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Last broadcast on Wed, 22 Feb 2012, 13:00 on BBC Radio 6 Music.
Synopsis
Mark Radcliffe talks to Sparks about their collaboration with British singer Gemma Ray. Gemma has covered two Sparks songs in her own noir style, but Ron and Russell Mael have then taken these two Ray-styled interpretations, and re-built them Sparks-style!
Music played
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The Housemartins
— Happy Hour -
The Shins
— Simple Song -
Stevie Wonder
— Sir DukeMotown -
The Kinks
— Holloway Jail -
Hooded Fang — Tosta Mista
Tosta Mista, Full Time Hobby, 1 -
Kraftwerk
— RadioactivityEMI -
LCD Soundsystem
— Drunk GirlsCD SINGLE, DFA/Parlophone, 1 -
Field Music
— A New TownMemphis Industries -
Deep Purple
— FIREBALLEMI -
SoKo
— First Love Never Die -
Clint Eastwood — I Talk To The Trees
Paint Your Wagon S/Track, MCA -
The Smashing Pumpkins
— Tonight TonightHut Music -
M.I.A.
— Bad GirlsDef Jam / Mercury -
The Monkees
— I'M Not Your Stepping StoneArista -
Cardiacs
— Is This The Lifea little man and a house and the whole world window, torso records, 3 -
Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny
— Sweet Tooth BirdMute -
Sparks
— Amateur Hour -
Gemma Ray & Sparks — How Do I Get To Carnegie Hall
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Sparks
— #1 Song In Heaven
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Ghostpoet & Fabiana Palladino — Survive It
Brownswood Recordings -
Ben Folds Five
— UndergroundPolygram Tv -
Niki and the Dove
— DJ, Ease My MindMercury -
Guillemots
— We'Re HereFantastic Plastic -
Blur
— You're So GreatBlur, Food, 7 -
PJ Harvey
— On Battleship HillIsland -
The Bees
— A Minha Menina -
The Charlatans
— Weirdo -
The Beat — Tears Of A Clown
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Salt N'Pepa & En Vogue — Whatta Man
Ffrr -
Lucy Rose
— Red FaceFauna Records
Broadcast
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Wed 22 Feb 201213:00
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