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Upshares, Downshares, the PM programme's daily business and economics slot with Nils Blythe, daily from November 2008. Once the listeners (David Cartwright in fact) had named the slot, we began to play the original theme from ... but then, unbidden, listeners began sending in their own renditions and interpretations of the tune.

Almost a hundred versions later, and the slot had developed into one of the stranger corners of PM. But with the in January 2010, it was logical to .

Eddie on the PM blog.

Here then are all the versions PM has played over the year, from crumhorns to the carillon at York Minster, covering Bee Gees to Bach to Elvis, and featuring some very special versions recorded with the original composer Alexander Faris, playing on solo piano and conducting the Â鶹Éç Philharmonic Orchestra.

A number of listeners have inquired about a charity CD release of these themes. The idea is currently under consideration, but in the meantime, people wishing to make a donation are invited to .

Charting the recession in song

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• Electro-dance interpretation

  By Timothy Brook. Aired 6th January 2010.

  Hear Timothy Brook's Electro-dance interpretation

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• Tchaikovsky ballet-style version

  By Dominic Leitner. Aired 7th January 2010.

  Hear Dominic Leitner's Tchaikovsky ballet-style version

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• A version "to commemorate Elvis' 75th Birthday"

  By Personym. Aired 8th January 2010.

  Hear Personym's Elvis-inspired arrangement

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• Loony Tunes version

  By Kit Morgan. Aired 11th January 2010.

  Hear Kit Morgan's Loony Tunes version

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• The Godfather version

  Sound designer Caroline Devine "sampled a musical box that plays the Godfather love theme with the idea of manipulating the fragments to create a new piece for the 'meta-musical box' to play". Aired 12th January 2010.

  Hear Caroline Devine's Godfather version

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• News-pips version

  By Nicholas Webb. Aired 13th January 2010.

  Hear Nicholas Webb's News-pips version

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• Upsitars, Downsitars – a raga-influenced version

  By Michael Godfrey. Aired 14th January 2010.

  Hear Michael Godfrey's Upsitars, Downsitars version

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• An A Capella version

  From Sputnik Weasel, who write: "The Upshares theme slot is fast becoming the aural equivalent of Gormley's Plynth". Aired 15th January 2010.

  Hear Sputnik Weasel's A Capella version

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• Country version

  By Kit Morgan. Aired 18th January 2010.

  Hear Kit Morgan's Country version

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• Mediterranean version

  By Tom Miles. Aired 19th January 2010.

  Hear Tom Miles' Mediterranean version

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