The Luxury Gap presents: Footlong '80s - July 2

Free music - Footlong '80s - 02/07/10

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Has it really been a month? The Luxury Gap perks up your weekend again with an hour of extended mixes from George Michael, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Madonna, Pet Shop Boys, Michael Jackson, Stephen "TinTin" Duffy, Madness and The Cure.

The Luxury Gap presents: Footlong '80s - June 4

Free music - Footlong '80s - 04/06/10

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The Luxury Gap brings you an hour of '80s 12" mixes from Propaganda, Go West, Belinda Carlisle, OMD, Brother Beyond, Break Machine, Duran Duran, Landscape, The Human League and Trio.

The Luxury Gap presents: Footlong '80s - May 21

Free music - Footlong '80s - 21/05/10

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The Luxury Gap brings you an hour of '80s 12" mixes from David Bowie, Heaven 17, Visage, Spandau Ballet, Howard Jones, Culture Club, Scritti Politti, The Assembly, Belouis Some and The Style Council.

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - May 5

Free music - Wednesday Week - 05/05/10

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This week there's new music from The Chap, Fyfe Dangerfield, The Hold Steady, Keane, Two Door Cinema Club, Carpark North and The National; plus "oldies" from Arcadia, Beck, They Might Be Giants, Arctic Monkeys, The Strokes, Placebo and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. The Lost '80s Classic comes from Elvis Costello & The Attractions while Heaven 17 bring us a Bizarre Cover Version.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - May 2

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - 02/05…

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This week's old hits:
DURAN DURAN - The Reflex (#1 this week in 1984)
IDLEWILD - You Held The World In Your Arms (#9 this week in 2002)
PAUL WELLER - The Changingman (#7 this week in 1995)
RACONTEURS - Steady As She Goes (#4 this week in 2006)
ELECTRONIC - Get The Message (#9 this week in 1991)
MORRISSEY - November Spawned A Monster (#12 this week in 1990)
MANIC STREET PREACHERS - Your Love Alone Is Not Enough (#26 this week in 2007)
THE WHITE STRIPES - Seven Nation Army (#7 this week in 2003)
DEPECHE MODE - Walking In My Shoes (#22 this week in 1993)
THE DAMNED - Alone Again Or (#28 this week in 1987)
CATATONIA - Road Rage (#5 this week in 1998)
ASSOCIATES - Club Country (#35 this week in 1982)
LEVEL 42 - Lessons In Love (#9 this week in 1986)
PET SHOP BOYS - Before (#7 this week in 1996)
FLOWERED UP - Weekender (#35 this week in 1992)

The Luxury Gap presents: Footlong '80s - April 30

Free music - Footlong '80s - 30/04/10

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The Luxury Gap brings you an hour of full length '80s 12" mixes from Bananarama, Kajagoogoo, Nick Heyward, The Fixx, Pet Shop Boys, Level 42, Soft Cell, Big Audio Dynamite, The Cult and Propaganda.

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - April 28

Free music - Wednesday Week - 28/04/10

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This week there's new music from Biffy Clyro, The Radio Dept, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Fyfe Dangerfield, The Courteeners and The Big Pink; plus tracks from Muse, Radiohead, The Fallout Trust, The Auteurs, dEUS, Ween and Super Furry Animals.  There's also a Lost '80 Classic from Fischer-Z and a very Bizarre Cover Version from Telex.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - April 25

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - 25/04/10

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This week's old hits:
DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS - Geno (#2 this week in 1980)
CAESARS - Jerk It Out (#8 this week in 2005)
THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES - The Impression That I Get (#12 this week in 1998)
MADNESS - Grey Day (#20 this week in 1981)
BLUR - Out Of Time (#5 this week in 2003)
ASH - Goldfinger (#5 this week in 1996)
MGMT - Time To Pretend (#35 this week in 2008)
DOVES - There Goes The Fear (#3 this week in 2002)
QUEEN - I Want To Break Free (#3 this week in 1984)
THE FLAMING LIPS - The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (#16 this week in 2006)
KIM WILDE - View From A Bridge (#18 this week in 1982)
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK - Sailing On The Seven Seas (#8 this week in 1991)
ADAMSKI - Killer (#7 this week in 1990)
HEAVEN 17 - Temptation (#14 this week in 1983)
S-EXPRESS - Theme From S-Express (#1 this week in 1988)
...plus a special We7 only bonus track (#17 this week in 1987)

The Luxury Gap presents: Footlong '80s - April 23

Free music - Footlong '80s - 23/04/10

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Don't ask me what happened to last week's show, it seems Blogger didn't bother to send it out until Sunday.  Hopefully things will be better this week as The Luxury Gap brings you full length 12" mixes from Heaven 17, ABC, The Beloved, The Stone Roses, Erasure, Spandau Ballet, The Human League, Simple Minds and The Specials.

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - April 21

Free music - Wednesday Week - 21/04/10

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After last week's enforced absence (blame the volcanic ash cloud), this week's show is crammed with new music from MGMT, Professor Green, Keane, Kate Nash, Paul Weller, Tracey Thorn, Hot Chip, All Time Low, The Futureheads, Codeine Velvet Club, The Temper Trap and James.  There's a topical opener from Stereolab; a track from the soon-to-split Supergrass; and a tribute to Malcolm McLaren with a Lost '80s Classic from Bow Wow Wow, an overlooked classic from the man himself and a truly Bizarre Cover Version from - pardon me - The Bollock Brothers.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - April 18

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - 18/04/10

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This week's old hits:
DANNY WILSON - Mary's Prayer (#15 this week in 1988)
BEN FOLDS FIVE - Army (#28 this week in 1999)
CRASH TEST DUMMIES - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm (#5 this week in 1994)
THE CURE - Lullaby (#12 this week in 1989)
WOLFMAN featuring PETE DOHERTY - For Lovers (#7 this week in 2004)
THE MOCK TURTLES - Can You Dig It? (#18 this week in 1991)
SUEDE - Lazy (#9 this week in 1997)
RAZORLIGHT - Somewhere Else (#2 this week in 2005)
THE UNDERTONES - My Perfect Cousin (#29 this week in 1980)
FAITH NO MORE - From Out Of Nowhere (#30 this week in 1990)
XTC - The Disappointed (#33 this week in 1992)
SAM SPARRO - Black And Gold (#2 this week in 2008)
THOMPSON TWINS - You Take Me Up (#2 this week in 1984)
SUGGS featuring LOUCHIE LOU & MICHIE ONE - Cecilia (#9 this week in 1996)
PORTISHEAD - Sour Times (#13 this week in 1995)
IT'S IMMATERIAL - Driving Away From Home (#28 this week in 1986)

The Luxury Gap presents: Footlong '80s - April 16

Free music - Footlong '80s - 16/04/10

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The Luxury Gap brings you an hour (and a bit) of extended 12" mixes from Wham!, Belinda Carlisle, Tears For Fears, Madness, Ultravox, Heaven 17, Arcadia, Was (Not Was) and Frankie Goes To Hollywood.

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - April 14

We apologise for the lack of a Wednesday Week show this week.  This is due to many things, including a useless internet connection, the annoying requirements of real life, and the fact that We7 appears to have gone down altogether.  Normal service will, hopefully, be resumed next week.  In the meantime, here is some music.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - April 11

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - 11/04/10

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This week's old hits:
SUPERGRASS - Richard III (#2 this week in 1997)
THE RASMUS - In The Shadows (#3 this week in 2004)
NEW ORDER - Regret (#11 this week in 1993)
THE DREAM ACADEMY - Life In A Northern Town (#25 this week in 1985)
NICK HEYWARD - Whistle Down The Wind (#13 this week in 1983)
MARK RONSON featuring DANIEL MERRIWEATHER - Stop Me (#6 this week in 2007)
YELLO - Of Course I'm Lying (#23 this week in 1989)
LIVING IN A BOX - Living In A Box (#23 this week in 1987)
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK - Locomotion (#28 this week in 1984)
BLUR - Popscene (#32 this week in 1992)
THE KOOKS - Always Where I Need To Be (#3 this week in 2008)
THE WONDER STUFF - The Size Of A Cow (#6 this week in 1991)
BIG COUNTRY - Look Away (#18 this week in 1986)
RICHARD ASHCROFT - A Song For The Lovers (#3 this week in 2000)
LINX - Intuition (#7 this week in 1981)
MADNESS - Night Boat To Cairo (#6 this week in 1980)

The Luxury Gap presents: Footlong '80s - April 9

Free music - Footlong '80s - 09/04/10

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The Luxury Gap brings you an hour of full length 12" mixes from Cameo, Belouis Some, Re-Flex, Jaki Graham, Prince & The Revolution, The Cure, Siouxsie & The Banshees, David Bowie, Depeche Mode and Pet Shop Boys.

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindler - a tribute to Malcolm McLaren

Free music - The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindler

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It's not often you can say without fear of contradiction that someone changed the face of popular music, but Malcolm McLaren was definitely one of the few.  The mastermind behind the Sex Pistols, he also introduced the art of DJ scratching to the UK with his hit single Buffalo Gals and went on to bring opera to the masses... well, maybe not quite.  Here's an hour of his finest moments, including all his solo hits; tracks from his protégés The New York Dolls, The Sex Pistols and Bow Wow Wow; the Happy Mondays' contribution to McLaren's Ghosts Of Oxford Street project; and tracks from the soundtracks of The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle and Kill Bill Vol. 2.  RIP Malcolm.

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - April 7

Free music - Wednesday Week - 07/04/10

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This week: new music from The Glitterati, Barenaked Ladies, David Byrne & Fatboy Slim, Keane, We Are Scientists, Goldfrapp and Eat More Cake; plus tracks from Joy Division, Hard-Fi, Interpol, The Housemartins, Stereolab, Athlete and Prefab Sprout.  The Lost '80s Classic comes from Lloyd Cole & The Commotions; Saint Etienne take on Right Said Fred for the Bizarre Cover Version; and - unusually, for Spotify listeners only - Half Man Half Biscuit with the song that's been adopted as the anthem for the Save BBC 6Music campaign.  (Small advertisement: UK listeners can click here to download the song for 49p and register your protest against the closure of 6Music.)

The Jimmy Savile Experience - April 4

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - 04/04/10

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This week's old hits:
DAVID BOWIE - Let's Dance (#1 this week in 1983)
HAPPY MONDAYS - Step On (#16 this week in 1990)
SQUEEZE - Cool For Cats (#6 this week in 1979)
MORRISSEY - You Have Killed Me (#3 this week in 2006)
THE RAINMAKERS - Let My People Go Go (#34 this week in 1987)
THE WATERBOYS - The Whole Of The Moon (#11 this week in 1991)
KINGS OF LEON - On Call (#18 this week in 2007)
MANSUN - Egg Shaped Fred (#37 this week in 1996)
LANDSCAPE - Einstein A Go-Go (#8 this week in 1981)
BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE - E=MC² (#20 this week in 1986)
FRANZ FERDINAND - No You Girls (#22 this week in 2009)
THE SPECIAL AKA - Nelson Mandela (#14 this week in 1984)
BADLY DRAWN BOY - Silent Sigh (#16 this week in 2002)
ROY ORBISON - She's A Mystery To Me (#27 this week in 1989)
TEENAGE FANCLUB - Mellow Doubt (#34 this week in 1995)

The Luxury Gap Presents: Footlong '80s - April 2

Free music - Footlong '80s - 02/04/10

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The Luxury Gap pumps up your weekend with full length 12" mixes from Queen, Genesis, Level 42, Howard Jones, Culture Club, OMD, Human League, Erasure, Duran Duran and Talking Heads.

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - March 31

Free music - Wednesday Week - 31/03/10

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New music this week from MGMT, She & Him, Hot Chip, The Irrepressibles, Kids In Glass Houses and Monday Box; plus Horse, The Colour Field, Eels, Biffy Clyro, Ben & Jason, The Smiths, Death Cab For Cutie and Prince. There's a Lost '80s Classic from A Certain Ratio, while The Bird And The Bee bring us one of a dozen Bizarre Cover Versions from their new album of Hall & Oates songs.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - March 28

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - 28/03/10

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This week's old hits:
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS - Birdhouse In Your Soul (#8 this week in 1990)
NEW RADICALS - You Get What You Give (#5 this week in 1999)
THE VAPORS - Turning Japanese (#3 this week in 1980)
SPINAL TAP - Bitch School (#35 this week in 1992)
THE POWER STATION - Some Like It Hot (#14 this week in 1985)
MOLOKO - The Time Is Now (#2 this week in 2000)
DEPECHE MODE - People Are People (#9 this week in 1984)
RICHARD X vs LIBERTY X - Being Nobody (#3 this week in 2003)
DUBSTAR - Stars (#15 this week in 1996)
TIN TIN OUT featuring SHELLEY NELSON - Here's Where The Story Ends (#7 this week in 1998)
STARSAILOR - Poor Misguided Fool (#23 this week in 2002)
PULP - Do You Remember The First Time? (#33 this week in 1994)
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA - Shiver (#8 this week in 2005)
JAPAN - Ghosts (#9 this week in 1982)
THE THE - The Beat(en) Generation (#26 this week in 1989)
TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY - If You Let Me Stay (#22 this week in 1987)
ALTERED IMAGES - Don't Talk To Me About Love (#7 this week in 1983)
FEARGAL SHARKEY - I've Got News For You (#14 this week in 1991)

The Luxury Gap presents: Footlong '80s - March 26

Free music - Footlong '80s - 26/03/10

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The Luxury Gap brings you an hour of extended 12" mixes from Dead Or Alive, New Order, Soft Cell, The Jam, Swing Out Sister, Thompson Twins, Paul Young, Go West, Talk Talk and Public Image Ltd.

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - March 24

Free music - Wednesday Week - 24/03/10

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This week: new music from Cosmo Jarvis, Wild Beasts, Arctic Monkeys, Stornoway, Crocodiles, The Besnard Lakes, Andy Bell and Ellie Goulding; plus Ivor Cutler, Suede, The Verve, The Flaming Lips and Gorky's Zygotic Mynci.  Frank Black takes on the Beach Boys for the Bizarre Cover Version; there's a Lost '80s Classic from the Blow Monkeys; and we pay tribute to Big Star's Alex Chilton who passed away last week, not to mention the late, great Ian Dury who died ten years ago this Saturday.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - March 21

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - 21/03/10

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This week's old hits:
CLIFF RICHARD & THE YOUNG ONES - Living Doll (#4 this week in 1986)
THE JAM - Going Underground (#1 this week in 1980)
PLACEBO - The Bitter End (#12 this week in 2003)
IRON MAIDEN - Can I Play With Madness (#4 this week in 1988)
MAXIMO PARK - Our Velocity (#30 this week in 2007)
MUSE - Plug In Baby (#11 this week in 2001)
GARBAGE - Stupid Girl (#4 this week in 1996)
NERD - She Wants To Move (#5 this week in 2004)
TEXAS featuring the WU TANG CLAN - Say What You Want (All Day Every Day) (#4 this week in 1998)
KON KAN - I Beg Your Pardon (#17 this week in 1989)
ALISON MOYET - Whispering Your Name (#18 this week in 1994)
PET SHOP BOYS - Where The Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off You) (#7 this week in 1991)
PANIC AT THE DISCO - Nine In The Afternoon (#13 this week in 2008)
JOBOXERS - Boxerbeat (#21 this week in 1983)
THE LIGHTNING SEEDS - The Life Of Riley (#39 this week in 1992)
THE DIVINE COMEDY - Everybody Knows (Except You) (#14 this week in 1997)
FREDDIE MERCURY - The Great Pretender (#4 this week in 1987)

The Luxury Gap presents: Footlong '80s - March 19

Free music - Footlong '80s - 19/03/10

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The Luxury Gap gives your weekend a good kicking with full length 12" mixes from Michael Jackson, Madonna, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, OMD, Johnny Hates Jazz, Thomas Dolby, Scritti Politti, Heaven 17 and Pet Shop Boys.

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - March 17

Free music - Wednesday Week - 17/03/10

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New music this week from The Besnard Lakes, OK Go, The Stationary Set*, The White Stripes, Gorillaz, The Courteeners, Fred Thomas, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Ellie Goulding, Goldfrapp and Sheer Zed; plus Cud, Black Kids, Grandaddy and Captain Beefheart.  There's a noisy Lost '80s Classic from Jesus Jones, while Doctor & The Medics provide the Bizarre Cover Version.

*We7 only.  There's always one, isn't there?

The Jimmy Savile Experience - March 14

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - 14/03/10

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This week's old hits:
THE WHO - You Better You Bet (#16 this week in 1981)
ELVIS COSTELLO - Veronica (#31 this week in 1989)
MONACO - What Do You Want From Me? (#11 this week in 1997)
INSPIRAL CARPETS - This Is How It Feels (#22 this week in 1990)
DAVID BOWIE - Absolute Beginners (#8 this week in 1986)
FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE - Stacy's Mom (#11 this week in 2004)
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Streets Of Philadelphia (#4 this week in 1994)
THE CHRISTIANS - Forgotten Town (#22 this week in 1987)
THE STYLE COUNCIL - Speak Like A Child (#6 this week in 1983)
THE HUMAN LEAGUE - One Man In My Heart (#18 this week in 1995)
WANG CHUNG - Dance Hall Days (#26 this week in 1984)
MADNESS - Sorry (#23 this week in 2007)
GORILLAZ - Clint Eastwood (#4 this week in 2001)
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - Under The Bridge (#26 this week in 1992)
THE CLASH - Should I Stay Or Should I Go (#1 this week in 1991)

The Luxury Gap presents: Footlong '80s - March 12

Free music - Footlong '80s - 12/03/10

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The Luxury Gap lights the blue touch paper on your weekend with full length 12" mixes from Eurythmics, Robert Howard & Kym Mazelle, David Joseph, A Flock Of Seagulls, Depeche Mode, Haircut 100, Marillion, U2, Bob Marley and UB40.

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - March 10

Free music - Wednesday Week - 10/03/10

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This week there's new music from The European, Black Daniel, The Tallest Man On Earth, Discotheque Wreck, Name The Pet, Goldfrapp, Gorillaz and The Advisory Circle*; plus tracks from Radiohead, Ballboy, Pet Shop Boys, Mull Historical Society, Fear Of Pop (featuring William Shatner) and They Might Be Giants. Julian Cope provides the Lost '80s Classic and there's a Bizarre Cover Version from Sharleen Spiteri.

*As usual, We7 and Spotify can't keep up with each other, so The Advisory Circle has been replaced by Half Man Half Biscuit on the Spotify playlist, thus putting an entirely different spin on the second half of the show.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - March 7

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - 07/03/10

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This week's old hits:
BECK - The New Pollution (#14 this week in 1997)
THE DIVINE COMEDY - Love What You Do (#26 this week in 2001)
THE CHARLATANS - Weirdo (#19 this week in 1992)
NO DOUBT - It's My Life (#17 this week in 2004)
STEPHEN "TIN TIN" DUFFY - Kiss Me (#4 this week in 1985)
JUNIOR SENIOR - Move Your Feet (#4 this week in 2003)
HUE & CRY - Labour Of Love (Remix) (#28 this week in 1993)
MOBY - Lift Me Up (#18 this week in 2005)
ABC - Poison Arrow (#10 this week in 1982)
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS - Oliver's Army (#2 this week in 1979)
THE BOO RADLEYS - Wake Up Boo! (#9 this week in 1995)
SQUEEZE - Another Nail In My Heart (#40 this week in 1980)
ORSON - No Tomorrow (#5 this week in 2006)
THE PRIMITIVES - Crash (#9 this week in 1988)
THE WHITE STRIPES - Fell In Love With A Girl (#21 this week in 2002)
SPACE featuring CERYS MATTHEWS - The Ballad Of Tom Jones (#4 this week in 1998)
LENE MARLIN - Sitting Down Here (#6 this week in 2000)
TALKING HEADS - Once In A Lifetime (#14 this week in 1981)

The Luxury Gap presents: Footlong '80s - March 5

Free music - Footlong '80s - 05/03/10

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The Luxury Gap cranks up your weekend with an hour of '80s full-length extended versions from Pet Shop Boys, Freeez, Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey, Shakin' Stevens, Duran Duran, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Hipsway*, It Bites, Billy Idol and The Style Council.

*Note: Both We7 and Spotify have managed to list the tracks on Hipsway's eponymous debut album in the wrong order, so the track listed as Set This Day Apart is actually The Honeythief (Galus Mix).

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - March 3

..................er, there isn't one this week. Instead, what I'd like you to do is go and listen to BBC 6 Music for an hour. If you find it to your taste (which I expect you will if you're a regular Wednesday Week listener), please contact the BBC and express your displeasure at their ludicrous decision to close the most forward-looking radio station in the whole of the UK. This page is an excellent guide to the most effective ways of doing this.

Thank you for your time. Normal service will resume next week.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - February 28

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - 28/02/10

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This week's old hits:
INSPIRAL CARPETS featuring MARK E. SMITH - I Want You (#18 this week in 1994)
RAINBOW - I Surrender (#3 this week in 1981)
THE CULT - Love Removal Machine (#18 this week in 1987)
TURIN BRAKES - Painkiller (#5 this week in 2003)
BLUR - Tender (#2 this week in 1999)
IDLEWILD - Love Steals Us From Loneliness (#16 this week in 2005)
SUEDE - Animal Nitrate (#7 this week in 1993)
STONE ROSES - Elephant Stone (#8 this week in 1990)
CORNERSHOP - Brimful Of Asha (#1 this week in 1998)
LIVING IN A BOX - Blow The House Down (#17 this week in 1989)
OUTKAST - Ms Jackson (#2 this week in 2001)
BLANCMANGE - Waves (#26 this week in 1983)
KEANE - Somewhere Only We Know (#3 this week in 2004)
BEN FOLDS FIVE - Battle Of Who Could Care Less (#26 this week in 1997)
TALKING HEADS - And She Was (#19 this week in 1986)
LILY ALLEN - Alfie (#23 this week in 2007)

The Luxury Gap Presents: Footlong '80s - February 26

Free music - Footlong '80s - 26/02/10

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The Luxury Gap boots up your weekend with full length extended mixes from Chaka Khan, Michael Jackson, George Michael, Thompson Twins, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Blondie, Transvision Vamp, The Stranglers, Hue And Cry and Tracey Ullman.

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - 24/02/10

Free music - Wednesday Week - 24/02/10

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This week: new music from The Courteeners, Alphabeat, Marina & The Diamonds, Two Door Cinema Club, OK Go, Blind Man's Colour, The Stranglers, No Profile, The Strange Boys, Magnet School and Violent Arrest*; plus tracks from The Polyphonic Spree, Strangelove, Modest Mouse and The Auteurs. Cornershop return from wherever they've been all this time with a Bizarre Cover Version* and the Lost '80s Classic comes from Prefab Sprout.

*We7 only. Annoying, isn't it?

The Jimmy Savile Experience - February 21

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - 21/02/10

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This week's old hits:
THE HIVES - Hate To Say I Told You So (#23 this week in 2002)
THE SKIDS - Into The Valley (#24 this week in 1979)
THE STROKES - Reptilia (#17 this week in 2004)
ELASTICA - Waking Up (#13 this week in 1995)
THE BLUETONES - Solomon Bites The Worm (#10 this week in 1998)
GOSSIP - Standing In The Way Of Control (#17 this week in 2007)
KILLING JOKE - Love Like Blood (#19 this week in 1985)
WESTWORLD - Sonic Boom Boy (#22 this week in 1987)
THE FEELING - I Thought It Was Over (#9 this week in 2008)
TEARS FOR FEARS - Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) (#25 this week in 1992)
EELS - Mr E's Beautiful Blues (#11 this week in 2000)
COLDCUT featuring YAZZ & THE PLASTIC POPULATION - Doctorin' The House (#10 this week in 1988)
ADAM ANT - Room At The Top (#22 this week in 1990)
JAMES - She's A Star (#9 this week in 1997)
DIRE STRAITS - Romeo And Juliet (#8 this week in 1981)
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - Killing In The Name (#27 this week in 1993)

The Luxury Gap presents: Footlong '80s - February 19

Free music - Footlong '80s - 19/02/10

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The Luxury Gap cranks up your weekend with an hour of extended mixes from Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Queen, Pet Shop Boys, Nick Heyward, Yazoo, The Associates, Duran Duran, Wham!, Bangles and Stan Ridgway.

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - February 17

Free music - Wednesday Week - 17/02/10

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New music this week from Pet Shop Boys, We Are The World, Saint Etienne, The Big Pink, Hot Donkey, Emmy The Great, Spoon, David Ford and The Courteeners; plus tracks from Ben Folds, The Bluetones and Pulp. The Bizarre Cover Version comes from Guillemots; there's a Lost '80s Classic from Fad Gadget and we pay tribute to The Knack's Doug Fieger... but not with that song.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - February 14

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - 14/02/10

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This week's old hits:
DR FEELGOOD - Milk And Alcohol (#9 this week in 1979)
IRON MAIDEN - Run To The Hills (#33 this week in 1982)
SUPERGRASS - Mansize Rooster (#20 this week in 1995)
THE DAMNED - Eloise (#4 this week in 1986)
BARENAKED LADIES - One Week (#5 this week in 1999)
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS - I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down (#17 this week in 1980)
WHEATUS - Teenage Dirtbag (#2 this week in 2001)
THE SMITHS - Shoplifters Of The World Unite (#12 this week in 1987)
KAISER CHIEFS - Ruby (#2 this week in 2007)
LONGPIGS - Far (#37 this week in 1996)
JELLYFISH - The King Is Half Undressed (#39 this week in 1991)
NIK KERSHAW - Wouldn't It Be Good (#14 this week in 1984)
SAINT ETIENNE - Pale Movie (#28 this week in 1994)
CICERO - Love Is Everywhere (#19 this week in 1992)
DEPECHE MODE - Enjoy The Silence (#17 this week in 1990)
SPIRITUALIZED - I Think I'm In Love (#27 this week in 1998)
GOLDFRAPP - A&E (#18 this week in 2008)
BOURGEOIS TAGG - I Don't Mind At All (#37 this week in 1988)

The Luxury Gap presents: Footlong '80s - February 12

Free music - Footlong '80s - 12/02/10

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This week The Luxury Gap jump-starts your weekend with an hour of extended versions from New Order, Ultravox, Soft Cell, Culture Club, Bucks Fizz, Paul Young, Curiosity Killed The Cat, Cutting Crew, Julian Cope and that rarest of things, a Morrissey remix. totally reinvented by the legendary Sparks.

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - February 10

Free music - Wednesday Week - 10/02/10

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This week: new (or at least new-ish) music from Owl City, Hot Chip, Wakey!Wakey!, Marina & The Diamonds, Cassette Kids, The Black Box Revelation, Jon Dee Graham and Placebo; older music from The Beloved, Shed Seven, The Undertones, Smoking Popes, Marillion and Pet Shop Boys. Joe Cocker brings us the Bizarre Cover Version and the Lost '80s Classic comes from Squeeze.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - February 7

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - 07/02/10

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This week's old hits:
BEATS INTERNATIONAL - Dub Be Good To Me (#15 this week in 1990)
HOT CHIP - Ready For The Floor (#6 this week in 2008)
HOLLY JOHNSON - Love Train (#4 this week in 1989)
SUSAN FASSBENDER - Twilight Cafe (#21 this week in 1981)
MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Watching Xanadu (#36 this week in 2002)
TEENAGE FANCLUB - What You Do To Me (#31 this week in 1992)
THE WEDDING PRESENT - I'm From Further North Than You (#34 this week in 2005)
SMASHING PUMPKINS - 1979 (#16 this week in 1996)
ASH - Shining Light (#8 this week in 2001)
MADNESS - Michael Caine (#26 this week in 1984)
LILY ALLEN - The Fear (#1 this week in 2009)
THE SUPERNATURALS - The Day Before Yesterday's Man (#25 this week in 1997)
THE RAILWAY CHILDREN - Every Beat Of The Heart (#37 this week in 1991)
TIMBUK 3 - The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades (#33 this week in 1987)
BLONDIE - Maria (#1 this week in 1999)
PUBLIC IMAGE LTD - Rise (#20 this week in 1986)
DEACON BLUE - Dignity (#32 this week in 1988)
ROLF HARRIS - Stairway To Heaven (#9 this week in 1993)

The Luxury Gap presents: Footlong '80s - February 5

Free music - Footlong '80s - 05/02/10

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This week The Luxury Gap brings you over an hour of full-length 12" versions from Erasure, Heaven 17, Colonel Abrams, Oran "Juice" Jones, Scritti Politti, Thompson Twins, Genesis, Depeche Mode, Siouxsie & The Banshees and Paul McCartney. Enjoy!

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - February 3

Free music - Wednesday Week - 03/02/10

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This week there's new music from Hadouken!, Hot Chip, The Strange Boys, Pete Parkkonen, The Maccabees, Daisy Dares You, Gorillaz, The Substance* and Fyfe Dangerfield; plus tracks from Black Box Recorder, Grandaddy and Talking Heads. Threshold provide a Bizarre Cover Version; the Lost '80s Classic comes from The Icicle Works; and we pay tribute to OMC singer Pauly Fuemana who passed away this week.

*We7 only. Although, to be fair, Spotify has a better selection of Black Box Recorder tracks than We7, so... swings and roundabouts.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - January 31

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - 31/01/10

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This week's old hits:
QUEEN - Radio Ga Ga (#4 this week in 1984)
THEN JERICO - Big Area (#13 this week in 1989)
PLACEBO - Every You Every Me (#11 this week in 1999)
GIN BLOSSOMS - Hey Jealousy (#37 this week in 1994)
a-ha - Analogue (All I Want) (#10 this week in 2006)
BLUR - Beetlebum (#1 this week in 1997)
FALL OUT BOY - This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race (#6 this week in 2007)
CATATONIA - Mulder And Scully (#3 this week in 1998)
XTC - Senses Working Overtime (#15 this week in 1982)
DELAYS - Long Time Coming (#16 this week in 2004)
MINT ROYALE featuring LAUREN LAVERNE - Don't Falter (#15 this week in 2000)
THE COLOUR FIELD - Thinking Of You (#31 this week in 1985)
GARY CLARK - We Sail On The Stormy Waters (#34 this week in 1993)
THE BLUETONES - Slight Return (#2 this week in 1996)
THE BELOVED - Hello (#36 this week in 1990)
BLOW MONKEYS - It Doesn't Have To Be This Way (#27 this week in 1987)
BUGGLES - The Plastic Age (#35 this week in 1980)

The Luxury Gap presents: Footlong '80s - January 29

Free music - Footlong '80s - 29/01/10

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This week The Luxury Gap kickstarts your weekend with an hour of extended mixes from Falco, Duran Duran, Bomb The Bass, Kaja, Wham!, Holly Johnson, Bad Manners, Kirsty MacColl, The Human League and The Icicle Works.

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - January 27

Free music - Wednesday Week - 27/01/10

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This week there's new music from Gorillaz*, Marina & The Diamonds*, Fyfe Dangerfield, Biffy Clyro, Hot Chip*, Owl City and The Magnetic Fields, plus tracks from Beck, McAlmont & Butler, The Pixies, Inspiral Carpets, Nitzer Ebb, Stereolab and Ben Folds. The Lost '80s Classic comes from Black, while Madness take on Billy Ocean for the Bizarre Cover Version.

*We7 only. Quite frankly there's so much new stuff this week that isn't on Spotify, you'd be better off not bothering with it.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - January 24

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - 24/01/10

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This week's old hits:
FRANZ FERDINAND - Take Me Out (#3 this week in 2004)
KLAXONS - Golden Skans (#14 this week in 2007)
NEW MUSIK - Living By Numbers (#26 this week in 1980)
GAY DAD - To Earth With Love (#10 this week in 1999)
THERAPY? - Nowhere (#18 this week in 1994)
WHITE LIES - To Lose My Life (#35 this week in 2009)
BANGLES - Walking Down Your Street (#16 this week in 1987)
VOICE OF THE BEEHIVE - Perfect Place (#39 this week in 1992)
DURAN DURAN - Ordinary World (#11 this week in 1993)
FICTION FACTORY - (Feels Like) Heaven (#12 this week in 1984)
WHITE TOWN - Your Woman (#1 this week in 1997)
HOLLY JOHNSON - Love Train (#10 this week in 1989)
VISAGE - Fade To Grey (#23 this week in 1981)
a-ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV (#1 this week in 1986)
THE FLAMING LIPS - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Part 1 (#18 this week in 2003)
SUPER FURRY ANIMALS - It's Not The End Of The World? (#30 this week in 2002)
DEL AMITRI - Nothing Ever Happens (#23 this week in 1990)

The Luxury Gap presents: Footlong '80s - January 22

Free music - Footlong '80s - 22/01/10

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This week The Luxury Gap brings you extended mixes from The Smiths; Eurythmics; Paul McCartney; Thomas Dolby; Spandau Ballet; Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark; Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield; Level 42; Mel & Kim and Tears For Fears.

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - January 20

Free music - Wednesday Week - 20/01/10

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This week: new music from Fyfe Dangerfield, Madness, Passion Pit, You Me At Six, Eels, Oh No Ono and Dinowalrus; plus Radiohead, Pelvis, The Motors, Mercury Rev, Smoking Popes and Suede. We pay tribute to the late Jay Reatard; Squeeze offer up a Lost '80s Classic and there's a truly Bizarre Cover Version from, er, Bing Crosby.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - January 17

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - 17/01/10

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This week's old hits:
ELECTRIC SIX - Danger! High Voltage! (#2 this week in 2003)
ROACHFORD - Cuddly Toy (#11 this week in 1989)
THE KILLERS - Somebody Told Me (#3 this week in 2005)
BELLY - Feed The Tree (#32 this week in 1993)
BIG COUNTRY - Wonderland (#13 this week in 1984)
JUST JACK - Starz In Their Eyes (#4 this week in 2007)
KING - Love & Pride (#21 this week in 1985)
MADNESS - My Girl (#4 this week in 1980)
MASSIVE ATTACK featuring TRACEY THORN - Protection (#14 this week in 1995)
BERNARD BUTLER - Stay (#12 this week in 1998)
ADAM & THE ANTS - Antmusic (#2 this week in 1981)
THE ALL SEEING I featuring TONY CHRISTIE - Walk Like A Panther (#10 this week in 1999)
JULIAN COPE - Trampolene (#33 this week in 1987)
MGMT - Kids (#16 this week in 2009)
JOE JACKSON - Steppin' Out (#8 this week in 1983)
MANIC STREET PREACHERS - The Masses Against The Classes (#1 this week in 2000)

The Luxury Gap presents: Footlong '80s - January 15

Free music - Footlong '80s - 15/01/10

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An hour of full length '80s extended mixes from Living In A Box, New Order, Erasure, Depeche Mode, Johnny Hates Jazz, Thompson Twins, Prince & The Revolution, Go West, The Blow Monkeys and Killing Joke. Brought to you in association with The Luxury Gap for all your '80s requirements!

Dr E Vibenstein's Wednesday Week - January 13

Free music - Wednesday Week - 13/01/10

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For the first Wednesday Week of the new decade (The tens? The teens? The oneties?) we bring you new (or new-ish) music from Biffy Clyro, Billy Childish, Weezer, Jarvis Cocker, Paloma Faith, Codeine Velvet Club and OK Go, plus oldies (or "back catalogue material") from The Frank & Walters, Super Furry Animals, Ween, Roddy Frame* and Bic Runga. Richard X does over a Saint Etienne classic, the Pet Shop Boys provide yet another Bizarre Cover Version and the Lost '80s Classic comes from The Associates.

*We7 only. Stupid Spotify.

The Jimmy Savile Experience - January 10

Free music - The Jimmy Savile Experience - 10/01/10

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And we're back for another year of nostalgia! This week's old hits:
FATBOY SLIM - Praise You (#1 this week in 1999)
ROBERT HOWARD & KYM MAZELLE - Wait (#38 this week in 1989)
THE HUMAN LEAGUE - Tell Me When (#7 this week in 1995)
ERIC PRYDZ vs FLOYD - Proper Education (#2 this week in 2007)
JESUS JONES - International Bright Young Thing (#15 this week in 1991)
INTERPOL - Evil (#18 this week in 2005)
THE ICICLE WORKS - Love Is A Wonderful Colour (#28 this week in 1984)
ROBBIE NEVIL - C'est La Vie (#32 this week in 1987)
GENE - For The Dead (#14 this week in 1996)
WAH! - The Story Of The Blues (#6 this week in 1983)
THE SPECIALS - Do Nothing (#15 this week in 1981)
THE THE - That Was The Day (#17 this week in 1994)
CARTER THE UNSTOPPABLE SEX MACHINE - Rubbish (#14 this week in 1992)
MORRISSEY - Satan Rejected My Soul (#39 this week in 1998)
THE FRANK & WALTERS - After All (#11 this week in 1993)
STRAWBERRY SWITCHBLADE - Since Yesterday (#32 this week in 1985)
PET SHOP BOYS - You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk (#8 this week in 2000)

The Luxury Gap presents: Footlong '80s

Free music - Footlong '80s - 08/01/10

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Happy New Year! Radio Vibenstein returns with a brand new show for Friday nights. Footlong '80s is an hour of extended mixes of '80s hits - some original 12" versions and some more contemporary remixes. This week we're breaking you in gently with Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Duran Duran, The Human League, Howard Jones, David Bowie, Soft Cell, Heaven 17, Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy and The Cure.

Footlong '80s is brought to you in association with The Luxury Gap.