Playlist 21.06.10

On Monday night I was joined by photographer Kevin Cummings, an old colleague who has taken over 200 NME cover stories and authored many defining images. He gave us the Stone Roses splattered in paint, Shaun Ryder on top of a giant E, Joy Division in the snow, Ian Curtis puffing on a ciggie, Courtney Love in disarray and Blur dressed as Blondie. His speciality has been Manchester's rich trail and so there's a poignant image in the National Portrait Gallery of Tony Wilson, profiled against the girders of the Hacienda.

Kevin is never the guy to undersell a story but he does have one of the most breathtaking portfolios. Check out his Facebook site for the deal on Coronation Street icons, football players, actors and sundry cultural chancers. It was a good opportunity to measure his character on the radio and to play tunes by Joy Division and Happy Mondays, plus a very late track from Lee Hazlewood, pictured so beautifully by Kevin in the final days, smoking hard because the lung cancer had just about beaten him and there was little else to do.

STUART BAILIE

BBC Radio Ulster, 92-95 FM

Online: www.bbc.co.uk/radioulster

Mondays, ten - midnight

Playlist 21.06.10

The Fantastic Baggys - Summer Means Fun (Sequel)

The Drums - Let's Go Surfing (Moshi Moshi)

Alejandro Escovedo - Faith (Fantasy)

Kevin Cummings interview...

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Factory)

Lee Hazlewood - The Old Man (BPX)

Happy Mondays - Step On (Factory)

Miracle Bell - Love Sounds (white)

Tom Waits - Tootie Ma Was A Big Fine Thing (Red)

Wheat - Changes Is (No Dancing)

Hal Blaine - Dance With The Surfin Band (Sequel)

Ash - Wild Surf (Infectious)

Joel Plaskett - Precious Precious Precious (Blue Grace)

Alejandro Escovedo - Fall Apart With You (Fantasy)

Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene (RCA)

The Magic Numbers - Why Did You Call (Heavenly)

Al Supersonic and The Teenagers - To Be Young (Unique)

The Coral - 100 Years (Deltasonic)

Buck Owens - Please Don't Take Her From Me (Righteous)

Caitlin Rose - For The Rabbits (Names)

Gaslight Anthem- We Did It When We Were Young (Side One Dummy)

Amy LaVere - Baby Won't You Please Come Home (Red)

Jo Bataan - I'm Satisfied (Harmless)

The Style Council - Long Hot Summer (Polydor)

The BDIs - Hallelujah Era (BDI)