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With words from Jamaican author Marlon James

Jarvis takes us on a journey to Jamaica in the late eighties courtesy of author Marlon James.

He also invites John Cooper Clarke to recite three of his new works of poetry.

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Music Played

  • Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band

    Halloween Theme

    • Halloween Theme.
    • Big Crown Records.
    • 1.

  • Dionne Warwick

    Alfie (Live)

  • Ezra Furman

    I Can Change

    • Sex Education Original Soundtrack.
    • Bella Union.
    • 9.

  • Sarah Davachi

    Songs of the Smile's Fig: II. Salts

    • Late Music.

  • Knats

    Bigg Market Scrappa

  • Paul McCartney

    Days We Left Behind

    • The Boys Of Dungeon Lane.
    • Capitol Records.

  • Fontaines D.C.

    Where Is Gone? (feat. ROSALÍA)

    • Dopamine Chamber.
    • XL Recordings.

  • Deborah & The Puerto Ricans

    Respect

    • CBS.

  • Booker T. & The M.G.'s

    Time Is Tight

    • Stax 50th Anniversary (E Album Set).
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 11.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    I'm On Fire

    • The Album Collection, Vol. 1 (1973 - 1984).
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 6.

  • Prince

    Alphabet St.

    • Paisley Park/Warner Bros.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: III. Lento assai, cantate et tranquil

    Ensemble: The Hollywood String Quartet.
    • The Late Beethoven Quartets.
    • Capitol Records.

  • The Monochrome Set

    Up

    • Dante's Casino.
    • Cherry Red Records.
    • 7.

  • Psychic TV

    Opium

    • Pagan Day.
    • Sacred Bones Records / Dais Records.
    • 3.

  • The Velvet Underground

    Temptation Inside Your Heart

    • No Label.

  • Joanna Brouk

    The Space Between

    • The Space Between.
    • Numero Group.
    • 1.

  • John Cooper Clarke

    An English Lane

    • Selected Poems from "Have It".

  • John Cooper Clarke

    Look In Any Junkyard

    • Selected Poems from "Have It".

  • John Cooper Clarke

    A Cheap Agnostic Funeral

    • Selected Poems from "Have It".

  • Miles Davis

    Recollections

    • Big Fun (2022 Remaster).
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 3.

  • Harold Budd & Brian Eno

    Late October

    • The Pearl.
    • Virgin Catalogue.
    • 1.

  • Cosmo Sheldrake

    Avian Elegy

    • Digger (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • WaterTower Music.
    • 1.

  • The Cramps

    Sunglasses After Dark

    • Songs The Lord Taught Us.
    • EMI Records.
    • 5.

  • The Cords

    Ghost Power

    • Ghost Power b/w Waiting Here For You.
    • Numero Group.
    • 1.

  • Screaming Lord Sutch

    Monster Ball

    • SRT Productions Ltd.

  • Bobby “Boris” Pickett & The Crypt Kickers

    Monster Minuet

    • The Original Monster Mash.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.

  • Bauhaus

    Lagartija Nick

    • Singles.
    • Beggars Banquet.
    • 9.

  • Devon Irons

    Ketch Vampire

    • Soul Fire - An Introduction To Lee "Scratch" Perry.
    • Island Records.

  • Lalo Schifrin

    Amityville Frenzy

  • Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band

    Stranger Things Theme

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