Listen Up! once again brings you a mid-afternoon escape. What pathways in the music maze we will end up in?

One with lots of riffs, crunchy chords, proto-punk, psych tinged nuggets, power pop and other  hook-filled rock ‘n’ roll releases.

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Playlist (Artist -Title- Album – Year of song)

Opening Theme
Man or Astroman? – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996

The Barracudas – God Bless The 45 – God Bless The 45  7″ – 2013
Slade – Raven – Play It Loud – 1970
Hush – Oh Me, Oh My – Oh Me, Oh My/No More Worries – 1976
Hotlegs – Lady Sadie – Thinks School Stinks – 1970

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Action Strasse – Tomorrow Belongs To Me – 1975
Free – Mr. Big – Fire and Water – 1970
Cozy Powell – And There Was Skin – Dance With The Devil/And Then There Was Skin – 1973

Jet – Nothing To Do With Us – Jet – 1975
Sweeney Todd – Roxy Roller – Sweeney Todd – 1975

The Gun – Drives You Mad – The Gun – Gun – 1968
Maxx – 200 Years – Various: Relics Vol. 2 – 1969
Cherry Slush – I Cannot Stop You – Various:  Boulders Vol.5 – 1968

Raw Meat – Stand By Girl – Stand-By Girl/Out in The Country – 1969
The Legend – Portrait Of Youth – Various:  Boulders – Vol. 11 – 1968
Hot Poop – Dance To The War – Does Their Own Stuff! – 1971

The Hammersmith Gorillas – You Really Got Me – Various: Glitterbest – UK Glam With Attitude 1971-1976 – 1974
Crow – Slow Down – Crow By Crow – 1970
Galactus – Live With Me – Live With Me / You Can’t Win – 1976

The Arrows – Toughen Up – Various: Velvet Tinmine 20 Junk Shop Glam Ravers – 1974
Pagan Blitz – Slippin’ Away – Slippen Away/Rosalie – 197?
Quick Fox – Feel My Touch – Feel My Touch/Indian – 1978
Godson – We’ve Not Made It – Various: The Electric Asylum – 1971

The Sweet – Action – Action: The Sweet Anthology – 1975
Jook – Aggravation Place – Different Class  – 1978
Sky – Goodie Two Shoes -Don’t Hold Back – 1970

The Dictators – Heartache – Manifest Destiny – 1977
New York Dolls – Trash – New York Dolls – 1973
Neon Boys – That’s All I Know (Right Now) – Neon Boys, The / Richard Hell + The Voidoids (Part III) – 1973

Mott The Hoople – Violence – Mott – 1973

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