Singles going steady, unsteady, rocksteady ... (Randompod #1, June 2025)

I was threatening to do something based on the the slogfest experience of going through all my seven-inch singles earlier this week, and ... now I have. Yes, excitingly, I've knocked together this new podcast on - wait for it - a brand-new Mixcloud channel. NiluccioRandom. 

Brilliant name, no? It's for occasional podcasts comprising er, extra stuff. In other words, music that isn't in my regular monthly podcast (complete with my lovely voice), that isn't in my quarterly dub/reggae selection, and (you guessed it) music that isn't in my scorchingly-good quarterly noisepod. (Have you got all that?). Yeah, with these randompods I'm like a DJ who's demob-happy, ditching their carefully-constructed setlist and just playing "any old shit" according to their mood. Cool (I guess). So here they are: 26 not-especially-planned tunes. Stuff that caught my eye as I waded through stacks of 7"s, getting dusty, tired, bleary-eyed and bored. They're not necessarily the best singles ever made - though a couple of them are definitely right up there (have a guess which two I'm thinking of ...) - but they're still pretty good. Sure, you may think this is a shoddy selection by a know-nothing idiot with a mediocre record collection, but er, I think I'm doing the best I ever have. Yeah, stand by all you fans of seven-inch vinyl. It's time for: singles going steady, unsteady, rocksteady ...

1: Butterflies Of Love, Rob a bank

2: Scotty, Salvation train

3: Low, Those girls 

4: Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, Shakin’ all over

5: Norman Greenbaum, Spirit in the sky

6: Loves, She’ll break your heart again

7: Earth Wind & Fire, Getaway

8: Heptones, Mama say

9: Mint Chicks, Anti-tiger

10: Avons, Alone at eight

11: Jubilee All-Stars, Don’t give up on me

12: Primetime, Get a grip

13: Scritti Politti/Ranking Ann, Flesh & blood

14: Byron Lee & The Dragonaires, Too late

15: Pete Swanson, High time

16: Pink Grip, Crotch pocket

17: Dave Clarke Five, Mighty good loving

18: Nolls, Losing game

19: Chocolate Milk, Action speaks louder than words

20: Zumjay, Ghetto life

21: Chuck Berry, Let it rock

22: Ace, How long

23: Matic Horns, Gideon fighter

24: Piltdown Men, Brontosaurus stomp

25: Orange Juice, Rip it up

26: Restless Mashaits, Africa dub