When Bob Dylan was asked “What are your records about?” at a press conference he replied “Some are about 3 minutes and some are about 4”. Inspired by this our challenge was to find 5 tracks that were 1 minute, 2 minutes, 3, 4 and 5 minutes long.

Most struggled for 1 minute tracks (except for Bob: The Residents ‘Commercial’ LP has 40 tracks – all 1 min long) but there was an embarrassment of riches for 3 minutes, so many so that often the choice was put to the vote “Well I can play this or this…” and a few extras were fitted in

1 Min
Field day for the Sundays – Wire (John)
Easter woman – Residents (Bob)
Psyche soap – The Electric flag, an American music band (‘Trip’ soundtrack) (Gez)
Questionnaire – Ivor Cutler (Si)
Lukin – Pearl Jam (Roger)
Effervescent Elephant – Syd Barrett (dig)

2 Mins
Forever drone – Josef K (John)
You can’t hurry love – the concretes (bob)
Please please please let me get what what I want – Muse (by popular demand)
Eve of Destruction – The dickies (Gez)
Bicycle – The Maccabees (Si)
Boy about town – The Jam (Roger)
Include me out – Young marble giants (dig)
Dick a dum – Des O’Connor (not by popular demand)
Breakdown – Buzzcocks – (by popular dcemand)

3 Mins
That’s entertainment – Reef (John)
Hackensack – Fountains of Wayne (Bob)
Another girl another planet – The Only ones (Gez)
Olivers Army – Elvis Costello (by poular demand)
When mama was moth – Cocteau twins (Si)
Once a glimpse – Maximo Park (Si extra)
Red morning light – The kings of leon (roger)
Picture this – Blondie (by popular demand)
Down to the river to prey – Alison Krauss (dig)
In the jailhouse now - Soggy bottom boys (by popular demand)
4 Mins
Holy Funk – The Longcut (John)
The crystal frontier – Calexico (bob)
White man in Hamasmith Pallais – The Clash (Gez)
Intro to Plaistow patricia – Ian Dury (by popular demand)
On the dancefloor – Levy (si)
After the gold rush – K D Lang (roger)
Next! – The sensational Alex Harvey band (Dig)
4 Hours – Clock DVA (by popular demand)

5 Mins
People in the city – Air (dig)
The state that I am in (Demo) – Belle and Sebastian (John)
Let’s save tony orlando’s house – Yo la tengo (bobo)
Weak hearted dub – Ruts Vs Mad Professor Vs Zion Train (Gez)
Running up that hill – Kate bush (by popular demand)
The loveliest alarm – This et al (si) from Leeds
The River – Bruce Springsteen (roger)
Blind – Talking Heads (by popular demand)