08/12/2021
Hunky Dory and Electric Warrior were both released in 71 - and featured some famous faces in the backing bands - so tonight we want to hear about the "moonlighting" musicians.
Music journalist and broadcaster David Hepworth argues that 1971 was the most β€creative time in the entire history of popular musicβ€, So half a century on we take 3 of the key albums released that year and take the inspiration for our themes. Hunky Dory and Electric Warrior were both released in 71 – and featured some famous faces in the backing bands – who are the artists and what are the tracks where you’ve discovered a well known session musician moonlighting?
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Lulu
The Man Who Sold the World
- Million Sellers Vol.19 - The Seventie.
- Disky.
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Squeeze
Tempted (Glastonbury 2016)
- Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artists).
- Columbia.
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Belinda Carlisle
Leave A Light On
- A Place On Earth - Greatest Hits.
- Virgin.
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Rod Stewart
Maggie May
- The Best Of Rod Stewart.
- Warner Bros.
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The Marvelettes
Please Mr. Postman
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- Motown.
- 3.
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Love and Money
Strange Kind Of Love
- Strange Kind Of Love.
- Mercury Records Limited.
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Bryan Ferry
Tokyo Joe
- The Platinum Collection.
- Virgin.
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Kate Bush
Wuthering Heights
- Music Of The Millennium (Various).
- Universal.
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Frank Sinatra
That's Life
- My Way - The Best Of Frank Sinatra.
- Reprise.
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Paul Weller
The Changingman
- True Brit (Various Artists).
- Polygram Tv.
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R.E.M.
Shiny Happy People
- The Greatest Hits Of 1991 (Various).
- Telstar.
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Gerry Rafferty
Baker Street (Full Version)
- Right Down The Line: The Best Of Gerry Rafferty.
- EMI Records Limited.
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Whitney Houston
Step By Step
- The Preacher's Wife O.S.T. - Various.
- Arista.
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Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)
- 20 Number 1's Of The 70's (Various).
- MFP.
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David Bowie
Young Americans
- Young Americans.
- EMI.
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Glen Campbell
Wichita Lineman
- Country Moods (Various Artists).
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Lou Reed
Walk On The Wild Side
- Transformer.
- BMG.
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Sheryl Crow
Everyday Is A Winding Road
- Top Gear Anthems (Various Artists).
- Virgin.
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Boz Scaggs
Lowdown
- Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees.
- Columbia.
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Paul Young
Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ)
- No Greater Love (Various Artists).
- Global Records & Tapes.
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Gram Parsons
Ooh Las Vegas
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