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Old music: The Purple Gang – Granny Takes a Trip

4799 days ago

Guardian Music — The Purple Gang were singing about an old lady's holiday. But using the word 'trip' got them banned When Pink Floyd recorded Arnold Layne in a converted Chelsea abattoir in 1967, their producer Joe Boyd was also working in an adjoining studio with an... more info

The Who's Pete Townshend to give the first annual John Peel lecture

4800 days ago

NME — Guitarist is set to assess the state of music in the internet age more info

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Pete Townshend - Pete Townshend Turns Lecturer For Radio Event

4800 days ago

ContactMusic — The Who rocker Pete Townshend is to give a lecture on modern music at Britains Radio Festival in Salford northern England later this month Oct11 The guitarist will deliver the inaugural John Peel Lecture named after the late Bbc radio DJ on how musi.... more info

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Pete Townshend to give first John Peel lecture

4800 days ago

Guardian Music — The Who star will ask if creativity can thrive in the digital era in Radio Festival speech to be aired live on 6 MusicPete Townshend will give the inaugural John Peel lecture at the Radio Festival in Salford later this month to be broadcast live on B... more info

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Radio Festival to get a lecture in rock … from Keith Richards

4820 days ago

Guardian Music — Plenty to look forward to at this year's Radio Festival, but one thing in particular stands out – a brand new innovation called the John Peel Lecture, which looks likely to open proceedings with a bang. Exactly who will be delivering it remains a c... more info

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Readers recommend: songs about space – results

4846 days ago

Guardian Music — Featuring a cosmic cast of rocket men and girls from Mars, here are your favourite songs set in zero gravityThree … two … one … blast-off! Strap yourself in, rid yourself of earthly concerns and enjoy some zero-gravity listening pleasure.Richar... more info

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ONE SONG BY THE SMITHS....A SERIES FOR SATURDAYS (Part 48)

4851 days ago

The Vinyl Villain — It wasn't all jingly-jangly poptastic stuff as you well know. The Smiths could play very fast and very loud when the mood took them, as evidenced on this blistering b-side:-mp3 : The Smiths - LondonOriginally recorded in October 1986, it was put ... more info

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Family life

4851 days ago

Guardian Music — Readers' favourite photographs, songs and recipesSnapshot: My dad and Old Pat on their roundA murky Birmingham morning in January 1947: these two characters are Old Pat the horse, age 17, and my usually cheerful dad, Jim. They work for Handsworth Dai... more info

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Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll

4859 days ago

Guardian Music — Midnight is an hour owned by rock'n'roll. It's a time of Moanin', Moving and Trains to Georgia. It's a time when love comes tumbling downI have my friends Sally and Tom to thank for reminding me of the Adrian Henri poem In the Midnight Hour. Until th... more info

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In praise of …Terri Hooley

4869 days ago

Guardian Music — The man who discovered the Undertones and brought punk festivals to Belfast should be made a freeman of the cityThe godfather of Ulster punk is on the move once again. Terri Hooley is shifting his iconic Good Vibrations record store from premises in ... more info

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Old music: The Purple Gang – Granny Takes a Trip

The Who's Pete Townshend to give the first annual John Peel lecture

Pete Townshend - Pete Townshend Turns Lecturer For Radio Event

Pete Townshend to give first John Peel lecture

Radio Festival to get a lecture in rock … from Keith Richards

Readers recommend: songs about space – results

ONE SONG BY THE SMITHS....A SERIES FOR SATURDAYS (Part 48)

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