Music Maps Podcast
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Each episode we use a place as a jumping off point for a conversation about music - anywhere from the obvious to the obscure.
Join us as we build our music map of the world.
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Episodios 143
The Velvet Underground & Nico with Richie Unterberger
Join us to go back to 1967 for a deep dive into the debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico with author Richie Unterberger - his book about the band is out now in the UK & in the US.It starts when Andy Warhol …
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Join us to go back to 1967 for a deep dive into the debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico with author Richie Unterberger - his book about the band is out now in the UK & in the US.
It starts when Andy Warhol attends a Velvet Underground gig at Cafe Bizarre in Greenwich Village - Andy was looking for a group to sponsor or form an association with as a way to fund his move into film making.
Nico joins as a vocalist not long after, despite Lou Reed’s reluctance. Despite some memorable contributions she is never fully accepted by the rest of the band.
Andy Warhol’s involvement begins to get the bands shows & great exposure & shortly after they begin to record what would becomes their debut album at Scepter Records on West 54th Street in New York. 6 tracks are completed there before the rest is finished in Los Angeles.
A acetate of the finished album is received very poorly at the bands label, MGM Records & that reception is echoed by the general public upon release as the album famously does not achieve initial commercial success.
However it did prove hugely influential by those who heard it including many figures from the punk world such as Patti Smith as well as a young David Bowie who receives that may have been the first copy to reach the UK.
The albums ongoing influence is significant & it continues to be discovered to this day.
It takes anything from 5 to 40 hours to prepare each episode of Music Maps - if you’d like to make a contribution to help us cover the costs & time of producing these episodes for you, you can do so at this link: ko-fi.com/musicmaps
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Hosted, Produced & Edited by Simon Cardwell
Music by Andy Maxwell
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Wham in China with Simon Napier-Bell
This week we are joined by legendary music impresario Simon Napier-Beill to tell use about how he got Wham into China in 1985 for a groundbreaking trip. Simon’s book about the trip I’m Coming To Take You To …
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This week we are joined by legendary music impresario Simon Napier-Beill to tell use about how he got Wham into China in 1985 for a groundbreaking trip.
Simon’s book about the trip I’m Coming To Take You To Lunch is out now in the UK & across the US.
Simon & his co-manager Jazz Summers are trying to break Wham in America much quicker than the conventional wisdom. It had previously taken an act 6 years to get to stadium shows but George Michael is insistent they must achieve this within 2 years.
With that in mind Simon sets about landing the group a gig in China which will create enough publicity & media attention to break the band in the US.
Making 13 trips to China in the lead up & the story is as much a tale of espionage as the work of a music manager, featuring spies, dignitaries & more.
Queen nearly got there first but Simon makes sure Wham are favoured by the Chinese government & eventually gets the go ahead after many expensive lunches with government ministers & officials.
The gig is announced immediately before anyone can change their mind, with only 18 days to organise the trip.
A deal is agreed whereby a cassette is given away with each ticket, with Chinese language versions of Wham tracks on Side A & the original on Side B. This serves the purpose of flooding the marketplace with there music as cassettes were heavily bootlegged in local markets in China in the 1980s.
The trip is expected to cost £500,000 & Simon approaches the bands label CBS to foot the bill, they agree providing a documentary/concert film is also filmed, allowing the label to release a document of the trip.
This increases the cost to the best part of £1m when legendary director Lindsay Anderson is chosen & insists on multiple top of the line film crews.
George Michael initially changes his mind about the trip but is persuaded to travel as the band travel to Bejing with hundreds of journalists, photographers, camera crews & other media.
Anderson proves a difficult choice when his behaviour becomes increasingly cantankerous & he dislikes the country & holds Andrew Ridgeley & George Michael in contempt.
The concert itself goes off without a hitch although the audience is arranged carefully by the Chinese government with the quieter government officials seated at the front & the actual fans of Wham toward the back in the upstairs.
A second concert takes place in Canton, which with its ties to Hong Kong is much more open to western culture.
Simon enquires after the fact about the royalties on the several hundred thousand records Wham sold in China throughout & as a result of their visit. He is informed payment cannot be made in cash so he takes 6000 bicycles in lieu.
Director Lindsay Anderson is fired upon returning to London after George & Andrew label his finished film ‘boring’.
The trip to China achieves its desired result as Wham are suddenly household names in the US as a result of the wall to wall media coverage & are able to book a stadium tour across the country in the aftermath.
It takes anything from 5 to 40 hours to prepare each episode of Music Maps - if you’d like to make a contribution to help us cover the costs & time of producing these episodes for you, you can do so at this link: ko-fi.com/musicmaps
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Music by Andy Maxwell
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Paul Simon - Graceland with Ashley Kahn
This week we hear the story of the classic Graceland by Paul Simon. It started with a cassette titled Gumboots: Accordion Jive Hits, Volume II, which is given to Paul Simon in the Summer of 1984. He plays it on …
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This week we hear the story of the classic Graceland by Paul Simon.
It started with a cassette titled Gumboots: Accordion Jive Hits, Volume II, which is given to Paul Simon in the Summer of 1984.
He plays it on drive to Montauk, New York where he is renovating a house with his then wife Carrie Fisher.
Paul Simon is coming off the 1983 album Hearts & Bones & was looking for a new direction in some respects.
He makes the decision to travel to South Africa in order to make this music as authentically as possible.
Arriving at Ovation Studios in the summer Johannesburg in the summer of 1985 the process of making the record begins.
The record is completed back in the US with the African musicians travelling to finish the record.
The final tracklisting features appearances by Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Linda Ronstadt, the Everly Brothers & more.
The cover artwork is a late-15th-century Ethiopian painting of St George on horseback found in an exhibition catalogue from the Peabody Essex Museum.
The record was a slow burn success & its only after winning Best Album at the 1987 Grammy Awards that a new video for You Can Call Me Al is commissioned featuring Chevy Chase.
The subsequent tour is very expensive to put together but proves hugely popular.
Graceland has sold approximately 16 million copies to date & its influence has been hailed by Joe Strummer, Peter Gabriel, Ezra Koenig & more.
It takes anything from 5 to 40 hours to prepare each episode of Music Maps - if you’d like to make a contribution to help us cover the costs & time of producing these episodes for you, you can do so at this link: ko-fi.com/musicmaps
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Gary Stewart, Nashville & The Texas Honky Tonks with Jimmy McDonough
Jimmy McDonough joins us this week to tell us about his new book Gary Stewart: I Am From The Honky Tonks. The book is available in the UK & also in the US. While not a household name Gary Stewart became a …
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Jimmy McDonough joins us this week to tell us about his new book Gary Stewart: I Am From The Honky Tonks.
The book is available in the UK & also in the US.
While not a household name Gary Stewart became a hugely influential singer described as ‘too country for country and too rock for rock’.
Jimmy developed a relationship with the Stewart family over a long period, enabling this book to come to fruition.
Jerry Lee lewis was a key influence on Gary in his younger years & the Allman Brothers Band became a significant influence as he grew older.
Gary Stewart was born in Kentucky before the family relocated to Fort Pierce, Florida.
His route into the music business came as a songwriter in Nashville, before signing a solo deal with RCA Records, where he achieved a number of country hits including a number 1 with "She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)".
Some of his more rock oriented material did not sit well with RCA & his relationship with the label began to fracture.
His later years were patchy filled with memorable gigs but also some questionable decisions.
Gary Stewart passed away in 2003 & his ashes were scattered outside the Texas Honky Tonk he had been due to play that night.
His influence was proven as names including Waylon Jennings, Dwight Yoakam, Sturgill Simpson & Willie Nelson went onto name check him over the years.
It takes anything from 5 to 40 hours to prepare each episode of Music Maps - if you’d like to make a contribution to help us cover the costs & time of producing these episodes for you, you can do so at this link: ko-fi.com/musicmaps
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Music by Andy Maxwell
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The Farm with Roy Boulter
Roy Boulter joins us to talk about his time in The Farm & also his new film Algorithm Party starring PJ Smith, which marks Roy’s directorial debut. The idea came from a football game, Roy’s band The Farm had …
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Roy Boulter joins us to talk about his time in The Farm & also his new film Algorithm Party starring PJ Smith, which marks Roy’s directorial debut.
The idea came from a football game, Roy’s band The Farm had played an informal football game on Fridays in Birkenhead for over 20 years. One day PJ Smith turned up to play & Roy later found out.
Algorithm Party was filmed in St. Georges Hall in Liverpool, features mucis by fellow Farm member Steve Grimes & is out now.
Roy also tells us about his time writing for Brookside & Eastenders, his career in film & documentary working with the likes of Terence Davies, building a wicker man for The Coral, making a Beatles documentary with Mark Lewisohn & meeting Yoko Ono.
He also toured with the Justice Tonight band with Mick Jones playing The Clash songs to raise awareness for the Hillsbrough campaign.
In 1987 Roy joined The Farm as their new drummer. The band had originally had more of. Punk sound but with the help of producer Terry Farley they change their sound, closer to what becomes known as baggy.
The Happy Mondays become a key band in The Farm’s story & another key ingredient is the Channel 4 documentary A Short Film About Chillin’ about the bands trip to Ibiza.
We hear how close Bill Drummond ever was to managing The Farm.
A cover of the Monkee’s I’m Not Your Steppin’ Stone nearly becomes a hit but its Groovy Train which becomes the breakthrough.
All Together Now follows & becomes a hit around the world. The track has a long afterlife being featured in football coverage, in Hollywood movies & famously as the 1995 Everton FA Cup final song.
Suggs, Paul Heaton & other play a part in the production of the Spartacus album which goes to number 1.
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The Early Days of The Jam + Rick Buckler Tribute with Steve Brookes & Holly Buckler
This week we present an episode in 2 parts - in part 1 we welcome Holly Buckler daughter of The Jam drummer Rick Buckler. Holly has organised a tribute gig to her Dad who passed away in February 2025. The gig …
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This week we present an episode in 2 parts - in part 1 we welcome Holly Buckler daughter of The Jam drummer Rick Buckler.
Holly has organised a tribute gig to her Dad who passed away in February 2025. The gig will take place at Woking Theatre on October 12th 2026 & you can buy any remaining tickets here.
The gig is in aid of the Same Beare Hospice in Woking.
The lineup includes: A Band Called Malice, Steve Brookes (founding member of The Jam), The Highliners, Pretty Green, Instrumental support from Stuart Prosser (Style Council, trumpet player), Steve Grainger (Played on Culture Club Album, saxophonist), Jody Smith (Worked with Van Morrison, Nigel Price and Bill Shanley, keyboard player)
Stories and memories from: Dennis Munday - Polydor Record Label, Peter Wilson - The Jam Producer, Bill Smith - Album / Sleeve designer for The Jam, Luke Morgan (The Highliners) - Life after The Jam
Exhibition pieces from About The Young Idea Exhibition in the foyer on arrival and during the interval. Some pieces have never been displayed publicly before!
Holly tells us about her plans for the gig & who will be there on the night, how the tribute concert came together, growing up with a former member of The Jam for a Dad & more.
We are also joined by founder member of The Jam, Steve Brookes.
Steve met a young Paul Weller at Shearwater School after moving to Woking in the early 70s. The pair became close & Steve spent a lot of time at the Weller family home on Stanley Road.
They began to play some lunchtime gigs at school & this was soon followed by their first gig at Woking Working Mens Club.
They were originally joined by Dave Waller & Neil Harris to round out the lineup before Rick Buckler joined as drummer.
Rick was perhaps more into heavier music at the time, but liked the fact the band had gigs & appeared to be on an upward trajectory.
Bruce Foxton has similar thoughts when he joined originally on guitar, with Paul Weller still on bass, before swapping roles shortly after.
A very early Jam track, Takin’ My Love later appeared as a B Side to the debut single In The City a few years later. Although it sounded drastically different in its original guise as the band had not yet taken in harder punk influences later important in defining their sound.
Paul was still quite shy at this early stage, with Steve taking on more of a frontman role in the very early days of The Jam.
Notable gigs take place with a residency at Michael’s in Woking.
Steve Brookes left The Jam in 1975 as he wanted to keep more of a Beatles influenced sound whereas Paul has begun to take in harder influences including Dr. Feelgood & the Sex Pistols.
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Black Sabbath & Ozzy Osbourne
Black Sabbath & Ozzy Osbourne is our focus this week as Keith Kahn-Harris joins us to mark the release of his book The Beautiful Death of Ozzy Osborne - How Metal Teaches Us To Live. Out now in the US & the UK …
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Black Sabbath & Ozzy Osbourne is our focus this week as Keith Kahn-Harris joins us to mark the release of his book The Beautiful Death of Ozzy Osborne - How Metal Teaches Us To Live. Out now in the US & the UK.
Our journey starts in Aston, a suburb of Birmingham where a young Ozzy Osbourne grows up.
His first band is the Pulka Tulk Blues Band who gig around the established circuit before eventually morphing into Black Sabbath.
Legend has it that Tony Iommi injured his fingertip in an industrial accident which inadvertently helped create the Black Sabbath signature sound.
Black Sabbath originated the metal genre almost by accident & Keith tells us how the genre grew from its earliest mentions in the bands early days.
We find out how Paranoid began as a throwaway track written in 5 minutes at the end of a session & we discuss some of their other key tracks including War Pigs & Iron Man.
We also cover the famous Live Aid performance of 1985, the infamous bat story, The Osbournes & Ozzfest.
Keith also takes us on a walk through Black Sabbath’s Birmingham leading up to the bands final gig the Back To The Beginning show at Villa Park in the summer of 2025.
It takes anything from 5 to 40 hours to prepare each episode of Music Maps - if you’d like to make a contribution to help us cover the costs & time of producing these episodes for you, you can do so at this link: ko-fi.com/musicmaps
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The Strokes - Is This It with Steven Hyden
Join us to go back 25 years to the release of The Strokes debut album Is This It. Steven’s new book Is This It: The Never-Ending Rise and Fall of the Strokes is out now in the US & also here in the UK. The …
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Join us to go back 25 years to the release of The Strokes debut album Is This It.
Steven’s new book Is This It: The Never-Ending Rise and Fall of the Strokes is out now in the US & also here in the UK.
The story begins when future Stroke frontman Julian Casablancas meets future bassist Nikolai Fraiture meet as kids.
They hold a shared interest in music as they grow up before Julian is sent to Switzerland to attend a boarding school where he meets guitar player Albert Hammond Jr.
They later reconnect in New York as Julian is putting together a band.
The lineup comes together with Albert becoming the final member to join.
The first Strokes gig takes place at The Spiral in Manhattan in September of 1999 & with the help of guru J.P. Bowersock they build the material which becomes their debut release The Modern Age EP, released on Rough Trade in the UK.
Is This It is released in the Autumn of 2001 & is an immediate success in the UK, however it is a slower process in the US with their star not rising until a year or so later.
We hear about the unique drum & vocal sounds on Is This It & the process behind some of the albums biggest songs as well as what Tom Petty made of the similarity between Strokes hit single Last Nite & his own American Girl.
It takes anything from 5 to 40 hours to prepare each episode of Music Maps - if you’d like to make a contribution to help us cover the costs & time of producing these episodes for you, you can do so at this link: ko-fi.com/musicmaps
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Adam & The Ants with Marco Pirroni
Marco Pirroni joins us to talk us through his huge success with Adam & The Ants - Marco’s new book Your Money Or Your Life is out now. It all starts with a note through Marco’s door which simply says ‘Call Me …
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Marco Pirroni joins us to talk us through his huge success with Adam & The Ants - Marco’s new book Your Money Or Your Life is out now.
It all starts with a note through Marco’s door which simply says ‘Call Me, Adam’.
The next day Marco & Adam Ant meet & before long they are recording together at Rockfield Studios.
Drummers Chris Hughes, Terry Lee & bassist Kevin Mooney soon round out the lineup giving the band its unique 2 drummer sound.
Their first gig takes place at the Electric Ballroom & the band are soon signed to CBS, preferring a major to an indie label.
Kings of the Wild Frontier is the bands breakthrough & the album which follows featured some unorthodox recording techniques including creating giant ant noises & recording fire extinguishers.
Early gigs are marred by chaos & occasional crowd trouble as Dog Eat Dog becomes another success, bringing the band their first appearance of Top Of The Pops.
Stand & Deliver & Prince Charming both reach number 1 with their quirky & groundbreaking music videos becoming a key part of the bands marketing.
Prince Charming is the subject of a plagiarism claim from Rolf Harris while Diana Dors appears in the video.
Gary Tibbs formerly of Roxy Music joins Adam & The Ants & they undertake their biggest tour to date, the Prince Charming Revue.
However Marco dislikes touring & stops playing live with the band, although he continues use to write & record with Adam.
The band breaks up shortly after as Adam launches a solo career.
It takes anything from 5 to 40 hours to prepare each episode of Music Maps - if you’d like to make a contribution to help us cover the costs & time of producing these episodes for you, you can do so at this link: ko-fi.com/musicmaps
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When UK Punk Went Pop - The Jam, Madness, Fanzines, The Face & more
Tony Fletcher joins us to talk about his new book POW!: When UK Punk Went Pop, 1980-84.Starting with his Jammin’ fanzine at age 13, by the time he is 14 Tony writes a letter to Paul Weller & receives a reply …
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Tony Fletcher joins us to talk about his new book POW!: When UK Punk Went Pop, 1980-84.
Starting with his Jammin’ fanzine at age 13, by the time he is 14 Tony writes a letter to Paul Weller & receives a reply.
He is invited to RAK Studios in London whereThe Jam are making what becomes All Mod Cons.
He begins a relationship with The Jam & amongst other tales nearly ends up with the famous WHAM! Roy Lichtenstein guitar from the Start! video, his band Apocalypse open for the band air their final gigs at Wembley Arena & in Brighton.
Concurrently Tony is also writing for The Face magazine & is dispatched to Nottingham with Madness, the thinking being they may open up to a 16 year old rather than an established music writer.
Tony puts on early gigs for his band Apocalypse along with other bands including The Birthday Party at The Africa Centre in Soho.
He has a ringside seat for the end of The Jam & shortly after Paul Weller simply gives him the Jamming record label they had founded together.
It takes anything from 5 to 40 hours to prepare each episode of Music Maps - if you’d like to make a contribution to help us cover the costs & time of producing these episodes for you, you can do so at this link: ko-fi.com/musicmaps
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Elliott Smith with Jamie Fisher
Elliott Smith is our focus this week & we are joined by Jamie Fisher whose new book - Nobody Broke Your Heart: An Intimate Biography of Elliott Smith is out now in the UK & the US. What differentiates Jamie’s …
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Elliott Smith is our focus this week & we are joined by Jamie Fisher whose new book - Nobody Broke Your Heart: An Intimate Biography of Elliott Smith is out now in the UK & the US.
What differentiates Jamie’s book from others about Elliott Smith is the people who she spoke to when writing it - the Smith family were involved & talked to her at length.
Elliot Smith’s formative influences included Bob Dylan, Hank Williams Jr. & the Beatles & he started to write songs early in life, often holding onto melodies for years before finalising them into songs.
Elliott Smith’s parents separated when he was young & tensions with his stepfather led to his relocation to Portland, Oregon.
While there he formed Heatmiser with Neil Gust, Tony Lash & Jason Hornick.
All the while he was writing his own softer, gentler material but was hesitant to pursue it out of respect for his band mates.
The recordings that become his debut solo album Roman Candle are made for around $20 & despite never being intended for release, do come out on local label Cavity Search Records.
Elliott moved to the Kill Rock Stars label after meeting label founder Slim Moon & his self-titled follow up appeared in 1995, featuring Needle In The Hay, his best known work to date.
In 1997 film director Gus Van Sant becomes enamoured with Elliott’s music & approaches him to contribute music to his next film, Good Will Hunting, written by & starring Matt Damon & Ben Affleck.
Four of Elliott’s songs from the Either/Or album ultimately appear on the soundtrack & lead to an appearance at the 1998 Academy Award Ceremony, wearing a now legendary white suit, performing Miss Misery which closes the movie.
Elliott Smith sings with DreamWorks & now has a bugger budget & access not available to him before, his next album Figure Eight follows.
Despite the label being happy with the records sales, Elliott was not, constantly comparing himself to The Beatles & Bob Dylan.
Elliott passes away on August 6th 2003 & his final recordings, From a Basement on the Hill is released posthumously in 2004.
It takes anything from 5 to 40 hours to prepare each episode of Music Maps - if you’d like to make a contribution to help us cover the costs & time of producing these episodes for you, you can do so at this link: ko-fi.com/musicmaps
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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young with Rolling Stone's David Browne
Our first episode focusing on Crosby, Stills Nash & Young with Rolling Stone’s David Browne.David’s book is out now or on audio if you prefer. David also has a regularly updated substack you can subscribe to …
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Our first episode focusing on Crosby, Stills Nash & Young with Rolling Stone’s David Browne.
David’s book is out now or on audio if you prefer.
David also has a regularly updated substack you can subscribe to with lots of his music writing.
CSNY comes together after David Crosby, Stephen Stills & Graham Nash all leave their previous bands (Crosby from The Byrds, Stills from Buffalo Springfield & Nash from British group The Hollies).
They meet in Los Angeles & informally play together. Cass Elliot encourages them to form a group & the rest is history.
Initially they travel to London to audition for The Beatles’ Apple label but ultimately sign with Atlantic Records back in the US following a complex arrangement to release them from their prior labels.
They self-produce their debut album which is an immediate success but shortly after they add Neil Young & become a four piece.
Neil brings his wealth of material to the band but is a headstrong individual, changing the dynamic.
Their second public performance takes place at Woodstock with Neil not appearing in any of the footage leader featured in the Woodstock film.
It takes anything from 5 to 40 hours to prepare each episode of Music Maps - if you’d like to make a contribution to help us cover the costs & time of producing these episodes for you, you can do so at this link: ko-fi.com/musicmaps
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129 - Pub Rock, Ian Dury, Joe Strummer, The Sex Pistols, Dr. Feelgood, Nick Lowe & more with Mark Wilkerson
In the early 1970s the music scene is dominated by prog rock concept pieces, synth solos & overblown tours. The societal backdrop in Great Britain is one of labour & coal strikes, riding inflation & …
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In the early 1970s the music scene is dominated by prog rock concept pieces, synth solos & overblown tours.
The societal backdrop in Great Britain is one of labour & coal strikes, riding inflation & unemployment & a struggling economy.
In the background of this upheaval an American band named Eggs Over Easy begin to play gigs at The Tally-Ho in Kentish Town in North London.
Another band who come on the scene is Brinsley Schwartz featuring Nick Lowe who goes on to become a key part of the story.
Along with The Tally-Ho others key venues include the Hope & Anchor ins Islington, the Lord Nelson & the Kensington.
Pub rock received positive coverage in the music press of the day & Ian Dury enters the scene after several good reviews for his band Kilburn & the High Roads.
Dr. Feelgood become the first band from the pub rock scene to attain a degree of commercial success including a number 1 album.
The short-lived outfit The 101ers come to an end when Joe Strummer departs to make heavier, punkier music inspired by The Sex Pistols who they share a bill with at The Nashville in West London.
Stiff Records is another key part of the story & Nick Lowe produces a number of early releases including the Damned’s first album & debut single New Rose, often credited as the first punk single in the UK.
He also produces other offshoots from the pub rock scene including Graham Parker & Ian Dury’s debut albums & Elvis Costello’s My Aim Is True. The scene fizzles out once punk arrives.
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Jimi Hendrix with Jimi's roadie Eric Barrett
Our first episode about Jimi Hendrix & we are joined by Jimi’s former roadie Eric Barrett. Eric ran into Mitch Mitchell & Noel Redding, bassist & drummer in The Jimi Hendrix Experience in a club & received a …
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Our first episode about Jimi Hendrix & we are joined by Jimi’s former roadie Eric Barrett.
Eric ran into Mitch Mitchell & Noel Redding, bassist & drummer in The Jimi Hendrix Experience in a club & received a phone call shortly after asking him to fly to Milan to work his first gig with Jimi.
Eric had met them on a previous tour working for a band named The Koobas who had opened for The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
It proves a baptism of fire as Eric is expected to learn how to work with Jimi during a gig almost instantly.
Eric attended the famous Saville Theatre show where Hendrix opened with Sgt. Pepper with several Beatles in the audience.
The band live in a house together with Eric in Benedict Canyon in Los Angeles, where they race sports cars, survive drug busts & more.
Electric Lady Studios opens in New York & Jimi’s focus turns to recording, but not before his most iconic gig takes place at Woodstock in August of 1969. Eric tells us about this legendary gig & his role in it along with Jimi’s performance at the Isle of Wight festival the following year.
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127 - Raised On Radio - Power Ballads, Cocaine & Payola: The AOR Glory Years 1976-1986 with Paul Rees
This week we take a deep dive into the AOR scene of the 1980s, re-appraising some often overlooked bands & music. We start with the story of Boston, where an MIT graduate named Tom Scholz spends 7 years …
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This week we take a deep dive into the AOR scene of the 1980s, re-appraising some often overlooked bands & music.
We start with the story of Boston, where an MIT graduate named Tom Scholz spends 7 years practicing & making demos before coming up with ‘More Than a Feeling’ & achieving huge success.
Meanwhile Ann & Nancy Wilson form the female fronted band Heart - scoring several number 1 singles.
Journey are put together in a different way, assembled by manager Herbie Herbert. Initially there is resistance from the existing band embers when Herbert brings in lead singer Steve Perry, finding him working on a turkey far in California. But that stance softens once commercial success appears.
Meanwhile in the midwest of the US bands such as REO Speedwagon & Styx are forging their own path based largely on work ethic - playing a lot of gigs & building a local following.
Toto come together via the Los Angeles session musician scene & have previously played on Michael Jackson’s Thriller amongst hundreds of sessions.
The producers are significant part of AOR, specifically Mutt Lange who brings Def Leppard to prominence & is instrumental in Foreigner’s huge fourth album.
Bands like Van Halen & Bon Jovi are on the periphery but manage to sustain their success beyond some of the others as the scene fades once drugs, changing fashions, song doctors & a well worn formula bring one end to the glory days of AOR.
In 2007 David Chase chooses ‘Don’t Stop Believin’ to close the final episode of The Sopranos, opening the song & the genre open t a whole new audience. As of today the track has 2.9 billion streams on Spotify.
Toto also find a new audience via the track Africa appearing in Stranger Things.
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126 - Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska with Warren Zanes
Join us for a deep dive into Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska with writer Warren Zanes, author of Deliver Me From Nowhere which was recently made into a Hollywood movie. In late 1981 Bruce Springsteen is coming off …
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Join us for a deep dive into Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska with writer Warren Zanes, author of Deliver Me From Nowhere which was recently made into a Hollywood movie.
In late 1981 Bruce Springsteen is coming off his biggest success to date with The River album & tour plus his first hit single, Hungry Heart.
But rather than offer more of the same Springsteen offers a curveball - a quiet, almost ghostly sounding record with no hit singles, no tour & not even any interviews to support it.
Springsteen had recently relocated to a house in Colts Neck, New Jersey, where he recorded the bulk of the album on the evening of January 3rd 1982 on a TEAC 144 home recorder.
Influenced by the films of Terence Malick, specifically Badlands, the writing of Flannery O’Connor & the first couple of Suicide albums, Springsteen recorded what were intended as home demos in a bedroom.
Later attempts to re-record the material with the E Street Band proved largely fruitless & they eventually went back to the original water damaged cassette recording, which was released as the finished album.
The album proved hugely influential to the likes of Steve Earle & Matt Berninger (The National) & even Johnny Cash recorded two of its tracks.
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Stevie Nicks & Fleetwood Mac with Rachel Brodsky
We are joined by author Rachel Brodsky to talk about the life & career of Stevie Nicks. Rachel’s new book Lessons & Lace is out now. Stevie Nicks was born in Phoenix & moved around a lot as a child, finally …
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We are joined by author Rachel Brodsky to talk about the life & career of Stevie Nicks. Rachel’s new book Lessons & Lace is out now.
Stevie Nicks was born in Phoenix & moved around a lot as a child, finally settling in Los Angeles.
Her grandfather AJ Nicks was a country singer who would take her to saloons her played in as a child.
She grew up listening to the likes of the Everly Brothers & Buddy Holly before receiving her first guitar at age 16 & begins to take music more seriously.
After meeting Lindsay Buckingham at Menlo-Atherton High School she ends up joining local band Fritz. They achieve a degree of success in the LA area opening for Jimi Hendrix & Janis Joplin.
Before long Stevie Nicks & Lindsay Buckingham break off on their own & perform as a duo, releasing one album on Polydor.
The album is not a success & they both join Fleetwood Mac shortly after, Mick Fleetwood being the driving force in getting them to join.
The strong relationship between Stevie Nicks & Christine McVie becomes the backbone of Fleetwood Mac for decades to come.
The first album featuring Buckingham & Nicks is self-titled & becomes a success spawning the hit single Rhiannon.
However it is the second album they are a part of Rumours which propels them into the stratosphere & makes Stevie a huge star.
Follow up Tusk does not achieve the same level of commercial success but becomes a cult classic over time, meanwhile Stevie embarks on a successful solo career including a hit with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.
Tango In The Night is another success with Fleetwood Mac & there are various reunions, tours, fallouts & dramas over the years.
Stevie Nicks continues to be hugely influential today & has appeared with Harry Styles & been name checked by Taylor Swift & Olivia Rodrigo.
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Simon Reynolds on Shoegaze, My Bloody Valentine, Cocteau Twins, Sonic Youth, Pavement & more
Simon Reynolds joins us to talk about his new book Still in a Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984–1994. Against a backdrop of Margaret Thatcher’s third term in Downing Street & Stock …
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Simon Reynolds joins us to talk about his new book Still in a Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984–1994.
Against a backdrop of Margaret Thatcher’s third term in Downing Street & Stock, Aitken & Waterman’s domination of the pop charts a new scene begins to emerge.
Starting with the Cocteau Twins & developing to include My Bloody Valentine & more, a noisy & dream like sound which comes to be known as Shoegaze.
At the same a more melodic sound appears represented by the likes of the Smiths, Felt, The Pastels & the C86 scene.
Over in America Sonic Youth achieve notable success & are joined by Dinosaur Jr & Pavement amongst others.
Grunge arrives in the early 90s while Britpop & Oasis appear in the UK< drawing this period to a close.
In recent years the shoegaze sound has reappeared by a sleuth of young bands while many of its originators including Slowdive, Lush & My Bloody Valentine have toured in larger venues than they played originally.
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123 - Dolly Mixture, The Jam, Captain Sensible with Debsey Wykes
Join us for a live recording with Debsey Wykes about her book Teenage Daydream: We Are The Girls Who Play In A Band. Debsey’s early musical experiences were centred around Cambridge & her early interests …
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Join us for a live recording with Debsey Wykes about her book Teenage Daydream: We Are The Girls Who Play In A Band.
Debsey’s early musical experiences were centred around Cambridge & her early interests included The Bay City Rollers, Queen & David Bowie.
Punk arrived soon after & her tastes developed into The Damned, The Jam & The Stranglers.
Her & a couple of friends have the idea to form an all girl band which becomes Dolly Mixture.
They draw the attention of John Peel, get a mention in NME after only two months of rehearsals & incredibly play the largest venue in Cambridge, The Corn Exchange on only their fourth gig.
After a couple of gigs with U2 & a tour with The Undertones, their debut single Baby Its You is released, a cover of the Bacharach & David track.
However they don’t end up signing to Chrysalis Records & their second single is released on Paul Weller’s Respond Records.
The Weller family are hugely supportive & the band want Ann Weller to manage them.
They later appear on Happy Talk by Captain Sensible which leads to an appearance on Top of the Pops.
The only Dolly Mixture album The Demonstration Tapes is released towards the end of the bands lifespan.
The band member stayed in touch & their legacy has been kept alive by a documentary by Paul Kelly & various reissues with Bob Stanley.
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Elvis Presley & Colonel Tom Parker with Peter Guralnick
We welcome legendary music writer Peter Guralnick as we take a deep dive into the fascinating relationship between Elvis Presley & his manager Colonel Tom Parker. Peter first gained access to Parker’s archives …
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We welcome legendary music writer Peter Guralnick as we take a deep dive into the fascinating relationship between Elvis Presley & his manager Colonel Tom Parker.
Peter first gained access to Parker’s archives in the mid 1990s & what he found may change your view of Tom Parker & his relationship with Elvis.
Parker was born in Breda, Holland in 1909 & came to the US in 1926, renaming himself Tom Parker, he creates an origin story about his life in the US & never returns to Europe.
In his early years in the United States he travels as a hobo, works on travelling carnivals before beginning to manage musical artists. Scoring huge success with country stars Eddy Arnold & Hank Snow.
In early 1955 Parker first hears about a singer from Tupelo, Mississippi named Elvis Presley after he draws 800 people to a nearby show. Bowled over by what he finds & the hysterical crowd reactions, Parker begins to promote Presley immediately.
Parker gets Elvis off Sun Records for a more lucrative deal with RCA, after RCA meet Sun founder Sam Phillips $35,000 number to agree to the deal. His first new recording for RCA is Heartbreak Hotel.
We also debunk numerous parts of the relationship between The Colonel & The King including Parker’s part in Presley’s acting career, the lack of foreign touring, the famous 50/50 revenue split & the sale of his master recordings to RCA.
Parker never worked with another artist following Presley’s death, turned down a million dollar deal to write a memoir, didn’t give interviews & rarely spoke in public.
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The Birth of British Rock & Roll with Brian Bennett (The Shadows) & Clem Cattini (The Tornados)
An episode we have wanted to bring you since before we recorded our first episode - the birth of British rock & roll with 2 legendary drummers, Brian Bennett from The Shadows & Clem Cattini of The Tornados. It …
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An episode we have wanted to bring you since before we recorded our first episode - the birth of British rock & roll with 2 legendary drummers, Brian Bennett from The Shadows & Clem Cattini of The Tornados.
It starts at the 2i’s Coffee Bar at 59 Old Compton Street, Soho in London.
Opened by 2 Iranian brothers (hence the name) the coffee bar is taken over by 2 professional wrestlers - Dr Death Paul Lincoln & Rebel Ray Hunter in April of 1956.
Rock & roll bands begin to lay in the dark, sweaty basement, coming together from skiffle bands & word of mouth.
For a time it was the only venue to hear original rock & roll in London & Tommy Steele is discovered there shortly after.
As word gets around people begin to travel to play at the club including Bruce Welch & Hank Marvin who travel all the way from Newcastle for the chance to play.
Brian & Clem go onto play with other bands including Marty Wilde, Joe Meek, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran & Billy Fury.
Brian Bennett joins The Shadows & co-writes Summer Holiday while Clem Cattini is part of the first band to score a US number 1 single with Telstar, The Tornados.
Adam Faith, Ritchie Blackmore, Tony Sheridan, Kris Kristofferson & Georgie Fame, Marc Bolan amongst many more attended or played at the 2i’s during its lifespan, closing in the late 60s.
We also hear stories about Ginger Baker, Lulu, Keith Moon, The Beatles & Clem nearly playing with the Fab Four on their Australian tour instead of Jimmie Nicol.
Clem also nearly joined Led Zeppelin & Wings but didn’t fancy either, for differing reasons.
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The History of the Velvet Underground with Richie Unterberger
We turn our attention to one of the most influential bands of all time, The Velvet Underground for the first time with biographer Richie Unterberger. Lou Reed grew up in suburban Freeport, Long Island listening …
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We turn our attention to one of the most influential bands of all time, The Velvet Underground for the first time with biographer Richie Unterberger.
Lou Reed grew up in suburban Freeport, Long Island listening to the first wave of rock & roll.
Later at Syracuse University Reed began to write future Velvet Underground tracks including Heroin & I’m Waiting For The Man, while there he also met future Velvets guitarist Sterling Morrison.
Meanwhile in Garnant, Wales a young John Cale was a musical child prodigy, later moving to Goldsmiths College in London & on to New York on a music scholarship.
After graduating Lou Reeds ends up at budget record label Pickwick Records writing songs on demand for immediate release.
Through Pickwick, Lou Reed & John Cale meet & Lou begins to visit John in his Ludlow Street apartment in Manhattan.
Also in New York, Lou coincidentally bumps into Sterling Morrison & he joins them in what becomes The Velvet Underground, all living together in Ludlow Street.
The band take their name from a pulp novel by Michael Leigh & drummer Moe Tucker replaces Angus MacLise to complete the classic lineup.
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119 - Yoko Ono & the Avante-Garde Diaspora with Paul Morley
Join us & Paul Morley to hear all about Yoko Ono & the Avant-Garde Diaspora. We hear about her early years in Tokyo, born into an almost aristocratic background via her banker father, before her eventual …
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Join us & Paul Morley to hear all about Yoko Ono & the Avant-Garde Diaspora.
We hear about her early years in Tokyo, born into an almost aristocratic background via her banker father, before her eventual relocation to New York to enter the art world.
Once in New York Yoko goes on to create numerous significant works of art including Cut Piece & Grapefruit before meeting John Lennon in late 1966.
Paul also gives us an overview of the avant-garde world prior to Yoko Ono, including The Incoherents, Marcel Duchamp, Fluxus & John Cage.
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Glasgow Barrowlands with Alison Irvine
Join us for a deep dive into an iconic gig venue, the legendary Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom. The building was first opened by Maggie McIver on Christmas Eve 1934 & hosts dances for the East End of Glasgow for …
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Join us for a deep dive into an iconic gig venue, the legendary Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom.
The building was first opened by Maggie McIver on Christmas Eve 1934 & hosts dances for the East End of Glasgow for decades, however once the big band era passes the venue begins to decline & loses popularity following the infamous Bible John murders in the late 1960s.
After a brief period as a Roller Disco the venue is revived following Simple Minds filming their Waterfront video in 1983.
In 1985 the famous neon sign goes up on the exterior of the building & the venue is still family ran to this day.
We hear about what makes the venue so famous from its legendary acoustics, to the ceiling stars & original features & also the famous Barrowlands atmosphere.
Some of the famous performances at the Barrowlands include The Pogues debuting Fairytale of New York with Joe Strummer on guitar, Noel Gallagher finishing an Oasis gig solo after Liam Gallagher walks off stage, debuting Whatever on acoustic guitar.
Unknown local acts Lewis Capaldi & Rianne Downeyt play early gigs at the venue while Scottish band The Saw Doctors hold the record for the most appearances at the Barrowlands.
Others to play the venue include Bob Dylan, David Bowie & dozens more.
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117 - Ringo Starr & The Beatles with Tom Doyle
So today we take a deep dive into the early life of Ringo Starr, how he joined the Beatles & their subsequent unprecedented success. After overcoming various serious Illnesses as a child, a young Ringo first …
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So today we take a deep dive into the early life of Ringo Starr, how he joined the Beatles & their subsequent unprecedented success.
After overcoming various serious Illnesses as a child, a young Ringo first develops an interest in drumming while in hospital recovering.
His first arrives courtesy of stepfather Harry Graves & before long Ringo is drumming in skiffle bands around Liverpool before moving on to join Rory Storm & the Hurricanes where he comes known as Ringo for the first time.
Having met the other Beatles briefly back in Liverpool, Ringo finds himself in Hamburg at the same time as them. After sitting in with the band for the increasingly unreliable Pete Best, Ringo is asked to join the band in 1962.
His first gig with the band takes place at Hulme Hall in Port Sunlight in August of that year. Back at The Cavern some fans take a dislike to Pete’a replacement & some dissent & altercations follow.
The Beatles debut album comes out in February of 1963 & features Ringo’s debut vocal performance with the band, Boys.
I Wanna Be Your Man follows on With The Beatles but by now the Starkey family home in The Dingle is besieged with Beatle fans, eventually forcing the family to relocate.
The Beatles arrive in the US in February of 1964 & Ringo plays a starring role in their debut press conference in New York.
Ringo goes on to become the most popular Beatle stateside inspiring a number of novelty releases about him.
One of Ringo’s catchphrases becomes the title of the Beatles debut feature film A Hard Days Night later in 1964 & he receives positive reviews for his acting in the film.
Other notable Ringo tracks include Act Naturally & What Goes On but it’s 1966’s Yellow Submarine which gives Ringo his first number one.
Another memorable Ringo vocal is released the following year on Sgt. Pepper with A Little Help From My Friends.
Some of Ringo’s most memorable drum parts appear on Rain, Ticket To Ride & A Day In The Life.
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116 - The Coral with James Skelly, Nick Power & James Slater (Hoylake)
Join us for a very special live episode to mark the release of Dreaming Of You - The Making of the Coral - the new documentary available now to rent or buy. Our starting point is the faded seaside town of …
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Join us for a very special live episode to mark the release of Dreaming Of You - The Making of the Coral - the new documentary available now to rent or buy.
Our starting point is the faded seaside town of Hoylake, on the Wirral Peninsula near Liverpool, where The Coral meet & come together to form the band.
Before music James & Ian Skelly live in a fantasy world of Ghostbusters, Transformers, Thundercats & Turtles - aided partly by their Dad’s market stall selling toys in Liverpool.
Its drummer Ian Skelly & bassist Paul Duffy who start the band with singer James Skelly eventually joins them & guitarists Bill Ryder-Jones & Lee Southall follow.
Nick Power completes the lineup & James stumbles on the name The Coral & it sticks.
Early influences include Captain Beefheart, Pink Floyd, The La’s, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes, The Beach Boys, Dr. Dre, Peter Green & Oasis. In time this morphs into a love for The Beta Band, Super Furry Animals & Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci.
A scene develops in Liverpool around The Zanzibar & The Bandwagon involving Tramp Attack, The Skylarks, The Bandits & The Zutons.
The Coral begin to play regularly at The Cavern, entertaining Beatles tourists in a regular Sunday afternoon slot.
The band are introduced to Deltasonic founder Alan Wills & not long after release debut single Shadows Fall.
Shortly after the band sign to Sony after a gig at Night & Day in Manchester.
Ian Broudie comes in as producer for what becomes the debut album which reaches 5 in the charts when released in July 2002.
Hit single Dreaming Of You almost doesn’t appear on the album when the band are reluctant to include it, but ultimately have a change of heart.
2nd single Goodbye gets the band on Top Of The Pops & also gives the band the chance to build a full size Wicker Man for the accompanying video.
A large headline gig takes place in a big top in New Brighton dubbed A Midsummer Nights Scream with The Libertines, The Bees, The Zutons, The Thrills & The Basements & makes the end of the first chapter of The Coral.
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115 - John Altman on Monty Python, Prince, Muddy Waters, Amy Winehouse & more
AltmanJohn’s Uncles Sid Phillips & Wolf Phillips were big band conductors at the London Palladium so John grew up around the likes of Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong & Jack Benny.At a young age he …
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Altman
John’s Uncles Sid Phillips & Wolf Phillips were big band conductors at the London Palladium so John grew up around the likes of Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong & Jack Benny.
At a young age he played with the likes of Fleetwood Mac’s Peter Green, John Martyn, Nick Drake, Bridget St. John & Kevin Ayers.
He joined Hot Chocolate & also found time to jam with Jimi Hendrix, have a laugh with Freddie Mercury & have Muddy Waters attend his 21st birthday party.
John also had a hand in the music of Monty Python playing a key role in the Life Of Brian spinoff hit Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life.
Beatles spoof The Rutles featured John’s work & we hear how he recreated the famous Beatles sound on record.
Moving into the world of cinema & John had a hand in the music of Pierce Brosnan’s first turn as James Bond in 1995’s Goldeneye & also in 1997’s Titanic which became the biggest movie of all time up to that point. We hear about a frantic phone call from James Cameron during the making of Titanic.
John has also played on an estimated 4000 TV adverts ranging from Sheila’s Wheels to You Can Do It If You B&Q It, working with the likes of John Frankenheimer, Ridley & Tony Scott, Alan Parker, Elliot Erwitt, David Bailey & Terance Donovan. He also worked with Salman Rushdie as a lyricist, but never knew he was also a writer.
Fans of Raymond Briggs’s The Snowman can hear about John’s work on Walking In The Air with Aled Jones.
In the late 90s, a club in London known as 10 Room was founded, at first it started slowly but picked up once Lionel Richie & Chakak Khan turned up & played. In the coming years it hosted the likes of Nas, Will Smith, Chris Tucker, Kanye West, John Legend, Backstreet Boys, Ja Rule, Wycliffe Jean, Joss Stone & Amy Winehouse.
We hear about proposed albums with Amy Winehouse & Dusty Springfield which do not come to fruition.
And if that isn’t enough John throws in stories about Prince, Bjork & working on George Michael’s Faith for good measure.
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Inside The Gang Of Four with Jon King (Leeds)
Jon King joins us to talk about the early years & formation of the Gang of Four - formed at Leeds University while Jon studied art. Jon was born in South London but moved to a village near Sevenoaks in Kent & …
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Jon King joins us to talk about the early years & formation of the Gang of Four - formed at Leeds University while Jon studied art.
Jon was born in South London but moved to a village near Sevenoaks in Kent & while the King household rarely featured music, Jon grew up listening to Motown & Trojan Records before discovering Bob Dylan & the Velvet Underground.
Another notable formative experience was bumping into John Lennon on Sevenoaks high street, the Beatles were in the area to film the video for Strawberry Fields Forever. Lennon also purchased the circus poster which inspired Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite on the same visit.
Once up in Leeds, Jon blagged a trip to New York under the guise of needing to see Jasper John’s paintings in the flesh. While there he attends CBGBs & sees Richard Hell & the Voidoids, the Dead Boys & the other seminal New York bands.
Gang Of Four’s first gig takes place in the basement of the Corn Exchange in Leeds & not long after Buzzcocks manager Richard Boon invited them to open for them on tour.
The bands debut single Damaged Goods comes out on Fast Product Records but the band soon sign with EMI.
The band’s debut album Entertainment! is released to universal acclaim & leads to a deal with Warner Brothers in the US & similar praise from the likes of Greil Marcus & Jerry Wexler.
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Paul McCartney in the 70s & the end of The Beatles with Tom Doyle
Take a deep dive with us into the end of the Beatles, Paul McCartney in the 70s, Wings Over America, Mary Had a Little Lamb, feuding with John Lennon & more with writer Tom Doyle whose McCartney biography Man …
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Take a deep dive with us into the end of the Beatles, Paul McCartney in the 70s, Wings Over America, Mary Had a Little Lamb, feuding with John Lennon & more with writer Tom Doyle whose McCartney biography Man On The Run is out now.
The Beatles come to an end & Paul takes refuge at High Park Farm in Scotland, taking a little time to consider his next move.
Amid the Paul Is Dead rumours, Paul releases his debut lo-fi solo album McCartney followed not long after by Ram - credited to he & Linda.
It is Linda who plays a key role in getting him back into music & she ends top in his next band, Wings.
There are some nasty public exchanges with John Lennon culminating in the acerbic How Do You Sleep on Lennon’s Imagine album.
Wings first tour is a series of unannounced gigs at universities around the UK & Wildlife becomes their debut album.
Red Rose Speedway follows not long after but its James Bond theme Live & Let Die which becomes their first huge success.
Not long after Wings decamp to Lagos, Nigeria to record what becomes Band On The Run, but not before losing 2 members, completing the album as a three piece (Paul, Linda & Denny Laine).
Paul begins to reconnect with John Lennon & the other Beatles by the middle of the decade & also begins to play Beatles songs for the first time on the hugely successful Wings Over America tour - feeling he has enough new hits to blend in with the older material.
Following a drugs bust in Japan, Wings Peters out without a formal announcement, leaving a charity gig at Hammersmith Odeon in late 1979 as their last gig.
John & Paul are on better terms by the end of the decade with their final conversation coming in October 1980 on the occasion of John’s 40th birthday. Would the Beatles have re-formed had John lived into the 1980s?
It takes anything from 5 to 40 hours to prepare each episode of Music Maps - if you’d like to make a contribution to help us cover the costs & time of producing these episodes for you, you can do so at this link: ko-fi.com/musicmaps
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Melissa Auf der Maur on Hole, Smashing Pumpkins & more (Montreal)
This week we welcome Melissa Auf der Maur to hear about her new book Even The Good Girls Cry - out now on Atlantic Books. Our starting point is Montreal as Melissa recounts growing up listening to The Cure & …
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This week we welcome Melissa Auf der Maur to hear about her new book Even The Good Girls Cry - out now on Atlantic Books.
Our starting point is Montreal as Melissa recounts growing up listening to The Cure & The Smiths, studying photography & seeing Hole & Smashing Pumpkins in one week in 1991 - both bands she would later join.
On her first meeting with Hole, Melissa in forced to un-invite the band to stay at her apartment after the roommate objects after seeing Courtney Love in Straight To Hell alongside Joe Strummer.
After picking up the bass at age 21, her first band Tinker open for the Smashing Pumpkins in Montreal after Melissa writes a letter to Billy Corgan.
Shortly after the opportunity arises to join Hole - at first Melissa is hesitant but is soon won over after being flown to L.A. to meet the band.
She took photos the whole time - ending up with an archive of over 15,000 pictures - some of which will feature in a new photo book in the Autumn.
Hole are offered the chance to appear on The Simpsons - however their management inexplicably turn it down & the Smashing Pumpkins, Cypress Hill & Sonic Youth appear in their place.
The band are under pressure to deliver on 1998’s Celebrity Skin album as they juggle their schedule around Courtney Love’s burgeoning acting career.
Melissa leaves Hole shortly after a notable appearance at Glastonbury in 1999 & joins the Smashing Pumpkins - her favourite band.
She plays over a hundred shows in just under a year - with gigs often running as long as 3 hours, with over a hundred songs to learn.
Melissa reconnected with Courtney Love, Patty Schemel & Billy Corgan subsequently & today owns & operates Basilica Hudson an arts centre in Hudson, New York.
It takes anything from 5 to 40 hours to prepare each episode of Music Maps - if you’d like to make a contribution to help us cover the costs & time of producing these episodes for you, you can do so at this link: ko-fi.com/musicmaps
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