Afternoons for Wednesday 23 July 2014
1:10 Best Song Ever Written:Rebecca Nelson of Auckland nominated 'You'll Never Walk Alone' from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, Carousel.
1:20 Music Trivia Game
ARTIST: The Beach Boys
TITLE: Wouldn't It Be Nice?
COMP: Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Tony Asher
ALBUM: Pet Sounds
LABEL: Capitol 748 421
ARTIST: Genesis
TITLE Invisible Touch
COMP: Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins
ALBUM: Turn It On Again: The Hits
LABEL: Virgin 848 416
ARTIST Dionne Warwick
TITLE: Heartbreaker
COMP: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb
ALBUM: Dionne Warwick; The Love Songs
LABEL: Arsita 260 441
ARTIST: Johnny Cash
TITLE: I Walk the Line
COMP: Johnny Cash
ALBUM: The Best of Johnny Cash
LABEL: CBS 462 655
ARTIST: Michael Jackson
TITLE: Man In The Mirror
COMP: Siedah Garre tt. Glen Ballard
ALBUM: The Essential Michael Jackson
LABEL: Epic 222000
ARTIST: The Beatles
TITLE: Penny Lane
COMP: John Lennon, Paul McCartney
ALBUM: Magical Mystery Tour
LABEL: Parlophone 748062
ARTIST: Stevie Wonder
TITLE: I Just Called To Say I Love You
COMP: Stevie Wonder
ALBUM: Stevie Wonder; The definitive Collection
LABEL: Motown 440066
ARTIST: The Who
TITLE: My Generation
COMP: Pete Townshend
ALBUM: My Generation; The Very Best of The Who
LABEL: Polydoor 522 150
INTERVIEW TRACKS:
ARTIST: The Searchers
TITLE: Sweets For Me Sweet
COMP: Pomus/Shuman
ALBUM: The Searchers Collection
LABEL: Castle 873208
ARTIST: The Searchers
TITLE: Needles and Pins
COMP: Nitzschie/Bono
ALBUM: The Searchers Collectio
LABEL: Castle 873208
ANSWER: All songs change key
2:10 The Dark Horse - James Napier Robertson, and Cliff Curtis from the new New Zealand movie, The Dark Horse, which is already soldout at the New Zealand International Film Festival - and already being tipped for big things
2:30 NZ Reading: Mick Rose reads 'Miss Jones' - the third part of 'Telegraph Tales' by J Edward Brown
Young love raises its head. . .again . . In today's story about Jimmy Preston-cadet telegraphist for the Postal and Telegraph Service. The question is - will fate smile on him this time?
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MUSIC DETAILS
'Celebrity Tune' from Hot Big Band Jazz. Carlin CAS 024
You can hear this Reading again here.
2:45 Feature album is 'Urban Hymns' by English alt rock band, The Verve, from 1997 - one of the biggest selling albums in UK music history. Has now sold over 10 million copies.
The link: http://www.nme.com/photos/30-glorious-britpop-albums-that-deserve-a-reissue-pronto/344950/1/1
3:10 Online with Hamish MacEwan
Apple granted comprehensive 'iTime' smartwatch patent with in-strap circuitry, arm gesture support
Xiaomi unveils Mi 4 smartphone and Mi Band wristband
The Amazon Story
Kindle Unlimited: Library e-Strategy Revisited
Sony's Walkman Makes Comeback
3:30 Listen Please New App' - David Steemson: It could be a hit with thousands of doctors in dozens of countries. It's a new App. for Ipads which helps clinicians break down language barriers with their patients. NZ Society
3:45 Panel Pre-Show - Julie Moffett with what the world's talking about today: China seals off a whole city because of bubonic plague, Britain's given up trying to prosecute its online pirates, the Queen's horse tests positive for drugs. Should a sports team called the Redmen have to change their name? Not the Redskins, of whom you may have read, but the Redmen. We keep hearing about how much sleep we need - a bit less than we think says the new research. Smoking in your selfie, the new online crime. And a bonsai tree is launched into space. It makes a haunting photo as it orbits the Earth.