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:: Monday, June 04, 2007 ::

Recent Listening

Songs Your Godmother Should Know
"When Times classical music critic Hilary Finch confessed on national radio that she had never heard Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody, her goddaughter Tamasin decided to compile a CD of songs a godmother really should know."

Roger Linn's Drum Machines
"The remarkable story of Roger Linn, inventor of the drum machine. The son of an opera singer and a music professor, Linn's invention revolutionised popular music. He has inspired artists as diverse as Herbie Hancock, Heaven 17, and the Wu Tang Clan. Exploited by shady businessmen, Linn has been a reclusive figure for decades."

The making of the Dr Who theme [YouTube]
It's the 1980s Peter Howell version not the original Ron Grainer one.

Labels: Music, Radio4

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