Reasons to Be Cheerful
Former fontman of Fine Young Cannibals Roland Gift shares a favourite vinyl record. The top 10 albums this week in 1999, and Grant pays tribute to Ian Dury and the Blockheads.
This week on Grant Stott鈥檚 Vinyl Collective, Roland Gift, the acclaimed British singer, songwriter, and actor, best known perhaps, as the charismatic lead vocalist with Fine Young Cannibals, who topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic with their 1989 album, 鈥楾he Raw & the Cooked鈥�, shares his favourite vinyl record.
Grant will have an Ian Dury & The Blockheads 鈥楧ouble' on Side 2 of the show, plus, a countdown of the top 10 albums this week in 1999.
He鈥檒l also have another cracking Into The Groove 12鈥� and a Magnificent 7"
All that and music from The Verve, Gil Scott-Heron, The Blue Nile, Everything But The Girl, Swing Out Sister, Chuck Berry and more..
It鈥檚 two hours of new and classic cuts all played from 7", 12" and vinyl LPs.
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Fine Young Cannibals
Suspicious Minds
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Queen
Invisible Man
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The Associates
Party Fears Two
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Gil Scott鈥怘eron
The Bottle
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The Band AKA
Grace
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Divinyls
I Touch Myself
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Hootie and the Blowfish Only Wanna Be With You
Only Wanna Be With You
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Blur
Coffee & TV
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The Blue Nile
The Downtown Lights
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Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Reasons To Be Cheerful Pt.3
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Ian Dury & the Blockheads
What A Waste
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The Verve
Bitter Sweet Symphony
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Fine Young Cannibals
Blue
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The Kingstonians
Sufferer
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The Associates
Take Me To The Girl
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Starless
You Are Beautiful
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Everything but the Girl
Each and Every One
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Art Garfunkel
Waters Of March
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Swing Out Sister
La La (Means I Love You)
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Chuck Berry
You Never Can Tell
Broadcasts
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