What's In Vernon's Vault Today?
Radio legends Mark and Lard - AKA Mark Radcliffe & Marc Riley - choose their Tracks Of My Years. Plus Album and Record Of The Week and more Ten To The Top.
Radio legends Mark and Lard - AKA Mark Radcliffe & Marc Riley - choose the songs that soundtrack their lives all this week on Tracks Of My Years.
Hailing from Bolton and Manchester respectively, Mark Radcliffe (Mark) and Marc Riley (Lard) met on Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 5 Live in the early 90s, when Radcliffe was presenting the show ‘Hit North’. Riley started as a researcher before moving up the ranks and eventually joining Radcliffe as co-presenter.
The duo became known for their various catchphrases, characters and comedy sketches when they transferred to Radio 1 in 1993, presenting the late-night weekday show before a stint on the Breakfast Show followed by years in the early-afternoon slot. The duo remained on afternoons till 2004, when they went their separate ways.
After two decades, Mark and Lard are reuniting for a special show live-streamed from The Bowden Rooms in Altrincham before bringing their ‘An Audience With Mark & Lard’ to venues in the UK this Autumn.
There'll also be more audio nuggets from the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Archive in Vernon's Vault; there's Record and Album Of The Week and two more contestants try their luck in the mid-morning music quiz, Ten To The Top.
Whatever you're up to, Vern wants to hear from you - email vernon@bbc.co.uk - and if you’d like to apply to take part in Ten To The Top, the address you need is tentothetop@bbc.co.uk
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M People
How Can I Love You More
- The Best Of M People.
- BMG.
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Paul Simon
You Can Call Me Al
- The Paul Simon Anthology (Disc 2).
- Warner Bros.
- 4.
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Jalen Ngonda
Illusions
- (CD Single).
- Daptone Recordings.
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Wham!
Young Guns (Go For It)
- Wham - The Best Of Wham!.
- Epic.
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The Libertines
Oh
- All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade.
- EMI.
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Britney Spears
Toxic
- (CD Single).
- Zomba.
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Queen
A Kind Of Magic
- Queen - Greatest Hits II.
- Parlophone.
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Ariana Grande
we can't be friends (wait for your love)
- Eternal Sunshine.
- Republic Records.
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The Verve
Sonnet
- Now 40 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Record Of The Week
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James
Our World
- Yummy.
- Nothing But Love Music.
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Del Amitri
Always The Last To Know
- Now 1992 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Madonna
Lucky Star
- Celebration.
- Warner Bros.
- 5.
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Portugal. The Man
Feel It Still
- (CD Single).
- Atlantic.
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Paloma Faith
Sweatpants
- The Glorification Of Sadness.
- RCA.
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Annie Lennox
Walking On Broken Glass
- Now 1992 (Various Artists).
- Now.
- 2.
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Calvin Harris & Rag’n’Bone Man
Lovers In A Past Life
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
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Blur
Tender (Radio 2 In Concert, 18 July 2023)
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Album Of The Week
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Justin Timberlake & *NSYNC
Paradise
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Modjo
Lady (Hear Me Tonight)
- Now 47 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Jess Glynne
Enough
- JESS.
- EMI.
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Tracks Of My Years
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Genesis
I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
- Genesis - Turn It On Again.
- Virgin.
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Nick Drake
Northern Sky
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Galantis, David Guetta & 5 Seconds of Summer
Lighter
- (CD Single).
- Big Beat Records.
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Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
The Tears Of A Clown
- Motown: The Ultimate Hits Collection (Various Artists).
- Motown.
Broadcast
- Thu 21 Mar 2024 09:30Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2