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Ball of Confusion: The Soundscape of 1970

Archive recordings, newsreels and the chart hits of the day blended seemlessly into a portrait of the news, music and popular culture of 1970. Introduced by Tony Blackburn.

Step aboard Radio 2's time machine for the latest Soundscape - an uninterrupted voyage through the news and music of 1970.

There's no hindsight. This is what 1970 sounded like and felt like, from the Kent State massacre and Apollo 13's "problem", to England's defeat in Mexico and the Beatles break-up.

There was a surprise result in the General Election and a new word in the air - skyjacking. Monty Python had a dead parrot; T Rex rode a white swan. And John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Mungo Jerry and many others were there to chronicle the time.

Tony Blackburn introduces a portrait in sound of a turbulent year which produced some memorable music - in the words of the Temptations, "a ball of confusion".

1 hour

Last on

Mon 16 Aug 2010 22:00

Broadcast

  • Mon 16 Aug 2010 22:00