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Tunes, chat and Samira Ahmed on The Beatles

Mark and Stuart present a feast of great music and chat to journalist and broadcaster Samira Ahmed about discovering a previously unheard recording of The Beatles from 1963.

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie present a feast of great music and chat for weekend breakfast.

On today鈥檚 show, Mark and Stuart are joined by journalist and broadcaster Samira Ahmed to talk about how she recently discovered a previously unheard recording of The Beatles from a concert at Stowe boarding school in Buckinghamshire in 1963.
The rare tape was made by 15-year-old pupil John Bloomfield, and was recently unearthed when Samira visited the school to mark the 60th anniversary of the original performance.

Also on the show... long-running feature 鈥楾he Chain鈥� which gives listeners the chance to pick a track that links in some way to the last. The list now contains over 8000 songs.

Plus, a fine selection of music, including tracks from The Selector, The Lemon Twigs, Feist, Scott Matthews, Rufus Wainwright, Stick in the Wheel and Patrice Rushen, to get the weekend started.

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Sat 15 Apr 2023 08:00
成人快手 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Empire of the Sun

    Walking On A Dream

    • CD SINGLE.
    • VIRGIN.
    • 1.

  • Everything but the Girl

    Caution to the Wind

    • Buzzin鈥� Fly Records.

  • The Selecter

    Missing Words

    • Two-Tone Records 鈥�.

  • Bryan Ferry

    Fingerpoppin'

    • Another Time, Another Place.
    • Virgin Records.
    • 8.

  • The Lemon Twigs

    In My Head

  • The Lemonheads

    If I Could Talk I'd Tell You

    • Atlantic.

  • Janelle Mon谩e

    Tightrope (feat. Big Boi)

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Bad Boy.

  • Feist

    In Lightning

    • Virgin.

  • Scott Matthews

    New Skin

    • Restless Lullabies.
    • Shedio Records.

  • Rufus Wainwright

    The Art Teacher

    • Want Two.
    • Dreamworks.
    • 5.

  • Warmduscher

    Love Strong

  • The Primitives

    Crash

  • Patrice Rushen

    Haven't You Heard

  • Jungle

    Candle Flame (feat. Erick the Architect)

    • Caiola Records.

  • C Duncan

    Say

    • Fat Cat Records.

  • The Chemical Brothers

    No Reason

    • EMI.

  • SBTRKT

    Pharaohs

    • Young Turks.

  • The Beatles

    Please Please Me

    • The Beatles: 1962-1966.
    • Apple.
    • 7.

  • The Beatles

    A Taste Of Honey

    • Please Please Me.
    • Parlophone.
    • 12.

  • The Beatles

    Love Me Do

    • Past Masters.
    • Apple.
    • 1.

  • Gretel H盲nlyn

    King Of Nothing

    • VLF Records.

  • Stick in the Wheel

    The Cuckoo VIP (EAN Remix)

    • Single.

  • 搁耻苍鈥怐.惭.颁.

    My Adidas

    • BMG.

Broadcast

  • Sat 15 Apr 2023 08:00
    成人快手 Radio 6 Music