BBC Radio shows

Post by **Silver Forest** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 3:08 pm

OK people, some interesting BBC radio shows.

Here: http://www.divshare.com/download/12264674-508

Hope I Die Before I Get Old, The Cult of Death in Rock 'n' Roll
BBC Radio 6
03 - 13 August 2010

Episode 1 - Jim Morrison (03 Aug 2010)
Mark Radcliffe presents the case for Jim Morrison. Did his early death elevate him to god like status - was he really a hero or zero. Steve Sutherland and Stuart Maconie present the case for the defence and prosecution . You make up you own mind.

Episode 2 - Jimi Hendrix (04 Aug 2010)
Mark Radcliffe presents the case for Jimi Hendrix. Did his early death elevate him to god like status - was he really a hero or zero. Steve Sutherland and Bob Harris present the case for the defence and prosecution . You make up you own mind.

Episode 3 - Janis Joplin (05 Aug 2010)
Mark Radcliffe presents the case for Janis Jopin. Did her early death elevate her to goddess like status - was she really a hero or zero. Nick Barraclough and Katrina Leskanich present the case for the defence and prosecution . You make up you own mind.

Episode 4 - Elvis Presley (06 Aug 2010)
Mark Radcliffe presents the case for Elvis Presley. Did his early death elevate him to god like status - was he really a hero or zero. Andrew Collins and Stuart Maconie present the case for the defence and prosecution . You make up you own mind.

Episode 5 - Buddy Holly (10 Aug 2010)
Mark Radcliffe presents the case for Buddy Holly. Did his early death elevate him to god like status - was he really a hero or zero. Hank Marvin and Bob Harris present the case for the defence and prosecution . You make up you own mind.

Episode 6 - John Lennon (12 Aug 2010)
Mark Radcliffe presents the case for John Lennon. Did his early death elevate him to god like status - was he really a hero or zero. Andrew Collins and Stuart Maconie present the case for the defence and prosecution . You make up you own mind.

Episode 7 - Marc Bolan (13 Aug 2010)
Mark Radcliffe presents the case for Marc Bolan. Did his early death elevate him to god like status - was he really a hero or zero. John Hazelwood and Stuart Maconie present the case for the defence and prosecution . You make up you own mind.

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So far I only listened to the 1st show about Morrison. I think, given the artists they choose each episode it's gotta be an interesting listen.

In the case of Jim, there's some bad ideas about his poetry and some good ideas about his global achievement in Rock music. Some passages are very hard ones like this one: "his significance in the world is null"... Does it change you ideas? Well, consider that maybe the guy was just being objective. Does this matter? "You make up you own mind."

Anyway even considering this forum I think there's a lot of people that like The Doors for very different reasons. Some great Doors fans tend to ignore Jim's poetry. Some just listen to the music, not the words. Some are atracted by the idea of how Jim and the band assumed the status of Rock stars. Some are atracted by that dangerous livin' on the edge attitude Jim followed in his public years. Perhaps some would love to imitate him and simply they can't because they're not talented or they just they don't have the courage.

Who fuckin' cares? I think, in the end it's like the authors say: "You make up you own mind.". In the end, it's always your ideas and feelings about the guy and his work that matters. In the end what is importat is that you get excited with some new stuff, with listening to one of their old albums one more time, or by picking on of Jim's poetry books.

Personally, I hate the self destruction he went. It was a terrible waste. I hate that '70 Boston's Jimbo but... it was a part of his person.
I like the articulate and talentous young poet and artist. I like his poetry and I love the music of The Doors.

Post by **jamestkirk** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 3:24 pm

Thanks, SF. No matter if we agree with the BBC specials, they have aired some of the best shows on rock, period. If not for the BBC we would not have a fraction of the live footage we enjoy for many 60's artists.

Post by **Silver Forest** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 3:45 pm

I agree. I have a huge collection of BBC Radio shows, covering not just Music but also History, Art (other arts, I mean) and Science.

This torrent place is a goldmine :

http://radioarchive.cc/

There's also a lot of radio plays, drama and comedy. These one I don't download much.

I wish Portuguese public radio could at least be a shadow of BBC.
At least the public radio plays a decent percentage of Portuguese music. However, I think there's a real lack in make them listen some real good old Portuguese music.

I like many different types of music, and I tend to listen many American and English music but I have a fairly good idea about what to choose.
I think the younger generations there's something to be done constantly in terms of giving them the contact with some other musical styles and origins.

I'm not exagerating saying that 70% of the radio music is American/English music. There's excellence (and I'm not talking only about oldies) but there's also too much bad, real bad mainstream music.

If we compare the present with 20 years ago, I think that there is not only a reduction of Portuguese music on the airwaves. I think there's also very little Spanish, French and Italian music. Brazilian music is still played but this is another example of insufficient attention.

But anyway, there's hope I guess, since radio over the Internet is something that has less filters.

Post by **desertlizard** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 4:04 pm

thanks SF i ll give it a listen

Post by **The Royal Sperm** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 4:11 pm

thanks man!

Post by **Silver Forest** » Mon Aug 16, 2010 9:21 pm

You're welcome all

Here's another one

http://www.divshare.com/download/12293530-e98

The Story of Pink Floyd - Wished You'd Been Here
BBC Radio 6
08, 09 August 2010

Episode 1 (08 August 2010)
Bob Harris looks at the career of Pink Floyd. The first of a two part programme. From 1966 psychedelic quirky days through to 1973 when the band had become a fully functioning rock band.

Episode 2 (09 August 2010)
Bob Harris takes a look at the career of Pink Floyd. Last part of a two part programme starting in 1973 and their breakthrough album ' Dark Side Of The Moon'. Pink Floyd had been part of the music scene for 7 years from psychedelic quirky band to a fully functioning rock band.Harris looks at their infamous live shows and the arrival of punk and the DIY culture. Interviews from Annie Nightingale and Bob Geldof.

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Great music

Post by **Silver Forest** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 1:13 pm

Ok, it was 3 months ago but here's

http://www.divshare.com/download/12389487-bc9

Let It Be - 40th Anniversary
BBC Radio 2
25 May 2010

To mark the 40th anniversary of the release of Let It Be, and the accompanying Academy Award-winning film (both released in May 1970), Guy Garvey tells the story of the fractious and often bitter sessions that documented the demise of The Beatles.

Featuring contributions from many of those who worked on the Let It Be sessions, including director Michael Lindsay-Hogg, engineer Alan Parsons, photographer Ethan Russell, author Richard DiLello and engineers Dave Harries and Brian Gibson, this programme explains how a project (originally a TV documentary, titled Get Back, which was designed to re-energise the band and capture their stripped down rock'n'roll roots), instead documented power struggles, bickering and conflict.

The project was perhaps doomed from the start. Paul McCartney's original suggestion was for the group to play three shows, which he hoped would refocus and invigorate the band after the tensions experienced during the recording of the White Album. When this plan failed to materialise, the idea evolved into a worldwide broadcast of a live concert.

Paul decided that the rehearsals should be filmed for a documentary that would promote the live broadcast and they began at Twickenham Studios on 2 January 1969. Everyone involved in the rehearsals considered them to be disastrous. Harrison was increasingly resentful because he felt his songs were either derided or ignored; Paul's attempts to hold the band together and rally spirits came across as controlling; John had all but withdrawn creatively, seldom contributing even to the arrangements of his own songs; and Yoko Ono - who often spoke on John's behalf as he sat silently by - was a major source of tension.

The intrusive film cameras and the cold, unfamiliar settings of Twickenham Studios contributed to the ill feeling. Fed up with John's creative and communicative disengagement, George announced that he was leaving the band. He went to Eric Clapton's house, where he wrote Here Comes The Sun, but within a few days he was persuaded to return to the group.

After three weeks of filming, the band were still unable to agree on a location for the proposed concert, so Michael Lindsay-Hogg suggested they stage an impromptu performance on the rooftop of their Apple headquarters. The live performance took place on 30 January in front of a small audience of friends and employees but it was short by the police after complaints about noise. Filming continued the following day and then no further work was carried out on the project until March, when John and Paul called engineer Glyn Johns to EMI and offered him free rein to produce an album from the recordings.

John booked time at Olympic Studios to mix the album and presented it to the group at the end of May. Originally intended for release in July 1969, it was pushed back to September, to coincide with the TV special and film about the making of the album, and then further delayed because the band decided to release Abbey Road instead.

On 15 December, Glyn Johns was approached again, but this time with the instruction that the songs must match those included in the [as yet unreleased] film. New mixes were prepared but once again rejected. Then in March 1970 the session tapes were given to American producer Phil Spector, who worked on the tracks and compiled Let It Be. By the time the album and the film with the same name were finally released on 8 May 1970, the Beatles had broken up.

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Enjoy

Post by **Silver Forest** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 2:56 pm

The Musical History of Greenwich Village
BBC Radio 2
30, 31 May 2011
webrip: RD/wavepad

John Sebastian takes a nostalgic journey around Greenwich Village, New York, telling the story of a particularly creative period in modern music history.

John was born and raised in Greenwich Village and, while still at school in the early 50s, it became a focal point for a group of writers, poets, artists, and students known as the Beat Generation. Inspired by what he saw and heard around him, John became immersed in the folk and club scene that subsequently blossomed.

His skills on guitar and harmonica made him an instrumental component of the folk scene and he worked with Bob Dylan, Judy Collins and Tim Hardin, before forming the The Lovin' Spoonful in 1965 and enjoying success with hits like Do You Believe In Magic and Summer In The City.

The history of Greenwich Village is littered with influential names in contemporary music. John's journey highlights the important role it played in the careers of Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, The Velvet Underground, The Kingston Trio, Richie Havens, Maria Muldaur, Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, Nina Simone, The Mamas & Papas, The Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads, Miles Davis, and the most famous resident to become a major musical star in recent years - Lady Gaga.

The soundtrack to this journey features some of the most evocative and famous folk, rock, pop and jazz music recorded by residents of "The Village". Contributors include Steve Earle, Jac Holzman, Rick Rubin, Lenny Kaye, Richie Havens, John Cale, David Bailey, Jack Douglas, Bob Gruen and Julian Lennon.

In the second part of his journey through the musical history of Greenwich Village, John Sebastian highlights the continued impact Bob Dylan had on the music scene in the early 60s, how Jimi Hendrix was discovered playing in The Café Wha?, Andy Warhol's influential work with the Velvet Underground and Patti Smith, The New York Dolls, Blondie and Talking Heads striking the first chords in the birth of punk.
part 1
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part 2
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Post by **jamestkirk** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 3:11 pm

Thanks so much for this, SF!!!

Fantastic!

Post by **Silver Forest** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 10:10 pm

jamestkirk wrote:Thanks so much for this, SF!!!

Fantastic!

I'm glad you like it James

It is a great show indeed. If some othe interesting show will come up I will post it here.

Post by **Lost Prophet** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 7:25 pm

Thanks for Pink Floyd radio show SF... Great!

Post by **Silver Forest** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 2:35 pm

Lost Prophet wrote:Thanks for Pink Floyd radio show SF... Great!

You're welcome Lost Prophet.

Here's two more about the Syd / Floyd world:

'The Twilight World Of Syd Barrett'
http://www.divshare.com/download/15071806-5ce

'The thing about Syd'
http://www.divshare.com/download/15071806-5ce

the particular tragedy about this crazy diamond. He was lost for the world. Listening to his sister I doubt he was luckier than Jim. It's a question of perspective, I guess. For me it's not quite clear how conscient he was about his state and the world he was living after 1967 till is death in 2006. Living dead in a certain extent. What a tragic loss for the world of music.

It is also clear that with time the other Floyds feel increasingly unconfortable with their actions back on those 66-67 days. Different times for sure but another thing is also a basic true: you always need a helping hand at certain times of your life. Syd and Jim were certain good examples. Syd had his family but Jim...

Post by **Lost Prophet** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:48 am

Silver Forest wrote: It is also clear that with time the other Floyds feel increasingly unconfortable with their actions back on those 66-67 days. Different times for sure but another thing is also a basic true: you always need a helping hand at certain times of your life. Syd and Jim were certain good examples. Syd had his family but Jim...

Thanks again. This couldn't be more true. Just one little thing - please don't compare Syd and Jim, it is way too sad... really.

Post by **Silver Forest** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 12:22 pm

BBC R2 Documentary - 'At Home With Keith Richards'
Presented by Paul Sexton
Broadcast December 29, 2010
Coded from as digital source at 128/44.1

Keith Richards talks about his music, his life and times, and some of the people he's known.

Here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A4YDCT0M

Some short notes: Keith Richards is a passioned guitar collector. He shares this with... Johnny Depp, actually the reason they met more profoundly. He says Depp is also a good guitar player. He has deep interest on guitar origins and evolution Also, and that pleased me a lot he loves Segovia, spanish and portuguese guitar (he loves Fado). You can find here many more cool stuff about KR.

Enjoy

Post by **jamestkirk** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 6:50 pm

Silver Forest wrote:BBC R2 Documentary - 'At Home With Keith Richards'
Presented by Paul Sexton
Broadcast December 29, 2010
Coded from as digital source at 128/44.1

Keith Richards talks about his music, his life and times, and some of the people he's known.

Here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A4YDCT0M

Some short notes: Keith Richards is a passioned guitar collector. He shares this with... Johnny Depp, actually the reason they met more profoundly. He says Depp is also a good guitar player. He has deep interest on guitar origins and evolution Also, and that pleased me a lot he loves Segovia, spanish and portuguese guitar (he loves Fado). You can find here many more cool stuff about KR.

Enjoy

THANKS, SF! Gotta love Keef!! Music seems to make Keef perpetually happy!! And no more drugs!

I remember seeing Depp play steel guitar in "Chocolat!" & thinking, he's really playing here and damn, he's good.

Post by **jamestkirk** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 7:03 pm

Post by **Silver Forest** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 7:30 pm

A nice film

If you listen to the show you will see Keith sharing the same opinion you have about Depp, who actually is a great collector of guitars. I'm not a huge fan of Depp but I recognize this guy is more than what he already contributed, so far, to our collective memory (in terms of films). He is on a good way to become an incontornable figure in Cinema. I hope we will be able to give us some more great performances.

About Keith is amazing how he does not consider himself a great guitar player. He may not be a virtuoso like some that he admire (so many great ones, that many of us also admire: Johnson, Muddy, Clapton, Hendrix, ...) but he sure is one of the imortals.
And... because he survived he sure is someone that is pleasant to listen to.

Post by **jamestkirk** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 7:33 pm

Silver Forest wrote:A nice film

If you listen to the show you will see Keith sharing the same opinion you have about Depp, who actually is a great collector of guitars. I'm not a huge fan of Depp but I recognize this guy is more than what he already contribute so far to our collective memory (in terms of films). He is on a good way to become an incontornable figure in cinema.

About Keith is amazing how he does not consider himself a great guitar player. He may not be a virtuoso like some that he admire (so many great ones, that many of us also admire: Johnson, Muddy, Clapton, Hendrix, ...) but he sure is one of the imortals.
And... because he survived he sure is someone that is pleasant to listen to.

Downloaded it already! Thanks again!

Please keep these comin', as shows of great interest pop up...the mp3 d/l is very convenient!