Monday 18 March 2024

Mary Anne Hobbs Sits In For Gilles Peterson - 6 Music #3


MARY ANNE HOBBS SITS IN FOR GILLES PETERSON - 6 MUSIC 02.09.17 (320kbs-m4a/390mb/2hrs50mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 2nd September 2017

Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) [Motown]
Four Tet - SW9 9SL [Text]
Earthly - Shrug [Bounce Pass]
Queen Latifah - Black Hand Side [Motown]
Ninos du Brasil - No Meio Da Noite [Hospital Productions]
PJ Harvey - 50Ft. Queenie [Island]
Max Richter - Orlando/Morphology [Deutsche Grammophon]
Avril - Be Yourself [F Communications]
Mogwai - 1000 Foot Face [Rock Action]
Objekt - Needle Thread [White Label]
Lamont  (feat. Nico Lindsay) - In The Field [Keysound Recordings]
The Last Poets - True Blues [Charly]
Erykah Badu - Didn't Cha Know [Motown]
Lituus - 10212016_2700_001 [Avian]
James Blake - Modern Soul [Universal]
Burial - In McDonalds [Hyperdub]
Underworld - Underworld's Manchester Street Poem - 6 Music [Extract]
The Desert Sessions - Crawl Home [Island]
System Of A Down - Chop Suey [Sony]
Chunky - Lyric Mi [Lyric Mi]
David Bowie - Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) [Parlophone]
Fragile Self - Deperson [Unreleased]
Jon Hassell - Last Night The Moon Came [ECM]
A Tribe Called Quest - Dis Generation [Epic]
Rick Ross & French Montana & Meek Mill & Diddy - Bout That Life (Taso's Smoked Out VIP) [Teklife]
Abul Mogard - Patterns Of Our Own Times [Fabric]

ABUL MOGARD GUEST MIX
Nurse With Wound & Blind Cave Salamander - Cabbalism 1 [ICR]
Aukai - Snow (Abul Mogard Rework) [Aukai Music]
Abul Mogard - Quiet Nights [Unreleased]
Steve Moore - Aldebran Exchange [Cuneiform]
Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe - Yawneb Pt.1 [More Than Human]
Abul Mogard - Umber [HalTapes]
Majeure - Apex [Temporary Residence]
Goodiepal - Hessdalen [Edition Mego]
Fovea Hex - Huge (The Joy Of Trouble) [Janet]
Not Waving - Future Rain (Abul Mogard Remix) [Emotional Response]

Savages - Dream Baby Dream (Live)
Flying Lotus  (feat. Ahu/Byron The Aquarius) - Roberta Flack [Warp]
Alice Coltrane  (feat. Pharoah Sanders) - Journey In Satchidananda [Universal Music Group]
Ólafur Arnalds  (feat. South Iceland Chamber Choir) - Raddir [Mercury Classics]
Floating Points - Vacuum Boogie [Elgo]
Kojey Radical - Dystopia In God's Body
Rhythim Is Rhythim - Strings of Life (Danny Krivit Re Edit) [Transmat]

Sunday 17 March 2024

Mary Anne Hobbs Sits In For Gilles Peterson - 6 Music #2


MARY ANNE HOBBS SITS IN FOR GILLES PETERSON - 6 MUSIC 26.08.17 (320kbs-m4a/389mb/2hrs49mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 26th August 2017

Frank Ocean - Pink + White [Boys Don't Cry]
Pinch - Qawwali [Planet Mu]
Fela Kuti - Witchcraft [Kalakuta Sunrise/Knitting Factory]
Jupiter & Okwess (feat. Warren Ellis) - Pondjo Pondjo [Zamora Label]
Hannah Peel - Archid Orange Dwarf [My Own Pleasure]
Brian Eno - The Big Ship
Tricky - Black Steel [Indolent]
Jlin - Challenge (To Be Continued) [Planet Mu]
Kojey Radical - After Winter
Bill Evans - Peace Piece [Riverside]
Nils Frahm - Four Hands [Erased Tapes]
Eric Whitacre - Lux Aurumque [Decca]
Kamasi Washington - Truth [Young Turks]
Thundercat & Pharrell Williams - The Turn Down
EX EYE - Xenolith; The Anvil [Relapse]
Mogwai - Coolverine [Rock Action]
The Comet Is Coming - Final Eclipse [Leaf]
Stevie Wonder - Another Star [Motown]
Yotam Avni - Tehillim [Stroboscopic Artefacts]
Mala - Calle F [Brownswood Recordings]
The Specials - Blank Expression
nonkeen - Obviously Algebra [R&S]

ANDREA BELFI GUEST MIX
Andrea Belfi - Tribute To Raymond Scott
Andrea Belfi - Vano [IIKKI]
Machinefabriek & Soccercommittee - Hi-Jacked Drone (Andrea Belfi Remix)
Andrea Belfi - Ton [Float]
Robert Wyatt - East Timor (Hobocombo's Cover)
Andrea Belfi - Nautikon

Abul Mogard - Slate Coloured Storm [Ecstatic]
Holly Herndon - DAO (Live at Manchester International Festival 2017) [NONE]
Visible Cloaks - Screen [RVNG Intl.]
Angustus Pablo - A Good Hearted Melody [Jamaican Recordings]
Trim - 13th Apostle [1-800 Dinosaur]
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up [Warner]

Saturday 16 March 2024

Mary Anne Hobbs Sits In For Gilles Peterson - 6 Music #1


MARY ANNE HOBBS SITS IN FOR GILLES PETERSON - 6 MUSIC 19.08.17 (320kbs-m4a/388mb/2hrs49mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 19th August 2017

Gil Scott‐Heron - Lady Day And John Coltrane [Camden]
Kojey Radical - Can I Speak To Em (Live At Dark Matter)
Martyn Heyne - Carry [7K!]
God Colony & Flohio - Fights [God Colony]
Kendrick Lamar - FEEL. [Top Dawg Entertainment]
Pangaea - Router [Hessle Audio]
Miles Davis - Spanish Key [Columbia]
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Anthrocene [Bad Seed Ltd]
Andrea Belfi - Lead [Float]
Obongjayar - Endless
A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Retour Au Champs De Mars [Erased Tapes]
Floating Points - Kelso Dunes [Pluto]
Mos Def - Quiet Dog
Aphex Twin - umil 25-01 [Warp]
Richard Spaven  (feat. Jordan Rakei) - Stills [Fine Line]
Pijn - Dumbstruck & Floodlit [Holy Roar]
Deftones - Digital Bath [Maverick]
Colin Stetson - Spindrift
Tom Waits - Alice [Anti-]
Fleet Foxes - Mearcstapa [Nonesuch]
Vashti Bunyan - Across The Water [Fatcat]
Baka Forest People Of South East Cameroon - Liquidini 2 [Late Night Tales]
Gonjasufi - Your Maker (Daddy G Remix) [Warp]
Pearson Sound - XLB [Pearson Sound]

PEARSON SOUND GUEST MIX
Bruce - Petal Pluck [Hessle Audio]
Beatrice Dillon And Call Super - Inkjet [Hessle Audio]
Ploy - Move Yourself [Ploy]
Loleatta Holloway - Stand Up (Pangaea's Mix) [White Label]
Batu - Marius [Hessle Audio]
Joe - Tail Lift [Hessle Audio]
Pearson Sound - Robin Chasing Butterflies [PEARS]

Misty In Roots - Man Kind (Live) [Real World]
Gaika - Heco (St Lukes Church, Glasgow - 6 Music Festival 2017)
Goldie - Horizons [Metalheadz]
Ben Lukas Boysen - Golden Times 1 (Max Cooper Mix) [Erased Tapes]
Hamilton Bohannon - Let's Start The Dance [Mercury]

Friday 15 March 2024

Cornelius - Breezeblock Mix 2002


CORNELIUS - BREEZEBLOCK 28.01.2002 (320kbs/69mb/30mins)

BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 28th January 2002

Cornelius - Theme [White Label]
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (Cornelius Remix) [XL Recordings]
Unknown - Suntory No Uta [White Label]
Yoshinori Sunahara - Balance [White Label]
Eric Satie - Gymno Petty [White Label]
Cornelius - Tone Twilight Zone [Matador]
Unknown - St. Mitchel Acid [White Label]
Spiders - Narebaii [White Label]
Cornelius - Bird Watching At Inner Forest [Matador]
Sting - Brand New Day (Cornelius Mix) [A&M]
Les Buckstar - Luner Rhapsody [White Label]

Thursday 14 March 2024

The Beta Band - Breezeblock Mix 2002


THE BETA BAND - BREEZEBLOCK 14.01.2002 (320kbs/101mb/44mins)

BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 14th January 2002

Bob Dylan, Billy The Kid & Bob Garrett - Turkey Chase [Columbia]
Big Jack Johnson - Catfish Blues [Atlantic]
Pink Floyd - Grandchester Meadows [EMI]
The Beach Boys - Disney Girls [Capitol]
Bob Dylan - Gotta Travel On [Columbia]
Funkadelic - Biological Speculation [Westbound]
Frank Zappa - Willie The Pimp [Rykodisc]
J. S. Bach - Tocata & Fugue In D Minor [Telarc]
Can - Gomorra [Mute]
Paul Giovanni - The Wicker Man [White Label]
The KLF - Elvis On The Radio, Steel Guitar In My Soul [KLF Communications]
Les Baxter - Simba - Taboo! [Ryko]
Add N To [X] - King Wasp [Mute]
Velvet Underground - Ocean [Mercury]
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Track 2 [Warp]
Prodigy - Weather Experience [XL Recordings]
Photek - UFO [Astralwerks]
Aphex Twin - Didgereedoo [Warp]
Michael Bundt - The Brain Of Oscar Panzzier [White Label]
Bobby & Betty Go To The Moon - A Lunar Adventure [White Label]
The Beatles - Across The Universe [Apple]
Kraftwerk - Autobahn [EMI]

Wednesday 13 March 2024

Aphrodite - Breezeblock Mix 2002


APHRODITE - BREEZEBLOCK 07.01.2002 (320kbs/99mb/43mins)

BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 7th January 2002

Aphrodite (feat. Big Daddy Caine) - Off Limits [White Label]
Aphrodite - Stalker (Twilight 2002 Remix) [White Label]
Aphrodite - Calcutta [White Label]
Aphrodite - Wobble [White Label]
Aphrodite - Clean Decibels (Slag Bass Remix) [White Label]
Aphrodite - Hootchie (Dub Mix) [White Label]
Rascal & Klone - Galactic Jam [White Label]
Top Buzz - Living In Darkness (Rascal And Klone Remix) [White Label]
Aphrodite (feat. MC Navigator) - Mercy Remix [White Label]
Shy FX (feat. UK Apache) - Original Nutter (Aphrodite Special Remix) [White Label]
Aphrodite (feat. Barrington Leavy) - All Over Me [White Label]
Aphrodite - Fanfare (Remix) [White Label]
Wyclef Jean & Whitney Houston - Untitled (Bootleg Jungle Mix) [White Label]
Aphrodite (feat. Deadly Hunter Of The Priceless Crew) - Smoke Dog (Ganja Man Mix) [White Label]

Tuesday 12 March 2024

Arthur Baker - Breezeblock Mix 2001


ARTHUR BAKER - BREEZEBLOCK 26.11.2001 (320kbs/107mb/47mins)

BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 26th November 2001

Allan Sherman - Shake Hands With Your Uncle [Warner Bros.]
Chamber Brothers - Time Has Come Today [Columbia]
The Standells - Dirty Water [Rhino]
Alice Cooper - School's Out [Warner Bros.]
Velvet Underground - White Light, White Heat [MGM]
The Temptations - Cloud Nine [Gordy]
Rare Earth - I Just Want To Celebrate [Motown]
Arthur Baker - Hold Your Head [White Label]
New Order - Confusion (Arthur Baker Remix) [White Label]
Arthur Baker Vs. New Order, Rod Stewart & Andrew WK - Untitled [White Label]
Bubba Sparxxx Vs. Ash - Ugly [White Label]
Beach Bustas - Good Vibes [White Label]

Monday 11 March 2024

Dave Clarke - Breezeblock Mix 2001


DAVE CLARKE - BREEZEBLOCK 19.11.2001 (320kbs/102mb/47mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 19th November 2001


Youngsters - Abusive Melody [F Comm]
Tobias Von Hofshine - The Swinge [Eukateck]
Black Water - Octave One [430 West]
Surgeon - Screw The Roses [Counter Balance]
Regis - Penetration [Downwards]
Advent - Unknown [Tortured]
Millsart - Step To Enchantment [P Millsart Music]
Advent - Unknown [Tortured]
Speedy J - Unknown [Novamute]
Umek - Unknown [White Label]
Unknown - Unknown [White Label]
Green Velvet - La La Land (Dave Clarke Mix) [Music Man]
1994 - Unknown [White Label]
Unknown - Unknown [Anderson]
Green Velvet - Stop Lyin [Music Man]
Beta - Unknown [White Label]
1st Bass - Slow Me Down [Mute]

Sunday 10 March 2024

Orbital - Breezeblock Mix 2001


ORBITAL - BREEZEBLOCK 05.11.2001 (320kbs/107mb/47mins)

BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 5th November 2001

Unknown - Theme From "Company Of Wolves" [White Label]
Cocteau Twins - Corelei [4AD]
Orbital - Illuminate [White Label]
Dead Kennedys - Ill In The Head [Cherry Red]
Sujatma - Mai Jaana [Nevos]
Severed Heads - A Recall Of The Empire [Nettwork]
Severed Heads - A Million Angels [Nettwork]
John Leyton - Johnny Remember Me [Cime]
The Beat - Tears Of A Clown [Two Tone]
Jean Michael Jarre - Zooloor 3 [Epic]
Orbital & Alabama 3 - Scarred For Life [White Label]
DOA - Liar For Hire [White Label]
Squarepusher - Schizm Track #2 Mix [Warp]
Divine Comedy - Sunrise [Setanta]

Saturday 9 March 2024

Money Mark - Breezeblock Mix 2001


MONEY MARK - BREEZEBLOCK 22.10.2001 (320kbs/65mb/28mins)

BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 22nd October 2001

Money Mark - Information Contraband [Emperor Norton]
DJ Bombjack - Lesson 7: The Next Lesson [Apeman]
Mos Def - Jam On It [Underground Airplay]
De La Soul (feat. Mike D. & Ad Rock) - Squat (Scratch Perverts Mix) [Tommy Boy]
Ozomalti - 1234 [Interscope]
The Commodores - Brick House [Warners]
Edan - Drop Some Smooth Lyrics [Humble Mag]
Money Mark - Soul Drive Sixth Avenue [Emperor Norton]

Friday 8 March 2024

DJ Tee Bee - Breezeblock Mix 2001


DJ TEE BEE - BREEZEBLOCK 22.10.2001 (320kbs/112mb/49mins)

BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 22nd October 2001

Hidden Agenda - Untitled [White Label]
Hidden Agenda - Culture [White Label]
Angel Zero - Simex [White Label]
K - Futile Dream [Subtitles]
C4C - Voicom [Subtitles]
Rascal & Klone - Nightphase [White Label]
DJ Tee Bee - Silent Depths [Certificate 18]
Bad Company - Miami [White Label]
Stratus - Get Hyped [Subtitles]
High Contrast - Make It Tonight [White Label]

Thursday 7 March 2024

Lo Fidelity Allstars - Live Breezeblock 2001


LO FIDELITY ALLSTARS - LIVE BREEZEBLOCK 15.10.2001 (320kbs/120mb/53mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 15th October 2001

Lo Fidelity Allstars - The All, The All
Lo Fidelity Allstars - Battleflag
Lo Fidelity Allstars - Sleeping Faster
Lo Fidelity Allstars - Don't Be Afraid
Lo Fidelity Allstars - Dark Is Easy
Lo Fidelity Allstars - What U Want
Lo Fidelity Allstars - Lo Fi's In Ibiza
Lo Fidelity Allstars - Disco Machine Gun / Bootsy Call

Wednesday 6 March 2024

Susumu Yokota - Breezeblock Mix 2001


SUSUMU YOKOTA - BREEZEBLOCK 01.10.2001 (320kbs/70mb/31mins)

BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 1st October 2001

Holger Czukay - Persian Love [Your Music]
Squarepusher - Presents Maximum Prifstep [Warp]
Lee Perry - A Badder Dub [Esoldun]
Doctor Rockit - Cafe De Flore [10th Planet]
Stevia - Wheat Field [NS Com]
Chick Corea - Crystal Silence [ECM]
Alex Gopher - The Child [V2]

Tuesday 5 March 2024

Rune Lindbaek - Breezeblock Mix 2001


RUNE LINDBAEK - BREEZEBLOCK 03.09.2001 (320kbs/68mb/30mins)

BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 3rd September 2001

America - Are You There [Warners]
Vangelis - Let It Happen [Polydor]
Nick Straker Band - A Little Bit Of Jazz [CBS]
Jonathan King - Everyone's Gone To The Moon [Decca]
The KLF - Elvis On The Radio [KLF Communications]
Soft Rock - Soft [White Label]
Röyksopp
- A Quiet Life [Beat Service]
Cato Canari - Middle Of The Night [Drum Island]

Monday 4 March 2024

King Of Woolworths - Breezeblock Mix 2001


KING OF WOOLWORTHS - BREEZEBLOCK 03.09.2001 (320kbs/138mb/61mins)

BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 3rd September 2001

The Walker Brothers - In My Room [Contour]
Saint Etienne - Speedwell [Heavenly]
Aim - Original Stuntmaster [Grand Central]
Hopeton Lewis - Express Yourself [Fat City Recordings]
Michel Magne - Theme from 'Barbarella' [Dynovoice]
Francois Hardy - Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour [Pye]
King Of Woolworths - Bakerloo (Skindo Nagasaki Mix) [Mantra]
Serge Gainsbourg - Jesus Venu [Philips]
Ladytron - He Took Her To A Movie [Liquid]
Superstring - Polanski [Contrade]
Etienne de Crecy - Scratched [XL Recordings]
St. Germain - Deep In It [F Communications]
Hypnotone - In Joy [Creation]
808 State - Cubik [ZTT]
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Kill Surf City [WEA]
King Of Woolworths - Mintel Conspiracy [Mantra]
The Beloved - The Sun Rising (Danny's Love Is... Remix) [WEA]
Barbara Streisand - Woman In Love [CBS]

Sunday 3 March 2024

BobaFatt - Roots Mix


BOBAFATT - ROOTS MIX 24.02.24 (320kbs-m4a/62mb/27mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 24th February 2024

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the classic 4th album from The Roots, 'Things Fall Apart', BobaFatt delivers a Block Party mix comprised of the Philadelphia Hip Hop band's finest work, headed by the core group of Questlove, Black Thought & the late Malik B, and featuring the likes of Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Mos Def, J Dilla, Rahzel & Jimmy Fallon.

Saturday 2 March 2024

Curtis Mayfield - Radio 2 In Concert (1990)


CURTIS MAYFIELD - RADIO 2 IN CONCERT (1990) (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)

BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 25th February 2024

Curtis Mayfield performing at London's Town and Country Club. Featuring Superfly, It's Alright, I'm So Proud, Billy Jack, Freddie's Dead, People Get Ready and Move On Up.

Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
Curtis Mayfield - It's Alright
Curtis Mayfield - I'm So Proud
Curtis Mayfield - Billy Jack
Curtis Mayfield - Freddie's Dead
Curtis Mayfield - Pusher Man
Curtis Mayfield - People Get Ready
Curtis Mayfield - We Got To Have Peace
Curtis Mayfield - Homeless
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
Curtis Mayfield - To Be Invisible
Curtis Mayfield - (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go

Friday 1 March 2024

Happy Mondays - Radio 2 In Concert (1992)


HAPPY MONDAYS - RADIO 2 IN CONCERT (1992) (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)

BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 11th February 2024

Happy Mondays performing at the Kilburn National in 1992. Featuring Wrote for Luck, Loose Fit, Kinky Afro, Hallelujah and Monkey in the Family.

Happy Mondays - Wrote For Luck
Happy Mondays - Loose Fit
Happy Mondays - Sunshine And Love
Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro
Happy Mondays - Cowboy Dave
Happy Mondays - Hallelujah
Happy Mondays - Stinkin' Thinkin'
Happy Mondays - Angel
Happy Mondays - Cut 'Em Loose Bruce
Happy Mondays - Dustman
Happy Mondays - Monkey In The Family

Thursday 29 February 2024

Rick Wakeman - Key To Keys - 4. Episode 4


RICK WAKEMAN - KEY TO KEYS - 4. EPISODE 4 (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)

BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 18th February 2024

As part of Radio 2's 'Rock On 2' day Rick Wakeman presents Rick Wakeman's Key to Keys in Rock celebrating some of the most famous rock keyboard riffs and some of the best rock keyboard players. Rick also chats to composer, songwriter, keyboardist and a founder member of the Genesis, Tony Banks. Tony talks about his first school bands, playing keyboards for Genesis and about his solo work and the challenges of working with an orchestra.

B. Bumble & The Stingers - Nut Rocker [Old Gold]
The Rolling Stones - She's A Rainbow [Abkco]
Deep Purple - Child In Time [EMI]
Rush - Subdivisions
The Who - Baba O'Riley [Polydor]
Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air [X-Phonics]
Genesis - Firth Of Fifth (2007 Stereo Mix) [Rhino/Atlantic]
Tony Banks - From The Undertow
Tony Banks - Earthlight [Naxos Classics]
Muse - Apocalypse Please [Warner]
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Hoedown [BMG]

Wednesday 28 February 2024

Rick Wakeman - Key To Keys - 3. Episode 3


RICK WAKEMAN - KEY TO KEYS - 3. EPISODE 3 (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)

BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 17th February 2024

Rick Wakeman presents some of his favourite and notable keyboard tracks, including the world exclusive first play of a rare alternative version of David Bowie's Kooks, which Rick played on during the Hunky Dory sessions. Rick also features Supertramp on the famous Trident Studio piano, Alan Price, Steve Winwood's work with Spencer Davis and Talk Talk, Billy Preston, Ray Charles and Jon and Vangelis.

Rick will also be joined at the Radio 2 Elton John piano by his son Adam, who will play live and discuss his father's influence on him and his own work with Black Sabbath, Annie Lennox, Will Young and Atomic Kitten among others.

B. Bumble & The Stingers - Nut Rocker [Old Gold]
The Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin' [Island]
Talk Talk - Living In Another World [Parlophone]
The Charlatans - Weirdo [Beggars Banquet]
Alan Price - Poor People [Warner Bros]
Ray Charles & Blues Brothers - Shake A Tail Feather
Billy Preston - That's The Way God Planned It (Part 1 & 2) [Apple]
Supertramp - If Everyone Was Listening [A&M]
David Bowie - Kooks (Alternative Version) [Parlophone]
Adam Wakeman - Starship Trooper (Live at the Elton John Piano)
Adam Wakeman - Leave Right Now (Live at the Elton John Piano)
Adam Wakeman - Spiral Architecture (Live at the Elton John Piano)
Adam Wakeman - Changes (Live at the Elton John Piano)
Adam Wakeman - Summer's End (Live at the Elton John Piano)
Snakecharmer - Forgive And Forget [Frontiers]
Jon And Vangelis - I Hear You Now [EMI]

Tuesday 27 February 2024

Rick Wakeman - Key To Keys - 2. Episode 2


RICK WAKEMAN - KEY TO KEYS - 2. EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)

BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 11th February 2024

Rick Wakeman presents the second in a four-part series bringing you some of his favourite keyboard tracks. In tonight's show, you can hear music from The Faces, The Doors and our featured artist Jools Holland. He also throws a spotlight on the synthesiser, and there's a live session from Georgie Fame recorded at the Camden Theatre back in 1964. And Rick treats us to a live performance on the Elton John piano.

B. Bumble & The Stingers - Nut Rocker [Old Gold]
Faces - Stay With Me [Virgin]
The Doors - Light My Fire [Elektra]
The Monkees - Daily Nightly
Isao Tomita - Snowflakes Are Dancing
Kraftwerk - Autobahn [Vertigo]
Wendy Carlos - Theme From A Clockwork Orange
Peter Gabriel - Shock The Monkey [Virgin]
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames - Let The Sun Shine In (Camden Theatre, 19 Mar 1964)
Squeeze - Take Me I'm Yours [Universal/A&M]
Jools Holland & Ruby Turner - The Informer [Rhino]
Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You [J]
Rick Wakeman - Help!
Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale [Esoteric Recordings]
Hot Butter - Popcorn [Compact]

Monday 26 February 2024

Rick Wakeman - Key To Keys - 1. Episode 1


RICK WAKEMAN - KEY TO KEYS - 1. EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/129mb/56mins)

BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 10th February 2024

Rick Wakeman presents the first in a four-part series bringing you some of his favourite keyboard tracks from artists like Emerson Lake & Palmer to Elton John and Rod Argent and not forgetting the amazing Mrs Mills.

In this first show, Rick also chats to fellow rock pianist Don Airey. Keyboard player with Deep Purple since 2002, he has also written and played keyboards for artists like Gary Moore, Ozzy Osborne, Rainbow and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Rick and Don chat about how he started his career playing on a cruise ship before being spotted playing live in a London club and being invited to play with Cozy Powell. Don also treats us to a live version of one of his own compositions on the Elton John piano. And you can hear a live version of Fire by the Crazy World of Arthur Brown recorded at a session for the BBC back in 1968.

First broadcast in 2016.

B. Bumble & the Stingers - Nut Rocker [Old Gold]
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Fanfare For The Common Man [Atlantic]
Argent - Hold Your Head Up [Epic]
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire [Trax]
Elton John - Honky Cat [Virgin/EMI]
The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire
Deep Purple - Hush [EMI]
Colosseum II - Dark Side Of The Moog
Don Airey - Song For Al
Whitesnake - Is This Love [Virgin]
Mrs. Mills - Mrs Mills Medley Part 1

Sunday 25 February 2024

Stuart Price Vs. Jacques Lu Cont Vs. Thin White Duke!


STUART PRICE VS. JACQUES LU CONT VS. THIN WHITE DUKE! (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 2nd December 2023

An hour-long focus on Madonna's musical director Stuart Price, and his numerous aliases. Price vs Les Rhythmes Digitales vs Jacques Lu Cont vs Thin White Duke!

Les Rythmes Digitales - Jacques Your Body (Make Me Sweat) [Wall Of Sound]
Missy Elliott (feat. Ciara & Fatman Scoop) - Lose Control (Jacques Lu Cont Edit) [Atlantic]
Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For? (Jacques Lu Cont's TWD Mix) [Interscope]
Juliet - Avalon (Jacques Lu Cont vs. Remix) [Virgin America]
Justice - D​.​A​.​N​.​C​.​E. (Stuart Price Remix) [Ed Banger]
Les Rythmes Digitales - Music Makes You Lose Control [Melody Maker]
Dua Lipa - That Kind Of Woman (Jacques Lu Cont Remix) [Warner]
Starsailor - Four To The Floor (Thin White Duke Remix) [EMI]
Les Rythmes Digitales - (Hey You) What's That Sound [Wall Of Sound Recordings]
Scissor Sisters - Invisible Light [Boysnoize]
Madonna - Hollywood (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix)
Röyksopp - What Else Is There? (Thin White Duke Edit) [Astralwerks]
Felix da Housecat - Silver Screen Shower Scene (Thin White Duke Mix) [City Rockers]
Friendly Fires - Jump In The Pool (Thin White Duke Remix) [XL Recordings]
The Killers - Mr. Brightside (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix) [Island]

Thanx to ENNISELLIS

Saturday 24 February 2024

Utah Saints - 90s Megamix


UTAH SAINTS - 90s MEGAMIX (320kbs-m4a/66mb/29mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 28th July 2023

UK Dance legends Utah Saints spin an epic 90s megamix featuring the biggest and most influential tracks from the decade. Expect tunes from the likes of The Prodigy, SL2, Double 99, Inner City, Joe Smooth, The Chemical Brothers, Underworld and more.

The Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu - It's Grim Up North [KLF Communications]
Utah Saints - What Can You Do For Me [FFRR]
Awesome 3 / Donna Allen - Don't Go / Serious (Acapella) [City Beat]
The Prodigy vs. Peo De Pitte - Charly [Dub - 666 THREE]
SL2 - On A Ragga Tip [XL]
Shades Of Rhythm - The Sound Of Eden [ZTT]
Bizarre Inc - Playing With Knives (Quadrant Mix) [Vinyl Solution]
True Faith (feat. Bridget Grace with Final Cut) - Take Me Away (Pinned Up Mix) [Network]
Altern 8 - Evapor 8 (Inciner 8 Mix) [Network]
Rhythim Is Rhythim / Todd Terry Presents CLS - Strings Of Life / Can You Feel It (Paul Woolford Edit) [Transmat / Strictly Rhythm]
Double 99 (feat. Top Cat) - Ripgroove [Satellite]
CJ Bolland - Sugar Is Sweeter (Armand's Drum 'n Bass Mix) [FFRR]
Xpansions - Elevation (Club Mix) [Arista]
4 For Money - It's A Moment In Time (Club Version) [Discomagic]
K-Klass / Nightmares On Wax - Let Me Show You / Aftermath [Deconstruction / Warp]
808 State / Hardrive - Pacific-707 / Deep Inside [ZTT / Strictly Rhythm]
Together - Hardcore Uproar [FFRR]
Outlander - Vamp [R&S]
Golden Girls - Kinetic (Rhythm Masters Melodic Mix) [Distinct'ive]
Utah Saints - Rave Forever Mini Mix
Lil' Louis / Rhythm Controll / Gat Decor - French Kiss / My House (Acapella) / Passion [FFRR / Catch A Beat / Effective]
Congress / DSK / Inner City - 40 Miles / What Would We Do (Acapella) / Good Life [Inner Rhythm / Jack Pot / Virgin]
Electric Choc / Wareband (feat. Tad Robinson) - Shock The Beat (Piano Mix) / Party Children (Single Edit) [Hi Tech / DWA]
The KLF - Last Train To Trancentral (Live From The Lost Continent) [KLF Communications]
FPI Project (feat. Sharon Dee Clarke) - Going Back To My Roots (Vocal Remix) [Rumour]
Joe Smooth (feat. Anthony Thomas) - Promised Land (Club Mix) [D.J. International]
Utah Saints - Believe In Me [London]
Alison Limerick / Afrika Bambaataa - Where Love Lives (Classic Club Mix) / Just Get Up And Dance (A.Capella Mix) [Arista / EMI]
The Chemical Brothers / The Sabres Of Paradise / Underworld - Hey Boy Hey Girl / Smokebelch II (David Holmes Mix) / Cowgirl [Freestyle Dust / Sabres Of Paradise / JBO]
Underworld - Born Slippy .NUXX [Junior Boy's Own]

Thanx to Jaybeee

Friday 23 February 2024

George Eliot: A Life In Five Characters (Omnibus)


GEORGE ELIOT: A LIFE IN FIVE CHARACTERS (OMNIBUS) (320kbs-m4a/159mb/69mins)

BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 17th February 2024

George Eliot's life through five of her characters.

With readings from the novels and letters by Juliet Stevenson

Kathryn Hughes draws out the intimate link between Eliot's characters and her life with the help of the author of a recent biography, Professor Philip Davis.

Omnibus of five parts.

1. Eliot's girlhood through Maggie from The Mill on the Floss
2. The morally serious young woman through Dorothea Brooke in Middlemarch
3. The growth of the sympathetic novelist through Janet from Scenes from Clerical Life
4. The experience of step-parenthood through Silas Marner
5. The choices for Victorian women through Gwendolen Harleth in Daniel Deronda

With contributions from contemporary writers:

Tessa Hadley
Sarah Moss
Sathnam Sanghera
David Constantine
Kathy O'Shaughnessy

Producer: Beaty Rubens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2019.

Thursday 22 February 2024

Colin Shindler - Garbo And Gilbert In Love


COLIN SHINDLER - GARBO AND GILBERT IN LOVE (320kbs-m4a/129mb/57mins)

BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 9th February 2024

The dramatised story of legendary Hollywood actress Greta Garbo's celebrated affair with silent movie star John Gilbert.

As the talkies supersede the silents, the brilliant and enigmatic Swedish actress is destined for superstardom.

But her lover descends into drunken obscurity...

Starring Kristin Milward and Henry Goodman.

Colin Shindler's classic celebrity love story.

Greta Garbo .... Kristin Milward
John Gilbert .... Henry Goodman
Louis B Mayer .... Lou Hirsch
King Vidor ..... William Hope
Eleanor .... Amy Shindler
Thalberg .... Lewis Hancock
Winchell .... John Guerrasio
Stiller .... Andrew Wincott
Marlene Dietrich .... Bella Merlin

Director: Peter Leslie Wild

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2005.

Wednesday 21 February 2024

J Dilla - Mixtape (2001)


J DILLA - MIXTAPE (2001) (320kbs-m4a/57mb/25mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 10th February 2024

Gilles chats to Pete BBE on his relationship with the great J Dilla. Plus! Pete hands over a never-before-heard Dilla mixtape, given to him in Detroit.

Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime [Sire]
Stevie Wonder - All I Do [Motown]
Rick James - Cold Blooded [Motown]
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall [Epic]
Jermaine Jackson - Castles Of Sand [Motown]
Jones Girls - Nights Over Egypt [Philadelphia International]
Chaka Khan - I Know You, I Live You [Warner Bros.]
George Benson - Love Ballad [Warner Bros.]
Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out [A&M]
Don Blackman - Holding You, Loving You [Arista]
Janet Jackson - Funny How Time Flies [A&M]
Al Jarreau - I Will Be Here For You [Warner Bros.]
Janet Jackson - Come Back To Me [A&M]
Aurra - One More Time [Salsoul]
Norman Connors (feat. Michael Henderson) - You Are My Starship [Buddah]
Grace Jones - My Jamaican Guy [Island]
New Edition - If It Isn't Love (Club Mix) [MCA]
The Brothers Johnson - I'll Be Good To You [A&M]
The Gap Band - Outstanding [Total Experience]
Yarbrough & Peoples - Don't Stop The Music [Mercury]
Earth, Wind & Fire - Beijo aka Brazilian Rhyme [CBS]
Kip Hanrahan w/Arto Lindsay - Two Heartedly, To The Other Side [American Clavé]
Parliament - The Big Bang Theory [Casablanca]
Shalamar - A Night To Remember [Solar]
Roger - Do It Roger [Warner Bros.]
Blondie - Rapture [Chrysalis]
Slave - I'll Be Gone [Cotillion]
Unlimited Touch - I Hear Music In The Streets [Prelude]
Steely Dan - Peg [ABC]