Assume The Position with David Randall
A weekly mix of new and classic rock
Sunday 22:00, Monday and Friday 22:00 repeat
A weekly mix of new and classic rock, signposting forthcoming gigs and tours. Broadcast live on Sundays.
In the first hour David announces the GRTR! Top 10 Albums for the week, based on website views, social media activity and radio airplay.
In the second hour ‘Anniversary Rock’ picks out some events this week in rock music history.
Shows are usually posted within five days of the last repeat broadcast.
2025
[09.02.25]
1. BLACK SABBATH Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973) 5:44
2. OZZY OSBOURNE Crucify, Scream (2010) 3:28
3. JETHRO TULL The Tipu House, Curious Ruminant (2025) 3:31
4. DREAM THEATER Bend The Clock, Parasomnia (2025) 7:24
5. EVERON No Embrace, Shells (2025) 5:08
6. JULIET’S NOT DEAD Double Life, The World Is Ours (2025) 4:08
7. DAYS OF JUPITER The World Was Never Enough, The World Was Never Enough (2025) 2:48
8. THE KARMA EFFECT Wild Honey, Promised Land (2024) 4:03
9. PEARL HANDLED REVOLVER Space Invader, Tales You Lose (2025) 4:38
10. THEA GILMORE End Of A Century, These Quiet Friends (2025) 3:39
11. THUNDERMOTHER Speaking Of The Devil, Divine & Dirty (2025) 3:46
12. LARKIN POE Bluephoria, Bloom (2025) 4:32
13. PATTERN SEEKING ANIMALS In My Dying Days, Friend Of All Creatures (2025) 4:42
14. DIRKSCHNEIDER feat. Doro Pesch Winter Dreams, Single (2025) 5:30
15. JOURNEY Who’s Crying Now, Escape (1981) 5:01
16. 10cc The Things We Do For Love, Tenology (2012) 3:30
17. ENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORD COLEY Love Is The Answer, Single (1977) 4:42
18. HERMAN RAREBELL & FRIENDS Love Is A Battlefield, What About Love (2025) 4:38
19. LIV KRISTINE Hold It With Your Life, Amor Vincit Omnia (2025) 4:09
20. RONNIE ROMERO Castaway On The Moon, Single (2025) 3:57
21. JOE SATRIANI Always With Me, Always With You, G3 Reunion Live (2025) 3:59
22. HUIS Crossroads, In The Face Of The Unknown (2024) 10:17
23. JANIS IAN At Seventeen, Between The Lines (1975) 4:42
24. GARY WRIGHT Dreamweaver, The Dreamweaver (2000) 4:21
25. LINKIN PARK Lost, Single (2023) 3:18
[02.02.25]
1. KILLSWITCH ENGAGE I Believe, This Consequence (2025) 3:53
2. JULIET’S NOT DEAD Double Life, The World Is Ours (2025) 2:48
3. THUNDERMOTHER So Close, Dirty And Divine (2025) 3:47
4. THE DAMN TRUTH Better This Way, Single (2025) 4:37
5. MOTORHEAD You Better Run, March Or Die (1992) 4:50
6. FISH Tara, Sunsets On Empire (2002) 5:10
7. BETH HART Machine Gin Vibrato, You Still Got Me (2024) 3:15
8. SHINEDOWN Three Six Five, Single (2025) 3:35
9. MAGNUM Wild Swan, Live At KK’s Steel Mill (2025) 6:34
10. BONFIRE Come Hell Or High Water, Higher Ground (2025) 4:55
11. THE FERRYMEN Mother Unholy, Iron Will (2025) 4:38
12. THIN LIZZY A Song For While I’m Away, The Acoustic Sessions (2025) 5:01
13. THEA GILMORE Wrecking Ball, These Quiet Friends (2025) 5:03
14. ERJA LYYTINEN Smell The Roses, Single (2025) 4:40
15. SHAMAN’S HARVEST Rock N Roll Queen, Single (2025) 3:41
16. SONS OF LIBERTY Well’s Run Dry, The Deatil Is In The Devil (2024) 3:16
17. MIKE & THE MECHANICS Out Of The Blue, Out Of The Blue (2019) 3:38
18. CHANTEL McGREGOR Walk On Land, Bury’d Alive (2019) 7:30
19. GRAINE DUFFY Dirt Woman Blues, Dirt Woman Blues (2023) 3:49
20. WISHBONE ASH Time Was, At The BBC 1970-1988 (2025) 9:49
21. LARKIN POE Fool Outta Me, Bloom (2025) 3:45
22. FROST* Western Atmosphere, Single (2025) 6:25
23. DEF LEPPARD Stand By Me, Single (2025) 3:10
24. SHOCKING BLUE Venus, Single (1970) 3:02
25. ZEBRAS DON’T SMOKE The Name Of The Game, Don’t Mention The Suedes (2020) 5:20
[26.01.25]
1. BLUE MURDER Out Of Love, Blue Murder (1988) 6:44
2. THIN LIZZY Cold Sweat, One Night Only (2000) 3:29
3. WHITESNAKE Looking For Love, 1987 (2017 ed.) 6:23
4. TOTO Fortune, XV (2015) 4:45
5. THE HEAVY SOULS Caught In Your Spell, Have You Got Soul (2025) 4:30
6. LARKIN POE Easy Love Pt.1, Bloom (2025) 4:10
7. JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR Grayer Than Blue, Black & Gold (2025) 5:20
8. WILDNESS Avenger, Avenger (2025) 3:57
9. MAGNUM The Day After The Night Before, Live At KK’s Steel Mill (2025) 4:26
10. BONFIRE Lost All Control, Higher Ground (2025) 4:10
11. THIN LIZZY Dublin, The Acoustic Sessions (2025) 2:28
12. TOKYO BLADE Don’t Bleed Over Me, Time Is The Fire (2025) 4:57
13. H.E.A.T. Disaster, Single (2025) 3:45
14. EVERON Guilty As Charged, Single (2025) 6:32
15. DREAM THEATER Midnight Madness, Single (2025) 7:59
16. ENVY OF NONE Under The Stars, Single (2025) 4:30
17. TARA NOME DOYLE Lighthouse, Single (2025) 4:03
18. AVAWAVES Nightdrive, Single (2025) 3:08
19. THEA GILMORE Sweet Child Of Mine, These Quiet Friends (2025) 4:31
20. RENDEZVOUS POINT Still Water, Single (2025) 6:06
21. ANGELIC FOE Amulet, Amulets And Charms (2025) 4:20
22. SWEET Circus, Full Circle (2024) 2:55
23. JEFF BECK Superstition Beck Bogert Appice (1973) 4:15
24. IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS, Inbetweenies, Do It Yourself (1981) 5:16
[19.01.25]
1. MAGNUM Stormy Weather, Sleepwalking (1992) 4:42
2. MAGNUM Lost On The Road To Eternity, Live At KK’s Steel Mill (2025) 6:25
3. TREMONTI Just Too Much, The End Will Show Us How (2025) 3:49
4. SEVEN BLOOD Monsters, Single (2025) 3:27
5. JULIET’S NOT DEAD Sinner Or Saint, The World Is Ours (2024) (2025) 4:08
6. JOANovARC Time, Escape The Fate EP (2025) 3:59
7. TRUCKER DIABLO Here’s To Heartbreak, Social Hand Grenade (2024) 4:39
8. THUNDERMOTHER Can’t Put Out The Fire, Dirty & Divine (2025) 3:16
9. BLACK OPAL Feel Free, Single (2025) 3:44
10. TIMSON AOR The Wind Whispers (Your Name), Next Level (2025) 3:44
11. MORGANWAY Feels Like Letting Go, Kill The Silence (2025) 3:16
12. THE BIG DEAL They Defied, Electrified (2025) 4:23
13. RINGO STARR Look Up, Look Up (2025) 3:18
14. THIN LIZZY Whiskey In The Jar, The Acoustic Sessions (2025) 3:19
15. KING KRAKEN Beserker, Single (2025) 4:07
16. ROBERT JON & THE WRECK Ashes In The Snow, Single (2025) 3:58
17. GOTTHARD Thunder And Lightning, Single (2025) 3:37
18. LANDFALL Wide Open Sky, Wide Open Sky (2025) 5:17
19. THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA Give Us The Moon, Single (2025) 3:45
20. EMPYRE My Bad (Live & Unplugged), Single (2025) 5:27
21. ENVY OF NONE Stygian Waves, Single (2025) 3:35
22. CHUCK WRIGHT Time Waits For Noone, Chuck Wright’s Sheltering Sky (2022) 3:00
23. ELLIS MANO BAND Count Me In, Single (2025) 3:12
24. LACUNA COIL Gravity, Sleepless Empire (2025) 4:13
25. FIREWIND Chains, Stand United (2025) 4:55
26. OHIO PLAYERS Fire, Single (1975) 4:35
27. RUPERT HOLMES The People You Never Get To Love, Partners In Crime (1979) 3:46
28. WHITESNAKE Is This Love, Love Songs (2020) 5:04
[12.01.25]
1. JETHRO TULL Curious Ruminant, Curious Ruminant (2025) 6:00
2. JETHRO TULL To Cry You A Song, Benefit (1970) 6:14
3. THIN LIZZY Slow Blues E.B., The Acoustic Sessions (2025) 5:16
4. URIAH HEEP Return To Fantasy, Return To Fantasy (1975) 5:53
5. TREMONTI The Mother, The Earth And I, The End Will Show Us How (2025) 5:06
6. TOTO I Will Remember, Tambu (1995) 6:06
7. DAVID PAICH Spirit Of The Moonrise, Forgotten Toys (2022) 4:52
8. GARFUNKEL AND GARFUNKEL Blackbird, Father & Son (2024) 2:22
9. RPWL Red Rose, Crime Scene (2023) 5:33
10. TOKYO BLADE Moth To The Fire, Blade Time Is The Fire (2025) 3:54
11. JESSICA LYNN Dusty Trail, All I Own (2025) 3:53
12. MORGANWAY Don’t Turn The Lights On Yet, Kill The Silence (2025) 3:49
13. PERFECT PLAN We Are Heroes, Single (2025) 4:22
14. H.E.A.T. Nationwide, Force Majeure (2022) 3:42
15. ELKIE BROOKS I Just Can’t Go On, Pearls II (1982) 3:54
16. JUDIE TZUKE I See You, Jude The Unsinkable (2023) 3:54
17. THEA GILMORE Wrecking Ball, These Quiet Friends (2025) 5:03
18. RIVERSIDE Friend Or Foe?, Live ID (2025) 8:35
19. STEVE HACKETT Jacuzzi, Live At Trading Boundaries (2025) 3:28
20. MAGNUM On A Storyteller’s Night, Live At KK’s Steel Mill (2025) 5:13
21. DREAM THEATER A Broken Man, Parasomnia (2025) 8:30
22. TINA TURNER What’s Love Got To Do With It, Private Dancer (1984) 3:46
23. THE DOOBIE BROTHERS You Belong To Me, Livin’ On The Fault Line (2011 ed.) 3:06
24. DIANA ROSS Love Hangover, Single (1976) 3:45
[05.01.25]
1. LARKIN POE Little Bit, Bloom (2025) 4:08
2. JESSICA LYNN Something ‘Bout You, All I Own (2025) 3:30
3. THUNDERMOTHER Bright Eyes, Dirty & Divine (2025) 3:31
4. SKAM Selfish Friend, Single (2024) 3:47
5. BLACK LAKES Dark Glass, Single (2024) 3:05
6. MAGNUM The Flood, Live At KK’s Steel Mill (2025) 7:23
7. LAURENCE JONES Out In The Distance, Bad Luck & The Blues (2023) 4:13
8. SMITH KOTZEN White Noise, Black Light/White Noise (2025) 4:18
9. TREMONTI The End Will Show Us How, The End Will Show Us How (2025) 5:46
10. THE HALO EFFECT March Of The Unheard, March Of The Unheard (2025) 2:59
11. MORGANWAY I Feel The Rain, Kill The Silence (2025) 4:41
12. WILLIE DOWLING Long Drop Down, The Simpleton (2024) 3:58
13. JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR I Gotta Stop Letting You Let Me Down, Single (2024) 4:53
14. THE BIG DEAL Fairy Of White, Electrified (2025) 3:47
15. BONFIRE I Died Tonight, Higher Ground (2025) 5:08
16. BLACK EYED SONS Foolin’ Yourself, Cowboys In Pinstriped Suits (2025) 3:50
17. RIVERSIDE Landmine Blast, Live ID (2025) 7:19
18. HAWKWIND The Golden Void, Live At The Royal Albert Hall (2025) 6:49
19. JOE SATRIANI Big Bad Moon, G3 Reunion Live (2025) 5:20
20. DEA MATRONA Every Night I Want You, Single (2024) 2:49
21. GRACE BOWERS & THE HODGE PODGE Holdin On To Something, Wine On Venus (2024) 4:38
22. NITRATE Live Fast Die Young, Single (2025) 4:52
23. IRON MAIDEN Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter, No Prayer For The Dying (1990) 4:44
24. CARLY SIMON You’re So Vain, Single (1973) 4:18
25. CHAKA KHAN We Can Work It Out, What Cha’ Gonna Do For Me (1981) 3:42
2024
During December David will be playing show favourites from the past year.
29 December: The Top 30 Countdown – compiled from our weekly Top 10 album chart and Facebook Group polls.
[22.12.24]
1. POPPY Crystallised, Negative Spaces (2024) 3:08
2. THESE WICKED RIVERS Testify, Force Of Nature (2024) 5:01
3. LINDY URBAN Ain’t Bound Now, Single (2024) 4:10
4. JOANovARC On My Way, Escape The Fire EP (2024) 3:25
5. FLORENCE BLACK Beautiful Lover, Bed Of Nails (2024) 4:10
6. ELLES BAILEY If This Is Love, Beneath The Neon Glow (2024) 3:01
7. BYWATER CALL Now And Never, Shepherd (2024) 4:09
8. AMELIA COBURN Sleepy Town, Between The Moon And The Milkman (2024) 3:51
9. ALBERT HAMMOND Let It Go, Body Of Work (2024) 3:04
10. MEDICINE HEAD Livin’ In A Bubble, Heartwork (2024) 3:38
11. SOUTH OF SALEM A Life Worth Dying For, Death Of The Party (2024) 4:27
12. ECLIPSE Falling To My Knees, Megalomanium II (2024) 3:00
13. THE NEW ROSES Spirit Of A Rebel, (2024) 3:25
14. THE BLACK CROWES Rats And Clowns, Happiness Bastards (2024) 3:33
15. BLACK SABBATH Anno Mundi, In Domine (2024) 6:12
16. LILLIAN AXE Nocturnal Symphony, The Box Vol.2: The Quickening (2024) 5:28
17. THE QUIREBOYS Happy, Wardour Street (2024) 4:05
18. DEEP PURPLE Pictures Of You, =1 (2024) 3:51
19. MOGG’S MOTEL Shane, Mogg’s Motel (2024) 4:09
20. FM Story Of My Life, Futurama (2014) 5:11
22. AC/DC Shoot To Thrill, Live At River Plate (2012) 5:56
23. SCORPIONS Rock You Like A Hurricane, World Wide Live (2015 remaster) 4:15
24. STARCHASER Under The Same Sky, Into The Great Unknown (2024) 5:37
25. STEVE HACKETT Enter The Ring, The Circus And The Nightwhale (2024) 3:53
26. WALTER TROUT Talkin’ To Myself, Broken (2024) 4:16
27. HONEYMOON SUITE Love Comes, Alive (2024) 3:20
28. SCARLET REBELS Divide And Conquer, Where The Colours Meet (2024) 3:25
29. BRAVE RIVAL Stand Up, Fight Or Flight (2024) 3:37
[15.12.24]
1. SHOOGLENIFTY Caravan Up North, Single (2024) 5:23
2. VALTOS Charlie’s On The Run, Valtos (2022) 3:56
3. LARKIN POE Bluephoria, Single (2024) 4:32
4. ELLES BAILEY Ballad Of A Broken Dream, Beneath The Neon Glow (2024) 5:11
5. JUDIE TZUKE Evergreen, Jude The Unsinkable (2023) 5:12
6. PAUL DI’ANNO’S WARHORSE Here Comes The Night, Warhorse (2024) 3:50
7. IOMMI Dopamine, Fused (2024 remaster)
8. TRUCKER DIABLO Show Me The Way, Single (2024) 3:16
9. BLUE NATION Ordinary People ,The Ordinary People (2024) 2:53
10. BLUES PILLS Birthday, Birthday (2024) 3:46
11. JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR Hold Of My Heart, Single (2024) 3:44
12. HEALTHY JUNKIES Self Conscious, Listen To The Mad (2024) 3:17
13. THE DAMN TRUTH Love Outta Luck, Single (2024) 3:00
14. FM Black Water, Old Habits Die Hard (2024)
15. ROBERT JON & THE WRECK Rager, Single (2024) 4:21
16. AD INFINITUM Surrender, Single (2024) 3:46
17. BLIND EGO In A Blink Of An Eye, The Hunting Party (2024) 7:15
18. DAVID GILMOUR Between Two Points, Luck And Strange (2024) 6:10
19. KALANDRA I Am, A Frame Of Mind (2024) 5:32
20. BETH HART Suga N My Bowl, You Still Got Me (2024) 3:33
21. MYLES KENNEDY Saving Face, The Art Of Letting Go (2024) 4:10
22. KINGS OF MERCIA Eye For An Eye, Battle Scars (2024) 4:16
23. PURE REASON REVOLUTION Lifeless Creature, Coming Up To Consciousness (2024) 6:09
24. EXPLORING BIRDSONG Weight In Gold, Single (2024) 3:35
25. FRANK ZAPPA Peaches En Regalia, Hot Rats (1969) 3:40
26. THE VERVE I See Houses, Forth (2008) 5:36
27. JOHN LENNON Imagine, Imagine (1971) 3:04
[08.12.24]
1. QUINN SULLIVAN Better In Love, Salvation (2024) 3:45
2. BYWATER CALL As If, Single (2024) 3:52
3. THE COLD STARES Horse To Water, Single (2024) 3:58
4. DAVE FOSTER BAND Sleep Spindles, Maybe They’ll Come Back For Us (2024) 6:42
5. ATTIC THEORY Papier Mache, What We Fear The Most (2024) 3:49
6. MARISA AND THE MOTHS Get It Off My Chest, What Doesn’t Kill You (2024) 3:41
7. THE TREATMENT Free Yourself, Wake Up The Neighbourhood (2024) 3:45
8. CHARLOTTE WESSELS Chasing Sunsets, The Obsession (2024) 4:16
9. KISSIN’ DYNAMITE The Devil Is A Woman, Back With A Bang (2024) 3:33
10. DEWOLFF Hard To Make A Buck, Muscle Shoals (2024) 3:14
11. CORY MARKS Sorry For Nothing, Sorry For Nothing (2024) 3:31
12. ELECTRIC TEMPLE The Storm, High Voltage Salvation (2024) 5:04
13. POWELL PAYNE Voices, Viola (2024) 3:38
14. MOGGS MOTEL Wrong House, Moggs Motel (2024) 4:24
15. NESTOR Victorious, Teenage Rebel (2024) 5:19
16. TERAMAZE Step Right Up, Eli: A Wonderful Fall From Grace (2024) 8:20
17. 25 YARD SCREAMER No Beautiful View, The Memory Cheats (2024) 6:16
18. THE GEORGIA THUNDERBOLTS Stand Up, Rise Above It All (2024) 3:52
19. FOCUS Fjord Focus, 12 (2024) 4:24
20. BIG BIG TRAIN Oblivion, The Likes Of Us (2024) 5:27
21. CIRCULINE All, C.O.R.E. (2024) 7:58
22. FM I Heard It Through The Grapevine, Vintage And Rare () 4:28
23. BILLY IDOL Eyes Wide Shut, Kings & Queens Of The Underground (2014) 4:29
24. CHIC Le Freak, Single (1979) 5:28
[01.12.24]
1. SOUTH OF SALEM Static, Death Of The Party (2024) 4:18
2. BRAVE RIVAL Five Years On, Fight Or Flight (2024) 3:13
3. AUSTIN GOLD Down & Outs, Ain’t No Saint 4:56
4. SONS OF LIBERTY Turn This Tide, The Details In The Devil (2024) 3:59
5. MAGNUM Run Into The Shadows, Here Comes The Rain (2024) 5:33
6. SAXON Pirates Of The Airwaves, Hell, Fire And Damnation (2024) 3:56
7. FLORENCE BLACK Warning Sign, Bed Of Nails (2024) 3:37
8. THESE WICKED RIVERS The Riverboat Man, Single (2024) 3;32
9. THEA GILMORE December In New York, Single (2001) 3:38
10. PHIL VINCENT Wanted, Master Of Deception (2024) 3:12
11. STORACE Thrill And A Kiss, Crossfire (2024) 3:49
12. VAN ZANT Warrior, Always Look Up (2024) 4:18
13. RUTHLESS BLUES Fast Train, Nice Work (2024) 4:36
14. CROSSBONE SKULLY High On You, Evil World Machine (2024) 3:49
15. ELECTRIC TEMPLE Am I Damned ,High Voltage Salvation (2024) 4:55
16. COLLATERAL Glass Sky, Single (2024) 4:00
17. BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION Stay Free, V (2024) 4:30
18. MANDOKI SOULMATES Blood In The Water, A Memory Of Our Future (2024) 6:53
19. STEVE HACKETT People In The Smoke, The Circus And The Nightwhale (2024) 4:05
20. THE PINEAPPLE THIEF Every Trace Of Us, It Leads To This (2024) 4:39
21. KALANDRA The State Of The World, Single (2024) 4:34
22. SON OF MAN Down, Gaslight (2024) 5:00
23. FM Black Water, Old Habits Die Hard (2024) 4:35
24. FOO FIGHTERS Waiting On A War, Medicine At Midnight (2021) 4:13
25. BELINDA CARLISLE Circle In The Sand, Single (1987) 3:43
26. MR.MISTER Broken Wings, Single (1985) 4:48
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