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Brian Matthew kick-starts the weekend with hits, facts and obscurities from the 60s, including a double spin for Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich's 1966 release Hold Tight.

This week Brian's giving Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich a double spin as their 1966 release 'Hold Tight' is the focus of our Both Sides of the Record Feature, both A & B side having been penned by Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley.

Listener requests being honoured include: The Kinks, Laura Nyro, James Carr, The Rolling Stones, Chubby Checker, Gloria Jones and a rare track from Lesley Gore.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Mon 13 Oct 2014 03:00
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Music Played

  • Mama Cass

    It's Getting Better

    • Mama's Big Ones: The Best Of Mama Cass.
    • MCA.

  • REQUEST

    • The Kinks

      David Watts

      • The Kinks: The Definitive Collection.
      • Polygram TV.

  • Lance Fortune

    This Love I Have For You

    • 1960 British Hit Parade: Britain's Greatest Hits Volume 9 Part 1: CD4.
    • Acrobat.

  • The Temptations

    I Wish It Would Rain

    • Billboard Top RnB Hits 1968.
    • Rhino.

  • BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD

    • Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich

      Hold Tight

      • Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich: Greatest Hits.
      • Connoisseur Collection.

    • Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich

      You Know What I Want

      • 100 Tracks CD1.
      • Not Given.

  • Brian Hyland

    Sealed With A Kiss

    • Brian Hyland: Greatest Hits.
    • UMG.

  • REQUEST

    • Laura Nyro

      Goodbye Joe

      • More Than A New Discovery.
      • Rev-Ola.

  • Gene Pitney

    Backstage

    • The Best Of Gene Pitney.
    • Crimson.

  • LOOSE CONNECTIONS

    • The Thyrds

      Hide "N" Seek

      • Decca Beat Rarities: Volume 5.
      • Tenth Planet.

    • The Troggery Five

      Bye Bye Bird

      • I'm Gonna Jump/Bye Bye Bird.
      • Parlophone.

    • Bo Street Runners

      Bo Street Runner

      • Decca Beat Rarities: Volume 2.
      • See For Miles.

  • Frank Sinatra & Nancy Sinatra

    Somethin' Stupid

    • Frank Sinatra - The Reprise Years.
    • Reprise.

  • PLAYING HARD TO GET

    • Lesley Gore

      Run Bobby Run

      • Start The Party Again.
      • Westside.
      • 8.

  • Johnny Johnson & Bandwagon

    Breakin' Down The Walls Of Heartache

    • The Best Northern Soul All-Nighter (V.
    • BMG.

  • REQUEST

    • James Carr

      Freedom Train

  • Emile Ford & the Checkmates

    You'll Never Know What You're Missin

    • 1960 British Hit Parade: Britain's Greatest Hits Volume 9 Part 2: CD1.
    • PID.
    • 16.

  • The Atlantics

    Bombora

    • Bombora.
    • ORIOLE.
    • 1.

  • The Box Tops

    The Letter

    • Rediscover The 60's-With A Little Hel.
    • Old Gold.

  • Andrea Carroll

    The Doolang

    • Golden Records: Girls Collection 1.
    • Ace.
    • 4.

  • REQUEST

    • The Rolling Stones

      Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?

      • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
      • Abkco.

  • Riff Ruffin

    Dig That Rock and Roll

    • The Fire/Fury Records Story: Rarities Collection CD2.
    • FUEL.
    • 7.

  • CLASSICALLY POP

    • Elvis Presley

      Tonight Is So Right For Love

      • 1961 British Hit Parade: The B Sides Part 1: January - April CD3.
      • Delta Leisure Group.
      • 11.

  • Sandie Shaw

    I'll Stop at Nothing

    • Sandie Shaw - The Collection.
    • Castle.

  • Country Joe and the Fish

    Sad And Lonely Times

    • Electric Music For Mind And Body.
    • VANGUARD.
    • 7.

  • REQUEST

    • Chubby Checker

      (At The) Discotheque

      • Smash Boom Bang!: The Songs And Productions Of Feldman-Goldstein-Gottehrer.
      • UMC.
      • 25.

  • The Everly Brothers

    Temptation

    • Heartaches And Harmonies CD2.
    • Weston Wesgram.
    • 16.

  • THREE IN A ROW

    • Shy Limbs

      Reputation

      • Circus Days Volume 3 Psychedelia 1966-1970.
      • STRANGE THINGS RECORDS.
      • 10.

    • The Paper Dolls

      Someday

      • Paper Dolls House: The Pye Anthology.
      • Sequel.
      • 018.

    • Jon Plum

      Alice

      • Circus Days.

  • Cher

    All I Really Want to Do

    • Cher - The Greatest Hits.
    • Wea/Universal.

  • Neil Diamond

    Thank The Lord For The Night Time

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

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Man Of The World

    • Castle.

  • REQUEST

    • Gloria Jones

      Tainted Love

      • The Best Northern Soul All-Nighter (V.
      • Virgin.

  • Ben E. King

    Yes

    • Ben E King Anthology 3: Don't Play That Song.
    • Rhino.
    • 8.

  • Lambert, Hendricks & Ross

    Sermonette

    • Twisted: The Best Of Lambert, Hendricks And Ross.
    • Real Gone Jazz.
    • 5.

  • The Shadows

    Foot Tapper

    • The Shadows - First 20 Years At The T.
    • EMI.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 11 Oct 2014 08:05
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  • Mon 13 Oct 2014 03:00
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