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Exploring what makes a great rock album, Danny Baker celebrates the golden age of the analogue, vinyl LP with Jeremy Clarkson, Stephen Street and Kate Mossman.

Exploring the essential elements of a great rock album, Danny Baker celebrates the golden age of the analogue, vinyl LP with rock fan Jeremy Clarkson, the Smiths' producer Stephen Street and writer Kate Mossman. With a passionate, fan's-eye view, Baker and his guests select their favourite rock albums and discuss how the LPs of the 60s and 70s were produced - and enjoyed - in quite a different way to their modern equivalents.

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Fri 13 Apr 2018 00:20
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Music Played

  • Bruce Springsteen, The E Street Band

    Born To Run

  • Led Zeppelin

    Kashmir

  • The Velvet Underground

    I'm Waiting For The Man

  • Alice Cooper

    School's Out

  • The Who

    Won't Get Fooled Again

  • Sex Pistols

    God Save The Queen

  • The Clash

    London Calling

The Golden Age of the Album

The Golden Age of the Album

Danny’s look back at some of the greatest albums was part of a season of programmes celebrating the long player across Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Four, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2 and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 6 Music.

  • Could today’s artists The Beatles’ Please Please Me in just 12 hours?
  • 6 Music listeners reimagined classic album covers –
  • Noel Gallagher andΒ more discussed the LPΒ in

Credits

Presenter Danny Baker
Participant Jeremy Clarkson
Participant Kate Mossman
Participant Stephen Street
Executive Producer Helen Terry
Series Producer Allan Campbell

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