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Afternoons for Wednesday 12 November 2014

  • Best song Ever Written - Soon

    1:08 PM.Mark Schaumann from Tauranga has chosen 'Soon' by the group Yes. Audio

  • Music Trivia game

    1:22 PM.Three songs with one thing common to them all. What do you think it could be? Audio

  • Never Too Old To Climb

    2:09 PM.Anne Wilson is 75 years old. She only started tramping in her 50s but this year she climbed the two highest mountains in Africa - Mt Kenya and Mt Kilimanjaro. It's the latest in a string of adventures… Read more Audio

  • WWII Memories

    2:19 PM.It was a special day for World War Two veteran Neville Selwood yesterday - back in a Tiger Moth aircraft for the first time in 71 years. Mr Selwood marked Armistice Day by flying over the Dunedin… Read more Audio

  • Feature album - The Art of McCartney

    2:44 PM.It's a tribute to one of the most prolific song writers of our time, and a one time member of the most popular band on the planet. The Art of McCartney is the brainchild of American Producer Ralph… Read more Audio

  • Online world with Hamish MacEwan

    3:08 PM.Happy Singles Day! Why Obama waited so long to take a stand on net neutrality, Apple thinks iPad photography is here to stay, and Microsoft pushes its dual-use vision with $199 Work & Play Bundle. Audio

  • Neptune's Navy

    3:30 PM.Lisa Thompson takes a tour of the Sea Shepherd vessel The Sam Simon, as its crew prepare for protest action in the Southern Ocean this summer. Read more Audio

  • The Panel pre-show for 12 November 2014

    3:45 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

1:10 Best song ever written. 'Soon' by Yes.  Nominated by Mark Schaumann of Tauranga. 

1:20 Music Trivia game. 

ARTIST:    REM
TITLE:        Man On The Moon
COMP:    Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Bill Perry, Michael Stipe
DUR:        5' 11" [Cold fade - Exact time:]
ALBUM:    The Best of REM  -  Track 1
LABEL:    Warner 248 381                                       

ARTIST:    Bon Jovi  
TITLE:        It's My Life
COMP:    Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Martin Karl Sandberg
DUR:        3' 45" [Cold]
ALBUM:    Bon Jovi Greatest Hits  -  CD 1 / Track 3
LABEL:    Island 275233    

                            
ARTIST:    Stevie Wonder
TITLE:        Sir Duke
COMP:    Stevie Wonder
DUR:        3' 50" [Cold]
ALBUM:    Original Musiquarium Vol 1  -  CD 2 / Track 2
LABEL:    Motown 530029  
                                        
ARTIST:    Mott The Hoople
TITLE:        All The Young Dudes
COMP:    David Bowie
DUR:        3' 20" [Fade]
ALBUM:    Mott The Hoople Greatest Hits  -  Track 5
LABEL:    Columbia 434 368        

ARTIST:    Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
TITLE:        Free Fallin'
COMP:    Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne
DUR:        4' 20" [Fade]
ALBUM:    Anthology Through The Years  -  CD 2 / Track 8
LABEL:    MCA 170 177

ARTIST:    Wings
TITLE:        Let 'Em In
COMP:    Paul McCartney
DUR:        5' 05" [Cold]
        Watch for false fade    
ALBUM:    All The Best  -  Track 6
LABEL:    Parlophone 748,507                                

ARTIST:    The Mama's and The Papa's
TITLE:        Creque Alley
COMP:    John Phillips, Michelle Phillips
DUR:        3' 45" [Cold fade]
ALBUM:    The Best of . . .  Mamas & Papas  -  Track 6
LABEL:    MCA 119519

2:10 Never Too Old To Climb.  Anne Wilson is 75 years old and she only started tramping in her 50s but this year she climbed the two highest mountains in Africa - Mt Kenya and Mt Kilimanjaro. It's the latest in a string of adventures for Anne, she's tramped all around the world from Everest Base Camp to the Inca Trail.  After her latest trip she's told her family never to let her climb a mountain again but she's not given up on the outdoors quite yet, she wants to go tramping around Israel and Jordan next.

2:20 WWII Memories. It was a special day for World War 2 veteran Neville Selwood yesterday - back in a Tiger Moth aircraft for the first time in 71 years.  Mr Selwood marked Armistice Day by flying over the Dunedin Cenotaph.  It was his first flight in a Tiger Moth since 1943. 

2:30 NZ Reading. Part three of David McPhail's memoir, The Years Before my Death. 

2:45 Feature album. The Art of McCartney - the tribute album to  Paul McCartney (2014).

3:10 Online with Hamish MacEwan. 

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3:30 The Antarctic Whaling Watchers.  Lisa Thompson.  Come aboard the Sam Simon and meet the environmental activists determined to keep Japan to its word that it won't hunt whales in Antarctica this coming summer.1

New Zealand Society

3:45 The Panel Pre-Show with Zara Potts, Jim Mora, Susan Hornsby-Geluk and John Barnett.