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GUITAR GREATS - 8. RY COODER (320kbs-m4a/136mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 26th August 2020
Alexis Korner continues his series on influential guitarists with a profile of Ry Cooder. First broadcast in 1983.
Ry Cooder - If Walls Could Talk [Reprise]
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Electricity [Sony Music]
Ry Cooder - Available Space [Reprise]
Ry Cooder - Vigilante Man [Reprise]
Ry Cooder - Crow Black Chicken [Reprise]
Ry Cooder - Tamp 'Em Up Solid [Reprise]
Ken Devine & Sam Nichols - Yellow Roses [Reprise]
Ry Cooder - Dark End Of The Street [Nonesuch]
Ry Cooder - We Shall Be Happy [Warner]
Ry Cooder - I Think It's Going To Work Out Fine [Warner]
Ry Cooder - Crazy Bout An Automobile (Every Woman I Know) [Emerson/Tristan Music]
Ry Cooder - Blue Suede Shoes [Warner]
GUITAR GREATS - 7. JIMMY PAGE (320kbs-m4a/136mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 25th August 2020
Alexis Korner continues his series on influential guitarists with a profile of Led Zeppelin guitarist and one-time session musician Jimmy Page. First broadcast in 1983.
Led Zeppelin - Black Dog [Atlantic]
Them - Baby Please Don't Go [Premier]
The Yardbirds - Stroll On [Sony]
Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown [Atlantic]
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love [Atlantic]
Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker [Atlantic]
Led Zeppelin - Tangerine [Atlantic]
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven [Atlantic]
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same [Atlantic]
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir [Atlantic]
Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand [Atlantic]
Led Zeppelin - Ozone Baby [Swansong]
GUITAR GREATS - 6. PETE TOWNSHEND (320kbs-m4a/136mb/59mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 24th August 2020
Alexis Korner continues his series on influential guitarists with a profile of the Who's Pete Townshend. First broadcast in 1983.
The Who - Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
The Who - My Generation
The Who - I Can See For Miles
The Who - Pinball Wizard
The Who - My Generation (Live)
The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
Pete Townshend - Sheraton Gibson
The Who - 5:15
Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane - My Baby Gives It Away
The Who - Guitar And Pen
GUITAR GREATS - 5. JEFF BECK (320kbs-m4a/136mb/59mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 23rd August 2020
Alexis Korner continues his series on influential guitarists with profile of Jeff Beck. First broadcast 1983.
Jeff Beck - Beck's Bolero
The Yardbirds - Heart Full Of Soul
The Yardbirds - Shapes Of Things
The Yardbirds - Happenings Ten Years Time Ago
Jeff Beck - Hi Ho Silver Lining
Jeff Beck - Beck's Bolero
Donovan - Barabajagal (Love Is Hot)
Jeff Beck Group - New Ways/Train Train
Jeff Beck - She's A Woman
Jeff Beck - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
Jeff Beck - Star Cycle
GUITAR GREATS - 4. ERIC CLAPTON (320kbs-m4a/132mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 22nd August 2020
Alexis Korner continues his series on influential guitarists with a profile of Surrey's best-known bluesman. First broadcast in 1983.
Derek & The Dominos - Layla
The Yardbirds - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - I'm Your Witchdoctor
Cream - I Feel Free
Cream - Strange Brew
Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
Cream - Badge
Blind Faith - Presence Of The Lord
Derek & The Dominos - Tell The Truth
Derek & The Dominos - Layla (Edit)
Eric Clapton - Ramblin' On My Mind (Live)
Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight
Eric Clapton - Tulsa Time
Eric Clapton - The Shape You're In
GUITAR GREATS - 3. BRIAN MAY (320kbs-m4a/136mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 28th August 2020
Alexis Korner continues his series on influential guitarists with a profile of Queen's Brian May. First broadcast in 1983.
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody [Parlophone]
Queen - Keep Yourself Alive [EMI]
Queen - Father To Son [EMI]
Queen - Brighton Rock [EMI]
Queen - Good Company [Music Direct]
Queen - 39 [EMI]
Queen - Sleeping On The Sidewalk [EMI]
Queen - It's Late
Queen - If You Can't Beat Them [Hollywood]
Queen - Get Down, Make Love [EMI]
Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love [Parlophone]
Queen - The Wedding March [EMI]
Queen - Las Palabras De Amor [EMI]
GUITAR GREATS - 2. JAMES BURTON (320kbs-m4a/134mb/59mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 21st August 2020
Another chance to hear Alexis Korner's 1983 series on influential guitarists. Tonight he presents a profile of James Burton. the Louisiana-born picker who played for Ricky Nelson, for Elvis Presley from the late-60s onwards, as well as Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris and many others.
Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary Lou
Dale Hawkins - Susie Q
Ricky Nelson - I Got A Feeling
Ricky Nelson - Just A Little Too Much
Rick Nelson - Things You Gave Me
The Everly Brothers - Less Of Me
Judy Collins - Someday Soon
Elvis Presley - Johnny B. Goode (Live)
James Burton & Ralph Mooney - Corn Pickin'
John Phillips - Mississippi
Elvis Presley - You Asked Me To
Hoyt Axton - That's All Right
Emmylou Harris - Till I Gain Control Again
James Burton & Ralph Mooney - The Texas Waltz
GUITAR GREATS - 1. SCOTTY MOORE (320kbs-m4a/135mb/59mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 20th August 2020
As a tribute to Scotty Moore, Elvis Presley's guitarist from his first recordings on Sun Records, who died on 28th June, another chance to hear Alexis Korner's profile first broadcast in 1983.
Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes
Elvis Presley - That's All Right
Elvis Presley - Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Elvis Presley - Mystery Train
Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel
Elvis Presley - Hound Dog
Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
Elvis Presley - King Creole
Thomas Wayne - Tragedy
Jerry Lee Lewis - Just Who Is To Blame
Scotty Moore - Milk Cow Blues
Tracy Nelson - Careless Love
Billy Swan - Lonely Avenue
Scotty Moore - Mystery Train
Scotty Moore - That's All Right
A MAN LIKE CURTIS (320kbs-m4a/275mb/2hrs)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 31st August to 3rd September 2020Lenny Kravitz, a life-long fan of Curtis Mayfield's music, celebrates his life and musical achievements.
Curtis was a prolific songwriter whose career was sadly cut short following a tragic accident in August 1990; which eventually led to his death at the age of 57 on 26th December 1999. His songs of love and peace influenced millions, and he was an inspiration to many music luminaries including Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin.
This series was first broadcast on 6 Music in December 2009.
A MAN LIKE CURTIS - 1. PEOPLE GET READY (320kbs-m4a/69mb/30mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 31st August 2020
The first episode, People Get Ready, concentrates on Curtis' early musical influences from 50s to 65: gospel beginnings, writing songs for Jerry Butler, and early Impressions' hits. The subjects of his songs ranged from simple, tender love songs to broadsides demanding social and political equality.
As a songwriter and a producer, Curtis was a key architect of Chicago soul, penning material and working on sessions by notable Windy City soulsters including Gene Chandler, Jerry Butler, Major Lance, and Billy Butler. Mayfield was also an excellent guitarist, and his rolling, Latin-influenced lines were the highlights of The Impressions' recordings. Early on, he established his own publishing company and soon after that, his own independent record companies, Windy C, Mayfield and Curtom Records. These all emphasized Curtis' statesman-like role within black music as a producer of excellence.
The Impressions - People Get Ready
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
The Original Gospel Harmonettes - I'm Sealed
Curtis Mayfield - Think (Instrumental)
The Impressions - Little Young Lover
Jerry Butler & The Impressions - For Your Precious Love
Jerry Butler - I'm A Telling You
The Impressions - Gypsy Woman
Jerry Butler - He Will Break Your Heart
The Impressions - It's All Right
The Impressions - Keep On Pushing
Major Lance - The Monkey Time
Walter Jackson - What Would You Do
The Impressions - Woman's Got Soul
The Impressions - Meeting Over Yonder
The Impressions - People Get Ready
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
A MAN LIKE CURTIS - 2. MOVE ON UP (320kbs-m4a/69mb/30mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 1st September 2020
The second episode, Move On Up, looks at Curtis' protest songs, chart success and Superfly.
In 60s America, Curtis Mayfield's songs were taken up by Civil Rights Movement: Choice of Colors, My Country, I'm So Proud and We're a Winner, all with the Impressions. In 1970, Curtis launched his solo career with (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go, a protest song confronting ghetto life with a realism that had rarely been heard on record. He also toughened up his guitar work, incorporating some of the best features of psychedelic rock and funk.
In 1971 he enjoyed his biggest UK success with Move on Up, which reached number 12 but surprisingly did not chart in America. There, his commercial rise was maintained in 1972 with Freddie's Dead and the theme from Superfly, a "blaxploitation" movie that he scored. Drug deals, ghetto shootings, the deaths of young black men: all were described in detail. Yet Curtis' falsetto vocals, uplifting melodies, and funky arrangements gave the moralizing material a graceful strength. Both singles and the album achieved gold status, inspiring further excursions into film soundtracks, including Claudine, and Let's Do It Again.
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
Curtis Mayfield - Think (Instrumental)
Curtis Mayfield - Billy Jack
The Spaniels - Goodnite Sweetheart Goodnite
The Impressions - We're A Winner
The Impressions - This Is My Country
The Impressions - Choice Of Colors
The Impressions - Keep On Pushing
The Impressions - Check Out Your Mind
Curtis Mayfield - (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
Curtis Mayfield - We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue (Live)
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
Curtis Mayfield - Freddie's Dead
Curtis Mayfield - Little Child Runnin' Wild
Gladys Knight & The Pips - On And On
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Make Yours A Happy Home
The Staple Singers - Let's Do It Again
Curtis Mayfield - Back To The World
Curtis Mayfield - We Got To Have Peace
A MAN LIKE CURTIS - 3. KEEP ON KEEPING ON (320kbs-m4a/69mb/30mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 2nd September 2020
The third episode, Keep On Keeping On, picks up the story in the late 70s and takes us up to his appearance at the 1983 Glastonbury Festival.
Curtis continued his work on film soundtracks with A Piece of the Action, Sparkle and Short Eyes. Towards the end of the 70's he concentrated more on producing a number of artists including Aretha Franklin's 1978 album, Almighty Fire.
In 1981, he joined the Boardwalk label, for which he recorded Honesty. He remained a highly popular live artist, particularly in Britain where (Celebrate) The Day After You, a collaboration with the Blow Monkeys, and a protest song against the Thatcher government, became a hit. We explore what he was like as a live performer and talk to the band members who played Glastonbury Festival with him in 1983.
Curtis Mayfield - Keep On Keeping On
Curtis Mayfield & Linda Clifford - Between You Baby And Me [RSO]
Donny Hathaway & June Conquest - I Thank You [Curtom]
Curtis Mayfield - Party Night [Curtom]
Curtis Mayfield - Do Do Wap Is Strong In Here [Curtom]
Aretha Franklin - Something He Can Feel [Atlantic]
Mavis Staples - Chocolate City [Curtom]
Curtis Mayfield With Fishbone - He's A Flyguy
Curtis Mayfield & Ice-T - Superfly 1990 [GTV]
The Impressions - You Must Believe Me [ABC/Paramount]
Curtis Mayfield - Think (Instrumental)
The Impressions - Mighty Mighty Spade & Whitey (Live) [Buddah]
Curtis Mayfield - She Don't Let Nobody (But Me) [The Boardwalk Entertainment Co.]
Chaka Demus & Pliers - She Don't Let Nobody
Deniece Williams - I'm So Proud
Rod Stewart - People Get Ready (Live)
Curtis Mayfield - We Come In Peace
The Blow Monkeys - The Day After You
Curtis Mayfield - Dirty Laundry
A MAN LIKE CURTIS - 4. A NEW WORLD ORDER (320kbs-m4a/68mb/30mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 3rd September 2020
The final episode, New World Order, covers the tragic circumstances preceding his death and celebrates his enduring legacy.
On 13 August 1990 Curtis was doing a sound-check for an outdoor concert, onstage at Wingate Field, Flatbush, Brooklyn when the lighting rig came down on top of him crushing his spine in three places, and resulting in him being paralysed from the neck down. However, it did not deter him and he managed to produce a new studio album, New World Order in 1994. During the recording Curtis had to lie on his back in order to give some gravitational power to his singing.
His accident led to a re-appraisal of his work and several tribute albums were produced. He also received a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement. But the long term effects of the accident proved costly, and he died on 26 December 1999, aged only 57. Curtis Mayfield's contribution to soul music remains immense. He recorded some of the finest soul vocal group music of the 1960s; as a solo artist he helped pioneer funk; and he introduced hard-hitting urban commentary into his music, leading the way for Marvin Gaye's What's Going On and Stevie Wonder's Innervisions.
Curtis Mayfield - We Gotta Have Peace
Curtis Mayfield - Homeless
Curtis Mayfield - Breakin' In The Streets
Curtis Mayfield - Do Be Down
Curtis Mayfield - To Be Invisible
Curtis Mayfield - Think (Instrumental)
Curtis Mayfield - Never Say You Can't Survive
Lenny Kravitz - Billy Jack [Warner]
Whitney Houston - Look Into Your Heart
Bruce Springsteen - Gypsy Woman
B.B. King - Woman's Got Soul
Phil Collins - I've Been Trying [Virgin]
Curtis Mayfield - The Got Dang Song [Warner]
Curtis Mayfield - We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue [Movieplay]
Curtis Mayfield - New World Order [Warner]
Curtis Mayfield - Here But I'm Gone [Warner]
Curtis Mayfield - People Get Ready [M+S]
Curtis Mayfield - The Makings Of You [Rhino]
Bob Marley - One Love/People Get Ready [Island]
The Impressions - Choice Of Colors [Sequel]
The Impressions - I'm So Proud [Epic]
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th July to 12th August 2020
These are fractious times. But there have been fractious times before. And of all the ways of looking at history, the instinctive reactions of artists, specifically musicians, to changing times, is one of the most fascinating.
From Hamish Henderson to Tom Robinson, the Sex Pistols to U2, and more recently Radiohead and Stormzy, protest music has come a long way.
Producer: Dan Quick
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in July 2019.
BILLY BRAGG'S CHANGING TIMES - 1. SO MUCH TO PROTEST ABOUT (320kbs-m4a/135mb/59mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th July 2020
In the first of three programmes, Billy Bragg takes time to savour and share the stories of great moments where musicians were inspired by unfolding events to protest, to perform and to preach of an alternative way.
Along the way there's contributions from authors, artists and academics who have seen technology transform the way in which people create and listen to protest songs. And there will be a chance to hear from those producing protest music in the era of Brexit, Trump and fake news.
Featured programmes:
‘Songlines: Freedom Come All Ye’ [07/07/2009 BBC Radio Scotland]
‘Which Side Are You On?: The Golden Age of Protest Songs’ [28/09/2016 BBC Radio 2]
‘Is Protest Music Dead?’ [26/01/2016 BBC Radio 1 & 1 Extra]
BILLY BRAGG'S CHANGING TIMES - 2. A BEAUTIFUL DAY (320kbs-m4a/136mb/59mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 5th August 2020
In this programme, Billy Bragg takes time to savour and share the stories of great moments where musicians were inspired by unfolding events to protest, to perform and to preach of an alternative way.
Featured programme:
A Beautiful Day [BBC Radio Ulster 2008]
BILLY BRAGG'S CHANGING TIMES - 3. GRIME OF THE TIMES (320kbs-m4a/135mb/59mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 12th August 2020
In this programme, Billy Bragg takes time to savour and share the stories of great moments where musicians were inspired by unfolding events to protest, to perform and to preach of an alternative way. Billy is joined by Dorian Lynskey, Kirsty Fairclough and others.
Featured programmes:
‘The Art of Now: Band Politics’ presented by Chris Hawkins [BBC Radio 4]
‘Childish Gambino’ [BBC World Service 2018]
APHEX TWIN - LIVE GLASTONBURY 1997 (320kbs/91mb/40mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: ??? (Recorded Dance Tent, 27.06.1997)
Aphex Twin - Bucephalus Bouncing Ball
Aphex Twin - To Cure A Weakling Child
AFX - Laughable Butane Bob
Aphex Twin - Lichen (SAW II CD 2 Track 8)
Aphex Twin - Inkey$
Aphex Twin - Girl/Boy Song
Aphex Twin - Digeridoo
Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy (Pappy Mix)
THE TUBES - LIVE HAMMERSMITH ODEON 1981 (320kbs/124mb/54mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 17th July 2002 (Recorded 16.07.1981)
The Tubes - A Matter Of Pride
The Tubes - Think About Me
The Tubes - Amnesia
The Tubes - Mr. Hate
The Tubes - Attack Of The Fifty Foot Woman
The Tubes - Smoke (La Vie Un Fumer)
The Tubes - Mondo Bondage
The Tubes - Don't Want To Wait Anymore
The Tubes - Sushi Girl
The Tubes - Power Tools
The Tubes - Let's Make Some Noise
The Tubes - Tubes World Tour
YES - LIVE WEMBLEY ARENA 1978 (320kbs/133mb/58mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 27th March 2006
Yes - Circus Of Heaven
Yes - Don't Kill The Whale
Yes - Siberian Khatru
Yes - The Big Medley: Time And A Word/Long Distance Runaround/The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)/Survival/Perpetual Change/Soon
Yes - Starship Trooper
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND - LIVE WINTERLAND 1975 (320kbs/127mb/55mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 30th May 2002
The Allman Brothers Band - Wasted Words
The Allman Brothers Band - Done Somebody Wrong
The Allman Brothers Band - One Way Out
The Allman Brothers Band - Stormy Monday
The Allman Brothers Band - Ramblin Man
The Allman Brothers Band - Southbound
The Allman Brothers Band - Jessica
The Allman Brothers Band - Whipping Post
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 3rd October 2020
In 1958 an extraordinary musical laboratory was opened by the BBC. The Radiophonic Workshop provided music and sound for a wealth of BBC TV and radio programmes - from The Goon Show to Doctor Who.
Richard Coles explores the achievements of the unit and presents a carefully chosen selection of programmes showcasing the department's work:
* THE ELECTRIC TUNESMITHS
What have Doctor Who, New Worlds and Major Bloodnok's stomach in common? A Radiophonics Workshop signature tune.
George Luce finds out how sounds and tunes are conjured out of springs, shampoo bottles and electronic synthesisers. From BBC Radio 4, 1971.
* THE DREAMS
One of Delia Derbyshire's 'Inventions for Radio' produced in collaboration with the poet and dramatist Barry Bermange for the BBC Third Programme in 1964.
* THE GOON SHOW Series 9 (14/17) The Scarlet Capsule
Professor Ned Quatermass unravels a mystery around some enigmatic blue serge suits.
Stars Spike Milligan. From the BBC Home Service, 1959.
* INFERNO REVISITED
Peter Howell's musical play by Peter Howell inspired by Dante's Inferno, with Alec McCowen as the Guide.
The music was realised at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. From BBC Radio 3, 1983
Plus clips of Bath Time (1976), Relativity (1974) and the legendary sound effect of Doctor Who's TARDIS.
With contributions from Coldcut, Dick Mills and Mark Ayres.
Producer: Elizabeth Jaynes
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in December 2008.
ADRIAN SHERWOOD - NOVA MIX 2003 (320kbs/109mb/48mins)
Radio Nova broadcast: 2003
Adrian Sherwood - Zero Zero One (Version) [On-U Sound]
Adrian Sherwood - X-Planation [On-U Sound]
3 Head - Warning [On-U Sound]
Ghetto Priest - Masters Of Deception [On-U Sound]
Adrian Sherwood - Paradise Of Nada Remix [Real World]
Dub Syndicate - Night Train [On-U Sound]
Asian Dub Foundation - Dhol Rinse [Labels]
Ghetto Priest - Dry Bone [On-U Sound]
Adrian Sherwood - Dead Man Smoking [Real World]
2 Bad Card - Noise Polluters [On-U Sound]
SOMEBODY DID IT BETTER (320kbs-m4a/126mb/55mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 11th April 2020
The story of the many songs that just missed out on a place in the 007 hall of fame.
Samantha Bond (Miss Moneypenny) explains how some of the biggest names in pop music have been rejected in the pursuit of the perfect Bond song.
Producers: Richard Latto & Pete Doherty
Made by BBC Radio Solent and first broadcast in 2015.
FATBOY SLIM - CHILL MIX 16.07.20 (320kbs-m4a/69mb/30mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 16th July 2020
Human Traffic OST - What Was I Talking About
10cc - I'm Not In Love
Roland Clark - Fatboy Intro Idea
Shapeshifters - Lola's Theme (Lola's Lounging Mix)
Miles Davis - Blue In Green
Los MÃticos del Ritmo - Otro Muerde El Polvo (Another One Bites The Dust)
Max Milano - Get Lucky (Gypsy Version)
Mato - Around The World (Dub)
BJ Smith - Hey Ya
José González - Teardrop
Barefoot - Born Slippy
Lord Echo - Thinking Of You
Moloko - Sing It Back (Can 7 1930'S Mix)
FOUR TET - RADIO 1'S DANCE WEEKEND 31.08.20 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 31st July 2020
Throwing Snow - Murky [GD4YA]
Wilkinson - Pistol Whip [RAM]
Pearson Sound - Alien Mode [Hessle Audio]
Logic1000 - Blossom
Four Tet - Insect Near Piha Beach
Shanti Celeste & Saoirse - Solid Maass [Love International Recordings]
Tiga & Hudson Mohawke - Love Minus Zero [Love Minus Communications]
Stormzy & Four Tet - Shut Up (Live At Glastonbury) (Four Tet Edit)
SOUNDS OF THE 80S - NENEH CHERRY CELEBRATES I HAVE A DREAM DAY (320kbs-m4a/259mb/1hr54mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 28th August 2020
Neneh Cherry presents her Sounds Of The 80s, as part of 'I Have A Dream' Day - a 24-hour celebration of the music and culture of Black artists. Expect choice cuts from the decade that saw the rise of House and Hip-Hop, with Soul, R&B and Reggae going from strength to strength. Plus, personal stories from the decade in which Neneh went from post-punk teenager to all-conquering female rap star.
Evelyn "Champagne" King - Love Come Down
De La Soul - Me, Myself And I
Soul II Soul - Fair Play
The S.O.S. Band - Just Be Good To Me
Prince - Sign O’ The Times
Teddy Pendergrass - Love TKO
Queen Latifah & Monie Love - Ladies First
Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
Marshall Jefferson - Move Your Body
Public Enemy - Fight The Power
Rufus - Ain't Nobody
Wayne Smith - Under Me Sleng Teng
Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper
Frankie Beverly & Maze - Joy And Pain
The Pointer Sisters - Automatic
Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock
Klymaxx - Meeting In The Ladies Room
Grover Washington Jr. & Bill Withers - Just The Two of Us
MC Lyte - Cha Cha Cha
Teena Marie - It Must Be Magic
Gregory Isaacs - Night Nurse
LL Cool J - Rock The Bells
Roxanne Shanté - Roxanne's Revenge
Joyce Sims - Come Into My Life
Smith & Mighty - Anyone
Tanya "Sweet Tee" Winley - Vicious Rap
Cheryl Lynn - Encore
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 8th August 2020
David Walliams was inspired to pursue a career in comedy from his experience as a teenager growing up in suburban Surrey, listening to albums like The Secret Policeman's Ball and Not The Nine O'Clock News' Hedgehog Sandwich.
In this programme, he explores the story of comedy albums, from the early George Martin-produced Peter Sellers records to the big-selling stand up albums that kickstarted the careers of Billy Connolly and Richard Pryor, and on to adolescent favourites like Monty Python and Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's unfiltered excesses as Derek and Clive.
Now that comedy albums have largely disappeared, replaced by the streamed comedy special, David looks in detail at some of the iconic comedy records of the last 60 years, the influence they had on today's generations of performers, and the way their too-rude-for-radio content changed what became acceptable in comedy.
Presenter: David Walliams
A Trevor Dann Company production for BBC Radio 4.
PERMISSION TO SPEAK, SIR!: DAD'S ARMY ON RADIO (320kbs-m4a/412mb/2hrs59mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 9th August 2020
They don't like it up 'em!
After winning their frontline TV offensive, how did the Home Guard win the war of the ears with a rear-guard action for radio?
Legendary comedy producer Harold Snoad and actor Michael Knowles reveal how they went about adapting the classic BBC TV hit series for radio – as the writers Jimmy Perry and David Croft were too busy to do it themselves.
Over three hours, enjoy six Dad's Army episodes made for radio:
* The Enemy Within the Gates: Captain Mainwaring's platoon try to capture Germans for a reward. From February 1974.
* Don't Forget the Diver: The platoon don crazy camouflage in a drill to attack Captain Square's HQ. From February 1975.
* The Day the Balloon Went Up: Captain Mainwaring gets carried away with the platoon's war effort. From June 1975.
* When Did You Last See Your Money?: Corporal Jones panics when he misplaces £500 collected for the servicemen's canteen. From May 1975.
* If the Cap Fits: Captain Mainwaring promotes fractious Private Frazer, with unexpected results. February 1975.
* Put That Light Out: Captain Mainwaring's platoon causes havoc in Walmington-on-Sea during an air-raid. From February 1975.
Snoad and Knowles reflect on how the cast took to re-recording the shows without cameras and discuss the changes that had to be made to make the TV scripts work.
The duo's association with Dad's Army continued with their spin off radio comedy series, It Sticks Out Half A Mile.
Producer: Martin Dempsey
Made for BBC 7 and first brodcast in November 2005.
SOUND OF CINEMA - 285. THE COMIC STRIP (320kbs-m4a/135mb/58mins)
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 25th July 2020
With the 40th anniversary re-release of Mike Hodges’s Flash Gordon into cinemas at the end of the month, Matthew Sweet is joined by guitarist Brian May for a look back on the film's groundbreaking score composed by Howard Blake and Queen. Matthew also takes a timely look back across the decades at music for films that have taken their inspiration from comic strips and comic books. Featured films include 'Modesty Blaise', 'Dennis the Menace', 'Popeye', 'Addams Family Values', 'The Peanuts Movie', and 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'; 'The Belles of St Trinians', 'Barbarella', 'The Perils of Gwendoline' and 'Tamara Drewe'; 'The Adventures of Tintin', 'Dick Tracy' and of course 'Flash Gordon'. The Classic Score of the week is Franz Waxman's music for the 1954 Arthurian inspired adventure epic, 'Prince Valiant'.
And the programme also includes music from the newly released video-on-demand feature, 'The Old Guard' - based on a 2017 comic book by Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernandez and featuring a new score by Dustin O'Halloran and Volker Bertelmann.
John Dankworth - Modesty Blaise (1966) - Modesty Blaise Theme [20th Century Fox]
Jerry Goldsmith - Dennis The Menace (1993) - Our Town [La-La Land]
Harry Nilsson - Popeye (1980) - I Yam What I Yam [Epic]
Christophe Beck - The Peanuts Movie (2015) - Skating [20th Century Fox]
Vic Mizzy - The Addams Family TV Series (1964) - Main Theme [RCA Victor]
Marc Shaiman - Addams Family Values (1993) - The Tango [Varèse Sarabande]
Allan Gray - The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp (1943) - Prelude [CD41 Publishing]
Malcolm Arnold - The Belles Of St. Trinians (1954) - Prelude [El]
Bob Crewe & Charles Fox - Barbarella (1968) - Entrance Into Sogo [Harkit]
Neil Innes - Jane TV Series (1982)
Pierre Bachelet - Gwendoline (1984) - La Legende de Pikao [RCA]
Alexandre Desplat - Tamara Drewe (2010) - Opening Title [Silva Screen]
John Williams - The Adventures Of Tintin (2011) - The Secret Of The Unicorn [Sony Classical]
Danny Elfman - Dick Tracy (1990) - Main Titles [Warner Bros.]
Franz Waxman - Prince Valiant (1954) - Suite [RCA Red Seal]
Howard Blake - Flash Gordon (1980) - Bell & Coffin - Zarkov - Rocket Ship Flight [Super Tracks Music Group]
Brian May - Flash Gordon (1980) - Crash Dive On Mingo City [EMI]
Brian May - Flash Gordon (1980) - Wedding March [EMI]
Brian May - Flash Gordon (1980) - Battle Theme [EMI]
Freddie Mercury - Flash Gordon (1980) - The Kiss 'Aura Resurrects Flash' [EMI]
Freddie Mercury - Flash Gordon (1980) - Vultan's Theme [EMI]
Volker Bertelmann - The Old Guard (2020) - The Old Guard [Lakeshore]
UNKLE - ONE WORLD MIX 09.10.03 (320kbs/128mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 9th October 2003
UNKLEsounds Intro
Rare Earth - Get Ready (UNKLEsounds Edit)
DMX/Tears For Fears - Who We Be/Shout
Queens Of The Stone Age - You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar But I Feel Like A Millionaire (UNKLE Remix)
Metallica - Frantic (UNKLEsounds Edit)
Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows (UNKLE Reconstruction)
UNKLE - In A State
DJ Shadow (Feat. Roots Manuva) - GDMFSOB (UNKLE Remix)
UNKLE - Eye For An Eye (Silencer Mix)
Meat Katie & Elite Force - Ju-Ju
DK7 - The Difference
Joey Beltam - Energy Flash
Michael Andrews & Gary Jules - Mad World
UNKLEsounds Outro
LUKE VIBERT - THE REMIX 12.10.03 (320kbs/57mb/25mins)
XFM broadcast: 12th October 2003
Luke Vibert - Slowfast [Warp]
2 Player - Extreme Possibilities (Wagon Christ Mix)
Electric People - All Systems Go
Amen Andrews - Maman
Luke Vibert - Liptones [Warp]
Luke Vibert - Harmonic [Warp]
Luke Vibert - 2 Daze Become 1 [Warp]
Luke Vibert - Freak Time Baby [Warp]
LO FIDELITY ALLSTARS - THE REMIX 11.04.03 (320kbs/69mb/30mins)
XFM broadcast: 11th April 2003
Jon Kasandra - Mose [Stax]
D'Angelo - Left & Right [Virgin]
Dr. Dre (Feat. Snoop Dogg) - Still D.R.E. [Aftermath]
Lo Fidelity Allstars (Feat. Jamie Liddell) - Deep Ellum [Skint]
Q-Tip - Breathe And Stop [Arista]
Lo Fidelity Allstars - Interlude
Scraggy Pee - Somebody's Episode
The Roots - The Seed [MCA]
The Go! Team - Junior Kickstart [Memphis Industries]
International Pony - Wow [Skint]
Lo Fidelity Allstars - What You Want [Skint]
Genuine - Ride My Pony [Epic]
Sons Of Slough - Unknown [Skint]
Jon Kasandra - Mose II [Stax]
SOUL MUSIC: SERIES 30 - 4. HARVEST MOON (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 5th August 2020
It's a love song about growing old. Neil Young's Harvest Moon released in 1992 is a nod to the 1970s country rock loved by music blogger Alyson Young. It's also a grown up song about love says singer-songwriter Ricky Ross. How do you make the magic last and how do you keep love alive? People tell their stories about what the song means to them: jazz singer Maureen Washington danced to the song with her late husband. Amanda Legere played it to her premature baby daughter when she went to see her in the ICU. She knows the baby responded to that song. Mary Divine and her husband were serenaded on their wedding anniversary during lockdown. The whole neighbourhood came out to watch a teenage neighbour play Harvest Moon for them. Margy Waller drove to work at the White House on the final days of Bill Clinton's Presidency listening to Harvest Moon because she needed to cry. For her it's a song about loss. She is still touched by it today during the pandemic in what she describes as another period of great loss.
Versions include Harvest Moon by:
Neil Young
Cassandra Wilson
Maureen Washington
Nils Lofgren
Neil Young Unplugged
Produced by Maggie Ayre
Alyson's music blog is Jukeboxtimemachine.com
Ricky Ross presents Another Country on BBC Radio Scotland.
Maureen Washington is a jazz singer based in British Columbia.
