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1980s

Martin Freeman Decades
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Martin guides us through his favourite music from the 1980s. With tracks from Stevie Wonder, The Waitresses, Cocteau Twins and Jungle Brothers.

Martin guides us through his favourite music from the 1980s. With tracks from Stevie Wonder, The Waitresses, Cocteau Twins and Jungle Brothers.

He returns to 6 Music to present a series of six three hour-long programmes between Christmas and New Year. As we head towards 2020, Martin will spend each day focussing on a different decade from the 1960’s to now, playing you some of the music that he loves from each era.

From 1pm each afternoon, he begins with the Sixties (26th December), with the Seventies (27th Dec), the Eighties (28th Dec), the Nineties (29th Dec), Noughties (30th Dec) and finally the Tens on New Year’s Eve.

A self-confessed music obsessive, Martin has dug deep into his record collection to bring listeners the tracks that mean something to him. He’ll also be taking a look back at the stories and cultural moments from each decade, picking a soundtrack from one of his favourite films each day, and selecting an album from each decade that he thinks deserves an extra bit of light. There’ll also be some interview and session highlights from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ archive to enjoy as he moves through the years.

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Sat 28 Dec 2019 13:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Soul II Soul

    Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) (feat. Caron Wheeler)

    • Virgin.

  • The Human League

    Love Action (I Believe In Love)

    • Virgin.

  • LaToya Jackson

    Camp Kuchi Kaiai

    • My Special Love.
    • Cerry Pop.

  • Public Enemy

    Bring The Noise

    • Def Jam.

  • UB40

    Tyler

  • The Waitresses

    I Know What Boys Like

    • Island.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Do I Do

    • Stevie Wonder - The Definitive Collec.
    • Universal.

  • Jungle Brothers

    Done By The Forces Of Nature

  • Crass

    Bloody Revolutions

    • Best Before...1984.
    • Crass Records.

  • Culture Club

    Do You Really Want To Hurt Me

    • Culture Club - Kissing To Be Clever.
    • Virgin.

  • Loose Ends

    Hangin' On A String

    • 100% Pure Groove (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • The Beat

    Sole Salvation

  • Linton Kwesi Johnson

    Fite Dem Back

  • Sylvia Striplin

    You Can't Turn Me Away

  • Cocteau Twins

    Sugar Hiccup

    • 4AD.

  • Stephen Duffy

    Icing On The Cake

    • (Single).
    • 10 Records.

  • Freeez

    Southern Freeez

    • Southern Freeez.
    • Beggars Banquet.
    • 6.

  • Princess

    Say I'm Your Number One

    • Hit Factory: Pete Waterman's... (Var).
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Bernice Johnson Reagon

    We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder

    • River Of Life.
    • Flying Fish Records.

  • Robert Wyatt

    Shipbuilding

    • Rough Trade Records.

  • Ijahman Levi

    Ancient Lover

    • Africa.
    • Jahmani.

  • Madonna

    Holiday

    • Finally Enough Love (Deluxe Edition).
    • Rhino.
    • 34.

  • Tom Tom Club

    Genius Of Love

    • Island.

  • Orange Juice

    Rip It Up

    • Polydor.

  • The Bukkyleo Quintet

    Rejoice In Righteousness

    • Rejoice In Righteousness.
    • Acid Jazz.

  • Inspiral Carpets

    This Is How It Feels

  • Dennis Edwards & Siedah Garrett

    Don't Look Any Further

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Madness

    Yesterday's Men

    • Madness - Divine Madness.
    • Virgin.

  • Haircut One Hundred

    Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)

    • Pelican West - Deluxe Edition.
    • Cherry Pop.
    • 001.

  • Black Uhuru

    Youth Of Eglington

  • The Style Council

    Long Hot Summer

    • The Best Summer Ever (Various Artists.
    • Virgin.
    • 4.

  • Jungle Brothers

    Beeds On A String

  • The Bodysnatchers

    Easy Life

    • Easy Life.
    • Two-Tone Records.

  • Eddy Grant

    Do You Feel My Love

  • The Rolling Stones

    Start Me Up

    • Rolling Stones.

Broadcast

  • Sat 28 Dec 2019 13:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music