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Last broadcast on Sat, 6 Feb 2010, 08:05 on BBC Radio 2.
Synopsis
Brian Matthew presents the programme for all fans of the music of the 1960s.
The A-Z of The Beatles which works its way through their entire catalogue playing every one of their recordings - this week 'When I Get Home' from A Hard Day's Night. Also 'The EP Collection' - looking at one of Cliff's 4-track vinyl releases which featured in the dedicated EP charts. With facts, figures and trivia as well as the classic hits, rarities, instrumentals and album tracks, the selection sweeps right across the most important decade for popular music from beginning to end. Artists include Vanity Fair, Elvis, Love Affair, Lesley Duncan Aphrodite's child and Bill Oddie.
Sounds Of The Sixties began in 1983 and Brian has been at helm since 1990, bringing to the programme his distinctive voice and unmatchable experience of sixties pop shows.
Music played
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The Swinging Blue Jeans
— Good Golly Miss Molly25 Years Of Rock And Roll 1964 Volume, CONNOISSEUR -
The Darlettes — Lost
Saint Etienne Present Songs For The Dog, Ace -
Vanity Fare — Hitchin A Ride
Jukebox 70's Hits I Got The Music In Me Old Gold -
Joe Dowell — Wooden Heart
Wooden Heart, Bear Family Records -
Elvis Presley
— I Feel So BadRockin', RCA -
The One Before The Hit
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Love Affair
— She Smiled SweetlyAn Everlasting Soul - The Anthology, Castle
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Love Affair — Everlasting Love
The Ultimate 60's Collection, CASTLE -
Lesley Duncan — Movin' Away
The UK Teen Sound Rarities, Parlophone -
Gene Vincent
— Love Is A BirdBorn To Be A Rollin' Stone, Rev Ola -
Sérgio Mendes
— Day TripperThe Best Of Sergio Mendes, A & M -
A-Z Of The Beatles
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The Beatles
— When I Get HomeA Hard Day's Night, APPLE
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Mark Wynter — Go Away Little Girl
Lookin' For Me, SEQUEL RECORDS -
Playing Hard To Get
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The Thyrds — Hide And Seek
Single, White Label
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Sal Mineo — The Girl Across The Way
Teen Rockin' Fever, Scooter Records -
The Dixie Cups — Chapel Of Love
Full Metal Jacket Original Motion Soundt Warner -
Aphrodite's Child — It's Five O'Clock
Single, Mercury -
Sandy Nelson — Let There Be Drums
Instrumental Greats Of The 60 S, EMI -
News
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Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston — It Takes Two
Marvin Gaye Love Songs - Greatest Hits, Motown
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The Long And The Short — Choc Ice
On Cdr, Decca -
Roy Hamilton — You Can Have Her
N/A, CHARLY -
Dame Shirley Bassey — As Long As He Needs Me
21 Hit Singles, EMI -
EP Collection
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Cliff Richard
— Lies And KissesRare EP Tracks 1961-1991, EMI
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Donovan
— Sunshine SupermanGreatest Hits, EPIC -
Bill Oddie — I Can't Get Through
Songs For The Dog And Duck, Ace -
Toggery Five — I'd Much Rather Be With The Boys
N/A, PARLOPHONE -
The Hollies
— I'm AliveThe Greatest Hits Of 1965, EMI -
Three In A Row
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Joe Brown
— A Picture Of YouIn The Summertime, READER'S DIGEST
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Inez & Charlie Foxx — Mockingbird
Mockingbird, CONNOISSEUR COLLECTION -
Evie Sands — Take Me For A Little While
The Red Bird Story, CHARLY -
The Righteous Brothers
— Unchained MelodyRock N Roll Heartbeats, TELSTAR -
Joe Melson — Shook Up
Teen Rockin' Fever, Scooter Records -
Roy Orbison
— Running ScaredThe Big Roy Orbison The Original Singl Monument -
Bo Street Runners — Bo Street Runner
Ready Steady Go & Win!, SEE FOR MILES -
The Herd — I Don't Want Our Loving To Die
The Summer Of Love Goes on, Polygram -
Tony Allen — Give Me A Chance
Here Comes The Nite Owl!, Ace -
The Shadows
— Foot TapperAt Their Very Best, POLYDOR
Broadcast
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Sat 6 Feb 201008:05