'Track 6' Playlist

Plus, a 'challenge winner' and an added bonus!

I’ll start with another big thankyou to everybody who has already read ‘Track 6’. Once again this has reached ‘Challenge 69’s highest readership so far. I hope you are all enjoying the story.

This episode’s ‘challenge’ must clearly have been more practical to solve as I received a few correct entries. The chapter’s stand-out ‘challenger’ though has to be Jane N, who got back to me with a correct solution less than two hours after ‘Track 6’ was posted (although I have heard rumour she has been organising her work shifts around my publication dates!) Congratulations Jane, excellent quizzing.

As usual, I’ve attached below a playlist of all the songs/artists referenced in ‘Track 6’. I really don’t expect many of you will work your way through all seventy-eight minutes of this, but if you are considering dipping in then I would highly recommend the New York section; from Leonard Cohen’s ‘Chelsea Hotel #2’ through to Talking Heads’ ‘Life During Wartime’.

Sheffield’s Limit Club proved a great place to see the best of the punk/post-punk period, but I can’t help feeling a pang of regret over missing out on CBGBs!

For an additional aural bonus this time (following my previous attempt to resurrect Jeff B’s Tunnelrunners) I have attached another reader produced song as an audio file (if the attachment works!). This one never saw the light of day of a full release, but it’s an interesting (and catchy) slice of Americana (out of Wales!) recorded by Nigel J and a few friends back in 1982. Take a listen and see what you think?

This may now be becoming an emerging trend (anybody else got a song to offer up?), as I’m currently liaising with another reader on something that I hope will end up supporting ‘Track 7’ - ‘How Soon is Now?’ shortly after its publication (due on 25 Nov).

Thanks again for reading ‘Challenge 69’.