Tuesday 30 April 2019

Gilles Peterson's Shakedown - Alternative Beatles

GILLES PETERSON'S SHAKEDOWN - ALTERNATIVE BEATLES (320kbs-m4a/70mb/30mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 27th March 2019

Ahead of the 6 Music Festival in Liverpool, Gilles selects alternative Beatles covers.

Antonio Sánche - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Cecilia - Lost Little Thing (Dear Prudence)
Soulful Strings - Within You Without You
Wes Montgomery - A Day In The Life
Dwight Trible - Tomorrow Never Knows
Herbie Mann - Come Together
Earth, Wind & Fire - Got To Get You Into My Life

Monday 29 April 2019

Sam Redmore - Liverpool Trunk Of Funk

SAM REDMORE - LIVERPOOL TRUNK OF FUNK (320kbs-m4a/69mb/30mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 2nd March 2019

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Super producer Sam Redmore is putting together a 30 minute Liverpool Trunk of Funk.

Ramsey Lewis - Julia
The Israelites - Come Together (Intro)
Byron Lee & The Dragonaires - Let & Let Die
The Meters - Come Together (Guitar)
The Beatles - Come Together (Bass & Drums)
Junior Parker - Taxman (Vocal)
The Supremes - Come Together
Randy Crawford - Don't Let Me Down (Drums)
The Beatles - Don't Let Me Down (Vocal)
The Beatles - Sun King (Bass & Guitar)
Eddie Hazel - I Want You (She's So Heavy)
The Beatles - I Want You (She's So Heavy) (Vocal, Bass & Keys)
The Beatles - Lady Madonna (Love Remix)
The Beatles - Within You Without You (Percussion)
The Beatles - Why Don't We Do It In The Road (Percussion)
Klaus Weiss - Research (Drums)
The Beatles - Mean Mr. Mustard (Bass & Guitar)
Al Green - I Want To Hold Your Hand (Intro)
The Beatles - I Feel Fine (Guitar & Vocal)
Harvey Averne - I Feel Fine
Hot Butter & Soul - ABC (Drums)
The Beatles - Love Love Love (Strings)
The Beatles - Back In The USSR (Count In)
Stevie Wonder - We Can Work It Out
The Beatles - Because (Keys)
The Beatles - Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite (Drums)
The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand (Handclaps)
The Beatles - Hey Bulldog
Agrupacion Ilegal Los Imparciales - Norwegian Wood
Booker T & The MGs - You Can’t Do That (Keys)
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (Guitar)
The Beatles - Yellow Submarine (Crowd Sound FX)
Eddie Cano & Nino Tempo - A Hard Day's Night
The Beatles - Birthday (Guitar, Bass & Vocal)
The Mighty Showstoppers - Hippy Skippy Moon Strut (Drums)
The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
Aretha Franklin - Eleanor Rigby
The Beatles - Please Mr. Postman
The Beatles - Good Morning Good Morning (Drums)
Al Green - Get Back
The Beatles - Get Back (Guitar)
The Beatles - The End
The Beatles - A Day In The Life (Strings)
The Beatles - The Word (Piano, Guitar, Bass & Vocals)
The Beatles - The Word (Paul Nice Remix)
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (Drums & Crowd FX)
The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows (Leftside Wobble Edit)
The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun (Sam Redmore's Acoustic Re-Edit)

Sunday 28 April 2019

The Teardrop Explodes - Richard Skinner Live Session 13th August 1981

THE TEARDROP EXPLODES - RICHARD SKINNER LIVE SESSION 13.08.81 (320kbs-m4a/27mb/12mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 25th March 2019

The Teardrop Explodes - Bent Out Of Shape
The Teardrop Explodes - Screaming Secrets
The Teardrop Explodes - And The Fighting Takes Over

Saturday 27 April 2019

Sounds Of A City - Liverpool

SOUNDS OF A CITY - LIVERPOOL (320kbs-m4a/128mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 29th March 2019

Ahead of the 6 Music Festival, another chance to hear DJ Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy turn her attention across the Peaks to one of the UK's most important musical cities; Liverpool. Focusing on the Teardrop Explodes Kilimanjaro album, we talk to Julian Cope about how he made the album, why he moved to Liverpool, and why he always travelled to the studio on an invisible horse. Colleen also looks at how Liverpool and Psych are inextricably linked, the importance of Soul Music to the area, how the nightclub Eric's and record shop Probe inspired a scene, and Liverpool's isolation from the rest of the country has helped create an outlook like no other.

Colleen speaks with Shack's Michael Head who grew up surrounded by the influence of the Teardrop Explodes: Holly Johnson, of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, discusses the role of Liverpool's flamboyant gay scene played in the burgeoning post-punk scene: DJ Greg Wilson casts his critical ear over an 80s Liverpool still living under the eclipse of The Beatles: author Mark Cooper shares his thoughts on the rivalry between Echo & the Bunnymen and the Teardrops. Colleen also meets Stealing Sheep's Emily Lansley, who is at the vanguard of a younger generation of musicians who embrace Liverpool's psychedelic sound. And if all of that wasn't enough, Zoo Records and KLF founder Bill Drummond shares two of his one minute presentations about the album.

First broadcast in 2015.

The Teardrop Explodes - Ha Ha I'm Drowning [Mercury]
Jean-Jacques Burnel - Do The European [United Artists]
The Teardrop Explodes - Sleeping Gas [Mercury]
The Fall - C'n'C-S Mithering [Rough Trade]
Deaf School - All Queued Up [Warner Bros.?]
The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows [Parlophone]
The Doors - Strange Days [Elektra]
The Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) [Knight]
The Teardrop Explodes - Poppies In The Field [Mercury]
Dexys Midnight Runners - Geno [Mercury]
The Teardrop Explodes - Reward [Mercury]
Echo & The Bunnymen - Rescue [WEA]
The Teardrop Explodes - Books [Mercury]
Echo & The Bunnymen - Read It In Books [Korova]
Big In Japan - Suicide A Go Go [Retro]
The Teardrop Explodes - Bouncing Babies [Mercury]
The Cramps - Garbageman [I.R.S.]
Can - Yoo Doo Right
Captain Beefheart - Big Eyed Beans From Venus [Reprise]
Howlin’ Wolf - Tail Dragger [Chess]
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Kill The Pain [ZTT]
The Teardrop Explodes - Treason [Island]
Shack - I Need You [London]
Ladytron - Ghosts [Vision Music]
The Teardrop Explodes - When I Dream [Mercury]

Friday 26 April 2019

A Long Walk With... Series 1 - Holly Johnson

A LONG WALK WITH... SERIES 1 - HOLLY JOHNSON (320kbs-m4a/128mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 28th March 2019

Janice Long walks through key places in Liverpool with Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Holly Johnson, as he remembers the characters and music that shaped his life and career to date.

Holly will take us on his own magical mystery tour from the local church where he sang as a choirboy, through the streets where he delivered papers, over the Mystery Park to Penny Lane while we hear The Beatles, David Bowie, The Human League, Frankie Goes To Hollywood and T-Rex amongst others.

Holly and Janice also pass through the 'posh bit' of Liverpool where he first walked along an avenue humming the song that would become Relax. Holly also visits the Everyman Theatre (where he auditioned as a young man), the Cavern and Erics (where he performed with Big In Japan alongside his contemporaries like Echo & The Bunnymen and Ian Brodie).

Holly has fascinating anecdotes and memories to share about the Fab Four, Joe Meek, the Liverpool Empire, record shops and boutiques, Bob Wooler, Allan Williams, The Silver Blades Ice Rink & Disco, Matthew Street, Pete Burns and Jayne Casey as they affected his life.

First broadcast in 2017.

Holly Johnson - Love Train [MCA]
The Tornados - Telstar
David Bowie - Space Oddity [RCA]
T. Rex - Ride A White Swan [Disky]
The Beatles - Penny Lane [Apple]
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [Parlophone]
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax [Sony Tv/Columbia]
The Human League - Being Boiled [Virgin]
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Born To Run [ZTT]
Judy Garland - Over The Rainbow [Warner]

Thursday 25 April 2019

Beatleland

BEATLELAND (320kbs-m4a/128mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 24th March 2019

Every day, tourists beat a path to Lennon and McCartney's childhood homes, restored to their 1950s glory by the National Trust. From Albert Dock to Mathew Street, Beatle memorials are ever present: Penny Lane and Strawberry Field, clubs like The Jacaranda, The Casbah and The Cavern where the group learned its trade, The Grapes and Ye Cracke, where the young Beatles would enjoy a pint of cider and Gambier Terrace where John Lennon shared a flat with fellow art student Stu Sutcliffe. The Beatles connection is worth millions of pounds a year to the local economy.

In a programme filled with atmospheric location recordings, music and archive, Craig Charles visits Menlove Avenue, where Lennon's Aunt Mimi ruled the roost and the young John practised his guitar in the porch, and Forthlin Road where John and Paul composed so many of their most famous songs in the McCartney's front room. He'll sit in 'the shelter in the middle of the roundabout' at Penny Lane and head for the Cavern with fans like Geoff Davies who saw the Beatles perform there more than seventy times. We'll hear the Kop singing She Loves You in 1963, listen to acetates of the earliest recordings made by the Quarrymen in a local DIY recording studio, discover how Eleanor Rigby really did exist and find out about Tommy Handley and Albert Stubbins, the Scouse legends Lennon picked to grace the cover of Sgt.Pepper.

What was in the Mersey air that enabled John, Paul, George and Ringo to conquer the world? How did the city shape The Beatles and how does their enduring success continue to impact upon their home town?

The Beatles - There's A Place
Elvis Presley - Blue Moon
The Beatles - Please Please Me
Lonnie Donegan - Rock Island Line
The Del‐Vikings - Come Go With Me
The Beatles - Hello Little Girl
The Beatles - Cayenne
The Quarrymen - That'll Be The Day
The Beatles - Paperback Writer
The Beatles - A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues (BBC Session)
The Beatles - Some Other Guy
The Kop Choir - She Loves You
The Beatles - Hard Day's Night
The Beatles - Eight Days A Week
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever Demo
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
The Beatles - Penny Lane
The Clash - 1977
The Beatles - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
Wah! - The Story Of The Blues
John Lennon - Starting Over
The Beatles - Love Me Do

Wednesday 24 April 2019

Eric's: Story Of A Liverpool Club

ERIC'S: STORY OF A LIVERPOOL CLUB (320kbs-m4a/128mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 23rd March 2019

Steve Lamacq celebrates one Liverpool's musical landmarks - a club called Eric's. It opened in Liverpool city centre on 1 October 1976, on the same street as the Cavern Club.

Echo & The Bunnymen - Bring On The Dancing Horses
The Teardrop Explodes - Treason
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay
Wah! - Story Of The Blues
Duke Mitchell - The Lion
The Stranglers - Something Better Change
Link Wray - The Swag
Television - Prove It
The Stooges - Fun House
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
Jimmy Cliff - Wonderful World Beautiful People
Ramones - Judy Is A Punk
The Velvet Underground - There She Goes Again
Damned - New Rose
Patti Smith - Land
Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen
Buzzcocks - What Do I Get
The Clash - Tommy Gun
The Clash - Garageband
Big In Japan - Nothing Special
Big In Japan - Taxi
XTC - Generals And Majors
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
Iggy Pop - New Values
The Normal - Warm Leatherette
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Radioactivity
Joy Division - Digital
The Teardrop Explodes - Sleeping Gas (Live)
Echo & The Bunnymen - Villiers Terrace (Live)
Echo & The Bunnymen - Villiers Terrace
Wah! - Better Scream
The Teardrop Explodes - Sleeping Gas
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Electricity
Joy Division - Warsaw
The Ruts - Babylon's Burning
The Teardrop Explodes - Treason
Space - Neighbourhood
The La's - There She Goes
Shack - Pull Together
The Zutons - Valerie
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay
Frankie Goes To Holywood - Two Tribes
The Teardrop Explodes - Reward
Big In Japan - Unknown
Space - Female Of The Species
The Lightning Seeds - Pure
The KLF - What Time Is Love?
Wah! - Other Boys (Live)

Tuesday 23 April 2019

Out Of Liverpool

OUT OF LIVERPOOL (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 22nd March 2019

Phil Redmond looks at the rich culture of music and comedy that has emerged from his home city of Liverpool, from The Beatles to The Zutons and from Tommy Handley to Lee Mack.

The Rascals - Freakbeat Phantom
The Corrie Folk Trio & Paddie Bell - The Leaving Of Liverpool
Billy Fury - Like I've Never Been Gone
The Scaffold - Do You Remember
The Scaffold - In My Liverpool Home
The Real Thing - Can't Get By Without You
Unknown - Ain't Nobody Home
Unknown - Unknown
The Christians - Forgotten Town
Sense Of Sound - Unknown
Sense Of Sound - Unknown
Steve Wright & Dave Roylance - Brookside Theme
Lita Roza - This Is My Town

Monday 22 April 2019

In The Beginning - The Beatles In Hamburg

IN THE BEGINNING - THE BEATLES IN HAMBURG (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 20th March 2019

In the run-up to the 6 Music Festival in Liverpool, another chance to hear a programme, first broadcast in 2009, in which Holly Johnson visits Hamburg to explore how marathon sessions in smokey cellars, and friendships with local teenagers, helped create the incredible chemistry that turned a Liverpudlian beat group into the all-conquering Beatles.

The invasion of British bands into the red light district of Hamburg began in 1960 when German promoters realised that British rock 'n' rollers were cheaper to hire than American ones. The Beatles were a five piece group when they arrived in the Reeperbahn in the back of manager Allan Williams' van in August 1960. John, Paul and George were accompanied by Stuart Sutcliffe on bass and Pete Best on drums.

From August to October 1960, the Beatles were the house band at the Indra Club where they played four hour sessions every night and slept in a tiny room above a local cinema. From October to the end of the year, they were promoted to the nearby Kaiserkeller.

It was an unlikely collision of young people from different cultures that would create a world-beating chemistry. Where The Beatles had the sound, the Exis had the style. Exis always wore black, with white collars or ruffs and their hair was "pilzen kopf" - "mushroom head" in style. "The Beatle haircut was in fact a Jurgen haircut" says Paul McCartney.

The impact of Hamburg on The Beatles and the friendships they made there would endure. And as far as John Lennon was concerned, the band were never better than when in the thick of an all night session on the Reeperbahn.

The Beatles - In My Life (Acoustic Version)
Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue
Vince Taylor & His Playboys - Brand New Cadillac
The Beatles - That'll Be The Day
Derry & The Seniors - Yes Indeed
The Centurians - Bullwinkle Part II
Elvis Presley - Fever
Unknown - Unknown
Unknown - Unknown
Unknown - (Hey) What'd I Say
Unknown - Summertime Blues
The Beatles - Twist And Shout
The Beatles - That's What I Want
The Beatles - One After 909
Unknown - Unknown
The Beatles - You Really Got A Hold On Me
The Beatles - Roll Over Beethoven (Live)
The Beatles - Cry For A Shadow
Tony Sheridan - My Bonnie
The Beatles - Ain't She Sweet
The Beatles - Cayenne
The Beatles - Love Me Do
The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There
The Beatles - In My Life

Sunday 21 April 2019

2ManyDJs - Desert Island Disco Mix

2MANYDJS - DESERT ISLAND DISCO MIX (320kbs-m4a/48mb/21mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 15th March 2019

Ahead of their appearance at the 6 Music Festival in Liverpool 2ManyDJs take us to the Desert Island Disco.

Marie Davidson - Work It (Soulwax Remix)
Adesse Versions - Pulp Fusion
The Might Zaf - Get Down Beats
Gazelle Twin - Old Thorn
Mr. Oizo - Nuque
A Number Of Names - Sharevari
Dark Circles - Y (Kamera Remix)
Kraftwerk - The Telephone Call
Sworn Virgins - Laserbeam
David Bowie - A New Career In A New Town
Phil Kieran - Polyrhythmic
Trini Lopez - Sunshine Of Your Love
Bill Withers - Summer Night In Harlem
António Ferreira - This Is Music, As It Was Expected
Francis Bebey - Agatha (Nouvelle Version)
Susumu Yokota - Tamberin
Big Audio Dynamite - Medicine Show


Intro (320kbs-m4a/8mb/3mins)
Outro (320kbs-m4a/6mb/2mins)

Saturday 20 April 2019

The Prodigy - Live Zap Club Brighton 1994

THE PRODIGY - LIVE ZAP CLUB BRIGHTON 1994 (320kbs-m4a/112mb/49mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 5th March 2019

As a tribute to Keith Flint, who has died aged 49, a chance to hear the Prodigy recorded at Brighton's Zap Club in September 1994, a couple of months after the release of their classic second album Music for the Jilted Generation.

Presented by Matt Everitt.

The Prodigy - Speedway
The Prodigy - Voodoo People
The Prodigy - Rhythm Of Life
The Prodigy - Poison
The Prodigy - Out Of Space
The Prodigy - Now Hear This
The Prodigy - Their Law
The Prodigy - No Good (Start The Dance)
The Prodigy - Claustrophobic Sting
The Prodigy - Break & Enter
The Prodigy - One Love
The Prodigy - Gabba

Friday 19 April 2019

The Release Of Telstar

THE RELEASE OF TELSTAR (320kbs-m4a/61mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 15th March 2019

Stuart Maconie looks back at another momentous event in pop music, the release of Joe Meek's Telstar. An incredibly futuristic-sounding pop single, it marked the launch of the Russian satellite (which, in itself, had rocked the western world). It pre-empted Kraftwerk, the Human League, Pet Shop Boys et al by decades and pointed a new way forward for pop.

First broadcast on Radio 2 in 2004.

The Tornados - Telstar [Castle Pulse]
Humphrey Lyttelton - Bad Penny Blues [EMI]
Buddy Holly - Not Fade Away [Connoisseur Collection]
Michael Cox - Angela Jones
The Blue Men - I Hear A New World
John Leyton - Johnny Remember Me
Mike Berry - Tribute To Buddy Holly
The Tornados - Telstar [Old Gold]
Jenny Moss - Hobbies [Sanctuary]

Thursday 18 April 2019

Little Richard: A Whop Bop A Lua, A Whop Bam Boom

LITTLE RICHARD: A WHOP BOP A LUA, A WHOP BAM BOOM (320kbs-m4a/128mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 18th March 2019

6 Music's Wise Woman Peaches selects this profile of Little Richard, first broadcast in 2012 to celebrate the 80th birthday of the larger-than-life rock 'n' roll originator.

Richard is one of the most outrageous performers in the history rock music and has been a major influence on generations of musicians, from The Beatles onwards.
Little Richard has always claimed to be "the architect of rock and roll", and history would seem to bear out his boast.

As Bob Dylan said: "It doesn't get much better than A Whop Bop A Lua - A Whop Bam Boom. That's the pure essence of rock 'n' roll right there in that one line".

The man who grew up in a very religious family as just plain Richard Penniman began performing on stage in 1945, incorporating the high energy antics of preachers he witnessed in his local Pentecostal churches in to his stage routine.

When rock 'n' roll exploded in the 50s Little Richard led the way with his over-the-top gospel-style singing, with moans and screams, accompanied by a combination of boogie-woogie and rhythm & blues. His frantically charged piano playing and raspy, shouted vocals on such classics as Tutti Frutti, Long Tall Sally and Good Golly, Miss Molly defined the dynamic sound of rock 'n' roll.

This new music, which included an original injection of funk into the rock 'n' roll beat, inspired many of the greatest recording artists that followed. Paul McCartney said that he idolized Little Richard when he was in school and always wanted to sing like him, while Mick Jagger called him "the originator" and "my first idol."
Bob Dylan performed Little Richard songs on piano as a schoolboy in his first band and declared in his high school yearbook in 1959 that his ambition was "to join Little Richard".

Little Richard - Long Tall Sally
Little Richard - Slippin' And Slidin'
Little Richard - Ready Teddy
Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly (Live)
Little Richard - Joy, Joy, Joy
The Beatles - Long Tall Sally
Little Richard - Tutti Frutti
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me To Talkin'
Clara Ward Singers - Surely God Is Able
Little Richard - God Is Real
Louis Jordan - Saturday Night Fish Fry
Billy Wright - Every Evening
Billy Wright - After Dark Blues
Little Richard - Taxi Blues
Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Little Richard - Baby
Little Richard - Tutti Frutti
Pat Boone - Tutti Frutti
Little Richard - Tutti Frutti
Elvis Presley - Tutti Frutti
Little Richard - Slippin' And Slidin'
Little Richard - Ready Teddy
Little Richard - Lucille (Live)
The Coasters - Searchin'
Little Richard - Long Tall Sally
Little Richard - The Girl Can't Help It
Little Richard - She's Got It
Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly
Little Richard - Miss Ann
Little Richard - Does Jesus Care
Little Richard - Keep A Knockin'
Little Richard - I'm Quitting Show Business
Sam Cooke - You Send Me
Little Richard - God Is Real
The Beatles - Long Tall Sally
The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There (Live)
Little Richard - Joy, Joy, Joy
Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly (Live)
Little Richard - Tutti Frutti (Live)
Little Richard - True Fine Mama
Little Richard - Bama Lama Bama Loo
Little Richard - Money Honey
Jimi Hendrix - Foxy Lady
Little Richard - Send Me Some Lovin' (Live)
Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly (Live)
Little Richard - King Of Rock And Roll
Chuck Berry - My Ding-A-Ling
Little Richard - Long Tall Sally (Live)
John Lennon - Slippin' And Slidin'
Little Richard - Get Down With It (Live)
Little Richard - Great Gosh A'Mighty!

Wednesday 17 April 2019

You Shake My Nerves - The Jerry Lee Lewis Story

YOU SHAKE MY NERVES - THE JERRY LEE LEWIS STORY (320kbs-m4a/128mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 17th March 2019

Another chance to hear a programme first broadcast in 2005 which looks back on the eventful life of Jerry Lee Lewis.

As well as Jerry Lee himself, contributors include sister Linda Gail Lewis, ex-wife Myra Gail Lewis, biographer Charles White, Cowboy Jack Clement (the man who discovered him), Jools Holland, Jamie Cullum, Tom Jones, Cliff Richard, Hank Marvin, Joe Brown, film director Taylor Hackford, record producer Marshall Chess and others.

Jools Holland says of Jerry Lee " I think the thing about Jerry Lee is that, whenever he plays it doesn't sound like anyone else but Jerry Lee, no matter what song he does, it might be country song or a rock and roll song, but it's Jerry Lee, it's unmistakably him.

Tom Jones adds "The first time I heard Jerry Lee Lewis was in 1957. I was walking through Pontypridd, where I come from in South Wales, with some of my friends and we were talking about rock and roll and all of a sudden Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On comes out of the loudspeaker outside of the record shop and my friend said "Is that what you're talking about?" and I said "That's exactly what I'm talking about!"".

Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire [El Toro]
Jerry Lee Lewis - Lewis Boogie [Music Club]
Jerry Lee Lewis - Deep Elem Blues [Sun Classics]
Jerry Lee Lewis - End Of The Road [Varese]
Jerry Lee Lewis - Crazy Arms [Lotus]
Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
Jerry Lee Lewis - You're The Only Star In My Blue Heaven [Charly]
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire [El Toro]
Jerry Lee Lewis - Old Time Religion [Original Sun]
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire [El Toro]
Jerry Lee Lewis - High School Confidential [Sun]
Jerry Lee Lewis - Breathless [Trax]
Jerry Lee Lewis - I'll Make It All Up To You [Varese]
Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Twistin' Going On [Disky]
Jerry Lee Lewis - Good Golly Miss Molly [Charly]
Jerry Lee Lewis - Another Place, Another Time [Polygram]
Jerry Lee Lewis - Green Green Grass Of Home [Specturm Music]
Jerry Lee Lewis - Lovin' Up A Storm (Live) [Charly]
Jerry Lee Lewis - What Made Milwaukee Famous [Mercury]
Jerry Lee Lewis - Meat Man [American Legends]
Jerry Lee Lewis - When Two Worlds Collide [Capitol]
Jerry Lee Lewis - Rockin' My Life Away [Elektra]
Jerry Lee Lewis - Down The Line (Live) [See For Miles]

Tuesday 16 April 2019

Race With The Devil - The Gene Vincent Story

RACE WITH THE DEVIL - THE GENE VINCENT STORY (320kbs-m4a/128mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 16th March 2019

Another chance to hear Roger Daltrey, frontman of The Who, assessing the influence of leather-clad rocker and personal hero, Gene Vincent.

Born in 1935, Vincent Craddock was brought up in a naval community in Virginia and left school early to become a sailor. His naval career came to an end when he was hit by a car, nearly losing a leg, and he threw himself into making music.

With a new name and a manager - local radio DJ "Sheriff Tex" Davis - Vincent began writing songs and almost immediately came up with the classic he'll always be associated with, 'Be-Bop-A-Lula'.

Follow-up hits of such magnitude were not easy to come by. 'Race With The Devil', 'Bluejean Pop', 'Lotta Lovin' and 'Woman Love' did not achieve the same commercial success.

Vincent went on tour, performed on television, and starred in a film 'The Girl Can't Help It 'with Jayne Mansfield. He was one of the first rock 'n' roll stars to make a career in movies and appeared in three more, but by 1960 his star was on the wane in America.

Tours in Europe gave him a shot in the arm but trouble seemed to find Vincent wherever he went. A car smash near Chippenham killed tour mate Eddie Cochran while Gene broke his ribs, collarbone, and further damaged his weakened leg.

In 1963 he moved to England and it was here that he made his mark on the burgeoning British pop scene. His stage shows and 'dangerous' image, assisted by his trademark leather outfit, greatly influenced artists like Lennon and McCartney, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, Ray Davies, Shane Fenton and Eric Burdon.

Gene Vincent died in 1971 at the age of 36.

First broadcast on Radio 2 in 2009.

Gene Vincent - Race With The Devil [After Hours]
Gene Vincent - Dance To The Bop [Capitol]
Gene Vincent - The Rose Of Love
Gene Vincent - Rocky Road Blues [See For Miles]
Gene Vincent - Woman Love [Virgin]
Elvis Presley - Blue Moon [RCA]
Fats Domino - Ain't That A Shame [EMI]
Little Richard - Tutti Frutti [Ace]
Chuck Berry - Maybelline [MCA]
Gene Vincent - Be Bop A Lula
Gene Vincent - I Sure Miss You
Gene Vincent - Jumps, Giggles And Shouts
Gene Vincent - Somebody Help Me [EMI Pathe]
Gene Vincent - Weeping Willow [Capitol]
Gene Vincent - Crazy Times
Gene Vincent - Pistol Packin' Mama [Capitol]
Gene Vincent - Be Bop A Lula
Gene Vincent - Peg O' My Heart
Gene Vincent - Over The Rainbow [EMI Pathe]
Gene Vincent - Cruisin' [Capitol]
Eddie Cochran - 20 Flight Rock [See For Miles]
Gene Vincent - Git It
Gene Vincent - Everybody's Got A Date But Me
Eddie Cochran - Three Steps To Heaven [GTV]
Gene Vincent - I'm Going Home (To See My Baby) [Capitol]
Gene Vincent - Looking Back
Gene Vincent - Bring It On Home To Me
Gene Vincent - Party Doll
John Lennon & Yoko Ono - (Just Like) Starting Over [Capitol]
Gene Vincent - Lotta Lovin' [EMI Pathe]
Gene Vincent - Teardrops

Monday 15 April 2019

Eddie Cochran: Somethin' Else

EDDIE COCHRAN: SOMETHIN' ELSE (320kbs-m4a/127mb/55mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 15th March 2019

Another chance to hear Joe Brown present a tribute to Eddie Cochran. Eddie is much loved in the UK, where he met his tragically early death in Wiltshire, aged only 21. Although it's startling how much he had achieved in his short life, his glittering future was snatched away on the night of 17 April 1960.

The list of his admirers is a long one, which spans the decades and includes Rod Stewart, Marc Bolan, the Who, the Beach Boys and the Sex Pistols - all of whom have recorded his songs over the years. Eddie's career was brief but his influence and popularity have been long lasting. His reputation as a founding father of rock 'n' roll music was confirmed when he was chosen as one of the first stars to be inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.

The programme features comments from admirers Robert Plant and George Harrison (an archive interview with Joe Brown), guitarist and Cochran biographer Darrel Higham, rock historian Rob Finnis, British rock 'n' rollers Vince Eager and Marty Wilde, and Eddie's recording engineer at Goldstar Studios, Stan Ross.

Plus there are archive interviews with Eddie Cochran from programmes in the USA, Australia and in the UK (BBC Radio's Saturday Club and the TV programme Boy Meets Girls) Plus those rock 'n' roll classics: Somethin' Else, Summertime Blues, C'Mon Everybody. Twenty Flight Rock, and Three Steps To Heaven.

This programme was first broadcast on BBC Radio 2.

Eddie Cochran - Weekend
Eddie Cochran - Guybo
Eddie Cochran - Cut Across Shorty
Eddie Cochran - My Way
Eddie Cochran - The Poor People Of Paris
Cochran Brothers - Two Blue Singing Stars
Eddie Cochran - Skinny Jim
Eddie Cochran - Twenty Flight Rock
Eddie Cochran - Sittin' In The Balcony
Eddie Cochran - Drive In Show
Eddie Cochran - Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie
Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody
Eddie Cochran - Three Stars
Eddie Cochran - Somethin' Else
Eddie Cochran - Hallelujah, I Love Her So (Live)
Eddie Cochran - What'd I Say (Live)
Eddie Cochran - Milk Cow Blues
Eddie Cochran - Three Steps To Heaven
Eddie Cochran - Eddie's Blues
Eddie Cochran - Teenage Heaven

Sunday 14 April 2019

LTJ Bukem - Mary Anne Hobbs Mix

LTJ BUKEM - MARY ANNE HOBBS MIX 15.03.19 (320kbs-m4a/57mb/25mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 15th March 2019

Mary Anne has the legendary LTJ Bukem in the mix and in conversation. Bukem is a world renowned DJ who is responsible for taking drum and bass from tiny venues to the global stage. Known to his friends as Danny Williamson, Bukem has sat at the forefront of music revolutions throughout his career and we can't wait to have him in the mix and shoving us into the weekend with passion, brute force and breaks.

Technimatic - Breathe In
Edlan & Djah - Fragile
Motiv8 - Unforgiven
Lenzman - Roseland
Treex - Miss Lovegood
Paul SG - Monolyticus
Blade - China Town Womad
Madcap - Moroccan Sun
Peshay & Sense - Underground
Maths vs. Mijatoho - Move It Down
Scott Allen - Since I Met You

LTJ BUKEM - MARY ANNE HOBBS INTERVIEW + RECORDS (320kbs-m4a/46mb/22mins)

LTJ Bukem - Horizons [Looking Good‎]
Interview
Don Blackman - Heart's Desire
Interview
LTJ Bukem - Logical Progression [Good Looking]

Saturday 13 April 2019

People Like Us - Freak Zone Playlist

PEOPLE LIKE US - FREAK ZONE PLAYLIST 24.02.19 (320kbs-m4a/133mb/58mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 24th February 2019

Musician and broadcaster Vicki Bennett is a presenter on the American independent radio station for outsider music WFMU, she also makes audio-visual collages using found footage to give a dark witty view on popular culture under the moniker People Like Us.

In this playlist she shares her favourite experimental artists working with cut ups and collage, overlaying existing songs in ingenious ways to create something entirely new. Featuring tracks by Stock Hausen and Walkman, Ergo Phizmiz, Matmos and many, many more!

People Like Us - Do You See What I Hear [Cutting Hedge]
Percy Faith - Summer Place '76
Dave Soldier & Komar & Melamid - The Most Unwanted Song [Mulatta]
Gwilly Edmondez - Gwilly Sings Chart Sweep
Inhuman League - You Were Workin' As A Waitress In A Cocktail Bar
Buttress O'Kneel - Welcome To Golden Heaven (As You Are)
ToToM - Lay Bittersweet Lady
Thomas Dimuzio - Yawriats Ot Nevaeh
Porest - Abject Mirror
Percy Faith - Summer Place '76
Nihilist Spasm Band - It's Not My Fault [Alchemy]
Dean Hurley - Electricity II
Paul Giovanni - The Wicker Man (Main Title) [Trunk]
Matmos - Regicide [Matador]
Arseny Avraamov - Symphony Of Sirens (Public Event, Baku, 1922) [Recommended]
Buttress O'Kneel - A Devil Put Aside For Me
Leif Inge - 9 Beet Stretch: Movement II, Part III
Percy Faith - Summer Place '76
Porest - Passport Please [Nashazphone]
Ergo Phizmiz - A Young Lady And Her Cat Have A Quiet Night In (Board Game Intermezzo) [Self Released]
Stock & Hausen & Walkman - Giving Up [Hot Air]
Percy Faith - Summer Place '76
Hearty White - Hearty White: The Mirror
People Like Us - The Other Side
Percy Faith - Summer Place '76
Christo Graham - Heaven On Their Minds (Feat. Gonzo & The Chickens)
RIAA - The Joy Of Noise [Self Released]

Friday 12 April 2019

6 Music's History Of Video Game Music - 2. Episode 2

6 MUSIC'S HISTORY OF VIDEO GAME MUSIC - 2. EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/129mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 10th March 2019

Could you write music for a film if no-one had shown you the script? That’s the problem games composers face every day. They’re scoring scenes where the player has free will, and the music only works if it reflects their choices. So how do you do it?

Mark Savage takes a deep dive into game music, with composers The Flight (Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, Horizon: Zero Dawn) and Winifred Phillips (God Of War, Little Big Planet) stripping down their soundtracks to reveal how they work.

Radio 3’s Tom Service drops in to explain how game music is full of psychological cues; while Ludomusicologist Tim Summers explains the importance of “death music”.

Wrapping up the series, art-rock band 65DaysOfStatic demonstrate how they created an “infinite soundtrack” for the sci-fi game No Man’s Sky, which changes every time it’s played.

Ronnie Jones - Video Games
Woody Jackson - Red Dead Redemption Theme
Austin Wintory - Threshold
Cris Velasco - Bloodborne
Ben Babbitt - To Late To Love You
London Symphony Orchestra - Candy Crush
John Williams - Star Wars Theme
The Flight - Assassin's Creed
EasySleepMusic - Tree House Den
The Flight - Horizon: Zero Dawn
The Flight - Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Jessica Curry - Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs
Jessica Curry - Everybody's Gone To The Rapture
Jessica Curry - The Morning Tree
The Stars Of St. Petersberg - Korobeniki
Hirokazu Tanaka - Korobeniki
Yoko Shimomura - Hand In Hand
65DaysOfStatic - End Of The World Sun
Yū Miyake - Katamari Damacy Theme

Thursday 11 April 2019

6 Music's History Of Video Game Music - 1. Episode 1

6 MUSIC'S HISTORY OF VIDEO GAME MUSIC - 1. EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/133mb/58mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 10th March 2019

Video game music has come a long way since the bleeps and bloops of Pong. Games like Assassin’s Creed and Red Dead Redemption 2 now come with dense, cinematic scores that stretch over 50 or 60 hours of playing time.

Mark Savage speaks to some of the industry's leading composers, including Yoko Shimomura (Street Fighter II), Grant Kirkhope (Goldeneye) and Bafta-winner Jessica Curry (Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture) and finds out how games companies threw a lifeline to Europe’s orchestras when they started commissioning new works.

He’ll also find out how Michael Jackson and David Bowie ended up as video game characters; and why bands like Depeche Mode and Katy Perry have re-recorded their hits in gibberish for the hit game The Sims.

Recorded in Japan, the US and UK, the programme also features observations from gaming expert Charlie Brooker, who chooses his favourite video game music in a separate 6 Music show on 3 March.

Frank Black - Whatever Happened to Pong?
Power Pill - Pac Man
Koji Kondo - Super Mario Bros. Theme
Koji Kondo - The Legend Of Zelda Theme
A-Ha - Take On Me
Yuzo Koshiro - Go Straight
Dizzy Rascal - Street Fighter
Kamasi Washington - Street Fighter Mas
Michael Jackson - Jam
Bomb The Bass - Megablast
Nine Inch Nails - Quake Theme
David Bowie - Something In The Air
Grant Kirkhope - Banjo-Kazooie Themes
Grant Kirkhope - GoldenEye 007
Orbital - Petrol
Ash - Lose Control
Nathan McCree - Tomb Raider Soundtrack
Kasabian - L.S.F.
Radiohead - Myxomatosis
The Flaming Lips - Free Radicals
Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson - Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys
Little Dragon - Wanderer
Jesper Kyd - The Setup
Inon Zur - Fallout 3 Theme
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy Series
London Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Skeet - Legend Of Zelda: Suite

Wednesday 10 April 2019

6 Music's History Of Video Game Music - Charlie Brooker's Video Game Playlist

6 MUSIC'S HISTORY OF VIDEO GAME MUSIC - CHARLIE BROOKER'S VIDEO GAME PLAYLIST (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 10th March 2019

Charlie Brooker discusses his passion for video games, and selects some of his favourite game music.

Years before he created Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker was a video games journalist – reflecting a love of gaming that stretches back to his childhood.

It’s a passion that’s cropped up throughout his career – from programmes like Gameswipe to his appearance on Desert Island Discs, where he selected a track from the Gameboy title Robocop as one of his discs.

The most recent episode of Black Mirror – Bandersnatch – even revolves around the creation of a choose-your-own-adventure game, and included bespoke music written on a vintage ZX Spectrum.

As part of the 6 Music's History of Video Game Music series, Charlie sat down with Mark Savage to discuss how he discovered games at a local swimming pool, why he finds Super Mario Bros addictive, and how he’s using Zelda to teach his children to read. Along the way, he chooses his favourite tracks from video game history.

Grandaddy - A.M. 180 (Screenwipe Theme)
Unknown - Black Mirror: Bandersnatch Credits
Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters
Edvard Grieg - In The Hall Of The Mountain King (Manic Miner)
Lou Reed - The Great Defender (Down At The Arcade)
Queen - Bicycle Race
Johann Strauss Jr. - The Blue Danube
C64 Orchestra - Monty On The Run
Mike Berry - Everyone's A Wally
Mel Croucher - War Crimes Are Easy (Deus Ex Machina)
Unknown - Streetfighter 2 Incidental Music
Unknown - Tetris Remix
Kōji Kondō - Overworld Theme (Super Mario World)
Jonathan Dunn - Robocop Game Boy Theme
Masatao Nakamura - Spring Yard Zone (Mega Drive Version) (Sonic The Hedgehog)
John Baker - Toejam & Earl Theme
Masaya Matsuura - Chop Chop Master Onion's Rap (PaRappa The Rapper)
The Chemical Brothers - Chemical Beats
Jun Chikuma - Super Bomberman Multiplayer Mode
Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson - Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas)
The Super Mario Players Feat. Kate Davis - Jump Up, Super Star! (Super Mario Odyssey)
Kōji Kondō - The Legend Of Zelda Main Theme
C418 - Moog City (Minecraft)
Daniel Tidwell - At Doom's Gate (E1M1 Doom Theme)
Kōji Kondō - Super Mario Bros. Underworld Theme
Kōji Kondō - Super Mario Bros. Theme
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Andrew Skeet - Super Mario Bros. Theme

Tuesday 9 April 2019

Bowie And Beyond: A Music Fan's Guide To Berlin - 2. Episode 2

BOWIE AND BEYOND: A MUSIC FAN'S GUIDE TO BERLIN - 2. EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 20th February 2019

Writer and broadcaster Danny Robins looks at what has made the German capital a rock n roll Mecca, exploring the cultural and social forces that have shaped the city's rich musical history from Weimar times, via the Bowie years, to the techno revolution of the 90s and the vibrant present day music scene.

Danny follows in Bowie and Iggy's footsteps, on a guided tour with former recording engineer Thilo Schmied, who takes him around some of the pair's old haunts and shows him round the legendary Hansa studios where they recorded. In the shadow of the wall and within shooting range of the East German border guards. Bowie and Iggy inspired a creative influx of bands and singers in subsequent decades. Danny meets producer Gareth Jones, who worked with Depeche Mode and Nick Cave at Hansa, and Mute Records founder Daniel Miller, still a resident of Berlin.

Danny meets more recent musical immigrants too, like Eddie Argos from indie band Art Brut, now resident in hipster suburb Neukölln, and the queen of sextronic rock n roll, Peaches, who takes Danny on a tour along the remains of the Berlin Wall and gives him her suggested Berlin playlist. Danny also meets German artists, including Die Toten Hosen, indie band Tocotronic and German Hip Hop star Prinz Pi.

Danny builds up a picture not only of the influences that have shaped the city's unique soundscape but also the reasons it has been and continues to be such a rich and fertile place for musicians to base themselves. Every band needs a Berlin period - but is there such a thing as a Sound of Berlin?

First broadcast in 2013, and repeated as part of 6 Music celebrates Berlin.

Monday 8 April 2019

Bowie And Beyond: A Music Fan's Guide To Berlin - 1. Episode 1

BOWIE AND BEYOND: A MUSIC FAN'S GUIDE TO BERLIN - 1. EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/69mb/30mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 19th February 2019

Writer and broadcaster Danny Robins looks at what has made the German capital a rock n roll Mecca, exploring the cultural and social forces that have shaped the city's rich musical history from Weimar times, via the Bowie years, to the techno revolution of the 90s and the vibrant present day music scene.

Danny follows in Bowie and Iggy's footsteps, on a guided tour with former recording engineer Thilo Schmied, who takes him around some of the pair's old haunts and shows him round the legendary Hansa studios where they recorded. In the shadow of the wall and within shooting range of the East German border guards. Bowie and Iggy inspired a creative influx of bands and singers in subsequent decades. Danny meets producer Gareth Jones, who worked with Depeche Mode and Nick Cave at Hansa, and Mute Records founder Daniel Miller, still a resident of Berlin.

Danny meets more recent musical immigrants too, like Eddie Argos from indie band Art Brut, now resident in hipster suburb Neukölln, and the queen of sextronic rock n roll, Peaches, who takes Danny on a tour along the remains of the Berlin Wall and gives him her suggested Berlin playlist. Danny also meets German artists, including Die Toten Hosen, indie band Tocotronic and German Hip Hop star Prinz Pi.

Danny builds up a picture not only of the influences that have shaped the city's unique soundscape but also the reasons it has been and continues to be such a rich and fertile place for musicians to base themselves. Every band needs a Berlin period - but is there such a thing as a Sound of Berlin?

First broadcast in 2013, and repeated as part of 6 Music celebrates Berlin.

Sunday 7 April 2019

Prince Far I - German Radio Interview + Records February 1981

PRINCE FAR I - GERMAN RADIO INTERVIEW + RECORDS FEBRUARY 1981 (320kbs/154mb/66mins)
German radio broadcast: February 1981

Prince Far I - Throw Away Your Gun
Interview
Prince Far I - Mighty Ruler (Naggo Morris)
Interview
Prince Far I - Lovers Rock
Interview
Prince Far I - Prince Far I Dub
Interview
Prince Far I - 83 Struggle (Congo Ashanti Roy)
Interview
Prince Far I - Weeping Wailing (Congo Ashanti Roy)
Interview
Prince Far I - Farm Drunk
Interview
Prince Far I - Natty Champion
Interview
Prince Far I - Light Of Fire
Interview

Saturday 6 April 2019

Skip ''Little Axe'' McDonald - Paul Jones R&B Show Live Session 25th November 2004

SKIP "LITTLE AXE" MCDONALD - PAUL JONES R&B SHOW LIVE SESSION 25.11.04 (320kbs/42mb/17mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 25th November 2004

1. Skip "Little Axe" McDonald - No More
2. Skip "Little Axe" McDonald - Finger On The Trigger
3. Skip "Little Axe" McDonald - Too Late

Mark Creswell - guitar
Lee Graham - bass
Andy Marshall - drums
Skip McDonald - guitar, vocals, "electronic stuff"


Recorded by Ras Berry.

Friday 5 April 2019

Gideon Coe - The Songs Of Scott Walker: Late Night BBC Prom

GIDEON COE - THE SONGS OF SCOTT WALKER: LATE NIGHT BBC PROM (320kns-m4a/404mb/2hrs56mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 25th July 2017

This Late Night Prom tribute will celebrate the works of 1960s pop icon turned 21st century avant garde, Scott Walker, performed for the first time with live orchestral backing.

Among the special guests are musician and 6 Music presenter Jarvis Cocker, singer-songwriter John Grant, vocalist Susanne Sundfør and guitarist/vocalist Richard Hawley.

They will join the Heritage Orchestra on stage under pioneering conductor Jules Buckley in a celebration of Walker's music from 1967 to 1970. The show will include works such as Copenhagen and It's Raining Today.

An icon of the 1960s, Scott Walker has travelled from Walker Brothers teen idol to avant-garde contemporary musician, influencing artists from David Bowie and Leonard Cohen to Goldfrapp along the way.

Richard Hawley says: "Singing a song of Scott's in the shower is major joy.... well for me anyway... but to be asked to sing a few on a stage like the Royal Albert Hall is a thing of wonder, I hope I do Scott's genius credit."

Susanne Sundfør says: "As a life-long fan of Scott Walker, I'm very honoured to be performing some of his music at the BBC Proms in July. I'm incredibly excited to share his enduring talent alongside John Grant, Jarvis Cocker and Richard Hawley, and to be able to take part in such an iconic event in British culture.".

The Routers - Let's Go [Warner Bros.]
The Walker Brothers - Doin' The Jerk [Universal]
Scott Walker - Big Louise [Mercury]
The Teardrop Explodes - Passionate Friend [Island]
Jacques Brel - Je Suis Un Soir D'Ete [Barclay]
Scott Walker - Amsterdam [Phillips]
The Walker Brothers - I Need You [Universal]
Cousteau - The Last Good Day Of The Year [Global Warming]
Pulp - The Birds In Your Garden [Island]
Gary Walker - You Don't Love Me [Date]
John Walker - Sun Comes Up [Carnaby]
The Walker Brothers - Deadlier Than The Male [Fontana]
The Walker Brothers - Orpheus [Universal]
Jerry Butler - Make It Easy On Yourself [Prestige Elite]
Tim Hardin - The Lady Came From Baltimore
The Walker Brothers - The Electrician [Sony]
The Ronettes - Walking In The Rain
Scott 4 - You Set The Scene [4AD]
Heritage Orchestra - Prologue (BBC Prom 2017)
Jarvis Cocker - Boy Child (BBC Prom 2017)
Susanne Sundfør - On Your Own Again (BBC Prom 2017)
Susanne Sundfør - Angels Of Ashes (BBC Prom - 2017)
John Grant - Rosemary (BBC Prom 2017)
John Grant - The World's Strongest Man (BBC Prom 2017)
Richard Hawley - It's Raining Today (BBC Prom 2017)
Richard Hawley - Two Ragged Soldiers (BBC Prom 2017)
Jarvis Cocker - The War Is Over (Sleepers) (BBC Prom 2017)
John Grant - Copenhagen (BBC Prom 2017)
Susanne Sundfør - The Amorous Humphrey Plugg (BBC Prom 2017)
Richard Hawley - Montague Terrace (In Blue) (BBC Prom 2017)
Jarvis Cocker - Little Things (That Keep Us Together) (BBC Prom 2017)
John Grant & London Contemporary Voices - The Seventh Seal (BBC Prom 2017)
Susanne Sundfør - Hero Of The War (BBC Prom 2017)
Richard Hawley - The Old Man's Back Again (BBC Prom 2017)
Jarvis Cocker & Richard Hawley & John Grant & Susanne Sundfør & London Contemporary Voices - Get Behind Me (BBC Prom 2017)
Scott Walker - Opening [4AD]
Scott Walker - Tilt
Scott Walker - I Threw It All Away
Scott Walker - My Way Home
Scott Walker - A Lover Loves [4AD]
Terry Smith - Early Morning Groove [SC2 Music]

Thursday 4 April 2019

The Enigmatic Scott Walker

THE ENIGMATIC SCOTT WALKER - 1. EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/123mb/54mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 25th July 2017

Ahead of the Songs of Scott Walker Prom on Tuesday 25th July, there's a chance to hear an episode of the Radio 2 Arts Programme first broadcast in January 1996, in which Allan Clarke, lead singer of the Hollies, presents a look at the career of a reluctant star, from juvenile leads on Broadway, through the hits of the Walker Brothers to his 1995 album Tilt. With the help of fellow Walker Brother, Gary Leeds, former agent Ed Bicknell, engineer and producer Peter Walsh and Scott's friends from the 1960s Dave Dee and Ralph Gurnett.

The Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
Scott Walker - Jackie
Scott Walker - Farmer In The City
Scotty Engel - When Is A Boy A Man
Scott Engel - Sing Boy Sing
John Stewart & Scott Engel - I Only Came To Dance With You
The Walker Brothers - Pretty Girls Everywhere
The Walker Brothers - Make It Easy On Yourself
The Walker Brothers - Land Of 1000 Dances (Live)
The Walker Brothers - In My Room (Live)
The Walker Brothers - First Love Never Dies
The Walker Brothers - My Ship Is Coming In
The Walker Brothers - Archangel
The Walker Brothers - Just Say Goodbye

THE ENIGMATIC SCOTT WALKER - 2. EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/129mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 25th July 2017

Scott Walker - We Came Through
Scott Walker - The Seventh Seal
Scott Walker - If You Go Away
Scott Walker - Plastic Palace People
Scott Walker - When The World Was Young
Scott Walker - Joanna
Scott Walker - Just One Smile
The Walker Brothers - No Regrets
The Walker Brothers - The Electrician
Scott Walker - Blanket Roll Blues
Scott Walker - Tilt
Scott Walker - Rosary
Scott Walker - Patriot (A Single)
Unknown - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore

Wednesday 3 April 2019

Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service - With Scott Walker

JARVIS COCKER'S SUNDAY SERVICE - WITH SCOTT WALKER (320kbs-m4a/266mb/1hr56mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 23rd July 2017

Jarvis welcomes elusive singer-songwriter Scott Walker back to the Sunday Service, ahead of the late-night BBC Prom The Songs Of Scott Walker, which takes place at the Royal Albert Hall on Tuesday 25 July.

As well as chatting about Scott's immense body of work, Jarvis gets tips on how to approach his role within this Prom and corrections to some of the lyrical mistakes he's found online whilst researching.

There are also anecdotes about Scott's time prior to the success of The Walker Brothers when he was a bass player in a Californian surf band called The Routers and an insight into his friendship with the late David Bowie who was a big champion of Scott's solo work having covered Nite Flights on his own Black Tie, White Noise album.

Scott Walker - Such A Small Love
Tim Hardin - The Lady Came From Baltimore
Richard Hawley - For Your Lover Give Some Time [Mute]
John Grant - Glacier [Bella Union]
Susanne Sundfør - Undercover
Marc And The Mambas - Big Louise
Scott Walker - On Your Own Again
The Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore [Fontana]
Scott Walker - It's Raining Today [Mercury]
Scott Walker - Montague Terrace In Blue [Music Direct]
The Walker Brothers - Love Her [Fontana]
The Routers - Let's Go
Scott Walker - Mathilde (Live on Dusty 19/09/1967)
Frank Sinatra - It Was A Very Good Year [Reprise]
Miles Davis - Blue In Green [Sony]
Scott Walker - The Plague [Philips]
Scott Walker - Windows Of The World [Mercury]
Scott Walker - The Old Man's Back Again [Philips/Fontana]
Scott Walker - Prologue
Scott Walker - The Seventh Seal
Scott Walker - Butterfly
Scott Walker - Boy Child [Mercury]
David Bowie - Nite Flights
Scott Walker - Farmer In The City
Scott Walker - Blanket Roll Blues
Scott Walker - The War Is Over (Sleepers - Epilogue) [Philips]

Tuesday 2 April 2019

Jarvis Cocker - Late Junction Scott Walker Mixtape

JARVIS COCKER - LATE JUNCTION SCOTT WALKER MIXTAPE 13.07.17 (320kbs-m4a/62mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 13th July 2017

The Walker Brothers - The Electrician [Sony/BMG]
Scott Walker - Blanket Roll Blues [Virgin]
Scott Walker - Clara [4AD]
Scott Walker - The Plague [Phillips]
Scott Walker - Farmer In The City [Fontana]
Scott Walker - Opening [4AD]
Scott Walker - It's Raining Today [Virgin/EMI]


Intro (320kbs-m4a/9mb/4mins)
Outro (320kbs-m4a/3mb/1min)

Monday 1 April 2019

Kaleidoscope - Scott Walker

KALEIDOSCOPE - SCOTT WALKER (128kbs-m4a/26mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 13th May 1995

Stuart Maconie talks to the reclusive singer/songwriter Scott Walker, recorded at the time of the seminal album 'Tilt' which broke an 11 year silence.

Scott Walker - Farmer In The City (Remembering Pasolini)
The Walker Brothers - Make It Easy On Yourself
Scott Walker - Farmer In The City (Remembering Pasolini)
Scott Walker - Manhattan (flȇrdelē´)
Scott Walker - Tilt
Scott Walker - Bouncer See Bouncer...
Scott Walker - Patriot (A Single)