Aquarian Dream - Phoenix

A boy in pants on flaming dove.

Even the background snare and hi hat sounds like the truffling snuffling of London toilets. Ceefax music to take bolivian marching powder to, but there's nice groove to this. Very moreish.

The Who - Pinball Wizard

Elton John once stayed in a Park Lane hotel, and irritably rang recption to ask them if "they could do something about the rain". We forgive him because once upon he did this track with the Who, and was great. Nobody plays pinball anymore, but Pinball Wizard remains piano at its cockiest and rockiest.

Eurovision Special

Okay, it's a month late, but things move slow in the world of the Pink Half. Eurovision is a silly nationalistic contest, which like as official top pop nation in the world, Britain likes to win. No one is to pretend we don't want to win. We want to colonise it. We've currently got a new Cold War against the ex communist bloc because they are all voting for each other. At least they're voting, eh?

Here's Lulu with the enigmatic "Boom Bang-A-Bang". If you listen closely you can hear Sid James tickling Barbara Windsor in the orchestra pit.

Brothers Johnson - Strawberry Letter 23

Another lush one, oh well. I promise something edgy soon. But my excuse is that this is just as lovely as rainbow kittens.

Grupo Santa Esmeralda - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

Outstanding. Makes you glad that Quentin Tarantino is such a music geek.

Motown Music Machine - Bach To Bach

You know everytime I hear this I wonder what the seventies were like. What kind of bad king arse nightclub could play this record? I just want to see the dancing. You'd have to be good to dance to this properly, I think, and not look like some air punching twit.

Simultaneously brilliant and also very silly, Motown Music Machine is what would be playing in your dentist were he the Devil.

Judy Cheeks - Mellow Lovin'

So irritating that I cannot find this brilliant track anywhere on the internet. Not even on CD. It therefore goes on the list.

It's black soul Abba. Oh goody!