The Best Inventions
Your quick cup of tea began life 120 years ago this week when the teabag was invented. But what are the other inventions you are glad to have – from Lady Gaga singing about the telephone to a trip on a jetplane, or is it your sliced Bread and a toaster?
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Talking Heads
Road To Nowhere
- Now 1985 - The Millennium Series.
- Now.
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Rihanna
Umbrella (feat. JAY-Z)
- (CD Single).
- Def Jam.
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Golden Earring
Radar Love
- 25 Years Of Rock 'N' Roll - 1973.
- Connoisseur.
- 18.
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Kursaal Flyers
Little Does She Know
- Ultimate One Hit Wondrs.
- Sony BMG.
- 10.
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Buggles
Video Killed The Radio Star
- Big 70s Party.
- EMI / Virgin.
- 2.
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Streetband
Toast
- (CD Single).
- Logo.
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Louis Armstrong & The Mills Brothers
My Walking Stick
- Louis Armstrong And The Mills Brothers.
- Verve Reissues.
- 1.
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Gary Numan
Cars
- Greatest Hits Of The 70's (Various).
- Disky.
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Toulouse, LIAS (Elias Näslin) & John Legend
Slow Cooker
- Bigger Love.
- Columbia.
- 9.
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The Lovin’ Spoonful
Summer In The City
- The Lovin' Spoonful Collection.
- Castle Communications.
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The Selecter
On My Radio
- Flashback To The 70s.
- Music for Pleasure.
- 20.
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Girls Aloud
Sound Of The Underground
- (CD Single).
- Polydor.
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The Scaffold
Lily The Pink
- The Hits Of 1968 (Various Artists).
- MFP.
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Chris Stapleton
Tennessee Whiskey
- Traveller.
- Mercury Nashville.
- 3.
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T. Rex
Life's a Gas
- Best Of Marc Bolan And T. Rex.
- Flashlight.
- 5.
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Lou Reed
Satellite Of Love
- Transformer.
- BMG.
- 7.
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Coldplay
Clocks
- (CD Single).
- Parlophone.
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The Tubes
TV Is King
- Remote Control.
- A&M.
- 2.
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The Hollies
The Air That I Breathe
- The Gold Album (Various Artists).
- The Hit Label Ltd.
- 14.
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Tesla Girls
- The Best Of OMD.
- Virgin.
- 11.
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- Tue 2 Apr 2024 18:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Scotland