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One-time manager, record label boss, popstar, musical terrorist, author and conceptual artist Bill Drummond talks to Matt Everitt about his remarkable career.

The one-time manager, record label boss, popstar, musical terrorist, author and conceptual artist talks to Matt Everitt about his remarkable career.

Bill discusses all aspects of is extraordinary career to date. From guiding the Teardrop Explodes, to writing the definitive manual on getting a number one single, from creating then destroying Stadium Rave with the KLF to his now infamous burning of a million pounds, and onto his current attempts to deconstruct the way we experience and interact with music - and reinvent it in wholly remarkable and original ways.

This interview first broadcast in August 2010.

1 hour

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Wed 3 Feb 202101:00
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Music Played

  • The KLF

    3 A.M. Eternal

    • Now 1991 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Lonnie Donegan

    Rock Island Line

    • Rediscover The 50's-Rock With The Cav.
    • Old Gold.

  • The Beatles

    Penny Lane

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 017.

  • The Beatles

    Strawberry Fields Forever

    • Apple.

  • Big in Japan

    cindy and the barbi dolls

    • DOCUMENT RECORDS.

  • The Teardrop Explodes

    Treason

    • Acoustic 80s (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

  • Echo & the Bunnymen

    Villiers Terrace

    • Korova.

  • The KLF

    What Time Is Love?

    • Now That's What I Call Music 1990 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • The KLF

    It's Grim Up North

    • KLF Communications.

  • The Timelords

    Doctorin The Tardis

    • Telstar.

  • The KLF

    Justified & Ancient (Stand by The JAMs) (feat. Tammy Wynette)

    • (CD Single).
    • K.L.F. Communications.

  • Fairport Convention

    Who Knows Where The Time Goes?

    • Island.

  • The KLF

    3 A.M. Eternal

    • EMI.

  • Buffalo Springfield

    Mr. Soul

    • Buffalo Springfield Again.
    • Atco.
    • 1.

  • McGuinness Flint

    Malt And Barley Blues

    • Capital Records.

  • The S.O.S. Band

    Just Be Good To Me

    • CBS.

  • Visage

    Mind Of A Toy

    • Polydor.

  • Queen Latifah & Monie Love

    Ladies First

    • TOMMY BOY RECORDS.

Credit

ProducerHenry Real

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