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Vince enthuses about the launch of the UK's fourth channel back in November 1982, and how exciting Channel 4 was in its infancy, with its remit of providing alternative programming and showcasing contemporary art. Plus scary animations!

Our randomly-selected UK Number 1 is 1974's proto-disco Rock Your Baby by George McCrae.

Jeremy dons platforms and glitter and gives a brief rundown of the birth, heyday and decline of Glam Rock, and pays respect to the Glam Rock era hit songwriters Chinn and Chapman.

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Jeans On - David Dundas
Walking in the Air - Aled Jones
Rock Your Baby - George McCrae
I Can't Leave You Alone  - George McCrae
It's Been So Long  - George McCrae
Rockin' Chair  - Gwen McCrae
All This Love That I'm Givin' - Gwen McCrae
Girlfriend's Boyfriend - Gwen McCrae
T.Rex - Ride A White Swan
Memory Of A Free Festival ( Pt 1)  (1970 Version) - David Bowie
The Prettiest Star (1970 Version) - David Bowie
Funny Funny - The Sweet
Wig Wam Bam - The Sweet
Son Of My Father - Chicory Tip
All The Young Dudes - Mott The Hoople
Dynamite - Mud
Cum On Feel The Noize - Slade
Can the Can - Suzi Quatro
Blockbuster! - The Sweet
Angel Fingers - Wizzard
Tiger Feet - Mud
The  Six Teens  - The Sweet
Living Next Door To Alice - Smokie
Kiss You All Over - Exile
Get Down Tonight - KC & The Sunshine Band
Give It Up - KC & The Sunshine Band

YouTube videos
Mike Chapman - Demos for The Sweet
https://youtu.be/4bHN7imfZFo?si=u-CI-48ds9SN4z0U
Harpya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6TWLQr_WqA

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We have reached the halfway point of Season 1, and Jeremy brings the dreadful events of December 1980 to the show.  The death of John Lennon and how it affected him at the age of 10.

Vince recalls the heady days of Stock, Aitken, and Waterman when they were omnipresent and every other song in the charts was helmed by them.

As always, we discuss a randomised No 1 and this time it's 472.  'There's No One Quite Like Grandma' by St Winifed's School Choir.

Youtube playlist for the show.
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John Lennon's last interview with Andy Peebles.  6th December 1980.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z15Zgn3P6cM

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This time around, Vince discusses his fondness for the 'A Ghost Story For Christmas' strand that made its welcome, annual tv appearance when he was young.  Meanwhile, Jeremy remembers the warring formats at the heart of the home recording epoch at the beginning of the 80's.

This month we head to the 1980's for the first time as our randomiser selects number 598, 'Pump Up The Volume' by M/A/R/R/S.

https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwK5tKeBFxJxlqZ-WJ3ogm6kBCNGufA6V&si=CXSauj4Lx1gUlz_t 

• Mark Gatiss' fabulous documentary on M R James:

https://youtu.be/WRm9zB8hduQ?si=up4hofRj-7MZiqTz


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 The Signal Man, adapted for audio and directed by Vince Stadon 

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Merry Christmas!
As a little bonus, we've recorded a Christmas-themed mini episode, in which Jeremy waxes nostalgically about his childhood family Christmas routine, and Vince deep dives into his mum's favourite Christmas chockies as delivered by the intrepid and mysterious Milk Tray Man.

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'Everybody was Kung Fu fighting' (according to Carl Douglas) in 1974.  But were they really?  Most of the populous were trying to create a diversion so they could get the hell out of there before testing out their rudimentary martial arts skills in a gang warfare scenario. 
This month Vince takes a look into the burgeoning disciplines that really took hold in the 70's and 80's.

Meanwhile, Jeremy remembers the polymath, David Soul.  He could act!  He could sing! He could fracture a number of bones in his lower back,  jumping 15 feet, ass first, on to the roof of a car!

As always we discuss another UK No 1 and this month it's the turn of 311, 'Without You' by Nilsson.

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On this show, we both bring something in to remember our parents by.  

In Jeremy's case, it's the scattergun musical taste of his parents and his Dad's shifty demeanour when discussing the provenance of his record collection . 

In Vince's, Saturday afternoons spent marking time, watching Grandstand, (and watching out for his Dad!) until something better came along.

This month our randomiser has selected No 306, 'Coz I Luv You' by the fantastic Slade as our No 1 to discuss.

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This time we are discussing the Big Snow of '82.  Vince's memory plays tricks on him,  as he waxes lyrical about the early 80's and an imagined, continuous, Winter Wonderland.

Jeremy remembers the smell of greasepaint, the roar of the crowd, the  whiff of methane, and ripping his trews, as he reminisces about his days treading the boards in '83.

We randomly select another UK No 1 from the sweet spot of 1970 to 1990 and this time we arrive at No 448 - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) by Pink Floyd.

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Funky Gibbon Jeremy gets on his trandem and hunts down a gigantic kitten with The Goodies.

Vince dons Jon Pertwee's cloak to become a vampire Time Lord in an Amicus portmanteau horror film.

The number one hit single we randomly selected is In The Summertime by Mungo Jerry

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