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The “gangsterish” charm of Andrew Loog Oldham and Immediate Records, by Simon Spence
Episode 569
The godfather of British independent labels, Immediate, was started in 1965 by the Stones’ manager Andrew Oldham and Tony Calder, its winning slogan:…
2 years, 5 months ago
Denmark Street, London's Tin Pan Alley, where the Sex Pistols met Pink Floyd and a luverly bunch of coconuts, by Peter Watts
Episode 568
As it emerges from the upheaval of Cross Rail, music historian Peter Watts looks at this densely-packed thoroughfare between Charing Cross Road and C…
2 years, 5 months ago
Madonna’s karaoke show, albums that sound their covers and whatever happened to protest music?
Episode 567
Spicy and nutritious items in the rock and roll bouillabaisse this week include …
… Roger Waters at the Palladium: a masterclass in how to insult an …
2 years, 6 months ago
Jarvis v Jacko and why drummers are like goalkeepers. Let Pulp’s Nick Banks be your guide
Episode 566
Nick Banks - nephew of the great Gordon Banks – saw a note pinned by his favourite band to a wall in 1986, his Sliding Doors moment: ‘Pulp Want Drumm…
2 years, 6 months ago
Smoking on album sleeves, Smash Hits The Musical and records you own but have never played
Episode 565
Engaging blips on the rock and roll radar this week include:-
… Iron Maiden album title or novel by Jeffrey Archer?
… selling Ringo’s ashtray.
… the …
2 years, 6 months ago
Echo & the Bunnymen, why the rock press were “divs” and the secret of good hair by Will Sergeant
Episode 564
Will Sergeant’s just put out the second volume of his memoirs, both of them Sunday Times best-sellers, Echoes and the first edition, Bunnyman. Here h…
2 years, 6 months ago
An Insider’s Guide To Goth by Cathi Unsworth (via Cruella De Vil and the Cure)
Episode 563
Crime novelist Cathi Unsworth turned Goth in her teens in rural Norfolk fired by a cocktail of Dennis Wheatley, the Damned on the Peel show and the d…
2 years, 6 months ago
Nick Drake – a whole new perspective by Richard Morton Jack
Episode 562
Richard Morton Jack interviewed over 200 people when assembling what’s unquestionably the best, most colourful, comprehensive, revealing and accurate…
2 years, 6 months ago
Gary Numan, unlikely sex symbols and U2’s £1,000 night in the desert
Episode 561
Spice-filled items tossed into the conversational cooking-pot this week include:-
… our charming encounter with Gary Numan, possibly the world’s most…
2 years, 6 months ago
Does Gary Numan regret throwing the glo-stick that hit David Bowie?
Episode 560
Gary Numan is about to set out on a UK acoustic tour, some of it in churches and one date in a cathedral. He talks here - from the Scottish estate ho…
2 years, 6 months ago