A list of the puzzles and their solutions for this year.
January[]
- Nico: 'All That Is My Own' (LP-Desertshore)
- John Cale: 'Heartbreak Hotel' (LP-Slow Dazzle)
- Lou Reed: 'Rock n Roll' (LP-Rock and Roll Animal)
- Connection: Velvet Underground
- Steve Hackett: 'Racing In A' (LP-Please Don't Touch)
- ELO: 'Illusions In G Major' (LP-Eldorado)
- Brand X: 'And So To F' (LP-Product)
- Connection: musical keys.
- Peter Gabriel: 'On The Air (LP-Peter Gabriel 2 (Scratch))' (Charisma)
- Steve Hillage: 'Radio (LP-Motivation Radio)' (Virgin)
- Montrose: 'Space Station No. 5 (LP-Montrose)' (Warner Bros.) [1]
- Connection: radio
- Scorpions: 'Loving You Sunday Morning (LP-Lovedrive)' (Harvest)
- Genesis: 'Dusk (LP-Trespass)' (Charisma)
- Led Zeppelin: 'In The Evening (LP-In Through The Out Door)' (Swan Song)
- Connection: times of day
February[]
- 01 February 1980
- Nils Lofgren: 'Keith Don't Go (Ode To The Glimmer Twin) (LP-Nils Lofgren)' (A&M)
- Pink Floyd: 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond (LP-Wish You Were Here)' (Harvest)
- John Lennon: 'How Do You Sleep? (LP-Imagine)' (Apple)
- Connection: other people in the music business (Keith Richard, Syd Barrett, Paul McCartney)
- Janis Joplin: 'Me And Bobby McGee (LP-Pearl)' (CBS)
- Canned Heat: 'On The Road Again (LP-Boogie With Canned Heat)' (Liberty)
- Jimi Hendrix Experience: 'All Along The Watchtower (2xLP-Electric Ladyland)' (Track Record)
- Connections: (1) all acts played at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967; and (2) deaths of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Alan Wilson in 1970
- Genesis: 'Snowbound' (LP-And Then There Were Three)
- Led Zeppelin: 'Immigrant Song' (LP-Led Zeppelin III)
- Santana: 'Toussaint L'Overture' (LP-Santana III)
- Connection: three
- Show not in archive.
- 29 February 1980
- Spooky Tooth: 'Better By You Better Than Me'
- Gary Wright: 'Dream Weaver'
- Only Ones: 'Curtains For You'
- Connection: Mike Kelly (drummer for Only Ones) was a member of Spooky Tooth as was Gary Wright
March[]
- MC5: 'Kick Out The Jams' (LP-Kick Out The Jams)
- Ted Nugent: 'Stormtroopin' (LP-Ted Nugent)
- David Bowie: 'Panic In Detroit' (LP-Aladdin Sane)
- Connection: Detroit
- Joni Mitchell: 'Edith And The King Pin' (LP-Hissing Of Summer Lawns)
- Sid Vicious: 'Something Else' (LP-Sid Sings)
- Uriah Heep: 'Free and Easy' (LP-Innocent Victim)
- Connection: Captain Beaky!! Hissing Sid is Innocent.
- Jack Bruce: 'How's Tricks' (LP-How's Tricks)
- Baker Gurvitz Army: 'Mad Jack' (LP-Baker Gurvitz Army)
- Eric Clapton: 'Cocaine' (LP-Slowhand)
- Connection: Cream
- Steely Dan: 'Night By Night' (LP-Pretzel Logic)
- Bonzo Dog Band: 'My Pink Half Of The Drainpipe' (LP-Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse)
- Jeff Beck: 'Goodbye Pork Pie Hat' (LP-Wired)
- Connection: Food
April[]
- Manfred Mann's Earth Band: 'Blinded By The Light' (LP-Roaring Silence)
- Patti Smith: 'Because The Night' (LP-Easter)
- Bruce Springsteen: '4th Of July, Asbury Park' (LP-The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle)
- Connection: All three tracks were written by Bruce Springsteen.
- Bob Dylan: 'Lay Lady Lay' (LP-Nashville Skyline)
- Television: 'Venus' (LP-Marquee Moon)
- Rainbow: 'Tarot Woman' (LP-Rainbow Rising)
- Connection: London venues. Nashville / Marquee / Rainbow
- Eagles: 'Wasted Time (Reprise)' (LP-Hotel California)
- James Gang: 'Funk #49' (LP-James Gang Rides Again)
- Joe Walsh: 'Pavanne' (LP-So What)
- Connection: Joe Walsh
May[]
- Grand Funk Railroad: 'Are You Ready' (LP-Live Album)
- Procol Harum: 'Toujours L'amour' (LP-Grand Hotel)
- Styx: 'The Grand Illusion' (LP-The Grand Illusion)
- Connection: Grand
- Jimi Hendrix: 'Dolly Dagger' (LP-Rainbow Bridge) Reprise
- Eagles: 'Hotel California' (LP-Hotel California) Asylum
- Stray: 'Suicide' (LP-Suicide) Transatlantic
- Connection: Gruesome Weapons; Daggers, Guns, Knives
- No connection this week as show is Flashback 1969.
- Pink Floyd: 'Have A Cigar' (LP-Wish You Were Here) Harvest
- Genesis: 'Supper's Ready - The Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man' (LP-Foxtrot) Charisma
- Roy Harper: 'Cherishing The Lonesome' (LP-Bullinamingvase) Harvest
- Connection: Harvest; Record Label, Lyrics
- Led Zeppelin: 'Royal Orleans' (LP-Presence)
- Thunderclap Newman: 'Something In The Air'
- Tangerine Dream: 'Cloudburst Flight' (LP-Force Majeure)
- Connection: Royal Air Force
June[]
- Styx: 'Renegade' (LP-Pieces Of Eight)
- Genesis: 'Fountain Of Salmacis' (LP-Nursery Cryme)
- Cream: 'Tales Of Brave Ulysses' (LP-Disraeli Gears)
- Connection: Greek mythology
- Blue Oyster Cult: 'ME262' (LP-Secret Treaties)
- Neil Young: 'Like A Hurricane' (LP-American Stars And Bars)
- Jefferson Starship: 'Big City' (LP-Spitfire)
- Connection: war planes
- Lynyrd Skynyrd: 'Saturday Night Special' (LP-One More For The Road)
- Elton John: 'Saturday Nights Alright For Fighting' (LP-Goodbye Yellow Brick Road)
- AC/DC: 'Touch Too Much' (LP-Highway To Hell)
- Connection: Highways, Roads
- Rush: 'Beneath Between and Behind (LP-Fly By Night)' (Mercury)
- Van Halen: 'Running With The Devil (LP-Van Halen)' (Warner Bros.)
- Uriah Heep: 'Firefly (LP-Firefly)' (Bronze)
- Connection: Lee - Geddy Lee, David Lee Roth and Lee Kerslake
July[]
- No connection this week as Tommy is going on holiday for a few weeks.
- No connection. Genesis live at Lyceum, London.
- No connection. Ian Gillan guest DJ.
- No connection. Repeat of Roger Waters special about The Wall.
August[]
- Yes: 'Parallels' (LP-Going For The One)
- Deep Purple: 'Smoke On The Water' (LP-Machine Head)
- Krokus: 'Heatstrokes' (LP-Metal Rendez-vous)
- Connection: Switzerland. Going For The One recorded in Montreux; Smoke On The Water lyrics reference Montreux and Swiss Time; Krokus are a Swiss based band.
- Leon Russell: 'Delta Lady' (LP-Best Of)
- UFO: 'Alpha Centauri' (LP-No Place To Run)
- Gamma: 'Fight To The Finish' (LP-Gamma)
- Connection: Greek letters.
- Lone Star: 'Bells Of Berlin' (LP-Firing On All Six)
- Mike Oldield: 'Tubular Bells' (LP-Tubular Bells)
- Thin Lizzy: 'Whiskey In The Jar' (7” Single)
- Connection: Bell - Eric Bell guitarist of Thin Lizzy
- King Crimson: '21st Century Schitzoid Man' (LP-In The Court Of The Crimson King)
- The Beatles: 'When I'm Sixty Four' (LP-Sgt Pepper)
- Deep Purple: 'A200' (LP-Burn)
- Connection: 21 + 200 + 64 = 285 - Radio One wavelength
- Jimi Hendrix: 'Gypsy Eyes' (LP-Electric Ladyland)
- Black Sabbath: 'Planet Caravan' (LP-Paranoid)
- Rory Gallagher: 'Souped Up Ford' (LP-Against The Grain)
- Connection: All three guitarists are left handed. (Oh no they aren't, Rory is right handed. The mistake is spotted during the week and Tommy sets his own connection next week.)
September[]
- Boston: 'Smokin' (LP-Boston)
- Television: 'Friction' (LP-Marquee Moon)
- The Cars: 'Moving In Stereo' (LP-The Cars)
- Connection: Each track is from the band's debut album.
- Rush: 'Cinderella Man' (LP-A Farewell To Kings)
- Motorhead: 'Dead Men Tell No Tales' (LP-Bomber)
- Mahogany Rush: 'Broken Heart Blues' (LP-World Anthem)
- Connection: All three bands are trios
- April Wine: 'I Like To Rock' (LP-Monsters of Rock compilation)
- Beatles: 'All You Need Is Love' (single)
- Blue Oyster Cult: 'Marshal Plan' (LP-Cultösaurus Erectus)
- Connection: Each song has a little bit of another song in it.
- Molly Hatchet: 'Boogie No More' (LP-Flirtin With Disaster)
- Alice Cooper: 'Billion Dollar Babies' (LP-Billion Dollar babies)
- Thin Lizzy: 'Whiskey In The Jar' (7” Single)
- Connection: Girls names.
October[]
- Eric Clapton: 'Bottle Of Wine' (LP-Eric Clapton)
- Eagles: 'Tequila Sunrise' (LP-Desperado)
- Lynyrd Skynyrd: 'Whiskey Rock-A-Roller' (LP-Nuthin' Fancy)
- Connection: Booze.
- Pink Floyd: 'Careful With That Axe Eugene' (LP-Ummagumma)
- Wishbone Ash: 'Throw Down The Sword' (LP-Live Dates)
- Dire Straits: 'Six Blade Knife' (LP-Dire Straits)
- Connection: Blades.
- Joe Walsh: 'Rocky Mountain Way' (LP-The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get)
- Curved Air: 'Vivaldi' (LP-Air Conditioning)
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: 'Ohio' (LP-4 Way Street)
- Connection: Way
- Aphrodite's Child: 'The Four Horsemen' (LP-666) (Vertigo)
- The Who: 'Love Reign O'er Me' (LP-Quadrophenia) (Track)
- Black Sabbath: 'Wheels Of Confusion' (LP-Black Sabbath Vol 4) (Vertigo)
- Connection: four
- No connection this week due to "Flashback 70"
November[]
- UFO: Rock Bottom (LP-Phenomenon)' (Chrysalis)
- Pink Floyd: 'Another Brick in the Wall (2xLP-The Wall)' (Harvest)
- Motorhead: 'Stone Dead for Ever (LP-Bomber)' (Bronze)
- Connection: Building materials (Rock, Brick & Stone)
- 14 November 1980
- No connection this week as it was the 2nd Birthday Show called Twos up.
- Jethro Tull: 'Fylingdale Flyer (LP-A)' (Chrysalis)
- Pink Floyd: 'Young Lust (2xLP-The Wall)' (Harvest)
- Love: 'The Red Telephone (LP-Forever Changes)' (Elektra)
- Connection: telephone (lyrics, end of track, title)
- Roger Daltrey: 'Free Me (LP-McVicar)' (Polydor)
- Alan Parsons Project: 'Breakdown (LP-I Robot)' (Arista)
- Judas Priest: 'The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) (LP-Unleashed in The East (Live In Japan))' (CBS)
- Connection: men of the cloth (Vicar/Parson/Priest)
December[]
- Joe Walsh: 'Turn To Stone (LP-So Far So Good)' (ABC)
- Iron Maiden: 'Remember Tomorrow (LP-Iron Maiden)' (EMI)
- Manfred Mann's Earth Band: 'Angels At My Gate (LP-Angel Station)' (Bronze)
- Connection: Stone Age, Iron Age, Bronze Age (label name)
- Van Halen: 'Ice Cream Man (LP-Van Halen)' (Warner Bros.)
- Rush: 'By-Tor & The Snow Dog (LP-Fly By Night)' (Mercury)
- Johnny Winter: 'Pick Up On My Mojo (LP-John Dawson Winter III)' (Blue Sky)
- Connection: ice, snow, winter
- Outlaws: 'Green Grass & High Tides (LP-The Outlaws)' (Arista)
- Eagles: 'Certain Kind of Fool (LP-Desperado)' (Asylum)
- James Gang: 'Walk Away (LP-Live In Concert)' (Probe)
- Connection: bad men of the West
- No connection this week, repeat of Genesis live at The Lyceum
- Footnotes
- ↑ 'Bad Motor Scooter' played by mistake, but correct track announced by TV.