Amazingly or not, ye olde Plain Or Pan is now 4 years young. This year saw the double-whammy milestones of reaching one million visitors and, on a personal level, having my writing recognised to the extent that I was invited to interview Sandie Shaw in advance of her appearing at the summer’s Vintage At Goodwood festival. My interview was subsequently published in the hardback Annual that festival goers could buy at the event. Which was nice.
As has been something of a tradition at the start of a year, I’ve put together a compilation of the most downloaded tracks over the past year – 2 CDs worth of covers, curios and hard-to-find classics. I like to think of it as a potted representation of what Plain Or Pan is about.
Tracklist Disc 1:
Jackson 5 I Want You Back acapella
Dean Carter Jailhouse Rock
Frankie Valli Queen Jane Approximately
Chris Bell I Am The Cosmos
Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson I Am The Cosmos
Scott Walker Black Sheep Boy
Tim Buckley Dolphins
Sandie Shaw I Don’t Owe You Anything
Big Maybelle 96 Tears
Patti Jo Make Me Believe In You
Curtis Mayfield (Don’t Worry) If There’s Hell Below We’re all Gonna Go (takes 1& 2)
Brinkley & Parker. Don’t Get Fooled By The Pander Man
Sly Stone Time For Livin’ (early version)
Maggie Thrett Soupy
Sheila and B. Devotion Spacer
Happy Mondays Staying Alive
Aretha Franklin / Duane Allman The Weight
Funkadelic Maggot Brain (alt mix)
Tracklist Disc 2:
Spiritualized Can’t Help Falling In Love
Serge Gainsbourg Melody
Stone Roses Something’s Burning (demo)
Can I’m So Green
Alex Chilton My Baby Just Cares For Me
Elliott Smith I’ll Be Back
The Czars Where the Boys Are
Peter Fonda November Night
Beach Boys Never Learn Not To Love
Charles Manson Cease To Exist
Wedding Present Happy Birthday (Peel Session)
Penny Peeps Model Village
The Stairs Woman Gone And Say Goodbye
Kinks Sittin’ On My Sofa
Ramones Judy Is A Punk (1975 demo)
Capsula Run Run Run
White Stripes Party Of Special Things To Do
13th Floor Elevators Slip Inside This House
Jake Holmes Dazed & Confused
White Antelope Silver Dagger
Arcade Fire Poupee de Cire, Poupee de Son
The Velvelettes Needle In A Haystack acapella
Each disc comes packaged as one big downloadable .rar file, complete with artwork.
If you’re new here, welcome and happy downloading! If you’re a regular here, you may have some or all of these tracks already, so why not download anyway and burn a CD for someone who might appreciate it?
Plain Or Pan 
The next meeting of the quite interesting music society (later this month) has the title ‘Unplugged’ so thanks for the Jackson 5 track – I’m sure it’ll make an appearance
Bob the Chiropodist
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