Most years between Christmas and New Year’s I do a wee DJ set at the San Fran, our way of letting the people know the bar’s open again in the lead up to Bill E’s New Year’s Eve extravaganza. It’s a low-key thing. Summer tunes. Usually “Kiwi BBQ” is the theme, this year I decided to play some kitsch and classic Kiwi tunes but also some Yacht Rock and other 70s and 80s staples. A random mix really. Just some tunes I like. That’s always the plan. Or as much of a plan as there can be.  So it was all vinyl all night, and here’s what was played…

1. Dimmer, Drop You Off
2. Marti Caine, Love The Way You Love Me
3. Fat Freddy’s Drop, The Raft
4. Coup d’Etat, Dr. I Like Your Medicine
5. Mockers, Swear It’s True
6. Beach Boys, Kokomo
7. Jenny Morris, You I Know
8. Icehouse, Great Southern Land
9. Cold Chisel, Forever Now
10. Dire Straits, Water of Love (Charlie Gillett Session)
11. Lawnmaster, Skinny
12. Wings, Let ‘Em In
13. John Rowles, If I Only Had Time
14. Herbs, Sensitive To A Smile
15. Dennis O’Brien, Julia
16. Chicago Smoke Shop, Mind On My Sleeve
17. BADBADNOTGOOD, Shame (instrumental)
18. Seattle Pure Dynamite, I Wonder Love
19. Septimus, Here I Go Again
20. Split Enz, One Step Ahead
21. Dave McArtney and The Pink Flamingos, Virginia
22. The Pelicans, Krazy Legs
23. The Bats, North by North
24. Coconut Rough, Sierra Leone
25. Avantdale Bowling Club, Years Gone By
26. The Nudge, Dark Arts
27. Builders, Magpies
28. Th’ Dudes, That Look In Your Eyes
29. Delaney Davidson, Tell It To You
30. Phoenix Foundation, Buffalo
31. Lindsey Buckingham, Trouble
32. Steely Dan, Hey 19
32. Boz Scaggs, Lowdown
33. Toto, Rosanna
33. George Benson, Love X Love
34. Christopher Cross, Ride Like The Wind
35. Hall & Oates, Private Eyes
36. Duran Duran, Save A Prayer
37. Tina Turner, Private Dancer
38. Alison Moyet, Love Resurrection
39. Debbie Harry, Backfired
40. Diana Ross, I’m Coming Out
41. The B-52’s, Dry County
42. Pet Shop Boys, Surburbia
43. Bronski Beat, Smalltown Boy
44. New Order, Bizarre Love Triangle
45. OMD, Enola Gay
46. Thompson Twins, Love On Your Side
47. Paul McCartney, Temporary Secretary
48. Talking Heads, Once In A Lifetime
49. Bruce Hornsby & The Range, The Way It Is
50. Spandau Ballet, True
51. John Lennon, Watching The Wheels
52. Grayson Hugh, Talk It Over
53. The Peddlers, On A Clear Day
54. Mike Post, Theme From Hill Street Blues
55. Joe Jackson, Steppin’ Out
56. The Alan Parsons Project, The Eye In The Sky
57. Roxy Music, Avalon
58. The Housemartins, Caravan of Love
59. UB40, Food For Thought
60. Commodores, Sail On
61. Harry Belafonte, Island In The Sun
62. Stephen Bishop, It Might Be You
63. Dexys, Now

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