Hey it's me, your old pal Will with a truly jam packed episode of Vinyl-O-Matic. This week we have fewer than normal singles, but way more music... how did that happen? Well, let's find out as we travel from single with a-sides that begin with the letter S, as in "Save It for Later."

Wow! We made it. We just heard a bootleg 45 from Vigotone featuring an in-studio performance at KROQ by XTC supporting their Oranges & Lemons release from 1989. It started off with Scarecrow People and Mayor of Simpleton on the a-side; Medley: Senses Working Over Time, Grass, and Love on a Farmboy's Wages on the b-side; Blue Beretand Medley: Great Fire and Dear God and Big Day on the c-side; and finally King for a Day, Medley: Rock the Boat, and Hungry Heart Beats, and Welcome to the Garden of Earthly Delights on the d-side. Phew. And we got the show started off with The English Beat and their 1982 IRS Records promo single "Save It For Later", which is definitely so nice I would normally play it twice, but we're pressed for time here.
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Heavy dude. We heard not one but two, two! releases from Southern Lord Records. We got that set off with 10 songs on one 45 by Atlanta vegan grindcore guys Dead in the Dirt from 2011. The a-side contained The Screaming Wind/Bastards of the Bleak/Disease/Two Flames/Burden of Life, while the b-side had Can They Suffer?/Biting at the Binds/Sever the Tie/Skin Graft/Fear. That was followed up by a slightly groovier heavy cover by Boris of the Dutch band Earth & Fire's single "Seasons".
Moving right along, the theme song from the American re-broadcast of the British tv series Danger Man.

This time around we had two, two! television theme songs. We just heard Ichirou Mizuki bringing us the 1974 KAmen Rider X themes "Set Up! Kamen Rider X" and "White Bullet Cruiser" on the a-side along with "I Am X Kaisogu". Prior to that we hear Johnny Rivers and "Secret Agen Man" on Imperial Records from 1966. Went all the way up to number 3 on the hot 100.
This concludes our thrilling episode of Vinyl-O-Matic. If you have any questions about what you have heard, drop me a line: will(at)vinylomatic(dot)com. You can also find show notes, archived episodes and RSS feeds by pointing your browser in the direction of vinylomatic(dot)com. Next time, we will resume a more normal pace as we continue our journey through singles that begin with the letter S as in Sierra. Join me, won't you?