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BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 30th July 2016
To complement the David Bowie Prom, a chance to hear David Bowie recorded at the Milton Keynes Bowl in August 1990, as part of his Sound+Vision greatest hits tour. Presented by Chris Hawkins.
David Bowie - Space Oddity
David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
David Bowie - Fashion
David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes
David Bowie - Pretty Pink Rose
David Bowie - Let's Dance
David Bowie - Stay
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
David Bowie - China Girl
David Bowie - Young Americans
David Bowie - White Light White Heat
David Bowie - Changes
David Bowie - Modern Love
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 28th July 2016
Looking ahead to the Prom on Friday 29 July that celebrates Bowie's music, Paul Morley, author of The Age of Bowie, traces the Thin White Duke's shape-shifting career with a 30-minute mix of eccentric Bowie moments and striking cover versions for Late Junction.
David Bowie - The Gospel According to Tony Day
David Bowie - Warszawa
The Bad Plus - Life on Mars
David Bowie - Girl Loves Me
David Bowie - Baal’s Hymn
David Bowie - Repetition
David Bowie - Looking for Satellites
David Bowie - See Emily Play
Aphex Twin - Heroes (Remix of David Bowie and Philip Glass)
Intro/Interview (320kbs-m4a/14mb/6mins)
Outro (320kbs-m4a/1.3mb/26secs)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 7th May 2016
Mark Lamarr continues his in-depth profile of the legendary James Brown - Soul Brother No.1.
The series features rare material and includes an interview carried out over two days when Mark visited Mr Brown's home near in Augusta Georgia.
First broadcast in February 2006, before James Brown's death in December of that year.
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 6th May 2016
Mark Lamarr continues his in-depth profile of the legendary James Brown - Soul Brother No. 1.
The series features rare material and includes an interview carried out over two days when Mark visited Mr Brown's home near in Augusta Georgia.
First broadcast in February 2006, before James Brown's death in December of that year.
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 5th May 2016
Mark Lamarr continues his in-depth profile of the legendary James Brown - Soul Brother No. 1.
The series features rare material and includes an interview carried out over two days when Mark visited Mr Brown's home near Augusta in Georgia.
First broadcast in February 2006, before James Brown's death in December of that year.
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 4th May 2016
Mark Lamarr presents an in-depth profile of the legendary James Brown - Soul Brother No. 1.
The series features rare material and includes an interview carried out over two days when Mark visited Mr Brown's home near Augusta in Georgia.
First broadcast in February 2006, before James Brown's death in December of that year.
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 22nd July 2016
Aphex Twin - Avril 14th [Warp]
Bola - Forcasa 3 [Skam]
Phoenecia - Gesundheit [Schematic US]
Reload - Le Soleil et la Mer [Infonet]
Arovane - Lilies [City Centre Offices]
Boards Of Canada - June 9th [Music 70]
Carl Craig - Wrap Me In It's Arms (Inst) [Retroactive]
Cybotron - Alleys Of Your Mind [Fantasy]
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 21st June 2016
Another chance to hear Mark Radcliffe telling the story of New Order, who appear at Glastonbury over the weekend. First broadcast in 2003.
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 20th June 2016
Another chance to hear Mark Radcliffe telling the story of New Order, who appear at Glastonbury over the weekend. First broadcast in 2003.
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 28th August 2015
Mark Hodkinson goes in search of the truth about one of the most influential and enigmatic of graphic designers - Barney Bubbles who changed the way record sleeves looked.
Barney Bubbles worked with some of the biggest names in popular music in the 1970s and 80s. He created album sleeves of cryptic intricacy, giving a depth of detail that was new to the medium. But he hardly ever signed his work and often operated under obscure pseudonyms, so his creations are still being uncovered.. With some difficulty as Barney took his own life nearly 20 years ago.
Mark Hodkinson speaks to Barney's family and colleagues to uncover his genius and the reasons for his tragically early death.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and repeated as part of our celebration of Pop Art.
THIS ARE 2 TONE (128kbs-m4a/26mb/28mins
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 24th October 2014
Phill Jupitus celebrates the phenomenon that was 2-Tone music. Thirty years ago, bands such as the Specials, the Beat, Madness and the Selecter created a new sound born from a blend of punk, reggae and ska.
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 12th June 2016
These days, Vivien Goldman teaches about Punk at New York University and they call her The Punk Professor. But back in the times we're speaking about, from about 1976 to 1982, when she was one of approximately two female punk rock journalists in the UK, the whole idea of teaching punk in a university would have been laughable. Writing for what was then a thriving weekly throng of music papers, Vivien found herself embedded in the punk community, sharing a flat with Chrissie Hynde, forming the Flying Lizards, being produced by John Lydon. She is an absolute authority on the musical, social & political impact of punk. She has also written extensively on reggae and its relationship with punk.
As a popular anti-authoritarian mass youth uprising, punk, was one of the most significant social movements of the late twentieth century, and now kids round the world, from Bahrain to Indonesia to Russia, still naturally turn to the punk genre almost automatically, to express their rage. The yell of our first sort, sharp punk shock is still echoing and at this rate, will never die.
A Punk Tale of Two Cities answers a question that punk people love to debate - where did punk begin? London or New York? Other cities try to stake a claim - Paris, for example, or Los Angeles. But everyone knows they're non-starters, really. The tension, the energy of punk, crackled between London and New York. .
Along the way there are new insights from those who shaped punk on both sides of the Atlantic - John Lydon, Talking Heads, Neneh Cherry, The Slits, Don Letts, Chrissie Hynde, Public Enemy, Lenny Kaye, Dennis Bovell and Patti Smith.
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 11th June 2016
These days, Vivien Goldman teaches about Punk at New York University and they call her The Punk Professor. But back in the times we're speaking about, from about 1976 to 1982, when she was one of approximately two female punk rock journalists in the UK, the whole idea of teaching Punk in a university would have been laughable. Writing for what was then a thriving weekly throng of music papers, Vivien found herself embedded in the Punk community, sharing a flat with Chrissie Hynde, forming the Flying Lizards, being produced by John Lydon. She is an absolute authority on the musical, social & political impact of punk. She has also written extensively on reggae and its relationship with Punk.
As a popular anti-authoritarian mass youth uprising, Punk, was one of the most significant social movements of the late twentieth century, and now kids round the world, from Bahrain to Indonesia to Russia, still naturally turn to the punk genre almost automatically, to express their rage. The yell of our first sort, sharp punk shock is still echoing and at this rate, will never die.
A Punk Tale of Two Cities answers a question that Punk people love to debate - where did punk begin? London or New York? Other cities try to stake a claim - Paris, for example, or Los Angeles. But everyone knows they're non-starters, really. The tension, the energy of punk, crackled between London and New York. .
Along the way there are new insights from those who shaped Punk on both sides of the Atlantic - John Lydon, Talking Heads, Neneh Cherry, The Slits, Don Letts, Chrissie Hynde, Public Enemy, Lenny Kaye, Dennis Bovell and Patti Smith.
Jimi Hendrix - Star Spangled Banner [Polydor]
Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation [Debutante]
Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown [Trojan]
Television - Marquee Moon [Elektra]
The Stooges - Down On The Street [Elektra]
Sex Pistols - Holiday In The Sun [Virgin]
Sex Pistols - My Way [Virgin]
The 101ers - Keys To Your Heart [Shanachie]
Rupie Edwards - Ire Feelings [Trojan]
The Damned - New Rose [Castle Music]
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer [Disky]
The Pop Group - We Are All Prostitutes [Radarscope]
Kilburn & the High Roads - Rough Kids [Columbia]
Bad Brains - Pay To Cum
Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side [Polygram TV]
The Clash - I'm So Bored With The USA [Columbia]
Chic - Good Times [Virgin]
Talking Heads - Building On Fire [Warner]
Television - Little Johnny Jewel Song [Warners]
Led Zeppelin - Custard Pie [Swansong]
Patti Smith - Piss Factory
Patti Smith - Gloria [Arista]
Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation [Debutante]
Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The U.K. [Virgin]
The Ramones - Blitzkreig Bop [Sire]
The Ramones - Rockaway Beach [Warner Bros]
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden
Talking Heads - Cities [Sire]
Blondie - Rip Her To Shreds [Na]
X Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents [Sony BMG]
Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
The Clash - Tommy Gun [CBS]
The Velvet Underground - Heroin [Polydor]
Lou Reed - Rock ‘n’ Roll [Universal/Polydor]
David Bowie - Andy Warhol [EMI]
The Velvet Underground - Venus In Furs [Verve]
Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device [EMI]
The Clash - White Riot [Columbia]
Crass - Baby Won't Ya
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 9th June 2016
Tom Robinson examines punk rock's impact on politics, fashion and the music business.
The Sex Pistols And Malcom McLaren - God Save The Queen [Virgin]
Billy Bragg - Take Down The Union Jack [Cooking Vinyl]
The Specials - Ghost Town [EMI]
The Clash - 1977 [Columbia]
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Spellbound [Universal]
X‐Ray Spex - Oh Bondage Up Yours [Virgin]
Public Image Ltd. - Public Image [Virgin]
Goldblade - Hairstyle [Ultimate]
The Boomtown Rats - Looking After No. 1 [Eagle]
Hugh Cornwell - Leave Me Alone [Koch]
Sex Pistols - EMI [Virgin]
The Damned - New Rose [Castle Music]
Moby - Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? [Mute]
Marc Bolan And T-Rex - 21st Century Boy [Polygram]
Roni Size - Brown Paper Bag [Mercury]
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - Music And Politics [Island]
Tom Robinson - Don't Take No For An Answer [Connoisseur Collection]
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 8th June 2016
Tom Robinson traces punk's explosion and the way that this short-lived phenomenon has shaped popular music in subsequent years.
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 5th June 2016
Steve Lamacq continues his look at the impact of punk. Programme two begins with the murder of Nancy Spungen and the subsequent death of Sid Vicious, two appalling events which marked the end of the first punk explosion.
By 1979 the Pistols had imploded, The Clash had embraced rock 'n' roll and a new generation was making its feelings known. The late 70s saw an explosion of street punk culture in all its myriad forms; whether the beery Oi scene, the anarchist art rock pioneered by Crass, the Ska revival, or the student-driven, post punk, post rock sounds of Joy Division and U2...the bastard sons and daughters of Johnny Rotten were keeping the spirit alive.
It was a time of confusion and gang fights, of danger and excitement, culminating in the 1981 riots and 1984 miner's strike - a colourful street reaction to the scourge of Thatcherism.
But let's not forget the intense sounds of those second wave bands who virtually created the template for modern rock - The Exploited, GBH, Angelic Upstarts and UK Subs. Discharge laid the foundations for heavier outfits such as Metallica, and it's no coincidence that Guns 'n' Roses liked to cover UK Subs songs.
The DIY ethic kick started by punk inspired a lot of these new bands, who would go on to lay down the blueprint for independent music. The post rock/post punk era was in full swing, with Joy Division coming out of Manchester, Gang of Four forging ahead across the Pennines in Leeds and U2 laying plans for world domination across the Irish Sea in Dublin. It was obvious that the punk revolution had spread far and wide and with it the spirit of independence; punk's legacy was assured.
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 4th June 2016
Steve Lamacq look at the events of 1976, which led to the explosion of punk music.
By the mid-70s the UK was experiencing economic meltdown. Lengthening dole queues and a grey landscape of high rise disasters stood in rubbish-strewn streets. In retrospect, it was inevitable that the music of the time would be dark, nihilistic and fuelled by an energized political anger.
Whilst the New York music scene, built around CBGBs, was much more rooted in rock's rich tapestry and art school ideas, it was nowhere near as ferocious and dangerous as what was happening in the UK. The London punk scene, initially driven by Malcolm McLaren's clever posturing, was given added by John Lydon's fierce intelligence and neo-psychotic glare.
The Sex Pistols were getting out onto the circuit, wrecking PAs and getting occasional column inches. The Stranglers were gigging around the country, trading punches with irate punters. In Bolton Buzzcocks read a paragraph about the Pistols in the NME and drove all the way down to London to search for the band. TV Smith was putting together The Adverts in Torquay. Elsewhere, the capital was calling and the Clash were on hand to write the soundtrack. Everywhere punk rock was beginning to emerge.
All these loose strands were beginning to coalesce around the Sex Pistols. McLaren noticed this and managed to place the movement behind his group and his shop. the race was nearly over and London was about to win. A generation of kids, let down by the government and disgusted by the Queen's Silver Jubilee, had at last found an expression for their discontent, a music that spoke back to them.
This documentary was first broadcast in December 2006, to mark thirty years since the birth of punk.
Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant [Virgin]
Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The U.K. [Virgin]
Sex Pistols - Holidays In The Sun [Britannia Music]
Sex Pistols - Problems [Virgin]
Sex Pistols - Bodies [Virgin]
Chris Spedding - Motorbikin' [Demon]
Abba - Money Money Money [Epic]
Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
Showaddywaddy - Under The Moon Of Love [Tiger]
Generation X - Your Generation [Disky]
Ian Dury - What A Waste
New York Dolls - Personality Crisis [Columbia]
Ramones - Blitzkreig Bop [Warner Bros.]
Ramones - Chain Saw
Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The U.K. [Virgin]
Skids - Sweet Suburbia [Old Gold Records & Tapes]
Sex Pistols - Music 3 No Fun [Link]
Sex Pistols - New York [Sanctuary]
Subway Sect - Nobody's Scared [Castle Music]
Sex Pistols - Seventeen [Virgin]
Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The U.K. [Circa]
The Stranglers - London Lady [Epic]
Sex Pistols - Don't Give Me No Lip Child No Lip
The Adverts - Gary Gilmore's Eyes [Link Records Classics]
The Stranglers - Get A Grip On Yourself [EMI]
Penetration - Don't Dictate [Virgin]
Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen [Virgin]
Sex Pistols - Holidays In The Sun [Virgin]
The Vibrators - Automatic Lover
The Clash - White Riot [Columbia]
The Clash - Clash City Rockers [Columbia]
X‐Ray Spex - I Am A Poseur
The Damned - Neat, Neat, Neat [Sanctuary]
The Clash - London's Burning [Epic]
The Damned - New Rose [Universal/Island]
Sex Pistols - Substitute Sex Pistols [Virgin]
The Ruts – Babylon’s Burning [Circa]
Sex Pistols - Problems [Virgin]
Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The U.K. [Virgin]
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 7th June 2016
Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock continues the story of punk rock.
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 6th June 2016
Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock tells the story of punk rock, with music from the MC5, the Faces, the Ramones, Buzzcocks, the Clash, the Damned, and the Sex Pistols.
Middle Of The Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep [Connoisseur Collection]
Eddie Cochran - Come On Everybody [EMI]
The Who - My Generation [Universal/Polydor]
The Deviants - Opening [Decca]
The Deviants - I'm Coming Home [Decca]
MC5 - Ramblin' Rose [Elektra]
The Stooges - 1969 [Elektra]
Iggy And The Stooges - Search And Destroy [Virgin]
New York Dolls - Looking For A Kiss
Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
Lou Reed - Vicious [RCA]
Kilburn And The High Roads - Rough Kids [Warner]
Dr. Feelgood - I'm A Hog For You, Baby [EMI]
The 101ers - Keys To Your Heart [Shanachie]
The Faces - Borstal Boys [Warner Bros.]
John Inman - Are You Being Served (Theme) [DJM]
Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen [WSM]
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner [Elite]
Sex Pistols - Did You No Wrong [Virgin]
Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop [Sire]
Ramones - Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue [Warner]
Buzzcocks - Boredom [Columbia]
The Damned - New Rose [Castle Music]
Sex Pistols - No Feelings [Virgin]
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 17th June 2016
Paul Weller, along with former bandmates Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler plus Noel Gallagher, Phill Jupitus and rock photographer Penny Smith remember the Jam.
This series was first broadcast in 2002 and presented by Jam fan Jonathan Ross.
The Jam - Monday [Polydor]
The Jam - Scrape Away [Polydor]
The Jam - Funeral Pyre [Polydor]
The Jam - Absolute Beginners [Polydor]
The Jam - Tales From The Riverbank [Polydor]
The Jam - Precious [Polydor]
The Jam - Town Called Malice [Polydor]
The Jam - Ghosts [Polydor]
The Jam - Bitterest Pill [Polydor]
The Jam - Precious [Polydor]
The Jam - Beat Surrender [Polydor]
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 16th June 2016
Paul Weller, along with former bandmates Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler plus Noel Gallagher, Phill Jupitus and rock photographer Penny Smith remember the Jam.
This series was first broadcast in 2002 and presented by Jam fan Jonathan Ross.
The Jam - Eton Rifles [Polydor]
The Jam - Thick As Thieves [Polydor]
The Jam - Little Boy Soldiers [Polydor]
The Jam - Saturday's Kids [Polydor]
The Jam - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight [EMI]
The Jam - Going Underground [Polydor]
The Jam - Start [Polydor]
The Jam - Pretty Green [Polydor]
The Jam - Set The House Ablaze [Polydor]
The Jam - That's Entertainment [Polydor]
The Jam - When You're Young
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 15th June 2016
Paul Weller, along with former bandmates Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler plus Noel Gallagher, Phill Jupitus and rock photographer Penny Smith remember the Jam.
This series was first broadcast in 2002 and presented by Jam fan Jonathan Ross.
The Jam - Life From A Window
The Jam - News Of The World [Polydor]
The Jam - Billy Hunt
The Kinks - David Watts [Polygram]
The Jam - David Watts [Polydor]
The Jam - A Bomb In Wardour Street [Polydor]
The Jam - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight [Global Television]
The Jam - English Rose [Universal]
The Jam - Mr Clean [Polydor]
The Jam - In The Crowd
The Jam - To Be Someone [Polydor]
The Jam - Strange Town [Polydor]
The Jam - The Butterfly Collector [Castle]
The Jam - When You're Young [Spectrum]
Sham 69 - Hersham Boys [Sanctuary]
The Jam - Eton Rifles [Polydor]
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 14th June 2016
Paul Weller, along with former bandmates Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler plus Noel Gallagher, Phill Jupitus and rock photographer Penny Smith remember the Jam.
This series was first broadcast in 2002 and presented by Jam fan Jonathan Ross.
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 30th June 2016
Max Reinhardt is joined by sound artist, writer and composer David Toop who talks us through his late junction mixtape. Toop's edition features a collection of recordings from the deepest recesses of his collection - Vietnamese one-string fiddle sits next to Japanese tongue twisters, Chicago footwork next to John Butcher's alien sax.
Ito Kimura - Tongue Twister 1 [JVC Japan]
John Butcher - Willow Shiver [Northern Spy]
RP Boo - Your Choice [Planet Mu]
Ensemble de Gong des Jörai Hrap - Oy [Air Mail Music Collection]
Sahibu and Mida: Sulawesi singing and flute - Ammaciang [Radio France]
Yannick Dauby - Nous, Les Défunts [Kalerne]
Ensemble de Gong des Jörai Hrap - Muong: Celebration [Air Mail Music Collection]
Nonoko Kaizawa - Tongue Twister 2 [JVC Japan]
Unknown - Solo On The Koni One String Fiddle With The Ddong Two String Tube Zither [Chant du Monde]
Quốc Hùng - The Wind Blows It Away [Glitterbeat]
Yu Kyung-hwa - Gutgeori [Inedit]
Unknown - Yaisama (improvised songs) [JVC Japan]
Unknown - Mo-Mo [Ideologic Organ]
Unknown - Mbilé; Chad [SWP]
Takahiro Kawaguchi - White Out [Gruenrekorder]
Unknown - Bangamur [Aby]
Unknown - Mabutawi-Teri: Wayamou Duo Exchange [Sub Rosa]
Spontaneous Music Ensemble - Open Flower 6 [Emanem]
Pham Thi Hue - Fate of the Beautiful Girl [Vietnam Folklore Association]
João Gilberto - Estate [Warner Bros.]
Wang Hua-de - Meditation In Autumn by the Dongting River [Hugo Production]
Intro/Interview (320kbs-m4a/23mb/10mins)
Outro (320kbs-m4a/2mb/1min)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 15th June 2016
Janice Long continues a six-part series looking at Liverpool's post-Beatles music scene. Tonight parts 5: The Cream of Clubland and 6: ...and The Beat Goes On.
First broadcast in 2002.
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 14th June 2016
Janice Long continues a six-part series looking at Liverpool's post-Beatles music scene. Tonight part 3: Into The Pleasuredome - Electropop and the Eighties and 4: All Together Now - Beyond Madchester.
First broadcast in 2002.
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 13th June 2016
Janice Long presents a six-part series looking at Liverpool's post-Beatles music scene. Tonight part 1: Sweat, Floods and Toilet Roll - The Story of Eric's Club and part 2: The Crucial Three.
First broadcast in 2002.
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 9th June 2016
Don Letts celebrates the Clash's strong bond with New York City and the way it influenced their music. He also remembers the show they played at the city's Shea Stadium. Including contributions from bandmembers Mick Jones and Terry Chimes and New York photographer Bob Gruen.
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 8th June 2016
Don Letts celebrates the Clash's strong bond with New York City and the way it influenced their music. He also remembers the show they played at the city's Shea Stadium. Including contributions from bandmembers Mick Jones and Terry Chimes and New York photographer Bob Gruen.
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 7th June 2016
Don Letts celebrates the Clash's strong bond with New York City and the way it influenced their music. He also remembers the show they played at the city's Shea Stadium. Including contributions from bandmembers Mick Jones and Terry Chimes and New York photographer Bob Gruen.
