My guest on this episode is John Harris - author, journalist and Paul Weller Super-fan!
John was a key part of the music press in 90s - working at Sounds, Melody Maker, NME & Q Magazine before being named editor of Select.
As a freelance writer John has written about music, politics and a wide variety of oher subjects for publications such as Rolling Stone, Mojo, The Independent, and New Statesmen.
He has written many books including "The Last Party: Britpop, Blair and the demise of English rock"
John has written notes of boxsets of The Jam - including the 40th anniversary set 1977 along with liner notes from The Jam: The Studio Recordings an 8LP heavyweight vinyl box set released in 2013.
October 2021 sees the release of the book - The Beatles : Get Back - the first official standalone book to be released by The Beatles since international bestseller The Beatles Anthology.
Edited by John Harris from original conversations between John, Paul, George and Ringo spanning three weeks of recording, culminating in The Beatles’ historic final rooftop concert.
Find details at getback.thebeatles.com
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EP84 - Rhoda Dakar - Singer, Musician, Red Wedge... ”You see things can change...”
EP83 - Tracie Young - Pop Singer + Respond Records... ”I will learn, I will grow and for my pain, my strength shall show”
EP82 - Omar Lye-Fook MBE - Soul Music Legend + The Style Council / Weller Solo - ”Hello-Hurray - what a nice day!”
EP81 - Roger Nowell - Head Roadie / Guitar Tech... ”I don’t need a ship to sail in stormy weather...”
EP80 - Nicole Nodland - Photographer - Paul Weller & Prince... ”Come and rock my dreams but take the chance for me”
EP79 - Eddie Piller - MD of Acid Jazz Records - The Modcast - ”Like a gun, gonna shoot my best shot baby”
EP78 - Junior Giscombe - Soul Music Legend - The Council Collective - Red Wedge - ”There’s brother against brother, there’s fathers against sons, Let’s change that, let’s fight back!”
EP77 - Tom Doyle - White Label + Music Journalist - ”Tuesday’s slow, I just don’t know what’s happening here at all...”
EP76 - Chris Parry - The man who signed The Jam + Record Producer + Boss - ”All around the world I’ve been looking for new, ooh, ooh”
EP75 - Barbara Snow - Honorary Councillor - ”Daylight turns to moonlight, and I’m at my best...”
EP74 - Chris Bostock - Honorary Councillor + JoBoxers - ”They need the little bit extra, they don’t mind if it’s only conjecture...”
EP73 - Camelle Hinds - Honorary Councillor + Paul Weller Solo - ”Dry your eyes, they will call, sure is sure, we’ll be one...”
EP72 - Derek D‘Souza - Photographer - The Jam, Paul Weller Solo - ”True it‘s a dream mixed with nostalgia but it‘s a dream that I‘ll always hang on to...”
EP71 - Villagers - Conor O‘Brien - Singer-Songwriter -- ”Here‘s one for the Searching soul in the moonlight, it‘s alright...”
EP70 - Kenny Wheeler - Tour Manager - ”I tell ya that‘s entertainment, that‘s entertainment”
EP69 - Steve Ellis - Love Affair - Boom Bang Twang! - ”Yes, it feels like it‘s gonna last...”
EP68 - Sonja Phillips - Award-winning Writer & Director - Broken Stones / You Do Something To Me - ”Mixing my emotions, throws me back again”
EP67 - Andy Crofts - Musician - Weller Bandmate - The Moons - ”I‘ve been travelling through a tunnel of time now I need to break away...”
EP66 - David Lines -The Modfather - My Life with Paul Weller - ”Got a pen in my pocket, does it make me a writer? Putting on gloves don‘t make me a fighter...”
EP65 - Peter Wilson - Producer - The Jam, The Style Council - ”I play out my role, why I‘ve even been out walking”
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