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Nigel’s Odyssey

We welcome a new year with the tale of an epic journey - our patient hero thwarted by a numpty boyfriend - and the next instalment in the adventures of a lunging ex-lifeguard.

Never mind Christopher Nolan’s much-anticipated film. We welcome a new year with the tale of an epic journey - our patient hero thwarted by a numpty boyfriend - and the next instalment in the adventures of a lunging ex-lifeguard.

We head to Great Cockup Fell, in Uldale, for a cathartic howl at the Wolf Moon. The playlist includes the trailblazing Texan Barbara Lynn, a favourite tune from Fountains Of Wayne, the brawny-voiced Big Joe Turner, and a fabulous Dennis Brown track that was recommended to Liza by Bernadette. To make your own suggestion (we're after rare and quality tracks, old and new), e-mail [email protected].

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Produced by Spiritland Productions for BBC Radio 2.

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Music Played

  • Ray Conniff & His Orchestra & Chorus

    Brazil

    • Say It With Music.
    • Columbia.

  • Marvin Rainwater

    I Dig You Baby

    • The Complete Releases 1955-62.
    • Acrobat.
    • 31.

  • Siouxsie and the Banshees

    The Passenger

    • I, Tonya (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Milan Records.
    • 15.

  • Barbara Lynn

    I Don't Want A Playboy

    • Movin' on a Groove (The Crazy Cajun Recordings).
    • Crazy Cajun Records.
    • 06.

  • Fountains of Wayne

    Supercollider

    • Welcome Interstate Managers.
    • S-Curve Records.
    • 15.

  • Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames

    Get Away

    • 20 Beat Classics.
    • Polydor.

  • Dennis Brown

    Should I

    • Words Of Wisdom.
    • VP.
    • 4.

  • Van Morrison

    Brown Eyed Girl

    • The Very Best Of Van Morrison.
    • Polydor.

  • Tommy Cash

    Do What You Do, Do Well

    • Rise and Shine.
    • Columbia Nashville Legacy.
    • 9.

  • Gino Parks

    For This I Thank You

    • For This I Thank You: Motown R&B, Popcorn and Rock 'N' Roll.
    • Fantastic Voyage.
    • 1.

  • Cecil Gant

    Hit That Jive Jack

    • The Complete Recordings, Vol. 3 1945-1946.
    • Blue Moon Rhythm & Blues.
    • 15.

  • Hollywood Studio Symphony

    French Mistake

    • Blazing Saddles (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [40th Anniversary Edition].
    • WaterTower Music.
    • 27.

  • The Teardrop Explodes

    Passionate Friend

    • Wilder.
    • EMI.
    • 7.

  • Big Joe Turner

    Shake, Rattle and Roll

    • Big Joe Rocks.
    • Black Sheep Music.
    • 14.

  • Everything but the Girl

    One Place

    • Worldwide.
    • Chrysalis Records.
    • 9.

  • Rozi Plain

    Friend City

    • Friend.
    • Lost Map.
    • 4.

  • Grace VanderWaal

    Sick Of Being Told

    • Just The Beginning.
    • Syco Music/Columbia Records.
    • 2.

  • Tom Jones

    She's A Lady

    • Take A Break (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Booker T. & The M.G.'s

    Green Onions

    • Atlantic Soul (Various Artists).
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • Gwen McCrae

    Damn Right It's Good

    • Rockin' Chair/Something So Right.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 16.

  • James Brown

    It's a Man's Man's Man's World

    • Soul (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • The Du Droppers

    I Wanna Know

    • Chart Toppin' Doo Woppin' Vol. 1: Rock Me All Night Long.
    • Cherry Red Records.
    • 28.

  • Isham Jones

    It Had to Be You

    • The Great American Songbook.
    • Silverphonic Records.

Broadcast

  • Last Saturday18:00
    BBC Radio 2