Classic Scottish Albums: Belle And Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap

CLASSIC SCOTTISH ALBUMS: BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - THE BOY WITH THE ARAB STRAP (320kbs-m4a/61mb/26mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 23rd March 2017

To complement the 6 Music Festival, taking place this year in Glasgow, we repeat highlights of a series in which musician Davie Scott reveals the stories behind classic Scottish albums.

In this episode, first broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in 2006, Davie looks at Belle and Sebastian's The Boy with the Arab Strap, released in 1998, which won them 'Best Newcomer' at the Brit Awards. We hear from the famously interview-shy collective about the making of the album, and also from crime writer Iain Rankin about his passion for their melancholy summertime sounds.

Belle and Sebastian are appearing at this year's 6 Music Festival.

Classic Scottish Albums: Primal Scream - Screamadelica

CLASSIC SCOTTISH ALBUMS: PRIMAL SCREAM - SCREAMADELICA (320kbs-m4a/61mb/26mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 22nd March 2017

To complement the 6 Music Festival, taking place this year in Glasgow, we repeat highlights of a series in which musician Davie Scott reveals the stories behind classic Scottish albums.

In this episode, first broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in 2005, Davie talks to Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie about the classic Screamadelica, released in 1991. Bobby takes us back to the heady recording sessions and describes the ways in which politics and hedonism fuelled the music of the band, who headlined last year's 6 Music Festival in Bristol.

Classic Scottish Albums: Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

CLASSIC SCOTTISH ALBUMS: FRANZ FERDINAND - FRANZ FERDINAND (320kbs-m4a/70mb/30mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 21st March 2017

To complement the 6 Music Festival, taking place this year in Glasgow, we repeat highlights of a series in which musician Davie Scott reveals the stories behind classic Scottish albums.

In this episode, first broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in 2011, Davie discovers the story behind Franz Ferdinand's 2004 self-titled debut. With a certain suaveness, optimism and confidence, the band bagged the Mercury Music Prize, three top-10 singles and 3.6 million album sales worldwide. They made a bigger impact on America than Robbie Williams and Oasis combined, and did it with a lot less bluster. Their influences include Talking Heads, Chic, Pulp and Joy Division, and these combined to reach a far wider audience than your average indie band.

Take Me Out topped several 'Best of 2004' lists, and seemed never to be off the Queen Vic's jukebox in Eastenders. The NME described their music as 'intoxicating', while others compared their worldwide appeal to that of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Duran Duran.

Classic Scottish Albums: The KLF - The White Room

CLASSIC SCOTTISH ALBUMS: THE KLF - THE WHITE ROOM (320lbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 17th March 2017

In the run-up to the 6 Music Festival, taking place this year in Glasgow, we repeat highlights of a series in which musician Davie Scott reveals the stories behind classic Scottish albums.

In this episode, first broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in 2011, Davie unravels one of music's most fascinating tales, The White Room by the KLF.

Bill Drummond - son of a Church of Scotland minister - was almost 40 years old when he decided to create a 'Stadium House' band. He wanted to unite music fans with "gigantic anthems". A former top music exec, he understood pop music hype and hyperbole and used that to his advantage. While some might have judged he and partner Jimmy Cauty as over-the-hill, Bill's marketing know-how pushed The KLF to become the bestselling singles act in the world in 1991. 'Justified and Ancient' (featuring Tammy Wynette) was inescapable. It was No.1 in 18 countries and provided her highest-ever Billboard placing. 'What Time is Love' provided the first taste of The KLF's big commercial sound and was soon answered by the number 1 single '3am Eternal'.

And it wasn't just the fans who loved them. The music press couldn't get enough of their contrary ways, one journalist enthusing that "as providers of perverse, throwaway, three-minute pop-song manna... (they're) punk rock, the Renaissance, Andy Warhol and Jesus Christ all rolled into one."
The gigantic commercial success of the band flew in the face of taste-making rhetoric, and Bill and Jimmy caused further alarm when - at the height of their success - they gave a "violently antagonistic performance" at the 1992 Brit Awards and left the stage to a tannoy announcement stating that "The KLF have now left the music business". Job done!

Classic Scottish Albums: Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas

CLASSIC SCOTTISH ALBUMS: COCTEAU TWINS - HEAVEN OR LAS VEGAS (320kbs-m4a/61mb/26mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 16th March 2017

In the run-up to the 6 Music Festival, taking place this year in Glasgow, we repeat highlights of a series first broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in which musician Davie Scott reveals the stories behind classic Scottish albums.

In this episode Davie chats to Robin Guthrie of the Cocteau Twins about the chaotic sessions for their sixth album, Heaven or Las Vegas, released in 1990, and now acknowledged as a masterpiece. Robin also reveals something of the mystery of the enigmatic lead singer Elizabeth Fraser's extraordinary lyrics and vocal style.

This episode first broadcast in 2007.

Cocteau Twins - Fotzpolitic [4AD]
Cocteau Twins - Pitch The Baby [4AD]
Cocteau Twins - Fifty Fifty Clown [4AD]
Cocteau Twins - Frou-Frou Foxes In Midsummer Fires [4AD]
Cocteau Twins - Road, River And Rail [4AD]
Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas [4AD]

Classic Scottish Albums: Incredible String Band - Incredible String Band

CLASSIC SCOTTISH ALBUMS: INCREDIBLE STRING BAND - INCREDIBLE STRING BAND (320kbs-m4a/60mb/26mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 15th March 2017

In the run-up to the 6 Music Festival, taking place this year in Glasgow, we repeat highlights of a series first broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in which Davie Scott reveals the stories behind Classic Scottish Albums.

In this episode, Davie reveals the true and very amusing stories behind the Incredible String Band's first and self-titled album, which was released in the summer of 1966.

First broadcast in 2006.

The Incredible String Band - Maybe Someday [Elektra]
The Incredible String Band - The Empty Pocket Blues [Elektra]
The Incredible String Band - Womankind [Elektra]
The Incredible String Band - Tree [Elektra]
The Incredible String Band - Whistle Tune [Elektra]
The Incredible String Band - October Song [Elektra]
The Incredible String Band - Footsteps Of The Heron [Elektra]

Classic Scottish Albums: Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch

CLASSIC SCOTTISH ALBUMS: BERT JANSCH - BERT JANSCH (320kbs-m4a/61mb/26mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 14th March 2017

In the run-up to the 6 Music Festival, taking place this year in Glasgow, we repeat highlights of a series in which musician Davie Scott reveals the stories behind classic Scottish albums.

In this episode, first broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in 2005, Davey talks to Bert Jansch about how he recorded his seminal 1965 self-titled album and what he thought about it 40 years on.

Born in Glasgow in 1943, Bert was an influential guitarist and songer / songwriter, who was also a founder member of Pentangle. Bert died in 2011.

Bert Jansch - Strolling Down The Highway [Transatlantic]
Bert Jansch - Needle Of Death [Transatlantic]
Bert Jansch - Casbah [Transatlantic]
Bert Jansch - Instrumental Medley (Bonus Track On CD) [Transatlantic]
Bert Jansch - Courting Blues [Transatlantic]
Bert Jansch - Veronica [Transatlantic]
Bert Jansch - Angie [Transatlantic]
Bert Jansch - Dreams Of Love [Transatlantic]

Mogwai At The BBC

MOGWAI AT THE BBC (320kbs-m4a/138mb/60mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 26th March 2017

As part of the 6 Music Festival in Glasgow, Stuart Braithwaite of local heroes Mogwai picks his favourites moments from the BBC's concert and session recordings of his own band. These include the Chemikal Underground 5th birthday celebrations in Glasgow in 2000, Mogwai's first Peel session (22.12.1996) and highlights of their appearance at the 2015 6 Music Festival in Tyneside.

Mogwai Selector - The 6 Music Festival 2017

MOGWAI SELECTOR - THE 6 MUSIC FESTIVAL 2017 (320kbs-m4a/138mb/60mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 26th March 2017

As part of the 6 Music Festival in Glasgow, local band Mogwai take over 6 Music for four hours and mine the BBC archives for gems.

For the first hour bandmembers Stuart Braithwaite and Barry Burns present a mix of some of their favourite music. This includes: Laraaji, Popol Vuh, Boards of Canada, Charlie Patton, Gaelic Psalm Singers From Lewis, Max Richter, Zyna Hel, Kaspar Hauser, SUMS, Unwound, Part Chimp, The Flaming Lips, Funkadelic and Konx-Om-Pax.

Simian Mobile Disco - Live At SWG3 The 6 Music Festival 2017

SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO - LIVE AT SWG3 THE 6 MUSIC FESTIVAL 2017 (320kns-m4a/71mb/31mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 27th March 2017

No tracklist available.

This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us: The Story Of Sparks

THIS TOWN AIN'T BIG ENOUGH FOR THE BOTH OF US: THE STORY OF SPARKS (320kbs-m4a/129mb/56mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 24th March 2017

Another chance to hear Mark Radcliffe telling the story of idiosyncratic Californian band Sparks, who are appearing at this year's 6 Music Festival in Glasgow. Contributors include Ron and Russell Mael, producers Tony Visconti, Giorgio Moroder and Muff Winwood, former bassist Ian Hampton, drummer Tammy Glover, Justin Hawkins of The Darkness, Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos and Jimmy Somerville.

Sparks - Amateur Hour [Island]
Sparks - Talent Is An Asset [Island]
Sparks - Roger [Bearsville]
Sparks - Equator Song [Island]
Sparks - The Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us [Island]
British Whale - This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us [Atlantic]
Sparks - Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth [Island]
Sparks - Something For The Girl Who Has Everything [Island]
Sparks - Moustache [Atlantic]
Sparks - Get In The Swing [Spectrum]
Sparks - Looks Looks Looks [Island]
Sparks - Beat The Clock [Oasis]
Sparks - The Number One Song In Heaven [Repertoire]
Sparks - Popularity [Atlantic]
Sparks Featuring Jane Wiedin - Cool Places [Repertoire]
Sparks - When Do I Get To Sing 'My Way' [Logic]
Sparks - The Rhythm Thief [Absolute]
Sparks - Ride 'Em Cowboy [Universal]
Sparks - My Baby's Taking Me Home [Absolute]
Sparks - Dick Around [Gut]
Sparks - Perfume [Gut]
Sparks - I Married Myself [Absolute]
Sparks - Suburban Homeboy [Absolute]

Shackleton - Turn That Dial (Radio 1 & 1Xtra Session)

SHACKLETON - TURN THAT DIAL (RADIO 1 & 1XTRA SESSION) (320kbs-m4a/134mb/59mins)

BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra broadcast: 2nd March 2017

Boundary-pushing producer Shackleton delivers an hour-long piece of music recorded exclusively for the show.

'Turn That Dial' - an exclusive session recorded for Radio 1 & 1Xtra by Shackleton. Illustration by Zeke Clough.

Alternative version: (320kbs-m4a/140mb/61mins)

Mary Anne Hobbs - 90s Mixtape

MARY ANNE HOBBS - 90s MIXTAPE (320kbs-m4a/57mb/25mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 5th March 2017

PJ Harvey - Dress
Nirvana - Come As You Are [Geffen]
Deftones - Be Quiet And Drive (Far Away) [Maverick]
Spiritualized - Come Together [De/Construction]
Ice Cube - Really Doe (Clean)
Method Man - Release Yo' Delf (Prodigy Remix)

The Story Of Pop

THE STORY OF POP - EPISODES 1 TO 52 (320kbs-m4a/6.63gb/49hrs7mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 29th December 2016 to 19th February 2017

Alan Freeman explores the history of pop music.

THE STORY OF POP - EPISODES 1 TO 5 (320kbs-m4a/644mb/4hrs41mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 29th December 2016 to 3rd January 2017

1. Fear and Loathing
2. It Began in Africa
3. Blacks, Whites and Blues
4. What a Long Strange Trip It's Been
5. Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll, Too Young to Die

THE STORY OF POP - EPISODES 6 TO 10 (320kbs-m4a/658mb/4hrs47mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 4th to 8th January 2017

6. Goin' Up Country
7. The King is Dead - Long Live the King
8. Teenagers in Love
9. Big Surf
10. Escape from Tin Pan Alley

THE STORY OF POP - EPISODES 11 TO 15 (320kbs-m4a/647mb/4hrs42mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 9th to 13th January 2017

11. When We Was Fab
12. England Swings
13. Hitsville USA
14. The Blues Had a Baby
15. Can Blue Men Sing the Whites?

THE STORY OF POP - EPISODES 16 TO 20 (320kbs-m4a/657mb/4hrs47mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 14th to 18th January 2017

16. Shut Up and Play Your Guitar
17. The Big Easy
18. Soulsville USA
19. I Know You Got Soul
20. Hobos to Hippies

THE STORY OF POP - EPISODES 21 TO 25 (320kbs-m4a/654mb/4hrs45mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 19th to 23rd January 2017

21. Turning Rebellion Into Money
22. Listen to Me Me ME
23. Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine
24. Let's Go Get Stoned
25. Pomp It Up

THE STORY OF POP - EPISODES 26 TO 30 (320kbs-m4a/617mb/4hrs29mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 24th to 28th January 2017

26. A Trip on the London Underground
27. Glam Slam
28. Hit Factories
29. A Reasonable Guide to a Horrible Noise
30. Young, Loud and Snotty

THE STORY OF POP - EPISODES 31 TO 35 (320kbs-m4a/647mb/4hrs42mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 29th January to 2nd February 2017

31. Today's Music Today
32. All That Funky Stuff
33. Philly Groove
34. Another Saturday Night
35. Synthetic Material

THE STORY OF POP - EPISODES 36 TO 40 (320kbs-m4a/653mb/4hrs45mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 3rd to 7th February 2017

36. Smile Jamaica
37. The Tuff Gong
38. The Graduates
39. Kiss My Axe
40. King Guitar

THE STORY OF POP - EPISODES 41 TO 45 (320kbs-m4a/661mb/4hrs49mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 8th to 12th February 2017

41. Kerrrrannnng!
42. Rap It Up
43. Parental Discretion Is Advised
44. Girls' Talk: Women in Music
45. I Want You to Hurt Like I Do

THE STORY OF POP - EPISODES 46 TO 52 (320kbs-m4a/919mb/6hrs41mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 13th to 19th February 2017

46. Living on the Fault Line
47. Re-Make, Re-Model
48. It's A Steal - Sampling
49. Raving, I'm Raving
50. Where the Sun Don't Shine
51. Music for Money
52. The Global Village

Sound Of Cinema: 162. Anne Dudley

SOUND OF CINEMA: 162. ANNE DUDLEY (320kbs-m4a/134mb/58mins)

BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 11th March 2017

Matthew Sweet meets composer, conductor and arranger Anne Dudley for a focus on her music for film in the week of the launch of Paul Verhoeven's acclaimed new film "Elle". One time member of the 80s synth band Art of Noise, Anne has an extensive catalogue of film scores from across 30 years in the industry and is one of the few women to win an Oscar for her music.

The programme includes music from "Black Books"; "Buster"; "The Pope Must Die"; "Knight Moves"; "The Crying Game"; "The Grotesque"; "The Full Monty"; "American History X"; "Monkeybone"; "The Miracle Maker"; "Tristan and Isolde" and "Elle".

And Anne chooses the Classic Score of the week.

Anne Dudley - The Endless River from 'Black Book' [Milan]
Anne Dudley - Robbery from 'Buster' [Virgin]
Anne Dudley - Rococco from 'The Pope Must Die'
Anne Dudley - Vatican from 'The Pope Must Die'
Anne Dudley - 1972 Washington Estate from 'Knight Moves' [Milan]
Anne Dudley - The Soldier's Wife from 'The Crying Game' [SBK]
Anne Dudley - Theme from 'The Grotesque'
Anne Dudley - The Full Monty [RCA]
Anne Dudley - Benedictus from 'American History X' [Angel]
Anne Dudley - A Beaker of Nightmare Juice from 'Monkeybone' [Varese Sarabande]
Anne Dudley - Pie Jesu from 'The Miracle Maker'
Anne Dudley - Wedding Cortege from 'Tristan and Isolde'
Anne Dudley - Midnight Cowboy (main theme) [Manhattan]
Anne Dudley - Primal Scream from 'Elle' [Sony]

Goldie - Headphones Mix 23rd February 2017

GOLDIE - HEADPHONES MIX 23.02.17 (320kbs-m4a/117mb/51mins)

BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 23rd February 2017

Dave Angel - Arabian Nights [Blunted]
Triosk - Visions IV [Leaf]
SUBJECKTIVE - Midnight Monsoon [Unknown]
Nathan Haines - Sound Travels [Chillifunk]
John Barry - Capsule In Space [United Artists]
LTJ Bukem - The Calling [Unknown]
Doc Scott - Far Away [Metalheadz]
Burial - Archangel [Hyperdub]
SUBJECKTIVE - Silent Running [Unknown]
Jan Jelinek & Triosk - Vibes/Pulse [~scape]
The Cinematic Orchestra - Talking About Freedom [LateNightTales]
Goldie - Inner City Life (Jazz Version)

Classic Albums: U2 - The Joshua Tree

CLASSIC ALBUMS: U2 - THE JOSHUA TREE (320kbs-m4a/135mb/59mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 31st March 2016

In a programme first broadcast in 1989, The Edge talks to Roger Scott about U2's 1987 release The Joshua Tree.

U2 - With Or Without You
U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name
U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
U2 - With Or Without You
U2 - Bullet The Blue Sky
U2 - Running To Stand Still
U2 - Red Hill Mining Town
U2 - In God's Country
U2 - Trip Through Your Wires
U2 - One Tree Hill
U2 - Exit
U2 - Mothers Of The Disappeared

Classic Albums: Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love

CLASSIC ALBUMS: KATE BUSH - HOUNDS OF LOVE (320kbs-m4a/134mb/59mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 30th March 2016

Kate Bush discusses the classic Hounds of Love, her fifth studio album, which was released in 1985. Programme first broadcast in 1992.

Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill [EMI]
Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love [EMI]
Kate Bush - Big Sky [EMI]
Kate Bush - Mother Stands For Comfort [EMI]
Kate Bush - Cloudbusting [EMI]
Kate Bush - And Dream of Sheep [EMI]
Kate Bush - Under Ice [EMI]
Kate Bush - Waking The Witch [EMI]
Kate Bush - Watching You Without Me [EMI]
Kate Bush - Jig Of Life [EMI]
Kate Bush - Hello Earth [EMI]
Kate Bush - The Morning Fog [EMI]

Classic Albums: ABC - The Lexicon Of Love

CLASSIC ALBUMS: ABC - THE LEXICON OF LOVE (320kbs-m4a/135mb/59mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 29th March 2016

As 6 Music celebrates Sheffield, Martin Fry discusses ABC's 1982 debut. First broadcast in 1992.

ABC - Show Me [Mercury]
ABC - Poison Arrow [Mercury]
ABC & The BBC Concert Orchestra - Many Happy Returns
ABC - Tears Are Not Enough [Mercury]
ABC & The BBC Concert Orchestra - Valentines Day
ABC - Look Of Love [Mercury]
ABC - Date Stamp [Mercury]
ABC - All Of My Heart [Mercury]
ABC & The BBC Concert Orchestra - 4 Ever 2 Gether
ABC - The Look Of Love [Mercury]

Classic Albums Of The 90s: The Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation

CLASSIC ALBUMS OF THE 90s: THE PRODIGY - MUSIC FOR THE JILTED GENERATION (320kbs-m4a/68mb/29mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 3rd March 2017

As part of 6 Music's 1994 day, another chance to hear Steve Lamacq tell the story of the Prodigy's Music for the Jilted Generation, which was released that year, including interviews with the band's Liam Howlett and co-producer Neil McLellan.

The Prodigy - One Love [XL Recordings]
The Prodigy - Break And Enter [XL Recordings]
The Prodigy - Voodoo People [XL Recordings]
The Prodigy - Their Law [XL Recordings]
The Prodigy - No Good (Start The Dance) [XL Recordings]
The Prodigy - Poison [XL Recordings]
The Prodigy - Poison [XL Recordings]
The Prodigy - Intro [XL Recordings]
The Prodigy - 3 Kilos [XL Recordings]
The Prodigy - No Good (Start The Dance) [XL Recordings]
The Prodigy - Voodoo People [XL Recordings]

Classic Albums Of The 90s: Beck - Odelay

CLASSIC ALBUMS OF THE 90s: BECK - ODELAY (320kbs-m4a/67mb/29mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 2nd March 2017

Steve Lamacq talks to Beck and the Dust Brothers about the classic album. First broadcast in 1999 and repeated as part of the BBC's My Generation season.

Beck - Loser [Geffen]
Beck - Novacane Song [Geffen]
Beck - Where It's At [Geffen]
Beck - Hotwax [Geffen]
Beck - Novacane Song [Geffen]
Beck - The New Pollution [Geffen]
Beck - High 5 [Geffen]
Beck - Devil's Haircut [Geffen]
Beck - Where It's At [Geffen]
Beck - Lord Only Knows [Geffen]
Beck - Where It's At [Geffen]
Beck - Sissyneck [Geffen]
Beck - Where It's At [Geffen]
Beck - Devil's Haircut [Geffen]

Classic Albums Of The 90s: Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory?

CLASSIC ALBUMS OF THE 90s: OASIS - (WHAT'S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? (320kbs-m4a/67mb/29mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 1st March 2017

With the help of Noel Gallagher, Steve Lamacq looks back at the band's 1995 classic. First broadcast in 1999 and repeated as part of the BBC's My Generation season.

Oasis - Roll With It [Creation]
Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger [Big Brother]
Oasis - Champagne Supernova [Creation]
Oasis - Hello [Creation]
Oasis - Champagne Supernova [Creation]
Oasis - Roll With It [Creation]
Oasis - Wonderwall [Creation]
Oasis - She's Electric [Creation]
Oasis - Champagne Supernova [Creation]
Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger [Big Brother]
Oasis - Morning Glory [Creation]
Oasis - Wonderwall [Creation]
Oasis - She's Electric [Creation]
Oasis - Roll With It [Creation]
Oasis - Wonderwall [Creation]
Oasis - Champagne Supernova [Creation]

Classic Albums Of The 90s: Nirvana - Nevermind

CLASSIC ALBUMS OF THE 90s: NIRVANA - NEVERMIND (320kbs-m4a/67mb/29mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 28th February 2017

As part of the BBC's My Generation series currently looking at the 90's, there's another chance to hear Steve Lamacq's celebration of Nirvana's second album "Nevermind" - released in 1991.

Nirvana - Come As You Are [Geffen]
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit [Geffen]
Nirvana - About A Girl [Geffen]
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit [Geffen]
Nirvana - Pay To Play (The Smart Session) [Geffen]
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit [Geffen]
Nirvana - Lithium [Geffen]
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit [Geffen]
Nirvana - Endless, Nameless [Geffen]
Nirvana - Polly [Geffen]
Nirvana - Something In The Way [Geffen]
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit [Geffen]
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit [Geffen]
Nirvana - Lithium [Geffen]
Nirvana - Come As You Are [Geffen]
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit [Geffen]
Nirvana - Lithium [Geffen]
Nirvana - Come As You Are [Geffen]
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit [Geffen]

Archive On 4: Ivor Cutler At 90

ARCHIVE ON 4: IVOR CUTLER AT 90 (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 23rd March 2017

To complement the 6 Music Festival in Glasgow, another chance to hear a programme first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013 celebrating what would have been Ivor Cutler's 90th birthday. The deceptively quiet wordsmith was born in 1923 near the Rangers ground at Ibrox Park.

"I have a harmonium and it's going to explode in two minutes", were the opening words spoken on the Andy Kershaw Show in 1980 by a gentle voiced Scotsman called Ivor Cutler.

Championed by everyone from the Beatles to Billy Connolly, Ivor Cutler was a poet, humourist and absurdist whose appearances on BBC radio and television span over 5 decades. As well as producing a vast body of records, books and plays, Ivor was a notable eccentric, often seen cycling around London in plus fours, handing out homemade stickers and badges to strangers.

To mark what would have been Ivor's 90th birthday, BBC Radio 4 held a 'party', to celebrate his life and BBC archive in particular. Expect a full house, with performers, fans, collaborators and even his long-term partner, Phyllis King, introducing their favourite poems, songs and memories of Ivor. Weirdness from the archives, pleasure for fans, and a singular introduction to those encountering him for the very first time.

Highlights include Bramwell and King re-enacting a morse code performance of "The Little Black Buzzer".

Presenter: David Bramwell is a writer, musician and, recently, presenter of Sony Award winning "The Haunted Moustache". He is the founder of the "Catalyst Club"; a place for enthusiasts to speak on any subject close to their heart. Ivor Cutler is a subject close to his, having kept correspondence with him in the 1980's.

Producer: Sara Jane Hall.

Parklife: The Blur Story - 4. Episode 4

PARKLIFE: THE BLUR STORY - 4. EPISODE 4 (320kbs-m4a/58mb/25mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 10th March 2017

This documentary was first broadcast on Radio 2 in 2003, the same year Blur released "Think Tank" and is repeated as part of the My Generation season.

Blur - Tender [Food]
Blur - Coffee & TV [Food/Parlophone]
Blur - Ambulance
Blur - Battery In Your Leg
Blur - Crazy Beat
Blur - Out Of Time

Parklife: The Blur Story - 3. Episode 3

PARKLIFE: THE BLUR STORY - 3. EPISODE 3 (320kbs-m4a/66mb/29mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 9th March 2017

This documentary was first broadcast on Radio 2 in 2003, the same year Blur released "Think Tank" and is repeated as part of the My Generation season.

Blur - Beetlebum [EMI]
Blur - Song 2 [Parlophone]
Blur - Coffee & TV [Food/Parlophone]
Blur - Country House [Food]
Oasis - Roll With It [Creation]
Blur - Country House [Food]
Blur - Charmless Man [Food]
Blur - The Universal [Food]
Blur - Beetlebum [Food/Parlophone/EMI]
Blur - Song 2 [Parlophone]
Blur - Death Of A Party
Blur - No Distance Left To Run [Food]
Blur - Tender [Food]

Parklife: The Blur Story - 2. Episode 2

PARKLIFE: THE BLUR STORY - 2. EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/49mb/21mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 8th March 2017

This documentary was first broadcast on Radio 2 in 2003, the same year Blur released "Think Tank" and is repeated as part of the My Generation season.

Blur - Girls & Boys [Food]
Blur - End Of A Century [Food]
Blur - This Is A Low [Food]
Blur - To The End [Food]
Blur - Country House [Food]
Blur - Charmless Man [Food]

Parklife: The Blur Story - 1. Episode 1

PARKLIFE: THE BLUR STORY - 1. EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/67mb/29mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 7th March 2017

As the band play major shows in South America and the USA, there's another chance to hear Stuart Maconie chart Blur's success from the early days of Britpop to the release of their seventh album, "Think Tank".

The series looks at where the band came from musically and talks to those responsible for signing, recording and producing them. The band all have their say too!

It traces Blur's success with "Leisure"; through the lacklustre sales performance and record company arguments which afflicted the making of "Modern Life Is Rubbish"; to near bankruptcy and the breakthrough of their third album "Parklife". This sold in excess of 1.2 million copies in the UK alone and launched Blur into the platinum league.

It also covers their rivalry with Oasis and how they changed direction with the "Blur" and "13" albums, before looking at "Think Tank" and how life is different without guitarist Graham Coxon.

This documentary was first broadcast on Radio 2 in 2003, the same year Blur released "Think Tank" and is repeated as part of the My Generation season.

Blur - She's So High [EMI]
Blur - There's No Other Way [Parlophone]
Blur - For Tomorrow [Food]
Blur - Girls & Boys
Blur - End Of A Century
Blur - Parklife [EMI]
Blur - To The End
Blur - This Is A Low
Blur - Sing [Food]
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Orphée Aux Enfers, Overture
Stubby Kaye & Johnny Silver - Guys And Dolls
Blur - Mixed Up
Blur - Sing [EMI]
Blur - She's So High [EMI]
Blur - There's No Other Way
Blur - For Tomorrow [Food]
Blur - Chemical World [Food]
Blur - Sunday Sunday [Food]
Blur - Parklife (featuring Phil Daniels)

Oasis: What's the Story? - 2. Episode 2

OASIS: WHAT'S THE STORY? - 2. EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/129mb/56mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 6th March 2017

Mark Radcliffe concludes his canny look at the trials and tribulations of the Gallagher brothers and one of the biggest British bands of all.

Noel and Liam, their label boss Alan McGhee and others tell the story of the band and their success. First broadcast on Radio 2 in 2002 and repeated as part of the My Generation season.

Oasis - Stay Young
Oasis - Some Might Say
Oasis - Whatever
Oasis - All Around The World
Oasis - It's Gettin' Better (Man!)
Oasis - D'you Know What I Mean?
Oasis - Stand By Me
Oasis - Acquiesce
Oasis - F**kin' In The Bushes
Oasis - Who Feels Love?
Oasis - Go Let It Out
Oasis - Gas Panic!
Oasis - Don't Let It Out (Live)
Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out
Oasis - Songbird
Oasis - The Hindu Times
Oasis - Little By Little

Oasis: What's the Story? - 1. Episode 1

OASIS: WHAT'S THE STORY? - 1. EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/129mb/56mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 5th March 2017

The Gallagher brothers, Alan McGhee and others tell the story of the band and their success.

Mark Radcliffe takes a canny look at the trials and tribulations of the Gallagher brothers and one of the biggest British bands of all. It covers their beginnings as Rain, to stadium concerts and the constant rivalry between band members and the brothers. First broadcast on Radio 2 in 2002 and repeated as part of the My Generation series.

Oasis - Rock 'N' Roll Star
Oasis - Whatever
Oasis - Take Me
Oasis - I Am The Walrus
Oasis - Live Forever (Demo)
Oasis - Unknown (Demo)
Oasis - Cloudburst (Demo)
Oasis - Married With Children (Demo)
Oasis - Bring It On Down
Oasis - Half The World Away
Oasis - Hello
Oasis - Whatever
Oasis - Columbia
Oasis - Rock 'N' Roll Star
Oasis - Cigarettes & Alcohol
Oasis - Live Forever
Oasis - Some Might Say
Blur - Country House
Oasis - Roll With It
Oasis - Morning Glory
Oasis - Champagne Supernova
Oasis - Wonderwall
The Mike Flowers Pops - Wonderwall
Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger (Live)
Oasis - Supersonic (Live)
Oasis - The Masterplan (Live)