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A list of the puzzles and their solutions for this year.

January[]

  1. Jeff Beck: 'Constipated Duck' (LP - Blow by Blow) (Epic)
  2. King Crimson: 'Book of Saturday' (LP-Larks' Tongues in Aspic) (Island)
  3. Hummingbird: Scorpio (LP - We Can't Go On Meeting Like This
Connection: Birds (Duck, Larks, Hummingbird)
  1. Frank Zappa: Florentine Pogen (LP - One Size Fits All)
  2. Colluseum - The Inquisition (LP - War Dance)
  3. Robin Trower: Day Of The Eagle (LP - Bridge Of Sighs)
Connection: Italy
  1. Molly Hatchet: 'Whiskey Man' (LP-Flirtin' With Disaster) (Epic)
  2. Foghat: 'Chateau Lafitte '59 Boogie' (LP-Rock And Roll Outlaws) (Bearsville)
  3. Kiss: 'Cold Gin' (LP-Kiss) (Casablanca)
Connection: Alcoholic drinks
  1. Gamma: No Tears (LP - Gamma 1)
  2. Joe Cocker: Delta Lady (LP - Mad Dogs & Englishmen)
  3. Asia - Don't Cry (LP - Alpha)
Connection: Greek alphabet letters

February[]

  1. Pink Floyd - Grantchester Meadows (LP - Ummagumma)
  2. Rick Springfield - Affair Of The Heart (LP - Living In Oz)
  3. Demon - Black Heath (LP - The Plague)

Connection - Types of grassy areas (Meadows, Field, Heath)

  1. Boston: 'The Journey / It's Easy' (LP-Don't Look Back) (Epic)
  2. Jethro Tull: 'Rainbow Blues' (LP-War Child) (Chrysalis)
  3. Survivor: 'Chevy Nights' (LP-Premonition) (Scotti Brothers)
Connection: The name of other bands in the song titles.
No connection this week
  1. Toto: 'Child's Anthem' (LP-Toto) (CBS)
  2. Aerosmith: 'Last Child' (LP-Rocks) (CBS)
  3. Kansas: 'Questions Of My Childhood' (LP-Leftoverture) (Epic)
Connection: Childhood

March[]

  1. AC / DC: 'Back In Black' (LP-Back In Black) (Atlantic) - (TV should have played 'Hells Bells')
  2. Jethro Tull: 'My God' (LP-Aqualung) (Chrysalis)
  3. Stone The Crows: 'Big Jim Salter' (LP-Teenage Licks) (Polydor)
Connection: Expressions of dismay or surprise (Hells Bells, My God and Stone The Crows!)
No connection this week - repeats of Reading 1983
  1. Eric Clapton: 'I Shot The Sheriff' (LP-461 Ocean Boulevard) (RSO)
  2. Led Zeppelin: 'The Ocean' (LP-Houses Of The Holy) (Atlantic)
  3. Yes: 'Ritual' (2xLP-Tales From Topographic Oceans) (Atlantic)
Connection: Ocean.
  • 23 March 1984
No connection this week
  1. Jeff Beck Group: 'Hangman's Knee' (LP-Beck Ola) (EMI Columbia)
  2. Doobie Brothers: 'I Cheat The Hangman' (LP-Stampede) (Warner Bros)
  3. Led Zeppelin: 'Gallows Pole' (LP-Led Zeppelin III) (Atlantic)
Connection: Hangman

April[]

  1. Joe Perry Project - Discount Dogs (LP - Let The Music Do The Talking)
  2. Sensational Alex Harvey Band: Dogs Of War (LP - SAHB Stories)
  3. Skid Row: Mad Dog Woman (LP - Skid)
Connection: Dogs
  1. Rose Tattoo: Assault & Battery (LP - Assault & Battery)
  2. Genesis: The Knife (LP - Trespass)
  3. Black Sabbath: Symptom Of The Universe (LP - Sabotage)
Connection: is it Assault / Trespass / Sabotage ??
  1. Rush: Natural Science (LP - Permanent Waves)
  2. Judie Tzuke: Living On The Coast (LP - Sports Car)
  3. Hawkwind: Lighthouse (LP - Live Seventy Nine)
Connection: Presumably the sea?

May[]

  • 18 May 1984
  1. Doors: 'Crawling King Snake' (LP-L.A.Woman) (Elektra)
  2. Fleetwood Mac: 'Rattlesnake Shake' (LP-Then Play On) (Reprise)
  3. Whitesnake: 'Rock An' Roll Angels' (LP-Saints & Sinners) (Liberty)
Connection: Snakes
  • 25 May 1984 (set by Julian Kingston 'who lives on a boat' in Banbury, Oxfordshire)
  1. Little Feat: 'Down Below The Borderline' (LP-The Last Record Album) (Warner Bros.)
  2. JJ Cale: 'One Step Ahead Of The Blues' (LP-Grasshopper) (Shelter)
  3. Eagles: 'Those Shoes' (LP-The Long Run) (Asylum)
Connection: Feet/Step/Shoes

June[]

  1. Iron Maiden: Sun And Steel (LP - Piece Of Mind)
  2. Led Zeppelin: Fool In The Rain (LP - In Through The Out Door)
  3. Thin Lizzy: Thunder & Lightning (LP - Thunder & Lightning)
Connection: Weather
  • 08 June 1984 (set by Fiona Woods of Parkstone, Poole in Dorset)
  1. Motorhead: Shoot You In The Back (LP - Ace Of Spades)
  2. Def Leppard: Billy's Got A Gun (LP - Pyromania)
  3. AC/DC: Guns For Hire (LP - Flick Of The Switch)
Connection: Guns
  • 15 June 1984
  1. KISS: The Odyssey (LP - The Elder)
  2. Jimmy Page: City Sirens (LP - Death Wish II OST)
  3. Cream: Tales Of Brave Ulysses (LP - Disraeli Gears)
Connection: Homer's Odyssey
  1. Stanley Clarke: 'I Know Just How You Feel' (LP-Time Exposure) (Epic)
  2. Yes: 'Into The Lens' (LP-Drama) (Atlantic)
  3. Focus: 'Hocus Pocus' (LP-Moving Waves) (Polydor)
Connection: Photography
  1. Gentle Giant: 'Convenience (Clean And Easy)' (LP-Civilian) (Chrysalis)
  2. Blue Oyster Cult: 'Dominance And Submission' (LP-Secret Treaties) (CBS)
  3. Van Halen: 'Mean Street' (LP-Fair Warning) (Warner Bros)
Connection: Brothers in each of the bands, Shulmans, Bouchards, Van Halens

July[]

  1. Blackfoot: 'Street Fighter' (LP - Tomcattin')
  2. AC/DC: The Jack' (LP - TNT)
  3. Rose Tattoo: 'Sydney Girls' (LP - Scarred For Life)
Connection: Boys names
  1. Rush: 'Bastille Day' (LP - Caress Of Steel)
  2. King Crimson: 'Book Of Saturday' (LP - Larks Tongues In Aspic)
  3. Van Halen: 'Jump' (LP - 1984)
Connection: Bastille Day - which is the next day i.e. Saturday 14th July 1984
  1. Utopia: 'Overture/Communion With The Sun' (LP - Ra)
  2. Grand Prix: 'Atlantis' (LP - There For None To See)
  3. Rush: 'Xanadu' (LP - A Farewell To Kings)
Connection: Mythical Lands
  1. Annabel Lamb: 'The Flame' (LP-The Flame) (A&M)
  2. Murray Head: 'Los Angeles' (LP-Between Us) Philips
  3. Alan Parsons Project: 'Games People Play' (LP-The Turn Of A Friendly Card) Arista
Connection: 1984 Olympic Games - The Flame, Los Angeles, Games People Play

August[]

  1. Lynyrd Skynyrd: 'T For Texas' (LP-One More For The Road) (MCA)
  2. Lone Star: 'The Bells Of Berlin' (LP-Firing On All Six) (CBS)
  3. ZZ Top: 'I Got The Six' (LP-Eliminator) (Warner Bros.)
Connection: Texas - T for Texas, Lone Star (Texas' nickname), ZZ Top (the band come from Texas)
  1. Steely Dan: Green Earrings
  2. Gamma: Condition Yellow
  3. Max Webster: Blue River Liquor Shine
Connection: Colours
  • 24 August 1984
  1. Iron Maiden: ‘Flight Of Icarus’ (LP - Piece Of Mind)
  2. Cream: ‘Tales Of Brave Ulysses’ (LP - Backtracking)
  3. Led Zeppelin: ‘Achilles Last Stand’ (LP - Presence)
Connection: Greek mythology
  1. Van Halen: ‘Cathedral’ (LP - Diver Down)
  2. Hawkwind: ‘Nuclear Drive’ (LP - Church Of Hawkwind)
  3. Beatles: ‘I Want You (She’s So Heavy)’ (LP - Abbey Road)
Connection: Christian places of worship

September[]


  • 07 September 1984
  1. Motorhead: ‘Capricorn’ (LP - Overkill)
  2. Blue Oyster Cult: ‘The Revenge Of Vera Gemini’ (LP - Agents Of Fortune)
  3. Deep Purple: ‘Maye I'm A Leo’ (LP - Machine Head)
Connection: Signs of the zodiac
  1. Wishbone Ash: ‘Diamond Jack’ (LP - Front Page News)
  2. Whitesnake: ‘Queen Of Hearts’ (LP - Snakebite)
  3. Styx: ‘Queen Of Spades’ (LP - Pieces Of Eight)
Connection: Playing cards
  • 28 September 1984: No connection this week. Donington live sets by Gary Moore and Ozzy Osbourne.

October[]


  1. Sensational Alex Harvey Band: 'Vambo Marble Eye' (LP - Next)
  2. Foreigner: 'Double Vision' (LP- Double Vision)
  3. Eric Clapton - 'Eyesight To The Blind' (LP - Tommy)
Connection: eyes/sight
  1. Supertramp: 'The Logical Song (LP-Paris)' (A&M)
  2. Accept: 'London Leatherboys (LP-Back To The Wall)' (Portrait)
  3. Hanoi Rocks: 'Devil Woman (LP-Oriental Beat)' (Lick)
Connection: cities
  1. Humble Pie: 'Earth And Water Song (LP-Humble Pie)' (A&M)
  2. Coryell/Mouzon: 'Beneath The Earth (LP-Back Together Again)' (Atlantic)
  3. Earthshaker: 'Young Girls (LP-Fugitive)' (Music For Nations)
Connection: Earth
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