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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 Crack, the debut album by the Ruts, released in 1979.

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Sun 6 Jun 202122:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Elkka

    Burnt Oranges

    • Euphoric Melodies 12".
    • Bandcamp.

  • Roy C

    Shotgun Wedding

    • Rhythm & Blues Beat Volume 2.
    • Island.

  • Black Grape

    In The Name Of The Father

    • (CD Single).
    • Radioactive.

  • Nneka

    In Me

    • My Fairy Tales.
    • Bushqueen Music.

  • Mr Jukes & Barney Artist

    Vibrate

    • Virgin.

  • Soho

    Hippychick

    • Awesome (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Moderate Rebels

    These Are The Good Times

    • If You See Something That Doesn’t Look Right.
    • Moshi Moshi.

  • Boz Scaggs

    Lowdown

    • Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees.
    • Columbia.

  • The Ruts

    Babylon's Burning

    • Virgin.

  • The Ruts

    Something That I Said

    • Something That I Said: The Best of The Ruts.
    • Virgin.

  • The Ruts

    Jah War

    • (Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 21.

  • CHAI

    End

    • Wink.
    • Sub Pop.

  • ESG

    Moody

    • 99.

  • Kaya Street

    Fire In The Street

    • Dark Light 2020.
    • Kaya Street.

  • Kojaque

    Town's Dead

    • Town's Dead.
    • Soft Boy Records via PIAS.

  • Adam Prescott

    Lights On Dub

    • Lights On Dub.
    • Conscious Sounds/Bandcamp.

  • The Beach Boys

    Wouldn't It Be Nice

    • The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 1).
    • EMI.
    • 3.

  • Prince

    The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

    • (CD Single).
    • NPG RECORDS.

  • Chad VanGaalen

    Old Heads

    • Light Information.
    • Sub Pop.
    • 6.

  • Confucius MC

    War & Peace

    • War & Peace.
    • YNR Productions/Bandcamp.

  • Sam Cooke

    Love Me

    • Love Me 7".
    • RCA.

  • Avi Buffalo

    Truth Sets In (6 Music Session, 24 Jun 2010)

  • Buffalo Killers

    Black Hair

    • Black Hair.
    • Alive Naturalsound Records.

  • London Grammar

    Baby It's You

  • Stick Figure & Prince Fatty

    Weary Eyes (Prince Fatty Dub)

    • Weary Eyes (Prince Fatty Dub).
    • Ruffwood Records.

  • Flo Morrissey & Matthew E. White

    Thinking Bout You

    • Gentlewoman, Ruby Man.
    • Glassnote.
    • 2.

  • Kai Kwasi

    Unt (Clean)

    • Unt (Clean).
    • Kai Kwasi.

  • Björk

    Come To Me - Manchester Academy 1993

  • Rasharn Powell

    Blunder

    • Blunder.
    • Rasharn Powell.

  • Neil Young & Crazy Horse

    My Heart

    • My Heart.

  • Natalie Bergman

    I Will Praise You

    • Mercy.
    • Third Man.

  • Scotty

    Penny Version

    • School-Days.
    • Cherry Red Records.

  • Lakou Mizik & Joseph Ray

    Ogou (Pran Ka Mwen)

    • Leave the Bones.
    • Anjunadeep.

Broadcast

  • Sun 6 Jun 202122:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music