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Happy Birthday Maida Vale...

Greg James | 12:00 UK time, Monday, 2 November 2009

I absolutely loved Friday's show - so many incredible live tracks from the last 75 years of the BBC's Maida Vale studios.  The Cure, The Strokes, Bloc Party, Joy Division, Roni Size, The Police and many more.  If you didn't hear it, you should, you'll love it.  Have a listen here.

A lot of people text in confused as to what Maida Vale actually is - fair enough.  It's a complex of 7 BBC studios where some of the world's biggest acts have performed.  It's home to the BBC's Symphony Orchestra and where Jonathan Ross records FIlm 2009.  Have a look here for more information

Fearne did her show live from Maida Vale and had Snow Patrol as her house band.  They recorded a few tracks especially for the day. 

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A couple of the engineers:

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Gary from Snow Patrol - another excellent piece of photography from me again here:

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