A list of the puzzles and their solutions for this year.
January[]
- Wishbone Ash: 'The King Will Come'
- Queen: 'Killer Queen'
- Stranglers: 'Princess Of The Streets'
- Connection: Royalty.
- Deep Purple: 'Fools' (LP-Fireball) (Harvest)
- Ian Dury And The Blockheads: 'Blockheads' (LP-New Boots And Panties) (Stiff)
- Mott The Hoople: 'The Golden Age Of Rock N Roll' (LP-The Hoople) (CBS)
- Connection: Ian (Paice, Dury & Hunter).
- Emerson Lake And Palmer: 'Lucky Man' (LP-Emerson Lake And Palmer) (Island)
- Yes: 'Turn Of The Century' (LP-Going For The One) (Atlantic)
- Thin Lizzy: 'Suicide' (LP-Fighting) (Vertigo)
- Connection: Death.
- Emerson Lake And Palmer: 'Brain Salad Surgery' (LP-Works Vol.2) (Atlantic)
- Queen: 'Sheer Heart Attack' (LP-News Of The World) (EMI)
- Led Zeppelin: 'Houses Of The Holy' (2xLP-Physical Graffiti) (Swan Song)
- Connection: The tracks do not appear on the album of the same name.
February[]
- Peter Gabriel: ’Here Comes The Flood (LP-Peter Gabriel 1 ('Car')) (Charisma)
- David Bowie: ’"Heroes" (LP-"Heroes")' (RCA)
- Blondie: ’Fade Away And Radiate (LP-Parallel Lines)' (Chrysalis)
- Connection: all tracks feature Robert Fripp on guitar.
- 09 February 1979
- David Bowie: 'Friday On My Mind' (LP-Pin-Ups) (RCA)
- Van Morrison: 'Heavy Connection' (LP-A Period Of Transition) (Warner Bros)
- Elvis Costello: 'Night Rally' (LP-This Year's Model) (Radar)
- Connection: is the words "Friday", "Night" & "Connection"!
March[]
- Utopia: ‘Trapped’ (LP-Oops! Wrong Planet) (Bearsville)
- Grand Funk Railroad: ‘Shinin' On’ (LP-Shinin' On) (Capitol)
- Meat Loaf: ‘Paradise By The Dashboard Light’ (LP-Bat Out Of Hell) (Epic)
- Connection: all tracks taken from albums produced by Todd Rundgren.
- Free: ‘Mr Big’ (LP-Free Live) (Island)
- Argent: ‘Liar’ (LP-Argent) (CBS)
- Family: ‘Burlesque’ (LP-Bandstand) (Reprise)
- Connection: the connection is in the song titles but the tape flip cuts Tommy off before he can fully explain.
- Eddie And The Hot Rods: ‘Get Out Of Denver’ (7”EP-Live At The Marquee) (Island)
- Bob Seger: ‘Main Street’ (LP-Night Moves) (Capitol)
- Thin Lizzy: ‘Rosalie’ (2xLP-Live And Dangerous) (Vertigo)
- Connection: all tracks written by Bob Seger.
- Camel: 'Lunar Sea' (LP-Moonmadness) (Decca)
- Pink Floyd: 'Money' (LP-Dark Side Of The Moon) (Harvest)
- Santana: 'She's Not There' (2xLP-Moonflower) (CBS)
- Connection: The Moon
- Deep Purple: 'Fireball (LP-Fireball)' (Harvest)
- Black Sabbath: 'Air Dance (LP-Never Say Die!)' (Vertigo)
- Barclay James Harvest: 'Poor Man's Moody Blues (LP-Gone To Earth)' (Polydor)
- Dire Straits: 'Down To The Waterline (LP-Dire Straits)' (Vertigo)
- Connection: four elements - fire, air, earth, water
April[]
- Jimi Hendrix: 'Star Spangled Banner'
- Lone Star: 'Bells Of Berlin'
- Rainbow: 'Stargazer'
- Connection: Star
- Rush: 'Overture' (LP-2112) (Mercury)
- Genesis: 'The Musical Box' (LP-Nursery Cryme) (Charisma)
- Rick Wakeman: 'Judas Iscariot' (LP-Criminal Record) (A&M)
- Connection: Religion / Biblical (Last line of Overture is 'and the meek shall inherit the earth')
- Focus: 'Hocus Pocus' (LP-Moving Waves)
- Uriah Heep: 'Magician's Birthday' (LP-Magician's Birthday)
- Cheap Trick: 'Clock Strikes Ten' (LP-At Budokan)
- Connection: Magic
- Thin Lizzy: 'Cowboy Song'
- Emerson Lake & Palmer: 'The Sheriff'
- Outlaws: 'Green Grass And High Tides'
- Connection: Wild West
May[]
- The Who: 'I Am The Sea' (2xLP-Quadrophenia)
- Procol Harum: 'A Salty Dog' (LP-Live With The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra)
- Mountain: 'Nantucket Sleighride' (LP-Nantucket Sleighride)
- Connection: The Sea
- Genesis: 'Dancing With The Moonlit Knight' (LP-Selling England By The Pound)
- Pink Floyd: 'Brain Damage' (LP-Dark Side Of The Moon)
- Deep Purple: 'Listen, Learn, Read On' (LP-Book Of Taliesyn)
- Connection: The track lyrics include the album title
- Television: 'See No Evil' (LP-Marquee Moon)
- Electric Light Orchestra: 'Can't Get It Out Of My Head' (LP-Eldorado)
- Van Der Graaf Generator: 'White Hammer' (LP-The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other)
- Connection: Electrical Inventions
June[]
- No connection this week due to re-broadcast of Yes Live At Wembley.
- Clash: 'White Man In Hammersmith Palais'
- Tubes: 'White Punks On Dope'
- Bonzo Dog Band: 'Big Shot'
- Connection: Punk
- Queen: 'Liar' (LP-Queen)
- 10CC: 'Don't Hang Up' (LP-How Dare You)
- Manfred Mann's Earth Band: 'Saturn, Lord Of The Ring / Mercury The Winged Messenger' (LP-Solar Fire)
- Connection: Mercury
- Jethro Tull: 'Too Old To Rock n Roll, Too Young To Die' (LP-Too Old To Rock n Roll, Too Young To Die)
- Elton John: 'Indian Sunset' (LP-Madman Across The Water)
- AC DC: 'Let There Be Rock' (LP-Let There Be Rock)
- Connection: Young (in the lyrics of "Indian Sunset" and the Young brothers of AC DC)
- Al Di Meola: 'Race With The Devil On Spanish Highway' (LP-Elegant Gypsy)
- Santana: 'Gypsy Queen' (LP-Lotus)
- Jimi Hendrix: 'Message To Love' (LP-Band Of Gypsys)
- Connection: Gypsy
July[]
- Led Zeppelin: 'Rock and Roll' (LP-Song Remains The Same)
- Be Bop Deluxe: 'Sound Track' (LP-Futurama)
- 10CC: 'Second Sitting For The Last Supper' (LP-Original Soundtrack)
- Connection: Soundtrack
- Neil Young: 'After The Gold Rush' (LP-After The Gold Rush)
- Yes: 'Arriving UFO' (LP-Tormato)
- Sex Pistols: 'Anarchy In The UK' (LP-Never Mind The Bollocks)
- Connection: Other bands named in the track titles.
- Roger Chapman: 'Shape Of Things' (LP-Chappo)
- Chris Squire: 'You By My Side' (LP-Fish Out Of Water)
- Eric Clapton: 'Mean Old Frisco' (LP-Slowhand)
- Connection: Nicknames (Chappo, Fish, Slowhand)
- Patti Smith Group: So You Want To Be (A Rock`N`Roll Star) (LP - Wave) Arista
- Meat Loaf: Bat Out Of Hell (LP - Bat Out Of Hell) Epic
- Steve Hillage: Electrick Gypsies (LP - L) Virgin
- Connection: All produced by Todd Rundgren
August[]
- 03 August 1979
- Pink Floyd: 'Breathe' (LP-Dark Side Of The Moon)
- Genesis: 'I Know What I Like' (LP-Selling England by the Pound)
- Rolling Stones:
- Connection: Knebworth. All the bands had recently headlined
- 10 August 1979
- Pink Floyd: 'Any Colour You Like' (LP-Dark Side Of The Moon)
- Ted Nugent: 'Stormtrooper' (LP-Double Live Gonzo)
- Montrose: 'Bad Motor Scooter' (LP-Montrose)
- Connection: Muppets (Floyd, Gonzo & Scooter)
- Brand X: 'Earthdance' (LP-Masques)
- Groundhogs: 'Earth Is Not Room Enough' (LP-Who Will Save The World)
- Robin Trower: 'Confessing Midnight' (LP-For Earth Below)
- Connection: Earth
- Crosby Stills Nash And Young: 'Southern Man' (LP-Four Way Street)
- Led Zeppelin: 'Black Dog' (LP-Led Zeppelin IV)
- Billy Cobham: 'Quadrant Four' (LP-Spectrum)
- Connection: Four
- Nazareth: 'Whiskey Drinking Woman' (LP-Hair Of The Dog)
- Wings: 'Medicine Jar' (3xLP-Wings Over America)
- Thin Lizzy: 'Opium Trail' (LP-Bad Reputation)
- Connection: Scottish guitarists - nobody got it this week so it will be repeated next week
September[]
- Nazareth: 'Whiskey Drinking Woman' (LP-Hair Of The Dog)
- Wings: 'Medicine Jar' (3xLP-Wings Over America)
- Thin Lizzy: 'Opium Trail' (LP-Bad Reputation)
- Connection: Scottish guitarists - nobody got it last week so it was repeated this week
- 14 September 1979
- Led Zeppelin 'In The Evening'
- Todd Rundgren 'The Seven Rays'
- Chas And Dave 'The Sideboard Song'
- Connection: All played at Knebworth this year
- Steve Hillage: 'Musick Of The Trees' (LP-Green)
- David Gilmour: 'It's Deafinitely' (LP-David Gilmour)
- Kansas: 'Point Of Know Return' (LP-Two For The Show)
- Connection: Intentionally incorrect spelling
- Genesis: 'Afterglow' (LP-Wind And Wuthering)
- Jon Anderson: 'Flight Of The Moorglade' (LP-Alias Of Sunhillow)
- Camel: 'Unevensong' (LP-Raindances)
- Connection: Weather
October[]
- Supertramp: The Two of US (LP-Even in the Quiestest Moments)
- Queen: Seven Seas of Rhye (LP-Queen 2)
- Montrose: Space Station Number Five
- Connection: 275, one of Radio 1's then MW frequencies
- Manfred Mann's Earth Band: 'The Road To Babylon (LP-The Roaring Silence)' (Bronze)
- Black Sabbath: 'Killing Yourself To Live (LP-Sabbath Bloody Sabbath)' (WWA)
- Man: 'Back Into The Future (LP-Back Into The Future)' (United Artists)
- Connection: contradictions in titles (oxymorons)
- UFO: 'Built For Comfort' (LP-Phenomenon)
- Foghat: 'I Just Want To Make Love To You' (7” Single)
- Rolling Stones: 'Little Red Rooster' (7” Single)
- Connection: all songs written by Willie Dixon
- Styx: 'Queen Of Spades' (LP-Pieces Of Eight)
- Whitesnake: 'Queen Of Hearts' (LP-Northwinds)
- Wishbone Ash: 'Diamond Jack' (LP-Front Page News)
- Connection: playing cards
November[]
- Led Zeppelin: 'Trampled Underfoot' (LP-Physical Graffiti)
- Jefferson Airplane: 'Wooden Ships' (LP-Voluteers)
- Budgie: 'Breadfan' (LP-Never Turn Your Back On A Friend)
- Connection: flight
- Blues Brothers: 'I Can't Turn You Loose' (LP-Briefcase Full Of Blues)
- Neil Young: 'Hey Hey My My (Into The Black)' (LP-Rust Never Sleeps)
- Pink Floyd: 'Pigs On The Wing' (LP-Animals)
- Connection: Songs that open and close the album, an unintended link is colours
- No connection this week - "Now We Are One" 1st anniversary show.
- Bruce Springsteen: 'Born To Run' (LP-Born To Run)
- Bob Seger: 'Night Moves' (LP-Night Moves)
- Edgar Winter: 'Frankenstein' (LP-They Only Come Out At Night)
- Connection: Seasons (Summer is in lyrics of Night Moves)
- No connection this week - Roger Waters "The Wall" special.
December[]
- Jefferson Starship: 'Ride The Tiger' (LP-Dragonfly)
- Rush: 'Anthem' (LP-Fly By Night)
- Scorpions: 'Top Of The Bill' (LP-In Trance)
- Connection: insects; TV allows Scorpion as an insect.
- Steppenwolf: 'Jupiter's Child' (LP-At Your Birthday Party)
- Manfred Mann's Earth Band: 'Pluto the Dog' (LP-Solar Fire)
- Steve Miller Band: 'Mercury Blues' (LP-Fly Like an Eagle)
- Connection: planets
- Peter Frampton: 'It's a Plain Shame' (LP-Wind Of Change)
- Free: 'All Right Now' (LP-Fire And Water)
- Robin Trower: 'Shame The Devil' (LP-For Earth Below)
- Connection: Elements, no one got this but loads of people said "shame" so they chose one of those as a winner.
- No connection this week because of Christmas post.