Matinee Idle for Wednesday 31 December 2025
12 - 1 p.m.
12:14
Artist: Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger and the Trinity
Title: This Wheel's on Fire
Composer: Dylan, Danko
Album: Driven by the 60s
Label: Union Square Music
12:21
Artist: Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
Title: Jenny Take a Ride
Composer: Rainey, Thomas
Album: Live! Rock from Detroit
Label: Essential Music
12:26
Artist: Chris Rea
Title: Twisted Wheel
Composer: Chris Rea
Album: Deltics
Label: United Artists
12:34
Artist: Bat for Lashes
Title: Pearl's Dream
Composer: Natasha Khan
Album: Two Suns
Label: Echo
12:39
Artist: Lou Christie
Title: The Wheel of Fortune
Composer: Benjamin, Weiss
Album: Beyond the Blue Horizon
Label: Varese
12:46
Artist: Ace Kefford
Title: Dream Away
Composer: (Unknown)
Album: (Unknown)
Label: (Unknown)
12:51
Artist: Mel and Dave
Title: Spinning Wheel
Composer: David Clayton Thomas
Album: Prisoner of Love
Label: Upsetter
12:55
Artist: Sam Fender
Title: Seventeen Going Under
Composer: Sam Fender
Album: Seventeen Going Under
Label: Polydor
1 - 2 p.m.
1:05
Artist: Asleep at the Wheel
Title: Long Tall Texan
Composer: Henry Strzelecki
Album: Long Tall Texan
Label: Bismeaux
1:13
Artist: Arcade Fire
Title: Rococo
Composer: Arcade Fire
Album: The Suburbs
Label: Merge
1:19
Artist: Neil Innes
Title: Singing a Song Is Easy
Composer: Neil Innes
Album: How Sweet to Be an Idiot
Label: United Artists
1:27
Artist: AC/DC
Title: Wheels
Composer: A. & M. Young
Album: Black Ice
Label: Columbia
1:31
Artist: Manu Pilas
Title: Bella Ciao
Composer: (Traditional)
Album: Musica Original de la Serie la Casa de Papel
Label: Musica Aparte
1:37
Artist: The Catherine Wheel
Title: Crank
Composer: Dickinson, Futter
Album: Chrome
Label: Fontana
1:43
Artist: Shriekback
Title: Lined Up
Composer: Barry Andrews
Album: Care
Label: Y
1:49
Artist: Burton Cumings
Title: I'm Scared
Composer: Burton Cummings
Album: Burton Cummings
Label: Epic
1:51
Artist: Kid Creole & the Coconuts
Title: Stool Pigeon
Composer: August Darnell
Album: Tropical Gangsters
Label: ZE
1:57
Artist: Eilert Pilarm
Title: Heartbreak Hotel
Composer: Axton, Durden, Presley
Album: Greatest Hits
Label: Green Pig
2 - 3 p.m.
2:05
Artist: Al Green
Title: Driving Wheel
Composer: Roosevelt Sykes
Album: Al Green Gets Next to You
Label: Hi Records
2:11
Artist: The Divinyls
Title: Only Lonely
Composer: Amphlett, McEntee
Album: Monkey Grip
Label: WEA
2:15
Artist: Frantic Flintstones
Title: Stuck in the Middle with You
Composer: Rafferty, Egan
Album: 20th Anniversary Album
Label: Anagram
2:19
Artist: Stealer's Wheel
Title: Nothing's Gonna Change My Mind
Composer: Joe Egan
Album: Ferguslie Park
Label: A&M
2:25
Artist: Ogden Edsl featuring Bill Frenzer
Title: Dead Puppies
Composer: Bill Frenzer
Album: Stuffed
Label: Sunburn
2:29
Artist: The Band
Title: It Makes No Difference
Composer: Robbie Robertson
Album: The Last Waltz
Label: Warner Bros.
2:38
Artist: Hi Tek 3 feat. Ya Kid K
Title: Spin that Wheel
Composer: Kovali, El Sati, Ya Kid K
Album: Teenage Mutant Turtles
Label: SBK
2:43
Artist: The Fearless Flyers
Title: Reeling in the Years
Composer: Fagan, Becker
Album: The Fearless Flyers III
Label: Vulf
2:49
Artist: The Byrds
Title: We'll Meet Again
Composer: Parker, Charles
Album: Mr. Tambourine Man
Label: Columbia
2:52
Artist: Mon Rovia
Title: Field Song
Composer: Mon Rovia
Album: Bloodline
Label: Mon Rovia
2:55
Artist: Bryan Ferry
Title: A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall
Composer: Bob Dylan
Album: These Foolish Things
Label: Island
3 - 4 p.m.
3 p.m. Feature - Simon talks to Daniel Roher, director of Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
3:24
Artist: The Band
Title: Jemima Surrender
Composer: Helm, Robertson
Album: The Band
Label: Capitol
3:28
Artist: The New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble
Title: Makin' Whoopie (feat. Sharon Jones)
Composer: Kahn, Donaldson
Album: Skallaborations
Label: Jump Up!
3:33
Artist: Dennis Wilson
Title: River Song
Composer: Dennis & Carl Wilson
Album: Pacific Ocean Blue
Label: Caribou
3:40
Artist: Hank Marvin Mark Knopfler
Title: Wonderful Land
Composer: Jerry Lordan
Album: Heartbeat
Label: Polydor
3:44
Artist: The Pointer Sisters
Title: Automatic
Composer: Walsh, Goldenberg
Album: Break Out
Label: Planet
3:49
Artist: Kraftwerk
Title: The Model
Composer: Hutter, Bartos
Album: The Man-Machine
Label: Kling Klang
3:53
Artist: Mary Gauthier
Title: Wheel Inside the Wheel
Composer: Mary Gauthier
Album: Mercy Now
Label: Lost Highway
4 - 5 p.m.
4:07
Artist: Nathaniel Rateliffe & the Night Sweats
Title: I Need Never Get Old
Composer: Nathaniel Rateliffe
Album: Nathaniel Rateliffe & the Night Sweats
Label: Stax
4:12
Artist: Alice Cooper
Title: Under My Wheels
Composer: Bruce, Dunaway, Ezrin
Album: Killer
Label: Warner Bros.
4:17
Artist: The Moody Blues
Title: Voices in the Sky
Composer: Justin Hayward
Album: In Search of the Lost Chord
Label: Deram
4:21
Artist: Kenny Loggins
Title: I'm Alright
Composer: Kenny Loggins
Album: Caddyshack (Soundtrack)
Label: Columbia
4:27
Artist: Paul McCartney
Title: Helen Wheels
Composer: Paul McCartney
Album: The 7" Singles Box
Label: MPL
4:33
Artist: Dr. John (feat. Aaron Neville)
Title: End of the Line
Composer: Dylan, Harrison, Lynne, Orbison, Petty
Album: Things Happen That Way
Label: Rounder
4:39
Artist: Half Man Half Biscuit
Title: Running Order Squabble Fest
Composer: Half Man Half Biscuit
Album: This Leaden Pall
Label: Probe Plus
4:43
Artist: Tami Neilson
Title: Foolish Heart
Composer: Jay and Tami Neilson
Album: Neon Cowgirl
Label: Outside
4:48
Artist: Talking Heads
Title: Slippery People
Composer: David Byrne
Album: Speaking in Tongues
Label: Sire
4:5
Artist: Gene Ammons
Title: My Way
Composer: Rebaux, Thibaut, Francois
Album: My Way
Label: Prestige
