(Round, Round, Round) Blue Rondo a la Turk - Al Jarreau

Chuffed to pick up a no barcode mint condition early pressing of Al Jarreau's classic Breakin' Away album on CD for 50p...yep...50p...yesterday. Is it me or do bits of this track sound like it influenced System Of A Down's Chop Suey? 

Les Fleurs - Ramsey Lewis

There are a few versions of Ramsey's interpretation of Les Fleurs out there, I've got a live one on a compilation album that doesn't seem to be online but this one will do. Sublime...

Adriana Again - Elbow

It took me a long, long time to get into Elbow but eventually the sheer number of great tracks that they'd built up over the years coupled with Guy Garvey's humbleness (try listening to his 6Music show on Sundays) won me over.  Their latest is a bit 'cooler' than some of their other stuff too, proving that they really do know their arse from their... 

Pinball - Brian Protheroe

 Rarely heard minor hit from the voice behind Channel 4's First Dates!  

Groove Is In The Heart - Deee-Lite

No autotune. No miming. And she dances her tights off too. No idea who filmed this back in 1990 but thank groove-ness they did. 

Skunk Funk - Galliano

Dug out an Acid Jazz compilation last night and this was one of the tracks on it. Reminds me of being a student in Brighton waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in 1992. What a different world that was eh? Happily, after a quick 26 year break, Galliano reformed last year and released a new album recently too. Bring back the 90s, that's what I say. You could get a kebab and three pints and still have change from a shilling.  

Hey Man - Misty's Big Adventure

Almost two and a half years have passed since Grandmaster Gareth went to that great jam jar in the sky and it's still hard to accept that I'll never have the chance to see one of the best bands that ever made an entire video in a car wash live ever again...

Makossa Blow - Manu Dibango

 If this doesn't get you shaking your tail feather into the weekend then nothing will...

Audacious - Franz Ferdinand

Another grower from Franz Ferdinand, quite possibly one of the best singles they've released in my very humble opinion. Slightly bonkers to think that they've been around over 20 years now though. I well remember buying and watching the DVD single (remember them?) of Take Me Out and thinking that I'd arrived in the future...

Quincy Jones RIP

If this was the only track that Jones had produced it would be more than enough in my book, but it's just the tip of a ruddy huge musical iceberg of stone cold classics that includes Off The Wall, Thriller and We Are The World, which raised the equivalent today of £222million for charity. And where would Austin Powers be without Soul Bossa Nova eh? 

Finally here's an all too rarely heard classic from the 80s that Quincy co-wrote as well as produced. 

Let's Have A Kiki - Scissor Sisters

Chuffed to hear that Scissor Sisters are back, it's a shame that Anna's not going to be touring this time but apparently she's working on other stuff. Although she's irreplaceable hopefully the band will have some guest vocalists on hand...Vanity Fairy would be great!