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THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 6 - 9. TOM ROBINSON (320kbs-m4a/127mb/55mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 16th January 2018
Tom Robinson, a 6 Music presenter who has enjoyed success with the Tom Robinson Band and as a solo artist, shares the musical milestones of his life with Matt Everitt. First broadcast in 2013.
Tom Robinson Band - Up Against The Wall [EMI]
Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock [EMI]
The Beatles - Twist & Shout [Parlophone]
Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Mom & Dad
The Kinks - Dead End Street [Polygram TV]
Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The U.K. [Virgin]
Tom Robinson - 2-4-6-8 Motorway (Demo 1)
Tom Robinson Band - 2-4-6-8 Motorway [Virgin]
Tom Robinson Band - Glad To Be Gay [EMI]
David Bowie - The Bewlay Brothers
Tom Robinson - War Baby [EMI]
The Streets - Weak Become Heroes [679 Recordings]
The Holy Orders - Paper Scissors Stone
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 6 - 8. PETER GABRIEL (320kbs-m4a/127mb/55mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 15th January 2018
Peter Gabriel shares his musical milestones with Matt Everitt in a programme first broadcast in 2013.
Every so often a visionary musical artist manages to steer their path into the mainstream and change the way people regard rock stars, and then use their influence to help widen popular culture. Peter Gabriel is one of those musicians.
In an rare in-depth interview Peter talks about the remarkable path his career has taken. Starting off with his earliest musical influences, he chats about his time with much-loved 70s prog rockers Genesis, with whom he introduced new levels of theatricality into the rock world, his own idiosyncratic solo career, from it's avant-garde beginnings through to his world-conquering So album, which included huge groundbreaking hits such as Sledgehammer.
He also chats with typical passion and surprising self-deprecation about launching the Womad festival, his championing of world music and his work as renowned political campaigner.
Peter Gabriel - Big Time
Peter Gabriel - Shock The Monkey
Dinah Shore - Buttons And Bows
The Beatles - Love Me Do
Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness
Genesis - The Silent Sun
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers
The Drummers Of Burundi - Live At Real World
Peter Gabriel - Biko
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush - Don't Give Up
Otis Redding - A Change Is Gonna Come
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 6 - 7. SMOKEY ROBINSON (320kbs-m4a/127mb/55mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 3rd January 2018
Smokey Robinson discusses his musical milestones with Matt Everitt in a programme first broadcast in 2013.
Even amongst the ranks of the greatest songwriters of all time, few can claim to have genuinely changed the world. Smokey Robinson can, both as a member of The Miracles and a solo artist. He's sung, written and produced some of the greatest songs of all time - including I Second That Emotion, Tears of a Clown and The Tracks of My Tears. As vice-president at Motown for nearly thirty years, he shaped the style and sound of the label and helped the racial integration of popular music by achieving huge crossover success.
Smokey discusses his early life and formative musical influences, meeting Motown founder Berry Gordy and the enormous worldwide success that followed. He also discusses the challenges he faced in the segregated music industry of the time, and tells the stories behind some of his best loved songs.
He also talks openly about the problems he faced in the mid-80s (both professionally and his own battle with drugs) and his creative rebirth - providing an incredible insight into the man Bob Dylan called "America's greatest living poet".
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Second That Emotion [Universal Music TV]
Sarah Vaughan - Black Coffee
The Spaniels - Baby It's You
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall In Love [EMI]
The Miracles - Got A Job
The Miracles - You Really Got A Hold On Me [Sanctuary]
The Beatles - You Really Got A Hold On Me
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tracks Of My Tears [Polygram TV]
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Going To A Go-Go [Universal]
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tears Of A Clown [Universal Music TV]
The Miracles - Sweet Harmony
The Miracles - Baby That's Backatcha
The Soul Stirrers - Christ Is All
The Miracles - Quiet Storm
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 6 - 6. KIM GORDON (320kbs-m4a/128mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 14th January 2018
Matt chats to Kim Gordon, formerly bassist, vocalist and guitarist with Sonic Youth, about key first musical moments in her life.
Sonic Youth are without doubt one of the most important alternative bands to have emerged from the American post punk landscape. In 1981 when they formed the musical world was divided into Duran Duran-type pop or upcoming guitars bands like The Cure, REM and Echo & The Bunnymen - Sonic Youth forged a third way as much informed by the avant-garde as by any rock music that had gone before.
And since their inception - bassist, guitarist and singer Kim Gordon was a key element in driving the band forward artistically. She trained as a visual artist, and her drive to experiment with sound helped the band establish themselves as a key influence on indie music - bands like Nirvana, My Bloody Valentine, PJ Harvey, Dinosaur Jr and The Flaming Lips all owed a huge debt to Sonic Youth. Also her position as an articulate woman performer in the mostly male underground music scene inspired countless other female performers.
She's also a film and video director, a writer, fashion designer and producer - more to the point, she's just cool.
Here she talks about her unlikely early musical passions (the soundtrack to South Pacific and The Parent Trap) early very dissonant days of Sonic Youth, her passions for Joni Mitchell, Chet Baker and Stan Getz, and her fascination with Karen Carpenter. She also chats about collaboration with Yoko Ono and the dangers of being in the studio with Courtney Love (Gordon produced her album Pretty on the Inside) and how her own artist background and the Warhol-centric New York art scene influenced Sonic Youth during their career.
Sonic Youth - Kool Thing
Hayley Mills - Let's Get Together
Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz - The Girl From Ipanema
Herman's Hermits - She's A Must To Avoid
Joni Mitchell - Song To A Seagull
Sonic Youth With Lydia Lunch - Death Valley '69
The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog
Sonic Youth - Teen Age Riot [Blast First]
Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun [A&M]
Sonic Youth - Dirty Boots [Geffen]
Yoko Ono - Mulberry
Body/Head - Ain't
Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes - Aria Populaire
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 6 - 5. ROY HARPER (320kbs-m4a/127mb/55mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 13th January 2018
In a programme first broadcast in 2013, Roy Harper shares his musical milestones with Matt Everitt, including working with Led Zeppelin, Paul Simon and Bert Jansch.
Since his emergence in the mid-60s, Roy Harper has been regarded as an icon of British music - not for having huge success, but for his beautiful, poetic lyrics and his unique guitar playing.
With the likes of Bert Jansch and Davey Graham, Roy helped forge the British folk scene. In 1971 he recorded his classic Stormcock album, combining folk, jazz and rock in a way that's still inspiring people today.
Roy recalls his rebellious youth and obsession with skiffle that led to the folk clubs of Soho, his friendships with Jansch and a young Paul Simon, recording Stormcock, and his collaborations with Jimmy Page. Led Zeppelin wrote a track called Hats Off To Harper.
He also details the story behind his classic When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease, the song that John Peel played when he announced on air that his friend and long-serving producer John Walters had died. Walters had been planning to play it at Peel's funeral.
Roy also talks frankly about his own personal battles with the music industry, the financial problems in the 80s that left him homeless, He discusses his remarkable comeback, which culminated with Man And Myth (his first studio album in 13 years) and how it feels to be cited as major influence by the likes of Johnny Marr, Fleet Foxes and Joanna Newsom.
Roy Harper - Another Day [Harvest Heritage]
Maurice Ravel - Bolero [Quintessence]
Lonnie Donegan - Rock Island Line [Old Gold]
Lead Belly - Midnight Special [Folkways]
Charlie Parker - Ah-Leu-Cha [Proper]
Simon & Garfunkel - The Times They Are A-Changin' [Columbia]
Roy Harper - Hors d'Oevres [Harvest]
Led Zeppelin - Dazed And Confused [Atlantic]
Pink Floyd - Have A Cigar [EMI]
Bert Jansch - It Don't Bother Me [Transatlantic]
Roy Harper - When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease [Science Friction]
Joanna Newsom - Easy [Drag City]
Miles Davis - It Ain't Necessarily So [Fontana]
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 6 - 4. ELVIS COSTELLO (320kbs-m4a/126mb/55mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 2nd January 2018
Elvis Costello shares his musical milestones with Matt Everitt in a programme first broadcast in 2013.
He arrived seemingly fully-formed with his 1977 debut album My Aim Is True, full of passion, anger and poetry - and hasn't stopped moving since.
He's produced albums of sneering post punk, lavish orchestral pop, country and western, easy listening, classical, Tin Pan Alley pop and jazz - and the thread that runs through all this is his songwriting skill.
Elvis talks about the influence of his father (who was a trumpeter with the Joe Loss Orchestra in the 50s and 60s), the recording of his breakthrough debut album and enlisting Chet Baker for Shipbuilding.
He also talks about some of his favourite collaborators, including Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach and the Roots.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding [Demon]
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Watching the Detectives [Imp]
Dinah Washington - I've Got You Under My Skin
The Beatles - Please Please Me [Apple]
Ross McManus - Patsy Girl [HMV]
Georgie Fame - Get On The Right Track, Baby [Polydor]
Elvis Costello - Less Than Zero [Demon]
Elvis Costello - Alison [Demon]
Joni Mitchell - California (BBC Paris Theatre 29/09/1970)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Accidents Will Happen [Universal Music]
Elvis Costello - Shipbuilding [Universal Music TV]
Burt Bacharach And Elvis Costello - God Give Me Strength
Elvis Costello - Veronica [Universal Music]
Elvis Costello & The Roots - Stick Out Your Tongue [Decca/Blue Note]
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 6 - 2. TERRY HALL (320kbs-m4a/126mb/55mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 11th January 2018
Specials frontman Terry Hall discusses his musical milestones with Matt Everitt in a programme first broadcast in 2013.
As frontman of the Specials Terry Hall was totally at odds with other pop stars of the time. After leaving the band at the height of their fame in 1981 Terry went on to from Fun Boy Three and the Colourfield - before embarking on a career that's seen him work with Damon Albarn, Lily Allen, Sinead O'Connor and leap from style to style in way few artists do (or can). All while maintaining this deadpan sense of humour and his own unique vocal style.
Terry doesn't often do interviews, but in this show he talks about his early musical loves growing up in Coventry (Pinky & Perky and Edith Piaf - which says a lot about him), the early days and huge success of the Specials and the in-fighting and pressures that led him to quit the band.
He also discusses his passion for Patti Smith and Easy Listening, working with Albarn as a member of Gorillaz and his experience suffering a breakdown and the reasons for getting the Specials back together for their triumphant gigs in 2008 and his plans to start writing songs again.
The Specials - Rat Race [EMI]
Édith Piaf - La Vie En Rose [Columbia]
The Move - Fire Brigade [Regal Zonophone]
David Bowie - Kooks [EMI]
Pink Floyd - Echoes (Radio 1 In Concert, BBC Paris Theatre, 30 Sep 1971)
Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation [Polygram TV]
The Specials - Gangsters [Chrysalis]
The Specials - Ghost Town [Two-Tone]
The Specials - Blank Expression [Virgin]
Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum) [Chrysalis]
Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun [Disky]
Terry Hall & Mushtaq - A Gathering Storm [Honest Jon's]
The Specials - Enjoy Yourself [Chrysalis]
Jeff Buckley - Grace [Columbia]
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 6 - 1. DAVID LYNCH (320kbs-m4a/127mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 10th January 2018
David Lynch, filmmaker, writer and television director and creator of Twin Peak, Blue Velvet, Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead and Wild At Heart discusses the pivotal moments and music that have shaped his life and career.
Lynch is also a musician, having helped create the music for many of his movies (he wrote the lyrics to the Twin Peaks theme - Falling sung by Julee Cruise) as well as solo albums such as The Big Dream - a record as hypnotic and disturbingly beautiful as his films.
In a rare interview, recorded in 2013, Lynch speaks to Matt Everitt about his formative early musical influences (Chopin and the sound of B36 bombers flying over his childhood home), his passion for Elvis and early rock 'n' roll, directing David Bowie, his love of jazz, how he creates his own unique music and how the imagery and plot of his classic film Blue Velvet was directly inspired by Bobby Vinton's 1963 classic single, which would never sound the same again.
Roy Orbison - In Dreams [Monument]
Mahler - Symphony No.5 - IV. Adagietto: Sehr Langsam
Bande Originale - My Darling Clementine
Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue [Old Gold]
Elvis Presley - Baby What You Want Me To Do [RCA]
Max Steiner - Theme From A Summer Place [MovieSounds]
David Lynch & Peter Ivers - In Heaven (Lady In The Radiator Song) [I.R.S.]
Pixies - In Heaven
Bobby Vinton - Blue Velvet [Telstar]
David Bowie - I'm Deranged [Interscope]
Angelo Badalamenti - Laura Palmer's Theme (Twin Peaks) [Warner Bros.]
Julee Cruise - Falling
Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse - Star Eyes (I Can't Catch It) (Feat. David Lynch)
David Lynch - Sun Can't Be Seen No More [Sunday Best Recordings]
Neil Young - Love And War [Reprise]
DESERT ISLAND DISCS: MATT SMITH (320kbs-m4a/98mb/42mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 4th March 2018
Matt Smith is best known as the eleventh Timelord in the BBC One series, Doctor Who. At 26, he became the youngest actor to take the part.
His future looked set to be in football: he played at youth level for Northampton Town, Nottingham Forest and Leicester City until a serious back condition ended his highly promising career prematurely. His drama teacher encouraged him to take up acting and he joined the National Youth Theatre and studied drama at the University of East Anglia. He played Lockwood in the National Theatre's touring production of The History Boys and was nominated for an Evening Standard Best Newcomer Award for his performance in Polly Stenham's That Face. He also appeared as a political researcher in the BBC Two parliamentary drama, Party Animals.
Despite being a surprise choice to play The Doctor in 2009, he became the first actor to be nominated for a BAFTA television award for his performance in this role, and has won two National Television Awards. When he left Doctor Who at the end of 2013, he appeared on stage as Patrick Bateman in American Psycho: The Musical.
In 2016 he took the part of HRH Prince Philip Mountbatten, The Duke of Edinburgh, in the Netflix series The Crown, and received great acclaim, leaving the role at the end of the second series in late 2017.
Presenter: Kirsty Young
Producer: Cathy Drysdale.
Oasis - Roll With It [Creation]
Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky [EMI]
Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) [Tamla]
Paul Van Dyk - For An Angel (E-Werk Club Mix) (Feat. Rachel McFarlane) [New State Music]
Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running [Merge]
The Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy (Radio Edit) [Arista]
Giacomo Puccini - Nessun Dorma [Decca]
LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
DESERT ISLAND DISCS: MARK GATISS (128kbs-m4a/39mb/42mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 28th October 2011
Kirsty Young's castaway is the writer and actor Mark Gatiss.
His childhood passions have fuelled his adult creative life. As a boy he says he was drawn towards the macabre and gothic - while his teachers remarked that his school essays resembled scripts for Hammer horror films. He has written for - and acted in - Dr Who, was one of the creators of The League of Gentlemen and his re-imagining of Sherlock Holmes for a contemporary TV audience was a huge success.
He says: "When I was a kid, anything supernatural drew me, I would try and find it in anything - Gardeners' Question Time - I would look for something."
Producer: Leanne Buckle.
The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out [WEA]
John Barry - The Theme To On Her Majesty’s Secret Service [Capitol]
Shirley Jones (And Gordon MacRae) - If I Loved You (From The Soundtrack To Carousel [Angel]
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis [EMI]
Su Pollard - Come To Me (I Am Woman) [Rainbow]
Rufus Wainwright - Beautiful Child [Dreamworks]
McAlmont & Butler - Yes [Virgin]
Marin Mazzie - So In Love (From The Broadway Cast Recording Of Kiss Me, Kate [DRG]
VIC GALLOWAY'S BARROWLANDS (320kbs-m4a/132mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 28th December 2017
Another chance to hear Vic Galloway's look back on the history of Barrowlands, Glasgow's most iconic music venue.
From its opening as a dance hall in 1934, to becoming the 'must-play-when-you're-in-Glasgow' destination for today's musicians, Vic explores the rich history of a much-loved venue.
First broadcast in March as part of the 6 Music Festival.
16 5 66 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 14th May 2016
On Monday 16th of May, 1966 two of the greatest albums of all time were released. Through archive, interviews and music from The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds and Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde, we tell the story of the music from that momentous day.
For the American music lover, the two albums would come to shape music history. Blonde on Blonde is considered Bob Dylan's magnum opus, while Pet Sounds is The Beach Boys' epic journey into the musical mind of Brian Wilson.
Fifty years on, we hear from those who remember that day - musicians who worked on the albums, and teenagers who saved up to buy the records but had a choice to make, Pet Sounds or Blonde on Blonde.
We hear of two lovers who danced in the kitchen to Pet Sounds. Wouldn't it Be Nice played as they talked of the future. On that day in 1966, Bob Dylan was playing in Sheffield, one of his forty or so worldwide shows. One Dylan fan remembers it like it was yesterday. The next day Dylan would play Manchester and be called "Judas".
One day, two musical visions.
Produced by Barney Rowntree and Shani Aviram
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 4.
THE FIRST TIME WITH... TRENT REZNOR (320kbs-m4a/129mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 9th January 2018
Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails shares his musical milestones with Matt Everitt in a programme first broadcast in 2013.
The American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has led the industrial rock project Nine Inch Nails since 1988.
He's also ventured into the world of soundtracks with fellow composer Atticus Ross, winning an Academy Award for Best Original Score for their soundtrack to The Social Network.
Nine Inch Nails - Came Back Haunted
Ludwig van Beethoven - Fur Elise
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Fire
The Partridge Family - It's One Of Those Nights (Yes Love)
Eagles - Take It To The Limit
Kiss - Rock And Roll All Nite
Queen - Get Down Make Love
J.J. Cale - Cocaine [Mercury]
The Human League - Seconds
Nine Inch Nails - Everything
Johnny Cash - Hurt
John Williams - Luke's Theme/Star Wars (Main Title)
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - A Familiar Taste
Nine Inch Nails - Copy Of A
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 5 - 7. EMILY EAVIS (320kbs-m4a/129mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 8th January 2018
Emily Eavis discusses the moments and songs that have shaped her life and career with Matt Everitt.
Emily is co-organiser of the Glastonbury Festival and is the youngest daughter of the festival's founder and organiser Michael Eavis.
Emily chats to Matt about her life growing up in the Glastonbury family, the music that inspired her, and shares her memories of the festival through the years.
First broadcast in 2013.
T. Rex - Ride A White Swan [Telstar]
Primal Scream - Come Together [Creation]
BBC - Cow Noise 1
Bob Dylan - Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat)
Hothouse Flowers - Don't Go [Polygram TV]
Lenny Kravitz - It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over [EMI]
The Smiths - William, It Was Really Nothing [WEA]
Van Morrison - Don't Look Back
Pulp - Common People (Live At Glastonbury 1995)
Elbow - One Day Like This (Live At Glastonbury 2011)
R.E.M. - The One I Love (Live At Glastonbury 1999) [IRS]
Jay-Z - Wonderwall (Live At Glastonbury 2008) [Session]
David Bowie - 'Heroes' [EMI]
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 5 - 6. MICK FLEETWOOD (320kbs-m4a/128mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 7th January 2018
Mick Fleetwood, drummer and the man who lent his name to his band Fleetwood Mac, one of the most successful and best-loved bands of all time, discusses his musical milestones with Matt Everitt.
Mick looks back at his and the group's career and influences. He got started during the blues boom in London in the 60s, and achieved huge acclaim with the original Peter Green-led version of the Mac. Mick then presided over an ever-changing line-up that would develop in 1975 into the group that would create landmark albums such as Rumours, Tusk and Tango In the Night.
Mick talks honestly about his experiences helping steer his band through great success as well as tough times, involving drug abuse and breakdown of their relationships to their eventual reunion, He also picks some excellent tunes.
First broadcast in 2013.
Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well (Parts 1 & 2) [CBS]
Joy Nichols & Jimmy Edwards & Dick Bentley - Little Red Monkey
The Everly Brothers - The Price Of Love
Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue [Old Gold]
The Shadows - Shadoogie [Music Direct]
B. B. King - You Upset Me Baby [AP Music Ltd]
Fleetwood Mac - My Heart Beat Like A Hammer [Britannia Music]
Santo & Johnny – Sleepwalk
Fleetwood Mac - Albatross [Warner Strategic Marketing]
Buckingham Nicks - Stephanie
Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon [Warner Strategic Marketing]
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way [Warner Strategic Marketing]
Fleetwood Mac - Never Going Back Again [Warner Bros]
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk [Warner Strategic Marketing]
Fleetwood Mac - Big Love [Warner Bros]
Frankie Ford - Sea Cruise [Ace]
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 5 - 5. WILKO JOHNSON (320kbs-m4a/134mb/58mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 6th January 2018
In 2013 former Dr Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson was diagnosed with terminal cancer of the pancreas.
In this emotional First Time with... Matt Everitt chats to the influential musician, reflecting on his death and why he has chosen not to receive any chemotherapy.
He looks back fondly at a life in music - growing up in Canvey Island, his band's influence on the roots of the British punk scene, and playing with Ian Dury and the Blockheads.
Wilko discusses the pivotal moments and songs that have shaped his life and career.
After this programme was first broadcast in 2013, Wilko underwent a pioneering nine hour procedure to remove the tumour and he has remained cancer-free since then.
Dr. Feelgood - Back In The Night
The Weavers - Greensleeves
Elgar - Nimrod (from "Enigma Variations")
The Rolling Stones - Come On [London]
John Lee Hooker - Dimples [Warner Music]
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues [Demon]
Dr. Feelgood - Roxette [EMI]
Dr. Feelgood - She Does It Right [EMI]
Bo Diddley - Pretty Thing [White Label]
Chuck Berry - Talkin About You [Weton Wesgram]
Dr. Feelgood - Sneakin' Suspicion [EMI]
Ian Dury & The Blockheads - I Want To Be Straight [Demon]
Dr. Feelgood - Going Back Home (Live) [EMI]
Howlin’ Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin' [Weton Wesgram]
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 5 - 4. ROD STEWART (320kbs-m4a/134mb/58mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 5th January 2018
Rod Stewart shares the musical milestones that have helped shape his life and career.
Rod talks to Matt Everitt about his early musical passions - witnessing the earliest years of rock n roll. his obsessions with folk, soul, R&B and the emerging London blues boom that gave him his first job as a singer.
He also remembers his time with the Jeff Beck Group, and of course his memories of the Faces, which he describes as "A love affair between all of us".
First broadcast in 2013.
Rod Stewart - (I Know) I'm Losing You [Mercury]
Al Jolson - After You've Gone [Telstar]
Chuck Berry - Maybellene [Music Club]
Bill Haley & His Comets - Rip It Up
Otis Redding - Respect (Live)
Long John Baldry - Up Above My Head I Hear Music In The Air
Jeff Beck Group - I've Been Drinking
Rod Stewart - Maggie May [Warner Bros]
The Faces - Three Button Hand Me Down
The Faces - Stay With Me [Virgin]
Rod Stewart - Sailing [Warner Bros]
Rod Stewart - Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? [Warner Bros]
Tom Waits - Downtown Train [Island]
Rod Stewart - Pure Love
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 5 - 2. EDWYN COLLINS (320kbs-m4a/128mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 17th December 2017
Edwyn Collins discusses the pivotal moments and songs that have shaped his life and career. Presented by Matt Everitt and first broadcast in 2013.
Orange Juice - I Can't Help Myself [Polydor]
Donovan - Poor Cow
David Bowie - Quicksand
Pilot - Magic
Sparks - Amateur Hour [Music Club]
Edwyn Collins - Falling And Laughing
Orange Juice - Rip It Up [Polydor]
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born On The Bayou [Fantasy]
Edwyn Collins - Hope And Despair
The Cribs - Hey Scenesters! [Witchita]
Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You [Columbia/Sony TV]
Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep [Heavenly]
Edwyn Collins - Dilemna [AED]
The Rascals - Groovin' [Parlophone]
THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 5 - 1. QUENTIN TARANTINO (320kbs-m4a/129mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 6th December 2017
Matt Everitt chats to legendary movie director Quentin Tarantino, who discusses his early love of Elvis Presley and the Patridge Family. Known for his strong film soundtracks from movies such as Pulp Fiction, Quentin also tells Matt his thoughts about the use of music in film, and how he goes about choosing a playlist to complement a script.
Joe Tex - I Gotcha [South Bound]
Dick Dale And His Del‐Tones - Misirlou [MCA]
Elvis Presley - Flaming Star [RCA]
The Partridge Family - Doesn't Somebody Want To Be Wanted [Bell]
Tituss Burgess/BBCCO/Blank - The Bare Necessities (Jungle Book)
Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever [Liberty]
George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag (Reservoir Dogs Theme) [MCA]
Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You [MCA]
Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street [Maverick]
Harry Nilsson - Coconut [RCA]
The Black Keys/RZA - The Baddest Man Alive
Bloodstone - Natural High [Universal Music TV]
David Bowie - Cat People (Putting Out The Fire With Gasoline) [Warner Bros]
City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra - Two Mules For Sister Sarah - Theme [Silva Screen]
John Legend - Who Did That To You? [Mercury]
Jim Croce - I Got A Name [Sanctuary]
MONTY PYTHON'S FLIEGENDER ZIRKUS! (128kbs-m4a/26mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 22nd October 2012
Roll up, it's Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus! This is the extraordinary tale of when the Pythons went Bavarian.
German Comedy Ambassador, Henning Wehn, tells the story of how in 1971 the Pythons were flown into Bavaria, full of new original ideas for sketches, including pieces about the German artist Albrecht Durer, William Tell and The Merchant of Venice. They also adapted the popular Flying Circus Lumberjack Song into German and planned to sing it with the Austria Border Police Choir.
Only Michael Palin and John Cleese were capable of delivering lines in 'understandable' German. Despite extensive language coaching, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Graham Chapman were virtually incomprehensible. This may have added to the Pythons' trademark absurdity and surrealism, but was somewhat confusing to the German TV audience.
Realising this dream was becoming a nightmare, Alfred Biokek took the decision to make the second programme in English, with German overdub added later. It proved to be a major hit on German TV, but all concerned decided it best not to repeat the experience.
We hear clips from both programmes and Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Alfred Biolek, the man who persuaded them to take their comedy to Germany, talk about how they came up with the material for the German shows - and how life on set began to imitate a Monty Python sketch.
Producer: Jo Meek
An All Out production for BBC Radio 4.
THE WU-TANG CLAN RADIO SHOW (320kbs-m4a/259mb/1hr53mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 9th February 2018
As part of 6 Music Loves NYC Weekend, RZA and Mathematics from the almighty Wu-Tang Clan take over for 2 hours. The duo play hip hop from across the spectrum and the tracks that have been sampled by the genre.
Formed in Staten Island in the early 90's, Wu-Tang have become one of the most influential hip hop groups of all time. They released their legendary debut record Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) 25 years ago and have gone on to put out a total of 7 studio albums, the latest being 2017's The Saga Continues.
Expect some vintage Wu beats, funk and soul from artists such as Syl Johnson, Fred Wesley and Lyn Collins and some new artists that they're championing at the moment. There's also a chance to hear an exclusive track, created on the spot in the studio, featuring Chicago rapper Reverend Willie Burke and electronic duo Parisi.
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang The Saga Continues Intro [36 Chambers]
Wu-Tang Clan - Lesson Learn'd [36 Chambers]
The Emotions - If You Think It (You May As Well Do It) [Volt]
ESG - UFO [Universal Sound]
Incredible Bongo Band - Apache [Pride]
Billy Squier - The Big Beat [Capitol]
The Honey Drippers - Impeach The President [Alaga]
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud - Do The James [DNA International]
James Brown - The Payback [Warner]
Das FX - Mic Checka [EastWest]
Eric B. & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul [Telstar TV]
The Emotions - Blind Alley [Volt]
Big Daddy Kane - Ain't No Half Steppin' [Cold Chillin']
O.D.B. - Shimmy Shimmy Ya [Elektra]
Esther Williams - Last Night Changed It All (I Really Had A Ball) [Friends & Co]
Al Green - Gotta Find A New World [Hi]
Bob James - Nautilus [CTI]
Lyn Collins - Think (About It) [Virgin]
Parisi - No Refuge (Instrumental) [White Label]
Fergie - You Already Know (Feat. Nicki Minaj) [BMG]
Onyx - Throw Ya Gunz
Ghostface Killah Feat. Raekwon And Cappadonna - Daytona 500 [Epic]
Stacy Lattisaw - Love On A Two Way Street [Cotillion]
Jay-Z - Empire State Of Mind (Feat. Alicia Keys) [Roc Nation]
Melvin Bliss - Synthetic Substitution [Sunburst]
Ghostface Killah - Mighty Healthy [Epic]
Kanye West & Pusha T - New God Flow [G.O.O.D. Music]
The Charmels - As Long As I've Got You [Volt]
Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M. [Sony]
Syl Johnson - Is It Because I'm Black [Twinight]
Wu-Tang Clan - Hollow Bones [Loud]
Syl Johnson - Different Strokes [Bar]
Chicago Gangsters - Gangster Boogie [Gold Plate]
Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s - Blow Your Head [Urban]
Lowell Fulson - Tramp [Kent]
EPMD - Rampage (Remix) (Feat. LL Cool J) [Def Jam]
The Whole Darn Family - Seven Minutes Of Funk [Soul International]
Jay-Z & Foxy Brown - Ain't No [Northwestside]
Funk Inc. - Kool Is Back [Prestige]
Orange Krush - Action [Prep Street]
James Brown - Funky Drummer
James Brown - Funky President (People It's Bad) [Polydor]
Parisi & Rev. Willie Burke - Freestyle [White]
Mobb Deep - Shook Ones [Loud]
A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie - Drowning (Feat. Kodak Black) [Highbridge]
Gucci Mane - Drove U Crazy (Feat. Bryson Tiller) [Atlantic]
Kendrick Lamar - Loyalty (Feat. Rihanna) [Interscope]
Migos - Bad And Boujee (Feat. Lil Uzi Vert) [Quality Control Music]
Cardi B - Bodak Yellow [Atlantic]
Future - Mask Off (Remix) (Feat. Kendrick Lamar) [RCA]
Wu-Tang Clan - People Say (Feat. Redman) [eOne Music]
CHUCK BERRY: 40 YEARS ON (320kbs-m4a/132mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 29th December 2017
Another chance to hear Anthony Wall's acclaimed profile of rock 'n' roll pioneer Chuck Berry, made in 1977, but not broadcast until June 2017 on 6 Music. Berry passed away in March aged 90.
Wall's poetic programme explores Berry's extraordinary life and music through exclusive interviews recorded in the mid-70s.
Chuck Berry was a founding father of rock 'n' roll, whose songs (Johnny B. Goode, Promised Land, Roll Over Beethoven and many more) have become standards, covered by the likes of Elvis, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
Chuck wasn't an easy character though, and rarely gave interviews. On the occasions that he did, he was generally less then forthcoming. Anthony Wall, longstanding series editor of the BBC television arts strand Arena, began his career as a radio studio manager in the 70s. He also moonlighted as the rock critic for the Morning Star and, in this capacity, interviewed Chuck twice and found him in a mellow mood. Thankfully, Anthony had the foresight to record both interviews in broadcast quality. Between his shifts on the Today programme, he lovingly wove these rare interviews together with Chuck's songs and quotes from other interviews he'd done with the likes of Chess label-mate Muddy Waters and rockabilly hero, Carl Perkins.
Anthony offered the programme to Radio 1. They turned it down, but asked for the raw interviews. Anthony told them that they could have the whole programme or nothing. They refused, so it remained on the shelf for forty years gathering dust until June 2017.
When Chuck Berry died, it occurred to Anthony that, since so little had been heard from the man himself about his extraordinary life and music, it was about time that the programme was finally broadcast. BBC Radio 6 Music was delighted to oblige.
Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode [Chess]
Chuck Berry - Memphis Tennessee [Chess]
Nat King Cole - Ramblin' Rose [EMI]
The Nat King Cole Trio - (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 [Capitol]
Chuck Berry - Route 66 [Chess]
Muddy Waters - Hoochie Coochie Man [MCA]
Chuck Berry - Hoochi' Coochi' Man [Rebound]
Chuck Berry - Bio [Chess]
The Beach Boys - Do You Remember
Chuck Berry - Have Mercy Judge [Chess]
Jimi Hendrix - Johnny B Goode [Polydor]
Elvis Presley - Promised Land [RCA]
The Band - Promised Land [Capitol]
Buddy Holly - Brown Eyed Handsome Man [Polygram TV]
Waylon Jennings - Brown Eyed Handsome Man [RCA]
The Rolling Stones - Little Queenie [London]
Jerry Lee Lewis - Little Queenie [See For Miles]
The Beach Boys - Rock And Roll Music [Capitol]
The Beatles - Rock And Roll Music [Parlophone]
Chuck Berry - My Ding A Ling [Chess]
Chuck Berry - Maybellene [Chess]
Chuck Berry - Promised Land [MCA]
Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Sixteen [Chess]
Chuck Berry - No Money Down [Music Club]
Chuck Berry - You Can't Catch Me [MCA]
Chuck Berry - No Particular Place To Go [Chess]
Chuck Berry - Rock And Roll Music [Chess]
Chuck Berry - You Never Can Tell [Chess]
Chuck Berry - Big Boys [Dualtone Music Group]
JOE STRUMMER'S LONDON CALLING - 6. SERIES 2 EPISODE 6 (320kbs-m4a/66mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 22nd December 2017
As the 15th anniversary of Joe Strummer's death approaches, there's a chance to enjoy twelve programmes the former Clash frontman recorded when he became a DJ for the BBC World Service.
Joe Strummer died on 22nd December 2002, aged just 50. His World Service programmes began in 1999, and show his great enthusiasm for music from all over the world and his eclectic tastes, ranging from the Beatles to the Wu-Tang Clan.
Joe often started these shows with a song by his favourite Jamaican toaster Big Youth. After that it was anybody's guess - from Bob Dylan to the Ramones via Nina Simone, Bo Diddley and Jimmy Reed. Here's a chance to see what he carried in his DJ box.
Joy Lynn White - Feeling Time [Success]
Rasha - Azara Al Hay
The Meters - Tippy Toes
Los Corraleros De Majagual - Cumbia Saramuya
Koko Taylor - Wang Dang Doodle [Chess]
The Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice [Virgin]
Bhundu Boys - Hatisi Tose
JOE STRUMMER'S LONDON CALLING - 5. SERIES 2 EPISODE 5 (320kbs-m4a/67mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 21st December 2017
As the 15th anniversary of Joe Strummer's death approaches, there's a chance to enjoy twelve programmes the former Clash frontman recorded when he became a DJ for the BBC World Service.
Joe Strummer died on 22nd December 2002, aged just 50. His World Service programmes began in 1999, and show his great enthusiasm for music from all over the world and his eclectic tastes, ranging from the Beatles to the Wu-Tang Clan.
Joe often started these shows with a song by his favourite Jamaican toaster Big Youth. After that it was anybody's guess - from Bob Dylan to the Ramones via Nina Simone, Bo Diddley and Jimmy Reed. Here's a chance to see what he carried in his DJ box.
Amadou & Mariam - Mon Amour, Ma Chérie
The Beach Boys - Do It Again [Global Television]
Jimmy Reed - Baby What You Want Me To Do
Lulu - The Man Who Sold the World [Disky]
Surjit Bindrakhia - Romal (Feat. DJ Chino)
Tariq Lohar - Chimta
Ravi Bal - Mehabooba
JOE STRUMMER'S LONDON CALLING - 4. SERIES 2 EPISODE 4 (320kbs-m4a/66mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 20th December 2017
As the 15th anniversary of Joe Strummer's death approaches, there's a chance to enjoy twelve programmes the former Clash frontman recorded when he became a DJ for the BBC World Service.
Joe Strummer died on 22nd December 2002, aged just 50. His World Service programmes began in 1999, and show his great enthusiasm for music from all over the world and his eclectic tastes, ranging from the Beatles to the Wu-Tang Clan.
Joe often started these shows with a song by his favourite Jamaican toaster Big Youth. After that it was anybody's guess - from Bob Dylan to the Ramones via Nina Simone, Bo Diddley and Jimmy Reed. Here's a chance to see what he carried in his DJ box.
Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop [Sire]
Bunny & Ricky / Upsetters - Freedom Fighter
Françoise Hardy - Tous Les Garçons Et Les Filles
Nasha - Gwandir
Bob Dylan - Corrina, Corrina
The Astronauts - Syncopate
Bada Seck - Nguellel
Max Romeo - Public Enemy No. 1 [Trojan]
JOE STRUMMER'S LONDON CALLING - 3. SERIES 2 EPISODE 3 (320kbs-m4a/67mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 19th December 2017
As the 15th anniversary of Joe Strummer's death approaches, there's a chance to enjoy twelve programmes the former Clash frontman recorded when he became a DJ for the BBC World Service.
Joe Strummer died on 22nd December 2002, aged just 50. His World Service programmes began in 1999, and show his great enthusiasm for music from all over the world and his eclectic tastes, ranging from the Beatles to the Wu-Tang Clan.
Joe often started these shows with a song by his favourite Jamaican toaster Big Youth. After that it was anybody's guess - from Bob Dylan to the Ramones via Nina Simone, Bo Diddley and Jimmy Reed. Here's a chance to see what he carried in his DJ box.
Big Youth - Cool Breeze [Trojan]
Ella Fitzgerald - Stairway To The Stars [MCA]
The Rolling Stones - Not Fade Away [Abkco]
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend [Fantasy]
Afel Bocoum - Jeeny
Jimi Hendrix - Castles Made Of Sand
Shoba - A Sambe Siye E Goli
Steve Miller Band - Swingtown [Polygram TV]
JOE STRUMMER'S LONDON CALLING - 2. SERIES 2 EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/67mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 15th December 2017
As the 15th anniversary of Joe Strummer's death approaches, there's a chance to enjoy twelve programmes the former Clash frontman recorded when he became a DJ for the BBC World Service.
Joe Strummer died on 22nd December 2002, aged just 50. His World Service programmes began in 1999, and show his great enthusiasm for music from all over the world and his eclectic tastes, ranging from the Beatles to the Wu-Tang Clan.
Joe often started these shows with a song by his favourite Jamaican toaster Big Youth. After that it was anybody's guess - from Bob Dylan to the Ramones via Nina Simone, Bo Diddley and Jimmy Reed. Here's a chance to see what he carried in his DJ box.
Big Youth - Hit The Road Jack [Trojan]
Sonny Okosun - Fire In Soweto
Bo Diddley - Nursery Rhyme
Nina Simone - Ain't Got No, I Got Life [Sony/BMG]
Elvis Presley - Crawfish
Underworld - Rez
JOE STRUMMER'S LONDON CALLING - 1. SERIES 2 EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/61mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 14th December 2017
As the 15th anniversary of Joe Strummer's death approaches, there's a chance to enjoy twelve programmes the former Clash frontman recorded when he became a DJ for the BBC World Service.
Joe Strummer died on 22nd December 2002, aged just 50. His World Service programmes began in 1999, and show his great enthusiasm for music from all over the world and his eclectic tastes, ranging from the Beatles to the Wu-Tang Clan.
Joe often started these shows with a song by his favourite Jamaican toaster Big Youth. After that it was anybody's guess - from Bob Dylan to the Ramones via Nina Simone, Bo Diddley and Jimmy Reed. Here's a chance to see what he carried in his DJ box.
Big Youth - The Killer [Trojan]
The McCoys - Hang On Sloopy [Old Gold]
Brenda Fassie - Vulindlela
Dean Martin - Little Ole Wine Drinker, Me [Reprise]
Andrés Landero Y Su Conjunto - Lolita La Cumbiambera
Van Morrison - Starting A New Life
Tabu Frantal - Sala Molende
ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE - 2. PART 2 (320kbs-m4a/62mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 12th January 2018
Craig Charles tells the extraordinary George Clinton / Parliament / Funkadelic story. First broadcast in 2005.
Parliament - Chocolate City
Parliament - Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)
Funkadelic - Red Hot Mama
Bootsy's Rubber Band - Stretchin' Out (In A Rubber Band)
Funkadelic - Be My Beach
Funkadelic - Take Your Dead Ass Home! (Say Som'n Nasty)
Funkadelic - Comin' Round The Mountain
Parliament - Night Of The Thumpasorus People (Live)
P.Funk All Stars - Cosmic Slop (Live)
Parliament - Swing Down, Sweet Chariot (Live)
Bernie Worrell - Woo Together
Parliament - Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk (Pay Attention - B3M)
Parlet - Pleasure Principle
Brides Of Funkenstein - Take My Love
Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns Feat. Maceo Parker - A Blow For Me, A Toot To You
Parliament - Flashlight
Zapp & Roger - More Bounce To The Ounce
Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove
Parliament - Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)
Funkadelic - (Not Just) Knee Deep
Funkadelic - Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts
Parliament - Long Way Around
George Clinton - Atomic Dog
Public Enemy - Bring The Noise
De La Soul - Me Myself & I
Snoop Dogg - Stoplight
Parliament - Flashlight
