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Crucial Marlena Shaw

The Don blends his favourite new music with a selection of certified sounds from the UK, Jamaica, USA, Europe, Africa and beyond.

He also highlights another piece of Crucial Vinyl, a cherished album from his own collection. This week it's The Spice of Life, released by Marlena Shaw in 1969.

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Sun 19 Jan 202022:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Osunlade

    Break It Down

    • Rebirth.
    • Yoruba Records.

  • The Orielles

    Space Samba (Disco Volador Theme)

    • Space Samba (Disco Volador Theme).
    • Heavenly Recordings.

  • John Lennon

    Instant Karma

  • Stormzy

    Pop Boy (feat. Aitch)

    • Heavy Is The Head (Explicit).
    • Hashtag Merky/Atlantic.

  • Indica Dubs & Vibronics

    Dubplate Mix

    • Timbuktu.
    • Indica Dubs.

  • Nada Surf

    Something I Should Do

    • Something I Should Do.
    • City Slang.

  • Ladyhawke

    Dusk Till Dawn

    • CD SINGLE.
    • MODULAR.
    • 1.

  • Original Koffee

    W (feat. Gunna)

    • W (feat. Gunna).
    • Promised Land Recordings.

  • Momus

    Vocation

    • Voyager.
    • Cherry Red Records.

  • Little Axe

    Short Fuse

    • Slow Fuse.
    • Rights'Up.
    • 5.

  • Public Image Ltd

    Low Life

  • Protoje & Chronixx

    Who Knows (Shy FX Remix)

  • Mix Master Mike

    War Island Avenue

    • Conquest.
    • Copeland Entertainment/Fifteen3rd/Rough Trade.

  • Mary J. Blige

    Just Fine

    • Growing Pains.
    • Geffen Records.
    • 3.

  • Baba Ali

    House

    • 30th Century Records.

  • Third World

    You're Not The Only One (feat. Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley)

    • More Work To Be Done.
    • Ghetto Youths International.

  • Prince

    White Mansion

  • Pictish Trail

    Lead Balloon

    • Thumb World.
    • Fire Records.

  • The Slits

    Earthbeat

    • Sony.

  • No-Maddz

    Babylon Paper (feat. Hamali)

    • Babylon Paper (feat. Hamali).
    • The Nomaddic Movement.

  • Son Little

    Lay Down

    • Son Little.
    • ANTI-/Epitaph.

  • Summer Camp

    Women In Love

    • Women In Love.
    • Apricot Recordings.

  • Lauryn Hill

    Nothing Even Matter

    • The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.

  • Mortimer

    Careful

    • Careful.
    • Easy Star Records.

  • Marlena Shaw

    Woman Of The Ghetto

    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.

  • Marlena Shaw

    Liberation Conversation

  • Marlena Shaw

    California Soul

  • Junior Reid

    Boom-Shack-A-Lack

  • the innocence mission

    On Your Side

    • On Your Side.
    • Bella Union.
    • 02.

  • Smith & Mighty

    Same (4th Dub Mix)

    • Same (Remixes).
    • False Idols.

  • Father John Misty

    Total Entertainment Forever

    • Bella Union.

Broadcast

  • Sun 19 Jan 202022:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music