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Johnnie Walker celebrates the 70s with classic tracks from both sides of the Atlantic. He marks 40 years since the release of Layla by Derek and The Dominoes.

Johnnie Walker remembers the decade of disco divas, dancing queens, and glam rockers. This week, he meets songwriter Bobby Whitlock and the engineer and producer Andy Johns to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek and The Dominoes.

The album has long been regarded a hugely iconic and influential rock classic, achieving gold status within months of its release and always popping up in 'All-Time Greatest' lists as well as the Grammy Hall of Fame. The band was fronted by Eric Clapton, at a time when he was trying to escape the "Clapton Is God" moniker. They developed their sound whilst performing on George Harrison's All Things Must Pass before recording their seminal double album with producer Tom Dowd in August 1970.

Johnnie talks to the Memphis-born keyboardist and co-songwriter Bobby Whitlock and the engineer and producer Andy Johns (whose credits include Led Zeppelin IV and the Stones' Exile on Main Street) about the intensive six week recording process, the coming together of Clapton and Duane Allman, and the mixing of genres from blues, gospel and R&B. Not to mention the feted album title track, the infamous love triangle behind it and the short-lived nature of the band.

Also on the show a listener digs out their platform shoes or ripped punk T-shirt to remember what the decade meant to them in 'My 70s'.

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Sun 3 Apr 2011 15:00
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Music Played

  • Hour 1

    • T. Rex

      Telegram Sam

  • Desmond Dekker

    You Can Get It If You Really Want

    • Young Gifted & Black (Various).
    • Trojan.

  • Delaney & Bonnie

    Little Richard Medley: Tutti Frutti/The Girl Can't Help It/Long Tall Sally/Jenny Jenny

  • Featured Album: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs

    • Derek and the Dominos

      I Looked Away

  • Billy Swan

    I Can Help

    • Billboard Top Rock n Roll Hits - 1974.
    • Rhino.

  • Liverpool Express

    You Are My Love

    • 25 Years Of Rock 'n'Roll Vol.2 (Vario.
    • Connoisseur.

  • The Andrea True Connection

    More, More, More

    • Million Sellers Vol.17 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Cliff Richard

    We Don't Talk Anymore

    • Cliff Richard - Private Collection.
    • EMI.

  • Brinsley Schwarz

    Country Girl

  • Featured Album: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs

    • Derek and the Dominos

      Layla

  • J.J. Cale

    After Midnight

    • J.J.Cale - Special Edition.
    • Mercury.

  • Hour 2

    • Mott the Hoople

      All The Young Dudes

      • The Greatest Hits Of 1972 (Various).
      • Premier.

  • Neil Diamond

    I Am...I Said

    • Neil Diamond - The Ultimate Collectio.
    • Columbia/Mca.

  • Dawn

    Knock Three Times

    • Million Sellers Vol.14 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Gordon Lightfoot

    Sundown

    • Ken Bruce At Your Request (Various).
    • Play.

  • Featured Album: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs

    • Derek and the Dominos

      Keep On Growing

  • My 70s: Bob Weaver

    • Black Sabbath

      Paranoid

  • Judy Collins

    Amazing Grace

  • Tangerine Dream

    Phaedra

  • Lulu

    The Man Who Sold the World

  • Led Zeppelin

    Ramble On

  • Supertramp

    Fool's Overture

  • Judy Collins

    Amazing Grace

    • I Believe.
    • Telstar.

  • Featured Album: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs

    • Derek and the Dominos

      Thorn Tree in the Garden

  • Todd Rundgren

    I Saw The Light

    • My Girl (Original 1992 Film S/Track).
    • Epic.

  • Dire Straits

    Sultans Of Swing

    • (Single).
    • Vertigo.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Sun 3 Apr 2011 15:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2