Playlist 04.10.10

I was in the NME office in 1991 when the news came through that Morrissey had recruited a guitarist called Boz Boorer. In the days before the internet, knowledge was the personal stuff in your head, and luckily I knew something about the guy's form. He had been a member of the Polecats, a UK rockabilly combo with a minor hit, 'John I'm Only Dancing' in 1981, followed by 'Rockabilly Guy' and a version of Marc Bolan's 'Jeepster'. Later he appeared on The Tube with The Shillelagh Sisters, bashing out 'Give Me My Freedom', a Motown-cowpunk hybrid that I was fond of.

Boz was good for Morrissey, finding his way with 'Vauxhall And I' and helping to write many songs with swaggering cool. I met the man in the BBC Belfast studios a few years back. He was over for a rockabilly festival at Clarendon Dock and was decent company.

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Mondays, ten - midnight

Playlist 04.10.10

John Lennon - Instant Karma (Apple)

Badly Drawn Boy - I Saw You Walk Away (One Lost Fruit)

Boz Boorer - Miss Pearl (Floating World)

The Lowly Knights - Burning Powder (We Collect Records)

Mark Ronson - Somebody To Love Me (Sony)

Susan Cadogan - Hurt So Good (Trojan)

Tender Trap - Dansette Dansette (Fortuna Pop)

Ben Folds - Belinda (Nonesuch)

Antony And The Johnsons - Thanks You For Your Love (Rough Trade)

The Good Fight - Passport (Halfway)

Neil Young - Love And War (Reprise)

St Etienne - You're In A Bad Way (Heavenly)

Boz Boorer - Rockaway Beach (Floating World)

Building Pictures - Simple Gesture (white)

Ronnie Spector - Ode To LA (Music Collection)

Alexandro Escovedo - Down In The Bowery (Fantasy)

Deerhunter - Helicopter (4ad)

Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue (Crimson)

Antony And The Johnsons - Fletta (Rough Trade)

Captain Kennedy - No Fried Of Mine (white)

Elliott Smith - Happiness (Domino)

Cowboy Junkies - Renmin Park (Proper)

The Lowly Knights - Even Keel (We Collect Records)

Neil Young - Peaceful Valley Boulevard (Reprise)