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Lord David Cobbold

Kirsty Young's castaway is Lord David Cobbold, founder of the Knebworth rock festivals.

Kirsty Young's castaway on Desert Island Discs is Lord David Cobbold.

He was just 32 years old when he took over the ancestral pile Knebworth House and he succeeded in turning a crumbling corner of the establishment into one of the best rock concert venues in the world. Over the past forty years, everyone from Led Zeppelin to Paul McCartney to Robbie Williams has played there. The concerts have not only allowed him to keep the house in private hands, but have also given him a front-row seat to some of the most celebrated performances in rock history.

Record: Pink Floyd - Brain Damage
Book: Zanoni by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Luxury: A fishing rod

Producer: Leanne Buckle.

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45 minutes

Last on

Fri 13 Aug 2010 09:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Pink Floyd

      Brain Damage/Eclipse

      Composer: Waters

      • Dark Side of the Moon.
      • EMI.
      • CDEMD1064.

  • The Philadelphia Orchestra

    Overture: Rienzi

    Composer: Wagner

    • Wagner.
    • EMI.
    • CDC5561652.

  • Paul McCartney

    Hey Jude

    Composer: Lennon/McCartney

    • Knebworth: the Album.
    • Polydor.
    • 8439212.

  • Thomas Allen – (and the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink)

    Now That The Wine Has Set Their Heads Whirling

    Composer: Mozart

    • Mozart: Don Giovanni.
    • EMI.
    • CDS7470378.

  • Γ‰dith Piaf

    Milord

    Composer: Marguerite Monnot and Georges Moustaki

    • Edith Piaf.
    • EMI.
    • 7464972.

  • Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

    I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm

    Composer: Irving Berlin

    • Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong.
    • Verve.
    • 5218512.

  • Frank Sinatra

    Some Enchanted Evening

    Composer: Rodgers and Hammerstein II

    • Oscar Hammerstein- The Legacy.
    • Pearl.
    • GEM0132.

  • Mary Hopkin

    Those Were The Days

    Composer: Gene Raskin

    • Post Card.
    • EMI.
    • CDP7975782.

  • Book Choice

    • Zanoni - Edward Bulwer-Lytton

  • Luxury Choice

    • Fishing rod

Credits

Presenter Kirsty Young
Interviewed Guest David Cobbold

Broadcasts

  • Sun 8 Aug 2010 11:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM
  • Fri 13 Aug 2010 09:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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