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X-Ray Records

Cerys delves into her own collection to bring you the perfect soundtrack to your sunny Sunday. Her guest is Stephen Coates who found a vinyl record cut onto an old x-ray in Russia

In honour of Record Store Day Cerys speaks to Stephen Coates about Russian X-Ray vinyl. Stephen found a vinyl-type disc cut onto an x-ray in a St. Petersburg flea market and has been fascinated ever since. His passion to know more about these unusual discs has led him to research the history of Soviet counter-culture of making illegal music and bootleggers copying them in 1940's USSR.

Music journalist Garth Cartwright who has travelled the length and breadth of the UK visiting record shops shares some of the treasures he unearthed whilst crate digging in vinyl boutiques to industry pillar stores. Garth takes us to Liverpool, Belfast and Brighton & Hove.

Plus Cerys brings you a taste of her eclectic record collection to soundtrack your perfect Sunday morning. This week her selection ranges from Jamila & The Other Heroes to Barry White's The Love Unlimited Orchestra and from Sun Ra to Public Service Broadcasting.

Cerys also raids the 麻豆社 Archive to bring you the voice of Wally Funk, the first female air safety investigator, pilot who was part of NASA's Mercury 13 Women's astronaut program. We also hear from Bartholomaeus Traubeck who took cross sections of trees and converted their rings to play them like a vinyl record.

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Sun 18 Jul 2021 10:00
麻豆社 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Prince Nico Mbarga And Rocafil Jazz International

    Sweet Mother

    • The Essential Guide To Africa CD1.
    • 5.

  • Love Unlimited Orchestra

    Always Thinking of You

    • White Gold.

  • Martha Wainwright

    La Foule

    • Sans Fusils, Ni Souliers, A Paris: Martha Wainwright's Piaf Record.

  • Linton Kwesi Johnson

    Sonny's Lettah

    • Straight To Inglan's Head: An Introduction To Linton Kwesi Johnson.
    • Universal-Island Records Limited.
    • 10.

  • Arthur Alexander

    Anna (Go To Him)

    • Under The Influence: The Original Versions Of The Songs The Beatles Covered.
    • 1.

  • Ray Barretto

    Acid

    • Latin: The Essential Album CD2.
    • Manteca.
    • 10.

  • Altin G眉n

    K谋sasa K谋sas

    • 脗濒别尘.
    • Glitterbeat Records.

  • Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18

    Tywydd Hufen I芒

    • JOIA!.

  • The Mighty Terror

    The Emperor of 脕frica

  • The Sun Ra Arkestra

    Angels And Demons At Play

    • In The Orbit Of Ra CD1.
    • Strut.
    • 6.

  • Count Basie

    Basie Boogie

    • Jumpin' At The Woodside.
    • 12.

  • Doc Watson

    Shady Grove

    • The Best Of Doc Watson 1964-1968.
    • 16.

  • Minyo Crusaders

    Kushimoto Bushi (Live At Le Guess Who?)

  • Willie Mitchell

    Take Five

    • Poppa Willie: The Hi Years: 1962-74 CD2 (The Covers).
    • Hi Records.
    • 24.

  • Public Service Broadcasting

    Gagarin

    • Test Card Recordings.

  • Esbj枚rn Svensson Trio

    From Gagarin's Point Of View

    • From Gagarin's Point Of View.
    • ACT.
    • 5.

  • Jamila and the other Heroes

    YABA

    • Springstoff/slowtrane.

  • Kaidi And NK-OK And Blue Lab Beats

    N茫o Tem Nada N茫o

    • Nao Tem Nada Nao.
    • Blue Adventure - AllPoints.
    • 1.

  • Sam Teskey

    Love

    • Cycles.
    • Decca Records.

  • The Saints

    By the Sea

  • Boris Garbiner Happening

    Breezin'

    • Beach Diggin', Vol. 4.

  • Mikael M谩ni

    Nostalgia Machine

    • Nostalgia Machine.
    • Smekkleysa.

  • Christian Gerhaher & Gerold Huber

    Schwanengesang, D. 957: IV St盲ndchen: Leise flehen meine Lieder

    • Schubert: Schwanengesang.
    • 4.

  • Mocky & Liliana Andrade

    Feeling Like I Like

    • Feeling Like I Like.
    • Heavy Sheet.
    • 1.

  • SAULT

    Bitter Streets

    • NINE.
    • Forever Living Originals.
    • 6.

  • MICHELLE & Arlo Parks

    Sunrise

    • Sunrise.
    • Transgressive.
    • 1.

  • Sister Cookie

    Can't Get It When You Want It

  • Alice Babs

    Dong-Dingeldang

    • Ole dole dei - Die gro脽en Erfolge.

  • Izabella Yuryeva & 袙邪写懈屑 袣芯蟹懈薪

    Turquoise Rings

  • Andrei Myagkov

    There Is No Peace

  • Serge Nikolsky

    Emigre Tango

  • Eye Q

    Please the Nation

    • Now-Again Reserve.

  • Risco Connection

    Ain't No Stopping Us Now

    • Soul Jazz Records Presents HUSTLE! Reggae Disco: Kingston, London, New York.
    • Soul Jazz Records.
    • 8.

  • Tommy McCook

    Heat Wave

    • Tommy McCook's Mabrouk - EP.

  • Ballak茅 Sissoko

    Nan Sira Madi

  • Zohra

    Badala Zamana

    • Habibi Funk.

  • Golden Ring Ensemble

    Cossack Dance

    • Folk Dances from Black Sea.

Broadcast

  • Sun 18 Jul 2021 10:00
    麻豆社 Radio 6 Music