Jo Whiley sits in
Alex James the musician, cheese maker and festival organiser picks the Tracks of My Years. Plus Jo has another round of the PopMaster music quiz and daily love song.
Alex James the cheese maker, festival organiser and musician most famous for playing with Blur picks the Tracks of My Years with songs from Grace Jones and Reef. Alex first picked up the bass guitar in 1984 and after meeting Graham Coxon at Goldsmiths College, became the bassist in Blur alongside Dave Rowntree and Damon Albarn. Blur went on to become one of the most successful and influential British bands of recent years. The band鈥檚 eight studio albums all topped the charts in the UK, generating numerous hit singles along the way including Country House, Song 2 and Beetlebum.
Blur鈥檚 2015 return with the critically acclaimed number 1 album The Magic Whip saw the band enjoy the widest international chart success of their career ahead of a sold-out world tour and a triumphant hometown show in London鈥檚 Hyde Park.
Alex James has also worked as a songwriter and producer with artists including Marianne Faithfull, Florence & The Machine, Joe Strummer, KT Tunstall, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Bernard Sumner and Kevin Rowland, as well Stephen Duffy on Me Me Me and Fat Les on the massive 1998 hit Vindaloo.
Alex鈥檚 passion for cheese is well-known and his range of award-winning cheeses includes Blue Monday, Bleu, Concorde and The Universal. He has hosted the food and music festival The Big Feastival on his farm in Oxfordshire every August since 2011 and last year saw the event hit an all-time high with a record breaking crowd of 25,000 people watching bands including Basement Jaxx and Clean Bandit as well as Chefs Raymond Blanc and Pierre Koffman.
Plus Jo has another round of the PopMaster music quiz and daily love song. There's also the record and album of the week. If you want to contact the show email jo.whiley@bbc.co.uk
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Scissor Sisters
I Don't Feel Like Dancin'
- (CD Single).
- Polydor.
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Bananarama
Stuff Like That
- In Stereo.
- In Sync.
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Robert Palmer
Mercy Mercy Me/I Want You
- Now 19 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Kylie Minogue
Dancing
- Golden.
- BMG Rights Management (UK).
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Naughty Boy
Undo (feat. Calum Scott)
- (CD Single).
- Virgin Records.
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Love Affair
Everlasting Love
- This Hasn't Changed Us.
- RPM Records.
- 001.
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The O鈥橨ays
Back Stabbers
- The Ultimate Sound Of Philadelphia.
- Columbia.
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Jimmy Nail
Ain't No Doubt
- Now That's What I Call Music Vol.22.
- Now.
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Olly Murs
Feel The Same
- You Know I Know.
- RCA.
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Calvin Harris & Rag鈥檔鈥橞one Man
Giant
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
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The Hollies
The Air That I Breathe
- The Gold Album (Various Artists).
- The Hit Label Ltd.
- 14.
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Callum Beattie
Connection
- (CD Single).
- 3Beat.
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Jigsaw
Sky High
- Billboard Top Hits 1975.
- Rhino.
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Simon & Garfunkel
The Boxer
- The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel.
- Columbia.
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Busted
MIA
- Half Way There.
- Rhino.
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The Pointer Sisters
I'm So Excited
- Greatest Hits.
- BBR.
- 020.
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Marshmello
Here With Me (feat. CHVRCHES)
- (CD Single).
- Virgin EMI.
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Holly Johnson
Ascension (Album Version)
- Fly (Songs Inspired By Eddie The Eagle) O.S.T. (Various Artists).
- UMC.
- 1.
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Vampire Weekend
This Life
- Father Of The Bride.
- Columbia.
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Glen Campbell
Rhinestone Cowboy
- Ultimate Country (Various Artists).
- Telstar.
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Matt Simons
Open Up
- After The Landslide.
- PIAS.
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Phil Collins
I Missed Again
- Singles.
- Rhino.
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Lighthouse Family
My Salvation
- Blue Sky In Your Head.
- Polydor.
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Grace Jones
Slave To The Rhythm
- (CD Single).
- ZTT.
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Reef
Place Your Hands
- 21st Century Rock (Various Artists).
- Virgin.
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Louise
Stretch
- (CD Single).
- ADA.
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- Thu 18 Apr 2019 09:30成人快手 Radio 2