The Poetry Club setlist (15/08/2014)

Last night was terriffic!  Teenage Fanclub eased through a beautiful set in the loveliest of settings.  The Poetry Club afterwards was fun, too.  Here's what I played:

1. Sandy Posey - Single Girl (MGM)
2. Maureen Tucker - Around and Around (Trash / Varulven)
3. Memphis - You Supply The Roses (Swamplands)
4. Mystic Eyes - I Can't Wait To Love You (Get Hip)
5. The Groove Farm - Surfin' Into Your Heart (The Subway Organisation)
6. Myron & E w/ The Soul Investigators - On Broadway (Timmion)
7. The Striders - There's A Storm Coming (Columbia)
8. The Palace Guard - Falling Sugar (Orange Empire)
9. Comet Gain - You Can Hide Your Love Forever (Fortuna Pop)
10. Crystal Stilts -Through The Floor (Fortuna Pop)
11. The Shall-I-Say-Quois - It's So Hard To Be Happy (Damaged Goods)
12. The Youth - I'll Call Your Bluff (State)*
13. JJ Barnes - Real Humdinger (Tamla-Motown)
14. Othello Robertson - So In Luv (Outta Sight)
15. Bettye Swann - Fall In Love With Me (Money)
16. Lung Leg - Maid To Minx (Southern)
17. The Mo-dettes - White Mice (Rough Trade)
18. The Third Booth - I Need Love (Independence 68)
19. The Paper Dolls - All The Time In The World (Vogue)
20. Petula Clark - Fancy Dancin' Man (Vogue)
21. The Magic Kids - Hey Boy (Goner)
22. The Chills - Heavenly Pop Hit (Slash / London)
23. Jackie Wilson - Because Of You (Go Ahead)
24. The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go? (Stateside)
25. The Gentle Touch - Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy (Kapp)
26. Mamie Lee - I Can Feel Him Slipping Away (MGM)
27. 1910 Fruitgum Co. - Goody Goody Gumdrops (Buddah)
28. Noonday Underground - London (Jonathan Whiskey)
29. The Chesterfields Kings - She Told Me Lies (Mirror)
30. The Embrooks - Dawn Breaks Through (Circle)
31. The Motions - The Same Old Song (Havoc)
32. Kaleidoscope - Jenny Aritchoke (Fontana)
33. The Style Council - Shout To The Top (Polydor)
34. James Fountain - Seven Day Lover (Harmless)
35. Delores Hall - Good Lovin' Man (Keymen)

Thanks for all the dancing, folks!  It was a total blast to hear The Shall-I-Say-Quois' strident mixing of Jacques Dutronc's "Le Responsable" with The Monkees' "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" at head-wrecking volume:

* Thanks to Mole from State Records for the loan of a test pressing of The Youth 7".  You're a gent, sir!

Post-Teenage Fanclub gig shindig at The Poetry Club

(ace flyer by Carrie from The Voidoid Archive)

On August 15th Teenage Fanclub play at the beautifully renovated Kelvingrove Bandstand in Glasgow.  If it's anywhere near as good as Belle & Sebastian's celebratory show there a few weeks ago, it'll be a real highlight of summer 2014.  After the show there's a free shindig at The Poetry Club where filmmaker and former The Jesus & Mary Chain bassist Douglas Hart will be playing some tunes.  It'll be fascinating to hear his selections.  I'll also be making an appearance behind the decks under the wee train.  There's every chance I'll play the Go Ahead reissue - no 'original vinyl only' snobbery from me; I'm no Daddy Warbucks, y'know - of Jackie Wilson's mighty "Because of You":

Come along and dance like a loon.  It'll be better if you're there!

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