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Record Store Day with Erasure鈥檚 Andy Bell

Stuart Maconie celebrates Record Store Day, playing a selection of special new releases. Plus, Erasure鈥檚 Andy Bell shares his First, Last and Everything.

Stuart Maconie presents solo, with a feast of great music and chat for weekend breakfast.

To mark Record Store Day today, Stuart plays a selection of special new releases and is joined by Record Store Day supporter Erasure鈥檚 Andy Bell, who shares his 鈥楩irst, Last and Everything鈥 鈥 that鈥檚 the first record he bought, the most recent he has been enjoying and the one that means 鈥榚verything鈥 to him.

Andy Bell is the lead singer of synth-pop duo Erasure, who have topped the charts with various hit singles, including 鈥楢 Little Respect鈥, 鈥楽ometimes鈥 and 鈥楢lways鈥. The band also have their own Record Store Day release, a vinyl edition of 鈥楴e:Ep鈥, which originally came out on CD and cassette last year.

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.

With a selection of music old and new to get the weekend started.

2 hours

Music Played

  • T. Rex

    Metal Guru

    • Music Club.
  • Wet Leg

    Supermarket

  • Janelle Mon谩e

    Make Me Feel

    • Atlantic.
  • Les Baxter

    Que Mango!

    • Que Mango!.
    • Vinyl Exotica.
  • Emma鈥怞ean Thackray

    Venus (Black Science Orchestra Remix)

    • Movementt.
  • The Human League

    Hard Times

    • Love And Dancing.
    • Virgin Record Ltd.
    • 1.
  • Emerson, Lake & Palmer

    From The Beginning

  • Kojey Radical

    Can't Go Back

    • Asylum / Atlantic.
  • Suede

    Metal Mickey

    • Nude Records.
  • Dusty Springfield

    Little By Little

    • Dusty- The Silver Collection.
    • Philips.
  • Johnny Marr

    Ghoster

    • New Voodoo Limited/BMG.
  • James Alexander Bright

    Soul

    • K7!.
  • Scritti Politti

    Oh Patti (Don't Feel Sorry For Loverboy)

    • Virgin.
  • Monophonics

    Warpaint

    • Colemine Records.
  • St. Vincent

    Digital Witness

    • St Vincent.
    • LomaVista/Caroline International.
    • 001.
  • Floating Points

    Vocoder

    • Ninja Tune.
  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Concrete Jungle

  • The Roches

    Losing True

    • Keep On Doing.
    • Warner Records.
    • 2.
  • Panic Shack

    The Ick

    • Brace Yourself Records.
  • Erasure

    Leaving (Gareth Shortland Acoustic Mix)

  • Ibibio Sound Machine

    17 18 19

    • Merge Records.
  • David Bowie

    Ashes to Ashes

    • EMI.
  • Rihanna

    Only Girl (In The World)

    • 1Xtra: The Album.
    • WM UK.
  • Blondie

    11:59

    • Parallel Lines.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 7.
  • Mykki Blanco

    Family Ties (feat. Michael Stipe)

    • Transgressive.
  • Jurassic 5

    Work It Out

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Interscope.

Broadcast

  • Sat 23 Apr 2022 08:00