Star Special - Revision history

Spider of Destiny at 22:42, 11 June 2026

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Jason.Kreitzer at 15:00, 27 October 2021

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Duncan at 14:54, 17 August 2021

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Duncan at 11:42, 17 August 2021

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Duncan at 11:25, 17 August 2021

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Duncan: Streams

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Streams

Duncan: /* FZ as DJ: BBC Radio 1 'Star Special' */ Streaming experiment

2021-08-17T11:06:35Z

FZ as DJ: BBC Radio 1 'Star Special': Streaming experiment

Duncan: /* FZ as DJ: BBC Radio 1 'Star Special' */ New Musik > WP

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FZ as DJ: BBC Radio 1 'Star Special': New Musik > WP

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 [https://media.duncanmoran.net/DJZappa.mp3 Listen to Fraudulent DJ Zappa]
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+[[Category:Radiography]]
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 That was Jeff Simmons with "I'm In The Music Business" and this is Frank Zappa being a fraudulent disc jockey on BBC 1. And the next thing you're going to hear is a song that my children really like, its called "Straight Lines", by New Musik.
-'''Track 2''': "Straight Lines" - [[wikipedia:New Musik|New Musik]]  ( [https://music.apple.com/album/straight-lines/268420854?i=268420867 A]  [https://open.spotify.com/track/4rLt83tbYPa32G2ZQhz6Hl?si=60cb608cded34bc2 S])
+'''Track 2''': "[[Straight Lines]]" - [[wikipedia:New Musik|New Musik]]  ( [https://music.apple.com/album/straight-lines/268420854?i=268420867 A]  [https://open.spotify.com/track/4rLt83tbYPa32G2ZQhz6Hl?si=60cb608cded34bc2 S])
 We're gonna do something now that, er, they don't usually like to have done on this particular radio station, and that is segue one record into another, but I think that it's appropriate to make this segue because, er, these are two of my very favourite records and I think they should be heard as a pair. The first is "The Closer You Are" by The Channels, and this will lead directly into "Hyperprism" by Edgard Varèse.

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 I don't care what you say - I still like Black Sabbath!
-'''Track 12''': "[[Lucky Number]]" - [[Lena Lovitch]]. ([https://music.apple.com/album/lucky-number/1023020172?i=1023020315 A]   [https://open.spotify.com/track/0kqFlkmfvKzQ4QSmx5PZ1A?si=4a814bdc6a3748a5 S])
+'''Track 12''': "[[Lucky Number]]" - [[Lene Lovich|Lena Lovitch]]. ([https://music.apple.com/album/lucky-number/1023020172?i=1023020315 A]   [https://open.spotify.com/track/0kqFlkmfvKzQ4QSmx5PZ1A?si=4a814bdc6a3748a5 S])
 OK, that's, er, Lena Lovitch with "Lucky Number" and before that you heard "Iron Man", by Black Sabbath. And now its time for the "Eureka Springs Garbage Lady" by the GTO's.

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 [[Star Special]] was a music slot on [[Wikipedia:BBC Radio 1|BBC Radio 1]], a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), featuring guest musicians who would act as DJs and play some records.
-FZ, who referred to himself at such events as a '[[Fraudulent DJ]]', appeared in a Star Special broadcast on January 27, 1980.   Zappa's comments can be [https://media.duncanmoran.net/DJZappa.mp3  heard here] and individual tracks are linked to streaming services; A = Apple Music / S = Spotify.
+FZ, who referred to himself at such events as a '[[Fraudulent DJ]]', appeared in a Star Special broadcast on January 27, 1980.   Zappa's comments can be [https://media.duncanmoran.net/DJZappa.mp3  heard here] and individual tracks are linked to streaming services; A = Apple Music / S = Spotify / Y = YouTube.
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 You've just heard "The Closer You Are" by The Channels and "Hyperprism" by Edgard "Froese", or "Varase", depending on how good your pronounciation is of the names of famous composers that you can't pronounce too good. Varèse was a really cool guy. The only thing that he did that was wrong was he stopped composing for 25 years because people gave him a bad time. If people wouldn't have given him a bad time, he could have been writing for 25 more years and there would be 25 more years worth of stuff like that for the people who like that kind of stuff. But most people don't, so this is "Jesus Just Left Chicago" by ZZ Top.
-'''Track 5''': "[[Jesus Just Left Chicago]]" - [[ZZ Top]]<br>
+'''Track 5''': "[[Jesus Just Left Chicago]]" - [[ZZ Top]].  ([https://music.apple.com/album/jesus-just-left-chicago/655199225?i=655199755 A]. [https://open.spotify.com/track/4tYjuquiKvx2Pq6usRTVWB?si=cc7d6301d7d54b93 S])<br>
-'''Track 6''': "[[Golden Birdies]]" - [[Captain Beefheart]] (From Clear Spot)
+'''Track 6''': "[[Golden Birdies]]" - [[Captain Beefheart]]  ( [https://music.apple.com/gb/album/golden-birdies/415005561?i=415005951 A] [https://open.spotify.com/track/18gacaQNAUOab7tnWaeb5L?si=7d4e2b7e7de94381 S] )
 Well, you know what that means! And its time - oh that was, er, Captain Beefheart in case you didn't know, and prior to that was, er, ZZ Top with "Jesus Just Left Chicago" and I don't know whether they play very much of, er, ZZ Top kind of music in this country; it seems a little bit too ROBUST for the countryside from what I've been able to detect. But if you go for that kind of stuff, I recommend a song called "The Mexican Blackbird" on, er, one of their other albums. Have you heard that one? Ah it has a good line in there. You should check out "The Mexican Blackbird". Er and now we have "I Live In A Car" by the UK Subs.
-'''Track 7''': "[[I Live In A Car]]" - [[UK Subs]]<br>
+'''Track 7''': "[[I Live In A Car]]" - [[UK Subs]] ([https://music.apple.com/gb/album/i-live-in-a-car/592386812?i=592386836 A] [https://open.spotify.com/track/09V9evjGob4DKUcUH2YutE?si=e9709b8e36f24922 S])<br>
-'''Track 8''': "[[Soul Motion]]" - [[Don "Sugarcane" Harris|Don Harris]]
+'''Track 8''': "[[Soul Motion]]" - [[Don "Sugarcane" Harris|Don Harris]] ([https://youtu.be/4Go2MfHTyDE Y])
 This is Radio 1, and this is Frank Zappa, and this is the best radio show you've ever heard in your life. And, of course, what wonderful radio show would be complete without a performance by Don Harris on violin and a bunch a' guys in the background that you can just barely hear playing trombones and saxophones and stuff that I never knew was there until I put these earphones on. Can you hear? That is the weirdest mix I've ever heard in my life. They're in there; they must have spent another 25 dollars to hire those guys and you can barely hear 'em! Anyway, that was called "Soul Motion", and before that you heard "I Live In A Car" by the UK Subs. And in case you didn't know I chose all of these records because I like these songs for various, er, reasons. And the next one - we're going to play two in a row again, because these things should be heard together - this is "All Tomorrow's Parties", by [[The Velvet Underground]] followed by the "Royal March" from "L'Histoire du Soldat" by Igor Stravinsky. Take it away!

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 We're gonna do something now that, er, they don't usually like to have done on this particular radio station, and that is segue one record into another, but I think that it's appropriate to make this segue because, er, these are two of my very favourite records and I think they should be heard as a pair. The first is "The Closer You Are" by The Channels, and this will lead directly into "Hyperprism" by Edgard Varèse.
-'''Track 3''': "[[The Closer You Are]]" - [[The Channels]]<br>
+'''Track 3''': "[[The Closer You Are]]" - [[The Channels]]  ([https://music.apple.com/album/the-closer-you-are/615195877?i=615196069 A] [https://open.spotify.com/track/2kFbHgcovh6hfIflACQqcC?si=0de197ef06a8462a S])
 '''Track 4''': "[[Hyperprism]]" - [[Edgard Varèse]]
 You've just heard "The Closer You Are" by The Channels and "Hyperprism" by Edgard "Froese", or "Varase", depending on how good your pronounciation is of the names of famous composers that you can't pronounce too good. Varèse was a really cool guy. The only thing that he did that was wrong was he stopped composing for 25 years because people gave him a bad time. If people wouldn't have given him a bad time, he could have been writing for 25 more years and there would be 25 more years worth of stuff like that for the people who like that kind of stuff. But most people don't, so this is "Jesus Just Left Chicago" by ZZ Top.

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-[[Star Special]] was a music slot on [[Wikipedia:BBC Radio 1|BBC Radio 1]], a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), featuring guest musicians who would act as DJs and air their favored recordings.
+[[Star Special]] was a music slot on [[Wikipedia:BBC Radio 1|BBC Radio 1]], a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), featuring guest musicians who would act as DJs and play some records.
-FZ, who referred to himself at such events as a '[[Fraudulent DJ]]', appeared in a [[Star Special]] broadcast on January 27, 1980.  Here is a transcript, providing FZ's playlist and presentation;
+FZ, who referred to himself at such events as a '[[Fraudulent DJ]]', appeared in a Star Special broadcast on January 27, 1980.   Zappa's comments can be [https://media.duncanmoran.net/DJZappa.mp3  heard here] and individual tracks are linked to streaming services; A = Apple Music / S = Spotify.
 == FZ as DJ: BBC Radio 1 'Star Special' ==
 '''Playlist:'''
 <center>'''"And now on Radio One - the best radio show you've ever heard, in your life!"'''</center>
-'''Track 1''': "[[I'm In The Music Business]]"<ref>[https://music.apple.com/album/im-in-the-music-business/281152344?i=281152420 AM] [https://open.spotify.com/track/2YV9NxuVGnzgkdjCXQtxtQ?si=11a70c55c40c45bd S]</ref> - [[Jeff Simmons]]
+'''Track 1''': "[[I'm In The Music Business]]" - [[Jeff Simmons]]   ([https://music.apple.com/album/im-in-the-music-business/281152344?i=281152420 A] [https://open.spotify.com/track/2YV9NxuVGnzgkdjCXQtxtQ?si=11a70c55c40c45bd S] )
 That was Jeff Simmons with "I'm In The Music Business" and this is Frank Zappa being a fraudulent disc jockey on BBC 1. And the next thing you're going to hear is a song that my children really like, its called "Straight Lines", by New Musik.
-'''Track 2''': "Straight Lines"<ref>[https://music.apple.com/album/straight-lines/268420854?i=268420867 AM]  [https://open.spotify.com/track/4rLt83tbYPa32G2ZQhz6Hl?si=60cb608cded34bc2 S]</ref>- [[wikipedia:New Musik|New Musik]]
+'''Track 2''': "Straight Lines" - [[wikipedia:New Musik|New Musik]]  ( [https://music.apple.com/album/straight-lines/268420854?i=268420867 A]  [https://open.spotify.com/track/4rLt83tbYPa32G2ZQhz6Hl?si=60cb608cded34bc2 S])
 We're gonna do something now that, er, they don't usually like to have done on this particular radio station, and that is segue one record into another, but I think that it's appropriate to make this segue because, er, these are two of my very favourite records and I think they should be heard as a pair. The first is "The Closer You Are" by The Channels, and this will lead directly into "Hyperprism" by Edgard Varèse.
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 ==Listen==
 [https://media.duncanmoran.net/DJZappa.mp3 Listen to Fraudulent DJ Zappa]