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Johnnie Walker Meets... The Pirates

Sounds of the 60s with Tony Blackburn Pirate Radio at 60
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Johnnie celebrates the excitement and energy and groundbreaking shows of the early pirate radio stations like Radio London, Radio Caroline and Radio 270.

Johnnie celebrates the excitement and energy and ground breaking shows of the early pirate radio stations like Radio London, Radio Caroline and Radio 270.

Joined by his friends and colleagues the late 'Admiral' Robbie Dale (who along with Johnnie remained on board after midnight on the 14th August when the Marine Offences Bill passed into law, broadcasting illegally to an estimated European audience of 22 million), Tom Edwards (who left Caroline on the 14th), Pete Brady, Roger Twiggy Day, Keith Cardboard Shoes Skues, Emperor Rosko, Paul Burnett and Tony Blackburn, who worked on both Caroline and London, Johnnie plays some of 1967's key tracks on the medium wave and pays tribute to Kenny Everett and Ed Stewart.

57 minutes

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Sat 30 Mar 2024 05:00
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Music Played

  • The Fortunes

    Caroline

  • The Rolling Stones

    Not Fade Away

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.

  • The Fourmost

    A Little Loving

    • The Hits Of 1964 (Various Artists).
    • MFP.

  • The Four Seasons

    Rag Doll

    • Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Ve.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 4.

  • The Supremes

    Baby Love

    • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • The Beatles

    Rain (2009 Mono Remaster)

    • Mono Masters CD2.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 4.

  • The Byrds

    Mr Tambourine Man

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.

  • The Beatles

    I'm Down

    • The Beatles - Past Masters, Volume 1.
    • Apple.
    • 18.

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔward Bound

    • The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel.
    • Columbia.

  • Little Richard

    Good Golly Miss Molly

  • Manfred Mann

    Pretty Flamingo

    • Ages Of Mann.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • The Spencer Davis Group

    Gimme Some Lovin'

    • Eight Gigs A Week - The Steve Winwood Years.
    • Island.
    • 3.

  • The Beatles

    A Day In The Life

    • 1967-1970.
    • Apple.
    • 6.

  • The Beatles

    All You Need Is Love

Broadcasts

  • Mon 14 Aug 2017 22:00
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  • Sat 30 Mar 2024 05:00
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