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22/08/2025

Everything you need to know about London from architecture to accents and great music.

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Fri 22 Aug 202510:00
BBC Radio London

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Music Played

  • Bob James

    Westchester Lady

    • CTI Records: The Cool Revolution; A 40th Anniversary Collection.
    • Masterworks Jazz.
    • 6.

  • Sly & the Family Stone

    Family Affair

    • Sly & The Family Stone - Anthology.
    • SONY.
    • 01.

  • The Kinks

    Waterloo Sunset

    • Hit Love Songs Of The 60s.
    • PICKWICK.
    • 17.

  • Bee Gees

    Stayin' Alive

    • Bee Gees: Greatest.
    • Bee Gees Catalog.
    • 15.

  • Gil Scott‐Heron

    Lady Day And John Coltrane

    • Pieces of a Man.
    • Ace Records.
    • 3.

  • Maria Muldaur

    Midnight At The Oasis

    • The Female Touch.
    • GLOBAL RECORDS & TAPES.
    • 06.

  • Animal Nightlife

    Love Is Just The Great Pretender

    • Top Of The Pops - 1985.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 5.

  • Paul McCartney

    Heart of the Country

    • Pure McCartney (Deluxe Edition).
    • Paul McCartney Catalog.
    • 2.

  • Portishead

    Sour Times

    • Virgin/EMI/Polygram.

  • Bryan Ferry

    Carrickfergus (Remastered 1999)

    • The Bride Stripped Bare.
    • EG Records.
    • 8.

  • Lulu

    Oh Me Oh My (I’m a Fool for You Baby)

    • Decade 1967 - 1976.
    • Edsel.
    • 48.

  • Soul II Soul

    Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) (feat. Caron Wheeler)

    • Now That's What I Call Music - 15.
    • NOW.
    • 01.

  • Björk

    Venus As A Boy

    • Greatest Hits.
    • Atlantic Records/ATG.
    • 9.

  • Kid Creole and the Coconuts

    Maladie D'Amour

    • The Best Of Kid Creole & The Coconuts.
    • Universal-Island Records Ltd..
    • 11.

  • Teddy Swims

    Bad Dreams

    • Atlantic Records.

  • Bob Dylan

    One More Cup Of Coffee

    • Desire.
    • Columbia.
    • 4.

  • MF Robots

    Come On With the Good Thing

    • Music F.R. Co Ltd.

  • Curtis Mayfield

    So In Love

    • Rhino Hi-Five: Curtis Mayfield.
    • Rhino.
    • 5.

  • David Bowie

    Ashes to Ashes

    • ChangesTwoBowie (2017 Remaster).
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 13.

  • Dennis Bovell

    My Heart is Gone (feat. Winston Francis)

    • Dennis Bovell: Wise Music in Dub.
    • Sparta Florida / Wise Records.
    • 1.

  • Dennis Bovell

    Train To dUbville

    • Wise Music in Dub.
    • Wise Records.
    • 1.

  • Grace Jones

    I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)

    • Nightclubbing.
    • Island Records.
    • 6.

  • Lou Reed

    Satellite of Love

    • Transformer.
    • RCA/Legacy.
    • 7.

  • Johnny Pate

    You Can't Even Walk In The Park

    • I Know You Got Soul: 17 Club & Warehouse Party Classics.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 15.

  • Isaac Hayes

    Theme From Shaft

    • THE GRIMLEYS.
    • GLOBAL TELEVISION.
    • 07.

  • The Moments

    Nine Times

    • Complete Stang Singles Collection.
    • Sanctuary Records.
    • 10.

  • Shirley & Company

    Shame, Shame, Shame

    • Shame Shame Shame.
    • Sanctuary Records.
    • 1.

  • The Vibrations

    Shake It Up

    • Black Gold: Samples, Breaks & Rare Grooves From The Chess Records Archives.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 19.

  • Donnie Elbert

    Where Did Our Love Go

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Master Classics Records.
    • 20.

  • Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

    Talking 'Bout Love

    • Spellbound: Motown Lost & Found (1962-1972).
    • UNI/MOTOWN.
    • 22.

Broadcast

  • Fri 22 Aug 202510:00
    BBC Radio London