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In the studio with Nick Drake, Fairport, John Martyn & the String Band: John Wood remembers a golden age
Episode 681
“There was no Command-Zed back then!” John Wood engineered or produced some of the most magical, timeless and affecting records ever made - by Nick D…
2 years ago
Ian Hunter – joining Mott The Hoople, Bowie, Hamburg and being “enthused into craziness”.
Episode 680
Ian Hunter – an image so familiar you’d recognise his silhouette - now lives in Connecticut and he’s just released expanded versions of two of his be…
2 years ago
Bryan Ferry, Maggie Smith and why Ian Hunter is a movie in waiting
Episode 679
As the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness draws in, we poke the embers of this week’s rock and roll bonfire and rake out the following chestnuts…
2 years ago
When Cocteau Twins followed the Ramones onstage and why 1979 was the Golden Age - by Simon Raymonde
Episode 678
Simon Raymonde’s affecting and beautifully written memoir ‘In One Ear’ records life in the ‘60s growing up with a father who wrote and arranged for D…
2 years ago
The deep secret of Abba’s “music without nostalgia” and the time they met the Pistols
Episode 677
Abba’s biographer Jan Gradvall met and interviewed Abba many times and builds a fresh picture of their internal chemistry in his new book Melancholy …
2 years ago
Fond memories of lost ‘80s London, Morrissey v Marr and the film they should make about Toyah
Episode 676
A free-form spontaneous jam this week - the Dark Star of podcasts – which navigates the outer reaches of the rock and roll stratosphere by way of the…
2 years ago
Swinging London & the Wombles seen from an electric-blue Rolls-Royce. Mike Batt looks back
Episode 675
Mike Batt still wrestles with the emotional legacy of the Wombles, the act that simultaneously made him and cast a shadow over the rest of his career…
2 years ago
Joe Boyd – Little Richard, Nick Drake, Tight Fit and why everything sounds the way it does
Episode 674
Joe Boyd produced Fairport Convention, Nick Drake and many others, released acts from all over the globe on his Hannibal label and has just written a…
2 years ago
Screaming Jay Hawkins 75, Dave Grohl 1
Episode 673
With Mark Ellen rambling in the West Country it’s left to David Hepworth to talk Alex Gold down from the ledge in the light of the Dave Grohl news an…
2 years ago
One Day author David Nicholls – prog rock, Live Aid and making tapes for girls
Episode 672
The Netflix series of David Nicholls’ worldwide hit novel One Day was Top Ten in 89 countries and he’s been heavily involved in its soundtrack album,…
2 years ago