My guest mixer this week is Ian Grice aka Gricey aka Iggy.
Known to the good folk of the Wedding Present Forum as Iggy, to the rest of the world he's Gricey. A primary school teacher for 32(!) years, he and I first met and bonded when I was working in the secondary school down the road. One of the joys of doing this podcast has been catching up with some old friends that I haven't spoken to for far too long, and this was a prime example...
(YouTube & Spotify playlists at the bottom of the page)
Hit the ground running
1. That Petrol Emotion - Split!
Something old
2. Sparks - Thank God It's Not Christmas
Around The World
3. The Veils - More Heat Than Light
The Veils "Axolotl" in Twin Peaks 2017
Bands appearing on The Young Ones playlist
Left Of Centre
4. LYR - The Pigeons of Eldon Street
The Wedding Present - England (featuring Simon Armitage)
Something New
5. Kim Deal - Are You Mine?
Take It Down
6. Sharon Van Etten - Tarifa
Wildcard
7. Puressence - Sold Unseen
Something Borrowed
8. Goodbye Mr MacKenzie - Amsterdam
Versions by David Bowie, Marc Almond, John Denver, Scott Walker and Jacques Brel himself.
Something Blue
9. Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - Perfect Blue
Easy Pieces (full album YouTube playlist)
Finale
10. Lanterns on the Lake - Beings
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