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)

Coming soon on Radio Vibenstein...

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)