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Brian Matthew selects classics and rarities from pop's golden decade, including tracks by Audience, the Fascinations, the Monkees, Dave Berry, the Pyramid and Michele.

Brian Matthew plays a host of hits and forgotten classics from this defining era. Listener requests being honoured this week, include Audience, female vocal group The Fascinations, The Monkees, a Ray Davies penned track by Dave Berry, The Pyramid and Italian singer Michele.

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell are getting a double spin as Brian plays both sides of their 1969 release, 'The Onion Song'.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Mon 2 Feb 201503:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Herman’s Hermits

    A Must To Avoid

    • The Best Of The Emi Years - Vol 1.
    • EMI.

  • Jefferson

    The Colour Of My Love

    • Best Of The Rockin' Berries / Jeffers.
    • Sequel Records.

  • The Checkerboard Squares

    Double Cookin'

    • Campbell, Herbert L.
    • GOLDMINE.
    • 4.

  • REQUEST

    • Fascinations

      Girls Are Out To Get You

      • The Best Northern Soul All-Nighter (V.
      • Virgin.

  • Marv Johnson

    I'll Pick A Rose For My Rose

    • Motown - The Hits Collection Vol.2.
    • Motown.

  • SIDE ONE TRACK ONE

    • Georgie Fame

      Sweet Thing

      • Georgie Fame: A Complete Hit Collection 1964-1971.
      • Polydor.
      • 11.

  • Ritchie Valens

    Cry, Cry, Cry

    • The Best Of Ritchie Valens.
    • Ace.
    • 6.

  • P.P. Arnold

    The First Cut Is The Deepest

    • See For Miles.

  • REQUEST

    • Audience

      Waverley Stage Coach

      • Audience.
      • Polydor.
      • 3.

  • Larry Hall

    Sandy

    • Teenage Crush Volume 2.
    • Hasmick.
    • 10.

  • LOOSE CONNECTIONS

    • The Who

      Happy Jack

      • The Who Hits 50! (Deluxe Edition).
      • Polydor.
      • 008.

    • The Searchers

      Needles and Pins

      • (Single).
      • Pye.

    • John Barry

      Cutty Sark

      • John Barry: The Hits And The Misses CD1.
      • Future Noise.
      • 24.

  • Jimmy Justice

    When My Little Girl Is Smiling

    • Heartbeat - Forever Yours.
    • Sony.

  • BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD

    • Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

      The Onion Song

      • Soul (Various Artists).
      • Polygram Tv.

    • Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

      California Soul

      • Spectrum.

  • REQUEST

    • The Monkees

      I'm A Believer

      • The Very Best Of.
      • Rhino.
      • 7.

  • The Winstons

    Colour Him Father

    • Beach Beat Classics Volume 1.
    • GOLDMINE.
    • 15.

  • Ferrante and Teicher

    Exodus

    • Your Hit Parade: '60s Instrumentals.
    • 24.

  • Cliff Richard

    Good Times (Better Times)

    • The Platinum Collection CD2.
    • EMI.
    • 10.

  • The Murmaids

    Popsicles And Icicles

    • Popsicles And Icicles.
    • Ace.
    • 1.

  • Cliff Richard

    Good Times (Better Times)

    • The Platinum Collection CD2.
    • EMI.
    • 10.

  • REQUEST

    • Dave Berry

      This Strange Effect

      • Hits Of ... 65 & 66 (Vol.1).
      • Polydor.

  • The Murmaids

    Popsicles And Icicles

    • Popsicles And Icicles.
    • Ace.
    • 1.

  • Notes from the Underground

    Where I'm At

    • Notes From The Underground.
    • VANGUARD.
    • 6.

  • SIDE TWO TRACK TWO

    • Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames

      Music Talk

      • Black-Bull-Music Inc/Jobete Music Co Inc/Sony/Atv Music Publishing Llc/Emi Music.
      • Ace.
      • 8.

  • Steve Lawrence

    Footsteps

    • Steve Lawrence: Definitive Collection.
    • ACROBAT.
    • 3.

  • Erma Franklin

    Open Up Your Soul

    • Mr Success: The Bert Berns Story Vol 2 - 1964-67.
    • Ace.
    • CDCHD 1251.
    • 8.

  • REQUEST

    • The Pyramid

      Summer Of Last Year

      • Summer Of Last Year.
      • DERAM.
      • 1.

  • John Leyton

    Son This Is She

    • The Musical Adventures Of Joe Meek.
    • KENWEST.
    • 7.

  • THREE IN A ROW

    • Brian Hyland

      The Joker Went Wild

      • Brian Hyland: Greatest Hits.
      • Whei.
      • 4.

    • Roger Miller

      Little Green Apples

    • Elvis Presley

      Do You Know Who I Am

      • The Essential '60s Masters Volume 1 Disc 5: From Nashville To Memphis.
      • RCA.
      • 2.

  • Frank Ifield

    Confessin' (That I Love You)

    • The Hits Of 1963 (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Bonnie Dobson

    Across The Blue Mountain

    • Bonnie Dobson Sings She's Like A Swallow And Other Folk Songs.
    • Ace.
    • 4.

  • REQUEST

    • Michele

      Se Mi Vuoi Lasciare

      • L'album Di Successi Degli Anni '60 CD1.
      • The Better Music.
      • 6.

  • The Rolling Stones

    19th Nervous Breakdown

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.

  • Chris Clark

    Whisper You Love Me Boy

    • The Motown Collection CD1.
    • Universal.
    • 5.

  • Kalin Twins

    Bubbles

    • When.
    • 28.

  • The Shadows

    Foot Tapper

    • The Shadows - First 20 Years At The T.
    • EMI.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 31 Jan 201508:05
    BBC Radio 2
  • Mon 2 Feb 201503:00
    BBC Radio 2