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Let's go back 30 years to hear some classic REM, Blur and Pulp.

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57 minutes

On radio

Sun 8 Jun 2025 02:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Black Grape

    Kelly's Heroes

    • Radioactive Records.

  • McAlmont & Butler

    Yes

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Hut Music.

  • Supergrass

    Alright

    • Parlophone.

  • Blur

    Charmless Man

    • Now.

  • Garbage

    Queer

    • Mushroom.

  • Pulp

    Mis-Shapes

    • Island.

  • Radiohead

    High And Dry

    • Virgin.

  • Björk

    It's Oh So Quiet

    • ONE LITTLE INDIAN RECORD.

  • The Smashing Pumpkins

    1979

    • HUT MUSIC.

  • Teenage Fanclub

    Mellow Doubt

    • CREATION.

  • R.E.M.

    Strange Currencies

    • Love Songs - 39 All Time Love Classic.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Foo Fighters

    For All The Cows

    • Parlophone.

  • Tricky

    Black Steel

    • Indolent.

  • Dubstar

    Stars

    • Food.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 30 Dec 2024 03:00
    BBC Radio 2
  • Sun 8 Jun 2025 02:00
    BBC Radio 2

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