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The Who at the Isle of Wight

Johnnie celebrates The Who's incendiary live set at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival, and Alex Lifeson of Rush remembers the decade in My '70s.

Johnnie Walker celebrates the decade of Wilson, Heath, Callaghan and Thatcher.

This week he'll be spinning tracks from The Who's live set at the 1970 Isle Of Wight Festival, recorded forty-three years ago this week. Performing almost all of their rock opera Tommy, the set saw the band performing to over half a million people at the last iteration of the festival until its 2002 revival.

Also on the show, Canadian musician Alex Lifeson will pick some of his favourite music from the decade in My 70s. Best known as co-founder and guitarist of the progressive rock band Rush, he was been voted one of the greatest guitarists of all time by Rolling Stone magazine and is noted for his self-taught style.

The genesis of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells will be revisited courtesy of the 大象传媒 archive, and another classic single will be loaded into Johnnie's Jukebox.

1 hour, 57 minutes

Last on

Sun 1 Sep 2013 15:00
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • Elton John

      Crocodile Rock

  • Billy Joel

    Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)

    • The Stranger.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • I WAS THERE: THE WHO - LIVE AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL 1970

    • The Who

      I Can't Explain

  • Bad Company

    Can't Get Enough

    • Driving Rock (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.
    • 1.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    You Make Loving Fun

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 011.

  • Pluto Shervington

    Dat

    • Young Gifted & Black (Various).
    • Trojan.

  • ARCHIVE: TUBULAR BELLS

    • Mike Oldfield

      Tubular Bells

  • Bonnie Tyler

    Lost In France

    • Misty Blue - Love Songs Of The 70's.
    • Old Gold.

  • I WAS THERE: THE WHO - LIVE AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL 1970

    • The Who

      Tommy Can You Hear Me?

  • The Who

    Pinball Wizard

  • Marianne Faithfull

    The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan

    • Thelma & Louise O.S.T. (Various).
    • MCA.

  • Supertramp

    Goodbye Stranger

    • Autobiography Of Supertramp.
    • A&M.
    • 10.

  • HOUR 2

    • David Bowie

      Space Oddity

      • Space Oddity.
      • RCA.

  • JOHNNIE'S JUKEBOX

    • Dave Edmunds

      I Hear You Knocking

      • Single.
      • MAM.
      • 1.

  • Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye

    Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)

    • The Very Best Of Marvin Gaye.
    • Motown.

  • I WAS THERE: THE WHO - LIVE AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL 1970

    • The Who

      Summertime Blues

  • MY 70S: ALEX LIFESON

    • The Who

      Won't Get Fooled Again

  • Pink Floyd

    Comfortably Numb

  • Joan Baez

    Diamonds And Rust

    • The Best Of.
    • A&M.

  • Faces

    You Can Make Me Dance, Sing Or Anything

    • The Faces: Five Guys Walk Into A Bar.
    • Warner Bros.

  • THE WHO - LIVE AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL 1970

    • The Who

      Twist and Shout

  • The Who

    Substitute

  • The Who

    Magic Bus

Broadcast

  • Sun 1 Sep 2013 15:00
    大象传媒 Radio 2