March 16, 2012: Touch30: Jon Presents...

TOUCH30: TOUCHRADIO1987 – JON PRESENTS…

TOUCHRADIO (1987) Compiled by Jon Wozencroft

A Few Words of a Kind', Dylan Thomas recorded at MIT, 1952 | 'Yesterday's Men', Madness | 'Better Days', Carlton and the Shoes, 1972 | Didgeridu solo by Wandjuk Marika in Port Moresby | football supporters in Piccadilly Circus | tapeloop of Detroit preacher played backwards | excerpt from 'Music Madness', Mantronix | folk melody on drone pipes from The Ukraine | 'Woodentops' voices | 'Just Talk' AC Marias | 'Challenger' space shuttle | fire in Stoke Newington | clandestine Christians hold service in Nazi Germany while the RAF on bombing raid overhead | excerpt from 'i'm an infant; i worship him', Michael Gira, recorded in New York City, 1984 | Negritos Indian Chief, Malacca, recorded on wax cylinder c.1913

In 1987 Jon Wozencroft prepared a 90 minute radio show for private distribution on cassette… Half of this episode is presented here. In those days, mix tapes were a very common way of sharing one's own musical tastes on an informal basis.

Jon Wozencroft and Mike Harding made various collections on cassette over the first ten years of Touch (1982-1992), some actually called "TouchRadio", and some not. TouchRadio is now a formally presented collection of episodes (70 at time of writing) on its own website. It also was acquisitioned as a "Named Collection" by The British Library in 2010.

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