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LISTEN HERE The caribbean cream from 1976! Take a trip back to a defining year in music with our audio series, Record Collecting – Monthly Mix , inspired by the in-depth features of Record Collector magazine. This episode spotlights standout tracks from reggae albums released in 1976 along with all the Reggae chart toppers of the year—a year that the genre reached its creative and commercial zenith. As the UK basked in its hottest summer in almost a century it seemed even the climate was submissive to the inexorable momentum of the music. This most turbulent year of political discord, accelerated and sharpened the creativity of artists and producers, resulting in an explosion of brilliant music, showcased here in this mix from a remarkable year. ALBUMS 01 Abyssinians - Abendigo (from 'Satta Massagana') 02 Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown (from 'King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown') 03 Upsetters - Curly Dub (from 'Super Ape') 04 Bunny Wai...

LISTEN HERE Singles that entered the UK charts in February 1971 (in the order of chart entry / highest position)... (highest UK chart position in brackets) 01 Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump (1) 02 Atomic Rooster - Tomorrow Night (11) 03 Grand Funk Railroad - Inside Looking Out (40) 04 Byrds - Chestnut Mare (19) 05 Dana - Who Put The Lights Out (14) 06 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Forget Me Not (11) 07 Partridge Family - I Think I Love You (18) 08 Chairmen Of The Board - Everything's Tuesday (12) 09 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden (3) 10 Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline (8) 11 Edwin Starr - Stop The War Now (33) 12 Paul McCartney - Another Day (2) 13 New World - Rose Garden (15) 14 T Rex - Hot Love (1) 15 C C S - Walking (7) 16 Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman (8) 17 Frank SInatra - I Will Drink The Wine (16) 18 Hot Chocolate - You Could Have Been A Lady (22)  

LISTEN HERE Singles that entered the UK charts in February 1961 (in the order of chart entry / highest position)... (highest UK chart position in brackets) 01 Marty Wilde - Rubber Ball (9) 02 Petula Clark - Sailor (1) 03 Anne Shelton - Sailor (10) 04 Avons - Rubber Ball (30) 05 Jess Conrad - Mystery Girl (18) 06 Joe Brown - Shine (33) 07 Wanda Jackson - Mean Mean Mean (40) 08 Buddy Holly - What To Do (27) 09 Ben E King - First Taste Of Love (27) 10 Bert Weedon - Ginchy (35) 11 Neil Sedaka - Calendar Girl (8) 12 Nat 'King' Cole - The World In My Arms (36) 13 Johnny Tillotson - Jimmy's Girl (43) 14 The Shadows - FBI (6) 15 Everly Brothers - Walk Right Back / Ebony Eyes (1) 16 Adam Faith - Who Am I / This Is It (5) 17 Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow (4) 18 Benny Hill - Gather In The Mushrooms (12) 19 Frank Cordell - Black Bear (44) 20 Tommy Zang - Hey, Good Lookin' (45) 21 Brook Benton - Fools Rush In (50)  

  LISTEN HERE Evening all. You’re listening to “John’s Ghost”, the show based on my record collection set on random play. On a Thursday night when the cats are asleep, the kettle’s on, and the studio smells faintly of yesterday’s coffee and someone else’s panic, it has the same attitude vibe, and imagines what a 70s late night, radio DJ would sound like if he was still spinning discs on UK Radio in this Century. We’ll start, as we always should, with an impression, a prayer and a protest rolled into one. � XTC – “Dear God” (Virgin VS960) Andy Partridge there, shaking a small fist at the heavens. Funny thing — when that came out, some shops refused to stock it. Others bought two. Always thought that said something rather profound about the retail sector. � George Michael – “I Want Your Sex [Monogamy Mix - Rhythm 2 - Brass In Love]” That was George Michael, doing what he did best: making the radio blush and the censors reach for a stiff drink. You could almost hear the e...

LISTEN HERE Singles that entered the UK charts in January 1972 (in the order of chart entry / highest position)... (highest UK chart position in brackets) 01 Neil Reid - Mother of Mine (2) 02 Melanie - Brand New Key (4) 03 Cat Stevens - Morning Has Broken (9) 04 Carpenters - Merry Christmas Darling (45) 05 Charlie Drake - Puckwudgie (47) 06 America - A Horse With No Name (3) 07 Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair (15) 08 Al Green - Let's Stay Together (7) 09 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Bless You (33) 10 Donnie Elbert - Where Did Our Love Go (8) 11 Greyhound - Moon River (12) 12 Barry Ryan - Can't Let You Go (32) 13 Bread - Baby I'm - A Want You (14) 14 Chi Lites - Have You Seen Her (3) 15 Pioneers - Give and Take (35) 16 Sonny & Cher - All I Ever Need Is You (8) 17 Petula Clark - I Don't Know How To Love Him (47) 18 Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever (38) 19 Stevie Wonder - If You Really Love Me (20) 20 Don MacLean - American Pie (2) 21 T Rex - ...