How to make a 'recently played' menu entry?

It seems as though this should be easy but I cannot figure out how to do it. I would like a menu item called something like 'recently played' where recent tracks would appear. Ideally this would keep note of tracks by player. I've tried to combine some plugins by Erland and/or to use the PLayLog plugin but I just cannot see how to achieve this. I've looked at previous examples in the forum but I can't make any of suggestions I found work for me.

I have a simple Debian install, two booms, two radios, plugins that share to a Linn Magik DSM and a picoreplayer.

Any help appreciated, Stuart