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01/09/2009

Clare McDonnell sits in for Chris Hawkins with archive tracks from Placebo at Manchester Academy in 1998 and Camera Obscura in the 6 Music Hub from 2006.

Clare McDonnell presents fantastic live music, and documentaries, from the 麻豆社 archive.Exclusive hand-picked sets include Placebo live in concert at the Manchester Academy in 1998. Plus, an intimate session from cute indie-popsters Camera Obscura, recorded in the 6 Music Hub in 2006. There's also another chance to hear Jeff Wayne's The War of The Worlds, performed live at London's O2 Arena. Inspired by HG Wells' famous novel, the prog rock and classical album was released in June 1978, and has since spent over 330 weeks in the UK Album chart, and won two Ivor Novello Awards. This multi-media stage version was produced to mark the 30th anniversary of the album's release and was recorded by Radio 2 on 21 June 2009.Plus, in the week leading up to the Mercury Music Awards, Radio One's Edith Bowman takes us through former winning album, Dummy by Portishead, which picked up the 20 grand cheque in 1995.

4 hours

Last on

Tue 1 Sep 2009 03:00

Music Played

  • Muse

    Uprising

    • CD SINGLE.
    • WARNER BROS.
    • 1.
  • OutKast

    Hey Ya!

    • Arista.
  • Frank Turner

    The Road

    • CD SINGLE.
    • XTRA MILE.
  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

    Joan Of Arc

    • Virgin.
  • James

    Sit Down

  • Mumford & Sons

    Little Lion Man

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Universal Island.
    • 1.
  • Blondie

    One Way Or Another

    • Chrysalis.
  • Ben Folds

    Rockin' The Suburbs

    • Epic.
  • Ben Folds Five

    Battle Of Who Could Care Less

    • Epic/550 Music.
  • Ian Brown

    Stellify

    • Polydor Ltd (UK).
  • The Futureheads

    Decent Days And Nights

    • 679 Recordings.
  • Pixies

    Here Comes Your Man

  • R.E.M.

    Radio Free Europe

    • IRS.
  • Speech Debelle

    Spinnin'

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Big Dada.
    • 1.
  • Supergrass

    Sun Hits The Sky

    • Parlophone.
  • Placebo

    Scared Of Girls - Manchester Academy 1998

  • Placebo

    You Don't Care About Us - Manchester Academy 1998

  • Placebo

    36 Degrees (Manchester Academy, 18 Oct 1998)

  • Placebo

    Without You I'm Nothing - Manchester Academy 1998

  • Placebo

    Bruise Pristine - Manchester Academy 1998

  • Placebo

    Nancy Boy - Manchester Academy 1998

  • Placebo

    Pure Morning - Manchester Academy 1998

  • Placebo

    Teenage Angst - Manchester Academy 1998

  • Camera Obscura

    Modern Girl

  • Camera Obscura

    Tears For Affairs

  • Camera Obscura

    False Contender

  • Ronnie Dawson

    Rock The Blues

  • Ronnie Dawson

    Down In Mexico (Radio 1 Session, 14 Dec 1993)

  • Ronnie Dawson

    Action Packed (Radio 1 Session, 14 Dec 1993)

  • Friendly Fires

    Kiss Of Life

    • KISS OF LIFE.
    • XL.
    • 1.
  • The Police

    Spirits In The Material World

    • A&M.
  • Pearl Jam

    The Fixer

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Island.
    • 1.
  • Keane

    Spiralling

    • CD SINGLE.
    • ISLAND RECORDS.
    • 1.
  • Elvis Costello & The Attractions

    High Fidelity

    • Universal Music.
  • The Doors

    Roadhouse Blues

    • Elektra.
  • Golden Silvers

    Please Venus

    • CD SINGLE.
  • Shed Seven

    Where Have You Been Tonight?

  • Marvin Gaye

    Trouble Man

    • Motown.
  • Florence + The Machine

    Drumming Song

    • Island Records.
  • John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers

    Crocodile Walk

  • Kelis

    Milkshake

    • Virgin.
  • Manic Street Preachers

    Life Becoming A Landslide

    • Columbia.
  • 叠箩枚谤办

    Isobel

    • Future Funk.
  • The Jam

    A Town Called Malice

    • Polydor.
  • Passion Pit

    To Kingdom Come

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.
  • Jesus Jones

    Right Here Right Now

    • Food.
  • Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

    Where the Wild Roses Grow (feat. Kylie Minogue)

    • Mute Records.
  • Everything but the Girl

    Single

    • Island.
  • Screaming Lights

    Hello Tomorrow

    • CD single.
  • Morrissey

    That's How People Grow Up

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Decca.
  • Arctic Monkeys

    Crying Lightning

    • CD SINGLE.
    • DOMINO.
    • 1.
  • Longpigs

    On And On

  • The Stranglers

    Nice 'N' Sleazy

    • EMI.
  • Kings of Leon

    Sex On Fire

    • CD SINGLE.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 1.
  • Bad Lieutenant

    Sink Or Swim

    • CD SINGLE.
    • COOPERATIVE MUSIC.
    • 1.
  • William Shatner

    Common People

    • HAS BEEN.

Broadcast

  • Tue 1 Sep 2009 03:00