The House Of Love - 'Christine' (live 1988 UK TV appearance). youtu.be/NHk1R3kKYL8?si… via YouTube #1988Top20 4 - The House Of Love - Christine - Brilliant live performance from The South Bank Show that catapulted them into the nation’s consciousness barry martin

Spacemen 3 - Revolution - Video youtu.be/bmSHLA9Vg48?si… via YouTube #1988Top20 3 - Spacemen 3 - Revolution - 1988 release on Fire 🔥 Records , an unrelenting aural assault to blow away the cobwebs on a Monday Morning , fabulous 😀 barry martin

Pixies - Gigantic youtu.be/xJncHEZ3URs?si… via YouTube #1988Top20 2 - Pixies - Gigantic - The only single release from ‘Surfer Rosa’ but a worthy choice from a fabulous album barry martin

The House of Love - Destroy the Heart (Snub 09-01-1989) youtu.be/kHQtGLivVoM?si… via YouTube #1988Top20 1 - The House Of Love - Destroy The Heart - Standalone single from 1988 , Bickers guitar will do for me 👍 Thanks barry martin for a trip back in time 😀

The Fall - Hit The North youtu.be/v5zav2yrC7M?si… via YouTube Very late #fallfriday with a nod to all the Notts fans heading to Morecambe tomorrow & Carlisle Tuesday , bring home the points lads 🤞 theFALLthings

Curtain Call youtu.be/TXxoCg8AK4c?si… via YouTube #Top20LongSongs 20 - The Damned - Curtain Call - Remarkable track that takes up the entirety of Side 3 from The Black Album , released in 1980 , just the 17 min 15 secs worth , superb 😃 Nathan

Modern English - The Choicest View (1982 B-side) youtu.be/lX8nbtk_Y1U?si… via YouTube #Top20LongSongs 19 - Modern English - The Choicest View - Epic sprawling track , B - side to ‘Life In The Gladhouse’ , 1982 single release on 4AD , clocking in at 11 mins 40 Nathan

So good that gigs are happening at The Boat Club again - California outfit Redd Kross with a most agreeable racket for a Sunday Evening

EDDIE & THE HOT RODS - Beginning Of The End, "Live BBC" Old Grey Whistl... youtu.be/rX5Kce9rDY4?si… via YouTube #Top20LongSongs 18 - Eddie & The Hot Rods - Beginning Of The End - Stellar 8m15 tune from the brilliant album ‘Life On The Line’ released December 1977 Nathan

Survivors - Pt.2 youtu.be/0gPim0H-KOo?si… via YouTube #Top20LongSongs 17 - Wasted Youth - Survivors Pt 2 - 8min 10 closing track from their superb Post Punk Debut Album ‘Wild & Wandering’ on Bridge House Records from 1981 - fabulous album I still play to death Nathan

Alternative Facts youtu.be/XURUMfnIQLc?si… via YouTube #Top20LongSongs 16 - Mush - Alternative Facts - Catchy 2017 release from this Post Punk Leeds band clocking in at 9min 40 , first saw them as a support act at Sheffield Leadmill some years ago Nathan

Public Image Ltd.- Albatross youtu.be/CEToKGfjlmM?si… via YouTube #Top20LongSongs 15 - PIL - Albatross - Stunning opener to 1979 follow up album ‘Metal Box’ & a real Post Punk game changer Nathan

Cockney Rebel - Death Trip youtu.be/mQ6peUGTmsY?si… via YouTube #Top20LongSongs 14 - Cockney Rebel - Death Trip - Steve Harley closes off 1973 debut album ‘The Human Menagerie’ with an epic ten minute adventure Nathan

E.S.T. (Trip to the Moon) youtu.be/GXbnBfmTKjU?si… via YouTube #Top20LongSongs 13 - Alien Sex Fiend - E.S.T ( Trip To The Moon ) - Best version of this song from their 1984 Album ‘Acid Bath’ - Mr & Mrs Fiend at the controls with an infectious 8 min 15 ride Nathan

The Boiling Boy youtu.be/BIM458ljA5I?si… via YouTube #Top20LongSongs 12 - Wire - The Boiling Boy - 1988 recording on Mute from their IBTABA album sees Wire ever more experimental on this near nine minute odyssey Nathan

Lucretia My Reflection (2018 Remaster) youtu.be/bpte1HPawvU?si… via YouTube #Top20LongSongs 11 - Sisters Of Mercy - Lucretia My Reflection - 1988 single & longer version than the one which surfaced on ‘Floodland’ the previous year , Andrew Eldritch in fine voice Nathan

Roman Candle (Extended Mix) youtu.be/MemJ3sq2w3E?si… via YouTube #Top20LongSongs 10 - Flesh For Lulu - Roman Candle , sprawling ten minute version of the leading track from their 1983 debut EP , been a huge fan of their stuff ever since , great band Nathan

Cabaret Voltaire - Just Fascination (1983) youtu.be/uczS4xOF3GU?si… via YouTube #Top20LongSongs 9 - Cabaret Voltaire - Just Fascination - Enduring tune from 1983 fully deserving of its 9 mins + treatment - Underrated Sheffield band who influenced so many others Nathan

Skylon! youtu.be/3VXK1AdihkI?si… via YouTube #Top20LongSongs 8 - Gruff Rhys - Skylon! - Closing track from the Super Furry Animals frontman second solo album ‘Candylion’ released in 2007 , fasten your seatbelts & prepare for takeoff 🛫 on this near 15 min flight Nathan

The NWRA youtu.be/mo5aOzojsqU?si… via YouTube #FallFriday #Top20LongSongs 7 - The Fall - The North Will Rise Again - From the excellent 1980 album ‘Grotesque’ Mark E Smith & Co hit the spot with this epic track Nathan