That’s New York Daily News columnist Dawn Eden, parked in the actual Big Chair at my palatial estate at Surlywood. On the occasion of her presence, I sought to dazzle her with a collection of astonishing eclecticism and impeccable taste, and I am happy to report that she didn’t fall asleep once.

Track listing for 111089-2:

1. Ken Thorne and His Orchestra: The Bitter End
2. Sam the Sham: I Couldn’t Spell !!*@!
3. Vickie Diaz: For Eternity
4. Big Daddy: I Write the Songs
5. The Ronettes: Be My Baby *
6. The Avantis: Keep On Dancing
7. The Brunching Shuttlecocks: The Björk Song
8. Definitive Rock Chorale: Variations on a Theme Called “Hanky Panky”
9. Dickey Lee: 9,999,999 Tears
10. Evie Sands: Take Me for a Little While
11. T. Rex: Metal Guru
12. Michael Lynch: Girl on the Northern Line +
13. The Students: Any Day of the Week
14. American Boyfriends: Supergirl
15. Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra: The Bass Walks
16. Shelby Flint: Cast Your Fate to the Wind
17. Rolf Harris: Two Buffalos
18. Petula Clark: Un Mal pour un Bien **
19. The Move: Zing Went the Strings of My Heart
20. Big Daddy: Super Freak
21. Jimmy Radcliffe: This Diamond Ring
22. Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum and Durr: You Can’t Blame Me
23. The Jaynetts: Snowman, Snowman, Sweet Potato Nose
24. Gates of Eden: Too Much on My Mind
25. Carolyne Mas: Stillsane
26. Vic Diaz: So Mean to Me ++
27. The Delights Orchestra: Paul’s Midnight Ride
28. Tracey Dey: Here Comes the Boy
29. The Dave Clark Five: Try Too Hard

* Three-track version from somewhere close to the original master tape, with studio talk.
+ Written by Eden herself.
** The original French version of the song known in English as “You’re the One.”
++ Same person as Vickie Diaz. Explained in the comments here.