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Radio 6 Music,3 mins

''I felt like there was a cloud over everything'' - Bob Stanley evokes the early 70s on his English Weather compilation

Radcliffe and Maconie

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Bob Stanley joins Stuart to talk about his latest compilation English Weather, based on his love of the ''autumnal sound'' of Britain at the turn of the seventies.... Best known as a member of the indie pop/dance group Saint Etienne, Bob's had a long parallel career as a music journalist, writing for, amongst others, NME, Melody Maker, Mojo, The Guardian and The Times, as well as writing two books on music and football. He also has a career as a DJ and as a producer of record labels, and has collaborated on a series of films about London.

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