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Flip Flop and Fly - Big Joe Turner

True Confessions - Blue Öyster Cult

Which ones? Most of 'em won't be a problem (unless they're one of the wrecks Reserve Collection), but a couple of the Saloons would need unlocking so we'd have to negotiate with the keyholder(s). Since my local Blues Jam is on hiatus in July I'm hoping to be around on that date, so I can act as C&W rep if required. Pete S.

Long Tall Sally - Little Richard

She's As Beautiful As A Foot - Blue Öyster Cult

Drive Live Lightning (Crash Like Thunder) - The Brian Setzer Orchestra

Hi Mikkel, Gold leaf isn't **that** cheap - I usually pay around £15-18 for a book of 25 leaves at 22 or 23ct. The Ebay stuff says that it's 24ct 'on a base' so I guess that it's some kind of electroplated foil, hence the cheapness. Application is a bit of a dark art. Essentially you paint whatever you want to gild with a suitable size (usually a quick-drying oil varnish, but you can use gloss paint) & then wait for it to become just tacky enough for the gold to stick. Judging the tack is the tough bit - too dry & the leaf won't stick, too wet & the size layer will shrink under the leaf and cause it to wrinkle; the only way to figure it out is to experiment & learn by making mistakes. There are water-based sizes that dry as a tacky film that doesn't go off, but I have very little experience with these. Another solution might be to use Bronze Powder. These come in a variety of shades of silver, gold & copper. Application is a lot easier than gold leaf as the amount of tack isn't anywhere near as critical. For sprays I've had good results from the little 100ml rattle cans of Plasti-Kote. 'Antique Gold' is rather coppery. Pete S.

Dreams Wide Awake - National Health, Of Queues & Cures

Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting - Elton John

Messin' With The Kid - Junior Wells

I'm In Love With My Car - Queen

'cause We've Ended As Lovers - Jeff Beck

Not Just Another Pretty Bass - Tony Levin

Wild Side Of Life - Status Quo

Every Kind Of Vice - Dr. Feelgood

It's Too Funky In Here - James Brown

Stars Fell On Stockton - The Shadows

Noddy Goes To Sweden - Brand X

Pack Fair And Square - Big Walter Horton & His Thunderbirds/J. Geils Band/Nine Below Zero

So Young, So Bad, So What - Brian Setzer

It's Still Rock And Roll To Me - Billy Joel

Child Of Babylon - Whitesnake

Wild Is The River - Ten Years After

Hot Dog and a Shake - David Lee Roth

Sugar The Road - Ten Years After