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Blondie Special

Mark Radcliffe chats to iconic new wave band Blondie on their 40th anniversary, plus the band perform a specially-recorded set from the Â鶹Éç's Maida Vale studios.

On their 40th anniversary, Mark Radcliffe chats to seminal punk and iconic New York band Blondie plus the band performs a specially recorded set from the Â鶹Éçs Maida Vale studios.

Mark chats to drummer Clem Burke, front-woman and songwriter, Debbie Harry and guitarist and conceptual mastermind Chris Stein - as well as introducing the new Blondie band members - about their new album and greatest hits compilation, marking their 40th year as a band. They tell us about the more unexpected musical influences behind the new tracks, plus stories behind their hit classic Hanging on the Telephone, and why they covered Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Relax...

Hear them perform a live set, specially recorded at the Â鶹Éç Studios in Maida Vale, including Blondie classics Hanging on the Telephone, Atomic and Call Me, and new tracks Mile High and Sugar on the Side. With singer and songwriter Debbie Harry, drummer Clem Burke, guitarist Chris Stein, Leigh Fox on bass, guitarist Tommy Kessler and keyboardist Matt Katz-Bohen.

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Mon 2 Jun 2014 13:00
Â鶹Éç Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Kaiser Chiefs

    Modern Way

    • CD SINGLE.
    • B-Unique.

  • Muse

    Supermassive Black Hole

    • Warner Bros.

  • Metronomy

    Reservoir

    • Love Letters.
    • Because Music.
    • 001.

  • The Go-Go's

    We Got The Beat

    • Stiff.

  • Billy Bragg

    To Have and Have Not

  • The Black Keys

    Bullet In The Brain

    • Turn Blue.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 001.

  • Ed Harcourt

    Come Into My Dreamland

    • Time Of Dust.
    • Kid Gloves.
    • 001.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Superstition

    • Motown.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    Walk Me To The Bridge

    • Futurology.
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • Richard Hawley

    Leave Your Body Behind You

    • Parlophone.

  • ¸éö²â°ì²õ´Ç±è±è

    Eple

    • Wall Of Sound Recordings.

  • Damon Albarn

    Mr Tembo

    • Everyday Robots.
    • Parlophone.
    • 002.

  • Arctic Monkeys

    Snap Out Of It

    • AM.
    • Domino Recording Co.
    • 010.

  • Blondie

    Call Me - Recorded at Maida Vale Studios

  • Sharon Van Etten

    Every Time The Sun Comes Up

    • Are We There.
    • Jagjaguwar.
    • 001.

  • Sharon Van Etten

    Every Time The Sun Comes Up

    • Are We There.
    • Jagjaguwar.
    • 001.

  • Parquet Courts

    Black And White

    • Sunbathign Animal.
    • Rough Trade.
    • 001.

  • The Charlatans

    Can't Get Out Of Bed

    • Beggars Banquet.

  • Jack White

    Lazaretto

    • Third Man Records/XL.

  • Teleman

    Mainline

    • Breakfast.
    • Moshi Moshi.
    • 007.

  • Saint Etienne

    He's On The Phone

    • The Best Album In The World Ever!(Va).
    • Virgin.

  • Daniel Avery

    Knowing We'll Be Here

    • Drone Logic.
    • Phantasy/Because Music.
    • 001.

  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

    Red Frame/White Light

    • Virgin.

  • Peace

    Money

    • Columbia.

  • The Flaming Lips

    Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

  • R.E.M.

    Orange Crush

  • Cream

    White Room

  • Kae Tempest

    The Beigeness

    • Everybody Down.
    • Big Dada.
    • 001.

  • Everything Everything

    Cough Cough

    • Rca Victor.

Broadcast

  • Mon 2 Jun 2014 13:00
    Â鶹Éç Radio 6 Music