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Johnnie Walker's Long Players

Johnnie and David Hepworth enjoy two classic British albums from 1968 - The Small Faces Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake and The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society

Johnnie and David Hepworth enjoy two classic British albums from 1968 - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake and The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, with the latter in mono.

Find out why they think Ogdens' is the perfect combination of psychedelia and British comic tradition, how Professor Stanley Unwin got Spike Milligan's job and what happened when the Small Faces tried to navigate the river Thames.

There's also praise for Ray Davies as the creator of fourteen consecutive Top Twenty hit songs, despite The Kinks having a lot of bad luck at this time, plus how a move from a small suburban north London home to a rambling Borehamwood mansion helped save strawberry jam and all the different varieties.

57 minutes

Last on

Thu 22 Jun 2023 02:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Small Faces

    Song of a Baker

    • Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake.
    • Castle Communications.
    • 005.

  • Small Faces

    Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake

    • (CD Single).
    • Sanctuary.

  • Small Faces

    Lazy Sunday

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1968.
    • Premier.

  • Small Faces

    Mad John

    • Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake.
    • Castle Communications.
    • 011.

  • Small Faces

    Rollin' Over

    • Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake.
    • Castle Communications.
    • 008.

  • Small Faces

    Happy Days Toy Town

    • Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake.
    • Castle Communications.
    • 012.

  • Avory, Mick, Davies, Dave, Quaife, Pete & The Kinks

    Village Green

    • The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society.
    • Sanctuary Midline.
    • 009.

  • Avory, Mick, Davies, Dave, Quaife, Pete & The Kinks

    Johnny Thunder

    • The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society.
    • Sanctuary Midline.
    • 004.

  • Avory, Mick, Davies, Dave, Quaife, Pete & The Kinks

    Sitting by the Riverside

    • The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society.
    • Sanctuary Midline.
    • 007.

  • Avory, Mick, Davies, Dave, Quaife, Pete & The Kinks

    Animal Farm

    • The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society.
    • Sanctuary Midline.
    • 008.

  • Avory, Mick, Davies, Dave, Quaife, Pete & The Kinks

    All of My Friends Were There

    • The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society.
    • Sanctuary Midline.
    • 012.

  • Avory, Mick, Davies, Dave, Quaife, Pete & The Kinks

    The Village Green Preservation Society

    • The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society.
    • Sanctuary Midline.
    • 001.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 24 Aug 2016 22:00
    BBC Radio 2
  • Thu 22 Jun 2023 02:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music