Classic Album Sundays

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Classic Album Sundays Podcast: Emma-Jean Thackray on The Beach Boys ‘Pet Sounds’ Aug 29, 2021

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Yorkshire-raised, London-based jazz musician Emma-Jean Thackray joins Classic Album Sunday’s Tina Edwards as part of our ‘My Classic Album’ series for a look back at The Beach Boys ‘Pet Sounds’. Read more about your favourite albums here: https://classicalbumsundays.com/

Classic Album Sundays Podcast: Steve Mason on PiL’s ‘Metal Box’ Aug 22, 2021

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Classic Album Sundays’ Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy and Steve Mason discuss one of his favourite albums: Public Image Ltd’s second album ‘Metal Box’ at Camp Bestival. Steve even shared a great tip on how to use the ‘Metal Box’ as a tin for making shortbread! Read more about your favourite albums here: www.classicalbumsundays.com

Classic Album Sundays Podcast: The Avalanches 'Since I Left You' Aug 15, 2021

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Consider for a moment the unnerving prospect of creating a follow-up to one of the most passionately celebrated debut albums of the 21st century. This was the daunting task facing Australian band The Avalanches in the wake of their thrilling and technically fascinating masterpiece released to near universal acclaim in November 2000. Hear the full story behind the album in our latest podcast. Read more about your favourite albums here: https://classicalbumsundays.com/

Classic Album Sundays Podcast: KT Tunstall on ‘Eye to the Telescope’ Aug 08, 2021

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KT Tunstall’s debut album was the album that just kept on giving. It spawned five singles including her biggest hit ‘Suddenly I See’, and was nominated for several awards including a Mercury Prize and two Grammy awards and won her an Ivor Novello. Listen as KT takes a look back at the album that transformed her career and life with Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy at our session at the Royal Albert Hall’s Elgar Room. Read more about your favourite albums here: https://classicalbumsundays.com/

Classic Album Sundays: Moses Boyd on Miles Davis ‘Nefertiti’ Aug 01, 2021

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Mercury Prize nominated Moses Boyd joins Classic Album Sundays’ Raj Chaudhuri to discuss one of the albums that has influenced his career, Miles Davis’ Nefertiti’. Read more about your favourite albums here: https://classicalbumsundays.com/

Classic Album Sundays Podcast: The Wailers’ ‘Burnin’ with Don Letts Jul 25, 2021

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Our latest Classic Album Sundays Podcast focuses on The Wailers, Burnin’, featuring guest British film director, DJ and musician Don Letts.

Tune in to hear Don’s memories of meeting Bob and helping introduce him to the punk sounds of London in the late seventies.

Rea more about your favourite albums here: https://classicalbumsundays.com/

CAS Worldwide: Roy Ayers 'Everybody Loves the Sunshine' Jul 18, 2021

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“It was while recording at Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios in New York City on a beautifully hot and sunny day that Roy Ayers would stumble upon the song that arguably defines his career. As the phrase “everybody loves the sunshine” lodged itself in his mind he began to explore and construct vibrant imagery, picturing “bees and things and flowers” as they floated across his mind. As the lyrics spontaneously and joyfully came into focus the musician knew exactly how he wanted the song to sound, envisaging a kaleidoscopic mix of piano, vibraphone, and synthesiser that would evoke the psychedelic pleasures of peak summertime. The result was a song that remains one of the archetypal summer anthems.

Everybody Loves The Sunshine deserves its spot at the very top of his achievements and is a testament to his easy-going innovations. Four decades later we can still feel its heat.”

Read more about your favourite albums here: https://classicalbumsundays.com/

My Classic Album: Dave Davies on ‘The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society’ Jul 11, 2021

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Dave Davies from The Kinks takes a look back to the release of 1968’s The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society at Classic Album Sundays at The John Peel Centre For Creative Arts.

The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society wasn’t initially a success upon its release, coming along at a time when Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Ladyland, Led Zeppelin’s debut, and the Rolling Stones’ Beggars Banquet were the flavours of the day.

Although praised by many critics, it was largely overlooked by the public. However, as years passed, it’s following grew until it become regarded as a masterpiece. For many it is now justly considered The Kinks’ most satisfying album: a creative highpoint matched only by the band’s landmark singles of the period.

Read more about your favourite albums here: https://classicalbumsundays.com/

My Classic Album: Ken Scott on David Bowie ‘Hunky Dory’ Jul 04, 2021

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Legendary Trident Studios and Abbey Road engineer and producer Kent Scott joins Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy in the latest instalment of our ‘My Classic Album’ series to discuss David Bowie’s ‘Hunky Dory’ album that Ken co-produced with Bowie. Read more about your favourite albums here: https://classicalbumsundays.com/

Skin on Etta James & Nina Simone: The Montreux Years Jun 27, 2021

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Recent OBE nominee Skin joins Classic Album Sundays founder Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy to discuss the inspirational Nina Simone and Etta James – their lives, legacies, music and their many Montreux Jazz Festival live performances. The podcast begins with a short chat with the CEO of Montreux Jazz Festival, Mathieu Jaton who tells us why these two legends are so important to the legacy of the festival. Read more about your favourite albums here: https://classicalbumsundays.com/

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