Noughtie Bits: 2009

Free music - Noughtie Bits: 2009

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And we're bang up to date with these, er, bangin' tunes from 2009:
WHITE LIES - To Lose My Life
LILY ALLEN - The Fear
THE KILLERS - Spaceman
MORRISSEY - I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
LADY GAGA - Poker Face
FRANZ FERDINAND - No You Girls
BAT FOR LASHES - Daniel
DEPECHE MODE - Wrong
CALVIN HARRIS - I'm Not Alone
EMIPRE OF THE SUN - We Are The People
MADNESS - Dust Devil
LITTLE BOOTS - New In Town
PET SHOP BOYS - Did You See Me Coming?
KASABIAN - Fire
NOISETTES - Never Forget You
MICHAEL JACKSON - Man In The Mirror
ARCTIC MONKEYS - Crying Lightning
a-ha - Foot Of The Mountain
FRANKMUSIK - Confusion Girl
JUST JACK - The Day I Died
JACK PENATE - Pull My Heart Away
THE BIG PINK - Dominos
BIFFY CLYRO - The Captain
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - Killing In The Name

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - December 30

Free music - Wednesday Week - December 30

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The last Wednesday Week of the year (funny that) is a mixed bag of new tracks and some of my favourite discoveries of the year, featuring The Airborne Toxic Event, Manic Street Preachers, Muse, Franz Ferdinand, Ape School, The Temper Trap, Kurt Vile, Paloma Faith, Jack Penate, Lily Allen, Camera Obscura, Pet Shop Boys and Jarvis Cocker. The Lost '80s Classic comes from the Farmer's Boys and Codeine Velvet Club round off the year with a Bizarre Cover Version.

Noughtie Bits: 2008

Free music - Noughtie Bits: 2008

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We're almost at the end of the decade already! Wallow in the nostalgia of songs from as long ago as last year...
MADNESS - NW5 (I Would Give You Everything)
ONE NIGHT ONLY - Just For Tonight
THE FEELING - I Thought It Was Over
HOT CHIP - Ready For The Floor
MGMT - Time To Pretend
ELBOW - Grounds For Divorce
PANIC AT THE DISCO - Nine In The Afternoon
GUILLEMOTS - Get Over It
BLACK KIDS - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You
PENDULUM - Propane Nightmares
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - I Will Possess Your Heart
TING TINGS - Shut Up And Let Me Go
COLDPLAY - Viva La Vida
GLASVEGAS - Geraldine
IDA MARIA - I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked
THE VERVE - Love Is Noise
KEANE - Spiralling
BIFFY CLYRO - Mountains
KINGS OF LEON - Sex On Fire
KAISER CHIEFS - Never Miss A Beat
THE KILLERS - Human
JEFF BUCKLEY - Hallelujah

So, all that's left to do is look back over 2009... let's do that on New Year's Eve, shall we?

Noughtie Bits: 2007

Free music - Noughtie Bits: 2007

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Relive the hits of 2007 and marvel at how short this playlist is and how astonishingly dull the second half of the year was.
JARVIS COCKER - Don't Let Him Waste Your Time
KLAXONS - Golden Skans
JUST JACK - Starz In Their Eyes
MIKA - Grace Kelly
GOSSIP - Standing In The Way Of Control
KAISER CHIEFS - Ruby
ARCADE FIRE - Keep The Car Running
MADNESS - Sorry (featuring Sway & Baby Blue)
KINGS OF LEON - On Call
MAXIMO PARK - Our Velocity
PATRICK WOLF - The Magic Position
MANIC STREET PREACHERS - Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
REVEREND & THE MAKERS - Heavyweight Champion Of The World
CALVIN HARRIS - The Girls
ARCTIC MONKEYS - Fluorescent Adolescent
WOMBATS - Let's Dance To Joy Division
HARD-FI - Can't Get Along (Without You)
THE TWANG - Push The Ghosts
MALCOLM MIDDLETON - We're All Going To Die

Fortunately 2008 was a bit better, as you'll find out tomorrow...

The Jimmy Savile Experience - December 27

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - December 27

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This week's show is somewhat hampered by the fact that until 1984 there was no chart published in the week between Christmas and New Year. Lazy bleeders. Anyway, this week's old hits are:
PAUL SIMON - The Boy In The Bubble (#33 this week in 1986)
BRYAN ADAMS & MELANIE C - When You're Gone (#7 this week in 1998)
THE LEMONHEADS - Mrs Robinson (#19 this week in 1992)
RAZORLIGHT - Before I Fall To Pieces (#17 this week in 2006)
SPACEHOG - In The Meantime (#29 this week in 1996)
TEARS FOR FEARS - Shout (#10 this week in 1984)
CHRIS ISAAK - Wicked Game (#11 this week in 1990)
PAUL McCARTNEY - Beautiful Night (#25 this week in 1997)
THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH - I'll Sail This Ship Alone (#31 this week in 1989)
QUEEN - These Are The Days Of Our Lives (#1 this week in 1991)
DAVID GRAY - Say Hello Wave Goodbye (#26 this week in 2001)
THE MIKE FLOWERS POPS - Wonderwall (#2 this week in 1995)
CLIMIE FISHER - Rise To The Occasion (#31 this week in 1987)
ELTON JOHN & GEORGE MICHAEL - Wrap Her Up (#20 this week in 1985)

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - December 23

Free music - Wednesday Week - December 23

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Yes, the inevitable festive special! Lost '80s Classics from Bad News and Spinal Tap; an avalanche of Bizarre Cover Versions from Manic Street Preachers, The Wedding Present, Boy George and Ringo Starr; plus unashamedly merry tracks from The Waitresses, Pet Shop Boys, Saint Etienne, The Feeling, Low, Big Star, The Killers, Mew, Squeeze, James Brown... and of course it wouldn't be Christmas without Morecambe & Wise, would it?

Noughtie Bits: 2006

Free music - Noughtie Bits: 2006

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Ah, 2006. The year we were listening to stuff like this:
ARCTIC MONKEYS - When The Sun Goes Down
a-ha - Analogue (All I Want)
ORSON - No Tomorrow
EMBRACE - Nature's Law (We7 only)
MORRISSEY - You Have Killed Me
GNARLS BARKLEY - Crazy
THE FLAMING LIPS - The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song
LORRAINE - I Feel It
DIRTY PRETTY THINGS - Bang Bang You're Dead
RACONTEURS - Steady As She Goes
PET SHOP BOYS - I'm With Stupid
THE FEELING - Fill My Little World
PRIMAL SCREAM - Country Girl
KEANE - Is It Any Wonder?
THE AUTOMATIC - Monster
PAOLO NUTINI - Last Request
GUILLEMOTS - Made-Up Lovesong #43
RAZORLIGHT - In The Morning
SNOW PATROL - Chasing Cars
THE FRATELLIS - Chelsea Dagger
SCISSOR SISTERS - I Don't Feel Like Dancin'
THE KILLERS - When You Were Young
THE KOOKS - Ooh La
KASABIAN - Shoot The Runner
GET CAPE. WEAR CAPE. FLY. - War Of The Worlds

What with Christmas and all this, that and the other, the next installment will be next Monday.

Noughtie Bits: 2005

Free music - Noughtie Bits: 2005

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Are we really this far through the decade already? Yes we are, and here are the results from the 2005 jury:
INTERPOL - Evil
ATHLETE - Wires
THE WEDDING PRESENT - I'm From Further North Than You
FUTUREHEADS - Hounds Of Love
THE BRAVERY - An Honest Mistake
BRITISH SEA POWER - It Ended On An Oily Stage
CAESARS - Jerk It Out
BODYROCKERS - I Like The Way
MAXIMO PARK - Graffiti
THE KILLERS - Smile Like You Mean It
FOO FIGHTERS - Best Of You
GREEN DAY - Wake Me Up When September Ends
HARD-FI - Hard To Beat
MADNESS - Shame And Scandal
THE MAGIC NUMBERS - Love Me Like You
GORILLAZ - Dare
GOLDIE LOOKIN' CHAIN - Your Missus Is A Nutter
FRANZ FERDINAND - Do You Want To
DEPECHE MODE - Precious
ROBBIE WILLIAMS - Tripping
ARCTIC MONKEYS - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor (We7 only)
NIZLOPI - JCB Song

Same time tomorrow for 2006 then?

The Jimmy Savile Experience - December 20

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - December 20

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This week's old hits:
THE POGUES with KIRSTY MacCOLL - Fairytale Of New York (#2 this week in 1987)
SMOKIN' MOJO FILTERS - Come Together (#19 this week in 1995) (We7 only)
FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - The Power Of Love (#10 this week in 1993; #5 this week in 1984)
THE HOUSEMARTINS - Caravan Of Love (#1 this week in 1986)
NIZLOPI - JCB Song (#1 this week in 2005)
KURTIS BLOW - Christmas Rappin' (#36 this week in 1979)
BRONSKI BEAT - Hit That Perfect Beat (#17 this week in 1985)
CHEF - Chocolate Salty Balls (PS I Love You) (#2 this week in 1998)
BARRON KNIGHTS - Never Mind The Presents (#27 this week in 1980)
FRANK KELLY - Christmas Countdown (#34 this week in 1983)
DAVID BOWIE & BING CROSBY - Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy (#3 this week in 1982)
MADONNA - Dear Jessie (#7 this week in 1989)
JEFF BUCKLEY - Hallelujah (#30 this week in 2008)
QUEEN - Bohemian Rhapsody (#1 this week in 1991 and 1975)

Noughtie Bits: 2004

Free music - Noughtie Bits: 2004

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2004, eh? What a year. Right slap bang in the middle of the decade. Or thereabouts. But - hey! What were we listening to in 2004?

FRANZ FERDINAND - Take Me Out
DELAYS - Long Time Coming
SNOW PATROL - Run
THE STROKES - Reptilia
KEANE - Somewhere Only We Know
GRAHAM COXON - Freakin' Out
THE VINES - Ride
FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE - Stacy's Mom
THE KILLERS - Somebody Told Me
PET SHOP BOYS - Flamboyant
THE RASMUS - In The Shadows
WOLFMAN featuring PETER DOHERTY - For Lovers
KAISER CHIEFS - Oh My God
SCISSOR SISTERS - Laura
THE ZUTONS - Remember Me
DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS - I Love You 'Cause I Have To
MODEST MOUSE - Float On
MORRISSEY - First Of The Gang To Die
KASABIAN - L.S.F.
THE LIBERTINES - Can't Stand Me Now
DURAN DURAN - (Reach Up For The) Sunrise
BAND AID 20 - Do They Know It's Christmas?

More of this nonsense on Monday when we "do" 2005.

Noughtie Bits: 2003

Free music - Noughtie Bits: 2003

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You must be getting the hang of this by now. Our picks from 2003:
ELECTRIC SIX - Danger! High Voltage!
OK GO - Get Over It
THE THRILLS - One Horse Town
RICHARD X vs LIBERTY X - Being Nobody
BLUR - Out Of Time
THE WHITE STRIPES - Seven Nation Army
JOHNNY CASH - Hurt
GOOD CHARLOTTE - Girls And Boys
RADIOHEAD - There, There
GRANDADDY - Now It's On
THE DARKNESS - Growing On Me
THE FLAMING LIPS - Fight Test
ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS - Swing Swing
ROBBIE WILLIAMS - Something Beautiful
KINGS OF LEON - Molly's Chambers
THE LIBERTINES - Don't Look Back Into The Sun
STARSAILOR - Silence Is Easy
CHEMICAL BROTHERS featuring THE FLAMING LIPS - The Golden Path
OUTKAST - Hey Ya!
BELLE & SEBASTIAN - Step Into My Office, Baby
MUSE - Hysteria

2004? Same time tomorrow then...

Noughtie Bits: 2002

Free music - Noughtie Bits: 2002

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Here we are again, continuing our trawl through the decade with a look at some of the top tunes of 2002. Quite alliterative, that. Today's playlist:

PURETONE - Addicted To Bass
MERCURY REV - The Dark Is Rising
THE HIVES - Hate To Say I Told You So
THE WHITE STRIPES - Fell In Love With A Girl
PULP - Bad Cover Version (Video Mix)
NEW ORDER - Here To Stay
IDLEWILD - You Held The World In Your Arms
SUGABABES - Freak Like Me
MOBY - We Are All Made Of Stars
PINK - Don't Let Me Get Me
ELVIS vs JXL - A Little Less Conversation
ATHLETE - You Got The Style
McALMONT & BUTLER - Falling
GEORGE MICHAEL - Shoot The Dog
THE FLAMING LIPS - Do You Realize??
THE CORAL - Dreaming Of You
FOO FIGHTERS - All My Life
BADLY DRAWN BOY - You Were Right
MANIC STREET PREACHERS - There By The Grace Of God
THE POLYPHONIC SPREE - Hanging Around The Day Part 2
RÖYKSOPP - Poor Leno
LIAM LYNCH - United States Of Whatever

Come back tomorrow and we'll do another year. Maybe 2003.

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - December 16

Free music - Wednesday Week - December 16

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This week there's new music from Artist Vs Poet*, Maps, Patrick Wolf, Local Natives, George Michael and Feral Children; plus tracks from They Might Be Giants, Victor Lewis-Smith, Death Cab For Cutie, Public Image Ltd and The Lancashire Hotpots. We've some unexpected remixes of '80s "classics" from Samantha Fox and Kajagoogoo; the Pretenders supply the Lost '80s Classic and those Pet Shop Boys are always good for a Bizarre Cover Version.

*We7 only. Stupid Spotify.

Noughtie Bits: 2001

Free music - Noughtie Bits: 2001

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Yes, the sequel to 2000, which was nearly called "2000 II" until they settled for 2001 at the last minute. Coming up tonight:

OUTKAST - Ms Jackson
WHEATUS - Teenage Dirtbag
THE DIVINE COMEDY - Love What You Do
MANIC STREET PREACHERS - Found That Soul
GORILLAZ - Clint Eastwood
THE AVALANCHES - Since I Left You
STARSAILOR - Good Souls
AIR - Radio #1
DAFT PUNK - Digital Love
THE STROKES - Hard To Explain
WEEZER - Hash Pipe
MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Animal Cannabus
SUPER FURRY ANIMALS - Juxtapozed With U
THE HUMAN LEAGUE - All I Ever Wanted
DEPECHE MODE - I Feel Loved
NELLY FURTADO - Turn Off The Light
SPIRITUALIZED - Stop Your Crying
EELS - Souljacker Part 1
BEN FOLDS - Rockin' The Suburbs
IAN BROWN - F.E.A.R.
MERCURY REV - Nite And Fog
ASH - Candy
PJ HARVEY - This Is Love
PULP - The Trees
DANDY WARHOLS - Bohemian Like You
DANIEL BEDINGFIELD - Gotta Get Thru This

And just when you thought you were getting the hang of this, 2002 follows... not tomorrow, but on Thursday.

Noughtie Bits: 2000

A chronological freefall through the decade we laughingly called "The Noughties", from post-millennium fever to post-credit crunch blues. We kick off tonight with the year that quite literally started off the whole decade...

Free music - Noughtie Bits: 2000

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Your lovingly hand-picked tracks from "the year 2000":
MANIC STREET PREACHERS - The Masses Against The Classes
SUPER FURRY ANIMALS - Do Or Die
MINT ROYALE featuring LAUREN LAVERNE - Don't Falter
EELS - Mr E's Beautiful Blues
THE WANNADIES - Yeah
LENE MARLIN - Sitting Down Here
MOLOKO - The Time Is Now
OOBERMAN - Shorley Wall (We7 only)
BLACK BOX RECORDER - The Facts Of Life (Spotify only)
THE BLUETONES - Autophilia or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love My Car
a-ha - Summer Moved On
SAINT ETIENNE - Heart Failed (In The Back Of A Taxi)
IDLEWILD - These Wooden Ideas
RUSSELL WATSON & SHAUN RYDER - Barcelona (Friends Until The End)
MANSUN - I Can Only Disappoint U
GRANDADDY - Hewlett's Daughter
BELLATRIX - Jediwannabe
BADLY DRAWN BOY - Disillusion
PLACEBO - Slave To The Wage
DAFT PUNK - One More Time
EMINEM - Stan

Episode 2 - which may well feature 2001 - at the same time tomorrow.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - December 13

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - December 13

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This week's old hits:
MEAT LOAF - Bat Out Of Hell (#11 this week in 1993)
MUSE - Hysteria (#17 this week in 2003)
DURAN DURAN - Burning The Ground (#36 this week in 1989)
SEAL - Crazy (#32 this week in 1990)
ALISON MOYET - Is This Love? (#24 this week in 1986)
LEN - Steal My Sunshine (#8 this week in 1999)
ERASURE - Stop! (#4 this week in 1988)
MADNESS - Our House (#5 this week in 1982)
THE BEAT - Tears Of A Clown (#31 this week in 1979)
ARCTIC MONKEYS - Teddy Picker (#20 this week in 2007)
TOY DOLLS - Nellie The Elephant (#16 this week in 1984)
THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH - Dumb (#16 this week in 1998)
LEVEL 42 - Leaving Me Now (#35 this week in 1985)
CULTURE CLUB - Victims (#4 this week in 1983)
EMINEM - Stan (#1 this week in 2000)

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - December 9

Free music - Wednesday Week - December 9

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This week there's new music from Turboweekend, Silversun Pickups, The Killers, Camera Obscura, Animal Collective*, Fireworks, Maps and Detox Cute*; plus tracks from Teenage Fanclub, Smoking Popes, Ben Folds, Morrissey and Idlewild. There's a couple of newly released BBC session recordings** from Fun Boy Three and Dexy's Midnight Runners; Big Audio Dynamite supply the Lost '80s Classic and the faintly festive Bizarre Cover Version comes from Severe.

*We7 only. **Spotify only has the original studio versions. Stupid Spotify.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - December 6

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - December 6

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This week's old hits:
THE TOURISTS - I Only Want To Be With You (#6 this week in 1979)
NIK KERSHAW - When A Heart Beats (#27 this week in 1985)
GENESIS - Land Of Confusion (#20 this week in 1986)
BOOMTOWN RATS - Banana Republic (#3 this week in 1980)
LIAM LYNCH - United States Of Whatever (#10 this week in 2002)
MANSUN - Wide Open Space (#15 this week in 1996)
ROBBIE WILLIAMS - No Regrets (#4 this week in 1998)
JAMES - Sound (#9 this week in 1991)
THE FRATELIS - Whistle For The Choir (#9 this week in 2006)
THE CORAL - Bill McCai (#23 this week in 2003)
TEARS FOR FEARS - The Way You Are (#31 this week in 1983)
SOUL II SOUL - Get A Life (#5 this week in 1989)
ERASURE - Fingers And Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day) (#20 this week in 1995)
NEW ORDER - Fine Time (#23 this week in 1988)
ADAM & THE ANTS - Ant Rap (#9 this week in 1981)

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - December 2

Free music - Wednesday Week - December 2

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It's what you might call a mixed bag this week, with new music from Gomez, The Killers, Ian Brown, Madness, Harry Shearer, They Might Be Giants, Dot Allison and Lily Allen; plus tracks from Supergrass, The Libertines, Death Cab For Cutie, Blur, Gay For Johnny Depp, The Klaxons and Primal Scream. There's a Lost '80s Classic from Nick Heyward, while Hue & Cry supply a truly Bizarre Cover Version.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - November 29

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - November 29

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This week's old hits:
NIRVANA - Smells Like Teen Spirit (#9 this week in 1991)
MUSE - Feeling Good (#24 this week in 2001)
THE JAM - Beat Surrender (#1 this week in 1982)
CUTTING CREW - I've Been In Love Before (#31 this week in 1986; #24 this week in 1987)
PREFAB SPROUT - When Love Breaks Down (#25 this week in 1985)
FUN BOY THREE - The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum) (#20 this week in 1981)
PRINCE & THE NEW POWER GENERATION - 7 (#38 this week in 1992)
THE SUGARHILL GANG - Rapper's Delight (#28 this week in 1979)
PET SHOP BOYS - Left To My Own Devices (#4 this week in 1988)
THE KILLERS - Human (#3 this week in 2008)
THE FEELING - Love It When You Call (#18 this week in 2006)
AZTEC CAMERA - Oblivious (#18 this week in 1983)
THE CARDIGANS - Carnival (#35 this week in 1995)
BELLE & SEBASTIAN - Step Into My Office, Baby (#32 this week in 2003)
HAPPY MONDAYS - Hallelujah (#19 this week in 1989)

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - November 25

Free music - Wednesday Week - November 25

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New music this week from Cassette Kids, The New Collisions, Them Crooked Vultures, OK Go, The Airborne Toxic Event, Codeine Velvet Club, The Big Pink and a-ha, plus tracks of varying age from Death Cab For Cutie, The Rutles and Tom Lehrer. The Lost '80s Classic comes from King Trigger, while Malcolm Middleton takes on Girls Aloud for the Bizarre Cover Version and we commemorate the 18th anniversary of the death of Sir Freddie of Mercury.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - November 22

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - November 22

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This week's old hits:
FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - Warriors (Of The Wasteland) (#24 this week in 1986)
THE LIGHTNING SEEDS - Life's Too Short (#27 this week in 1999)
OUTKAST - Hey Ya! (#6 this week in 2003)
DEACON BLUE - Your Town (#14 this week in 1992)
WHALE - Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe (#15 this week in 1995)
IGGY POP - Lust For Life (#26 this week in 1996)
THE WHITE STRIPES - Hotel Yorba (#26 this week in 2001)
THE STONE ROSES - Fools Gold (#13 this week in 1989)
TOPLOADER - Dancing In The Moonlight (#11 this week in 2000)
GODLEY & CREME - Wedding Bells (#26 this week in 1981)
SNOW PATROL - Set Fire To The Third Bar (#18 this week in 2006)
THOMPSON TWINS - Hold Me Now (#14 this week in 1983)
PULP - Help The Aged (#8 this week in 1997)
THE HUMAN LEAGUE - Louise (#26 this week in 1984)
THE HOUSEMARTINS - Build (#19 this week in 1987)

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - November 18

Free music - Wednesday Week - November 18

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This week: new music from Tullycraft, Arctic Monkeys, The Big Pink, The New Collisions, Moscow Olympics, Cassettes Won't Listen, Ellie Goulding, Little Boots and Cosmo Jarvis; plus tracks from Strangelove, Adam Ant, Sparks, Eels and Super Furry Animals. The Lost '80s Classic comes from Robbie Nevil and Lily Allen sets about Britney Spears for the Bizarre Cover Version.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - November 15

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - November 15

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This week's old hits:
BECK - Sexx Laws (#27 this week in 1999)
THE JAM - The Eton Rifles (#4 this week in 1979)
STEREOPHONICS - The Bartender And The Thief (#3 this week in 1998)
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - No One Knows (#15 this week in this week in 2002)
THERAPY? - Diane (#26 this week in 1995)
INXS - Need You Tonight (#4 this week in 1988)
THE ASSEMBLY - Never Never (#10 this week in 1983)
GOLDFRAPP - Twist (#31 this week in 2003)
THE HUMAN LEAGUE - Mirror Man (#9 this week in 1982)
ELECTRIBE 101 - Tell Me When The Fever Ended (#32 this week in 1989)
EMF - Unbelievable (#15 this week in 1990)
NIK KERSHAW - The Riddle (#17 this week in 1984)
HAIRCUT 100 - Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) (#4 this week in 1981)
R.E.M. - Radio Song (#28 this week in 1991)
FAITHLESS - Don't Leave (#21 this week in 1997)
TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY - Let Her Down Easy (#22 this week in 1993)

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - November 11

Free music - Wednesday Week - November 11

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This week there's new music from The Airborne Toxic Event, Weezer, Jarvis Cocker, Cosmo Jarvis (no relation), Robbie Williams, Soft Toy Emergency, Seabird, Snow Patrol and Harry Shearer; slightly less new music from Madness and very old music from The Human League. The Lost '80s Classic comes from Holly Johnson and Nouvelle Vague provide a Bizarre Cover Version.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - November 8

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - November 8

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This week's old hits:
VIC REEVES & THE WONDER STUFF - Dizzy (#1 this week in 1991)
THE WATERBOYS - The Whole Of The Moon (#39 this week in 1985)
ABC - That Was Then But This Is Now (#18 this week in 1983)
THE DANDY WARHOLS - Bohemian Like You (#5 this week in 2001)
DENNIS WATERMAN - I Could Be So Good For You (#19 this week in 1980)
THE SMITHS - I Started Something I Couldn't Finish (#29 this week in 1987)
McALMONT & BUTLER - Bring It Back (#36 this week in 2002)
AND WHY NOT? - Restless Days (She Screams Out Loud) (#38 this week in 1989)
THE DIVINE COMEDY - Gin Soaked Boy (#38 this week in 1999)
OASIS - Wonderwall (#2 this week in 1995)
THE LA'S - There She Goes (#20 this week in 1990)
PETER GABRIEL & KATE BUSH - Don't Give Up (#16 this week in 1986)
SHED SEVEN - Ocean Pie (#33 this week in 1994)
MARVIN GAYE - (Sexual) Healing (#5 this week in 1982)
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA - Torn (#2 this week in 1997)
JAMES - Laid (#29 this week in 1993)
HEAVEN 17 - This Is Mine (#28 this week in 1984)
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK - Joan Of Arc (#5 this week in 1982)

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - November 4

Free music - Wednesday Week - November 4

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This week's there's new music from The Cribs, Biffy Clyro, Eels, Goons Of Doom, The Plastiscines, Julian Casablancas and Reverend & The Makers; plus tracks from Foo Fighters, Paul McCartney, Ooberman and Mercury Rev. Morrissey takes on David Bowie for the Bizarre Cover Version; there's a Lost '80s Classic from Thomas Dolby and a truly lost and previously unreleased gem from Frankie Goes To Hollywood; and we celebrate Bonfire Night with Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine and My Life Story.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - November 1

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - November 1

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This week's deeply unfashionable old hits:
DURAN DURAN - The Wild Boys (#5 this week in 1984)
TOM JONES - If I Only Knew (#22 this week in 1994)
WILL POWERS - Kissing With Confidence (#17 this week in 1983)
THE BELOVED - The Sun Rising (#26 this week in 1989)
THE POLYPHONIC SPREE - Hanging Around (#39 this week in 2002)
SHAKESPEAR'S SISTER - Hello (Turn Your Radio On) (#23 this week in 1992)
TEARS FOR FEARS - Mad World (#3 this week in 1982)
THE KOOKS - Ooh La (#20 this week in 2006)
KIM APPLEBY - Don't Worry (#16 this week in 1990)
SWING OUT SISTER - Breakout (#36 this week in 1986)
GOLDIE LOOKIN' CHAIN - Your Mother's Got A Penis (#14 this week in 2005)
HAIRCUT 100 - Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) (#19 this week in 1981)
T'PAU - China In Your Hand (#5 this week in 1987)
CARTER THE UNSTOPPABLE SEX MACHINE - After The Watershed (#11 this week in 1991)
MACY GRAY - I Try (#7 this week in 1999)
ELVIS PRESLEY - If I Can Dream (#17 this week in 2007)

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - October 28

Free music - Wednesday Week - October 28

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This week there's new music from Biffy Clyro, Editors, Ladyhawke, Boo Hewerdine and Arctic Monkeys; plus Idlewild, The Divine Comedy, Nirvana and The Cure. There's a track each from the new Morrissey B-sides compilation and the 30th anniversary edition of Madness's debut album "One Step Beyond"; while the Bizarre Cover Version comes from a new compilation of Mercury Rev's John Peel sessions. The Lost '80s Classic comes from Danny Wilson; and we pay tribute to the late Liam Maher, lead singer of Flowered Up.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - October 25

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This week's old hits:
ARCADIA - Election Day (#14 this week in 1985)
A-HA - Crying In The Rain (#13 this week in 1990)
ERASURE - The Circus (#6 this week in 1987)
ULTRAVOX - Love's Great Adventure (#13 this week in 1984)
DJ JAZZY JEFF & THE FRESH PRINCE - Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble (#21 this week in 1986)
BLUE ZOO - Cry Boy Cry (#35 this week in 1982)
DEACON BLUE - Real Gone Kid (#21 this week in 1988)
SMASH MOUTH - Walkin' On The Sun (#19 this week in 1997)
TAL BACHMAN - She's So High (#30 this week in 1999)
B.A. ROBERTSON & MAGGIE BELL - Hold Me (#13 this week in 1981)
BADLY DRAWN BOY - You Were Right (#9 this week in 2002)
THE SMITHS - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (#25 this week in 1992)
XTC - Making Plans For Nigel (#17 this week in 1979)
ADAM & THE ANTS - Dog Eat Dog (#19 this week in 1980)
ARCTIC MONKEYS - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor (#1 this week in 2005)
DEPECHE MODE - Enjoy The Silence '04 (#7 this week in 2004)
QUEEN - The Show Must Go On (#19 this week in 1991)

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - October 21

Free music - Wednesday Week - October 21

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New music this week from Electric Six, Spiral Stairs, Turboweekend, This City, Phoenix, Foo Fighters, Buzzhead Republic, Local Natives and Alphabeat; plus tracks from The The, Garbage, Teenage Fanclub, Elvis Costello and Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. The Lost '80s Classic comes from ABC while The Bon Bon Club do us a Bizarre Cover Version.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - October 18

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This week's old hits:
BJÖRK with DAVID ARNOLD - Play Dead (#12 this week in 1993)
BUFFALO TOM - Going Underground (#6 this week in 1999)
THE BOO RADLEYS - C'mon Kids (#18 this week in 1996)
THE JAGS - Back Of My Hand (#17 this week in 1979)
THE STROKES - 12:51 (#7 this week in 2003)
KAISER CHIEFS - Never Miss A Beat (#5 this week in 2008)
THE STYLE COUNCIL - Shout To The Top! (#7 this week in 1984)
AZTEC CAMERA with MICK JONES - Good Morning Britain (#23 this week in 1990)
PULP - The Trees (#23 this week in 2001)
SUPERGRASS - Late In The Day (#18 this week in 1997)
THE HOUSEMARTINS - Think For A Minute (#28 this week in 1986)
GEORGE MICHAEL - Faith (#10 this week in 1987)
THE WOMBATS - Let's Dance To Joy Division (#35 this week in 2007)
HOWARD JONES - New Song (#3 this week in 1983)
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK - Enola Gay (#18 this week in 1981)
LAURIE ANDERSON - O Superman (#2 this week in 1981)

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With the news that a-ha are to split, we look back over their 25 year career. A US number one, a UK number one, a Bond theme and the longest held vocal note in recorded musical history are just some of the highlights.

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - October 14

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New music this week from Robbie Williams, Editors, Air, Death Cab For Cutie, The Flaming Lips, The Blizzards and A Place To Bury Strangers; plus vintage stuff from Talking Heads, Guillemots, They Might Be Giants, Ween, Jane's Addiction and The Twang. There's a new take on an old favourite from the newly reformed Spandau Ballet, a Lost '80s Classic from The Associates and Morrissey brings us a Bizarre Cover Version.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - October 11

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This week's old hits:
THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS - Setting Sun (#1 this week in 1996)
RAINBOW - Since You Been Gone (#6 this week in 1979)
PRINCE - Peach (#17 this week in 1993)
THE CURE - Just Like Heaven (#35 this week in 1987)
JAMES - Just Like Fred Astaire (#17 this week in 1999)
JULIAN COPE - Charlotte Anne (#35 this week in 1988)
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA - Smoke (#5 this week in 1998)
ASH - Candy (#20 this week in 2001)
DEPECHE MODE - Love In Itself (#24 this week in 1983)
ROBBIE WILLIAMS - Tripping (#2 this week in 2005)
KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS - Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy (#15 this week in 1982)
DURAN DURAN - (Reach Up For The) Sunrise (#5 this week in 2004)
GIORGIO MORODER & PHILIP OAKEY - Together In Electric Dreams (#9 this week in 1984)
MONTY PYTHON - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life (#8 this week in 1991)

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - October 7

Free music - Wednesday Week - October 7

This week there's new music from Thom Yorke, Reverend & The Makers, This City, The Ettes, Empire Of The Sun, Air and Rufus Wainwright; plus Barenaked Ladies, EMF, Them, Eels, The Men (who were actually the Human League but didn't want you to know) and Depeche Mode. There's a Lost '80s Classic from Kirsty MacColl, a Bizarre Cover Version from the Leisure Society, and we can't finish without paying tribute to Monty Python on their 40th anniversary,

The Jimmy Savile Experience - October 4

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This week's old hits:
MADNESS - Shut Up (#7 this week in 1981)
DAVID BOWIE - Modern Love (#2 this week in 1983)
ELTON JOHN - I Want Love (#9 this week in 2001)
PAOLO NUTINI - Jenny Don't Be Hasty (#20 this week in 2006)
BUGGLES - Video Killed The Radio Star (#6 this week in 1979)
ULTRAVOX - Reap The Wild Wind (#21 this week in 1982)
PET SHOP BOYS - So Hard (#4 this week in 1990)
PULP - Sorted For E's & Wizz (#2 this week in 1995)
NED'S ATOMIC DUSTBIN - Not Sleeping Around (#19 this week in 1992)
A-HA - I've Been Losing You (#14 this week in 1986)
PLACEBO - Slave To The Wage (#19 this week in 2000)
RADIOHEAD - My Iron Lung (#24 this week in 1994)
LONGPIGS - Blue Skies (#21 this week in 1999)
THE DARKNESS - I Believe In A Thing Called Love (#2 this week in 2003)
SUPER FURRY ANIMALS - The Man Don't Give A F**k (#16 this week in 2004)

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - September 30

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This week: new music from Screaming Lights, The Enemy, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Holloways, Girls, Natalie Imbruglia, a-ha and La Roux; plus Jarvis Cocker, Good Charlotte, Stereolab, Ben Folds and New Order. There's a new take on an old favourite from M; a Lost '80s Classic from Julian Cope; and a Bizarre Cover Version from Ian Brown's new album.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - September 27

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This week's old hits:
FRANZ FERDINAND - Do You Want To (#4 this week in 2005)
KINGS OF LEON - Sex On Fire (#1 this week in 2008)
THE POLICE - Don't Stand So Close To Me (#1 this week in 1980)
NENEH CHERRY - Money Love (#23 this week in 1992)
DURANDURAN - I Don't Want Your Love (#20 this week in 1988)
PUBLIC IMAGE LTD - This Is Not A Love Song (#15 this week in 1983)
FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - Relax (#6 this week in 1993)
NEW ORDER - State Of The Nation (#30 this week in 1986)
THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS featuring THE FLAMING LIPS - The Golden Path (#17 this week in 2003)
ERASURE - Drama! (#6 this week in 1989)
ADAM ANT - Apollo 9 (#15 this week in 1984)
IAN BROWN - F.E.A.R. (#13 this week in 2001)
DAVID BOWIE - Thursday's Child (#16 this week in 1999)
SAD CAFE - Every Day Hurts (#34 this week in 1979)
PHIL COLLINS - In The Air Tonight (#17 this week in 2007)
AQUALUNG - Strange And Beautiful (#7 this week in 2002)

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - September 23

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This week there's new music from Hitchcock, a-ha, Alphabet Backwards, Sergeant, The Lovemakers, Carolina Liar and Parka, plus tracks from Bocca Juniors, Madness featuring Ian Dury, Duran Duran, Monty Python and Tori Amos. We also pay tribute to Chas 'n' Dave, the Lost '80s Classic comes from Propaganda and there's a spectacularly Bizarre Cover Version courtesy of TV's Alan Cumming.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - September 20

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This week's old hits:
PET SHOP BOYS - Domino Dancing (#9 this week in 1988)
ERASURE - Love To Hate You (#7 this week in 1991)
OMD - Tesla Girls (#21 this week in 1984)
JOHNNY HATES JAZZ - I Don't Want To Be A Hero (#11 this week in 1987)
THE DIVINE COMEDY - Generation Sex (#19 this week in 1998)
MANSUN - Stripper Vicar (#19 this week in 1996)
THE WONDER STUFF - On The Ropes (#10 this week in 1993)
THE KILLERS - When You Were Young (#5 this week in 2006)
THE POLICE - Invisible Sun (#9 this week in 1981)
TOM JONES & THE CARDIGANS - Burning Down The House (#7 this week in 1999)
HAPPY MONDAYS - Stinkin Thinkin (#31 this week in 1992)
THE THE - Heartland (#29 this week in 1986)
SUEDE - We Are The Pigs (#18 this week in 1994)
THE JAM - The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow) (#2 this week in 1982)
THE SUNDAYS - Summertime (#15 this week in 1997)
SECRET AFFAIR - Time For Action (#21 this week in 1979)
RED BOX - Lean On Me (Ah-Li-Ayo) (#18 this week in 1985)

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - September 16

Free music - Wednesday Week - September 16

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This week we've new music from Muse, Placebo. The Airborne Toxic Event, Arctic Monkeys, Boys Don't Cry, The Yeah You's, Mika, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour and The Qemists, plus music from The Wedding Present, Radiohead, Julian Cope, Black Kids and the Human League. The Housemartins provide the Lost '80s Classic and minor '90s dance diva Tina Cousins offers up the Bizarre Cover Version.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - September 13

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This week's hits from the past:
MADNESS - The Prince (#37 this week in 1979)
STARSAILOR - Silence Is Easy (#9 this week in 2003)
BADLY DRAWN BOY - Disillusion (#26 this week in 2000)
TALK TALK - Life's What You Make It (#23 this week in 1990)
CUTTING CREW - (I Just) Died In Your Arms (#8 this week in 1986)
ALISHA'S ATTIC - The Incidentals (#13 this week in 1998)
PET SHOP BOYS - Go West (#2 this week in 1993)
THE ALL SEEING I - 1st Man In Space (#28 this week in 1999)
GOLDIE LOOKIN' CHAIN - Your Missus Is A Nutter (#14 this week in 2005)
GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE - The Message (#8 this week in 1982)
M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up The Volume (#2 this week in 1987)
QUEEN - Another One Bites The Dust (#18 this week in 1980)
DEPECHE MODE - Personal Jesus (#13 this week in 1989)
THE STONE ROSES - I Wanna Be Adored (#20 this week in 1991)
R.E.M. - What's The Frequency, Kenneth? (#9 this week in 1994)
THE VERVE - The Drugs Don't Work (#1 this week in 1997)

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - September 9

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This week there's new music from Muse, Biffy Clyro, Arctic Monkeys, Jamie T, The Qemists, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour and (yes!) Bananarama... plus tracks from The Motors, Fountains Of Wayne, a-ha, Depeche Mode, The Colour Field and Talk Talk. The Lost '80s Classic comes from XTC, and like everyone else in the world we're celebrating the Beatles today...

The Jimmy Savile Experience - September 6

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This week's old hits:
FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - Rage Hard (#6 this week in 1986)
FAITH NO MORE - Epic (#35 this week in 1990)
RADIOHEAD - Karma Police (#8 this week in 1997)
THE KILLERS - All These Things That I've Done (#18 this week in 2004)
ADAM & THE ANTS - Prince Charming (#2 this week in 1981)
THE CURE - Lovesong (#33 this week in 1989)
SQUEEZE - Hourglass (#16 this week in 1987)
SCISSOR SISTERS - I Don't Feel Like Dancin' (#4 this week in 2006)
THOMPSON TWINS - Don't Mess With Doctor Dream (#15 this week in 1985)
HEAVEN 17 - Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry (#28 this week in 1983)
GORILLAZ - Dare (#1 this week in 2005)
PET SHOP BOYS - Yesterday, When I Was Mad (#13 this week in 1994)
DURAN DURAN - Save A Prayer (#2 this week in 1982)
MALCOLM McLAREN - Madam Butterfly (#15 this week in 1984)

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - September 2

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This week there's new music from The Hot Melts, The Bakelite Age, 7 Worlds Collide, A Fine Frenzy, Wallis Bird, Franz Ferdinand, Prefab Sprout and Team Waterpolo; plus tracks from Manic Street Preachers, Supergrass, Propaganda, OK Go, Ben Folds Five and Pulp. The Lost '80s Classic comes from The Vapors while Krausetto provides a very Bizarre Cover Version.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - August 30

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This week's old hits:
THE FLAMING LIPS - Do You Realize?? (#32 this week in 2002)
CARTER THE UNSTOPPABLE SEX MACHINE - Lean On Me I Won't Fall Over (#16 this week in 1993)
MANSUN - Being A Girl (#13 this week in 1998)
BIFFY CLYRO - Mountains (#10 this week in 2008)
ELVIS PRESLEY - It's Only Love (#34 this week in 1980)
THE LIBERTINES - Don't Look Back Into The Sun (#11 this week in 2003)
KAISER CHIEFS - The Angry Mob (#22 this week in 2007)
MORRISSEY - Dagenham Dave (#26 this week in 1995)
GENESIS - Mama (#20 this week in 1983)
PRINCE & THE NEW POWER GENERATION - Gett Off (#5 this week in 1991)
MOLOKO - Sing It Back (#4 this week in 1999)
a-ha - Touchy! (#12 this week in 1988)
T'PAU - Heart And Soul (#9 this week in 1987)
CUTTING CREW - (I Just) Died In Your Arms (#26 this week in 1986)
ABC - All Of My Heart (#28 this week in 1982)

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - August 26

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This week there's new music from Jack Penate, Kasabian, Jet, Black Lips, Dananananaykroyd, The Molotovs, a-ha, Mew and Just Jack; plus tracks from Babybird, Ben Folds, New Order, They Might Be Giants and dEUS. Love & Money supply the Lost '80s Classic and Europe's top (only) female Pet Shop Boys tribute act West End Girls bring us the Bizarre Cover Version.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - August 23

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This week's old hits:
THE ROLLING STONES - Start Me Up (#28 this week in 1981)
THE CLASH - Bankrobber (#24 this week in 1980)
EMBRACE - My Weakness Is None Of Your Business (#9 this week in 1998)
GEORGE MICHAEL - Praying For Time (#8 this week in 1990)
THE HUMAN LEAGUE - Human (#19 this week in 1986)
PET SHOP BOYS with DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - What Have I Done To Deserve This? (#2 this week in 1987)
SPILLER featuring SOPHIE ELLIS BEXTOR - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) (#1 this week in 2000)
RICHARD X featuring KELIS - Finest Dreams (#8 this week in 2003)
HOWARD JONES - Like To Get To Know You Well (#4 this week in 1984)
THE DIVINE COMEDY - Becoming More Like Alfie (#27 this week in 1996)
MADNESS - Wings Of A Dove (#6 this week in 1983)
MORY KANTE - Ye Ke Ye Ke (#29 this week in 1988)
GOLDIE LOOKIN' CHAIN - Guns Don't Kill People, Rappers Do (#3 this week in 2004)
CAPTAIN SENSIBLE - Wot (#31 this week in 1982)
MY LIFE STORY - Duchess (#39 this week in 1997)
MARTIKA - Love... Thy Will Be Done (#13 this week in 1991)

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - August 19

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New music this week from Haunts, Heypenny, Lovvers, Bloc P… More New music this week from Haunts, Heypenny, Lovvers, Bloc Party, Little Boots, Just Jack, Just Kait (no relation) (probably), The Mission District, Athlete and Calvin Harris, plus tracks from Teenage Fanclub, Pet Shop Boys, Grandaddy and Strangelove. The Lost '80s Classic comes from Danny Wilson, while Peter Sellers & Spike Milligan provide us with a very Bizarre Cover Version.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - August 16

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This week's old hits:
MY LIFE STORY - 12 Reasons Why I Love Her (#32 this week in 1996)
SPANDAU BALLET - Gold (#2 this week in 1983)
THE VERVE - Love Is Noise (#5 this week in 2008)
THE MAGIC NUMBERS - Love Me Like You (#12 this week in 2005)
THE POGUES - Tuesday Morning (#21 this week in 1993)
PAUL McCARTNEY - Press (#25 this week in 1986)
THE SPECIAL AKA - Gangsters (#14 this week in 1979)
THE LIBERTINES - Can't Stand Me Now (#2 this week in 2004)
AZTEC CAMERA - Working In A Goldmine (#31 this week in 1988)
RADIOHEAD - Knives Out (#13 this week in 2001)
BRAN VAN 3000 - Drinking In LA (#3 this week in 1999)
FAITH NO MORE - A Small Victory (#29 this week in 1992)
MANIC STREET PREACHERS - Stay Beautiful (#40 this week in 1991)
THE SMITHS - Girlfriend In A Coma (#13 this week in 1987)
TEARS FOR FEARS - Mothers Talk (#38 this week in 1984)
OMD - Secret (#35 this week in 1985)
HUMAN LEAGUE - Heart Like A Wheel (#38 this week in 1990)
SOFT CELL - What! (#13 this week in 1982)

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - August 12

Free music - Wednesday Week - August 12

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This week we've new music from Athlete, Amanda Blank, Little Boots, Frankmusik, Bloc Party, The Mission District and The Victorian English Gentlemen's Club. There's a tribute to Elliott Smith who would have celebrated his 40th birthday this week; a previously unheard demo from the 20th anniversary edition of the Stone Roses' debut album; and music from Stephen Duffy, Pixies, Train, Wreckless Eric and Richard Hawley. It Bites provide the Lost '80s Classic and Radiohead are given a severe mauling by Aleister Einstein for the Bizarre Cover Version.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - August 9

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This week's old hits:
JOE JACKSON - Is She Really Going Out With Him? (#30 this week in 1979)
MANSUN - I Can Only Disappoint U (#8 this week in 2000)
SUEDE - Trash (#3 this week in 1996)
THE SMITHS - This Charming Man (#10 this week in 1992)
PAOLO NUTINI - Last Request (#9 this week in 2006)
SUGGS - I'm Only Sleeping (#7 this week in 1995)
ROBBIE WILLIAMS - Something Beautiful (#3 this week in 2003)
THE LIGHTNING SEEDS - Pure (#16 this week in 1989)
SHAMPOO - Trouble (#12 this week in 1994)
IT BITES - Calling All The Heroes (#17 this week in 1986)
ROBBIE ROBERTSON - Somewhere Down The Crazy River (#35 this week in 1988)
ROBERT PLANT - Big Log (#11 this week in 1983)
THE SOUP DRAGONS - I'm Free (#5 this week in 1990)
THE HUMAN LEAGUE - Love Action (I Believe In Love) (#7 this week in 1981)
GEORGE MICHAEL - Shoot The Dog (#12 this week in 2002)
THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS - Let Forever Be (#9 this week in 1999)
THE CURE - Inbetween Days (#16 this week in 1985)

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - August 5

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This week there's new music from The Twang, Charlotte Hatherley, The Temper Trap, Madness, a-ha, The Low Miffs, Malcolm Middleton, Mr Hudson, Frankmusik and Pet Shop Boys; plus classics from Smoking Popes, Maximo Park and Kenickie. Fischer-Z provide the Lost '80s Classic and Weezer take on Tubeway Army for the Bizarre Cover Version.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - August 2

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This week's past hits:
NEW ORDER - True Faith (#7 this week in 1987)
PET SHOP BOYS - Paninaro '95 (#18 this week in 1995)
DNA featuring SUZANNE VEGA - Tom's Diner (#3 this week in 1990)
PREFAB SPROUT - If You Don't Love Me (#39 this week in 1992)
THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS - Swing Swing (#13 this week in 2003)
CATATONIA - Stone By Stone (#19 this week in 2001)
MORRISSEY - Alma Matters (#16 this week in 1997)
VOICE OF THE BEEHIVE - Monsters And Angels (#24 this week in 1991)
THE UNDERTONES - Wednesday Week (#11 this week in 1980)
IDA MARIA - I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked (#18 this week in 2008)
KIM WILDE - Water On Glass (#17 this week in 1981)
MADNESS - Shame And Scandal (#38 this week in 2005)
MARTIKA - Toy Soliders (#27 this week in 1989)
HOLLYWOOD BEYOND - What's The Colour Of Money (#7 this week in 1986)
KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS - Stool Pigeon (#8 this week in 1982)
THE CREATURES - Right Now (#20 this week in 1983)
JULIA FORDHAM - Happy Ever After (#30 this week in 1988)
GROOVE ARMADA - At The River (#19 this week in 1999)

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - July 29

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This week there's new music from Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys, Blakfish, Spinnerette, The Twang, The Horrors, The Virgins, a-ha and Madness; plus some old stuff (or "classic hits" as they like to say on proper radio) from Alison Moyet, Inspiral Carpets, Interpol, Death Cab For Cutie and Ivor Cutler. The Bizarre Cover Version is supplied by Happy Mondays and the Farmer's Boys provide the Lost '80s Classic.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - July 26

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This week's hits from the past:
THE KNACK - My Sharona (#6 this week in 1979)
JOYRIDER - Rush Hour (#22 this week in 1996)
THE PIXIES - Velouria (#28 this week in 1990)
STRANGELOVE - The Greatest Show On Earth (#36 this week in 1997)
PLACEBO - Taste In Men (#16 this week in 2000)
SNOW PATROL - Chasing Cars (#25 this week in 2006)
THE STONE ROSES - She Bangs The Drums (#36 this week in 1989)
JESUS JONES - Right Here Right Now (#31 this week in 1991)
THE SUPERNATURALS - I Wasn't Built To Get Up (#25 this week in 1998)
R.E.M. - Tongue (#13 this week in 1995)
PET SHOP BOYS - I Get Along (#18 this week in 2002)
BLANCMANGE - The Day Before You Came (#22 this week in 1984)
DEPECHE MODE - Everything Counts (#26 this week in 1983)
LOU REED - Satellite Of Love '04 (#10 this week in 2004)
THE FOUR TOPS - Reach Out I'll Be There ('88 Remix) (#15 this week in 1988)
JAMES - I Know What I'm Here For (#22 this week in 1999)
BANANARAMA - I Heard A Rumour (#14 this week in 1987)
STAN RIDGWAY - Camouflage (#7 this week in 1986)

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - July 22

Free music - Wednesday Week - July 22

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This week there's new music from Reverend & The Makers (plus the '70s classic which "inspired" it), Super Furry Animals, a-ha, Kid Harpoon, Jack Penate, Noisettes and Madness; plus some Stereolab, Saint Etienne, Depeche Mode and Guillemots. The Bizarre Cover Version comes from Mirwais and The Blue Nile supply the Lost '80s Classic. All this plus a track that arrived just too late for Monday's Moon-related playlist but I couldn't just let it pass.

"Good Luck, Mr Gorsky."

A special moon-related playlist for the 40th anniversary of Neil Armstrong's one small step.

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The Jimmy Savile Experience - July 19

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This week's hits from the past:
OMD - Pandora's Box (#13 this week in 1991)
DUBSTAR - No More Talk (#20 this week in 1997)
SUNSCREEM - Love U More (#23 this week in 1992)
SLY FOX - Let's Go All The Way (#3 this week in 1986)
SUPER FURRY ANIMALS - Juxtapozed With U (#14 this week in 2001)
DOLLAR - Videotheque (#21 this week in 1982)
DEPECHE MODE - New Life (#15 this week in 1981)
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - Seven Seas (#17 this week in 1984)
THE CARDIGANS - Hanging Around (#17 this week in 1999)
MORRISSEY - First Of The Gang To Die (#6 this week in 2004)
THE BOOMTOWN RATS - I Don't Like Mondays (#15 this week in 1979)
TERRORVISION - Bad Actress (#10 this week in 1996)
PAUL McCARTNEY - Waterfalls (#9 this week in 1980)
HUE & CRY - Labour Of Love (#17 this week in 1987)
JAMES DEAN BRADFIELD - That's No Way To Tell A Lie (#18 this week in 2006)
THE WATERBOYS - Glastonbury Song (#29 this week in 1993)

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - July 15

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The Jimmy Savile Experience - July 12

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This week's hits from the past:
GUNS N' ROSES - You Could Be Mine (#3 this week in 1991)
THE HIVES - Walk Idiot Walk (#13 this week in 2004)
JOY DIVISION - Love Will Tear Us Apart (#18 this week in 1980)
FURNITURE - Brilliant Mind (#26 this week in 1986)
MANIC STREET PREACHERS - Tsunami (#11 this week in 1999)
DAVE EDMUNDS - Girls Talk (#21 this week in 1979)
KIRSTY MacCOLL - There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis (#14 this week in 1981)
DANNY WILSON - The Second Summer Of Love (#27 this week in 1989)
TEENAGE FANCLUB - Ain't That Enough (#17 this week in 1997)
WHEATUS - A Little Respect (#3 this week in 2001)
LOTUS EATERS - First Picture Of You (#36 this week in 1983)
TRIO - Da Da Da (#7 this week in 1982)
SUPER FURRY ANIMALS - Something 4 The Weekend (#18 this week in 1996)
MORRISSEY - You're The One For Me, Fatty (#19 this week in 1992)
YOUSSOU N'DOUR & NENEH CHERRY - 7 Seconds (#26 this week in 1994)
THE POGUES - Fiesta (#36 this week in 1988)

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - July 8

Free music - Wednesday Week - July 8

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This week there's new music from Florence + The Machine, The Big Pink, the appallingly named Dananananaykroyd, Modest Mouse, Sick City Club, Patrick Wolf, Madness and Neil Hannon's new project The Duckworth Lewis Method; plus older stuff from They Might Be Giants, Spinal Tap, Brad, Pet Shop Boys, the Stone Roses and Ooberman. The Lost '80s Classic comes from Cry Before Dawn and a-ha take on John Lennon in the Bizarre Cover Version.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - July 5

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - July 5

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This week's hits from the past:
RAZORLIGHT - In The Morning (#15 this week in 2006)
LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS - Perfect Skin (#26 this week in 1984)
BLUR - Coffee & TV (#11 this week in 1999)
THE FLAMING LIPS - Fight Test (#28 this week in 2003)
MANSUN - Legacy (#7 this week in 1998)
HEAVEN 17 - Come Live With Me (#7 this week in 1983)
ASH - Oh Yeah (#6 this week in 1996)
THE STROKES - Hard To Explain (#16 this week in 2001)
GLASVEGAS - Geraldine (#16 this week in 2008)
GUN - Word Up (#8 this week in 1994)
EMF/REEVES & MORTIMER - I'm A Believer (#3 this week in 1995)
CARTER THE UNSTOPPABLE SEX MACHINE - Sheriff Fatman (#23 this week in 1991)
JAMES - Come Home (#32 this week in 1990)
BLACK - Sweetest Smile (#12 this week in 1987)
THE SPECIALS - Ghost Town (#1 this week in 1981)

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - July 1

Free music - Wednesday Week - July 1

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Blimey, I go away for a week and the world's most famous living pop star dies. On this week's show, as well as the inevitable Michael Jackson tributes, there's new music from Royksopp, The Gaslight Anthem, Kasabian, Kings Of Leon, The Gossip, Howling Bells and The Big Pink; some older stuff from new albums by Spinal Tap and the Faces; a lost '80s classic from the unpleasantly named Humpe und Humpe (who were renamed Swimming With Sharks for the UK market, although you probably still don't remember them) and some Glastonbury-related shenanigans from Madness and The Specials.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - June 28

U-u-u-u-uh, now then, now then... oh, you know how it works by now.

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - June 28

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The hits from this week in previous years:
PET SHOP BOYS - It's A Sin (#1 this week in 1987)
THE DIVINE COMEDY - Something For The Weekend (#14 this week in 1996)
HARD-FI - Hard To Beat (#9 this week in 2005)
MUSE - Supermassive Black Hole (#4 this week in 2006)
THE VERVE - Bitter Sweet Symphony (#2 this week in 1997)
BOB GELDOF - The Great Song Of Indifference (#25 this week in 1990)
GRANDMASTER FLASH & MELLE MEL - White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) (#12 this week in 1984)
KLAXONS - It's Not Over Yet (#33 this week in 2007)
THE DARKNESS - Growing On Me (#11 this week in 2003)
CAPTAIN SENSIBLE - Happy Talk (#1 this week in 1982)
SUEDE - She's In Fashion (#13 this week in 1999)
ELECTRONIC - Disappointed (#6 this week in 1992)
FREEEZ - IOU (#7 this week in 1983)
MICHAEL JACKSON - One Day In Your Life (#1 this week in 1981)

The Jimmy Savile Experience - June 21

U-u-u-u-u-uh! Now then, now then, 'ow's about we have a look at what was shooting up the hit parade this week in years gone by, like we do every week with this feeble Jimmy Savile impression? 'Ow's about that then, guys 'n' gals, oooh, you are awful... but I like you.

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - June 21

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This week's retro hits:
TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY - Wishing Well (#14 this week in 1987)
THE FLAMING LIPS - Race For The Prize (#39 this week in 1999)
IDLEWILD - These Wooden Ideas (#32 this week in 2000)
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK - Messages (#13 this week in 1980)
DAFT PUNK - Digital Love (#14 this week in 2001)
FLASH & THE PAN - Waiting For A Train (#7 this week in 1983)
THE WHITE STRIPES - Icky Thump (#2 this week in 2007)
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS - I Wanna Be Loved (#29 this week in 1984)
SUPERGRASS - Sun Hits The Sky (#10 this week in 1997)
QUEEN - Las Palabras De Amor (#22 this week in 1982)
SHED SEVEN - Dolphin (#28 this week in 1994)
ULTRAVOX - All Stood Still (#8 this week in 1982)
WHAM! - The Edge Of Heaven (#2 this week in 1986)
JANET KAY - Silly Games (#28 this week in 1979)
THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH - Song For Whoever (#8 this week in 1989)

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - June 17

Free music - Wednesday Week - June 17

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This week we've got some classic Blur from their new Best Of; new music from Spinnerette, White Denim, Jack Penate, The Airborne Toxic Event, Depeche Mode, Little Boots and Daniel Merriweather; plus some stuff you might not know from Pulp, The Fallout Trust, They Might Be Giants, The Blessing, The The and The Rutles. Thomas Lang provides the Lost '80s Classic and the Bizarre Cover Version comes from the Manic Street Preachers.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - June 14

Well now then, guys and gals, 'ow's about we take a trip down Memory Lane with an hour of hits from this week in years gone by? U-u-u-u-u-u-h, now then now then, rock on Tommy.

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - June 14

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This week's hits from the past:
FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - Two Tribes (#1 this week in 1984)
EDWYN COLLINS - A Girl Like You (#13 this week in 1995)
ELECTRIC SIX - Gay Bar (#5 this week in 2003)
DiVINYLS - I Touch Myself (#20 this week in 1991)
B.A. ROBERTSON - To Be Or Not To Be (#40 this week in 1980)
CALVIN HARRIS - The Girls (#3 this week in 2007)
TUBEWAY ARMY - Are "Friends" Electric? (#7 this week in 1979)
MALCOLM McLAREN & THE BOOTZILLA ORCHESTRA - Waltz Darling (#35 this week in 1989)
SCISSOR SISTERS - Laura (#12 this week in 2005)
DAVID BOWIE - China Girl (#2 this week in 1983)
PULP - A Little Soul (#22 this week in 1998)
SOFT CELL - Torch (#2 this week in 1982)
PREFAB SPROUT - The Sound Of Crying (#23 this week in 1992)
STRANGELOVE - Beautiful Alone (#35 this week in 1996)
EURYTHMICS - You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart (#25 this week in 1988)
TOM JONES - It's Not Unusual (#20 this week in 1987)

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - June 10

Free music - Wednesday Week - June 10

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This week we've got new music from Little Boots, The Killers, The Airborne Toxic Event, Eels, Placebo, Ape School and Depeche Mode; plus slightly less new stuff from Glasvegas, Ben & Jason, Grandaddy, Ivor Cutler, Sophie B. Hawkins, Elliott Smith and Death Cab For Cutie, plus the song which gave the latter band its name. Cake provide this week's bizarre cover version and the lost '80s classic comes from Norway's finest, a-ha.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - June 7

U-u-u-u-u-uh! Now then, now then, guys and gals, 'ow's about we go back in time and smoke a cigar whilst wearing an ill-advised tracksuit and listening to some songs that were climbing up the hit parade on this day in years gone by? Goodness gracious, guys and gals, shut that door!

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - June 7

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This week's hits from the past:
MANIC STREET PREACHERS - From Despair To Where (#28 this week in 1993)
RADIOHEAD - There There (#4 this week in 2003)
VOICE OF THE BEEHIVE - Don't Call Me Baby (#23 this week in 1988)
SQUEEZE - Up The Junction (#25 this week in 1979)
THE DOORS - Light My Fire (#10 this week in 1991)
PROPAGANDA - Duel (#21 this week in 1985)
YAZOO - Nobody's Diary (#3 this week in 1983)
ERASURE - Voulez Vous (from the "Abba-esque" EP, #1 this week in 1992)
BLACK GRAPE - Reverend Black Grape (#9 this week in 1995)
THE AUTOMATIC - Monster (#23 this week in 2006)
DODGY - In A Room (#12 this week in 1996)
ABC - The Look Of Love (#4 this week in 1982)
THE SMITHS - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (#10 this week in 1984)
THE KORGIS - Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime (#27 this week in 1980)

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - June 3

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Free music - Wednesday Week - June 3

On the show this week: new music from Pet Shop Boys, Kasabian, Patrick Wolf, Super Furry Animals, Little Boots, You Me At Six and Empire Of The Sun; some older stuff from Mew, Siouxsie & The Banshees, All-American Rejects and the newly-reformed Faith No More; the return of The Darkness's Justin Hawkins with his new band Hot Leg; a moment of decorum from John Cleese; a forgotten '80s classic from Freur; a bizarre cover version heralding the return of Placebo; and - I can't quite believe I'm saying this - a great new single from Simple Minds. No, really.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - May 31

Now then, now then, guys and gals, goodness gracious, 'ow's about we look back over the past thirty years and listen to some records that were shooting up the hit parade on this day in years gone by. U-u-u-u-u-u-h, now then, now then, didn't they do well?

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - May 31

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This week's hits from the past:
PULP - Common People (#2 this week in 1995)
THE POLICE - Roxanne (#12 this week in 1979)
THE KILLERS - Mr Brightside (#10 this week in 2004)
THE CURE - Friday I'm In Love (#6 this week in 1992)
OMD - So In Love (#28 this week in 1985)
THE ELECTRIC SOFT PARADE - Empty At The End (#39 this week in 2002)
ULTRAVOX - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes (#6 this week in 1984)
AIR - Radio #1 (#31 this week in 2001)
THE ASSOCIATES - Club Country (#14 this week in 1982)
THE SPECIALS - Rat Race (#8 this week in 1980)
REVEREND & THE MAKERS - Heavyweight Champion Of The World (#38 this week in 2007)
FUZZBOX - Pink Sunshine (#24 this week in 1989)
SHED SEVEN - Disco Down (#13 this week in 1999)
THE CHARLATANS - The Only One I Know (#24 this week in 1990)
THE SMITHS - Bigmouth Strikes Again (#28 this week in 1986)
EMBRACE - Come Back To What You Know (#6 this week in 1998)

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week

It's, like, a week's worth of stuff... on a Wednesday. Do you see?

Free music - Wednesday Week - May 27

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On the show this week:
THE UNDERTONES - Wednesday Week (Think of it as our theme tune. I won't play it every week, obviously.)
MORRISSEY - Something Is Squeezing My Skull
SPARKS - Lighten Up Morrissey
JASON LYTLE - Brand New Sun
BEN FOLDS - Tiny Dancer
BEN FOLDS PRESENTS THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MIDNIGHT RAMBLERS - Army
EMPIRE OF THE SUN - We Are The People
FRIENDLY FIRES - Jump In The Pool
VIVIAN STANSHALL & KILGARON - Are You Having Any Fun?
FRANKIE HOWERD & JUNE WHITFIELD - Up Je T'aime
JARVIS COCKER - I Never Said I Was Deep
DIRTY PRETTY THINGS - Wondering
THE KILLERS - The World We Live In
BAD NEWS - Warriors Of Ghengis Khan
WHITE LIES - To Lose My Life
GLASVEGAS - Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime

The Jimmy Savile Experience - May 24

Now then, now then, guys and gals, how's about we go back in time and revisit some of the songs that were shooting up the charts on this day in years gone by? U-u-u-u-u-u-h! Now then, now then! Tattifilarious. (Oh no, that's someone else.)

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - May 24th

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This week's hits from the past 30 years:
ADAM ANT - Goody Two Shoes (#2 this week in 1982)
PINK - Don't Let Me Get Me (#6 this week in 2002)
THE UNDERTONES - It's Going To Happen! (#18 this week in 1981)
DEPECHE MODE - Policy Of Truth (#16 this week in 1990)
MORRISSEY - Irish Blood, English Heart (#3 this week in 2004)
TEARS FOR FEARS - Break It Down Again (#25 this week in 1993)
SCRITTI POLITTI - Oh Patti (Don't Feel Sorry For Loverboy) (#18 this week in 1988)
THE FEELING - Fill My Little World (#28 this week in 2006)
THOMAS DOLBY - Close But No Cigar (#22 this week in 1992)
STEPHEN "TIN TIN" DUFFY - Icing On The Cake (#35 this week in 1985)
JONA LEWIE - You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties (#27 this week in 1980)
JOBOXERS - Just Got Lucky (#16 this week in 1983)
ROXY MUSIC - Dance Away (#2 this week in 1979)
BILLIE RAY MARTIN - Your Loving Arms (#6 this week in 1995)
NENEH CHERRY - Manchild (#8 this week in 1989)
BECK - Sissyneck (#30 this week in 1997)
DEACON BLUE - Your Swaying Arms (#23 this week in 1991)
THE DIVINE COMEDY - Bad Ambassador (#34 this week in 2001)

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Tune in at 5pm on Sunday (or any time thereafter, thanks to the beauty of technology) for the first episode of The Jimmy Savile Experience, an hour of songs that were in the charts on this day over the past thirty years. There'll be some you remember and some you've forgotten...

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This is my first weekly round-up of the best (and strangest) stuff I've found on the splendid (and totally legal!) music streaming site We7. The widget doesn't work very well in some browsers so if you're having trouble with it, please click here.

On the playlist this week:

MANIC STREET PREACHERS - Jackie Collins Existential Question Time
ULTRAVOX! - Young Savage
SMOKING POPES - Let's Hear It For Love
THE WEDDING PRESENT - Kennedy
CAMERA OBSCURA - French Navy
ABSENT ELK - Sun And Water
THE LIGHTNING SEEDS - Things Just Happened
MADNESS - NW5
TOMMY COOPER - Don't Jump Off The Roof Dad
MONTY PYTHON - Big Red Bowl (original radio commercial for Monty Python's Big Red Book)
SAINT ETIENNE - Public Information Film
LITTLE BOOTS - Love Kills
PET SHOP BOYS - Did You See Me Coming?
FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS - Inner City Pressure
WAS (NOT WAS) - (Return To The Valley Of) Out Come The Freaks
LADYHAWKE - Back Of The Van (WAWA Remix Edit)
JARVIS COCKER - You're In My Eyes (Discosong)