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The Wonderful Sound Of Woolies

January 6th, 2009 by Russell Davies

Well, it looks like Woolworths has finally gone. Damn. This splendid documentary from Radio 2 reminds us how great Woolworths once was, in its pomp. Specifically the brilliant contribution they made to popular music by making cheap but decent covers available to everyone. Lovely. MP3 here.

Presenter: Brian Matthew
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2 Responses to “The Wonderful Sound Of Woolies”

  1. Michael Says:
    May 8th, 2009 at 2:48 pm

    Maybe at last the true value of these recordings will be acknowledged,certainly the artists were dramatically underrated.

  2. Michael Topliss Says:
    February 25th, 2010 at 4:27 pm

    Fascinating, my interest is primarily in Embassy recordings which I have always regarded as underrated particularly artistes Kay Barry and Bud Ashton.

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