A list of the puzzles and their solutions for this year.
January[]
- Jeff Beck: 'Constipated Duck' (LP - Blow by Blow) (Epic)
- King Crimson: 'Book of Saturday' (LP-Larks' Tongues in Aspic) (Island)
- Hummingbird: Scorpio (LP - We Can't Go On Meeting Like This
- Connection: Birds (Duck, Larks, Hummingbird)
- 13 January 1984 (set by Gillian & Malcolm Weinberg of Harrow Weald)
- Frank Zappa: Florentine Pogen (LP - One Size Fits All)
- Colluseum - The Inquisition (LP - War Dance)
- Robin Trower: Day Of The Eagle (LP - Bridge Of Sighs)
- Connection: Italy
- 20 January 1984 set by Andy Garibaldi of Stoke
- Molly Hatchet: 'Whiskey Man' (LP-Flirtin' With Disaster) (Epic)
- Foghat: 'Chateau Lafitte '59 Boogie' (LP-Rock And Roll Outlaws) (Bearsville)
- Kiss: 'Cold Gin' (LP-Kiss) (Casablanca)
- Connection: Alcoholic drinks
- 27 January 1984 set by Graham & Lamorna (?) Thomas of Bournemouth
- Gamma: No Tears (LP - Gamma 1)
- Joe Cocker: Delta Lady (LP - Mad Dogs & Englishmen)
- Asia - Don't Cry (LP - Alpha)
- Connection: Greek alphabet letters
February[]
- 03 February 1984 (set by Paul Richards of Siston in Leicestershire)
- Pink Floyd - Grantchester Meadows (LP - Ummagumma)
- Rick Springfield - Affair Of The Heart (LP - Living In Oz)
- Demon - Black Heath (LP - The Plague)
Connection - Types of grassy areas (Meadows, Field, Heath)
- 10 February 1984 (set by David Towell of Hastings)
- Boston: 'The Journey / It's Easy' (LP-Don't Look Back) (Epic)
- Jethro Tull: 'Rainbow Blues' (LP-War Child) (Chrysalis)
- Survivor: 'Chevy Nights' (LP-Premonition) (Scotti Brothers)
- Connection: The name of other bands in the song titles.
- No connection this week
- Toto: 'Child's Anthem' (LP-Toto) (CBS)
- Aerosmith: 'Last Child' (LP-Rocks) (CBS)
- Kansas: 'Questions Of My Childhood' (LP-Leftoverture) (Epic)
- Connection: Childhood
March[]
- 02 March 1984 (set by Alan Patton of Glasgow)
- AC / DC: 'Back In Black' (LP-Back In Black) (Atlantic) - (TV should have played 'Hells Bells')
- Jethro Tull: 'My God' (LP-Aqualung) (Chrysalis)
- 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
- 16 March 1984 (set by Reb Garratt of Cottesmore nr Kettering)
- Eric Clapton: 'I Shot The Sheriff' (LP-461 Ocean Boulevard) (RSO)
- Led Zeppelin: 'The Ocean' (LP-Houses Of The Holy) (Atlantic)
- Yes: 'Ritual' (2xLP-Tales From Topographic Oceans) (Atlantic)
- Connection: Ocean.
- 23 March 1984
- No connection this week
- 30 March 1984 (set by Annie Bickford of Heathfield, East Sussex)
- Jeff Beck Group: 'Hangman's Knee' (LP-Beck Ola) (EMI Columbia)
- Doobie Brothers: 'I Cheat The Hangman' (LP-Stampede) (Warner Bros)
- Led Zeppelin: 'Gallows Pole' (LP-Led Zeppelin III) (Atlantic)
- Connection: Hangman
April[]
- 13 April 1984 (set by Mr JH Rogers of Darlington, Co Durham)
- Joe Perry Project - Discount Dogs (LP - Let The Music Do The Talking)
- Sensational Alex Harvey Band: Dogs Of War (LP - SAHB Stories)
- Skid Row: Mad Dog Woman (LP - Skid)
- Connection: Dogs
- 20 April 1984 (set by Ben Duke of Eccleshall, Sheffield)
- Rose Tattoo: Assault & Battery (LP - Assault & Battery)
- Genesis: The Knife (LP - Trespass)
- Black Sabbath: Symptom Of The Universe (LP - Sabotage)
- Connection: is it Assault / Trespass / Sabotage ??
- 27 April 1984 (set by Richard Ranson of St Albans)
- Rush: Natural Science (LP - Permanent Waves)
- Judie Tzuke: Living On The Coast (LP - Sports Car)
- Hawkwind: Lighthouse (LP - Live Seventy Nine)
- Connection: Presumably the sea?
May[]
- 18 May 1984
- Doors: 'Crawling King Snake' (LP-L.A.Woman) (Elektra)
- Fleetwood Mac: 'Rattlesnake Shake' (LP-Then Play On) (Reprise)
- 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)
- Little Feat: 'Down Below The Borderline' (LP-The Last Record Album) (Warner Bros.)
- JJ Cale: 'One Step Ahead Of The Blues' (LP-Grasshopper) (Shelter)
- Eagles: 'Those Shoes' (LP-The Long Run) (Asylum)
- Connection: Feet/Step/Shoes
June[]
- 01 June 1984 (set by Paul Joyce of London W2)
- Iron Maiden: Sun And Steel (LP - Piece Of Mind)
- Led Zeppelin: Fool In The Rain (LP - In Through The Out Door)
- Thin Lizzy: Thunder & Lightning (LP - Thunder & Lightning)
- Connection: Weather
- 08 June 1984 (set by Fiona Woods of Parkstone, Poole in Dorset)
- Motorhead: Shoot You In The Back (LP - Ace Of Spades)
- Def Leppard: Billy's Got A Gun (LP - Pyromania)
- AC/DC: Guns For Hire (LP - Flick Of The Switch)
- Connection: Guns
- 15 June 1984
- KISS: The Odyssey (LP - The Elder)
- Jimmy Page: City Sirens (LP - Death Wish II OST)
- Cream: Tales Of Brave Ulysses (LP - Disraeli Gears)
- Connection: Homer's Odyssey
- 22 June 1984 (set by John Milne of Sunderland)
- Stanley Clarke: 'I Know Just How You Feel' (LP-Time Exposure) (Epic)
- Yes: 'Into The Lens' (LP-Drama) (Atlantic)
- Focus: 'Hocus Pocus' (LP-Moving Waves) (Polydor)
- Connection: Photography
- Gentle Giant: 'Convenience (Clean And Easy)' (LP-Civilian) (Chrysalis)
- Blue Oyster Cult: 'Dominance And Submission' (LP-Secret Treaties) (CBS)
- Van Halen: 'Mean Street' (LP-Fair Warning) (Warner Bros)
- Connection: Brothers in each of the bands, Shulmans, Bouchards, Van Halens
July[]
- 06 July 1984 (set by Andrew Wilson of Doncaster)
- Blackfoot: 'Street Fighter' (LP - Tomcattin')
- AC/DC: The Jack' (LP - TNT)
- Rose Tattoo: 'Sydney Girls' (LP - Scarred For Life)
- Connection: Boys names
- 13 July 1984 (set by Reg Longford/Langford of Gillingham)
- Rush: 'Bastille Day' (LP - Caress Of Steel)
- King Crimson: 'Book Of Saturday' (LP - Larks Tongues In Aspic)
- Van Halen: 'Jump' (LP - 1984)
- Connection: Bastille Day - which is the next day i.e. Saturday 14th July 1984
- Utopia: 'Overture/Communion With The Sun' (LP - Ra)
- Grand Prix: 'Atlantis' (LP - There For None To See)
- Rush: 'Xanadu' (LP - A Farewell To Kings)
- Connection: Mythical Lands
- 27 July 1984 (set by Dave Sargeant of Hull)
- Annabel Lamb: 'The Flame' (LP-The Flame) (A&M)
- Murray Head: 'Los Angeles' (LP-Between Us) Philips
- 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[]
- Lynyrd Skynyrd: 'T For Texas' (LP-One More For The Road) (MCA)
- Lone Star: 'The Bells Of Berlin' (LP-Firing On All Six) (CBS)
- 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)
- Steely Dan: Green Earrings
- Gamma: Condition Yellow
- Max Webster: Blue River Liquor Shine
- Connection: Colours
- 24 August 1984
- Iron Maiden: ‘Flight Of Icarus’ (LP - Piece Of Mind)
- Cream: ‘Tales Of Brave Ulysses’ (LP - Backtracking)
- Led Zeppelin: ‘Achilles Last Stand’ (LP - Presence)
- Connection: Greek mythology
- 31 August 1984 (set by Martin Buckby of New Ollerton)
- Van Halen: ‘Cathedral’ (LP - Diver Down)
- Hawkwind: ‘Nuclear Drive’ (LP - Church Of Hawkwind)
- Beatles: ‘I Want You (She’s So Heavy)’ (LP - Abbey Road)
- Connection: Christian places of worship
September[]
- 07 September 1984
- Motorhead: ‘Capricorn’ (LP - Overkill)
- Blue Oyster Cult: ‘The Revenge Of Vera Gemini’ (LP - Agents Of Fortune)
- Deep Purple: ‘Maye I'm A Leo’ (LP - Machine Head)
- Connection: Signs of the zodiac
- 14 September 1984: No connection this week. Donington live sets by Anvil and Y&T.
- 21 September 1984 (set by John Doherty of Lancaster)
- Wishbone Ash: ‘Diamond Jack’ (LP - Front Page News)
- Whitesnake: ‘Queen Of Hearts’ (LP - Snakebite)
- 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[]
- Sensational Alex Harvey Band: 'Vambo Marble Eye' (LP - Next)
- Foreigner: 'Double Vision' (LP- Double Vision)
- Eric Clapton - 'Eyesight To The Blind' (LP - Tommy)
- Connection: eyes/sight
- Supertramp: 'The Logical Song (LP-Paris)' (A&M)
- Accept: 'London Leatherboys (LP-Back To The Wall)' (Portrait)
- Hanoi Rocks: 'Devil Woman (LP-Oriental Beat)' (Lick)
- Connection: cities
- 19 October 1984 (Don Barker, Gateshead)
- Humble Pie: 'Earth And Water Song (LP-Humble Pie)' (A&M)
- Coryell/Mouzon: 'Beneath The Earth (LP-Back Together Again)' (Atlantic)
- Earthshaker: 'Young Girls (LP-Fugitive)' (Music For Nations)
- Connection: Earth
- Footnotes