#TimelyTunes Day 3: 02:00 2am | Foals youtu.be/-QAfvKBVZD8

#31DaysofReggae Day 3 Money in my Pocket | Dennis Brown I seem to remember buying the “12” Disco Mix”, which was of course nothing to do with disco! youtu.be/oUwfDAa325w

#NewOrderEvolution Day 3: Still Something Must Break Dead Souls Decided to limit my choices to studio rather than live recordings, but Sister Ray deserves a shout out. Shame I’ve never heard their version of Louie Louie (“wow”) although I did see them live a couple of times.

#TimelyTunes Day 4: 02:45 Quarter to Three | Bruce Springsteen Don't you know that I danced, I danced 'til a quarter to three With the help last night of Daddy G A Gary US Bonds song, adopted by Bruce and a favourite in his live shows. This from ‘78: youtu.be/k1wqVIZR0ho

#31DaysofReggae Day 4 Ice Cream Love | Johnny Clarke Laughable lyrics but a terrific update of Burning Spear’s ‘He Prayed’ rhythm. Great dub version on the flip side too. youtu.be/x8dvPk8mNN0

#NewOrderEvolution Day 4: Substance Atmosphere Transmission And Love Will Tear Us Apart just misses the cut.

#TimelyTunes Day 5: 03:00 They Can’t Take That Away From Me | Fred Astaire “The way you hold your knife The way we danced till three” Written by George and Ira Gershwin for the 1937 musical ‘Shall We Dance’. youtu.be/fuufFgAMkGE

#31DaysofReggae Day 5 Roast Fish and Corn Bread | Lee Perry I am making my selections on the fly and suspect there will be several Perry singles featuring through the month. This link includes the dub version on the flip side: youtu.be/T9LZwKA2Udw

#NewOrderEvolution Day 5: Movement Dreams Never End The Him In many ways Movement sounded like a Joy Division album, and indeed had there been a third Joy Division album it may well have sounded like Movement. So definitely an album that is a bridge between the two bands.

#TimelyTunes Day 6: 03:00 3am Eternal | The KLF It’s still three o’clock in the morning..! youtu.be/R5F_A78MElI

#NewOrderEvolution Day 6: 1981-1982 Temptation Everything’s Gone Green Temptation is an all time favourite but I have to say, nothing can top Hooky playing it live with The Light! Amazing at Manchester’s Albert Hall in September 2018: youtu.be/lSIN-oCY760

#31DaysofReggae Day 6 Makka Splaff | Steel Pulse I believe I first heard this song on Short Circuit, the compilation recorded live at Manchester’s Electric Circus. youtu.be/uqr1tuCfMMw

#TimelyTunes Day 7: 04:00 Four O’Clock in the Morning | The Pogues From the band’s final album, Pogue Mahone, and the second without Shane. They were never the same without Shane. youtu.be/WKtCxn7evY0

#NewOrderEvolution Day 7: Power, Corruption & Lies Age of Consent Your Silent Face To be honest, it took me a while to warm to PC&L… I bought it within a day or two of its release but didn’t play it much at the time. 🤔

#31DaysofReggae Day 7 African Dub Chapter Three | Joe Gibbs and the Professionals Going with an album today… we all bought this along with our punk records in 1977/78. youtu.be/IQWYHJvrBBQ

#NewOrderEvolution My favourite album: Power, Corruption & Lies by New Order by Jude Rogers 💙 for Guardian music theguardian.com/music/musicblo…

#NewOrderEvolution Day 8: Low-Life Sunrise Love Vigilantes

#31DaysofReggae Day 8 King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown Augustus Pablo Going with another album today and an LP that was a must have alongside yesterday’s selection, African Dub Chapter Three. youtu.be/XHANusHem7E

#NewOrderEvolution Day 9: Brotherhood Weirdo Bizarre Love Triangle To be honest, by the mid-80s I’d moved onto other music - jazz primarily - and wasn’t keeping up with all things NO. It’s only in recent years that I’ve picked up the baton again.

#5albums79 Yachts | Yachts Y | The Pop Group Two albums that couldn’t be more different, but each perfect in its own way, and (nerdy fact), consecutive releases on Radar Records (RAD19/RAD20).