Richard Allinson - Radio 2 - Weekday afternoons

[gary shindler]

What's so adventurous about playing anything off
"Zeppelin 4?" How about "Achille's Last Stand" off
"Presence?" That would be against the grain.

--- Dave Law <dplaw at IC24.NET> wrote:

> People might be interested to know that Richard
> Allinson is standing in for
> the frankly insipid and talentless "Steve Wright in
> the afternoon" and seems
> far more clued up on decent music, take this
> afternoon for example, not only
> was his featured album, Led Zeppelin 4 but he
> managed to play three tracks
> none of which was "Stairway To Heaven", he also has
> another feature called
> "The Long Track" which speaks for itself, basic
> criteria - A long song
> that's rarely heard on Radio, today was Pink Floyd's
> "Comfortably Numb"
> (Live 8 didn't do them any harm!)
>
> but anyway it got me thinking - Spirit Of The Age is
> both long at over 6
> minutes and rarely played on radio - so should we
> not request it?
>
> mention something along the lines of "how about
> Hawkwind's SOTA, they've got
> a new version coming out featuring Radio 2's Matthew
> Wright, fans trying to
> get it in the charts etc etc!!"
>
> the show (Steve wright's) can be contacted from this
> link
>
>
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/wright/contact.shtml
>
> but according to Mr Allinson his e-mail is -
>
> richard at bbc.co.uk
>
> I'd suggest cut and pasting a copy to both addresses
> just to make sure we
> get them read
>
> also remember that Radio 2 can be contacted by text
> at -  88291
>
> although I'd only recommend this form of
> communication whilst the show is on
> air, which incidentally is between 14.00 - 17.00 UK
> time
>
> what harm is this going to do and it'll take next to
> no time and remember
> overseas members can also get involved as you can
> listen online.
>
> anyway as I've previously mentioned it'd be really
> helpful if you could let
> me know that you've sent off an e-mail so feel free
> to let me know via this
> list or alternatively at - davelaw at blueyonder.co.uk
>
> thanks again for your time and support (and
> apologies to those who've
> already read this post at other such lists!)
>
> regards
>
> Dave
>




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