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Chris Hawkins

Chris Hawkins starts your day with a mix of the best new music, forgotten classics and session tracks from the BBC archive seven days a week.

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    Going solo...

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    A 'going solo' 5 Fiftheme Request: ex-band members with successful solo careers.

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    1. Train to Skaville please!

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      It's all about ska, reggae and 2 tone in the 5 Fiftheme Request.

    2. Feeling Guilty?!

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      The Hawk asks for your guilty pleasure tunes in the 5 Fiftheme.

    3. The Fixer.

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      You let Chris know about things you own that are currently broken.

    4. 05/02/2012

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      A great mix of music for the weekend.

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Town & Country Club

Join Hawk on a magical mystery tour and help him navigate around the world in song. The journey began in London with 'Get Outta London' by Aztec Camera and you'll see below where we've headed since.

So, where do you want to go to next? However tenuous or exact your reason we don’t care, all you need to bear in mind is that the following track you choose must mention the town, city or country you want to travel to!

Email Hawk your Town & Country Club suggestions

Town & Country Club List

Base: Get Outta London – Aztec Camera

1: Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple (Lake Geneva, Montreux)
2: West End Girls – Pet Shop Boys (Finland station, St.Petersburg, Russia)
3: Ra Ra Rasputin – Boney M (Moscow, Russia)
4: Ain't Going To Goa - The Alabama 3 (Goa, India)
5: Don’t Sing – Prefab Sprout (Mexico)
6: I’m A Cuckoo – Belle & Sebastian (Tokyo – Japan)
7: The Animals - House Of The Rising Sun (New Orleans)
8: All The Way From Memphis – Mott The Hoople (Memphis, USA)
9. Jesus Is A Rochdale Girl – Elbow (Lancashire, England)
10. A Day In The Life – The Beatles (Blackburn, Lancashire, England)
11. Bury Pts. 2 & 4 - The Fall (Greater Manchester)
12. Marrakesh Express – Crosby Stills & Nash (Marrakesh, Morocco)
13. Rock Of Gibraltar – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (Malta)
14. Margate – Chas And Dave (Margate, Kent, England)
15. This Is A Low – Blur (Blackpool, England)
16. Australia – Manic Street Preachers (Aus)
17. Town To Town - Microdisney (Dresden, Germany)
18. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – The Band (Richmond, Virginia, USA)
19. Mozambique – Bob Dylan
20. Senegal Fast Food - Amadou and Maria (Dakar, Senegal)
21. I Don’t Want To Go To Chelsea – Elvis Costello (Chelsea, London, UK)
22. Bottle Neck At Capel Curig - Half Man Half Biscuit (Capel Curig, Wales)
23. The Riddle - Nik Kershaw (Arran, Scotland).
24. Sweden - The Stranglers (Sweden)
25. Holiday In Cambodia – The Dead Kennedys
26. Last train To Clarkesville - The Monkees
27. Borneo - The Fiery Furnaces
28. Tent - The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (Tent City in Seattle)
29. Saturn 5 - Inspiral Carpets (Saturn)
30. Just Like Fred Astaire - James (Hollywood)
31. New York City - T-Rex (New York City)
32. Daybreak - Stone Roses (Addis Ababa)
33. Toots And The Maytals - Funky Kingston (Kingston, Jamaica)
34. The Clash - The Guns Of Brixton (London)
35. Driving In My Car – Madness (Brazil)
36. Holland, 1945 - Neutral Milk Hotel (Spain)
37: Postcards from Italy – Beirut (Italy)
38: Sympathy for The Devil – The Rolling Stones (Bombay, India)
39: Sunrise - The Divine Comedy (Londonderry, Northern Ireland)
40: A13, trunk Road To The Sea - Billy Bragg (Shoeburyness, Essex)
41: Everything Counts - Depeche Mode (Korea)
42: Ring Of Fire - Johnny Cash (Pacific)
43: Fleet Foxes - Blue Ridge Mountains (Georgia, USA)
44: Black Water - Doobie brothers (Mississippi)
45: Towers Of London – XTC (London, England)
46: Nightboat to Cairo – Madness (Cairo, Egypt)
47: Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick – Ian Dury & the Blockheads (Yucatan, Mexico)
48: ‘California’ – Wedding Present (California, USA)
49: 'Just Like Christmas' - Low (Stockholm, Sweden)
50: Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner – Warren Zevon (Johannesburg)
51: Oliver’s Army – Elvis Costello (The Tyne)
52: Devil Went To Scunthorpe – ‘Toy Dolls’ (Scunthorpe)
53: 'Louisiana 1927 - Martin Simpson (Louisiana, USA)
54: Amylase – Cajun Dance Party (Hay on Wye)
55: How Beautiful You Are – The Cure (Paris, France)
56: Lost Weekend – Lloyd Cole & The Commotions – (Amserdam, Holland)
57: Arms Aloft - Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (Aberdeen, Scotland)
58: Up The Pool – Jethro Tull (Blackpool, England)
59: The Air That I Breathe – The Hollies (Ayr)
60: A House – Endless Art (Tennessee)
61: Africa
62: Kansas
63: Welcome To Jamrock - Damian Marley (Jamaica)
64: Virginia - The Doors (Virginia, US)
65: Israel - Siouxsie & The Banshees (Israel)
66: Wondrous Place - Billy Fury (LiverPool, England)
67: Marching Band Of Manhattan - Death Cab (Manhattan, US)
68: Albuquerque - Prefab Sprout (Albuquerque, New Mexico, US)
69: Alabama - Neil Young (Alabama, US)
70: Spain - Kristin Hersh (Spain)
71: Spanish Caravan - The Doors (Portugal)
72: The National – Bloodbuzz Ohio [Ohio]
73. Morrissey – America Is Not The World [Estonia]
74. C.S.S. – Give Up [Amsterdam]
75. Wreckless Eric – Whole Wide World [Tahiti]
76. John Cale – Strange Times in Casablanca [ Casablanca]
77. Pixies – Monkey Gone To Heaven [New Jersey]
78. The Fall - Victoria [Australia]
79. Billy Bragg – Sexuality [Belgrade]
80. Lord Kitchener – London Is the Place for Me [London]

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The Hawk chats to Pauline Black about The Selecter's upcoming UK tour.

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