I’Les Lee - I'm The One You Want (Club Mix).mp3M THE ONE YOU WANT

Les Lee

Single

1985

Born Leslie Wunderman, Les Lee later found global chart success as Taylor Dayne.





The HLes Lee (aka Taylor Dayne) - I'm The One You Want (12 Extended).mp3i-NRG remix by Ian Levine was released exclusively on Record Shack

in the UK








BDead Or Alive - Brand New Lover (12'' Version).mp3RAND NEW LOVER

Dead Or Alive

Single

1986







WPet Shop Boys - What Have I Done to Deserve This_ (with Dusty Springfield) (feat. Dusty Springfield).mp3HAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS?

Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield

Single

1987