See the B-Side Brum final selection in this gallery
The 21 tracks chosen to make-up the B-Side Brum playlist/album were revealed at a special event at the Glee Club in Birmingham on Wednesday.
There were some big names surprisingly left off the final list, with other less well-known tracks included. In fact, there was even a secret 22nd track added.
But it was a surprise that bands such as Duran Duran, Led Zeppelin and The Beat failed to make the final cut.
So, how were the B-Side Brum tracks chosen?
The public were invited to submit suggestions via Twitter and the Visit Birmingham website to create a long list of about 150 tracks, with more than 80 different artists represented.
These tracks were then considered by a panel of experts at a special session on stage at Town Hall Birmingham on July 9. From the long list, they chose 21 tracks which form the final ‘album’.
Tracks had to be by West Midlands artists and, in the opinion of the nominee, epitomise the diverse music of the region, past or present.
After several hours of deliberation and debate, the panel could not decide on the last two tracks from a choice of three, so opted to include all of them. There is also a ‘secret track’ which makes a final tally of 22 tracks.
All panellists had both a connection to the West Midlands and the music industry – Birmingham-born Matt Everitt (ex Menswear and now BBC 6Music presenter) chaired the panel, which included singer Laura Mvula; Phil Etheridge (The Twang); Horace Panter (The Specials); music writer Pete Paphides; Vix Vox (former Fuzzbox singer), Abigail Kelly (opera singer); Markus Sargeant (The Glee Club Birmingham); Craig Hamilton, (School of Media, Birmingham City University); Jez Collins (Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research, Birmingham City University).
Matt Everitt commented: “Hacking our long list down to just 21 songs was incredibly hard and we are expecting some quizzical looks when people realise Duran Duran and Led Zep aren’t present but we were collating something that would surprise people with songs that people didn’t even realise came from Birmingham.
"But there’s soul, reggae, pop, jazz, hip hop, indie, two-tone, britpop, metal and yes, Mr Blue Sky. What else could you possibly want?”
The album playlist can be heard on Spotify and on YouTube, although, due to licensing issues, a handful of tracks are unavailable.
And, if you wondering what was on the long list of 150 tracks, here it is:
B-Side Brum long list
Andy Lloyd – Letters To Eva
Animal Magnet – Welcome To The Monkey House
Beshara – Men Cry Too
Beshara – Shadow of Love
Beverley Knight – Shoulda Woulda Coulda
Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath – Iron Man
Black Sabbath – Paranoid
Black Sabbath – Rock And Roll Doctor
Black Sabbath – Spiral Architect
Black Sabbath – Supernaut
Black Sabbath – The Wizard
Black Sabbath – War Pigs
Black Sabbath – Tomorrow’s Dream
DCS (Shin) – 123 Go Boliyan
Delta – Butterfly
Delta – Could You
Delta – Everybody
Denim – The Osmonds
Derek Pykelet and the Debona – Hoochie Coochie Man From Kingstanding
Dexys Midnight Runners – Breaking Down The Wall Of Heartache
Dexys Midnight Runners – Come On Eileen
Dexys Midnight Runners – Dance Stance
Dexys Midnight Runners – There There My Dear
Dexys Midnight Runners – Don’t Stand Me Down
Dexys Midnight Runners – This Is What She’s Like
Dodgy – Melodies Haunt You
Duran Duran – Come Undone
Duran Duran – Hungry Like The Wolf
Duran Duran – Is There Something I Should Know?
Duran Duran – Late Bar
Duran Duran – Planet Earth
Duran Duran – Rio
Duran Duran – The Chauffeur
Editors – Munich
Editors – Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors
Electribe 101 – Talking With Myself
Electric Light Orchestra – 10538 Overture
Electric Light Orchestra – Birmingham Blues
Electric Light Orchestra – Livin’ Thing
Electric Light Orchestra – Mr Blue Sky
Felt – Primitive Painters
Fine Young Cannibals – I’m Not The Man I Used To Be
Flightside – Shark
Fuzzbox – Pink Sunshine
Fuzzbox – International Rescue
Janice Nicholls – I’ll Give It Five
Jasper Carrott – Funky Moped
JAWS – So Slowly
JAWS– Gold
Jimmy Powell – Sugar Baby Part I
Jo Hamilton – There It Is
Joan Armatrading – Love And Affection
Jocelyn Pook – Red Song
Johnny Foreigner – Sometimes In The Bullring
Judas Priest – Painkiller
King Adora – Bionic
Kiya Shannon – Just The Same
Laura Mvula – Green Garden
Led Zeppelin – Achilles’ Last Stand
Led Zeppelin – Black Country Woman
Led Zeppelin – Black Dog
Led Zeppelin – Kashmir
Led Zeppelin – Ramble On
Led Zeppelin – Since I’ve Been Loving You
Led Zeppelin – When The Levee Breaks
Little Acre – Summer ‘73
Magnum – How Far Jerusalem
Malfunction – The Harborne Pub Song
Mighty Mighty – Is There Anyone Out There?
Mighty Mighty – Maisonette
Milly Winter – Funny Feeling
Miss Halliwell – Amblecote
Misty’s Big Adventure – Fashion Parade
Moody Blues – Knights In White Satin
Musical Youth – Pass The Dutchie
Napalm Death – Scum
Nick Drake – Time Of No Reply
Nizlopi – The JCB Song
Ocean Colour Scene – The Day We Caught The Train
Ocean Colour Scene – It’s A Beautiful Thing
Ocean Colour Scene – Profit In Peace
Ocean Colour Scene – The Circle
Ocean Colour Scene – The Riverboat Song
Onionhead – Ruminating
Peace – Bloodshake
Peace – Scumbag
Peace – Wraith
Pop Will Eat Itself – Can U Dig It?
Pop Will Eat Itself – Def Con I
Pop Will Eat Itself – Get The Girl, Kill The Baddies!
Pop Will Eat Itself – Ich Bin Ein Auslander
Pop Will Eat Itself – Wise Up! Sucker
Rockers Hi-Fi – Push Push
Ruby Turner – I Would Rather Go Blind
Sardara Gill – Soho Road
Scott Matthews – Elusive
Slade – Everyday
Slade – Far Far Away
Slade – How Does It Feel
Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody
Slade – Ok Yesterday Was Yesterday
Soweto Kinch – The Legend of Mike Smith
Spencer Davis Group – Gimme Some Lovin
Spencer Davis Group – Trampoline
Spizzenergi – Where’s Captain Kirk?
Steel Pulse – Handsworth Revolution
Steel Pulse – Ku Klux Klan
Stephen Duffy – Twenty Three
Steve Gibbons Band – Take Me Home
Steve Winwood – Back In The High Life
Swim Deep – King City
Tempting Rosie – By My Side
The Beat – Hands Off... She’s Mine
The Beat – Too Nice To Talk To
The Beat – Mirror In The Bathroom
The Empty Can – I Vow to The Black Country
The Idle Race – Morning Sunshine
The Moody Blues – Go Now
The Moody Blues – Nights In White Satin
The Move – Blackberry Way
The Move – California Man
The Move – Flowers In The Rain
The Photos – Barbarellas
The Quads – There Must Be Thousands
The Rockin’ Berries – He’s In Town
The Sea Urchins – Sullen Eyes
The Specials – Enjoy Yourself
The Specials – Ghost Town
The Streets – Don’t Mug Yourself
The Streets – Let’s Push Things Forward
The Streets – Turn The Page
The Twang – Aimless With An Aim
The Twang – Either Way
The Twang – Barney Rubble
The Wonder Stuff – Caught In My Shadow
The Wonder Stuff – Circle Square
The Wonder Stuff – Don’t Let Me Down
The Wonder Stuff – Who Wants To Be The Disco King?
Toyah – Danced
Traffic – Mr Fantasy
Trapeze – Will Our Love End
Troumaca – Sanctify
UB40 – King
UB40 – Madam Medusa
UB40 – One In Ten
UB40 – Rat in Mi Kitchen
UB40 – Red Red Wine
UB40 – Food For Thought
Wizzard – See My Baby Jive