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26/03/2010

Chris presents Steel Pulse in Liverpool from 1982, sessions from The Silencers and Cornershop, and part four of Island Rock - Chant Down Babylon with Brinsley Forde.

The Hawk presents documentaries, concerts and sessions from the 麻豆社 archives.

Steel Pulse in Liverpool kick off the Live Music Hour at 4am, with a concert from 1982. A roots reggae band, they originally formed at Handsworth Wood Boys School, Birmingham.Formed in 1975, their debut release, Kibudu, Mansetta And Abuku arrived on the small independent label Dip, and linked the plight of urban black youth with the image of a greater African homeland.

Aligning themselves closely with the Rock Against Racism organisation and featuring in its first music festival in the spring of 1978, they chose to tour with sympathetic elements of the punk movement, including the Stranglers and XTC.The Steel Pulse message of hope, education and activism has struck a chord with music lovers worldwide. Their international success has resulted in a Grammy award for their 1986 classic Babylon The Bandit, and nominations for subsequent albums Victims (1991) and Rastafari Centennial (1992). In 1989, the group contributed I Can't Stand it to the soundtrack of Spike Lee's film Do The Right Thing.

Steel Pulse are collaborating with Driftwood Pictures to create a definitive feature length documentary on the band's thirty year history, and have a new album due out this year.

Also in the Live Music Hour, two great sessions for your delight and delectation: The silencers from 1988, and Cornershop, recorded in 1993.

Plus perfect tunes to wake up to, daft early morning chat, and another game of Play Your Birthday Cards Right.

6 hours, 30 minutes

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Fri 26 Mar 2010 00:30
麻豆社 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Steppenwolf

    Born To Be Wild

    • MCA.

  • 闯贸苍蝉颈

    Go Do

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    Maps

    • Polydor.

  • The Temper Trap

    Science Of Fear

    • CD SINGLE.

  • The Smashing Pumpkins

    Bullet With Butterfly Wings

    • Hut Music.

  • Kings of Leon

    Wasted Time

    • Handmedownrecords.

  • Culture

    Lion Rock

  • The Police

    Roxanne

    • A&M.

  • Vampire Weekend

    Giving Up The Gun

    • CD SINGLE.
    • XL.
    • 1.

  • The Verve

    Lucky Man

    • Virgin/Emi/Polygram.

  • Martha and the Muffins

    Echo Beach

  • Courteeners

    You Overdid It Doll

    • CD SINGLE.
    • A&M.
    • 1.

  • It鈥檚 Immaterial

    Driving Away From Home

    • Now 8 (Various Artists).
    • Siren.

  • Jamie T

    Emily's Heart

    • CD SINGLE.
    • VIRGIN.
    • 1.

  • The Temptations

    Law Of The Land

    • Global TV.

  • Bronski Beat

    Smalltown Boy

    • Permier.

  • The xx

    Crystalised

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Young Turks.
    • 1.

  • Peter Gabriel

    Games Without Frontiers

    • Virgin.

  • TV on the Radio

    Dancing Choose

    • CD SINGLE.
    • 4 A.D..
    • 1.

  • Beach House

    Zebra

    • CD SINGLE.
    • BELLA UNION.
    • 1.

  • The Bluetones

    Marblehead Johnson

  • Bloc Party

    Mercury

  • Rilo Kiley

    It's A Hit

    • Brute/Beaute Records.

  • Wild Beasts

    We Still Got the Taste Dancin' on Our Tongues

    • CD SINGLE.
    • DOMINO.
    • 1.

  • Lily Allen

    LDN

    • CD SINGLE.
    • REGAL.

  • Lily Allen

    The Fear

  • Primal Scream

    Rocks

  • The House of Love

    Christine

    • Fontana.

  • Summer Camp

    Ghost Train

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Moshi Moshi.
    • 1.

  • Humble Pie

    Desperation

  • War

    Me And Baby Brother

    • Priority.

  • Darwin Deez

    Radar Detector

    • Lucky Numbers.

  • Iggy Pop

    Real Wild Child (Wild One)

    • A&M.

  • Steel Pulse

    Blues Dance - Royal Court Liverpool 1982

  • Steel Pulse

    Reggae Fever (Radio 1 In Concert, Royal Court Liverpool, 1982)

  • Steel Pulse

    Soldiers Liverpool 1982

    • **STUDIO/LOCATION RECORDING**.

  • Steel Pulse

    Riot (Radio 1 In Concert, Royal Court Liverpool, 1982)

  • Steel Pulse

    Riot (Radio 1 In Concert, Royal Court Liverpool, 1982)

  • Silencers

    Blue For Buddah (Radio 1 Session, 20 Nov 1988)

  • Silencers

    Scottish Rain (Radio 1 Session, 20 Nov 1988)

  • Silencers

    The Real McCoy (Radio 1 Session, 20 Nov 1988)

  • Silencers

    Answer Me (Radio 1 Session, 20 Nov 1988)

  • Cornershop

    Summer Fun in a Beat Up Datsun (麻豆社 Session, 17 Jan 1993)

  • Cornershop

    Trip Easy 麻豆社 Session 17/01/1993

  • Cornershop

    England's Dreaming (麻豆社 Session, 17 Jan 1993)

  • Fionn Regan - Catacombs

  • EELS

    Novocaine For The Soul

    • COLUMBIA.

  • Lush

    Single Girl

  • Friendly Fires

    Hold On

    • XL.
    • 1.

  • The Beloved

    Sweet Harmony

    • Sweet Harmony.
    • East West.

  • Jonathan Richman

    That Summer Feeling

    • Rough Trade Records.

  • Modest Mouse

    Float On

    • Epic.

  • Catatonia

    Strange Glue

  • World of Twist

    She's A Rainbow

    • ZERO A MARTIN HANNETT STORY 1977-1991.
    • Big Beat.

  • Doves

    Andalucia

    • CD SINGLE.

  • The Long Blondes

    Giddy Stratospheres

    • GIDDY STRATSOSPHERES.
    • ROUGH TRADE RECORDS.

  • The Members

    Sound Of The Suburbs

  • N.W.A

    Express Yourself

    • Global Television.

  • Donovan & Jeff Beck Group

    Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love Is Hot)

    • EMI.

  • Paul Weller

    Wake Up The Nation

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Universal-Island.
    • 1.

  • Sarah Blasko

    We Won't Run

  • Soft Cell

    Torch

    • SOME BIZZARE.

  • MGMT

    Flash Delirium

  • Chapel Club

    Surfacing

    • Loog / East City Records.

  • Dennis Brown

    Money In My Pocket

    • Reggae Love Songs (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.

  • Nneka

    Walking

    • No Longer At Ease.

  • Goldfrapp

    Strict Machine

  • Morrissey

    We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful

    • EMI.

  • 搁耻苍鈥怐.惭.颁.

    It's Tricky

    • London.

  • Delphic

    Halcyon

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Chimeric.
    • 1.

  • Kaiser Chiefs

    Never Miss A Beat

    • B-UNIQUE.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Mr. Blue Sky

    • ELO - Out Of The Blue.
    • Jet.

  • The Futureheads

    Heartbeat Song

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Nul Records.
    • 1.

  • The Isley Brothers

    It's Your Thing

    • Global Television.

  • Martin Stephenson & Martin Stephenson and the Daintees

    Wholly Humble Heart

    • kitchenware.

Broadcast

  • Fri 26 Mar 2010 00:30
    麻豆社 Radio 6 Music