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So yeah..why not Nick, knock yaself out! :)

215 - Wildcard Round 7
216 - Murder Ballads - Tim
217 - Posthumous releases (songs only released after the artist died, preferably studio material not remixes, do-overs, faux-duets or live stuff) - Brass Neck
218 - Anything with a watery title, e.g. Sea, River, Stream, Rain, Bath, Shower .... you get the idea - SussexWelsh
219 - The One Great Track From A Duff Album - Tech
220 - 'Ace music vids' - Pick a song featuring it's official music vid that you like (must be the vid the band/artist produced for the song) - theDuke
221 - No. 1 the day you were born - Spacepig
222 - No. 1 on the day you turned sweet sixteen - Brass Neck
223 - Live Alive-O - Live tracks you prefer to the studio original. Any track that is credited as being recorded live despite being overdubbed in the studio is acceptable.- KJS
224 - 'Rock On' All and every genre included - Jemma
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Cream of 2019 Summer rounds - commences Sun 30th June - 5 rounds.
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225 - Anything Celtic, Gaelic, Irish, Oirish, Breton, Cornish or recognisably influenced by such. - Sera69
226 - Me, myself and I - solo material from an artist who was/is a member of an established band. - Helen
227 - "Till the rancid sound of the accordion bursts..." any song featuring an accordion - Gordon
228 - Gettin' horny and blowin' Brass! - any track which prominently features brass instruments solo or as a horn section - Brass Neck

216 - Murder Ballads - Tim
217 - Posthumous releases (songs only released after the artist died, preferably studio material not remixes, do-overs, faux-duets or live stuff) - Brass Neck
218 - Anything with a watery title, e.g. Sea, River, Stream, Rain, Bath, Shower .... you get the idea - SussexWelsh
219 - The One Great Track From A Duff Album - Tech
220 - 'Ace music vids' - Pick a song featuring it's official music vid that you like (must be the vid the band/artist produced for the song) - theDuke
221 - No. 1 the day you were born - Spacepig
222 - No. 1 on the day you turned sweet sixteen - Brass Neck
223 - Live Alive-O - Live tracks you prefer to the studio original. Any track that is credited as being recorded live despite being overdubbed in the studio is acceptable.- KJS
224 - 'Rock On' All and every genre included - Jemma
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Cream of 2019 Summer rounds - commences Sun 30th June - 5 rounds.
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225 - Anything Celtic, Gaelic, Irish, Oirish, Breton, Cornish or recognisably influenced by such. - Sera69
226 - Me, myself and I - solo material from an artist who was/is a member of an established band. - Helen
227 - "Till the rancid sound of the accordion bursts..." any song featuring an accordion - Gordon
228 - Gettin' horny and blowin' Brass! - any track which prominently features brass instruments solo or as a horn section - Brass Neck
229 - The good life - A song that has a reference to the countryside in it's title. - TheFoe
Also with the -' Me, myself and I - solo material from an artist who was/is a member of an established band', can we include groups into that Helen?

Err, no Foe. Just solo stuff please eg. Morrissey, Paul Weller, Iggy Pop, Bob Mould, Mark Lanegan........um.........Marti Pellow, Sting, Phil Collins, Ronan Keating......

Err, no Foe. Just solo s..."
Sorry Helen I think you may have misunderstood my question. For instance Rakim from Eric B and Rakim or George Michael from Wham, as technically speaking they're not bands.

Ha! Yes, sorry Foe, totally misunderstood your question! Doh!
Ummm, I s'pose people who used to be/are a member of a duo will be ok.

217 - Posthumous releases (songs only released after the artist died, preferably studio material not remixes, do-overs, faux-duets or live stuff) - Brass Neck
218 - Anything with a watery title, e.g. Sea, River, Stream, Rain, Bath, Shower .... you get the idea - SussexWelsh
219 - The One Great Track From A Duff Album - Tech
220 - 'Ace music vids' - Pick a song featuring it's official music vid that you like (must be the vid the band/artist produced for the song) - theDuke
221 - No. 1 the day you were born - Spacepig
222 - No. 1 on the day you turned sweet sixteen - Brass Neck
223 - Live Alive-O - Live tracks you prefer to the studio original. Any track that is credited as being recorded live despite being overdubbed in the studio is acceptable.- KJS
224 - 'Rock On' All and every genre included - Jemma
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Cream of 2019 Summer rounds - commences Sun 30th June - 5 rounds.
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225 - Anything Celtic, Gaelic, Irish, Oirish, Breton, Cornish or recognisably influenced by such. - Sera69
226 - Me, myself and I - solo material from an artist who was/is a member of an established band. - Helen
227 - "Till the rancid sound of the accordion bursts..." any song featuring an accordion - Gordon
228 - Gettin' horny and blowin' Brass! - any track which prominently features brass instruments solo or as a horn section - Brass Neck
229 - The good life - A song that has a reference to the countryside in it's title. - TheFoe
230 - Bonus tracks - Any track added to a CD album as either an original release 'hidden' track or a re-release bonus track not on the original. This does not include any track which is a remix or a single version, but can be a single b-side that has been subsequently added to a re-released album.

He bought the Hair Gel ;o>

Ha! Yes, sorry Foe, totally misunderstood your quest..."
Cool, thanks. :-)

216 - Murder Ballads - Tim
217 - Posthumous releases (songs only released after the artist died, preferably studio material not remixes, do-overs, faux-duets or live stuff) - Brass Neck
218 - Anything with a watery title, e.g. Sea, River, Stream, Rain, Bath, Shower .... you get the idea - SussexWelsh
219 - The One Great Track From A Duff Album - Tech
220 - 'Ace music vids' - Pick a song featuring it's official music vid that you like (must be the vid the band/artist produced for the song) - theDuke
221 - No. 1 the day you were born - Spacepig
222 - No. 1 on the day you turned sweet sixteen - Brass Neck
223 - Live Alive-O - Live tracks you prefer to the studio original. Any track that is credited as being recorded live despite being overdubbed in the studio is acceptable.- KJS
224 - 'Rock On' All and every genre included - Jemma
---------------------------------------------------------------
Cream of 2019 Summer rounds - commences Sun 30th June - 5 rounds.
---------------------------------------------------------------
225 - Anything Celtic, Gaelic, Irish, Oirish, Breton, Cornish or recognisably influenced by such. - Sera69
226 - Me, myself and I - solo material from an artist who was/is a member of an established band. - Helen
227 - "Till the rancid sound of the accordion bursts..." any song featuring an accordion - Gordon
228 - Gettin' horny and blowin' Brass! - any track which prominently features brass instruments solo or as a horn section - Brass Neck
229 - The good life - A song that has a reference to the countryside in it's title. - TheFoe

216 - Murder Ballads - Tim
217 - Posthumous releases (songs only released after the artist died, preferably studio material not remixes, do-overs, faux-duets or live stuff) - Brass Neck
218 - Anything with a watery title, e.g. Sea, River, Stream, Rain, Bath, Shower .... you get the idea - SussexWelsh
219 - The One Great Track From A Duff Album - Tech
220 - 'Ace music vids' - Pick a song featuring it's official music vid that you like (must be the vid the band/artist produced for the song) - theDuke
221 - No. 1 the day you were born - Spacepig
222 - No. 1 on the day you turned sweet sixteen - Brass Neck
223 - Live Alive-O - Live tracks you prefer to the studio original. Any track that is credited as being recorded live despite being overdubbed in the studio is acceptable.- KJS
224 - 'Rock On' All and every genre included - Jemma
---------------------------------------------------------------
Cream of 2019 Summer rounds - commences Sun 30th June - 5 rounds.
---------------------------------------------------------------
225 - Anything Celtic, Gaelic, Irish, Oirish, Breton, Cornish or recognisably influenced by such. - Sera69
226 - Me, myself and I - solo material from an artist who was/is a member of an established band. - Helen
227 - "Till the rancid sound of the accordion bursts..." any song featuring an accordion - Gordon
228 - Gettin' horny and blowin' Brass! - any track which prominently features brass instruments solo or as a horn section - Brass Neck
229 - The good life - A song that has a reference to the countryside in it's title. - TheFoe

220 - 'Ace music vids' - Pick a song featuring it's official music vid that you like (must be the vid the band/artist produced for the song) - theDuke
221 - No. 1 the day you were born - Spacepig
222 - No. 1 on the day you turned sweet sixteen - Brass Neck
223 - Live Alive-O - Live tracks you prefer to the studio original. Any track that is credited as being recorded live despite being overdubbed in the studio is acceptable.- KJS
224 - 'Rock On' All and every genre included - Jemma
---------------------------------------------------------------
Cream of 2019 Summer rounds - commences Sun 30th June - 5 rounds.
---------------------------------------------------------------
225 - Anything Celtic, Gaelic, Irish, Oirish, Breton, Cornish or recognisably influenced by such. - Sera69
226 - Me, myself and I - solo material from an artist who was/is a member of an established band. - Helen
227 - "Till the rancid sound of the accordion bursts..." any song featuring an accordion - Gordon
228 - Gettin' horny and blowin' Brass! - any track which prominently features brass instruments solo or as a horn section - Brass Neck
229 - The good life - A song that has a reference to the countryside in it's title. - TheFoe
230 - Bonus tracks - Any track added to a CD album as either an original release 'hidden' track or a re-release bonus track not on the original. This does not include any track which is a remix or a single version, but can be a single b-side that has been subsequently added to a re-released album.

222 - No. 1 on the day you turned sweet sixteen - Brass Neck
223 - Live Alive-O - Live tracks you prefer to the studio original. Any track that is credited as being recorded live despite being overdubbed in the studio is acceptable.- KJS
224 - 'Rock On' All and every genre included - Jemma
---------------------------------------------------------------
Cream of 2019 Summer rounds - commences Sun 30th June - 5 rounds.
---------------------------------------------------------------
225 - Anything Celtic, Gaelic, Irish, Oirish, Breton, Cornish or recognisably influenced by such. - Sera69
226 - Me, myself and I - solo material from an artist who was/is a member of an established band. - Helen
227 - "Till the rancid sound of the accordion bursts..." any song featuring an accordion - Gordon
228 - Gettin' horny and blowin' Brass! - any track which prominently features brass instruments solo or as a horn section - Brass Neck
229 - The good life - A song that has a reference to the countryside in it's title. - TheFoe
230 - Bonus tracks - Any track added to a CD album as either an original release 'hidden' track or a re-release bonus track not on the original. This does not include any track which is a remix or a single version, but can be a single b-side that has been subsequently added to a re-released album.
231 - Wildcard Round 8

222 - No. 1 on the day you turned sweet sixteen - Brass Neck
223 - Live Alive-O - Live tracks you prefer to the studio original. Any track that is credited as being recorded live despite being overdubbed in the studio is acceptable.- KJS
224 - 'Rock On' All and every genre included - Jemma
---------------------------------------------------------------
Cream of 2019 Summer rounds - commences Sun 30th June - 5 rounds.
---------------------------------------------------------------
225 - Anything Celtic, Gaelic, Irish, Oirish, Breton, Cornish or recognisably influenced by such. - Sera69
226 - Me, myself and I - solo material from an artist who was/is a member of an established band. - Helen
227 - "Till the rancid sound of the accordion bursts..." any song featuring an accordion - Gordon
228 - Gettin' horny and blowin' Brass! - any track which prominently features brass instruments solo or as a horn section - Brass Neck
229 - The good life - A song that has a reference to the countryside in it's title. - TheFoe
230 - Bonus tracks - Any track added to a CD album as either an original release 'hidden' track or a re-release bonus track not on the original. This does not include any track which is a remix or a single version, but can be a single b-side that has been subsequently added to a re-released album.
231 - Wildcard Round 8
232 - Songs with someone laughing on them. Can be in the middle of the song, or before it starts, or at the end - Tim

Hmm...i wonder who'll be brave enough to nom The Laughing Policeman for that one Tim?!!! ;-)

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see comment history 221 - No. 1 the day you were born - Spacepig
222 - No. 1 on the day you turned sweet sixteen - Brass Neck
223 - Live Alive-O - Live tracks you prefer to the studio original. Any track that is credited as being recorded live despite being overdubbed in the studio is acceptable.- KJS
224 - 'Rock On' All and every genre included - Jemma
---------------------------------------------------------------
Cream of 2019 Summer rounds - commences Sun 30th June - 5 rounds.
---------------------------------------------------------------
225 - Anything Celtic, Gaelic, Irish, Oirish, Breton, Cornish or recognisably influenced by such. - Sera69
226 - Me, myself and I - solo material from an artist who was/is a member of an established band. - Helen
227 - "Till the rancid sound of the accordion bursts..." any song featuring an accordion - Gordon
228 - Gettin' horny and blowin' Brass! - any track which prominently features brass instruments solo or as a horn section - Brass Neck
229 - The good life - A song that has a reference to the countryside in it's title. - TheFoe
230 - Bonus tracks - Any track added to a CD album as either an original release 'hidden' track or a re-release bonus track not on the original. This does not include any track which is a remix or a single version, but can be a single b-side that has been subsequently added to a re-released album.
231 - Wildcard Round 8
232 - Songs with someone laughing on them. Can be in the middle of the song, or before it starts, or at the end - Tim
233 - Any song title that references an occupation or trade - SussexWelsh

For the next theme "Live Alive-O", are live session tracks eligible? Eg. Peel sessions stuff?

For the next theme "Live Alive-O", are live session tracks eligible? Eg. Peel sessions stuff?"
Any track recorded in front of a live audience that you think makes an earlier studio recording of it redundant.


How many takes did they record before they were happy with the finished one?
I was thinking live in a club, theatre, arena ,at a festival etc. One chance to get it right.
E.g . No Woman, No Cry by Bob Marley recorded live at The Lyceum 1975 is far superior to the studio version 1974.
I Want You To Want Me by Cheap Trick recorded live at The Budokan in 1979 is better than the studio version 1977.
In both these the crowd participation helps to make the tracks better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBRYS...
Edit - If it's a no then I'll just choose something else.

I like that track. All About Eve, Cranberries , Sundays all in one.
Anyway, I'm not going to tell anyone what to nominate. I'll leave it up to you.


224 - 'Rock On' All and every genre included - Jemma
Is it a free-for-all? Is it just rock songs or does "every genre" mean folk, country, opera?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_...

That's what I'm thinking of. Tracks that come from albums that are credited as being recorded live in concert, one off B sides, bonus track on a reissue album , a track on a box set etc.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_..."
Thanks Jemma. That link clears things up.

That's what I'm thinking of. Tracks that come from albums that are credite..."
Cheers KJS..that's just candy dandy for me!

I'm going to have to nom a live studio session instead too, I can't find any of the live concert tracks I was looking for on YouTube :-(

At first I thought it said "Banana Thrash"! :-)
I came across some music called "goat wave" a while ago.......

Altin Gün's new album is very good indeed (watch out in 'best of 2019.. so far' games). I have Grup Simsek's album on the way. Then of course there Khruangbin's second album which draws on pre-revolutionary Iranian sounds amongst others.

---------------------------------------------------------------
Cream of 2019 Summer rounds - commences Sun 30th June - 5 rounds.
---------------------------------------------------------------
225 - Anything Celtic, Gaelic, Irish, Oirish, Breton, Cornish or recognisably influenced by such. - Sera69
226 - Me, myself and I - solo material from an artist who was/is a member of an established band. - Helen
227 - "Till the rancid sound of the accordion bursts..." any song featuring an accordion - Gordon
228 - Gettin' horny and blowin' Brass! - any track which prominently features brass instruments solo or as a horn section - Brass Neck
229 - The good life - A song that has a reference to the countryside in it's title. - TheFoe
230 - Bonus tracks - Any track added to a CD album as either an original release 'hidden' track or a re-release bonus track not on the original. This does not include any track which is a remix or a single version, but can be a single b-side that has been subsequently added to a re-released album.
231 - Wildcard Round 8
232 - Songs with someone laughing on them. Can be in the middle of the song, or before it starts, or at the end - Tim
233 - Any song title that references an occupation or trade - SussexWelsh
234 - 'Two-fer-one tracks' - Any track that is really two songs in one.
I've come across songs that are either seperate on the album/single, but are often 'lumped' together on YT, cos both tracks follow a similar rhythym or beat throughout, or they flow seemlessly from one into the other; or two tracks that are con-joined on the album/single as one, if you get my drift. So anything that fits that criteria, will suffice.

224 - 'Rock On' All and every genre included - Jemma
---------------------------------------------------------------
Cream of 2019 Summer rounds - commences Sun 30th June - 5 rounds.
---------------------------------------------------------------
225 - Anything Celtic, Gaelic, Irish, Oirish, Breton, Cornish or recognisably influenced by such. - Sera69
226 - Me, myself and I - solo material from an artist who was/is a member of an established band. - Helen
227 - "Till the rancid sound of the accordion bursts..." any song featuring an accordion - Gordon
228 - Gettin' horny and blowin' Brass! - any track which prominently features brass instruments solo or as a horn section - Brass Neck
229 - The good life - A song that has a reference to the countryside in it's title. - TheFoe
230 - Bonus tracks - Any track added to a CD album as either an original release 'hidden' track or a re-release bonus track not on the original. This does not include any track which is a remix or a single version, but can be a single b-side that has been subsequently added to a re-released album. - Fishy Jim
231 - Wildcard Round 8
232 - Songs with someone laughing on them. Can be in the middle of the song, or before it starts, or at the end - Tim
233 - Any song title that references an occupation or trade - SussexWelsh
234 - 'Two-fer-one tracks' - Any track that is really two songs in one. - Duke

Discomfort Zone. - for good or ill, a record in which the act crosses genres with, let's say, positive results.
224 - 'Rock On' All and every genre included - Jemma
---------------------------------------------------------------
Cream of 2019 Summer rounds - commences Sun 30th June - 5 rounds.
---------------------------------------------------------------
225 - Anything Celtic, Gaelic, Irish, Oirish, Breton, Cornish or recognisably influenced by such. - Sera69
226 - Me, myself and I - solo material from an artist who was/is a member of an established band. - Helen
227 - "Till the rancid sound of the accordion bursts..." any song featuring an accordion - Gordon
228 - Gettin' horny and blowin' Brass! - any track which prominently features brass instruments solo or as a horn section - Brass Neck
229 - The good life - A song that has a reference to the countryside in it's title. - TheFoe
230 - Bonus tracks - Any track added to a CD album as either an original release 'hidden' track or a re-release bonus track not on the original. This does not include any track which is a remix or a single version, but can be a single b-side that has been subsequently added to a re-released album. - Fishy Jim
231 - Wildcard Round 8
232 - Songs with someone laughing on them. Can be in the middle of the song, or before it starts, or at the end - Tim
233 - Any song title that references an occupation or trade - SussexWelsh
234 - 'Two-fer-one tracks' - Any track that is really two songs in one. - Duke
235 - Discomfort Zone. - for good or ill, a record in which the act crosses genres with, let's say, positive results. - tech

think of an act recording a song (their own or a cover) that lies outside their comfort zone, and is a departure from their usual output and style. this should be respectful of the genre tackled - a jolly good bash!
a good example might be elvis costello does country with 'good year for the roses'
and if this round is a howling success (not bloody likely) the theme could be reversed to highlight bad examples of this.
think led zeppelin's puerile take on reggae, 'D’yer Mak’er'.

It's essentially this; I've always wanted to know, how would previous winning tracks from older rounds, would fare, if they were put into a playlist of say 10 tracks at a time, and voted on. Obviously, we can only go back as far as when we set up home on Goodreads (unless somebody did actually keep a record of all the winning songs from the Zon days!)...but all the previous rounds since Oct 2017, are still available to view.
To ensure that 'we' do not catch up with recent rounds too quickly, these 'special winners face off' rounds, could be held every few months or so, say 2 to 3 rounds per year. We'll start with the oldest rounds first, and we could even include the older cream of rounds winners perhaps. Everybody gets 3 votes to use as they see fit...and we'll find out who really tops the 'charts'.
That's about as far as i've got with it to date..whaddya think?
It's an idea in development, so any suggestions on this, are welcome.

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