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Exploring what makes a great pop album, Danny Baker celebrates the golden age of the analogue, vinyl LP with guests Boy George, Grace Dent and David Hepworth.
What makes a great pop album? Danny Baker celebrates the golden age of the analogue, vinyl LP with pop star Boy George, writer Grace Dent and journalist David Hepworth. Opinionated and impassioned, Baker and his guests select their favourite pop albums and discuss how the LPs of the 60s and 70s were produced - and devoured - in quite a different way to their modern equivalents.
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The Ronettes
Be My Baby
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Madonna
Like A Virgin
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Simon & Garfunkel
Bridge Over Troubled Water
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ABBA
Dancing Queen
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Sparks
This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us
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George Michael
Faith
The Golden Age of the Album
Danny’s look back at some of the greatest albums is part of a season of programmes celebrating the long player across ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Four, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio 2 and ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ 6 Music.
- Can today’s artists The Beatles’ Please Please Me in just 12 hours?
- 6 Music listeners reimagined classic album covers –
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Danny Baker |
Participant | Boy George |
Participant | David Hepworth |
Participant | Grace Dent |
Executive Producer | Helen Terry |
Series Producer | Allan Campbell |
Broadcasts
- Wed 6 Feb 2013 21:00
- Wed 6 Feb 2013 23:20³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ HD
- Thu 7 Feb 2013 03:00
- Tue 12 Feb 2013 23:30
- Sun 24 Jan 2016 00:55
- Mon 25 Jan 2016 02:55
- Fri 20 Apr 2018 00:50
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