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Rock's Backpages — 227 episodes

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E227: An LGBTQ special with Barry Walters + a Grace Jones audio interview

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E226: A Liverpool special with Penny Kiley and Paul Du Noyer

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E225: Adele Bertei on New York's No Wave scene

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E224: Jimmy McDonough on Neil Young + Gary Stewart + Al Green audio

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E223: AOR Special with Paul Rees + Boston audio interview

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E222: Jeff Walker & Kim Gottlieb on Tom Waits + Gram Parsons

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E221: Phast Phreddie Patterson on the world's biggest record collection

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E220: Bob Stanley on Saint Etienne + Connie Francis + Bob Weir R.I.P.

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E219: Thurston Moore on free jazz + Sonic Youth + Derek Bailey

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E218: James Brown on Sounds + NME + Loaded + the KLF

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E217: Susan Compo & Derek Ridgers on punks, goths and new romantics

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E216: Pete Paphides on ABBA + Stevie Wonder + Broken Greek

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E215: Simon Price on Melody Maker + Manics + Radiohead audio

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E214: Lisa Verrico on Vox + Oasis + Billie Eilish + My Bloody Valentine

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E213: Michael A. Gonzales on TLC + The Source + DJ Kool Herc

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E212: Greil Marcus on Mystery Train + Sex Pistols + Jamie Reid

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This Episode Goes 2 11: A Spinal Tap special with Alexis Petridis

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E210: Alexis Petridis on Acid House + The Guardian + CMAT + KISS

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E209: David Nathan on Dionne Warwick + the Bee Gees + Michael Lydon R.I.P.

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E208: Byron Coley on Beefheart + Lydia Lunch + Terry Reid R.I.P.

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E207: Val Mabbs on Record Mirror + Jimi Hendrix + Walker Bros. + Ozzy R.I.P.

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E206: John Niven on rock fiction + Bobby "Blue" Bland + Lou Reed audio

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E205: Tony Cummings on soul music + The Sound of Philadelphia

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E204: Chris Bohn in Europe + Sly Stone & Brian Wilson R.I.P.

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E203: Jonathan Gould on Talking Heads + Otis Redding + Richard Manuel

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E202: Paul Gambaccini on the radio + Rolling Stone + Beyoncé audio

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E201: Bob Merlis on Warner Bros. + Little Feat + Neil Young audio

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E200: Celebrating 200 episodes of the Rock's Backpages podcast

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E199: Phil Sutcliffe on Sounds + Gang of Four + Eric Clapton

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E198: Havelock Nelson on Hip Hop + Missy Elliott + Atlantic Records

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E197: Siân Pattenden on Select + the Bangles + David Johansen

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E196: Daniel Wolff & Danny Alexander on Dave Marsh + Curtis Mayfield

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E195: Danny Goldberg on Led Zeppelin + Nirvana + Gil Scott-Heron

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E194: Gene Sculatti on San Francisco + the Band's Garth Hudson R.I.P.

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E193: Michael Goldberg on photography + Taj Mahal + Addicted to Noise

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E192: Pat Kane on Hue & Cry + Sinatra + Chic + '80s Brit soul

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E191: Chris Charlesworth on Melody Maker in the '70s

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E190: Simon Garfield on Cher + Beyoncé + Luther Vandross

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E189: Beverley Glick a.k.a. Betty Page on New Romantics + Quincy Jones

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E188: Chris Salewicz on the NME + Supertramp + Amy Winehouse

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E187: Simon Raymonde on Cocteau Twins + Dusty Springfield + Bella Union

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E186: Robert Hilburn on L.A. + his Randy Newman biography

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E185: Andrew Smith on A.I. + Björk + The Notorious B.I.G.

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E184: Joe Boyd on Global Music + Kate & Anna McGarrigle

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E183: Darrell M. McNeill on the Isley Brothers + Isaac Hayes

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E182: Joe "Mr. C" McEwen on soul music + alt.country + Joe Tex audio

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E181: Mark Williams on Knebworth '74 + the underground press + Joan Jett

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E180: David Toop on Dr. John + Collusion + Scott Walker audio

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E179: Luke Turner & John Doran on The Quietus + Yoko Ono + James Chance

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E178: Ann Powers on Joni Mitchell + Tori Amos + Women in Pop

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E177: Val Wilmer on free jazz + photography + Lesley Gore audio

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E176: Simon Day on the Fast Show + Brian Pern + Steely Dan audio

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E175: Steffan Chirazi on Metallica + Jack Casady audio + John Sinclair

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E174: Sean O'Hagan on Microdisney + The High Llamas + The Beach Boys

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E173: Ira Robbins on Trouser Press + Anglophilia + Nick Lowe audio

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E172: Alan Light on Vibe + Prince + Taylor Swift + Townes Van Zandt

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E171: Kimberly Mack on Living Colour + Greg Tate + The Black Rock Coalition

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E170: A Tom Hibbert special!! with Mark Ellen and Sylvia Patterson

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E169: Penelope Spheeris on filming punk and heavy metal + Wayne's World

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E168: Andy Schwartz on CBGB + New York Rocker + Mink DeVille

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E167: Barbara Ellen on the NME + Madonna + Spinal Tap

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E166: Daryl Easlea on Slade + Peter Gabriel + Shane MacGowan R.I.P.

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E165: Michel Faber on music & sound + Nick Cave + Captain Beefheart

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E164: Kate Simon on Bob Marley + Sounds + Joni Mitchell

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E163: Evelyn McDonnell on Joan Didion + The Motels + Carla Bley R.I.P.

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E162: Billy Bragg on forty roaring years + Skiffle + Woody Guthrie

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E161: Mick Gold on Let It Rock + Pub Rock + Bruce Springsteen + Jann Wenner

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E160: Richard Grabel on Hip Hop + Kool Lady Blue + Beastie Boys

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E159: Vernon Gibbs on Marvin Gaye + Talking Heads + A&R at Arista

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E158: Charles Shaar Murray on the NME + John Lee Hooker + Robbie Robertson

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E157: Jim Farber on Glam Rock + Marc Bolan + Sinéad O'Connor

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E156: Richard Boon on Buzzcocks + Manchester + Morrissey audio

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E155: Robyn Hitchcock on the Soft Boys + David Blue + Mick Farren

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E154: Richard Morton Jack on Nick Drake + Steve Marriott + Flashback magazine

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E153: Lloyd Bradley on Black London + Tina Turner + Steve Barrow audio

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E152: Cliff Jones on Gay Dad + Brian Jones + Paul Simon audio

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E151: Sylvia Patterson on Smash Hits + George Michael audio

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E150: Edwin Pouncey & Sandy Robertson on rock and the occult + Andrew Lauder

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E149: Andy Beckett on Pop & Politics + The Beat + Everything But The Girl

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E148: Rob Dickins on Warner Bros. + Leon Russell + Wayne Shorter

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E147: Ellen Sander on rock life in the sixties + Robert Palmer audio

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E146: Fred Goodman on Rock Films + D.A. Pennebaker + Burt Bacharach

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E145: Gary Kemp on Spandau Ballet + Pink Floyd + David Crosby R.I.P.

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E144: Pamela Des Barres on the GTOs + Peter Asher audio + Jeff Beck R.I.P.

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E143: Nick Hornby on Prince (& Dickens) + Boz Scaggs audio interview

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E142: Paul Gorman on the rise and fall of the music press + Time Out's Tony Elliott

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E141: RJ Smith on Chuck Berry + Ice-T + Black L.A. + Wilko Johnson

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E140: Holly Gleason on Women in Country + Guy Clark + Taylor Swift

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E139: Billy James on Bob Dylan + Columbia Records + Laurel Canyon

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E138: Kid Congo Powers on the Cramps + the Gun Club + Brian Eno audio

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E137: Luke Haines & Peter Buck on R.E.M. + The Auteurs + Pharoah Sanders

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E136: Richard Goldstein on 60s pop writing + The Shangri-Las + Shadow Morton

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E135: Chris Blackwell on Island from Millie to U2 + Bunny Wailer

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E134: Wayne Robins on Steely Dan + Donald Fagen + Denny Dias

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E133: Jason King on Queen + Sylvester + Boy George + Beyoncé

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E132: Steven Daly on Orange Juice + Suede + Sugar Hill + Lizzo

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E131: Robert Gordon on Memphis + Stax + ZZ Top + Robert Johnson

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E130: Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton on DJ history + Dom Phillips + Elvis

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E129: Deborah Frost on heavy metal + Blue Öyster Cult + Grace Jones + Foals

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E128: Robert Greenfield on the Rolling Stones + Jerry Jeff Walker

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E127: Chris Roberts on Radiohead + Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott

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E126: Robert Duncan & Jaan Uhelszki on Lester Bangs + Creem + Suicide

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E125: Vashti Bunyan on Wayward + Nick Drake + Joe Boyd audio

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E124: Devon Powers on The Village Voice + Red Hot Chili Peppers + White Stripes audio

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E123: Joe Carducci on SST Records + Henry Rollins + Paul Nelson

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E122: David Dalton on The Beach Boys + The Beatles + Charles Manson

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E121: Peter Guralnick on Blues + Southern Soul + Jerry Wexler

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E120: Kate Mossman on Joni Mitchell + Lou Reed + Morrissey & Marr

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E119: Michael Simmons on country punk + '60s counterculture + Van Dyke Parks

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E118: Pete Wingfield on Soul + Lee Dorsey + Dexys + Mel Brooks

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E117: Holly George Warren on Janis Joplin + The Monkees + Michael Nesmith

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E116: Norman Jopling on Record Mirror + Rhythm & Blues + Rolling Stones

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E115: Davitt Sigerson on disco + Bootsy Collins + Mick Rock R.I.P.

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E114: Lenny Kaye on Patti Smith + Nuggets + Led Zep IV

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E113: Michael Zilkha on ZE Records + John Cale + The Velvet Underground

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E112: Paul Morley on Manchester + Tony Wilson + New Order + Faust

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E111: Miles Marshall Lewis on Kendrick Lamar + Wynton Marsalis + Bob Marley

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E110: Jaan Uhelszki onstage with KISS + Buena Vista Social Club + Lindsey Buckingham

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E109: Simon Reynolds on Melody Maker + Saint Etienne + Heaven 17 + Lee 'Scratch' Perry

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E108: Richard Williams on Laura Nyro + Beach Boys audio interviews

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E107: David Bates on making hits + Julian Cope audio + Dusty Hill R.I.P.

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E106: Jennifer Otter Bickerdike on Nico + Jackson Browne + Britney Spears

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E105: Nelson George on the Death of R&B + Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis audio

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E104: Vivien Goldman's Punky Reggae Party + 'Launderette' + Joe Strummer audio

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E103: David Kamp on Rock Snobbery + 1971 + Sly Stone + Doors audio

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E102: Carol Cooper on New York Sounds + Stax Records + Eddy Grant audio

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E101: Marshall Crenshaw on Buddy Holly + Tom Wilson + Lloyd Price

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E100: Celebrating 100 episodes + The Black Keys + Donald Fagen audio

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E99: David Quantick on Pop Eating Itself + Teenage Fanclub + Marianne Faithfull

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E98: Chris Welch on Melody Maker + Fairport Convention + DMX R.I.P.

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E97: Joel Selvin on Early '60s L.A. + Jack Nitzsche + Malcolm Cecil R.I.P.

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E96: Adele Bertei on Labelle + Peter Laughner + August Darnell

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E95: Tony Russell on old-time country music + Phil Everly audio + Bunny Wailer R.I.P.

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E94: Caroline Boucher on Zappa + Beefheart + Alice Cooper + Yes

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E93: Nick Kent on the NME + Iggy Pop audio + SOPHIE R.I.P.

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E92: Nick Coleman on Voices + Phil Spector + Miles Copeland

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E91: John Simon on Janis Joplin + The Band + Van Morrison + Lillian Roxon

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E90: John Harris on Britpop + McCartney audio + Charley Pride

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E89: Kandia Crazy Horse on Southern Rock + Little Richard

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E88: Mark Cooper on Neil Young + Jools Holland + Steve Van Zandt

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E87: Jez Butterworth on the Band + Dolly Parton + Perry Farrell

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E86: Loraine Alterman on Detroit + Stevie Wonder + Elvis Costello

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E85: Midge Ure on New Romantics + Van Halen + Mariah Carey audio

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E84: Jude Rogers on Adele + Prince + Sonic Youth audio

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E83: Stewart Lee on Robert Lloyd + Robert Wyatt + Ronald "Khalis" Bell

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E82: Vicki Wickham on Ready Steady Go + Dusty Springfield + Labelle + Morrissey

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E81: Alan McGee on Creation Records + Primal Scream + Oasis vs. Blur

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E80: Mary Harron on New York Punk + Tom Verlaine audio + Peter Green R.I.P.

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E79: Loyd Grossman, Rock Critic + Brian May audio + (Dixie) Chicks

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E78: Sheryl Garratt on rave culture + Terry Farley audio + the Streets

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E77: Geoff Travis on Rough Trade + Scritti Politti's Green Gartside

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E76: Gil Scott-Heron + Nina Simone + Public Enemy

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E75: Jonh Ingham's Grand Punk Railroad + John Peel audio + Lady Gaga

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E74: Chris Blackwell's Island Records + Sparks + Remembering Phil May

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E73: James Fox on Keith Richards + Little Richard + Betty Wright + Pete Seeger

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E72: Simon Witter on Kraftwerk + Rick Nelson audio + Lisa Verrico

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E71: Jill Furmanovsky on Photography + Errol Brown audio interview

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E70: The Who Live at Leeds + KRLA Beat + Ron Sexsmith audio

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E69: Martin Colyer on Greil Marcus + Lucinda Williams + Rufus Wainwright

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E68: Paul Gorman on Malcolm McLaren + R.I.P. Bill Withers & Hal Wilner

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E67: Warren Zevon + Miles Davis' Bitches Brew + Dusty Springfield

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E66: Remembering Charlie Gillett + Johnnie Allan audio

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E65: Michael Watts on Melody Maker + Swamp Dogg + Cramps audio

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E64: The Meters + Joanna Newsom + Buzzy Linhart audio interview

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E63: Neil Tennant on Smash Hits + Pet Shop Boys + Andy Weatherall

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E62: Bryan Ferry + Prog Rock + John Prine audio interview

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E61: Colleen "Cosmo" Murphy on David Mancuso and Lydia Lunch

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E60: Dorian Lynskey on Daft Punk, Can Audio Interview ... and Brexit

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E59: Laura Barton on Road Trips + Sam Cooke + Isobel Campbell

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E58: James Blood Ulmer + Joan Baez audio + Chris Bourke

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E57: Aretha's Amazing Grace + Mark Ronson audio + Tom Cox

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E56: Kris Needs on The Clash + Zigzag magazine + Politics & Pop

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E55: David Toop on art and sound + Arthur Russell + Joe Smith R.I.P.

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E54: Barbara Charone on The Who + Keef Richards + Chelsea FC

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E53: John Fogerty audio + Peter Guralnick + Céline Dion

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E52: Gene Clark + Mick Hucknall + Mick Brown on Spector & Soul

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E51: Bonnie Raitt + The Pop Group + Caroline Sullivan on the Bay City Rollers

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E50: Snoop Dogg + Motörhead + Nick Tosches tribute

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E49: INXS' Michael Hutchence + Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood

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E48: Ginger Baker audio + Elbow with David Hepworth

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E47: Loleatta Holloway audio + Robert Hunter R.I.P. + Phil Symes

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E46: The Beatles' Abbey Road + Blondie audio with Mat Snow

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E45: Madonna audio interview + Sugarhill Gang's 'Rapper's Delight'

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E44: Simon Witter on Cameo, Zapp & House + Robbie Robertson audio

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E43: The Story of Electronic Music + Slade + Status Quo with David Stubbs

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E42: Dusty Springfield + Alicia Keys + Taylor Swift with Lucy O'Brien

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E41: Easy Rider + Arthur Lee with Richard Williams

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E40: Ian Penman on Prince + Charlie Parker + ZZ Top audio

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E39: Tammy Faye Starlite does Marianne Faithfull + Miles & more

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E38: Woodstock '69 + Shirley Collins + Mark Anthony Neal

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E37: Glen Campbell, Jimmy Webb and The Wichita Lineman with Dylan Jones

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E36: KLF + Echo & the Bunnymen + Julian Cope with Mick Houghton

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E35: P. Funk Special + Hal David audio with Lloyd Bradley and Tom Vickers

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E34: Amy Linden on Amy Winehouse + Kanye West + Nico + Bobby Womack

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E33: L.A. Special with Chris Campion + Elliot Roberts audio + Little Feat

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E32: Go-go in D.C. + Anita Ward audio + Felix Dennis and the Oz Trial

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E31: Bernard Fowler's Life in Music + Dr. John audio + Andy Gill R.I.P.

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E30: Dawn James on The Beatles + Roky Erickson R.I.P. + Neil Young audio

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E29: Rickie Lee Jones + Harry Doherty + Rory Gallagher audio

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E28: Danny Fields on the Stooges + the Ramones + George Clinton audio

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E27: Bruce Springsteen + Elton John + The Beatles + Stevie Wonder with Bob Spitz

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E26: Mavis Staples + Bob Stanley/Saint Etienne + The B-52s audio

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E25: Jordan's Story + Goth + Bay City Rollers with Cathi Unsworth

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E24: Al Green + Anita Pallenberg audio + Thundercat

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E23: Todd Rundgren audio + Orange Juice + Danny Goldberg

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E22: Joy Division special + Dizzee Rascal audio with Jon Savage

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E21: Tribute to Scott Walker + Jimi Hendrix + ABC with Keith Altham

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E20: Van Morrison + Pink Floyd + Steve Earle with Tony Stewart

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E19: Morrissey + Minnie Riperton + Madonna with James Medd

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E18: The Prodigy's Keith Flint R.I.P. + Jayne County audio interview

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E17: Remembering Mark Hollis + Dead Kennedys Audio + Mark Leviton

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E16: Curtis Mayfield + Sigue Sigue Sputnik + History of RBP with Martin Colyer

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E15: Radiohead, Gladys Knight and Daft Punk

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E14: KRS-One + Avril Lavigne + Alex Harvey with Michele Kirsch

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E13: Sid Vicious does it his way + Bobbie Gentry's Delta Sweete

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E12: Big Star + Prefab Sprout with special guest Jennifer Otter Bickerdike

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E11: The Specials + Dave Laing + Juliana Hatfield

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E10: Earth, Wind & Fire + 1960s–80s music press with special guest Mark Sinker

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E9: The Absurdities of Bros + Kenny Rogers audio + Oz Rock

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E8: Keith Richards on drug busts + Mick Jagger in Performance

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E7: Be-Bop Deluxe + Wu-Tang Clan + David Bowie

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E6: Roxy Music's Bryan Ferry + the birth of Americana + NYC in the 70s

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E5: Led Zeppelin + Kate Bush with special guest John Mendelssohn

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E4: Etta James talks in 1978 + Marc Bolan + Willie Nelson

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E3: Exclusive Sex Pistols interview + Chic + David Hepworth

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E2: Massive Attack + Rosanne Cash + the night Johnny Thunders died

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E1: Freddie Mercury talking about Bohemian Rhapsody + Joni Mitchell at 75 + the Wu-Tang Clan