The chapter titles are those of songs.
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S
TEPPING OUT
Kool & The Gang (Steppin’ Out)
Single A-side, 1981
J
oe Jackson (Steppin’ Out)
Single A-side, 1983
D
ON’T TREAD ON THE CRACKS
Wah! Heat
‘Don’t Step On The Cracks’ is the B-side to Seven Minutes To Midnight,1980. Me being me, having chapter titles containing ‘stepping’ followed by ‘step’ was annoying.
T
HE THROAT OF WINTER
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Album track from ‘Unicorn’, 1969
W
ATCHING THE WHEELS
John Lennon
Single A-side, 1980
W
as (Not Was) ‘Wheel Me Out’
Single A-side, 1980
‘Wheel Me Out’ was the original chapter title, but as my experience unfolds, the published title is more apt.
R
EET PETITE
Jackie Wilson
Single A-side 1957
W
HERE HAVE ALL THE GOOD TIMES GONE?
The Kinks
Single B-side of ‘Till The End Of The Day’ 1965
(
Later covered by David Bowie on Pin-Ups, 1973)
W
HAT BECOMES OF THE BROKENHEARTED?
Jimmy Ruffin
Single A-side, 1966
A
LL THINGS MUST PASS
George Harrison
From album All Things Must Pass, 1970
H
OT LOVE
T. Rex
Single A-side 1971
R
EMEMBER WHEN?
The Platters
Album track from Remember When?, 1959
IN
SECURE ME
Soft Cell
B-side to 12” single Torch 1982
The 12” extended versions are the best musical experience!
R
EMEMBER THE DAYS OF THE OLD SCHOOLYARD
Linda Lewis
Single A-side (Remember The Days Of) The Old Schoolyard 1974
W
HIP IT
Devo
Single A-side, 1980
H
OWZAT
Sherbet
Single A-side 1976
W
ALK TALL
Val Doonican
Single A-side 1964
I
SEE YOUR NAME UP IN LIGHTS
Disco Tex & The Fangito Fireflies
B-side to ‘Boogie Flap’
Album track: Disco Tex & His Sex-O-Lettes Revue’ 1975
T
OO PERSONAL
Generation X
Debut LP track 1978
TI
GHTEN UP
Trojan Records compilation 1969
(Val Bennett’s version of ‘Spanish Harlem’)
AI
N’T NO SUNSHINE
Bill Withers
Single A-side 1971
S
HOWDOWN
Electric Light Orchestra
Single A-side, 1973
T
HE FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST
P.P. Arnold
Single A-side, 1967
D
ON’T LEAVE ME THIS WAY
Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes
Single A-side 1975
T
helma Houston
Single A-side 1976
D
EATH DISCO
Public Image Limited
Single A-side 1979
S
OMETHING’S GONE WRONG AGAIN
Buzzcocks
Single B-side 1979
W
ILD YOUTH
Generation X
Single A-side, 1977
**
The B-side, ‘Wild Dub (Version)’ is the side that I most favoured almost obsessively.
VIOLENCE GROWS
‘Fatal’ Microbes
Three track single, 1979
S
AFETY IN NUMBERS
The Adverts
Single A-side, 1977
T
OO MUCH PARANOIA
Taken from the Sex Pistols ‘Holidays In The Sun’: “Claustrophobia, there’s too much paranoia..”
Also:
D
evo LP track, ‘Too Much Paranoias’ from ‘Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!” 1978
C
OULDN’T GET IT RIGHT
Climax Blues Band
Single A-side, 1976
B
USTIN’ OUT
Material
12” single A-side, 1980
W
ITNESS THE CHANGE
Pete Shelley
UK single B-side, 1981
USA single A-side 1981
Canadian limited edition 12” single A-side 1981
S
AY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE
Soft Cell
Single A-side, 1982
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