Tag: top of the pops
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Blue Monday 20 minute Soulwax mix
Broadcast a few days ago, here is Soulwax aka 2Many DJ’s take (again, they did quite a few mashups back in the day including remaking Erol Alkan’s infamous one for Kylie at the Brits) of New Order’s Blue Monday, including the history of the track. I guess they released it on Blue Monday itself? It…
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Mankind – Doctor Who
So you’re shooting a video for a Doctor Who themed disco track in 1979 for Welsh TV (seemingly). What do you do? Well you take four dancers in spandex and get them to dance at a cold and grey Cardiff Airport, with shots of aircraft taking off and air traffic control of course! I knew…
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RIP Janice Long
RIP DJ and presenter Janice Long – first woman daytime Radio 1 DJ, first regular presenter of Top of the Pops, presenter at Live Aid, and by all accounts a lovely woman. And friend of John Peel – as can be seen on these segments on the excellent Top of the Pops: Story of series…
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RC 349: England’s Screaming
It’s coming home, coming home, Delta’s coming home…. As England are in the Euro final (something that was days away from when I recorded this last Saturday), I break my rule about always releasing a podcast at 9am on a weekday and release it on a Saturday as I think this needs to be out…
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Assimilation Theory – Muse mashup album
Billed as the ‘ultimate Muse mashup album’ Assimilation Theory has just been released – mostly around Muse’s last synthwave album Simulation Theory, but a bonus disc also includes a variety of Muse tracks across the ages that were previously released – many though I’d not heard before. Organised by Radio Clash regular Dunproofin, it’s a…
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WTIL 1969
Really nicely done. Groovy! (via The KLF Facebook page) EDIT: The original track is of course Gershon Kingsley’s Popcorn. Bit of Tony Blackburn at the end, confirming it is indeed Top of the Pops.