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Johnnie chats to Island Records founder Chris Blackwell about his 70s memories, including his pioneering work with Toots Maytal and Bob Marley.

Few labels have had such a varied roster as Island Records.

Established in 1959 by Chris Blackwell, the label went on to bring Ska and Reggae to a global audience with the likes of Toots and the Maytals and Bob Marley.

But that was only a part of the Island sound. It was also home to the likes of Traffic, Free, Roxy Music, Grace Jones and would later establish U2 as global superstars in the 1980s.

Chris Blackwell is Johnnie's guest today, and they will be chatting about Chris's musical memories of the 1970s.
Chris has just released his memoirs, 'The Islander 鈥� My Life In Music And Beyond鈥�.

Elsewhere on the show, another track will be added to Johnnie's Jukebox and there will be more stories from This Week In Music, courtesy of the 麻豆官网首页入口 Archives.

Plus all your dedications and requests, as well as your idea for this week's 'One Of A Kind' and the 'BTO'!
Get in touch - walker@bbc.co.uk.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Sun 3 Jul 2022 15:00
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Music Played

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Livin' Thing

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.

  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

    American Girl

    • Greatest Hits.
    • MCA.

  • Anita Ward

    Ring My Bell

    • Songs Of Love.
    • Big Break Records.
    • 9.

  • The Doors

    Roadhouse Blues

    • Elektra.

  • The Real Thing

    You To Me Are Everything

    • In The Summertime-Sound Of 70's, Part.
    • Old Gold.

  • Queen

    We Are The Champions

    • News Of The World.
    • Island.
    • 2.

  • KISS

    I Was Made For Lovin' You

    • Endless Love (Various Artists).
    • Mercury.
    • 4.

  • Duncan Browne

    Journey

    • Acoustic Moods (Various Artists).
    • Polygram TV.
    • 2.

  • Joe Walsh

    Rocky Mountain Way

    • Driving Rock (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • The Clash

    I Fought The Law

  • Roxy Music

    Do The Strand

  • The Beat

    Tears Of A Clown

    • Greatest Hits Of The 70's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Led Zeppelin

    Led Zep Rock'n'Roll bed

    • ATLANTIC.

  • Spyro Gyra

    Morning Dance

    • Morning Dance.
    • MCA.

  • Free

    All Right Now

  • Toots & The Maytals

    Pressure Drop

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Island.
    • 12.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Lively Up Yourself

    • Tuff Gong.

  • Traffic

    Empty Pages

    • Island.

  • Crystal Gayle

    Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue

    • Ultimate Country (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • The Damned

    New Rose (6 Music Session, 19 May 2016)

  • The Manhattan Transfer

    Chanson D'Amour

    • The Manhattan Transfer Anthology.
    • Rhino.

  • Pretenders

    Stop Your Sobbing

    • The Pretenders - The Singles.
    • WEA.

Broadcast

  • Sun 3 Jul 2022 15:00
    麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 2