80. Tin Soldier by The Small Faces 1967

In the first few months of punk (year zero) there would be lots of parties to go to where all the new wave luminaries would turn up. Even in those days I was always trying to control the music and I would bring along a mix tape in my pocket. There wasn't much punk music about so inevitably I would be carrying round a pack of sixties songs. After a while I would get a few moans from the partygoers when I got my tape on. They were burning the sixties where I though I was actually recreating it. It was time to move on.

One of the sixties greatest songs by one of the sixties greatest bands. It was a constant presence on my mixtapes. The Small Faces just explode on this song. This is what a band sounds like. A highlight in a career of highlights. And they were the pinnacle of Mod cool so as I moved from punk to Mod they were the band I looked to. Naming the band Little Murders because in a drunken state it resembled their name. Just brilliant.