Dial V for Vinyl - The Vinyl Thread ep.72

Welcome to The Vinyl Thread with Natalie and Alban Low. This week we have a potted history of the telephone (in vinyl form), from obscure areas codes of pre-WW2 London to the smartphone generation. Join us for 20 minutes of vinyl and shellac, we spin flea market finds and auction lots into a themed selection for you to enjoy. 

Listen to episode 72 of The Vinyl Thread here - https://www.mixcloud.com/AlbanLow/dial-v-for-vinyl-the-vinyl-thread-ep72/

Originally broadcast on Radio Nope on the 24th July 2022. Listen to other shows on Radio Nope at www.radionope.com

Tracklist

1. Jack Jackson and His Orchestra - Ding! Dong! Ding! (10”)
HMV - B.6393 (1933)
2. Ink Spots - What Can You Do? (7”)
Decca - 9-27632 (1951)
3. Love Unlimited - Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love (7”)
UNI Records - UN 539 (1972)
4. Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone (12”)
Chrysalis – CDL 1192 (1978)
5. Paul Evans – Hello, This Is Joannie (The Telephone Answering Machine Song) (7”)
Spring Records – SP 183 (1978)
6. Wazmo Nariz – Tele-Tele-Telephone (7”)
Stiff Records – BUY 33 (1978)
7. Lady Gaga Featuring Beyoncé – Telephone (7”)
Interscope Records – 2734707 (2010)

Next week we hear from the cheeky chappies that made UK Latin music such a joyous genre for the everyday British listener.

Island Life - The Vinyl Thread ep.71

Welcome to The Vinyl Thread with Natalie and Alban Low. Escapism is the theme this week, as we float around 6 different islands or archipelagos. Join us for 20 minutes of vinyl and shellac, we spin flea market finds and auction lots into a themed selection for you to enjoy. 

Listen to episode 71 of The Vinyl Thread here - https://www.mixcloud.com/AlbanLow/island-life-the-vinyl-thread-ep71/

Originally broadcast on Radio Nope on the 17th July 2022. Listen to other shows on Radio Nope at www.radionope.com

Tracklist
1. Guy Antoinette Et Les Young Lovers - Sega Chou-Chou (7”)
Discomad - 466 279
2. Lord Kitchener, Fitzroy Coleman's Trinidad Ragers - Saxophone No. 2 (10”)
Melodisc - 1271 (1954)
3. Trio "Ny Antsaly" - Mandany Resaka (7”)
Philips - 432.539 BE (1961)
4. John MacLeod and John Macinnes - Puirt-A-Beul (12”)
Folkways Records – FE 4430 (1961)
5. Tony Johnson - Iron Bar (10”)
Melodisc - 1182
6. Hula Hawaiian-Quartett Mit Valentinos Hawaiian-Band, Carlo Holm Und Seine Hawaiian-Solisten – In Einem Alten Märchenwald (West Of Samoa) (7”)
Polydor – EPH 20 145 (1956)

Next week Natalie and I will be calling long distance, with a selection of vinyl tunes all about or featuring Telephones. 

Jour et Nuit - The Vinyl Thread ep.70

Welcome to The Vinyl Thread with Natalie and Alban Low. This week we are exploring the 8th arrondissement of Paris, hanging out at late night restaurants and bumping into Parisian musicians from the 1960s and 70s. Join us for 20 minutes of vinyl and shellac, we spin flea market finds and auction lots into a themed selection for you to enjoy. 

Listen to episode 70 of The Vinyl Thread here - https://www.mixcloud.com/AlbanLow/jour-et-nuit-the-vinyl-thread-ep70/

Originally broadcast on Radio Nope on the 10th July 2022. Listen to other shows on Radio Nope at www.radionope.com

Tracklist
1. Christophe - Tu Es Folle (7”)
Disc'Az - J 35122 (1966)
2. France Gall – Il Jouait Du Piano Debout (7”)
Atlantic – 11 536 (1980)
3. Mireille Mathieu - Celui Que J'Aime (7”)
Barclay - 71095 (1966)
4. Jean Gabin - Maintenant Je Sais (7”)
CBS - CBS 2506 (1974)
5. Adamo - Le Néon (7”)
La Voix De Son Maître - EGF 988 (1967)
6. Anthony Perkins - Quand Tu Dors Près De Moi (Thème Du Film "Aimez-Vous Brahms") (7”)
Pathé – 45 EG 591 (1962)
7. Laurent Voulzy - L’Amour est un Oiseau (7”)
RCA Victor - 40006 (1972)

Next week we are escaping the vinyl mainland, and taking visiting 6 different islands and listening to  music from Mauritius, Trinidad and Tobago, Madagascar, Hebrides, Jamaica, and German Samoa.

Angels and Devils - The Vinyl Thread ep.69

Welcome to The Vinyl Thread with Natalie and Alban Low. Seraphims, cherubims, thrones, virtues and archangels. Incubi, Succubi, Familiars, Drudes and demons. This week we immerse ourselves in the ethereal world of angels and devils. Join us for 20 minutes of vinyl and shellac, we spin flea market finds and auction lots into a themed selection for you to enjoy. 

Listen to episode 69 of The Vinyl Thread here - https://www.mixcloud.com/AlbanLow/angels-and-devils-the-vinyl-thread-ep69/

Originally broadcast on Radio Nope on the 3rd July 2022. Listen to other shows on Radio Nope at www.radionope.com

Tracklist
1. Thin Lizzy - Angel from the Coast (12”)
Vertigo – PRICE 50 (1983)
2. Kylie Minogue – Better The Devil You Know (7”)
PWL Records – PWL 56 (1990)
3. Jimi Hendrix - Angel (12”)
Reprise Records – MS2034 MS 2034
4. Kenny Barron - Swamp Demon (12”)
Muse Records – MR 5018 (1973)
5. All About Eve – Every Angel (7”)
Mercury – EVEN 7 (1988)

Next week we are in the Parisian restaurant Jour et Nuit, deep in the 8th arrondissement. Meeting the musicians who live nearby and listening to the music they made.

Latvian Poetry - European Poetry Festival

Kirils Ecis & Maria Celina Val 

In what was a brilliant live celebration of both literary and experimental poetry in collaboration, three Latvian poets - Krišjānis Zeļģis, Krista Anna Belševica, Kirils Ecis - were at the heart of a night of memorable live literary works. Hosted at Kingston University’s RIBA award winning Town House in Kingston upon Thames and supported by British based poets also sharing collaborations, this was a joyous, experimental night of new live literature. 

Simon Tyrrell

This event also saw the launch of Fractured Light: An Anthology by Victoria Kaye (Sampson Low Press) and Simon Tyrrell’s debut publication, Presently.
https://sampsonlow.co/2022/06/24/fractured-light-an-anthology-victoria-kaye/

 Kayona Daley & Krista Anna Belševica

With new poetry and performance collaborations by Krišjānis Zeļģis & SJ Fowler / Kirils Ecis & Maria Celina Val / Krista Anna Belševica & Kayona Daley / Sylee Gore and Laura Davis / Ailsa Holland and Lucy Furlong / Katerina Koulouri and Albert Pellicer / Fiona Larkin and Mark Chamberlain.

Victoria Kaye, Ailsa Holland and Susie Campbell

The European Poetry Festival celebrates, in the UK and beyond, the grand resurgence in avant-garde and literary poetry that has marked the 21st century in Europe. It aims to not only innovate what a live poetry experience might be, but to inculcate community and engagement between poets across the continent, as well as between new audiences and complex poetries. 
https://www.europeanpoetryfestival.com/

Krišjānis Zeļģis & SJ Fowler

The "Latvian Literature" platform was established in order to promote recognition of Latvian literature and its distribution abroad, to ensure international cooperation among publishers, literary agents, writers, translators, and organizations working in the fields of literature and publishing. We are here to provide you with a diverse array of information on Latvian authors, books, our publishing industry, and innovations within the industry.
https://latvianliterature.lv/en/news

Ailsa Holland and Lucy Furlong

Mark Chamberlain and Fiona Larkin

Albert Pellicer and Katerina Koulouri

Laura Davis and Sylee Gore

Spanish Holiday - The Vinyl Thread ep.68

 

Welcome to The Vinyl Thread with Natalie and Alban Low. The sun is out and we're all thinking about our holidays here in Europe, so this week we celebrate the great Spanish getaways of the 1960s and 70s. Join us for 20 minutes of vinyl and shellac, we spin flea market finds and auction lots into a themed selection for you to enjoy. 

Listen to episode 68 of The Vinyl Thread here - https://www.mixcloud.com/AlbanLow/spanish-holiday-the-vinyl-thread-ep68/

Originally broadcast on Radio Nope on the 26th June 2022. Listen to other shows on Radio Nope at www.radionope.com

Tracklist
1. Los Mar Blau - Un Poco de Sol (7”)
Belter - 51.889 (1968)
2. Los Sirex - El Tren De La Costa (7”)
Vergara - 317 XC (1965)
3. Los Valldemosa - Pajaro Chogui (7”)
Philips - 436 312 PE (1965)
4. Luis Aguilé - Y Que Bien Camina (7”)
La Voz De Su Amo - EPL 14.281 (1966)
5. Jose Guardiola - Dieciseis Toneladas (7”)
La Voz De Su Amo - 7EPL 13.459 (1960)
6. Chiquita Herrada - Ole por Chiquita (7”)
Belter - 50.943 (1961)
7. Chicos - Quiero Un Poco De Tu Amor (7”)
RCA Victor - 3-10624 (1971)

Next week expect heavenly wicked tunes as our theme is Angels and Devils.

Austrian Poetry Celebration - European Poetry Festival

Fabian Faltin and SJ Fowler

A brilliant event celebrating contemporary Austrian poetry through three of its most dynamic and exciting practitioners, visiting London to present brand new collaborations, made for the night, with British counterparts. A full house witnessed the 5th Austrian celebration at the European Poetry Festival, and as before this event shared remarkable cross-genre and cross-lingual literature of the most original kind. https://www.europeanpoetryfestival.com/

Han Smith and Hannah Bründl

The event also saw the launch of a new publication in the Occasions series - an anthology documenting the collaborations that make up the history of the EPF and the ACF, published by Sampson Low.

David Spittle and Max Höfler

The European Poetry Festival celebrates, in the UK and beyond, the grand resurgence in avant-garde and literary poetry that has marked the 21st century in Europe. It aims to not only innovate what a live poetry experience might be, but to inculcate community and engagement between poets across the continent, as well as between new audiences and complex poetries. 

Lavinia Singer and Jessica Sequeira

The Austrian Cultural Forum London promotes cultural contacts between the UK and Austria by organising events and supporting artists and projects in the fields of music, performing arts, visual arts, literature, film and science. We provide a venue in central London for recitals, lectures, readings, film screenings, conferences and exhibitions, while also cooperating with various partners throughout the UK.

Waltraud Dennhardt-Herzog

The ACF London is the Cultural Section of the Austrian Embassy in London and offers free admission to all of its events, which are organised in cooperation with Austrian and Austrian-based artists. The ACF London arranges, initiates, facilitates and supports about 150 events per year, half of which take place at the ACF’s own premises at 28 Rutland Gate, in the heart of Knightsbridge.

Ollie Evans

Stephen Watts