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The Lurkers in Conversation

Lammo hears from The Lurkers and Martin Mills as Beggars Banquet turns 40. We also launch the Silvery Prize 2017, the chance for you to pick the best album from a pre-Mercury year.

Lammo hears from The Lurkers and Martin Mills as Beggars Banquet turns 40.

The Beggars Group has grown over the years to encompass some of the most iconic and eclectic indie labels of all time, counting 4AD, Matador Records, Rough Trade Records and XL Recordings among its roster. Its origins, though, lie with the DIY punk scene of 1977, and more specifically, with The Lurkers. Born out of a record shop basement, the label's first release was the band's classic single, 'Shadow'. Now, Martin Mills. co-founder of Beggars, and The Lurkers themselves, join Lammo to retrace the first steps of the legendary label.

In the week that the nominees for this year's Mercury Prize are announced, we'll also launch our very own Silvery Prize 2017. In this annual event we pick a pre-Mercury year, and ask you which album should have won the prize if it had existed.

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Music Played

  • The Cure

    Why Can't I Be You?

    • GALORE.
    • Fiction.

  • The Districts

    If Before I Wake

    • Fat Possum.

  • Six by Seven

    I.O.U Love

    • Mantra.

  • The Selecter

    Frontline

    • DMF Records.

  • Basement Jaxx

    Red Alert

    • Now.

  • Phoenix

    Ti Amo

    • Loyaute/Glassnote Records.

  • Belle and Sebastian

    White Collar Boy

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Rough Trade Records.

  • The Rezillos

    Top Of The Pops

    • Sire.

  • Ghostpoet

    Freakshow

    • PIAS.

  • PJ Harvey

    Let England Shake

    • Island.

  • Aretha Franklin

    Don't Play That Song

    • Atlantic.

  • The Charlatans

    Different Days

    • BMG Rights Management.

  • Neon Waltz

    Dreamers

    • Dreamers.
    • Ignition Records.

  • Thomas Dolby

    Windpower

    • EMI.

  • The Coral

    Dreaming Of You

    • Deltasonic.

  • The Horrors

    Machine

    • Wolf Tone.

  • Operation Ivy

    Unity

    • Rock Against Bush: Volume 2.
    • Lookout!.
    • 3.

  • Karl Hyde & Matthew Herbert

    We All Hurt

    • DOGBOY / CAROLINE INTERNATIONAL.

  • Voice of the Beehive

    I Say Nothing

    • Voice Of The Beehive - Let It Bee.
    • London.

  • Hercules & Love Affair

    Omnion (feat. Sharon Van Etten)

    • Mr.Intl/Sony BMG.

  • Childhood

    Don't Have Me Back

    • Marathon Artists.

  • Starcrawler

    Ants

    • Rough Trade.

  • The Lurkers

    Shadow

    • Universal.

  • The Lurkers

    Freakshow - Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Session 1977

  • Neil Young & Crazy Horse

    Like A Hurricane

    • REPRISE.

  • Depeche Mode

    Going Backwards

    • Columbia Records.

  • Julian Cope

    Trampolene

    • Island.

  • Pillow Queens

    Olive

    • calm girls.
    • specialist subject records.

  • Dream Warriors

    My Definition Of A Boombastic Jazz Style

    • 4TH AND BROADWAY.

  • Mac DeMarco

    Baby You're Out

    • Captured Tracks.

  • The Walkmen

    The Rat

    • Record Collection.

  • Superorganism

    Nobody Cares

    • Cut Your Hair Records.

  • Arcade Fire

    Everything Now

    • Columbia Records.

  • The Merton Parkas

    You Need Wheels

    • Face In The Crowd.
    • Beggars Banquet Records Ltd.
    • 9.

  • Sparks

    What The Hell Is It This Time?

    • BMG.

  • St. Vincent

    New York

    • Loma Vista/Caroline International.

  • King Curtis

    Memphis Soul Stew

    • Atlantic.

  • The Goa Express

    GOA

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  • Mon 24 Jul 2017 16:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music